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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House ofCommons.) XONDAY, APRIL 26. WESTMINSTER AND LAMBETH BRIDGE BILL. Motit'u ma de, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be stow read a second time:"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day six months :"—Question p u t, .. That 'ha word ' now' stand part of the Question." The mouse divided MINORITY—AYES, 26. Aglionby. 11. A. • Grosvenor, Lord R. Philips, Mark Antrobus, Edmund Harmer, Sir John Philpotta, John Isowring, Dr. Thistle, Archibald Stansfleld, W. R. C. Brotherton, Joseph Hay, Sir A. L. Strutt, Edward Clay, -ir W. Hodgson, R. Thornely, T. Cutlet, W. R. Macaulay, T. B. Williams, W. Divett, Edward Mackinnon, W. Duncan, eorge Maitland, Thomas Duneunkl. , , T. • Martin, J. Fitiden,:Jvhn Philips, G. R. TELLERS• Elumridge, Captain Evans, Sir De Lacy :MAJORITY-NOES, 41. Aclii,l, T. IL Al•:o. i 41d, G. Egerton, W. T. Lindsay , Co lonel Br.iine, 11. J. Egerton, Sir F. Mackenzi e, W. F. Fellewes, E. Bind le, W. Mundy, E. Miller Fuller, A. E. - 1 3,11 1' , ),41 , n, Viscount Glynne, Sir S. Nevrdegatc. C. N. 13.c,itine.i Lord G. Goulburn, Henry Newport, Visct. Nicholl, John Bruce, Lord E. Greene, Thomas Round, C. G. C.llll'wi'ler, E. A. Grimsditch, Thomas Round, John Cripps, William gale, R. B. Sheppard, T. Dcede, W. Heneage, G. H. W. Sotheron, T. IL S. Denison, J. E. Hope, Sir •Ir. ~... Trotter, John Dica, Q. Hope, G. W. lloalas, Sir H. Hutt, Willia m TELLEAL nm brumoud, H. Ingestre , Viscount Inglis, Sir R. Luucombe. A. Jones , Ca p tain Law, C. E. SUPPLY. Resolution reported , " That a sum not exceeding 100,0001. be -rented to her Majesty', for Public Education in G reat Britain, in the year 1847. Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the said Re,olutton be now read a second time :"—Amendment pro p sett, to leave out from the word " That to the end of the ton, in order to add the words "any Minutes of the tee of the Privy Council on Education, or other re igula ions, which exclude Roman Catholics from participating in ally grants of public money for purposes of Education, by requlrini in all schools which receive such grants of public n ,,, ne y the use of the authorised version of the Scriptures, are inexpedient, and ought to be rescinded" instead thereof : —question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : Acland, SirJT. Acland. T. D. .4.dderley, C. B. Ainsworth, Peter Ainx, J. P. Antrobus, Edmund Ark wright, George .1., jun. ,01. Y. - alter 4 ;corgis 8.., ti.erman, A. Ea r.:1;, - , Henry Baring, t'. 1. Barnard, L. G. Bo!, .nattheer tell, John /1,11e,v, X. M. Benuoei, John Deni..ick, Lord G. .I:‘,..nit.ek, Lord H. Berenord, Major Berkeley, Captain Itern...;, Ralph .tlitz.courne, J. I. Blnkentore, Borth‘v•ick, i'eter B',. ring, Jiro...Ley, Henry Bruadwood, H. Brotherton, Joseph Ruin:, L. W. Buckley, Edmund R . ) ng, G. S. Cant .vell, Edward Caccadisn, G. 11. Cnatidos, (An W.l). Cl!rt,6(k)ii - ler, 11. MAJORITY—AYES, 203. Gardner, J. D. Morgan, 0. Gladstone, J. N. Morpeth, Viscount Glynn., Sir S. Moths, David Gore, Montagne Morison, General Goring, C. Newdegate, N. Goulburn, Henry Newport, Viscount Greene, Thomas Newry, Viscount Grey, Sir G. Nicholl, J. Grimsditch, T. Norreys, Sir D. Grosvenor. Lord R. O'Conor, Don Hale, R. B. O'Ferrall, R. M. Halsey, T. P. Pakington. Sir J. Hanmer, Sir J. Palmer, Robert Harcourt, G. Parker, John Hardy, John Patten, J. W. Hastie, Archibald Peel, Sir Robert Hatton, Captain V. Peel, Colonel Hawes, Benjamin Perfect, Robert Hay, Sir A. Pinney, William. Hayter, W. G. Protheroe, E. Heathcote, G. J. Pusey, Philip Heathcete, Sir W. Rashleigh, W. Heneage, G. Repton, G. W. Henley, J. W. Rice, E. R. Heron, Sir R. Rich, Henry Hindley Charles Romilly, John Hobhouse, Sir J. Round, C. Hodgson, F. Round, J. Hope, Sir J. Russell, Lord J. Hope, A. Russell, Lord C. Hope, G. W. Rutherford, A. Hernby, John Scott, Francis Hoskins, K. Scrope, G. P. Howard, C W.G. Seynier, H. K. Howard, P. H. Sheridan, R. B. Howard, Henry Shirley, E. J. Hudson, G. Smith, A. Hume, Joseph Smith, J. A. Hussey, Thomas Smith, Vernon Ingestre, Visct. Somerville, Sir W. Inglis, Sir R. Spry, Sir S. Irton, Samuel Stanley, W. 0. James, William Stanton, W. H. James, Sir W. C. Stewart, John Jervis, Sir John Stuart, Lcrd J. dolliffe, Sir W G. H. Stuart, Henry Jones, Captain Stuart, John Kemble, Henry Strutt. Edward Labouchere, Henry Sutton, Henry Lambton, H. Tancred, H. W. Law, Hon. C. E. Thesiger, Sir F. Lawson, Andrew Thompson, Alderman Layard. Major Tollemache, Joins Liddell, Hon. H. T. Trotter, John Lincoln, Earl of Vane, Lord H. Lindsay, Colonel Verner, Sir W. Lockhart, A. E. Vivian, J. E. Lygou, Gen. Vyse, H. Macaulay, T. B. Walsh, Sir J. B. Mackenzie, T. Ward, 11. G. Mackenzie, W. F. Watson, W. H. M`Neill, Duncan Wellesley, Lord C. Maitland, T. Williams, W. Mangles, R. D. Wodehouse, E. Manners, Lord C. Wood, air Charles Marjoribanks, S. Martin, C. W. Masterman, John Milnes, R. Monckton ,r V. ;::,..;ton, Sir W. K. Cu.rper, W. F. G. Cflpp,, ',V. Curtci, 11. B. Dairy,,,,le, Captain 1). A. W. J. E.l 1/;,11,0:1, E. B. Dick, I 2. F. U. George Duao.dibe, 0. Luiukt.+, Sir David . B. I:ocingto3, Viscount kgtrt.:ll, sir P. William Veriuson, Sir R. 4,4 t or g . Tiloyer, John For.w., William Forsi,r, :klattliew Yux, S. L. French, F. Ftnit,r, 1. B. TELLERS. Tuthell, Hoary Hill. Lord Marcus MINORITY-NOES, 22. Aglionby, Ti. A. Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, M. J. Aran .cl, Earl of Fitzwilliarn, G. W. Philips, Mark Br gait, John Macnamara, Major Roebuck, J. A. CAU.44 Ilan, D. M`Carthy, Alex. Thornely, T. Coileit. John Marsl an d, Henry Craw ,. .''''. W. t• Mitchell, T. A. 1)e, ,, • VIM. J. Muntz, O. F. I, r can, Lir , O'Brien, C. O'Brien, Timothy )4cett. ki ....aasi TELUGU. Molesworth, Sir W. buncombe, Thomas ARM SEA V ICE BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS-APRIL 26. DIVISION ON THE SECOND READING. CONTENTS. Lord Chancellor EARLS. BASONS. DUKU. St. .11bans 13,11t:rd Nv e.L Lovelace Foley Devon nAILQUISES. Cidtvicl..rde Zl eILII Upton EARLS. Claretlitt,ti Biini,t:4t, a A uc:ii:Ltid Minty r ugh ricy t PON, Catdoys Cowper Campbell Zetland Erskine Effingham WI ottesley Camperdown Monteagle, of Bran- Forttscue don Waldegrave Colborne Suffolk and Berkshire Sudeiey Ilchester Glenelg Ellesmere De Freyne Dalhousie Byron St. Germans Dacre Bruce Montfort Teynham De Mauley Denman Leigh Beaumont Carrington Churchill Wharncliffe Lyttelton VISCOUNT. Falkland BISHOPS. St. Asaph Worcester Durham Salisbury BARONS. Strafford DUXES. luchmuud Newc,stle Br:tufo:1 Bucx tugtiam tltvelana ALA aQ,719E11. ~~ ~ m•h~,stcr EAM.S. r:!;n , u tin timr.l.ury s .... „~ . r NON-CONTENTS. LARLS. BARONS. Somers Kenyon Ellenborough Bolton Stradbroke Rodney Orkney Wynford Leven and Melville Colville Longford Hoyt esbury Hardwicke Sondes Sheffield De Roe Limerick Ashburton Lonadale Stanley Desart Blayney Harewood Gray Romney Templemore Eldon Colchester VISCOUNTS. Saltoun Beresford Tenterdeax Combennere Faversham BARONS. Southampton Redesdale Brougham FOR. 1:•.,1 01 Leicester 1 Spencer 1 of Radnor r: Dude PAIRS. AGAIXST. Earl of Lauderdale Earl of Charlevillo Lord Walsingham Marquis of Salisbury Lord Gardner Lord De Li.Ve Lord Willoughby d'Ercsby Viscount Strangford Duke of Montruse Lord Boston. Lora Crewe o d Langdale .rquis of Conyngham Ea , of Fingal' irquis of Donegal COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS (YESTERDAY). LIVER - POOL WATERWORKS. A v , ry numerous Committee assembled this morning on the Hilt of the Corporation of Liverpool, for a better supply .of water to that town. The Bill is opposed by the liar all,g,on Waterworks Company, the Boodle Company, and a array of proprietors. There was a large array .t the bar, and after the examination of a few witnesses nn - :,e ',eta of the case, and a long argument between the engaged for the several parties, at the suggestion of t h“ C-mmittee, an adjournment took place, to enable the two ex ist i , :g Waterworks C om p an i es t o come to an arrangement 41 aid provisions of an agreement for the sale of their pro ve the Corporation. After this is settled, it is agreed he Committee shall proceed with the merits of the Bill. I.)!'.•:NING OF THE BROMPTON COUNTY COURT.— tO 1 2.1%c the Brompton County Court for the recovery of itti) under 20/. was opened in the large room of the Paken n-iiii Auns Tavern, Knightsbridge-green, which has been 1 srily fitted up for the purpose, until a Court-house is e • ea, tn-fore Andrew Amos, Esq., the Judge appointed by rd Chancellor to that and the lllarylebone and Brent / e nnty Courts, Mr. W. Burrows being the clerk, and iiogers the high bailiff: The district comprises those ▪ of the parishes of Kensington and Hammersmith ▪ of the centre of the Uxbridge-road, from where Ham "''mallgit joins Acton parish, and passing through Victoria : 'terms Hyde park, and through Albert-gate and down Ktonei:7,t‘_re__‘ofeS. lo_ane-atreet to the river Thames, includes Chelsea, and Fulham. The sitting will, on 'l, i .e, undereM three d a y s; yesterday, cases under M. ; Ott • :.once of persons; w and on W e d nes d ay, under 201. The as most numerous, b u t no cases o f interest occurred. i' A TALL ACCIDBITT By M A by Mr. i-CHINERY.—An inquest was htiti on Monday i fre, at the Plough, Carey. y of Timothy Lowlev, street, it ac Inn-fields, on Nwecgikoed with his father it :age d thirteen. The deceased Wel lington -stre e t .Bieleticia'a papier machi work North, strand, and on the afternoon 15 s i ethe 13th instant, -whilst alone in a room in which he wa o - playing with some steam machinery n otwitl rn is i t 'l° n 3'e ' z 4 1, ee gut 'been can: ioned repeatedly of the danger, byathariun his ;right hand between two large iron rollers revolvingtin gr:nding paper to a pulp, and before he could a t w with draw draw it, the rollers drew the hand and arm in as high a s th e shoulder ; his screams brought assistance, and the engine was instantly stopped, but before the arm could be extricated the machinery had to be taken fo pieces, when it was found ,shockingly mutilated. He was conveyed to the King's Col lege Hospital, where subsequently the arm was amputated, but he died on Friday last from the effects of the injury. Verdict, "Accidental death." AN ADVENTUROUS ACT.—On Wednesday a daring act wa.‘ performed on the river by an American seaman. His vessel L =:ing on the point of leaving for New York, he for warded his sea chest on board. On going to the ship, how ever, w:len she had anchored in the river, off the Prince's Parade, half way across the stream, he found that some mis ts tuned ; and determined not to leave without his A t of o r yt,.