The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-30 00:00:00

IRISH RAILWAYS BILL VII LATE DANIEL O'CONNELL. The following speech was delivered by Mr. She( it in the House of Commons on Monday evening : Mr. SPEAsza,—l am not unconcerned, I ackno-vvle dge, in the Great Southern and Western Railway,which runs in close contiguity with the property with which lam connected in the county of Tipperary; but I am con fident that I shall be believed when I say that I am 'far less influenced by any personal consideration than by the persuasion that great benefit will arise from the adoption of the measure in which the Government h aye, in my mind, wisely and rightfully persevered.—(B ear, hear.) It is hardly necessary that I should insist ; on the advantages which will arise from bringing Wt ater ford, and Kilkenny, and Cork, and Dublin, and Bel fast, into contact. My Hon. Friend the Member for - Bath said that the advantage of a railroad was indisput able; that a railroad would be useful in New Zealand, and that they were dealers in truisms who expatiated of t the utility of railroads. But, he added, that you shoal dbe just to England before you were liberal to Ireland, and use a phrase so strong as " rapacity," in spealting of those who were to profit by the loan proposed to be ad vanced. Now, Sir, I think that it can be proved that justice to one country is perfectly compatible with . liberality to the other. In this instance no matey is 'to be given to Ireland; money is to be lent on the most .in disputable security—upon lines which are alr eadv in the process of construction, and which have soh se more substantial existence than the lucrative enthu sir.sm of an imaginative engineer.—(llear, hear.) But su rely this everlasting distinction between the interests of England and of Ireland, which are brought into compe &ion by Englishmen when it meets their purpose, ough . to be deprecated.—(Loud cheers.) As long as we continue united our interests ought not to be made the stitjects of contrast. Those interests, in this instance at km st, are the same. Let those who tell us that the indristi I and the commerce of England ongbt not to be sacrificed to the acquisition of a spurious Irish popularity bear in mind that to the products of English manufac/ ;nre Ire land affords the best, because it is the largest, s zrd near est, and safest market; for Porter, in his value ble work, in chapter 7, headed " Trade between Great Bi stain and Ireland," states that the value of exports from England to Ireland, in 1801, was 3,270,3501.; in 1821, it was 5,338,898/ ; and in 1825, it was 7,048,9361. 75[13 add s , that there is no return of exports `3 Ireland fr can Eng land since 1825. But that there is a return of the num. ber of ships which cleared outwards from E ragland to Ireland; and that " if we compare the amor wit of the tonnage employed in 1801 with that of 1844, we shall find that it bears the proportion of 100 to 305, .showing an increase of 205 per cent." It is, I think, vats exag geration to say that England now annually exports to Ireland 10,000,0001. of her manufactures. Most as suredly, then. England is a great gainer in her transac tions with Ireland; and it is manifest that every measure which contributes to the development of the re sources of Ireland—to the fertilization of her soil—to the reclamation of the morass and of the motintain—to the soviet °emcee:eta.e or the people—to the. establish ment of a higher standard of comfort—in one word, to the increased consumption of British produce—must be essentially ancillary to the prosperity of England.— (Loud cheers.) I admit that you have given great largesses to Ireland; but you were bound to do so. The calamity which has befallen us is not a provincial one. — (Hear, hear.) After all, a war of six months w.auld cost you far mere than a famine of two years, an a yet to morrow, if there were need, you would rush- into en counter with your proudest rind most formidable anta gonist.. But if to the cost of glory you wonld be recon ciled by your sense of English honour, in the w, t of mercy you should be taught , b y the nobl est of yd. na tional characteristics, to acquiesce.—(Loud cheers.) But although there are gentlemen in this House whose na tural benevolenc.) has been overcome by their austere political economy, who speak as if it was our f au l t — as f Irishmen were to blame because the destroying angel has descended, and blighted a great island in a night, yet I firmly believe that the great mass of the people of this country deeply sympathise with the suf ferings which we have endured ; the minds of men of all parties in this House have met in a pure con fluence in which the sentiment of the people of England is faithfully reflected; 'and although in Ireland some of the measures adopted by the Government have been the subject of stricture, yet no doubt is entertained that the great body of Englishmen is actuated by a feeling of munificent commiseration in our regard. I am Cunfi dent that Irish thankfulness will be commensurate with English generosity, and if it shall be so, if the events which li ye befallen shall be conducive to the CrAtion of a kind international sentiment, without reference to political considerations, I for one shall think that from a great calamity, good, great and lasting, may, with the blessing of Providence, be at last deduced. Sir, this is not only to be considered merely in a fiscal view ; I shall rejoic e . if th e P ar li ament, w hi c h i s a b out to termi nate its ex; eence, shall make a testamentary manifes tation of good-will to the Irish people, indicative of the policy which ought to be pursued, and by which the Noble Lerd who has had the courage to undertake the government of Ireland may be assisted and sus tained. That able and sagacious statesman will have great difficulties to contend with, which will be en hanced by the loss which Ireland has sustained by the death of that celebrated man, to whom the Noble Lord opposite (Lord George Bentinck) has alluded, who has conferred upon his country incalculable obligations, and to whom, when the prejudices and the passions, the antipathies and predilections of the hour, shall have passed away, in the impartial adjudication o f those by whom he sh a ll b e succee d e d , the attributes of greatness, political a n d i nte ll ectua l , w ill b e hereafter be yond doubt assigned.—(H ear , hear.) Whatever opi n i on may be entertained of hi s ti tle to the veneration of his country, in an assembly composed like that which I am now addressing, it must be admitted, by those who were in the sternest antagonism to him while he lived, that that renowned Irishman effected his achievements by a great mental instrumentality; and I trust that the time will never arrive when English statesmen will have cause to lament that the voice is heard no more by which millions were at once excited and controlled, and that the accents on which a nation hung in rapture and a senate with admiration are hushed in the grave for ever. I would that he had been spared to us; I would that he had lived to behold the seat of that ancient and perpetual faith in w h ic h h e was an humble believer, and of which he was th e prou d and chivalrous champion—that he had lived to behold the eternal city, that he had knelt at the altars of that temple, the noblest that was ever raised by the hands of man, and worthy o f pur poses, the high an d h o l y ones, to which it is de voted—an d ad that through the mar bl e b a ll s o f the Vatican the venera ble—n man, though with a feeble and tottering step, bad found his way, amidst the array of sacerdotal ps and received the san c tifyi ng sa l utat i on of the greatP°m pon tifical reform er w h o h as ascended the chairofS Peter amidst the acclamations of the world ; and I would that after he had performed that pilgrimage he bad returned to the count r y o f hi s bi rt h , and which he set free, in order that he might renew the in j unction never to in fringe th e p r i nc i p l es upon which he acted during the entire of his illustrious life, and of whose violation he never was legitimately accused. lam conscious that I have departed from the more immediat e question b e f ore the House, b u t I w h o now h ave so se ldom a justification for interfering in your discussions, shall be pardoned if I have availed my se lf o f t hi s the first occasion which has presented itself to me, to offer a mournful but unavailing tribute of commemoration to the memory of the, with whom t • man wasfor so many years politically associated and whose de parture from the great scene in which he performed a part which attracted the atten tion kind, I regard as a di saster , which it willlii o rp f great wisdom and fo r tit u d e , an d t h e sp i r i t of co : which the policy on w hi c h thi s measure is l founded, tati by to countervail.—(Cheers.) TIONAL VACCINE ESTABLISB AIEN T. Copy of the last report from the National Vaccine Establishment, dated May, 1847, to her Majesty's Prin cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department. (Just presented to Parliament by her Majesty's com mand.) TO TIE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, BART., ETC. Sir,—The diminution of small-pox and the further extension ar. , l success of vaccine protection during the past year impart to our present report a cheerful and hopeful character. We are encouraged to believe that the prejudices, negligence, and apathy which, on the part of the poor, have so unfortunately retarded the progress and opposed the success of vaccination, are gradually giving way under the influence of a convincing experience, and the persuasive counsel and advocacy of the medical pro fession. Our Board continues to transmit the vaccine virus to every quarter of the globe, and we have the satisfaction to state that, after successive failures, it has at length proved completely successful in Mauritius ; a similar success has attended it in the Cape Verd Islands ; and at Ferrisberg, Vermont, North America, our correspon dent informs us that upwards of a thousand families have been vaccinated, and that a further supply of lymph is required of us. In the distressed districts of Ireland the small-pox has been found to have extended with the increased cala mity of the country, as we are taught by experience will invariably occur with contagious diseases under circum stances of extreme poverty and scanty diet. During the last year 155,774 charges of lymph have been dis tributed, and 116,32 a persons reported as having been v accinated. There are at present twelve vaccine stations in the metropolitan districts, and we have reason to hope that t h e liberality of the Government will place at our disposal an additional grant for the support of four other stations, to meet the increasing, demands of a widely expanding population ; at present the poorer inhabitants of the pep.ulous districts of Lambeth, Chelsea, and parts of Westminster are Wholly unprovided. (Signed) • JOHN AYRTON PARIS, M.D President of the Royal Coll ege of Physicians. WILLIAM LAWRENCE , President of the Roysl Colle ge of Surgeons. GEORGE BURROWS, M.D., Senior Censor of the Royal College of Physicians. C. HUE, M.D., Registrar. W. M. SOMLRVILLE. Whitehall, J une 1. A FAMILY or PAUPERS.