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erbiria ambition SUN OFFICE, Seco!. o' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF CO3rIMONS% GROIN I. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of 11 Bills comprised in this group, reassembled in Room 30, at the usual hour this morning; Mr. W. 0. Stanley in the chair. T= BZIGUTON (MID.XENT) SCBEMZ• Mr. Atrium resumed his reply. He commenced this milrv;ng with the question of competition. He contended that if the Committee were so enamoured of that principle asto Induce them to grant the Brigllton BEd Kent line, they could mot refuse the Croydon line to the South-Eastern Company, became without that short branch the South-Eastern would be at the mercy of the Brighton Company, and would also have the key of the continental traffic in their possession, and that slate of things would effectually render all competition nuga ti.rv. Again, he must tell ;be Committee that the Brighton Co 7 ipany were not anxious to make the line. It was not promoted by them for the purpose of being made, but with 21 , e view of defeating the South-Eastern plan. The Committee were aware of the 20,0001. tax the Croydon Company received from the South-Eastern Company, without expending one farthing on their part, and nothing was too desperate for them to under take to perpetrate that abominable impost. They found no difficulty in entering into agreements with landholders, be cause tliey never intende d to carr y them out. It w as a feel ing of that sort which had dictated their "bid" for this line. The Committee would perceive that nothing was heard of the low Brighton fares until after Mr. MacGregor bad stated the tolls the South-Eastern Company verse prepared to pledge themselves to. It was a palpable trick, a species of bribe held out to the Committee, or xby were not the fares mentioned in the Brighton Bill. He hoped, therefore, the Committee would, by their decision, discountlinance this forced and unnatural species of bidding for lines, and teach the Brighton Company that the time had arrived when Parliament felt called upon to put a stop to such abominable trickery on the part of pnbli c companies. He could not find terms suf f iciently strong to express his disgust of ifpnduct like this, but h e h ope d w h en the Brighton Company came before a Committee for Bills again, Parliament would infi:ct retributive justice upon them by inserting a clause in one of their Bills, compelling them to take the low fares they had attempted to bribe the Committee with on that occasion. Bet the trick should not succeed, and he would tell the Committee why they should not succeed. The public, at all events, should not be injured by the conduct of the Brighton Company in respect to low fares. lie had advised his clients—and all who were present well knew that he was speaking literal facts—he had advised his reluctant clients to meet the attempt of the Brighton Company, if the members of the Committee thought it right to encounter the responsibility, by pledging them selves to adopt the fares of the Brighton Company. He made this cffer to defeat the trick of •the Brighton Com pany, but he hoped the Committee, if they did not feel themselves bound by the bid of the Brighton Company, would not accept. It was not an offer made spontaneously by his clients, but by himself, and he made it as he had stated to defeat dishonourable trickery. He hoped, however, the Committee would see tit to pass the South-Eastern Bill without feeling themselves called upon to ask the company to pledge themselves to the ruinously low fares of the Brighton Company. The room was then cleared, and the Committee haring deliberated for about half an hour, strangers were readmitted, and the CHAIRMAN announced the DECISION. The CatIRMA-N said I have to inform you that it is the opinion of the Committee that the preamble of the South-Eastern (North Kent line) has been proved— that the preamble of the South-Eastern (Strood and Maidstone line) has been proved—that the pre amble of the Mid Kent, Direct Tonbridge, and Paddock Wood Branch has been proved, omitting the branches to Set enoaks and Maidstone, and the branch from Maidstone to Chart, and the branch to Bromley and Croydon, that the preamble of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Bill, Mid-Kent, and Direct Tonbridge line, has not been proved. It is the opinion of the Committee that it is of importance with the public interest that the North Kent and Strood and Maid stone linos should be constructed first, and therefore it is the int..hition of the Committee in those cases to limit the time fur the compulsory purchase of land to three years, and the completion of the lines to five years; but considering the pre sent state of the money market, the Committee proposed to extend the time in the case of the Mid-Kent lines to five pars and'seven years. The consideration of the clauses was adjourned till to morrow. REIM BAY AND CANTERBURY 3UNC- TION. The Committee then went into this cue. The length of the line was only three miles. The estimated coat was 25,001,1. The preainble to the Bill was proved. The Committee thee adjourned. GROUP V. The Committee met at twelve ; Lord H. Vane in the chair. WINDSOR., STAINES, AND SOUTH-177ES- Traiti (*maxims TO ASCOT, &.c.) The promoters of the Bill produced clauses this morning restricting them from making their railway, unless they ob tain the consent of the Ordnance to pass the drilling ground at Hounslow. al Brunel could not be found. Me Committee soon after adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP VI. swam:mm . lr AND YEOVIL. ZXXTEIit., TZOVXL, AND DORCHESTER. The Committee met this morning at twelve; Mr. Deedes, chairmen. _ - The first witness called by the promoters of these lines was Mr. Cuff, the late mayor of Chard. His evidence went to show the great facilities which would be afforded to the inhabitants of Chard by the continuation of these railways. Mr. Divett, M.P. for Exeter, was the next witness called —fie gave evidence in favour of the desirableness of a com peting and independent line between Exeter and London. Witt, respect to the comparative merits of the gauges, he gak e itis his opinion that the broad gauge line was a luxury Co. i"n"habitants of Exeter, and he believed that the re miiyit of that gauge would prove a positive injury to that part (f the country. He was a director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, but, at the same time, he could not help thinking that the construction of a competing line on the narrow gauge weald prove of great service to the western districts of the country. The feeling of the people of Exeter was also decidedly in favour of a narrow gauge competing line Sir J. Duckworth, M.P. for Exeter, gave evidence corro bor*tive of that given by the last witness with respect to the feelings of the people of Exeter in favour of the proposed lines, and the advantages to be derived to the inhabitants of Ex.-ter and the west of England by their construction. Several other witnesses were examined, and the Com mittee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP IX. WEST CORNWALL AND BRANCHES. This Committee met, for the first time, to-day. Mr. Tatton Egi,rt on, chairman. Mr. SMITE opened the case for the promoters of a branch to Wit. Ive's. The length of the line was three miles, the cost of con st rticytion, with quays, 70,0001. Evidence was gone into to prove the preamble. "rue Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XI. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the .hills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual 1 P.L . this morning; Mr. Feibes Mackenzie in the chair. C CHESTME. STOUR VALLEY, SUD nVAT, AND UALSTEAD (STOUR NAVY CATION PITECTIASE.) lo true case the Committee decided that the preamble had nun u.en proved. The Committee then adjourned. GRO P XVI. EASTERN COUNTIES AND GREAT NO ATNIARN EXTENSIONS (NENTTOND AND NITCHIN). A number of witnesses, residing in the neighbourhood of the Hertford and Hitchin Railway, gave evidence in favour of the communication proposed to be effected between the towns of Hertford and Hitchin by means of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GROUP XVIII. .62ND OZPOR7b. The Committee assembled this morning at twelve o'clock; the: Earl of Lincoln in the chair. The whole of the morn ing was consumed in the .crone -examination of Mr. Brunel, chictly on- the - minor points of the - deviations that- would affect certain pans of the town of Cheltenham, the details of which would, without a very lengthy elaboration, be totally unintelligible; and if that were given it would be utterly u in ;mating.. GROUP XXI. The Committee assembled to-day ; Sir James Graham, Rhairman". giving VALLEY (No. IX). The witnesses called this morning in favour of the line proposed by the Stour Valley Railway were Mr. Scat, M.P. fur Walsall, and Mr. Thompson, manager of the British Iron Works at Walsall, and several others, all of whom gave evi dence favourable to the line as proposed by the Stour Valley Company, in preference to the accommodation proposed 1 ,2 be given by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton i•ailway. several other persons interested in the coal and iron trade, e t a rovw _fon business in the neighbourhood of Walsall line. Icu, also gave evidence in favour of the proposed The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to morrow. GROUP XXIIL This Committee met to-clay at half-past twelve, pro formci, re .erred the unopposed Bills to the Chairman of Committees, slid then adjourned till twelve to -morrow. GROUP XXVII. 9OUT7i-311.1LBTZRZif (WianNICTI .8.7X71 Bp ING ILICTENSXO7I‘). MI Committee met to-day in Room No. 33; Mr. Card well, chairman. Evidence was taken for the promoters of the Wisbech Branch. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XXVIII. sznarostao B7iANCHES. The Committee on the London and York and Eastern Counties group assembled this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr. T. D. Acland in the chair, when the whole of the morn • ing was spent in taking evidence on behalf of the latter cora pecy respecting the traffic that is likely to pass ell the re sperive lines. GROUP XXX HI. This Committee re-assembled to-day in Room 27; Mr. W. H. Hope in the chair. All the members of the Committee ware present,. MOLDS CaNTRAL 314LIZAVAT STATION• The case on behalf of this scheme was resumed. lktr. Henry Marshall the extensive manufacturer of Leeds, was generally examined.as to the advantages .the proposed .tenon would confer on the town and neighbourhood. Such a station was much wanted to centralise the traffic in Leeds, and its public advantages were such as fully to warrant the proposed outlay. Mr. Gott, manufacturer, of Leeds, was examined to the same effect. Mr. Martin, a surveyor, entered into a statement of the station, explaining its peculiar advantages, and the lines that were to be accommodated. It was to furnish accommo dation for the following limes :---Leeds and Thirsk ; Leeds and Dewsbury; Great Northern, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Companies. The estimated cost was 300,0001. After some further evidence on behalf of the scheme had been taken, the ease for the promoters closed. The case for the opposition of the Bradford and Leeds Company, which petitioned against the Bill, was then taken. Mr. Robert Stephenson was examined with the object of showing that the levels of the scheme were objectionable, and that the several lines could not be accommodated in the mode proposed. Mr. Locock and several other gentlemen of Leeds were likewise examined against the scheme as objectionable, and preferring the plan proposed by the Leeds and Bradford Company. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GROUP XXXIV. The Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group assembled for the first time in Room 31; the Right Hon. F. Baring in the chair. The Com mittee consisted of Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Comp ton, and Mr. W. Martin. In this room there was no accommodation whatever pro vided for the press, and the reporters had therefore to con tent themselves with taking up a pos►tion amongst the crowd of spectators who were present. PRE SUN, LONTDONI TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL' 27, 1847. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS (ROCHDALE CANAL PURCHASE). Mr. TALBOT opened the case for the promoters of this Bill. The company proposed to purchase the canal upon a gtzlirantee of 4 per cent. upon the paid-up capital. A number of witnesses were called, to prove that it would be a great public convenience for the railway company to work the canal, and the Committee adjourned. GROUP XLVIII. This Committee met to-day for the first time, in Room C of the House of Lords, apportioned on this occasion for the use of the Commons. The following are the names of the Mem bers :—Lord Court clay (chairman), Mr. Towneley, Mr. Sey mour, Mr. Chute, and Mr. B. B. Cabbell. The following is the list of Bills referred for the considera tion of the Committee:— Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Branches (No. 4). General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Branches. - Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands (Cowlairs, Carmyle, Cen tral Junction, and Coplaw Hill Branches, &c.) Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands (Cowlairs Branch). Glasgow, Paisley. Kilmarnock, and Ayr Branches (No. 5). Caledonian, Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway (Branch to Glasgow Station). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Branch to Caledonian Rail way and Diversion of Canal). Caledonian (Branch across Clyde and Glasgow Station). Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction (Deviations be tween Duntocher Lime Works and Bowling, &c.) The usual preliminaries were then gone through, such as reading the list of petitions, and the petitions with the ap pearances. TED GLASGOW, PAISLEY, ZILMARNOCZ, AND AYE . (so. IV.) was the first Bill taken. Mr. ANDREWS opened the case on behalf of this Bill, which he said was a project for crossing the Clyde at Glasgow, in order to reach a station on the north side of the river. There was also an alternative line (No. 5) in the same Committee, and he would consider them both together. The promoters of the Bill were the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, which had been made for several years, and was constructed to connect Glasgow, Palley, Kilmar nock, and Ayr together. The union line passed through Paisley, Johnstone, on Port Berth. Irvine, to Ayr, with branches to Ardrossan and Kilmarnock. It passed through a rick mineral and agricultural district, and many isnportannt towns were stationed on it. They had obtained powers to make a branch to the Bridge of Weir, and also an extension to Girvan, from Ayr, called the Belfast Union Railway, being the intention of forming a connection between Belfast and Glasgow. They had also obtained a larger extension through the Valley of the Nith, to join the Caledonian railway at Springfield. They were also applying this session, to extend the bridge, or weir branch, to Port Glasgow and Largs ; and also branches in the neighbour hood of Kilmarnock, one to Muirkirk, and one to Dalmelling ton. In addition they were promoting one from Dumfries to the neighbourhood of Kirkcudbright, and branches in the neighbourhood of Canobie. The whole scheme would, therefore, when completed, be very extensive. They were, in consequence of the large traffic of the Company, very deficient in station ac commodation, especially at Glasgow, Their present station was on the south side of the Clyde, in Bridge- street, and that was a small one, though it was not even theirs exclu sively; part of it belonging to the Greenock Railway Com pany. The average passenger trains that daily arrived and departed from this station, was 43, and 16 goods trains. The annual number of passengers carried was 1,314,694, or an average daily of 4,000. The whole extent of the station was three-fourths of an acre. Not only was the size inconvenient, but also the site; being placed in Gorfals, a suburb of Glasgow. It was, therefore, very objec tionable to parties coming to Glasgow, on account of its distance from the centre of city, and they had to cross the new Glasgow bridge, and pay a pontage for every wheeled carriage, in the lowest case two pence each vehicle. In the progress of the passengers to and from the next railway station, two of the busy thoroughfares had to be crossed at great inconvenience. This being so, they had looked out for another station, and had on more than one occasion been defeated in seeking to cross the Clyde ex actly opposite their present station, making a direct connec tion with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Having been defeated in that scheme they had chosen what they thought the next beat scheme, and now proposed to make their station in Dunlop-street, near to the busiest thoroughfare in the city, and contiguous to the principal offices. In the site chosen there was room for two companies, if it were required. and he stated so, as the Caledonian had also a scheme before the Committee for that object. That company last year obtained the sanction of a Committee for crossing the Clyde to Dunlop-street, but it was vetoed by the Admiralty. The Ayrshire Company assumed, after this defeat, that the Caledonian would again come to Parliament for a Rill, and therefore, to be prepared, they had this year prepared two schemes; one to the east of Dunlop-streeet, and another to the west of the same street. Either one or other of the Bills could be taken, and the ground was so scheduled, and the scheme was so prepared, that both the companies might be able to cross the Clyde on a viaduct. It could be arranged also that the Ayrshire Com pany's station could be either situated on the west or the east, but the west would be preferable. At the desire of the inhabitants of Glasgow, who wished to have this question, which had been the cause of so much litigation, settled, re quested Royal Commissioners to be sent down to Glasgow to investigate into the whole affair. (The Learned Gentleman here read an extract from the report of the commissioners, in favour of a general plan of crossing the river for all the lines, like to the Caledonian scheme of last year.) This decision having been given, the Ayrshire Company had so arranged their plans that they could cross in the same way as the Caledonian ; in doing which both companies could be accommodated, without any inconvenience to each other. (The Learned Gentleman then explained through the map before the Committee the details of the plans which he sub mitted; having done which, , he proceeded to call his witnesses). Sir James Campbell, merchant, of Glasgow, and late Lord Provost of Glasgow was examined as to the merits of the present scheme. lie thought it highly desirable that the company should be allowed the crossing of the Clyde, in or der to obtain access to the city, which now contained 340,000 inhabitants. Both schemes, that of the Caledonian, and that of the Ayrshire, might be accommodated at the same crossing. Cross-examined by Mr. Cockburn—He was a director of the Dumfries line, which was in opposition to the Caledo nian Company last year. The Ayrshire Company had, he believed, scheduled the same land as that which the Caledo nian had done last year. The leading authorities of last year were in favour of the Caledonian scheme. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP L. The Committee met about twelve; present, Mr. Banks, chairman, Sir B. Hall, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Carew. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, lIIIAVEARNOCE, AND /Lyn (No. II.) Evidence in favour of the project was continued this morning. Capt;in Blair was called to give evidence on two unop rOsed fork branches, the Hillend and the Howrat branches. He ,tated that there were large iron works in the neighbour hood requiring a vast amount of land carriage of lime and iron stone. He approved of the making of these two small branches, and also of the extension f the Dairy station. Mr. Knight, traffic manager on the company's line, after stating their present rates to be 1 1 4 d. a ton per mile for the first 16 miles, id. for 28, and %d. for 40 miles, gave the fol lowing comparative statement of export of coals for the four ports on the neighbouring coast, viz.:- 1846 Ayr ... 