The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

mmirem.. • RS. y of the Philippe rs of the Nord of o relieve -t of our neasures , that by rty and nple an d flicientlf mitigat e es visits rs afford b e world Duke de l fants e f . satisfsc . s vouch• , e a fresh Is whic h . I Spill'' , e for the, the two, rs of ri ll mably to concer t I' the re• Tcial re' Russia us, 11 with Wi t to us to . state of treaty of Lependent with the t this in' e publi e lilt have and re' :se. The re to nd adult • 1 to your re under' ice whic h with the o f public ,ention to Ln po sses' interns! ;toned ur army" ant que i S# present& iates 4 to the I alres►fly - p ad materisb rand thO it s deo' ) the a c t : isist eac h will res? 'D. last Pub` last post , ulated a dor7 iefs, it 16 ssert OILS era snall l On of tb• dating 00 ile c hiefly r force of ndouht o that the ) confirm rah them b e their rtered ave ,ute t 111 ., o uld I'l 3 vieiniti he Chi ; ef omo an >ilea Ow was al! asss, I' mesa' h e eouri ind 110 3 ' , or ri° , nt to the Chndreti profe r tiy o are 1n ‘ . ofessioos of th e Stock -- ; o deaie colony/ the Ge . of 500 e defeat ;he coo e whic h i locate,. en from Dple I, whilst !tending British t ; that , all Wag )return ,ssertioU that the ound. engaged ye shel- ye to be ernor is to outdo :es Inuit 30 well • rs better )v. 9. r about litionalr ) 1 trut h, • 1s in defies roust who quires adults pears' ,n tbe MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday we: dull, and prices wero declining. Sales 4,000 to 5,000 bales, American selling at 6d. to nd., and Surat at 4id. to Jilt per lb. Railway Shares were rather heavy. The sale of lkilway Shares to-day, at Messrs. La- Mond and Co.'s, went off rather dull, but a good business was done ; prices lower. The following are a few of the principal sales : Calcutta and St. George's Point £0 4 0 'Newport and Abergavenny 1 3 0 Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 15 0 Taw Vale Extension and Dock .. Direct Northern (scrip) 2 16 0 North British Extension South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 8 6 Shrewsbury and Hereford Great Indian Peninsular Ilo ston,Stamford, and Birmingham 1 18 0 Vale of Neath 1 10 0 11 fancliester and Southampton 1 8 6 East Indian Cornwall 1 15 0 :Northern and Southern Connecting Reading, Guildford, and Reigatel 0 0 Leicest er & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 13 0 Royston and Ilitchin T 0 a very large class of individuals, who have ad /84ned money unon the faith of foreign Governments, whether nuon.trchiLl or otherv.i3e, will be afforded much Eolace from t h e l egal opinions ohZained from her jestMa- Ad vocate, Sir J o h n D o d son , an d the Admiralty Advocate, Dr. Philli more , w h o d e clare, in terms n otto be disputed, that the proposition of tendering nugatory the Mexican conversion scheme, : i s , . Contrary to the law of nations. The ere- Itor a f 0 other foreign states besides Mexico, may ne w ask our Foreign Minister to claim their rights from delinquent Governments. The case and the opinion is thtis couched : "I tIION OC TILE QUEEN'S ADVOCATE, AND DR. R. PHIL LIMORE. irour opinion i s requested, whether the Mexican Go vernment, after th e fi na l rat ifi cat i on o f t h e conve r s ion of e Mexi can Debt, as shown by Documents No. 12 and 1,,n is justifi e d i n withdrawing that ratification for the purpose announced in Document No. 14. tractt appears from the papers laid before us that a con concludedof the inost important character has been solemnly b ar between an independent state, on the one f f o h r - e i n e c n o d un er y, ain public creditors, the subjects of a on the other. We find, moreover, that qualified ratification has since received the full and un it,s„ tecl ratification of the state which set on foot and ",ifyiriced the negotiation. teith e site of opinion that by the law of nations of the of the contracting parties, without the consent of n T, ll er, can recede from this engagement. We are r1 -1- " Do that no subsequent change in the internal otic y of the state which has so entered into such con bract, or in the opinion of her rulers, can entitle her to ,: e ak th e f a i t h t h us so l emn ly pl e d ge d ; an d th a t t o d o . 1 3 ; W ould be a flagrant violation of the most sacred and at established principles of international lair. (Signed) " JOHN DODSON. " R. PHILLIMORE. " Doctors' Commons, Jan. 11, 1847." 2t, will be necessary to call attention more particularly this important document as occasions may serve. nkThe Speech of Louis Philippe on the assembling of the at Ch Se is consid e red satisf a ctory in most of its points; m all events, it is hoped that the desire expressed to ai ntain peace, will be sacredly observed. The only th at now to be unti e d i n p o lit ica l ma tt ers a ppears to be mat relati ve to the annexat i on of Cracow. Our Govern etit, as well a s th a t o f F rance , h as d one , per h aps , a ll "Lill do, viz., remonstrated against the whole affair. t _ We have no later arrivals to-day from any quarter, b e, l o! there i s not hi ng expected from America until the 'Llt,Llfax steamer, du e a b ou t Th urs d ay . -1:1143 English Funds have been quiet again today, and 4 4 the floating debt there is a su dd en "d ro p" of 3s. t o tiB,!eti consequence of some of the h o lders having pr ig advantage of the i m p rovemen t t o s ell ou t. o but rotations have been reduced to 10a. and 95., • the directors of new railway schemes con b;",°B their purchases, with a view of depositing pi instead of cash in the hands ef the ZF ou ntant-General, the market must necessarily 1 7, and m a y p oss ibl y go hi g h er. I n many reinstances however, a preference may be given money deposits, in order to avoid a loss upon the 'ale of securities, when the companies require their m ale back. The value of Consols ts 93f j, and of the ew Three-and-a -Quarter per Cents. 951 I. Bank Stock is firm at 2051 to 206 i. DeThe Foreign Bonds have been dull. Spanish Three r Cent s , are not higher than 35i; Portuguese Old B ate per C en t s . h ave b een 83 to 84 i ; and Me xican are , r at 23i. E qua d or S tock is worth 3 to 3*. Dutch Tw o - and-a-Italf per Cents. are worth 59 to 59i. Shares are flatter this mor n i ng , an d we quote t h em lover generally. ONE P . s tICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. OVLOCK Bask Stock 20614 205'4 3per Cent. Reduced A nns 93% 94 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 93%% ' 4 , 31% per Cent. Annuities...., 951 / 2% rngAtinuitiosto expire Jan.lB6o 9% 13-16 -India Stock B outt Sea Stock 103% e nn sols for Opening 9 3 1h% trldia Stock for Account 254 = chequer Bills, 10001.1%d.... 11 10 12 9 p Ditto, 5001 Ditto. Small CLOSING FRICES. 94 93 1 / 2 95% 9y B 254 103% 93% 254 12 p 11 p 12 p CLOSING PRICES 31 /i 19: oxE R1 , ..4 •,..‘' OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK c quador Bonds r l'allada Bonds, 1 per Cent. l 9 l /2 Ditto Deferred 3i2 1,, _ .._ . , , irzlcan, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 3 14, ' °r toguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent — Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account • _ 25 3 / Ditto, Deferred _ 17 Ditto 3 per Cent. ... ~ V enezuel a B on d s, 2 per C ent 39 14 39 1 4 Ditto Deferred ... 11 114 b . Dividends on the above payable in London. * ) „elgian, 214 per Cent — 53% butch 214 per Cent. . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 92% 92% PlticEra (oz , , BUSINESS DONE CLOSING SAY SHARES P— AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Altbr., Nott , Boston, 1,1101 Eastern . Junction 2 5 / 4_ „.. 2 3 / 4 7 /8 2. 7/ o aB t & County Down 4% D13.:t 1i. 0 12f 130 129 an Ne d w Gleucester..loo 17% — ••• •• - o ltingliam and Ox ford„ Junction ' lll ltningli an i, ,Wolver hampton, arid Dudley 42x...... 63' 8 1 4 p *uiriting., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Va11ey..... 425. ...... 4 p Birkenhead, Lancashire, , and Cheshire June.... 2% 4 0,, ston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — 13 ristol and Exeter „Ditto, New B ristol and Gloucester 32 ...... E nckingbamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 ...... Cheater and Holyhead... 27% 25% Uhelteaham and Oxford 2 ... • Clare nce 100 ... Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, Corgi per Cent. and Killarney co rk and Waterford ... 1% — C "nWall _Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% ...... 1% Dlrect Northern Scrip.. 2% 2% % bire e tN • , orwic. 1 Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% Dublin' Belfast, and D ‘clerai ne un dalk & Enni s kill en 10 t La tertiConnties 14/. 16s 2 2 3 / 4% Ditto New l2l. 16s Ditto Perpetual, 5 par Cent, No. 1....... 6/.135. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d - . - - . bo., York Ext e n s io n .. 2 •••••• 3 1, 5 ' Ea stern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1 7 / 2 — ......... ..... Do., C am b . an d El y .. 2% — East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do., New Scrip l l4 tast Lincolnshire ... • • 1 1 , 4 — Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 4 1 Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — Ditto, New Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New .... • 114 Edinburgh and P er th ... . Ely and Hunti ng d on ... 12%. ..•... .. 13y, 13 Exeter,Yeovil,& D orset 2% .. ..... ' Glasgow, Dumfries, an d . Carlisle . 5 Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ........... Ditto New .. 15 , ... . • ........ Do., 11, Shares (5 per .... ~, cent. guar.) ... ...... 121 4...... 'neat Northern (London ""'•••••••••• and York Regd.) 2%..... 311 ............ D o• (Direct Northern r , Regd.) ureat South. and West. ~ (Ireland) ure atNorthof England..loo Ditto New bitto, Ne w . Ditto, N ew Great Western B5 b itto 1 ,6 Shares. Ditto 12 Shares 5O 12% • Ditt o fift hs 20 bitte New ... 4% — ........ ...... . adderatield &Manches. 13 Dlt+ 0 , Extension ...... 3 7 Z. Ditto Htal Selby '' o . f' Shares ...... 25 — A Shares 9 Swich & Bury St. Edm. 14' 4 , ..11 11 13 ............... L, s o ., do., and Norwich 5 'taster and Carlisle... 50 65 65 ............... 4,0 10 .1. _ e • New ............... 5 77% ;.-e ds and Bradford 3O ...... 77% te_lecia, s ter and Bedford l6s. — `.;,(1 , Dewsbury &c.... 27% •uo., Branchßra 1 / z Shares 2%.. ... -- ......... ..." L e Do o.B.Extension( G ue re ) e . ls 1 / 2 1A1 :: . : ... --... ••••.• • e -•,_ .and_hirsk ......... 17%...... ..... ......... 16 1 4 i t . i itto, New ............ 5 ..... 5% ........ •••••• 514 n., Prefer., 6 'per Ct. 3% ...... 4% 4% Vrpool, Crosby. and v.euthport .... VP., Much at; . 8;11 .... 2 ..... -- mg iekule Junction ...... 2 1 4 29/ "Vn a n d i vi ,..., al i ........ •••• • • ..... •• • 8 .161.131.4 cl 8% B% 4/ Q.Ziely ''- ............... 4 f 11.1119 ... 10*W 11.11 .110 514 3 j); 23 li t 84 1 / 2 38 12N 61 A p 3 % p 134 ya P 3',i 25 3ii 22% 3A - 17% Ditto Extensien ~.... 71‘.....• • London, Brighton, and South Coast 50 .. .. 58 Ditto, Fifths .. 40 Do. Consol. Eighths.. 10 Do. G%tarant. 5 per ct. 9 London and Greenwich 121 15s4d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — Lendon:and N. Westernloo 197% :WW 2 .— Do. Quarters Do., no.. New - ... ~ Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 — Do. 14 Shares (G. J.) 10 Do 40/„Shares( L. M. ) 8 Do. 40/. (M. & 11.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & 11.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & II.) B. 5 ...... Do. 10/. .0. & 11.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Lund. & S.Western 411 64 10d — 1)o. New Consol. Bths 40 — Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths ..... Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 L , ndon and York Scrip 2 1 4 3 1,:i 1. • ••••••• Do. Extension London, t Salisbury, and Yeovil LE.2l.endorry&A;uleTvin 15 .0.... ... Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely 2O Lynn and Dereharn :5 - • ......... ganchester and Leeds 82 Ditto Shares . 38 Do. Quarters Do. Fifths 5 . 11 1 A Do. Sixteenths .... 6 1 %...... 1)o. Extension Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths Mandiester.Buxton,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2% — 423...... 1 1 A p Ditto and Grimsby—. 15 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto . ......... Ditto Sheffield and _ Lincolnshire 2% —....— ...... Manchest. & Southampt. 2 Midland lOO 127 128. ..... .... Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Darbyloo Midland Great Western Irish 2O Newcastle aid Berwick 20 Newcastle andCarlisle... 100 Ditto New 2O Ditto Quarter Shares 6 1 4 . Newmrk et &Chesterfrd 5 Do. Extension 2l. 12s. — Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 ,i...... 1 . Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warren point, and Rostrevor lO Norfolk ~.ioo ___ .. ...... Ditto Half Shares .. 9 ...... 11 %ii, , Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2% 1 % 3 /4 North British .. ..... ... 25 ...... 35 3 / 4 1 4 Do. Half Shan s ll ...... 15% 1 1-- ..... Do Quarters ' l l4 3N o. 4.. Do. Extension Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern... 50 - ........ i Do. Quarter Shares... 121,E Do. New 14 North Staffordshire S ...... 836 3 / 4 North Wales . 3 l /2 — . . Northern and Southern Connecting North Western... 2 l /2 — ... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct ”i — Preston and Wyre Do. 1/ Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s. — dis. Boystcn and Ilitchen ... 1% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland l 2 l /2 . sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 2% — .. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 5 .. ... Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 2 14 Shropshire Union South Devon... 4O South StaffordshireJunc. 11. 13s. 4d 1 1 / 2 p -outh Easter,. & Dover. 33 1 / 2 29 3 / 4 40 Do.. No. 1 2G Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 South Wales z , outti Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 Swans. & Loughor & Ca ._ meron's Sim. Coal. ... 2 ...... Taw Vale Extension ... 3 Trent VJley, Midland, & Grand Junction 42s. Vale of Neal' 2 Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole Waterton! and Kilkenny 11 . •• Waterford and Limerick 27 1 4 Waterfd, Wxfrd,Wieklw, and Dublin Wexford aterford, and _ Valencia West Riding Union West Cornwall 2 ... Windsor, Staines, and South Western 42s. 'X , Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. Ditto New _....._ _._. Do. Pretereuce ia 'oi.: and North slidland 50 Ditto 1 ,4 Share 3..... ... 25 Do. Selby Do. Extensio7k Ditto, Preference Do. East and 1V est Ria ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. • • Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Juuctu. ••••. Boulogne and A miens... 18 15% 1 ,.. Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cettr (Mackenzie's)... 2 Do. (Espelete's) Calcutta and Diamond Harbour .... 7s. Central of Frclice (Or leans and Vierzun) ... 10 Central of Spain ....... 2 Ceylon Demerara 2 1 / 2 Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ss. .... Eampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. .... Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada 3!4 Italian and Austrian. Jamaica S.3lid. Junction 1 .. . . Louvain a la Sainure Luxembourg 6 Lyons and Avignon .• -- . . %..... ... 144 2 ~,~ fa(lras ....... ... 1 .... Madras. Nellore, and Arcot %•••• Madrid and Valentia 2 ... Mauritius Namur and Liege Northern of France. North Jamaica Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 .., Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d ... Paris and Lyons ... .... 8 ... Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen , aris and Strasbourg 5 .. Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Bale Tars and Nantes 5 ... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and liasselt. 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... . ~. 101,8 . ~.. 35% ...... - . 43 8 5 4% ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 National of Ireland 22% _ _ Provincial of Ireland 25 Union of London.... lO London & Westminster 20 . Commercial of London 20 Colonial 25 . MTh .•• . ---. rEs Real del Monte Unregd. COURSE OF EXCHA. Amsterdam .... C.F. I'2 4 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1 Rotterdam .... 2U. 12 4% Antwerp 25 85 Elamburgh M.B. 13 10% Anoint.. Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 55 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles • • • .... 25 90 1i0urdeaux......... • . 25 90 Frankfort on Maine.... 121 _ _ •••3 j 4 3 1 / 4 GE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.. ..... ....... Leghorn .. Gemoa 25 90 Venice........ • • • Naples Palermo, per oa ........ 120% Lisbon..... Oporto .... • • .... ••.. • • A3 3 i Rio Janeiro .......... 26 Petersburgh, 3 U 5...... Iterlin .... • • . ..... .... Bahia . . .. Buenos Ayres .. .. .. .. New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. .. ...... Vienna, eifec.f10...... 10 5 Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 5 51adlid ...... 35% Cadiz .. 36 3( Barcelona . ...... Ica% Seville.. • ..... ........ PUCKS OP BULLION, FEZ OZ. Foreign Gold in bars L 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 10 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver iu bars ...... • . 0 5 01,8 HIGHLAND DESTITUTION.—The collection made on Sunday last for the destitute Highlanders, in the Scotch Church, Crown•court, Covent-garden, after a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cumming, amounted to the liberal sum of 3061. ls. sd. RAIN IN LONDON.—The metereological register kept at the gardens of the Horticultural Society at Chis wick, for the last six years, from 1841 to 1846 inclusive, gives the total quantity of ruin as 151.14 inches, being an annual average of 25.19 inches. Of these sea , ,ons the greatest quantity of rain fell in 1841, being 30.97 inches, and the least in 1844, when there was but 21.34 inches ; the others being in order, according to quantity, 1846, 21 . 71 inches ; 1843, 25 . 48 ; 1845, 23 . 33 ; and 1842, 22 . 31 inches. The most rainy month i❑ the whole period was October, 1845, when the quantity that fell was 5 54 inches ; the next being in May, 1843, when there was 5'26 inches ; whilst the least was April, 1842, when the quantity ivaa wily o'ls inch, 2014 30 3 / 4 3 / 4 17 THE SUN, LONDON, LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY. ~• 58 A special general meeting of the proprietors of this undertaking was held yesterday morning, by adjournment from the offices of the company, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of giving the executive an opportunity of answering a number of nwphoiiochts connected d nee be te en d containedatofftaiiirosdeirf directors, eti the a oers companyruepqot t i! s e i e t i r; o t n alisi r forwarded J. N. Daniels, chairman of the boar d of directors, in the chair. Captain RICH ARDSON, the chairman of the requisi tionists, after taking exception to the manner in which the directors convened the meeting, proceeded to state t o points which the re q uisitionists wished to havd finswepd and cleared up. A short while ago a rOoting NF dissent ltur ient sh when he held at the g eor g e and YeF Tavern , areholders was was elected chairm an, and he took down the questions which the dissentient.; desired to have az;ewered by the directors. Subsequently he addressed a letter to the directors requesting them to appoint a time for meeting a committee of shareho!ders, to have explaineo tem fully the present position end future prospecch an in- ts d t of h the concern. The directors decliaed to give su terview, or to answer the queetions contained in the letter requesting it, thinking it would be detrimental to the best interests of the proprietors. A requisition was then procented to the directors requesting them to convene n eeecial meeting cf the proprietors, for the par pose of requiring the directors to give full and eeeplieit answers to thirteen questions, which the committee of shareholders had propounded to the directors. