The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-14 00:00:00

NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GAMMEN. °Ur Market was again heavily supplied with Vegetables, j7et the demand for them was active, at our quotations. In ,_, l l and most o th er art i cles, comparatively little was doing. otatoes, from 3 s t o 4 s per cwt ; T urnips, is Gd to 2s 6d ; rrots, 5s 6d to is ;Young Onions, Is 3d to 2s ; and Cole • Aorta, or Greens 2s to 3s per dozen bunches ; Goose bas to 45 6d ' ; Currants, 5s t o G s ; Spi nac h, 9d t o I s 3d ; ; s'atoe p A PPles, 2s t o 3 s per half s:eve ; Cherries, 15s ; new iPt(ls, 2d to 6d ; and Pine-apples 8s to 10s per lb ; ienubler Cabbages, Is to 2s per dozen ; ' Rhubarb, 4d to is 6d ; ar gus, 2s 6d t o 8s ; Horse-radish, 3s to 56; Brocoli, is Le„, -8 na ; and Celery, Is to 2s per bundle ; Oranges, 8s to 14s ; 83 to 12s ; and Forced French Beans, 2s per hun dred; Cucumbers, 8d to 3s each; Brocoli Sprouts, 33 per ati'l.„el; Radishes 4d per dozen hands; Small Salad, 2d; gushrooms, I ' s to ls 6d per punnet ; Strawberries, 126 44 1 Green Peas, 10s per small basket. wrzwilawa awn 3r,mzuctErirmis.x.z. ti,e had on l y a moderate supply of Poultry on offer, yet the and for it was i n a very sluggish state, at barely sta r " n arY prices. Th e arr i va l s of country-killed Meat being 4T49er extensive the trade was heavy at barely stationary icoesd:.--Beef, from ' 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 38 , Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s ; and Pork, 1 •° 4 3 CrP Blbs. RUNGMIZ.POELD. trormost descriptions of produce the supplies of which were tZa.b.ly good, we had a very steady demand, and last week's Lattons were firmly supported. O o u E l ach kind o f prime Meat NEWP moved R T . off steadily at full prices. erw he, the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; artuatton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s ; Veal, 4s to ss; Pork, 3s to 4s per Sibs. / B IL L INGS GATE. et supplies of Mackerel have reached us this week, 7 i e tt ; h th ,‘ ? demand for them is active at from 20s to 30s per 120. tanfliviiisiitainre selling at from Gs to 16s ; Cod Fish, 2s to 9s ; gs, 3d to 4d each ; Salmon, 10d to is 3d ; and ' 3, 'ld to 10d per lb. and Lea, WHITECHAPEIA. business was transacted than for some time past, k it riees were not supported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; 4 31 en, 3s 10d to Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 4s to un ; and P or k, 3s to 4s per Blbs. "MEAD . e of Wheaten Prices Bread in the Metropolis are from gd of Household ditto, 5d to 6 1 , ; (1 per 41bs loaf. Ita„, • BIDE InAItILET a s t t f:nides, at per stone of 14Ihs :—Best Steers and Heifers, 4 / 4 4 , 1 " ) 5s 8 (1'; Middling ditto, 4s 10d to 5s ; Inferior ditto, S ar T t to 4s Bd. Sheep and Calf-skins, at per k t ,Calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; Shearlings, 6d to 10d; and Lamb 1 is 3d to 2s 3d. 11.8.8 DIARBETS. ,„ I n c laLD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 4/ to 4? 10s; useful '' 12s to 51 10s; tine Upland do., 5/ 12s to 5/ 16s; kli er Hay, 4/ 10s to 61; Oat Straw, 1118 s to 21; Wheat t itt : , 2/ is t o 213 s per l oa d . A f a i r average supp l y, an d dY trade. ,ditt; 4B EßLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 41 5s to 5/ ; useful "/ 5 8 to Si lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ I2s to 6/; Clover 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ 2s; Wheat fi.`", 2/ 2 s to 2/ 4s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold V", at f u ll pr i ces. I litL r EcHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 4/ to 4/ 15s 5/13" ditto, 4/ 163 to 5/ lO s ; fi ne Upl an d ditto, 5/ 12s to 1p ) , 8 ; Clover Hay, 4/ 105 to 6/ 6s; Oat Straw, 1/183 to 21; ati,!t Strrinaw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Supply but moderate, "de fi. QU • - - ei --- - EEN's BENCH—(THIS DAY.) Th 4,241; Lordships were occupied during the greater part of the t he e anng a motion for a new tri a l. Th e t r i a l ou t of which hitt 4 prn 4 -.e dings arose was held before Mr. Ju s tice C o le r idge, a t th e *ere ize s• The grounds upon which a new trial was moved for ,a.„UrelY technical, and as the arguments were entirely of the ar acter, nothing interesting occurred. SE ER IFFs' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Bta.Locx.) The W2ICHT V. BTAGET. the, Plaintiff in this action is an office.keeper in Fore-street, and 4rresentative of a loan society. The defendant is a tailor, and I NN " ' Was brought torecover the sum of 61 on a joint and P r omissory note. b een ge defendant had pleaded several special pleas that the bill had eok k °bt airled from him by fraud, and that it was drawn for the ac_ Itith °d ation of the plaintiff. He was not, however, prepared evidence, and a verdict was given against him. tbi MAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. h e EASTERN (DOVER) MINE. "tornittee having met this morning at the hour agreed I lihty w o e f h. e ev o . 'clock), the discussion on the subject of the admissi. kr.evidence against the atmospheric principle, was resumed k r t u aTIN objected to this kind of evidence at great length. the ee .,, A Noliku, on the part of the North Kent line, objected to Its t I mence on the ground that it would occupy more time than htly 'sceas arY. It was the intention of the South. Eastern Com : %e 'take every possible delay, in order to keep the Committee led on this subject until Parliament should have adjourned, kr b ring their project forward next year as a Bill. A f ; . Coexamtbr insisted on his right to enter into the evidence. i ; e e r a discussion on this and other points, tes,, CHAIRMAN said that the Committee would not make any eta 'titian at present, but that Mr. Cockburn wou ld p rocee d w i t h t h e Zhiation of Mr. Bidders on the application of th e p r i nc ipl e. 1 4, 5 ' AUSTIN—Then we shall be here till the Tower guns are 11(A laugh.) Coe rtsuax said that he would not abuse the permission that )tilsc ranted him by the Committee. 'etZNlßders then proceeded to state that he had examined the k err theZ 4 by the London and Croydon Company, and had also opi ej, ,tliZers given by them to the questions asked by Mr. th e ‘ ,7t ) , f ob ori the part of the South-Eastern line. It was his '° l ll on his own observations and on the statements of h et , p arj t" thee r. that the proposed line was impracticable. The wit ektekeeded to point out his reasons for this assertion, and is - "everai, causes of retardation. l'°lni t Part of the evidence depended entirely on mechanical %11 0 %In a l ,„_ . olo, ena eoted with the atmospheric principle. The witness e7sltied by several reasons why sufficient speed could not be deh eell4i o ;Yhe Croydon Company. He al,o stated that the danger ger .. 7 11 0 the proposed line would be much greater as s a o n n the e ' t tes a e : o rdimary railway, having a double tramway, hers in fusion could only occur from one engine vertaking th 'isit te Which case the force of the collision is only the predo. fOr ft °f the speed of one engine over that of the other, while tst of the collision of two engines meeting, which might ; ", nes, ofs ingle line, would be equal to the united force of the Itt e ei Rh Coe/kg teliti re URN here observed, that he was treating this line as a„ inject, but that the Croydon Company had several alt alp: each part of their line. .riera then proceeded with evidence of a similar nature to tl peri ad Y given, and also to several points . connected with the le of the k i Proposed London and Croydon line. ts „ °LIN then cross-examined the witness at some length as 'Mt to vse lon and series of experiments made by him with i s t tmospheric railway some time ago. h;• i';'-ore. tee were occupied with the evidence of Mr. Bidders wq dad Pas t three o'clock, at which hour they adjourned to at one o'cleck. GROUP K. t ltetll2l 7l.A.lVl AND DEREHAM LINE. 'nak ed Committee on the lines for accommodating these districts iln„ this Morning at eleven, Viscount Sandon is the chair. boos 1;4, C olman, examined by Mr. CALVERT—Is proprietor of vrt r nT ies th iaper and flour, situate at Marlingford, about six or rosvu ' 4 l g ' t om Norwich. Generally purchases his corn at Dere &lt 4 , 10 by farm ers i n t h e ne i g hb our h ood, t h oug h h e procures ihereh, unt4 of grain from other contiguous parishes. If the line tp or, ;eC bl na vr Ts ere r constructed, .he should send his flour by it, both to ; 4 ! gteates. the direct line would, therefore, be of the ota te k •• a dvantage to him, and the other mills or factories in r;rsti,_,' out the diverging line through 'Wyndham would be com toklyietlyh useless. His mills yield about 2,000 sacks of flour t Nit they are capable of manufacturing upwards of 3,01)0. 400,:05:taMined by Mr. ANDREWS, Q.C.—There are eight sacks • fr '''' u rt generally costs about Bs. for the traction of a ton of 'r p q` e ra th e TOMS at Marlingford to Norwich ; the average price / l f l aao t, -ran 8 , therefore, about Is. per sack. ri. " es ft SW I '-veee is, examined by Mr. JAMES—IS owner of a farm a 11„.. rt, fa c i ) b , Fakenham, and about eighteen miles from Norwich. 1 4 7 of 'ntarises about 1,000 acres, and he grazes fifty or sixty cattle. After the cattle are grazed they are sent to 1 41 1 a n d a l . Water. There is a considerable traffic between Dere. OrtnabiNorwich, all of which would go upon the direct line to "14 4 , If constructed ; but the difference of distance on the cir h ▪ by t T: te by 'Wyndham would deter many from sending their km."' and he doubts whether the people of Fakenham would )4 u se f 4,r. hi it at all. : e t ah ,, e hard - Doggitt—ls a resident of South Pickett ], I l l.."' thinks Swaffham would be the nearest point Vi .4 b. 14, aritt I Which to reach any line connecting Dere -4•,"01,4 ° r . wich. At Lynn a discount of 5 per cent., with a , Rl ltiou, ett tts is required for all grain sent for sale there. In the ill e l e rv4 4 . l " : °l of Swaffham flour is nearly 3d. a stone higher than tn, t hough the wheat is dearer, the absence of mills, and p ric e an . .al te a direct land carriage, creating the difference in the ,4„ flow.line which would give a Ni ta ' 014 " The construction of a N I -°oo mical means of transit through Swaffham to Dere at v tli ‘lise e Prices hand, or Norwich on the other, would tend to of flour in the districts between those towns. - „ 4rn iried by Mr. ANDREWS, Q. C.—The great difficulty teterProdaveretenting the farmers about Swaffham from sending Norwich, is the great expense mid distance. Farms r. 1 % , i a eres of kindly land. ter:ao:edteshta Mr. Arthur Morse, the former an extensive t4m.ellee as e latter a brewer, resident at Swaffham, gave similar lir 4 Lkorty :to their preference for the direct line ; but all their 1 0 bUt a bare repetition repetition of that given by the several N! Witnesses, h was wholly divested of significance or ' te 'ett . ' t bti 1 t- th e f e -- , ocke and Mr. Spinfleld, residents of Norwich, , r ; Mai n " l ing of that city to be in favour of the direct line. 5 4 1. 