The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-05 00:00:00

ESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT QUEBEC. MEETING AT THE LONDON TAVERN. ,-•&. nu merous meeting was h e ld yester d ay o f the trier ollPints a n d b ankers of the city of Lordon, at the Lordon a Bishopsgate•street to originete subscriptions ,1/!ie the relief of the sufferers in Quebec from the late cala- L __ t43ll, fire. Th e L ord Mayor took the chair at two il r ''ck• On the pl a tf orm we noticed Mr. Fex Mule. Pattison, M r . B ar i ng, Sir J. Pirie, Mr. R. C. Plan, and Mr. G. R. Robinson. to•rihe Loan MAYOR said that he had been requested to sze llv ene a meeting this day, for the purpose of con- ITs7 s e ring the Propriety of relieving the sufferers from , destruction, at Quebec, whereby 12,000 human OT e g i s , t h is ! t d b4en driven from their .. homes without food destr and nearly a million of property was 41 (11 '. 4 and several lives lest. He hoped that the B ,nds ef these sufferers would be met by the gene t ef the meeting.—(Hear, hear.) % ai r'. A. GILLESPIE moved the first resolution. He said at there was very little necesssity for his alluding lto 'alre - the f. ataliTty of thi s aw f u l occurrence , as it h a d b een ady beforehereh te public through the rints and oth sources' had been e diffi p culty in ascertaining tier number of lives lost, but upwards of forty bodies had alleadY been found, and there wss little doubt that a gre at " Inany others had perished. He then read erZctructs from a letter from the corresponding 'aretiaittee, which has already been published, and 'which set forth the deplorable losses occasioned by this Those who suffered were nearly all French t ans dlans, with some Ir i sh amongst them. He thought "rt could not be a more powerful appeal to their prierosity than this calamity. The inhabitants of Quebec came forward most nobly, and, in a very short :1 1 a•ee of time, collect e d subscriptions of upwards of 7,0001. I'4 alleviate the existin g distress. The Governor-General im mediately sent the sum of 2,000/. for the relief of the aufferers. Messrs. James Gibb and Joseph Masson sub ,t,?ribed the sum of 1,100/. They were both French Canadians. The houses of all the neighbours were open !is those who escaped from th e ru i ns . Mr. Gillespie t hen read the resolution, expr ess i ve o f t h e regre t f e lt by th e kluta 11-y .eeting on he ar i ng that nearly one-th i r d o f t h e _ l nts were by this calemity deprived iu a few hours shelter and th e means of subsistence. Air. THOMAS BARING seconded the resolution, and it Was unanimously carried. , The ni g h t IT Hoe. Fox MAITI.E moved the second reso -se was sure th a t on t hi s occas i on t h e a pp ea l o l lade to the g eneros i ty of the citizens and merchants ItLondon would not be made in vain. If ever ere was a time when the streams of benevolence 1 r )til d now unimpeded, it was on the present occasion, an( there was anything in this calamity for which they ?light to thank God, it was, that it had not visited them 10 the midst of winter. Winter would come on in four Inontlis, but that was a short time to house 12,0000 I:urnan bein.gs. ate the majesty They were call , d tipon at once to vindie of the land in that country, and let them Low-stretch forth thel-lan:1 of benevolesees the more readily. so n Subscripti ons were proposed by Messrs. James Paul :ey, R. Gillespi e , G. B. Glynn, S. Gurney, jun., and .irral other gentlemen, who appropriately and briefly ad c 1 essed the meeting. InThe SECRETARY then went through the list of sub iltrlicd'tiQolis already received, containing the names of bouehertaenleY, the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. H. La and;Messrs Glynn, Halifax, ' and Co. ; Baring prinelliproaithheLs,;eGiliespie, Moffatt, s everal ietk rs of London. and Co. ; and all the leo/ . e l a r e a h l . of the subscriptions amounted to 2001. and A. vet e sid e d 0 of thanks to the Lord Mayor for having pre 6Pondedver tile meeting having been proposed and re to, the inswi ng d separate . TRE CANADA. - I ARIO AND HURON JUNCTION RAIL- This c WAY COMPANY. read from - e,lany, f orme d ' or construct i ng a li ne o f rail- Lakeloronto, on Lake Ontario, to Goderich, on stren Huron, h as lately obtained an acce , sion to its gth in the cooperation of the wealthy and influen tai3sp,tefwrshoieh formi ng t h e Di rectory o f t h e C ana d a Corn will place th e s t oc k i n thi s un d e rtaking on a in -c ) security not surpassed by any of a similar nature .ngl an d . prolizhe national i mportance of this work, and t h e f a i r it 1s e an ample r e t urn w hi c h it p res ents, entitle t o pros the attention of those who justly feel that in the oc,,Pcrity of our colonies the chief wealth and security e is to be found. tit.•"e province through which tit's communication is m uu z u i t to be made has for some years looked with an i n .. e us eye for the completion of the work which will, important manner, develop its resources, and p la ce it in a pasition of successful competition with, in •.a of dependence upon, the United States. We an- W tle e i llate in the employment of British capital in colonial of whethis nature th e commencement of a new era., n the people of Canada will he more united to Eng iqed by ties of interest and affection, and, therefore, ear e h es a s th ily sa a tisfaction, that British capitalists have been taken u,appealed to , and that the subject has been a p n p ational pirit, and with a view to British and Colonial interests. value l ance at the map of Canada will show the vast jj a nd importance of connecting Lakes Ontario and uron at the termini prop ised ; they present the only rue and n a t ura l po i nts o f commun i cat i on b etween L a k e O ntario and the extensive territories west of Lake Huron. The line possesses all the advantages which, in a Young colony, should be regarded as essential in the choic e of a route of railroad communication. Ist. It is the shortest and most direct route between Lake Ontario and the Western States, and will, conse quently, be constructed at the least outlay of capital, and will form the cheapest and most expeditious route for the current of the vast tide of emigration annually proceeding westward, and for the transit of all the pro duce of the west to the eastern markets. 2nd. It will form the only available trunk line, from which future extensions to important places may be con structed by the shortest new lines of road, which exten sions will also consequently be made at the least outlay of capital. 3d. It is the only line which can effectually open to emigration and settlement that extensive portion of fertile country lying between Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Huron ; and 4th. It is a line which, by continuation at a future period through Canada, will secure to the greatest possible extent the continuous transit of goods and pas shengers entering upon the road at either extrem i ty colony tr, --ugnout the extent to the other extremity of the .Such a continuation, it may confidently be anticipated, w ill be made at no very distant day, whereby a direct th e th roug h Canada between Lake Huron and Atlantic will be opened. pecuniary p o i n t o f v i ew it i s i m p or t an t to ob se r ve , of of late years the rapid strides made by the citizens n "wean and Rochester, on the southern shore of Lake t v r "ar On jo, have attracted, in a great measure, the western P:• -e Passing through the State of New York, from the r id canal and Buffalo, to the route by Lake Ontario. e eed ll the completion of the proposed line, goods pro on ea-tward and westward will reach the markets th e Atlantic and Lake Huron in less than half the E", a t present occupied, and at less than half the cost r T e r rea upo n the present circuitous route by Lake Wi th ' We have the assurance of parties well acquainted ratish Canada, that a field for the profitable investment tine world . capital can be found in it inferior to none in the nue , and infinitely superior in point of profit and se e i tY to those investments in which our capitalists are i, s ve r so ready to embark in foreign countries; but parties " cases of this kind must judge for themselves. tn— NDON and CROYDON RAILWAY mct,Peciai general meeting of the Proprietors of the London „ don Railway Company met yesterday at one o'clock, at te `e London terminus, to take into consideration the drafts of e ,, s 7r.al Bills at present before Parliament for the widening ilnprovement of their own line, and a portion of the London hues • Ureenivich Railway, as well as the formation of branch in connexion with their own. Mr. W. W ilkinson took the chair. Th e ECRITARY having read the circular calling the The CHAIRMAN said that the course w hi c h th e Company !h. at old follow in the present state (4 . their affairs was so clear, t e h _ o it would be u nnecessary for him to enter into any length ne d hservations. The object of calling the present meeting Was to obtain t e he appr o b at i on of th Company to the two Bills which had at not yet be en decided upon by Parliament, and which were present pending the decision of the Select Committee, namely, " A Bill t o ena b le the Lond,n and Croydon Railway Comp any to widen and improve the London and Croydon Railway, an d also a portion of the London and Greenwich Railway ;" and "A Bill to ena bl e the London and Croy d on adway Company to make a certain line of railway to Maid stone and Ashford, with a branch to Tonbridge." WThe first resolution was then read," That the draft of the pro 'sed Bill to widen and improve the London and Croydon b ailw ay, and also a portion of the L on d on an d G reenw i c h il way, be now approved, and that the seals of the Company affixed thereto." Alr. C ASH seconde d t h e reso l u ti on . P reviously to putting it to the vote the clauses of the Bill were read to the meeting. On the clause being read, limiting the directors to six instead of eight, the number in the present direction, FLoOD asked if it Was . desirable to limit the number of iirectora, seeing that the business of the Company was increas ng se Much, and likely to increase Oa far greater extent ? He hopped to see the Compaay having a line of 100 miles yet in ad of 16. The CHAIRMAN said that he could speak from experience t that the present system of railway management required grea correction. He considered that limiting the number of Direhce tors b ., w as a prudent step. In point of fact, even at present, the zi,agement became ultimately vested in two or three in i '"nals, and he thought that the business of railway companies i t r,' general would be better managed if the responsibility was erewn on one or two individuals as was the case in all other public companies. He traced the mismanagement which at Present existed in some lines to the absence of that restriction. Mr. FLOOD expressed himself satisfied with the explanations, !