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know how many Ames the dissentient shareholders held. The CHAIRMAN replied 300. A SHAREHOLDER —HOW many does Captain Richard son hold ? The CHAIRMAN replied five. Captain RICHARDSON retorted, that the smallness of his interest in the concern only showed that he was actuated purely by a desire to benefit the great body of the shareholders. The first question he put was, what amount per passenger is received by the Blackwell Railway Company, for pier dues and passage money from Blackwell to London, from the steam-boat companies which land and embark their passengers at Blackwell? Mr. theiesoer said that if the questions were to be put and answered seriatim, they would be kept there till midnight, and. as he thought the questions involved a want of confidence in the executive, he should move as an amendment, that the meeting considers the proceedings of the committee uncalled for, and begs to convey its sense of full confidence and approval to the directors on their past conduct. Mr. MARRIOT seconded the amendment. Mr. LEVY objected to this triode of meeting the ques tion, and declared that many of the queries could be put and answered with advantage to the shareholders. It was unfair, when a simple and straightforward question was put, to get up a cry that those who proposed it wanted to turn out the directors. Sir ISAAC LIONEL GOLDSMID suggested that it would save time if each question was put and answered as the directors thought proper; and if they declined answering any one of them, it would then be for the meeting to ex press an opinion upon the subject. The CHAIRMAN said it would seem the directors were being blamed for acts and resolutions which the share holders had agreed to themselves. Now this very question was put at their last half-yearly meeting, but the meeting refused to let him answer it ; and, was it likely after that they could disclose to a few what the many had decided they would not hear? The same terms which had been accepted by one steam-beat company had been offered to all ; and he solemnly declared that the directors had always acted in a way which they thought was best for the interest of the shareholders. Since the present direction bad been in office the value of their shares had been doubled, and he promised that, if they were let alone end allowed to' go on acting according to their best discretion, their value would be still further enhanced. He could not disclose the minutest details of their management, and he must, therefore, throw himself upon the meeting, and decline to answer the question. He believed he had mentioned that they offered the same terms to each steam-boat company. Mr. PELLASTER — No, no. The CHAIRMAN called upon the Hon. Proprietor to name the company that had not had offered to them the same thing. Mr. PELLASTER—The Diamond. The CHAIRMAN replied that not only was the Dia mond Company offered the same terms, but, for the sake of peace, trey were offered bet ter.—(Hear.) He would now state that they were in communication with parties connected with both the London and North-Western Company and the Eastern Counties, and he was glad to say the negotiations were likely to end in such a way as to advance their interest and increase their traffic. They Company, them an s ef lr o e n s t a o ll i p re o p in ro ts ve th th e e y ir w p e o r s e iti s o t n re a n e u il were also negotiating with the East and West India °us Docksiy exerting increase their traffic. Arrangements had been made with their engineer for immediately proceeding with their extension line, and there was a prospect of its being open and ready for traffic by October next. The line to the docks would shortly be ready for traffic, and he could state that its cost would not exceed from 75,0001. to 80,0001. He complained that the requisi tionists had not treated the directors with due and proper courtesy, and, although they only held a small interest in the concern, they had actually arrogated to themselves the power of offering the line for lease or sale to the Eastern Counties Company. He had now generally answered all the questions which were contained in the requisition, and he hoped the meeting would absolve him from going individually or minutely into each question. It was clear, from the report of the Metropolitan Commissioners, that their shareho lder rejoice s ee de w ios o oe u re l st d ei 6. fit eehvdeeynwthiutaandl the eu h r e sg v ue e ende. line was an exceedingly valuable one, and if the directors were let alone he was confident the e r he t to had . given, of cours e h e s h ou ld b e mos t happy to give good rel lf statement ancayu ssa any and e ver y gent l eman a ll f urt h er information he might require, if he would only call personally upon him at the office.—(Cheers.) Mr. D. IV . HARVEY was glad the meeting had been called, because it had given their Honourable Chairman an opportunity of clearing up the doubts which pre vailed upon the subject of the * •neg i l e tiations that were [wing on with other comp an i es . sa tisfied with the explanation, a n d he was perfectly thought, when it went forth to the world, ther e wou ld be few share holders disposed at present to part with their interest in the concern. 47 lii 9 T s xd ~.. 196% 23% 1.13/4 ~.... cc ••••• ........ ~... 26% 51 / 2 . • • • ••• - .••• ...,r 17!4 111/4 1% p ,••• 1U P .••• ... •••• •••••• .•• • ..... 128 37% t;i .• ..... 34% , •• ... ~. -... I•• ••••.• ••• ''''' 11% 1% 35 1 ,4 15 1 4 3t4 3 % 64 8:% 3 1 A 12% 2 ii.i . % dis 1 % p 40 17 4W 3% 2 1 4 p 184 15% - % 31 / 1 0 1/9 35% --- Captain RICHARDSON also expressed himself partiall • satisfied with the statement, and wished to withdraw his questions. The amendment was then put, and carried by a very large majority. A vote of confidence was then passed unanimously to the directors. The CHAIRMAN, having acknowledged the compliment, proceeded to move that the remaining 106,0001. of the debenture debt should be converted into capital by the issue of 16,000 additional uew shares of 6/. 13s. 4d. each, to be offered to the holders of existing stock in the following proportions. namely, one new share for every six of the 48,000 old shares upon which all calls shall have been paid, one for every six of the 24,000 new scrip shares upon which the fourth instalment shall have been paid, and one for every two of the 8,000 251. exteLsion shares upon which the call shall have been paid, and that a deposit of 1/. 13s. 4d. per share shall be paid upon allotment, and the remain ing Si. paid by instalments of 11. per share, at intervals of three months. The reiolution was seconded by Dr. BOWRING, put 'rom the chair, and carried unanimously. The melting then broke up. SAMBRE AND MEUSE RAILWAY. The third half•yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at the London Tavern, Bishcpsgate street. William Parry Richards, Esq., President, in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated, inter alia, that the works had been, during the last half-year, advancing with vigour. At the present time, about 3,000 men are employed on them, the greater portion en the first section of the line, which it was the great object of the directors to open at the earliest possible moment. In order to adapt the railway to more extended traffic than was at first calculat e d upon . , Mon s ieur De Grandvoir, the engineer in chief, had, f rom approved plans and sections, by great and unremittirg exertion, completed a careful and detailed estimate of the cost of the entire line. His estimate results in a sum of 2 3,000,000 francs, or 92,0001, including 64,0001., originally . estimated for carrying stock, for which ldsoauretly.mt:eirinoJap:7tpe.r 8 0,0 0 0 1 ., i t will o ebpe pace prudent w t h to t h eadd extraordinary n oi t e cotf was the comparedtr t r affic of thewit with district; th a under and when execution,the rther afu taking into account the large quantity of land required the c o conversion eo largerf the branch s 1 i a n n e d s w fr o o r m k s h o o; s a e r - t p , for the doubl e li ne , t h e greater extent o f stat i on groun d, utwheeradto ditional quantity o f ra il s an d cha i rs for t h e d ou bl e li ne , and, finally, the heavier earthworks to which the im provement effected in th e curves an d gra di ents through out the line will give rise, l oo ki ng at a ll t h ese i m p or t an t changes, the additional cost of 300,000/., which was the difference between , that originally c o nt em pl a t e d an d M. de Grandy= s estimate, was not matter of surprise. Arrangements had been made with the contractors which would rend er it unnecessary to d ea l w i t h t h e question of raising the increased capital required until after October, when the first portion of the line would be opened for traffic. The funds in hand, with calls payable during the present year, will suffice to open and stock the first section, enable the directors to advance the works south of Walcourt, and to complete the whole of the land purchases for the main line and branches, a point of great . importance. From a statement prepared b y M. Mag is, the Government engineer, and derivt d from authentic sources, the amount of traffic was expected t o p roduce a return of 180,147/., from which if they deduc ted 501. p er cent., or 90 , 0731., for working expenses, ther e would be left a balance of 90,073/., or 9/. per cent. on the contemplated expendi ture of 1,000,000/. sterling. The prospects of the under taking were most satisfactory, and the directors were d convinced that the traffic on the first section wou l d exceed the ordinary results . obtained from part i al h openings, and bear out their anticipations of t e whole ; but some idea might . be formed of . them d from the report which the director s had obta ine d from Mr. 1 'linas Bonehill, of Marchiennes, an Eng lish ironmaster, i n c onnexion with one of the principal works in the vicinity of Charleroi ; and he .tilculik the quantity of coal, coke, and iron ore , which wou ld necessarily come upon the first section o f t he railwa y , c at nearly 1,000 tons daily. Look.ng at all the circum stances of the case, the directors were confirm ed in their opinion of the solid merits of the undertaking. The calls made on the proprietors bad been answered with pi ev WED „ '4'3/JAY MORNING , great regularity, and tl.