—Died, on Monday last, Jsne Hall, an inmate of Scarb )rough workhouse, aged 72 years. The deceased entered the workhouse 50 years ago. and remained an inmate until the day of her depth. She WAS never married, but had four children, all of whom were brought up at the expense of the union; three of them died, and were buried from the w •rk house; the fourth, a daughter, now 4 5 years age, has re,-ularly lived in the house, and has also had four children, three of whom have died; the fourth, a boy cf 13, is now at sea. It is calculated that these two ge nerations of one family have cost the union, up to this time, not less than 1,0001. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Jnrix 28. STOCK EXCITANT/E.-The sales are-Blackburn, Clither e.e, &c., 2% dis.-Ditto, Preference, 1 p.-Caledonion, 4 3/4 dis. -Eastern Counties, 21-Ditto, York Extension, 4 East Lancashire, New, par-East Lincolnshire, 1 ./4 p . _ Great Northern, 31s. 3d. dis.-Haddersfield C anal and Railway, 1! . 4 F.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 P.--Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1% p.-London and No'.ch-Western, 181-Ditto, New Quarters, 11% p. -Ditto, Fifths, 15,p.- Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 17 1 ,4 p.-Manchesta and Leeds, 21 p.-Ditto, Quarters, 3% p.-Ditto, 321. 'Shares, p.- Ditto, Fi ft hs (late West Riding Union), fia. 3d. p.-Mau cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 23- Midland Stock, 129-Ditto, 401. Shares, 'PA IL-Ditto, New, , 41 4 p.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, '2% p.-North Staf fordshire, 3 1 / 4 p.-North-Western, 1 3 1 dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, 47 1 -Ditto, New, No. 1, 1 p.-Ditto, New, No. , 2, 1/ p.-Ditto, New, No. 4, 1 . dia.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 4% p. MANCHESTER, Ju;srt 28. &rocs EXCHANGE.-The sales 'are-Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 1 / 4 -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1 9-16 dts.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7 13.46 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 2 3-16 dis.-Ditto, Breferentials, 1% p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 17% --Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1 7-16 dis.-Hud dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1% p.-Ditto, Thirds, N-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branches, Halves, 1 3 / 4 p.-London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham, 72-Ditto, Quarters (B), 6% p.-Ely and Huntingdon, New, par-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4 3 % p.-Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), 14 p.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 7-16 p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 3 p.-Ditto (Stieffield and Lincolnshire), 2% dis.-Manchester and Southampton, 1 5-16 c. dis.-Midland, 50/. Shares, 4%-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2% p.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-North- Western, 1-16 dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 4 dis. South Staffordshire, % dis.--Wharfdale, dis. LEEDS, JUNE 28 . STOCK ExcztAxGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 225. dis.-Eastern Counties, 21-Ditto, York Extension, Gs. dis.-East Lancashire (Blackburn and Preston), 2s. 6d. p.-Ditto, New, 3s. p.-Ditto, New (scrip), 3s. 6d. p.-East and West Yorkshire, 16s. dis.-Great Northern, 1% dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 1% p.-- 1 Leeds and Think, 5 1 4 dis.-Ditto, New, 4 1 ,1 dis.-Ditto, Pre ference, 12s. s. dis.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 495. dis.-London, Brighton, and South Coast, 56-Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 3% p.-Ditto (West Riding Union), 6s. 6d. n. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, par c.-Midland, Pieference, 4 n. p.-Newcastle and Ber wick, 9% n. p.-Ditto, New, 3 1 / 8 s. p.-North British, Quar ters, 335. p.-North Staffordshire, 3% p -Northern Counties Union, 542. n. dis.-North-Western, 20s. c. dis.-South- Eastern and Dover, New. No. 4, ss. dis-York and Newcas tle, Preference, 4% p.-York and North Midland, Prefer. ence, 10 p. SHEFFIELD, Julie 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7% p.-East Lancashire (scrip), % p.- Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1 % dis.-Man chester and Leeds (West Riding Union), 1 4 c. p.-Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 90% p.-Ditto, 12/. lOs Shares, 28s. 6d. dis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln),l 51s. dis.-Preston and Wyre, 1/. dis.-York and North Midland, Preference, 10s. p.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 13s. dig. HULL, JUNE 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, 455. 6d.—Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), ss. c. p. —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Extensions, 2 ,1 / 4 dis.—North British, Quarters. 935. cash—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 3s. 3d. p.—Ditto, Thirds (scrip), Ms.—Northern Counties Union, 278.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4t /2 ii. EDINBURGH, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 665. 6d.—East Lothian Central, 375. 6d.—Edin burgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 133.—Edinburgh and Northern, 18%—Ditto, New, 745. 6d.—Ditto, Newport, 71. N.—Ditto, ditto, New, 50s.—Edinburgh and Perth, 21s. 6d. —Great Northern, 87s. ex int.—North British, 32% Ditto, Quarters, 92s.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 14s. 9d.—Ditto, 523.—Scottish Central, 27%—Stirling and Dunferm line, 5. GLASGOW, Juss 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 42s —Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 665. Eastern Counties, 20% —East Indian, 2s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 120 L—Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 41 3 4—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 6 1 4—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. ss. 6d.—Midland, Halves, 9A—North British, Thirds, 51s.—Ditto, New Quar ters (scrip), 15s.—Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 468. Scottish Central, 25 , 4—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, 3 3 %—Stirling and Dunfermline, Si. 4s.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 12,A. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From ne Gfficial List, PIIRLISIIED EVERY TITEADAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 29. JOINT-STOCK 1111.1V813. ' Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. 4 s. d. I s. d. Australasia .......... 40 0 0 40 0 0 19% dritsh North American 51. per lent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 - 11otnmercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 1 - :lolonlal.. . ...... .. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 1 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26% London Joint-Stock . • 1 61. p.tr cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Metropolitan ..... •.• : i - 25 0 0 710 0 Provlncialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New... .... • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 80 0 0 20 0 0 - sat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, Yew.-- - 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of London. •••• , 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - CANALS. ..- - 1 4 Dividend' Names of 11; Dividend „,,. Names of 2., , Per Price Companies. It , per -' Companies. 0 - . Annum.l 4 Annum. c - - XI, , , £ Ashtn & 014 h 97 51.55. p c 70 Monmoutlush 100 101. - Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. 1 .- Mntgomryeh 100 Si. - Barnsley.. • • ,160, 121. 1 180 Macclesfield 100 - - Basingstoke-1100 - 1 - Neath • ... • . 100 201. 340 Brknk&Abrgi 150 5l. iB5 Nottingham. 150 12/. - ...irorn ford .... 100 1 ' 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 ' Dudley ;1001 4/. - Regent's .... 33 11. 4s. 20 Derby .. • • 1100; 6/. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 Ellsmre&Chs 1331 4/. bl Shropshire .. 125 81. - Erewash .• • 100; 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd 1001 41. - Do.Lk Id St 12 6/ . p. c. GrandJunctn 1001 61. 79 Stffrd &W ore 140 2 8 1 . 2 7 5 i Grand Union 1100; IL 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Olamorgns h .11721 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305 Glstr&Brkly 1001 - - Strtfrd on Av 19 11. 10 s . - Grantham l5O 121. - Severn and Huddersfield 26 1/. Bs. - Huddersfield 571 - - Wye Rail.l II ennt & AVII 39. 7s. 6d. 5 Trnt & Mr-1 „„ ,„ Lancaster 471 11.10 s. - sey .• j ''' c ''''' - Leeds&Livrp,loo, 341. 505 Thams&iied 19 - - Leicester.... I 1401 101. 75 Worcstr & Leicstr &Nth 83; 41. 36 Birmin g . j7B 2 1. 41 Loughboregh ; l42l 701. 530 Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11 DOCKS. Name of Company. Dividend , Amount per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. Commercial ... East and West India ' 61. pr cent. Stock. East Country •• 1/. per eh. 100 0 0 London ...... ••.• • • . i 51. pr cent. j Stock. St. Katharine ......... 5 per cent. ! Stock. Southampton ••..• • • • 21. per cent. 50 0 0 WATER-V7ORIES. Dividend Name of Company. ' per Amount An'mum. Z s. d . ____ -863 i 0 0 25 of Paid. Share. East London • ... 81. Grand Junction •. • • ... 3/. 10s. Kent • .. 3/. Vauxhall .... •• West Middlesex . 51. 10 a. pr cnt.l X S. d. 