•nd said that if the board considered that the business could be eetter managed by limiting the number of Directors they were ]mil better was to form an accurate judgment on the sub than he was, and he would not press his objection. The resol u tion was then put and carried. th The second resolution was then proposed, " That the draft of t e Rill to.enable the London and Croydon Railway Company andW make a certain line of railway to Maidstone and Ashford, „ It ,e a bra nc h to Tonbri tge, be approved of by th i s meet i ng; that the seal ef the Comp be affixed thereto." T he clauses were then read an as y with the former Bill, and the resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then said that the business for which the Z:ti ug was called was now at an end, but he would enter kith y into a statement of the present prospects of the Company vrespect to the lines which they had in projection. He then e nt at considerable length into the state of the following Bills, a t ha of which had been thrown out by the Select Committees, and ''nad been considered advisable to postpone the others till next C n ' n°n A Bill t o ena bl e th e L o ndon and Croydon Railway to rn P a ny to m a k e a b ranch ra il way to O rp i ngton ." " A Bill 6:aake a n ew li ne of railway, and branch to communicate with r a i l et harn and Gravesend." " A Bill to make a new line of to Chilhara with a branch to Fowersham Creek," all p oi , c? L un o f Kent. " A Bill to make a railway in eaten " Croydon and Epson% Railway to Dorking, in the county of Surrey." lie then briefly alluded to the prospects of the atmosperic line. The meeting then broke up. IRELAND. THE FATAL AFFRAY AT BALLINHASSIG. Th efollowing list of the killed and wounded appears in the Cork Examiner : " 1. Julia Callaghan, alias Holland, shot in the back, the ball coming out of the breast. " 2. Jerry Coghlan, shot in the same manner, the ball coming out of the pit of the stomach. " 3 - Kerricnane, shot in the breast. "4. Charles 11I•Carthy, struck under the arm, the ball coming out of the back. "5. Maurice Corkoran, shot through the abdomen. " 6. John Desmond had two shot wounds, one in the hip and the other In the spine. " 7. John Walsh, shot through the breast. "S. Forde, shot in the breast. " Among the wounded are— {L John *alsh, from Carrigaline, lies in imminent danger, having received a gunshot wound in the shin bone, which entirely shat tered the leg. " Jerry Conway, Liscalea, is also expected not to recover. He was shot under the arm, the ball coming out behind. " Richard Barrett is also in a dangerous state, having been shot in the hand. " Several others are most dangerously wounded, some of whom are not expected to recover. Many had the most fortunate es. capes; among others, a poor woman, whose nose was grazed by a ball, her forehead being also furrowed by another. CORK, JULY 2.—Mr. Little, R.M., arrived at Ballinhassig at one o'clock yesterday, with a troop of Dragoons from Bandon ; but during the day there was scarcely a human being to be seen on the roads, and a large party of the police force left about twelve o'clock, under the command of Sub-Inspector Greene, escorting Dawson, a policeman, t) Cork, who was conveyed in a covered single, attended by Dr. Harris. " A number of magistrates met Mr. Baldwin, the coroner, yes terday, and having made out a list of names from which to summon a jury, it was resolved that the inquest should be held to-morrow ("1 h ur sd a y.) "There are eight now dead, about four more are despaired of, and the supposition is, the killed and wounded number some where about thirty." COUNTY MEETING AT CAVAN. On Wednesday an important meeting was held in Cavan, in pursuance of a requisition presented to the High Sheriff, signed by Lord Farnham and other magistrates of the county. The meeting took place in the open space in front of the County Court -house On the motion of the Marquis of HEADFORT, seconded by R. BURROWES, Esq., D.L., Anthony O'Reilly, Esq., High Sheriff of the county, was called to the chair. Among those present were, the Marquis of Headfort, the Earl of Enniskillen, Lord Farnham, the Lord Bishop of Kilmore (Dr. Leslie), the Right Rev. Dr. Browne, Roman Catholic Bishop; Hon. S. R. Maxwell, John Young, Esq , M.P., &c. The Hints SHERIFF, on taking the chair, said he had convened that meeting that day in pursuance of a requisition forwarded to him, and which was signed by Lord Farnham and some of the most influential men in that county. He was delighted to see around him on the occasion such a large assemblage of all classes of persons, from the highest and most influential, down to the hum blest.—(Cheers.) This led him to hope that every person in the county, according to his ability, would join in the determination to put an end to the dreadful state of affairs that at present exists. For unless the peer and peasant—the Protestant and the Catholic —the clergyman and the layman—joined heart and hand to put a stop to the atrocious murders and outrages which were of daily occurrence, God only knew when those awful scenes would termi nste.—( Hear, hear.) As men, as Christians, he entreated that all classes, forgetting the distinctions of politics or religion, would join together in this one effort for their common in. terest.— (Hear, hear.) The Marquis of HEADTORD proposed the first resolution, ex pressing his regret at the atrocious murders and outrages that had lately taken place in the county, which he said he was sure all the Protestants and Roman Catholics present were opposed to.— (Hear.) If there was any individual who heard him connected with an illegal body he would call upon him to renounce it, as there was no good ever resulted from these bodies—while they had almost invariably been the forerunners of rebellion and martial law, as in the year 1798, shortly before the passing of the Act of Union, which they were—at least many of them—anxious to see repealed. The continuance of outrage would again lead to rebellion and mar tial law, and prevent several important measures, then before Par liament, from being adopted, which would materially benefit all classes of the people—(Hear)—and he would, therefore, implore of every one present to unite in protecting their homes and their fa milies.—(Hear, hear.) In the name, then, of God he implored the clergy of all persuasions to unite with the laity of all denomina tions, and to denounce from their altars the perpetrators of out rage and bloodshed.—(Hear, hear.) The Roman Catholic clergy had the power to do this, and he (the Marquis of Headford) knew they hail the inclination to do it--,and would do it to prevent the introduction of measures of a violent nature, which it would be necessary to have recourse to, if crime continued to disgrace their county.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, the Noble Marquis read the resolption, which expressed the sincere regret of both Roman Catholics and Protestants at the late dreadful murder, and the other outrages which had taken place. IL BURROWES, Esq., J.P. and D.L., Stradone, seconded the re solution, which was adopted unanimously. Lord FARNUAM, D.L., proposed the second resolution, which pledged the meeting to do all in its power to bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice, and called on the clergy of every persuasion to join with the laity to restore the county to peace, order, and tran quillity. In doing so, he observed that no one in the country had a greater interest in the proceedings of that day than he had, and announced his determination to spare neither exertion nor money to accomplish the object for which the meeting had been called to gether. ( Cheers.) WILLIAM HUMPHRENS, Esq., J.P. (Ballyhaixe House), seconded the motion, and enforced the necessity of a union of persons of all religions to join in restoring peace and harmony to the county. When he had concluded, The Lord Bishop of KILMORE came forward to address the meeting, and was loudly cheered. He said that he would, on be half of the Protestant clergy of his diocese, state, that they would do all in their power to restore love, peace, and good.will amongst all men—(Hear, hear)—and he had no doubt but that the clergy of other persuasions would unite with them in that object.—(Cheers.) The Right Rev. Dr. BROWN, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kilmore, also spoke to the resolution, and pledged himself for the clergy of his creed, that they would assist the Protestant clergy and magis trates in cultivating benevolence, forbearance, and Christian charity.—(Hear, hear.) After eighteen years' residence in the county of Cavan, he (Dr. Brown) would say, that he never ex pressed a word which did not instil those principles; and such also was the duty of his clergy who co-operated with him, and he felt that there would never be a wholesome state of society whilst the people were divided into factions.—(Cheers.) It, therefore, gave him the greatest satisfaction to witness the benevolent feelings and expres. sions uttered that day, which he hoped would make it be looked backed to with pride in the history of their country.—(Hear, hear.) All they had to do was to unite hand in hand together, and peace and tranquillity would be preserved, and martial law and its con sequences would not be heard of.—(Great applause.) The Rev. THOMAS MAGUIRE, P.P., of Ballynamore, likewise addressed the meeting, which he said he considered as the most important one that was ever held to preserve the peace of any counts y, and expressed his full approval of the advice givers by the Right Rev Prelates that preceded him. In reference to the re cent crimes in the country, he said,, . 1 There was a time, fellow countrymen, when this green island was called the island of saints; but if people proceeded in the cowardly, and bloody, and monstrous system of shooting men without any notice—not giving them even as much time as to say Lord have mercy on me'—l say, if such practices are persevered in, they will get for our country the deno mination of the island of assassins.—(Hear, hear.) I trust, my friends, you are too kind hearted not to have a horror of the base, unprincipled, and cowardly system of assassinatiou.—.(Cheers.) You may have wrongs—you may have grievances—real or imaginary— but I need not tell you that there never was a grievance, never an oppression, never an injury that could palliate the awful crime of murder."—(Loud cheers.) His advice to the people was, to keep at home at night, and to avoid all secret bodies, which would lead to the gibbet and transportation, and to bring to justice any person who , would attempt to seduce them into crime, no matter-whether he was a Catholic, or a Protestant, to endeavour to discover the murderer of the late Mr. Booth, and also the perpetrators of all similar outrages.—(Cheers.) " If," said he, " every town land would join, Protestant and Catholic, and give their hands to each other—if they would say to each other, let our old feuds be forgotten—let us show that we have the love of religion and the promotion of Christianity at heart, and snake a declaration before man and heaven—a declaration to be kept as solemnly and invio late as Fa her Mathew's pledge—that the first stranger making his appearance in the county to whom suspicion attaches, and who refuses to account for himself satisfactorily, shall be taken up and handed over to the police.