The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-30 00:00:00

170 f. ; Avignon and Lyons, (Talabot), 537 f. 50e. ; ~ ditto (Sehastiani), 517 f. 50c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 507 f. 50c. ; Bourdeaux and Cette (Espeleta) 505 E LYONS, JUNE 25.—Avignon and Marseilles, 986 E, end of June; Paris and Orleans, 1,190 E, ditto for the 15th of July ; Paris and Rouen, 1,040 f., end of June; Orleans and Vier ton, 728 f, ditto; Orleans and Bordeaux, 660 f, ditto; Boulogne, 590 f. ditto; litontereau, 525 f., ditto. L.tvy CHANGES.—There were various rumours current this morning as to who were to be the new law officers of the Crown. Sir Frederick Thesiger will, of course, succeed to the vacant Attorney-Generalship, and the great question of interest is, who is to be the new Solicitor-General. The name of Mr. Kelly has been mentioned, but it is conceived that the same reasons which prevented his appointment on the occasion of the last vacancy may still possibly exist. The names of Mr. Talbot and Mr. Stuart Wortley have also been mentioned, but the favourite seems to be Mr. James Turner, the Chancery barrister, who, it is said, is the new Conserva tive candidate for Dartmouth. EXETER ELEcriox.—lt is said that the state of the re gistry is such in this city that the Anti-Corn-law League candidate, whoever he may be, will be certain of being re turned. GRAND REVIEW IN HYDE PARK (THIS DAY.) This grand display of military skill, which has already been twice postponed on account of the unfavourable state of the weather, came off to-day, in Hyde Park. The lines were formed a few minutes before eleven o'clock, and comprised the following distinguished regiments, the 4th Light Dragoons, the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, the Scotch Fusilier Guards, and the Grenadier Guards. The rigl, t flank was in possession of the Ist and 2d battalion of the Scotch Fusilier Guards, and the other division of the regiment occupied the left. The Life Guards occupied the extreme left. The ground Was occupied by the 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons, and a de tachment of the 2d Grenadier Guards. The cavalry was under the command of General the Honourable E. Lygon, and the infantry under Colonel Drummond. Viscount Combermere was Commander.in.Chief. Precisely at eleven o'clock, and immediately after the formation of the lines, her Majesty, Prince Albert, the King and Queen of the Belgian.,, the Duke of Wellington, and the Marquis of Anglesea, accompa nied by a brilliant staff, arrived on the ground. Her Majesty and party were received with full military honours, the band playing the National Anthem. Her Majesty, who appeared in excellent health and spirits, and the Queen of the Belgians, were in an open landau, Prince Albert and the King of the Belgians were on horseback in full military uniform. The inspection of the lines being completed, the various evolutions were entered upon, and gone through with the greatest order, precision, and rapidity, exciting not only the encomiums of the Royal party, but the admiration of the vast mul titude assembled, amounting to at least 30,000 persons. The weather, though threatening in the morning, gradually cleared up, and during the whole progress of the review was everything that could be desired. We regret to state that an accident occurred during one of the evolutions which at first bore a very alarming appearance. While a column of the 4th Light Dragoons were re - treating before a charge of the Grenadier Guards, one of the horses became restive, and rearing against the next in the rank, threw both horse and rider to the ground, the man being underneath, the whole weight of the horse falling on his body. For a few minutes he lay quite insensible, and the general impression was, that he was killed. Fortunately, however, the surmise was not correct, for in about ten minutes, and after a draught of water had been procured, he rallied, and ultimately was able to walk off the ground. By per sonal inquiry we learn that he had received no serious injury, having only been stunned by the fall. Beyond this we did not learn that any accident happened. We need only further add that her Majesty, both on her arrival and departure, was received with every token of loyalty and respect. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.-(MONDAY.) Last week's arrivals of all kinds of English Grain were on a very moderate scale, but those of Irish Oats were consider ably on the increase. Of Foreign Wheat, Barley, and Oats, the imports were moderately good, but by no means exten sive. Fresh up from Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and other parts, including Essex and Kent, the arrivals of Wheat of home produce coastwise, as well as by land carriage and samples, were small ; hence the stands were again scantily filled with parcels of both red and white. Although the at tendance of dealers was not to say large, we have to report a very steady demand for all descriptions of English Wheat, at an advance in the currencies obtained on Monday last of Is per quarter, and a fair clearance was effected prior to the close of business. The show of fine Foreign Wheat was rather limited ; selected parcels of both red and white moved off steadily, at full prices. In other kinds next to nothing was doing. Corn under luck was almost nominal in value. Scarcely a single quarter of English Barley was brought forward, and the supply of Foreign was by no means large. Grinding parcels sold steadily at full prices. Other kinds were very dull. The Malt trade was in a very sluggish state, yet we can notice no alteration in value. The show of Oats being on the increase, that article was heavy at barely stationary prices. Beaus, Peas, and Flour supported late rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.. • • • • 64s to 65s Red . ..... 40s to 46s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto, White ••• • .. 4 5 s 578 Lincohish., Feed. 22s 235 Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe .•• . • • • • 24s 253 Lin coin, Red. •• .. 40s 47s Yougha_i and Cork, Ditto, White ... •.. 42s 55s Black .••• • • • 20s 22s Irish, Red ••••• • • • —8 —s Cork, White . 218 238 Ditto, White. ••• • . —s —s Scotch, Feed. •• • • 22s 233 Rye—Old ••• • • • 30s 348 Beans—Tick . New. ••• • • • 35s 36s Pigeons .•• . • • Barley—Grinding. •• .. 23s 28s Pease—Grey .•••• • • • • 36s 38s Malting ..• • • 32s 34s Maple .• . Chevalier .. •• .. 36s —s White Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 40s 42, folk .. •• • • ...... 58s 63s Flour—Town-made .• • 42s Brown .•• • • • ..... 56s 60s Suffolk .. Kingston and Ware 60s —s Stocktn & Norfolk 33s 35 8 FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wh ea t—Dantzie .. Hamburgh •• . • 3u s --s ; Pease •••••••• • • • • • • • • 28s 32s Barley • Oats- —New .•. eed . SMITHFIELD , During the past week, ending on Saturday evening, the imports of live stock from abroad into London were again extensive ; the Neptunus, from Hamburgh, bringing 38 oxen; the Ocean, 39 cows, 33 oxen, 9 lambs, and 12 calves; the Batavier, 39 oxen and cows ; and the Giraffe, 40 oxen and cows, from Rotterdam ; being a total import of 150 heads of beasts. At Hull, upwards of 400 oxen and cows have been received in the above period. The number of foreign beasts on sale here to-day was small—viz., 48, a large portion of which was of very middling quality; nevertheless they were speedily disposed of at extreme currencies. From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of Beasts fresh were very limited for the time of year ; whilst there was nothing amongst them remarkable for excellence of quailty. The dead markets being tolerably well cleared of their late country supplies, and the attendance of buyers rather numerous, the Beef trade was active, at an advance on Friday's quotations of 2d per 81bs., while, in some instances, the rates ruled somewhat higher than those obtained on Monday last, the primest Scots readily producing 45 8d per 81bs, and at which a good clearance was readily effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we re ceived 450 Scots and Short-horns; from the North of Eng land—a portion coming from the neighbourhood of New castle-300 Short-horns, &c. ; from the Western and Midland counties, 400 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England, 400 of various kinds ; and from Scotland 400 Horned and Polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep were very small. For most kinds the demand was in a sluggish state, at barely previous figures. The Lamb trade was steady, at full rates of currency in every instance. In Calves only a moderate business was doing, at barely last week's currencies. The same may be said of Pigs. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts ••.. 3 2 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 8 4 4 Second quality ditto. 310 4 0 Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen. • 4 2 4 4 Southdown Wethers 410 5 0 Prime Scots •• • • 4 6 4 8 Ditto out of the wool Largo coarse Calves 3 8 4 4 Large Hogs ••• . 3 0 3 8 rrime small ditto 4 6 410 Small Porkers ••.• 3 10 4 2 Suckling Calves, ..18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep •• .. 3 2 3 6 Lambs SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. I 2,325 23,900 220 I • 258 Aram E.A.:O 3C N. II ••',‘ L. The past week's arrivals of country-slaughtered Meat for our Markets have been, the time of year considered, large, and of fair average quality. These extensive receipts are Principally caused by the comparative high rates now ruling in the metropolis. With Meat killed in London we have been somewhat heavily supplied; hence the general demand has ruled inactive, and, in order to effect clearances, a decline of 2d per 81bs has been submitted to in the quotations. Several carcasses of foreign Beasts have been again disposed of, at prices varying from 3s to 3s 4d per 81bs. Their quality was not to say first rate. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. i s. d. s. d.to Beef, inferior. •••.. 2 4 2 8 Mutton, inferior • • 210 3 6 middling .... 210 3 0 middling• • 3 8 4 4 prime large .. 3 2 3 4 -- prime • • 4 6 4 8 prime small •• 3 6 3 8 Pork, large • • .... 2 6 3 6 Veal 3 8 4 8 small •• . • .... 3 8 4 2 Lamb. 4s lbd to Gs —d. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs 120 900 340 80 800 300 30 200 10 100 30 30 40 20 20 90 10 20 100 70 100 30 300 80 200 20 10 40 100 100 10 90 300 200 200 --- • • Yorkshire • • • • • • ' • • • • • • • Lincolnshire • • • • • • • • • • " Suffolk ••••• • • • • • .• • • • • • • ••• • • Cambridgeshire •• • • • • Devonshire ••• • • *** Wiltshire ******* • • •• • • ••• • • • ••• Otherparts •••••••••• • • • • • • • •• Total . • . Previous week's arrival ••• • .. 290 2,610 490 1,020 - - Difference since our ast •• • . 