4 ),40 0 ': examined by Mr. CALVERT—About 30,000 sheep 4 44 1 has ~.gs Pass between East Norfolk and Norwich annu fa. ; ls la estimating the cost of the direct line, 164 514 4 • Wil d "es. 4 4 4 10 t et examined by Mr. ANDREWS—Has valued the da. 5 44 : 51 44 n y i er arice and tenants' right on the principle of doubling %ra m 41 4 , 0 th e land, estimating the price at 355. per acre, t ot Dr the the cost for the occupation of fee tokthirt;PertY at the less than thirty shillings per acre. 504:Itted at 148 Purchase. The land traversed by the line was 41 4, r egnir inv acres, besides 16 acres for termini, the whole 164 1 1 : ° O. a "Ina of 54,6001., or an average of 951. for corn ea._ '"rnittee at three o'clock adjourned till Monday next. 1 1 1 4 GROUP Ss. I.s"l kt i e tt ec Met this day at twelve o'clock, in room No. 13. 'otri th Lord Ilarry Vane, Chairman ; the Earl of k ittc ] pt,, n ._ r of March, Mr. Hutt, and Mr. Briscoe. The kz lx "ued with the opposed clauses in the th ° Dr ' t otor n • ASH VALLEY RAILWAY. °Pri n ittee were occupied for about two hours in discussing tts, )' erOs • 'eV 4 °Au sing the Erewash Canal by the means of bridges. Il k 01 t aY at l b, in t tk e railw. argued against the Committee's right to em. b 4 , 0• w i ,: e car i4 4 ' company to cross the canal ; it would be a cross pang on a different footing from the other t au _ the canal, who were required to be consenting ` 51 14 1 71 . 14 4 twhaYs interfering with their property, whereas, by 11 1 th e the' ' ' to construct bridges, was making the tti _ . e canal pr • 0,541,4744,ar, P r oprietors compulsory. th a s ll ki ers, i n t honght the Committee had the right to give ,e44, 1 4 ge t n a T2ucla as the branches of the line would not be 4 4 , • 'Lie Company, without being allowed to cross - vt 4 ait th th t Oath er ton sideraticn of the clause was postponed , and the 11 4 : -'1 4 4 ck o ria l fr s- rn ue ,,. e :lerl r to consider the elevation of the bridges ' across it:o tatntnk line. C l i ke ll b e : e t sLch er agreeing th a t th e b r id ges from the trunk ittee d to a height as not to obstruct the navigation of recommit the Bill, so as to adapt the preamble THE S to the case as it now stands, on the grounds relative to the branches, which are disallowed. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. spect to the convent on with France, signed at London, May 29, 1845. By the Comm ssioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdo.n of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. We transmit to you herewith a copy of a convention between her 'Majesty and the King of the French, dated May 29, 1845, by which it is stipulated that the con tracting parties shall each maintain on the west coast of Africa a naval force of not less than twenty-six vessels, to be employed for the prevention of the slave-trade, by closely watching all the parts of the west coast where the slave-trade is carried on from Cape VErd to 16 deg. 30 min. south latitude, and by exercising all the powers vested in the Crowns of France and Great Britain for such purpose ; and we desire that you will take every opportunity, and use your utmost efforts to effect the objects of this convention. You are to take the earliest opportunity of putting yourself in communication with the senior officer of the French squadron, for the purpose of co-operating with him in the execution of this convention, and of concert ing with him as to the best means of closely watching the parts of the African coast before described, by select ing and defining the stations to be established, and by taking the charge thereof, either conjointly with the French cruisers, or separately with the force under your command, or by leaving the same to the French naval force, as may be deemed most expedient. You will understand, however, that in the case of a sta tion being especially committed to the charge of cruisers of either nation, the cruisers of the other nation may at any time enter the same for the purpose of exercising the rights respectively belonging to them for the sup pression of the slave trade. You will, in concert with the commander of the French GROUP X. CAIVERRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY. The Committee having assembled this day at the usual hour, Mr. Peacock was called, and deposed as to the general advan. tages to be derived to the line of country through which the Cam bridge and Lincoln line would pass, in conjunction with the Witham and Forsdyke Navigation ; and therefore he conceived it would be injurious that those two water communications should become incorporated with the London and York Railway scheme. Mr. Reid Calthorp—ls a landowner at Swanshead Abbey, in Lin. coinshire, and also one of the Witham Navigation Commissioners for the second district, which occupies 22,000 acres, and also one of the Block Sluice Commissioners, a navigation which occupies 64,000 acres; does not hold shares in either. There was a meeting of the Commissioners of the former, at which the Cambridge and Lincoln line was approved of ; the Witham empties itself into Boston through what was called the Grand Sluice. Was decidedly of opinion that it would not be advantageous to have the Navigation Commissioners to be connected with any railway com pany. Has had some trouble already by reason of such a junction with other railway companies, in deciding which it was had a right to make certain repairs. The population of the parish of Swans head was about 2,300, and that of the three other adjacent parishes about 7,000 altogether. Always understood that it was a favourite object with the Boston people to have a communication with Not- , tingkam. Mr. Edward Clementson, waggoner, of St. Ives, deposed that he carried on a very large traffic to St. Ives, and through the imme diate surrounding districts, from London, of general merchandise; the projected Cambridge and Lincoln line by St. Ives would very much increase the traffic. Mr. Harris deposed that be had a very extensive trade in bricks at St. Ives, and consumed a great quantity of coals. Could effect a great saving in his manufacture, and increase his traffic very much if the line were made. A material called " turf" was now conveyed from St. Ives to London. The carriage now cost 61. to 81. per 1,060. if the railway were made it would be sold at 7s. or Ss. per 1,000 squadron, determine with what native princes and chiefs it may be necessary to negotiate treaties for the suppres sion of the slave trade. And you are authorised to ne gotiate such treaties, either personally, or by an officer specially instructed for such purpose ; such treaties to be framed in accordance with the draught of engage ment forming appendix to Section VII. of the instruc tions issued on the 12th of June, 1844, to her Majesty's naval dficers employed in the suppression of the slave trade. Mr. Ds•aat would be glad to know how the witness could account for such a difference. The witness said that at present the persons who conveyed turf to London occupied about six or seven days in the journey, and then had but a very precarious mode of disposing of it. Here some specimens of the turf were produced, which created some laughter. Mr. Stevens, gardener, of St. Ives, deposed that there were from 1,500 to '2,000 acres of the country in the neighbourhood of that town under cultivation as gardens, for the produce of vegetables and fruit of all sorts, which he sent to London for sale. His trade would be materially increased, and the expense of carriage lessened, if the proposed line were made. He produced a description of summer pear, which was of a very perishable nature, and had often lost great quantities of them by the delay on the road. If they could be sent in one night this loss could not take place. The same ob servations applied to other fruits and vegetables of an equally perishable nature. • 'Whenever it may be necessary to employ force to compel the due execution of any treaty contracted with any native chief; in virtue of this convention, and to which both her Majesty and the King of the French are parties, you will concert with the commander of the French squadron us to the employment of force for such purpose, and arrange, in concert with him, to act con jointly with the French force, or separately, as may be deemed most advisable ; but, with respect to these conjoint treaties, you will not employ force without the consent of the commander of the French squadron. It will be the duty of yourself and of the commanding officers of her Majesty's ships under your orders, upon all occasions, to communicate to the officers of the French squadron any information which may be of service in detecting the frauds of the slave traders, and especially to give notice of any vessel supposed to belong to France, and suspected of being engaged in the slave trade, which may be met with or heard of in the course of a cruise; and you will give directions to the officers un der your orders to pay strict attention to this duty. With respect to the visit, search, and detention of vessels belonging to nations between whom and Great Britain there are existing treaties relating thereto, and for the suppression of the slave trade, and also with respect to vessels not entitled to claim the flag of any nation, you will be guided by the instructions founded upon the Statute passed in the se cond and third year of her Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter 73, and upon the treaties in force with foreign States, and the Acts of Parliament made in furtherance thereof; which have been delivered to you for your go vernment ; the present instructions in no respect inter fering therewith. You are not to capture, visit, or in any way interfere with vessels of France ; and you will give strict instruc tions to the commanding officers of cruisers under your orders to abstain therefrom. At the same time, you will remember that the King of the French is far from claiming that the flag of France should give immunity to those who have no right to bear it ; and that Great Britain will not allow vessels of other nations to escape visit and examination by merely hoisting a French flag, or the flag of any other nation with which Great Britain has not, by existing treaty, the right of search. Accord ingly, when from intelligence which the officer com manding her Majesty's cruiser may have received, or from the manoeuvres of the vessel, or other sufficient cause, he may have reason to believe that the vessel does not belong to the nation indicated by her colours, he is, if the state of the weather will admit of it, to