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erbirb Tibition --- SUN OFFICE, Seven, o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S (THIS EVENING.) DERBY. sto 2 agst West Australian. 10 to 1 agst Orestes. 10 to 1 agst Pharos. 9to 1 agst Sittingbourne. 10 to 1 agst Honeywood. 12 to 1 agst Cineas. 13 to 1 agst Umbriel. 25 to 1 agst Hurworth. 40 to 1 agst Vanderdecken. 40 to 1 agst Cheddar. 50 to 1 agst Peggy. OAKS. Bto 1 agst The Queen. 10 to 1 agst Lady Louisa. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) Their lordships assembled about 4 o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills :—The South Sea and other Annuities Com mutation ; the Slave Trade (Sohar in Arabia) ; the Slave Trade (New Grenada) ; the Metropolitan Improve ments (Repayment of the Consolidated Fund) ; the Law of Evidence (Scotland) ; the Office of Examiner (Court of Chancery) ; the Clergy Reserves (Canada); the General Board of Health ; the New Foresi; Deer Re moval Act Amendment ; and, among a number of other private bills, the London Assurance; the Cork Municipal Corporation ; and the Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Duke of Argyll. INSPECTION OE NUNNERIES. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Kent, in favour of the inspection of nunneries and monastic establishments. The Archbishop of DUBLIN presented a similar peti tion, in the prayer of which he said he entirely concurred. The right rev. prelate instanced several cases in which the liberty of the subject had been violated by these in stitutions, and said it was absolutely required that some legislative remedy should be devised, to meet the evils which every one must admit did exist to a considerable extent. It was desirable, for the credit of the institutions themselves, that some mode of inquiry should be established, and he thought that such an inquiry, so far from intruding upon domestic privacy, or interfering with the principles of civil and religious liberty, would tend to the better security of our fellow-countrymen. The Bishop of NORWICH hoped the subject adverted to by the right reverend prelate would occupy the attention of their lordships at no distant period. He trusted that some measure would be framed to secure the main object of the petition, but at the same time avoiding any interference with religious freedom or with the privileges of those institutions. PROGRESS OF PUBLIC BUSINESS. Lord LYNDHURST called attention to the bills con cerning legal reform now before the house, and expressed Ili hope that the Government would give every facility for their progress, in order that they might not meet the fate of these bills which were thrown overboard at the close of the session in consequence of the press of business in the other house. He had in troduced a bill last session, to enable bills which had passed through all their stages in one session to be taken up at the stage at which they left off in the following session, but it was not passed. He hoped that some arrangement of that sort would be entered into, either by adjourning, instead of proroguing, Parliament at the end of a session, or by some other means. The Earl of ABERDEEN said the Government were anxious to expedite the bills mentioned by the learned lord by all proper means in their power, but it was im possible for him to give any distinct promise with refe rence to them. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL and Lord BIIOI7GRAM, Earl GREY suggested that the object of the noble and learned lord might be attained by a re solution of both houses, that a bill might be proceeded with in one session from the stage at which it had left off in a previous session. PICTURES OF LOUIS PHILIPPE. In reply to the Earl of MALMESBMLY, The Earl of ABERDEEN said that the collection of pictures belonging to the late Louis Philippe had been inspected, and that some of them had been purchased by the Government. DWELLING HOUSES FOR THE WORKING CLASSES. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved a resolution to the effect, that before the first reading of any bill for the construction of works which would take 30 or more houses inhabited by the working classes in any one pa lish there should be deposited particulars respecting the houses, and also information as to when any provision was made in the bill for remedying the inconvenience arising from the displacement of the inhabitants.— Agreed to. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Adel Beck Reservoir, Madras Railway, and Belfast and Ballymena Railway. The following bills were read a third time :—Austra lian Agricultural Company, Dundee Waterworks, Great Northern Railway (No. 1) • Londonderry, Enniskillen, and Sligo Railway ; Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage and Reclamation ; and Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Railway Bills. The following bills were read a second time :—Burton upon-Trent Improvement (No. 2), and Rochdale Im provement (No. 2). ROYAL ASSENT. The Usher of the Black Rod appeared to summons the Commons to hear the Royal assent given to certain bills in the other house, a list of which will be found in our Lords' report. HUTCHINSON'S CLAIM BILL. On the return of the Speaker, Mr. OLIVEIRA moved the second reading of this bill, which, he explained, was to provide for the payment of a debt due from theEastlndiaCompanyto the representatives of Mr. Hutchinson. That gentleman was for many years the resident for the East India Company at the Court of the Rajah of Travancore, and while acting in that capa city a debt became due to Mr. Hutchinson by the Rajah of somewhere near 500,000 rupees. In 1797 both Mr. Hutchinson and the Rajah died ; but various instalments were paid by the successor of the Rajah to Mr. Hutchin son's representr.tives, amounting to 280,000 rupees. In the year 1808 the East India Company assumed to themselves the management of the revenues of Travan core, and immediately stopped the payment of any fur ther instalments. Up to the present time not a single farthing had been paid, notwithstanding that a commit tee of that house, appointed in 1831, had recommended that a bill should be introduced to compel the payment of the whole claim. His object was to send this bill to a committee up stairs, in order that its justice should be fairly inquired into. Mr. LOWE, on behalf of the Government, op posed the bill, on the ground that the trans actions for which the debt was contracted were of the most questionable nature. When the com pany took to themselves the management of the revenue of Travancore, ey appointed Mr. Munroe to draw up an account of the Rajah's just debts, but Mr. Hutchinson's representatives did not make their appearance before Mr. Munroe, which was of itself a sufficient test of the cha racter of the claim. The House of Commons had thrown out a bill of the same nature 21 years ago, and that he thought was a very good reason why they should throw out the present bill. Mr. BRIGHT said that this case was one of many in which great injustice might be done in consequence of there being no tribunal before which claims of this nature might be brought. He should support the second read ing of this bill in order that it might be sent before a select committee. Mr. COLLIER also supported the bill on the same grounds. Sir C. WOOD moved that this bill be read a second time this day six months. He believed that the Rajah was not fairly indebted to Mr. Hutchinson, but even if it were, no reason had been shown why the East India Company should be charged with it. All that they had done was to advise the Rajah not to pay it until its jus tice was established. He believed this claim was a fraudu lent and collusive claim. Mr. HUME supported the bill on the ground that inquiry was necessary. thisircla: W. HOGG opposed the bill o n the ground that china had been inquired into and had been found to be untenable. Mr. T. BUNCOMBE said he sat upon the committee in 1842, which reported that Mr. Hutchinson's claim was a just one, a n d he thoughtsomewhat strange it that the PreHsideebnetgoafutthoethi Board of Control should now oppose it. originally there l was something more in this claim than was gma ly supposed. It was re sisted not only by the Governmen t ., but by the East India Company, and under these circumstances , the house could do was to refer mstances, the least also to a committee. Mr. MARSHALL said he was a member of the former committee, and from the monstrous state of the accounts that were then produced, etaedeliittle difficulty in arriving at the concl us i on that t was not made out. He had heard nothi ng s i nce to alter that opinion, and he must therefore resist the further progress of this bill. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 4B Against it lB6 . 138 Majority The bill was accordingly thrown out. HARWICH ELECTION. Sir J. TYRELL moved that Mr. Speaker do issue his writ to the Clerk of the Crown for the election of a burgess for the borough of Harwich, in the room , of Mr. Peacock, unseated on petition. Sir DE L. EVANS objected to the motion, which he THE CZAR AND THE EMPEROR OP CHINA.