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Tottrth%bition of June, his right hon; friend the President of the Board of Control would state the views of the Government with regard to the Government of India. Mr. RICH said, with reference to that notice, he must be allowed to express his opinion that it would be both for the interest of the Government and of India that the subject should be more maturely consi dered before it was brought on for discussion. (Hear, hear.) The appointment of the Indian committee took place at a very late period, while the heads of inquiry that were submitted to it were exceedingly numerous. The house had only just received a report upon one of these heads, and much information remained behind to be communicated to the house. He therefore contended that it would be most inexpedient to legislate in the matter until the whole inquiry was brought to a close. He believed that the agitation of this question would be conducive to the ultimate tranquillity of India itself. He therefore thought we ought rigidly to inquire be fore legislating. The committee which had been ap pointed, although composed of the most eminent men in that house, had committed such blunders as would have d . isgraced the y oungest mem b ers. Instead of inquiring into the condition and well-being of the people of India, they had confined themselves simply to inquiring into the administration of India, and the different modes of communication between Leadenhall-street and Cannon row. All the witnesses were persons receiving, or who had received, emoluments from the East India Company --governors, generals, directors, or secretaries in the em ploy of the company. No doubt these were very fit persons to be examined ; but what was wanted was the opinions of independent persons taken, he allowed, in conjunction with these—to show how the system worked. No light had yet been thrown on the organisation of the Indian army and navy, and he thought such an inquiry ought to be made before the future law of India was settled. This was a subject of which the very permanency of our Indian empire de pended. But if they looked to the finance, they would find that out of the last 13 years there had been in 12 years an annual deficit of more than 1,000,0001. In the year 1837 the Indian debt amounted to 29,000,0001., but now it amounted to 50,000,000/. The revenue was increasing, but in a very decreased ratio compared to the debt. In the year 1837, the revenue was 13,000,0001., and had now incrersed to 19,000,000/. The debt had increased sevenfold, but the revenue only two-and a-half-fold. They bad had no information either upon the judicial administration in I n di a , w hi c h, according to all accounts, was most miserable. There was no educ tion whatever required for the office of a judge, but it was the general principle to make a judge who was good for nothing else, or rather unfit for everything else. It was a sort of refuge for the destitute. This was a state of things which required investigation. The subject of education was one of great importance, and the returns which had been laid before the house showed a frightful state of destitution. (Hear, hear.) It was, he contended, essential to the well-being of India that the people should be actively employed in the ad ministration of its affairs. The true reason why they were not so employed was that the pa tronage of the country should be retained in the hands of the East India Company. All the great stimu lants to action on the minds of the Indian population were dwarfed by this mode of procedure. The fitness of the East Indians themselves was, he contended, a subject fully deserving inquiry. On the subject of works it ap peared that the East India Company had been blind both , to their own interest and that of the population over whom they ruled. They had no information as to the political relations of the East India Company with the neighbouring states, whether subsidised, independent, or protected. These were subjects deeply affecting the interests of India, and he contended that in every one of them a case for inquiry had been made out. Moreover, it was incumbent on the East India Company to stand up and contradict these charges by evidence, and before this had been done, the house would not be justified in con senting to any further legislation on the subject. Sir G. WOOD said that it certainly was the opinion of the Government that they ought to legislate on this subject in the course of the present session, and as at the proper time it would be his duty to go at some length into the various topics which had been touched upon by the hon. gentleman, he should not occupy the time of the house by discussing them on the present occasion. The house then went into committee of supply, and was SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S (THIS EVENING.) DERBY. sto 2 agst West Australian (taken). Bto 1 agst Honeywood (taken). 9to 1 agst Pharos (taken). 12 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken). 33 to 1 agst Cheddar (taken). 100 to 6 agst Ninnyhammer. 40 to 1 agst Vanderdecken. 40 to 1 agst Barbatus. MANCHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES, Wild Huntsman Bridesmaid Won in a canter. MANCHESTER CUP. Chief Justice Lady Evelyn Winner objected to, not being entered in due time, .. 2 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. MAJORIBANKS and Mr. FORSTER took the oaths and- their seats for Berwick, and Mr. BELL for Maid stone. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords Amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Blackpool and Layton with Warbrick Improvement ; Teignmouth Harbour and Teign Navigation ; Wolverhampton Markets and Fairs. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —High Ham and Ashcott Roads ; Preston Water works. The reports upon the subjoined bills were considered and agreed to :—Aberdeen Railway ; Bedale and Ley burn Railway ; Great Extramural Cemetery Associa tion ; Kilkenny and Great Southern and 'Western Rail way ; Leeds and Whitehall Roads ; London and North- Western Railway (Northampton, &c.) ; London and North-Western Railway (Oldham Branch) ; Ludlow Cattle Market and Slaughter-houses ; Manchester Im provement ; Midland Railway (Leicester and Hitchin) ; North British Railway ; Swaffham and Bottisham Drainage (No. 2). Cutbill's Divorce Bill was read second time. PETITIONS. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from labour. ing men, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from Finsbury and the Tower Hamlets, in favour of the opening the Crystal Palace, the British Museum, and the National Gallery on Sunday. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from Shef field, against the Registration of Assurances Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Man chester, against the Salford and Manchester Educa tional Bill. (LETT BITTING.) THE SUN, LCiSTDON: THURSDAY EVENING-, MAY 19, 185 3. place, and Mr. Vansittart walked off with a miserable minority, as every one expected, into the lobby. If this is not factious opp os iti on, i t i s very much like it. It was past ten when the House got to real business, and went into committee on the Legacy Duties ; but even at that late hour, tired as every one was, so artistic an orator is Gladstone, that every one listened with in terest. For myself, Ido like to see the Chancellor con , ducting a debate.' He is' all .attention and life. He leans slightly forward, turning his face to the Speaker —on his knees he.has a note-book, and with a pencil in hand he takes a note of every argument advanced, or fact stated, on whichever side of the case it may be. You are tired, are you, my good sir ? Well, we'll stretch our legs and walk into the reporters' gallery. Did you see, as you came in, as you went into the waiting-room, a little door on your left ? You will find it leads you to a narrow stair case. We go up that staircase, and come to a little lobby, where we shall find two lads dressed in a kind of uniform. They belong to the electric telegraph office, and are waiting for dispatches —which in another minute will be on their way to all the great towns of our own and other lands. We enter a room on the left. The good things of life are all around us—coffee, roast-beef, and capital stuff it is. This is where the reporters re fresh the inner man, and well may they do so, though those we see at present do not look very weary, and seem far more inclined for chaff than work. The ami able fellows are now poking their fun at each other as they pass up the gallery orcome down from it with their short-hand notes, with which they will now hurry to their respective offices and copy out quickly, for they must be back very soon. This room is virtually un der the management of Lord Charles Russell, sergeant at-arms ; but really of Mr. Dodd, whose " Parliamentary Companion"—we hope we shall not be charged the ad vertisement duty for saying so—is really an indispensable work. Mr. Dodd is the manager of the Times's Parlia mentary corps, and is therefore a man of much weight ; but, good sir, he sees you are not one of us —so, with your leave, we will make our exit. The reporting gal lery none can enter but reporters themselves.