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R' 4 . th ere -assembli ng of the Committee this morning, ev id ence _ tuostan tiate the t ra ffi c ta b les, which were pro d uce d y es t er d a y, ;Proceeded with. fatmer, of Kellen, was first examined, and spoke thee<ally as to the cattle and agricultural produce that passed along hom, Re was of opinion that the railway, if constructed, " e or great be ne fi t to the farmers in the di str i c t. bee- Q ' Mi lli, of De ans t ewn, conf i rmed t h e statemen t s w hich had _ .Made of the traffic to and from Strathmore. He expressed We :Ninon that in manufactures water power was preferable to W r e 'n e. °ll er• The work was better done, the morals of the people heete',"ither toned, and the workmen employed in the cou ntry . menu where water power was employed, generally lived longer Mrhe work men employed in town factories. at Sidey, the Provost of Perth stated the feeling of the inha of Perth was generally in favour of the proposed railway. wit'r G uthrie, the P rovost of Brechin, tendered similar evidence opuretndsai Ab e r deen a l l ey w 'Peet to the opinion of the people of Brechin as to the rail tha Rt ay they w ere dissatisfied with the present branch (LEFT SITTINC) CZtis Comm C ORNWALL RAILWAY. ittee met at el even o ' c l oc k in the Lord Chancellor's ~'e t h e Earl of Ellenborough in the chair. 4 o first ' wit ness examined was Mr. Hawkeshaw, an engineer, tt Itho d e c ame Posed that he considered the projected line perfectly prac - td2ll,,Etrihtihrtayt the working of it would be quite free from danger or rat Y• He thought they could very well travel at the average miles an hour. The gradients on the branch line . 3 9 Manchester to Oldham were, some of them, as bad as one in Yet ti nopp ages. -- le) . travelled twenty-three miles an hour on it, including Cross. e . - lammed —It would require more vigilance in the direc liittStV.r the engines to guard against accidents on a curving uneven f vitii i _n_ao on a level and direct line, but, with an ordinary degree o ,4nce. accidents might be easily guarded against. • zut....e:unsel then asked witness if there was not danger of trains reen"tlnpanto the railway station, and so causing immense deur *. ftequently loss of life, when the curves and gradients e b ad ? Witness replied that such accidents had occurred, but it did not e3e ; either from the curves or the gradients. The surplus mo g ot , Ut n Which an inclined plane would occasion was easily h ie r e Pe d ess , and such accidents could only arise from extreme ca l l: t 'ren e n . e. Th ey might . happen on a level line as well as on an , , th;., '''cties, an engineer, who was next examined, concurred Drapeo'4w taken of the line by the last witness, and thought, if I n farried out, there would be no danger of accident. tli e e .wer to a question from the CHAIRMAN, witness said that W ith' IPen" working locomotive lines had greatly decreased vr e ,. n . the last few years. Four or five years ago the expenses „„ -.tor n 4 ,. , 3 'ent n u 7 I° • per mile. On part of the line the ruling gra in go . kr . Ser traidie.Seant INAKE—What do you mean by the ruling ss— GL The prevailing maximum gradient. aw ed ' W ril Witn K elia m Henry Bo n d, an officer, who resided at Falmouth, 1844 that he h a d been secretary to the Cornwall Rahway in the and noel: a great interest in it. Witnes went on to des . cribe thlte irn..upoatiritantgeosf svtrhai ffi chc.he thought would result s from the projected the r th . "el. the eminent engineer, was next called. Surveyed bein g and thought th ere was no thi ng i n it to prevent its eUr t .,,, Wor ked with sa f ety and conven i ence . Th ere were worse Parry :atied arrgyriandients on other lines. The Great Western Com ttases 055: 4 17 Wh ich be was t, would be large g out this he scheme. engineer The gradient; svere contributors in many 44 Nra t ee°a^d the curves rather sharp, but from his experience e. etv e e. sPeed of thirty miles en hour for the mail train, and Whole for the goods' train might be maintained along the W ith Perfect safety and convenience. (LEFT SITTING •..ItPOOL AND DUE RAILWAY. t his tn n e ~-°,tanliitee appointed on this Bill met in the Rolls' Cour , )4 i n ,,'"ff. at eleven, Lord Clanricarde in the chair. '"lgth ,„"nison, civil engineer, was called—He stated that . the Lod ill "' he line from Liverpool to Bolton was twenty-five miles,. thirt y additional five miles to Bury would make a total of 'horteet"cl- There was a branch to Orrnskirk, and another d ietu i „,"c—making a lt oge th er thi r ty-f our miles. The gra table be cre not i n t h e least objectionable, the most u tifavou -1 97 T a l in 90, for a distance of three-and.a-half miles, and 17 8. 5 •or f our miles. The estimate for construction . was 911,782/. ' l ocks 4 .; Was intended to connect the line with the Liverpool coal Present in course of construction, and thus facilitate the me.ssinc from the pits to the vessels lying there. %reb el , Hawkeshaw and F orsy th , c i v il eng i ne ers, were called to , ate the evid ence of the first witness, and the Committee eu auinttrned till eleven on Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. 'll, GROUP A. weleelCuUllnittee met this morning at the early hour of eleven Ator g ,,, and of theaccording to Agreement, the case on the part of the brrNSTER, AND DEAL LXNE. about kr. to be opened by Mr. ALEXANDER, when pan), Sergea nt WR&NGIIA M , on the part of the North Kent Corn. Dag y, t a PPlied for permission to appear on the part of that Coro_ that th e , ° Plaose a part of the preamble of the Bill, on the ground Th e - '"IPanY had a competing project for next session. Nlhan trrntnittee refused to admit the argument of Mr. Sergeant eXist e atn , as the North Kent Company had actually ceased to kr. A the LEXssinea then addressed the Committee on the part of io ll;ohl e oters of the line, and called resid a ; Kingsmill, the Mayor of the town of Deal, Mr. Richard, be ext ,`" t at Deal, and oth er w itnesses spoke to the advantages to altfo rt e cte ct front such a railway comranoication as this line would (LEFT SITTING.) GRU li I" X. YORE LINES. The in th r. ot t e% ~mittee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Lord Cour e chair. kr. Sergtant WRANGHAM contended that the notices tendered Yesterday to Mr. Webster were not sufficiently specific to justify the oPposition which had been made to the London and York inc.l That at the Greenwood.lane, Ross, and at Robery Common, might s erve the purpose of the promoters, but the ethers were far too 'lgoe to justify the objections legally, and he was quite satisfied that they could not be sustained. Mr. AUSTIN; on behalf of the Eastern Counties Company, contended that there was a defect in the evidence which could not now be obviated. The precedent established in the Portsmouth group held its this case. The report of the Board of Trade Was to be taken into account, and though that decision was not to be binding, yet, notwithstanding that decision, the cP Com mittee had det erm i ned to give the accesses to the town of orts mouth. Now, the parties for whom he appeared, had certain portions of the Inc to which they were especially !Milled, and he contended that the line between Biggleswade and 14° . ndon v ies certainlyopen obj, and on that principle he shoul d assert his right to be to heard in ection favour of the Northern and Xast rn P e C ompany, esp ec i a ll y when i t was reco ll ecte d that this -(4n anY hr.d made th e li ne wh i c h i mme d iate l y l e d f rom t h e b'etrn Pelis. The Committee on the Portsmouth had decided that three `aeries should be given to that town. The whole of the evidence to th e London and York line had been received, and he thought ii at h e Was fully entitled to adduce evidence in favour of another co - l e _ He h e ld , therefore, that the Committee were incompetent to Lae .to a ny decision w hi c h should invalidate any other line—perhaps reer line between the two ter m i n i. Thi s d ec i son cou ld not b e ed at b e f ore they had the whole of the evidence before them. sinhact evidence to tender that would mwerially affect that deci b:,„;whieh would in f ac t s h ow t h at another and a better line c, uld e n - 'ade to the north than that proposed by the London and York on atr, r. th ninuwattn wished to inquire whether the decision was only 4.,.°L On don and Yo r k, or on the tweets to the northern counties. '.elt tw assu red that where b e tt er means o f commun i cat i on were Proff er b tu e d, he was perfectly entitled to give evidence of the advan. r w , hi ch would be obtained by taking some other route. and oPe said that he had been waiting sixty days to be heard, oppa e "Ted on the sixty.first day he should not be refused the 't:: t e uni tY of giving evidence on a portion of the line... . mow Co mmittee then retired to consider whether this evidence tot „ d be received, and, after some time, declared that they could Ipiti;"' Pres ent give any decision, and they would th ere f ore go on hoe, the traffic evidence on the Tottenham and Farringdon-street (LEFT SITTING.) Acme DENkj DEATHS.—An old woman, named Mary set [h uts, o b t a s t , t a l e a o w l . die 1 ' a widow who had followed the army through et the Peninsular campaign ' , and was with her husband's regiment Waterloo, dropped down dead at her .lodgings, the eyeeite'street, VVinth.or. while in a state of intoxication, ont e Ro te _ gof Thursday last. About two hours previously, another of than residin body!, gin the same street, had died suddenly of a disease h e ," 4 t t awl Mary Clements was called in to " lay out" . the eated f '''i t er Performing this ceremony, she became more d intox t i n . eh etqh, r , s , rn , :Pg an additional quantity of beer, and fell own boa tth e"c fit, and instantly expired. She hail, jut before, been vitht e l h t hat the l ast body was the 356th body she had " laid out ,, D I e 1 "t 3 6 years. ~... ST RE ,,, — "tin t ,„ Lb NEFDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY. The f "'et"). sinallYL.w" this 04`"efi Yesterday, at Exeter Hall, in aid of the fund f s th o e adjourned until further notice, on account of Ines, nt et i',"endance. There were not more than twenty p PA TE 44- kat two. tempt— , .oa " A KlNG.—Monsieur Thierry, who at.- to emak ,. B. `ealand I , , ' 4l h himself as an independent sovereign in New subj ect ,' --a‘'ine disappointed or given umbrage to his barbarous Public 1 1 :„ 48 re cently killed, cooked, and eaten by them at a solemn \ LT-quet.--Edinburzh Advertiser. v elatin e n , ueli eve we can - state that the disagreeable re consider e "tider T nt ained in the report of the Committee Mx. i t _ pet t t r . le tafs , cmea . a isepeeittition of the South-Eastern Railway, have re i . n n t n d ed e t r h e t d e and ~I.3hameledt for Captain Boldero and Mr. Bonham to resign rinthtehmaticnittyhe the ' r e Board of Ordnance.—Times. Courrier de Lyons states that on Tuesday the marked 107 of Fahrenheit in the shade, Of te r n , t there was not the slightest indication of the approach Ito, ..,. 'trout '''''' °17 : 44 E 9 8. A nephew of the celebrated th e 6- was arrested in his lodgings last night, and Library, and ,„, 411e of St. Angelo. He frequented the Vatican the lib erty extracts from rare manuscripts, but he had taken t heme ! of cutting off' the leaves of several of them, and pocketing } IAN Pein„,,.. "ER, JULY they intend to leave this city to. morrow for Norderney, where ithas 4.—The Crown Prince and been 1 : Lll 'lay some weeks, for the benefit of sea-bathing. Prie_eMrted that, on ac . cou•it of the delicate condition of the ;. -__'"ti their Royal Highnesses would not go to the baths this he 04`‘rsiettbut this d etermination has been suddenly altered with t . tof th e King. or CLAREMONT.—An extensive and convenient range th e at .t bli ng and coach-houses has been completed at Claremont for Itte,:f°rolnodation of the horses and carriages belonging to her ''-'ll when the Court is at that delightful residence. a t . tri '. NEAR THE BLACKFRIARS-ROAD.— Thursday -..o rnin Mfr I, g ' Bh attlY after one , a fire broke out on the premises of ' •' - 'owne fri,.._ . 