- ortbwith plunged overboard, and, notwith erful ebb of the tide, swam boldly ashore to , ,l-f - AFrefiade ) bolduTtin one heed a bundle of clothes of by no i , :ttrea9^' 10p,ii,derab1e size. On landing, though dripping with avet . .,h4Spiffiared to treat the feat with the utmost uoneha -40211a• • -,;; • 1 THE SITN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, lBi7. IAILWAY COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(CESTERDAY). GROUP I. ad eSelect Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group, reassembled in Room 30, at the usual hour this morning; Mr. W. O. Stanley in the chair. ' TEE 'flummox (MXD-BENT) SCHEME. Mr. At:m:4 resu med his reply. He commenced this morning with the question of competition. He contended that if the Committee were so enamoured of that pr i nciple as to induce them to grant the Brighton Mid Kent line, they could not refuse the Croydon line to the South-Eastern Company, ' because without that short branch the South-Eastern would be at the mercy of the Brighten Company, and would a l so h ave the key of the continental traffic in their possession, and that state of things would effectually render all competition nuga tory. Again, he must tell : he Committ ee t h at t h e Br i ghton Company were not anxious to make the line. It was not promoted by them for the purpose o f b e i ng made, b ut with the view of defeating the South-Eastern plan. The Committee were aware of the 20,0001. tax the Croydon Company received from the South-Eastern Company, without expending one farthing on their part, and nothing was too desperate for them to under take to perpetrate that abominable impost. They found no difficulty in entering into agreements with landholders, be cause they never intended to carry them out. It was a feel ing of that sort which had dictated their " bid" for this line. The Committee would perceive that nothing was heard of the low Brighton fares until after Mr. MacGregor had stated the tolls the South-Eastern Company were prepared to pledge themselves to. It was a palpable trick, a species of bribe held out to the Committee, or why were not the fares mentioned in the Brighton Bill. He hoped, therefore, the Committee would, by their decision, discountenance this forced and unnatural species of bidding for lines, and teach the Brighton Company that the time had arrived when Parliament telt called upon to put a stop to such abominable trickery on the part of pnblic companies. He could not find terms sufficiently strong to express his disgust of conduct like this, but he hoped when the Brighton Company came before a Committee for Bills again, Parliament would inflict retributive justice upon them by inserting a clause in one of their Bills, compelling them to take the low fares they had attempted to bribe the Committee with on that occasion. But the trick should not succeed, and he would tell the Committee why they should not succeed. The public, at all events, should not be injured by the conduct of the Brighton Company in respect to low fares. He had advised his clients—and all who were present well knew that he was speaking literal facts—he had advised his reluctant clients to meet the attempt of the Brighton Company, if the members of the Committee thought it right to encounter the responsibility, by pledging them selves to adopt the fares of the Brighton Company. - He made this offer to defeat the trick of the Brighton Com pany, but he hoped the Committee, if they did not feel themselves bound by the bid of the Brighton Company, would not accept. It was not an offer made spontaneously by his clients, but by himself, and he made it as he had stated to defeat dishonourable trickery. He hoped, however, the Committee would see tit to pass the South-Eastern Bill without feeling themselves called upon to ask the company to pledge themselves to the ruinously low fares of the Brighton Company. The room was then cleared, and the Committee having deliberated for about half an hour, strangers were readmitted and the CHAIRMAN announced the • and Dewsbury; Great Northern, and Manchestur and Leeds Railway Companieo. The estimated cost was 300,0001. After some further evidence on behalf of the scheme had been taken, the case for the promoters closed. The case for the opposition of the Bradford and Leeds Company, which petitioned against the Bill, was then taken. Mr. Robert Stephenscn was examined with the object of showing that the levels of the scheme were objectionable, and that the several lines could not be accommodated in the mode proposed. Mr. Locock and several other gentlemen of Leeds were likewise examined against the scheme as objectionable, and preferring the plan proposed by the Leeds and Bradford Company. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow (this day) at twelire o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COVR7' OF QUEEN'S BhIVCII, April 26. WOILIIER AND OTHERS V. TOBY. In this case an action had been brought by the plaintiffs, who were the members of ,the " managing committee" of the "Direct Exeter. Plymouth, and Devouport Railway Company," against the defendant, to recover the sum of 1051., being the amount of the deposits payable in respect of 40 shares which the plaintiffs had allotted to hint in the said company. At the trial a verdict was given for the plaintiffs, but in the following term a rule nisi for a new trial and in arrest of judgment had been obtained by Mr. Sergeant Kinglake. Mr. C3OWDER, Q,C. (with whom was Mr. Greenwood), now showed cause against the rule. He stated, that on the 13th of October, 1845, the defendant had addressed a letter to the provisional managing committee, in which he laid, " I request you to allot to me 50 shares in the above com pany, and I undertake to accept of the same, or such smaller number as you may please to allot to me." And' Curt her— ---- " I undertake to pay, when required, the deposit of 21.125. 6d. per share." The allotment was made on the 15th of December, when a letter was addressed by the secretary to the defendant as " I am instructed to acquaint you that the company have allotted you 40 shares in the abov e un d ertaking, on which a deposit of 2/. 12s. 6d. per share must be paid to one of the undermentioned bankers on or before the 20th of December.* It had been contended by the Learned Sergeant, on the part of the defendant, that.the contract was made with the " provisional committee," and that they should have been the plaintiffs • but he would contend t h at t h e contract was made with the "committee of ma nagement. " At the time tielettera the ppl yingfor shares was sent , namely, on the 13th of i October, plaintiffs were the parties who were acting on the committee. The letter itself was addressed to "The Provisional Committee of Management," or managing com mittee; and the " managing committee" were the proper per sons to sue in this action. There was no other company at that time. The defendant said that the plaintiffs were not the persons with whom he contracted, that they were merely agents of the provisional committee, and that the provisional committee ought to have been the plaintiffs. The Learned Counsel contended that there were cases which showed, that when a party made a contract in the name of another the agent might sue ; and that that was no inconvenience to the dfendant, for he was, in that case, entitled to the same right of set off. In addressing the letters to " th e p rov i s i ona l committee of management," it was the same thing as if he had addressed it to them by name. Secondly, it had been contended, that there had been a change in the members of " the provisional committee" between the time when the application for shares was made and the time when they were allotted ; that some names had been omitted and some had been added. That might be so, but " the com mittee of management" were the same; they were the seven plaintiffs, and they had not been altered. They were acting as such both at the time of the application for shares and at the time of the allotment. A third objection had been taken, that the committee of management had allotted only 36,000 shares, but that the defendant contracted to take shares in a concern in which there were to be 40,000. The capital was to be 1,000,0001., and to be divided into 40,000 shares of 25/. each. He contended that the committee of ma nagement were not bound to allot every one of the shares. If there were any fraud, that would be for the jury; but that was not even pretended in this case. The defendant had pleaded a plea of fraud and covin, but he had not endea voured to substantiate it. It was clear that this was a bond . fide undertaking. If there had been only 10,000 shares al lotted the case might have been different. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—The defendant says that part of the consideration was, that there should be 40,000 shares allotted. Mr. CROWDIR continued—He contended that the allot ment of 40,000 shares was not a condition precedent; if it were, it would be a ground of arrest of judgment. It was further contended by the counsel for the defendant, that the action could not be sustained, because, on the authority of " Nockells v. Crosby," and " Walstab v. Spottiswoode," the defendant would have a right of action against the company to recover back his money, on the ground of the abandon ment of the scheme and the failure of the consideration. But, he would ask, could the defendant have brought such an action on the 21st of December, the day after he should have paid the deposit? Besides, what was it that occa sioned the failure of this scheme? Nothing but the default of the defendant and other allottees. If they had fulfilled their part of the contract the scheme would not have been abandoned ; it would have gone on, for it was a good undar taking. The defendant could not allege his own default as an answer to this action. The doctrine laid down in “ Walstab v. Spottiswoode" was not yet settled law, for it remained to be decided by the Court in Error. Again it was argued that the contract had been incorrectly stated in the declaration, as it was not alleged that 40,000 shares were to be allotted, and there was no averment that that number had been allotted. If that were a condition prece dent, the object would be veld. But the application for shares was made when it was not known that there were applications for so many as 40,000 shares. Suppose 39,999 shares had been allotted, is it to be supposed that the failure to allot that one share would be sufficient to avoid the con trsct? It should have been put to the jury, whether it was a substantial part of the contract; but it was not so put to them. The defendant ought to have shown that there was a substantial variation between the two things. In this case 36,400 shares had been allotted, and the rest were re served for the previsional committee. There never was a company in which every share was allotted. It was always thought proper to reserve shares, in case of amal gamation with other companies, and for landowners on the line. His Learned Friend further contended, that part of the consideration was, that the plaintiffs contracted to en deavour to obtain an Act of Parliament, and had not ful filled that part of their contract- He (Mr. Crowder) con tended that they would have done so but for the default of the defendant and the other allottees. The plans and sections of the railway were made and deposited in the usual way, for it was thought to be a very good line, and Mr. Sergeant King lakecould rot deny that. But there was nothing mentioned about going to Parliament in the letters which formed the