—A letter from St Petersburg of April2s, mentioned in the Patrie, of Paris, says :—" There is much talk in the best in formed circles of a secret mission of a Russian envoy, sent to China overland, and who it is said, has already arrived at Kiatha, a town belonging jointly to the two Governments. It is confidently reported that the object of the mission is to offer to the Sovereign of the Celestial Empire the aid of Russia for the purpose of quelling the insurrection in his dominions." FURTHER EXTENSIVE EXCAVATIONS AT FOUNTAINS ABBEY.—The Right Hon. the Earl de Grey, anxious to carry out as speedily as possible the extensive excava tions now in progress at Fountains Abbey, has during the past winter and up to the first of this month, em ployed a great number of workmen on the unexplored ground east of the Chapter-house and between that building and the south wall of the choir. The space south and east of the Lady-chapel, too, has been cleared for a considerable distance. The discoveries that have been made are highly important and curious. The passage leading from the abbot's house to the south door of the Lady-chapel is now cleared to its original level. On its east side has been a large doorway leading into an open court. On its west side is the base of a handsome building of the "perpendicular" period, having a doorway from the said passage, and one leading into the court on the south side of the choir. In one corner is a circular staircase, lined with bricks, once leading to the main apartment above—for this base storey, which is a few feet below the regular level, was merely the undercroft of the principal apartment above. A few feet from the south wall of the choir are the re mains of a. wall which may have been intended to strengthen the said choir wall by springing flying buttresses from it. From the south-east corner buttress of the Lady-chapel to the north-west corner of the abbot's hall has run a wall dividing a spacious court south of the Lady-chapel from the open cemetery which has been on the east side. The most interesting part of the discovery are eight coffin slabs, of different ages and designs, all laid in various positions in this cemetery within 26 feet of the east walls of the Lady chapel. They are sculptured with crosses of different shapes—some incised, and some in relief. One has on it a large sword and a shield charged with " a bend." Another has the initial letter W placed on one side of its cross. There is only one ridged gravestone, and another slab has been so broken up as to obliterate any sculptured or incised design, if it ever bore any. Further east part of another sepulchral slab was turned up, with the shaft of a cross on it ; and near it an unfinished gable-cross. Mr. Harrison, bookseller, of Ripon, has taken tracings and rubbings of the coffin slabs, which it is his intention to have engraved, for the new edition of Mr. Walbran's Guide. The antiquary, and the lover of local and general history, will ever feel grateful to the Right Hon. the Earl de Grey for the spirit and care with which he has caused this praiseworthy excavation to be conducted at his great Abbey of Fountains. His lordship, in fact, has set an example which it is to be hoped will be followed by other possessors of our monastic remains, yet buried in their rubbish. Mr. Walbran says in a recently pub lished paper that the excavations which have taken place at his lordship's Abbey at Sawley, in Craven, is one of the most perfect works of the kind ever accomplished in England. Sawley Abbey was a great rubbish heap. The whole of the plan has now been retrieved ; and the resting places of two of England's middle-age worthies discovered ; along with a mass of other curiosities of the highest interest to history and art. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —EPSOM AND ASCOT RACES.-- The Royal Exhibition Small Glass for the waistcoatpocket, at S. and B. Solemons', opticians, 39, Albemare-street, Piccadilly—observe, opposite the York Hotel.—A valu able, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one mile and a half distant; they answer every purpose on the racecourse, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Telescopes possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a per son's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race course glasses with wonderful power; a minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, that mist and dull ness which appears before the eyes is at once removed, every object appears clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight is brought to its youthful, I . l _9 e ural, and original state. Deafness—New Discovery Tla Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary, powerful, small, n fr e o wly - in ll ve,nt„ ed instr am' wit, for deafness, entirely different beeu m , a or orer robt.: s bi te surpass anything of the kind that has deaf persons to hear &MA ' same colour as LeVser can be produced. Being of the as semblies ; the unpleasant is not perceptible ; it enables ly at church and at public as the ears are entirely remobveeda: ' sensation of singing noises in e and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could Aurists and Opticians, 39, Aib ' re 'l• -433 - and B. Solomon', Observe, opmite tho York ilotel.""4"tr"t, declared could not be made according to the rules of the house without seven days previous notice. Sir G. GREY also thought it was important to deter mine whether they were strictly in order before the house ordered the issue of the writ. The report of the election committee having been read, Mr. HEA.DLAM said Mr. Peacock was unseated on the ground that he had promised an elector to assist him in getting a situation ; but though that might, strictly speaking, not be an act of bribery, yet as the house had established a rule that these should not issue without seven days' notice, he thought the house would do well to refuse the writ for the present. After a few words from Sir J. TYRELL, Sir F. KELLY insisted that this case did not come within the terms of the rule which had been referred to by the hon. member opposite. Lord J. RUSSELL said the case certainly did not come within the rule, but still, under the circumstances reported by the committee, they ought to refuse the writ without previous notice. Mr. T. BUNCOMBE said all these difficulties were the result of the committee not having complied with the Controverted Elections Act, and reported whether or not a writ ought to issue. For his own part he was disposed to refuse a writ to this old offender, Harwich. (A laugh.) Mr. AGLIONBY said there was no statute obliging a committee to report whether or not a writ should issue. Now this case was neither bribery nor treating, but inasmuch as it was worse than either, he did not think it would be wise to issue the writ for the present. He should, therefore, move that the debate be adjourned until this day fortnight. Mr. DISRAELI suggested that the debate should be adjourned until Friday. Mr. GOULBURN thought it would be better to post pone this motion until the evidence in the case was printed. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE read a clause from the Contro verted Elections Act, to show that he was correct in what lie had previously stated. Sir J. PAKINGTON contended that no sufficient case had been made out to justify the withholding of the writ. .. ___. Sir G. GREY, on the other hand, insisted that a very strong case had been made out against the sitting mem ber, who had been guilty of a " corrupt practice ' in its worst form. After a few words from Sir J. Tv—RELL, the house divided, when there appeared— For the the adjourment Against it Majority 6l The debate was accordingly adjourned for a fortnight. [LEFT SITTING.] ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY.) PLYMOUTH. (Continued from our First Edition of this day.) Mr. Mare was then called and examined by Mr. Slade. He stated that his reason for going to Plymouth was his connection with the General Screw Steam Na vigation Company, whose vessels started from Plymouth. He denied ever having dined ever having dined with Mr. Stafford at Devonport, as stated by Mr. James in his opening. He also contradicted the whole state ment of the witness Bird and denied that he had ever stated to him that Lord Derby had promised him the Governnient influence at Plymouth, as he could not trust Mr. Palmer. He had never seen Lord Derby until three weeks after the elec tion. The witness was proceeding to deny Knapman's evidence, when he was interrupted by Mr. Burchem, on behalf of the petitioner, objecting to the . line of evidence. M r. M are was called to exculpate himself, and not to contradict the case of the petitioners. Mr. Slade maintained that the purpose of calling Mr. Mare, was to explain the share which he had had in these transactions, and that could not be done, except by examining him as to these particular transactions. The Chairman thought it would be better for the counsel to confine the evidence of Mr. Mare as nearly as possible to the object of disconnecting himself with the acts of his agents. Mr. Mare then proceeded to state that he had never made Knapman any promise of any sort. He had seen Knapman one day during the canvass in a small room at the Royal Hotel, and he introduced himself as a voter who had promised to vote for him (Mr. Mare), and then asked witness to do him a favour. Witness said he could not listen to any thing of that sort, and referred him to Churchward. Never made him a promise of any sort. Did not remember seeing King, and did not even remember his name. Witness also denied having made any promise to Geach of a situation for his son in St. Katherine's Docks. Had no connec tion with those docks whatever. Never took down Geach's name in his pocket book. Never remembered receivinc , letters from Geach. Mr. Churchward opened all the letters from Plymouth. By the Chairman—lf a voter at the time of promising his vote had asked a favour conjointly with his promise, and he had granted it, he should have conceived . that to be a bargain . He never interfered with the appoint ment to vacancies in his dockyard at Blackwall, nor had Mr. Churchward any authority to recommend persons. Plymouth men on applying were always admitted when there was a vacancy, and instructions were given to make no inquiries as to their politics. The room was then cleared, but the decision was post poned until to-morrow. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1858. LNSTITUTION OF CIVIL KVGINEERS.—May 3 The paper read was " A Description of the Chesil Bank (Portland)," by Mr. J. Coode, M. Inst. C.E. The author, in his position of the Resident Eng;neer of the " Portland Breakwater Works," now in course of exe cution under Mr. J. M. Rendel. President Inst. C.E., had for a long time directed his attention to the extraordinary accumulation of shingle, called the Chesil Bank, one of the most remarkable features of the south-east coast of England. It consisted of a vast mound of shingle, in the form of a narrow isthmus, lying upon the western sea-board of Dor setshiro, between Abbotsbury and Portland ; its length was 10 miles in a south-east direction, and is breadth at the base, or level of low water of ordinary spring tides was 170 yards near Abbotsbury, and 200 yards at Portland. Along a portion of its course, south of Wyke, the bark acted as a natural breakwater to the anchorage of " Poi L. land Roads," affording shelter from the westerly and south. west gales. The height increased from the north-west, but the inclination of the crest was not uniform throughout ; the rise between Abbotsbury and Wyke being at the rate of 1 in 8,150, whilst that between Wyke and Portland was 1 in 880. In a transverse direction, one general slope appeared to exist, from the summit down to a depth of 3A to 4i fathoms below low water ; the rate of inclination varying only from linsitol in 7. In the next depth of 2 fathoms, the slope was 1 in 8 to 1 in 11; outside this, the slope was about 1 in 30, to a depth varying from 6 to 8 fathoms, at which point the shingle ceased entirely, and was succeeded by fine sand. It had been generally supposed, that the nucleus of the bank was formed of a mound of clay ; repeated trials, by boring, had, however, shown that the bed on which the shingle rested, on the east, was the edge of the Ki mine ridge Clay of the East Bay ; and it was only on that side that it could be reached by boring tools. The bank con sisted in reality of shingle, mixed in places with sand, and so compact, as to prevent the percolation of water, except during heavy gales from the south-west, notwitstanding that at certain times the tide rose nearly 3 feet higher on the west than on the east side of the bank, and in heavy gales the waves ran up the slope as much as 10 feet vertically. The largest shingle was generally - found to " leeward," or farthest from the point whence the heaviest seas pro ceeded ; and so clearly was this defined, that a Portland fisherman was popularly said to be able to distinguish, in the darkest night, any precise spot of the beach, by the size of the peebles." The shingle composing the bank, consisted chiefly of chalk flints, with a small admixture of pebbles from other formation, and in an interesting geological examination of the coast, the author traced the principal supply of shingle to have been derived from the chalk cliffs to the westward, between Lyme and Sidmonth, and from the vicinity of Beer Head. Other shingle, of distinct character, proceeded from Budleigh Salterton, and other pebbles from Ayl es b ere Hill, inland, being br o u g ht down to the coast by the River Otter. The question was next discussed as to the power by which shingle was conveyed from a distance of between 40 and 50 miles, and deposited in the form of a high mound. The action of tidal currents was carefully examined, and after admitting that they did sometimes modify the extent and form of accumulations of shingle, and referring to the late Mr. H. R. Palmer's paper " On the motion of Shingle Beaches," additional reasons were given, against the sufficiency of this tidal action, to produce such results. Instances were then cited of shingle travelling in opposition to the prevailing current of tide, and having shown, that the progress of the shingle could not be attributed to the action of the tidal currents, the effect of the wind waves was attentively con sidered. The prevalence of west and south-west winds, on that coast, was demonstrated, from the observations made at Plymouth with Whewell and Osler's anemometers, by Sir W. Snow Harris, for the British Association and it was shown, that lines drawn across the Bay, in the direction of the heaviest and prevailing winds, would intersect the points, whence the shingle had evidently been derived ; it was shown also, that the seas driving along the west side of Portland, sufficed to arre^t the progress of the shingle, and the evidence adduced led irresistibly to the conclusion, that the ultimate movement of shingle was always found to be in the direction of, and never against, the drift of the heaviest seas ; but frequently in opposition to the prevailing tidal current. It appeared evident, that neither the action of the stream at Abbotsbury, nor the flow of the tide in the Fleet, could have moved the mass, or piled up the mound of shingle composing the bank. The sudde' depth of 8 fathoms of water, at a cable's length from the shore, was a peculiar feature, and permitted the heaviest seas to fall. in with great violence, and without the retardation and loss of force usually experienced on long shelving beaches. Evidence was then adduced, that shingle was moved at a much greater depth than was usually supposed ; the author, in his researches, found that, at one time, the pebbles, down to the edge of the sand, were incrusted with barnacles, " balanus balanoides," and subsequently, after continuance of heavy gales from the south-west, th shingle, down to the lowest point, was found to be com pletely freed from incrustation ; demonstrating that there had been considerable motion of the pebbles, at a depth of eight fathoms below low water of spring tides. The formation of the gullies, or " cans," in the face of the bank, caused by the partial percolation, was then no ticed, as tending in some degree to produce the flat slope on the east side. _ _ _ _ _ The author considered the cause of the largest shingle being found to " leeward," was that large pebbles were more easily moved than those of small size, inasmuch as the former were generally of exceptional dimensions, were usually found on the surface, and offered nearly the whole of their surface to the. action of the waves, whereas the latter, forming the bulk of the mass, were more uniform in size, were closely embedded together and exposed little more than their upper surfaces, over which the waves had a tendency to travel, rather than to lift them from their bed. Thus the larger stones were rolled about by every wave, whilst the small pebbles were only moved in a mass, and received their abrasion whilst settling down again to form the even uniform surface of the beach. Specimens were exhibited of shingle obtained from below the low water mark, by means of dredging and (living, in order to demonstrate, by the character and form of the pebbles, the passage of the shingle from west to east, and referring to remarks made by the author at a previous meeting of the Institution, it was contended that the pre sent specimens confirmed the opinion then given, that the smallest pebbles were generally found at the top of the Chesil Bank ; the opinion expresEed by the majority of speakers at that meeting was just the reverse, and the error most probably arose from comparing the Chesil Bank with the case of a beach terminating against a cliff or a wall, about the level of high-water ; in such a case (and then only after the prevalence of off-shore winds,) the largest shingle would be found at the level of the previous higk water, and therefore at the top ; this however would not be the case upon the Chesil Bank, or upon any other beach similarly situated, where the shingle was free to assume a sectional form, unaffected by the recoil of the water, striking against a vertical, or nearly vertical face. _ _ After a heavy gale and a ground swell, the large shingle was entirely scoured away. The small shingle was thrown up to the crest, or top of the bank during the height of heavy gales, out of the reach of ordinary waves, or the clawing action of receding water. By sections of the profile of the bank, taken after a heavy gale from the south-west, at right angles to the direction of the bank, the general form was shown to be nearly that of a true parabola ; with the axis inclined to a level line, to the extent of 1 foot in 90 feet. Mr. Palmer's views as to the "accumulative" and the "de structive action of waves, were then examined, the au thor's observations inducing him to fix other limits ; the rule, so,far as one could be formed, being, in his opinion, that seven, or any less number of waves per minute, in duced the ' destructive' action, and nine, or any greater number, in the same time, the accumulative' action; it being admitted, that shingle always accumulated with off shore winds, and was scoured off during on-shore winds, and especially by the subsequent ground-swell ; bearing in mind, however, in watching the course of the crest of the wave, after breaking, that if it fell upon the water of the preceding wave, then returning down the slope of the beach (as was the case when waves followed in quick succession), the " accumulative" action was going on ; but if the water descended directly on the pebbles (as when the waves broke at longer intervals), the " destruc tive" action was progressing. The rapidity with which the water ran off, or was ab sorbed, would influence the resalt, and that was to some extent contingent on the slope of the beach, and also on the nature and degree of compactness of the material of which it was composed. The paper concluded with some instances of the effects produced on the Chesil Bank, by heavy gales from the south-west, and it was stated that on such occasions it was not an uncommon occurrence (when the advancing wave met the receding water of the wave immediately preceding it) to see an enormous mass of broken water and spray rise vertically to the height of 60 feet or 70 feet. This force had on several occasions crushed inwards the decks of ves sels, stranded on the beach. During the gale of the 27th December, 1852, the quan tity of shingle scoured away between Abbotsbury and Portland, was 3,763,300 tons ; and the quantity thrown in, within the next eighteen days, was 2,671,500 tons. On the 23d November, 1852, a heavy ground swell, con sequent on half a gale of only four hours' duration from the South-West, scoured away within eighteen hours 4,553,1)0 tons, and in five days afterwards 3,554,200 tons of shingle were found to have been thrown in again. These quantities were derived from careful admeasurement of the profile of the bank. The paper was illustrated by a large series of diagrams, of the sectional profiles of the bank, and the outlines of the shores exhibiting the geological features of the coast, with the bearings of the prevalent winds, &c. ; together with a collection of specimens of the shingle, taken at four different points along the bank, and at various levels, from the top down to a depth of eight fathoms below low water of spring tides. It was announced that the discussion on the paper would be re newed at the meeting of Tuesday, May 10th, when, if time permitted, the following papers would be read : "On the Conversion of Heat into Mechanical Effect," by Mr. C. W. Siemens ; " On Stirling"s Air Engine," by Mr. J. Leslie, M. Inst., C.E. ; and " On the Caloric Engine," by Mr. C. Manby, M. Inst., C.E. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAT 7. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Soho, from Havre ; Marie and Christina, Altona • Fameliens, Sannesund ; Newton, Dantvic ; Engelina, Leer ; Sylph, Barbadoes ; William Henry Angus Gothenburg ; Dorothea Fredericke, Struer ; Colonist, Schien ; Panther, Ostend ; Wilhelmina, Doner Nodde ; Patriot, do. ; Juno, Constantinople ; Hero, Melbourne ; Wilhelm, Ebeltoft; Marie, Odense ; Wilber force, Hamburgh ; Sundscupminde, Sannesund ; Helene, Sonderburg ; Salacia, Callao ; Maria Sollenta, Havannah ; Bucephalus, Calcutta ; Sver, Buenos Ayres ; Christopher, Sligo ; Hans Gorgensen, Aalborg ; .Mathilde, Borul ; Herottoz, Whitstable ; Sir Edward Parry, Sydney, New South Wales ; Georgians, Dunkirk Holdegard von Schwartzer, Stralsund ; Wave, Memel ; Christianshaab, Kioge. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Moderen for Stavenger ; Europa, Calcutta ; Clifton, do. ; Lugstor. Frederiksverk ; Fayaway, Melbourne ; Gesina, Hamburgh ; Bucephalus, Trinidad and Calcutta. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Fanny Gann, for Melbourne ; Florencia, Bilboa ; Lavinia, Hamburgh ; Santos Segunda, Oporto ; Lydia, Elsinore, &c. • Avenir, Rouen ; Hempsyke, Port Philip ; Swarthmo.ie, Bombay ; Harriette, Valparaiso ; Empiresa, Santander ; Neptune, St. Pei,ersburgh ; Sarah, St. Kitt's • Eclipse, Madeira ; Jautina, St. retersbursh ; Mehemet Ali, Ceylon. SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMON LAW COMMISSION. The second report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the process, practice, and system of plead ing in the superior courts of common law has now been issued. The following is an analysis of the recommen dations of the commissioners. The trials of questions of fact, and the important sub ject of the evidence receivab!e on such trials, form the principalisubject of this report. TRIAL BY JURY.—The report commences with an ela borate review of the arguments for and against the con tinuation of trial by jury. On this point the commis sioners state that whilst they feel that there are cases in which a jury may be advantageously dispensed with, as for instance in matters of undisputed fact, and where the question turns upon the legal effect of evidence, they do not consider themselves warranted, except in cases of mere account, to recommend that trial by jury should be dispensed with, which on the whole works well, and enjoys the confidence of the public. They propose, therefore, to continue trial by jury as the rule, but to make it competent to the parties, if both consent, to dispense with it, and leave the decision of issues of fact to the judge. With regard to cases of mere ac count, arbitration is proposed to officers of the court, eofqualification JURIES.—The entered ER a s s u p o o i rf upon jurymen, a commissionersverdict. which county court judges, or, if th e p ar ti es p re f er i t, an ar bitrator chosen by mutual consen t, u p on w h ose repor t are is of as judgment pIi) CONSTITUTIONioopinion thatmayt be low as 201. rating at present, should be raised, and that on every trial there should be an admixture of jurymen of the class from which special juries are taken, who may bring a superior intelligence to the decision of cases, without the additional expense attendant under the pre sent system on having a special jury. They do not pro pose to abolish the right to a special jury, as at present appointed. UNANIMITY OF THE JURY.—The report of the Com mon Law Commissioners of 1831 is recited in extenso upon this point. This question is now resolved into two distinct questions. 1. Whether unanimity should be required. 2. Whether an attempt should be made, as at present, to coerce it. On the former point the re port states that a verdict of the majority would fail to give satisfaction, and the consciousness that a portion of his judges were in his favour would only increase the dissatisfaction of the defeated, lead to renewed litiga tion, and every divided verdict might be urged, and not unreasonably entertained, as a ground for a new trial. The strongest argument in favour of requiring unanimity is, that it ensures a full and complete discussion ; and the minority, instead of yielding too readily, as they would ifresponsibility were removed by simply dissenting, now naturally resist conclusions from which they differ. The commissioners, therefore, recommend that the present rule, requiring unanimity in the jury, should be main tained. With regard to the latter point, the coercing of a verdict, they unhesitatingly recommend that it should be done away with, and that the jury should be supplied during their deliberations with every accommodation and necessary refreshment. Unanimity at present is often not that of conviction, but of exhausted powers, and the judge is compelled to receive such a verdict as unani mous. Further, that the period of deliberation should not exceed twelve hours, and that then, unless the jury require further time, they should be discharged, leaving it open to the parties to summon a fresh jury, and try the cause again. PROCEEDINGS AT THE TRIAL.—The commissioners think that an alteration should be introduced in the pre sent practice, which allows the party proving the affir mative to state the case, and finally to have a reply on the whole, thus giving him a_ great advantage, which is reversed when the second party does not call for evidence. The inconvenience and injustice of this system have become more grievous by the parties to the suit being admissible as witnesses, and the injus tice of leaving them exposed, first to a severe cross examination, and then to hostile observations, with but gilding their counsel an opportunity for vindication, has been sensibly felt. They therefore recommend " that the counsel for the second party should have the oppor tunity of addressing the jury twice; first, on opening his case, and again at the close of his evidence ; and that the counsel who begins, in the event of his opponent not an nouncing his intention to adduce evidence, should, in like manner, have the opportunity of addressing the jury a second time at the close of his case." POWER OF ADJOURNMENT. —Cases often arise where one party is taken by surprise, ' when a document or wit ness becomes unexpectedly necessary, and a miscarriage of justice occurs unless time is afforded. The commis sioners' rigorous inflexibility on this point may be modi fied with advantage. They therefore propose that "a discretionary power should be exercised by the judge at the trial, where the circumstances are such that the court would afterwards grant a new trial, or where he may otherwise deem it right, for the purposes of justice (in like manner as was anciently done for the purpose of a view), to order an adjournment of the trial, subject to such conditions as to costs and otherwise as he may think fit." LAW OF EVIDENCE—ORAL TESTIMONY.