The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-19 00:00:00

INSIDE THE HaUSE, • 4 , - - - ET 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 N7v7orid:s ,eye and .his own ? Shall we tell you how, ala i.almerstoa, 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 inn 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 hatches 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 believp anything that is charged against other men. After 'all, the House of Commons is an assembly of gentleinen and men of honour. Of course there are exceptions ; but I speak of the mass. . _ ;;;1111 now nay somethinc , 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 Bel,ravian finish, of that distinguished advocate of the Sezintic 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— " Arove The depth, b u t no t 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 month of meetings there can be no doubt 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 •r the divine—a very unbecoming one, and, in London, where you don't =et 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 . . GrahAns, 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-b om d ames—and coroneted carriage s 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 Freehohl Land Societies had clone their duty ill Warwickshire, would hayseceased 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 ho 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 hodse 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 thankfnlly,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 km a little fun. It soon Tame out what it was that attracted such crowds at such an un usual hour. It was a notice of Mr. Magan's, member fo r Westmeath, relative t o th e a ff a i r 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 lau g ht er ." M aur i ce O'Con nell, Lucas, Mr. Hayter, Sir Charles Wood, and many more spoke 'and respoke. That very useful man, Mr. Hayter, accordir 6 s to one set of st a t emen t s, h a d hum bugged the Irish members; according to another set, and according to his own statements, he had done no thing of the kind. As fo r m y se lf, I cou ld 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 keep our 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 you, give a wink, and press a finger to your lip. I must call here,' continued Mr. Tadpole, as lie stopped before the house of the Duke of Fitzaquitaine. 'This gentleman 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 he 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. Megan had s° ingeni9usly contrived. That lasted till half- six, when it was put an end to by a f ew good, sensible words from Sir Barrylnglis. G enera ll y L or d John o Russell do es th at sortthing ; but he was absent all night, and Sir Harry Inglis wisely saved the house from an idle waste of Nvord4, Alas? it turned out that the house had merely escaped Scylla to get foul of Charybdis. The Speaker left th e chair, and Mr. Vansittart rose to propose the exemption of certain classes of farmers f rom the income tax. Mr. V ans i ttart may -t be— undoubtedly Y. he is —a very nice young m an f ora small tea certainly is not the man t o t each or elegrif yhe ritish House of Commons. He m i g h t h ave made art speech, but we certainly did no t h ear a word of3it.gouldt 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 K e ll y, who, since be 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, .11017 that Protection is gone—now that it can only be a cry with which to clog and embarrass Gover; meats, and nothing more—a Protectionist to the back bone. Bright demolished the elegant lawyer with one of his usu a l , murderous speeches, and then the debate languished terribly, till about ten, when a division took place, and Mr. Vansittart , walked 'off with a miserable minority, as every one expected, into the this is not factious opposition, it is very much like it. It was pass ten when the House got to 'AI business, and wont 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 Caine 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 aroun d us — co ff ee, roast-beef, and capita 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 or come 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 Timer'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. ELECTRICITY AND THL 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, via 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, fee* lighted in general by about 100 gas lamps. The lights remained in continuous 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 obstacle to the universal use of electricity, and to its immediate 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. Witliiinch 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-cast 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. . BARNING.--The bine grows very slowly, and very little is Yet tied. The cold and wet unse ttl e d iveather prevents r 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. HIGHAM.—The bine, although very backward, is now coming on favourably. The grounds work well, and poking is nearly finished. MARDEL—The bine has grown but slowly during the past week, and is generally very backward. MEBEWORTH.