— Weekly News and Chronicle. AGRICITLTURAL STATISTICS. Mr. SANDARS asked the President of the Board of Trade, what course her Majesty's Government intended to adopt this session of Parliament, with the view of introducing a system of Agricultural Statistics into the United Kingdom. Mr. CARDWELL said that, through the agency of that excellent body, the Irish constabulary, very detailed information of the nature which the hon. member de sired in reference to Ireland had been already laid on the table of the house. With regard to Scotland, the Scottish Agricultural Society were taking the utmost pains to furnish similar information. An experiment was now being made in the counties of Sutherland, East Lothian, and Roxburgh. In conjunction with his right honourable friend the President of the Poor-law Board he had made arrangements for enabling an expe riment of a similar kind during the present year in Hert fordshire and Devonshire. These experiments however were only in a limited scale, but their object was to prove to the parties concerned that it was to their in turest to facilitate arrangements on a more comprehen sive scale in future years. REFORM OF THE COMMON LAW. Mr. KEATING asked the Secretary of State fir the Home Department, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government, during the present Session of Parliament, to introduce any measures embodying the suggestions of the report recently made by the Common Law Commissioners. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had to state in the absence of his noble friend that it was the intention of the Go vernment to introduce a measure which would embody the suggestions of the Common Law Commissioners. BRONZE STATUES IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr. B. WALL asked Sir W. Molesworth whether the bronze statues in the metropolis were ever inspected, or the rust cleared off; and whether they were under the control of any Government-office; and whether it is intended, before the scaffolding is removed from the statue at Charing-cross, to repair it ? Sir W. MOLESWORTH said he had to state that the Board of Works were not officially bound either to inspect the bronze statues in the metropolis, or to clear off the rust upon them. To the second question he had to reply that these statues were not under the control of any Government department, and though he thought it might be desirable to place them under some such con trol, it was not the intention of the Government to bring in a bill on the subject. With regard to the statue at Charing-cross, he had ascertained that the renovation of the pedestal would cost about 1,0001. ; but there was no immediate necessity for making the repairs. They might safely be left for another year, and then perhaps it might be expedient to propose a vote for the amount. EDUCATION BILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked Lord John Russell whether he had any intention of hereafter bringing the metropolitan districts within the operation of his Edu cation Bill ? Lord J. RUSSELL replied that he had no present intention of bringing the metropolis within the operation of the Educational Bill. ADMISSION OF JEWS INTO PARLIAMENT. Mr. M. GIBSON wished to ask the noble lord the member for the city of London a question relative to the admission of Jews into Parliament. It would be remembered that some short time ago a bill was intro duced for the removal of Jewish disabilities. That bill passed through the house but it was afterwards rejected by the other house of Parliament. Now the city of London had returned a Jew to represent them in that house, but the gentleman who so represented the city was unable to discharge his duties, owing to the state of the law. The seat however was full and a new writ could not therefore be Issued. The question which he had to ask the noble lord was this—What course did the noble -lord propose to take in the present position of affairs ? Holding the noble lord responsible for the management of business in this house, he wished to ask the noble lord what course he would advise the house to take with reference to the peculiar position of the City of Lon don, and also whether the Government mean to make any effort during the present session, or at any future time, to settle the important question. (Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said with respect to the import ant question which his right hon. friend had put to him, he had to state in the first place—that he did not think this question could be settled by allowing things to re main as they were. His opinion was, that it was much more probable that it would be settled by a bill which should make a general alteration in the oaths taken by. members, than by again recurring to a bill of the nature of that which had Just been rejected by the House of Lords. As to what time such an alteration ought to be proposed he could not at present undertake to say. However, he might observe that there had been a bill introduced into the other house for the alteration of the oaths. He had not seen that bill, but it was possible the bill might ultimately come down to them in such a shape as to remove the difficulty in which they now found themselves. (Hear, hear.) WAYS AND MEANS. The report of the committee of Ways and Means was received, and leave given to bring in a bill founded upon the resolutions. CUSTOMS, &c., ACTS. The report thereupon was received. EXCISE DUTIES ON SPIRITS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Captain JONES said he was bound to express his _ _ _ strong apprehensions of the results - of this bill. In 1842 the Government of the late Sir R. Peel proposed to raise the duty on Irish spirits by is. a gallon, a nd he then told m eas the h ouse w h at wou ld b e t h e consequence o f t h e He told th e h ouse th en th a t it wou ld no t in crease the revenue, b u t th a t i t wou ld h ave t h e e ff ect o f encouraging illicit distillation, and of filling all the gaols in Ireland. S uc h turned out' to be the case, and ulti mately the incr ease d duty had to b e a b an d one d. F rom 1834 to 1839, th e consumption t. 1010 of spirit s i n I re l an d var i e d from 10,000,000 t o 1 2, 4 gallons, but in 1842, when the duty was increasedo ls. a gallon, `the spirits brought to charge in Ireland ly fell to 5,000,000 of gallons. It must not be supposedat this was owing spirits in to any any falling off in the consumption land, but it was owing to the increase tv is. o l f l o ich took place Re calculated would in the manufacture of illicit spirits. be the effect of the present measure. ed that if the law was allowed to stand without alteration, ua e the quantity ,of spirits that would come into in Ireland would be something between 9,000a,g0 and 10,000,000 of gallons, but if the bill passed the re venue would be injured and the gaols of Ireland filled as before. He must therefore protest against the second reading, though he should not put the house to the trouble of dividing upon it. (Hear, bear.) The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to he committed on Monday next. , " .1 " -- - AFFAIRS OF INDIA. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in moving that the Speaker do leave the chair for going into Committee of Supply, took the opportunity of stating, that 011 Friday, the Udi .POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Edward Mortimer, a young man who has been for many years in the employ of Messrs. Ingram and Cooke, the proprietors of the Illustrated London New, was charged with stealing a number of cloth covers, gilt and lettered for binding, and several copies of the paper, belonging to his employers. It was proved that the property in question had been left by the prisoner at a coffee-shop in Drury-lane, where he proposed to call for it subsequently. Mr. Ingram could not swear to the identity of the property, but stated that the prisoner had access to the room in which the stock was kept. The prisoner was a ware house clerk. The prisoner said that he received the papers from his brother, and he knew nothing about the other property. He did not know his brother's present address. A. dozen copies of last week's number of the paper were found at the prisoner's lodgings, in Angel-court. Mr. Henry remanded him for further examination. WESTMINSTER.—Jonathan Robt. Richardson, 17, King's-road, Camden-town, cab-driver in the service of Mrs. Birch, cabowner, was summoned for neglecting to pay her the sum of 155., due for the hiring of a hackney cab on the 4th of May, as he had agreed for. The agreement having been put in by a person in the employment of the complainant, who carried on her business in the Horseferry-road, Westminster, Defendant stated that he had only commenced to drive a cab on the day in question, when he obtained one from the complainant, agreeing to pay her 15s. a day. He had not been long out with the vehicle before he found the horse in such a condition that it could not work. When in Camden-town, he met a gentleman who engaged with defendant to take him to Cremorne Gar dens, and who agreed to give Bs. for the journey there and back. Defendant was to take him up in the New road at 2 o'clock. He was, however, fearful that the horse would not be able to do the distance. At the time appointed he met the gentleman. On the way to Cremorne Gardens the horse showed great symptoms of weakness, and suffered so much, that the perspiration dropped off its body. The wheels of the cab squeaked so loudly, that he thought they would be on fire. He was two hours in going to Cremorne Gardens. Many per sons in the streets called out to him, " why do you not take the horse home ?" He went with the horse to the yard and complained of the state of the animal and cab. He was provided with another horse, but he had the same cab. He wished the complainant to make him some allowance, but she would not. The interior of the cab was unfit for any gentleman. Mr. Arnold—Why did you not take the cab back when you found the horse in the state it was ? Defendant—l had entered into a contract with the gentleman to take him to Cremorne Gardens, and I was not aware whae might be consequences if broke the contract. Mr. H. F. Davis said that he was under an en gagement on the day in question to be at Cremorne Gardens. He observed that the horse laboured with great difficulty. Mr. Arnold—Did the horse go at a proper pace ? Witness—No, sir. I have been the same distance on a former occasion, for which I have paid 65., and the journey was performed in three-quarters of an hour. In answer to the magistrate, the witness stated that he rode on the box and that the inside of the cab w a s in a bad state. He had two attendants inside. Mr. Arnold said that if a proprietor sent out a vehicle which was not in a fit state, he could not compel the driver to pay the sum he agreed to do. He had no doubt that in this case it was not in proper condition, as it had taken the defendant two hours to do the dis tance which had been done in three quarters of an hour. He trusted that before long the law would be altered in reference to hackney carriages. The only means he bad of teaching proprietors that they should provide proper vehicles was to prevent drivers from paying them. The summons was dismissed. THAMES.