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 ~,. i us. pr cnt.l 53 12 9 ' - I 120 at IN SIMLA= CEI C OUTP ABU ES . by to Name of Company. Dividend Amount \ Paid. Pricy. Annum. Share. a. d. X. s. 1. ----- I Albion .. ---•• • • • • 3/. 10s. , 500 00!50 0 0 74 :Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 1100 0 0 11 0 0 18 Ditto Marine... •• • • 61. per cent, 'lOO 0 0 I 5 0 0 - le Atlas . 138.6d.pr5h.1 50 0 0 j 5 0 0 15 1- British Commercial .. 7 s .p er share 50 001 5 0 0 7 t. Clencl,Med.&Gen•Life 51. per cent. 1100 0 0 I 210 0 20% County --- - .. .... 31. 100 1 0 0 10 0 0 I- Crown .............. 12s. 5O 0 0 50 0 11 g Ea le •• 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5% Eng. & Scot. Law .... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - r Europeaa Life ... • -5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. ! - Freemasons' ..... •• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 e Globe ......... ••• • • • 6/. per cent. Stock. - 128 i Guardian .......• •. - 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 I 47% Imperial Fire .. .. •• • . 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 ' 220 Imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0010 0 0 14% . Indemnity Marine.... 11. sh.& bs. 100 0 0 513 1 , Law Life.. ..... ..... 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 1 aegal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - andon Fire .. .. .. los. 2.5 0012 10 0 14% London Ship los. 25 0012 10 0 143 ' Marine.. ..... •• • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 9% Med. Inylid&Gen.Life 4%/. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% National Leaa Fund 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 210 0 - National Life.. ... •. -8/. per cent. 100 0 0 1 5 0 0 - Palladium Life.. ..... . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 4ls xd ° hcenix .. .. ... ••.• • • . 31. p. ct. & bs. - - 185 ) rotector Life.... .• . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s. ) rovid en t Life -.... • • 1/. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Cock Life ---- .. - 45. 50 0 010 0 4% Loyal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 180 Sun Fire. - - _ Ditto Lite ••. - - - Universal Life • - LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Faid. ' Price. 1 Annum. Share. 1 --,, .£ s. d. .£ s. d ; I Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 118 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cen t. - 100 c 0 152 British Linen Company 81. per cen t. - 100 00 ; 200 / I Commercial Bank ...• 6/. per cent. - 100 00 ; 164 r National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 1141 2s. I] Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 00i 88 Western Bank •• -•• • • 51. per cent. - 50 00 ; 83% t Northof Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 63i 11 Clydesdale Bank...-. 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% c Eastern Bank.. •••• • . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 11/ 12s i t Caledonian Bank ... • • 7%1. pr cent.; - 210 0 4/. 9s Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7 d City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. ' - 10 0 0 13 E Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. p er cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 23 5. 04 b, Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12% lnsur. Co. of Seetind- Si. per cent. 110 0 0 All pa id . 9 el North British Insur.. • 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 26% 5, Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cen t.lloo 0 0 10 0 0 22% T Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 of Edin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. pers. '5O 0 0 50 0 0 69% Ditto, % Shares.... 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17 re Edin., Leith, & G ran t n - 20 0020 0 0 28% t 11 Glasiw & AyTshir Rail. 7/.percent. 50 0 0 All paid. 61% Y.lasgv, & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18 .lis r , w&Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39% On bundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 th standar d LlfeAssarn ce .l 51. per cent. 150 0012 10 0 I 9 Vi 1 THE B a KEN ii, AT, ------- T. DOCKS. —LIVERPOOL, MONDA Y . I anno uncement has been ma d e t o -d ay tethelienhead D oc k s. The Woods and with —An regard important ,p,frothmeised the strand, have now Forests, which formerly Government, Pool, on which laid claim to the mar g i n )! s i t e , : a n i rt, also, which powtehe works, now clo r s ; e a t n h d e works. e(ni the docks are erected. The put in a claim promised a subsidy of 50,000/. q states uen ti3t,htahtei companyt h asn not hasth the determinedret to The corporation of Liverpool have also to the strand. 1 Price. LONDON, WEDNESDAY' MOItistI.Sid; ' IJITisTE 60, 1-847. IMPORTANT LIBEL CASE. CG I URT OF QUE S BENCH—Dublin, June 24. TB] ; QUEEN, AT THE PROSECUTION OF THE EARL OF LUCAN, V. THE HON. FREDERICK CAVENDISH. !This was a criminal information, filed at the instance t• 4' the prosecutor, for libels published of him in his ca ) *city of Lieutenant of the county Mayo, and which ap 'peered in the Castlebar Telegraph, of which the defendant was the sole registered proprietor. Mr. Napier, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Holmes), stated the case for the plaintiff. The libel complained of consisted of three articles which appeared in the Mayo Telegraph of the 14th of October. The first article, which was headed " Public Works," after alluding to the suffering of the people, went on to state that their hopes of employment were frustrated by the conduct of the Earl of Lucan, who, in his capacity of lieutenant of the county, convened a meeting of 'the magistrates of the county, at which resolu "Lion s, prepared by himself, condemning the pro visions of the Relief Act, were carried, and leputation was appointed to proceed to Lon don to remonstrate with the Government against the provisions of the Act being carried into effe , " This proceeding, suggested by Lord Lucan, and , aided by the influence of other landlords throughout Ire land, induced the Lord-Lieutenant to violate the pro vis tons of the Labour Act, by which the employment of th , 3 people has been so long postponed as to drive them in. some instances to acts of desperation which has caused the shedding of blood." * * * "We do not hesitate to say- that Lord Lucan has exercised the influence he pos sess.es as lieutenant of the county to deprive the poor of that 'prompt relief which the Legislature provided for them. On bis Lordship rests an awful responsibility, as his remonstrance against the provisions of the Relief Act has endangered the lives of thousands who are now sinking under famine and disease." The next article rrferred to a letter inserted in another part of the paper from M. J. A. Browne, J. P., D.L., and stated that the wrier was entitled to public gratitude for the "expo sure of conduct extremely offensive, and of the most un heard-of nature, pursued by the Earl of Lucan ; the power that is conferred on Lord Lucan, as Lieutenant of the county, has been used by him in a reanner insulting to the Roman Catholic clergy, and to gentlemen of property, of rank, and undisputed respectability ;" it concluded by recom mending a strong remonstrance to Government for the removal of Lord Lucan from the office of Lieutenant of Mayo. The third article complained of contrasted the conduct of Lord Ltresn and certain magistrates in the county of Cork, with respect to their anxiety to provide employment for the people, and thus concluded :—" Hear it, famishing Roman Catholics of the barony of Cerra— three Protestants—the landlord, his Caleb Quotem, and the rector of Aglish, sitting in committee, tor what pur pose may be easily inferred, from the fact that they would transact no business while your reverend clergymen Messrs. Geraghty and Curley remained in their presence !" The Earl of Lucan and some other witnesses were examined, after which Mr. BUTT, Q.C., addressed the jury for the defendant. He dwelt forcibly on the circumstances of frightful ne cessity in which the country was situated at the time the articles complained of were written. He thought the jury ssould be of opinion that the charge of delaying the relief operation was not too strong to have In en brought against the Earl of Lucan, when the people were dying of starvation. In these articles, written by the Honourable Frederick Cavendish in his capacity as the editor of a newspaper, there was not one word of personal or private attack on the prosecutor. The charges made against him were in his public capacity, and the jury should not judge of those charges by the same rigid rule that they would judge of charges brought against private character. A justification had not been pleaded, because it would be inconvenient, and in its nature very difficult to sustain ; but they would remember that the very moment he sought to show the circumstances con nected with the case, he was stopped by his Learned Friend ; and he begged to draw their attention also to the fact, that a letter of Mr. J. A. Brown, addressed to the Earl of Lucan, complaining that he and his father were excluded from a private meeting held at his (the Earl of Lucan's) residence, was not in cluded in the indictment; because the matters stated in it could be put in evidence. He begged of the jury to consider the circumstances under which the articles were written—they were written when the county Mayo was, in common with other parts of Ireland, reduced to a state of extreme destitution, when the people of that county were in a state which was a stigma on a civilized people. The Labour Rate Act—however inefficient it might be in many respects —was at that time the only means of saving the lives of thousands who were pe rishing with hunger ; and any step which tended to de lay the relief of the people then, no matter how expen sive the mode of relief might be, ought to be reprobated. If the jury put themselves in the place of the defendant when he wrote these articles, with the people perishing about him, their indignation would not be more mode rate than his at the conduct of the Earl of Lucan. Mr. Butt went through the various articles paragraph by paragraph, and contended that none of them were libellous. The Chief Justice, in charging the jury, read several passages from the articles complained of, and then said, that if the defendant meant to impute to Lord Lucan that he was actuated by