—The bine in most grounds is eoming well, but is rather backward in consequence of the long continued cold and wet. °TRAIL —The bine is very backward, the season con tinuing so cold, and a littl e fl ea h as ma d e it s appearance - Tying has partially commenced in a few forward grounds. TONBRIDGE.—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 I.VIALLING.---The bine here is a little uneven, but it is growing very fast. We have nearly finished poling. The showery weath er p reven t s th e n id ge t an d hoe &in being used. ROLVENDEN.—The poling Till soon be brought to a Close. Some growers will commence tying at the begin ning of the week. Several gardens are injured by the unusually wet winter. WEALD OF 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 pine is hardly out of the ground, in stead of being. as in other years in the middle of May, half-way up the poles. WROTIIAM.—The hop plants here are certainly striv ing hard against the unfavourable state of the weather. A few congenial days and nights would put quite au other face on everything.—Maidstonc Journal. LONDON 110SP1TAL MEDICAL SCHOOL. --- Q► - The annual distribution of prizes took place on Tues day, .May 17; Charles Hampden Wigrain, Esq., in the chair. Hospital gold medals presented by the gover nors for zeal, intelligence, and humanity . in attendance on the patients in the wards. Medical—R. 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 Class—Gold Medal, 11. K. Deben ham. Surgery, Junior Class—Silver Medal, John Langston; Honorary Certificate, Edward Grossman, Friezewood. Anatomy—Senior Class—Gold Medal, James Ed munds ; Honorary Certificate, Ehlers Mantel', Bitton. Anatomy, Junior Class—Silver Medal, Edward Gross man ; Honorary Certificate, Lewis Oppenheizn, Fins bury. Midwifery—Gold Medal H. K. Debenham ; Honorary Certificate, J. C. Robertson, Purbrook. • Chemistry—Silver Medal, R. Mantell; Second Silver Medal, Georg -0 Poole, Newland. Materia Medica—Silver Medal, James Edmunds ; Honorary Certificate, Joseph Porter, Rotherhitho. Botany—Silver Medal, John Langston ; Honorary Certificate, R. Mantell. Forensic Medicine—Silver Medal, H. K. Debenham; Honorary Certificate, J. R. Tunmer, Ipswich. EMIGRATION.—As the season advances the numbers leavin g 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 f ew left to car r y on t h e ordinary cultivation of the country. —Galway Packet. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1855. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES. Yesterday a special meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, for the purpose of submitting (pursuant to the standing orders of the House of 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, 21. 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 Decks, the proprietors would be aware, were connected with the Eastern Counties Company's railway, and with a view of facilitating their works, the Jock 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, therefore, now move that the bill now before the House of Lords be approved and adopted by this meeting. In reply to a quedtion 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 some 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 f or wich 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 o f k ee pi ng 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 scheme 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 therefor) 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 19,000/. 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 10,0001. 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, ih 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 bone fide schemes more careful how they paid deposits into the Court of Chancery, knowing, as they would do, how difficult it would be to ge t thir 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 determine(' 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 lie 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- nient io.nTorrow, 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 of Parliament, pro vided the directors of all the three 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 whielithe traffic en titled it. (Hear, hear.) He was not aware that any other subject called for remark, and he would therefore conclude by moving that the bill now before Parliament, to enafige that company to construct a railway from the line of tfi.e Northern and Eastern Company near Strat ford to Woodford and Loughton, and also for empower in..' them to capitalise their debt, be now approved and adopted by this meeting. Mr. PATTEIISON seconded the motion. A SHAREHOLDER inquired when the line was likely to be completed ? The CIL:LIBMAN thought it would not take longer than a twelvemonth after the contractor had fairly commenced operations. - - Mr. M‘LAREN asked if the proposed line to Woodford and Loughton would interfere with 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. Noanis 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 decidingt:hether the project should be pro ceeded with or not. The estimate of 15,0001. 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 8,000/. 