—.Toh,n Fawkes, James William, Pearce, and William. Whitbread, police-constables of the II division, appeared before Mr. Yardley to answer a charge of assaulting a married woman named Jennot. Owing to the irregularity in the manner of presenting the case to the court, the magistrate was unable to pro ceed to a decision, but took the information of the prose cutrix as follows : Mrs. Jenuot said she was a married woman, and mo ther of five children. On Saturday night she was pass ing the station-house in Lernan-street. A great many persons were assembled there ; and, in endeavouring to make her way along the footpath, a police-constable pushed her violently against the railings in front of the station-house ; and, on expostulating with him, she was' assailed with the most gross abuse, and called a prosti tute, with the accompaniment of a very low expletive. Three constables pushed her against the railings a second time, and on further remonstrating with them, one of them struck her violent blow on the nose with his clenched fist, and she bled profusely. She attempted to enter the station-house, to complain to the inspector of the outrage committed upon her, and was refused ad mittance, rudely pushed back, abused and further as saulted in the grossest manner. Four police-constables were concerned in the outrage. The defendants were three of them. Mr. Yardley inquired what had become of the fourth man alluded to by the witness ? Inspector Kendall said he was out of the way. Mr. Yardley said he should be looked after. Certain Cure for Eruptions and all Diseases of t _ [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment an a hesilkl . —Extract of a letter from Mr. J. Hird, draper, Keady, dated Feb. 14, 1852, to Professor Holloway :—" Sir, — My child, when three months old, was afflicted with a severe eruption all over her body. I sought every aid and the advice of surgeons and physicians, by all of whom the case was considered hopeless. I then tried your Ointment and Pills, and without exaggeration the effect was miraculous, for in a sho r t ti me s h e was res t ore d perfect health, so remains. Mr. Bowd en , book seller, ri ell P e e r, cransbuair, and myself, would be happy to satisfy any inquiries as to the truth of this statement." Sold by all druggists ; and at Professor Holloway's Esta blishment, 244, Strand, London. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. —The annual report of edu cation in Ireland was yesterday printed. The commis sioners had nothing to report of a special nature. INSIDE THE HOUSE. By AN EYE-WITNESS. THURSDAY NIGHT. Gentle reader, what shall we tell you of Gavan Duffy, who, the last few days, has filled so large a space in the world's eye and his own ? Shall we tell you how, dla Palmerston, he found a mare's nest—how the house first became vehemently indignant, and then went off into a fit of laughter ? The matter %would have died away on Friday, had not Mr. Ball unwisely resuscitated it with funereal solemnity. Mr. Ball, a fine, jolly-looking man, is a ruined tenant-farmer, and an advocate of ruined tenant-farmers, and always speaks as if he was not only "going, going," but actually "gone." However, he does not speak worse than the Marquis of Granby, and that is something. It is to be hoped that here the matter has terminated, and that Gavan Duffy will, by his future sensible conduct, remove the prejudice which his foolish escapade has created against him. The lower you go in society—the more vulgar and ignorant are the men with whom you mix the more you will hear of bribery and corruption. I take it there is not a pot house in Clerkenwell where you will not find beery poli ticians who will tell you how Government buys up whole batches of M.P.s, and the exact amount of money paid down for the bargain. Men who are depraved, and gross, and selfish themselves, will believe anything that is charged against other men. After all, the House of Commons is an assembly of gentlemen and men of honour. Of course there are exceptions ; but I speak of the mass. I would now say something of Duffy himself. He sits below the gangway, on the Opposition side of the house, with the rest of the Irish Brigade. He is youngish looking, rather under the middle size, and, in person and manner, very much like Disraeli ; but he has not the grace and polish, the Belgravian finish, of that distinguished advocate of the Semitic element. • He is Disraeli, minus his gentlemanly appearance. Nor can he have that. Doth not Disraeli dine with dukes? Has he not a lord for a private secretary, in the same way as Moses a poet ? While, on the contrary, poor Duffy has languished in gaol, has been tried for high treason, is the mouthpiece of priests, and the companion of the people. Still, after all, Duffy is one of the most noticeable of the Irish representatives. He is the editor of the Nation. He helped to break down the power of O'Connell. He is one of the leaders of the Young Ire land party, whose cause he pleads in glowing verse and passionate prose. He is what few men are—a name and a power. But he must remember that the House of Commons is not a partisan mob—that it contains men of the highest attainments, of the finest intellect, of un sullied honour; that he speaks there to the nation's jury, who require argument and fact alone—to men who, like the gods in Olympus— "Approve The depth, but not the tumult of the soul." Poets talk of " the merry month of May." Con sidering the snow, and rain, and bitter winds we have endured, it is questionable whether it be that : that may well be doubted. About the fact, however, that May is the mon th o f meet i ngs there can be nodoubt whatever. That it is so is very clear from 'the aspect of the Strangers' Gallery in the House of Commons. All around you are provincials, with sun-burnt faces, and their best clothes on. Many of them have white neck cloths, that badge of the waiter or the divine—a very unbecoming one, and, in London, where you don't get your linen washed gratis, a very expensive one. Most have a strong Protestant bias, and, on Tuesday night, felt very much inclined to sympathise with Mr. Cham bers in his Bill for the inspection of nunneries. Then there are several farmers up, who can't get the barley in this wet weather, and so have come to town— " The dodges for to see." And who, with becoming reverence, stare at Lord John, admire the size of Sir J. Graham, and are all struck with the splendour of Dizzy's unrivalled vest. Outside the house, too, there has been some curious scenes. On Tuesday I saw a group that only Hogarth or Wilkie could have done justice to. It consisted of some fine Milesians come to give evidence relative to one or other of the disputed Irish elections. The group was a small one, but it was arrayed in every variety of costume, and consisted of grown-up individuals of either sex, and male and female were alike regaling themselves with the darling weed. Their costume evidently was not made for them, but it was their best, and they were proud of it accordingly. The house was meeting, and passed them hurried peers and M. P.'s, and high-born d ames —and coroneted carriages dashed up—yet calmly they smoked on with a coolness and self-possession perfectly delightful. Charles Mathews, in Used Up, never exhibited greater nonchalance. Nothing touched them—nothing excited them. One might as well have shouted to the Sphynx or sought a glance of its stony eye. It is said 'that it is civilisation that produces the embarrassment so common and so painful amongst us, that the savage is always dig nified and self-possessed. The wild Irish group that excited my intense admiration certainly, to my mind, gave some ;additional weight to the theory to which I have just referred. " Go ' get thee to a nunnery," says Hamlet. That is the very thing Mr. T. Chambers, mem ber for Hertford, wanted to do, or did, on Tuesday night, when he got leave to bring in a bill for the inspection of nunneries. Though printed as it was in the notices as a bill to facilitate the recovery of personal liberty in cer tain cases, it was not at once that the real object of his measure was seen. The house was not very crowded, and several efforts were made to