The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-09 00:00:00

- • 31(-/ -N r EV anti COlii 31. E 1 . Z.0 P=.E S. (F• ~%,, The .-,un Las , Ni.)t.2ir The c- t L t :vas ut 11 , ,t s 4 000 6, wan a PIY " Th oe r. 2,300 • ofi. tU (iii. and 1,000 o f's ur ,,, „ t , 4u. to 5,i, pet . Rui:way Spares pe r" at shout pnotiou, rat's. woh ooder,,te bus...ess uotng, Wes n particular movement. , --eon) communie g tom with the American con ti• aPloiars ruin the preparations making. to antic, inure ()repent than futile: arni there will be allow competition b-tween tfie Atiu , riemi an 3 Ltyish conit.anissi, The new Oceanic line will ere long • `rail 111 operation, and it is pr• sullied at the pert ut • t—"Uthatilpin will not only have its southern T i de tLoieluped, but lilt: wise pactiei; ate in the • nl lean trade, and supply various important • for e ign articles of consumptiiin by means of !ettLittu..us lines of railway, not only to the mai.ufactur 13,.; dihtriets, but till ❑ to the more northern parts of the ai led Kingd om . I n thi s re s pect much will dep i d 1 4 2 1 the 'anti' of charges esti.bl:shed by the railway --wpanks, As we metrioned on a former occasion, the :I ) ,. l 'ting trade trust sutler, but fi.r this we really see no ; b sera m i,,, , and the Just tiour,e will be to relieve the 'ping interest ut some of its burdens. he state of the Corn Marki t yesterday has had of an uniavourable .ffect up in the g.-n, ral tone : business, and it is on every side regretted that such .rietuations occur, as there is a constant anxious watch lag of the prices of fool. The large number of vessels 1 ; t1 the voyage here will probably occasion a very decided ele tion when they arrive. The Funds have rallied a little upon the quotations of l i este rdaY afternoon. but there is quite a lull as regards t a .;7 lll atiorl. Consuls have been 87i to 88 for present 11°4 , and 88i 4for time. The New Three-and-a sitarter p er C ents. h ave been 88i- 4, and the Three per -'cheq uer 86i 4. B an k St oc k h as b e en steady at 195. — 'ehequer hills have been marked 3s. to 5, premium. The Foreign Investments have continued in a very gaieg eent State. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 91.. E and Portuguese old Bonds have receded to 794. Usi um 8 tock has been quoted 1094. Dutch Two-and . r ia tf per Cents. have been 584, and the Four per _ . Pts• 89i. 11 4 .144 ,,,_, way Shares have been very inactive, but as nearly Puasible at previous quotations. uttaisu ()ND:, ONE CLOSI3 a , Ram.. O'CLOCK. PRIcES. 11,7` Stock . 195 195 '6; 88 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 8644 % 86% • ti;,.." Per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 87 4 88 88 ii, - ;;11 1r ee - and-a-4,/uarter per Cent. Anne. 88%14% 118 88 Loa g 'fe Per Cent. Annuities ......118 -4141111 e5. Expire Jan. 4, 1860 .. 9 1-16 8 15-16 8 15-16 .. e„,. Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8% 8% ls for Opening, July 16 .. . • • • 88 % % 88 34 •••••e teguer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1 .0001... --- 5 3p 6P _ 5 OOl. . .. „ •••• 8 9 6p 6p . vitt°, Small - .... 812 p 12 p ONE O LO l il., • : r F OREIGN FUNDS. O'CiAfiCIC. PI; ICE 4. orlll lluese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. • • 7 9 % 79% , s Ditto. 4 Per Cent • • • • ** • • 30 • I,llssian Bonds . .. .. .. .. 109% 10% boa., . --- ••• 1111 Bonds, 5 per Cent • .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. - .. 21% 21% Vino, Three per Cent .. .. .. - 335 4 b._:ll Dividend. on the above payable in London " Two-and-a-fialf per Cent • . 5 8 4 544 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 89 1 4 8 •%, M ao. Bonds .. .. ..11- .. 89% 89% ' RA BUSINESS „rR I OES or CLOSING PAID. ~i ti, ,,, 1 , AVAI - SHARES. DONE AT ONE O'CLOCK. • 77 u. eiL•d een. is; 8114 ;11 and ox foi•d Junction 10 .... 1634 .... •• • .... 163¢ . tlid es ,_,;. Wolver., and Dudley.. 10 .... 14 8 .......... 14% tist; ru " lu n .. .. .. .. 35 .... 29 .......... 29 I)i t - 01 111 ties ~ .. _ .. 20 .... 19% %%% • • 19% t 1 0, _. York Extension .. .. 7% •••.64•• • • • • • • • 64 bi,...' 4l neasnir e .. .. _ _ 17 .... 14% ••••.. • • • • 15% bi,"" J .2 New .. 7% . .. 6% • • • • 6 % t " - -.41' 41114 New•Scri•p• .. •• 114.... 1 1 , s ....... .. 1% Ely e colnshire .. 6%.... 7%.• •••• •••• 7 % n , and a .. • • • • we a , , Witingdon .. .. .. 15 .. 13% .......... 13% 1 34:t i erthern • 3% •• •• 1 % •• •••••• •• 1 % ••• • • • Oteirellthern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 23% 23 .. •• .. 23 %eat porch of England . ..100 ....231 .. •• • • .... 231 Di tto, " (I l e"' •• •• •• •• 85 •• •• --- - • — l7 bt u ‘llarter S hares .. .. 12% .... 17 .. ..... ... Lei e ..° New 4%.... 814 .......• •• 8 4 teei l " l y'r and Bedford :: • • :: 16s. .... % die ••• • • • % die. I kren, l44 Thirsk . • • . 26 .... 19% -..- .. 19 % toudr..•• latich., &• New - c. Yuncti 2% .... %• • • •• - % , .130 - 3.,.__• Il righton & , outt4 Coast 50 .... 52% 434 •• • • 53 4 • 4 0ada - 'w. Convert. 5 per cent. 50 .... 52% ....... •• • 52 % D 148•11 North-Western -100 •. .. 176 ••••• • • • • • 176 Dit to ' 1 01 . Shares NI. &B. .. 40 .. • ..........68 Loadhitt,' :„°f• Shares 31. &B. (A) 5 .... 10% .. ...•... 10 . % , ext ' :., 1 4. Shares 31. &K. (C) 1 •••• 6 %,•• • • • • ' • b i t ‘ 81 1110 a . , 11. ,0rd, and Chelt. • • 2 •• • • 1 % •••'• • • • • • 65 11 Ditt o - ‘ 1 ,.. South- Western 411. 6s. 10d... 65% ••••• • • • • • iti b it ._..sew 29% 1 • , .. 13 447,,,, Sc rip.. • • ••:: .. 5 .... 4% .......... 45, .. •• sisaec.. D ereham .. .. .. 20 .... 19% bi t , BBl er and L ee d s _ .. • • 82 •• • . btu? Il alf Shares . 38 .... 45% ... 481 4 b ea ,...' " Mks " " • 5 9 • ...14d--.. and Southampton .. 2 .. • • % ••••• • • • • • bitior ~;.• .. .. .. - ..100 —.llB ...... ..•• t Di tto. ' rr 36 .... 39 %•••• • • • • N, •. •• .• •• bo 4e w 6 .... to•• • c o n.„, iq x --oui• Bristol and Birrn. ne,,,,...per Cent. ..100 ....127 ,bl7(.tand Berwick .. .. 20 ••• • • • 26% `lukth Brit .. 5 .... 6%N. 2 13,t to . Quarter Rhares ••••3% • • • • 4 3G 1 4 •••• • • • • 4 U B1:)1 4 tatten s i Tai•••••••• e t'''• Third °zl 1 .... 2% stur. ,„ k _ 0 , aar . rdshire .. • • 9 3 4 R 4 •••• • • • • 9)4 36 "" 4 " B „yrib! WYre.. .• 25 .... 36 k••••• - • • • • i k titts and Birmingham .. 334 ••••• • • • • • * "'ass 3 .... 2%•••••••••• 11 0 7iitthire Union •• • • ii4l2 ll B l,.._ tat krdshire •• • 1 125... •• • % dis• titto7r'- 1 "11 and Dovor .. • • 3344 •• • • 364 "••• " • ' 361* 'ern, IcLew Ole. at 32!.) No. 1. 20 .• •• ••••• • • • • 20 % ws - mlti,i l 7 (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 •• • • 434 p. si t, 00 h , g union • . .. 4/. 25..... 3 4 % dis • • ilne W 4l.l .. 4 .... 2 ...... •. • • • Y o " 1 1to p 4l, Weafitle 25 t itpL a Lererence .. 4 ...• .• • • • 6 Ye uitt o. „,'"orth Midland .. 60 844 854 4- reference .. 6 .... 14 y s 34 tOillop h FOREIGN RAILWAYS. sorti, — ,, and Amiens • • 20 ... 16% ........ 16% rn of France • • • • • • 8 .• • 111 i a nd Lyons 8 54 .. 534 11 11ti. 3 , JOINT-STOCK BANKS. I 4 • 0 7 1 orth American .. 50 .. • • 44N .. 4414 and Westminster .. 20 .... 26%3 4 * * •'• • • MINES. 26 48 81 del Monte. Unregistered . • • • • • 3% Am sterdam .. C . O URSE OF EXCHANGE . C.F. 12 6% Gibraltar .Dit r to d , am at sight . 12 3% Leghorn ••• - • • 30 65 .• .• ••2 U. 12 7 41enoa .. • ...... 26 10 k lrlabuZb • • • 26 10 Milan ...... 41t 0n .. , r 1 bi 13 13% Veni ce ...... • . •••• • • • 3 ' I V? sight •• 25 75 Palermo, per0z........ 119% gqtrd.,.._ • • • ......... 26 10 Oporto . 5354 1rr4 4 7. 4 .• • . ...... .. 26 10 /Bo Janeiro • ... 26 ort on Mains.... 122% Bahia . R un c rsburgh. 3u s ituenos Ayres .. ••.. • • %nu: ""• • • • •• .. New York, 21 days' sight 11 11 44t4 efec. d1tt0.......... 10 10 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold in bars.. 43 17 9 I tilb ss " ••• : Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 4 Ne ett ••• . • . Spanish lioubloons 00 0 • ....... •• • • Silver in bars ...• .. •• 0 0 0 ' THE SLAVONIC NATIONS. Wien V. Krasinski delivered on Saturday last, at isteP B Knns, his s.-cood lecture on the nations. Fie anti le tla„,,inetual development of the Slavonic nopulaq , 'lt vf - rth tl . b `d the settlement of the Slav ` infe -r lati„ 4l the borders of the Eastern empire. Them P P a a„ 44. - ee ns e extended during the sixth cetitury over . il , including the Peloonesus. A German the g r d aYs, M. Fullmerayer, who has ddeply di:V./asinine hist or y, an d h as c a refully ex amined . he ut 4 . 1 1 1 . 1.414 hicalities of Greece, maintains that the aim ttpt.„_,,‘ Population had entirely disappeared, and 11 , 11 , s d ttle .'"q b .) s Slavonic one. He has proved by the v, 1,0 n: ( 4 Et yamitine writers, that the whole of the Febs, . Donee Was occupied by the Slavonians in 589, and that 11 14 t ik ti lle bilt Greek population had fled either to the illi keft --8 of the Archipelago, or to some inaccessible (10 4 ,7 the continent of Greece. Among the ea-st, Dort i n n , ei ,ng proofs which M. Fudinerayer gives in sup ter ota assertion, are the Slavonic names which tilt imeat localities hear to the present day, although the Ith.,.4_lthiteents of those places speak now the Homaic or ( er a Greek. It is a remarkable fact, that the namesan_ tile various localities, as towns, villages, riv b e e rs, which d grenstaina in the countries south of the Danube, or have been inhabited by the Slavonians,. have hak e , . , oi- similar to those of man y localities situated in the Al... Frill! Slavonic countries. Russia and Poland :so Oat the provinces whence the s . av , on . iatis of Turkey had ' thgT:t2 ory th b e e m ea o sily t t r w a o ced isce Nt s Fullmerayer called Cracow a.d areo e u a . ;he presen re t a n'ame of the PeloponeAus (Morea) ,a Qf Slavonic o r i g i n , d erived from t h e wor d More. t derivation much m ore probable t h an f r om the Greek ' l talie of the mulberry tree, as it had been generally 11 1 1 d The Slavonic nations of Serbs or beryl. h Ik n of ge ivates arrived . about the midale of the sevetit 4 ,Otury from the Carpathian mountains, i. e. the