mercenary views by postponing the operation of the Labour Rate Act, that was in the opinion of the court a libel. The question whether the articles were, in point of fact, libellous or not, was entirely for the jury. Upon that the court gave no opinion. The Chief Justice concluded his charge by expressing his re prehension of the practice of counsel making appeals to particular classes of jurors, as being of one religion, or as entertaining particular political opinions. He adminis tered justice without knowing the opinions of any man; and nothing was likely to be more prejudicial to the calm and true discharge of justice than appeals to pre judices and feelings which were associated with the reli gion or belief of any man. jThe jury retired at four o'clock, and in an hour re turned to ask if the articles imputed corrupt motives, but there was no malice on the part of the defendant, did this constitute a libel ? The Chief Justice observed, that if corrupt motives were imputed the law implied malice. The jury retired, and a after a considerable time came into Court, and handed to the registrar their verdict of " Not Guilty." TRIAL FOR EMBEZZLEMENT. THE QUEEN, AT THE PROSECUTION OF BROWNE CLAYTON, V. HENRY LANAUZE, STOCK BROKER. Friday the Court of Queen's Bench was occupied the greater part of the day in hearing the above case, which arose out of th e c i rcumstance of the traverser havirg been charged with obtaining money under false pre tences, and for embezzlement of moneys entrusted to his charge by Mr. Browne Clayton, for the purpose . of in vestment in Gover nmen t secur i t i es, which .111012eYS the traverser applied to his own uses. The jury found the traverser guilty on two counts, one of which charged him with embezzlement. The judgment of the Court cannot be pronounced until next term. The traverser in the meantime stands out on bail. The Foreman—Then, my Lord, we must find for the plaintiff for 1001. (This announcement was received by a burst of appro. bation.) CHIEF BArtoN—Gentlemen the pleas are not proved. Some of them charge a conspiracy between all three parties, for which they might be indicted. Would you on such evidence as this convict them of conspiracy? Foreman—My Lord, there appears to have been a great deal of fraud in the transaction. We think that the bills were obtained from the defendant by fraud. CHIEF BARON—That has been plain long ago, but the question is whether there is evidence to disprove the right of a person to sue on them to the extent of 1001. at least, who has been clearly proved to have sold out 300/. from the funds on the 11th of September, that loot being paid to the agent of the defendant on the following day. You had better consider your verdict, gentlemen. The jury then laid their heads together, and remained in close and earnest discussion for more than half an hour, when they returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 100/. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, June 29. (Before Mr. C)mmissioner EvANS.) CAUTION TO TRADERS ENTERING INTO DEEDS OF CON POSITION.—IN RE SOUTHWOoD. This insolvent, who had carried on business as a brick layer and builder at Market-street, Paddington, came up for his final order. Mr. CooKE appeared on behalf of Mr. Lacy, a creditor, to oppose, on the ground that there were no assets to distribute. Mr. BICKNELL, on behalf of the insolvent, said this was not one of the ordinary cases of fraudulent disposal of the property. The insolvent having found himself involved, had called a meeting of creditors, at which it was agreed that he should assign the whole of his pro perty to trustees, as a security for a composition which they all agreed to accept except the opposing creditor, who would not come in unless there was a guarantee for the subsequent payment of the difference. Mr. CooKE said the debt had been contracted very unfairly, and therefore Mr. Lacy was determined to insist on the full payment. His HONOUR said that this was a disposal of property within the meaning of the Act; if persons chose to give up all control over their property they were not entitled to come to this court for protection. Mr. 13texivzia. said the transaction was bona fide, and he thought it hard that an individual creditor should oppose an arrangement made by the rest, and for the benefit of all parties. His HeNtOrrß tsaid the Commissioners had come to a decision to refuse protection when the property was so disposed. Creditors were not to be forced into those arrangements. If a trader could not persuade all his creditors to concur he had the power to come to this court, which could and would protect him and his pro perty; but when his estate was being administered by trustees over whom, or over whose accounts the court had no control, the court would not interfere. Protection was refused, and the petition dismissed. The insolvent had suffered fatty days' imprisonment or contempt. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. There was not any charge of the least public interest before the courtlyesterday, the whole time of the ma gistrate being occupied in disposing of f,rty drunken charges. CLERKEIVWELL. n ess r nearas a watchmaker, th e Scotch and oh re n st ß de ro s w i n n , w th h e o carriesCaledonian road, school, was charged with stealing seven pounds of bacon from the shop of Mr. George Pummett, cheesemonger, Penton-street, Pentonville. It appeared that the prisoner was passing the prose cutor's shop when he was observed to take a piece of bacon from off the window board, by the prosecutor, who immediately pursued him, and raised the cry of " Stop thief," when the prisoner was taken into custody by a policeman. The prisoner stated who he was, that he was a most respectable person, and that he must have committed the act while in a state of infatuation. He had plenty of money about him, and had not the slightest induce. ment to commit a theft, as he was in independent cir cumstances. Waddington, the gaoler, confirmed the prisoner's assertion as to his respectability. He had known him for many years, and a more respectable man, or one more skilful or esteemed in his business, he did not know. Mr. COMBE said the evidence was so direct and con clusive that he had no other course than to commit the prisoner for trial. The prisoner was then committed to take his trial for the felony, but Mr. COMBE intimated that ho would take bail for his appearance. MARKET NEWS-(YESTERDAY. HAY MARKETS SnintnELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/5s to 3115 s ; Clover ditto Si 5s to 4116 s ; and Straw, 1/10s to 11 14s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. CUMBEULAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 16s; Cl over ditto, 315 s to 41145; and Straw, 11 its to 1/ 15s per load. A full average aipply, and a sluggish demand. IVfirrscuArEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 41 17s; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 14s per loal. Trade dull at barely late rates. business in Fludyer-street, Westminster, as a bill discounter, under the style of " Rutter and C 0.," for the purpose of being discounted, it being suggested that they might be " done" for 10 per cent. The defendant, however, never afterwards saw either money or bills. Various reasons were interposed by Gardiner by way of explanation of the delay, and at last the de fendant got tired, and suspecting that he was being made a dupe of, inserted an advertisement in the papers, cha racterising the transaction as a " swindle," and caution ing the world against dealing with the bills. So matters stood, with the exception of certain proceedings in Chancery, till the present action was brought by the plaintiff, who alleged that she was the bona fide holder of the defendant's bills for certain bona fide consideratio❑ given by her on discounting the same. In the course of his case the counsel for the defendant was obliged to put Gardiner into the box, and he stated that having re ceived the bills from the defendant with the bona fide intention of discounting them, he took them in that spirit to his highly respectable bankers', Messrs, Cock burn, where they lay for three days. Being disap pointed there, he applied to one Coyne, a friend, who undertook the charge, and on the 12th of September, 1846, brought to him a 1001. bank note, which he said was all he could then get, but added that he would pro duce the rest when he had raised the necessary funds on some securities. This 100/. note Gardiner swore was all he ever received as part of the discount on the bills for the defendant, and he excused the non-payment of it to the defendant on the plea that when the obnoxious ad vertisement of the defendant appeared, Coyne told him that in consequence of that he had been unable to get the rest of the money. Besides this, it was shown by the defendant that the bills were endorsed to and by one Gadderer, who was a lodger in the house of the plaintiff, and it was insisted that the inevitable result of all these facts was, that all the parties had conspired together to defraud the defendant, by cheating him out of his bills first, and then suing him thereon afterwards. This being an outline of the case set up by the de fendant, the plamtiff next undertook to prove that she had given ac'aial bona fide consideration for the bills ; and with this view it was shown that on the 11th of September she had sold out of the funds 300/. LOs. worth of stock standing in her name ; that the 100/. note, ad mitted to have been received by Gardiner on the 12th from Coyne, was a part of that sum, and had been paid over to Coyne by the plaintiff. It was also attempted to be shown that another 100/. note, also realised by that sale, had found its way to Gardiner's hands on the 17,h, but in that respect the evidence broke down. Mr. COCKBURN having replied on this evidence, re marking on the fact that the plaintiff had omitted to put Gadderer into the box, Mr. M. CHAMBERS replied on the whole case, contend ing that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the whole amount, as it abundantly appeared that she had actually parted with her money to the extent of 300/. for the pur pose of discounting the defendant's hills, that no con nexion was shown between her and Gardiner, and that at all events she was entitled to a verdict for 200/.., which he contended had been shown to have reached the hands of the defendant's agent for the purposes of the bills. Sir F. PoLLocK, Chief Baron, intimated that in his opinion the plaintiff could not recover more than 1001. at all events. That sum, and no more, had been proved to have come to Gardiner's hands as discount of the bills, and the point for the jury was whether the plain tiff was entitled to that. That would depend on the question whether the jury thought that the fraudulent dealing with the bills was brought home to the plaintiff. In his opinion, there was no evidence to bring that con nexion home to the plaintiff. The jury having deliberated, asked whether they were bound to find a verdict for the plaintiff for 100/.? The CHIEF BARON—The verdict, gentlemen, ought to be yours, not mine, and to carry that respect to which the tribunal is entitled, it ought not to be a hasty and ill coesidered cne. I think that no one of the pleas is proved, for Gardiner is not shown to be connected with or known to the plaintiff, or even Gadderer, before the 12th of September. The CHIEF BARON—No, you need not do so unless you please, but I am bound to tell you that I think there is no evidence to sustain the pleas. Foreman—My Lord, we are of opinion that the 1001. was not paid for the bills, and that they never were in the hands of Miss Potez. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN BERMONDSEY. 'IDENT BY GUN COTTON. Mr. P. B. Wall, gunpowder manufacturer, said that he prepared the cotton, which was made weaker than usual. He believed the accident arose from compressed air. He has used the gun-cotton since October last, for making rockets, and has had only one accident, when a boy was injured. That occurred while using the monkey. He has since used the lever, which gives a more gradual and regular pressure, and no accident has since occurred. When the explosion he alluded to took place, the cylinder or tube was about one foot long and two inches in diameter, and about ten ounces of cotton were rammed in the tube. He thought the gun cotton useful for artillery practice, and it possesses a far greater range of power. Dr. Letheby, lecturer on chemistry, said that it was his opinion the accident arose from friction of the cotton on the sides of the cylinder. Had it taken place by compressed atmosphere, being overheated, it would have happened before, as took place in the case alluded to by Mr. Wall. The CORONER summed up, observing that no blame was attributable to any one. Verdict—Accidental death. FACTORIES. The following is the half -yearly joint report of the Inspectors of Factories (just laid OOffice,d befo c r e e , 31Paayrli2am7, 1847.ent Sir—We have the honour to inform you that, in con formity with the Factory and Print Works Acts, we have met to confer on the state of our respective dis tricts, and on such matters as concern us jointly towards the fulfilment as nearly as possible, of an uniform admi nistrations of these Aets through the United Kingdom. We have read and considered th e reports wh i ch we have severally addressed to you in regard to our respective districts, and nothing has occurred that indicates any wanrctruniformitrin our proceedings in all that relates to the interpretation of the Acts and the observance of their several provisions. Many small mills for carding wool are scattered on streams in remote parts of England, Scotland, and Wales ; these mills are only occasionally at work, and the wool carded is chiefly for the use of the neighbouring cottagers. In these mills very few per sons are employed, generally only the family of the oc cupier. This kind of rural occupation cannot be identified with the factory system ; and although, strictly speaking, these mills come within the letter of the law, we have considered that we exercise a sound discretion in direct ing the various sub-inspectors not to consider them as requiring that same degree of supervision as establish ments where the factory system, properly so called, prevail.. - The remote situation of these woollen mills, in rural districts, and frequently on mountain sides, the purely domestic charact er o f th e occupat i on, and the usually healthy state of the children and young persons em ployed, appear to us to justify this softening of the operation of a law intended to control mills of a totally different character. It having been suggested to us that each inspector should for the future lay before you in his half-yearly report a statement of the number and names of the persons summoned for offences, with other details, hi therto laid before Parliament on an annual special mo tion, we have severally followed that plan on the pre sent occasion ; but as the return made in pursuance of the order of the House of Commons, dated the 25th of January last, includes the prosecutions for the months of November and December last, the present returns only include the prosecutions for four months, viz., from the Ist of January to the 30th of April. If you approve of this mode of making these returns, our future reports will, of course, each embrace a period of six months. We have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servants, LEONARD HORNER. • T. JONES HOWELL. ROBERT J. SAUND.ERS. JAMES STUART. To the Right Honourable Sir Grey, Bart., &c. THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND SIR H. SMITH.— On Saturday the Duke and Duchess of Richmond enter tained at dinnq Major-General Sir Harry and Lady Smith, and, with the view of enhancing the compliment to the hero of Aliwal and his lady, the Duke resolved that the invitation should include those only who had served in the Peninsula. The following is a list of the party who sat at the table:—The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Ladies Caroline and Augusta Gordon Lennox, Majors-General Sir Harry and Lady Smith, General Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., General Lord Aylmer, G.C.8., Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzroy So merset, K.C.8,, Lieutenant-General Lord Charles Manners, K.C.8., Major-General Sewell, C. 8., and Captain Johnstone, all of the late Peninsular staff; Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., Major- General Sir Hew Ross, K.C.8., Major-General Macdo nald, C. 8., Major Sandham, Mr. Barttelot, Royal Artillery; Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Dalbiac, K.C.H., 4th Light Dragoons; Major. General Bour chier, Lieutenant-Colonel Rotton, late 1 Hussars General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.8., Lieutenant- General Lord Saltoun, K.C.8., Grenadier Guards ; Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, K.C.8., Lord Stradbroke, Colonel Lord Hotham, Captain Shir ley, Coldstream Guards; Major-General Duffy, C. 8., Major-General Brown, C. 8., Colonel Patricksen, C. 8., Major Cooke, Captain Sir George Moulton, Dr. Hair, 43d Light Infantry; Major General Bell, C. 8., Lieu tenant-Colonel Campbell, Colonel Love, C. 8., Lieu tenant Colonel Rowan, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Digby, Lieutenant-Colonel Wood, 52d Light Infantry; Lieu tenant-General Sir Andrew Barnard, G.C.8., Lieu tenant-Colonel Leach, C. 8., Lieutenant-Cole nel Cox, K.H., Captain Kincaid, Rifle Brigade, or Old 95th Regiment; Major -General Bolt, C. 8., late 17th Portu guese Regiment, light division; Major Shadwell Clerke, 1i.E1., late sth Regiment; Dr. Ilume, Inspector-General of Hospitals. To the veterans of the Peninsula! war, after an interval of no less than 33 years, a meeting of this kind could n o t poss ibl y b e otherwise than productive I of the most agreeable reminiscences. On Monday morning the inquiry into the cause of the accident arising from the fall of the railway arch, in Great Russell-street, Bermondsey, was resumed in the Board-room of the Union workhouse, before Mr. Carter, the Coroner, and the jury empannelled upon the former occasion. Upon the inquiry of one of the jurors, Mr. Corner, solicitor for Mr. Little, the contractor, said that applica tion had been made to General Pasley, for the purpose of his being present at the inquiry to give evidence. The General had replied that he should have been most happy to have been present, but that he was compelled to be in Oxford at the time, to attend the British Association. The contractors, however, with the view of fully inves tigating the matter, had consulted several eminent engi neers, who were prepared to give evidence that day. A beautifully-constructed wooden model of the arch was then brought into the room, and imitation centres fitted to show the effect which might be produced to the corner of the arch in the removal of part of the fittings by a passing vehicle, as was stated to have been the case by one of the witnesses upon the last occasion. Mr. Thomas Grissell (of the firm of Grissells and Peto, the eminent builders), deposed that he had been called upon to examine the materials of which the fallen bridge had been composed—the bricks, mortar, and concrete. He had been called upon by the engineers of the railway to give his opinion of their quality. He considered the whole of the materials to be of the best description, and he did not see anything in the nature of them to account for the accident. The same material was fit and proper to be used in an arch of such a span, and they were th , same throughout the line. To that part which remained his attention had been called. The arch was called a skew arch, and the bricks had been placed in strict con formity with the usual custom. The abutments are not more moved than they would be by the fall of the mate rials. He was satisfied the arch did not fall through the instability of the abutments. Having been much en gaged in this kind of work he was of opinion that the work was properly and faithfully performed. But little of the concrete appears to have fallen with the arch. The concrete, as far as he could say, had been filled in to a level on each side. The object of easing the arch is to allow it to take its own bearing to test the solidity of the arch. i The mortar being green there s considerable pressure, and if the mortar had been bad the arch would have come down. If the arch did not follow the centre the arch was a sound arch, and the builder was justified, in the course of five days (as he had been informed was the case) in removing the ribs altogether. The centre is merely left for a few days, as a matter of precaution. Looking at the form of the arch it would almost stand without mortar at all. It was not customary to use cement, except in the winter. The circumstance of the mortar becoming hard or dry was not an actual 11PCC3. sity. The arch was turned u, - Ider very unfavourable circumstances as to the weather. He was fully of opinion that the manner in which the centre was removed was the cause of the accident. Several other scientificgentlemengave similarevidence. This being the whole of the testimony, the Coroner briefly recapitulated the evidence, and atter about an hour's deliberation the following verdict was unani mously re turned :—" That the deceased parties were accidentally killed, but, at the same time, they (the jury) desire to say that they cannot but express their opinion as to the incautious manner in which the boy has acted, and that they are desirous of recommending to the con tractors of such works to apply to the proper authori ties for leave to stop up any public way over which an arch may be turned, more particularly in the striking of the centres, so as to prevent any such accidents as that in future." The inquiry was then concluded, the jury having sat upwards of six hours. Monday evening Mr. W. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital, on view of the body of H. Redford, aged thirty-three, who was in employment at the con Breve rocket manufactory, of Mr. Q. Forsyth Wade, West-ham Abbey-marshes, and who with Michael Gur ney and H. Tuft, lost their lives by an explosion of gun cotton. J. Brayley, principal of the factory, having described the accident, Mr. Wade said he had the evidence of scientific gen tlemen to show that the accident arose from compressed air, which being overheated ignited the gun cotton. Mr. Edward Horton Wilmot, assistant lecturer, at the London Hospital, said that Mr. Wade requested him to prepare some cotton which would not take fire easily. He manufaetui ed a quantity which he submitted to the weight of a 141 b hammer; the blows being repeatedly giver. He believed that the accident arose from the compres sion of atmospheric air, which, being overheated, gave out its caloric, and set fire to the cotton, causing the explosion. This would ignit e a t a h ea t f from 320 to 350 degrees. He believed that every precaution was used to prevent an accident, both in the preparation of the gun cotton, which was made not to explode, and in the care taken to fill the cylinder, and his surprise was that one did f)ccur. We have great pleasure in announcing the speedy arrival in England of his Royal Highness Prince Wal demar of Prussia. It will be remembered by all who are familiar with the particulars of the actions on the Sutlej, that this illustrious Prince, accompanied by his suite, shared the dangers and privations of the British army of the fields of Moodkee and Ferozeshah, on which latter occasion Dr. Hoffman, the physician of his Royal Highness, fell mortally wounded. His Royal Highness was also present at the battle of Sobraon, and thus wit nessed the total overthrow of the turbulent invaders. We believe that the occasion of the visit of the Prince is to receive at the hands of her Majesty the Grand Cross of the Bath, in commemoration of the share which he had in the glorious victories in question, and we feel sure that he will be met by the British public v,•itli every expression of respect. ACCIDENT TO ONE OF THE BOSSESMAN AT YFIE EGYPTIAN HALL.—On Friday during the performance, and whilst the young African was showing to the audi ence the way in which his countrymen extract the venom from the snake, be incautiously placed the poisoned arrow long ways in his month, at the moment he did not feel any effects, but towards the evening he evinced considerable uneasiness with a slight sensation of shuddering. Mr. Tyler fearing that by some accident be had poisoned himself immediately conveyed him to their lodgings at Peckham. The poor Bushman's face began to swell, and his throat also d,splayet.: a similar tendency. A medical man was instantly called in who pronounced the Bosjesman to be labouring under the effects of poison; the usual remedies were applied, viz.. an emetic, and mustard poultice to the throat. On Saturday, however, he was too unwell to be removed, but on Monday morning again appeared at the Egyp tian Hall, having somewhat recovered. The occurrence occasioned considerable regret amongst those connected with the exhibition. We need not suggest to the pro prietors, and to Mr. Tyler, the importance of withhold. ing " sweatmeats " from these aborigines, seeing many are now composed of prussic acid and other injurious matter. COMMERCIAL TEATELLERS' SCHOOLS. --A general meeting of the supporters of the above schools, esta blished for the maintenance and education of the desti tute orphans of deceased, and the children of necessitou s commercial travellers, was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving the re port of the committee, and electing twenty children in mates of the institution. A. Wilceson, Esq., was in the chair. The report stated that there were in Eng land no fewer than 30,000 commercial travellers, and the committee anticipated that a large number would join the institution. In order to commence operations imme diately a spacious building bad been taken at Wanstead, Essex, capable of accommodating two hundred children, but the funds were as yet insufficient to admit of the election of more than twenty. The receipts amounted to 5,6631., of which sum 5,0004 had been invested in the Three per Cents. The number of donors was 831, and of annual subscribers 286. After the adoption of the report, the twenty children were elected, and a vote of thanks passed to the chairman. DEATH OF THE EARL OF LANEssoßouGH.—Died on Monday, the 13th inst., at Brislington, near Bristol, the Right Hon. Brinsley Butler Earl of Lanesborough, Viscount Lanesborough, and Baron of Newton Butler, of the kingdom of Ireland. He is succeeded in his titles and estates by his heir-at-law, G. J. D. Butler Danvers, Esq., of Swithland Hall, in the county of Leicester. 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Thesiger, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Mr. Ball, appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Crowder, Q.C., Mr. Butt, Q.C., and Mr. Baldwin, for the defendant. Sir F. THESIGER said, the plaintiff was the well-known asap-engraver, and the defendant was ati engineer, and the registered promoter of the " London, Staines ,and Ascot Railway Company." The action was brought to recover the sum of 513 L ss. 6d., being the price of cer tain copper plates engraved and maps and plans printed by the plaintiff for the defendant. The order was con tained in a letter dated the 17th of October, 1845, and Addressed to the plaintiff by Mr. Burbury, the defend ant's assistant, in these words:—" I hereby engage you to engrave for Mr. Samuel Hughes 130 plates for plans, and some for sections, each plate to be two feet three inches in length, and one foot nine inches in breadth. Trusting you will be able to arrange to Mr. Hughes's satisfaction, I am, &c." That letter was admitted by the defendant, and it was also admitted that Mr. Bur bury was the agent of the defendant in regard to the business for which the action was brought. In conse quence of that order, as many as 129 plates had been en graved for the defendant for the various railways to which he was engineer, but only 17 of that number were connected with the London, Staines, and Ascot line. At that time there was a great demand for labour in that line of business, as it was necessary for the plans, &c.;to be deposited with the Railway Department of the Board of Trade by the 30th of November; and, consequently, the plaintiff was obliged to pay his workmen unusually high wages, amounting in some instances to one guinea a day. Several engravers were then called as witnesses, who proved that, according to the cost of executing such work in the last week of November, 1845, the sum of 3635. ss. was a fair price for the plaintiff to recover. Mr. CROWDER, Q.C., for the defendant, denied alto gether the defendant's liability, and even if he were liable, he would show that the plaintiff's charges were most exorbitant. The defendant was the engineer to the company, and his making the alterations upon the proofs was' the ordinary work of an engineer to a railway company. It was admitted that Burbury was the agent of the defendant in regard to the business for which the action was brought. Burbury was the agent and assist ant of Hughes, and the work done was work for a rail way to which the defendant was engineer; so that when Burbury went to make alterations, it was the same as if' Mr. Ilughes himself had gone. The fact was, that the defendant was concerned in several railways, both in Ireland and England, and he had instructed his assistant to make inquiries of Mr. Wyld respecting the plates, instead of which he had written the letter. But Mr. Wyld never could have supposed that to be an order, for the letter itself said, that the writer hoped that he (plaintiff) would be able to arrange to the defendant's satisfaction. The letter was merely an inquiry as to whether the plaintiff would receive orders for plates. In fact, the London. Staines, and Ascot Hallway was not even in contemplation when the letter was written. The plaintiff produced no order for those seven teen plates, though he must have had one in his office; but he came upon the engineer, when he ought to have come upon the company. His corning upon the defendant was a mere afterthought, for on the 24th of February, 1846, the defendant had settled his private account with the plaintiff, when no claim was made in respect of this present demand. Mr. Burbury was then called to show that the letter had no reference to the subject of the present action. Sir F. TEESIGER objected to the admission of the evi dence, on the ground that the defendant must be bound by his admission. The evidence was admitted, and other witnesses were called to speak as to the reasonableness of the prices charged. The Learned JUDGE having summed up the evidence, The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 3501. June 29. (Before Lord DENMAN.) THE SWORD WORN BY LORD NELSON AT TRAFALGAR. EVANS v. LAWSON. Sir F. THESIGER said the plaintiff in this case was Mr. Evans, a dealer in curiosities, relics, and antiquities, residing in Maddox-street, and that he had brought this action