—The report enters at great length into the defects of the old English law of evidence under the system of rigorously excluding witnesses, supposed to have any interest in the case, and traces with great satisfaction the results which had fol lowed from the gradual and enlightened extension of these rules. After taking into careful consideration the arguments which have been urged for and against the admissibility of husband and wife, the commissioners state that the conclusion which they have arrived at is —" That husband and wife should be competent and compellable to give evidence for and against one another on matters of fact, as to which either could now be ex amined as a party in the cause ; but that all communi cations between them should be held to be priviliged. It should be added that husband and wife are already witnesses for or against each other, under the late statute, when they are jointly parties as plaintiffs or defendants." EXAMINATION ON OATH.—The commissioners think it cannot be doubted that a transition from the use of judicial oaths to simple declarations would at least at the outset, encourage false testimony, by removing the bar riers to falsehood, and tend materially to lessen the con fidence of the public in the administration of justice. But while, for these reasons, we should be averse to the abolition of judicial oaths in cases where an oath is likely to produce truth in a witness, it may admit of a ques tion whether the religious sanction should be made in dispensable in cases where that sanction is admitted to have no existence. AFFIRMATION.—In the case of exception in favour of certain sects, who object on religious grounds to the taking of oaths, the commissioners are of opinion, that " it may safely be left to the judge to ascertain whether the objection professed by the witness be sincere or not, and that if the judge be so satisfied, the witness should be admitted to affirm instead of taking the oath." WHETHER A PARTY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DIS CREDIT HIS OWN WITNESS.—" It occasionally happens that a witness called by a party in a cause, under a be lief that lie will prove a certain fact, turns round upon the party calling him, and proves directly the reverse. The party is, of course, not precluded from proving by other testimony what the witness has negatived ; but ought he to be allowed to discredit the witness, either by impeaching his character, or by showing that he has made previous statements at variance with the evidence he has given in the witness box ? The decisions are con flicting-- the weight of authority tends to establish the negative, while the wei g ht o f reason and argument ap pears to be decidedly in favour of the affirmative." It is therefore recommended that "a party should, under the circumstances referred to, be permitted not only as at present to contradict the testimony of the witness by other evidence, but also to prove that such witness has made opposite statements. But a party having presented a witness to the jury as worthy of credit, ought not to be allowed to impeach his character by general evi dence." PROOF OF CONFLICTING STATEMENT ON CROSS-EXA MINATION.-If these statements are verbal, and the wit ness having been cross-examined so as to afford oppor tunity of explanation, there is no doubt evidence may be adduced to prove the alleged statements. But if the witness neither admits it nor denies, doubts have been raised whether evidence of the statement is admissible. The commissioners incline to the ruling of Baron Parke. "The proof of the statement imputed to the witness, which he says he does not remember to have made, is not admissible as a contradictory statement, for, until further inquiry be made, there is no apparent contradic tion ; but still, it seems, the evidence should be ad mitted." RULE IN THE QUEEN'S CASE.—A more difficult ques tion arises when the contradictory statement alleged is contained in a letter or other writing :—" The arguments against the rule as established appear to prevail ; and it is recommended that a witness should be open to cross examination as to previous written statements he may have made, without the writing being first put in . . with this limitation, that if it is intended to contradict the witness by the writing, his attention should, before doing so, be called to those parts which are to be used for that purpose ..... In order to prevent any abuse of the facility thus given, it should be competent to the judge, if he deem right, to require the writing to be pro duced for his inspection, and to be dealt with by him as he thinks fit." IMPEACHMENT OF CHARACTER.—On a balance of the opposing considerations, it is recommended that the ex isting law should be maintained, except that where the question relates to the conviction of the witness of perjury or any other form of crimen falsi, or the witness either denies the fact or refuses to answer, the conviction should be allowed to proceed. ATTESTING WITNESS.—" When the genuineness of the document is not really in dispute, it is clear that the parties ought not to be limited to any particular witness to prove the execution. When the genuineness is in dis pute, the party producing it will be sure to call the attesting witness, as the absence of the latter would tend to throw the greatest discredit on the instrument. We therefore recommend that, except in cases where the evi dence of attestation is requisite to the validity of the instrument, an attesting witness need not be called." SPECIAL VERDICT AND SPECIAL CASE.—The commis sioners see no sufficient reason why the proceeding by special case should not be placed on the same footing as by special verdict, except where the parties agree to be bound by the decision of the court of first instance, and they recommend that it shall be provided that error shall be in a proceeding on a special case, as on that of a special verdict, unless the special case contains an agree ment to the contrary. BILLS OF EXCEPTION AND NEW TRIALS.—The follow ing are the suggestions of the commissioners on these points :—" That whenever a motion is made for a new trial, or to enter a verdict or nonsuit, and a rule to show cause is granted, the grounds upon which such rule shall have been granted shall be stated in the rule. That on all such motions, when the rule is refused, the party ap plying may appeal. That whenever such rule nisi is dis charged or made absolute, the party decided against may appeal. That the appeal shall be on a case to be stated by the parties (and, in case of difference, to be settled by the court or a judge), in which shall be set forth so much of the pleadings, evidence, and the ruling cr judg ment objected to, as is necessary to raise the question for the decision of the court of appeal. That when the appeal is from the refusal of the court below to grant a rule nisi, and the court of appeal grant such rule, such rule shall be argued and disposed of in the court of ap peal. That in all cases the court of appeal shall give such judgment as ought to have been given in the court below. That the court of appeal shall have no power to reverse the judgment of the court below in matters of discretion, as when the objection is that the verdict was against evidence, but only on matters of law, viz., the improper admission or rejection of evidence, or an improper ruling in point of law. That the ap peal which we have thus recommended shall be made to the courts of error as at present consti tuted. We further propose, in order to prevent the proceeding by appeal, as recommended by us, from being resorted to for the purpose of vexation or delay, that it shall be subject to the same rules as to the issuing of execution, givinc , of bail and payment of costs, as would apply to cases of error. While we propose this new course of practice, with the belief that it will, in the main, supersede bills of exception, we do not propose to abolish that mode of proceeding." INCIDENTAL PROCEEDINGS- - PRACTICE.—It is advised that either party should be allowed to make affidavits in reply so long as he has new matter to allege, and if a difficulty arise on the facts, witnesses may be examined on the point referred to before a master or judge. PAYMENT OF MONEY INTO COURT.—" A middle course might be pursued, and a discretion might be left to the court or a judge to allow money to be paid into court. The payment would be allowed where the object of the suit appeared really to be pecuniary compensation. Where character was involved, the means would, of course, be withheld from a defendant of avoiding the public vindication of the plaintiff's character, by paying a large amount into court." DISCOVERY.—The necessity of resorting to a court of equity for discovery involves much delay and expense, the greater part of which might be avoided by causing the necessary proceedings to be had in the court in which the suit is pending, and the report, therefore, recom mends that the power of discovery be conferred on the common law courts, both as regards documents and facts. WRITTEN INTERROGATORIES AND ORAL DISCOVERY.