3', grocer and cheesemonger, 26, Cross-street, Black /017•road. Several engines were quickly on the spot, and after eee ! trouble the flames were extinguished, but not before very t,_,'" , darn ag -y ule d e was done, nearly the whole of the stock in the shop the ir "troyed by fire or water. The occupier was insured in :-Onden Office. A.a.f, b e , ItclE GOOSEBERNY.—A day or two ago a goose . - I t Zi`eas Polled in the garden of Mr. William Stirling, of Kirkintil. b ele wh ich measured 4% by 4 % inches. This gigantic berry th e n i g' to the class of Lancashire berries, known by the name of ett es. : a co mPanion,” and is not likely to be matched, even in Dom .l, hire.—Glaegoto Argw. ~., EETOT Aus m. ___46 Ate „ th ., . Arrah, Teddy dear, will you tell to ok 1. 7 , Is the meaning of teetwetalism ? Is it repaler. eddy rep al .'' PIP* out of his mouth, anti deliberately said, " It's not b et : v. bends, but it's like it. Repale is 411:another. '1" a eetwotalisra is cutting the heart out . g . if dividing a sister from 4, wan, an v t I a lump of Cold water in its place." been AND LINCILN LlNE.—.Persons 'L.:ye 4 72 lee Una employed during the past week in course the ite, which we untieritelid is to be completed inApril next. -"AM Journal. ' . Tl__ CIYN., LONDON, SATURDAI EVENTi,T6I, JULY 12, 1-14nott corruptly .71seJ the influence of his official station for the furtherance of his .private pecuniary interests, and has thereby ren. dered himself unwi , rthy of confidence as a public officer. Your Committee, upon the evidence before them, cannot enter tain a doubt thst the paragraphs in Mr. Hignett's letter of the :id of February, 1545, N rhich refar to Captain Bolden) and Mr. Bon ham are altogether false. But your Committee find that Captain Balder° and Mr. Bont , am have trafficked in the shares of a railway company, the progress of whose Bill depended upon the consent of a public Board, of which, at the time, they were members ; and they are of opinion that such transactions are inconsistent with the maintenance of that strict impartiality of conduct upon all public questions which is to be expected from every servant of the Crown, and are calculated to impair the confidence of the public in the integrity of members of Government departments. Your Committee feel the greatest regret in being obliged to direct the attention of the House to a circumstance which has been disclosed in the course of this investigation, viz., that Mr. Bonham received from the South-Eastern Railway Company in the year 1836, at which time he was a Member of the House of Commons, the sum of 3001. This sum appears to have arisen from the premium upon the sale of 100 reserved shares, which were sub sequently to the passing of the Bill appropriated to Mr. Bonham, and disposed of for his benefit, and was paid by a cheque to Mr. Bonham through Mr. Wray, as a gratuity for the services which he had rendered to that Company, both in and out of Parliament, and as a member of the Committee on the South-Eastern Railway Company's Bill. But the Committee are bound, in justice to ;lir, Bonham, to add that they received no evidence to show that such gratuity was the result of any previous arrangement between Mr. Bonham and the Company. Your Committee cannot abstain from expressing their opinion, that the part taken by Mr. Wray, the Receiver-General of Police, is deserving of serious animadversion. Your Committee also feel bound strongly to condemn the con- duct of all those parties in connexion with the South Eastern Rail way Company who participated in the transactions of the years 1 836 and 1845, referred to in the evidence, as being in the opinion of your Committee highly reprehensible. Your Committee feel it to be their duty also to call the atten- lion of the House to the practice of canvassing disclose) in the evidence. It appears to your Committee to be a practice de grading to both parties, the party canvassing and the party Can_ vassed, and to be calculated ultimately to destroy all respect for the decisions of the House, especially in the case of private Bills. Its obvious tendency is to cause these deciAons to be regarded rather as the result of personal solicitation and private influence, than that of an honest and impartial regard for the Interests of the public. :MURDER OF MR. PALMER AND EIGHT SEAMEN OF HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP WASP. PrA - 31ourrt, JUIN 10.—The pris:mrrs were again brought up, and Cuqurreria desired to make an addition to his evidence of yes terday. On being permitted, and again sworn, he staled as fol lows : Emanuel Jose Alvez was the man in the boat after he hart his head cut open by the English quartermaster. As soon as be came from the boat, on board the schooner again, he came forward where the blood was, and took it up with both hands and drank it Emanuel Francois Rozegres, a black, and native of the Isle of France, was then examined Lt considerable length. He deposed to having been engaged by the prisoner Serva as a servant, and to his having subSeqUently gone to - sea in the Echo, which took on board 434 slaves at Lagos. She was captured by the British. Ile was placed in a boat with six . others and towed a t th e stern o f t h e pr i ze. When he had been there about half an hour he heard a noise from the deck of the schooner. He could not see what was doing, but about ten minutes after he first heard the noise he saw two bodies of white men disappear in tha water, In the place where they went down the water was red. I also saw two blacks swim:ming. They had blue shirts on. Serva said about two minutes after, " Haul the beat up, there is no more danger." I still heard the same noise. I heard a voice twice, and I rather think it was Serra's, saying in Portugnese, " Kill, kill." Serve called to us to pull up the boat, and I then got on deck, and saw four of the prisoners wounded on the head. They were passing handkerchiefs over their heads. Another had a wound on the side. There was blood on the deck. There was a I,rge quantity on the starboard side forward. The prisoner then gave directions so as to get alongside the Echo to board her. Several of the men objected. The other party then said, "We must: giv, it up, because we have no arms " Serva then said, " PaSs by the Echo, and fire into her mainmast." One of the guns was then sre:t. Serra then claimed the vessel for his owners. The witness then detailed the circumstance of the recapture of the Star. The witness was subjected to a long cross-examination by the solicitor for the prisoners, but nothing of al.y importance wns elicited. The Court 'hen adjourned to FRIDAY.— On the prisoners b. ing brought up this day the third approver —a negro slave, who had cbtained his freedom by touching on the British soil —was examined. At the time of the affray he was in bed, and refused, when urged to do so, " to take any part in the quarrel between the whites," Ile described the appearance of the vessel, and the language used by the prisoners after the English had been destroyed, and in these respects his evidence was confirmatory of that previously adduced. The Court then committed the ten prisoners on the charge of Wilful Murder on the high seas. It will be for the Crown to de. termine whether they shall be tried at Exeter or in the Central Criminal Court. RAILWAY COMIVIri"nIEs, (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. 7 1 21 M CORNWALL YLAII.W Y. (Continued from our Afti-rno.m Edition ay , serda,y.) A coestion arose respecting the assent of the Admiralty to one of the bridges on the projecttd line, which crosses a creek. It was in sinuated by Mr Rowe that that assent had not been obtained, whilst Mr. Merrivale objected to the disclosure of any arrangements which had taken place between the officers of the Admiralty and the promoters of the present Bill. Mr. RoWE contended that the knowledge of the assent or dissent of the Admiralty to any part of the line which interfered with navigation was absolutely indispensable to the Committee, for otherwise the Committee might be uselessly consuming their time in examining into the merits of a line which, after all, the Govern. ment might throw out. There was a long argument on this head, and a great deal of legal ingenuity expended. The Committee decided that questions on this head might be put generally. Mr. Rows then resumed the cross examination of Captain Moor. sour on this head, but nothing of interest or importance transpired. Mr. Rastrick, engineer of the London and Brighton Line—Exa mined the projected line. The rding gradient in one part of the ,• line was one in sixty, and another one in forty. There would be no more difficulty or danger in wotking a light train on such gra dients than a heavy train on better ones. The curves had nothing to do with the gradients. The worst curve was one of fifteen chains radius. The remainder of the day was occupied in the cross-examination of this witness, and the Committee aljourncd at four o'clock. sco . rT auDx..a.r; D RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The examination of Mr. Byer was resumed. It appeared that the annual income expected to be derived from the passenger traffic amounted in the whole to 9,909/. 125., which, being doubled according to Parliamentary usage on railway matters, would dice a total result of 19,819/. 4s. annually. The income from goods, including cotton, cloth, flax, wool, stone, slate, wood, potatoes, and general met. handise, amounted to 4,152/. 16s. led. From coals and lime a return of 4,553/, per annum would be realised. Fat and lean cattle and sheep, exclusive of lambs, would yield a.i income of 3.71 I/ 10s. 7d. The gross total revenue de rivable from these different sources, including the revenues of the two small railways. which the Com - any intended to purchase, and parcels and mails, would amount to 36,8581. 12s. 3d. The examination and re-examination of this witness occupied their Lordships nearly the entire day. All the facts which he stated have already appeared in the report of his evidence before the Com mittee of the House of Commons. Mr. Pare was examined, and corroborated the evidence of the previous witness in every particular. At the close of the evidence their Lordships adjourned. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER- HAIIIPTON. The Committee met today at the usual hour, Lord Radnor in the chair, when the examination of witnesses was proceeded with. [We have to correct a misprint in our report of yesterday, in which Mr. Bond, of Kingswinford, in speaking of the carriage of coal from that place to the south, is represented to have said that the carriage to London was Is. 7d.—it should have been 17s.] Mr. Harrington, of Oxford, was the first witness called this morning, and examined by Mr. Tatacer—He represented the feel ing of Oxford to be generally in favour of the present line of rail way. They considered it was the one best calculated for the wants of the district. By the Tring line the traffic from Worcester to London did not touch at Oxford, whereas the Great Western line diJ. He considered it would confer great benefit on the town and neighbourhood. There was a great demand for coals in Oxford shire, while agricultural produce was sent in large quantities to the north. The cross.examination of the witness did not elicit any point of material importance. Mr. Hinnon and Mr. Steel deposed as to the local traffic, which they described would be much better accommodated by the Great Western Company than by the London and Birmingha.n. Mr. James Lemon, of Chipping Norton, gave evidence as to the traffic of that place. The sale of barley annually in the Chipping Norton market was 15,000 quarters. The district was an im. portant agricultural one, and for its produce there was at present no cheap or easy mode of searching the mineral and manufacturing districts. In the ev.mt of a railway being formed, the agricultural produce of the south would find its way at a cheap rate into the populous districts of the north• By this means both north and south would be benefited. He considered the line promoted by the Great Western scheme much the best of the two. Mr. Sessions, brewer of Charlesley, near Oxford, was examined respecting the trade and traffic of that town. The population of the town and neighbourhood was 7,700. The consumption of coal was at present about 6,000 tons yearly. This cost very high Prices at present. It was his conviction that if the present line were formed, it would create a reduction in the price of coal equal to all the poor-rates of the district. There was a large manufac tory of gloves in the town employing about 600 persons. These goods cost in carriage from 2001. to 3001. yearly. The annual amount of groceries, received principally from London, was in weight 130 tons. There was a considerable amount of glass used in the town and neighbourhood, which at present was charged at a •ery high rate of carriage. Cross-examined by Mr. HOPE—His estimate of the reduction in the price of coal that might be expected by the construction of the line was founded on the supposition that coals would be charged Id. per ton per mile. Mr. Lancaster, ironmonger of Lancaster, deposed to the advan tage which the proposed line would confer on the trade in which he was engaged. He did a large business with Wolverhampton in ironmongery goods. He considered that a saving would be effected of 21. 