against the printer and publisher of the Times, for a libel contained in that paper, which was calculated to do him irreparable injury. The jury would be aware, from the peculiar character of the business carried on by Mr. Evans, that nothing was more likely to be detri mental to him than any want of confidence or suspicion on the part of his customers that he wished to palm off spurious articles as genuine, because it wou ld l ea d to the utter destruction of his business. The libel of which he complained was of that character. In the course of last year Mr. Evans came into possession of a sword which formerly belonged to Lord Nelson. If it were at all necessary to go into the history of the sword, he could prove clearly and distinctly its transmission from Lady Hamilton to Mrs. Smith, the widow of Alderman Smith, and from her to the plaintiff, and he could prove the genuineness of the article by identifying it as the sword placed oa the coffin of Lord Nelson when he was lying in state. The sword had been purchased from Mr. Evans by Lord Saye and Sele, who munificently presented it to Greenwich Hospital. Mr. Evans was rather surprised, some time afterwards, by finding a letter inserted in the limes, under the sig nature of Sir Harris Nicolas, charging him in distinct and direct terms with manufacturing curiosities, and palming off spurious articles as genuine, and having recourse to what in direct terms was called forgery, for the purpose of supporting his statement. Mr. Evans was, th ere f ore , compelled to decide whether he would submit to the imputation which was so utterly destructive to his , business, or whether he should call upon the editor of the Times, either to apologise for the introduction of the article or give up the name and manuscript of the person who was the author of it. The Learned Counsel then read the libel in question, one paragraph of which stated that the manufacture of Nelson relics had become a very profitable speculation to certain curiosity-dealers; and the writer stated that the folly of persons who were imposed upon by them was too glaring for him to in terfere, but when it was endeavoured to foist one of these articles upon a national institution, he did think it was the duty of every Englishman to interfere. The letter also accused the plaintiff with forging several letters, which he represented were written by Mrs. Smith, alleging the genuineness of the sword. (A letter had appeared in the Times, signed Mrs. Smith, stating that she had received the sword, with the coat and waistcoat, from Lady Hamilton. This letter, it appeared, was a forgery.) Upon this article appearing in the paper the plaintiff wrote to the defendant, and requested him either to furnish him with, the name of his solicitor,, or the name of the writer 'of the article. No answer having been returned, the plaintiff had no alternative but to enter the lists against such a formidable antagonist as the Times. Witnesses proved that the letter referred to the sword sold by Mr. Evans. Mr. HUMFREY replied to the case of the plaintiff in an amusing address. He said two letters trom Mr. Evans appeared in the Times, in reply to the letter complained of, denying that there was any truth in the statement that the sword which he had sold was not the sword of the renowned Nelson; and that nearly seven weeks after an action was commenced against the Tim es , a ft er a de mand had been mad e by his solicitor, Mr. Flight, of which, however, the Times took no notice, that an apo logy or retractation, under the name of Sir H. Nicolas, should appear in the columns of that paper. It appeared that Prince Albert having been informed that Mrs. Smith had in her possession the coat and waistcoat worn by Nelson at Trafalgar, lost no time in purchasing them for 1501., for the purpose of presenting; them to Greenwich Hospital, and they were presented accordingly, and are now exhibited in the painted hall. Mr. Evans shortly after found that Mrs. Smith had a sword in her possession, which was stated to be Lord Nelson's, and he succeeded in purchasing it from her for 11. Shortly atter lie sold it to Lord Saye and Sele for 1001., for the purpose of being presented to the hospital, and his Lordship offered it, but as doubts rested upon its authenticity,lit was not accepted, Lord Saye and Sele was an enthusiastic admirer of Nelsonian relics, but as he was a fresh -water sailor, it was just possible that he might have been vainly led to believe that the sword was a genuine article. It was a remarkable fact, that Nelson wore no sword at the battle, and as the writer had investigated the merits of a sword belonging to a person named M'Kenzie, as it was made by Nelson's man of business, the late Mr. Salter, of the Strand, and was such a sword as was worn by flag officers in 1805, and considered that it was very likely to be the sword of Nelson, he naturally imagined that Mr. Evans's sword was a spurious article. Sir Harris Nicolas was the author of the well-known " Nelson Dispatches," and had taken the greatest interest in all that related to the great hero. Lord DENMAN briefly summed up, and he left it to the jury to say whether, in their opinion, the letter im puted that the plaintiff was a manufacturer of Nelsonian relics ; he could not bring himself to believe that this was charged in the letter. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. GILBERT V. LEWIS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the in cumbent of Haggerstone, to recover compensation in damages from the defendant, one of his parishioners, and an earthenware merchant in the City, for the cir culation of a libel charging him with having committed a nameless offence on several boys. The jury gave the plaintiff a verdict—Daman ;es, 4001. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 28. 'Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Sir F. PoLLocit, Chie Baron, and a Special Jury.) POTEz v. GLOSSOP. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Miller, and Air. G. Pollock appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Cockburr Mr. Humfrey, and Sir John Bayley were counsel fort he defendant. This was an action in which the plaintiff, who is a single lady, residing in Craven -street. Strand, sought to recover 500/., the amount of two bills of exchange for 2502 each, of which the defendant was the acceptor. To this the defendant placed on the record no less than 43 pleas, resting substantially his defence on the asser tion that he had been swindled out of the bills in ques tion by one Gardiner, and that the plaintiff had notice of all the circumstances of fraud connected therewith. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff having been confined, in the first instance, to the proof of the handwriting, the defendant proceeded to establish his various pleas, and from the witnesses adduced in support of them, it appeared that the defendant, who is a bene ficed clergyman in Wiltshire, being somewhat pressed for money, and seeing a tempting advertisement to the effect that money to almost any amount might be ob tained on personal security on application to A. 8., at 300, Oxford•street, addressed a letter to the quarter in dicated, and ultimately accepted two bills for 2501. each, which he handed over to ono Gardiner, who carried on COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been rather inanimate, only about 450 hhds having been sold, without any material alteration in prices; a small portion of 150 hhds Barbadoes offered by auction brought 46s for good yellow. The public sales have comprised 450 bag 3 Mauri tius, 2,050 bags Bengal, and 450 bags Madras, which we nt off heavily and was only partially sold; the Mauritius and Madras at rather lower prices, while the Bengal maintained the former value. Privately about 1,000 chests fine yell ow Havannah sold on the spot at 46s to 475, duty paid . The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 3,304 hhds 311 tierces 441 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,561 hhds 144 tierces and 437 barrels. The stock in the seine places is 15,122 hhds 2,096 tierces 3,278 barrels Correa.-130 casks Jamaica and 480 bags Ceylon chiefly sold at steady prices, the former at 81s to 83s for fine fine ord, and the latter at 44s 6d to 45s for Plantation fine ord yellow, and 37s 6d to 38s for good ord pale. lium.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 729 puns 25 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 232 puncheons 78 hogsheads; and exported 61 puns 87 hhds. The stock in the same places is 3,522 puns 2,662 hhds. SALTPETRE.— 700 bags Bengal sold readily at Gd advance. SricEs.-150 bags Pimento were taken in above the market value. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 50s to 508 6d per cwt on the spot, and Town. 535. There is rather a tendency to decline. RIcZ,--1,660 bags and 1,000 pocketa Beragal sold at 6d to U Ns" ............. ._.