`le. Belgian Government had shown its entire confidence in t h e proceedings of the company, by returning three-fifths of the caution money origi nally deposited. The st mtement of accounts show that 237,460/. 18s. 3d. had been :received, and 107,4241. 18s. 7d. expended, leaving a balance of 130,035/. 15s. Bd., 43,0401. of which was. deposited with the Belgian Go vernment. The report and statement of accounts, on the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr. Flood, having been adopted, a vote of thanks was passed to M. De Grand voir for his able engineering services. A similar com pliment having been paid to the Chairman and the Board of Directors, the meeting separated. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. The general court of this society was held ,yesterday, at their rooms, at half-past two o'clock; B. Hawes, Esq., the treasurer, in the chair, for the preliminary pro ceedin,s. Mr. t bharlier, the secretary, read the minutes of the lest, meeting, which w ere con fi rme d. re Mr. B. ond Cabbell, M.P , took the chair, while the Secretary went through the several cases reported by tbp ponunittee for rewards, A silver medal was awarded to Robert Moneey, an able seaman of the ship queen, who, at the risk 9f his ova life saved that cf t oe secon d officer, Mr. John sen, who fell overboard a? tho Caps of Cr..;od Hope, and v,ho bad Emil: twiee before Moneey reached hie/. The bronze medal was awi t r4o to ; linother seaman razed Martin, for his assistance on that occasion. Eily er medal was also awarded to Lieut. Finch, who, while dressing pi; br i sro ; a frigate at Vortitriontla., saw man named Bradford, while endeavouring to loose ti,e jolly-boat from its fastenings, cast overboard. Vini:h iip.- - ;.‘flintelv threw off his clothes,_ and leaped through the pcal'hoie tlie waiee, doing which he was much lacerated. He reached Bradford as he was sinking, for the second time, and ultimately suc ceeded in getting him 1 2 '4 board, though in a belplesg state. Another medal was awarded to Mr. Clifford, who on the 2(1 of July saved the life of a gentleman named Wakeling, who was thrown off the steamer Waverley, when off Cadogan-pier, Chelsea, and, though not a swimmer, succeeded in holding Mr. Wakeling up in the water until they reached the hawser, by which the steamers are moored to the pier. Silver medals were also awarded to the Earl of Leicester and W. Astley, Esq., for their gallantry in endeavouring to rescue one of their servants, named Cooper, who, while passing Holcombe Bay, got into the deep water where the tide was most rapid. Mr. Astley first leaped into the water, and the man clasped him round the neck. Lord Leicester then went to Mr. Astley's assistance, and they bore the man to the shore. A silver medal was also awarded to Mr. Jackson, the captain of the steamer Locomotive, trading to Chelsea, who seeing a boy strug gling in the water on the 22d July, sprang from his paddle-box into the water and saved him, after he had sunk for the second time. Medals were also awarded to H. Vereker, Esq., and Mr. Thomas Mitchell. Another was awarded to H. Jenner, Esq., who, though unable to swim, leaped into the reservoir in the Green-park, where the water is eight feet deep, and though loaded with a heavy great coat, held on to the side of the reservoir with a young woman in his arms till they were both rescued. Silver medals were also awarded to Mr. Gibson, purser of her Majesty's ship Lily, to H. P. Green, Esq., Mr. Thomas Mitchell, and the Captain of a French corvette, each of whom had risked his own life in saving, or attempting to save, the lives of their fellow-creatures. From the cash account, it appeared that the balance remaining in the treasurer's hands at last meeting was 1431. 17s. Id., and the amount received in various ways -ince that time 2,6491. 19s. 7d. The amount disbursed by the society was 1,6191 7s. 11d. for apparatus, re wards, and other necessary expenditure. Thanks were voted to the Duke of Northumber land, who was re-elected president of the society, and to Mr. Hawes, the treasurer, who has been for more than fifty-years connected with the society. Thanks were also voted to the several other officers of the society. The vic.--president and trustees for the next year were appointed, Mr. Charlier was re-elected secre tary, and thanks voted to that gentleman and top the chairman. Before the meeting separated Mr.CEAR!.IER stated:hat during the late frost the society had been instrumental in saving the lives of no less than forty-five individuals. In this statement no notice is taken of the several severe accidents which occurred on the ice, many of which required much surgical aid. The number of skaters between the 19th December and the 3d of January was not less than 279,000 on the various ornamental waters of the Parks. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From els Official List, ÜBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount -- --- , Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ------ 1 - ' £ s. d. £ s. d. tustralasla .......• • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - itritsh North American Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 4434 commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - lolonial . ........Si. per cent. ,100 0 0 25 0 0 - londn and Westminstr i 61. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 20 0 0 - cndon Joint-Stock .• • 1 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 •- )[ etropolitan ..... .. .. 1 - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial ot Ireland- 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, ........Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Nat. Provnciai of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 o 0 35 0 0 I 36 Ditto, New.• ••• • . - 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 i Union of Australia •• • . 61. per cent. 25 o 0 25 0 0 Union of London. •• • . 51. per cent. 50 0 o l 0 0 o INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Pric, Annum. Share. , -•---- - £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion .• •••••• • • • • • • 31. 1131 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 0 15%8% Ditto Marine. ••• • • 61 . per cunt, 1 00 0 0 Was .•••• • • • • ... •• • • 13s. 6d. pr eh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 British Commercial •• 7s.per share 50 0 0 50 0 7% ; lericl,sled.B.-.Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 10 ounty 10s. 50 0 0 5 o 0 - Lagle ••• • • • ...... •• • • 6 s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 s%xd Eng.& Scot. Law •• .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 20 3 European Life ........per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. Freemasons' . , r.obe ••.•• • • • • ...... 61 . per cent. Stock. - 136 Guardian ••.•••• • • • •• 51 . per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 4814 Imperial Fire •• •• .... 6 /. and bonus 500 0 0I 50 0 0 23 0 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 125. 100 00110 0 0 - Indemnity Marine• ••• • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 I 513 1 31 ..aw Life .• ••••• - • • • • 11 . 53 . 100 001 0 0 0 3 % .egal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% .andon Fire •••• • • • • 10 s. 25 00 12 10 0 15 ,ondon Ship •.••• • • • 103. 25 0012 10 0 15 id arine .. ••• • • ...... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - t!ed. Invlid&Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - National Loam Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life ••. • - ... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 8 :alladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 A 2/. ad Phcenix - - 195 Protector Life •• • • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 235. 6d Provident Life •• • . Rock Life •••••• • • • • .. 4s. 50 0 010 0 4}4 Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. -- - 210 Sun Fire • • ••. • • • • .. . 6/. 10s. - - Ditto Life ....• ••. • • 1/. 61. - 49 - Universal Life .. - ----_-__. LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIZZ' PRICES. ----._ Dividend Amount paid, Price. Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. --- ------ x 5 . d £ 5. d. 100 0 0 176 flank of Scotland - 0 155 0 0 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 1000 00 Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 10 2 16 20 7 10 0 0 141.103 National Bank • ..... Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 844 Western Bank •• • • - 5 0 0 7 1 4 Northof Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Clydesdale Bank •• • • - 10 0 0 12 Eastern Bank • • - 2 10 0 4/. 115 Caledonian Bank - 50 0 71. 2s Edinb.&tilasgow Bank 6/. per cert. - 10 0 0 13/. 7a City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 0 10 0 245. 6d Scottish Union Ins. Co. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 144 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 A ll paid. 91 [noun Co. of Scetind• • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 27 North British Incur.• • 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 C a l e donian Fire Insur. 