3s. per ton. He estimated that they would be bought by the present line at the rate of 1/. 10s. per ton. He paid at pre sent for a ton of goods from Wolverhampton 31. 13s. 3d., 2/. 11s. to London, and 11. 2s. 3d. from thence to Southampton. He paid alone for carriage to the South_ Western Company the sum of 3501. annually. Cross.examined by Mr. HOPE—The South. Western Company took off a considerable discount for large quantities of goods, from 30 to 90 per cent, on quantities above Bye tons. The charge without the discount was about 3d.per ton per mile. That was their maximum. He was not aware that the Great Western line give any discount. They charged, he believed,3d. per ton per mile. He once had great objection to the breaks on the lines, on account of the transhipments of goods. He gave evidence to that effect last year, but having seen Mr. Brunel's machine for facilitating the change of goods, his opinion of the difficulty had much altered. Mr. Thomas Congreve, near Rugby, was next examined. He fattened beast for the London market, but could Dot send them there by railway, on account of the high charges. He travelled them up to London at present. His neighbours did the same. Captain Huish, secretary of the Grand Junction Railway Company, was examined at some length respecting the differences which existed between the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Corn. panics. He stated that, in self-defence, the Grand Junction was under the necessity of taking steps to effect an in dependent communication to London, because the Lon don and Birmingham, through the Churnet Valley, and other schemes, were seeking to reach Liverpool without coming on the Grand Junction line. He likewise bore evidence as to the ease with which transhipment could take place from the broad to the narrow gauge. Mr. Brunel, civil engineer, was next called—The evidence, which was not closed at the rising of the Committee, was generally the same as that given before the Commons' Committee. He started, on the map, with the line beginning at Oxford, and tracing it through its route, past Moreton-in.the- Marshes, Evesham, Worce,ter, Droitwieh, Kidderminster, Stour. bridg,, Brierley Hill, Dudley, to its final termination in the Grand Junction line at Wolverhampton. The engineering peculiarities ne described to be very favourable. There were only two tun. nets, one 860 yards, near to Moreton, and another at :)udley, 946 yards. After explaining the mode in which the line connected itself with the various towns, and the sites and peculiarities of the vari ous stations, the Committee adjourned till Monday at I I o'clock. CLYDESDALE JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) After hearing engineering evidence for the deviation, and counter evidence for the original Bill, the room was cleared, and The CHAIRMAN said that the opinion of the Committee was, that there were no such objections to the proposed line of deviation as to justify them in passing the Bill against Mr. Graham's opposition. A clause was inserted to guard the interests of Mr. Graham, and after hearing Mr. ILlityard for the Garnkirk Railway (opponents), the Committee proved the preamble. Their Lordships then rose. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The Committee re.assembled this day. ABERDARE RAILWAY. This Bill was declared to have complied with the standing orders, ER,EI7,7ASH VALLEY RAILWAY. The consideration of this Bill was postponed. NE WPORT AND P ONTYP 0 0 RAILW:, Y. This Bill passed the standing orders. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN (METRO. POLITAI'd EXTENSION.) This Bill passed the standing orders. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAIL. WAY BRANCHES. This Bill passed the standing orders. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. AUSTIN suggested that the STER AND DEAL LINE should next be taken. Mr. “OLDSO.IITII and Mr. D HILL contended !hat the Committee had already determined to postpone the Bill till next session. After a long discussion, the Committee decided to take the Minster and Deal line to-morrow morning. Mr. AUSTIN said that the line was opposed by the Kentish Coast Railway Company, but that Company had been dissolved. Tile CHAIRMAN said that no counsel could be heard on the part of that line. The clauses of the ASHFORD AND HASTINGS (1311.IGHTON) - THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY AND THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE. The following is the report of the :Select Committee ap pointed to inquire into the allegations of the petition of the South-Eastern Railway Company relative to the conduct of Mr. Hignett, solicitor of the Board of Ordnance, and Captain Boldero and Mr. Bonham. Several letters and extracts of evidence, inc:uded in the report, we are obliged to postpone, but indeed they are not very material, as the report itself embodies the substance of them. The Committee consisted of Mr. Hawes, Mr. Sheridan, Mr; Roebuck, Lord Worsley, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Tancred, Mr. T. Duncombe, Lord Ashley, Mr. Pakington, Mr. W. Patten, Mr. Vernon, Mr. T. Egerton, Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Liddell, and Sir C. Douglas. After giving the petition at length, and Mr. Hignett's letter to Mr. Whitehead, which has already appeared in The Star, and which led to the investigation, the report thus pro ceeds : From this petition it appears to your Committee that the allega tions or charges made by the South-Eastern Railway Company are these : The first Is a charge made directly against Mr. Hignett, the so licitor to the Board of Ordnance, that he had written a letter to the secretary of that Company on the 3d of February last, suggest ing that shares in the South-Eastern Railway Company should be sent under cover, marked "private," to two members of the Board of Ordnance, Mr. Bonham and Captain Bolder° ; and further, that he had solicited similar shares for himself from that Company, and had offered to tell the parties interested " whom to call to give evi dence" calculated " greatly" to assist the promoters of the Bill then before Parliament, on behalf of that Company. The second charge is made, though indirectly, against the Board of Ordnance, and is to this effect : That the petitioners had "reason to apprehend that undue in fluence may have been used by the solicitor of the Board of Ord nance its favour of the London, Chatham, and North Kent Rail w.y, to the prejudice of the petitioners," that the " interests of their proprietary and the public may have been compromised by the corrupt influence of the said J. Hignett at the said Board of Ordnance; or that the documents bearing the signature of the said J. Hignett may not have had the proper and full consideration and sanction of the said Board of Ordnance " The petitioners, therefore, prayed the House "to institute an inquiry into the circumstances of the case, and into the bona fides, and expediency of the arrangements between the London, Chat ham, and North Kest Railway and her Majesty's Board of Ord nance on behalf of the public service." In reference to the first charge, your Committee examined Mr. John Whitehead, who was for several years, and until the 27th of February last, the Secretary to the Company, and to whom the letter of the 3d of February last, referred to in the petition, was addressed; Mr. John Peter Fearon, who is the solicitor to the Company, and who has held that office from the period of the for mation of the Company to the present time ; and Mr. Hignett himself. Mr. Hignett admitted that he had written and sent to Mr. Whitehead the letter in question of the 3d of February. He considered it a private and confidential communication, but ac knowledged that he understood that its contents were to be com municated to one or more leading directors, and that it could only be acted upon with the full knowledge of the directors. Though, however, Mr. Hignett admitted that he bad written the letter referred to, he declared to your Committee that when he wrote it he had no authority to use the name of either Mr. Bonham or Captain Boldero, that " he had no conversation whatever with those gentlemen upon the subject," and that he used their names considering that it would " give weight to" his application for the shares he was soliciting from the Company. Mr. Hignett further declared that the statement that he had spoken to Mr. Bonham was " untrue," and that the presumption intended to be raised by this use of the names of influential members of the Board, that the demands of the Company on the Board might be assisted by the course suggested by the letter, was without foundation, as " they had not the power to further the objects of the South-Eastern Com pany," the questions at issue being deemed of a purely military nature, and the decision upon such questions resting solely with the Master-Genera land not with the Board. Your Committee also gather from the evidence, that Mr. Hignett h frequently corresponded privately with the secretary of the South- Eastern Company, who states that " the general character of the correspondence was suggesting to the South-Eastern Company the course which they should take in order to bring their project under the notice of the Board of Ordnance, with the view of secur. ing their assent to it ;" that it "all had reference to the South- Eastern North Kent of Line Railway and the other North Kent Line." (Here are inserted letters, showing the general character of the cor. respondence of Mr. Hignett with the Company. ) These letters, addressed from time to time to the secretaries of the Company by Mr. Hignett, were, it appears, handed over to their solicitor, Mr. Fearon. But other letters of an earlier date, having reference to shares, Mr. Whitehead states, were afterwards disposed of, and were placed In the hands of Mr. M'Gregor of Liverpool, one of the Dine tors of the Company. It appears in evidence that Mr. Hignett had frequently speculated in the shares of the South-Eastern Railway Company. During the la-t two years, or thereabouts, he states that he has had forty or fifty transactions in the shares of that Company, and that in the autumn of 1844 he was the proprietor of seventy shares in the Com. pany, which he had bought as a speculation and not as a permanent investment; but that he parted with all his shares in this Company in December of that year. In his character of a proprietor of the South-Eastern Railway Company, Mr. Hignett was entitled, it would appear, to a certain number of shares in a French northern line of railway, and that eight shares were consequently allotted to him, which he received as a matter of right, and not as a favour. This transaction is re ferred by Mr. Hignett to some time about' the end of the year 1844. But