180 340 - BOROUGH HOP MARKET. From most of the plantations our accounts are of a much more favourable character than for some time past ; hence, as might be expected, the de mand for nearly all kinds of ziops is heavy, at barely previous r ates. Ver y little is doing in the duty, which is called 160,0001. BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. The supplies of Potatoes being considerably more than adequate to meet the wants of the trade, the demand for them continues very dull, at from 25s to 80s per ton. Large quantities have been disposed of at the former figure to the cow-keepers. WOOL MARKET. The past week's arrivals of wool from our colonies have been very great, they having exceeded 6, 000 ba les, chiefl y ) from Launceston and Sydney. The imports from abroad have been very moderate. Public sales of about 16,000 packages, are announced for the 3d proximo and several fol lowing days. It is expected that large additional quantities will be brought forward as the auctions progress. In the private contract market a fair business is doing, at late rates. 20 2130 TALLOW. During the past week this market has been dull and inac tive, and prices of foreign have generally receded. In Yellow Candle on the spot there is nothing doing. The nearest price for the last three months is 405 6d to 40s 9d. By letters received this morning from St. Petersburgh up to the 19th instant, the price there had risen to 110 roubles, which is quite equal to 42s laid down here. Town Tallow is 40s z•et cash. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—lt being remarked, as a rumour, in the Third Edition of The Sun newspaper of Saturday last, " that the present Member for Ross and Cromarty is about to retire to make way for an Hon, Baronet of his own name, with whom it is supposed that there has long been an understanding to this effect," I beg to state that any such rumour is altogether unfounded, and that I have no in tention of resigning the representation of these combined counties in Parliament. The paragraph in question adverts to other rumours, of which I know nothing directly or indirectly. The early insertion of this letter in your journal will oblige, Sir, Your most obedient servant, THOMAS MACKENZIE. 17, Clarges.street, Piccadilly, June 30, 1645. (The rumour was communicated to us by a correspondent in Whom . we placed coptidence,—TA #51471.3 111()NtY and C rirl Lit CIA L NE WS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday, were 6,000 bags, and included 2.000 on speculation. The market was quiet, and prices lvere without alteration. There was no great change in Railway Shares, but there was a great deal of excitement in West. Yorkshire and West Riding Junction.- Armagh and Portrush, 2 1 / 8 ; Bandon and Bantry, 55. ; Birken head and Chester Junction, 11% ; Birmingham and Glou cester, New Shares, 3%; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accring ton, 9%; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Belfast and Ballymena, 6% ; Belfast and County Down, 33 % ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 16 1 / 2 V I ; Caledonian 11% ; Caledonian Extension, 2%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4,i t •y 4 ; Cambridge and Oxford, 1 1 / 2 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 63 62 1 / 2 ' • Ditto, Half Shares, 31 1 / 2 31 ; Chester and Preston Brook, 51s. 51s. tid. ; Churnet Valley. 5 Is. 3d.; Clitheroe Junction, 71s. 71s. 6d. • Clydesdale Junction, 8%; Cork and Waterford, 375. 6d.; Derby and Crewe, 3; Dublin and Wexford, 2; Dublin and Galway, 3% ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 3% ; Eastern Counties, 21 20% ; Ditto, New Shares, 12 % ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarter Shares, 84 ; Edinburgh and Perth, 245. ; Ely and Bedford, ;2% lasgow and Dumfries, 19s. 18s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 20 1 / 2 20 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 9% ; Glasgow and Ayr, 72 ; Grand Junction, 239; Grand Union, ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, % 17s. 60.; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 7% 8; Limerick and Waterford, 7% ; Liverpool and Manchester, 215 ; Di. to, Half Shares, 106 1 / 2 ; Ditto, New Shares, 42 14 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 31. 595.; London and Bir mingham, 240; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 34% ; London and Croydon, New Shares, 345. 101 ' • London, Oxford, and Chel tenham, 3s. 60. ; London and - South-Western, New 501. Share., 164 ; London and York, 3% % ; Direct Northern, 3 1 / 2 ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 154 1 / 2 ; eeds and Thirsk, 64 ; Leeds arid West Riding Junction, 4/. 965. 3d. ; Man chest,,,r and Birmingham, New Quarter Shares, 74; Man chester and Birmingham Continuation, 38s. 6d. ; Man chester. Birmingham, and Bury, 183; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 3%; Manchester and Leeds, 168 172 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 234 24 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 194 ; Matlock and Midland, 54 ; Midland Railway, 188; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 291 % ; Newark and Sheffield, 545. ; New castle and Berwick, 18% ; Newcastle and Darlington and Lancashire Junction, % 12s. 60. ; North Kent, 4% ; Not tingham and Mansfield, %; Oxford and Birmingham Junc tion, 44 3s. 6,1. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamptmi, 6 1 4 ; Preston and Wyre, 31 1 4, ; Runcorn Gap, Preference Shares, 39; Sheffield , and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 16% ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 125.; Shrewsbury and North Wales, 58s. 6d. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 44 % ; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 20s. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 47-"!; 3 ; Ditto, New Shares, - No. 2, 16% ; Ditto, No. 3, 84 Bs. 3d.; Scottish Central, 6% ; South Midland, 2% 425. ; Ulster, f 0; West Yorkshire, 3 1 / 2 4; Worcester and Tring, I% Is. 60.; York and Carlisle, 44 ; Dendre Valley, 6s. ; Lyons and Avignon, 24 ; Northern of France, English (Laffitte), 54 ; Ditto (Rosamel's) English, ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 9 1 / 2 ; Paris and Lyons (Gan neron), 535. • MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 28.-The sales are -Barnsley Junction, 7 1-16 7 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 11% 12 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Ac crington, 9%; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 54 ; Bolton, Wigan, arid Liverpool, 17 ; Caledonian, 11% ; Derby and Crewe, 3 ; Eastern Counties, New Shares, 12 ; Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 11-16 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 18s. 6d. ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 14 ; Grand Union, 365. 6d. ; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail way and Canal, 7 1 / 2 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 15 17 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 4 1 / 2 ' • Liverpool, Onus kirk, and Preston, 2 15-16 ; London and Windsor, 265. 60.; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 1 1 /., ; London and York, 3 3 / 4 ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 54 ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 7 5-16; Ditto Continuation and Welsh Junction, 1% ; Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 11 / 2 4 prem. ; North British, New Shares, 6 3 / ; North Eastern, prem. ; North Union (B), 96 ; Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester, 1 1-16 prem. ; Preston and Wyre Exteuslnr, ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 16% ; Southport and Euxton, ; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junction, 2% ; elsh Midland, 3 3 l ; West Yorkshire, 4 1 ; York and Carlisle, 44. Accounts of April 17, from Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope, state that a collision had actually occurred, as was an ticipated, between the Grigua tribe and the Dutch farmers, and that, although there was no material lth , s of life, the Go•. vernment troops to avert danger had gone up the country. The Public Securities continue rather fiat, and there is not much doing. Consols have been 98% to 99 for the opening. The premium on Exchequer-bills has beec rather lower, viz., 565. to 58s. Bank Stock has been firm at 211 to 211%. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102 to 102%, and the Three per Cynts. 991/ g to 994. East India Bonds are 70s. to 735. premium. The Foreign Securities have been heavy also, and the settlement of the Account occupies chief attention. Spanish Actives have been 277‘, and the Three per Cents. 40" g. Portuguese Converted have been 67 1 %; and the Old Bonds, 84. Mexican Active Stock has realised 36 1 / 2 ; and the Deterred, 21 1 4 %. Columbian are at 17%. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 63 ) 4 l 4 ; and the Four per Cents., 98% 8 The Share Market is influenced by the further progress of the settlement, and prices are in some instances higher. CLOSIN!, PRICES 211 99 1 4 102 ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 1 4, per Cents Lon?•Annuities to exnireJan.lB6o 11 7-16 11 7-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/. Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 / 2 d 57 59 56 58 pm. 58 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small Pm. - pm. 60 ONE CLOSING.; PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 17% 17% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 36% 36‘?.§ Ditto, Account 3 6 34 Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted 67% 63 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. 40% 40% Belgian 4% per Cent. — . 99 Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certitic 98% 98% PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PRICES Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% - Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 13 2 1,4 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20 Bristol and Exeter 7O Do. New .... . ......... 2 Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 2 1 ,2...... 2 3 / 4 _ _ Cambridge and Lincoln 1 %...... 5 1 4 4 3 / Chester and Holyhead... 10 Churnet Valley Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton .•• 14 l% • Cornwall litrectNorthern Dublin and Belfast June 2% kith Dublin and Galway._ .. 2% 3% Dublin and Mullingar... 2% 4% Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 21 W 3 % Ditto New 41. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....5/. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d O% Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 . ..... ... Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... le t . Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% B l /2 Ely and Bedlord Great Grimsby and Shef field reat North of England..l oo ...... 24216 Ditto New 6reat Western G iiidford, Fare'in, Ports. 2 % ... .. 3 null ,d Selby .. 50 1;1 3 1321/2 4 26% 11% 2 3 4 4:4 15 1 ,, 1:4 4% 8 3 % 81iit 41 / 2 21', 7 1 / i 77/ti 2AI 18% 9 21,4 and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle London and liirminghni (5t0ck)...241 243 246% Do. 1 4 Shares London and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d. 9 14 London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 21 3 / 4 22 Do. New l 3s 4 d lm% IAS Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d Si% 82 80 . ... 