go ahead of the suspected vessel, after communicating his inten tion by hailing, and to drop a boat on board of her to ascertain her nationality, without causing her deten tion, in the event of her really proving to be a vessel of ' the nation the colours of which she had displayed, and therefore one which he is not authorised to search; but should the strength of the wind, or other circumstance, render such mode of visiting the stranger impracticable, he is to require the suspected vessel to be brought to, in order that her nationality may be ascertained; and he will be justified in enforcing it, if necessary—under standing always, that he is not to resort to any coercive measure until every other shall have failed; and the officer who boards the stranger is to be instructed merely in the first instance to satisfy himself by the vessel's papers, or other proof, of her nationality; and if she prove really to be a vessel of the nation desig nated by her colours, and one which he is not authorised to search, he is to lose no time in quitting her, offering to note on the papers of the vessel the cause of his hav ing suspected her nationality, as well as the number of minutes the vessel was detained (if detained at all) for the object in question ; such notation to be signed by the boarding• officer, specifying his rank and the name of her Majesty's cruiser; and whether the commander of the visited vessel consents to such notation on the vessel's papers or not (and it is not to be done without his consent) ; all the said particulars are to be immedi ately inserted in the log-book of her Majesty's cruiser ; and a full and complete statement of the circumstances is to be sent, addressed to the Secretary of the Ad miralty, by the first opportunity, direct to England; and also, a similar statement to you, as senior officer on the station, to be forwarded by you to our Secretary, ac Mr. B. Lyons, dealcr in wool at St. Ives—Buys about 80 tons of wool yearly, which he sends to Yorkshire; would send it by the railway if it were made, and would save about 11. 145. per ton in the carriage by that mode of conveyance. Mr. T. Barlow, Director of the Bank of England at Ramsey— His sons were in business also in that town ; the roads new leading to it were not very good; the population was about 4,000. The proposed railway would very much facilitate the transit of the goods in which his sons traded, as well as lessen the expense and distance of conveyance. Mr. James Thompson, farmer and cattle-salesman at Ramsey— About 400 sheep and 40 beasts went weekly from Ramsey to St. Ives and London, half of which number witness himself sent. The present cost of sending a beast to London from Ramsey was from 10s. to 1 Is., and the journey occupied from six to seven days. There was an additional expense of 3s. 6d. per head for selling. Sheep occupied ten days, and the cost was Is. 6d. per head. Mr. Wittorme, corn merchant and farmer at Ramsey—The district about that town was remarkable for its agricultural produce. The roads from that town, north and south, were very bad at present. A railway between these two points would be of great advantage for the transit of corn, particularly to the towns of Lynn, Wisbeach, and Cambridge. The journey from Ramsey to Cambridge now occupied from three to four days. Often sustained great injury on the road, during winter, by reason of bad roads. . _ . _ To the CHAIRMAN—The roads from the east to Ramsey were also very bad. From Ramsey to March the journey was by a narrow high way across the Fens. Mr. Stafford, landowner at Ramsey—There is a great deal more corn grown in the neighbourhood than is consumed there. There are about 2,000 acres of wheat grown there in the year. The present modes of conveyance were very bad and inconvenient both by land and water. The nearest way was by St. Ives. Mr. James Jones, land agent to Lord Hardwick, Sir Henry Paton, and several others, represents between 30,000 and 40,000 acres in the neighbourhood of Ramsey. Had been engaged as valuator under the Tithe Commutation Act. The proposed railroad would pass through a very fertile district, by which a great quantity of land would be brought into an improved state of cultivation by drainage, &c. The roads to the west of Ramsey were very bad. Those to the east were much better. At the conclusion of the witness's examination, the Committee adjourned, at three o'clock, to twelve on Monday. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 1 / 4 per Cents ...10214% Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859... 11% Consols for Account.... . ....... 99 1 4 1 / g Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., IY 2 d. ... 59 61 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small CLOSIKt, PRICES. 211 99% 102% 99 i4 pm. 61 pm. 62 pm. 64 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela I 7 IA 16% 16% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 37% 37% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Converted 6 7 14 66 1 / 2 67 67 Russian Bonds ... 117% 117% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account 4IA Belgian 4% per Cent. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 98%-% 98% PRICES OF CLOSING BAILWAY .s:IIARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. ruieEs, Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 2 1 4 1 /8 Birming. and Gloucesterloo Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20 Bristol and Exeter 7O Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 2 1 / 2 . 3 2% Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 5 4% 5 Chester and Holyhead... 10- Coventry and Leicester 11.4 l% Direct North ern IMblin and Belfast Juuc 2% Dublin and Galway 2 IA ...... 4% 5 Dublin and Mullingar... 9% 5% Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 201 a% Ditto New 4/. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1—.5/. 13s. 4d l% Ely and Bedford Great Western BO Ditto, Fifths ... G' 2% 136 4 1 4 26 J uildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2 1 / 2 ... .. 5 3 / 4 5 3 / 4 London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...242 240 240 Do. New Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares London and Blackwall. 161.135. 4d — London and Brighton... 50 7 3 14 74 1 / 8 1 ;4 7 4 3 /4 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 19% 3 / 4 19% Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d B 2 l /2 B2 Do. New London and York 2 l /2 3 3 /4 4 ... 4 Londonderry &Coleraine 2%. 4 3 /4 4,. . ,‘ Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 Do. Quarters Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters ... 2 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 225....... 44 1 4% 4 l /8 Midland 100 ]B9 186 1 ,1 2 188... 18947 Do. New 2 ...... 29 30 29 1 4...... 29 1 / 1 Midland, Birm., Derby 100 l4B 145 l4B Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 25 ...... 54 .• •• Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 / 2 17 3 / 4 1 4 Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 / 2 5% North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 North Kent Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 /0 5 1 4 1 /2 Richmond and W est End Junction Rugby, AVorstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland l%. .... 3 1 / 8 Shrews., Wolverhamp., _. . 54 34 17IA 6 U 72 5 1 A 21 Dudley, and Birm Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 47 Do., No. 1 8 Do~ No. 2. D0., No. 3 South Wales 2 1,4 6% 6% Trent Valley 2 ...... ...... ...... .. 19 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. Welch Midland Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and North Midland 50 Do. Extension l% 2Ol/, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Great North. of France (Laflitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 44% . Namur and Liege Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d 1 Paris & Lyons, Laflitte's 2 ...... 2N. Paris and Lyons, Gan- I I neron's, Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) ••• 2 Do. (Compt ede L'Est) 2 Sambre and Meuse ..... 4 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's 2 JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock lO NEW SLAVE-TRADE CON VENTION. 2 1 / 2 5 1 6 4 1 / 8 614 2 IA ; 10 14 1 4 The following are the annexes to the new slave-trade convention between England and France, which was laid on the table of the Home of Commons on Monday even ing. The treaty has already appeared in The Sun — ANNEX REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE VIII. OF THE CONVEN TION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, SIGNED AT LONDON, MAY 29, 1845. Instructions for the senior officer of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the west coast of Afric a , with re companied by any remarks you may have reason to make thereon. The commanding officers of her Majesty's vessels must bear in mind that the duty of executing the instruction immediately preceding must be discharged with great care and circumspection. For, if any injury be occa sioned by examination without sufficient cause, or by the examination being improperly conducted, compensation must be made to the party aggrieved ; and the officer who may cause an examination to be made without suf ficient cause, or who may conduct it improperly, will incur the displeasure of her Majesty's Government. Of course, in cases when the suspicion of the com mander turns out to be well founded, and the vessel boarded proves, notwithstanding her colours, not to be long to the nation designated by those colours, the com mander of her Majesty's cruiser will deal with•her as he would have been authorised and required to do had she not hoisted a false flag. Given under our hands, &c. ANNEX REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE VIII. OF THE CON VENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, SIGNED AT LONDON THE 29TH DAY OF NAY, 1845. (Translation.) Monsieur le Commandant,—A convention concluded on the 29th of May, 1845, between his Majesty the King of the French and her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, a copy of which is hereto annexed, regulates upon a new basis the vigilance and repression which the two countries have engaged to exercise in concert with regard to the slave- trade. The two Governments being perfectly unanimous as to the object to be pursued, and firmly resolved to obtain by the promptest means the ex tinction of this criminal traffic, have recognised the ne cessity of adopting measures entirely distinct from those laid down in the treaties of 1831 and 1833. In the execution of this new treaty, the African sta tion will. have to take the most active and important pert. It will, therefore, be your duty to make yourself fully master of the spirit of this document, and of the meaning of each of its stipulations. You will never