101 . per c ent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22l 12 10 0 18 4 E di n b u rgh Life Incur. 6 /. per c ent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 78?„', Ed in. & Glasg. Railway 11.10 s. per c. 12 10 0 All paid. 194 Ditto, 4 Shares• •• . 73.6 d. p. S. 20 0 0 20 0 0 11q.,i Edin., Leith, & Grantn - lasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. percent. :( 5 ) 0 0 0 0 All p p a a i i d d .. 6 1 9 6% 4 Glasgw &Greenck Rail. 21. pe rc en t. cceennt. 25 0 0 All paid. 3 9 ,, , ,Bsov &Ganikirk Rail. 51. P e 25 0 0 All paid. 37 I)undee& A r b ro th Rail. 6/. per cent.so 0 0 210 0 9 Standard Life.tesernce. 5/. per cent. -_.:---------- CELNA.X.S. I Names of it Dividend Nantes of Dividend! Prlee• Com panies. .1 per p r i ce. C o mpanies. .1 3 per , 2 At multi. 4 Annum. I -..-- ---- - X I ----. kshtn& Olslh 97,51.55. p e - I%lonmouthsli Loul 8/ . _ Ashby-d-la-Z,113! 41. - Mutgornrysh 100 5/. Barnsley - -1160 121. -- Macclesfield. 100 - - liasingstoke..loo - , _ Leath ••• • • • 100 17/. - Brknk&Abrg 150 i Si j - Nottingham. 150 12/. - Cromforti..•. 100 14/. : - Peak Forest . 78 31. Dudley ...... mil 4/. 1 - Regent's .... 33 1/. 51 75 Derby - • ... 100 6/. - Rochdale.... 85 „. • 24 I.:IISMre&ChS 1331 4!. ' 55 Shropshire • . 12 5 ' B l . Erewash • - 100; 32/. - Somrset Coal 150 71.10, -- Forth & Clyt1,100: 4/. - 1)° •" /.(18i 12 6/. n ; Orand.lunctni 1001 71. 80xd Stfird &Wore 140 2 8/ * - - L.rand Union'looj 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury..l 1451 9nt 125 151. - - lilamorgnsh .i 172 13%1. - Stourhrldge. ;istr & ltrkly 101 - - Strtlid on AV 79 T --- 315 9 IL 105. :Irantharn • . 15 0 01 121. - Severn and 1 1 Huddersfield. 571 - - Wye Rail. j 26 11. fis. - Kennt & Avn 39, 7s. 6d. 5% Trnt & Mr- 1 Lancaster . - 001,11.1.0 e. - !Ley, IA sh. j 50 an /. Leeds& Livrp 101 341 522 Thams &Med 19 - Leicester .. • • 1401 10/. 105 Worcstr SO - - Leicstr &Nth 831 41. 52 1 ' fi rming. i7B Loughborogh[l42, 701. - t Wilts & Bits 67 43 2 1 1 1 .. _. Name of Company. DOCZS. Dividend Amount per ' of I "*" P., Annum. Share. d . B. d. Commercial ......... 3/. per cent. Stock. East and West India...' 61. pr cent. Stock. East Country London .. 5/. pr cant. Stock. 411-Katharine ........ 5 per cent. ' Stock. southampton •• • ... I/. per cent. 50 0 0 X S. d. I VIATER-1/rol4sB. Name of Company. Dividend I Amount per of Annum. Share. 5 0 0 0 Paid. I s. d. - East London •••• • • • 8/. 100 0 0 Grand Junction ••• • .. 3/. 10s. 41 18 4 iient•• •••• • • • • ...... 2/. 10s. 100 00 1 Vauxhall •• •••• . . .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 West Atlddlese . . . 51.55. pr cut. 63 12 9 Mr. Roe's hds., Mon., Creycombe Village ; Sat., Lad brook Gate. .JANUARY 13, 1847 PRINCESS'S T.HEATRE. An English version of Donizetti's opera Annl Bolena, was produced here last evening under the title of Anne Boleyn, for the purpose of in•roducing Miss Bassan o to an English audience as the heroine. The follo.vine. is the cast of the opera : Henry VIII. (King of England) Mr. Leffler. Percy (Earl of Northumberland) Mr. Allen. Rochford (brother to the Queen) Mr. Walton. Harvey (Governor of the Tower) Mr. Wynn. Smeaton (page to the Queen) Miss Sara Flower, Anne Boleyn (Queen of England) Miss Bassano. 1 Lady Jane Seymour Miss Smithson. Our readers will, no doubt, recollect Miss Bassano some two or three seasons since, as one of the most; promising of our concert singers, (if we mistake not,. she was a pupil of the Royal Academy of Music, and. she does honour to her tutors). Since that time she has studied in Italy, and has practised on the Italian stage, and she returns to us not only an accomplished musician, but, that which so few of our singers become, a great actress, There is is an energy and a power about the acting of Miss Bassano that quite carries away an audience. Her features, too, are most ex prsssive, and in the impassioned scenes she is magnificent. Her voice is a mezzo soprano of considerable power, and it is completely under command. Her opening cave, tine, "Speak not again of by-gone days"—the "Come lisnoesnte" of the original, was beautifully given, and vess much sWsucled. Her nest great hit was in the euin!ett is Fee second scene, "Jo Setatii."- in which she was most admirs'oly supported by Sara Flower, Allen, and Leffler ; aiid in which her acting told with greet ekot. Then came the sestett "In questi ~..Leusrcli," and the finale of the first act, " Ali segnata," which completely sealed the success of Miss Bassano. She was cii'led for at the conclusion of the first act, and speeised with loud applause. In the second act, the scene of which passes in the Tower, in the prison of Anne, who is condemned to death, the acting of Miss Bassano wftS inOSt effective. The scene with Jane Sev iaoon was most beautiful, and the duet, with which the scene closes, " Vu Infelice," was given with the most intense pathos, both by Miss Bassano and Miss Smith- The trio, " Ambo morrete," was well given by Allen, Lefler, and Miss Biussano, and was splendidly acted by the lady, as was the trio immediately follow ing it, " Salo dtl'lnghitterra," As the opera proceeded, so did the powers of Miss Bassana seem to rise with the call made upon her. Her " Ali! dolce guidami," was given with exquisite pathos. In her manner of giving " Preghiera Cielo a naiei lunghi spasime" which may be eousiderod as the finale of the opera, was perfectly thrilling. Miss Bassano is not only an aecom plished singer, but she is a great actress. Her debut was most successful, and the opera was announced for repetition amidst the loud and unanimous applause of a crowded house. The success of the opera was, however, not owing solely to Miss Bassano's exertions. The cast was remarkably strong. Of the Percy of Allen it would be unjust not to speak in the terms of the highest praise. Had he physical power equal to his taste and his science, he would be the first tenor singer in the world ; as it is, his Percy is the nearest approach to the Percy of Rubini that has yet been made. Exquisitely did he give his opening cavatina, "Da Quel Di ;"' delightful was ho in all the concerted pieces ; but the great triumph of the night was the " Vivi tu," followed by the " Nell veder la tua costanza." This was a perfect triumph of taste, genius, and science— the triumph of taste, genius, and science, over physical difficulties, a triumph , such as Rubini alone has been enabled heretofore to achieve, and which re minded us of Rubini's triumphs, because it was a triumph over similar difficulties, accomplished:by similar means ; and, with the exception of Rubini, we have never heard any one superior to Allen in the " Vivi tu;" and this we say, with a perfect recollection that Signior Mario has, in the absence of Rubini, been accustomed to sing this cantina. The Smeaton of Miss S. Flower was very fine ; her rich contralto tones told most effectively in the music of this part, and her " Deh non voles" and "Ah Pares were every thing that could be desired. Great praise is due to Miss Georgians Smithson, for the admirable manner in which she both sung and acted as Jane Seymour ; and Leffler, although not quite a Lablache, was a very effi cient representative of bluff Henry VIII. The opera was most efficiently conducted by Mr. Loder, and it was well put upon the stage, No doubt it will have a run. The house was crowded before the commencement of the overture. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. Killick and J. Sadd, paper stainers, Blackman -street, Borough, Jan. 22, at one—F. Glass, woollen factor, Basing hall- street, Jan. 22, at eleven—L. Kennedy, pawnbroker, Rochester-terrace, Stoke Newington, Feb. 3, at half-past twelve—P. Kerr, bookseller, Harley- street, St. Marylebone, Feb. 4, at twelve—H. Docker, oilman, Pall-mall, Feb. 4, at half-past twelve—J. Hunnybun ironmonger, Cambrid ge , Feb. 4, at half-p as t eleven—J. Holstead, tailor, Hampstead road, Jan. 22, at eleven. In the Country. J. Parsons, edge-tool manufacturer, Wolverhampton, Feb. 9, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court Parfitt, engineer, Bristol, Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—D. Davies, sen., anil D. Davies. jun., flannel manufacturers, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Feb. 5. at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—T. Rees, brewer, Liverpool, Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court R. Barker, druggist, Manchester, Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court—J. Garsed, sen., and J. Garsed, Ln., flax man u f ac t urers , L eeds, Feb. 5, at eleven, at the eeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Eckstein, ironmonger, High-street, Notting-hill, Feb, 4 —J. Vowles, teazle dealer, Compton Bishop, Somersetshire, Feb. 4—D. Cook, wheelwright, Liverpool, Feb. 2--W. Barker, hosier, Nottingham, Feb. 5—G. Chesterton and J. Woodall, glass manufacturers, Birmingham, Feb. 10—J. Jarvis, wine merchant, Cannon-street, City, Feb. 2—T. Miller, oilman, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields, Feb. 2—R. Baker, farmer, Christchurch, Monmouthshire, Feb. 2—F. Holmes, ship builder, Little Yarmouth, S u ff o lk. F e b . 2 — J . Jenkins, cowkeeper ymond's-street, St. Luke's, Feb. 2. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Lees, jun., and J. R. White, jun., land agents, Man chester—W. Smith and W. Scampton, cheese factors, Leices ter—R. Banner, S. Clegg, and W. Law, patent metalization timber manufacturers-4. Smith and T. Bosbery, linen drapers, Regent-street—J. Young and J. Farrell, City—R. H. Price, J. B. Deakin, and W. Dent, attorneys, Wolver hampton—W. Barratt and W. H. Rickards, calico printers, Manchester—P. Heron, A. Al'Kean, and S. Tetley, stuff mer chants, Bradford, Yorkshire (so far as regards P. Heron) — R. P. Church and J. S. Wood, cotton brokers, Liverpool—E. Jones, and S. Huggins, builders, Liverpool—J. W. and S. P Carr, ale merchants, Colchester—T. and J. Holvoak - e, pin manufacturers, Redditch, Worcestershire—J. ?orritt, J. Moorhouse, and J. Cunliffe, cotton spinners, Tottington Higher-end, Lancashire-4. S. Miles and R. Bellin, East India agents, Cornhill—W. Hendry and J. Glover, iron founders, Charles-street, Drury-lane—J. Leach and W. Milligan, worsted stuff manufacturers, Wilsden, Yorkshire— W. Howard and F. Binns, chemists, Paddock, Yorkshire—J. H. Ridsdale, G. Ridsdale, and J. Rogers, share brokers, Wakefield, Yorkshire—J. Schofield, W. Cookson, J. Kirk, T. Marshall, and H. Goulding, cotton warp makers, Aldmond bury, Yorkshire (so far as regards 11. Goulding)—J. and J. Atkinson, linendrapers, Leeds—M. Ainsworth and T. Thompson, cotton waste dealers, Oldham, Lancashire—H. Holland and W. Matthews, brick makers, Preston, Lan cashire—G. Tanner, sen., and G. Tanner, jun., t a il ors , Chip penham, Wiltshire—J.: and W. R. Hall, merchants, Liverpool —T. Thomson, sen., and T. Thomson, jun., stone masons, Cambridge—J. Garratt and J. W. Beal, ale dealers, Roch dale—G. England and T. Davies, haberdashers—J. Bentley and R. Bradbury, cotton waste dealers, Oldham, Lancashire —A. Wright and W. Lucas, refiners of nickle and cobalt, Attercliffe, Yorkshire—G. Street and M. M'Evoy, hop mer chants, Borough—E. Lyne and S. Peter, attorneys, Liekeard, Cornwall—J. W. and A. Furness, confectioners, High Hol born—R. S. Cuming and C. Stokeman, linendrapers, Wy combe, Buckinghamshire—G. Duxburg, J. Ingham, and J. Seaton, engravers to calico printers, Manchester—D. T. Sharpe and R. Hale, butchers, Paddington-street, St. Mary lebone—T. Welch, W. Welch, and T. Wood, ironmongers, Kidderminster. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Patrick Sandeman, upholsterer, Edinburgh, Jan. 18 ard Feb. 8, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Nielson, Edinburgh. Arthur Abercomby, insurance broker, Banff, Jan. 16 and Feb. 6, at one, at the Banff-hotel, Banff. Donald Fraser, glass merchant, Edinburgh, Jan. 18 and Feb. 8, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. A KNACLER'S TRICK. SUFFOCATION OF A HORSE.—At the Chelmsford petty sessions, on Tuesday last, Edward Bentley, of Runwell, knacker, was charged with killing a horse, the property of Mr. Thomas Stock, of East Hanningfield. Mr. Duffield, solicitor, of Chelmsford, appeared in support of the charge. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that on Monday night James Mason, a labourer, in the employment of Mr. Stock, and who lives at his farm, had been attending his club, about four miles distant, and on his return home, about twelve o'clock, when within a few rods of his master's yard, he heard a groan, and on getting over the gate into the yard he saw the prisoner kneeling down close to the horse's head, and on calling out to him the prisoner immediately jumped up and ran off so quickly that Mason could not stop him. Mason then went and procured a light, and on going into the shed found the horse dead, and four pieces of hay twisted up very tight, and a halter lying close to the horse's head. Mason then went and called up his master, who lived half a mile from the farm, and also a neighbour, who proved finding the horse dead and the pieces of hay and halter as described. The witnesses stated that from the shape of the hay found, and also from the fact of their being damp, they believed them to have been forced up the nostrils of the horse, and which, with the assistance of the halter, had produced suffocation. The witness Mason spoke positively as to the identity of the prisoner, having known him many years, and it being a very light night. Mr. Duffield requested that the prisoner might be remanded, when he should be able to produce further evidence, and he was accordingly remanded until this day (Friday), when the whole of the evidence will be gone through. During the last few weeks several horses belonging to farmers in the same neighbourhood which had been turned out at night apparently in perfect health, have the next morning been found dead, and the cause of death remained a perfect mystery, until the discovery of the above diabolical act has given grounds for the belief that thay had been subject to the same cruel death, especially as the prisoner was in several instances very early on the premises to purchase the earease.—Essex Standard. FALL OF AN AEROLITE.—The inhabitants of Min dethal, in Bavaria, were scared from their Christmas festivities and yule-logs on the 25th ult., by the unex pected arrival of an aerial visitant. We subjoin a tex • tual recital of this meteorogical phenomenon from the Augsburg Gazelle. "On Christmas-day, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, a noise was heard in the environs of Min &that, in a circumference of at least 18 leagues diameter, resembling, in the first instance, a distant cannonade . After 20 almost uniform discharges, this noise chang ed to a rumbling, the sounds of which strikingly resembled withble those of a kettle-drum, tuned in F, and en d ed The whole sounds like those of distant truppets s: n phenomenon lasted about thre e miente in the same manner throug hout the entire wa ired s is h t e r a ie r t d . Every auditor imagined that he eard the noise over his head ' but nothing was seen explanatory of the pheno menon. In the village of Schonenburg, however, west ward of Mindethal, several persons remarked, above the houses, a black ball rapidly descending, and a man saw this ball fall into a garden. The news of the even t was soon spread abroad, and all the inhabitants, aban. doning their firesides and family festivities, ran to the spot pointed out. They found an opening in the earth which emitted a sulphurous vapour. On digging with great zeal a stone was discovered two feet below the sur face, in the form of an irregular, truncated pyramid, with four narrow lateral surfaces, and a fifth somewhat wider ; the base is smooth enough. The summit is prismatic, and the corners rounded. It weighs almost 8 kilogrammes (441 b. and upwards). Its dimensions are 8 inches in height, 7 in breadth, and 3 in thickness This stone bears marks of volcanic origin, and resem bles a grunstein (greenstone). The fracture is grayish white, spotted with white, and several crystallized me tallic fragments were remarked on its surface, especially some octohedral crystals of iron which attract the mag netized needle. It is thought that other similar stoner have fallen in the vicinity, but hitherto none have been discovered. 11 w il q t 4P . -. , ... . _ _.. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. I 1../ 77 . : .1 .4 4 ~..-44 . , PASSENGERS TO AND FR / '• eo LO_NDON., RAILWAY _ST A TIONS. - ) 14- see? es l). ~„i ll WHITEHALL, JAN. 11, 1847. 1 The subj Metro Olitee Railway Comm 3 - e e ,N...,:- .1 ' , l e. ,' see, o Leed extract from a letter written : )e __ ..,, 41 ..?_ ... The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir John M'Pher- IC. Pearson to the . " - T il t- . with respect to th A tkr4,) son Grant, Bart, to be one of the Board of Supervision for 1 contains some cur" s ,d'to ' t 1,1 ect i . oul t . rs fro,... --1 the appte ix . , , . i Reliefof the Poor in Scotland, in the room of Sir George mentioned subj M'Pherson Grant, Bart., deceased. • t 4-; Ak. :1 missioners' report : • ' . WHITEHALL, JAN. 11. Her Majesty's commissior er- h ` 4 t c'ow e e • l co V ui r ,e ;a 'u n'ilt l o a i t ' ' . The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Samuel - ' ''' as '‘` 67. ' r d art , call for returns from the various riti_ .c, at ez-s - ,depart Grey. Esq., 'to the office of one of the Clerks of her Ma jesty's Signet, in the room of John Gage, Es deceased: the number of passengers which irril ''ke &list . , i n g als , ' <l-, from their stations in vehicles and on foe,. ' =Ass /Yu ° CROWN- OFFICE, JAN. 12. ing those who go to and from the City from Ve kept MEMBER RETURNED TO MUM.: IN Tarts PRESEN T PA RLIAM ENT , go to and from the west-end ; such accounts . Net,'" County of. Worcester (Eastern Division) —George Rush- at least at some of the stations, and where this int. '.. out, Esq., Captain in her Mast Ist R . egiment of Life tion cannot be furnished, traffic takers (after the hula, Guards, in the room of John Barnesaby, Esq., deceased. . burly of Whitsuntide is over) might be appointed to ob- Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of f ta l ir l i a . week's returns. Ido not - hesitate to affirm that the o owing striking facts will be drawn forth :—Of the Yorkshire, and of Kingston-upon-Hull. East York Militia—John Todd, Esq ,to be Captain, vice passengers going to the City from the. Brighton, Croy- Shore, resigned, Dec. 3; Marmaduke Jerard Griinston, don, &c., st a ti on, much more than four-fifths walk, be to be Captain, vice Clubley, re s i gne d, D ec. 4. Es q ., WHITEHALL, DE C . 