80 Do. New London and York ...... •.. 2 1 12 3 1 / 2 3 4 3 3 /4 Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 163 168 165 165 Do. % Shares Do. Quarters Manclie;ler and Bimii. 40 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 225....... 4%. 4% Midland 100 185 Do. New Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 55 ... ..... ... .. 5' Do. New Brandling lO Newgastl( and Berwick 1 1 /, 2O 19% 20%... Newark and SLeffield .. 1 1 / 2 ; 2 1 3 / 4 ••• North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 North Kent North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do., dew . 1 Oxford and Worcestcr... 2 1 / 2 6%, Portsmouth Direct 2l Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland l l /2 • .... Shrews., Wolverhamp , Dudley, and Birrn 2 l / 2. . .. Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d 474 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales 2l/, 4% ..... ......... Welch Midland York and North Midland 50 ll O l/0 Do. 1 / 2 Shares Do Selby Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ... ...... .... ..... 2 ...... Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamers) 2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... Namur and Li ege Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 Orleans and Bordeaux... '2 Paris and Lyons, G a n.. nerou's, Paris and Rouen Sambre and Meuse : 4 Verona and Ancon I.__ - JOINT STOCK BANKS. 19 1 ,4 2 1 ,4 25 6%8 2112 2 1 / s 5 4 5 / 8 153 A 2% 40/ 2 81/2 Australasia onaon andWestininster ... . 271 s 29 271,,;3 About, half-past twelve yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Bradley, tailor, King's-road, near the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. When first discovered the flames were raging furiously in the shop. The engines promptly attended, but the flames were not subdued till the contents of the shop were destroyed. 1 1 1 2 .1 E gTi LON DO ON' DA Y JITNE 00, : N 4b . • r t , • - 414 1 , t SUN OFFICE, Seven o' ('luck RAILWAY COMMIT FEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. LEEDS AND THIR.SE. The Committee, consisting of the Duke of Grafton, Lord Col borne, the Bishop of Rochester, the Marquis of Ormonde, and Lerd de Lisle and Dudley, met at eleven o'clock, Lord Colborne in the chair. This line met with strong opposition before the Committee of the House of Commons, P. M. Stewart. Esq., M.P., in the chair, It was before the same Committee, and in opposition to this line, that the Ripon and Harrogate line was brought under considera. Lion, and which, atter many days' investigation, was suddenly with. drawn one morning, to the surprise of the Committee, who found that their time had been occupied for several days in a most useless manner. The subject was subsequently brought under the notice of the house of Commons, and it was alleged that there was some gambling connected with it of no creditable cha racter. The principle opponents in the Commons to the Leeds and Thirsk line were the Ripon and Harrogate line, already mentioned, the Earl of Cardigan, and Mr. Dynely. Lord Cardigan's opposition was in consequence of the linepassing so near a beautiful old ruin, Kirkstall Abbey, on his property, and which his Lordphip has taken the pains of an antiq Im - ion to pre serve. The promoters of the line, however, diverted it, so as to render its proximity to the abbey as little disadvantageous as possible to the pleture.queness of the scenery. „ There were some landowners in opp os i t i on t o th e scheme, but their mouths were stopped with gold. The only remaining oppo nents were the agents of Mr. Dynely, who were again in opposi. tion to-day. Mr. Dynely is a lunatic under the guardianship of the Court of Chancery. It was by the Lord Chancellor's directions that Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C., appeared in opposition to the line at the Corn.. mons and before their Lordships to-day. His opposition is grounded on this fact. The line passes contigm,us to the village of Bramhope, six miles from Leeds, and would, it was alleged, de stroy some valuable springs with which that town is supplied with water. Mr. BAINES, Q C., offered to insert clauses in the Bill guarantee ing an ample supply of water to the town in case the excavations from the line interfered with the springs in question. Toe terms offered were not considered satisfactory, and hence the appearance before their Lordships. Thee facts having been stated, the Noble CHAIRVAN said he really thought it would be much better if the parties would with_ draw and arrange the matter privately, as it was more a matter of private arrangement than for judicial interference. The Counsel agreed that this would be the most desirable course, and withdrew to confer. It may be mentioned that the line will connect some of the most important towns of the north of England—Wigan, Bolton, Roch dale, and others of the same rank; it passes through one of the most fertile coal beds in that district, and if the traffic tables laid before the Commons' Committee were at all accurate, there can be no doubt but the line will be a most useful and successful specu lation. The investigation of the line before the Commons' Committee occupied ten days, when the preamble was at length declared proved. Upon returning to the room counsel seemed as far from agree. ment as ever, and two hours more were occupied in wrangling about guarantees for a proper supply of water to Bramhope. The Noble CHAIRMAN suggested that the whole matter alight be settled by constituting the Recorder of Leeds as arbitrator whenever a difference should arise between the directors of the railway and the trustees of Mr. Dynely, in regard to a deficiency in the supply of water to the town. Alter another hour spent in disputing upon speculative contits. gencies, the Committee ordered the room to be cleared. After the lapse of a few minutes the doors Were opened, and The CHAIRMAN declared that the Committee were of opinion that the guarantee offered by the promoters of the Bill was a fair one, and that the clauses they proposed to insert in the Bill were of a satisfactory character. The Committee then went through the clauses pro forms, and broke up. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Their Lordships resumed the consideration of this line to.day. Earl Radnor in the chair. Mr. Hope Johnston, M.P., examined by Mr. FORSYTH, for the promoters of the Bill, deposed at great length to the merits of the undertaking, and in cross.examination by Mr. ANDREWS, Q. C, who repress rated the Dumfries line, spoke to the great advantages which the extension of the line between Dumfries and Portpatrick would confer on the latter town. The CHAIRMAN observed that he thought it wholly unnecessary to enter into any particulars in reference to the communication with Portpatrick, as a project tor connecting that town with Dum fries, w:s common to both schemes, and therefore whichever was approved by the Committee would complete the extension if re quired. Mr. ANDREWS, Q.C., urged that the communication with Port patrick was an integral and most important portion of their propo sition; and, although it had been negatived in its progress before the Commons' Committee, it now appeared in precisely the same position as if they possessed a Bill. The CIIMIRM AN dissented. They could not be in a similar situa. tion, for if the Committee rejected the Caledonian line there was no guarantee that the other line would ever proceed, and the whole community might possibly be left unaccommodated. After a desultory conversation between counsel and the Com mittee, it was decided that no evidence should be received relat ing to the communication between Dumfries and Portpatrick. Mr. Pare, the traffic taker, handed in the traffic tables, and entered into details of the income expected from the assumed quantity of goods employing the line for transit. Evidence confirmatory of the accuracy of the traffic tables and other formal proof was then given. Mr. James Baird, an extensive iron -master, whose works wou'd be intercepted by the Caledonian Railway, bore testimony to the Importance of that line to the blasts and furnaces, forty-six of which it would immediately pass. The Committee, at four o'clock, adjourned till twelve to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. On the meeting of the Committee this morning at the usual hour, the Chairman said that Mr. M`Geachy was still unable to attend, and that the business must therefore proceed in his absence. Mr. COCKBURN then addressed the Committee on the part of the promoters of the the Intern might be pawed for the convenience of Bi lly not re.: ported on ; and, in case the project should be introduced: GhOUP L. SOUTIE-WIESTERN BizArrcx-ms. P onTsmouanz ONLOUP. The Committee resumed this morning at twelve o'clock by ad journment from Friday last, when it will be remembered by our readers that the Committee decided that so much of the pre amble of the South- W..stern Company's Bill should be allowed as went to make a line from Guildford to Godalming and also from Fareham to l'ortsea. The Guildford and Godalming branch was first taken, and the clauses were allowed up to the point where the junction at Godal ming w:th the Direct Portsmouth line was required, when a dis pute arose as to the way in which this was effected, when it was ultimately decided, according to the wish of the Committee, to give as much pub:ic accommodation as possible. A clause was then drawn up for effecting this purpose. After some discussion the Junction at Fareham was agreed upon without the station being fixed, and without any reciprocal, right being conceded for travelling on the lines between Chichester, Farcham, and Portsmouth. The other clauses were passed through, and the Committee adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. There are other clauses yet to pass, but there are no questions of main interest to adjudicate, and thus has terminated a contest of more than six week's duration, in which several Queen's counsel, two or three sergeant's-at-law, and a large portion of the junior bar have been engaged —a contest in which the highest forensic skill, experience, energy, and determination have shown to carry the object of their retainers. And whether we look at the pertinacity of the parties engaged, the importance of the interests to the public—not the mere dwellers on the line, but to all engaged in the freedom of intercourse between dif ferent parts of the empire—is of immense importance It may be transgressing our province, but we feel that we should be inadequately doing justice to those who have been engaged in this contest if we were not to bear testimony to the pains taken and imblic spirited industry, and disinterestedness with which the Com mittee have evinced for the public interests. Whether we look at the