forget that your chi e f o bli ga ti on , as comman d er of this station, is to secure t o thi s convent i on every result which the two contracting Powers have a right to expect from it. The basis of those arrangements—the principle of the work to be carried out in common on the part of France and England --consists in a complete and continued ac cord between that of the French squadron and that of Great Britain. Immediately on your arrival upon the coast of Africa you will place yourself in communication with the officer commanding the English forces, in. order to esta blish from the very beginning that concert which ought to govern the whole and every part of your operation. You will examine in common, with a view to the ar rangement of the service, those points of the coast which are already known to be the seats of the traffic, and which are to be closely watched by the two squadrons ; you will make arrangements for being subsequently in formed of, and for watching, as may be necessary, those places also to which the traffic might be removed ; and you will then make a distribution of the cruisers placed under your command on all those parts of the coast to which the system of co-operation should be applied, either simultaneously or separately. You will devote particular attention to the means to be employed in order to obtain the relinquishment of the slave-trade on the parts of the kings or chiefs of the tribes which inhabit the coast. Some of them have already been induced to abandon it; others appear dis posed to take the same course; the larger number have still to be persuaded to it by means of negotiations and promises of indemnification. To keep the former to the observance of their engagements—to reduce as much as possible, by means of treaties freely negotiated, the number of those who still serve as auxiliaries or asso ciates of the slave trade,— such are the results which, in this respect, it is proposed to attain by , the system of cu-operation. Unity of intention and action for this purpose is an essential point to be arranged between the commanders of the two squadrons. I therefore recom mend you to consult with the commander of the British squadron, in order to determine the measures which each of you should undertake, with a view to secure the success of this important part of the convention. The concert which will be established between you ought also to prevail between the officers of the two squadrons, of every runk and order. The commander of the English station will receive the same injunction in this respect ; and it will on either s id e app l y not on l y to those cases of co-operation which are explicitly sti pulated by the treaty, but al,o to every circumstance which may admit of the interchange of mutual civilities, and the reciprocation of moral and physical co-operation between the ships, the officers, and the crews of the two squadrons. The duty of all persons on board the cruisers of the two nations, while upholding their mutual inde pendence, will therefore be constantly to aid each other in the execution of their respective orders, and to cona. X, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1845. municate to each other every information which may tend to further the measures adopted, in all that relate s to the st-I....7_wession of the slave trade. With regara to merchant vessels and cruisers bearing, the flag of other nations whose Governments have suc cessively concluded with France conventions founded upon the principle of the right of search, and conform able to the treaties of 1831 and 1833, no change has taken place in the state of things regulated by those Acts ; and you will have to carry into execution, with regard to them, the general instructions already issued by my department. I need only here remind you that, those countries are Sardinia, Tuscany, the Two Sicilies, Sweden, Denmark, and the Hans Towns. It now be comes my duty to call your attention to article 6 of the new convention. That article calls attention to a fact well known to all the officers who have been employed during the last 30 years in the suppression of the slave trade. All the vessels which engage in that traffic are fur nished with arms, such as swords, guns, pistols, and some even have on board small cannons or swivels. This pre caution is indispensable to them, if it were merely for 'maintaining in obedience with a small crew several hun dreds of negroes violently carried off from their families and native land. But it frequently happens that the commanders and crews of slave vessels make use of their arms for another and no less criminal purpose, by committing acts of de predation and robbery, either upon one another, or upon the inhabitants of the coast, or the Europeans who resort to it. This is proved by the instructions given to your predecessors, and especially by th ose g iven by th e Go vernor of Senegal, on the 15th of July, 1841, to the officers employed on the African station. - It is also a well-known fact, that almost all slave ves sels have on board double sets of papers, papers appa rently issued by several Government',—false muster rolls, which enable them to assume the appearance of belonging to one nation or to another, as they may find occasion. It is generally at St. Thomas and in the Island of Cuba that these false papers are fabricated, and they contain •counterfeits of the printed forms and autograph signa tures of the different authorities of each maritime nation, more or less skilfully executed. You are acquainted with the provisions of the law of the 12th of April, 1825, against piracy. You know that this law considers as pirates, not only the crew of armed vessels who commit acts of depredation, but also those who sail without ships' papers, or either with papers which are not sufficient to prove the regularity of their voyage, or with commissions issued by several different powers or states—the word commission being here un derstood not only of letters of marque in time of war, but of papers delivered to merchant vessels in time of peace.* _ _ _ In so doing, the law of 1825 has only restated and confirmed the principles already received, the doctrine which forms the foundation of our maritime legis lation, of the ordinance of 1554, the ordinance of 1681, recognized as an authority all over Europe,f that of 1718, and of the decree of the Second Prairial, year 11. ; and these principles have always been applied by our tribunals as well to French vessels as to foreign vessels, without having given rise to any complaint. You know, likewise, that in case of suspicion of piracy the law of nations, recognised by all civilized nations, authorizes any ship of war, to whatever Power she may belong, to detain the suspected vessel, whatever may be the flag that she bears ; under condition of delivering her over to the jurisdiction which has the right of de ciding upon the validity of the capture and the prosecu, tion of the crime. Whenever, therefore, a vessel shall b e p o i n t e d ou t t o you as suspected of acts which our Legislation considers as piracy, according to the law of nations (in contradis tinction to those which our law merely assimilates to piracy, and which are such only according to our national law), you are authorized to detain the vessel, in order to ascertain whether the suspicion is well-founded. As the exercise of this right may nevertheless give occasion to abuses, if not restrained within proper limits, by the good feeling and discretion of the officers who are invested with it, you will not forget that in such case the causes of suspicion ought to be real and grave ; that the verification of the national character of vessels and of the regularity of their papers, if necessary to be resorte to, should be limited to the measures strictly requisite for accomplishing that object ; and with a di s pl a y o f force and proceedings not justified by the circumstances, would be on your part a reprehensible act, and would give rise to well-founded complaint. The law of the 12th April, 1825, does not view as an act of piracy the mere fact of a vessel's hoisting a flag which she is not entitled to . bear ; it i s nevert h e l ess an act contrary to the law of nations--a fraudulent act, which, if tolerated, would render it impossible to exer cise any police on the sea, or any observation of mer chant vessels by ships of war, even such as it is the duty of a cruiser to exercise over vessels of her own nation. If, in order to enable a French vessel laden with slaves to escape your vigilance, it were only necessary that she should hoist the flag of another nation; if this fact alone were to render her inviolable, even when you were cer tain of her being French—that she was carrying on the slave-trade, and that the flag which she bore was usurped —every cruising 'station would become useless ; you could neither repress prohibited, nor protect lawful, commerce. Whenever, therefore, you may have reason to suspect any fraud of this nature, you are at liberty to verify the national character of the suspected vessel. If your suspicions should turn out to be well founded, it the suspected vessel prove to be either French, or one sub ject to your observation in virtue of treaties actually in force, and if such vessel be actually engaged in the slave trade, you will not hesitate to detain her. No nation can be entitled to claim for its flag the ri g ht o f protect ing crime, and of withdrawing criminals of other na tions from the punishment which is their due. It; on the contrary, your suspicions should be groundless, if the suspected vessel belongs bona fide to the nation whose flag she bears, you will not hesitate to release her im mediately ; giving, however, notice of the fact to those cruisers who have the right to detain her. In these operations you will never lose sight of the fact, that you are acting at your own risk and peril ; and that it, through any act of yours, the suspected vessel should sustain any damages, she will be intitled to indemnification. In dealing with her, therefore, you cannot act with too much circumspection. Signed by the Minister of Marine. * Report to the Chamber of Peers upon the Law of the 12th of April, 1825, by the Baron Portal. (" Moniteur" of 1825, vol. 1, p. 199.) + Speech of the Keeper of the Seals. Speech of M. Par dessus. (Session of the Chamber of Deputies, April 25, 1825.) PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 13. The following Bills were read a third time, and passed : Dublin and Drogheda Railway. Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Aberdeen Railway. Leeds and Thirsk Railway. York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch). The London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch) Bill was read a second time, and committed, and referred to the C.mmittee of Selection. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported; 1. " That, in the case of the Middlesbro' and Redcar Har bour petition for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the Committee on the Bill may entertain the additional provision, if they shall think fit." 2. " That, in the case of the Taff Vale Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 3. " That, in the case of the Cork and Bandon Railway Bill clause on consideration of report, the said clause is of such a nature as not to be adopted by the House without the re-commitment of the Bill." First resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. PRIVATE BUSINESS FOR MONDAY, JUNE 16. SECOND READINGS. Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's) Railway. REPORTS. Newry and Enniskillen Railway. Richmond (Surrey) Railway. Great Western Railway ( Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone). Northumberland Railway-. West London Railway Extension and Lease. Edinburgh and Northern Railway. Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No. 2) (to be considered) (by order). North Woolwich Railway to be considered) (by order). Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway. Liverpool and Bury (Bolton, Wigan, and Live r p oo l an d .Bury Extension) Railway. Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Junction) Railway. Newcastle Sheffield an a d n d Darlington RotherhamTHlßD READINGS. n ( a ß il :a v n ay til Blackburn and Prestoning Railway. Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway. Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway. Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. NOTE s o l n C kia S n d G GIVEN N K r k T i n T t h P R R I a V i i A w T a3 E , i L r d OFFICE g Monday, June 16. Edinburgh and Northern R ailway,Report, Monday, junel6 Dublin and Belfast Junction R ailway, —Report to be con sidered, Tuesday,. June 17. Ulster Extension Railway,--Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton Railway,—Re port to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Oxford and Rugby Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Cornwall Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Cornwall Railway, —A clause to be proposed on considera tion of report, Tuesday, June 17 . Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ay r (C umnock Branch ) Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, Ju ne 17. lAGlepnraecao considered, hn S seti o sodt u ee t brr h eea e de, onrnduasni Tuesday,d Westernderd,June Tuesday, J une 17. to beßirmingham (lreland) R a il way, —R eport (Ashton Branch) R a il wa y, North Wales Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Taw Vale Railway and Dock,—Third reading, Monday, June 16. Northumberland Railway,—Report, Monday, June 16. Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, --Third reading, Monday, june 16. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway, —Third reading, Monday, June 16. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, —Third reading, Monday, June 16. p l o V rt i , g ll a l. n o , nday, June 16. and Liverpool and Extension)Bu L ry iveroi Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway, —Report, Monday, June 16. and BRuar Railway,—Report, w (Bolton, an— ne Liverpool and Manchester Railway, —Report, Monday, June 16. Chester and Birkenhead RailvraY—Report to be consi dered, Tuesday, June 17. NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending June 7 6 6 5 1 8 7 7 S 7 7 7 Last week. Arbroath and Forfar •••••••• • • • • • • • Bristol and Birmingham . Chester and Birkenhead . • . • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda • • • • • ...... . • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Durham and Sunderland .• • • • • • • • • • •• Edinburgh and Giasgow . •• • • • •• • • • • . Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • . • • • • Glasgow and Greenock— ••.• • •• • . Grand Junction Gravesend and Rochester.... Great North of England Great Western ... • • ..... ......... Hull and Selby .. . Liverpool and Manchester . ......... London and Birmingham ......... • • London and 81ackwa11........ London and Brighton London and Croydon .• • • •• • •• • • London and Greenwich London and South Western . • • • • • • • • Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • . • Manchester and Birmingham.. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc Midland Counties • • • • • • Newcastle and Darlington • • • • Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • • • . Newcastle and North Shields• • North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans • • • • Paris and Rouen . .......... • . • • • Preston and Wyre•••••••••••••••••• Sheffield and Manchester...—. • • • • South Eastern.• Ulster . ...... .......... Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland . .......... 183 4,024 802 1,001 287 720 2,809 4,992 1,905 972 9,612 465 1,423 6,162 5,705 69•) 5,124 1,007 289 2,655 co 2,405 554 735 95) 380 2,196 4,581 1,405 922 8,550 1,308 21,414 1,281 5,514 18,090 1,401 3,819 485 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. COAL IVICARICET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 13s 6d; Bates's West Hartley, 15s; Buddle's West Hartley, 16s 6d; Clark's Hartley, 15s; Chester Main, 14s 9d; Davi son's West Hartley, 16s 6d ; Forest Main, 14s 3d ; Hasting's Hartley, 16s; Holywell Main, 15s 6d; Original Tanfield, 13s 6d ; Old Pontop, 13s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 14s ; Old Tanfield, 14s; Pontop Windsor, 13s 9d ; Shattoe's Hartley, 15s; Taylor's West Hartley, 15s 9d; Tanfield Moor, 16s; Tanfield Moor Butes, 14s; Townley, 14s 9d; West Hartley, 16s 6d ; West SlTylam, I6s 6d ; West Wlam, 153; Welling ton Hartley, 16s ; W?'lam, l4s 3d. Wall's-end, Bell and Brown, 15s; Brown s unscreened, 13s; Gosforth, 15a; Heaton, 153; Killingworth, 14s 6d; Newmsrch, 14s; lir p?th, 14s 6d; Walker, 14s 6d; Wharncliffe, 15s; Eden Main, 15s ; Wall's-end, Braddyll's Hetton, 16s 6d ; East Hetton, 14.3 d ; Haswell, 17s 6d ; Hetton, 16s 6d ; Lambton, 16s 6d ; Morrison, 15s ; North Iletton Lyons, Iss ; Russell's Hetton, 16s ; Stewart's, 16s 6d ; Harvey, I4s 6d ; Heugh Hall, 16s 6d ; Kelloe, 16s ; Tritndon, 16s 3cl; Adelaide, 16s 6d ; Barrett, 15s ; Brown's Deanery, 15s 6d ; Seymour Tees, 15s 6d; Tees, 17s; West lletton, 14s 6d ; Anderson's Garesfield Coke, 15s; Cowpen Hartley, 16s ; Derwentwater Hartley, 15s 6d Hartley, 15s 6d; Sidney's Hartley, 16s.—Ships arrived since last day, 222. (From the London New Price Current of June 12.) SUGAR.—The market was freely supplied. Grocers and Refiners purchased readily, and full rates were paid : at auc tion to-day 89 hhds 73 trs 61 brls St. Lucia sold readily, at full rates. 11Am:illus.—This afternoon 9,221 bags 15 casks were submitted to public competition; refiners purchased readily, and prices were again full is for low and middling and 6d higher for the better descriptions, and the whole sold. MADaAs was in good request, and stiffer rates were given ; 5,547 bags at public sale sold briskly at full 6d dearer. MANlLLA. —Extensive transactions have taken place this week for export and refining purposes, at rather better prices. The sales are estimated at 20,000 bags, at 23s 6d to 23s 9d per cwt. _ _ FORZIGN.—The market had a firm appearance, and very full rates were given for the .parcels sold. Of 1,138 boxes damaged Harannah, at public sale, about 350 were taken in at 6d above the value. The remainder sold at good rates. REINED.—The market is still scantily supplied with re fined goods, and previous rates are fully maintained— brown Lumps 71s to 725, and Standard 72s 6d to 73e per cwt. MOLASSES.-13 puns St. Lucia at auction sold freely at good prices —fine 20s to 20s 6d, and good 19s per cwt. COFFEE.—For all descriptions of home consumption Coffee a good demand was experienced, and higher prices were ob tained. At public sale 249 casks 95 brls 37 bags Jamaica sold at Is to 2s advance. COCOA.-113 bags Trinidad at public sale all sold. Good qualities were a shade better, other sorts unaltered, good dark red 49a 6d, middling 465, low greyish 42s to 435, and damaged 40s to 42s per cwt. PEPPER.—Malabar brought former rates, and 200 bags at auction realised 3d for good half heavy brown. TEA.—Five small public sales, together 5,629 pkgs, were offered; the demand was brisk, and 3,000 pkgs were actually sold; plain Orange Pekoe and Capers 2d per lb. decline, but for other sorts no variation occurred. TALLow.-150 casks first sort P.Y.C. at public sale were all taken in at 39s 3d; 92 skins Ibrail partly sold at 40s 3d to 40s 6d, and 250 casks South American sold at 39s 3d to 39s Gd per cwt. SPIRITS.-Rum is in good request; holders are firm, and ask fully former rates for all descriptions, the market is scantily supplied. Proof Leewards cannot be had under is 8d to is 9d per gallon, and for clean Jamaica 3s to 5s per gallon asked. The best Demerara is worth 2s 10d. Calcutta is much wanted, and is 6'ld to is 7d per gallon paid for proof with certificate. Brandy is in better demand, and stiffer rates are given; best brands of Cognac of the vintage of 1838 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1839 4s 2d. to 4s 4d, 1840 and 1841 4s id to 4s 3d, and 1844 3s 8d to 3s 10d per gallon. For Geneva and Corn Spirits prices remain the same, and the market is firm. THE GUY'S BOAT CLUB. - - A very excellent four-oared race was rowed yesterday evening by the gentlemen of the Guy's Club, who were numerously attended by other amateurs. The distance was from Vauxhall to Putney, and the start took place about seven o'clock. Pink—Messrs. Thompson (I),' Sealy (2), Lloyd (3), Gruggen (stroke), Calloway (steercr). • Red—Messrs. Norris (1), Poland (2), Judkins (3), Cooper (stroke), Forster (steerer). Yellow—Messrs. Edwards (1), Evans (2), Hewitt (3), Ainger (stroke), Celguin (steerer). The Union kindly consented to act as umpire, and started the crews, who went away very evenly. Red then slightly led, followed by yellow ; pink, who had a disadvantage in station, being third. About the Belgrave Dock yellow went ahead, and pink began to draw on red and passed them just above the Red House. Yellow was steered into the right on the Middlesex side, and, fouling Battersea-bridge in their strenuous endeavours to retrieve their lost way, fouled the piles and gave up the race. Pink went through Battersea bridge half a length in advance, and maintained it the whole way, winning by half a length, but they were pressed throughout very gallantly by red, who decreased the dis tance of a length and a half, which the leading boat had at Wandsworth Point, most materially. PEDESTRTAN FEAT.