present 6 Poland, being invited by the Emperor Hera plus,ell4an and settled ta the lands hiel they now occupy. w 4e Slavonians of Morea were conquered by the Uret k th tio ee er ore s. in the ninth century ; they were converted to th e y ristian religion, and so completely Grecised that !tactfhorgot their own national language and adopted liC t of their masters, as the Slavonians of Pomerania, ow7 l `, l noburg, and the island of Rugen, who lost their Ala; Lan guage and adopted the German. The other fa i , - ; ° _,nic nations settled to the south of the Danube,. e rn - tr, d the independent states of Bulgaria, Servia . , ti l ;:twa, and Bosnia. The most interesting history is iy °fServia. It attained a momentary graudeur under Etta teph e n D as h an , 1330-1350, who having con -4 alacedonia a n d Alb an i a , would have probably t ag Pled C onstaut i nople, it he had not died on h i s maet gi t ,: r da that c i ty at the head it 80,000 men . Dash an ta ln ; to his country', in 1849, a cod, of leas, which con to 1 1 , 1 '1_ 11 Y curious provisions, and wllich , are Slavonic supposed ti ny been derived from the primitive Slavonic insti e elm ay, for instance. trial by jury, the existeric ot ele rz ti : ar rittge contracted before a magistrate, and cede are - ih 11 , 4 , 11 .,', 84 0- Some regula lots of the same thus, for instance, a slave or captive who fr", - ..t." the p ' al::•e of the moreirch was free; any . a nY nth. theiviri 1.. "al who fled into servia slavery,. or (itoleid 'nhid of - o p was not to be . givt . ..ti up, 4- Pend e 4 country suffer for Servia, lost its in the T bat Tote t Kassovapol, in 1389. against , b„,- k - 1- province on!) '" 1 459, "" W 9.5 reduced into a a. ur 'Pna al it! •••ourd kati a es gave alto a sketch or the lii,tory of th "ja, and Croatia. :li al.' , gave an accort ' t "' egr I. the, Inert:to' e o frvia Ragusa, 4,Xt IVeL4I4 Will be delivered on Thursday. r t OF' BUNGAY, ON SUNDAY u_e 0 , Chit !s.nr liongav, s..rviees in ti,111:%11:tiol of religi .us t v ore t •eive that a letter to a trienti Elinnurie , Pen- trove (?) dire,•tor, of he Sena, r i giu • t• „, rtior 1%1:1;4 a li.• 1. ••• Itieg .+, ineseribt the eta, - a(I e 1" 'i ( I 'll 6 gin pr (v t111 : Scriptures for and ilsistalg 01 " the .r k . ,ep tiie . ' 1 4 1 !) are It 4 11 I. k "..711 'le h a d tar lostance. 4 3' 1,,r 'l, NatiorarL'lnag---,,e '% ,, ( „1 1 n•q. .•.,` , .t r4(14 4 b 4 - watt:ailing tuac.u. lea I esimo;t44l4o.-4.cuti- THE SUN', LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1847. NORTH KENT RAILWAY th e ~ t eatetiolders I:: this compatly was haiyesierday at ti Lencioil Tavern, Bisbopsgkite-street, I r the ptep.:A: of r-ceiviog a report from the Com mittee of Mi:nagene-id, prepertiaery to a final distribu tion ut tf.e cutepaies's feeds. At'teriLe usual preliminaries, The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that at a former mei•ting all the affairs relative to the company had been Lid heron. the sharehoid.rs. The Cemmittee had proceeded to r. turn 11. 10s. per share, and had sue ceeded in making arrangements to effect a reduction in the liabilities of the crimp:tit) to nearly 10,0001. -ome claims had not as yet been settled, but a sum of 17,0001. had been reserve d tor that purpose, which it was expected would leave a surplus. From a summary of the eccitunts submitted to the meeting it appeared that the total expenditure of the company amounte.: to 67.441/. i9s. 2d., and that there was a balance in hand of 21,926/. 16s. The CHAIRMAN (Sir Isaac L. Goldsmid) said that they would observe that. the report which they had just heard was the usual mode of lay lug accounts before :shareholders. 'I he eirectors were quite prepared to :Herd any gewleman who might desire it every .opportunity of seeing the act:emits in detail, and they would be at the office for his in spection. Upon the principle which they had entered into, that i:f complete partnership, while negotiations were going on with another company they (the direc tors) thought it right not to enter into more nrnute details. The accounts as they perceived from the report were all settled, with the exception of one or two demands upon the company, and it was thought desirable to retain in hand a certain sum of mot•ey to liquidate these, and there would pro bably be 2001. or 3001. balance. He could say on the part of the directors that they hal done all in their power to get this line. They certainly bad not been successful in their efforts ; but It was a question whether they were not more for tunate in not having obtained their line, considering the present state of the money market. The directors had managed the affairs of the com pany with the greatest economy, and for them selves had not put the shareholders to a single expense except the cost of a cup of' coffee and a biscuit. In conclusion, he would observe that the greatest cordiality prevailed between all parties connected with the line, and between himself and his bro ther directors there existed the greatest harmony and the most friendly spirit, which had never been disturbed by the slightest duff. rence. He would move that the report be received and adopted, and on Friday next the shareholders would receive what they were entitled to. An HON. PROPRIFTOR seconded the motion, passing a high eulogium on the chairman and the other directors. and sug. ested that the surplus which had been adverted to should be placed at the chairman's disposal. The motion was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN raid he thought it would be a very desirable way of dnposing of the surplus alluded to by the Hon. Proprietor if they bestowed it upon the North London Hospital, of which excellent institution he (the chairman) ,cas treasurer. A resolution authori)iir this application of the fund in qui stion was suloequentiy agreed to. At the desire of an lion. Proprietor, the Secretary read a portion of the report, submAted to the former meeting, from which it appeared that out of the 30,000/. received from the South- Eastern Company, 2,700/. had been paid to the Chairman, who had agreed to give up a portion of hi; land, rather than allow the interests of the company to suffer by his oppoiition; 4,0001. was the stun offered the Chairman, but he refused to accept more than the ahoy , mentioned sum Thaiiks were voted to the Chairman and the othtr directors, for the , hint! and fficiency they displayed in the management of the affairs of this company. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment, and the meting separated. THE BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. The eleventh annual general meeting of the propri. - tors of this Lank was hi Id this day at the Company's • ffi -es. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bisitopsgate-street Within; slr. Ferrars in the Chair. The annual report of the directors up to the 31st of December last, as read by the Secretary, state d that there bad been a steady progress in the business of the hank throughout the year 1846; that there had been an extension of commerce and agriculture in Csnrda, but that the directors. considering the present high price of corn in this country, and the possibility of a reverse after the coming harvest, had 'a-commended to the local board, and their servants, in all the departments, the exercise of caution, with a view to save their proprietary from any unusual and sudden change which cautionary measures appeared to be warranted by the present state of the money market. The financial state of the hank was reported to be the following:—ln the year 1845 the rest was 36,7331.; in 1846 the nett profit after deducting all charges and probable bad debts was 74,724/., which, together with the rest of. last year, amounted to 111,457 L: this sum reduced by 25,0001. the dividend paid in July last, and 25,0001. paid in the month of December, became 61,457/., the amount of the rest for the present • year. After a careful view of all the affairs of the bank, and having ground for confidence in a steady increase in their business, the directors in tended to recommend the payment of a dividend next July at the rate of six per cent. The reaing of this report was received with general applause, and especially the announcement with which it terminated. The CHAIRMAN said such was the state of the bank, and it gale him great pleasure and satisfaction to report it to the proprietors. Their prospects, too, were such that they confidently hoped this prosperous increase would continue without any diminution, so that they telt themselves warranted in announcing an increased dividend next half-year. He expected that the pro• pretors would also justify him in thinking that every colonial bank if it occupied the respectable position which it ought to occupy, should pay the proprietors at least 6 per cent. with ease. .But that they too might know the grounds on which he anticipated the steady c:mtinuatice of their present prosperity, he would remind them of the progress of the bank for the last three or four years. In the year 1843 the profits were 42,937/., the rest 20,5291.; 1844, the profits 49,910/., the rest 30,439/.; 1845, the profits 56.2931., the reet 36,7331.; 1846, the profits 74.7231., the rest 61,4571. —exhibiting a steady increase each succeeding year. He was gratified in being; able to state that there had been, up to the present time, iu every branch of their business an increase rather than the contrary. On such grounds as these it was that the directors had determined to increase the dividends; but the proprietors might be assured and prepared for it. that if anything occurred to diminish their business b-•low what their prospects warranted them t.• expect, they would reduce the dividends to a safe prop-rtion. They had always acres thus. The Holy eccasioo, as they would remember, whin they were required to lower the r ite of dividend was, when their capitd was sornewh-t infringed upon, and th , y then sttsperde.l the dividends with the happiest results, as eay's p, occedings testified. They were determined to eentinne in the exercise of their duties with proper v.:116 , n, for these terms required both elre and caution, and they a mild be used by ihe dies ctors.