forensic ability of the council engaged at the acuteness of Monkton Milnes, the mathematical attainment of Mr. Oswald, the scientific acumen of Mr. Vyvian, the perspicuity of Lord Clive, or the honest Yorkshire independence, and practical, busi. ness, and intelligent qualities of the Chairman, we are bound to gate that a more admirable concert of qualities, both mental and moral, could rarely be brought to bear on the decision of any great public question ; and we feel assured that in no insfance were public interests more efficiensly preserved. The other clauses will be gone through to-morrow, and the two other lines will then be taken. GROUP X. CAIVIETLIDGE AND LINCOLN LINE. The Committee met to-day at twelve o,clock, when Mr. Winberry was calved to prove certain returns which he had obtained from the Stamp-office on the 7th of June, in reference to the coach traffic. He read the numbers from a return of a list of the coaches in the Stamm-office returns of the 31st of May, 1845, not included in the London and York table. The coaches were as follows h—One from London to Welwyn ; one from York to Doncaster, two from Doncaster to Askeon, a distance of six miles north ; one running two days find another six ; one from Don caster to Sheffield ; that went from Doncaster to Bawtery, and then on by the Sheffield branch ; one from Doncaster to Wake field ; two from Lincoln to (lainsborough ; one from Newark to Stamford; two from Boston to Spalding; this list was made since the last table was given in ; those last two began in July 1844 ; none of those were included in the tables already put in ; was quite sure of that. Mr. HILDVARD said he asked the latter question, as he intended to produce evidence to contradict the answer. Wit. ness then proceeded. The next was a coach from Boston to Wisbeach ; the next from Boston to New Hol land. Is not aware that a Bill has passed both Houses of Parliament for the formation of a line from New Holland to Market.rasen. The next was a coach from Lincoln to New Hol. land; this coach stopped in October last, and began again in July. The next were two coaches from Boston to Leicester. The next, a coach from Worksop to Eckington. Mr. Parks was then called on behalf of the Cambridge and Lin_ coin line to rebut this evidence. He deposed that none of those coaches were running at the time stated. He found that three only of them had commenced since April, 1844 ; one began in June, 1844; one in August, 1844; and one in May, 1845. In the next instance there were six coaches out of the 17, none of which were running in May at all, and were not running now at all, except one, which commenced in June, but was not running now. Witness had taken all this from the Stamp-office returns, to which the London and York had the same access that he had. In the next instance none of the coaches mentioned by Mr. Winberry were in his (Mr. P.'s) list. In the next there were two coaches running in September last, which had not been included in the London and York table; and he also found two coaches had been put in those tables which he could not find in the Stamp-office returns. In the next case the LOndon and Welwyn coaeh was run ning in May, but not in June 1844. Did run in July, August, and September, but not in October, or any other month of 1844, and performed only three journeys in May, 1845. The next, that between York and Doncaster, stopped in February and March, and began in April, and was running in May, 1845. The next, that from Doncaster to Askerton, that was stopped in September, 1844; was not running in May, 1845, but began again in June of this year. The next, another coach on the same line, was running in April, 1844, stopped in July, and was running in May, 1845. The next, that from Doncaster to Sheffield, had been omitted in the London and York tables, as were also the coaches numbered 8,864, 8,873, and 8,891. The coach from Boston to Spalding stopped in Sep tember, 1844, and was not running in May, 1845. The next, that from Boston to Wisbcach, stepped in January, 1845, and did not run since. The next, that marked 8,811, commenced running in April, 1845, and stopped in May; it had not been running before. Tho.e two marked 8,861 and 8,862 had been omitted from the London and York tables. The last mentioned in the list were not running in 1844, but were now. CLOSE OP THE CAMBRIDGE AND LIN COLN LINE. When the cross-examination of this witness had concluded, Mr. HILDYARD rose and said he was happy to be able to state that this long-protracted case had at length come to a close, at least very nearly so, for he trusted that much addition would not be made to it by the observations he had to make. He then pro. ceeded to state the case which he conceived he had made out, and contrasted it with that of the Loudon and York case. The Committee adjourned till to.morrow. I' A T TERSALL'S.—T HIS E VEN ING. Six o'cLocK. GOODWOOD STAKES. 14 to 1 agst The Libel 16 to 1 agst Pineapple 17 to 1 agst Pythia 20 to 1 agst Queen I\iab 20 to 1 agst iEgis 20 to 1 agst John o'Gaunt 20 to 1 agst Warp 20 to 1 agst Lothario 25 to I agst Yates 25 to 1 agst Venus LIVERPOOL CUP. 8 to 1 on the field ST. LEGEIt. 6 to 1 agst Weatherbit 7 to 1 agst Merry Monarch 8 to 1 agst Mentor 10 to 1 agst Old England 20 to 1 agst The Baron 25 to 1 agst Pantasa 25 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger 25 to 1 agst Kedger IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day to no less than eighty Bills, among which were the following :—The Officers' Qualification Indemnity Bill, the Military Saving,' Bank s Bill , the Pr i vy Council Adminis tration of Justice Bill, the Maynooth Col lege Better Government Bill, an Act to Regu la. e the Labour of Children and Women in Print Works, a n A ct to empower Canal Companies to vary their Tolls, the Scotland Fisheries Bill, the Scotch Heritable Securities Bill, an Act to amend the Laws enabling Justices of the Peace to borrow Money on mortgage of the County-rates in Middlesex, the Crediton Small Debts Bill, the Battersea Poor -rates Bill, Clerkenwell Im prorement Bill, Chester Improvement Bill, the Claughton-cum-Grang e St. Andrew's Church Bill, the Ctaughton-cum-Grange St. John the Baptist Church Bill, the Cromer Sea Walls Improvement Bill, the Ches ter and Holyhead Railway Bill, the York and North Midland Railway (York and Scarborough Branch) Bill, the Manchester, Bury, Blackburn, and Burnley Railway Bill, the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Huddersfield Railway Bill, the Dunstable Railway Bill, the Leeds and Brad ford (Shipley to Colne Branch) Railway Bill, the Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway Bill, the Becks and Hants Railway Bill, the Yarmouth and Nor wich and Norwich and Brandon Railway Conso lidation Bill, the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Railway Bill, the Bedford Railway Bill, the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Bill, the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Bill, the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Tyneinouth Railway Bill, the Ely and Hun tingdon Railway Bill, the Midland Railway Company's Extension to Nottingham and Lincoln Bill, the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Bill, the Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington Branch) Bill, the Kendal and Windermere Railway Bill, the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Company (Keymer Branch) Bill, the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth Railway Bill, the Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley and Oldham branch) Bill, the Lynn and Ely Railw..y, the Midland Railway Company (Syston and Peterborough Br; ne.h) Bill, the Glasgow, Garnkirk, end Coatbridge Railway Bill, the Whitby and Pickering Railway Bill, the York and North Midland Railway (Bridlington branch) Bill, the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Port Bill, Boddam Harbour Bill, the Southampton Docks Bill, the Birkenhead Docks Bill, the Wexford Castle hill Docks Bill, the Hungerford and Lambeth Suspension Bridge Improvement Bill, the Clifton Bridge Bill, Stoke upon-Trent Market Bill, Glasgow Market Bill, the Pud sey Gas Bill, the Devonport Gas Bill, the Plymouth Gas Bill, the Paisley Gas Bill, the Birmingham and Stafford wire Gas Bill, the Taunton Gas Bill, the Scarborough Water Works Bill, the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Works Bill, the Huddersfield Water Works Bill, the Nottingham Water Works Bill, the Newcastle-upon- Tyne Water Works Bill, an Act to enable the Shaws Water Joint-stock Company to increase the supply of water, an Act to carry into effect au arrangement between the Corporation of the Royal Naval School and the Committee for managing the Patriotic Fund, the Newcastle Coal Furn Bill, the Hemel Hempsted Poor rates Bill, the Standard Life Assurance Company Bill, the Edinburgh Life Assurance Company Bill, the North British Insurance Company Bill, the West of London and Westminster Cemetery Company Bill, an Act to enable the Master and Commonalty of ‘Vatermen to invest the Endowment Fund of the Free Watermen's Asylum in the purchase of land, the Stokenchurch and New Woodstock Road Bill, the Duke of Argyle's E-tate Bill, Mulyneaux's Estate Bill, Barrington's Estate Bill, the Leicester Inclosure Bill, the. Nueingliain Inclosure Bill, and the Spoad In closure The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. The LORD CHANCELLOR. took his seat upon the wool sack soon after Five o'clock. SCOTCH BANKING BILL. The Bail of KIL'ON moved the third t eading of this Bill. The Earl of RADNOR considered the Bill has un- . 4t er, r c - ez, with tits present . iotafraillc sygtera of banki n g Scotland, end 1. 4 . should he glad o see any • Voble Lora c.oonected • with the country get up in hia place and def e nd th e Bill. The object , the Bill, it was said, was to prevent an increa , e in the number of banks, and to restrict a paper cue:'ency ; but there was no necessity for such a mea.‘ure, for within the last fourteen years the number of :lanks and the anion:it of paper currency in Scotland had ilerab!y diminished. The Duke of RIC IaMOND a;.treed with the Noble Earl that the measure was most objectionable, and un necessarily interfered with a system. of banking which had for years been working successfully in Scotland. • The Earl of ROSEBERY thought the principle as well as the details of the Bill were most objectionable, and if the Noble Lord determined upon dividing the House, he should certainly say non-content to the third reading. The Earl of RIPON defended the measure. Already restrictions had been placed by the Legislature upon the Bank of England, and he confessed he could see no reason why the ram. restrictions 'should not apply to the existing banks of Scotland. Lvrd KINNARD objected to the Bill, because the aversg.s h.l.d been unf.irly taken, and he was quite certain it would, to a considerable extent, limit the cir culation of gold in Scotland. The Duke of - 11UCCLEUCH appproved of the Bill ; and, so far from thinking it would do any injury to the existing system of banking in Scotland, he was quite convinced it would plc.' the banks of that country upon a more wholesome and firm basis. After a few words of expl.intion from the Duke o: Richmond, the Earl :of R •dnor, and the Earl o: Dal housie, their Lorthhips died d, S hen there app ared— For the Bill 4" Against it . Majority for the Bill The Bill was then re. - 44 a third time and passed. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. SANATORY REG ULA'FIONS. The Marquis of NORMAN BY present d a petition numerously signed by medical men practising in the me tropolis, praying their Lordships to ustablish some sana tory regulation .for large towns. The Noble Marquis expressed Ys regret that the meastrie announced in the speech from the throne for in quiring into the sanatory regulations of large tuwnC, arid expressed a hope that something would be done before the next session for establishing some central machinery fur effecting the object in view. The Duke of BUCCLEUCII said a Bill had been prepared on the subject, but the state of public business in another pliv;e had prevented Government from intro ducing it into Parliament. (LEFT BITTING ) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Soon after which Sir Augustus Clifford, the Ushar of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the House to the House of Peers, to hear the Royal assent given to several public and private Bills. The SPEAKER on his return announced that he had been to the Lords, and had heard the Royal Assent given to several public and private Bills (fur which see Lords' t eport). NEW WRIT-THE NEW ATTORNEY-GENERAL. A new writ was ordered to be issued for the borough of Abingdon, in the room of Sir F. Thesiger, who has accepted the office of her Majesty's Attorney-General. The reports of the following Bills were then brought up, and ordered to be committed—namely, the Bermond sey Improvement, the Forth and Clyde Navigation and Union Canal Junction, the Birmingham and Gloucester (Worcester Branch and Cheltenham Extension) Rail way, and the Loudon and Brighton (Wandsworth branch) Railway. The following Bills were read a third time and passed :—The Cockermouth and Workington Railway, the Wear Valley Railway, the Middlesborough and Redear Railway, the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway, the Preston and Wyre Railway Branches. The Lord's Amendments on the following Bills were considered and agreed to :—The Dundee Waterworks, the Blackburn Waterworks, the Kendal Reservoirs, the Manchester Court of Record, the London and Green wich Railway, the North British Railway, and the Bel fast and Ballynaena Railway. Mr. OSWALD moved " that in the case of the Glasgow Junction Railway Bill, a copy of the memorials (if any) presented to the Board of Admiralty, with reference to the crossing of the River Clyde, and the reports and evidence (if any) laid before the Board, or before the Tidal Harbour Commission, and the minutes of proceed ings had thereon, as well as all correspondence between the promoters or opponents of the Bill, or other parties, and the Admiralty, on the subject of the proposed cross ing of the river by the railway ; and the communica tions (if any) which have been made from that Board to the Committee on the Bill, be laid before this House." The motion was agreed to. ➢lr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the inhabitants of Let ds, complaining of the tyrannical proceedings of Rosas on account of his interference with the commerce on the River Plate, South America. SOUTH-EASTERN LINE, and said as he could not speak against the two lines, the North Kent and the London and Croydon, at the same time, he would first point out the superiority of the South-Eastern to the former, which he considered the most formidable antagonist, and then to the latter. Mr. Cockburn then described the course of the two lines from London to Chatham, and dwelt at some length on the distance of the Woolwich station from the town, and the consequent want of accommodation to the in. habitants. Mr. Cockburn also referred to the manner in which the proposed line would pass Woolwich, the evidence concerning which has been published from time to time in the columns of The Sun. The Learned Counsel then read over the whole of the correspondence on this subject, which had been put in in evidence by Mr. Sergeant Wrangham on the part of the North Kent Company, and particularly the letters of Mr. Hignet, which professed to contain the consent of the Board of Ordnance to the proposed deviation beyond the ordinary limits. These papers had been prepared by Mr. Hignet without the acqui. escence of the Master-General of the Board, and there fore were of no value. It was evident that the clauses had been prepared by Mr. Hignet at the direction of some person con nected w th the North Kent line, but on Mr. Stevens (the solicitor to the North Kent line) examining them, he saw that they were not sufficient, as it was necessary to have the direct and written consent of the Board, and not merely an implied consent in the clauses. Mr. Hignet, therefore, wrote to Mr. Stevens a letter, in which he said that he was oirected to communicate to Mr. Stevens the consent of the Board to any necessary deviation. The authen ticity of this paper having been impugned by the South-Eastern Company, Mr. Sergeant Wrangham had called as a witness Mr. Bingham, the Secretary to the Board, eliciting from him evidence with regard to other papers entirely uncon nected with the subject, but on this witness being examined as to the letter in question he said that it had not received the appro. bation of the Board. After dwelling on this subject, Mr. Cock. burn referred to the evidence with regard to Messrs. Hall's mills. This part of the evidence has also been given at length in The Sun. Mr. Cockburn urged the importance of the evidence on toe subject of the estimates of the two lines at some length, and pointed out the fact, that no doubt had been thrown, either in the examination or cross-examination of wit nesses, on the estimates of the South Eastern line, though evidence had been brought forward by them to prove the insuffi ciency of Mr. Vignolles' estimates. He compared the South- Eastern and London and Croydon lines, and pointed out in detail what he considered the advantages of the former. Mr. AUSTIN said that it was now his duty to address the Corn. mittee on the part of the London and Croydon (Atmospheric) line, but that, as it was already half. past three o'clock - Here Mr. GoLnsurrn rose, and was about to say that he trusted the Committee would - When Mr. AUSTIN requeeed that his friend would not begin to trust so soon, as he might find his confidence misplaced.—(A laugh.) He had to call the attention of the Committee to a set of figures, very dry, lAA very important, to which he would pre. fer to direct their morning and not their afternoon attention. If the Committee wished it, he would have no objection to their meet ing at half-[ ast eleven o'clock to-morrow. The CHAIRMAN assented, and the Committee adjourned till half past eleven to-morrow. GROUP K. CAMBRIDGE AND BURY LINE. The Committee resumed this day at noon, Viscount Sandon in the chair. Mr. Pare, the fraffic taker, corrected several items in his tables as put in on Friday last, every particular in one, and almost every particular in the other schedules were altered ; and in answer to a searching examination by Mr. Ricardo, the witness admitted his inaccuracy, and the conflicting statements of witnesses as prior and subsequent to examination. Mr. GI RDEN complained of the inconvenience to the opponents of the Bill from the traffic tables being continually altered without obtaining any previous intimation of the change. Mr. Duncan, solicitor, the law clerk of the Eastern Counties Railway, in examination by Mr. TALBOT, Q. C., deposed to the prospective opening of the Cambridge and Ely line on the 9th inst. The income of the Eastern Counties Company is 5,000/. a week, or a produce of 260,000/. annually : deducting 104,000/., being 40 per cent., fur working expenses, the sum of 156,0001. remained to pay engagements with other lines. As lessees of the Northern and Eastern Railway they paid 47,0004 a year for its use to Bishops Stortford, leaving 99,0001. as a guarantee of the rental of the present projected line between Cambridge and Bury. The order of priority of claim, in the event of the line being granted, and its lease effected, would be Ely and Peterborough No. 1 Stock, and Cambridge and Bury No. 2 Stock, and those claims must be all satisfied before the Share holders received any returns or dividend whatever. The construc tion of the line was estimated to cost 330,0001., which would be raised by a subscription of 51. per cent. on the subscribed capital of 660,0001. of the Eastern Counties Railway. IMPORTANT DECISION. Mr. George Hess proved the number of assents, dissents, and neuters on the line, the mileage traversed over whose land beisig twelve miles seven furlongs, six miles three furlongs, and two fur longs respectively. The case of the promoters having thus concluded, Mr. GIRDEN addressed the Committee at some length in opposi tion to the Bill, commenting on the insufficiency of the evidence more especially as regarded the traffic and estimated returns, and urging on the Committee the propriety of postponing the project till anothe r session. Mr. RxwciNsox, on behalf of the Duke of Rutland, Mr. Alix M.P., and other landowners , followed oil the same aide, devyi n; that the wants of the country warranted such a project, and therefore inasmuch as property was recklessly invaded, and all the landowners opposed to it, it ought to be negatived by the Committee. Mr. CALVERT, on the part of Mr. Thorpe, whose estate was tra versed and allegedly injured by the line, also followed in opposition to the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and after a pro tracted consultation, the Committee decided that they would ad. journ till the 22d of July, to enable them to give this project the same opportunities as that accorded the Bury and Thetford The substance of this adjournment is a suspended negative to the Bill. but giving it the benefit of any sessional resolution whicb, in NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should postpone his motion respecting the Raja of Sattara to this day three weeks. THE OYSTER FISHERIES. Sir CHARLES LEMON inquired of the Vice-Presi dent of the Board of Trade, whether it was the intention of the Government to bring forward, with a view to its enactment in the present session, a Bill to prevent exces sive dre4 ing fur oysters during the breeding season; by which practice, as has been abundantly proved, the oyster beds are often seriously injured, and may be en tirely destroyed? Sii G. CLERK said that no measure on the subject would be introduced this session. Ile was of opinion that this interference with the oyster trade would ma terially affeet the supply to the metropolis. After a few words from Sir C. LEMON, the subject dropped. On the order of the day for the House resolving itself into Committee on the Colleges (Ireland) Bill, Sir EDMUND HAYES said that in pursuance of the notice standing on the paper, he had to ask a question of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department as to the present disturbed state of Ireland. He wished to know whether the powers at present possessed by the Executive Government were considered sufficient to put down the system of outrage and murder which was carried on in that un fortunate country—a system carrying terror and dismay into the hearts of the peaceable portion of the com munity.