there seems to have been a subsequent transaction between Mr. Hignett, Mr. Whitehead, and one of the Directors of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and which, as detailed in the evidence, assumes a questionable character. Subsequently to the 3d of February, 1845, Mr. Hignett states that he had business to do with Mr. Whitehead, and that at an interview with that gen tleman Mr. Whitehead said, " Mr. Hignett, I have these shares to hand to you ;" " but," Mr. Hignett adds, " nothing further passed between us as to the shares." In the course of his explaratiou of this transaction, Mr. Hignett adds, "We had been discussing about some difficulty that occurred to their line, and just as he was going away he said that he had those shares to hand to me." Upon being asked whether these shares, being 40 shares in the French Northern line, included the eight shares to which he was entitled of right, he replied, " No, they were distinct. I dare say they were Mr. M'Gregor's shares which you allude to, but I did not receive them from Mr. M'Gregor." This conversation, your Committee may add, has reference to a statement previously made, that the 40 shares in question were part of a number allotted to Mr. M'Gregor, one of the Directors of the South-Eastern Railway Company, who afterwards, at the suggestion of the then secretary, gave them to Mr. Hignett, in the hope of thus obtaining thebenefit of that gentleman's influence. Upon pressing the examination further upon this point, It was admitted by Mr. Hignett, that the 49 shares so handed to him by Mr. Whitehead were accepted by him from the South. Eastern Railway Company "as a matter of favour, and not as a matter of right" It Mso appeared that these shares were then at a premium of from 11. to 2/. per share, and that they were given to Mr. Hig. nett at par, on his paying the deposit of 4/. At a later period Mr. Hignett appears to have purchased shares on speculaton on his own account, as well as on account of a mem ber of the Board of Ordnance, Captain Boldero, in the North Kent line, the line then competing with the South-Eastern North Kent line before the Select Committee, and in several other companies. The first of these transactions Is dated the 7th of March, 1845, when Mr. Hignett purchased 100 shares for Captain Bolder°, which he subsequently sold for the account of, and with the knowledge of, that gentleman. On the 15th of April Mr. Hignett again Cur. chased 145 shares in the same line, '7O of which were for Captain Boldero, 25 for a friend of his, and the remainder for Mr. Hignett himself; and on the 19th of June Mr. Hignett bought 50 shares for himself, at 2/. premium, and which he held at the period of giving his evidence. The last-mentioned were all scrip transac. tions, and meant not for investment, but for speculation. It also appears that Mr. Hignett speculated to a considerable extent in the shares of other lines, both French and English. He states, how ever, that in reference to the lines the proceedings as to which he was required officially to watch, excepting those .of the South. Eastern and North Kent Companies, neither he nor any friend of his, nor any member of the Board of Ordnance, nor any acquaint ance of his, had held any shares whatever. Independently of the transactions thus specifically referred to, it appears by the correspondence to which your Committee have already directed attention, that Mr. Hignett, a few days after he had become a purchaser of 145 shares in the North Kent line, suggested a compromise between the South-Eastern Company and the party advocating the North Kent, a competing line, and offered to become the agent of this compromise or amalgamation of inte rests. He proposed to the secretary of the South Eastern Rail way Company, if he were authorised, " to communicate with their opponents upon that subject privately, and let him know what-the answer was, stipulating that whatever passed should be private and confidential." Mr. Hignett states that lie did not think such a proceeding inconsistent with his public duty ; but that he volun teered his mediation, to relieve the Board of Ordnance from the applications of both parties. He states that he expected neither shares nor other compensa. tion on becoming the at bitrator between the rival companies, but to act only as the mutual friend of the parties. Mr. Hignett also states that in his letters to the South-Eastern Railway Company, offering advice, assistance, and support, he was actuated only by a desire to promote an important medic work, and that he had " never afforded them any assistance except in a regular way." He admits, however, that if he "lE.cl been inimi cal to the line he might have hung back, and have hampered them with delay," but " that he did not do so ;" that "he always transacted the business with as much alacrity as he could," and even " went out of his way to do so." Upon reviewing this portion of the evidence, it clearly appears that Mr. Hignett was a considerable speculator in the shares of one of the competing lines then before a Committee of this House, and which immediately affected property placed under the charge of the Board of Ordnance, and the proceedings as to which it was his duty, as a public officer, to watch, in order to protect the interests of the public; and also that he entered into private and confiden tial communications with both of the parties promoting these lines before the Committee, without the knowledge of the Boatel of Ordnance, of which he was the paid servant and legal adviser. WO reference to the second charge, your Committee proceeded to examine Mr. Bonham and Captain Bolder°, in consequence of the use made of their names in Mr. Hignett's letter to the Secre tary of the South-Eastern Railway Company. of the 3d of Fe bruary last. It was the wish of your Committee that each of these gentlemen should, before his examination, have had in his .hands a complete copy of the previous evidence; more especially in the case of Mr. Bonham, as it had been stated in the evidence, that on the passing of the Bill in 1836, a sum of 3001. had been paid to Mr. Bonham, as a remuneration for the "general support he had given the Bill in Parliament," Mr. Bonham being at that period a Member of the House of Commons; and, as it appears by the records of the House (to which your Committee have referred), also a member of the Committee upon that Bill. Mr. Bonham regularly attended the Committee, and voted. Mr. Bonham, however, declined to avail himself of the advantage which your Committee were desirous he should have, and signified his wish to be examined, and to make an explanation to the Com mittee without delay. On your Committee proceeding with his examination accordingly, he denied that Mr. Hignett was in any way authorised to use his name as it had been used in the letter set forth in his petition. It appears, further, from the testimony of Mr. Bonham himself, that he held and still holds shares in the North Kent Company. No evidence was called or tendered on behalf of the London and Chatham North Kent Railway Company. Your Committee having given this summary of evidence which was brought before them, proceed to state to the House the con clusions to which tl.ey have come, both with reference to the charges contained in the petition of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and to the conduct of the parties implicated in the trans. actions disclosed in the evidence now presented to the House. Your Committee feel it to be their duty, in the first instance, to state that nothing which has transpired leads them to suppose that the decisions of the Master-General upon any of the questions brought before him by the parties promoting either the South- Eastern North Kent, or the London, Chatham, and Kent lines of railway, were influenced by any other than strictly public con. siderations. Nor has your Committee any reason to suppose that any act of the Board of Ordnance was affected or influenced by the Conduct of Mr. Hignett; however well calculated that conduct was to suggest the suspicions expressed in the petition of the South- Eastern Railway Company, Your Committee entertain no doubt that the decisions of the e Master-General and the acts of the 13ciardpf OrdngnPer in to these railway companies , we r e t h e r e sult alone of a desire to pro. refr • eeblic interests, and to afford consistently with them a re 49011- tec, ---. tee accommodation to the public in the districts able and err.,._ .....used that these railways should past. through which it was 4.4 thug traniactioni gr. But they are of opinion that througti..... - Pi CO t TILT CUICULA R. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback yester day morning, attended by the Maid of Honour and the Equerries in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday after noon at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and encou raging the fine arts in the re-building the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at Gwydyr House at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdoxne, the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Colborne, Lord .Ilahon, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, and Mr. Benjamin Hawes. The meeting broke up at half-past four o'clock, when Prince Albert, attended by Mr. Eastlake, the Secretary to the Com mission, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured Sir Robert Peel with a visit at his residence in Whitehall Gardens. Some of the Commissioners also visited the Right Hon. Baronet after the meeting. The Queen and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured the performance of tt.c French Play with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite included the Viscountess Jocelyn, Baroness d'Hoogh vorst, Earl of Morton, Colonel Buckley, Colonel Bouverie, and Major de Mnerkerke. Sir George Hayter's picture of the Christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in St. George's Chapel at Windsor, was removed yesterday from Buckingham Palace, previou,ly to its completion for engraving. The Queen inspected, on Thursday, an entirely new descrip tion of waterproof cloak, which was submitted by Mr. George Doudney. Her Majesty was most graciously pleased to express her approval. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager left her residence, Marl borough House, in a crrriage and four yesterday morning, for Bushy House, Bushy Park. Her Majesty was accom panied by their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar. Their Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a dinner party yesterday evening at Cambridge House. The company included the Prussian Alinister and Madame Bunsen, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Marquis of Granby, Earl Cadogan, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, Lord Ossulston, and Baron de Talleyrand. Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. LUNATIC ASYLUM for the MIDDLE CLASSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having attended the meeting for promoting an asylum for the insane of the middle classes, I was prepared to support the prtject with the utmost of my ability, if I found that this new institution was to be conducted on the opposite principles of the present systrnt of the private lunatic asylums; that is, if the interest arising from the detention of the patients should, by the regulations of this new institution, be severed from that of the proprietors or governors, or, in other words, that a patient should be received with a view to effect his cure, and, as soon as that could be effected, or he became so far convales. cent as to give a fair and reasonable expectation of his final recovery, he should be discharged. The new insti , ution should not he conducted in the manner of the private asylums at pre sent. Under the present system, it is hardly caricaturing the principle on which they are conducted to say, if a patient when he enters be not mad, he shall quickly be made so; if he be mad, he shall be kept in that state until he be incurable. I appeal to the return of the very few cases of cures from the pri vate lunatic asylums for the truth of this startling preposition, . . -.nd lean prove it by my own observation. When I offered myself to the meeting, the Noble Chairman put me down ; he would not hear a word—he chose to assume that l must be opposed to the new institution. For once Iris Lordship was in error. Nearly five years of unmerited con finement, passed under his Lordship's surveillance, in five pri vate asylums, has not steeled my heart nor rancoured my breast. I was prepared to support his Lordship's views, if they were to be carried out on a just, liberal, and humane system. Allow me to ask, why is his Lordship so sens►tive and deter mined to stifle all public discussion on matters of lunacy? and why will not his Lordship accede to an inquiry before a Com mittee of the House of Lords or Commons previous to further legislation, and hurry on both Houses to legislate without the information that has been proffered to them by those best ac quainted, by practical experience, with the subject?