10, 18 46. , cause th e stat i on is close to the centre of business, e proprtins The wherea s in to thedistant statio ns Robert Viner, i ' Lord Chancellor has appointed Roberiner, of th e are reversed, regard and of all the isseno•ez•s th co mi to o or city of Bath, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in th e , go i ng from the City to Paddington and the Euston- . High Court of Chancery. . square term i ni, upwards of four-fifths ride, because those BANKRUPTS. stations are distant from the City. John Parsons, baker, Medway-street, Westminster, to The railway station at New C-1 . .osa, and the ,station at surrender, Jan. 21, at two, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at th e the Bricklayers' Arms bear, in point of distance, about Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing- the same relation to the heart cf the City as the stations hall-street ; Hohnet and Son, Bridge-street, Southwark. at Pe.ddingtori and Euston-;q -ere If instead of allowing Joseph Thomas Hoskins, boarding housekeeper, Black- , the Dover ! vies to na ; e L laidstorge Croydon, ' ' and Brighton Compae heath, Kent, Jan. 26, at half-past one, and Feb. 23, at eleven, theirbrestation close to the City, 'they had, like the Great V .stern and Birmingham, been con at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Lawrence and Plews, Old demned to drop their passenger at those distant stations, it cannot be matter of deubt ors peculation, but is matter Jewry-chambers, Old Jewry, City. Robert William Samson, coal merchant, Essex-wharf, instead of on all the five-fifths of certainty, that, Strand, Jan. 21, at twelve, and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old of the passengers for the City would have been obliged Jewry-chambers ; Thackthwaite, Essex-street, Strand, to finish their journey in an omnibus or other vehicle, John Barrington Elworthy, draper, Bridgwater, Somer- and the narrow approach over London bridg e would have setshire, Jan. 21, at twelve, an d M arc h 6 , at eleven, at the been encumbered with five times as many vehicles from Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Green, official as- the stations as now pass over it. street, signee, Cheapside Alderman bu Pa ry in , City dg ; water.. Reed and Langford, Frid a y- The erroneous opinion which prevails as to theansoeint ; John Pickard, jun., hatt er , E xe t er , J an. 21, at one, and of vehicles from th e ra il way stat i ons is largely due to the Feb. 16, at eleven, at th e E xeter Di str i ct Court ; liirtzel, fact that a vast num b er o f omn ib uses have displayed, in official assignee, Exet er ; G eare, M ountford, and Geare, conspicuous parts, the name of some railway, as if they Exeter; Finch and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields. were engaged in conveying passengers to and from the John Gemmill, jun., ship-broker, Liverpool, Jan. 26 and stations, whereas they do but pass by the stations in Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor- their passage to and from their own resting and starting gan, official assignee, Liverpool; Kearns, Red Lion-square, places in the various part s o f th e su b ur b s o f t h e metro- London ; Todd, Liverpool. polis : for example, there are 160 omnibuses,, which go Andrew White, ship owner, Bi s h op W earmouth, Durham, from Chelsea, Islington. and oth er pl ac es c and make a Jan. 19, at half-past ten, and Feb. 23, at one, at the New- '; • castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, o ffi c i a l assignee, resting place at th e G reenw i c h station "Brighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and Compton, Church -court, Dover. and Greenwich Railway," is conspicuously dis- Old Jewry, London; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. played on the omnibuses, but so little have' they to do DIVIDENDS DECLARED. with the railway, that upon an average o f t h ree d ays the W. Hart, hatte r , Whi tec h apel High- street—first div. of whole number of persons con ve y e d to or f rom t h e stat i on by those omnibuses has not averaged two passengers pound, theon e S fu st e turd e of ay._ Jan. 9 and two • sybse- I q s u . e 9 n d t . S i a n t ut the i - each, and they have been almost entirely persons going place, Old Jewry y4 . a C. Poile, merchant, Rye—first div. of 68.4 d. in the pound, Every omnibus to the Brighton, Dover, Croydon, &c., on Saturday, Jan. 9, an d two su b sequent Saturdays, at the station, goes to and from the west-end of the town ; they office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. are solely required for the accommodation of other than J. Evans, silk mercer, Bristol—a div. of 2s. 54d. in the City passengers. The same may be said of the Blackwell pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, s t a ti on ; th e omnibuses from Chelsea, &c., rendezvous Bristol. there precisely the same as five hu n d re d omn ib uses a d ay H. Deverill, corn factor, St o k e - upon-Trent—first div. of to and from Paddington rendezvou s a t th e corner o f 3s. 4d. Birmingham. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the of fi ce of Mr. Princes -street, Lothbury. It is an incontrovertibl e f ac t Valpy, that the amount of the passenger traffic in cabs and , ; omnibuses bears scarcely an appreciable proportion to the whole amount of the City traffic by similar vehicles ; and it is a fact equally capable of proof, that %what little increase railroads furnish is almost entirely supplied from the distant termini. • From every trains there is a vast number of persons who have to come to the great City establishments to transact their business and return to the country on the same day ; by the same - token there is a vast num ber of citizens who make equally short visits to the Ko vinces. A carpet bag is the full extent of their equip ment, and to and from the Brighton and Dover station they may be always seen walking over the bridge, but to or from Paddington or Euston-square they are obliged to cab it, racing through the streets of the City to a great waste of time and money ; if my plan be adopted they may walk from their place of business to or from the station in Farringdon-street without encumbering the streets, and each passenger may save half an hour in time, and half-a-crown in money each trip—objects, which in this age of competion, are not to be despised. When last before the commissioners, I ventured to point out the serious interruption to the business of the City, which was occasioned by the opening of large establishments in our confined streets, for the reception and distribution of goods carried by the railways. I • have since that time pursued that branch of inquiry to a great extent, and the information I have obtained does far more than confirm the statement I before yen. tured to make. In consequence of the desertion of the old inn-yards by the coaches and waggons, which are now superseded . by railroads, many of them have been taken as receiv ing houses by the great railway coreerns: These houses and yards are chiefly in the very narrowest and most confined streets ; they answered well enough when the arrivals of coaches and waggons were few and far between ; but now when they are converted into suction pipes, drawing together the whole trade of the City to the stations, in carts and waggons, they create the most serious interruption to regular trade. These establishments are being magnified and multiplied in our narrow streets, and the leviathan waggons and vans of the proprietors are daily to be seen in all direc tions canvassing for business, sometimes creeping about the streets, having a few articles at the bottom of the waggons with their names as " carriers by railway " dis played upon the vehicle, as if by way of advertisement ; and at other times they may be seen with loads over hanging on each side the foot-pavement of the narrow streets and lanes through which they pass. I earnestly hop. the commissioners will not lose sight of the fact, that the most inconvenient and expensive system of conducting the goods department of the rail way business is entirely called into action by the great railway establishments having their goods stations at too great a distance from the seat of trade to enable parties to take their goods to the terminus at once. By the ex • iiting practice, the goods, whether taken by the carriers or by private parties to the receiving warehouses, or yards, have to traverse the streets twice; and generally speaking have to be twice removed before they are placed in the railroad carriages. If the goods station for the • northern railways were north of Holborn-bridge, where I propose it should be, once passihg thiough the streets and one removal would suffice, thus economy of time and labour would be happily blended with egreatly in- - creased convenience' to th e public: Goods of every de scription would be less exposed to danger by removals, and they would, reach their place of ultimate destina tion frequently before, under the existing system, they • can be placed upon the railway truck. Dr. King, of Sackville-s.reet, has submitted to the Medico-Chirurgical Society an essay " On the Cause of Death of Infants Preternaturally Still-born," wherein he insists that death is not from asphyxia, as hitherto suppised, but from syncope; and suggests for the consideration of the medical profession an en tirely new practice, by which means a large majority of infants preternaturally (head last) born may be saved. THE ORDER OF QUEEN ISABELLA, THE CATHOLIC. -It is a curious fact, says one of our contemporaries. that the Order of Elizabeth the Catholiev4hich has jest been confer red by the Queen of Spain on Baron Anselme de Rothschild, of Frankfort, was founded in honour of the expulsion of the Moors and Jews. OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—On Monday information was forwarded to the metropolitan and city police that a lady named Blencorn, residing at Chelsea, whilst riding in an omnibus which plies between Chelsea and the City, dis covered, on her arrival at the Bank of England, that she had been robbed of her purse, containing ten sovereigns The Earl of Verulam has given the munificent do nation of 1,5001. towards the endowment and building of the proposed new church at Lavistock-green, St. Al ban's. The Nobla Earl has also given a piece of land as the site for the church. DESTITUTION IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND —The congregation of St. John's Chapel, Bedford- row, contri buted on Sunday last the munificent sum of 1,2401. and upwards, after sermons preached by the Hon. and Rey. B. W. Noel and the Rev. J. G. Garrard, in aid of our destitute fellow subjects in Ireland and Scotia] d GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR 20/.