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 tha,nkslaving 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 considering and determining in regard to a proposed agreement to be submitted to the meeting for an 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 41so raised an action against this company for repetition and re-payment of the sums therein mentioned ; and, further, to have cancelled six bills f'r 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 themsel ves b e i ng 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 aliteement 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 interposed 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. e ft e n in d p a e ll 7 ne n essa fe rz dis ure c f ha t r h g e es c h i e at e i x o ee ns u b to y d the bye one company in favour of the other shall be executed by the " 4. That each com p an y s h a ll b ear th e i r own expenses, and renunciations l m 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. TIMMS, 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 170,293 711 THE .GREAT NORTHERN 'RAILWAY.—Traffic return fol the week ending May 8, 1853 (283 miles) £1.5,742 8 4 Corresponding week last year (2234 miles) 11,663 12 11 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re torn for the week ending May 15, 1853 X 18,895 18 9 Corresponding week last year 16,100 4 11 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending May 15, 1853 24,491 7 4 Corresponding week last year 2,958 0 1 Increase in 1853 -.11,533 7 3 GLASGOW AN SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re burn for the week ending May 14,1863 £4,622 10 0 Corresponding week last year 4,144 19 4 Increase in 1853 £477 10 8 CORK AND BANDON EAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending May 14, 1853 £lB2 9 8 Corresponding week last year 133 17 11 VERDICT OF MANSLAbGHTER AGAINST THE DIRECTORS OF THE ,YORK AND NORTH .MIDLAND _RAILWAY.' 11AMBLETON, MAY 17.--On the Gth 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 North 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 opmion 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 them on the other by the engine, from its vio lent oscillating motion, and that then the engine passed ou to the up rails in an oblique direction, for about sixty-five yards, an d was th en th rown i n t o the adjoining field. He had come to the conclusion that the accident had oecurred 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 west 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 least fifty miles an hour. He considered the engine a proper and safe one to run at thirty miles an hour, at it was not safe to travel at a speed of forty five or fifty. This wao 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 smile 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 own account, without application to any one else. If any rails or sleeperS were required, he had to send to the engineer's office'at York, and they were supplied to him. He could not, however, take upon himself the relaying of the railway to any considerable extent. Captain Galton was the last witness. Tie deposed that the accident was reported to the Board of Trade, and l he received instructions to inquire into it, and after wards to attend the inquest. He examined the railway first on Saturday week. The engine he examined on the Tuesday following, and last Friday he examined the line again. With respect to the engine, he fOund the wheels rather worn, but it appeared before the accident to have been in fair working order, as far as he could judge. He thought the distribution of weight in this engine would have a tendency to cause unsteadiness at high speeds, and that unsteadiness would be increased on a road which was not firm. With regard to the road, he found the rails were a good deal worn in places and laminated. The keys which fixed the rails to the chairs appeared old. The sleepers were certainly decayed - at the surface, he should say generally-- and many, he thought, were de cayed much deeper. He observed many instances of the spikes which fix the chairs to the sleepers being loose, and when a length of rail was taken up, he per ceived the beds of the wood on which the chairs rested were aim, decayed. The ballast was, at the top, broken limestone ; but below he found a quantity of clay mixed with it. On taking out the sleepers, the clay seemed to retain the water under the sleeper in one or two cases which he examined. He observed several instances of engines passing ever the line, These caused the rails to work m the chairs, and the chairs to work on the sleepers, and the sleepers also ap peared to work in the ballast a little. If sleepers were packed equally on both sides, it would give an undu lating motion to trains, but if one end of the sleeper were more firmly packed than another, this motion would be converted into an oscillating motion. This remark ap plied to all railways as well as the present. The working of the chairs had a tendency to throw out the keys, and after the passage of trains, he observed instances of the keys being out. The engine, he thought, appeared in fair working order ; but he thought the road was not in such a good condition as it ought to have been. ,It de pended very much on the speed of a train whether the line was in a safe condition. He did not consider it in a good condition with heavy engines at a high speed. If he had been requested to report on the state of road, not knowing of the accident, he should not have reported that it was safe for the public to pass on with the present traffic going over it. The Coroner then made some remarks to the jury, leaving them to determine upon the facts whether the accident arose from excessive speed, or from any defect in the engine or line. If they were of opinion that the former was the case, that was the act of the driver now dead ; but if they thought they ought to adopt the latter proposition, then he considered the directors of the com pany were criminally responsible. The jury, after about twenty minutes' deliberation, found a verdict of manslaughter against the directors. A sufficient number had agreed, but there were two who dissented from the rest of the jurymen. 