contract. It was objected further, that the defendant did not promise to pay the deposit on the 20th ofJ)ecember, but When he was required. The two letters, however, must be taken together ; and he contended that they showed, sub stantially, an agreement to pay on the 20th of December. The declaration might, perhaps, have been open to a special demurrer, but it was too late to make such an objection after verdict. Then, it was cont ended that the damages could not amount to more than 3s. per share, because of the resolution of the committee, that if the allottees would pay that turn, it would be safficient. The defendant did not go to the jury upon it ; but the Learned,Judge said, that if there was any point of law in it, the Court might reduce the damages as it might think fit. He contended, that as the defendant had con tracted to pay a certain amount and had failed to do so, the measure of damages was tke sum which he contracted to pay. Another objection made by the Learnsd Sergeant was, that the Learned Judge misdirected the jury as to the reasonable ness of the time when the shares were allotted after the ap plication. The Learned Judge left it to the Ital. to say, whether they were allotted within a reasonable time ; own opinion, that the allotment was That was not a misdirection. If the share s h a d no t b een a ll ot t e d madean A d l r h . l‘ e j,i tu e hs x itn p i c r ea e s pr s e e Aa d r rs o h n i E a s s bo o lN w e within a reasonable time, that would have gone to the plea of fraud and covin. Mr. CROWDER continued—lf the allottees had kept their faith the scheme would have gone on. There was no fraud; the plaintiffs were ready and willing to perform the contract on their part. It was urged by the Learned Sergeant, in arrest of judgment, that, as it appeared by the advertisement that 40,000 shares were to be allotted by the company, it ought to have been alleged that that number had been al lotted ; but that could not be a condition precedent, and therefore it was not necessary to allege it at all. On these grounds he submitted that the rule must be discharged. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE, in support of the rule, said— The first question was, with whom was the contract made? The evidence was that it was made with the provisional committee, and not with the managing committee, who were the mere agents of the provisional committee. The pro jectors of the scheme were the members of the provisional committee, who held themselves out to the public in the pro spectus as the projectors. The Learned Sergeant then read the original prospectus to show this. They were there called the provisional directors, and a very long list of names was appended That list of names might now be very inconvenient, AIN Ferrara, the secre tary, had told the Court, that the provisional directors and the provisional committee were the same body. The pro visional directors named their solicitors, their acting en gineers, their secretary, and their local agents. The pro visional committee published that prospectus, and directed applications for shares to be made to " the provisional com mittee of management," without mentioning their natties. When deposits were paid, a receipt was given to the follow ing effect t—" Received, &c., on account of tie Provisional Committee of th e Di rec t Exeter, Plymouth, and Devon port Railway Company," That showed that the contract was made with the provisional committee, who Walt the projectors. The managing committee" was merely a sub-committee of the provisional committee, and acting under them, with but a limited authority On the 13th of October, 1845, the "managing committee" wrote to Saunders and Co., of Exeter, in the tiatni of the provisional committee, to make arrangements for open ! ing an account with that bank. On the 17th of October they passed a reeolution, in which it was recited that they had been appointed by a Dpttial meetint of the prOli• sional committee held at Exeter, which had determined that the committee of management should consist of twelve mem bers, with power to add three to their number, and that Mr. E. Woolmer should be the chairman. The prospectus was put forth by the provisional committee, who had done these acts, and applications for shares were to be made to the pro- visional committee. Mr. Justice PATrEstra—The applications were to be made to: " the provisional committee of management," and the defendant in his application says, " I retitled you to allot to me," &c., "subject to the regulations of the tiettipite3e" making a distinction between the managing committee and the company. Mr. sergeant itiNtiLAttiti enntintied.=The prospectus was issued before the " committee of management" WAS formed, and it could not have referred to them. Lord DENMAN—If the managing comm itt ee was in exist ence when the application for shares WAS made, it roast apply to them. J „ us t t i liltaenEzmitteesr is Mn, Sergeant KIM:MAKS—The word " provisiona l" is not applicable to a managing comMitteeman ; it is only appli cable to those who a re going to Parliament . The words " cottimittee of m ana g e m e nt" Lord DitxmAlt—But that will not prevent them froth mak ing contracts. gr. Justice WitnersiAte —Suppose the case were reversed, T o obtained areed all called " provisional cora . imply that they are agents. and Toby had had to sties ate. tiergeint tiiiieltalg —1 he defendant *Mild hate sued the provisional committee; he knew nothing of any other parties; On the I st; 15 t h ; 17th; and 27 th of De cember, 4 ntriotis thetters Wef e f e f e efed to the provieional committee by the committee of m anage ment ; and, on the la tter date, the y Wtre summoned to consider the best means of settling the c 1 rlms off the tiotiiptinp Th e eornmittee of management had y only a delegated authority. The provisional committe t e, on t tne recoriimendation of the co mmittee of management, made to each allottee for Solved that applieatiotm should h given T he Learned " Piggot v. Sc. peE ~hare;) and that If that &Atli "tire tint paid time other means w o uld be had reco urse to. _ Sergeant cited the case of Thomson" to show, that where a contra c t wasre made w pay a sum of money the treasurer of certain com missioners, an act i o n the name of the treasurer Mild !lilt be sustain ed. Mr. Justice Eels--That WaS a co ntract with the commis to missioners to pay the treasurer. Mr. Sergeant Km Gta uctr.--The contract here was made with the provisio na l committee, through the medium of the committee of management. There was also a change of the provisional commit tee . The contract was made up by the proposal and acce p tance an d he contended that the accept ance must be in the terms of th e p ro p osal. Here that was not the case. Th e names O f the provisional com mi tt ee wer e , a very material p ar t o f t he contract, upon the faith of which the defendant m a d e hi s a pplication for shares. Lord DENMA:g—You say that the contract is not the same if the names be ch ange d i scigitics of wax% &fey the prospectus provides all Mr. Sergeant KINCLAKE—The contract was that 40,000 shares should be allotted, and they ought either to have I allotted them, or to have been willing to do so. If the de fendant contracted for a certain portion of 40,000 shares, and that portion of 36,000 was allotted to him, that was not the same contract. There were applications made for 45,000 shares, but they did not allot them ; they reserved them for the provisional committee, to take them or not as they should please. The cases of "Fox s. Clifton," and "Nockell v. Crosby," were in point. If the terms of the contract were not fulfilled a party. might recover his deposit. The only dif ference was, that there the scheme had been abandoned, and the abandonment was proof of the failure of the considera tion. " Walstab v. Spottiswoode" and "Pitchford v. Davis" showed that the allotmeht of shares , was a part of the con tract. The case of" Wontner e. Sharp," before the Common Pleas, showed that it is part of the contract that the whole number of shares should be allotted. He contended, also, that the contract was not correctly stated. There was no allegation that the plaintiffs were ready to allot the 40,000 shares, and they did not prove it at the triaL There was no allegation that the plaintiffs were ready to go to Parliament. The Learned Sergeant contended that the contract to pay was not properly alleged in the declaration. The contract was to pay when required, not on a particular day, as alleged. They ought to have alleged that the contract was a contract to pay when required, and then to have alleged that they did re quire him to pay within a reasonable time. If they had done so, the defendant might have taken issue on the reasonable ness of the time. The plaintiffs had no right to let October, November, and part of December go on, and then suddenly to require payment. As to the amount of damages, the plaintiffs had themselves shown that 3s. per share would cover all the lois sustained. There was an omission of the ellegation to pay on the 20th of December, but the record was amended on the morning of the trial. The Learned Sergeant submitted, that, if the decision in " Waltstab p. Spottiswoode" was good law, the plaintiffs were not entitled to any damages, for they must pay the money back, and were not entitled to deduct anything for expenses. There was one question left to the jury, and that was whether the shares had been allotted within a reasonable time. It was quite clear that they did not think of allotting the shares; they waited from the 13th of October till the 15th of December, when the panic came. The question was, whether they accepted the offer of the defendant within a reasonable time? Lord D*NMAN—Is there such an issue? Mr. Sergeant KING&AKE—That arose on non assumpsit. The Learned Judge told the jury that he did not see that there was anything to show that the allotment was not made within a reasonable time. He submitted that the Learned Judge ought not to have left it with that strong remark to the jury; and the ju-y, in adopting it, gave their verdict, be submitted, against the evidence. On these grounds he trusted that their Lordships would make the rule absolute. Mr. MONTAGU SMITH, on the same side, said that the committee of management were never alluded to in the prospectus, and their Lordships would not go out of the document, unless there was a latent ambiguity. It there was any ambiguity it was patent upon &be face of the docu ment. Mr. Justice PATTESON—That is assuming that any person reading it would come to the conclusion that "the provisional committee" and " the provisional committee;of management" are the same. But I think that any one reading it would conclude directly the contrary. Mr. Mown , .Gu SMITH—By the Registration Act (7 and 8 Victoria, chap. 110), each member of the committee was bound to take shares in the company. In this case that was not done. He contended that a party might contract with a known agent when the principal was unknown, but not with an unknown agent when the principal was known. A party contracting with an agent elects him as it were eo nomine, but here the defendant did not know the names of the committee of management. He contended that the names were most material, and put the case of a provisional committee consisting of the names of Iludson, Glynn, and a gentleman residing at Boulogne, and supposed the two former names to have been withdrawn. Not one of the directors had bound himself to pay anything; they should have been bound in the same way as others. The Learned Counsel cited the case of "Boach v. White," to show that the allot ment of the shares was part of the consideration. In con sequence of the non-allotment of the whole nutither of shares, the defendant was called upon to pay 1-36,0J0th fnstead of I-40,000th part of the whole. As soon as the committee allotted the shares, they passed a resolution that, if the par ties would pay 3s. per share, they should be released from further liability. He would ask who was liable to the de fendant? The provisional committee or the committee of management? The committee waited till the panic came, and then allotted the shares. Lord DENINIAN said, the Court would consider their judg. ment. - Tuesday, April 27. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a full Court.) The Court took the special paper &:1-day, and several cases of some length were heard, none of which possessed any feature of public interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Robert Brownrigq Tolfrey, a . fashionably-dressed young man, residing at No. 36, Howland-street, Fitzroy-square, was charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing a gold chain, and a purse containing one suverign, the property of Eliza Williams, 60, Poland-street, Soho. The complainant, who is, what is termed, a " gay lady," stated that she arrived at Lambeth from Richmond on board of her yacht, on the preceding, night, and proceeded to the saloon in Windmill-street to meet a particulor friend. As soon as she entered the place she was accosted by the defen dant, who requested her to dance with him. She consented, and after two or three turns round the room, she felt a jerk at her neck chain. She took little notice of that at the time, but, subsequently, a lady came up to her, and in formed her that she had been robbed. She (complainant) put her hand to her neck and missed the chain. She then went in pursuit of the prisoner, and saw him hand some thing to a friend who was with him ; they were about leaving the place when complainant called a constable and gave the prisoner in charge. On her arrival at the station she missed her purse, and as the prisoner was the only "gent" who had been dancing with her, she felt confident he must have stolen her puroe. Police-eoncololg. $5 C, was on duty in Windmill-street at twenty minute,. *tst two that morning, when h. was in formed that a lady had been robbed at the Saloon. He pro ceeded to the place, and received charge of the prisoner, and conveyed him to the station, where he was searched, but nothing belonging to the complainant was found upon him. In answer to Air. BINGHAM, the prisoner said he was of no profession or trade. He was a gentleman living on his pro perty. He denied being guilty of such an accusation. BINGIIA3I remanded him tdl to-morrow (this day). We understand that it is probable that the vacant bishopric of f=odor and Man will be conferred on the Hon. and Rev. R. Eden, Vicar of Battersea, and brother to the Earl of Auckland.—Morning paper. ARRIVAL OF THE PENINSULAR MAIL.—The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain J. Bowen, from the Peninsula, arrived at Southampton at half past eleven o'clock oa Monday, and landed mails from the fol lowing places and dates, in charge of Lieutenant Ray, Mini , ralty agent. The mails were forwarded to London by the half-past twelve o'clock train. Dates of Sailing :—Gibraltar, April 15th; Lisbon, 20th and 21st; Oporto, 22d; and Vigo, 23d. Stations of her Majesty's Ships :—ln the Tagus, the Hibernia, (flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker), Tra falgar, Canopus, Superb, America, Sidon steam frigate, Phoenix, and Polyphemus. At Gibraltar, the Virago. At Oporto, the Gladiator, Jackal, and Nautilus. Stations of Vessels of War of Foreign States.—ln the Tagus, Cygne (French brig), and Villa de Bilbao (Spanish frigate). At Vigo, on the 11th inst., the Isabelia 11. (Spanish frigate). sic Fox CLum.—The third meeting of the Fox Club this year was held on Saturday at Brookes's. The chair was taken, at half-past seven o'clock, by Earl Fitzwilliam, and among the distinguished noblemen and gentlemen pre sent were, Lord Zetlaml, Dr. Lushington, Lord Fingall, the lion. G. S. Byng, Lord Milton, Sir R. Heron, Mr. Philips, the Hon. E. Mastyn, - Mr. l)enisrn, Lord M. Hill, Mr. R. Alston, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Fox Mauls, Mr. Rutherford, Colonel Keppel, Mr. Howard, Colonel Ferguson, Sir R. Adair, Lord de Manley. Lord James Stuart, Lord Strafford, Lord Leicester, Lord Sudely, Lord Duncan, &c. MR. O'CONNELL—The Debuts says—" On the 22d of April, at eleven in the morning. Mr. O'Connell and his suite, consisting of his son Daniel O'Connell, his chaplain, his physician, and one servant, embarked at Lyons on board the steamer which runs from that city to Valence. It had been arranged in Lyons that the illustrious invalid should remain in some town in the south of France until his strength should permit. him to continu e his j ourney to Rome." The Gazette de Lyons says—" We saw O'Connell step out of a the carriage which brought hi m down to the steam-boaht,an we ex perienced an indefinable feeling of sadness. 'N v said i're; is this the man who fille d the world with his name, and made tnistetta tremble?' (1) Life seems to have flown from the Liberator's countenance. lie advanced slowly, resting on his physician and his chaplain, heedless of the persons who bowed to him as a mark of respect, and who had come to take a last farewell of the persons of his suite. It seemed to us as if we had before us Ireland still strong in her power ful Catholic organization, but sinking and dying. May Heaven protect O'Connell and Ireland I Drs. Bonnet and Yiricel, who have attended O'Connell during his stay here, hgve recommended that he be accompanied by a physician from Lyorls, RH Dr. Lacour has been selected. Thus it is to a Lyons physiciail that the precious life is intrusted for the future." -- --- DEATH OF MR. THOMAS MARTIN, M P.—lntelH oned fettelipfi town yesterday afternoon, that Mr. Thomas Martin, M.P., dire Of the representatives for the county Gal way, died on Friday last, at Ballinahiech Castle, Connemara, from the effects of malignant (cVOr, taught in the discharge of his (lan as Poor-law Guardian of the Clifden Union. THE FoRORD S6Rir.—West and Farrnery, who have been chafgeti *kit uttering forged scrip, were brought up at the Mansion noilso fuf further examination. Mr. Clarkson attended for the proseattiott, and Mr, Ballantine and Mr. Hobler for the prisoners. Additiolidi evidence was ddcluted to prove the identity'of West with Perry, the Writer of several letttlrs Instructing brokers to sell forged shares. Mr. Clarkson then brought forward a new case against West. It was that he had uttered lad forged shares of the London and South-Western Railway Company to Messrs. Berkeley and Co., sharebrekers. Evidence similar to that adduced in the other case was called, and distinctly showed that West had Wiled the forged scrip, and obtained the market price of the real scrip for them, The Lord Mayor refused to take bail. PHYSICAL VERSUS MORAL---Whether the Physi , cal wants should be remedied through the Moral, or the Moral through the Physical, has been a question which has occupied the attention of philosophers and philanthropists for centuries. Without attempting to decide the question, there can be no doubt that when the Physical condition is impaired it demands the first attention. For instance; a person whilst suffering from an acute attack of Gout would be unable to appreciate the sublimest lessons of philosophy, even though enunciated by the divine Plato. How much more welcome to the sufferer would be a box of Blair's Gout and Rheumatia Pills, so efficacious in eradicating this distressing malady. Bell Life in London, of May 2, will have the fullest and Most Correct particulars of Chester Races. " Bell's 1 Life" will contain, on Sundav, May 9, a perfect chart of the different race courses on Newmarket -heath, showing dis tinctly the positions and lengths of each, their rises and falls, surveyed with great care by Mr. J. F. Clarke, of Newmar ket, The want of such a guide, with comprehensive expla nations, has long been wanting; and, as it will be a source of continual reference, we would recommend those who desire to possess it to order extra papers. A sixpence enclosed to Mr. Clement, jun., No. 170, Strand, will insure a copy of Bell's Life at any time by return of post to any part of Eng land, Scotland, or Ireland. The Newmarket, Epsom, and Bath Spring Meetings, with the French Steeple Chases, were given in Bens Life in Londou, of April 18, to the extent of seven folio columns. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--A CERTAIN CURE OF SCROFULA oa KING'S EVIL. ay HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—A Farcurrui Coss.—A young. man named Bowman, a shoemaker, living ioJaines-street, Manchester, had been afflicted from childhood with the most malignant kind of scrofulous ulcers, covering various parts of his body ; besides other sufferings, they had dernived'him of the use of his left leg ; yet, extraordinary to relate, this poor fellow has not only had all the ulcers soundly healed, but has likewise re gained the complete ass of his limb by means of these two wonderful vierlic.inag —.sal by ever y xuadicins vsuclor• 1 St al ' gat frokitai 401 97,6 70 344 ' KM* RAILWAY. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL N. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had another fiat market Por shares. There was a large quantity of stock again to-day in the market for sale, and although lower prices were marked, buyers could not be found. The sales are—Am bergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 1 dis. —Blackburn, Clitheroe, ice., Preference, 1 4 p.—Birmingliam and Oxford, 7% p.—Eastern Counties, 1814—East Lanca shire, New (acrip), Is. 3d. dis.—East Lincolnshire, p.— Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 8 1 4 p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, p.—Ditto, Extension, % p.—Liverpoel, Cheshire, and Southport, % p.—London and North-Western,l7o—Ditto, Quarters (London and Birming ham), 15% p.—Ditto,4ol. Shares (Loudon and Manchester), 25 p.—Ditto, Quarters, New, 9% p.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 5% p.—Manchester. and Leeds, Fifths, 4 p.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), R., p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), par—Mid land Stock, 114—Ditto, 40/. Shares, 31i p.—Ditto, New, 1% p.—North British, New. Quarters (scrip), % p.—North Stat • fordshire, 1% p.—Preston and Wyre,34 3 4--Shrewsbury and Cheshire (late North and West Midland), New, 2% p.— Shrewsbury and Cheshire, New, par—Shrewsbury an d Bir mingham 9/. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), 1,4 dis. ex int.—South- Eastern, No. 2, par—Ditto, N 0.4, Thirds, ls. 3d. dis. Name of Company. sustralasia .......... f3ritsh North American 3ommercial of London 3olonial.. . Londn and Westminstr London Joint-Stock Metropolitan . Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New......... National of Ireland .. Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New... Union of Australia.... Union of Lundon.. • .- Dividend per Annum. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. 8f: per cent. N. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. Amount of Share. s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 .0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 •10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 Price ' CANALS. i ..l Dividend e. • Names of I C Dividend Names of +- Price. per price. Companies. 2 per Companies. A : Annum.' v Annum. -,--- ---. kshtn & Oldh 97 51.55. p c 70 Monmout hsh 100 101. - Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley •. • • 160 121. j 180 Macclesfield. 1001 - - liasingstoke..•loo - I- Neath - • ... 100 21/. 340 itrknk&Abrg 150 i 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. i - - ..:romford..•. 100 , 141. ' - Peak Forest. 78 3/. 40 Dudley.•.... 100 4/. I - Regent's •• • . 33 1/. 45. 19 Derby • .... 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 Ellsmre&Chs 131 41. j b 5 Shropshire • • 12.5 81. - E:ewash •• • 100 321. ' - Somrset Coal 150 7/. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunctn 100 6/. 75 Stffrd & Wore 140 281. 275 Grand Union 100 IL 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glamorgnsh. 172 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305 I kistr &Brklyl 00 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 U. 10s. - aratitham • • 'l5O 12/. - Severn and } 26 IL Bs. Huddersfield. - uddersteld. 57 - - Wye Rail. Kennt & AVII 39 7s. 6d. 5 Trnt &MI 50 301. - Lancaster... 47 1/. 10s. - sey •• .. Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 520 Thams&Med 19 - - Leicester .. - 140 101. 75 iWorestr & 7 36 I „ min " 78 2/. 42 Leicstr &Nth 83 41. LoUghborogh,l42 701. 530 i Wilts St Mks 67 11. 11 . . INSURANCE COMPANIES. , ' Dividend Amount : - Name ef Company. ' per of Paid. Trice Annum. Share. ---,......- - X s. d. £ s. d. Albion .... •••••• • • • • 3/. 105 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance ISrit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 ' 18% Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% Atlas • British Commercial • • 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7% tilericl,Med.&Gen•Life 51. per cent. , loo 0 0 210 0 22 ".;ounty .. •.•.•• • • • • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown .. ••-••• • •• •• 12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle •• • ••• Eng.& Scot. Law •• .• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life •••• •• 5% per cent. 20. 0 0 All paid. - Freemasons' .• •• • • • 51:01 - cetit: 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe . - •• 6/. per cent. Stock. - 130 Guardian -...-•.. . . . 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 47 3 ,6 ' Imperial Fire ••-• . •• 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Life ... ••• • • .... 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - -egal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - 1 - ,andon Fire ••.•• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 .ondon Ship •.•.• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 marine - • ... ...... . 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invlid &Oen. Life 4 3 34/. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 2% National Lean Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - N'ational Life •• •• - V alladium Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 Os xd ~n eenix .. ... ..... - - 'rotector Life.. •. - 3s. ' ro vident Life •. •• •• Lock Life.. •-• • • • •••• 45. 500 0100 4% toyal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - - 3.3 n Fire • - - - Ditto Life . 11. 6s. - - - Universal Life .. lO3O. pr cnt 100 0 6 15 - LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price Annum. Share. --- ...-. X 3. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 169 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 153 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank - 100 0 0 161 National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 13/.13e Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 90 3 34 Western Bank .. • 6l. per cent. - . 50 0 0 82 3 % North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7 % Clydesdale Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 12% Eastern Bank 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 11l 14s Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 4/. 95 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert. - 5 0 0 6/. 14s City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 12 3 4 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 225. Od Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 13% Insur. Co. of Scetlnd 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9 Korth 'British Incur 5 3341. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22 1 34 Edinburgh Life Insur 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin. &Glasg. Railway 1/.los. per a. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 Ditto, 4 Shares 7a. 6d. p. s. 42 10 0 All paid. 17 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 204 Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 61 3 34 Vlasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18 qlsgw&Ganikirk Rail. Si. pet cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39j4 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/..pegsent.. 25 • 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LifeAssernce.l 51. per cent. 150 0 0 I 2 10 0 9 WATER-VITORHS. Dividend Amount I Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. -- _ X s. d. East London..• •••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - - Grand Junction ••• • • • 31. 10s. 41 13 4 - 90 31. 100 0 0 - - Vauxhall .••••• • • • • • • 100 0 0 - - West Middlesex • • • 51. 10s.prcnt. 63 12 9 I - 125 DOCILS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. 8. d. d. Commercial . • East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. East Country midon •• • L ondon • • •• • St. Katharine • • •• Southampton • • • • • • • • a pr cent. 5 per cent. 21. per cent. Stock. Stock. SO 0 0 - ! 30 0 01 30 SERVANTS' PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLENT SO CIETY.—OiI Monday a public meeting to promote the ob . ec s of this society was held at the Hanover-square Rooms. The Bishop of London occupied the chair. llis Lordship briefly explained the objects of the society, which are to afford a weekly allowance to domestic servants in old age, a sum payable at death for funeral expenses, an endowment for apprenticing children, the advantages of an insurance office, and the establishment of a home for female servants out of place, and a charitable pension fund for such as may be re duced by sickness or misfortune. A variety of resolutions were proposed, and supported by the Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone, J. Tidd Pratt, Esq. (the barrister for revising rules regulating benefit societies), J. D. Powles, Esq., the Rev. Messrs. H. Hughes, Wood, Morris, and others. Amongst the subscriptions announced were the Lord Bishop of London, 20 guineas; the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, 5 guineas; Lord Ashley, 10 guineas; J. D. Powles, EN., 10 guineas; and a vari e ty o f o th er d ona tions, varying in amount from 51. to 1/. The whole of the resolutions were carried with the most cordial unanimity, and, thamak§ Wog vOtei to too *kW; Up Mat" MARKET. NEWS.—(YESTER DAY ' ) HAY MA.IZILETS Surrirrem— n. Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 41; Clover dial! 31 I°3 to 41 17s ; and Straw , 1/ 12s to 11 163 Per 1 " u- Supply tolerably good, and trade arm. • Cl , o__ j_ rer CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 41 2i ditto, 3115 s to 4/ 16s; and Straw, 11 as to 11 17 s per low Trade steady at the above quotations. Clot WHITECHAPEL..— Meadow Hay, 91 10s to 41; ditto, 31 15s to 51; and Straw, U. Os to 1116 s per loa' full average supply, and a steady trade. COLONI.B.L. SUGAR —The market for British Plantation conbil' Ses heavy, only about 3CO hhds having been disposed of a t ra ther easier prices, including a portion of 200 hhd s Barbad°l; and 137 hhds 110 barrels St. Lucia, offered by auction, whi c h f in some instances sold 6d to Is lower for the finer qualities 0 moles the former; the latter were all withdrawn. The publit have offered 9,478 bags Mauritius and 7 0 948 bags Beng itl e:Ter went off very heavily, and only partially sold at 11 ,13 .,, t decline of 6d to is 6d, the gregtest reduction being ur i ii the better sorts of white Bengal. Privately, the • Pr inc h iP its transactions c..mprise two cargoes afloat, one of llavannah, for St. Petersburgh, reported to be at ü b f e sit and a cargo of Mauritius of about 9,000 bags, del iver s - A reo Bristol, at 45s Gd duty paid, buyer paying landby c" On the spot 1,000 boxes white, and 300 yellow lcov 9n 7rhs the former at 30s 6d, and the latter at 27s 6d per cwt. ,_ st quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the x'% , and West India docks was 1,488 'Ards, 213 tierces, 173 berm ti er 2 there were taken for s home consumption 826 hhds, 21 barrels. The stock in the same places is 6,289 bb" ty-rces, 1,729 barrels. a 24 0 COFFEL-628 bags Ceylon, 52 bales Mocha. 1111 bags East India at auction were all withdrawn. .„. 4 A nd Ituar.—The quantity landed last week at the .P.-,,kes West India Docks, was 751 puns. 3 hhds.; there wer e rt ;o3 for home consumption 222 puns. 24 hhds. ' and ex,c )° , put' puns. 13 hhds. Th e stock in the same places is 81,w" 1,853 hhds d 241/ Rica.-2,360 bags Madras, 2,873 bags Bengal' of i s to bags Italian, sold with much spirit at an advance et pat Is 6d. Privately a large business has been done oo.!::,A. at and afloat, estimated at about 12,000 bags, chiefiY , 13 ,L tr if o cal 20s 6d to 21s, and cargo at 19s to I9s 6d per 0 14 tu t " - • confirming the advace above qote. t, TALLOW.—P.Y.C. n is 48s 6d u pe r• at on the p. Md Town 51s. TEA.—The market is quiet. (From the London New Price Carffent of April 27 ' ) ,aers Sitqan.,—To-day, although further reduced r ate° reams submitted to for raw Sugar, still it occasioned no lll c tig ht in the home or export demand, and the q uantitY a u; GE forward proved more than sufficient for the w a r „ - „ s to buyers. Merchants, for the most part, wee alas`v a - r ars • realise, as a large number :of vessels laden wig"„aer n a e c a te r d at w l a i s an t d o . a v ln er N y Vest India Muscovado the business small extent only; and the noporte,ls did not exceed 100 Iffids and tierces,' although 1 •„ p u blic accepted pric..s 6d to is under those of Friday o¢ with , sale of 178 hhds and 23 tierces of Barbadoes wen t O ' ' - heaviness at a fall on the rates of the last auction of 15. in $ REFINED.