72,460 tons. 1845 Troon 129,283 Irvine 47,703 Ardrossan The Troon exports were much greater in 1846 than the year before. Mr. Miller, the engineer of the line, stated that his prin.. • cipal object in laying out the proposed branches, was to ac commodate the minerals of the neighbourhood, in order that that traffic might be fully developed. Such were the Fen wick, London, and Colliery branches, which were constructed with a descending gradient towards the ports. The coals, thus brought down, came upon the main line, and had ready access to the north, south, and west, and the towns or ports situated in any of these directions. The length of the whole projected branches was 26 miles, and the total estimate for works, lands, Esc., 415,0001. There were no engineering difficulties. This closed the case for the promoters. GLASGOW, B.I7.MARNOGX, .AND ARDROS DAN (DEVIATIONS AND AMENDMENTS). Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, without opening on the merits of the line, proceeded to call the evidence. Lord Eglinton stated that, in consequence of possessing property in the neighbourhood, he felt great interest i n th e lines. He had supported the opposing Ayr line at one ti me , hut, because their rates were too high, he chose to support the other. Several witnesses were called, who deposed to general traffic and advantages. The Committee adjourned till twelve on Thursday. GROUP LI. This Committee mat to-day', at twelve o'clock; Sir John Y. Buller chairman. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE, AND GLASGOW, PAISLEY, ICILMAIL -4aOCIC., AND AYR RAILWAYS (NO. II.) 711 pr i l l et r o . r !m n i e t a h r e x isn a n ra in a g rn h oc am k, was called by the promoters, and . l ar r a e :ned by Sir Thomas Phillips. Witness, a county gave general evidenc a e nd in landed pro of Ag e r had a population of some 170,000 or 180,000 deputy-lieutenant favour of the line.of Aly,hre inhabitants, nfre mdiastrrni°cetkwmasigahlabeighcwlohild a population of 120,000, and Kil ynsdered the centre of the district. The greatly in fwa i n dustrial vaonNutreed icn t e b , c a p n and facilities infrie s company. om o p f any . The inhabitants of the com munication were district were decidedly character spoke to the trade of Mr. Hugh Craig and Mr. Kilmarnock, and the growing of the manufactures in the district. Mr. Alexander gave similar evidence. Mr. Threshie gave evidence ou the cattle trade and manu factures of Dumfries, and ounwdbled be a thou g gr ht a t t h p a u t bl t i h c e be l n i nteat. ad , v o .. ca - ed by the promoters Mr. n . John Sawyers and Mr. Levy, e Provost of Annan and C o - venor the o fof Dumfries, spok e t o t h e feeling County . throughout the distri ß ct s infa c v o o m u m r o a f nk h e e d L a urvusmfrviesin s t r ininimajoetre oe _lineom. Captain Robinson, ffci",., and had . prepitia"'Et 'Chart" orthe Solway, Kirkcudbright, was the safest port on that coat, there being good anchorage-ground, and the harbour being accessible at all tides. The harbour was protected in westerly and south-westerly gales. A little expense would make it a good harbour of refuge. Mr. Martin, shipowner, Glencupble bay, gave similar evidence. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS (THIS DAY). LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS. A very numerous Committee assembled this morning on the Bill of the Corporation of Liverpool, for a better supply of water to that town. The Bill is opposed by the Har rington Waterwooks Company, the Boodh Company, and a formidable array of proprietors. There was a large array also of the bar, and after the examination of a few witnesses on the facts of the case, and a long argument between the counsel engaged for the several parties, at the suggestion of the Committee, an adjournment took place, to enable the two existing Waterworks Companies to come to an arrangement on the provisions of an agreement for the sale of their pro perty to the Corporation. After this is settled, it is agreed that the Committee shall proceed with the merits of the Bill. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.-(THIS DAY.) The sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. Dimond and Co., was well attended; and, although prices were much lower, a fair business was done. The following are a few of the principal sales : London and Manchester (Remington's).. LO 4 6 Ambergate, Nottingham, and 805t0n...... 1 5 0 Liverp. blanch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0 11 0 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and G001e... 1 2 6 Northern Counties Union Newmarket and Chesterford.. Manchester and Southampton 0 16 6 North Staffordshire Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 3 11 6 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 15 0 South Staffordshire .. West Riding Union Royston and Hitchin Great Northern East Indian ... Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire .... 0 9 6 COURSE OF EXCH) Amsterdam ......C.F 12 7 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... 2 U l2 7% Antwerp.... Etamburgh ......3d.8. la 13 Paris, 3 days' sight .. 21 80 Ditto, 3 months.. —.. 26 16 Marseilles •• •• •• • ..... 26 25 80urdeaux......... .. 26 20 Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Petersburgh, 31.7 s Berlin • • •• • Vienna, effec.f10...... 10 12 Trieste, ditto •..... 10 12 Madrid ...... 47 Cadiz •• •.. : ........ 47% 8i1ba0........ • • ...... Barcelona •• .......... likorille • • • . LNGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar .. • • • . Leghorn ...• •• •• •• 30 70 Naples ...... •• 40 Palermo, per 0z....—. 119% Lisbon.... .......... 53 0p0rt0........ 34 Rio Janeiro ........ • . 2634 Bahia . . .. Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. FECES Of BULLION, PIZ OZ, Foreign Gold is bars...f3 17 9 _ __ New Dollars ••.. • • 0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • . 0 0 0 QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a full Court.) The Court took the special paper to-day, and several cases of some length were heard, none of which possessed any feature of public interest. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of April 26.) SUGAR.—To - day, although further reduced rates were submitted to for raw Sugar, still it occasioned no increase in the home or export demand, and the quantity brought forward proved more than sufficient for the wants of buyers. Merchants, for the most part, were anxious to realise, as a large number of vessels, laden with Sugar, are near at hand. In West India Muscovado the business trans acted was to a very small extent only; and the private sales did not exceed 100 hhds and tierces, although importers accepted prices 6d to is under those of Friday. A public sale of 178 hhds and 23 tierces of Barbadoes went off with heaviness at a fall on the rates of the last auction of Is. REFINED. —To-day the market for Refined Sugar was in a very dull state; the nearest rates are 63s to 63s 6d for standard, and 62s to 62s 6d for brown lumps. For bonded Crushed Sugar there are very few buyers, and 33s to 34s are the nearest quotations. MAURMUS.—This afternoon there was only a limited demand for Mauritius Sugar, and 3,890 bags 19 casks and 64 tierces at public sale went at a decline on the rates of Friday of 1 s per cwt, but the whole sold. EAST IximA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with little attention, and 2,678 bags at auction went at a further de cline in prices of Is. per cwt, but nearly the whole sold. FOREIGN.—This afternoon the purchases made in Foreign Sugar, by private treaty were unimportant. At public sale 424 hhds 463 boxes of Cuba, duty paid, were offered, and nearly all taken in. Privately 150 hhds St. Croix sold, but the prices have not transpired and supposed to be upon low terms. MOLASSES.—The purchases made in all sorts of West In dia have been to a small extent only, and there is a desire to sell at 20s to 23e, and fine quality at 24s to 25. At auc tion 330 casks of Porto Rico were taken in at 26s for good new quality, but a part has since been sold at that rate. For Bengal Treacle the demand has been limited. For Honey prices are moving downwards. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was very little desire evinced to operate in Native Ceylon, and 1,128 bags at auc tion were all taken in at previous reduced rates. For Plan tation Ceylon the market is quiet, and 628 bags at public sale were nearly all taken in and withdrawn. TzA.—llolders of black are not inclined to submit to any further reduction in prices, and offer a less quantity for sale. The trade have been induced to take large quantities of the inferior and medium kinds of green, owing to the low rates that are accepted. In the value of good rand Srie there is no variation to notice, but only a small amount of busi ness has been concluded. CINNAMON.—The sales went off with more spirit than had been anticipated, above one-half having found buyers at fully last sale's prices fur 2d and 3d sorts, and in some in stances with a trifling advance, whilst first sort sold at a re duction of 3d to 4d per lb, the proportion being larger than usual; broken likewise sold at a rather higher rate. RICK.—To-day the market was plentifully supplied with Bengal Rice, and the demand was less actire: at public sale 7,632 bags white were offered, and nearly all taken in at the former value. Snarrs.—To-day only a small amount of business was transacted in Rum, although Jamaica of fair to middling clean quality could be obtained at 4s 5d to 4s 7d, good to fine 4s 8d to 5s 2d. Leeward Island proof at 3s, and East India at 2s 9d per gallon. Ons.—There has been little desire manifested to operate in southern Oil, and the limited business transacted pri vately has been at rather lower rates. The demand for Cod is good. Of Seal Oil, the stock being usually small, prices range high. Sperm met with less attention, and can be obtained upon rather lower terms. There; are ready sellers of Rapeseed Oil at 35s 6d to 36s for pale, and at 35s per cwt for brown. Linseed Oil met with little attention, and prices are on the decline. For forward delivery few contracts have been entered into. The purchases made in Olive Oil have been upon a small scale only; prices are on the decline. Palm is less wanted, and the purchases made have been to a small extent only, although there are sellers upon rather lower terms. The supply is scanty of Cocoa Nut Oil, and buyers are compelled to pay high rates. Lard Oil sells slowly, but 45s to 49s are the rates insisted upon. 'l'ALLow.