— It is proposed to allow either party to deliver to the oppo site party, if liable to be called as a witness, or his attor ney, written questions on the subject on which discovery is sought, to be answered in writing upon oath within a fixed period, and filed, &c., as an affidavit. It is thought that the same opportunity in many cases may be afforded for oral examination. EXTENSION OF POWERS OF EXECUTION.—The commis• sioners recommend that a creditor, having obtained judgment, should be allowed to proceed by a process similar to a foreign attachment against the debtors of his debtor, and to procure payment of their debts to himself; and further, that he should be entitled to discovery in the manner already pointed out, where the property of the debtor is capable of bein'.. taken in execution. MANDAMUS.—The commissioners propose that pro ceedings in mandamus, where private rights are con cerned, should be the same as in ordinary action, save that the plaintiff have liberty to claim the performance of the act required, and that when judgment is in his favour the Court have power to enforce it by attachment or distringas. There is no reason for confining this re medy, stripped of its prerogative character, to the Court of Queen's Bench ; but its jurisdiction, as at present, in cases where the public are interested, shall in no case be affected ; although they would suggest that in these cases the rules should be absolute in the first instance, and the writs ought to bear teste on the day of their issuing, and be returnable within a given time either in term or vacation. INJuNcTioN.—On the subject of preventive remedies, the commissioners recite the third report of the former common-law commissioners, pages 18 and 19, and state that they concur in the principles there laid down as modised by recent changes in the law. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY LEVEE. —The following officers attended the levee of Sir J. Graham, at Whitehall, on Saturday : —Rear-Admirals Reynolds, Kelley, and Sotherby ; Captains H. Layton, J. Scott, M. H. Sweny, E. S. Sotheby, N. J. C. Dunn, J. B. Maxwell, G. Manse], R. H. Stopford, L. S. Tindal, C. F. Hillyar, H. B. Young, and R. A. Yates ; Commanders G. Williamson, H. Hire, T. Stuart, G. Smythe, R. Dowese, F. Kemble, W. T. Griffiths, G. Ogle, and D. Robertson ; Lieu tenants J. F. Ross, J. Hicks, T. Bridges, and J. Pal mer ; Dr. J. W. Johnston, and Mr. J. Prance. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—Francis Hewson to the Bellerophon, 78, Mediterranean ; W. C. De Vere to the Sampson, steam-frigate, Mediterranean. Naval Cadet—S. M`Dougall. Coast-guard.--Lieutenant Henry Oakley, R.N., Cap tain James Gowan (late of 72d Highlanders), and Cap tain A. A. Younge (late of the St. Helena Regiment), to be in command of stations. The appointment of Lieu tenant A. Frederick Webster, R.N., previously an nounced, has been cancelled. Removal•—Mr. Tomyns D. Browne, master R.N., from Newtown to the Dart mouth station, vice Lieutenant Paynter, R.N., pre viously removed. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 8. The Agamemnon, screw, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., was paid advance at Spithead yester day, and left this morning for Madeira, accompanied by the screw-sloop Cruiser, Commander the Hon. G. H. Douglas. The American line-of-packet ship Ocean Queen, Cap tain Griswold, arrived from the Thames this morning, and sailed subsequently for New York. The Princess Royal, 90, building for a screw-steam ship in this dockyard, has had additional hands put upon her, to expedite her launching, which, it is expected, will take place during her Majesty's next visit to Os borne. Wind, S.E. ; with cold, cloudy weather. PLYMOUTH, MAT 7. Her Majesty's frigate Leander, 50, Captain King, will probably sail for New York, with the Earl of Elles mere and suite, on Tuesday. The Diligence transport, having received her coal, will sail for Woolwich, on Monday. A large fleet of merchant vessels of nearly every rig and nation, was observed going up Channel this morn ing, under studding-sails, the wind being westerly. Towards the evening the wind veered round to the east ward. SHEERNESS, MAY 8. The Comus 14-gun sloop, has been brought down from Saltpan-reach, and taken into the fitting basin. She will be masted forth with, and her rigging is all ready for sending aloft. her complement will consist of 130 —officers, seamen, and marines included. The Melampus storeship.—Orders have been given to place this ship at harbour moorings. The officers and men will then return to their former duties until her further services may be required. A survey on all the warrant officers at this port has been held at the Captain-Superintendent's office here. The medical officers of this port were the surveying officers. The Barracouta, 6-gun paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander George Parker, remains at the Nore. The Miranda, 14-gun screw steam.sloop.—The driving wheel and shaft for this sloop has been received from Woolwich, and is being fitted ; when completed, it is reported she is to•be immediately commissioned. The Ircher, 14 guns, screw steam-sloop, Commander James W. Strange, from the westward, has just made her number, passed through the harbour for Saltpan reach, and is now alongside the coal depot Fortitude taking a supply of coals. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON. The Laelia, belonging to Mr. J. Hodges, late mem ber for Rochester, has this day sailed from our harbour, for Port Philip, Australia, her owner being about to take his final leave of this country for the gold regions. RELEASE OF DRS. ULLATHORNE AND MOORE.—The above Roman Catholic divines were released fiorn War wick gaol on Wednesday last, under the following cir cumstances :—On Saturday the bishop's solicitor, Mr. Harting, made an application to the Master of the Rolls for leave to give notice of a motion to discharge his lordship and Dr. Moore out of custody. On Monday application was made, supported by affidavits of the bishop, Dr. Moore, the Rev. E. Estcourt, and Mr. Harting, to the effect that the two rev. defendants had repeatedly offered to give up all the property they were possessed of, amounting to about 2001. ; that they had no means whatever of meeting the demand made upon them, and repeating the other facts al ready published in this journal relative to this affair. The solicitor to the official managers objected that the Master of the Rolls had no jurisdiction to entertain the application ; but, after some discussion, the point of jurisdiction was established, and the solicitor for the offi cial managers then applied for time to answer the affida vits. This was granted. and the application adjourned to Thursday. In the meantime, however, the solicitor of the official managers intimated that he would not per severe in his opposition to the application that was to be renewed on the part of Bishop Ullathorne and Dr. Moore. At two o'clock the same day the application was renewed, and no evidence being tendered in contra diction to the affidavits upon which the application was founded, the immediate discharge of the bishop and Dr. Moore was ordered without costs. The bishop, in ac cordance with the offer which he had previously made, paid the 2001. he bad repeatedly tendered, as more than the amount of his own and Dr. Moore's private pro perty. On Wednesday, his lordship and Dr. Moore were released from prison, and conducted to Birmingham by several lay and clerical friends. Mr. CHARLES BLOOMFIELD, eldest son of the author of " The Farmer's Boy," died on the 26th inst , in the fifty-fifth year of his age. He wa s formerly connected. with the press, but the last fifteen years of his life were passed in the office of Messrs. W e i r and Smith, solici tors, Basinghall-street. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.--The wonder ful regenerating effects produced by these . invaluable pills are truly astonishing. They act in so pecu liar a manner on the system that by following the directions affixed to each box as to the mode of using them, nervous irritability is allayed, the tone of the stomach strengthened, the digestion improved, freedom of circulation given to the blood, and a robust state of health attained. Persons of studious and sedentary habits, being more especially liable to the class of dis orders here alluded to, should take Holloway's pills to insure a good state of health. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING Air TEE WEST END. DERBY. 3to 1 agst West Australian (t to 1001. and aft off). 9 to 1 agst Sittingbourne (t to 1001). 10 to 1 agst Orestes (t and off). 12 to 1 agst Umbriel (t). 13 to 1 agst Honeywood (t). 25 to 1 agst Hurworth (t 30 to 1). 1000 to 20 agst Peggy (t). 500 to 400 on Scott's lot and Pharos agst the field (t). 500 even between Ethelbert and Orinoco (t). NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. The following is an outline of the present and pro posed engagements for the ensuing meeting. TUESDAY. The asterisks indicate the horse which are now at Newmarket. Fifty Pounds, weight for age. The winner to be sold for 2001. if demanded, &c. T.M.M. Fifty Pounds for 3-yr-olds, colts, Bet 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T. Y. C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; and four, Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 601., if de manded, &c. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; 2-yr-olds, 6st 121 b ; and three, Bst 121 b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 1001., if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; the winner to be sold for 501. if demanded, &c., T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 200 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. A.F. Age st lb I Age st lb Mountain Deer.. 5 8 8 Sanita Harbinger *Conmore 4 710 extra) Gossamer 4 7 8 *Charley Bardolph 4 7 4 Hatchet Father Thames 4 7 1 I Invasion Galvanism .3 6 9 .3 6 2 .3 512 . 3 5 10 Match, 200, h ft. D.M.—Mr. Greville's *Young Norval agst the Duke of Bedford's *Faversham, Bst 71b each. WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs., for 3-yr-olds and up wards. New T.Y.C. Jockey Club Plate of 50 sovs. ; for 4-yr-olds, 7st 21b ; five, Bst 31b ; six and aged, Bst 91b ; the property of members of the Jockey Club. B.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 3 yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 1001. if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 3 and 4 yr olds. Last half mile of New T.Y.C. Suffolk Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft if declared ; the winner of any sweepstakes amounting to 200 sovs. in cluding the winner's own stakes, after the declaration of weights, or of the R.M. Plate on the preceding day, 41b extra. Suffolk Stakes course, last mile and a half of R. C. Age st lb Chief Baron Ni- Age st lb *Madrid 4 611 cholson *Nutshell 6 8 2 *Hothorpe Hirsuta 4 7 4 *Sabra *Dame Tattle 4 6 1 2 *llex 4 6 12 *Nathan 3 610 Alexia Nutpecker (paid) 3 6 4 *Rackapelt Veteran *ch g by Verulam —Madinella 3 5 9 Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for 4 yr old, ; colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. The last three miles of B.C.— 'Ambrose, *llex, *Frantic, Hobbie Noble. THURSDAY. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. for 3 yr olds and upwards. A .F. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and only 5 ft if declared by 10 o'clock the evening before running, to go to the owner of the second horse ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b : and fillies, 6st 4th ; the winner to be sold for 401, if demanded, &c. P.M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for 3-yr-olds, ist 71b ; four, Bst 91b ; five and upwards, 9st ; the winner to be sold for 200/., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for 2-yr-olds, Est 121 b ; and three, Bst 121 b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 801. if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-old colts ; colts, Bst, 71b, and fillies Bst 41b ; the winner of a stake value 200 sovs., including the winner's own stake, to carry 51b extra. T.Y.C.—*Rally, *The Marquis of Sevigne, *Oxus, ch f by the Libel—Split vote, *Nightshade, *Brigliadoro, *Ossa Dervish *Mac duff, *Margaretta, *bl f by Paragone—Satire, *Alas, *Epaminondas, Spinaway, *Adeline, *Mary, br f by Van Tromp—Miss Martin, *Otranto, Brown Holland, Rosalino, *Sheffield, *Red Rose. Match, 100, h ft, Bst 71b each. Last half of Ab. M. Captain Little's *m by Counsellor, out of Miss Lucy, 5 yrs, agst Mr. W. E. Hughes's *Sophistry, 4 yrs. THE WHIP.—The Whip may be challenged for on the Tuesday or Wednesday iu this meeting, and the accept. ance must be signified, or the Whip resigned before the end of the same meeting. If challenged for and accepted, to be run for on the Tuesday, in the Second October Meeting following ; 8.C., lOst ; and to stake 20 sovs. each, p.p. CONVEYANCES.— Trains will leave the Bishopsgate station at— 7 a.m.—First, second, and third class (direct). 8 a.m.—First and second class (quick). 11.30 a.m.—First and second cl—ss. 5 p.m.—First and second class (express). SHREWSBURY RACES.—The programme of these races, which will commence on Thursday next, promises some excellent sport. Several horses are already on the spot, and the fields are likely to be good. The course is in fine condition. Many alterations and improvements have been made, particularly at the turns, which have been considerably widened. A new and commodious weighing stand has been erected, and the arrangements are altogether unexceptionable. FATAL _RAILWAY ACCIDENT. YORK, SATURDAY.—Yesterday afternoon an investi gation was commenced relative to the circumstances attending the death of an engine-driver and stoker, which took place about three miles and a half from Selby, on the York and North Midland Railway. Lat terly, while so many accidents of a serious nature have occurred on other railways, this line has been free from them until the occurrence of this shocking casualty. The names of the men who have lost their lives are John Thompson, aged 27, who was the engine -driver, and Joseph Sykes, the stoker, 24 years old. They both resided at Hull. The circumstances attending this disaster appear to be as follows :—The accident occurred gn Thursday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock. The time at which the train (which consisted of, besides the engine and ten der, the guard's van and two carriages, and is called an express train) ought to have started from Milford Junc tion was 11 o'clock, but it did not arrive there from Nor manton until a quarter past, and it went forward after remaining at the junction three minutes. The accident seems to have happened about half-past 11 o'clock, or a few minutes before the expiration of the half hour. The distance between Milford Junction and Selby is seven miles and three-quarters, and the distance from the junction to the place of the accident is about four miles. There were only seven or eight passengers in the train, and it may be here remarked, that the part of the railway on which the accident occurred is nearly straight for three miles and a half. After leaving the junction nothing occurred worthy of notice beyond this—that a person named Fawdon, who was on the engine at the time, remarked to the driver that he thought they were going rather quick, and afterwards, feeling alarmed, he jumped off the engine, merely receiving a few slight bruises. The train had passed the Hambleton station, which is four miles and a quarter from Selby, about 600 yards, when the engine began to oscillate violently, and immediately afterwards it left the "down" line of rails, ran along the railway for about 65 yards, ploughing up the ground in its progress, passing over the "up " rails, through the fence, and entering an adjoining field, embedding itself at a distance of about 20 yards from the railway, and at a depth of from four to five feet in the earth. The tender was lying partly across the up line, with the guard's van attached. The coupling between these and the carriages was broken, and the latter, with the impetus they had received, proceeded some distance on the line alone. The night was dark, and the passengers, hearing the crash which took place, were very much alarmed, but fortunately none of them received any injury. Aked, the stationmaster at Hambleton, was about retiring to rest when he heard the crash, and he immediately proceeded to the spot and obtained such assistance as he was able. The van had been thrown upon its side, and Coupland, the guard, had a nar row escape. He had to break the window at the upper side of the van for the purpose of getting out, and shortly after he had freed himself, he saw a goods' train approaching on the up line from Selby. He shouted that it might be stopped, but Townend, the engine-driver, was not able to prevent his train coming in collision with the tender and van, although he did all he could to prevent its doing so. His engine and part of the train were also thrown off the line. A search was made for Thompson and Sykes, who, it appears, had made no attempt to escape. Indeed, one of the arms of the driver was fast at the back of the regulator guard, and the fireman was laid on the footplate with his head towards the ground. Death must have been instantaneous, as their bodies were dreadfully mutilated, many of their bones being broken, and they bled pro fusely. No decided opinion can be formed as to the manner in which their deaths were caused, but it is thought by pressure between the tender and the engine. Neither has an opinion been arrived at as to the origin of the accident ; it is, however, supposed that it was owing either to some defect of the line or to the speed at which the train was travelling immediately before the occurrence. The mangled remains of the two unfortu nate men were removed to the Hambleton station, to await the coroner's inquest, which took place in the village of Hambleton before Mr. Pearson, of Selby. Several witnesses were examined, one of whom spoke to the good order of the line, whereupon the coroner re marked that really, from his own knowledge, he did not call it good. He said it would be his duty to write to the Government, who might send down an inspector to view the line, if they thought proper. The inquest, would, therefore, have to be adjourned for a Int& or ten days, and it was adjourned accordingly. COUNTRY MARKETS. HADDINGTI The following are the pri to-day : WHEAT. BARLEY. 