—(Cries of We will, we will.') As sure as you, my brethren, and your Protestant fellow-countrymen join in this manner, as sure as you support and co-operate with each other, as sure as united confidence and mutual kindliness is promoted between you, so sure will an end be put to the sys tem which now creates the just fears of some, and gives an oppor tunity to the alarmists at both sides to magnify every appear ance of danger."—(Cheers.) Alluding to the charges that had been made that the Roman Catholic clergy were not doing their duty in endeavouring to suppress crime, he ob served—" I deny the charge, and in support of that denial I appeal to the stipendiary magistrates of the district in which I re side—l appeal to the inspectors of police, and I ask, have I not done my duty t• men and to God in this respect, and have not my con freres in the ministry done theirs ?—(Cheers, and cries of You have: we know it.') In fact, I would consider myself as a par ticipator in crime—l would consider myself guilty of every murder committed, if occupying the position I do I did not use the in fluence which that position confers in seeking to put an end to such a system; and I have gone so far in these attempts that a stipendiary magistrate told me that if any other man had interfered to such an extent, and for such a pus pose, he would be decidedly shot; but I know my duty to God, and if there were five thousand muskets before me I would do that duty."—(Cheers.) The resolution was passed unanimously. After some other proceedings, of little interest, a vote of thanks was passed to the Sheriff for calling the meeting. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 3. The share.market is daily drooping, and the official list of this day presents a rather gloomy aspect. There was a fall in the scrip of all the lines, with the single exception of the Dublin and Drogheda, which maintains the last quotation : Government Funds—Three per Cent. Consols, shut, 9S/, op.— Royal Canal Stock, 38i—Three-and.a Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1011 101. Miscellaneous—Hibernian Bank,3ll—Mining Co. of Ireland, 14. Railways—Belfast and Ballymena, 41 4i —Belfast and County Down, 4—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 7i f —Dublin and Drog heda, 109—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 2l—Great Southern and Western, 22I—Ditto, Extension, 10i *—The Midland and Great Western Railway, and Royal Canal Company, 38- is-- Kingston and Bray, s—lrish Great Western (Dublin to Galway), 3i— Killarney Junctions, ll—Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction, 3 1 i—Lonoonderry and Coleraine, 3I —Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3 2l—Newry and Enniskillen, 3—Waterford and Limerick, 61—Wexford and Carlow, 21 i—Waterford, Wert ford, and Dublin, FATAL CONFLICT.—Two young men , named John Glenn and Thomas Wilson, residents in Leicester ' having quarr el respecting some money transactions, agreed to tight, and on Tuesday night, at a very late hour, they met in a field near Humberstone.road, with two others, named Taylor and Hall, as their seconds. When they had fought for some time Glenn sud denly fell. He was taken to a surgeon's, but by the time he ar rived there was dead. On Wednesday evening an inquest was held before J. Gregory, Esq., at the Queen's Head Inn, and after a long sitting the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Wilson and the seconds; and the Coroner bound over three others, who had been present, to appear when required. The mother of Glenn, who had been confined but a few days, is in a tearful state. ST. PAUL'S CATTIEDRAL.—Yesterday the following notice was exhibited at the several entrances to St. Paul's Ca thedral :—" Divine service is performed daily in this cathedral at the following hours. In the morning at eight o'clock, in the chapel ; and at a quarter before ten A.M. in the choir. In the afternoon, at a quarter-past three, P.M., in the choir.—N.B. The doors are opened a quarter of an hour before the beginning of each service." PENANCE.—On Friday last Mr. John Parry, of Liscard, did public penance in Wallasey Church, for having de famed the character of Miss Prisick, of Wheatland-lane, Sea. come. Mr. Parry, it appears, was summoned to the Ecclesiastical Court, at Chester, where he was adjudged to pay heavy costs, and to do penance in the parish church, where he was to publicly re tract his slander. The Rev. Dr. Byrth, rector of Wallasey, ap pointed Friday morning for the penance. A large crowd of per sons attended. The recantation was read by the minister, and Mr. Parry was forthwith dismissed. He got into a coach, and drove of hsuneglately....Uvorpooi Courier. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY.EVENING, JULY 5, 1845. b 7Stelitti 11 rtiE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES. ONE CLOSING PR ICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 2l l l/ 211 1 / 2 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 1 4 per Cents ..102 1 5,i 102 . 5 4 Long Annuities to exaireJan.lB6o 11 7-16 11 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ... 11 5-16 11 5-16 Consols for Opening 99I AN 99% - Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 57 55 pm. 55 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small pm. - ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 4 6 14 4614 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela lB% 17% 17% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1E37 37% 37 3 / 4 Ditto, Account 3 6 1 / 2% 37% Ditto. Deferred Russian Bonds ..- 1171 / 4 % 117 3 ,i Spanish 5 per Cent. 1841). Ditto. Account 27% 27% Ditto 3 per Cent. .... .. . Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4 5 1 /8 451 8 Dutch, 2 1 ,4 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 99 % 1,04 99 IA PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. P.A.ILWAY SHARES PRICES. Aberdeen Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter 7O Do. New . 2 .. .. 11 1 / 2 10 3 / 4 Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 2%...... 2% 3 2 3 4 Cambridge and Lincoln 11% ...... 4 3 4 1 / 2 Chester and Holyhead... 10 Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ ...... 1 1 % l l/ 1/ 2 Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast June. 2 1 ,4 6 7 Dublin and Galway..... 2 1 / 2 3%% Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 21 1 / 2 3 / 4 Ditto New 4/. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....51. 13s. 4d lx, Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 — Ditto New v i Shares... 2% B l /2 ••• Ely and Bedford Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of Ell gland..loo 242 Ditto New Ditto New __. Great Western BO Ditto, Fifths 2O Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 Limerick and - Waterford 91 / 2 5 1% London and Birminghin (5t0ck)...243 242 Do. New Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares London and Blackwall. 161.13 x. 4d. 974 London and Brighton... 50 Do. New consolidated Bths 25 — London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d 2 l -A % 22 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 6 London and Greenwich 12/ 15s4d ll Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d B O l/ 81 ... . ... bu. Consolidated Bths 12 Do. New London and York ...... •.. 2% 3 % 34 London and Windsor ... 1 Londonderry &Coleraine 2IA ...... 334 Lynn and Ely Manche:ter and Birmin. 40 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 225....... 4 1 4 Midland... 100 lBB 186 Do. New Midland Great Western (Irish) Newcastle and Darling ton Junction Do. New Brandling Sewoascle and Berwick 1 1 / 4 l9 18% Newpt & Abergavenny 2% 3% Newark and SLeffield .. 1...... .... North British Do. New North Wales - 6 % Oxford and Worcester... 2 F erth and Inverness ... 2 % Portsmouth Direct ..i.... 2 1 / 2 3% Richmond and West End 31 /i 3% 93 11% 2% 4 1 / 2 _ _ 714 11 30% 15q 3 3 3 5 1 /, 60 4 1 4 186 28 3 4 37% 18% 3 1 / 2 _IN, 25''); 6 7/4 Junction Rugby, Worstr, & I'ring 1 Scottish Central :cottish Midland l%. • South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 48,A 1 ,! Do., No. 1.. 8 D0., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales 2% 5 14 5% 5% Trent Valley Waterford and Kilkenny 1 Welch Midland York and North Midland 50 112 Do. Extension l4 2l FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 6 Great North. of France - - • _ - - (Laffitte's) Do. do. (llosamers) 2 Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... 1% ••• Jamaica Junction ll/ — Do. South Midlnd. June. 1 Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... • Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... 15 1 4 Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 ...... 11 th% Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d O% Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, 2 Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 1% .. . MA . . . .'aris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse Verona and Ancona JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial Union of London 2' 3 5 4 1 / 2 15 3 / 4 11 , / 0 % 2PB 2 1 / 2 I jit 451,2 40% 15% 13 RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock, when the further consideration of the clauses of the Bill for this line of rai►way was resumed. The claim of Sir Thomas Darymple, which we referred to yes terday, was this morning settled by the introduction of a clause into the Bill to protect his property. Mr. AUSTIN requested the Committee, as they had given afa vourable opinion respecting the traffic on the Glasg ow, Dumfries, and Carlisle line, to accede to a resolution embodying that opinion. The Committee refused the request of the Learned Gentleman, and intimated they would express no opinion further than they had done in the progress of the investigation. The opposition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company WaS ter minated by the Committee agreeing to certain clauses for the pro tection of the interests of the company. The clauses of the Bill, with these additions, were then gone into and agreed to. TUB CLYDESDALE JUNCTION RAILWALY. Mr. Hors opened the case on behalf of this line of railway, which is to form one part of the forks of the Caledonian line to the city of Glasgow. He went at length into the leading features of the Bill, the particulars of which have already appeared, showing the immense advantage it would confer on the district through which it passed, in the conveyance of mineral traffic, indepen. sently of the passengers that might reasonably be calculated on. The only opponents to the Bill in its present stage, be stated, were Mr. Graham, a landed proprietor on the line, who was not satisfied with the compensation afforded, Mrs. Hamilton, of Bothwell park, and the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Company. The latter Com pany opposed them on the supposition that the present line would take away from them a portion of their present traffic. HAVin com mented in detail on the various points which he intended to prove in evidence, the Learned Gentleman proceeded to call his witnesses. Mr. Black, baker, and member of the town council of Hamilton, was called, to prove that in the present traffic between that town and the city of Glasgow there were engaged no less than nine stage coaches, making each two trips daily. He showed that the pro posed line would materially advantage the trade