—Further reduced rates have been accepted for Russian on the spot, still the quantity purchased bas been limited. For delivery in the last three months of the year, the demand, however, has been good. Home made is plentiful, and the demand being limited, there are sellers at the reduced rate of 48s, nett cash. Other sorts of Tallow met with little attention, and can be obtained upon further reduced terms. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, Aram 23, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Carrol, as Consul at the Mauritius for the United States of America. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 24. The following promotions have this day taken place, consequent upon the death of Admiral Sir Davidge Gould, G.C.B. Admiral of the White, Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin, to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue, John Cochet, to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red, Hugh Downman, to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White, Henry Hill, to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue, John Dick to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red, Charles Bayne Hodgson Ross, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White, Hood Hanway Christian, to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Pear-Admiral of the Blue, Hyde Parker, C. 8., to be Rear- Admiral of the White. Captain Henry Prescott, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. ADMIRALTY, Aram 20. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant William Friend Hopkins to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Frederick Spry, retired on half-pay ; Second Lieutenant Charles Slaughter to be First Lieutenant, vice Hopkins, promoted. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 24. Corps of Royal Engineers —Brevet Major Hale Young Wortham to be Lieut enan t-C o l one l ; B revet Major Joshua Jebb to be Lieutenant - Col one l ; B reve t M a j or George T• be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bo nn y cast l e , ret i red on half-pay 3 ; t 7 Second Captain Charles Erskine Ford t o b e Captain, -:'c° Tait; First Lieutenant Thomas Bernard Collinaonto be Second Captain, vice Ford ; Second Lieut enant Charl es William Barry to be Lieutenant, vice Collinso n , A pril 16. ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT . Frederick Howard, Gent., to be Assistant- S urgeon, vice Templeton, promoted, April 14. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—Edward Pellew Mainwaring, Esq. to be Captain, April 23. Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxford. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Captain the Honourable Henry George Spencer, to be Major, vice Fane, promoted, April 24. Ist or Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Lieutenant John Winston Spencer Churchill, Marquis of Blandford, to be Captain, vice Lord N'orrevs, pro moted; Cornet Lord Alan Spencer Ohurchill, to be Lieute nant, vice the Marquis of Blandford, promoted; Edward Samuel Abbott,Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lord Alan Churchill, promoted, April 22. Commission by the Ijod Lieutenant of Glocaestershire. ERoyal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry Cavalry—Richard Castles Jenkins, Esq., to be Captain, vice Taswell, resigned, April 23. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet John Clavel Mansel to be Lieutenant, vice Sturt, resigned, April 22. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Henry Godfrey, builder, Milton-road, Gravesend. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Woolcombe and Henry Woolcombe, shipping agents, Cornhill, to surrender May 4, at eleven, and June 8, at Turquand twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as signee; Burrell, White Hart -court, Lombard-street. Richard Butcher, painter, Epsom, May 3, at two, and June 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. , offi. , official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Brans e°7ob4lNlN Into Office -court, Fleet•street. for Benson, Aylesbury. , Graham r u tY Langmead, draper, Judd-street, May 6, at Churchya r d. ackn. Powe ll . 0 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. el al assignee, Coleman-street; Parker, St. Pattra 11 awl )4,64 Powell, 14,endrapers, Woolwich, May 6, at half-past twelve, and June 9, at one, at the Court i of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; George, Villiers-street, 'Strand. Francis Mackie, tailor, Southampton-row, Russell-square, May 5, at half-past twelve, and June 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Reed and Langford, Friday-street, Cheapside. John Pettepher, builder, Rochester -road, Camden-town, May 12, at one, and June N, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assiguee, Basinghall-street ; Blake, Blackfriars-road. Jacques Louis Bourdon and Peter Joseph Meugens, sugar refiners, Finch-street, Whitechapel, May 7, at half-past twelve, and June 9, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Phillips and Son, Lawrance Pountney-lane, Cannon street. John Burton, coach and wagon proprietor, Taunton, May 11 and June 2, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court; Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Pain, Bridgewater; Pain, New Inn, Strand; Stogdon, Exeter. George Barnard, grocer, High Wycombe, Buckingham shire, May 7, at one, and June 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Tucker, Threadneedle street. Peter Francis Adrian Vander Vyver, merchant, Crutched Friars, May 7, at twelve, and June 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry ; Burnell, Ferchurch-street. Samuel Withnall and William Cartwright, dyers, Ker shaw-bridge, Lancashire, May 14 and June 3, at eleven, a the Manchester District Court; Hobson, official assigneet Manchester; Spinks, Great James -street; Cobbett, Man chester. Alice Johnstone, draper, Liverpool, May 4, and June 4, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Co., Staple Inn. Edward Bridcut, ironmonger, Cheltenham, May 11 and June 8, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Lindo, London ; Packwood, Chel tenham. Robert Law, ironmonger, Bristol, May 11, at twelve, and June 8, at eleven, at the Bristol Di strict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Messrs. Ray and Co., Bristol. William Knowell, carpenter, Bristol, May 12, at twelve, and Jane 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Salmon, Bristol. IMPS RI A L PARLIAMENT, (THIS E VENIN G.) HOUSE OF LORDS. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given, by Commission, to the Fever (Ireland) Bill, and to a private Bin. The Com missioners were the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of Clan ricarde, and Earl of Minto. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at Five o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up several public and private Bills. THEJGOVERNMENT SCHEME OF EDUCATION. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented petitions from the counzies of Hampshire and Worcestershire in favour of the Government scheme of edueation; and petitions from Wellington, BristoL Stafford, and Essex, against it._ _ — Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented some petitions from Salop and other places against the Government scheme of education. SUNDAY TRADING. Lord MONTiliaLEpresented petitions from Christ. church and another place in Surrey, praying that the Bill for the prevention of Sunday trading might be passed into law. - Lord WHAIiNCLIFFE considered that an effectual system of inspection was most desirable, in order to pre vent the recurrence of such accidents as had recently occurred in connexion with the working of mines. A conversation ensued in which the Bishop of DUR HAM and Lord CAMPBELL took place, and the petition was ordered to lie on the table. ACCIDENTS IN COLLERIES. ___ __ The NOBLE EARL also presented a petCUonfrom York shire, in which the petitioners deplored the recent accident that had occurred in the Barnsley collieries, and praying for the adopti na of some measures to prevent a recurrence of similar accidents. - Earl STANLEY presented a petition from Queen's County against the poor law for Ireland. Also, a petition from Sir R. Bateson and the inhabitants of Moira, praying that relief be not extended to the able-bodied. Also, from the bishop and clergy of Meath to the same ef• feet ; also from the clergy of the diocese of El phin and Kilmore, complaining of the way in which the clergy were rated to the poor. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Mr. Crafer presented returns from the Treasury. SOUTHAMPTON CONSUMERS' GAS-LIGHT AND COKE BILL. Mr. MACKINNON moved the second reading of the Southampton Consumers' Gas Light aNd Coke Bill. After a short discussion the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. ROCHDALE WATERWORKS BILL On the motion of Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, the Rochdale Waterworks Bill was read a third time, and passed. REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail way (Extension to Melford, Lavenham, and Clare). London and. South-Western Railway (Widening, &c.) IRISEI POOR-LAW BILL. Mr. SIIARMAN CRAWFORD presented petitions from the county of Donegal against certain clauses in the Irish Poor-law Bill. POOR-LAWS. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Dorset, com plaining of the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners. MONETARY SYSTEM. Mr. R. S?OONER presented a petition from Birming ham, complaining of the state of the monetary system of the country, stating the belief of the petitioners, that, if it existed for any length of time, it would throw out of em ployment the labouring classes, and praying that a Com mittee might be appointed to inquire into the operation of the Act of 1844, in order that it might be revised and corrected. EDUCATION. Mr. W. MILES presented a petition from Somerset against the Government plan of education. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented similar petitions. DIRECT TAXATION. Mr. EWART postponed the motion of which he had given notice until this day fortnight respecting a system of direct taxation. SCOTCH JUDGES. Mr. WATSON wished to ask the Lord-Advocate whether he was aware that the Scotch Judges were in the habit of undertaking the arbitration of private suits, and receiving fees for the same ; and if so, whether he approved of such a course ? The LORD-ADVOCATE said that he was not aware of anything of the kind having taken place ; and if such a course had been adopted he need not say that it was his opinion that such a course was, to say the least of it, very indiscreet. LORD DALHOUSIE'S RAILWAYS DISSOLU TION ACT. Mr. NEWDEGATE wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the railway department, whe ther it was the intention of the Government to bring in any measure this session to amend Lord Dalhousie's Act with reference to joint-stock companies? Mr. STRUTT said that he could not answer the question, but as far as his department was concerned there was no such intention. AUTHORITY OF THE COAST-GUARD TO STOP PASSENGERS. Mr. HUDSON wished to put a question to the Go vernment, with regard to the authority of the coast guard to stop passengers and prevent them from landing. The lion. Secretary to the Admiralty had answered his question privately, but ho thought t hat it w ould be better e w wished to he have d toptohte was,an sv whether r g Ve n h n e public. coast - guard r rh e iqhofunaued furni sh n ivtal whether sna o hys n b such authority as he had mentioned to prevent passen gerspfar r o t m ic u i anrdmini d g n ; wu a tee n u d lu i n f dh s ea u rv c e aie h wh ap cyh eh o s t e h r j a te d e i dtrieeegn e t x u i I s at t, tthh th e particular Government made ? 1 Mr. WARD said, that the Treasury had the regula tiou of the coast guard ; and asked if the Hon. Member had any complaint to make with regard to the conduct of the authorities. Such a regulation did exist where passengers wished to land with their luggage, before a proper examination had been made. Mr. HUDSON did not complain of any particular incivility ; he only wished to know whether such an authority existed ? Mr. WARD said that such a regulation, under the circumstances he had mentioned, did exist, and the coast guard :were only in the performance of an order which was enforced all round the coast. ROYAL COMMISSION. Sir Augustus Clifford, the esher of the black rod, here appeared at the table, and summoned the House to the bar of the House of Peers, to hear the royal assent given by commission to several Bills (for which see Lords' report.) PUBLIC WORKS, IRELAND. Mr. CORNELIUS O'BRIEN moved that the returns relating to the Extraordinary Sessions held in and for the several baronies of the county of Clare, and works consequent thereon [ordered 9th March] ; and the re turn relating to Public Works (Ireland), and proceed ings of Liscannon Committee [ordered 20th April] ; and that relating to presentment passed at Corofin, in the county of Clare [ordered same day], be made forth• with.--Agreed to. CASE OF CAPTAIN WYNNE. Major MACNA MAR A move d that the petition f rom Kilmurry, for in qu i ry i nto the conduct of Capt. Wy n n e , be print e d w i t h the votes , an d re f erre d t o t h e S e l ect Committee o n C apt. wy nne's Letters.—Agreed to. HONORARY MEDALS FOR THE TWEED. Sir W. JAMES said that he had presented a petition some days ago for leave to compete for the honorary medals to be given for the relief of the Tweed. Lord J. RUSSELL said that a communication bad been made to the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty, and that the matter was in the hands of Mr. Wyon, who was usually considered a competent and satisfactory authority. NAVY ENLISTMENT BILL. Sir C. NAPIER said that regulations had been made for the manning of our mercantile marine, which is now by far the most extensive in the world, but no provision 189,569 tons ; whatever had been made for the enlistment for the navy. We had now 6,379 ships above a hundred tons, ta com prisingrate, vessels under rh steam vessels, comprising 1,355.000 tons, besides 367 regi stered 11,017 there were vessels, comprising 8,838 tons ; for w hile i , in the na vy we h ate 100 some vague provision& sail of the line, beside a and other smaller vessels, not includin g t' nee t h ere was the eyetezu ' steam vessels of war.„iio ... fa prWophoir-teio—ntttenummboerer of th frigates i 150 1 of conscription and inscription, by. the latter of which every person competent to serve was known, and by the former it was arranged that every man in the province was obliged to serve for five years in the army. There was some similar provision in Sweden, Russia, and every other country in Europe except Denmark. But in this country, the greatest mercantile country in the world, there was no provision whatever till the Bills introduced by the Hon. Baronet the Member for Dorchester. The Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Admi ralty did not pass the Bill without considerable difficulty. There was a great opposition to the Bill at the time, but still in the end it was passed. Ile remembered that a short time before the Right Hon. Baronet brought in his forward he addressed a letter to Lord Althorp request ing him to introduce some measure into Parliament upon this subject, but the only answer he received was, that: his Lordship was extremely anxious that the system of im pressment should be made fixed; but it was impossble to bring the subject forward in the House of Commons, as but few Members took any interest in it. Yet, not withstanding that declaration, the Right Hon. the Mem ber for Dorchester brought in his Bill and succeeded in carrying it. In the session before last, the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member: or Wiltshire brought forward his Bill for improving, the Registration Bill, and that was also carried through the House, but net without considerable difficulty. Now, if people would only have patience until the registration of seamen was complete, he had not the slightest doubt that they would find the Bill turn out to be of great importance. He would now take a glance at the provisions of the Bill. It would appear that it gave Government authority to issue a proclamation calling upon all seamen in Great Britain and Ireland to come forward within five days from the date of the proclamation to enter the navy. That was, they were to be allowed five days to volunteer, but if they did not volunteer within that period, they would be liable to be impressed. At sea the man was only allowed half-an-hour to make up his mind—rather sharp practice. The power the Queen possessed at the present moment he did not think was too much or too little ; for in stance, suppose that they wished to increase their navy by four or five sail of the line, it had been very clearly proved in 1840 and 1841, when they were desirous of Increasing their navy in the Mediterranean, and bring ing it to a force of seventeen or eighteen sail of the line, voluntary enlistment was then out of the question. None of the ships in the Mediterranean could receive men from Edgland, because they were not to be had under any circumstances. Three or four sail of the line, which were in commission, were obliged to remain at Benin for several months without their complement. Even the guard-ships were inefficiently manned, and a Gallant Admiral was called home to ar range some plan for obtaining the full complement of men for the ships. Now the Bill of Sir Jaraes Graham provided that the seamen were to be called out by proclamation from the Queen, and that they were to receive a double rating, and that all the seamen, actually in port, at the moment when the proclamation was issued, were also to receive a double bounty. In the event of the Government requiring an addition to their force of 2,000 or 3,000 men, they had no other means of obtaining them, or of manning two or three ships, but by calling out all the seamen employed in the merchant service, and paying them the sum of 300,000/. or 400,0004 Any gentleman who chose to take that matter into consideration would find it very un convenient for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to be ob liged before he could raise even a single man, to advance pretty nearly half a million of money. It must also be inconvenient when only two or three thousand men were required, that they had to issue a pro clamation ; and in case it should be a popular war and should the men feel a great disposition to come for ward themselves, as each man knew very well that upon the expiration of five days if he did not come forward he was subject to arrest. It was natural to suppose that all these men had come forward in order to receive the high bounty which would be given to them. In such a case twenty or thirty thousand men might come forward and not only derange themselves but dis organise the whole mercantile marine of the country. The Bill to which he called the attention of the House would not be any such expense, it would rather be a saving. The amendment which he had to propose was one which, in his opinion, the Government ought to agree with, and one which they ought to have intro duced themselves. It would have given him great satis faction if the Government had brought forward the measure—(Hesr, hear)—but as the Admiralty had not done so, he felt it to be his duty to introduce the measure himself. His proposition was, that her Majesty should call out at any time, in peace or war, by proclamation, whatever seamen might at any time be required. They would have to be called on in rotation, as they had been out of their apprenticeship, for one, two, three, or four years. They should first try to gain the number by voluntary means, but, when that failed, then they should issue a proclamation, calling on those who had been one year released from their apprentice ship to come forward; then, if these were not sufficient, call on those two years out, and so on. He would not have any impressment, but be would have it so ordered that no merchant ships should be allowed to take any seamen who were thus called out into their service. This might be called oppression, and be admitted that it was, but it was better oppression than the old system of oppression. His object was to get a number of men as they might be required for the services of the country, to be called out by the Queen's proclamation, and thus pre vent the necessity of the Chancellor of the Ex checrer from parting with a considerable sum of money. In one of the shit. in which hp was engaged there we, employed to obtain men an officer who had named a ship before he was born. Ile had succeeded admirably in re placing the men who wereabout to be discharged. liesuc ceeded in his object, and when the new men canoe alongside those who were to be discharged, he thought that there were fourteen men. They went below to get their traps, and their messmates went down to take leave of them. Of course this was a long business. There was a regular jollification, and when they came up he believed that there were not more than six men in the ship, besides the officers, who were not more or less intoxicated. And as these, for some cause or other, were engaged when it was necessary to bring the ship to, the captain himself was obliged to go forward to let go the anchor. Such was the case with every other ship in the Downs, and he believed that, in the case of another war, such a state of things would never be allowed. He was quite certain this country would never tolerate the system of impressment again. At 411 events, he Was certain the seamen would not. stand it ; ,if they did, all he could say of them was, that they would be great fools. Then, with regard to pressing men on shore. In the time of war a man could not walk about the streets of London without being picked up. No man was safe, no body was respected, end had the Speaker himself hap pened to be walking near the docks, he would certainly have been picked up. The House might have been waiting for their speaker, while the speaker himself might have been caged up in the press-room of the guard-ship anchored off the Tower. The men who were pressed were denied the use of ink or paper, and before be could find out where he had got to, he was shipped off to the Nore.