—To-day the market for Refined Sugars Id for • very dull state; the nearest rates are 63s to 6 3 hoo ded standard, and 62s to 62s 6d for brown lumps. F° r '4 3 ars Crushed Sugar there are very few buyers, and 33s to • p ri ,at;..,,,.. . 10.4 the nearest quotations. lial ite i Mauttmus.--This afternoon there was on l y a 0 sa., demand for 'Mauritius Sugar, and 3,890 bags 19 els as 0 1 64 tierces at public sale went at a decline on the t" Friday of Is per cwt, but the whole sold. . b little EAST Imma.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met withal:le attention, and 2,678 bags at auction went at a Old. dine in prices of is. per cwt, but nearly the whole o°, ore ign FORElGN.—Thiiafterncon the purchases made n_ b l ie Oa Sugar by private treaty were unimportant. At P r u ;,a, sOd" 324 hhds 463 boxes of Cuba, duty paid, were oile`'i n a, but nearly all taken in. Privately 150 hhds St. Crobt ''',,,, 0 ' low •-• ' the prices have not transpired and supposed to be ape • • terms. MonassEs.—The purchases made in all sorts Of Vi s e f , ,!, .. iii dia have been to a small extent only, and there is At A c t ; .t .. : to sell at 20s to 235, and fine quality at 24s to 2 5 5. for i.O - 1;: tion 330 casks of Porto Rico were taken in at 26 , ~ t ,0,r". .r • new qualit3, but a part has since been sold a ttho i t: ti ll i li d. a i ne: . ; : '' ., t;.l Bengal Treacle the demand has been limited. clr . 1 '''.• prices are moving downwards. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was very ~ at. e.,.,!' ..: evinced to operate in Native Ceylon, and 1, 128 ° Sr I' tion were all taken in at previous reduced rates• t pu b it: tation Ceylon the market is quiet, and 628 bog s $ '' •' of '', sale were nearly all taken is and withdrawn. TllA.—Holders of black are not inclined to subro lt , t fss it ie' I ` .-4.-t , further reduction in prices, and offer a less quantitYlTties of ~ The trade have been induced to take large clunbe 10 0 the inferior and medium kinds of green, owing t ° e the ne -I ,uad Oa,. h ag' rates that are accepted. In the value of pi , - - t cs - is no variation to notice, but only a small amoula i WA ness has ben concluded.. ; t th an 0 CINNAMON.—The sales went off with more sP,Jbuyers , been anticipated, above one-half having fotio,'•,, soma in' fully last sale's prices for 2d and 3d sorts, au ° 1 7d at a r e ' stances with a tri fl ing advance, whilst first sort s ';',,, e r that duction of 3d to 4d per lb, the proportion being , A'° _ usual; broken likewise sold at a rather higher rate.iied.with RICE.To-day the market was plentifully sUPP., b lic 0 16 .Bengalaßgisce, white and werethedeorrearnedd,walsdlelisesaaric;iariel : ta a k t eo l 1 a at t he 7 Os former value. SPIRITS.— To-day only a small amount of busine?l,o4 transacted in Rum, although Jamaica of fair to int t 1 dia Thtateeiinddternot:::pc :have clean quality could be obtained at 4s 5d to 4s 7d, good t iro jio 4s 83 to.ss 23. Leeward Island proof at 3s, and East ' at 2s 93 per gallon. CIO Otis.—'rliere has been little desire manifested to 01 0 t i, in southern Oil, and the limited business transacted &d vately has been at rather lower rates. i " prire s is good. _ Of Seal Oil, the stock being usually Sn igi d 'ii,, be range high. Sperm met with less attention, an d sellers tcf bt it ai a n p ed ese u ed po o n i r l a attbe3rsslo6tdvetro 36s for There are r "; er era for brown. Linseed Oil met with litPtalee; few contra,aptso.risc:es are on redline. For forward delivery been entinto. The purchases made in Oi l " a l e c h litie. been upon a small scale only • prices are on Palm is less wanted, and the there made have rat her small extent only, although there are sellers up , m,,,' , an d lower terms. The supply is scanty of Cocoa `at oll sells buyers are compelled to pay high rates. Lard slowly, but 455 to 49s are the rates insisted upon. 8 ta d for . Tannow.—Further • reduced rates have been acc y h _ eit Russian on the spot, still the quantity f the ) limited. For delivery in the last three months o do I s purchased hes_.uecar, the demand, however, has been good. Houle ril e s at plentiful, and the demand being limit ed, there areo,,anovi the reduced rate of 48s, nett cash . Other sortsr ;other met with little attention, and can be obtained upon ' reduced terms. ---------.... pi th By the whale-ship L'Aigle, just arrived fr,t i br South Seas, copies of the commercial treaty collelu':awich tween M. Perrier, the French Consul of the Sn i vel, Islands, and the King of that country, have It is comprised in seven articles, the essential Piv;„. t he been n r ` b i o as of which are-that all French subjects residing 7 s ad islands shall enjoy an equal protection of P e l e ges a s ptoperty with the natives, and the same 1:01'..0,1 ea have been calla be granted to the most titYo`bliall b ° t ion s ; that Frenchmen accused of critnes „_... eig ners, as shall be proposed or accepted byi. COO tried only by such a jury, whether natives or 10' 1 that all protection shall be extended to such .S E '' ,t• as may be stranded on the islands, a nd that t h e _i! t, s „ e o salvage shall be settled by arbitrators mutuallye_cTins the Reno. French 'sins between the parties; that all deserters from Fren ft min, shall be re-captured and delivered up ; that no French ef tt chandise shall be prohibited or subject to a greaterarl duty than five per cent. ad valorem, e xcept wineeLmoot of and other spirituous liquors , upon which the Go 1e pro the islands may impose such duty as they may th irl vided it does not amount to an absolute prohibition.. 001 THE SHAIK SPEARE SOCIETT.—The sixth tin NO general meeting of the members of the above sOcie t literS' u O k . e T ef om pe li N n .o s i , is t h h i e re se h c a r d e , ta si 7 c , e r t ea . e d the re 4 r a c rai r place on Monda in the rooms ot the Royal Societfof --ar at the disposal of the lure, St. . Marti 's J. Payne Collier, Esq ,F.S. l "„o r et. sided. u i: e a i se b tG l inr i c; : elll : l e ". the h e k e e s db , b y Ini g o Jones, some o se f el w et hic a h h g i el lo rais e est ge 4 P es -ti l illustrate the Court entertainments Se. of James I and Gl e e Amongst the volumes distributed during the Ye er t The Fair Maid of the Ex c h ange , an d F ortune by Land ..,40 , 6 0- ll a t:a k g s i p - e c a o r m e, e s d , pia . a ~ . s W h it and ), Wisdom, edlt e"dMbeym Baron ' Qu F ee ie a ld E in i g iz ; ab T et h he e::lto bf a : poets of the reign o o lr f s D R . oister Doister, with introduct oryauditors'exhibited memoirs, d ew. -- pce lb Cooper, F.5.A.69311re1d! l d., and the balance 252/. 1.55. 2d. The eb , ; 11 111 1 „ r l/ th l e a painting of the head of Shakspeared ",."-igitle' been forwarded to the society, supposed to be the ~" , spoken of by Wyvil. ' alb ATTEMPTED • g $ • six SUICIDE.—Monday rnornin f cor tee eno clock, Mr. Hammond, a timber merchant, 1 0 ; 1 0 et: t an extensive business at Millwall, Poplar. Itur ro e s . t Wit', em pt to commit self-des.truction by cutting his throat b e-- a razor. The servant, on entering the kitchen, .° ll l,l l Al aster lying on the floor weltering in his I)l°°d ' w d be 116 flowing profusely' from a deep and extensive Winn _ .. r. s i r showed etber-diotlr° inflicted on his throat. He was quite insensible. : yr ' i ..,, chanan, a surgeon, of Ratcliff, who was called in, 5 ,0 0 70 . 0 0 ` the wound, and prescribed for the unfortunate man, residedw I. a very precarious condition. Mr. Hammonds bus A To ° ecte'"•lo Po • • Oar for many years, and is universally P „ his causes which have led ' him to make the atteniPt °-. „ ..--••• are merely conjectural. IV k rto l ,.,';nae ME I ' NFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, ••- „0 ii , - - , 0 On Mo 0 _ nday the annual meeting of the governors:to recelit f the Infant Orph A as governor be oe an sylum, Wanstead, W to the . 100 the report of th of the institution, thecharity be able t° 916 ,1 ' now being we re . 0 , 1 1 children annually. The rort showed that there „revi Pant orduring tb n : t fatet i tp orphans in the society, and 'that year 40 had left for other asylums. The inc °lne s a - n °o°l 1 5 0 01 r 6,821/. 10e. 3d., which included a bove 4,000 h, - t il es. - a d* : s " c i r l i i p c t h i on s ; and the expenditure reached 6,10 trassor left a balance of 21/. Bs. 7d• due t° There were 14S applicants. 41:0 01 BIRTHS r Y. 1 - 4 On the 22d inst., at S' * lad y of the Be idmoutb, the af the 0 - Burney Warner, 8.A., of a daughter. park, On the 23d inst., Sussex-place, in ea ,E -_ B. 130 l ejf of Isaac Moses E pia, t On the • 23d inst., at the residence of Coloile,m of Dr. Witheconibe, of the Bengal thes' '..--* IW' 11. arty)", wife 0 On the 23d inst., in Chesh t i am-street' . A i of Pole Carew, Esq., M.P.,of a daughter. ~.skT the l ii " On the 24th inst., at Waltham AbbeV, - I, '''"" - ' • eet, Daniel Sic' • Skinner , jun., Esq., of a daughte.r. .esstle-stl On the 24th ' inst., Mrs. William Dent, of NO the of a son. usr e ' On the 21st inst., in Westbourne-place, Eaton-gl _ lady of Captain Archibald Douglas, of a soli. ~ inc olo sllirm On the 21st inst., at the Vicarage, Swatoll, .L. , l' the lady of the Rev. Henry K -"PIN of a daughter.? ~..,, Co St. e l ' f t a Om On the 21st inst., at the Masters Lod g, legs, Cambridge, the wife of the Rev. Dr. odgson, gp h , MARRIED. , ii rite ''' ,0 On the 20th inst., at Walton.on-the-bi.., Chit 0 ,. . 0 0 thin' elaashter 1 4 . SeiPelt , Esq., to Harriet Maria, Wiggins, Esq. Sir IZ 42lYerv i On the 21st inst., at Bathwick Church, Fatti,„,„. borne, Gyll, to Jane Pryce, youngest daughter of Sir .1. r' s Ringwood-park, Isle of Wight. Wil ts ' 1 I e l ' , 00 On the 20th inst., Miss E l iza Best, of Sutton - the On the 20th inst., at Thorpe, near Newark, Luc. , of the Rev. Charles Townsend, Rector of that par, l, _ pee_ On the 21st inst., in Wimpole-street, the Hon. P - L o glit o On the 224 inst., at Hastings, Constance gerP rd , of J.-D. Watts Russell, Esq., M.T. Aged 7. Vol t,, On the 22d inst., at Cheltenham, VVilloughlpc,e,imeo youngest son of Major Brooke, of her Majesty's 3. 2 .I ‘ l O 7V l l . On the 24th inst., at East Dulwich, Joseph Iticar i ......- t t , $ 0 .,,,t London: l'iinted and Published-by KURD° YOUDT • th . r or- .41 Strand, r.inter, at The Sun Office, No. 112, StiOnjtZsgaji of the Savoy, f a t ‘ le cwar a jadkjuid4 " A 3811, i DECISION. The CHAIRMAN said I have to inform you that it is the opinion of the Committee that the preamble of the South-Eastern (North Kent line) has been proved— that the preamble of the South-Eastern (Strood and Maidstone line) has been proved—that the pre amble of the Mid Kent, Direct Tonbridge, and Paddock Wood Branch has been proved, omitting the branches to Sevenoaks and Maidstone, and the branch from Maidstone to Chart, and the branch to Bromley and Croydon, that the preamble of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Bill, Mid-Kent, and Direct Tonbridge line, has not been proved. It is the opinion of the Committee that it is of importance with the public interest that the North Kent and Strood and Maid stone lines should be constructed first, and therefore it is the intention of the Committee in those cases to limit the time for the compulsory purchase of land to three years, and the completion of the lines to five years; but considering the pre sent state of the money market, the Committee proposed to extend the time in the case of the Mid-Kent lines to five years and seven years. The consideration of the clauses was adjourned till to morrow (this dav). BERNE BAY AND CANTERBURY TUNC... TION. The Committee then went into this case. The length of the line was only three miles. The estimated cost was 25,0001. The preamble to the Bill was proved. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP V. The Committee met at twelve; Lord H. Vane in the chair. WXNDSOR, STAINES, AND SOUTE-WES TERN (STAINES TO ASCOT, &c.) The promoters of the Bill produced clauses this morning restricting them from making their railway, unless they ob tain the consent of the Ordnance to pass the drilling ground at Hounslow. Mr. Brunel could not be found. The Committee soon after adjourned till twelve to-morrow (this da3 ). GROUP VI. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER. The Committee met this morning at twelve; Mr. Deedes, chairman. The first witness called by the promoters of these lines was Mr. Cuff, the late mayor of Chard. His evidence went to show the great facilities which would be afforded to the inhabitants ut Chard by the continuation of these railways. Mr. Divett, M.P. for Exeter, was the next witness called —He gave evidence in favour of the desirableness of a com peting and independent line between Exeter and London. With respect to the comparative merits of the gauges, be gave it as his opinion that the broad gauge line was a luxury to the inhabitants of Exeter, and he believed that the re moval of that gauge would prove a positive injury to that part of Vie country. He was a director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, but, at the same time, he could not help thinking that the construction of a competing line on the narrow gauge would prove of great service to the western districts of the country. The feeling of the people of Exeter was also decidedly in favour of a narrow gauge competing line. Sir J. Duckworth, M.P. for Exeter, gave evidence corro borative of that given by the last witness with respect to the feelings of the people of Exeter in favour of the proposed lines, and the advantages to be derived to the inhabitants of Exeter and the west of England by their construction. Several other witnesses were examined, and the Com mittee adjourned till twelve to-morrow (this day). GROUP IX. WEST CORNWALL AND ERANCHES. This Committee met, for the first time, to-day. Mr. Tatton Egerton, chairman. Mr. SMITH opened the case for the promoters of a branch to St. 'lye's. The length of the line was three miles, the cost of con struction, with quays, 70,0001. Evidence was gone into to prove the preamble. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XI. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morniiig ; Mr. Forbes Mackenzie in the chair. COLCHESTER, STOUR VALLEY, SUD BURY, AND HALSTEAD (STOUR NAVI GATION PURCHASE.) In this case the Committee decided that the preamble had not been proved. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XVI. EASTERN COUNTIES AND GREAT 0 WrISEUZZ EXTENSIONS ( ECEILTP ORD AND lIXTCRIN). A number of witnesses, residing in the neighbourhood of the Hertford and Hitchin Railway, gave evidence in favour of the communication proposed to be effected between the towns of Hertford and Hitchin by means of the Eastern Counties Railway Company . The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow (this day) at twelve o'clock. GROUP XVIII. CHELTENHAM AND oxpoßD. The Committee assembled this morning at twelve o'clock; :he: Earl of Lincoln i❑ the chair. The whole of tbe morn ing was consumed in the cross-examination of Mr. Brunel, chiefly on the minor points of the deviations that would affect certain parts of the town of Cheltenham, the detaila of which would, without a very lengthy elaboration, be totally unintelligible; and if that were given it would be utterly uninteresting. GROUP XX The Committee assembled to-day ; Sir James Graham, chairman. BTODZ VALLEY (80. U). The witnesses called this morning in favour of the line proposed by the Stour Valley Railway were Mr. Scott, M.P. .for Walsall, and Mr. Thompson, manager of the British Iron Works at Walsall, and several others, all of whom gave evi dence favourable to the line as proposed by the StLur Valley Company, in preference to the accommodation proposed to be given by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway. Several other persons interested in the coal and iron trade, and earrying on business in the neighbourhood of Walsall and Bromwich, also gave evidence in favour of the proposed line. The Committee then adjourncd till twelve o'clock to morrow (this day). GROUP XXIII. This Committee met to-day at half-past twelve, pro jorma, referred the unopposed Bills to the Chairman of Committees, and then adjourned till twelve to-morrow (this da3). GROUP XXVII. SOUTH-EASTERN (IVISB.Lcit AND slump. INC. EXTENSION). The Committee met to-day in Room No. 33; Mr. Card well, chairman. Evidence was taken for the promoters of the Wizbech Branch. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XXVIII. SLEAPORD 13RANCILMS. The Committee on the London and York and Eastern Counties group assembled this morning at twelve o'clock, ?lr. T. D. Aeland in the chair, when the whole of the morn • was spent in taking evidence on behalf of the latter Cam- Panyrtsp4,cung the traffic that is likely t o p ass on th e re spective lines. symi.sßcoopn:rat GROUP XXXIII: !e:assembled to-day in Room 27; Mr. chair. were present. All the m em b ers of the Committee LEE DS CEO The case on behalf rEAL USILWA.II STATION. of this schemeas resumed. Mr. Henry Marshall the extensive manufacturer of Leed s , WBB generally ex am i ned as to the adv station would confer on th e town and naeltgbourtejr°P°Bl a station was much wanted to centralise the tr4fße In Leeds and its public a 'w dvantages were I n c h as fully to arrant e the proposed outlay. Mr. Gott, manufacturer, of Leeds, Was examined to the same effect. - Mr. Martin, a surveyor, entered into a statement of the ta explaining its peculiar advanta ges , and the lines that were re to be accommodated. It was to furnish accommo dation for the following Hues ;—Leeds and Thierk; Leeds GROUP XXXIV. The Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group assembled for the first time in Room 31; the Right Hon. F. Baring in the chair. The Com mittee consisted of Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Comp ton, and Mr. W. Martin. In this room there was no accommodation whatever pro vided for the press, and the reporters had therefore to con tent themselves with taking up a position amongst the crowd of spectators who were present. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS (ROCHDALE CANAL PURCHASE). Mr. TALBOT opened the case for the promoters of this Bill. The company proposed to purchase the canal upon a guarantee of 4 per cent. upon the paid-up capital. A number of witnesses were called, to prove that it would be a great public convenience for the railway company to work the canal, and the Committee adjourned. GROUP XLVIII. This Committee met to-day for the first time, in Room C of the House of Lords, apportioned on this occasion for the use of the Commons. The following are the names of the Mem bers :—Lord Courtenay (chairman), Mr. Towneley, Mr. Sey mer, Mr. Chute, and Mr. B. B. Cabbell. The following is the list of Bills referred for the considera tion of the Committee : Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Branches (No. 4). General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Branches. _ _ Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands (Cowlairs, Carmyle, Cen tral Junction, and Coplaw Hill Branches, &c.) Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands (Cowlairs Branch). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Avr Branches (No. 5). Caledonian, Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway (Branch to Glasgow Station). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Branch to Caledonian Rail- wiv and Diversion of Canal). Caledonian (Branch across Clyde and Glasgow Station). Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction (Deviations be tween Duntocher Lime Works and Bowling, &c.) The usual preliminaries were then gone through, such as reading the list of petitions, and the petitions with the ap pearances. THE. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, 2EILMA.RNOCIL, AND AYE (No. IV.) was the first Bill taken. Mr. ANDREWS opened the case on behalf of this Bill, which he said was a project for crossing the Clyde at Glasgow, in order to reach a station on the north side of the river. There was also an alternative line (No. 5) in the same Committee, and he would consider them both together. The promoters of the Bill were the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, which had been made for several years, and was constructed to connect Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar nock, and Ayr together. The union line passed through Paisley, Johnstone, on Port Beith, Irvine, to Ayr, with branches to Ardrossan and Kilmarnock. It passed through a rich mineral and agricultural district, and many important towns were stationed on it. They had obtained powers to make a branch to the Bridge of Weir, and also an extension to Girvan, from Ayr. caned the Belfast Union Railway, it being the intention to form a connexion between Belfast and Glasgow. They had also obtained a larger extension through the Valley of the Nith, to join the Caledonian Railway at Springfield. They were also:applying, this session, to extend the bridge, or weir branch, to Port Glasgow and Largs; and also branches in the neighbour hood of Kilmarnock, one to Muirkirk, and one to Dalmelling ton. In addition they were promoting one from Dumfries to the neighbourhood of Kirkcudbright, and branches in the neighbourhood of Canobie. The whole scheme would, therefore, when completed, be very extensive. They were, in consequence of the large traffic of the company, very deficient in station ac commodation, especially at Glasgow, Their present station was on the south side of the Clyde, in Bridge- street, and that was a small one, though it was not even theirs exclu sively—part of it belonging to the Greenock Railway Com pany. The average passenger trains that daily arrived and departed from this station, was 43, and 16 goods' trains. The annual number of passengers carried was 1,314,694, or an average daily of 4,000. The whole extent of the station was three-fourths of an acre. Not only was the size inconvenient, but also the site, being placed in Gorbals, a suburb of Glasgow. It was, therefore, very objec tionable to parties coming to Glasgow, on account of its distance from the centre of the city, and they had to cross the new Glasgow bridge, and pay a pontage for every wheeled carriage, in the lowest case two pence each vehicle. In the progress of the