of Hamilton and the agricultural interests of the surrounding districts; and parti cularly it would give an impetus to the trade in gas coal, which even now employed from seventy to eighty horses and carts regu larly in taking that coal to Glasgow. The general interests of the district required such a line as that under consideration. Mr. Henderson, banker of Hamilton, corroborated the evidence given by Mr. Black. Mr. Orr, cashier of the Blantyre cotton-works on: the Clyde, gave evidence respecting the amount of the traffic between that establishment and Glasgow, the particulars of which have been already published. Mr. Wilson, of Dundyvon iron -works, was examined generally respecting the mineral resources of the district, and in regard to the amount of iron and coal that might be expected to be carried along the Motherwell branch of the Clydesdale line. He re peated some facts respecting the large and increasing mineral produce of that part of the country which have already been given in the report of the evidence before the Commons' Committee. Mr. Stewart, ironmaster, and Mr. Stretchbury, mineral surveyor, were examined as to the mineral resources of the district ; at the termination of which the Committee adjourned till Monday next at eleven o'clock. STANDING ORDERS CO, The Committee met at twelve o'clock, the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. The Wear Valley Railway Bill was first brought under the con. sideration of the Committee. It was unopposed and passed. THE EDINBURGH NORTHERN RAILWAY. This Bill was next brought before the Committee. It was opposed on the ground that due notice had not been given, and that the technical forms had not been complied with. The chief objection of this sort was, that notice had not been given of alterations which had been made in the progress of the Bill. This allegation was answered by the promoters, who stated that they could not have anticipated the alterations which the Com mittee of the House of Commons had made. It was decided that the standing orders had been complied with, The Bill then passed through Committee. but it was rumoured that it would be stoutly opposed on its merits in a Commit tee of the Lords. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP P. MONMOUTH AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. The Committee reassembled at the usual hour this morning, and immediately proceeded to the consideration of the above scheme. Mr. T&LBOT opened the case for the promoters by observing that he proposed to submit to the Committee an unopposed Bill, and he hoped there would be no difficulty in the matter. It would be necessary to alter the preamble of the Bill. In consequence of the difficulty attending the crossing of the Severn, it was intended to abandon the part of the railway in that vicinity. The alterations rested on the expediency of con. eructing a line of railway to Standish. A Junction would be formed with the South Wales Railway, so as more intimately to connect Monmouthshire and Herefordshire with that line. Powers would then be required to be taken to make a short branch into the Forest of Dean, so as more effectually to open up that rich mineral district ; and by continuing the line to the eastward an unbroken line of communication would be established between Hereford, Ross, Monmouth, and London. A project had some time since been referred to the Committee, which had met with favourable notice, and was called the Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway. It had, however, been defeated in the Standing Orders Committee, and it was proposed to make a communication with that line when it should receive the Parliamentary sanction. The line would terminate at the parish of Blaisdon, so that the junction with the shorter railway could be easily effected. The original length of the line had been laid down at 45 miles, it had, however, been subsequently reduced to 34 miles. It was proposed, however, to retain the original capital in the Bill of 550,01)0/. The Board of Trade had reported favourably of the line, and had stated that it was well calculated to afford general accommodation to the districts which it traversed, and would be of great service to the Forest of Dean, by opening up the mineral fields there. It was proposed by this branch to furnish Hereford with a proper supply of coals. The present price of coals at the pit's mouth was 6s. 6d. per ton, and the expense of carriage by the Wye was 95., and, if carried by land the amount was 13s. The railway would convey the coal for 3s. per ton, so that the coal which was now sold in Hereford at 21s. per ton would, if the railway were constructed, be sold at the moderate price of 1 Is. per ton. He would also remark that in Hereford, which was a kind of Arcadia, nothing was so much desired as a facile commu nication with neighbouring counties for the disposal of its agricul tural and orchard produce, the trade in which was now almost in abey ance in consequenceof thegreat expense and delay in transmission. Cyder was at present a complete drug in the market, and was sold at a mere nominal price, averaging from 4d. to 6d. per gallon, a price which was not nearly sufficient to remunerate the producer. It was also to be hoped that before long Herefordshire would possess a legitimate market for the sale of its hops. It was a notorious fact that nine.tenths of the hops sold at Worcester were originally brought from Herefordshire. The construction of the proposed line would tend in every way to promote the interests of Hereford and Monmouth, and the intermediate and adjacent places. He would not enter into any exposition of the engineering details, as he intended very shortly to call Mr. Brunel, the engineer, who would explain to the Committee the course of the line. He would now proceed with the examination of witnesses, and as the Bill was unopposed, he trusted the Committee would be in a condition to pass the preamble of the line without any difficulty. In reply to a question from Mr. CRIPPS, Mr. TALBOT said it was his intention to have the line carried from Westbury, via Gloucester, to the north bank of the Severn. Mr. Anthony, who was the first witness called, stated that a proper supply of coals would be a very important point. The coals were principally supplied from the Forest of Dean, and were generally brought by the Wye. Very little was exported in consequence of the difficulty attending its transmis sion. The witness also spoke as to the traffic in copse-wood for charcoal, hops, and cyder, which latter article was sold at 21d. per gallon, and deposed generally as to the benefits which would be derived to the county if the line were constructed. Mr. S. Powell, of Old Forge, said he had been engaged in trade all his life, and was well acquainted with the navigation of the Wye, and also possessed a complete knowledge of the trade in the coun ties of Monmouth and Hereford. The commerce was principally conveyed by water. Great quantities of bark and copse wood were produced in Herefordshire. The wood, when converted into charcoal, would he transmitted by the railway into Staffordshire, for the use of the iron trade. The CHAIRMAN, at the close of the examination of the last witness, said it was not necessary to examine any more witnesses as to the general produce of the districts which the line traversed. The principal difficulty in the project was the branch to Blarsdon. It appeared to the Committee that there would not be a sufficient terminus there. Mr. AUSTIN said he would at once proceed to the engineering evidence, so as to satisfy the Committee of the practicability of the entire scheme. Mr. Brunel deposed that there would be no difficulty in making a railway into the Forest of Dean so as to join Gloucester. The total mileage of the main line was thirty.two miles and a fraction, which was exclusive of the Forest of Dean branch. From Mon mouth to Hereford the distance would be twenty two miles, and the branch from there to Westbury would be rather more than ten miles. The small branch to the Forest of Dean, to unite with the Forest of Dean Railway, wculdbe: four miles in length. The capital for the construction of the line was 550,0001. The line did not present any very serious engineering difficulties. A considerable number of tunnels would, however, be necessary, as the railway passed through a very rough country. The tunnels could all be easily worked, as the strata consisted prin. cipally of red sandstone. The length of the principal tunnel was 1,432 yards. The whole number of tunnels on the line was nine, but they were generally very short. Several of them were of the sec tional area of 28 feet by 25 feet, The steepest gradient consisted of lin 81, and was two miles and 56 chains in length. The smallest radius of a curve was 18 chains, which was situated near the Ross station, and its position was not at all objectionable. A few highways would be crossed on the level, bat none of them were of any considerable importance. The line would communicate with the South Wales Railway at Monmouth, so as to open up a commu. nication with that quarter. The working expenses would be 40 per cent. on the gross results. Mr. Saunders, the Secretary to the Great Western Company, was then called on to produce the traffic tables. The anticipated revenue from travellers generally, from merchandise by land and sea, and from the coal traffic of the Forest of Dean, amounted to to the sum of £47,769 18 5 Deduct the working expenses at 40 per cent 19,108 0 0 The total net annual income would be £28,661 18 5 With the last witness the evidence on behalf of the promoters of the line was concluded. The Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill was proved. The clauses were also agreed to, and the Committee broke up. The Bill will be reported on Monday. GROUP X. THE DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY. The Committee appointed to consider the numerous projects and Bills in this group, re-assembled at half-past eleven o'clock, and proceeded to hear evidence in favour of the Direct Northern line. Members present—Viscount Courtenay, Mr. Darby, Mr. B. Wall, and Mr. Scrope. . _ Mr. William Wells, farmer, Booth Ferry, was first called, to show that on his own farm of 460 acres, and in his immediate neighbourhood, great quantities of potatoes were grown for the London market, which were at present shipped per the Ouse, Trent, and Humber rivers, to Hull, and thence shipped to London. The cost of such carriage was 12s. per ton; but if the proposed railway were constructed, the cost of transit would be diminished very considerably, and a great saving would be effected in point of time. Mr. William Clark, farmer, Duddington, county of Lincoln, had 150 out of 800 acres under potatoes, and forwarded them to London. He quite agreed with the last witness, that a great saving would be effected in the period required, and in cost of transit, if the railway under consideration were constructed. The number of fat cattle sent to Wakefield, Rotherham, and other markets was 1,025, and of sheep, 1,600. The cattle trade was greatly impeded for want of an efficient communication with the several markets east and south. These witnesses were cross.examined by