—(llear.) A PRoPRIET , R wished to be told what was the capital m• the habit, and wondered ashy this did not appear in the accounts m tills bank, as sti.ted in those of the Bank of Englawl. 'Their capital might be all moonshine. he CHAIRMAN said the form of account presented was the same which had obtain( d from the commence ment of the bank; it had given satisfaction; it had beets established, and it was not for the directors to alter it. However, it' it was the wish of the proprietors to adopt a new form, the directors were pn p fired to accede, but then such a wish must be the wish if the majori•y. The CHAIRMAN in r• ply to a question stab d [hat the income-tax was not deducted previous to the rate of dividend being settled, so that it came to be a seduction on the per tentage announced. A PROPRIETOR moved that the income-tax should be dedaete't before the dividend was rated. Mr. CARTER explained that the tax was not leviable on the profits derived by the colonist shareholder, and therefore it was a matter of convenience with the bank to pursue the plan now existing. The m,.tion was then withdrawn. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was re cerved and adopted and ordered to be printed. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the three retiring directors were unanimously re elected on the board, namel'i, William R. Chapman, Esq., J. J. Cummings, Esq., and Sir Andrew F. Gree , :e. A vote of thanks to the. Chairman and the directors for their able discharge of the duties devolving ors them in conducting the bank was unaninsously passed. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the honour, and the I meeting then broke up. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S PAR- LIAMLNTARY ELECTORS' BILL. This measure contains the following important pro visions :- Ist. That all poor-rates and. assessed taxes due on the sth January must be paid before the 10th July following, to entitle any per.en to be registered, and that a personal demand must be made within the time specified by the auttu etor. The present law requires the rates and taxes due on the 6th April, to be paid by 20[h July. 2d. That no person shall be disqualified by reason of not being rated, provided he have claimed to be rated previous to the making of the second :ate in the electoral year, and that such claim may be served on the overseer at his house, or by ttost, as provided by tte Registration Act. By the Reform Act, as interpreted by the Judges of Common Pleas, every claimant must repeat his claim to be rate to every rate from which he is omitted, 3d. What the overseer shall raie such claimant on the existing and all furore rates, but that ecoupiers so claim ing may deduct tr-in the rent only so tench as the lahill.rd ma) have previ i a tt ly eAnpouedial for. 4' h. Thai. every overseer who shall neglect to put upon the rate the name of every cisimant, or to keep name upon each tollowitig shall be Itaba- to penally of rate during his occupatio r, Under the p eseut iaH Mid pr,actice. overseers omit tie nswes tit eHeane.t, trout ad r with , tinpaniv. 5., i iv, ueale , t d 11l '"' ttl "" ‘ x ee t h6l v tit it r . , ,raying 1 1 be , to 7: ,•t • alit 0 la iI,ASG , IW PIG I HON " rIIA. DE. DUTIT4:: the pa't prices have :lightly a , ivanced trim) the very rxt" to wnich they had ut-..t1 redi.ced by the , c:trcity of uwtte). Th e last two d ,ys' prices have been lio nl i o 5s nliy 6. per toil, f. o. b., for mixed No 4. As the [Hikers li v riot e..me into 11t: .1:31 ; . ::111! lIIIL' al 4.,1 a it , . r..o' .I‘k t i..2 ly fe. , 30/1 to A ouii tart,lier Natiptea Advaraisor. _ . TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JUNE 5, 1847. This da3 had audience of her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Oscar of Sweden, attended by his Excellency the Baron de Rehausen, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires ; to which his Royal Highness was introduced by Viscount Pal merston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the Honourable Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Cere monies. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Anderson, Esq., to be Chief Commissary of Police for the island of Mau ritius; and C. T. Hugon, Esq., to be Protector of Immigrants into that island. FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 7. The Queen has been pleased to appcint John Morgan, Esti., to be her Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande do Sul. '1 he Queen has also been pleased to appoint Assaad Jacop Kayat, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Jaffa. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 8. Royal Regiment of Artillery-Brevet Major Thomas Or lando Cater to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hope, retired on full pay; Second Captain Gloucester Gambier to be Captain, vice Cater; First Lieutenant Robert Talbot to be Second Captain, vice Gambier; Second Lieutenant Alexander John Macdougall to be First Lieutenant, vice Talbot, May 28. Ordnance Medical Department-Edward Dawson Allinson, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lawson, promoted, May 31. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. George Anson Byron, Esq., commonly called the Hon. George Anson Byron, to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 4. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland. Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia-John Knubley Wilson, Esq., to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Lacy, deceased, May 22. Commi.sions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry-Cornet Robert Bateson Harvey to be Lieutenant; William Way Stone, Gent., to be Cornet, April 27. WHITEHALL, JANE 1. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Clerevaulx Fen wick, of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JUNE 4. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Eyles Irwin Caulfield Browne, of Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. John Thomas Cremer, merchant, St. Mary-axe, to au& render June 15, at twelve, and July 20, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Baiinghall-street ; M'Leod and Co., London-street, Fen church-street. William Henry Noyes, baker, Longparish, Southampton, June 15, at half-past eleven, and July 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin lane, Cornhill ; Gregory, Adam-street, Adelphi; Lee, Winchester. Joseph Webdale, draper, Luton, Bedfordshire, June 15, at half.past twelve, and July 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. arman, aticial assignee, Birchin-lane, Corn hill ; Beart, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. James Parker, corn chandler, Clapham, June 15. at one, and July 20, at half-past twelveost the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Kirman and Co., Lawrence Pountney-lane. Robert Lavers, grocer, Southampton, June 16 and July 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Fitch, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury. Joseph Ager, boot and shoe manufacturer, Northampton, June 18, at eleven, and July 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Hensman, Basing-lane, Bow-lane, Cheap side; Dennis, N ort hampton. William Smith Brown, sen., and William Smith Brown, jun., sail makers, Broad- street, Ratcliffe, June 18, at two, and July c O, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Soles and Tur ner, Aldermanbury. William Dicken, grocer, Brentford-end, Isleworth, June 14, at half-past one, and July 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Je w Ty- ch am hers ; A I lee and Co., Queen- street, Cheapside. James Holmyard, furniture broker, Ogle-street, Foley place, Middlesex, June 17 and July 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assigneee, Alderman bury ; Serra], South-square, Gray's Inn. William Sims, coachmaker, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, June 17, at eleven, and July 26, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Hall and Co.,Gray's Inn. 'Dimes Bewley, iron manufacturer, Moulsham, Essex, June 18, and July 26, at twelve. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fdlet t. official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Wright and Co., London-street, Fenchurch-street. Charles Curme, brewer, Hilperton, Wiltshire, June 18, and July 16, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Blowers and Co., Lincoln's Inn fields, ; Nash, Bristol. Benjamin Bowen, coal merchant, Bristol, June 22, at twelve, and July 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Millar, official assignee, Bristol; Ayre, Bristol. Henry Cr le, builder, Birkenhead, June 18 and July 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as signee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row; Watson and Co., Liverpool. John Ashcroft, timber broker, Liverpool, June 21 and July 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Bedtord-row ; Frodaham, Liverpool. Tullius Priest Fay, surgeon, Liverpool, June 18 and Jaly 13, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Keightley and Co., Chancery lane, London ; Woodburn, Liverpool. Thomas Cox, wine merchant, Manchester, June 23, and July 19, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Michael, Red Lion-square, London; Cooper, Manchester. Thomas James Birch, grocer, Pendleton, Lancashire, June 15 and July 13. at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Milne Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Sutton, Manchester. Edward Mesnard and John Hudson, merchants, Sunder land, June 15, at eleven, and July 15, at twelve, at the New. castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Forster, Newcastle- upon-Tyne ;Turn bull, Hartlepool ; Meggison and Co., King's-road, Bedford row, London. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. P. Oridge, glove manufacturer, Charlbury, Oxfordshire —first and final div. of 10s. 1114(1. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. W. H. Osborn, jun., silversmith, St. James's-street—first div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. A. S. M•Laurin, warehouseman, Bradford, Yorkshire—final div. of 3 4d. and 1-16th of a penny in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. J. Heaton, clothier, Almondbury, Yorkshire—first and final div. of fiqd. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. T. B. and J. Waller, grocers, Ipswich—first. div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, on Wednesday, June 9, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, old Jewry. 0. Richards, bookseller, Fleet-street—first div. of 3 s. 4 d. in the pound, on Wednesday, June 9, and two following Wed nesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. J. iiunnybun, ironmonger, Cambridge—second div. of 4s. sd. in the pound, on Wednesday, June 9, and two fol lowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. G. Graham, T. Adams, gad M. B. Macfarlane, calico printers, Cheapside—a div. of 3s. I id. in the pound on new proofs, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street. E. Snowden, painter, Alton, Southampton—a div. of Is. 3d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basi ngh al I-street. F. W. Searle, cheesemonger, Adelaide-terrace, Chelsea — a div. of 10% , i. in the pond, ou any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook. court, Basinghall- street. C. Ternan, and C. Ternan, jun., builders, Polygon, Somere town—a div. Is. 91 in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. C. Ternan, sen., builder, Polygon, Somers'-town —a div. of Is. 9d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Fol lett, Sambrook-court,l3asinghall-street. W. Cooper, hardwaretnan, Bury St. Edmunds—final div. of Is. I%d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. H. C. Broom, grocer, Lawrence Pountney-hill, City—first div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Saturday, at tile office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. S. Pritchett and J. P. Oridge, glove manufacturers, Charl bury, Oxfordshire—final iv. of 6s. 6d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. Hallett and C. Parker, linendrapers, Minoriea, June 29, at eleven—H. Goldnmid, wine merchant, Linton, Kent, June 29, at two—W. Hamblin, corn agent, Queen's-toad, Bayswater, June 29, at twelve. In the Country. B. Ballinger, !master, Swansea, July 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—E. F. Davis, ironmonger , July 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—S. Chad wick, J. Chadwick, and J. Chadwick, cotton spinners, Hey wood. Manchester, July 2, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. D.Langmead, draper,Judd-street, June 30—H. Thomas, linendraper, Carmarthen, June 22—H. Butcher, poulterer, Lamb's Conduit-street, June 29—D. Davies, coal master, Lydnev, Gloucestershire, July I—W. H. Wilson, merchant, Hull, June 30—T. J. James. corn sealer, Condover, Shrop shire, July 3—J. Bratherick, dyer, Bramley, Yorkshire, June 29—J. H. Gandell, commission agent, Rock-ferry, Cheshire, June 29—S. C rbitt. clothier, Colchester, Jane 29 B. Billings, victualler, Harlow, Essex, June 29—J. Forber, watch maker, Liverpool, June 29—W. Dickinson, saddler, Manchester, June 29—R. Kirke, coal dealer, Llanelly, Car. marthenshire, June 22—T. S. Buttifant, haberdasher, Not tingham, June 29—S. Noller, common carrier, Debenham, Suffolk. June 29.—J. Shirt, grocer, Broad-street, Lambeth butts, June 29—G. Crawshaw, soap boiler, Leeds, June 29. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and J. M. Hustler, coal merchants, Liverpool—J. Hust ler, J. M. Hustler, and W. H. Braucker, coal merchants, Liverpool (so far as regards J. M. Hustler) —J. Allerton and G. Allen, farmers, Great Wakering, Essex—W. and H. Cock man, oilmen, Whitechapel-roa.i—J. bl•Lacblan and J. Pen dlebury, wine dealers, 1% igan, Lancashire—F. Ellis, A. Ellis, and J. Ellis, cheesemongers, Brighton—E. C. Gsskill and N. Thomas, auctioneers, Liverpool—J. and J. Woodhams, millers, Alfriston, Sussex—G. Cook and W. K. Shaw, mer chants, Manchester—W. R. Gatliff, J. W. Read, and W. Bowes, stuff merchants, Leeds—C. Taylor and C. Lucas, calico printers, Manchester—M. Filer, sen., and M. Filer, jun., builders. Winchester—T. Arden and W. Taylor, dyers, Hill-top, Lancashire—J. Mortimer, T. Garforth, and J. Ab bott, coal merchants, Birstall, Yorkshire (so tar as regards J. Abbott) —F. Kay, R. Outram, and G. °wraith nail manu facturers, Sheffield—W. Roome and J. Wright, linendrapers, Nottingham—G. Conksey and E. Sym mons, bookbindeks, Farringdon-street—R. Gilbert and J. Everest, upholsterers, Tvob idge, Kent—ll. and S. L Laundv—J. Woodroffe and J. grocers, Sheffield—R. Shalebot ham, 0. Booth, and J. Collinson, !wick manufacturers, Tun all, Statlordshire. IMPERIAL PA RLI AMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, June S. ROYAL ASSENT. The royal assent was given to-day by commission to the following Bills:-- Factories BilL Naval Service of Boys Bill. County Buildings Bill. Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill. Landed Property (Ireland) Bill. Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Bill (Extension to Bury St. Edmunds, with a Branch to Ely). Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Bill (Repeal of provisions authorising the Company to use the line of the Eastern Counties Railway). Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Bill (Extension to Thetford). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail way Bill (Extension to Thetford, Lavenham, and Clare). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail way Bill (Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Ed munds Railway.) Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail way Bill (Extension from Lavenham to Bury St. Edmunds.) Caledonian Railway Bill (Extension to Motherwell, &c.) Caledonian Railway Bill (Branches to Wilsontown, &c.) Caledonian Railway Bill (Branches from the Clydesdale, &c.) Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction (Sale to the Eastern Union Railway Company). Ayrshire and Galloway Railway Hill (Smithstown to Dalmellington). Newhaven Harbour, Ouse Lo;rer Navigation, and Lev; is and Laughton Drainage Bill. Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Extension Bill. Leith Harbour and Dock Bill. Rochdale Waterworks Bill. Manchester Markets Bill. Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Bill. Wolverhampton Gas Bill. Inverness Gas and Water Company Bill. Bolton Improvement Bill. Ryde Improvement Bill. Wolverhampton Rates Bill. Shipowners' Towing Company Bill Dunfermline and Cupar Court-house Bill. Kingston-upon-Thames Small Tenement Bill. Doddington Rectory Division Bill. Scottish Union Insurance Company Bill Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Company Bill, and Claridge's Patent Asphalte Company Bill The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Minto. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack shortly after five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills, which were read a first time. LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was read a third time and passed. IRISH ELECTIONS. Earl ST. GERMANS rose, pursuant to notice, to put a question to the Noble Marquis the Lord President of the Council, relative to polling votes at Irish elections. Their Lordships were aware that, under the existing law, the polling at Irish elections was kept open for five days, and the system was productive of great incon venience both to the electors and the elected. Now he wanted to ask the Noble Marquis if it would not be ex pedient to introduce a measure to assimilate the law of Ireland to the law of England ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE entirely agreed with all that had fallen from the Noble Lord respecting the desirableness of the shortening the time for polling ia Ire land, but there were such difficulties in the way of carry ing such a measure into execution, that he was afraid nothing could be done for that purpose during the pre sent session. The subject, however, was under the con sideration of the Government, but he could not say' when a measure would be brought forward respecting it. NATIONAL SCHOOLMASTERS. The Bishop of EXETER gave notice that on Friday next he would move a resolution to the effect that ever y one in holy orders, but not exercising any ecclesiastical function in the Established Church, should be considered eligible to the situation of scho ,, lmaster under the Government scheme of education THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY. The Earl of CHICHESTER, the Chairman of the Committee appoined to investigate the allegations in the petitions presented from some of the share. holders in this line by Lord Lyndhurst, reported that the Committee had met to-day (the proceedi ngs w ill be found fully reported in another part of The Seen), and that they had come to the opinion that, supposing all the allegations were proved, they could only esta blish the fact that certain parties had bought up a number of shares in the Birmingham and Oxford Company. It appeared, however to the Com mittee, that it was the intention of the Legislature that the Birmingham and Oxford, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, should be amalga mated, and that they should open up competition in the district which they were prepared to traverse. But the Committee were unwilling, without further in structions from the House, to go into further evidence, which it seemed to them would not be calculated to (liable them to suggest to the Legislature any measure which might remedy the evil complained of. Lord BROUGHAM moved that the petition be printed, and that its further consideration be postponed until Friday next. Earl FITZWILLIAM thought it would be a great misfortune if the Comittee clost-d its labours in the way mentioned in the report. He had been much in favour of the appointment of the Committee, because he thought that - through its medium they would have got at the evil, not in this particular transaction, but others of a similar kind, which prevailed in connexion with other railway companies. After some conversation the motion was agreed to. SEE OF MANCHESTER. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE b-ped to lay on their Lordships table a Bill for the constitution of the new Bishopric of Manchester, and moved the first reading of the Bill, to be read a second time on Thursday next. Lord BROUGHAM, a d vanc i ng to t h e t a ble, seized up the Bill as soon as it h a d d ropped f rom the fingers of the Noble Marqui s , an d, after looking i n va i n f o r the provisions of the Bill, as k e d the NoblelMarquis if that was the Bill, holding up at the same time a parcel of plank paper amid shouts of laughter. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE_Oh, it's a mis take.—(Renewed laughter). Lord CAMPBELL —It is matter of history that there have been former Lord Chancellors who have presided on your woolsack, and laid on your Lordships table %gain and again Bills which were a mere sheet of blank paper. 144,rd BROUGHAM—I wish all Irish Lord Chan cellors had never had any Bills on your L , ,rdships' table which were of another description.—(Loud laughter.) The Bill was then read a fir-t time. RFPRESENTATIVE PEERS OF SCOTLAND BILL. On the motion of the Earl of EGLINTON, this Bill went through Committee. TOWNS IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF cu;NMONS. June S. The SPEAKER took the Chnir at Four o'clock. REPORTS. Ti•e report on the South• Eastern Railway (North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction), was brought up and acreed to. COVENTRY, BANBURY, AND OXFORD JUNCTION. wstLahuffholl,c3rl3:7lloilltidi oughtl t h nh i :esi m ost Mr. DENNISTOUN moved the further consideration of the report on the Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction Railway Bill. Sir G. CLERIC objected to the motion, and stated that if it was acceded to he could not see how any objection could be offered to the existence of the broad gauge to Birmingham, Derby, or any part of the north of England. After some observations from Mr. DENNISTOUN, Mr. EL.LICE supported the further consideration of the report. Mr. HUDSON thought there was no public call for the Bill, and he shoul d therefore object to the reception of the report. Mr. WILLIAMS said he had never seen such a lamentable degree of ignorance displayed as had just been exhibited by the Hon. Member why had just sat down.--(Laughter)—such lamentable ignorance that the merest boy from a Sunday-school would be ashamed of it. And he spoke of his disinterestedness. His disin terestedness ! Why, the House knew what that meant. to, and therefore he should —(Laughter.) But after such a display of ignorance he would not detain the House by one word of reply to him. lie (Mr. Williams) then contended that the London and North-Western was a giant monopoly, was the best ma the lowest, and it Colonel ANSON oppose further consideration of accommodation to the public. put an end d the ; esr s rf f i ar ß es ai w lw e a re y Mr. COLL Bt l o N illb S 'e supported the Bill. In his opinion the Mr.ELLICE said, had he been aware that this line had been offered to the London and North-Western Corn: pany for sale, he should have taken no part in the dis waged in the k N i i i i i r g t d h oM W dis cussion. Mr. DENISON denied that the directors had ever offered to still the line. Sir CHARLES DOUG LAS said he could prove that the line was offered by an authorised party to the London and North-Western Company at 5/. premium. Hr. ROEBUCK said they ought to support the deci sion of their Select Committee. If the House had no c onfidence in these tribunals it ought to abolish them. Mr. STRU VI! opposed the 13111 on the ground that the line was not of sulfioient importance to justify their paAsing it, in violation of the resolut ions of the House en the suiject o f the gaugt-i.. ROYAL ASSENT. The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar of the House and summoned it to attend the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given by commission to various public and private Bill. (for the names of which see report). 'ylr. H. HINDS sa . d that he did not think that the ve Zr :it e t :h h o l u a t i d to be tn in .v t , h: . B i, i h tiatt h a a l v l, iti a g n g d iv i: n it w notice.ere he sh• tt;Li move th;,t the t.ord .• gauge" be struck out. from the report ot.. the Coinintit..e."or if it were not com petent in him, without having given notice, he wou ld give notke that he should move that the word "gauge" he omitted on the third ruding of ti.e Bill. (Thf, Hon. M rot.er w is nearly toaudthle in consequence of the loud er .4 .6 1)1V141 .") Dt. N ICII ' , Lb eluit.ndeA lhkt Parliament had eon-, completed a future period when it deviation from the 4 feet 8 inch gauge would be necessary, and therefore he should support the decision of the Committee. Mr. STRUTT explained. Sir G. STRICKLAND said that where the Com mittee thought they should pass a line on the broad gauge principle they had a right to do so, and the House should support the decision. Mr. FERRAND said he thought that public Rini should have precedence of these private Bills. He had attended evening after evening, and he found the House occupied with discussions on these private Bills. The amendment was then' read and passed. After a few words from Mr. EtODGSON, Mr. JOHN DENNISTOUN thought it better at once to decide upon the clause. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. On our re-admission we found— For the insertion of the clause 105 Against it — Majority for the clause —35 GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK RAIL WAX. On the motion for the third reading ki the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway Bill, Mr. HUME said that he bad a question of great importance to submit to the House with reference to this railway. He wished to pot it to the House whether any company, having obtained its Act with a view to the benefit of the district around, it had a right to give away the power of afford ing that benefit to the manifest injury of the neighbour hood. A canal company, called the Ardrossan Canal Company had obtained the permission of the House to make a canal to Paisley, a distance of twelve or fourteen miles. They subsequently made an arrangement with the company whose bill was before the House, to forbear from carrying passengers if they would forbear from carrying heavy goods, each party being bound to fulfil the contract under certain penalties, and having permission to charge to the fullest extent allowed by the Act of Parliament. By this means the community, who were so deeply in terested in the subject, were left unprovided with railway accommodation. By the evidence of Sir John Maxwell, and others, the Committee when this matter came before them, rejected the Bill. Imme diately after that decision the canal company sold their boats, and kept strictly to the agreement which they had entered into. He had received a letter from Paisley, complaining very strongly of the want of railway accommodation to that town. He would, therefore, move the suspension of the further progress of these Bills for ten days, and that they should be referred to the Railway Commissioners to hear evi. dente upon the subject, and report to the House upon the subject of the agreement referred to. Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE was not personally in terested in either of the lines before the House, but, from what he could learn, it appeared that the line proposed to be made was not of more than one mile in length, and was proposed solely with a view to the accommodation •of the public. He did not think that the Bill was an objectionable one, and he should therefore support the third reading of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. BAINE, which were inaudible in the gallery, Mr. BANKES said that he had been Chairman of the Committee, and he confessed that the delay sought by the Member for Montrose was very desirable. The agreement was of an intricate nature, the work people were in the habit of having their work carried to and from Paisley by the canal, for which they paid twopence, that means of transit was entirely destroyed, and they bad only now the railway to depend upon, and by it they were charged a shilling. Now that was a great hardship. and he would not consent to give them the power sought unless that agreement was altered. THE TEMPLE-CONSERVANCY OF THE the country ; and he might safely say that, ns far as the commissioners of railways were concerned, there %as no foundation for tae statement that appeared in the public prints. With respect to the letter said to be dressed to Lord Dalhousie. he bud made it his duty to examine into the correspondence of the railway depart ment of the Board of Trade, and it was perfectly true that he found that a letter had been addressed to Lord Dalhousie on the subject of bridges by Mr. Locke, but that letter had no reference to bridges crossing rivers, but was rather intended to refer to a clause in the Railways Consolidation Act, mid intended only to apply to bridges crossing public roads. With respect to the Board of Admiralty, the House was doubt less aware of the extreme responsibility uhich attacnt d to the functions of that department, and the necessity which existed that they should watch with a jealous eye any en croachment upon the navigation of the country. He would not, however. say any more upon the point, as haiing mentioned the matter to the Hon. the Secretary to the Admiralty, he was fully prepar• d to give an an svtft. to the questions of the Hon. Member. Sir G. CLERK corroborated the statement of the Right Hon. t;entl,man with respect to the letter addres- Sed . to Lord Dalhousie. That letter had reference only to a clause of the Railways Consolidated Acr, and h.