close the debate, but it was kept up with some spirit till about eleven, when the most tremendous cheering that I have heard for some time made it clear that Government had been beaten, and that Mr. Chambers had got leave to bring in the bill. Lord John, however, did not take it much to heart, for he went through the lobby on his way to the Lords, looking more lively and smiling than usual. All night the Opposition side of the house was almost forsaken. Disraeli occasionally looked in and then went out again. On the second Opposition bench, which, as Disraeli told Sir James Graham on Monday night, he had made almost classical, sat old Spooner and his colleague, Mr. Newdegate, who, if the Freehold Land Societies had done their duty in Warwickshire, would have ceased tormenting the house long before this ; but they were almost alone. The Ministerial benches were much better filled. Chambers made a maiden speech, and it was one that told well—and so did his reply. But Chambers is no younker. He is already nearly bald, and a barrister in good practice. What a pity it is that we don't achieve fame earlier ! Our young poets, our rising barristers, are all middle-aged men. Alas ! for the mockery of life. Just as we get great we get old. Whiteside, Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Lucas, and Henry Drummond, all spoke, and spoke well. Lord John's speech reminded us of the wicked entry in the last volume of Moore's Diary. " Lord John, mild and sensible." Ido not say this to disparage Lord John, for I do think he is the model of a Parliamentary orator : but one of the worst speeches— if not the worst speech, was that of Newdegate. There are some men that excite your antagonism directly they rise. Newdegate is one of them. Tall, very awkward, with a self-satisfied air, narrow bodied, narrow-headed, narrow-minded, looking as if he could only take in one idea at a time, and that a very small one. I felt it a great relief when Mr. New degate sat down. Poor Berkeley looked very unhappy all night. He went limping about the house disconso• late. The Ballot debate was knocked on the head, and when he can get another night for it neither he nor any one else can tell. Fat bucolic Sir John Tyrell closed the debate with a few leaden words, and the house went to a division, and left us thankfully to go home. On Thursday we had, as if that were needed, an ad ditional illustration of the way in which the time of the house is wasted. When we went in we wondered why the house was so unusually full. In the lobby every seat was occupied, and up in the gallery were assembled hon ourable M.P.s. eager for a little fun. It soon came out what it was that attracted such crowds at such an un usual hour. It was a notice of Mr. Magan's, member for Westmeath, relative to the affair of Monday. He wished to get up another Duffyad. His part was very easy. The game once begun, it was the easiest thing in the world to keep it up, and amidst " Oh, ohs," and " Hear, hears," and " tremendous laughter." Maurice O'Con nell, Lucas, Mr. Hayter, Sir Charles Wood, and many more spoke and respoko. That very useful man, Mr. Hayter, according to one set of statements, had hum bugged the Irish members; according to another set, and according to his own statements, he had done no thing of the kind. As for myself, I could not help think ing of the passage in "Sybil," in which the late Chan cellor of the Exchequer favours us, the uninitiated—many thanks to him for charging only eighteen pence for the favour—with his idea as to the use to which such pleasant men as Mr. Hayter can be put. Speaking to Taper, in the prospect of a change of Ministry, Tadpole says, " At present go about and ke e p o ur fellows in good humour. Whisper nothings, that sound like something. But be discreet ; do not let there be more than half a hundred fellows who believe they are going to be Under Secretaries of State. If they push ou, give a wink, and press a finger to your lip. I nut call here,' continued Mr. Tadpole, as he stopped efore the house of the Duke of Fitzaquitaine. 'This , entleman is my particular charge. I have been cook ing him these three years. I had two notes from him yesterday, and can delay a visit no longer. The worst of it is, that lie expects that I shall bear him the non official announcement of his being sent to Ireland, of which he has as much chance as I have of 'being Governor-General of India. It must be confessed that ours is critical work sometimes, friend Taper. But never mind : what we have to do to individuals,' Peel has to do with a nation, and therefore we ought not to complain.' " A conference with the Lords was desired. That always puts a stop to the business of the house till the deputation sent by the Commons returns ; but that pause did not interfere with the little row Mr. Magan had so ingeniously contrived. That lasted till half-past six, when it was put an end to by a few good, sensible words from Sir Harry Inglis. Generally Lord John Russell does that sort of thing ; but he was absent all night, and Sir Harry Inglis wisely saved the house from an idle waste of words, Alas ! it turned out that the house had merely escaped Scylla to get foul of Charybdis. The Speaker left the chair, and Mr. Vansittart rose to propose the exemption of certain classes of farmers from the income tax. Mr. Vansittart may be—undoubtedly he is —a very nice young man for a small tea-party ; but he certainly is not the man to teach or electrify a British House of Commons. He might have made a very good speech, but we certainly did not hear a word of it. It was a relief when Mr. Gladstone rose after him and spoke with that fluency and power which he has always at command. He was followed by Sir Fitzroy Kelly, who, since he has bought an estate in East Suffolk, and represented the county, has bitterly repented the vote he gave for free trade under Sir Robert Peel, and is, new that Protection is gone—now that it can only be a cry with which to clog and embarrass Govern ments, and nothing more—a Protectionist to the back bone. Bright demolished the elegant lawyer with one of his usual murderous speeches, and then the debate languished terribly, bill about ten, when a clivisiou took ELECTRICITY AND THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. The thousands of holiday people who, after a day's pleasure, or endeavour thereafter, at Greenwich or Rich mond, on Whit Monday last, returned by steamboat or railway, yid Hungerford Suspension-bridge came unex pectedly unexpectedly upon an extraordinary and in teresting exhibition, not the less pleasurable that its en joyment made no further addition to their day's ex penses. - Two miniature suns—for so without hyperbole we may characterise the electric lamps—one in each tower —converged their intense rays on the centre of the bridge, and effectually illuminated the whole of the in tervening space, feebly lighted in general by about 100 gas lamps. The lights rema i ne d i n con ti nuous opera tion from nine o'clock p.m. till past midnight, to the special wonderment of the curious, and the special satis faction of otherwise benighted passengers to or from the South-Western terminus. Are the days of steam and gas numbered ? Electricity is now evidently destined to take the place of both. Of the applicability of the electric force as a motive power, as a substitute for steam in every branch of industry and enterprise, and as a source of illumination for streets, public-buildings, lighthouses, mines, railway-tunnels, bridges, diving-bells, &c. some practical men of science have never doubted ; but until recent discoveries had exhibited the economy of "this wonderful power," by making its production eco nomically profitable, the man of business had not con templated its application to the daily purposes of life. The inventions of Dr. Watson, the basis of the intended operations of the Electric Power and Colour Com. pany, it is said, have now removed the only ob s t ac le t o the universal use of electricity, and to its immedi a t e ap lication to locomotion, mechanical arrangements of all kinds, navigation, chemical decomposition, and illumi nation. For while, in ordinary galvanic instruments, the outlay in the destruction of metals is altogether un reproductive, absolutely wasteful, every shilling's worth of material used in Dr. Watson's batteries returns half a-crown in the shape of valuable pigments (which can be sold pure and unadulterated at a lower price than the adulterated articles in the market), bleaching powder, and other commercial products readily saleable. We are, indeed, informed that contracts can be at once en tered into for the profitable disposal of all that the com pany can produce in the shape of chromes and Prussian blue, and that these contracts represent an actual de mand to the extent of 40,0001. per annum for the ,Rus sian market alone. As regards the mechanical perfection with which the illuminating process is applied, it is sufficient to advert to the fact that the Great Northern Railway Terminus at King's-cross, extending 500 yards in length, and usually lighted up by 250 burners, was completely and continuously illuminated by two electric lamps placed at one extremity, for several hours, during which the gas lamps were extinguished. By this light alone the trains entered and departed during the evening, and so intense was the brilliancy that the smallest print might be read with facility at the remote extremity opposite to the source of light. In the same manner as we have already mentioned, two lamps, one in each tower of Hungerford Suspension bridge, lighted that thoroughfare for several entire even ings from nine p.m. till past midnight, completely " paling the ineffectual fires" of nearly a hundred gas lamps." Several perfectly efficient motive power engines have been constructed, and are now in existence, adapted to be worked by electricity, but the cost of that power has hitherto precluded their employment for any practical purpose. The economical solution of the question being attained, who can say that the wonderful inventions of Watt will not be, to a vast extent, superseded by those of Watson ? The various other uses to which this new power can be made subservient embrace the desulphurisation of coke (of which about 600,000/. worth is consumed yearly by railway companies alone), telegraphing, electrotyping, smelting, and the manufacture of steel. With such extraordinary advantages and elements of success—considering that, as regards only one applica tion of the electric power, that of illumination, no less than 11,000,000/. sterling are now invested in supplying gas to London, Birmingham, Liverpool, and the other cities and towns of. England, it may be that the Electric Power and Colour Companies must, to their own en richment, speedily revolutionise the world of arts and industry. HOP INTELLIGENCE. AYLESFORD.