—Your obedient servant, WILLIAM BAILEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—l have just seen your paper of this evening, and basing turned to the report of the business in the House of Commons, I beg leave to call your attention to the noble and unsupported exertions of Mr. T. S. Duncombe in behalf of real and ( ffee.tual reform in the present laws affecting the sei zure, detention, treatment, and release of persons of unsound mind. I do not wish to exaggerate the importance of the subj,ct, but if only one or two in a thousand are confined as insane patients, and if only one in a hundred of those may be unjustly and improperly seized, or unjustly and improperly de tained after being restored to a state of convalescence, s till the intense sufferings of such unfortunate individuals, and the re sponsibility the Legislature incurs of allowing a possibility of any such person under such circumstances having his reason dethroned, does, I think, demand the attention of reflecting and consit'erate men. And when we consider that subjects of the grandest nature connected with religion, and the modest and delicate treatment of females, and the putting a stop to the most unheard-of cruelties, and the expenditure of millio ns of the public money are involved in these measnres, may we not be surprised and grieved, that scarcely a House could be formed t 3 discuss Lord Ashley's Bill ? In hopes that by your able pen you may stir up more of the Liberal Members, at least, of the House, to come to Mr. Duncombe's aid in a question so deeply connected with religious and civil freedom, I venture to address these few words to you, and I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servant, London, July 11, 184.5. JOHN PERCEV AL. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Captain Turner's company 6th battalion, recently first on the roster for service in Canada having been ordered to New Zealand, Captain Henderson, with Lieutenant Hon. W. Yelverton, four non-commissioned officers, 25 gunners and drivers, the most part selected of those acquainted with stone-cutting and bricklayers' work, and one collar.maker, one shoeing smith, and one wheeler, are to embark in the Castle Eden, hired convict ship, expected down to moorings near the Royal Arsenal, from Deptford, for a passage to New Zealand. The other portion of the company is ordered to Weedon fer a short period until an opportunity offers for their embarkation. The change in the destination of Captain Turner's company has caused the issuing of orders for Captain Stanway's company, Ist battalion, to hold themselves in readiness to proceed with Major Andersou's company, I stbat , alion, for foreign sex vice , at H alifax, Nova Sc Aia arid Captain Vaughan Arbuckle's company, 6th battalion, is to be mmediately withdrawn from Manchester, to hold themselves In readiness to embark with Captain Glasgow's company, 2d battalion, for foreign service in Jamaica. JULLIE'N'S MONSTER CONCERT AT THE SURREY Zootocican GA RDENS.— One of the most extraordinary spec tacles was exhibited yesterday evening in these Gardens that we ever beheld. Jullien's second Monster Concert took place, and, although the rain came down in torrents from the com mencement to the close, above three thousand persons of the highest respectability braved the continued tempest, to Usten to this prodigious " Congress Musicale." We are certain no one but Jullien could have effected it. We must confess, we scarcely blamed them, the effect was prodigiously grand and effective, and we hope the spirited eonooctors of this um ivalled musical treat will be induced to give the public one more con cert this season ; at all events, annual it must be, it is worth coming a hundred miles to hear. SUICIDE BY A MERCHANT IN THE CITY.—(From a Correspondent.)--We regret to learn that Mr. Clements, late a partner in the extensive and respectable firm of Messrs. G. Bout. field and Co., woollen warehousemen, 60, Gracechurch-street, com mitted suicide during the night of Monday last. It appears that on the 25th of June, only a fortnight ago, Mr. Clements ceased to be a partner in the firm of Messrs. Bousfield and Co., for whom he also acted as traveller, and as such was well known throughout the provinces. We understand that in all his commercial dealings Mr. Clements was a man of unimpeachable "integrity ; but prior to the dissolution of partnership some unpleasant words having been ut. tered in the warehouse, a separation was resolved on, after a service of nearly forty years. After the dissolution of partnership Mr. Clements commenced business as a woollen warehouseman in Queen.street, Cheapside ; but a few days after he had taken pos session of the premises he seemed to be suffering from the effects of indisposition, and was recommended to proceed to the country to get a change of air. Accordingly he proceeded to Dartford, Kent, where some of his friends reside, accompanied by his daughter. On Monday evening he left his temporary residence for the purpose of taking, as he said, a short walk in the fields. As he did not return that night or the next morning (Tuesday), inquiries were made after him, and he was found lying in a field with his throat cut nearly from ear to ear, aml quite dead, the ground being deluged with his blood. The body was removed to Dartford to await a coroner's inquest. The deceased has left a widow and family.—Shipping Gazette. A MAN KILLED BY FALLING INTO A `YELL.—OiI Monday afternoon, as Edward Letherland, plumber and glazier, Scotland-bridge, was repairing a pump in the yard of Mr. B. Scho field, Cheetham.hill, he had the tn.sfortune to fall to the bottom of the well, and his skull was severely fractured. Eight minutes elapsed before he was got out of the water, and he was then quite dead. The deceased was forty-two years of age, and has left a widow and two children.—Manchester Guardian. , A man named Coulotnier, employed on the 13or deaux and Teste Railroad, near Pessac, a few days back, seeing two men loitering a rout, suspected that they meant no good, and l_ty down son the line to watch them. The heat of the day over powered him, and he fell asleep. He was roused from his s;umber by a violent pain in his left foot. It was the train which had gone over his toes and crushed them. He was taken to the hospital, where be is 404 wo, ,f ' DREADFUL MURDER On Tuesday morning last, the greatest excitement prevailed in Penzance, in consequence of the discovery of one of the most appalling murders that it has ever fallen to our lot to record. The supposed perpetrator of this tragical crime is a man named Benjamin Ellison, aged about 55 ; and, we are informed, belonging to some part of the north of England. His unfortunate victim was Elizabeth Rous Seman, about the same age as himself, and also an entire stranger in Penzance. They had "resided together about eighteen months, in one of the c3ttages in Rosevean-road, nearly opposite the Catholic Chapel. Previously to the discovery of the murder, about eleven o'clock on Monday night, Ellison called at the Temperance Hotel, in Princes-street, and asked for some refreskment. He inquired if he could sleep there that night; and on being asked why lie did not go home, ha said it was too late to do so, and requested to see a man named Eddy, who lodged at the hotel. Eddy came, and in the course of conversation asked how Mrs. Semen (the murdered woman) was, to which Ellison replied that she was unwed. He appeared depressed in spirits, and was continually examining and rubbing his hands. He retired to rest, and on the following morning, between five and six o'clock, came down stairs and left the hotel. From thence it appears he went to the house of a Mrs. Hill, in Rosevean.road, and informed her that his house had been broken open, and that Mrs. Seman was murdered. Greatly alarmed she accompanied him to the fatal spot, where, stretched on the floor, lay the mutilated remains of the unfortunate woman. Her lace was covered with a gauze veil, and there were marks of blood in all directions. Ellison said he would inform the police, and re quested Mrs. Hill to giie the alarm. About nine o'clock he again called at the Temperance Hotel, communicating the dreadful Intel. ligence there, and shortly afterwards was himself arrested on suspicion. The scene at the house on Tuesday morning was horrifying in the extreme. A huge hatchet was found upon the floor where lay the unfortunate victim, whereby the head was nearly severed from the body. Upon the handle and blunt part of the axe were spots of blood, and in the hand of the deceased was clasped some hair, which it is said corresponded in colour with Ellison's. The back part of the head was nearly beaten in, and other parts of the body were dreadfully cut and mang!ed. From appearances, there is reason to believe that a desperate struggle must have ensued between the deceased and her murderer; and it is reported that the hands of Ellison are much bruised, and one of his fingers apparently bitten. About seven o'clock on Monday evening a neighbour of the deceased met Ellison on the North Parade, and soon after that time he was seen on Rosevean.road proceeding in the direction of the house were the murder was committed. No alarm of any kind was heard by the neighbours, but it appears they were principally in the town witnessing the proceedings connected with the general holiday. A Coroner's inquest was held upon the body as speedily as prac ticable, before John Roscorla, Esq., and a respectable jury. The proceedings occupied between eight and nine hours, during the whole of which time the hall was crowded. The evidence ad. duced was of a circumstantial nature, but sufficiently conclusive to lead the jury, after a short consultation, to return a verdict of " Wrlful Murder " against Benjamin Ellison. He was committed to take his trial on the charge at the next assizes, and left Pen zance in custody at an early hour on Wednesday morning for Bodmin. Messrs. Millett and Borlase attended the inquest on behalf of Ellison, who has stated various particulars regarding the deceased. He says that she was in the receipt °fait annuity, and was shortly about to be married to a gentleman of title, on which event taking place she had agreed to settle upon him (Ellison) an annual income. He also states that a gold watch, and wearing apparel to a consider able amount, had been stolen from the dwelling.—Cornwall Adver tiser of Friday. FREAKS OF A FLASti OF LIGHTNING.