48s Od 34s Od 45s 5d 32s 6d Third 36s Od 27s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, f f barley „ fl oats .1 beans „ IN—MAT 6. es of grain at our market First... Second s ogi. OATS. s , 33 22s Od 36 1 1,1 20s 6d s!I 17s 6d 31s . /(1 3 sold 307 qrs. , """ s old 150 qrs., 1K s old 290 qrs. 2 v ld 131 qrs., 12 9 g° AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Average of wheat £2 5 5 0-12ths 6 Ditto of Bexley Ditto of Oats . 1 0 6 0-12ths Ditto of Beans ABERDEEN—MAY 6. 40 The prices of grain are—Old oats, 00s Od to lbs p et 401bs 401bs per bushel ; new oats, 17s Od to 00s Od , ley bushel ; bere, 28s Od. to 28s Ca, 531bs per bush el ; bars.; 27s 6d to 28. s Gd, 531bs per bushel • wheat, red, ;383 Od a 40s Od, 621'0s per bushel ; wheat, white, 46s Od to 488 ip 621bs per bushel ; 14s Od to 15s Od per b° 11 ; flour, 37s Od to 38s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, Pe r l a. 6d to 7d ; mutton, ditto, 6d. to 7d ; veal, ditto, 64.1 W pork, per lb, Os 5d to Os 6d ; salmon, per lb, is Gd to Os 6d i rabbits, each, 7d to 8d ; tallow, per stone, 4s Od to 43 potatoes, per peck, isto is 4d ; butter, per lb, 10 d to l‘slto eggs, per doz, Os 5d - ;.,0 Os Gd ' • hens, per pair , 33 T 6,1 3s Gd ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ducks, 04. to 3s Od ' • ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Os Od t ur „ k t e iei each, 4s Od to 4s Gd ; geece, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s Od iroa; for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 86s to Uo 0 ; ditto (summer cured), 00s to 03s Od ; eggs, wholesa le pv k per dozen, 5d to 00c1 ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3 d; 13° 0 r d fine small, Os Oil to Os Od ; pork, large, Os Od t o 00 riot lamb, per quarter, 7s 6d to lOs ; cheese, per in'? stone, 5s 6d to 7s. CORK-MAy G. Brls. Currole 9 t a o o - White wheat 00s Od to OOs Od. O s Od- 2 v - Redwheat OOs Od to OOs Od on 40. - Ditto OOs Od to Oos Od 00s - Ditto OOs Od to Oos Od 37 Barley l2s Od to 13s 6d , / 6 do. - Ditto OGs Od to 00s Od 12s Bd - "' - Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od - Bere 00s Od to OOs Od 0. Od 269 Oats - Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od lls Od f day - Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od r 00' - Pigs Oos Od t o 00 s Od 00 s Od 10- PRICES OF BUTTER. ChM. CURRENCY. 91 4 First quality lo2s First quality ............... $7, Second quality Third quality 93s Third quality ............... Fourth quality Fifth quality 7Bs Fifth quality ............. Sixth quality 64s Sixth quality ............. ' • Quantity sold at the highest prices :- 00 w , ' 00 barrels white wheat ; 00 red ; 28 barley; oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last Week sds' Wheat, 53. Barley, 576. Bere, 00. Oats, Pigs, 00. Return of cattle sold for week ending April 30 :" Pigs, 394. Sheep, 645. Cows, 95. Ib 03; CORR.-Flour- First, 15s Od to 16s Od ; extra, , i t birdr's, seconds, 14s Od to 14s 6d; households, lOs to 135 0 1", s i 7s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal-Indian meal, 7s 6d p e r ofd oatmeal, lOs 6d to lls ; wheatmeal, 9s 6d to 103 6a ros I ^' Indian corn, 71 5s Od to 71 17s 6d per ton. Bran,. 4 ' ver se! to 4t 15s Od per ton. Hay-Farmers, 32s Od to 40s Od; 365; dealers, Od to 603 Od ; average, Os per ton. „'L,O4 l° Farmers, 17s Od to 24s Ocl; average, 22. ; dealers, r 4 , ° "/(1 0 00s Od; averago, Os. per ton. Bread-Wheaten l° 3 " Od ; householeditto, 6d to Od per 41b.-Fresh butter , 1,00 , lld per lb. Eggs, 4 s Od t o 4 s 21 p er h un d re d. gel! ' 54, 40 to 8d ; mutton, 50 to 7d ; veal, 5d to 6 , 1; P °r- Zfog" ! 6d ; bacon, 7d t o 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb . -Fi s h, , land, 11/. Os to 121 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, °° _, 6 Red, do., 30 s p er brl.-Potatoes, white, 10d to 12d to 15d.-C oa l s , N ewpor t , 21s ; Lydney, 21s ; ° 4 ( 0 Od per ton.-Whi s k ey, 25 o.p , 6s 10d per imperial Hides, mark e t, 30 s t o 365; Salted, 30s to 38s per 0'"" „,,tO O / ' skins, 30 per lb.-Ba ngor s l a t es 21 . 17 s. 6d t o 31. Fleece wool, 00 s t o 00 s per stone.-Hemp, 381. t0;', 1 ,40. , 1 ton - Timber, Memel, 31. 15 s ; re d p i ne, 3 /. 15 s ' Ye ll O a .---- 3/. ss. per ton ; d ea l s, 19 1. to 201. per hundredl34iloo 8/. to 10/. 10s. per t on . -T a ll ow, 48s 6d to 49s per cvn• our, 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 19s. per be.'" Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. per ton. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 7. f; fi t STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sharemarket con..lllle 0 . bee and prices have again declined. Quotations have , 0 . 0,„ ported as follows :—Caledonian, 32A ; Lance 11 1 Yorkshire, 79 ; Liverpool, Crosby, and SouthPg u r e 'ffiel London and North-Western, 1181; Manchester , ,f.'a and Lincoln, 30j ; Midland, 75i ; North Brl'_, 4 l l l ' South Eastern and Dover, 221 ; York and No , — land, 301 1, ; North Union (A), 2M. MANCHESTER, MAY 7. 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day WAS •ge for Saturday, but prices were not well kept up. gee", were :—Caledonians, 338 ; Eastern Counties, 133 ; 11 7 and Windermere, 14i ; Lancashire and Yorkshir%e I ditto (161. shares, F.), 1-16 prem.; Manchester, She and Lincolnshire, 304 ; BanMidld Ra Scottish Central Preference. i ; South-Eastern andllo 228 ; Whitehaven and Furness. Consols,!oh BIRMINGHAM, M AT V , II STOOK EXCHA.NGE.—The railway s.l‘—are market has dull and in ac ti ve throughout ' the week, and no inane ment has taken place in prices. Buyers and Belly equally scarce, and there appears to be little doubL tained that, until Parliament has determined questions of railway legislation now before, there P',. / little movement in the sharemarket. Shrewsblef Hereford shares were sold to-day at 1 dis. The „ . 1° 7 4 1: were among the closing quotations :—Birmingr;ll verhampton, and Stour Valley, buyers 10i, ecw e e rio ; Eastern Counties, sellers 13i • Great Western, 1 ) 0 _ 11,e sellers, 914 ; London and Vorth-Western, seller s PI Coventry and Nuneaton, buyers 130 ; ManchesteOft; ton, and Matlock, buyers 3; Midland, sellers 751,, 41 0 ,1, bury and Birmingham, buyers 65i, sellers, 6 ns, 7 ;5 (London and North-Western) Guaranteed, buyv,7 .: lers 75 ; Shropshire Union, buyers 34, sellers di. , Staffordshire, buyers 4, sellers 13 dis. BRISTOL, May 7. inactive, fia .0 0 , 0 4 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The mark e t w as n ac t ive, f but little business doing. Bristol and Exeter V e 108 ; Vale of Neath, 154, SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails ar e sent f rom th e Gellerla r" . by the night—and M by the morning -dispatch.] ell 0 10 COUNTRIES. Day when made up From wha t JatoO' in General Post- Port * 7 ft ..... Office, London. Dispatche d se - - America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liver Pool '" It America (by United Sts. i lia • .. packet) ....... .. N May 17 ........ Liverpool 4 America (by U. States ..jon packet) ..........N May 11 ........ SouthaMPWO ''. 1 4. i Australia (via South- yof if ampton) ..........M • • .... Southan7PW ° l a lai ... Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover .• •• '. t ar Ditto (via Cape of Good fithlo I ~, f a Hope) ............N ...... Plymouth ' . I! Afeca (west Coast) .. N 23rd of the month. Plymouth ' ', -*/ sl' Alexandria.. .... .. .. N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m Dover • • ••; PO; l' Alexi.ndria .. . ... 31 4th & 20th of mon. Southamp ton ri ju1 , ,,, Bahamas ........... 51 2nd of the month Southang" .10 0 / 71,1 Belgium ............N1tai1y...... 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Southat u P 1 .fr Al• Greece (see India) l i on 6 nto o rrael'i Greytowu .........M 2nd & 17th of mon. ,zonthsc u r . ..,,.00 itt Harriburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London • •: ‘ ,10 .. .!,"l Havannah .......... fal 2nd of the month SouthamP' '1 1, ; - f 1, Hol'and ............ 51 Wednesday & Sat. London • •i i ; 1 ; ' l7,:c f,; Honduras .......... NI 17th of the month. SoutharhP,oo )_, A O l ' „ India (vlaSouthampt.)sl 4th & 20th of mon. SouthaluP` 1 1 5- A O India (via Marseilles)M Bth&24th of month Dover •• •'. ....,19 lonian Isles (see India)' I cad * * k / 6 Ire'ard ........31 & N Twice daily Li5b01............ -Nlm.lSoutha"""toil ', ja i Madera .. m 9th of the month l So' 1 11 r .; o xP ie if Madeira ............5 23rd of the month Plymouth Malta (see India) Malta .. .. .. .. .. .. N '7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Dover "' . A pril r Mauritius (see India) uth ' Jia le li Mauritius ........ 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Glebe, the P' .1,0, On the sth inst., at Kilt oo na 2 5 str oll ,vicar of ilt ou n, aged . g 'OP OP ' l° 0 ,1 „ivitp 140, LONDON : Printed and Published by g.... 000,_notl of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at rite su n Of 0 " Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy's 0- Middlesex, Monday, May 9, 1953' BIRTHS. * i O fs l the F A HON• it, On the sth inst., at Freshwater, Isle of_ r to , of Commander Philip Somerville, 15,,p,-PP On the 6th inst., in Gloucester - ter race ' Pearce. OF A DAUGHTER. virs. On the 2d inst. ' at Edinburgh, the tioallaroet, z On the sth inst., at 4S, Uppe r I°ll Mrs. Thomas Rice Henn. 0'