—The bine has made but little progress since last week, owing to the cold nights and north-east winds. The flea has made its appearance in rather large quantities. The cold windy days and frosty nights cause the bine to grow very unkindly. BARMING.—The bine grows very slowly, and very little is yet tied. The cold and wet unsettled weather prevents the bine from growing. It is here and there very platty. It was scarcely ever known to be so back ward as at the present time. HIGICAM. — The bine, although very backward, is now coming on favourably. The grounds work well, and polling is nearly finished. MARDEN.—The bine has grown but slowly during the past week, and is generally very backward. MEREWORTEL—The bine in most grounds is eoming well, but is rather backward in consequence of the long continued cold and wet. OTHAM.—The bine is very backward, the season con tinuing so cold, and a little flea has made its appearance Tying has partially commenced in a few forward grounds. TONBRIDGIL—The bine is very backward, the earth being yet in a wet and cold state, is much against the progress of the young shoots. TOWN MALLING.—The bine here is a little uneven, but it is growing very fast. 'We have nearly finished poling. The showery weather prevents the nidget and hoe from being used, ROLVENDEN.—The poling will soon be brought to a close. Sane growers will commence tying at the begin ning of the week. Several gardens are injured by the unusually wet winter. WEALD or KENT.—The hop plants have received a severe check from the long-continued coldness and wet ness of the weather, which will no doubt injure their productiveness. Some grounds are not yet poled, and in many places the bine is hardly out of the ground, in stead of being, as in other years in the middle of May, half-way up the poles. WROTHAL—The hop plants here aro certainly striv ing hard against the unfavourable state of the weather. A few congenial days and nights would put quite an other face on everything.—Maidstone Journal. LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL. -The annual distribution of prizes took place on Tues day, May 17 ; Charles Hampden Wigram, Esq., in the chair. .11ospital gold medals presented by the gover nors for zeal, intelligence, and humanity in attendance on the patients in the wards. Medical—lt. W. Jenkins, London. Surgical—H. K. Debenham, Dalston. Medicine, Senior Class—Gold Medal, K. H. Deben ham ; Honorary Certificate, R. W. Jenkins. Medicine, Junior Class—Silver Medal, James Ed munds, Burnham ; Honorary Certificate, John Lang ston, Grantham. Surgery, Senior Clasa—Gold Medal, H. K. Deben ham. Surgery, Junior Class—Silver Medal, John Langston; Honorary Certificate, Edward Crossman, Friezewood. Anatomy—Senior Class--Gold Medal, James Ed munds ; Honorary Certificate, Riners Mantell, Bitton. Anatomy, Junior Class—Silver Medal, Edward Cross man ; Honorary Certificate, Lewis Oppenheim, Fins bury. Midwifery—Gold Medal H. K. Debenham ; Honorary Certificate, J. C. Robertson, Purbrook. Chemistry—Silver Medal, R. Mantel). ; Second Silver Medal, George Poole, Newland. Materia Medica—Silver Medal, James Edmunds ; Honorary Certificate, Joseph Porter, Rotherhithe Botany—Silver Medal, John Langston; Honorary Certificate, R. Mantel!. Forensic Medicine—Silver Medal, H. K. Debenham ; Honorary Certificate, J. R. Tunmer, Ipswich, EMIGRATION.—As the season advances the numbers leaving our shores increase. Every time that the steamer sails for Liverpool considerable numbers of com fortably-dressed people crowd our streets, either leaving themselves or seeing some friend depart for the "land of promise." We hear many complaints of the want of efficient labourers, and it is feared that if this continuous drain of our agricultural population continues, and we see no reason to suppose it will cease, there will be few left to carry on the ordinary cultivation of the country. Gam Packet. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES. Yesterday a special meeting of the shareholders in this compai:y was held at the London Tavern, 'Bishops gate-street, for the purpose of submitting (pursuant to the standing orders of the House bf Lords) to the ap proval of the proprietors the following bills :—A bill . to enable the Eastern Counties Company to construct a railway from the line of the Northern and Eastern Rail way near Stratford to Woodford and Loughton, and to repeal certain of their . existing acts, and to grant further powers of capitalising their debt, and for other.purposes ; also a bill to enable the Eastern Counties Company to construct branch railways from their North Woolwich line to Ham Creek and the River Thames, and for other purposes. Mr. David Waddington, M.P., chairman of the company, occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance of shareholders. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by stating the object of the meeting, and explaining that the standing orders of the House of Lords required that three-fourths of the proprietors should record their vote in favour of any bill, either in person or by proxy, before that bill could be allowed to be read a second time by that branch of the Legislature Mr. Maynard, the solicitor of the company, would now read to the meeting first the heads of the bill to enable them to construct the branch line from North Woolwich to Ham Creek. The heads of the bill in question having been read accordingly. The CHAIRMAN explained that this bill was introduced in consequence of an arrangement which had been en tered into with the promoters of the Victoria Dock Company. The Victoria Docks, the proprietors would be aware, were connected with the Eastern Counties Company's railway, and with a view of facilitating their works, the Dock Company had applied to them for a diversion, or rather a substitution of their present line. This would render the construction of the Victoria Docks much more easy, and would be more convenient for the passage of traffic than if the line remained in its present position. The Victoria Dock Company undertook to pay all the expenses connected with this bill, and also with the construction of the new line for the making of which those powers were sought ; and the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway had considered that it was only a matter of sound policy to apply to Parlia ment for this bill, as it was obvious that the construc tion of these docks at the termination of their line was of the greatest importance to the interests of their rail way, and, as he had already said, the Victoria Dock Company would defray the entire cost of the undertak ing. He would, therefere, now move that the bill now before the House of Lords be approved and adopted by this meeting. In reply to a question from Mr. M‘LAREN, The CHAIRMAN said that this line would be an addi tional line rather than a substitution ; because the exist ing line would not be done away with. The sole object of the extra line would be to afford greater facilities to the Victoria Dock Company. The motion was then unanimously agreed to. The SOLICITOR next read to the meeting an abstract of the bill to enable the Eastern Counties Company to con struct their line from Stratford to Woodford and Lough ton, when The CHAIRMAN said it would be in the recollec tion of many of the older proprietors of that com pany that several years ago powers were sought and obtained to enable them to construct a line from North Lea-bridge, on the Northern and East ern Company's Railway, to the town of Epping. That project proposed to take the higher ground on the ridge of the Epping-hill, and would have been a very expensive works in its execution. The consequence was, that after the powers had been obtained, the direc tors thought it was not desirable to proceed with the undertaking, and it had lain isome time in abeyance, some seven years having now elapsed since they origi nally obtained their act. In the , course of last year, however, the subject was again brought under the notice of the board, with the view of accommodating the dis trict between Woodford and Epping. He confessed that at first, looking at the line for which the powers had been previously obtained, he, in common with his colleagues at the board, did not regard the project with any