• protested against Mr. Locke, or any other engineer, saying that the safety of the public was endangered by the proceedings of any of the Government departments. After a few words of explanation from Mr. GOUL BURN, The subject dropped. _ . CORN-LAWS. Mr. BANKES wished to put a question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government with reference to his motion fur leave to introduce a Bill to suspend for a longer period than at present enacted, the duty on corn; as the night was so far advanced that it was not likely the Noble Lord would introduce his Bill, perhaps it might be as well if he stated to the House wt.at it was his intention to do ? He bad also a 'petition to present upon a subject of great importance to the working classes,- and which was well worthy the attention of Parliament. It was the subject of the wiled bread. Re wished to know whether Government had taken this subject into its serious consideration, and whether it was proposed by Government to review those laws which referred to the subject, as showing the fluc tuations that had taken place in the price of grain dur ing the last ten months. The public had greatly suffered from the want of proper control in the prices and weight of bread. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he should have to move the Bill pro forma to night ; but he could state at once, that what he proposed was to continue the suspension of the Corn and Navigation Laws to the first of March next. With regard to the question relating to the sale of bread, the Hon. Gentleman must be aware that an Act already existed, providing that no bread should be saleable until a certain number of hours after it bad been baked, and Government did not think it desirable to introduce any further measure upon the subject. _ _ AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. __ Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for . Montrose, relating to the affairs of Portugal, stood on the paper for Thursday, but he (Lord J. Russell) thought it would be more desirable if the motion was not brought on till Friday, for although every expedition had been used, it would be utterly impossible to get the papers ready and have them in the hands of Hon. Members till to-morrow evening. Mr. HUME would readily consent to the postpone ment of the motion till Friday. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, under those circum stances, he would bring on the Bill for extending the corn and navigation laws on Thursday. Capt. PECHELL said, Thursday being disposed of, what was to become of the Poor-law Administration Bill, which stood for that day. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he could not answer that question at present. THE LATE SIR EARDLEY WILMOT. Mr. HORSMAN said a remarkable statement was made last night, during the debate on the dismissal of the late Sir Eardley Wilmot, to the effect that certain parties made a statement to the Colonial office with re gard to the then absent Governor of Van Diemen's Land, upon which statement he was suspended from the public employment, but which had since been discovered to he unfounded. Now, he wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, first, whether the statement having been made, not merely upon rumour, but in such a manner as to make it semi-official, Government had ascertained the names of the public servants, against whom this gross miscon ' duct was alleged ; secondly, whether Government had determined to call upon them to explains and, thirdly, whether, in the result of that explanation would depend their continuance in the public service. Mr. HAWES could only state what he said last night; namely, that the Colonial-office had no official record of any statements made against Sir Eardley Wilmot. Mr. B. ESCOTT wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman whether the Colonial-office was in possession of the names of the persons wbo gave the information upon which the late Secretary of the Colonies thought fit to act, and which information formed the foundation of a recent dispatch, dated the 13th of April 1846 ? Mr. HAWES had already stated that the Colonial office had no official record upon the subject. Mr. B. ESCOTT wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Dorchester, whether, after the statement he made last night, he would feel it consistent with his duty to inform the House who that person was, holding a high responsible situation, who gave this false information to Mr. Gladstone ? or, it he could not give that information, perhaps the Right Hon. Baronet would state the reasons why he could not do so ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM would be most happy to satisfy the Hon. Gentleman. He had furnished the names of the gentlemen to the present Government, but he did not feel justified in mentioning them to the House. The Hon. Gentleman called upon him to give his reasons for withholding the names, but he did not think the Hon. Gentleman had a right to call upon him to do so. Still, he would satisfy the Hon. Gentleman upon that point. He considered it would not be acting fairly with the gentlemen in question to disclose their names, when through their being at great a distance from this country, twelve months must elapse before they would have any opportunity of giving any explanation upon the subject.—(Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. Mr. HUME asked the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Railway Commission, whether the House might expect any report as to the real causes of the ac cident ou the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. Mr. STRUTT said two gentlemen had been sent down to investigate the matter, and their report would be laid before the House in a few days. THE CASE OF MR. DREW. Sir. W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition, signed by seventy-seven commissioners of the late Court of Requests, praying the House to take into considera tion the case of Mr. Drew. Sir F. THESIGER, then called the attention of the House to the petition of Mr. George Drew (presented 7th May), and moved that a copy of a letter from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, approving of the appointment of Mr. Drew to be Assessor of the Southwark and Brixton Court of Requests, under the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 127, be laid upon the table of the House. Mr. Drew, the Hon. and Learned Member sta ted, was a solicitor of high standing, and up to the abolition of the Court he held the office of clerk to the S-uthwark Court of Requests, with a salary of 5001. a year. but for the convenience of the public he was subse quently appointed by the Commissioner to the office of assessor of the Southwark and Brixton Court of Requests. The Small D.hts Act, however, had abolished the office without making any provision to compensate Mr. Drew for his loss, upon the understanding that Mr. Drew would be appointed to a judgship of one of the new courts to be established by the Act, or at least that he would have a paramount claim to the office. Indeed, a pledge was given to that effect by the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department. He would ask whether Mr. Drew, or any of his friends, would have the smallest doubt but that his appointment would take place? When the Act passed, he presented a petition to the Lord Chancellor, praying that he should be appointed to one of those new courts. Mr. Drew knew nothing whatever of his hopes having been disap • pointed, till he received a letter from Mr. Clive, stating that he was appointed to the judgeship of the County Court, Southwark. He would venture to say that Mr. Clive had had no experience in the business relating to the county courts, and the consequence was, that the public were deprived of the services of a person who had I had considerable experience in the matter. A deputa tion consisting of the two lion. Members for Southwark, and numerous (viler distinguished gentlemen had waited upon the Lord Chancellor to represent the case of Mr. Drew to him. The statement was made to the Noble and Learned Lord by the deputation. His Lord ship stated, it was a very bad case, but that hard case, was brought about by the Lord Chancellor himself. Mr. Drew was, however, offered the appoint ment of one of the joint clerks of the Court. 'This he declined to accept, on the grouud that to accept the office would be a retrograde movement from the position in so ciety which he previously occupied. Now, it so hap pened, that when his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth was at the head of the Government, feeling a high respect for the talents and abilities of the Lord Chancellor, he offered him one of the new Vice-Chancellor ships that was then just issued. This offer was laughed to scorn by the Noble Lord now at the head of the Go vernment. The case of Mr. Drew was almost similar to that of the Lord Chancellor, except that in the former case he would, instead of occupying a position as Judge, he would have to hold a situation as a mere clerk to the Court. It had been said that the reason for not appoint ing Mr. Drew, was because he was a solicitor. This could surely not be any ground of objection, because several solicitors had been appointed to the Judge ship of these County Courts. Upon what ground then was it that Mr. Drew did not receive the appointment in question ? He had given up an office which he held for life, and also his private practice, on the faith of the representation of the commissioners. There was no person more adapted to till the office of judge than Mr. Drew was. Unless some explanati on were made of s h o e h m ad us n t o s t a n y n • m th e at un h d e n w r a h s i his no tice opi nionwhle which as a w ni m o n ri 4 : t er a u w e a l r c e a , or the notice of the House. He begged, therefore, to move that a copy of a letter from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, approvin g of of Mr. Drew to be th e A ssessor of the the appoi ntment e Southwark and Brixton Court of Requests, under the Act 8 and 9 Vic., c. 127, be laid upon the of e tabl Sir G. GREY h a d no objection