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 Illystrated Lonclon, 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 Mis. 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. en 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 be 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 I broke the contract. Mr. H. F. Davis said that he was under an en gagement on the day in question to be at Cremorne G. - adens. He observed that the horse laboured with seat .difficulty. Mr. Arnold's—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 es., 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 was in a bad state. lie 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 threc•qUarters of an hour. He trusted that before long the law would be altered in reference to hackney carriages. The only means lie had of teaching proprietors that they should provide proper vehicles was to prevent drivers from paying them. The summons was dismissed. SOUTHWARK.--John Burke, a private in the Tower Hamlets militia, was charged with assaulting Thomas Murphy, a leather dresser, and also a policeman who interfered for his protection. . . Murphy stated on the previous evening he was walk ing home quietly from his work, wheri the defendant came up, and addressing him said, "Are you the fellow that called out, There goes a militia-man. He (com plainant) assured him he had not done anything of the kind, upon which the defendant, without any further ceremony, struck him a violent blow over the eye. A policeman who came to the spot for his protection was also assaulted by the defendant, who resisted very much being taken into custody. The Magistrate said that of late several men had been brought to this court for offences, and that such cha racters as were before him he was afraid would reflect anything . but credit on the service. The defendant said that he ought to be at drill with _ his regiment instead of being standing at the bar of that court, and that he was afraid he would be liable to the punishment of a deserter if he stayed away 'much longer. . The Magistrate said the defendant had cowardly as saulted the parties who had made the complaint, and that before he was suffered to depart,he should pay a penalty of 40s. for the assault on Murphy, or in default of pay ment be committed for one month, and for that on the policeman a penalty of 205., or 14 days' imprisonment. •THAMES.—Jobs Ilawices, James William Pearce, and William Whitbread, police-constables of the H 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. Jennot said she was a married woman, and mo ther of five children. On Saturday night she was pass ing the station-house in Leman-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 conunitted upon, her, and was refdsed 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. A TRANSCENDENTAL LADY PREACHER.—The " Rev." Miss Antoinette Brown has accepted a "call" from a congregation► in America, and she is shortly to be in stalled. judging froM her late contributions to a New York journal, her sermons will be a round of theologi cal conundrums serving to keep the hearer in a puzzle from one Sunday to another. A high reward might safely be offered by the lady to the discoverer of the key to the following passage, taken from her last effusion : "That man should bow before his own idol, and serve her though the heavens fall, is no marvel, it is serving his ideal self-hood ; but that his divinity should be set to worship wholly at the shrine of his present self in its un regenerated earthiness, is putting the whole system of humanity to revolving around an admantine pivot of un mitigated egotism. The philanthropy of this central clement, proverbially unbounded, must be of the radia torial character; for the genius and fitness of things would forbid the literal descent of so much majesty into by-lanes and alleys. But when man is raised into his final position instinct with divine life, what then is to become of woman ? She will be a novice in the art of setting up for herself, and how can the poor parasite of a human soil ever take root in the divine essa,nce ? It were almost fitting that this beautiful type-being should be swallowed up in the great typified ; that at his advent into immortality she should make the last willing sacri fice upon the altar of his redemption, and sleep hence• forth in his grateful remembrance an ethereal dream of things that were, but are not !"—American paper. STATE OF TRADE. (From, the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, MAY 17.