considerable degree of favour, but the directors, before finally determining the question, deputed him in conjunction with the engineer to walk over the pro posed route for the purpose of reporting upon its lead ing features. In inspecting the country accordingly, he (the chairman) found that the engineer had taken an en tirely different direction, and that, instead of keeping on the high ground towards Epping, he proceeded by the lower or valley route, starting from Stratford-bridge, crossing over to Leytonstone, and then striking into the valley by Woodford, and so continuing on to Loughton: thereby accommodating a larger district, and at a cost of one-half the outlay that would have been necessary for the original scheme. He therefore reported to the board the easy nature of the country through which the new project would pass, and the character of the accom modation it would afford ; and when they received the estimates of their engineer he had no hesitation in ex pressing—and he now repeated his belief—that, taking the amount of capital to be expended, there was no seven miles of railway within twenty miles of London which would yield anything like the return that they would obtain from this proposed line. (Hear, hear.) But, in addition to that, it would enable them to get rid of what had threatened to.be a very powerful oppo sition to their company, ,because, although the rival schethe for the same district looked a very small line in itself, yet if they referred to the Ordnance map they would find that it would not end with a mere branch to Woodford and Loughton. It was manifestly meant to be the first wedge inserted into the Eastern Counties property, and was intended hereafter to be driven fur ther eastward—indeed, it was alleged by the promoters that they contemplated extending themselves into the Eastern Counties' district. He therefore thought that this scheme was eminently entitled to their support, protecting their property as it would from all aggressive inroads, because the projectors of the competing line had withdrawn their bill, despairing of success in their opposition ; and the cost of 9s. per share which they had had to pay as the expense of the contest would no doubt operate as a heavy pecuniary mulct to deter any other rival from entering the field against the Eastern Counties Company. The cost of the proposed line would be 15,0001. per mile, or thereabouts; and sup posing their traffic over the seven miles amounted to only 2001. a week, or 10,0001. a year, they would obtain a return of something like five per cent. for their out lay ; but the board calculated upon realising a much larger amount than that. With regard to the contents of the bill, he might mention that a further clause had been introduced to the effect that the line should not be constructed until they made a third line of railway between the Bow junction of the Blackwall Railway and the Stratford junction of the Eastern Counties line. That, however, would not be a very onerous condition, and it could not cost more than 10,000/. at the most. There was another clause binding them to complete the line in three years, otherwise the dividend of the old proprietors should cease. A very salutary regulation had been introduced by Mr. Cardwell, the President of the Board of Trade, re quiring all existing railway companies to complete any new projects for the carrying out of which Parlia ment conferred on them the necessary powers, within the space of five years ; and in the present instance, Lord Redesdale had abbreviated the period to three years, thinking that long enough to execute an exten sion of 'only seven miles. Now, in his (the Chairman's) mind, this new regulation of the Government was a measure of the most wholesome and conservative cha racter, and would act as a check upon the getting up of rival, schemes for the mere purpose of finding employ ment for engineers and country attorneys, Parliament declared that the promoters of any project should depOsit in the Court of Chancery three-fourths of the tenth of the estimated cost of construction, which must have been paid up. Hitherto it had been the practice to return these deposits when the bill had passed, but Parliament now said that, in order to test the good faith of the pro jectors, these deposits should be forfeited to the Crown, unless the parties proceeded with the execution of the works. The effect of this system would no doubt be to make those who were in the habit of subscribing to other than bona fide schemes more careful how they paid deposits into the Court of Chancery, knowing, as they would do, how difficult it would be to get their money out again. (Laughter.) Another clause in the bill was intended to enable the directors to create a preference stock by the capitalisation of their bonded debt, follow ing the example which had been set them by the Lon don and North-Wester and other companies. It was well-known that when their debentures become due, if there prevailed at the time a tightness in the money market, they were compelled to pay perhaps 1 per cent. more interest than they ought to do ; and therefore the object of this clause was to obviate that inconvenience by enabling the directors, with the consent of the pro prietors in general meeting assembled, to take advan tage of the easy state of the money market from time to time, for the purpose of issuing a fixed preferential stock in lieu of their floating capital. With regard to the sub ject of railway amalgamation, he might observe that a committee of the House of Commons had adopted a standing order to the effect that no railway bill for the purposes of amalgamation should be proceeded with this session, and therefore the Eastern Counties board, feel ing that any railway bill in which an amalgamation clause was introduced had a very slight chance of pass ing, had abandoned their project of amalgamation with other companies for the present, and determined to wait for a future opportunity of introducing such a measure. The committee of the House of Commons which was now sitting on the general subject might shortly be ex pected to make their report. But, be that as it might, so far as that company was concerned, he would only repeat what he had stated at a former meeting, namely, that it was his private opinion that the Eastern Counties, and the Eastern Union, and the Norfolk railway com panies might determine to carry out the working agree ment to-morrow, if they chose, in the same way at the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, the York and North Midland, and the Leeds Northern companies had done, and that without any intervention o f Parliament, ro, p vided the directors of all the thr ee companies had one common object in view, viz., that of making the most of their respective districts, and apportioning to each com pany that fair amount of revenue to which the traffic en titled it. (Hear, hear.) H e was not aware that any other subject called for remark, and he would therefore conclude by moving that th e bil l now before Parliament, to enable that comp an y t o construct a railway from the line of the Northern and Eastern Company near Strat ford to Woodford and Loughton, and also for empower ing them to capitalise their debt, be now approved and adopted by this meeting. Mr. PATTERSON seconded the motion. A SHAREHOLDER inquired when the line was likely to be completed 1 The 03.1talux thought it would not take logger than a twelvemonth after the contractor had fairly commenced operations. Mr. M‘LAREN asked if the proposed line to Woodford and Loughton would interfere Iv ith the arrangement that had already been entered into for the closing of the capital account ? The CHAIRMAN replied that it would not. A supple mental capital account would 'be opened for the con struction of this line. Mr. NORRIS complained that a sufficiently detailed estimate of the probable cost of the line had not been laid before the meeting, which was therefore incapable of properly deciding whether the project should be pro ceeded with or not. The estimate of 15,000/. per mile did not provide for the contingency of the Board of Trade requiring bridges to be made at four level crossings. . _ _ The CHAIRMAN said that it was unusual for railway bills.to contain any such provision as Mr. Norris men tioned. It was customary, however, in framing these estimates, to make an allowance for contingencies, and that had been done in this instance, the amount of the allowance being 8,0001. With regard to over-bridges at the level crossings, the directors had believed that they were totally unnecessary, and, what was more, they had also succeeded in convincing the committee of the House of Commons that they were unnecessary. He was satisfied that the estimate of 15,0001. per mile, or thereabouts, would prove a correct one. Mr. HELPS expressed his anxiety for the termination of the hostilities now going on between that company and the Eastern Union. The CHAIRMAN said that the board of this company had sought an interview with the Eastern Union Com pany, and proposed that their differences should be ad justed by impartial referees. Their overtures had, however, been refused, on the ground that the period had not arrived for entertaining them ; and therefore they had been compelled to adopt reprisals in self defence. The motion was then unanimously agreed to, and thanks having been voted to the chairman and directors, the meeting separated. DUNDEE, PERTH, AND ABERDEEN RAIL WAY JUNCTION. A special general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on