—On Tues day morning, about six o'clock, the electric fluid fell on the house of M. Bousselier, Rue du Commerce, Grenelle. and demolished the chimney. It then passed through the well, and entered the cham ber of a marchand-de vin, named Teissedre, residing in the next house, and running a'ong the bed irons, melted the curtain rings, broke a secretary to pieces, and split a zinc bucket, near a bed, where two children were asleep, but did them i.o injury. It then broke the espagnolette of the window into three pieces, wei.t down to the salle-a.manger, where it broke twenty.eight panes of glass, passed out through a window at the back of the house, and returning to the house of M. Boussilier, tore to pieces the zinc roof. It next passed across the street, and melted 17f. in silver and copper, which a milk woman held in her apron, then en tered the kitchen and passed out of the dining-room, after break. ing eight.panes of glass. The razors, keys, and other iron articles of the secretary, wire found to be strongly magnetised. The sil. ver and sous of the mi , kwoman were reduce-I by the melting to pieces no larger than shot, and she herself was paralysed fur 24 hours its all her limbs. In a butcher's shop close by 400 to 500 kilogrammes of meat were so spoiled as to be totally unfit for use. —Galignani. FALL OF A B UILDING IN PHILPOT-LANE.—Yester day morning, sh ortly before nine o ' clock, an accider.t happened on the premis es of Mr. Tayler, wine importer, 23, Phi:pot-lane, City, which was attended with serious consequence to two exca vators. As four men, employed to excavate the earth at the tear of the premises of Mr. Tayler, were pursuing their avoca. tion, the building fell with a f r i g h t f u l cras h , b ur ying two of them in the rums. The f a ll i s described by an eye.witness as b e i ng al most instant aneous, nor was there any previous warning given to the men , exc e pt an extraordinary creaking of the b eams , immediately after which the roof, skylight, and wood work fell into the cavity the excavators had made. One of the men was driven with such violence against the wall that his head is consi. derably injured, and he was obliged to be bled and sent home. Two others, named Whi te and Burch, were dug out after considera bl e difficulty; the f ormer was protected by a large beam falling above him, but Burch was covered by the rubbish, and when extricated from his pe r il ous position, injured. it was found that he was extensively A melancholy event happened yesterday morning on the Champ de Mars. During a review of the cavalry by the Duke de Nemours, accompanied by his brother the Duke d' Aumale, General Count de Sparre, who was on the ground as inspector-general, was suddenly struck with a congestion of the brain, the consequence, it is said, of an affection of the heart, anti died in a few minutes. The Princes were deeply afflicted, and immediately dismissed the troops. The emcee thus so suddenly taken out of life was President of the Cavalry Committee, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and Peer of France. lie had eminently distinguished himself in the service if his country both as a soldier and a legislator.— Golignani of Thursday. STATE OP TRADE. —W oo l s an d y arns con ti nue firm, with a slight t endency to advance in yarns. A few purchases are making, by Lond oners, in anticipation of the demand for the fall. These purch ases are not made so early as they were last year by two months, as there is no sufficient reason to apprehend either a scarcity of goods or a rise in prices this fall. Trade will be moderate, but not more, judging from past date and present ap pearances.—Leicestershire Mercury. _MURDER or Mi t . ti o Ertl. ( —The Lord LifAitenant has offaed a reward of 1001. for such inlormation as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons concerned in the murder of Mr. Booth, Oil the 22d ult.—Dublin Evening Post. THUNDER ST(t ßAlS.—Vi. , ;ent storms have vis tf - ri Herefordshire, Worcestershire, G:oucestershire, and materially injured the cornfields, turnip-fields, and orchards : at Bewdley and Pershore, great losses have been sustained. The thunder and deluge in many parts of this county was violent, but less injurious than in other surrounding counties; but we have heard that a mower was killed by lightning at Cherrington, near Newport. At Wroxeter, near this town, considerable injury has been sustained; the lightning shivered one of the sails of Charlton windmill, killed a sheep at \Vithington, destroyed a field of turnips of Mr. Careswell, at Eyton, and the deluge in his house was nearly three feet deep. —Shrewsbury Chronicle. - ‘1 AKE f I ELL, CORN 111 AEK ET, JULY 11. The supply of Wheat is good ; of other Grain short f r this day'. market. Wheat is Is. per quarter dearer than last Friday, but millers pay the advance with great reluctance. No alteration to no. ice in the value of spring Corn. TILE %N . EATIIER AND THE CROPS. --A g oo d d ea l o f hay was secured an Friday and Satu rday, and on M on d ay an d Tuesday last, but sin ood deal of ce that time we have n ot h ad a hay day, though there is now a g grass cut, and t h e period for the height of the hay harvest in Yorkshire and the neighbouring coup. there was a further advance of lE4—Leeds ties has arrived. The corn crops and the root crops are doing well, but we seem doomed to have a late, though we trust an abundant harvest. The tendency in the price of grain is upwards. Last week it advancral 3s. the imperial quarter in the Wakefield Yesterday, Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Pine Apple, Hungerford.ma c r i ket, as to the death of Thomas barge e . , . ai e B nr p i g r g r be. ass y t w s h ls be i,stance . danger, t boats. Chandler, jun., son of Mr. randler, of the Swan at Millbank. p m a a; e k r e . t, and yesterday It appeared by the evidence of two men named 'lomlinson and Brown, that on Tuesday afternoon they went out with a barge of rubbish from the House of Lords, but it was so over-laden that it sin k i n sinking. t off in a boat, with took in water as soon as they got into the stream. As soon as they reached Dalton's-roads the barge touched and shipped several The deceased was The deceased got on The deceased was seen Al l en , the foreman to Me , sr,. Grissell and seeing the danger, jumped on board as she was sinking, and his body was picked up on Thursday. The witnesses stated positively that barges were con. Peto at the Houses of Parliament, arid that they had repeatedly told him their lives were in danger . This was the fourth boat otbt owno naoshr overboard,oios:fh father' s ' but water—in ytt eorTu and n° pier,mi were ' 1i mfnsen p t and ic tt o k h a e e d t: that had been sunk by overloading, and had eight or ten tons more than she ou _ht, but Allen himself measured her. The jury, scantly overloaded by after some deliberation, returned a verdict that " the deceased was accidentally drowned by the sinking of a barge by being overladen, and to which he had gone to render assistance; and the jury expressing disapprobation their strong at cannot separate without Allen n causing the b arges to be so over. the recklessness of Mr. i laden." It seemed there was some pecuniary advantage in exces sively leading the barges. LAUNCII or AN IRON STEAMER. --0n Wednesday evening an iron steamer, named the Concordia, was launched from er, gavenhil, arid Co., at Blackwall. She the yard of Messrs. Mill was constructed for the Dusseldorf Company, and will ply upon the Blinn:. Her length is 185 Lett; breadth of beam, 18 feet; being about 15 feet longer than the Elberfeld, launched from the sane yard for the same compauy last year. Her engines will be t w 0 MUM LIN E were then read. Mr. Meaaewe'ritri said that in consequence of an arrangement with the Ashford and Hastings Company, he was instructed to withdraw the South-Eastern, Ashford, and Hastings 13111. The Committee then adjourned at nee o'clock. GROUP NN. EPPING RAILWAY. IMPORTANT ANNO UNCEMENT Mr. Mutsu stated that the arrangements with respect to carrying the line no further than Old Ford had been completed, conse quently all opposition was withdrawn. Mr, Whiteman, superintendent of the Blackwall Railway, gave evidence as to the increase of traffic on the Blackwall line. They originally estimated the traffic of passengers at 9..500,000 a year, but last year it was 3,500,000; and before the end of the year it would amount to 4,000,000. Mr. Pare gave evidence with respect to the traffic. He had estimated the number of passengers which might be expected on the proposed junction line at 1,252,762, which, at an average charge of 3d. each, would yield a revenue of 15,659/. 10s. 6d., from which 4,697/. 17s. lid. would have to be deducted for work ing expenses, leaving a net income of 10,9611. 13s. 41d., being 5} per cent. upon the capital of 200,000/. ➢lr. tier said the length of the line would be one mile and three quarters ; that the smallest radius of a curve would be 18 chains, the steepest gradient 1 in 94, and that the working expenses would be 18 per cent. on the receipts. The CHAIRMAN then, without clearing the room, declared the preamble to have been proved. The clauses were then agreed to, with the addition of one for the protection of the property of Mr. Cotton ; and the Chairman having been directed to report their decision to the House, the Committee sc.-prated. GROUP X. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Lord Courtenay in the chair, when, in accordance with the resolution come to yesterday, Mr. Webster handed in a series of objections to the sections of the London and York line, especially that at the Hadley-lane Wood, and several others. Mr AUSTIN stated that he had the same objections to tender, but that he did not think it necessary to make a separate amendment. Mr. WEBSTER, on behalf of the Direct Northern, conceived that this ivrice was all that was required to invalidate the London and York line. An animated discussion then arose as to the reception of the ob - . . jettian, hod th y earmaitiaa rxtitr t arid bltot Oak xei solutions, which were afterwards annulled, the'y ulthriately agfeed that no evidence should be received, except that which related to the datum at the Greenwood-lane-road, and at the Robery Wood point, and that notice should be given to the other side. Mr. WYNN claimcd his right to adduce re butting evidence to overturn the traffic testimony of the Direct Northern. Mr. Charles Barthilomew, engineer and surveyor of the River Don Company, which position he had held for the last twelve years, stated that the number of vessels which pa,sed on the Don navigation was twenty-five. Without any reference to the pro ceedings of the Direct Northern Company, arrangements had been made last year to widen and deepen the canal up to Doncaster, from sft. 9in. to Bft. 6in., in order to make the canal navigable for large vessels. Negotiations had been entered into with Mr. Wrightson and Sir William Cook, as well as other landowners, for the purchase of land to the amount of 20,000. 1 .. and upwards. But if a fixed bridge were thrown over the canal at or near Stainforth, it would entirely destroy the advantages of this improvement. The heaviest vessels which could now pass were about 80 tons, 'MARKET IN TELLIGEN CE. COAT. ZARKEIC. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddlc's West Hartley, Iss ; Davison's West Hartley, 153 6d; Hasting's Hartley, 14s 6d ; Nelson's West Hurtles', 15s; Old Pontop, 13s 6,1 ; Ord's Hedheugh, 13s; Tas lor's West Hartley, 14s Gd ; Tantield Moor, 16s; West Wylam, 14s 9d; Wall's-end Rid dell's Iss ; Braddyll's Jietton, 17s; East lletton, 15s 3d; Haswell., 17s 3d ; Het' on, 17s ; Lambton, 17s ; Russell's Hetton, 16s 6d ; Shotton, 16s 9d ; Stewart's, 17s 3d ; Bar rington Tees, 14s 3d; Hartley, 14s 6 1 / 4 1 ; Sidney's Hartley, 15s 6d.—Ships arrived, 25.: (Fr the London 11'm Price Current of July 1 1.) SUGAR. —To-day there was more activity in the home con sumption Sugar market, and pricos have assumed a firmer ap pearance for all kinds. British Plantation was in good request for the scale and pan, the quantity sold amountin!! to 700 hhds and fres, and the rates paid were a shade above those previously quoted. _ _ REFINED.—To-day brown grocery lumps were sold at 69s to 7044 and Standard lumps at 71s per cwt, but there was more desire shown by the home trade to purchase. 'I he market is firm for bonded Crushed, it is wanted, but few sellers are to be met with. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon 11,711 bags of Mauritius Sugar were submitted -to public competition, and the whole sold at an advance on former rates of 6d to ls per cwt. FOREIGN.