—On Thursday, Tierney (late of the 61st Regiment) undertook fcr a wager of 51. to run from London to Ascot-heath and return in seven hours, on the road. The start was made from the Garrick's Head, Bow-street, and he reached the race-course in three hours and•a-half, and completed the distance back to London in three hours and ten minutes, having travelled over fifty-six miles of road in six hours and forty minutes. HARE-HUNT ON ASCOT RACECOURSE.—On Thurs day, at Ascot, just prior to the race for the Ascot Cup, a leveret, which had been started from the heath ran upon the course, and was quickly pursued by the spectators, and after having afforded considerable amusement, effected its escape. CRICKET.—THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD V. THE UNIVERSITY OP CANIIRDIGE.—This match was resumed yesterday at Lord's, by Mr. Moberley and Mr. Yonge appearing at the wickets. The former gentleman, however, was quickly stumped by the Hon. F. Grimston, when he had added one only to his score of the previous day. Mr. Yonge increased his number by three, and Mr. Ridding contributed twelve in good style. The whole innings amounted to ninety.six, thus putting Cambridge in for fifty-one runs to win. The latter then went in, but lost four good wickets ere they could be declared the victors, a position they ultimately took with six wickets to spare. A match of cricket was played on the Bridgenorth ground on Monday last,between the Wolverhampton Club and the gentlemen of Bridgenorth School, when the latter were victorious by 51 runs. The cargo of Trinidad sugars, shipped on board the Pacha by James Colquohoun, Esq., of London, one of the directors of the Irish Great Western Railway, consisting of 250 hhds., AO tierces, and 51 barrels, were on Wednesday last brought under hammer by Mr. James Fym, broker, at Galway. The attendance of the trade was numerous, and the several lots, admirably selected, brought remunerating prices, and the entire cargo was disposed of in the course of two hours. This was the first importation of sugars direct from the West Indies into the port of Galway, the Pacha having made the passage from Trinidad in the short space of thirty-three days. _ WINDSOR, FRIDAY EYENING.—The Court will not leave Windsor until to-morrow. Yesterday morning arrange ments had been made for the Court to leave Windsor this day for Buckingham Palace, but shortly before the royal banquet took place last evening those arrangements were countermanded, and an intimation immediately forwarded to those innkeepers whose horses had been engaged to proceed with some of the royal carriages to Slough that they would not be required, so that they would be at liberty to be hired to proceed to the course at Ascot today. The royal banquet to be given this evening at Buckingham Palace was also postponed, and instructions to that effect forwarded from the office of the Lord Steward to town. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their royal and distin. guished visitors, are expected to take their departure to-morrow afternoon, for town. • VISITORS BY THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TO ASCOT.—ThE Cur DLY.—More passengers by upwards of 3,000 were conveyed from Paddington to Slough, en routs to Ascot, on Thursday last, than upon any former " Cup Day" since the open. ing of the railway to that station, now some seven or eight years ago. The first train which started from Paddington was at the early hour of a quarter pact four in the morning, and this conveyed between 200 and 300 passengers. The trains continued to run, only short intervals intervening, from that time until past one o'clock. Up to twelve o'clock 7,850 passengers had left Paddington. THE POLISH BALL.—The grand full and fancy dress ball, in aid of the funds for the distressed Poles, came off last night, and, from the brilliancy of the attendance, proved itself, with the exception of her Majesty's Bal Ceslume, to be the most attractive and splendid ball of the season. The crowd was very great. Many of the costumes that were worn at her Majesty's ball made their second appearance there, and were very much ad - mired. Monsieur Jullien's band was in attendance, but the sul. triness of the weather and the vast crowd made dancing neither very easy nor very agreeable; in fact only a very small portion of the company could find room to dance. SERIOUS BITE FROM A DOG.—About half-past seven last evening, a dog of the spaniel breed was observed near the shop of Mr. Noble, the engraver, of 211, Strand, foaming from the mouth. A boy named Myers, in attempting to remove it, was bitten severely in the hand. It was then driven away by some boys as far as Milford-lane, snapping at all it came near. A coal heaver then struck the dog upon the head with a hammer, and after a few struggles it expired. The boy Myers was taken to the hospital in Carey-street, where the wound was cut and lunar taus. tic applied to it. Air. Frederick Peel, second son of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., has just entered the Temple as a student. TUE :NEW CONET.-MARSEILLES, JUNE 7.-A large comet has been seen here lately in the northeast, about fifteen degrees ,from the horizon. It is visible at about three o'clock in the morning. It was first perceived by the officer of the middle watch of her Britannic Majesty's steamer Volcano, in this port on Wednesday, the 4th instant The almanacs have not announced its visit, nor has its presence been recorded by the press here. IMPERIAL PA aLIAMEN T. DOUSE OF LORDS, June 13. Their Lords , ,ips met at Five o'clock. Several petitions were presented against the grant to May nooth. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a person named Mason, at present confined in Stafford gaol, for the costs in an action brought against him for a debt of 101., which amounted to 37/. l Os. MA NCHERSTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. The NOBLE and LEARNEo Loan also presented a petition from Mr. George Sutherland, of Shipley-Hall, Yorkshire, against this line, which was referred to the Committee on the Bill. MESSAGE FROM HER MAJESTY-SIR HENRY POTTINGER. _ The Earl of ABERDEEN said—My Lords, I have to de liver a message from her Majesty. The LORD CHANCELLOR (having received the mes sage from the Noble Lord) read it as follows:—" Her Majesty being desirous of conferring a signal mark of her favour and ap probation or. the Right. Hon. Sir Henry Pottinger, G. C. B. for the services rendered by him in China as her .Majesty's Plenipo tentiary, and for his zeal, ability, and judgment in negotiating with the Emperor of China, with respect to the commerce of this country, recommends the House of Lords to concur with her Majesty in making a provision for him of 1,500/. per annum for the period of his natural life."—( Cheers. ) The Earl of ABERDEEN said—l move that your Lordships take her Majesty's Message into your consideration on Monday next. CHURCH EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The Bishop of CASHEL postponed the presentation of certain petitions of which he had given notice until Tuesday next. The Marquis of NORNIANBY was sorry the Noble Lord had put off the presentation of his petitions, because he (the Marquis of Normanby) had received some communications which he wished to have taken the opportunity of reading to their Lordships. These com munications were from the Rev. Mr. Mackessy, who con sidered that his character had been impugned by a statement which the Right Rev. Prelate had made on a late occasion of the Reverend Gentleman's overweening and unfounded estimate of his own abilities. Now he held in his hand extracts of testimonials of the ability of the Rev. Gentleman, which ex tended over a period of nearly a quarter of a century, and cer tainly these testimonials contained as strong a claim for professional promotion, founded on professional merits, as any clergyman convected with the Established Church of Ireland. t They had beets communicated to the Right Ron. Gentleman, the First 'nd of the Treasury, and so struck was he by their contents, that he had held a commu nication with the Lord-Lieutenant on the subject. The rev. gentleman protested that he never knew that the charge of the Right Rev. Prelate, which had been so often alluded to in that House, had been published, until he saw a report of a debate which had lately arisen on the subject amongst their Lordships; but having been present at its delivery, the rev. gentleman said it struck him at the time, as not being cal culated to produce a good feeling between the Protestants and Roman Catholics of the Right Rev. Prelate's diocese. In the letter of Mr. Mackesey, which he held in his hand, he distinctly says that the Right Reverend Prelate had stated in the charge that no Protestant clergyman could, consistently with his duty, attend any national school, even to see that the rules were observed. He had taken down these words when he went home after hearing the charge. He had also two other letters from Protestant clergy men in the same diocese, both of which were to the same effect, and when he named the writer of one of them, the Rev. Mr. Hogden, he was sure that the Right Rev. Prelate would admit that he had been rather precipitate in so solemnly denying the truth of statements which were deposed to by an individual whose respectability even the Bishop himself would vouch for. He (the Marquis of Normanby) did only what he considered to be his duty in reference to this matter, after what had fallen from the Right Rev. Prelate on a former occasion. The Bishop of CASHEL denied in the most solemn man ner that he ever rebuked Mr. Mackesey on the subject of na tional education. The only time he was ever in his company was at the visitation in 1843, and the only remarks he then made were in reference to the propriety of every clergyman keeping a school in connexion with the Church of England in his parish. He might then have sug gested to the Rev. Gentleman his duty in this respect, but he did not do so in harsh or severe terms. He had a letter in his possession from Mr. Alackesey, written in May, 1843, when he was a few weeks in the parish, recommending the establish ment of a Church Society's School, and stating that the first thing to be done was to consult the bishop of the diocese. He would show, on Tuesday, that he did not rebuke Mr. Mackesey with respect to the school. The Marquis of NORMANBY considered that no further time should be occupied on the subject. He still adhered to his statement that the Right Rev. Prelate rebuked Mr. Mackesey, in the presence of an assembly of clergymen at Lismore ? Did he deny that? The Bishop of CASHEL—I do deny it.—(Cheers.) The Marquis of WESTMEATH could not understand how a person could recollect the exact words of the charge, after being in a crowded assembly for some hours, and after going home and eating his dinner.—(Laughter.) The matter then dropped. MA YNOOTH. Lord KENYON presented a petition from the Rev. Arthur Percival against the grant to Maynooth, and praying to be heard at the bar of their Lordships' House. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented a great number of petitions against the grant from various parts of England and Scotland. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS. n an answer to a question from the Duke of RICHMOND, Lord WHARNCLIFFE stated that the report of the Ec clesiastical Commissioners would he presented to their Lord ships in the course of a few days. STATE OF IRELAND. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition from the county of Leitrim, complaining of the lawless state of the people, and the system of intimidation prevailing in that part of Ireland. The Noble Lord said it was quite impossible that the outrages complained of could be committed without the cognisance of several persons residing in the neighbourhood, and, to a certain extent, the whole country were indirect ac cessories to the fact. He held in his hand the copy of an in formation laid in the county of Leitrim on the `4th of last May, wherein the deponent stated that he was returning home about seven o'clock on a particular evening, accompanied by his wife ; and, when he came to a certain spot, a man turned out, dressed in female apparel, and fired three times at him. For tunately he missed his aim each time, but the following day no one could be found who could .give Information of the party. He had given notice of a question which he intended to put to the Ministry regarding a subject of not less importance than the one he had just alluded to, which he should have felt inclined to put without any preface were it not that he wished to notice come speeches which had lately been delivered in that House. He thought it necessary to say a few words before he put the question, because those speeches were calculated to produce no good effect. He understood it had been stated by Noble Lords on the opposite aide of the House, that the late State prosecution had had the effect of suppressing the desire for repeal in Ireland. Now, if Government had done any thing effectual to put an end to the repeal excitement, it would be as well for them not to talk about it, but he still thought a strong feeling yet prevailed in Ireland in favour of repeal. , Those persons were undoubtedly found guilty by a defective jury, but even if that jury were good in vent of law, he should like to know for what purpose their Lordships sat as an ultimate tribunal, if not to reverse a decision so much at variance with equity ? If those trials had succeeded, they might have inspired confidence in the law as administered in Ireland, but as they did not succeed, the result had been to increase rather than abate the agitation. Their Lordships themselves admitted the injustice of the imprison ment, or if not, why did they pass the Bail in Error Bill? This imprisonment, he might observe, would make the 30th of May long memorable in Ireland. And, as proof of the feeling which at present existed in that country, he would take the liberty of reading extracts from letters which he had lately re ceived from Members of their Lordships' House, and others of a lower station, in reference to the late meeting that bad taken place in Dublin, to honour Mr. O'Connell on the anniversary of his incarceration. One of those letters stated that there never was so numerous and disciplined a military mob assembled on any occasion, and the writer went on to describe the formi dable appearance they presented, marching with banners and music in military array. The other letters were in unison with that account. He would now, then, beg to ask their Lordships was there ever anything more ridiculous than to state that a triumph had been obtained over the repeal agi tation ?—(Hear, hear.) It was a most extraordinary fact that every attempt which had been made to suppress it, only added new strength and vigour to it. The unseasonable proclamation had failed. The State prosecution had resulted in disgrace, and the dismissal of the magistrates gave an im petus to the agitation, and completely revived it. What effect had this on the minds of the people ? About a fortnight before that, the repeal rent was only 1171. weekly, and even that sum was commented upon by the Irish papers, and considered a strong indication of the feelings of the people in favour of re peal ; but immediately after the dismissal of the magistrates it got up to 3001. And though it has risen to some thousands, it has never fallen below that sum since. Stronger language had been used in Conciliation-hall and elsewhere, since the re versal of the judgment in the Court of Queen's Bench in Ire land by the House of Lords, than before. At every meeting of the Repeal Association, an authorised reporter from the Govern ment was admitted, and took notes of the proceedings. Was this intended as a check on their proceedings ? He conceived that this course of proceeding would not have that effect. The newspapers advocating the repeal cause, more particularly the Nation, the principal organ of the repeal party, in which stron g language against this country and the Government abounded, were read by those who could read to those who could not on Sundays and holidays. He regretted that the talent exhi bited in these newspapers was used in fermenting disturbances among the lower order of the people. A. more fearful state of things could not exist than at the present moment when they saw great masses of the people arrayed in hostility against the Government, and setting the law at defiance ? I o what might it not lead ? Much anxietylhad even been expressed as to the conduct of Ireland in the event of a war. This contin gency had been frequently referred to of late by the members of the Repeal Association. He referred to a report of a meeting held on the 30th of May in Ireland, to which Mr. O'Connell was conveyed in a triumphal car, and at which the people car ried banners, and at which exciting language was used. He gave the Government great credit for the measures which they had lately brought forward for the benefit of Ireland, and hoped they might have the effect of conciliating that country. He should not have taken the present course if it were not for the assertions which had been made on the other (the Ministerial) side of the. House, as to the law having been vindicated, and that the Government was as strong es ever. He denied that this was so—he denied that the Government had either vindi cated the law, or was a strong one. But if they could answer for the safety of Ireland he should not interfere; but, in his opinion, Ireland had never been in so dangerous a state as it was now. He apprehended that the Act for affording compen sation to tenants would not have the effect of satisfying the people of Ireland, or of rendering them peaceab l e. Lord BROUGHAM wished it to be distinctly understood that he totally and entirely denied the statement that the result of the reversal of the judgment of (he Queen's Bench inlreland by the House of Lords, had led to disturbances in that country. He denied that the judgment was reversed on technical grounds, but on the merits of the case. Several of the counts in the in dictment were left untouched by the defendants in error, then prisoners econvicted, and the judgment was reversed on the four pleas found to be bad. It was not a technical piece of good fortune. They did not reverse the judgment on the panel, but on the question of special pleading. He was sorry that what he had said with respect to his Noble Friend bringing forward this motion without notice had given his Noble Friend pain. He (Lord Brougham) u al n an d wd e , r i s nf t o o pt o r d oti t ,oe h rt a lh t ye h a Nd i ‘ s .rfih n io o ni t ei i s c to e ef r r el e dr f e e : r aa r nn e dd d i t to was'. H e w ‘ a C s O ( LI ) F T "co u nty" opiniono f L t e h i t a r t nn t h , e in good hands, was sufficient to meet the objections of the Noble Lord with respect to party processions. Lord DIs:NIMAN said his Noble Friend had stated the gtounds on which the jegment was reversed with much cor rectness. He purposely obstained in giving hia judgment from referring to the epithets used against the Government. Lord FARNHAM said he had always been opposed to party processions, as they had an injurious effect, and tended to revive matters of history which, but for such demonstra tions, would be buried its oblivion. A magistrate infght act on a sworn information to prevent any meeting being held which might be expected to interrupt the public peace. It was his duty as a landowner, anxious to promote the interest of his country, to do what he could to prevent a breach of the peace. Lord CAMPBELL blamed the Noble Lord (Lord Broug ham) for raising the question of the reversal of judgment, who, although not a Member of the Government, as far ac .}:e knew —(Laughter)—rose up and answered the speech of the Noble Lord who brought forward the motion. One of the principal objections raised was that the jury list had been fraudulently made up, and that the parties could not have had a fair trial. Lord STANLEY said the assertion was made, but it w.as net proved. Lord CAMPBELL held that it had been proved. The fact was admitted in ths, demurrer. 1 - 1 c referred to the judg ment of the Learned Judges to show that what he had stated was correct, The LORD CHANCELLOR considered it very painful to enter into a controversy with respect to the judgment of that House in the case of Mr. O'Connell, which was reversed subsequently on technical grounds. He considered that no one could misunderstand this. Saying that the judgmernt was reversed on technical grounds alone, inferred that they had been acquitted on other grounds, whereas the parties w, , re liberated from the punishment to which they were sentenced by a slip in the entering of judgment. He felt confidence in the correctness of his decision, and regretted that any judgment which he had pronounced, after mature deliberation, should, be called into question, as he considered it had been. After a few words from Lord DENmAN and Lord BROUGHAM in explanation, Lord STANLEY said, that notwithstanding the discussion that had taken place with respect to the reversal of the judg ment he still held his opinion that it was reversed on the technicalities in the case. He did not understand the speech of the Noble Lord who brought forward the subject, and was of opinion that it would only have the effect of aggravating the feelings of the Irish people towards England, more especially at a time when a better feeling was being promoted between the two countries. He considered that no object would be answered in bringing forward the subject. He denied that the assertion of the Noble Lord with respect to the difficulty of obtaining a fair decision from a jury was true, and considered such an assertion would also aggravate the feelings of the people of Ireland towards England. Politi , cal and religious feeling might in some degree interpose with trial by jury, but that was no argument in favour of the abro gation of trial by jury in Ireland. The question of the state of the country must be left to the Executive, who would not fail to see that the law was not violated with impunity. But the Noble Lord had not shown that the state of the country was caused by the neglect of Government. With respect to his quotations from newspapers, the acquittal of a person pro secuted for libel or for violating the law, was looked upon as a triumph, and the person prosecuted as a martyr, and cliti more injury than could bo easily conceived.