Tuesday, in the company's office, Teamanshore, Dundee, for the purpose of considerinc , and determining in regard to a proposed agreement Co be submitted to the meeting for au extra judicial settle ment of the claims and questions existing between the company and the Caledonian Railway Company, pre sently forming the subject of certain actions before the Court of Sesions, at the instance of each of the said com panies respectively against the other, and all matters connected therewith. Lord Kinaird, chairman. The report of the directors was laid on the table. We extract the following : " The Caledonian Railway Company have, under the agreements between the companies, paid to this company 72,3001., including the value of the plans, which they delivered to this company when working the line, " The Caledonian Company had also raised an action against this company for repetition and re-payment of the sums therein mentioned ; and, further, to have cancelled six bills fra• 5,0001. each, delivered to this company in respect that this company have not delivered the plant to the Caledonian Railway Company • and also on account of the documents themselves being illegal and inept. "On the other hand the directors were aware that this company raised two actions against the Caledonian Com pany ' • the one for implement of the contracts, and the other for damages and restitution. " These actions have been in dependence for a consi derable time, and it is impossible to foresee the period of this settlement ; and as the carrying on of such cases and the trial of such great questions materially affect the position of both companies, negotiations have taken place for the purpose of arranging an amicable and immediate settlement of the whole questions and claims which have arisen out of the transactions be tween the two companies ; and the result has been an adjustment of a provisional agreement, which will be submitted to the meeting, and which is to the following effect : "' 1. That the agreement and additional agreement en tered into between the Caledonian Railway Company and this company, dated February 20, 1847, and sealed with the seals of the said respective companies, on the 21st of November, 1847, and the two contracts between the said companies, sealed by the seals of the companies, on the 20th November and Ist December, 1847, shall be put an end to and cancelled. " ' 2. That the actions before mentioned shall be aban doned, and that minutes shall be lodged in the same, so that the authority of the Lord Ordinary may be interponed and that all claims of every description competent to the said companies, in any way arising out of the said agree ments and contracts, actions, and transactions, shall be for ever discharged and renounced. " ' 3. That the six bills before mentioned shall be de livered up and cancelled, and all claim under the same abundoned, in which case no part of the plant of the company will be delivered to the Caledonian Company. " 4. That each company shallbear their own expenses, and all necessary discharges and, reminciations by the one company in favour of the other shall be executed by the companies under their respective seals.' " The CHAIRMAN, in moving resolutions in terms of the report, said that it was with extreme reluctance that the directors had come to this conclusion. At the same time they were of opinion that it was for the interest of all concerned that an agreement should be come to. The Caledonian Company had behaved far from honourably in the matter. They had received large sums from that company, though by no means equal to the loss the com pany had sustained through the connection. Mr. A. THoms, director, seconded the motion, which was then agreed to. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending May 14, 1853 :£10,505 19 6 Corresponding week last year 9,451 2 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 183,757 18 2 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 170,293 7 11 THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return foi the week ending May 8, 1853 (283 miles) £15,742 8 4 Corresponding week last year (2231 miles) 11,663 12 11 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending May 15, 1853.....,£18,895 18 9 Corresponding week last year 16,190 4 11 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending May 15, 1853 £4,491 7 4 Corresponding week last year 2,958 0 1 Increase in 1853 21,533 7 3 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie re 'uurn for the week ending May 14, 1853 £4,622 10 0 Correspon.ding week last year 4,144 19 4 Increase in 1853 . £477 10 8 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending May 14, 1853 £lB2 9 8 Corresponding week last year l3B 17 11 VERDICT OF MANSLA&GHTER AGAINST THE DIRECTORS OF THE YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. HAMBLETON, MAY 17. —On the 6th inst. an inquiry was commenced by Mr. Pearson, coroner of Selby, at Hambleton, near that town, into the circumstances at tending the deaths of' John Thompson, an engine driver in the service of the York and N or th Midland Railway Company, and Joseph Sykes, a stoker, which occurred between eleven and twelve o'clock on the night previous from the engine that Thompson was driving having run off the line. At that investigation no certain opinion could be arrived at as to the cause of the accident, soon after which it was reported to the Board of Trade, who sent down to the scene of the accident Captain Galton, C.E., their inspector. That gentleman arrived at Ham bleton on the 7th, and inspected the line, and made all proper inquiries. The inquest was resumed on the after noon of the above day (Tuesday), before Mr. Pearson, Captain Galton being present, and taking part in the proceedings. Mr. Cabry, the engineer to the company was the first witness examined. . He deposed that sub sequent to the accident he proceeded to the place where it had occurred, and made an examina tion of the line, to ascertain if possible, what had been the cause of the accident. He found that for a distance of about 100 yards on the down rails, upon which the train was travelling, they were bent in several places, as if they had been struck first on one side and then on the other by the engine, from its vio lent oscillating motion, and that then the engine passed on to the up rails in an oblique direction, for about sixty-five yards, and was then thrown into the adjoining field. He had come to the conclusion that the accident had occurred from excess of speed. A number of ques tions were put to the witness as to his opinion of the condition of the engine and the state of the railway at the time of the accident, and he stated that, according to his judgment, both were in proper working order. Mr. James Fenton, !of Low Moor, who has superin tended large engineering establishments, was the next witness. His evidence went to show that that forenoon and on the previous day he had tested the capacity of the railway with a view to arrive at a right conclusion. He had also caused the engine which ran off the rails to be weighed. Its weight, without 'coke or water, was nearly twenty tons. One of the rails that he examined had a lateral bending of an inch and a half, and from the experiments he had made it would require a force, or weight, of forty-one tons to produce that effect. He had no hesitation in saying that to cause such a lateral bending of the rail the engine must have been running at the rate of at leasefifty miles an hour. He considered the engine a proper and safe one to run at thirty miles an hour, but it was not safe to travel at a speed of forty five or fifty. This was not the first time he had known a similar class of engine run off a straight line of road (as this is), the road being in perfect 'order. He observed some of the heads of the spikes standing above the base of the chairs, but that would not affect the lateral stabi lity of the line. Several servants of the company gave evidence, and their testimony went to prove that in their opinion the accident was owing to excessive speed. Mr. J. Heppenstall, the inspector of the railway on the Leeds and Selby old line, deposed that he had four teen men under him, who were employed to repair the line between the old Milford junction and Selby. He had power and materials to mend the line on his any account, without application to any one else. _ Itof the rails or sleepers were required, he had to sen d engineer's office at York, and they were suElliedtoh him. Ile could not, however, take upon himself the relaying of the railway to any considerable extent.