—The Dutch Company's public sale of Java Sugar having gone off with much animation, and at an advance on last auction of 2s to 3s per cwt, has produced increased activity in the market here for every description of Foreign Sugar, and an advance in prices has occurred for all kinds. The deliveries are still going on largely, far exceeding the arrivals, and some merchants have no Sugar undisposed of. EAST lenia.—This afternoon Madras Sugar met with more attention, and 1,710 bags at auction were all sold at the former worth, low damp bright yellow fetched 39s 6d to 40s, middling 40s 6d, mideliog brown 37s 6d to 335, and washed 37s per cwt. COFFEE. —There has been a falling off in the demand for all descriptions of West India Coffee this week, but any decline in prices has been prevented by merchants supplying the market sparingly ; the falling off in the arrivals this season, together with the great deficiency in the stock, causing them to be firm. By private treaty few purchases have been made and of 105 casks offered at public sale a part only found purchasers. TEA.— There has generally been less activity in the market since our last. Black of every descripti-in is held with firmness, but for several sorts of Green prices have assumed a downward tendency—the supply being on the increase. Holders of Congou have refused to take lower rates. In Pouchong a good business has been transacted at firm rates. Suuchong has been selling at former rates. Twankay is hel-i with firmness Hyson has been less sought after, and prices are not so firm fer common, but in the value of the better kinds there is little variation. In Hyson skin rather more business has been transacted, and fine has fetched stiffer rates. Gunpowder and Imperial have presented a quiet appearance, and lower prices have been taken for fine. Flowery Pekoe has declined in value, but Scented Orange Pekoe is still much in request. Sricas.—To-day Black Pepper was in request, and 595 bags Sumatra, at public sale, were sold at the former value— half-heavy sifted fetched 21-d to 2id, good light clean 2id, ordinary 2id, and sea damaged 21d to SPIRITS The demand has been very extensive for every description of Jamaica Rum this week ; prices have advanced 2d to 3d per gallon, and the business transacted has been much larger than for a long period. In Leeward Island a large business has been transacted, ar.d prices are still on the ad vance. Demerara has been in good request, and stiffer rates are again paid. Calcutta has been purchased with increased freedom, and a further improvement in prices has taken place. Brandy has been purchased with caution, and prices continue on the decline. Ge neva has been selling at Is 8d to Is 9d for common for expor tation, and fine fit for home consumption at 2s 2d to 2s 9d. English Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gallon nett cash. lenico.—To-day during the progress of the sale 233 chests were withdrawn, and 907 chests have passed the sale. The biddings were more animated, and although no improvement in the prices to notice, buyers for export and home consumption came forward more freely than at the beginning. Proprietors bought in 37 chests. Of the quantity which has passed the hammer, 5,387 chests, about 3,000 are actually sold, which is a large proportion considering all circumstances. Oies.—The market has at length assumed a firmer appear ance for Olive Oil, a good demand has been experienced from the home trade, and several parcels have been taken for exportation ; the rates paid are above those previously quoted. In Palm a good business has been trans acted, and the advanced rates were fully supported. Cocoa Nut is wanted, fine Ceylon fetch 28s to 295, and Syd. ney 25s to 275. Linseed Oil has been purchased sparingly by the home trade ; prices continue on the decline. Rape Seed Oil has been purchased with caution, and there are sellers of Pale at 365 6d to 375, and brown at 35s 6d to 36s per cwt. The stock is still increasing of Seal Oil, and there are sellers upon rather lower terms. Cod is held for 311 to 31155, but the demand has been limited. An increased deli e has been shown to purchase Sperm Oil, and the supply having fallen off, an advance in prices has taken place. TALLOW.—On the spot Russian is not to be bought upon lower terms, but the purchases made by soapmakers and chandlers have been limited ; for delivery prices remain fires and for the last three months he year contracts have been entered into at 40s Gd to 4t). 9.1 per cwt, indeed some partie refuse to sell thereat. Other kinds are in t much wanted at present, but the supply not being large no general decline in prices has taken place. IRELAND. INQUEST AT BALLINIIASSIG. The inquest was resumed on Monday morning. The at tendance of magistrates and gentry wa3 not so large as on the previous da3s. A peron named William Regan, who wit nessed the affray, was examined. Hi statement was similar to that of the preceding •xitnesses. He declared that he saw ni, stones thrown befote the commencement of the filing by the police. The proceedings were suddenly brought to a conclusion by the indisposition of one of the jurors (Mr. Gillman ). The CORO N ER then said they should adj-nirn, and suggested that it should be until after to-morrow. Mr. Scannell objected to such a lengthened adjournment. CORONXR—Let the Doctor be sworn as to hi, illness. Dr. Tresilian, having been sworn, said he examined Mr. Gillman, and found him very nervous and faintish, and much in dread of his head, fearing apoplexy. He would not be in a fit state to sit out the day. CORONER—CouId he attend to-morrow ?—There might be a possibility : but as he will have to take medicine to-night, it might be very dangerous for him to attend to-morrow. _., _....... .._. ........,... The Court then"adjourned until Wednesday at half-past nine o'clock. A party of the city constabulary, under the command of Mr. Inspector Walker, with constables Crowley and Burchill, are still quartered in the district. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—The inquiry was resumed this day, at ten o'clock, but no new facts were elicited. THE IRISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. DUBLIN, JULY B.—The General Assembly again met on Monday in the Scotch Church, Capel-street, when a discussion arose upon a memorial from Belfast, which prayed for tie abandonment of the Regium Donum, on account of the pass ing of the Maynooth Bill. The memorial thus concluded : " That your memorialists, as members of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, most earnestly, but most affectionately and respectfully, pray your reverend body to consider the propriety of taking immediate steps to render the ministers of your .com munion independent of all state endowment, , our memorialists hereby declaring their determination to contribute, as in duty bound, according to the ability wherewith God may bless them, towards a fund for supplementing to all such ministers au ade quate support." JAMES GIBSON, Esq., as a Commissioner on the part of the memorialists, supported the prayer. The Rev. Dr. CAItLILE, having left the chair, proceeded to address the meeting. He said that in taking his stand there no person could accuse him of showing favour towards Popery, for no one could be more impressed than he was with the withering and soul-destroying character of that heresy. Should they throw away 35,0001. a ear because the Roman Catholics gained 30,0001.? Sir Robert Peel would say :—" Gentlemen, here is the money we require to endow Maynooth." There was another point too—if it was their duty as Christians to re sign the grant because Government had endowed Popery, they would be bound to call upon the Established Church to do the same.. What would the Roman Catholics like better? How they would be delighted to take possession of what the Presby terians had so magnanimously relinquished ; and, besides, what was the alternative? He objected to the voluntary sys tem. He would not object to be supported by Christians, but to receive support from those who might be enemies to Christ, was more withering and blasting than to receive any payment from the hands of Government. 'Die Rev. Dr. STEWA RT opposed the memorial, and con cluded by proposing resolutions in favour of the annual grant to Irish Presbyterians. After some discussion, the resolutions pronoFed by Dr. Stewart in favour of the continuance of the Regium I)onum were adopted. PROCLAIMING THE DISTURBED DISTRICTS. It is stated in Saunders' News Letter that the Lord Lieu- tenant is prepared to proclaim the disturbed parts of the coun ties of Leitrim, Roscommon, and Cavan, on receiving a requi sition to that effect from the Lieutenants of the respective counties. The troops encamped have had every means taken to secure their comfort ; the tents have been supplied with timber floor ing, raised sia inches or more from the ground. Several I , g -houses, lined with sheet iron, have been con structed under the superintendence of an engineer officer, to house the police wh.Te accommodation cannot be procured far them. Each log-house is capable of containing ten men. They have iron bedsteads, which fold up into the smallest possible compass during the day. The Newry Telegraph, an Orange journal, makes the fol lowing announcement :—All the addresses of Lords Roden, Enniskillen, and the other Orange leaders have been unavail ing, and processions are to be general on the 12th of July. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE—TUESDAY. Government Funds.—Bank Stock, 210—Three per Cent. Con. cols, 99 991—Three-and.a.Quarter per Cent. Stock, JOUR —Six per Cent., reduced to 4/. sterling per annum, 68 681 —Four per Cent. City Debentures, New, 94. Railways.—Belfast and Ballymena, 6; I—Belfast and County Down, 31—Cork and Bandon, 61 7—Cork and Youghal, 3/ — Cork, Blackrock, and Passage, 21,4 —Dublin and Belfast June. tion, 81 i—Dublin and Drogheda. 115—D u ndalk and Enniskillen, 31 —Enniskillen and Sligo, 2 1 eat Southern and Western, o —Gr 22k—Great Southern Extension, 101 1 li—The Midland Great Western Railway and Royal Canal Company, 4 41—Ditto, Extension to Sligo, 2 % —lrish Great Western (Dublin to Gal way), 4—Kingstown and Bray, 5 —Limerick , Enni s , an d Killaloe Junction, 51 —Londonderry and Enniskillen, 31 3 W a t er f o rd and Limeric k, 7—Waterford and Kilkenny, 23 —. W ex. !/ 2i —Waterford, Wexford, and Dubli n, la 1. ford and Carlow, WOODEN WALL S . —A ra ili ng is being E NGL AND'S put up round the Wellington statue opposite the Royal Exchange. The shabby boarding, however, still continues round the Nelson column. We think, after the handsome present of the Emperor of Russia, they might have bound this work of art in somethingbetter than plain boards. A column does not improve, any more than good wine, by being kept too long "in the wood." We certainly take a pride in giving the column this railing, because we feel that, if it is left to the public, it will never get one. The committee, too, %re think, requires blowing up just as much as the boards.— Punch. -I V_ r i ~ 1 3 11, .-- WHITEHALL, JULY 9, 1845. \1 .„ The Queen has been pleased t o di teet letters patkit os passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of alraftne4 it u - y of the United Kingdom of Gt e at Witain ar.d (1 L• , 7101. I.i John Francis Davi., Go,ernor of (lona-K..tig, ai.d the - heirs male of his b d, I.t‘tolly begott(n. CROWN•OI'FICE, JULY 10. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PaESENT PARLIAMENI. City of Exeter— Sir John I horn. s huller Duckworth, Bart., in the room of Sir William Webb Follett, deceased. Borough of Abingdon—Sir Frederic Thesiger, of Bryanston square, in the county of Middlesex, Knt., her 111..jest)'s At torney-General. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 2d Regiment of Life Guards—S:r M. R. S. M. Stewart, Bart., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clayton, who retires, July 11. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. J. C. Yorke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Meade, who retires; Cornet R. 11. P. Crawfurd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Yorke; J. J. Thomas, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Crawfurd, July 11. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain W. Knox to be Major, by purchase, vice Hateilton, who retires; Lieut. C. Deacon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Knox ; Cornet C. C. W. Domville to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Deacon; Ensign T. H. Goad, from the 51st Foot, to be arnet, by purchase, vice Domville, July 11. 11th Regiment of Foot—Capt. W. 11. Thornton, from the 89th Foot, to be Captain, vice Stanley, who exchanges, July I I. 15th Foot—F. IL Mylius, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Braybr oo k e , a pp o i n ted to the Ceylon Rifle Re giment, July 11. 46th Foot— Ensign R. W. Piper to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Nooth, who retires; E. L. Pretyman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pipe-r, July 11. 51st Foot-11. B. We'stropp, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Rowley, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier Regi ment of Foot Guards, July 11. 54th Foot—F. 11. Baxter, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice M'Culloch, appointed to the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, July I L__ 5 - 9th Foot—Lieut. H. W. Gordon to he Captain, by pur chase, vice Weir, who retires; Ensi g n P. Lloyd to be Lieu tenant, by purchae, vice J. J. Coghill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vi c e Lloyd, Gordon ;uly 11. 66th Foot—Ensign H. U. Coates to be Lieutenant, by pm , chase, vice Kebbel, who retires; R. Gniner, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Coates, July II ; M. W. Bell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davis, who retires, July 12. 67th Foot—Captain W. Lyon, from half-pay of the 6th West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice the Hun. A. G. Stuart, who exchanges ; Lieut. T. P. Onslow to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Lyon, who retires ; Ensign D. S. Miller to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Onslow ; D. Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice MAler, July I I. , 9th Foot—Captain J. T. Stanley. from the 1 lth Fo , t, to be Captain, vice Thornton, who exchanges, July 1 ; Ensign J. Shiner, to be Lieutenata, without purchase, vice Saunders, deceased, July 2; 'F. J. G. Thompson, Gent., to be Ensi4n, vice Shuter, July Ist West India R..giment—Sergeant-Major G. Junes, from London Recruiting District, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wood, deceased. 3d West India Regiment—J. Halahan, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Burke, dismissed the service, Jo:) , H. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant F. B. Bayly to be Cap. tain, without purchase, vice Burleigh, deceased, May 2 ; Li.n.. tenant G. B. Tattersall to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bayly, whose promotion. June 20, has been cancelled, June 20; Second Lieutenant P. O'Gorman, to be First Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Dryly, May 2; Second Lieutenant H Sweit. - nhain to be First Lieutenant, !.iy pur chase, vice O'Gorman, whose proinotion by purchase, has been cancelled ; Ensign W. L. 13raybrooke, from the 15th Foo►, to he Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Swat tenham, July 11. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—W. Kinir, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice English, whJse appointment hat been canceiled, July BREVET.—Captain William Lyon, of the 67th, to be Major in the Army, Nor. 23, 1841. ~.~` UNATTACHED.—To b 2 Caiitain, without purchase.—Lieut. J. M. Isaac, from the 59th Foot, July 11. HOSPITAL STAFF—Staff Surzeon of the Second Class A. Foulis to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, vice W. Fergus son, appointed Governor of Sierra Leone, July 11. 111EmoKANnum—The date of the commission of Ensign and Lieut. Rowley, of the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, is 7th July, 1845, and not 4th July, 1845, as pre viously Ftated. Erratum in the Gazette of the 20th June, 1845. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—For Second Lieutenant C. C. Durnford to be First Lieutenant, vice Bayly, promoted, read vice Tattersall, promoted. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. F. Bennet, the younger, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; C. Tyrrell the younger, Esq., to be ditto ; C. Lillingstone, Esq., to be ditto, June 27. ~A i t ~\ /+~ = ~ y.f 1 BANKRUPTS. William Parsley, hat maker, Woolwich, to surrender July 18, at half-past one, and Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Hughes, Chapel-street, Bedford-row. Samuel Elphick, victualler, Bermondsey-street, July 18, at two, and Aug. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Pyke, Lin coln's Inn-fields. William Haward Rawe, currier, Portsea, July 17 and Aug. 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basioghall-street ; Illebsrs. Clarke, Bishopsgate Church-yard, London. John Harvard, lamp maker, Brook-street, Bond-street, July 17, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 22, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing. hall-street ' • Hodgson, Red Lion-squar e . William Burleigh, scrivener, Haverhill, Suffolk, July 19, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; ;Holmes, Liverpool-street, Bishopsgate-street ; Jardine, Stoke, Essex. The Forth Marine Insurance Company, Bishopsgate-street Within, July 21, at half-past eleven, and Aug. •e 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Peni.ell, official assignee ; Cowper's-court, Coriihill. Jam Archer Dow, draper, Romford, July 19, at half-past one, and Aug. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fohett, official assignee, tiambr,ok- court, Ba eet ; Brisiow and Tarrant, Bond -court, Walbrook, Lond• n, and Greenwich. Thomas Eastwood, grocer, Brighton, July 19, at eleven, and Aug. 23, at one, at the Cou. tof Bankruptcy. Green, offietal assignee, Aldermanbury ; Stevens, Wilkinson, and Co., Queen street, Cheapside. • John Davenport, wholesale hosier, Little Loye-lane, London; July 22, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-pace, Old Jewry ; Watson, Winchesier-buildirgs. Broad. street, James Filbey, licensed victualler, Eghaso, Surrey, Ju!) , 21, at one, and Aug. I I, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard -street; Lloyd, Milk. street, Cheapside. Joseph Thorn, New Brentford, Middlesex, paper hanger, July 23, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 11, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch. lane, Lombard-street; Sleap, Middle Temple-lane. John Farrow, Stanton, Sutfo-k, draper. July 23, at one, and Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court ut Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanbury. John Shorland, grocer, Bristol, July 25, at twelve, and Aug. 22, at one, at. the Bristol District Court. Acraman, of end assignee, Bristol; Cross, Son, and Asb, Bristol. Thomas Lovell, general dealer, Hen-fridge-marsh, Somerset shire, July 28 and Aug. 22, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Poole and Gamlen, Gray's Inn, London ; Chandler, jun., Sherburne, Dorsetshire. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Clarke, carpet manufacturer, Market Harbor.ugh—first div. of 20s. in the puund, any Thursday, at the office of .Ir. Christie, Birmingham. T. Coleman, J. Morris, J. B. Morris, and T. Morris, bankers, Leominster—final div. of id. in the pound, any Thurs• day, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Birmingham. R. Benbow, timber merchant, Liverpool—final div. of Bid. in the pound, July 16, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Liverpool. A. Alder, cloth factor, Brimpscombe, Gloucestershire—fins. div. of id. in the pound, July 14, and any following Monday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. W. Ambrose timber merchant, Awre, Gloucestershire—third and final div. of 2id. in the pound, July 14, and any following Monday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. W. S. Drury, ironmonger, Chester—first div. of 9s. Bd. in the pound, July 14, and any following Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Ridge, C. Ridge, and W. Newlands, bankers, Chichester, Aug. 5, at half-past twelve—W. S. Warwick and T. W. Clagett, merchants, Billiter-square, Aug. 5, at half-past eleven—M. Danks, carpet manufacturer, hatton-garden, Aug. 1, at twelve. In the Country. T. Morris and W. Woodward, drapers, Burslem, Stafford. shire, Aug. 4, at one, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Willis and J. T. Swainson, merchants, Liverpool, Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Brown and A. Urquhart, stuff manufacturers, Manchester, Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. Vaux, lamp manufacturer, Stephen-street, Tottenham. court-road, Aug. I—J. Phillips and 'l'. Pearson, silk dressers, South-place. Finsbury, Aug. 4—T. H. William and W. C. Stanes, auctioneers, Chelmsford, Aug. 4—J. Yates, ship. owner, York-road, Lambeth, Aug. 4—W. Harrison, pattern dyer, Leeds, Aug. 6—J. M‘Dougal, Aug. 12—W. Hardy, draper, Oxford-street, Aug. I—G. Hawkins, clothier, Col chester, Aug. I—J. Messenger, farmer, Ilowness, Cumberland, Aug. 1 —E. Bumpstead, grocer, Halesworth, Suffolk, Aug. 1 —T. O'Rorke and W. Birks, commission agents, Manchester, Aug. 1— H. Cook, licensed victualler, brewer, Coggesliall. Essex, Aug. I—F. W. Palmer, colonial broker, Mincing-lade, Aug. I— E. S. Darvell, colonial broker, Great Tower-street, City, Aug. I—J. Schaffer, fringeman, k's.l lace, Islington, Aug. I—P. French, carpenter, Worthing, Aug. 1. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ A. and W. I. R. Crowder, wine merchants, Wakefield—J. Goldthorp and J. Rhodes, jun., worsted spinners, Wakefield— W. Taphouse and W. Lovesay, smiths—J. H. Todd and T. Waters, attorneys, Winchester—A. Hindes and J. Thompson, stack brokers, Leeds—M. Fitch and G. Newell, patent salt manufacturers, Chelmsford—T. Ingledew and S. W. Cattley, wholesale grocers, Upper Thames-street—J. Jones. J. J. Price, and D. Williams, barkers, Brecon—W. Km. elone and a G. Partridge, livery-stable keepe rs, Pl y mouth—J. Woolle y nd J. Mason, tobacco manu facturers, Sheffield—T. Bi gge , J. G. Bridge, T. Bridge, R. Bridge, A. C. Bridge, and C. R. Bigge, jewe llers, Ludgate-hill—T. Cadets, S. Adey, and W. L. C. Adey, timber merchants, Poole—W. and W. C. Miller, builders, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire—M. Thurstan and E. Burley, grocers, Darlaston, Staffordshire—B. Baker and J. S. Earl, statuaries, Liverpool—J. Peniston, J. Penis ton, and T. Peniston, cloth finishers, Holbeck, Yorkshire—. F. Belloni and J. Primavesi, watch makers, Warminster—J. rea Greenwood, H. Clough, R. Turne r , an d J . Kershaw, coach proprietors,croslnd and Manchester j.crovithen( , so co f r a n m illers , r asegard E s n J. d K Yorkshire rshw) S. J. Yearsley and W. Beusfield, wine merchants, St. Mary at Hill, Tower-street —R. James and W. Edwards,Mid dle-row, Holborn—G. L or d , W . H. Rolfe, and J. M Izod, wine mer chants, George-yard, Lombard -.t reet. SCOTCH SEQ U EST RATION S. Alexander Young, spirit dealer, Edinburgh, July 16 and Aug. 6, at three, at the chambers of Mr. Junner, Edinburgh. John Milne, card manufacturer, Dundee, July 17 and Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. William Borthwick, feather merchant, Edinburgh. July 16, and Aug. 6, at two, at the chambers of Messrs. Renuys and Webster, Edinburgh. Gilbert Duncan, writer, Lerwick, July 17, and Aug. IL at twelve, at the New Subscription Rooms, Lerwick. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brow❑ or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending July 8, 1845, is 325. 9i I. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Ira portation thereof into Great Britain. THE JUNIOR COLONEL OF EUROPE.—The Em peror Nicholas has appointed his grandson Alexander Alexan drowich, an infant three snenths old, chief of one of the battalion, of Finlanders belonging to the Imperial Guard. J