Mr. Sergeant WRAXII LIAM, but without any result differing in the slightest degree ifrons that in the examination in chief Mr. John Morley, farmer, Easthorpe Hall, county of York, grew potatoes and wheat in considerable quantities, which were for warded to Lond on and the other markets, nort h , e ast, and south. He knew the surrounding district well, and ca l cu l a ted that the annual quantity of w h eat sent to town was 10,000 of potatoes 20,000 tons. quarters and his John Adams , ironmonger, oilman, and colourman, Thorne , pur chasedconsiderable quantities. Th e y came f rom Thorne to Gainsborough goods in Birmi ng h am , W o l ver h am pton, and London, is by the canal, and cost about 7s. 6d. a ton. The Direct Northern Railway would be of great advantage to himself and others, and it would save a co ns id erable expense in transit. Mr. John Whi ttaker, a farmer at Thorne, an d ow ner of 700 acres of land i n th e neighbourhood, stated that h e h a d taken the population and acre age o f b oth l i nes, a llowing every parish which touched for a di s t ance of five miles for the l i ne, t o come into the estimate. He u n d erstood that the distance between Gainsborough and Selby by t h e London and York line was 37 m il es , w hil e by the Direct North ern it was only 30 miles, sav i ng a di s t ance o f 7 miles. In th e several parishes which he had est i mate d , t h e number of acres on the London and York line was 145,570 acres, worth about twenty shillings an acre, while on the Direct Northern there were 151,980 acres. Of this however, 10,000 acres were nearly altogether waste, but the rest was all good and worth fully 255. an acre. The land on the London and York line was decidedly poor and light, but the popu lation upon it was more than that on the other by 2,441 persons. With respect to warping the land he saw no difficulty whatever in providing culverts so as to carry the warp out with effect in im, proving the land. - To the cross-examina e tion of Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, Mr. He knew the navigation very crossing the river woul d miles in the neighbourhood of the line. Whittaker stated that h Wakefield in price, where ' a very well on the line of the river Don, the larger district of te Y considerable, had not taken any estimate whatever of iderable, but he did not see that the rail waycirct;min in the Isle of Axholme and that it was ver y at Thorne. Thorne was was good one, but not so good as that at the greater quantity of the wheat grown it had two means of a very at Doncaster was certain) present any impediment. The market sold, but he sold most of his own wheat than that at Doncaster , small market, and notwithstanding access.by water, it was a much worse market consequence of the water being a tidal stream ..the the manufacturing stance of Doncaster lying between cultural district on district on the west, and the agri. large district to the n or th th eeast. There was, however, a n otwithstanding the and east of Doncaster, which its corn to Doncaster. existence of the North Midland Railway, sent by the Direct Northern Th elin whole district would be accommodated Wake field from Crowle was 5 3 . a.% The cost of sending cattle to Wake selling, which by railway theeacdt: exclusive of the commission for for each beast. He expected to charge would only be 1 id. per mile Goole e en ß d his cattle forward to Wake.. field by the Pontefract and that that line was 20 feet above thea . but he did not know Direct Northern, nor that the ilway, Leeds and Selby was 16 feet higher , nor that no junction was s h o wn with any line. To the re-examination of Mr. M. SMITH t h e circumstance of the railway passing the witness stated that we nt would give a facility for turning the the war p on a n e mbank. culverts and making the sewers. Idr. Rhodes, grocer at Snaith, w as in the habit of receiving about 56 tons of go ods a y ear fro m Lond on, close upon three wee ks on the p assa ge , which usually were commun i ca tion was frequently obstructed , But in winter the water The parish of Snaith was very extensive , com p rising twelve to wnships. The population in 1841 was 10,444. Whitgift Was south-east of Sna ith, containin g a about thirteen miles Population of 2,530. Adli ng ton was a little m ore to the cons i dera ble population, and there was no likelihood of the district south-east, with a b e i ng a ccommodated by any other railway but the Direct Northern. To the cross-examination of Sergt. KINCLALE the • , witness stated that the London and York line passed about 3 miles west of Epworth. There w ere some townshi ps of t he Snaith parish, but % the inhabitants were decidedl y in favour 0 I the Direct Northern line. Mr. Thomas Smithson, a brick and tile manufacturer and iron founder, lately at Sel b y , where he had lived 33 years, :stated that and Lincoln, there there was a good de al of traffic between Selby being upwards of 600 tons of rape and linse ed were also upwards cake sent annually from the latter to t he former place ; while there of 150 tons of flour sent from Lincoln and Sel by for consumption at Manchester. It was now sent by the rivers Trent and Humber, • the distance by that route being 78 miles. By the Direct Northern the distance would b e onl y 45 miles, and there certainty in the carri a g e. The London a nd York line was longer would be greater than this by seven m iles, it making a sav ing of Is. a ton in the carriage. There was a considerable traffic between and Selby, a good deal of iron being sent fro m the latter Gainsborough to the former place, although at the present time there was no public convey , ante whatever. There was also a large q u antit y of flax and linseed sent from Hull to Selby. In the articl e of coal, would be a large increa se in traffic. By the formation no doubt, there Northern line coal wo uld be obtained in the of the Direct district at 4s. 4d. coal a ton for engineering p ur p oses, and househ old for about 7s. 6d. The London and York line passed directly al through the town of Selby—through the streets—and woul d , in 1 probability, by ' doing so, prove a great impediment to business. 1 To the cross-examination of Mr. Sergeant KINcLaKE, the wit ness replied that the flo ur and other thin g s fr om Li ncoln were in ) tended for the Manchester market, and did not sto p at Selby at all. ) The probability, therefore, was that, in the event of a railway being ) made from Lincoln to She ffi eld, the goods Wo uld go by that route. Mr. John Wormh eld—Resided at F ulfor d , about three ) miles from York ; is a landowner and an Eng lish timber mer e chant. He had purc hased the timber o f Lord Carlisle since • the year 1827, as well as largely of other proprietors. The north 1 of Lincolnshire was exoeedingly thin of timber, and he had been ill LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. • £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland ••. • • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 177 . Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 171% British Linen Company Sl• per cent. 100 0 0 230 Commercial Bank .• • • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 174% National Bank • ..... 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 16% Union Bank of Scotland 7% /. pr cent. 50 0 0 98% Western Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 85 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 7% Clydesdale Bank • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 15% Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 3/. per cent. 15 0 0 11% Caledonian Bank ••. • • 61. per cent. 2 10 0 33 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 5 0 0 ”4 City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. 815 0 15% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 IIA Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of ScoUnd 5/. per cent, 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur. • • 9/. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28.% Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24% Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 1 4 Edin. &tang , . Railway 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73% Ditto, 1,4 shares •- • • 5/. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 18 Edin., Leith, & Grant'', 20 0 0 20 0 0 15% Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 69 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 208 Glspv & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37' Dundee & Arbroth Rail• 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 36 Standard Life Assurnce.l 5/. per cent. 150 0 0 I 210 0 I R WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---.--. £ s, d. East London.. •••• • • • • 81. 100 0 0 230 Grand Junction . • .... 3/. 46 13 4 90 65 Kent .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 60 Vauxhall •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 ‘Vest Middlesex ••• • • • 4/.165. pr ct. 63 12 9 129 On Tuesday last Mr. Disney was chosen Chairman of the Essex guuter Sesitione, vice Lord Rayleigh. Names of Dividend Price Companies. per :n Annum.' Names of Companies. Asian 8:.0161111 97 51.55. pc 72 Ashby-d-la-4113 4/. 70 Barnsley.. • ll6O 12/. ISO Basingstoke '' 100' 5 Brknk&Abrg l lso, 5/. 85 Cromford .. • • 100 . 18/. 160 Dudley 100] 4/. 80 Derby ••• • • lloo' 8/. 103 Ellsmre&Chs•l33: 41. 58 Erewash • • • 100 32/. 440 Forth & Clyd;100' 4/. 105 GrandJunctn'loo 71. 124 Grand Union 100; 1/. 10s. 25 Glamorgnsh 172 . 11%/. 210 Glstr & Brkly 00 8 k - irant ham • • ,150 . 121. 100 Huddersfield.' 57 20 Kennt & Avn. 39 7s. 6d. 7 Lancaster .• • 47 1/. 10. 40 Leeds& Livrp• 100 341. 560 Leicester .. • • 140 10/. 105 Leiestr &Nth 83 4/. 60 Lotighboro,th 142 70/. 1050 !Monmouthslt l 11 n tgomrysh .Macelestleld . , Neath • • • • • • ',Noll ingham . Peak Forest. Regent's • • • • 11Zoelidale .. • • ,Shropshire • • Somrset Coal Do.Lk Fd St Stflitl&Wore Shrewsbury.. StotirbridgQ ;Strtfrdon Av Severn and Wye Bad. Trnt & Mr-1 sey, sli. iThanes &Med , Worestr &1 Binning. .5 Wilts & Mks, 100 100 1001 1001 1501 Dividend' per Annum. 71. 10s. 61. p. c. 28/. 201. 11. 10s 1/. Bs. 41. 1/. 4s Trice, FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE., FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 1, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Pio Andres Garcia, as Vice-Consul at Gibraltar for her Majesty the Quesn of Spain. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 3. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Fiennes Crampton, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation in Switzerland, to he Secretary to her Majesty's Legation in the United States. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Newton Saville Scott, Esq., some time paid attache to her Majesty's Legation in Spain, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation in Switzerland. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 4 24 Regiment of Life Guards—Assistant-Surgeon, F. W. G. Calder, to be Surgeon, vice J. Bett, who retires on half-pay; Assistant- Surgeon G. M'Cullock, M.D., from the 54th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Calder, July 4. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieut. the Hon. C. H. Cust to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Algernon St. Maur, who retires ; Cornet the Hon L. A. Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cust; W. J. H. Gambier, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Grant, July 4. Ist or Grenadier Regirotnt of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieut. C. Balfour to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Graham, who retires; Ensign A. E. Rowley, from the 51st Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Balfour, July 4. 6th Regiment of Foot—Major R. Rumley, from the 60th Foot, to be Major, vice Dennis, who exchanges, July 4. Bth Foot—Lieutenant J. Hinde to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chearnley, who retires ; Ensign A. I. Garnett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hinde ; E. R. Hannarn, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Garnet, July 4. 11th Foot—Ensign J. T. T. Boyd to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Marston, appointed to the 51st Foot; En sign H. J. Maclean, from the 36th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Boyd, July 4. 24th Foot—Gentleman Coder J. Daubeny, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, %N ithout purchase, vice Carter, appointed to the 51st Foot, July 4. 86th Foot—Gentleman Cadet H. R. S. Trelawny, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Maclean, appointed to the I lth Foot, July 4. 37th Foot—Lieut. W. Hamilton, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Le Blanc, who retires; Ensign J. Clutterbuck to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hamilton ; J. L. George, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clutterbuck, July 4. 39th Foot—Ensign W. Leckie to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Walker, deceased, April 16 ; Gentleman Cadet J. P. Traherne, from the Royal Military . College, to be Ensign, vice Leckie, July 4. 51st Foot—Major E. St. Maur to be Lieut.-Colonel, with out purchase ; Captain W. Austin to be Major, vice St. Maur; Lieut. G. Bagot to be Captain, vice Austin, July 4. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieut. H. F. Mar ston, from 11th Foot ; Lieut. J. H. Dickson, from 92d Foot ; Lieut. L. H. Bedford, from 13th Foot; Ensign W. J. Pegus ; Ensign W. H. Kemp ; Ensign A. P. Rossi ; Ensign C. P. ' O'Connell • Ensign S. Darting • Ensign J. W. Mansfield ; Ensign R. Neville ; Ensign S A. Madden, vice Bagot, July 4. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign S. G. Carter, from the 24th Foot, vice Pegus ; Gentleman Cadet R. G. S. Mason, from the Royal Military College, vice Kemp ; Gentle man Cadet T. H. Goad, from the Royal Military College, vice Rossi, July 4; Gentleman Cadet A. Robertson, from the Royal Military College, vice O'Connell, July 5; Gentleman Cadet R. G. A. Luard, from the Royal Military College, vice Darling ; Gentleman Cadet A. E. Rowley, from the Royal Military College, vice Mansfield, July 6 • Gentleman Cadet A. W. Conolly, from the Royal Military College, vice Neville, July 7; G. 0. Nunn, Gent., vice Madden, July 8. 60th Foot—Major M. G. Dennis, from the 6th Foot, to be Major, vice Rumley, who exchanges, July 4. 61st Foot—Ensign R. Maunsell to be - Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Mackenzie, who retires; Ensign F. R. E. Burn side, from the 62d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maunsell, July 4. 62d Foot—G. .1. Ambrose, Gent.., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Burnside, appointed to te 61st Foot, July 4. 68th Foot—Capt. G. J. Smart, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice J. B. Parkinson, who exchanges ; Lieut. W. Cross, to be Captain, by purchase vice Smart, who re tires ; Ensign H. C. Cotton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cross ; A. Kortright, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cotton, July 4, 1845. 79th Foot.—Lieut. T. Gaisford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Skene, who retires; Ensign H. W. Campbell, to be Lieu tenant by purchase, vice Gaisford ; K. R. Maitland, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell, July 4, 1845. 80th Foot—W. B. C. S. Wandesforde, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davis, who retires, July 4. 92d Foot—Ensign J. Gordon to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dickson, appointed to the 51st Foot • Gentle man Cadet J. Carnegie, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Gordon, July 4. 93d Foot—R. E. Seton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Duncan, who retires, July 4. BREVET.—Captain G. J. Smart, of the 68th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841. The undermentioned Cadets of the Honourable East India Company's Service to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign, during the period of their being placed under the com mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, of the Royal Engineers at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of sapping and mining, viz..—A. Cowper, Gent. ; A. Cadell, Gent. ; C. D. Innes, Gent. ; J. T. Donovan, Gent. ; J. W. Pla) fair, Gent. ; A. S. Moberly, Gent., July 4. MEMORANDU3I.—The Christian names of Ensign 111.Le0,1, of the 74th Foot, are William Kelty, not Keltz, as previously stated. The Christian names of Assistant-Surgeon Howell, of the Rifle Brigade, are Frederick Donald, not Francis David, as previously stated. the habit of sending 500 tons a year into that county. At present he sent by water, but if the railway were made, he should send it by that means, as there would be a saving of 2s. 6d. a ton in the carriage to Gainsborough, and a similar saving to Brigg, if the Lincoln and Sheffield line were made. The difference to him of sending by the Direct Northern, instead of by the London and York, would be a saving by the former line of eight miles, and in money Is. a ton. There was a good deal of shipbuilding at Thorne, though the consumption of last year had not been so great as usual. Mr. Backhouse of Weston, near York, a landowner, stated that the London and York line passed Camwood just at the junction of two 'streets, and would be a great in convenience to the town. The Direct Northern passed about 200 yards away from that spot, and would interfere less with the town a great deal than the other line. It also passed at a higher level, and would interfere less with the drainage of the district, and was certainly best adapted for the place. This closed the evidence on the part of the promoters of the line, And the Committee adjourned till twelve on Monday, when the application of the Counsel for the London and York for the decision of the Committee on their line is to be discussed. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before Lord DnwsteN and a Common Jury.) BROWN, ADMINISTRATRIX, V. HORNER. Mr. Archbold appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, and Mr. Leech for the defend,,nt. This was an action brought to recover 901. from defendant, who had been a baker by trade, and had contracted to supply Newgate with bread ; plaintiff's husband had been foreman in one of defendant's es tablishments, and was to be paid a:certain sum per sack for each sack of flour made into bread. The defendant alleged that plaintiff's husband made only 92 instead of 96 quartern loaves from each sack. A fact was also elicited by the evidencelto the effect that a large quantity of the fat of meat sent to be baked at a baker's is a source of profit to him, inasmuch as that he saves it as it flows over, in order to prevent it, wnile in a molten state, from setting fire to the oven. Alto gether the case appeared to be rather a complicated one. and of no public interest whatever. Witnesses having been exa. mined on both sides, his'Lordship summed up, and read the whole of the evidence, after which thel jury retired, and returned into Court with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 73/. 10s. HOLLOWAY V. HOWARD. This was an action for the recovery of the keep of a horse. It appeared from the evidence that the defendant left a horse with, the plaintiff, who lets out his land for the purpose of horses kept at grass. The horse was left with plaintiff' for 74 weeks, at the expiration of which time he sold the horse for 111. 12s 6d., and now brought his action for the balance of the expense of the horse's keep, at the rate of Bs. per week, deducting the above sum. The defendant's witnesses contended that plaintiff agreed with the defendant to take the horse at the end of six months, for the amount of the expense of his keep. The jury then retired, but up to the usual hour for the adjourn ment of the Court there was no likelihood of their agreeing to a verdict. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) :Sittings at Nisi Prius, in Guildhall, before Mr. Justice ERLE.) (Special Jury cases.) SHAW V. CROFIS. This was an action of trover, but the case was withdrawn, as the parties agreed to settle it. WINDItURST V. DIMLY. In this case, in which a question was involved as to the lia bility of the defendant to pay for a certain steam engine, the parties agreed to refer the question to arbitration, subject to the opinion of the Court upon a point reserved. There were no other cases of any interest in either Court. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, JULY 4.—The demand for new wools has been pretty brisk during the past week, and there being now a good assortment in the market, a full average amount of business has been transacted. Prices are firm, and without any apparent variation. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JULY 4.—Sales of English wool are steady ; and as the stocks at market are not large, prices are firm, though not so high as to leave a profit on the rates at present asked by the fat mers for new wool. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JULY 4.—There have not been many buyers of wool this week, which probably arises from the reduced state of the stock at market ; any sales that are made are on fully as good terms. YORK WOOL MARKET, JULY 3.—The wool market has been well supplied this day ; in the morning last week's priees were obtained, but rain coming on, caused a dull sale, and rather lower rates were submitted to, leaving a few lots unsold. LEEDS.—There has not been quite so much business done at our Cloth Halls this week as of late, but there have been considerable quantities of goods delivered to order ; on the whole the deliveries of goods at the warehouses during the week has been above an average; the principal demand is for beavers, double milled cloth, cloakings, and shawls, but fine and middle cloths are duller of sale than of late ; prices are firm and the stocks moderate. There has been a few of the larger London buyers in the town during the week, and there has also been consider. able sales made for shipping ; on the whole a good steady busi ness is doing in the warehouses. _ _ BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—The business doing is not extensive. The spinners cannot give the prices now sought for combing wools of fine quality. The bare supply in the market, and the high prices demanded by the growers, preclude al) hope of any immediate decline. New brokes and noils are much inquired for; the stocks being low, and command very high prices, which may be accounted for by the diminished operations of the spinning trade. We cannot report any change from last week, nothing having tran spired that will in any way improve the condition of the spinner. There is a great deal of idle machinery, and whilst the relative prices of yarns and wool continue at the tree extremes, there is no doubt that the business will continue to be limited. The business doing, in point of extent, is tolerably satisfactory, yet there is not that buoyancy usually apparent at this season of the year; and although yarns are so univerally low, yet the price of goods offers no inducement to extended operations. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING. —The business in cloth, of nearly all descriptions, has been very extensive this week, fully establishing recent advances, and coupled with a general refusal to enter into contracts for a lengthened period. The market to-day closes very buoyantly. The printers can not be called busy, but still are moderately employed. Spin ners are doing remarkably well, having no difficulty in getting stocks at very full prices. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 4. JOINT-STOCK. BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prim Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Australasia ••••• • • • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 31 Britsh North American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 C010nia1....... •• • ... Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15 1 4 Londe and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27 1 ,E London Joint-Stock .. • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 51 Ditto, New. •••. • • • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 National of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 20% Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 5 38 Ditto, New... Union f Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 26 Union of London • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 Name of Company. commercial East and WQst India... East Country London .. ••••.• • • • St Katharine • • .. Southampton • • • 31. per cent. £ s. d, Stock. 5 1 A i. pr cent.' Stock. 1 11. per sh. 100 0 0 '4 I A/. pr cent. Stock. 5 per cent. Stock. V. per cent. 40 0 0 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Per of I Paid. Price, Annum. ' Share. s. d. 50 0 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion •••••.• • • • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 72% Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 Ditto Marine •• .• 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6% Atlas .. ... ....... 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 17 British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Glericl,Med.&Gen.Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 634 County ••• • • . c 9s. and 1 Crown ••• • • • ..... '' ' i 6/. ss. bs. j 40 0 0 5 0 0 10 Eagle ••• • • • Economic Life 5 per ct.,} 1000 0 0 250 0 0 i & 30s.bs. Eng. & Scot. Law Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 European Life • • Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 et- 0 Globe 6/. per cent. Stock. - 143 Guardian .. ••••• • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50% Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 200 Imperial Life. •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine •• • • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29% Law Life .. ••••• • • . • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London Fire London Ship ... ••• • . • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1530 Marine ••••••• • • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. I nvlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life.. Palladium Life • ..... • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 2s. Phcenix - - 195 Protector Life •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 2s. Provident Life •••• • • • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Life •••••• • • • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 43 Royal Exchange .•• . • • 5/. per cent Stock. - 188 Sun Fire .. • • . • • • • • • • 6/. 10s. z..-..- . - Ditto Life . • • • • • • .• • 1/. 6s. - - Universal Life •••• . • • 10% /. pr cnt. 100 0 615 0 18 CANALS. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Pemeller, coal merchant, Tysoe-street, Spa-fields, to surrender July 11 and Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lewis, Wilmington-square. Thomas Henry Wyatt, common brewer, Banbury, Oxford shire, July 16, at half-past two, and Aug. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; Sharp, Verulam-buildings. George Brook, dyer, Huddersfield, July 15 and Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, o ffi cial assignee, Leeds; Tindal, Huddersfield; Cronhelm, Leeds. Thomas Bousfield, ironmonger, Lincoln, July 15 and Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Williamson and Hill, Cray's-inn, London; Moore, Lincoln; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. John Stonehouse, draper, Scarborough, July 16 and Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, London; Sale and Worthington, Manchester. Robert Armstrong, shipwright, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 15 and Aug. 26, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Williamson and Hill, Gray's Inn, London ; Ingledew, New castle-upon-Tyne. Joseph Lewis, card-maker, Birmingham, July 17 and Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knowles, Bir mingham ; Parkes, Smith, and Co., Bedford-row, London. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. E. Hilton and N. Walsh, paper makers, Overwarden, Lan cashire—second div. of 4d. in the pound, or (on new proofs) a first and second div. of 2s. 10d. in the pound, July 1, and any following Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. G. Ball, carpenter, Bath—first div. of 3s. 3d. in the pound, July 7, and any following Monday, at the office of Mr. Acra man, Bristol. R. Marshall, stone mason, Deptford —second div. of Is. 100. in the pound, July 5, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. L. Johnstone, wine merchant, Hammersmith, July 29, a half-past twelve—J. Batt and T. Batt, dealers in silk, Old Broad-street, July 25, at half-past twelve—J. Harman, brewer, Whitefriars, July 25, at half-past one—H. Haynes, innkeeper, Scole, Norfolk, July 28, at two—S. Libbis, innkeeper, Stratton St. Mary, Norfolk, July 28, at half-past twelve—T. R. Wi thers, merchant, Eling, Southamptonshire, July 28, at half-past one —G. Williams, linen draper, Aldgate, July 28, at half-past eleven—C. J. Hunt, billiard table maker, Cork-street, Bur lington-gardens, July 28, at one—M. Tomkinson, linen draper, Kidderminster, July 28, at twelue—R. Greenwood, bookseller, Bradford, July 29, at eleven. In the Country. J. L. Fernandes, N. L. Fernandes, and J. L. Fernandes, cornmillers, Wakefield, July 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. Humphrey and T. Humphrey, jun., shipwrights, Hull, July 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—E. C. Radford, J. Radford, and J. Radford, iron founders, Man chester, July 26, at one, at the Manchester District Court—J. Humphries, merchant, Birmingham, July 28, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. V. Guigues, hotel keeper, Leicester-square, July 26—G. Rudman, mason, Bristol, July 28—W. Watson, licensed vic tualler, Wakefield, July 28.—J. Akeroyd, shopkeeper, Leeds, July 28—H. Priddey, Droitwitch, Worcestershire, July 31— T. Morris and W. Woodward, drapers, Burslem, Staffordshire, July 28—J. Webster, cloth manufacturer, Morley, Yorkshire, July 20—W. Cawthorn, jun., wine merchant, Salisbury street, Strand, July 25—R. Thurlow, oil merchant, Southamp ton, July 25—G. Phillips, innkeeper, Leicester—J. B. and R. Gordon, coopers, Poplar, July 25—S. May, watchmaker, Myd diet on - street, Clerkenweil, l July 25—C. Rogers, saddler,Bishops gate-st reet Within, July 25—C. Watson, jun., tea dealer, Dar lington, Durham, July 25—J. Schofield, grocer, Oldham, July 25 —J. Crowther, corn miller, Huddersfield, July 25—.1. Tolson, fancy cloth manufacturer, Huddersfield, July 25—W. Williams, victualler, High - street , Giles's, July 25. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Smith and E. Richardson, grocers, York—T. S. Evans, and J. Appleton, grocers, Drury-lane—R. Mills and J. L. Champion, grocers, Stroud—V. Higgins, V. T. Hi g g l n e a c k a e n r d - W. H. Higgins, iron merchants, Liverpool—H. son and E. Bell, attorneys, Stafford—A. HoPPs t I a a T. Clark, Chantrell, commission agents, Leeds — n n . cl " G. F. W r p . ool— t H r . ' C. Crowdy, and A. W. Chalmers, rope makers, Live wdt s hire—S. Barker, and J. Brace, attorneys, Highworth, ttorneys, Gray's Inn- C. Choppin, and S. Denton, jun. , square—G. Everard, T. Colclough,ana. PTorawtntsaeundd,3chßinoa. manufacturers, Longton, Staffordshire —B. land, surgeons, Pershore, Worcestershire—ckE.Dns G. W ev . o Fe h rn ir i e e_and J. Tennant, manganese miners, T avis , Osborne and J. Cooper, iron founders, Noble-street, Goswell street—C. Ironside, E. Johnston, and C. C. Ironside, Liver pool (so far as regards C. Ironside)—D. Robinson and F. C. Hutton, attorneys, Blackburn—J. I. Gotthardt and S. Dean, worsted manufacturers, Halifax—C. Dugdale, C. H. Perry, an d J. Daly, millers, Liverpool—J. Potter, W. H. Smith, J. Knowles, and J. Cook, stock brokers, Leeds —W. Gorton and B. Rankin—W. H. Belville and A. M. Freak, manufac turing jewellers, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell—G. Parsons and C. J. Townley, stock brokers, Liverpool—J. F. Fletcher and H. Birt, surgeons, Arundel—T. and W. S. Browning, distillers, Smithfield-bars—l. Worthington and J. Cunningham, cotton brokers, Liverpool—C. Brockbank and C. Griffiths, tailors, Liverpool —F. H. Hogg and W. Edmonds, merchants— J. Bradley and T. Smith, calico printers' engravers, Manches ter—J. Starkey and T. Chatterton, mercers, Macclesfield—W. Crook, sen., and W. Crook, jun., ironmongers, Carnaby-street, ' Golden. square—A. and J. Salt, cut nail manufact era,* Air* mingham—S. B. Lamb and H. J. Bell, attorneys, ti SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. ' l ' l •'" ' James M'Phersou and Company, merchants, Kingussie, In verness-shire, July 8 and 28, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Prophet, Inverness. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the ive;k ending July 1, 1845, is 335. l I id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. ---- NimaaT INTELLIGENCE. do pz. IA&KET.V Prices per ton at the do. ;:f the market :—puddle's West ' Hartley, 14s 6d ; Chester itfati; , 14s 6d; Holywell Main, 14s • Nelson 14s 6d ; ' l4s ; Basting West Hartley s Hartley, 17 Ord's Redheugh, 13s ; Stewart's stem ;;. 13s 6d ; Taylor's West Hartley, 15s; West llartley, 15s • West Wylam, ' 14s 9d ; Wall's-end East Hetton, 14s ' 6d ; 11-,„: ell, 16s 9d ; Russell's Hetton, 15s 9d; Stewart's, 16s 9d; li . .. mtle r* 16s 9d ; Heugh Hall, 15s 6d ; Eden Hartlepool, 15s t lees , 16s 3d ; Cowpen Hartley, 15s • West Hartley NethelPlit ' 14s 6d.