passengers to and from the next railway station two of the busy thoroughfares had to be crossed at great inconvenience. This being so, they had looked out for another station, and had on more than one occasion been defeated in seeking to cross the Clyde ex actly opposite their present station, making a direct connec tion with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Having been defeated in that scheme they had chosen what they thought the next best scheme, and now proposed to make - their station in Dunlop-street, near to the busiest thoroughfare in the city, and contiguous to the principal offices. In the site chosen there was room for two companies, if it were required. and he stated so, as the Caledonian had also a scheme before the Committee for that object. That company last year obtained the sanction of a Committee for crossing the Clyde to Dunlop-street, but it was vetoed by the Admiralty. The Ayrshire Company assumed, after this defeat, that the Caledonian would again come to Parliament for a Bill, and therefore, to be prepared, they had this year prepared two schemes—one to the east of Dunlop-street, and another to the west of the same street. Either one or other of the Bills could be taken, and the ground was so scheduled, and the scheme was so prepared, that both the companies might be able to cross the Clyde on a viaduct. It could be arranged also that the Ayrshire Com pany's station could be either situated on the west or the east, but the west would be preferable. At the desire of the inhabitants of Glasgow, who wished to have this question, which had bee] the cause of so much litigation, settled, re quested Royal Commissioners to be sent down to Glasgow to investigate into the whole affair. (The Learned Gentleman here read an extract from the report of the commissioners, in favour of a general plan of crossing the river for all the lines, similar to the Caledonian scheme of last year.) This decision having been given, the Ayrshire Company had so arranged their plans that they could cross in the same way as the Caledonian ; in doing which both companies could be accommodated, without any inconvenience to each other. (Tne Learned Gentleman then explained through the map before the Committee the details of the plans which he sub mitted; having done which, he proceeded to call his witnesses). Sir James Campbell, merchant, of Glasgow, and late Lord Provost of Glasgow, was examined as to the merits of the prese:it scheme. He thought it highly desirable that the company should be allowed the crossing of the Clyde, in or der to obtain access to the city, which now contained 340,000 inhabitants. Both schemes, that of the Caledonian and that of the Ayrshire, might be accommodated at the same crossing. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—He was a director of the Dumfries line, which was in opposition to the Caledo nian Company last year. The Ayrshire Company had, he believed, scheduled the same land as that which the Caledo nian had done last year. The leading authorities of last year were in favour of the Caledonian scheme. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP L. The Committee met about twelve; present, Mr. Bankes, chairman, Sir B. Hall, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Carew. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, ICILIVIARNOCK, AND Ilya (No. IX.) Evidence in favour of the project was continued this morning. Captain Blair was called to give evidence on two unop posed fork branches, the Hillend and the Howrat branches. He stated that there were large ironworks in the neighbour hood requiring a vast amount of land carriage of lime and iron stone. He approved of the making of these two small branches, and also of the extension of the Dairy station. Mr. Knight, traffic manager on the company's line, after stating their present rates to be lad. a ton per tulle for the first 16 miles, Id. for 23, and 7 / 9 d. for 40 miles, gave the fol lowing comparative statement c f export of coals for the four ports on the neighbouring coast, viz.:.-- 1846 Ayr 72,460 tons. 1845 Troon 129,283 Irvine 47,703 Ardrossan The Troon exports were much greater in 1846 than the year before. • - - - - Mr. Miller, the engineer of the line, stated that his prin cipal object in laying out the proposed branches, was to ac commodate the minerals of the neighbourhood, in order that that traffic might be fully developed. Such were the Fen wick, London, and Colliery branches, which were constructed with a descending gradient towards the ports. The coals, thus brought down came upon the main line, and had ready the estimateengineering access to the north, south, andwest, and the towns or ports situated in any of the se di rect ib ns . Th e l engt h o f t h e whole projected branches c sc he e., was miles, t difficult' les. and total o There were r eno This closed the case for the promoters. • GLASGOW, ILIMMELRWOON., AND AILDROS SAN (DEVIATIONS AND AMENDMENT®). Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, without opening on the merits of the line, proceeded to call the evidence. Lord Eglinton stated that, in consequence of possessing property in the neighbourhood, he felt great interest in the lines. He had supported the opposing Ayr line at one time, hut, because their rates were too high, he chose to support the other. Several witnesses were called, who deposed to general traffic and advantages. The Committee adjourned till twelve on Thursday, GROUP 1.1. This Committee met to-day, at twelve o'clock; Sir John Y. Buller chairman. GLASGOW) DUMMIES) ANJEI 6491131411Lt i AND GuasittoW s iistniait= NOCZ, AND AW kAILIVAYO (NO. II.) Mr. Smith Cunningham was called lay the pkOmetei4l) dnd examined by Sir Thomas Phillips. Witness, a landed pro= prietor, neat Riltoflrnotk, and deputy-lieutenant of Ayr shire, gave gim era l ev id ence in faVour of the line. The county of Ayr had a population of Addle 1 7 "/0,000 or 180,000 inhabitants, Renfrew tittcl a population of 120,000, and Kit= marnock might he considered the centre of the district: The district was a highly industrial one l and fat'llitieS (d i Com munication were greatly wanted. The inhabitants of the district were decidedly in favour of the Dumfries company. Ur. ilugh Craig and Mr. Neil also spoke to the trade of Kilmarnock, and the growing character 01 the manufactures in the district. Mr. Alexander gave similar evidence. Mr. Threshie gave evidence ou the cattle trade and Mann. factures of Dumfries, and he thought that the line advo cated by the promoters would be a great public benefit. Mr. John Sawyers and Mr. Levy, Provost of Annan and being Convenor of the County of Dumfries, spoke to the feeling throughout the district in favour of the Dumfries line. Capt a i n R o bi nson, R . N ., commanded a survey i ng steamer i4 l a o .her Maj es t y ' s serv i ce, and had prepare d a c h art of t h e wa3'• Kirkeudhrfght 19113 the safest port on that coast, there bei good anchorage-gr u und, and the harbour being and cce , B B o ib thu l at all tid es. Th e harbour was protecte d i n westerly a good b ar b -Nre ° u3rtvy , gales. A little expense would make it M ef r. Martin h uge. evidence. ' 4 I P°wner, Glencupble bay, gave similar 4 1 9 c,CLINWttee Well edj oura _ A • -, ‘ ,4 cal tO•iiiiogol9 Ohio day). MANCHESTER, APRIL 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1 1 4—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, VA—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 73 — Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferentials, %—East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New, 1 c.—Ditto, New (scrip), 1 4—East Lincolnshire, 1% —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 1 1 / 2 —Glasgow and Dum fries, par—Great Northern, 1% c.— Huddersfield and Man chester Railway and Canal, par—Ditto, Thirds, %—London and North- Western, New, 9k—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (H. and S.), par—Ditto, Fifths, 33,i—Ditto, 321. Shares (late. Extension), par— ' Ditto Fifths (late West Riding Union), par—Manchester and Southampton, 1 5-16 —North Staffordshire, 114 —Nor th- Western, 2 1 4 —ort beim Counties Union, 2 9-16—Oldham Alliance, 5-16 dis.—South- Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 3-16—South Staffordshire, 9-16. LEEDS, APRIL 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 30s. dis.—Eastern Counties, York Exten sions, 1% dis.—East Lancashire, New, I dis.,-Ditto, New Scrip, ss. dis.—East and West Yorkshire, 1% dis.—East Lincolnshire, I% p.—Great Northern, I dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, Thirds, 2s. 6d. p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, New Extensions, Scrip (pink), 12s. 6d. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk,.s% dis.—Ditto, Preference, Is. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 20s. dis —London, Brighton, and South Coast, 50%—Ditto, Fifteenths, 2s. p.—Malton and Driffield Junc tion, 17s. 6d. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4 p.— Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extensions), 7s. dis.—Ditto, West Riding Union, par—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, I2s. 6d. dis—Midland, Preference, 31s. p.— Newcastle and Berwick, New, 1 1 4. p.—North British, Extension (s c rip), 65. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 11 % p.—Northern Counties Union, 2 3 4 dis.—North-Western, 2% dis.—Whar l fdale Junc tion, 1% dis.—York and'Newtastle, Preference,"2l,i p. HULL, APRIL 26. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGB.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, Boston, &c., 275. 6d.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 2 3 4 dis.—Great Northern, 2% —North British, Extension (scrip), 6s. 9d. p.—Ditto, Thirds, 50s.—North-Western, 495. dis.—Shropshire Union, IL 18s. 3d. dis.—West Riding Union, 1 / 8 dis. EDINBURGH, APRIL 23. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 425. 6d.—East Lothian Central, 52s.—Edinbnrgh and Glas gow, Quarters, 17 1 /4—Edinburg!), Leith, and Granton, Pre ference, 20 1 / 4 —Edinburgh and Northern, 15 1 / / —Ditto, New, 70s.—Ditto, Newport, 7 1 4—Edinburgh and Perth, 465. 6d. Ditto, Halves, 165.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5 1 4 —Great Northern, 60s.—Manchester and Southampton, 225. 6d.—North British, Halves, 32 1 4 3 —Ditto, Quarters, 68s.— Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 23s.—East Indian, 31. 6d. GLASGOW, APRIL 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ayr and Galloway, 40s.—Caledonian, New, 42s.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s.—East Indian, 3s.—East Lothian Central, 475. a—Edin burgh and Perth (New Co.), 44s.—Ditto, Halves, 14s.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 58 1 4—Great Southern o 1 Madras, Is. 6d.—Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 3d.—Man. chester and Southampton, I9s.—Midland, Halves, 41.—Sla• mannan, 22%. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. . PANIES' STOCK. From tie GgiciJl List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27. ZOINT-STOCX 13,a2fICS. Paid. X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 Al