-- ......... __ . per cwt on the spot, still there has_ been little dispoit - tion evinced by soap-makers and chandlers to operate. For delivery in the last three months of the year there are sellers at 47s 3d to 47s 6d per cwt, but buyers are to be met with. Home-made is not so much i n request, and can be obtained at 49s 6d to 50s nett cash, there boing a largor supply. Other kinds of Tallow have been only in limited demand, and prices have slightly given way, whilst there is a good supply. BIRTHS. On the 25th inst., in Lowndes-street, the lady of Edward F. Jenner, Esq., of a son. On the 25th inst., at C a lbo urne R ec t or y, I s l e of Wight, the wife of the Rev. Robert Sumner, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at Marlborough-road, Dalston, the wife of Charles Newton, Esq., of a son and heir. On the 26th inst., at the Vicarage, Old Windsor, the IstlY of the Rev. E. H. Hopper of a daughter. On the 26th inst., in Piccadilly, the wife of Mr. Masi"' of a daughter. On the 26th inst., in Sussex-square, the wife of J. G. Turn bull, Esq., of a son. On the 21 s t i ns t., at Nit MARRIED on, Isle of Wight, Willia m \Volley, Esq., to J ane , eldest daughter of the late Henry Coape, Esq. On the 23d inst., at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, Joseph Deane, late Captain Carabineers, to Georgiana Charlotte, only child of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Thursby, of th e 53d Regiment. On the 24th inst., at St. George's, Hanover- ua re, John Walker M axwe ll L yte, o f Berry Head, Devon,sq t o Emily Jeannette, eld es t d aug h ter o f the late Colonel Craigie, Bengal Army. DED. On the 16th i ns t., at Whi t by, Thomas Yeoman, Esq' 'vd114 ,.;„ On the 22d i ns t . , at Q uatre Bras, near Dorc h es ter, Captain James Murray, aged 67. On the 23d inst., at Eltham-place, Lee-green, Kent, R. P. Iligham, Esq., aged 67. On the 23d inst., at Compton, Surrey, Harriet, wife of E, Evitt, Esq., aged 73. , On the 24th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Martin Prior, Esq. On the 24th inst., Anna Hester, secon d daughter of the Rev. John Smith, Vi car of Ealing, Middlesex. On the 24th inst., at Alveston, Warwickshire, Edward Ilolbech, Esq., late of the Inniskilling Dragoons, aged 62. On the 25th inst., John Rawlinson, Esq., of Wimpole street. I Ou the 25th inst., William John Gunner, second son of IL W. Gunner, Esq., of Enfield Lock. On the 25th inst., at Crow-hill, Mansfield, Eleanor, the third daughter of John Edward Brodhurst, Esq., aged 18. On the 25th inst., Mr. W. T. East, of Providence-ror. Finsbury-square, aged 46. On the 25th inst., at Cirencester, Harriet Maria, the infant daughter of Joseph Sewell, Esq. On the 25th inst., at Victoria-road, Pimlico, Major John Gaff, late of the 76th Regiment, aged 70. London : Prlnt , A ana Published by AIUILDO YOUNG, of No. lit* tit and, Printer, at The ',Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Predne of the Savoy, in the Couuty et Middlesex, Wetinectith Jim' 30, 1841. ". "a• k ;e., Is decline; good white 18s to 18s 6d, and good yellow 1410 16s 6d per cwt. The market is giving way. CorroN.—The quotations evince much firmness, and a fair hominess is doing. TEA.—The demand is steady, and partiesare more inclines to lay in stock. (From the London New Price Current of June 29.) Stscan.—To-day there was a diminution in the de mand for raw Sugar for all purposes, and prices pre way for all kinds, as merchants were anxious to realise, and there is still a plentiful supply. Although a reduc tion on former rates of 6d per cwt was submitted to for West India; Muscovado, still the demand was limited for the scale and pan, and the private sales did not ex ceed 300 hhds and trcs. At public sale 150 hhds of iiarbadoes went off heavily at a fall on former prices of 6d to REFINED. —To-day Refined goods were operated in with caution by the home trade, although brown lumps were obtainable at 57s 6d to 58s, and standard Lumps at 595. Bonded Crushed is little wanted, a nd can be ob tained at 32s to 32, 6d f or fi rs t qua lity. Meeemes,—Alth oug h t h ere are rea dy sellers of a ll descriptions upon p rev i ous re d uce d t erms , still the put' chases made privat e ly h ave b een upon a sm all scale o nl y by refiners and groc e r s , w hil s t t h e su pply is good , es pecially of the better qualities. The stock has been fur ther increased, and is far greater than it was et this, time last year, whil s t th e d e li ver i es are no t so large as °I late. Prices are 7s to 9s per cwt lower than they wer e at this time in 1846: at public sale, 453 bags 1 8 ca sks were only in part di s p ose d of. The arrivals are not all in for the season, and the stock here is chiefly held by importers. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 30 boxes 2,038 bags of grainy Bengal Sugar were offered, and the whole sold—tine and very fine white 53s 6 d to b7s. damp 48s 6d io 53s 6d, which is the full value, but yeiJ's went rather cheaper, that is to say—fine strong at a to 48s 6d, good 46s to 46 s 6d, m iddli ng 44s to 45 s 6ds low 425, damp 41s to 48s. 275 bags Benares sold at 6d decline. 148 casks of Ceylon only in part sold. Madras met with little attention, and 3,207 bags at auction vvere all taken in and withdrawn. 36 hhds Cey at 20s for thin. lon Syrup 3. 1 a FOREIGN.—This afternoon at public sale 100 hhds, 8 barls of St. Croix Sugar were only in part sold at easieF, rates, fine and very fine yello w a t 50s to 525 6d, go od 48s to 48s 6d, middling 44s 6d. Privately few Pur eha.-les have been made by exporters or the home trade. COCOA.—The market for British Plantation is in dull state, and prices are on the decline; whilst the arrivals are on the increase. At public sale 605 bag s Trinidad were only in part sold. A further fall in the value is looked for, as there is a large quantity to arrive. Foreign is dull of sale, and previous rates are not obtainable. At public sale 70 bags African wore taken in at 36s for go o d or d d u ll wormy red, and damaged 32s to 335. COFFEE,—This afternoon Mocha Coffee was only 111 limited request, and the p arce l s o ff ere d a t public sale, amounting to 256 bales and 164 half bales, were only it; part sold at 2s decline ; middli ng green i s h c lean garb led went at 60s to 60s 6d, outsid e p ac k ages , s lightly stain e d 58s 6d, sea damaged, fir s t c l ass 55 s t o 55s 6d, see ° , and third 48s to 53s 6d. Of C e yl on th e quantity offered auction amounted to 2,254 b ags 75 casks, and the whole sold, the Native at fully former rates, and in souse cases rather above ; whilst the Plantation went at 2S advance. TEA.—The mark e t h as a t length assumed a brisker appearance furall kinds of Tea, and prices have taken all upward turn. There has been a good demand for Congou, and the rates have been id lb above those previously current ; the low and middling kinds meeting with the most attention—of all sorts there is a less quantity on offer. In Green many purchases have been made, and in some cases holders obtained prices they could not previously, whilst the quantity on offer is not so large as it was. For Scented Teas the demand Is more active at previous rates. RICE.—To-day there was little passing privately in East India Rice, and prices further gave way, 17s to s 18s 6;1 being accepted for low to fine white Bengal. d an u c st t y io yell n . 49 0 6 w, b a o g n s i ;:f Madras were taken in at lfis for bold 14s 6d being offered. SPICES.—Sinee we last wrote, a fall in the value of 24, to 3d per lb has taken place in Mace; and 12 cases 1,0.! Penang, being submitted to public competition, disposed of. Nutmegs met with little attention, and can be obtained rather under former quotations: at public sale a part only of 39 cases 2 boxes 2 bags Pis neng was sold. Pimento is in scanty supPlY , gn m e wanted; buyers, in consequence, have been co 0 pelled to pay the stiff rates of 4iel to 5/d by in pricl7.`, treaty :at auction 150 bags were taken at 5 _ mid, which is above the value. Cloves arc unaltered ill,. value, but few sales have been made. Ginger i 5 not were slat much wanted, but holders are not inclined to give o d much in price : at au c ti on 24 b r l s o f Jamaica were s at 51s to 60s for good ord and mid. Cassia Lignea is held for previous rates, but less desire has been .how; to do business. Cin namon i s not o ff ere d upon lower terms, but the amo un t o f b us i ness t ransac ted has limited in all di scriptions. Cassia Buds are still nin e sought after, and the rates obtained have been equal to those of this day wee k. Bl ac k P e pp e r is not much wanted either for home consumption or exportation. a RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—AIthough Leeward Island Rum can be obtained at a further reduction in prices, still the operations have been upon a small scale only at 2s 10d to 3s per gallon proof strength. Eas t India is not much in request, and the tendency of quota tions is downwards—only a small amount of business has been transacted at 2s 8d to 2s 9d proof with certificate. Demerara has been operated in with caution, and there is st disposition evinced to sell stroree qualities at 3s 10d to 4s 4d. There has been little desire shown on the part of exporters er the home trade to operate in Jamaica, and the small parcels disposed of were upon rather lower terms. The market is plentifully supplied with all kinds of Rum. Several parcels have been imported since this day week. There has been no increase in the demand for Brandy, although further reduced rates have been accepted for all descriptions, and only a small amount of business has been transacted in all descriptions. HOPS.—There has been little business transacted in any kind, but holders do not appear disposed to press sales, and prices rule as follows:—Mid and East Kent at 112 s to 150 s; Weald of Kent 90s to 105 s, and Sussex pockets 80s to 90s per cwt. The accounts from the plantations are, on the whole, satisfactory. Some par ties are endeavouring to create the false impression that the Hops are not in a promising state. SALTPETRE.—To-day the market was better supplied with Ecugh Saltpetre. At public sale 2,003 bags of Madras were all sold. The rates are 6d per cwt. above those of Friday last. OlLS.—There has been an increased desire evinced to operate in Southern Oil, and prices have risen lOs to 205 per tun, although the supply has been good; at public sale 104 tuns have been sold. Privately a fair quanti t y has been disposed of, and the home trade contin ue to be the chief operators. Cod is still only in limited demand, and 271. is the general quotation , but the trade only purchase sufficient for im mediate wants. Although Seal is offered upon further reduced terms, still only a limited business has been transacted. In Sperm the operations have been upon a more extended scale, but holders are willing sellers at previous rates, and the supply at market is good. The rates accepted for Lard Oil are 44s to 48s per otafhiFlanie: d rp h e e l upon e ei n ne cwt., but only small parcels found buyers. For Olive the demand has been more active, but in the value little improvement has taken place. Palm has been in excellent request, and prices rule firm, although there are further arrivals. Cocoa Nut is still in small supply, and buyers are in consequence com pelled to pay the stiff rates of 46s to 57s for low to fine quality. Buyers dsea the hdg i e t so : p a di ol v t have furtheret beenmheans supply pn advanced drl u yov c mab e ne d cti being gad o operate with more freedom, in consequence of lower sr r ma a t t ae e ls s l,h b wa ei r n iei g l been st i a l there eonb. home trade at 28s to 28s 6(1; some shipping orders also have been executed. There has been little disposition evinced to do business for forward delivery at present. Several of the mills are closed for the season. 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