—8 y the Arabia New York steamer of the 4th instant we learn that cotton had declined ic. at New York, and 4c. to " ge. in the southern markets, on receipt of ac counts hence to the 20th of April ; middling being quoted at New Orleans on the 30th of April 10,ic. and freight to Liverpool ad. per lb; and at Mobile same date 10c. with freight to Liverpool, gd. per lb. The receipts at the ports for the week show a decrease of 26,644 bales from the corresponding week of last year, and the telegraphic accounts in form us that those fur the succeeding week are expected to show a further falling off of 15,000 bales. The exports to Great Britain also show a cot tinned decrease, the total excess over last year being now only 90,000 bales, whereas on 6th February the excess was 324,000 bales. These accounts, confirming the continued decrease in the receipts, although quoting prices rather lower, have had the effect of hardening the Liverpool market, and the sales of yesterday and to-day are reported to be at the extreme rates of last week, and in some instances at a slight advance. In our market we have experienced an increased de mand both for yarns and goods. Warps and pin-cops suitable for the home trade, from 16's to 36's may be quoted fully bd, per lb. higher than on this day week, and other descriptions are in good request at extreme rates. The turn-out hands continues, and has extended to some mills engaged in the production of yarns for the home trade, the descriptions thus affected are becoming scarce, especially common 40's for India, for which quotations can scarcely be given. The active demand for light cotton goods which we have experienced for some time still continues, and in most descriptions of printing cloths and jacconets a slight advance on last week's rates is obtainable. Longcloths and T cloths are rather more inquired for at full prices. Domatics, too, are more ready of sale. ROCHDALE, MAY 16.—The flannel market has not been quite so brisk to-day ; the merchants have bought more sparingly, at former prices. The wool market has been very quiet, and the manufacturers have nearly abstained from purchasing, they being deter mined to work up the stocks th e y have on hand. The London wool sales, which open this week, have had their influence on deterring some from purchasing. It is now considered that the manufacturers have greater stocks of wool on hand than was generally supposed. HALIFAX, MAY 14.—We have again had a very dull day- in our piece hall, and but little business has been done. In the yarn and wool markets there is somewhat of a lull, and no noticeable change, either as to prices or demand. HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 17.—The market has been comparatively dull to-day, not many heavy purchases have been made, which is perhaps partially owing to its being general holiday time. The supply is about even with the demand, as stocks do not seem to increase in the ball. Middle qualities in black and fancy doe skins are the class of goods mostly in request. ZOOLOGICAL -GARDENS ; REGENT'S-PARK.—The ever im proving establishment of the Zoological Society at tracted the most enormous assemblage of visitors on Whit-Monday which has ever been received there. From 10 in the morning until late in the afternoon a continuous stream poured in, whose orderly conduct evinced the interest with which they were inspired by the collection for which the society is celebrated through out Europe. Upwards of 21,000 persons were ad mitted into the gardens in the course of the day, and this number presents a very astonishing increase as compared with even 1851, when the maximum in any one day, as we are officially informed, did not exceed. 15,000. It must be extremely gratifying to the distin guished body who compose the council of this society to find that their efforts for diffusing the particular branch of knowledge which they cultivate have become so popular among the masses. The extreme backwardness of the season has prevented the usual display of flowers in that part of the garden which is particularly appro priated to this object ;, but we observed an abundant promise of good things to come. The collection of marine animals, which has been exhibited occasionally to the members of the society, will be opened to the public on Saturday next, and the notice to that effect appeared to attract great attention, as well as some dis satisfaction that the preparations were not already com pleted. There can be no doubt that the instructive and novel display of the animal kingdom will create greater interest than any previous labour of the society. RYE ELECTION.—The writ for the election of a mem ber for Rye was received at Rye on Sunday, and was duly proclaimed in the usual form on Monday. The nomi nation is fixed for Friday next, and the polling will take place on the following day. The town is all on the alert, and preparations are making on both sides for a severe contest. Owing to recent events very strong feelings prevail. There is no question but that Mr. Mackinnon (father of the late member for Rye), who comes forward in the Liberal interest, is the popular candidate. The circumstances which have transpired as to the disgrace. ful means by which information was furnished on the late inquiry, and the extraordinary part taken by the Tories in seeking to blacken and disfranchise the borough, have naturally created a powerful feeling against that party, and will no doubt p ro d uce a marked effect upon the canvass of Mr. Pomfret, who is said to be the Tory candidate.