—( Hear. ) With regard to the state of the courts of Leitrim the Government had taken every precaution for the protection of the peace, increasing the number of magistrates and police, and he thought they should be able to suppress any of those distur bances without seeking any further powers of their Lordships. With regard to party processions, the Party Processions Act, which had expired, was in every sense of the word one-sided, and was introduced to suppress the dangerous proceedings of the Orange societies, which caused much bloodshed and po litical and religions animosities among the people. Tt was not the intention of the Government to renew the Party Processions Act, believing that there was no eczasion for doing so, as the time, he believed, had gone by when such a law was necessary. The Ea.l of WICKLOW was glad that the Government did not intend to renew that Act, and blamed the Government for renewing the Act last year. The Earl of ST. GERMANS said if they bad not done so parties who might have rendered themselves amenable to the law would have escaped punishment. The Marquis of WESTMEATH blamed the Government for not adopting measures which would give greater security for the lives and property of persons in Ireland. At the late assizes at Leitrim great difficulty was experienced in obtrining convictions on account of the prejudices of juries ; in one cape, the murder of Captain M'Lough, the jury was taken from the ♦ery class of which the prisoners were members. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE replied, and, after ad verting to the State trials and the reversal of the judgment, concluded by saying that he considered it his duty to bring the state of the county of Leitrim before their Lordships. The subject then dropped. LICENSING TOLL-BARS IN SCOTLAND. The Duke of ROXBURGH presented a petition from Kelso against licensing toll-bars in Scotland for the sale of spirituous liquors. THE TURNPIKES ROAD BILL. This Bill went through Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 13. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY BILL. The Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. SHAW'S WATERWORKS BILL. The report on Shaw's Waterworks Bill was brought up, and the amendments were agreed tn. GLASGOW, GARNKIRK, AND COATBRIDGE RAILWAY. The report on the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Rail way Bill was brought up, and the amendments were agreed to. ABERDEEN RAILWAY. The Aberdeen Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. DUNDEE WATERWORKS. The report on the Dundee Waterworks Bill was brought up, and the amendments were agreed to. SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. Mr. J. PARKER moved that the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Bill be removed from Group X, and be re ferred to the Committee of Classification. The Bill had been before the Committeee on Group X for seven or eight weeks, and the expense to the parties had already b een 2,0001 . They had not yet been heard; and, in consequence of the length to which the proceedings in relation to the London and York line had run, there was very little probability of thc;ir being heard this session. The railway had been placed in Group X by a mistake of the Committee of Classification. The Committee had imagined that it was a competing line with the London and York, when, in fact, the two lines did nut come intu competition. Sir R. INGLIS, as Chairman of the Committee of Classi fication, did not appear to defend this Act. Admitting the classification to have been wrong, still this Railway Company had acquiesced n it for seven weeks— had gone before the Committee, and now at the eleventh hour, When perhaps they found that the cross-examination of the witnesses was rather against the scheme, they wished to be removed from the group, and to have all the work done over again. They should if they had felt they were placed in p. wrong group, have applied before the Committee was struck. They now came too late, and he hoped the House would re fuse the application. Mr. GRANVILLE VERNON was a shareholder in the railway, and as such supported the application. The object of it was not so much to protect themselves against the expense, as to enable them to be heard during the present session, which would be impossible if they continued in Group X, as the London and York line had not yet concluded their case. He denied that it was a competing line with the London and York. Mr. WILSON PATTEN, as a member of the Committee of Classification, would state that the Committee had en deavoured to lessen the number of Bills referred to Group X, and had particularly considered the case of this railway, but they had found that it was so completely a competing line with the London and York, that it was impossible not to refer them to the same Committee. With regard to the expenses, they were equal to both parties; and if they went into another Committee the other railway must follow them for the purpose of cross-examination. After a full consideration of the evidence, the Committee of Classification had been reluctantly obliged to place this railway in Group X, and he hoped the House would uphold the deci sion of the Committee of Classification. Mr. 13ROTHERTON said the application could not have been made earlier, inasmuch as it was impossible for the parties interested to have foreseen that the London and York line would have occupied so much time. Mr. ESTCOURT opposed the application. The classi fication had been made on the 19th of March, the Committee had commenced its sittings on the 28th of April, and now, on the 14th of June, this application was made. It came too late, and he hoped the House would uphold the decision of the Committee of Classification. Sir G. GREY feared that, unless the Bill were removed from Group X, there would be no chance of the case of its promoters being heard this session. Mr. B. DENISON said that in fifty miles the lines ran wi , hin eight miles of each other. Then their termini too were identical, and thereicre there could be no doubt but that that om m i t Committee. .necessary was th, that they should e werebe coreferredpeti competi ng g o the line same s ' aand C for the evil of delay. The Committee might a rhedy k the t House to remove it out of the group, but they had not attempted to do so. No such application had been made by the Committee, and notwithstanding anything that might be said to the con could not but be of opinion that th e cross trary, he examination of the witnesses had occasioned this application. If that cross-examination had been favour able to the line, lie doubted much whether this application would have been made. He called upon the House to refuse this application, which had been made at the eleventh hour. Lord WORSLEY supported the motion. The question was one which had created great excitement in the county which he represented. Whets the London and York and the Cam bridge and Lincoln lines were first entered upon, it was not expected they would have taken so long, or that they would hare been considered competing lines. It was his opinion they were only partially so, and if the branch were not formed there would be an end to the question of competition. Th e non-for:nation of the branch would not affect the main line ; and with that arrangement the Cambridge and Lincoln could easily be considered in another group, without any inconveni ence. Mr. DARBY rose merely to state a fact. In the Committee the whole examination was conducted upon the grounds.. of the two lines being competing lines. After a few words from Mr. Parker, Mr. Wilson Patten, and Mr. Guest, the motion was withdrawn. LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY. On the third reading of this Bill being moved Sir G. COCKBURN moved the insertion of a clause, a u _ thorising the sale by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster of certain glebe lands; and that the standing order requiring such clause to be referred to the Standing Orders Committee b e suspended. This clause, in addition to two others already assented to and proposed to the House by Mr. Lawson, were agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND (HARROGATE BRANCH) RAILWAY. This Bill was moved to be read a third time.—Agreed to. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. The third reading of this Bill was agreed to. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. This Bill was read a third time. ST. HELEN'S RAILWAY AND CANAL. The report of the Committee on this Bill was brought up and received. MANCHESTER, BURY, AND ROSSENDALE RAILWAY. The report on this Bill was brotnzht up and received. DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. Mr. G. CRAIG brought up the report of the Committe this Bill, which wac received. MANCHESTER, SOUTH JUNCTION, AND ALTRINCHAM RAILWAY. The report of the Committee on this Bill was brought u and received. SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the presbytery of Dunbar against the Bill for the abolition of tests in the Lni • versities of Scotland. PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. Mr. MN DLEY presented petitions from the congregational unions of England and Wales,, praying that the Governm tnt provision to Dissenters, and that paid to the Episcopalians in Ireland, called the Regium Donum, should be discontinued. IRISH GRAND JURY ACT. Lord CLEMENTS presented petitions from Langford an ti other places in Ireland, praying for certain amendments in the grand jury law. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN—SIR HENRY POTTINGER. Sir R. PEEL announced that he had a message him her Majesty; RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that Is to say, tip to the date to which tit: , respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : ,•^? i n St , od it. recii"" drf , a 0° ing I°l in tY at th ° fr 4. left the a to th e pie ail l ess th. !b e ! ,ere n intb. 4iti gi ,i,ra: M a jor redo ors ° o w er :, fro— rod ' Id tb. ebeg s le d to roIOP ei siso e ger' Y e ii• 0 r D eer e 0 re I t o e b t P i gijf IPcPjl°rl. t e lOC' k ' I,‘„, Abe .- 0 • te Pera l eo r o 00 0 le° ill sP " O le° ;0010 ,0 0- 0 ;1 0 1 coli'