—(Hear.) There was often what they called a hot press, when the house of any man was entered by these press-gangs, and men taken away from their wives and families to foreign countries, when it might be years before their friends heard of them. He had endeavoured to show them the system of impressment as it now existed. He trusted that the Government would open their eyes to adopt some course which would in duce the men to enlist themselves. Even with all the Induce ments they could use, they could not wholly succeed. A north country sailor, who traded to Hull or to Newcas• tle, regarded the service on board , 4 man-of-war with horror, and would not, on any persuasion, enter the navy. He thought they ought to begin at once, and do some thing to alter the present condition of things. He be lieved that if this amendment were agreed to the seaman would soon get accustomed with it, and it would not be considered a hardship. It would place this country in a positzon to meet any great emergency, that might arise. He thanked the House for the attention given to him, and he would now sit down by asking leave to introduce the Bill. (LEFT SITTING.) SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. Very unfavourable amounts have been received in town this day from Dublin, relative to the critical state of the health of the Earl of Besborough, the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid, Prick Annum. Share. Y......................... • .••••• ••••••• ................ ............ iustralasia .......... 40 00£S. d. s. d. 40 0 0 - Brash North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 44N commercial of London 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Dolonial - ..... •.• • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock ••• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 44y n Ditto, New... -•• • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 16 National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 U - Ditto, New. •••• • • • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia •• - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of London. •• .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ._ CAELN.ELLe. H , ..r. Dividend Samos of 24 per Price. Names of e,-- ' Dividend , Price. comparae ,. . g Ann.. Companies. 6. Per v] cf; Annum. ---_--_. -..--- -- ___ ---- £ ---•-_-_-_ X - Monmouthsh 100 10/. Ashtn & Olkih 97 51.58. 41. p e 70 Mntgonirysh 100 51. - Ashby -d-la-Z 113 _ _ l. - I_Bo Macclesfield. 100 - Barnsley.... 160 12 Neath ......100 20/. 340 Basingstoke.. 100 -_-:-. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - Brknk&Abrg Is 51 40 Dromford.... 10 0 141. - Peak Forest. 78 34 Dudley • • • • • . 100 41. - Regent's •••• 33 11. 4s. 1 9 Derby •. 100 61. 63 t ltochdale .. • • 85 41. 54 • - • ii.'llsmre&Chs 133 4/. 55 Shropahire - 125 81. - Erewash •.. 100, 3' 2 . 1 - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & ClydllCW 4/. - Do.Lk Id St 12 6/. p. c. - GrandJunctn , loo , 6/. 75 Stffrd & Wore, 1410 28/. 275 Urrand Union,loo, 11. 10s. - ;Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. - (41arriorgnsh.172, 13%1. - ;Stourbridge.. 145 201 . 305 ilistr&Brkly, '00; - I - Strtfrd on Av 79 I/. 108. - arantham .. 1501 12/. - Severn and} 26 I/. Bs. - Eludderstleld 57 1 - - , Wye Itail. Kennt & Avii! 39 78. 6d. 5 Trnt & Mr-1 50 301. - Lancaster ... 147 11.10 s. - B eY "• • Leeds& Livrp ' 100' 341. 520 Thema &Med 19 - - Leicester .... 1 140 10/. , 75 Worcstr &) Leicar &Nthl 83 4/. 36 Birming3 78 21 . 42 I lopapprogb,,l42 701, 530 Wilts Bras , 67 U, u I DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- 4 a. d. £ a. d. Commercial ••••• • .• • 2/. per cent. Stock. East and West India... Si. pr cent. Stock. East Country Landon ••• • • • St. Katharine .........5 per cent. I Stock. Southampton •• •••• •• 2/. per cent. , 50 0 0 5O 0 0 j 20 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. s. d. X s. 0. Albion ••••••• • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance trit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 1854 Ditto Marine.- •• 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 5% Atlas . • 138.6 d. pr sh. 50 00 , 50 0 15 1 4 British Commercial 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7% i;lericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 I 210 0 22 31. 100 0 0 I 10 0 0 `rown • • •• • • 125. 50 0 0 5 0 0 Eagle .. .. •. • ..... •• • • Os. 50 0 0 50 0 5L Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life • per cent. 20 0 0, All paid, I - Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 ••• • • . 6/. per cent. Stock. 130 Guardian •• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 47 i. Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life • • l2l. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 Indemnity Marine 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Life.. „ 1/. Sc. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - ,cgal and General Life 50 0 0 20 0 - 13ndon Fire los. 25 0 0 112 10 0 15 ,ondon Ship •.• . • los. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 arine •••• ••• • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 l5 0 0 Nled. Invild & Gen. Life 1%/. per ct. 50 00 1 2 0 0 2% ational Lean Fund 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - National Life 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 i 5 0 0 - l'alladium Life"... •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 41s xd "hcenix . 3/. p. et. & bs. - 'rotector Life.. • . 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 3s. 'rovident Life .•• • • l/. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Lock Life ...•..••..•• 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% toy - al Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. 3un Fire • Ditto Life . 11. 6s. Universal Life .. LIST OP SCOTTISH CODIPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ B. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 169 Royal Sank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 153 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank •• • • 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 161 National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 .0 13/.135 Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr sent. - 50 0 0 90% Western Bank.. •• • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 82 IA North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7 , 4 Clydesdale Bank.... • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 12 7 4 Eastern Bank •• • 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 111 145 Caledonian Bank ... • • 7%1. pr cent. - 210 0 41. 93 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 !Gt. 145 City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 12 3 4 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 225. 00 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 i 342 Insur. Co. of Scotlnd• • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9::4 /. pr cent. '2OO 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 '0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Ellin. & tflasg. Railway 1/.los. per s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 Ditto, 4 Shares 72. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17 Edln., Leith, & Granth 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 61% &Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 1 25 0 0 .511 paid. 18 lisgw& Ganikirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39% Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LifeAssurnce.l 51. per cent. 150 0 0 210 Q I 9 WATER-WORICS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - £ s. d. East London.. •••• • • • • 81. 100 0 0 Grand Junction ••• • • • 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 90 100 0 0 - Vauxhall ............ 100 0 0 West Middlesex . . . 51.105. pr cnt. 63 12 9 125 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AFIUL 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-We have had another fiat market for shares. There was a large quantity of stock again to-day in the market for sale, and although lower prices were marked, buyers could not be found. The sales are-Am bergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 1 dis. -Blackburn, Clitheroe, Sic., Preference, 14 p.- Birmingham and Oxford, 7 5 4 p.-Eastern Counties, 18 1 ,4- East Lanca shire, New (scrip), is. 3d. dis.-East Lincolnshire, 1% p.- Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 8 1 4 p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3 4 p.-Ditto, Extension, 1 4 p.-Liverpool, Cheshire, and Southport, 1 / 2 p.-London and North-Western, 170-Ditto, Quarters (London and Birming ham), 15 1 ,4 p.-Ditto,4ol. Shares (London and Manchester), 25 p.-Ditto, Quarters, New, 9% p.-London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 5% p.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4 p.-Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), R., p.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), par-Mid land Stock, 114-Ditto, 401. Shares, 3 1 / s p.-Ditto, New, 1% p.-North British, New Quarters (scrip), p.-North Stitt • fordshire, 1 1 ,G p.-Preston and Wyre, 34 3 / q -Shrewsbury and Cheshire (late North and West Midland), New, 2 p.- Shrewsbury and Cheshire, New, par-Shrewsbury and Bir mingham 9/. 12s. 3d. Sh ares (B), 1 ,4 dis. ex. int.-South- Eastern, No. 2, par-Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, ls. 3d. dis. MANCHESTER, Aran. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1 1 A-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 1 A-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7A- Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferentials, %.---Eat Lancashire (late B. and P.), New, 1 c.-Ditto, New (scrip), 1A -East Lincolnshire, 1 5 4-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 1 1 / 2 -Glasgow and Dum fries, par-Great Northern, 1% e. -Huddersfield and Man chester Railway and Canal, par-Ditto, Thirds, 1 4-London and North- Western, New, 91,. 2 -Manchester and Leeds, Halves (H. and S.), par-Ditto, Fifths, ni-Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), par-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), par - Manchester and Southampton, 1 5-16 --North Staffordshire, I'A -Nort h- Western, VA -Nort h ern Cot.nties Union, 2 9-16-Oldham Alliance, 5-16 dis.-South- Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 3-16-South Staffordshire, 9-16. LEEDS, APRIL 26. STOCK ?,XCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and I3oston, 30s. dis.-Eastern Counties, York Exten sions, 1% dii.-East Lancashire, New, 1 1 4 dis.-Ditto, New Scrip, ss. da.-East and West Yorkshire, 1% dis.-East Lincolnshire, p.-Great Northern, 1 1 4 die.-Huddersfield and Manchestr, Thirds, 2a. 6d. p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, New Extension s , Scrip ( pink), 12s. 6d. dis. -Leeds and Thirsk, 5 dis.-. Ditto, Preference, Is. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 20, dis -London, Brighton, and South Coast, 50%-Ditto, Fifteenths, 2s. p.-111 alton and Driflield Junc tion, 17s. 6d. dis. - -Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4 p.- Ditto, 321. Shares hate Extensions), 7s. dis.-Ditto, West Riding Union, par - Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Lid land, 12s. 6d. dis - Mdland, Preference, 31s. p.-- Newcastle and Berwick, New, II 0.-North British, Extension (scrip), 65. 6d. p.-North Stafiirdshire, 1 1 4 p.--„Norfbcrn Counties Unimi, 2 3 4 dis.-North- V es t ern , 2% dis.-Wharfdale Juno tiOD, 1% dis.-York and iewcastle, Preference, 2 1 ,i p. HULL, APRIL 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, Boston, &c., 275. 6d.-Blackburn, Darwen, and Boston, dis.-Great Northern, "?.% -North British, Extension (scrip), 6s. 9d. p.-Ditto, Tbrds, 505.-North-Western, 495. dis.-Shropshire Union,ll. 18s. 3d. dis. -West Riding Union, dis. EDINBURGH, APRIL 23. - - --- STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 425. 6d.—East Lothian Central, 52z,—Edinbrirgh and Glas gow, Quarters, 17 1 /i—Edinburgh, L,ith, and Granton, Pre ference, 20 1 4—Edinburgh and Northern, 15 1 / B —Ditto, New, 70s.—Ditto, Newport, 71A—b dit.burgh and Perth, 465. 6d. Ditto, Halves, 16s.—Glasgow, Dumtics, and Carlisle, 5 1 4 —Great Northern, 60s.—Manchester aril Southampton, 225. 6d.—North British, Halves, 324 4 —Ditto, Quarters, 68s.— Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 23s.—East Indian, 3s. 6d. GLASGOW, APRIL 24. STOCK EXCIIAITGE.—The sales are—Ayr and Galloway, 40s.—Caledonian, New, 42s.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s.—East Indian, 3s.—East Lothian Central, '7 s . 6d. —Edin burgh and Perth (New Co.), 44s.—Ditto, Halves, 14s.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, AR a --Great Southern of Madras, Is. 6d.—Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, I t , 31—Man chester and Southampton, IN.—Midland, Halve., ai —Sla. mannan, 221 h. FATAL ACCIDENT BY MACHINERY. —An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Bedford, at the Plo u g h, _ w C e ar3- Carey street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on the body of Tim°ti lY fa L ther at i e,,, -, stre aged thirteen. Th e d ecea sed worked with his Bielefield's papier macho wor k s , No. A t V he e I m 3 g th instant, to?- et North, Strand, and on the afternoon of whilst alone in a room in which he was employed, h_ e got playing with some machinery notwithstanding he had been cautioned repeatedly o f the dan g er, b y thrusting his right hand between two large iron rollers revolving at full speed grinding paper to a pulp, and before he could with draw it, the rollers drew the hand and arm in as high as the shoulder; his screams brought assistance, and the engine was instantly stopped, but before the arm could be extricated the machinery had to be taken to pieces, when it was found shockingly mutilated. He was conveyed to the King's Col lege Hospital, where subsequently the arm was amputated, but he died on Friday last from the effects of the injury. Verdict, "Accidental death." SERVANTS PROVIDENT ANI) BENEVOLENT SO- ClETT.—Yesterday a public meeting to promote the ,objects of this society was held at the Hanover-square Rooms. The Bishop of London occupied the chair. His Lordship brief:y explained the objects of the society, which are to afford a weekly allowance to domestic servants in old age, a sum payable at death for funeral expenses, an endowment for apprenticing children, the advantages of an insurance office,t and the establishment of a home fur female servants re place, and a charitable pension fund for such t as et may y may be re t' of resolut ions re duced by sickness or misfortune. f revising barrister or stone, M.P., J. Tidd Pratt, Esq. (the were proposed, and supported by theAßig'ahrtieHon. W. E. Glad. D• Powles, Esq., the Res. Morris, and others. rules regulating benefit societies), J. • Rey. Messrs. H. Huibes, the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, of Loudon, 20 guineas; J. Powles, Es Amongst the subscriptlous announced were the Lord Bishop M., of other donations, varying in 10 guineas ; and a variety 5 guineas; Lord Ashley, 51. to 14 The whole of the resolutions were 10 guineas , amount from carried irh the most cordial un a nimit y , and, thanks being voted w tothe c hairman, the meeting separated. OPENING Or THE BROMPTON COUNTY COURT.-- Yesterday the Brompton County Court for the recovery of debts under 201. was opened in the large room of the Paken ham Arms Tavern, Knightsbridge-green, which has been temporan 'i y fitted up for the purpose, until a Cou r t-h ouse i s erected, before Andrew Amos, Esq., the Judge appointed by the Lord Chancellor to that and the Afarylebone and Brent ford County Courts, Mr. W. Burrows being the clerk, and Mr. Rogers the high bailiff. The district comprises those portions of the parishes of Kensington and Hammersmith south of the centre of the Uxbridge-road, from where Ham mersmith joins Acton parish, and p ass i ng through Victoria gate across Hyde park, and through Alb ert - gate and down the centre of Sloane-street to th e r i ver Thames, includes Knightsbridge, Chelsea, and Fulham. The sitting will, on this occasion, occupy three days; yesterday, cases under 5/. • t e n Tuesday, anc eu of t d e r l . O O / 1 . , e; wto nles and on t Wednesday,numers, b under no cases er2 01. e t ' public interest occurred. MANSLAUQIITE R AT BRISTOL.—BRISTOL, MONDAY ArrEuNoox.—A good deal of excitement has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Clifton, near this city, in consequence of the death of a girl named Mary Casey, under circum stances which have led to the committal by the magistrates of a man nanted ,John Millard to take Lis trial for man slaughter. The it#e>tigation by the magistrates was com menced at the Couneil-house on Saturday, and was concluded this day, and from the evidence adduced it would appear that the deceased was the daughter of a poor widow named Bridget Casey, who lived in Berkeley-court, and earned he' livelihood by going out to work as a charwoman. At the back of Berk e l ey - p l ace, and extending to Mer idi an - p l ace , is a rocky piece of ground, upon the upper part of which Messrs. Bevan and Compton, builders, of Bedminster, are engaged in erecting s — ome houses, and the faccused man, John Mi llard, has been employed by th e m to blast some of the s The tone fertlicief purpose of canstructing the necessary drains. Site d the buildings being about thirty yards from the foot ao carriage-way of Meridian-place, and much nearer to the gar dens of other buildings, considerable alarm ha s been felt by the inhabitants in consequence of the danger to which they conaidered themselves exposed. On named Tripp, an architect, residing in Meridian -place, made an effort to prevent further blasting, for which purpos a ef l saw Millard and another workman personally , relge sent h e and t to them the unlawful nature of their proceedings, danger to which they were exposing the public, and obtained from them a promise that the work should be differently, Tuesday a gentians! conducted, and that no more gunpowder should be use bared re : there. On Wednesday morning. however, Millard hole in part of the rock, put some powder into it, and %A it. It was stated by a witness named Redhead, w i r :a Do t had considerable experience in quarrying, that he adopt the proper precautions against acc ident, by Pn7, o planks or faggots over the hole, so as to prevent therocr_„ from flying about ; and the consequence was that the b fragments of rock were thrown by the force of the exP i ld to a considerable distance. Many large pieces ware har oa to a considerable height in the air, and then descended "P-, the tops of the houses, dashing the tiles in pieces, at wise damaging the roofs ; other pieces fell into an acljac! court, in which the deceased Mary Casey and some °WA children were. A fragment of broken tile struck a girl named Wall, on her head, and injured her very severely, , s Oa , deceased was struck by a heavy stone, which causost fracture of the skull, from which death ensued. The pall in his defence, said he had been used to quarrying a ' me. life, and never had had any accident before. Re told at Bevan, his master, all that Mr. Tripp had told him, an d he had promised not to tire more powder; but the next n u t is ing his master told him to bore a hole in the stone and 1 111 1 1 0 powder and blow it otf. It was by his master's orders trial and other he did it. The magistrates committed him to take his t for manslaughter. THE INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, W r lClS T ! f l e pdf o Y f e t s h te e rd l r fa - n ti t le o a r n p n ha u l a i l A m s e y e l t u i m ng , lovfantshteeagzvernors an" "" • e the report of the past year, and elect 50 c hil v d a r s en he tt i g erecb . ene i el oo l3 of the institution, the charity now being able to adult,t6;o - annually. The report showed that there were ,iuda Pant orphans in the society, and that during the P r° . to year 40 had left for other asylums. The income arnoats7ob. 6,821/. 