—Sussex Advertiser. SENTIMENT IN THE DOCK.—The court martial as sembled yesterday, says Galignani, to try a man named Alexander Perrin, for a violation of the laW of recruiting. The accused, it was stated, had led ratber an adventurous life. In 1809 he was drawn in the conscription, and entered a regiment of artillery. He served in Africa, and obtained the rank of sergeant. On his discharge, in 1847, he entered the schools as a law student. But being rather wild, his father, after a time, stopped his allowance. Being without resource's, he, in March, 1848, sold himself as a substitute, obtaining a large sum 'on account of the grade lie had held. He took part in the insurrection of June, 1848, and was condemned to transportation. He was sent to the pontons, but after some month's detention, was released. Instead, how ever, of fulfilling the condition he was under of servino. aFa substitute, he entered a notary's office as clerk. A warrant was issued for his arrest in 1851, but two years passed away before his residence could be discovered. When he learned that the gendarmes were after hint he gave himself up. In his defence he stated that he had not joined the army as a substitute, because the agent ie rernplacement had told him that the young man whose place lie had taken had been called on to serve. He also denied that lie had really fought in the insur rection of June. As he was speaking a child cried, and on glancing round lie saw a young woman weeping with a child in her arms. He fell on his seat as if overcome with emotion, and then rising, said, " Pardon me—but that is my child ! My father is angry with me because I wish to marry that young woman whom I have led astray—and because I have two children by her whom I acknowledge as mine !" The court, after a paternal remonstrance to the accused, condemned him to a month's imprisonment. KING CHARLES' STATUTE AT CHARING-CROgS.—The /warding which has enclosed the statute of Charles 1., at Charing-cross, for some months past, during the modelling of a cast of it for the Crystal Palace at ydenham, has been removed, the works being com pleted. • The statue has been restored and beautified, and is now seen to much advantage. SAILORS' HOME.—From an interesting tabular state ment we extract the subjoined particulars, showing the quantity of gold from the diggings brought to the Sailors' Home by the following seamen, during the last twelve months (in amounts above 1001.): — Name. Amount. Destination. Anderson, Nicholas Anderson, William Sibben John £465 2 2 ... 365 12 0 ... 326 2 11 ... Sweden. Ditto. Colchester. Hendry, William 931 11 6 . Schwartz, Charles 377 6 5.. Morris, .olin 786 5 3 . Brown, Frederick 5OO 14 6 . Harrison, .Aino , a 350 15 6 . --- .... .. ~.. Norwich. ~.. Hamburg. Hamburg. ... Guernsey. ' Thompson William 31`Laren, James 383 15 0 Anderson, Andrew 320 18 ' 7 Jacobsen, John 1,635 0 0 Teneyck, I .. . 361 16 11 Stephens, John 2,284 7 8 Neilson, J 492 0 0 Berwick, David 437 0 0 Reeco, William Evans, Robert 940 8 2 751 11 8 ... Gardigan. Copenhagen. MELANCHOLY DEATH .OF A SPORTING CHARACTER.— Yesterday Mr. G. S. Brent held an inquest in the Strand Union Workhouse, on Thomas Collins, aged 45. It appeared from the evidence that deceased, who was formerly in affluent circumstances, and well known on the turf, had squandered his property in betting, and he became so reduced as to follow the occup a ti on o f "touter," or messenger, at the different races, where he gained great notoriety in consequence of his fleetness in bearing the result of the day's run to his employer. He attended the late Newmarket races, and upon their close came up to London, taking lodgings at a coffee-house in Rupert-street, Haymarket. On Saturday morning, in consequence of deceased not making his appearance, the landlord went to his bedroom, when he found him lying in bed and speechless. Mr. Jones, parochial sur geon, was instantly sent for, who finding him in a sink ing position, had him removed to the workhouse, where he died five hours after his admission, from, as the medical evidence proved, apoplexy. It further appeared that deceased had undergone all the vicissitudes of a sporting life, being one day fortunate, and the next day reduced to the lowest ebb of poverty. Verdict— Natural Death.- A SLANDERER DETECTED.—A tradesman of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, was had up before the magistrates of that town last week, and charged criminally with publishing a libel against a brother tradesman. The libel consisted in sending a letter to a third party, insinu ating that the brother tradesman in question was insol vent. The letter was accidently dropped in the street, and picked up by parties who opened and took a copy of it, by which means the contents became known. The defendant was called upon by'the magistrates to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills a Certain Curs for Eruptions and all Diseases of the Skin. —Extract of a letter from Mr. J. Eiird, 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 short time she was restored to perfect health, and so rema ins. Mr. Bowden, book seller, Gainsborough, and myself, would be happy to satisfy ' any inquiries as to the truth of, this stateent.!' Sold by all druggists ; mid at Professor Holloway's tsta, blisfuneut, 244, §trand, London. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 18. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Hobe, from Christiani a cence Wismar ; Metta Margaretha, Norderschluse ;E' Hamburg ; Patriot, Stralsund ; Graf , von Schweroi• Stettin ; Diana, • Dantzic ; Adler, do. ; Pehr Ennis, St." 11; nesund ; Anna Wilhelmine, Harm • Maly Ann, Pill' Christine, Gyefswald ; Sirius, Rostock; Union, Str a sund ; Louise, Griefswald ; Catherine Maria, Odese; Wilhelmine, Nykiobing ; Claudine Marquise Paulence' Odessa and Malta ; Janet and Margaret, Hambur,gb, , ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Mary 11 ° 1111 : sell, for Madras ; Due Fratelli, Genoa • Julia. Melbou,..era°' Armen, Launceston ; Clipper, Mogadore WhYnal, A ., l l; horn ; Hildegard, Konigsberg ; Flora, DeMerara ; Valencia; Branscombe, Sydney. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Fred /Cril ; helm, for Hambuith • Jenne Victor, Cherburg M'Queen Barbadoes ;'Neptun e, Adelaide ; Maid of 31311. land, Stettin ; Halls, Elsinore ; Echo, Helsinord tar/e, Kurrachee ; Crescent, Elsinore and Rigs garetha, Altona ; John Sugar, Sydney, New South Niro4"— Tre Legshon, Stockhol m ; Dorothea, Aarhuus ; retrell°l Naples. LIVERPOOL, MAY 18. tl st The Osmanli, steam-ship, h ence t o Melbourne, arils tc St. Vincent, on the 20th ult., in twelve days and tic o hours, with passengers and crew all well. The Iron Prince, steam-ship, hence to Australia, t 'at St. Vincent in tw en ty-t wo d a y s , an d remained tbir six hours to coal. The Royal Mail steam-ship Europa, which sailed fr °l/1 0 hence on the afternoon of 'the 14th, was off Portrush a.m. on the 15th inst. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. 1 The Ruby, from Syd ne y, N.S.W., t o L o ndon, 3941 ' lat. 48 N., long. 18 W. • The Alexander 'Hall , ifclo4 London to Australis, 0- 91 on the Equator, long. 20 W. The Glencoe, London to Port Philip, same clo• tr# 11 The Atallca, Liverpool to Sydney, N.S.W., '''` lat. 47 N., long. 11 W. „„- o ssle The Prins Mauritz, Liverpool to Sydney, N.S. ~ ~ day. lal'J The Four Sisters, f ro m Si ngapore t o P or t Philip, 30, in the Straits of Sunda. N T look The Blonde, bound sou th, F e b. 10, lat. 11 ---, 25 W. 25 ' The Enchantress, London t o Syd ne y, N.S.W., Feb. lat. 7 S., long. 32 W. The Avon, of and for Bristol, from Barbados, 35115' lat. 51 N., long. 9 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—MAY 17 ' eac h There were in the market to-day, 5 sacks oatra ol ' weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold at 11 lOs Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MAB I • MAY 17. Supplies were twain large. O le ! Oat straw, from b ss Od to 7s Od per kemplo of 1 6 5$ 00 tron ; wheat do., 5s Od to Gs (hi ; barley do., 4s Od Hay from 10d. to is per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MAY 1 6 . pail, 4 There wore in the mark e t t o -d ay 63 bags ostln-osili" of barleymeal, and 2 bags pot-barley. S a les were I ' o o Oatmeal down 6d on th e top ; second quality the 1 3 01 0 1 last week. Barleym ea l th e same as l as t week. P°'. 4s 6d per bag up. Thi Pl ' Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. „,„ 94 imperial i Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto _ Fi ----$ , Od —s Oct s Od IP Flour, per ditto ---0 —s Od —s Od .Oa Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARKET-MAT 18. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : ' s. 6 s. d. Carr's Hartley La Chester Mai n 16 9 mbton .................. ; 1 6 6 16 9 Pensher ................... 6 Willing,ton Hartley l6 0 Russell's Hetton:. .........i O. Holywell ... .... l6 6 Stewart's ...................... Howard's West Hartley • Cassop . ........... . .... v l r , Netherton • l7 °Rough .................. P. Raveusworth W. Hartleyl7 0!Kelloe .. ... . ................. 1 / 11 , Tanfield Moor Butes l5 0 South Kelloo .............. Wylam 15 6 Whitworth ...............•••16 ; Wallsencl, &c: Tees Johnson 16 0 Richardson's Tees ......... Harton l6 -6.Birchgrove Graigola ..... Eden Main 17 OjCowpen Hartley ........ , Lambtou Primrose 17 O'Hartley .... ............. Bell 17 0 Llangennech ...... ......... ..... 6 Braddyll l6 0 Nixon's Merthyr& Cart`' . o ' Hetton lB 0 Watney'sAuthracite..••• Haswell 18 3 Ships at market.. 4 I Sold 29. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 18. • g oi: STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had almost a total ; D im nation of business in shares to-day, the quotations of ; s re° are slightly under th e p r i ces o f y es t er d ay. Th e now heel in the London and North-Western Company 1,5° ,1eY dealt in rather exte ns i ve ly a t a b ou t 10s. prem. are ~ nian, 35; Lond on an d N or th-W es t ern, 118 ; ditt o (A s!' c olth A pm. ; Midland, 74g ; Manchester, Sheffield, and L' o't. new, 9-10 pm. ; Midland Erewash Valley, 75. M.A_NCHESTER, MAY 18. 14 tO" 4, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Stock Exchange closed ii. py at twelve o'clock, on account of the Whitsuntide p ( '' io wer' The tendency of the market during the mornini , w 3 ' 4 s hir e i The sales were :—Caledonian, 351; East ' Lau ° ao` 18 9-16 ; Lan cas hi re and Yorkshire, 781 ; LontinDlo: North-Western, 118} ; ditto News Eighths, i In n g Ili' chester, Sheffield, and Lincol ns hi re , 30,1- ; Aridlan ' South-Eastern, 22k ; Whitehaven and Furness, 7.4. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 18. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The Rail wa y Share mar ket etiO more animated to-d a y, an d prices were a shale 2 i e rs• Generally an i m p rove d f ee li ng preva il e d amon g The following transactions were reported on 'Cli ° loi Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour V 3llo :,' h roe London and N or th-W es t ern Eighths, lb. 3d. pin • ; bury and Birmingham Stock, 663 ; South stafrol l 13s. 9d. dis. BRISTOL, MAY 18. r dull , STOCK EXCHANGE.—The ci market to-ay was ratbea ffieof without materi a l a lt era ti on i n pr i ces. Br i s t o l a nd 101. Preference sh ares were done at pm.; Great " 90. • SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the (loners by the night—and hi by the morning--dispatch.] AVli en Al O4l. 'FAe n aS COUNTRIES. Day when made up in General Post- Office, London.* From what Port Dispatched. Arnerica(bylirit.pack)N America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N America (by U States packet) ..........N Australia (via South. ampton) Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N Africa (West Coast)..N Alexandria........ N Bahamas ... Belgium Brazil .. MI Buenos Ayres M (;ape of Good Hope .. Cape of Good . Hope Cape de Verds ...N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon Channe! Isles Chili • • ...... China (see India) Colstantinople ......N Constantinople Omit of Europe M & NI Egypt; (see India) Prance ........M & N Gibraltar Greece (see India) Greytown Harnburgit N Havannah NI Holland .. . NI, Ilonduras India (vlaSouthatnot.)M, India (via Marreilles)M lonian Isles (see india)l Ireland & Li ,bon N Madeira ..... Madeira N Malta (see India) Malta N Mauritius (see India) NI ri t: as N Mexico . • Naples..... .• •. • . N New Granada ......N New Zealand Pr pal States N Peninsula Peru .. Port Natal .... . • .• • • N Sicily Tuscany ...... • • • • • • Venezuela .... . • • • • • N Van I.)' eni en's Lend (see Australia) . ...... West Indies .... • • • • 111 (Every Friday .. . May 31 ....... May 25 . ( July 4 ... .... (July 8 73rd of the . month 1,9, 24, & 30 of n► Ath & 20th of non 2nd of the montt 9th of the month.. 9th of the month.. 14th o; the moat 14th of the month 14th of the month. Liverpool .•• 14th of the month Aron „Wed..&Frid., & 17th of month! Liverpool • " 1 ,8,17,21,&27 of ro. 4th Sz 20th of mon Twice daily Twice daily... 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of in * When any of these dispatehe t on the follow Southainottni), ai►d the day pvcaling. 2nd & 17th of mon. Tuesday & Friday 2nd of tl'e trotttk WeOlesday & Sat. 17th of the month. 4th & 20th of mon. Ali& 24th of month Twice daily .... • • 7,9, 17, & 28 of in. 9111 of the month 23rd of the month) 7.17,19,18, 30 ofm 14th of the month) end of the month.. sth 15th2.1thof mon. 2d & 17th of month By private ship • • •,1115th2 5 tholmon . th 17 th2S thofnion & 27th of won month . 12 t t 4 h th o isti t sthlsth2st h o rmon. 2d & 17th of mon th a, >d& 17th of month dates fall on a Sun Ing day. with the ex , ,Ittita, both of lOW Soutbamptoo SontbamP W Dover • rlyMOUth •• Plymouth .• Dover •• ••• SoatlutmP O " SouttuttoP Oll l Dover .. •• • SouthutrlPt°i'l Southamp ton Ply-mouth •• Plymouth •• Plymouth •• Plyrnollth • • u th anW t ", s uthainptOr. e 4 Jd ° 31 31a/ linrol3o qg ..” 1110 I MAY, Zu ' L I)4O Ju ile 16 'Jove. ~ pril Iprt, ?;A0 ar.c'!l6 n 6 ,Pr il , I. reY " 1 D o ver.. .• •• IZav ail Soutiloop;ll,vieed )over •• •. • • • edA IL9 Vic D o ver .• ••• •• 3/ 0 2* Soutilamptolli :4 ' j ' ru°. sroaoc.'f MAY ~1 61 JOY 3 MO i Asa I!LTf:3"o.lve rc'i-.2,43 6u ,-, 1,1 Do ver . • .. • • 11 46 A Aril Plymou th ••J I Southamptoo..isi „xi D o ver • • • • • • 11:004_. Southampton inicort2- Various por44lMo 14 Dover •• • • • Southamptoo..,riv,(l Sou thampto n ; Plymout k •• :Ivo 2.! Do ver .. •• •• ; le y :13 Do ver •• • • •• 4r , i yea Southaroptonl. ive ci 'South an3P :40n:bampton London ••• soathamPt" London • . •_• SOM Sot' h,tmpton Dover • • • • • • o 'Toe( tTio3il.lsll,7lallii(tll:i II will be dispatcliiiil —OO BIRTHS. ruhe Of iryp tl KE le : l:th inst., atOthirCAElmBnOs,ll4toll, Esser, 3.1°. P ; of Lowestoft. On the 16th inst., at Y f 1 S ff lk th e ' ri 0 ° Weston, OF A DAUGHTER. OX 011. , U 0 • On the 15th inst., at No. 7, Charlotte-s4uaro, J'''''ll9l)argit' Mrs. Nosy es. 3 0 " On the 15th inst., at 20, Winvole-strect, Macdonald. th© llon• MARRIED. o ot o Ellop On tho 17th inst., at St. James's, PiccadillYrs iffora o, .lenry Bull, Esq., of Li nd 1(L S usot, sex t ~ °f a daughter of the lato T. IL Plask 'Esq street, and of Sidcup, Kent. DIED. ilvertli' On the 16th inst. at 2, Richmond-terrace,o„A 0 . 1, Hannah Frances, relict of Jobn Blake, Es6 o 0,0" st'° On the 16th inst., at Hampton-terrace, C tha jo Mary, second daughter of B. J. Stickland, Eq• ,„ of On the 17th inst., at Merton Abbey, the residc.!;oo%, sister, Mr. William Maybank, late of Stratford, -I'.' LONDON : Printed and Published by 31 1 :TE - v — ` - ' l ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oilice , : o ti 0 Strand, in Thursday, 7'roeinec of the Savoy, in al e 43° Middlesex, Thursday, May 19, 180.