- Captain Galton was the last witnens BoardsHe deposed that the accident was reported to th and he received instructions to inquire into it, and d T rad e ' after wards to attend the inquest. He first on Saturday week. The engineex h am e examined t i h n e ed ra n i n lw t a h y e Tuesday following, and last Fridy he again, With respect to the engine , he e f x o a u m n i d ne th d e t w he he li e n l e s rather woo, but A Appear ed per"e the accident to Kaye .4 • 1 been in fair working order, as far as he c ould j udge. .41 thought the distribution of weight in this engine iv o have a tendency to cause unsteadiness a t hi g h spa c; and that unsteadiness would be increased on a road vihi was not firm. With regard to the road, he found J d rails were a 'good deal worn in places and la minat The keys which fixed the rails to the c h a irs appeare d° 1 , 1 The sleepers were certainly dedayed at the surface, je , should say generally-- and many, he thought, re 0( cayed much deeper. He observed ma n y instances the spikes which fix the chairs to the sleepers be' -r! loose, and when a length of rail was taken up, be P, el i ceived the beds of the wood on which the chairs reso:. were also decayed. The ballast was, at the top, WI! , limestone ; but below he found qua ntity of el a cl a mixed with it. On taking out the sleepers, ° le seemed to retain the water under the sleeper in o o bsel:ve or two cases which he examined. several instances of engines passing over the d li th These caused the rails to work in the chairs, sa chairs to work on the sleepers, and the sleepers also peared to work in the ballast a little. If sleepers oval, packed equally on both sides, it would give a n u w ee Latin g motion to trains, but if one end of the sleep e u r . be more firmly packed than another, this motion we .7 converted into an oscillating motion. This reins i ll plied to all railways as well as the present. The vl°' an of the chairs had a tendency to throw out the keY the after the passage of trains, he observed installees_,a iB keys being out. The engine, he thought, app s fair working order ; but he thought the road via° i t de such a good condition as it ought to have butt the pended very much on the speed of a train li be l • it i 3 line was in a safe condition. He did not cons if a good condition with heavy engines at a high " r he had been requested to report on the state of 1...,,teci not knowing of the accident, he should not have Ty p it that it was safe for the public to pass on with the traffic going over it. The Coroner then made some remarks le to thee er a le leaving them to determine upon the facts wh eal , def.'c accident arose from excessive speed, or from gal ibit th B in the engine or line. If they were of opinieL l . lo . n ow dead form butwas ft they case y t haly , obu t or h geus a htp t t t was hey t o h u e g a h o t t o o f ad th o e p r itre i )o tter . pang pre re T p h o ew si j t e.u i r o re n yciri t a h mf e ti n enra h l e considered the directors 0. found a verdict of mansla ot u nw g sei h nb t tl e ye r . in ag ill a u ise tes t i thdeeliairect°—iim"— tif o Ah A sufficient number h a d agree d, but there w e . re sented from the rest of the jurymen. ,tr cE SHIPPING INTELLIGEi— * CITSTOM-HOITSE, Moir 18 • ;Y: ENTERED INWARDS.—The Hobo, from Ct rl o; cence, Wismar ; Metta Margaretha, Norderse usalate:fr,, Hamburgh ; Patriot, Stralsund • Gra f yoll Stettin ; Diana, Dantzie ; Adler , do. nesund ; Anna Wilhelmine, iy Hobroe ; muJ - d i on ' b i eo o; Christine, Grefswald ; Rostock O O3l sund ; Louise, G r i e f swa ld ; Catherine Dov e Wilhelmine, Nykiobing ; Claudine Martlhurgit,, i ; Odessa and Malta ; Janet and Margaret, /fai n " 0. 1 " ) ; „ v is ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR 3f811)° - Le i;• sell, for Madras ; Due Fratelli Genoa ; 01 '1 1 ;1 13 71141 1f - 01r Armon, Launceston ; Clipper, Mogadore Ar go, ' I Y -- horn ; Hildegard, Konig s b erg ; Flora, Doi Valencia ; Branscombe, Sydney. Th e CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO . ;,'"' hu rg ;, I ,oll* helm, for Hamburgh • Jenne Victor, Ch of riir M`Queen; Barbadoes 2 ; Neptune, Adelaided '7...f igiur erf".4" land, Stettin ; Halls, Elsinore ; Echo, p,,igtb& i lo; tarie, Kurrachee ; reseent, Elsinore sn'ith garetha, Altona ; John Sugar, Sydney, New . „„ • Po' - Tre Legshon, Stockholm ; Dorothea, Aarhilw" Naples. LIVERPOOL, MAT 1.8• e, rrirv" .rn is 0 The Osmanli, steamship, hence to Iffelho.-- tai a t St. Vincent, on the 29th ult., in twelve Or / hours, with passengers and crew all well. The Iron Pri nce , s t eam - s hip, hence to Au::,,inea at St. Vincent i n t wen ty-t wo d a ys, and re fr ovl six hours to coal. which et The Royal Mail st e am- s hip Europa, r saileajg o , hence on the afternoon of the 14th, was off a.m. on the 15th inst. • • VESSELS SPOKEN WITI L IIdp° 3 1 ° 7' The Ruby, from Sydney, N.S.W., to 1. "" 0 1 1 14 lat. 48 N., long. 18 W. • 0 6r The Alexander Hall, London to Aust ra t r cis on the Equator, long. 20 W. The Glencoe, London to Port Philip, ea..% IV, The Atalanta, Liverpool to Sydney, I"' 01) 36 lat. 47 N., long. 11 W. The Prins Mauritz, Liverpool to Sy F' JO' day r . rt g The Four Sisters, from Singapore to ° 30, in the Straits of Sunda. 11 1.1 " The Blonde, bound south, Feb. 1 0 , l a- • xe go' , 25 W. The Enchantress, London to Sydney, —•S W _,„,I I lat. 7 S., long. 32 W. Barb The Avon, of and for Bristol, from Bar lat. 51 N., long. 9 W. COUNTRY MA.RILETS. 1 11 ' 00 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET — iael' l ' There were in the market t o -d a y, 5 5ae1c0,, ° , 5 04. weighing 2801bs imperial, w hi c h so ld at ~.07(0,- EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW 31.3'..-- MAT 17. Supplies were agai large. f o clato Oat straw, from ss n Od to 7s Od per WO 40 tron ; wheat do., 5s Od t o 6 s Od ; b ar l e y 69" Hay from 10d to Is per stone. L DALKEITH MEAL MARKET -411 " 0 ,0i c e . `7,11 , There were in the market to-day 63 b 5Bl , or' / 0 0 4 of barleymeal, and 2 bac , s pot-barley. mt.': lot 5,01ef Oatmeal down 6d on the top ; second Vat' i last week. Barleymeal the same as last Wu' A dril: ."`" 4s 6d per bag up. cl et enu• oj Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. od imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto --3 Od od Flour, per ditto — Pot-barley, per ditto Carr's Hartley West Hartley ll 'l6 .......... .16 TanH Ch oN e i Willington Hartley l6 9 Pensher ... ............... .. l s 0 16 0 Russell _le close of the 11 g. 6 's ifetton.. ... ir g Howard's l6 6 Stewart's ................ : .. 1. . W. Hartleyl7 0 Kelloe .. .. . ............... 41 , $ Ravensworth h Hall ....... 11 0 17 0 Selig .......... .11 e Moor But Wylam ........ 1 v 15 6 Whitworth ........... _ 0 Wallsend &c. . ..... • 4 1 0 0 es 15 0 50uthLaema55it:11.e.11..0..01.....'..... ....... .. ... ....... ........... 6 : 6 Johnson ' Tees ........ .. ..:.. __. ..... 4 , . 4 , Harton l6 0 Richardson 0 le"i s „...n Eden Main Lambton • Bell 1 1 7 6 0 6 cßiorwchpegurouveartroyig! .. 4.. , , ,.. 1 1 0 i . t 6 Primrose 17 0 Hartley ............ • o i 6 • ..... 4 0 0 Braddyll l7 0 Llangenheeb • •*_:• 6 , oirtil n 4 16 0 Nixon's 3,lcrthyi c .. ...„.v Hetton Haswell 18 3 Ships at market...... fi3rwsetetiherdeirtiMo.anin COAL MARS Prices of Coal per ton at t: 4 I 501 d......... RAILWAY SHARE AIAISO LIVERPOOL, MAY 1 8 . t , wtal i i i c a STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had all i r t • on s of l i ge . nation of business in shares to-day, the (1 1113 `,1,1, D eft 9 beet' re slightly under the prices of yesterdaY• ' ir 110;joY n the London and North-Western Corel' ll , g o)? nian, 35; London and North -Western, 118; dealt in rather extensively at about 10s. Pr, t e to nl ( 1 s ti co , di 'and " pm. ; Midland, 74 ; Manchester, ShefEeld, 0, 61. new, 9-16 pm. ; Miilland Erewash VlloY, ------- '' to . j 0 MANCHESTER, MAI 18 ,,,, cloO d iiiaf ° at t S t T w o e o lv ic e eEexlcenekA:reGnEe.—cceThunet Stock tchkoEw.xchihtasnob-toolvbeolo(o.,reer: The tendency of the market during the utorn:ll3gigoctisci East A The sales were :—Caledonian, 3 5 1 ; Vol-a13100" 18 9-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Tsg" ; . 1 p m• ; 01; North-Western, 1181 ; ditto Novi Eightlisidar,,ods, chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 3 0 ; s a, Ii• South-Eastern, 221 ; Whitehaven and Fur° ----. 18• t ‘sl 4 BIRMINGHAM, MA-c-,,,,,, ra3flceboltef' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Railway' ~...-: s hade , oy iero• more animated to-day, and prices zero '„ v orig (1 „,0 --", Generally au improved feeling prevaile" - '0 1 "1.04 ; The following transactions were re ported o~,alla"i'ops Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Sto!;',.. , rn . ; .. ( 1 15 1,irei London and North-Western Eighths, Southo t,go bury and Birmingham Stock, 661, ,.-' 13s. 9 0 . dis. 0 11, BRISTOL, MAY IS. _.f,thorior STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market to-day.ivtaoytoi Dtevro 'without material alteration in Prig• g.,,Asi , ° 101. Preference shares were done at i P ; '- 90. --------------'-------", ~e o ter ' A retUrrlfinjho LIGHTHOUSES IN IRELAND.--FrOnl .ballnce , e re, day printed, it appears that, with the roasa 471. the receipts on account of lighthouses n.:4, i 53,506 in the year ended the 31st December inoppcs was the 7s. 9d., of wh ich 91,8891. 2s. 10d. to the public at the end of the year. Olt the 16th inst., .7318T115. Henry Fry, of Lowestoft. at OFth tlinß°o,l4ll. Oen) °°ls' 3; 90; , fir the On the 16th inst. at Yoxford, Swee'-' Philip King Weston,'Esq. ~,-...b, OF A DAUGHTNIt. oitibe — On the 15th inst., at No. 7, Charlotte-Ai:oe, ro, Mrs. Neaves. gon• On the 15th inst at 20 l'irimpole-street, th e "- .) - ) Macdonald. MAPid .ED . i PI facialPl.oooo,- On the 17th inst. at St. James's, ~,1 fieu&aorte Henry Bull, Esq.! oiLindfield, Sussex, m" o f tiP daughter of the late T. H. placket , Esq. , street, and of Sidcup, Kent. rib' DIED• We c° On the 16th inst., at 2 Richniond-terrsce;sed !too, Hannah Frances, relict of'Jobn Blakey V'c'thitte, P yi On the 16th inst., at Ilainpton-terraee; -ye, oe 4 liss Maiy, second daughter of B. J• Sticklo.c, -_r_4•••;4100 ef• On the 17th nst. at Merton Abbey, the .!.-071, Os> sister, 31r. Virilliani'Maybank, late o f Strom r ota , .-------- Mme` DO I ,, i q v ir l i i LONDON : Printed. and Published by ~,, of a c e, ..:.,,, ° 'ti , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The out 00 Ow" Strand, iu the Precis ' .t of the Sa_vole Ihi Middlesex, TlitiriclAy, gay J. 9, ~8 •