—Ships arrived, 31. (Froni the London New Price Current of July 4.) Svcs a.—To-day West India Sugar was in excellent re quest for all purposes, the quantity sold amounting to 700 bhds and tierces, and the rates obtained were equal to those of yes terday, Holders refusing to submit to any further decline. The total sales for the week reached 2,800 hhds and tierces. REFINED.—To-day lower rates were again taken for Re fined goods, standard lumps selling at 71s to 71s 6d, and brown lumps 69s to 70s per cwt, still a fair business was transacted. Bonded Crushed Sugar is yet dull of sale at 40s per cwt. MA U RITIUS.- This afternoon borers of Mauritius operated with more freedom, in consequence of merchants accepting a reduction of 6d per cwt, and 3,892 bags 312 casks at auction were all sold. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was a brisker demand for Bengal Sugar, and 1,000 bags at public sale were all dis posed of, white at an advance of Is per cwt, and yellow fetched full rates. FoaElGN.—There has been less disposition manifested to purclylse yellow Havannah Sugar, but holders remain firm, and will not sell but at full rates. Porto Rico has sustained the former value, but not much business has been transacted this week. Of white and brown Brazil none has been submitted to public sale, and the purchases made by private treaty have been limited; there are, however, no sellers to be met with but at full rates. Other kinds of foreign are less inquired for, yet former prices are insisted upon. MOLASSES.—The purchases made have been extremely limited in West India by private contract, and prices are going down, Itis to 22s per cwt is the value of low to fine ; the market is better supplied. At public sale 5 puns of Tobago were sold at 20s per cwt. Bengal treacle is not so snuck asked for. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee. Ceylon of good ord pale rp.i.,Ality was held for 47s 6d to 48s per cwt, but little business was t,*.ansacted pri vately. Of Singapore Java 1,200 bags have been e.. 11 ( 1 at 365, 230 ditto 35e, and 450 bags Rio at 32s 9d. Rica.—To-day Bengal Rice was less sought after, and 1,615 bags at public sale went at a decline of 3d per cwt. Srsces.—lmpoiters of Cassia Lignea have submitted to a reduction on former rates of 2s per cwt. Pimento has met with ready purchasers upon former terms. Nutmegs are yet wanted, and the parcels disposed of were at fully late rates. For Mace prices have taken an upward turn. Black Pepper is held for the former value. White is little wanted. In Cloves few purchases have been made privately, and the stock has been further increased. For Ginger prices have been sustained. Cinnamon of the better descriptions maintain last sale's rates. TEA.—For Congou prices remain the same as previously quoted. Pouchong has been in excellent request by the home trade, and exporters are still buying the common kinds; prices are on the advance; the trade generally are inclined to get supplied, as the stock is much less than last year; arrivals falling off; the consumption very good ; and prices moderate. Twankay is held with firmness. Hyson has brought fully last sales' rates. Holders of Imperial and Gunpowder refuse to submit to any further decline. Scented Orange Pekoe is much wanted. _ . . SpIRITs.--Jamaica of all descriptions is wanted, for home consumption and exportation : there has been a good business transacted ; common and middling kinds have sustained the former value, whilst good and fine brought an advance of 2d per gallon. Demerara has met with attention, and prices are still on the advance. Leeward Island has been in good demand, and stiffer rates are given. The market is firm for Calcutta, and a fair business has been transacted. Brandy has been purchased with caution, and a further decline in the value has taken place. In Geneva several purchases have been made at Is 81 f d to Is 9d, and fine fit for home consumption is fetching 2s 2d to 2s 9d per gallon. The value of British Corn Spirits is 10s 2d per gal nett cash. FRUIT.—The market for Currants has become flat, and to effect sales lower prices have been submitted to. Valentia Raisins go off slowly at 40s to 42s ; in Red Smyrna and Chesme there is very little doing. (Mrs.—Although the accounts from the Seal Fishery ere unfavourable, still they had no influence on the market here for Seal Oil. Cod is little wanted, and former prices are no obtainable. The market is in a quiet state for Southern, and the supply being good prices have still a downward tendency. Sperm is not offered at any further reduction. The market is in a quiet state for Linseed Oil,and a further d ecline in prices has taken place. Rape Oil has been purchased with caution. In consequence of unfavourable accounts from Africa, a consi derable advance has taken place in the prices of Palm, and a good deal has been done ; Cocoa Nut has been in good request, and stiffer rates are given. Prices are yet depressed for Olive. TA LLow.—Holders of Russian have shown firmness this week, and declined to submit to any further reduction in prices. Town Tallow fetching 40s to 40s 6d per cwt nett cash, and the'supply is not :arge:for the period of the season. Foe other kinds there are not many buyers at present, but prices have suffered no further depression. COURT CIRCULAR. his Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of IVestminster. His Royal Highness arrived at Gwydyr House at so quarter before three o'clock, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Ashburton, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. the Speaker, Lord Mahon, Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, Sir Robt. Harry Inglis, Mr. 11. Gaily Knight, Mr. Samuel Rogers, and Mr. Thomas Wyse. After attending the meeting of the Commission his Royal highness Prince Albert went to inspect the new Palace of Westminster. Their Royal Highnesses tl .e Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, ac companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Queen and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured the performance at Drury-lane Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite included the Viscountess Jocelyn, Baroness d'Hooghvorst, the Earl of Morton, Colonel Buckley, Colonel Bouverie, and Major de Moerkerke. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Duke and Duchess of Beau fort with their company at dinner yesterday, at their residence in Arlington-street. The Duke of Cambridge afterwards honoured Mr. Parnther with his company, at his residence in Grafton-street. A meeting of the Commissioners fur the Reduction of the National Debt was held yesterday, at the 'Treasury. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor of the Bank of England were present. Mr. Ilighatn, Secre tary and Comptroller-General, was in attendance. Mr. Francis Smith had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting yesterday at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Bishops of London, Ely, Hereford, Lichfield, and Worcester, the Right Hon. John Nicholl, and the Dean of Westminster. Mr. James M'Qucen had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday. Mr. W. Jeffcott had also an inter view with his Lordship. The Committee of the Baronetage for Privileges held, yesterday, their last meeting for the season, at the Clarendon Hotel. On this occasion a box of papers belonging to the Committee of Baronets which sat from 1783 to 1792 (deposited with Messrs. Drummond, bankers, in the names of the late Sir Henry Hoghton, Sir Edward Astley, Sir George A. Winn, and Sir Edward Lloyd, Baronets) was produced and examined. These valuable documents, which have been lost sight of fbr upwards of half a century, will have an important effect in regard to the particular objects for which the Committee of the Baronetage for Privileges has been constituted. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the West Indian Colonies. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial Office for the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, and the Gold Coast. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ___ HER MAJESTY'S MARINE PALACE IN THE ISLE Or WIGHT. — Osborne House will soon become but a wing. The new buildings are proceeding rapidly, and are already up to the ground door ; the new part will to appearance be about 80 feet square, with a large cir cular window fronting the east, and a terrace round the whole. Her Majesty purposes attending Whippingham Church,and the pews are to be immediately fitted up for her. The greater part of Barton has been pulled down ; it was intended to repair and embellish it, and workmen had:been some time employed on it for that purpose, when the walls were found so weak that they were condemned, and 'the new and old work all taken down; the new buildings here are to be in character with the old. Moorings were yesterday laid down off Cowes for the royal yacht. The former visits of her Majesty being only for short periods, the steamers let go their anchors, but they have now re gularappears as if royalty was about to g isience. Yet this town was never before so dull at this season of the year, nor was ther e ever so make m tris rin it ga s ma ny of the lodging -houses unoccu p ied. , pe an r d m e n v e e n ry t th r l es n The meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron House here on the 11th instant is expected to be more numerous than at any similar meeting. There are several candidates to be balloted for ; the noblemen and gentlemen elect their members by ballot. but will not allow Members of Parliament to be elected so. DINNER TO MR JOHN BRITTON, F.A.5..-Wo are rejoiced to find that the admirers of our architectural an tiquities are about to testify their respect to that most inde fatigable and learned antiquary and excellent and kind-hearted man, Mr. John Britton, by inviting him to a dinner, at the Castle at Richmond, on Monday next. That which Sit Walter did for the manners, costumes, and customs of the me diaeval ages, Mr. John Britton has done for the architecture of the same period. He came forward as an active labourer in the field at a time when such labours were less appreciated than they are at present; and it must be most gratifying to observe the steady progress of that taste for medieval archi tecture which he has contributed so much to revive. The gathering will be most interesting. THE MEMOIRS OF LADY 'TESTER STANHOT•Es just published, are exciting much interest in the great world. n r e i , da Lord Chatham, Dukeof Among the numerous celebrated personages , of w hom curious particulars and anecdotes are given, will be foun d the followin g a h Mr Pitt, e p o r a g t e , L I , Fox,George lr. . 1 V Canning,. , Q ueen i:ird Caro line, r s o he Palmerston, Lord and Lord Wellington, Lord Liverpool, Lord Hood , Lord St. Asaph, Lord ad y B ii r u i t d e p , o L r t o , r d L ij o r a d wke sßrougham,bury, L Lord Carrington, Camel ford, Marquis of Abercorn, Lord Ebrington, Lord Suffolk, Sit Edward Sugden, Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Abercrombie, Sir Walter Scott, Mr. Thomas Moore, Beau Brummell, Mrs. Fry Mrs. Fitzherbert, &c. Lady Charlotte Bury , Lady S U -_,;,_. ~~ ( . ...', l ? ( ' , - ./. 1 , 4 ,i, 1' I f 118 3 A