10e. 3d., which included above 4,000/. ann ual oda script ions ; and the expenditure reached 6,842/. 9 ° . _„, r er, which left a balance of 211. Bs. 7d. due to the tr"P7 There were 148 applicants. ooPe Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Limy" were received yesterday at he Colonial-office. erat " Mr. Dennistouu and Mr. t Augustus Craven had an I view, yesterday, with the Earl of Clarendon. This magnificent THE p iur DUKE built O r steamerSUTHERLAND horn Inverness to 1.. , nd0n. On her arrival at A`T io madeher Sfi first t i Steaa. Wharf she was visited by crowds of persons , ' fi rs aS mired her for iiib beauty and elegance of her decoratlg of well as for the gigantic size of her engines. The akY l t e s of the saloon is formed of stained glass, on which are cit'briod, the armorial bearings of his Grace the Duke of Stitu e ' of of the cities of London and Aberdeen, and of the tqbere Inverness, &c. The arrangements are most coMplete-__ h , „ fof are four elegant state rcs.ms, ladies cabin, large e*,,,, Te -- Ade gentlemen, and saloons. Bet ths for 80 passengerscan tb. up with every luxury and accommodation. Frunldseoth 17 stern-post, she is 197 feet, her breadth 26 feet, —Raba' feet, engine-room 58 feet long. She was built bYtordeen Napier, of the Vulcan Foundry, Glasgow. Th e t IQo et- Steam Comyany have placed her on the London an g alies ness station, agreeably to the wise of the northern Pdiejr. The company deserves great credit for thei r spritent j ea terprise, and the best thanks of the public are m end " f for placing such a powerful vessel at the coral d uce to those who wish to convei their farm stock and P ro Cer, the London market. The Inverness courier says : O" tainly in elegance and extent of accommodation o'ooo at all equal to this has ever been engaged in2tio.ranius lily trade." The vessel is also a fair specimen of tu e a rifi n atighw' perseverence of the citizens of Glasgow. Mr. 5„.,5"" 5 a t O . the manager, and Captain Anderson, and other office ra company, were most attentive in conducting the were anxious to see this magnificent iron steamer. d it ritig AN ADVENTUROUS ACT.—On WednesdaY 11 0 . act was performed on the river by an American eel: be for vessel being on the point of leaving for New di rk. , b ip hol e warded his sea chest on board. On going to the 4.j a ce'S ever, when she had anchored in the river, off the ! Ise asiir Parade half waacross the stream, he foun d that !that Di° take had occurred; and determined not to leave so sut with' property, he forth with plunged overboard , ant o bire standing the powerful ebb of the tide, swam bol d fbY Do the parade, holding in one hand a bundle of clothe s ? lu g With means inconsiderable size. On landing, though dri f P oo ch*. wet, he appeared to treat the feat with the utrnoos . lance. Lir 7z. , APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH - 10 be e, understand that a marriage is immediately to t o „„ r ap ls tween the Lady Alexandrine Vane, the highly ac'-dasider tC /' daught d er t a if rl t h o e fi A , l o a rt rq ar u l i i s n g a t n o d n Marchioness of t extensive family property in England and the 5 15 ' dom will be fresh in the recollection of our readers..._ ItiO LONDON, Aram 27.—A Swedish ship. from Shield 044 a heavy gale on the 18th, 00 haying encountered Finisterre. Janeiro, coal laden, put into the Tagus, dismasted, ri.ge oafccLce°;_lf RACES TO COME. The following is the list the season of 1847: _. Newmarket, S. S. 4 Plymouth and Devon port S. Shrewsbury Edinburgh 6 Ascot Heath _ . 1 Hampton ... Tenbury Sutton Park l5 Writtle Newmarket Lancaster Mansfield AUG Ripon 2 Brighton Horwich Wolverhampton Chelmsford lt,ading ll Lewes ll Yarmouth If fixtures already SEPTE Warwick Kuutsford Aberdeen Donca:Ler ..... Leicester Lichfield OCT , Stafford 5 Newmarket, S. 0 II .Y. . IS Epsom ................ 25 Manchester ......... 26 Newton ................... Hungerford ........... E. I3ibury Club .... .. ...... Stockbridge ............22 Newcastle ............... .0 Carlisle .................. LT Liverpool ... ........... 1t; Nottingham ............ G o odwood ............... ;is Leominster •... ........ UST. , 24 1 9 York ..................... *Eghatn ................ Derby ................... ;; *Hereford •... .......... go 7 ' *Huntingdo n ............. *Canterbury' ............ °0 Stourbridge ........... NOVEL Worcester not fixed [The meetings against terisk have not been officiall bability will take place at th IRISH RACE' Curragh April 20 Tullow ............May 4 Beliewstown ......June I W icklow ................. . hialeit CurraghiaMallow wneeayt ... h ............................................... z 31 : 50_ T Down Royal Corpora- Down 20 Carlow 29 ri,enix Park Aug. 10 2 2 Bed ford .................. Wn.i AO I .................. l g Richmond ........... 2 8 .............. Newmarket, F. 0. ••• ‘ , 9 Sand bach ............ ... 25 3E a w . Nemarket, g...... .... Tarporley ........... o ar w hich we have placeao nro. ly but ;S TO COME 16 a ti n in n e ou ra nc e e n d t i IKilcock 6 Cork Garrison ........ • I Curragh 5O-" it Lusk ................... g Limerick ................ ,• g i Fermoy ................. • 4 r Tuam ..................... frs Cork .............. Oct" 13 Curragh ...................... Down Royal Corporr ,9 tion ................... ;1 Kilkenny .................. COURLTAOWF INTELLIGENCE. :1,6. WOOLMaa AIRS) OTHERS v. TORT. ,_;,ititah QUEEN'S BENCH, Aps e ' In this case an action had been brought by the P"' ee -- et who were the members of the •' managing conlolooll the " Direct Exeter. Plymouth, and Devon P e rt e , o etn 1 Company," against the defendant, to recover th _ ect o. 1051., being the amount of the deposits payable in n reg e 01 0 40 shares which the plaintiffs had allotted to hitn. i e weal: company. At the trial a verdict was given for tu t . P, an d but in the following term a rule nisi for a nev : ',.r . leL l goeP arrest of judgment had been obtained by mr '". o h Kinglake. gr. Greeeir t ot s Mr. CSOWDER, Q,C. (with whom was now showed cause against the rule the 13th of October, 1845, .the defendan ,_ whi ch a letter to the provisional managing committee, u. 'coe s ‘ said, eachbOf e s iler " I request you. to allot to me 50 shares in I. 0 pany, and I undertake to accept of the same, Or number as you may please to allot to me." - - 6d. And further— He t ts b ta ad ted a , d tr e got o t S al " I undertake to pay, when required, the deposit O f • The allotment was made on the 15th of Deefign 4 011 per share." Aerfeo , Of t " letter was address%) by the secretary to the '— follows: 11 04 s 2 t l r . u l c 2 te s. d 6d t o. per ac u s e , : n a r t e y m ou us that e the pai d 0 00 3 - tP ai l nn ny ~jolt. jolt e a llit l p te e r sit y e i o n t u 40 shares in the above undertakift' no or 0 tot eeio beci e "provisionalpu a n r d t e o rm f t e h n e t i defendant,o nceodmbmani committee," e e e r bankers , that tn andtohre before tchoanttr attchhtee;:: h il o cal f _''' t , s . o_ri . w t I ; it had been contended by the Learned Sell; w ith t" ..A be .° WO co ntrACk , Tee the plaintiffs; but he would contend that th e At the ; 1 3 0 made with the "committee of managementi on the 4 o e the letter applying for shares was sent, won ° i f : o re aeg il , t , l fb. of October, the plaintiffs were the parties whro rnitProvisionaltee ;and the"managing Committee o f bi c a o n m ag m e d e to CO the committee. The letter itself was add in eesL e i o g e et , or e the pro per P 0 1° other coopsofoot that time. The defendant said that sons to sue in this action. There was nO laintiffs wele re ll the persona with whom he contracted, t" they wer e ! ee l agents of the provisional committee, and is The L e wed , that when a party committee ought to have been the phu nti Swhich oho 000 that at the prow° steed Counsel contended that there were cases tbe s t os rt. t e e n " tbA be of another the agent might sue defendant, for,. o f was no inconvenience to the o rig ' 0 1 eo n f oviel e e was, iu that case, entitled to t he 0 the P- - t hirty set off. In addressing the letters to the sa me Dail' Committee of management," it was ___ e. et) .n o made a contractenig as if he had addressed it to them by a n,aii )eeo a CD'ijio it had been contended, that there u betiVe ell tio o leneede and t , l°3 „,itte i time when the application for shares wa n _ s . a been ' — oOr in the members of " the provisional coin; it . when they were allotted ; that some e ~ a u t ere t.'" til thy w e oc mittee of management" were the same; . d they we r ..i 0 plaintiffs, and they had not been altere. don for iit i s e .' — d ',eel' and some had been added. That plight be so, " tb i,:sev eti as such both at the time of the appilea Vection .7.A — once at the time of the allotment. A third °tiled & Hotta" ts ice taken, that the committee of naanag to be '' - '4OP"' shares in a concern in which there torewere divided into ,_,r, capital was to be 1,000,0001., and ___,,,ittea:ol%l the Cow"' 36,000 shares, but that the defordeaffintencentractecimoto . hares of 25/. each. He contended that obares.,o be tor the Jur.Y , A .nt I here were any fraud. that would Ti l e defee• — der nagement were not bound to allot every one e. i ~. bat rii; s d b o bad v°" 43 16 , 0 4 ,leaded a plea of fraud and covin, but this wa s - 1 ' s 0 1 ' wai not even pretended in this case. voured to substantiate it. It was clear t hat__ „ 00 e bore tide undertaking. If there had been only lu,u ors lotted the case might hav e been different. l t ot Mr. Justice WzonviAß—The de ftidsluv JI . 7 , I._ : 4 r ": 4