—(Cheers.) If the Government said that they required other powers, he should like to know what those powers were? Mr. B. OSBORNE said that before that question was answered, and to save after trouble, he should wish to know what part of Ireland the lion. Member referred to? Sir E. lIAYES said it was quite evident that he re ferred to those counties which were the scenes of those disturbances. Mr. B. OSBORNE—Name them. Sir E. HAYES—Cavan and others. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that her Majesty's Go vernment had felt as much anxiety as the Hon. Member coull possibly do, respecting what was going forward in the counties of Wicklow, Cavan, and Fermanagh. He could inform the Hon. Member that every effort bad been made to repress the outrages and crimes that unfortunately prevailed. They had recently increased both the military and police forces in those counties, and it was to be hoped this step had done some thing to arrest the progress of this deplorable state of affairs. He quite agreed with his Hon. Friend that neither politics or religion had anything to do with this unfortunate state of things. He had been informed that a meeting of both the laity and clergy of these counties, without distinction of denomination, was about to take place at which measures would be devised for co-operation with the civil and military powers. He did not despair, but with this the existing powers would be quite suffi cient to secure the peace of those districts. At present, however, he was not prepared to advise any other course. ACADEMICAL EDUCATION (IRELAND) BILL. The order of the day for going into Committee was read. Mr. J. O'CONNELL presented a great number of petitions against this Bill ; the number of signatures attached to them he stated to be 300,000. Mr. ROSS said he wished to correct a statt-ment that had been made in a former debate, respecting the Pro fessor of Greek, in the College of Belfast, teach ing Arian doctrines. He was intrusted to state that the Reverend Mr. Bruce had never, on any occasion whatever, taken advantage of his position as professor to inculcate Arian doctrines., This he (Mr. Ross) thought it was necessary to stat e in order that Hon. Members might go into Committee with a perfect understanding respecting this point. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said that he bad already stated his belief that the Bill would be the subject of endless revision if the House undertook fully to consider it. He was convinced that f he endeavoured to discuss his labour would be unavailing, and he thought, therefore, that he should best convenience of the House by stating thus early his objections to the details of the Bill. Withoutexpecting to modify the details of the measure, he should have at least, the satis faction of having performed his duty to this House and his coun try. He admitted the importance of education, and great and pressing as was the physical suffering of the public, he admitted that education of the present generation might lead to a diminution of that suffering in those that were to follow. He would, however, remind the House of the measures which were recom mended by his Hen. and Learned Friend the Member for Cork, on those recommended by the Com mission of Inquiry. And he felt that they were destined to pass another session without seeing any measure introduced for the diminution of the suffering, the exist ence and the extent of which was acknowledged by all. He would also remind the House, that several years ago the Commissioners of Education in Ireland said that it would require the annual sum of 2,000,000 a year to pro vide education fur the people of Ireland. He would take this opportunity of saying that he preferred mixed education, and objected altogether against -those to the extreme opinions held forth by the Archbishop of Tuam on the one side, and the Archbishop of Armagh on the other. Classical and mercantile education were, he thought, sufficiently provided for in Ireland, but there certainly was a deficiency of scientific instruction. He did not object to the amount of the grant proposed by the Government, which he thought liberal. The friends of united education in Ireland opposed the measure because it provided for the religious instruction of neither ; and the friends of separate education opposed it because all St eta would be anial , amated without the possibility of Christianising any. The Irish pet pie were essentially a religious people, and it therefore was in cumbent on the guardians of the Roman Catholic popu lation of the country to approach the House with a tic 0,714 - 44 appMetinent of a Hoina t is c:,,tho)id chupiain. But the :13i,1 as at present framed, provid , d for the rt.ligious instruction of neither Protestant or Catholic, rand though it contemplated and sanctioned voluntary- endowineut. Such a contin get:cy was 'very uncertain ; and if it did not as he believed woud he found to in the case, no i:rovhion whatever would be made. Be thought the plan whi , .th had been suggested by the Roman Catholic Prelates was one of the best which he had heard and he was p ersua d e d t h at not hi t , g b ut the Anti-datn, prejndicos of that House prevented its being adopte The Noble Lord the i\lembc.r for Flirt • ford had proposed another plan. namely, that fees should be oemanded from every stbdent. That proposal ilk) had been rejected. The, Catholic Bishops de manded for the Catholic students prota ction from all interference with their religious tenets. He thought th:y would admit that that body was fully ju,titied in the jealousy which they felt with respect to this Act, as in the Executive Government there was nut a single Hyman Catholic. (LEFT SPEAKING.) SPORTING. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) The two great meetings in the north and south of England have 'tills' answered the expectations of the promoters of them. At Newcastle, in future, the meeting is to be reduced from four days to three—a most judicious improvement in my eyes. The last meeting was one of the best, it not the very best, ever he,d over that course. Tee improvements of the stand, and the accommoda. tion furnished to jockiee and trainers are deserving of the greatest praise, and worthy of imitation in other quarters. The fields, in nearly every rate were large, and afforded ample room for specula tion. The results of the Produce Stakes, the North Derby Stakes, the Northern Oak Stakes, the Hunters' Stakes, the Queen's Plate, the Northumberland Plate, and Corporation Plate, were all won by the horses I specified, as may be seen b) reicrence to my past letter, and shows I had not miscalculated the merits of the competing animals. The style in which Mentor won hi. engagements has made him a rattling favourite for the great northern event, and I should ocit at all be surprised to see him at the head of the poll before the day ••omen For the Northumberland Plate Inheritess's position at the finish clearly evinced what she might have done at Ascot with a different jockey on her back. The other races call for no particular observation. At the Bibury Meeting Cowl, reco vered from his Ascot lameness, found no difficulty in winning the Produce Stakes; while for another handicap Queen Mab, as might have been expected, with so accomplished a jockey as Captain Pettat, beat a good field, including Ajax and Sorella. The Cham. pagne, as a matter of course, fed to Mr. Wreford, but not to the one he intended it to go, owing to Sam Day being unable to stop the winner. Freelance was a great pot for this race, and many were stuck by it. In the Andover Stakes Arcanus showed in very different colours (in both senses of the word) to what he did at Hampton, and from the manner in which his present owner won with him, convinces me I was not wrong in selecting him to beat ihe small field he met at Moulsey. Mr. Elwell's; .Egis won the , Great Hampshire Stakes from a moderate field, thanks to the fine riding of young Kitchener. The Stewards' Plate brought together a field of horses, and furnished the most exciting race perhaps ever known on any course. Six heats were run for it, and as each heat was a mile and a half, many of the horses ran nine miles, far enough in all conscience for the money—l3ol. It was ultimately won by Sparsholt, a son of game little Venison, beating the "veteran hero of a hundred fights," Adrian, by a neck. Some time since, when speaking of races for gentlemen riders, I recom. mended my readers never to look to the horses, but to back the riders, and advised them in all cases to give the preference to Captai❑ Pettat and Percy Williams, who are immeasurably supe rior to any of their class. In this inst .nce they were first and second. Few race-horses of the present or past century have undergone more vicissitudes of fortune than Adrian. The number of times he has run I are ab solutely afraid to say. He is perfectly acquainted with nearly every race-course in England, from Newmarket, where he ran second to Chapeau-de.Spagne for a three hundred sovs. sweepstakes, from Goodwood, where he ran second to Harkaway for the Cup, down to the Plate races in Hampshire, where I have seen him started for four heats for a sweepstakes of one sovereign, with seven added, and from which Golconda Stake, two sovs. were to be deducted for the second. His late performance was a moat meritorious one, and I attribute it entirely to the able manner in which his jockey rode him. Adrian is a sluggish, bad tempered horse, and requires a good deal of riding ; frequently he will not run a yard. He found himself, however, on that day in the hands of one who would not be trifled with, and who when once he got hold of him by the head, was enabled to bring out those qualities which other men had failed in doing from a lack of physical strength. The only subject of regret on the course was that John Day, who acted as clerk of the course, should have been, by the bad conduct of his two sons, prevented from seeing them exhibiting their talents on a course where their educatio❑ may be said to have commenced and ended. I understand that Lord Palmerston has taken a lively interest in the fate of young John, and has promised to endeavour to obtain at least a mitigation of his sentence. I have little doubt that after a year or so the Jockey Club will restore him again to that sphere in which he was wont to shine so conspicuously, and enable