the Hou se . bjection to the production of the letter in question. He must say that he K as rather surprised at the mode in • which the Hon. Member h-id brought forward' his motion. The petition of Mr. Drew was one which he was also surprise • d to find the Hon. and Learned Member supporting its allegations. Mr. Drew, so far from having a right to the situation wider the Bill, brought in by the Government, he was by that Bill entirely pre eluded from hold , nz the office of judge of the county court, to be established under that Act, as that Act expressly precluded any person from holding office, under the Act_ A - b ,- 1 had not held agee prior to Ist day of June, Mr. Thetilrifivilig besicap pointed to the office of assessor 01 tbre.cori..4,..the fattsnth of July. He utterly denied, alsoc 4 l6l' given by the House iii itibt., e_ discussion, that th e holders? F'; in these -' courts, should b e ap p o i nte d ' new Act. He thou g h t h e h ad, therefore, that Air. Drew office gav e hi m no shadow of a ektittijo appointed ta the iudg, s hi p. Whether he WAS br_ otaziap cten was a question which did not cobkhtltm i lilsxriftitlO but in that of the Lord Charc-llor. an 1411141443 be borne in mind that he was simply clerk of a curt with a V. jurisdiction, whereas the R:11 «xtended the jurisdiction to 20L Tn«-re were two S. tats clerks over him, so that he was not so much entitled to the office as the Learned Gentleman ,:eerned to suppose. Mr. GOULBURN ask-d, if the fact that, no reply was returned to Mr. Drew'„ memorial, w. as not sufficient to create the beiiet that he should be continued in the office he had held? At any rate, the discussion would have the effect of clearing a geiWeinan of considerable experience afql rrspectablity frcra the imputations which had been cast up , n him. It was an .ti , f , q7t,:ntite case, and he trusted that be might at Eine time b, aelr eted to some other office. plai: ed that she R%ght lion. Sir F. THESIGER cow Gent'emir' had nut repli..d t o tint portion of his speech on which he most relit d, natnele. that Mr. Drew had held the office of Judge of the Court. on the 21st of August, 1846. Sur-ly the Right II,:n Genthinan would not deny ihai ? and he (Sir F. The,igi r) eonti ri3ed, th.t it weiS the Intention it LeLrslature, that, the Judges of the O 1 Cou •ts should hive a pr;or claim to the Judgeships if th. , New Courts. Mr. Dri-w was ap p inted to the office he tad held but a short time before the New Act was passed ; and when the depuatiun waited upon the Lord hancedlor on the subject ; he expressed his opinion that his case wai a " bard one." He should, however, kiiow from the statement of the Right lion. Genii , man what COUTSQ he should pursue in any future proceedings that might be taken. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said no pledge was given that the Judges of the Old Courts should be pre ferred ; it was simply stated that their cases would be considered ; and when the Bill was before the House, he expressly pointed out that but sixty Judges would be appointed, and that the whole of the eighty Judges of the Old Courts could not expect to be re-appointed. Sir F. THESIGER denied that he had ever said that the ol.i Judges possessed a vested right to be re-ap pointed. The ATTORNEY-GENER AL said the whole founda tion of Mr. Drew's claim was this, that he was deputy clerk of the Southwark Court. and that he was ap pointed an assessor when the Bill was introduced into the House. Applications of this kind were expressly considered when the Bill was before the House, and the measure altered to obviate it ; but if they had said that all persons who, on the first of June, held office were to be appointed, he might have had a right. But if' the Act had been passed in its original form, Mr. Drew would have had no claim whatever, and his case had been con• sidered, but he bad not been appointed. Attorneys had been appointed to the judgeship at Brighton, Halifax, and other places, but there was no reason because a per son was an assessor that be should be appointed. The Lord Chancellor had hundre.is of applications for offices, and it was frequently the case for him to return no answer until the offices sought for were filled up ; and there were persons quite as high as Mr. Drew, and of undoubted talent and honour, who had received no reply from the L or d Ch anc ellor. He did not think that he should hare departed from his ordinary course for the purpose of obliging Mr. Drew. it might be a hard case for Mr. Drew, but he must be permitted to say that it was an extraordinary case. He had given up the office of clerk because it would unqualify him, but it was a lucrative office, as the emoluments were from 5001. to 6001. a year. He had chosen to resign that office, and had brought his misfortune upon himself, but he had no claim whatever to the office of judge. Mr. NEWDEGATE said the Right Hon. Gentleman the Attorney-General had informed him, in reply to a question, that the old Judges might take offices under the Bill if they chose, but as only sixty would be re quired, twenty must, as a matter of course, be disap pointed. Then Mr. Clive had not filled the office of judge—he was not one of the eighty, and Mr. Drew and Mr. Guest, of Birmingham, were equally unfortu nate. INATING DUTIES A m L oti o on E w T as H t E hen D s l gj c ee n d l t m o. ON UNREFINED SUGAR. R E ir P h E e Mr. MOFFAT rose to bring in a Bill for the repeal of the discriminating duties on unrefined sug•tr. He de sired, also, that the further privilege should be accorded to the distillers of rectifying spirits in bund. An HON. MEMBER moved that the House be counted, when there were only twenty-nine members present, and the House accordingly adjourned. SCOTCH ATIO\S. Jame Allan and Cotrip.m . c, meretian.s, Glasgow, June 10 and July 1, .it twelve, ,t the, thee of Mr. Monteith, Glasgow. J. ant i C. Watt, grocers, Gla-:gow, June 11 and July '2, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Gourlay, Glasgow. Jan Gibson. farmer, Cairn muir. Peeblesiiire, June 11 and July 2, at eleven, at .he chambers of Mr. Blackwood, Pe bits. John Crease. merchant, Edinburgh, June 14 and July 5, at t h e R yal Ext liam.c,e Coffee-house, Edinburgh. io u : tpti importation tiri e jegot : nlo r i itt r ec ti .;r : bhi s a u ,ote : nic • l y ,g,e, ha\ . 0 1,•a..ect by their order, reevtitly issued, to ap reru r ;hipttooit x• store, o, proper provided, and the C,mn - i,ioners of the Customs having ap p:oved ut p, 111., for the purpose, ail order 'Lis been issu,d it. the pri. c:p.d 44fity sof the revenue u i the :o take 111C1.1tatt.6 tar carrying thvir Lurdstaips' order into offect. THAMES. Sir F. THESIGER moved " That the petition of the Masters of the Bench of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple be referred to the Committee on the Thames Conservancy Bill, and that they have leave to appear and be :heard before the said Committee." The operation of the Bill would be to interfere with the free access of the frequenters of the garden, and there fore they had a right to be heard. After a few words from Mr. GREENE, which did not reach the gallery, The motion was withdrawn. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed : Kingston-upon Hull Duck Company. Poyntzfield Estate (Lords). Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers. The reports upon the following Bills were brought up, and ordered to lie upon the table : East of Fife Railway (Markinch Deviation). London and North-Western Railway (Ormskirk and Rainford Branch, &c.) York and Newcastle, Newcastle and Berwick, and North British Railways Amalgamation. The following reports were further considered, and ordered to be engrossed : Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland Railways Amal gamation or Leasing. Aberdeen Railway (Brechin Branch Deviation). Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway (Amendment and Deviation). Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway (Deviation of Main Line and Chester Branch, &c.) Blackburn, Dar wen, and Bolton Railway Acts Amend ment (Diversions of Line in the parishes of Blackburn and Belton-in-the Moors) . Boston, St•mford, and Birmingham Railway (Branch to Wisbech Harbour and Wisbech Harbour Improve ment). Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, &c.) Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway, and Ox ford and Bletchley Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation and Extension of Lines. Cheltenham and Oxford Railway. Eastern Comities Railway (Wisbech to Spalding). East Lancashire Railway (Southportßranch, and Preston Extension). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Burntisland Pier, &c ) Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway (Cowlairs Branch). Great Northern Railway (Branch to King's Lynn). Great Western Railway (Amendment and Extensions). Leeds Central Railway Station. Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Deviation of Main Line in Crimple Valley, &c.) London and North-Western Railway (Kenilworth to Berkswell, Branches and Extensions, &c.) London and North-Western Railway (St. Alban's, Luton and Dunstable Branch.) London and North-Western Railway (Birmingham and Lichfield Line, &c.) Lon ion and North-Western Railway (Lime street, Liverpool, Station, Extension, &c.) Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn and Wormegay Navi gation.) Manchester and Leeds Railway (Branch from the Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway to Barnsley, and Extension of Holmfirth Branch.) . _ . Manchester and Leeds Railway (Blanches, Extensions, Deviations. and Alterations of Levels, and other Works)—(a Clause to be proposed.) Manchester and Southport Railway and Branches. Manchester and Leeds Railway (Alteration of Levels of Brighouse Branch of the West Riding Union RailwaYi and New Line into Leeds ) Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway (Deviation). Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway Deviations. Man-hPster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch at Bugs worth to join the Peak Forest Canal Tramway and Amendment of Acts). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Louth and liorneastle and East Lincolnshire Junction Branches) (a Clause to be proposed). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Sta tion Approach in Manchester). Midland Railway (Erewash Valley, &c.) Midland Railway (Leicester and Swanningtoa Railway, Widening, Deviation, and Branches, Enlargement of Leicester Station, and extending Powers as to Ibstock Branch). Midland Railway (Syston and Peterborough Railway Deviations and Approach to Manton Station). Mold Railway. North Western Railway (Diversions at Skipton, Caster- ton, and Sedbergh). Portadown and Dungannon Railway. St. Helen's Canal and Railway ( Warrington _ and Black _ _ brook Branches, &c.) Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (Branches and Station). South-Eastern Railway (North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction). Strathtay and Breadalbane Extension Railway. York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch, Extension, and Terminus). The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales Drainage and Inclosure Companies Incorporation Bill. Wexford Free Bridge. The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Bingley Gas Bill. Darwen Waterworks and Reservoirs Bill. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Mr. GISBORNE rose to call the attention of the House to a paragraph which appeared in the Times newspaper connected with the late lamentable loss of life at Dee Bridge. Mr. Locke (who was doubtless well known to many Members of that House as an eminent ergineer, who had been particularly fortunate in the character and stability of his works), was reported to have said at the coroner's inquest that great blame was attached to the Board of Works, the Railway Com missioners, and the Admiralty. who required that bridges should he built with that large span which was likely to endanger the safety of human life. He (Mr. Gisborne), thought it his duty to bring forward this matter before t h e House ; but before he did so, he referred to Mr. Locke hitny . if, and he would, as nearly as he could recollect, state what was the substance of the conversa tian held with that gentleman. After seine remarks, Mr. Locke said that the Lords of the Admiralty and the Beard of Trade were disposed in the first case to attend more to the requireme the water way than to the safety of the public. nts of He added that Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Brunel, and himself had addressed a letter to Lord Dalhousie, embodying these opinions, a hich letter had twv,r been replied to. He (Mr. Gis borne) thought it right to bring this matter before the Howe in order to give his Right Hon. Friend at the h. ad of the Railway Board an oppnruni'y of making an'. statetn, nt he pleased upon the t•aatter. yi r S I'RUTT said that Mr. Locke had brought a serious charge against three of the Government depart ments which he ought to be well prepared to justify. To the statements that the railway commission,. s req tired bridges of unneetiss try span, he would reply Ithat the railway eetnnussi..tiers had never interfered ~„„h .ir requir.d bridges of ex raw dinar) span, or. in deed, spans of any kind which world involve da nger to PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JUNE 7. WARWICK COUNTY PRISON BILL, Read a second time; Motion made, and Question put, " That the Bill be committed." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 41. Adare, Vis count Forster, Matthew Philips, G. R. Adderley, C. B. Goulburn Henry Pusey, Philip Berkeley, Craven Greene, Thomas Repton, G. W. J. Chaplin, W. J. Heatheote, Sir W. Sandon, Viscount Chapman, Aaron Hodgson, F. Shirley, E. J. Clayton, R. It. Hodgson, Rickard Somerset, Lord G. Clive, Visc. Inglis, Sir R. Sotheron, T. H. Collett, W. R. James, Sir W. Winnington, Sir T. Dickinson, F. H. Lefroy, A. .. Yorse, E. T. t)ivett, E. Marton, G. Young, John Duncan, Viscount Masterman, John Egerton. Sir P. Nichol!, J. Escott, Blckhana O'Brien, A. S. Feilden, Sir W. Ord, William Ferguson, Sir B. Pattison, James TZLLW. Brooke, Lord Douglas, Sir C. MAJORITY_NOES, 60. Aglionby, D. A. Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, J. Arkwright, George Gore, W. O. O'Connell, M. J. Baine, Walter Goring, Charles Ogle, S. C. Bankes, George Ilatton, Captain V. Pinney, William Barnard, Edward G. Hume, Joseph Plumridge, Captain Baskerville, T. Humphery, Ald. Roebuck, J. A. Bodkin, William H. Hutt, William Roßeston, Colonel Bowring, Dr. James, William Somers, J. P. Bretherton. J. Layard, Major Spooner, Richard Buck, L. W. I.c Marchant,'Sir D. Strickland, Sir G. Butler, P. S. 31ackenzie,J. Thornely, Thomas Christopher, R. Macnamara, Major Trollope, Sir J. Collett, John M'Carthy, Alex. Vernon, G. H. Crawford, W. S. Miles, Philip W. S. Waddington, H. S. Dalrymple, Captain Miles, William Walker, Richard Dennistoun, J. 3litcalie, IL ..._ Wawn, J. T. Duncan, George Monahan, J. li. Duncombe, T. Morris, David Evans, William Mundy, E. M. Evans, Sir De Lacy Newdegatc, C. N. Trench, F. O'Brien, C. Wilshere, T. NV. ,Vorcester, Marquis TELLERS, Dugilale, W. S. Williams, W. THE SALT TRADE. At a meeting of the Salt Chamber of Commerce, held at Northwich, on Saturday, the sth of June, it was pro robed by Henry Ashton, Esq., of Liverpool, and seconded by George Ellens, Esq., of Droitwich, and un animously resolved— "1. That it is the opinion of this meeting that the late enactment of the Bengal Government reducing, at only five days' notice, the rates at which they sell their own salt, in a greater proportion than they have lowered the duty on British and Foreign imported salt, has been framed solely with the view of entirely excluding the manufacture of this country from tne Indian market ; and that such conduct on the part of the Bengal Go yernm.,nt, while it involves an admiFsion of the severity of their previous exactions, is utterly unworthy of the local authorities. " 2. That the East India Company are acting in direct violation of their Charter, in continuing their salt,manufac mtuarennoffaetnreand and trade cannotradingin that now be d efended , eh that either h r on the score of the uncertainty of the British and foreign supply, or the protection of the revenue. " 3. That the Chairman of the Cheshire and Worces tershire Salt Chamber of Commerce be accordingly au thorised, on behalf of the salt trade of England, formally and eneagetically to protest to the Imperinl Parliament of Great Britain; her Majesty's Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India ; and the Hon. the Court of Directors of the East India Company, against the conti nuance of such .manufacture and sale of salt ; on the grounds of its inconsistency with the terms on which they hold the government of India, the injury it inflicts upon the natives of India, and the serious impediment it offers to the trade and manufacture of this country. " 4. That the sincerest thanks of the Salt Trade are due to Lord Sandon, M.P.; Sir Denis Le Marchant, M.P. ; Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P. ; Sir J. Packington, M.P. ; Sir P. Egerton, M.P. ; the Hon. E. J. Stanley, M.P. ; William Brown, E.q., M.P. • William Tattoo Egerton, Esq., M.P. ; Ewart,'Esq., M.P. ; John Blackburn, sq. M.P. ;J. Tollemache, Esq., s Cornwall . the given benefit of their Co operationquested to continue to afford the . M and .P.t,h for the h th ey e s b u e p r p e o s r p t ec t t li fu e.r .iy ha r v: Le sa g lt h' tr 'E ad sq e, " d• destruction of the East India Company ' s salt monopoly. " W. WORTHINGTON, Chairman," towards the total and mime to ALARMING RAILWAY RIOT.—It appear s f rom th . Fifeshire papers that serious disturbances have t a k en place, the last few days, among the labou rers on the Edin burgh and Northern Railway. On S atur d ay last, during being the pay day on the Gallatown section, some squabbling ensued between the Highlandmen and Irishmen, and two or three broken heads were the consequence. The police, how• ever,: by apprehending some half-dozen of the ring leaders, succeeded in restoring quietness for the night. The prisoners were lodged in the lock-up house at Path head, and on Tuesday morning last were brought into Cupar, where two of them were sentenced to forty days. and two to sixty days' itnprisonment each. The case of the others being of a more Serious nature is under investigation. On Sunday morning, it was evident, from the numbers hanging about the streets, that there was considerable risk of a collision between the Highlanders and the Irishmen. The Irishmen turned out to the number of between si s x o ty_FßO . kaldy for a reinforcement from their countrymen er an i seventy ; and having sent off a dispatch to the Linic es ttr g stobs, rails, marched in regular procession , with there, about three o'clock a body of no ith f about 500 shovels, and pokers, through K of one sort or other, might t wr irl il t i h nh e g y joined their comrades, when the crowd, amount to more than 1,000. Against these, about 200 Hi g h. Landers, some of whom n finding wre their inferiority o f num b ers, re treated,o collision took pl ace. F or a time the t o wn was complete . e and hence ii, n the armed with knives and dirks, marched up, but, possession of thes e arme d men. .! —North British Mail._ PUBLIC VINNBB 7 —The Ch a i rman and gentlemen of Lloy d' s Committee for the Regi s t ry o f B r i t i s h an d F ore i gn entertained a distinguished party at the Brunswick ~hippingtei,lackwall, on Monday evening, Mr. Thomas Chap man in the chair Amongst ti se present were—the Right lion. G. R. Dawson, Admiral Dundas, Sir John Pelly, J. Masterman, M.P.; Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P.; Mr. George Palmer, M.P. ; Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.; Mr. A. Chapman, M.P.; Mr. George Hutkon. M.P.; the Hon. H. P. Liddell, M.P.; M r . Thomas Tooke, Mr, T. A. Hankeh Mr. J. D. Powles, and Mr. Charles Dickens. The arrattal• pante were excellent, and gave great satisfaction.