lino to support those who are entirely dependent upon him. Many people complain of the severity of the sentence : surely, alter all the disgraceful exposés that have taken place on the turf an example was wanted, and it is only to be regretted that one hitherto so much respected should form that example. - " The decision come to by the Jockey Club respecting the age of the Queen of Cyprus, is a convincing proof of the truth of the old proverb, " give a dog a bad name, &c.," and of the necessity that exists for the registration of foals. It must be conceded, however unfortunate Mr. Wagstaff's position may be, that Lord George Bentinck has made some amends to him by offering to take the mare off his hands now her real age is distinctly defined. The Winchester meeting is the only one of any importance next week, and from the number of training stables in the vicinity some good sport may be anticipated. The Great Produce Stakes has eleven subscribers. The winner of the two Riddlesworths And the Column, Winchilsea, if he comes to the post, should beat the field with ease. Mr. Treen's Bastion will in all probability occupy his usual place of second. Mr. Wreford, front the forward state of his two-year. olds, may be said almost to farm these stakes in the south of England. It may not be generally known that to " force" his colts, Mr. Wreford keeps up a most expensive dairy of cows, the new milk of which all goes to the brood mares and their produce. For the Original Hampshire Stakes six are left in, and although Queen Mab has the top weight, eight stone, assigned to her, still from her stoutness, and the assist ance she will derive from her lucky jockey Nat, I fancy she will be found the winner. Ajax is very fond of being second in most of the races he runs in, and the Original Hampshire Stakes will be no exception to his predilection. Old England will most likely walk over for the Yearling Stakes. To the Two-year.old Stakes there are six named, and the race appears to lay between the West Countryman and Deerchase, from the game manner in which the former beat Physalis and a large field. She ought, I conclude, to win this stake without mach trouble; but of the seven. teen animals named for the Winchester Stakes. I think Brush, Idleness, and Misdeal most deserving of support. In conclusion, those who wish to see one of the oldest cities in England, and enjoy a good dly's sport, should go down on Wed nesday or Thursday, and they will be amply repaid for their trouble. TELEGRAPH. London, June 30, 1845. DUTCH MAIL. THE Matra, JUNE 25.—The Second Chamber of the States G eneral in its sitting to-day agreed to the budget of the Depart ment of Foreign Affairs for 1846 and 1847, by a majority of 28 to 19, and to the project of law assigning a sum for unforeseen ex. penses by a majority of 34 to 13. The debate on the affairs of the colony of Surinam then com menced, and will be continued this evening. The Minister of Finance has just given notice, being authorised by the King, that the official paper containing the law as the tariff of duties on exportation, importation, and transit, will be pub. lished on the 12th of July next, and that the law shall be carried into effect on the I st of August. lux HAGUE, JUNE 26.—We are happy to learn that entire satisfaction has been given for the illegal proceeding of carrying the Dutch ship the Vromo Johanna into Palamos, and that besides the insertion in the official Gazette of Madrid of an article an nouncing the release of the ship and its cargo, the Spanish Govern ment has expressed its regret at the insult ofibred to the flag of the Netherlands on this occasion. In the evening sitting of the Second Chamber yesterday the debate was concluded on the address to be presented to the King relative to the affairs of Surinam. Two addresses were proposed, one by the Committee and the other by M. Goltstin. It was resolved by a majority of 24 to 21 that the preference should be given to the address proposed by the Committee. Three amendments to the address were then pro posed by M. Goltatin and successively rejected. The President then moved that the Chamber should resolve itself into a general Committee, and the President informed the Chamber that he had received several messages from the First Chamber announcing that it had agreed to chapters 1 and 2, and from 4 to 11 of the budget for 1846 and 1847. BATLVIA, Faa. B.—According to private accounts from Padang, the state of the west coast of Sumatra in the month of December, in consequence of the opposition of the population to the Nether. lands Government, was much more critical than was at first stated. It appears that the conspiracy to bring about a general rising had been going on for many months, and it is surprising that no Eu ropean discovered the plot The plan decided on by the rebels was, that all the Europeans in Sumatra should be massacred or expelled ; this hellish plan is not to be considered as partial, but has, doubtless, more ramifications than was supposed. It is to be wished that the military force in Sumatra may be considerably strengthened by European troops, for it may be feared that by the united efforts of the treacherous population of Sumatra, our troops, which are too weak, and stationed too far from each other, may be one day surprised and sacrificed. --Dutch Papers, June 28. DUTCH FUNDS.—Antarzane.m, JUNE 27. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 64 641,E 3 per Cent •......... • ....• • • 78 7814 Ditto, 4 per Cent.......... ...... 100% 100% Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent..... Ditto, 3% per Cent •. • Commercial Company, 4% per Cent East India Loan, 4 per Cent...... • • • • 100% 100% Exehangeon London, at sight .....• .• 12 30 Two m0nth5......... ••• • • • 12 25 On Hamburgh, at sight Two mouths...... ••• • • 35 43 Dutch Papers, June 28. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JUNE 24. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent 100 99% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent • . Exchange on London, 2 months •••. • • • • 6 25% 6 25% Prussian State Gazette. June 25. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE., PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 29.—The scene of Monday last at Spithead was repeated by the experimental squadron on Thursday, but with out the presence of the royal and illustrious personages who on the former day attended ; the result, however, as regards the evolu. tions performed, was more satisfactory, the various crews having followed the respective evolutions made by the flag ship with a much greater degree of alacrity than on Monday; in one respect, however, the result was the same—the Trafalgar was again uni versally first in obeying the signal made. This is consequent upon the additional efficiency of the crew of 'hat ship over every other ship of the squadron, the same men having been in three line-of-battle ships (first rate) successively, without being paid off, namely—the Camperdown, Queen, and Trafalgar, whereas the majority of the crews of the other members of the squadron are either volunteers or very " ordinary" seamen, except those of the Albion, who has, If not the most efficient crew of seamen, cer. tainly the finest body of men on board of any ship in the service. Those who so industriously endeavour to preach up the efficient state of the navy, will not relish the fact that the Queen, 110, at the time she left Chatham with 700 men upon her books had not 30 of that number rated as able seamen 1 The Vulture, first-class steam-frigate, came up to Spithead about the same time with only five able seamen upon her books, and left the anchorage no better off. With such a comparative scarcity of able seamen on board the squadron how is it possible the ships can be well manoeuvred at sea, when they have so much ado to lictrorin ere. ditably at anchor and in smooth water ? A large slumber of the crews c.' the various ships now at Spithead are men drawn from our dockyards, " general service" men, 1. e. men of no service at all as seamen, being, for the most part, unaccustomed to " working" a ship. Commanders of ships have got into a had habit of looking for tine men instead of goon sailors ; they forget that'it was the small or moderate-sized man that worked and fought so well during the ;ast war. A fine looking, broad-set fellow, six feet high, will now be seized with avidity by the captain of a ship fitting out , whereas the thorough practical seaman of five feet six or seven will be rejected; instances of this occur daily, not only at this, but at all our ports and rendezvous, and as long as such - - .• placarding the wa'is with hugs announcements at the of the navy, and it were better far to save the public mope) so fruitlessly expended in printing. Admiral S'r Ch Ades Rowley has tried a more likely expedient for raising seamen by exhibiting a notice at the dockyard.g,ates, inviting such semen as have recently been paid off from her Majesty's ships, or who are about to be paid off, and who may wish to enter tor any ship of the expel imental squadron, to apply on board his flag ship, the Victory, where they will be received and entered, and be allowed six weeks leave of ebsence, their pay and time going on, and re. taming their present ratings. This is a good bait, and may, per. haps, take, but we doubt it. The eighth anniversary of her Majesty's coronation was kept here .yesterday in the usual manner. A general holiday was given at all the Government works. The ships at Spithead were gaily decorated with flags as were those in harbour, and royal salutes were fired at noon by the fleet and garrison. A Swedish corvette of 20 guns came up to Spithead this morn_ ping from the westward, and saluted the garrison, the commander. in.chief, and the rear.admiral commanding the experimental squid ron, which was returned by the platform, the Victory, and the St. Vincent, each returning 13 guns, from which circumstance it is believed she had some distinguished personage on board, but no communication having been made with the shore we are unable to furnish more. At four o'clock a schooner came up and paid the same compliment. By letters from Ascension to the:lsth of April, we are informed of a dreadful catastrophe having happened to the Brazilian sl.ter, captured by the Wasp, on board of which Mr. Harmer, the mid shipman, and 10 men of the Wasp, in charge, were murdered by the prisoners, who then took posiessim nt the prize, but which was retaken by the Star, 6, Commander Dunlop, when Lieutenant Wilson was put aboard to take her to Sierra Leone. It appears that ten days after Lieut. Wilson took charge of the recaptured pt ize and parted company with the Star, he was caught in a h y squall and capsized about ~ou ini!es off Cope Three Points Lieut. Wilson, with two Kroomen, and some of the pirates who were re. taken in the schooner, and five seamen succeeded in cutAing away some spars and making a raft, which they finished just before the schooner settled down and foundered. They did not save any provisions fit tar consumption, and only a quantity of water, which being soon exhausted, the Kr-omen commenced drinking the salt water, which killed them both The quartermaster and the pirates also died from the same cause, the quartermas er having previously become raving mad. Twenty days after they left the schooner, and, being still upon the raft, they fortunately fell in with the Cygnet, 6, Commander Layton, to windward of Whvdah, and when taken off the raft by the Cygnet's boat, the survivors presented a mos thorrilying spectacle, being literally a mass of pu trifying sores. Commander Layton, with much prudence, sent the poor fellows on board the Wasp for conveyance here (AscensioW, where they arrived quite recovered on the 22d. The Penelope, 22, steam.frigate, Commodore Jones, arrived at Ascension from St. Helena on the 24th of April with a supply :.f water for the Island. The Heroine, 6, Lieut.-Commander Foote, is on her way from the coast of Africa to England, with the pirates who massacred dr. Harmer and ten men of the Wasp, whilst in charge of a Brazilian slave schooner, for trial. Lieutenant R. D. Stupart, of the Wasp, comes home in the Heroine, as chief witness against the pirates. The Firebrand, 8, steam frigate, Captain Hope, left Rio for Monte Video on the 2.2.ci of April, with Mr. Gore Ouse:ey, her Majesty's Consul, on board. The Scylla, 16, Commander Sharpe, was at Bermuda, all well, on the :24th inst., at which date the Vindictive, 50, Captain Sey mour, flag of Vice- Admiral Sir Francis Austen, Commander in- Chief, was also there, daily expecting to sail for tialitax all well on board. The Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliott, sailed from Vera Cruz on the 20th ult., with dispatches for the Commander-in -Chief. The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir H. Blackwood, Bart., arrived at Trincomalee from Bombay on the 22d of April, at which cats the Serpent, 16, Commander Nevin, and the Alligator, 26, troop snip, Master-Commander King, were also at Trincomalee. The Winchester, 50, Captain Eden, flip of Ilear-Admit,l the Hon. Jocelyn Perc., - ; was at Sheen's Bay, Cape of Good on the 2d of April, at which date the Mutine, 12, Commander Craw. ford, was also there. The Winchester was about taking a short cruize. PROMOTION) Commander—D. Roberts (I S l 2) to be retired Captain. Mate—C. M. Shipley (1844) to the rank of Lieutchant. Mates passed for Lieutenants at the Royal Naval College en Monday—W. G. Douglas (acting) of the Excellent; G. M. Bal. four (acting) of the Hibernia. Marine Cadets—The following passed out of the Excellent on Friday, and will be promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant this week :—W. P. Draffen, C. Pyne, W. J. Kinsman, and J. Bastable. APPOINTNIENTS. Captain—Sir H. Leeke (acting) to the Calliope. Commander—C. F. Schomberg (acting) to the Queen, vice Wonstold. Lieutenants—S. Fowell and R. C. Whyte to the Crocodile ;R. Mc. R. Richardson from the Agincourt to the Castor ; M. Conolly from the Agincourt to the Driver ; G. Newcomen to the Iris ; R. J. Balfour to the Vestal ; H. C. Toby to the Queen ; L. B. Mac. kimion to the Vanguard ; J. A, H. Boyd to the St. Vincent; C. H. Tonge to the Trafalgar ; R. Carter to the Canopus ; L. F. Burrell to the Superb. Masters—J. Jarvis, from the Driver to the Fox, vice Grant. invalided ; G. Rowe from the Agincourt (acting) to the Driver; J. Rogers to the Crocodile; G. A. WI hams (assistant) to the Spitfire ; G. H. Hughes (assistant) to the Victory. Paymasters and Pursers—G. C. Buzney, clerk in charge of th• Tortoise (acting), to the Alert ; T. Dobbin, to the Crocodile. Chaplain—Rev. A Salkeld (and Naval instructor), to the Hi. hernia. Mates-0. Borland, to the Queen; H. Boys, to the Vanguard; F. A. Boyce, to the Rodney; J. H. Henderson, to the Canopus. Assistant-Surgeons—J. Campbell, to the Actmcn, vice WCleuse, promoted ; W. Brice, to the Cuckoo. Naval Instructor—W. D. Grant, to the Vanguard. Midshipinen—T. H. M. Martin, to the Vernon; H. W. Comeck, late of the Carysfort, to the Siren. Clerks—W. H Turner, to the Caledonia, ♦ice Dyer, appointed acting paymaster of the Hecate; J. L Thorne, to the Albiun ; E. Forster (assistant), to the Vulture. Naval Cadets—W. B. Pauli, to the Vernon ; A. Heneage. to the Superb; Hon. H. M. Nelson, to the Rodney ; W. IL Ives, to the Canopus ; W. H Truscott, to the Rodney ; R. W. Heath. cote, to the Resistance; J. Sautnares, horn the Hecate, to the Caledonia, additional. COAST GUARD. Appointments—Lieut S. Monist], to command a station, vice Travers, appointment cancelled. Removals—Lieut. H. N. Atkinson, from South Yarmouth to Portemouth.harbour station, vice Alias, F. JO. Cows, Ilisun Bay to South Yarmouth, vice Atkinson ; J. Wilcox, from Epple Bay to Barryscove station, vice Kempthorne, removed. CORK THEATRE. After an absence from this city of ten years, during which period the inhabitants of the capita:B and princi • pal towns of E urope an d America have testified th. it admiration o f h er genius i n t h e most flattering and sub stantial manner, that highly -gifted. actress, Madame Celeste, made her appearance at the Victoria Theatre, before a full and fashionable audience. She was sup ported by Mr. Webster, whose reputation as an actor, and talent as manager of some of the principal London theatres are well known. When last in Cork, those who witnessed the performance of Celeste in the Arab Boy, Alp the Renegade, the Wept of Wl:Orton Wish, and oth- - r characters which she has made exclusively her own, deemed the foreign aid of language superflu >us—su ex pressive were her gesticulations and attitudes, and so full of meaning and eloquence were her looks white pourtraying in silent* the feelings which influ , n.- ad her. On the present occasion she has come before the public in quite a different range of characters, •-% hich 11.7 e admirably calculated to display to advi.ii.t„e her varied talents. The sensation she created last evening in the character of Marie Duetutge, written expressly for her by Mr. Boyle Bernard, showed a just appreciation of her powers in developing that very interesting drama. We have never seen anything more painfully affecting or fearfully real than the mad ness of Marie, and it will be long, indeed, before the impression created by her powerful acting in the most striking scenes will be effaced from the reco!lection of the audience. Mr. Webster was exceedingly happy in the character of Fro ng , w h o i s an admirable -mire on the present mania for speculation, and convuls-d the h, .rise with laughter by the effective manner in which he deli vered some passages. After the curtain fell, Madame Celestewas called for amid the most deafening applause, and was greeted when she made her appearance from box, pit, and gallery, in the most enthusiastic manner. The performance concluded with a laughable afterpiece, entitled the Trumpeter's Daughter, in which Celeste, as Madelon, and Webster, as Philip, won renewed applause by their admirable acting. In the lazt scene the original Polka was danced by Cileste in a style never equalled in this city. It was loudly encored, and the curtain fell amidst murmurs ofapp robati on.— Cor k Southern Repor ter. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. On Thursday. a Commission of Lunacy was opened before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and a jury of eighteen gentlemen of the county of Surrey, of which Thomas !cockle, E-q., was fore. man, at the Bridge-house Hotei, London bridge, to ii.quire nto the state of mind of Saville Godfrey, Esq., aged 74, de. scribed in the commission as of No. 10, Mount-gardens, Lam beth, gentleman. The commission was taken out by Messrs. Hayward, father and son, first cousins of Mr. Godfrey, who in early life stag as eminent boat-builder, at Stangate, and latterly known to the aquatic world under the . firm of Godfrey arid Searle. There appeared to be no doubt as to the insanity of the unfair tunate gentlemau. It was the custom with Mr. Godfrey to meet his family every Christmas, and he generally took the chair on these festive occasions, doing the honours of the table in the most becemini; manner. A t the Christmas, 1842, a visible change took place. Instead of sit ting at the head of the table, the chair was taken by Master Coombes, a youth of 16, and during the fea s t, M r . G odfrey mixed brandy with win e , t o d r i n k the health of the ladies. He was then tremulous, and was soon taken from the room. From this time he acted in a strange manner, and laboured under the impression that he saw figures in the trees, and that men were in the house. Dr. Sutherland saw him on the 29th of April, when he was decidedly insane. He was of opinion that his mind might have been affected in 1842, from the evidence he had heard, but it might not have developed itself until a later period. Mr. Godfrey was introduced, and soon gave sufficient evi dence of an impaired intellect. The case was about to be opened on the part of the lunatic by Mr. Coombes, when— The foreman of the jury said they (the jury) thought they could save time and expense to all parties it they were allowed to consult for a short time together. After some considerable confusion among all parties, the room was cleared, and on its being re -opened, The Foreman said the jury were all agreed to the following verdict :—" That Saville Godfrey is of unsound mind, and had been so from the 29th of April, 1E345." SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-THE RESULT OF INTOXICA. TION.—On Friday morning, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, a frightful accident occurred to George Ackland, an engineer, residing in Goodge.street, Totten ham.court-road. It appears that Ackland, some few months ago, received a legacy, under the will of a deceased relative. since which time he has totally neglected his business and abandoned himself to habits of intoxication. Yesterday morning, about the hour named, he was brought home to his lodgings by a companion frantic with driuk, anu ate, some considerable difficulty way safely conveyed toted. Sh or t ly afterwards, loud screams were heard proce ,, ding fri m a fellow lodger living underneath, and It is supposed that In barking out of the window Ackland must have overba , anced himself, am was thereby precipitated Into the yard, with extreme violence upon his head. Medical assistance was promptly procured, when it was ascertained that the unfortunate man had sustained a i eater• sive fracture of the skull. From the nature of the injutie. he has received there are not the remotest hop.s of his recovery. PROSPEROUS STATE OF 114V4'ICK.--Tiiitl,- .ti,, continuing good. The mills are fully employed, and no person is idle who is able and willing to work. Mary of cur manufacturers are gradually extending their business, and more goods are made at present than at any former period. The population is of course increasing, and were a stranger with a family to arrive here at pre. sent, they would find it difficult to get a house to live in.—Kele. Chronicle,