—Monday a well contested foot race came off at Tottenham, between Rawlins, of Tottenham, and Mallet, of London, for 101. a side. The distance was half a mile. At the start Mallet took the lead, which he maintained for 400 yards; Rawlins then came up, and a good race took place, which terminated by Rawlins coming in the winner by 30 yards. He accomplished the half mile of road in two minutes and twelve seconds. ROBBERY AT THE SOUTH-RASTERN RAILWAY:- On Monday morning information was received it tii• Southwark police-station, that: the counting-house of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, railway carriers, near the luggage warehouses at the Bricklayer's Arms station, was broken into on Sunday night, and robbed of seventy pounds in gold and silver, and three cheques of a small amount. The counting-house is inside the premises be longing to the company, who have their own police. EARL FITZwILLIAM'S PERSIAN HORSE.—ROSROU.I Khan was purchased at Tabuz, in Northern Persia, by his present proprietor, for the whom h p t u a r n po s s h e eee of ( in troducing the service of the w a sP urpurchased) ase ) gave ds new blood into England. Ca p King follo o w f in P g historyersia' from of him :—He w as b red by the the Tekeh Turco roans, a tribe wandering on the banks of the Oxus or Titron, and famous for their horses. In foray made upon a neighbouring tribe, the Hezar s : mas ter was killed, and th e h orse was captured. He did slain in a foray, and th e h orse, which had:nna not, however, long remain w i t h hi s new oswtere,stwahbloiswheas; a name, was bought from his third master by the Chief of Karoee, Mahomed Khan, for 16 men slaves, the average price of a ma n s l ave being _about 35 Persianlomauns, or 171. sterlin g . Mahomed khan tried the powers of the horse, and galloped him against a number of his best horses, all of whom he beat. The Khan gave him over to one of his most daring captains, Rossoul, who had the temerity to muke a foray close upon the camp of the Qrince Royal, Abbas Mirza, whilst the English officers were with him, and in that foray re-captured that extra ordinary wanderer, the Rev. Joseph Wolf, whom, when he could not sell him for a larger sum than five tomauna (21. 12s. 6d.), he released, and sent to Meshed. For this temerity Rossoul was haunted down, and he and his chief destroyed by the prince, and eventually the horse came into the hands of Captain Shee. The horse has all the peculiarities, and, eminently, all the excellences of the breed; he is cathammcd to an extraordinary degree; very long from the bone to the hoof, and extremely fine in the neck and shoulder. His speed, wind, and endur ance are his characteristic qualities. The horse is at present in the possession of Earl Fitzwilliam. EARLY LAMBING.—On the morning of Thursday last, an ewe, belonging to Mr. Longwill, Nether Meadow, near Dairy, dropped two lambs, which are both doing I well. The same ewe had la m b s l as t season a b out t h e 1 SUN tiMe.—Edinburgh Evening Post. THE REIGNING SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE. We extract the following from the Deutsche Allge meine Zeitung : Of the fifty-two sovereigns reigning in Europe, two of them have reached their 70th year—the King of Hanover, the oldest sovereign in Europe since the de cease of Gregory XVI., and the King of the French. Of the other sovereigns, thirteen are between 60 and 70 years of age, fourteen from 50 to 60, eleven from 40 to 50, eight from 20 to 30, and two have not yet reached their 20th year, namely, the Queen of Spain, who is only 16 years 3 months, and the Prince of Waldeck, who is not yet 16. Of all the sovereigns the Prince of Schaumbourg-Lippe has reigned the longest of the time, if his minority be counted. He has reigned for nearly sixty years. Two have reigned for more than forty years equally counting their minority ; four from thirty to forty years ; nine from twenty to thirty years ; twenty one from ten to twenty years ; the fifteen other sove reigns, of whom three ascended the throne during :1845, have not reigned more than ten years. By counting the reign from the date only of majority, not counting the years in which a sovereign was still a minor, the longest reign is that of the Duchess of Parma (32 years 7 months), as the Princes of Schaumbourg- Lippe, of Lippe and Schwarzbourg -Rudolstadt and the Duke of Saxe-Meinengen, reigned many years before they reached their majority. Six sovereigns are un married, namely (independently of the Pope), the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the Duke of Bruns wick, the Princes of Reuss-Schleitz, Reuss-Ebersdorf, and of Waldeck. The King of Hanover, the Grand Dukes of Hesse and of Oldenburg, the Duke of Nassau, are widowers; the Duchess of Parma is a widow. The Sultan is a polygamist. The Elector of Hesse has con tracted a morganatic marriage. The thirty-nine others contracted marriages suitable to their rank; two have been married thrice, eight twice. Of the forty-six sovereigns married or widowed, thir- teen have no children. Of the thirty-three others, after the Sultan, comes Prince of Lichtenstein, who has nine children. The King of Bavaria and the Prince of Lippe have each eight ; the Grand Duke of Baden seven ; six other sovereigns have each seven—three only one. Fif teen sovereigns have grandsons ; the King of the French has fifteen ; the Emperor of Russia, the Grand Duke of Hesse and of Saxe Weimar, and the Prince of Hohen zollern Sigmaiiagen have each six. As the Duke of Saxe Altenburg has only daughters there are thirty-two sovereigns who have heirs, presumptive ; fourteen have collateral branches for successors—twelve have brothers; tke Queen of Spain, her sister ; the Prince of Hohen zollen-Hechingen, the son of his grand uncle. Six sovereigns have no fixed successors ; they are, in dependently of the Pope, the Duchess of Parma, the Dukes of Brunswick. of Anhalt-Bernberg, of Anbalt- Cohen, and the Prince of Ifeuss-Ebersdorf. Of forty six hereditary princes and heir-presumptives, the eldest being the the Prince of Reuss-Schleitz, 57 years and 2 months, the youngest the Prince of Reuss-Greitz, only 9 months of age; 20 are married ; one has contracted a morganatic marriage, one is divorced for the second time, sixteen have children ; Prince John of Saxony has nine. In the course of last year, eighteen deaths took place in sovereign families ; three reigning Princes, Pope Gregory XVI., Francis IV., Duke of Modena, the Landgrave Philip of Hesse-Homburg, ono ex-sovereign, Louis Buonaparte, ex -ki ng o f H olland ; the Dowager Duchess (properly speaking princess hereditary) of Anhault Dessau, mother of the reigning duke and his sister, Princess William of Prussia, aged 72 and 71 years, both sisters of the late Landgrave of Hesse- Homburg ; Prince Henry of Prussia, uncle of the present king, aged 65 ; Prince William of the Netherlands aged 10 and a half ; th e h ere di tary Prince of Hesse-Philipp thal-Barchfield, aged 21 ; Prince Charles of Waldeck, uncle of the reigning prince, aged 43 ; Count Henry of Reuss Kostritz, aged 78 ; C oun t F er di nan d o f Li ppe- Blesterfeld; aged 74 ; the Grand Duchess Mary of Russia, daughter of the Grand Duke Michael, aged 22 ; Princess Augusta of Nassau-Usingen, married to the Count de Bismark, the divorced wife of the Landgrave Louis of Hesse-Homburg, who died in 1839, aged 68 ; Maria Luisa, Princess of Spain, wife of the Duke of San Fernando, aged 67 ; the Princess Dowager Leopoldine of Liechtenstein, born Princess Esterhuzy, aged 58 ; Princess Louisa of Hohenzollern Hechingen, widow of Baron Her von der Burg, aged 72 ; Princess Caroline Louise, of Schaumburg Lippe, sister of the reigning Prince, aged 60. Among the births, 16 are especially worthy of notice ; those of the sons of the King of Naples, of the Queen of Portugal, of Prince Luitpald of Bavaria, of the Prince-hereditary Of Reuss-Greitz, of the Prince-hereditary of Sardinia, of the Prince-hereditary of Schaumburg Lippe, of the Duke Eugene Erdunams of Wurtemburg, of the here ditary Prince Charles of Hesse-Philippthal, and of the Count Jules of Lippe Blesterfeld ; then those of the daughter of the Queen of Great Britain, of the Duke of Nemours, of Prince of Liechtenstein, of the Princes Louis of Naples, Peter of Oldenburg, and Augustus of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. In 1846 the following marriages took place in Sover eign Houses:—that of the Queen of Spain with her cousin the Infant Don Francisco; of the Duke of Mont pensier with the Infanta Louisa of Spain; of the Prince Royal of Wurtemburg with the Grand •Duchess Olga of Russia; of the Princess Mary of Holstein Bliicksburg (widow of Colonel Lasperg) with Count Alfred of Hohenthal-Konigsbruck; of Count Henry 11., of Reuss- Kostritz, with Countess Clotilda of Castell; of the Here ditary Prince of Monaca with Countess Antoinette of Merode. We may notice, in conclusion th the Princess n l c ' e r s i s n Prince Royaliee Denmark from his second wife, a kleonfbeir)gen-Smt Price. 139 xd 111% 99Y4, Price. RETURN OF MRS. BUTLER TO THE STAGE.—The Fine Arts Journal, of Saturday, announces that Mr. Bunn has made a most liberal offer to Mrs. Butler (Miss Fanny Kimble) for acting a certain number of nights at Drury-lane Theatre, but the negotiation is still pending. It is, however, Mrs. Butler's positive intention to return to the stage: A LESSON.--A parson, who could better preach of patience than practise it, was always irritated when he found his grandchildren in his study. One day one of these little children was standinc , by his mother's side, and she was sp eakin g to him of heaven. " Ma," said he ' " I don't want to g o to heaven." " Don't want t o' go to h eave n, my son ! " " No, ma, I'm sure I 'don't." " Why not, my son ? " "Why grandpa will be there, won't he ? " " Why, yes, I hope he will," " Well, j , ist as soon as he sees us, he will come scolding along, and say, Wh e w, whew 1 what are these boys he re for ? I dont want to go to heave n if g rand p a is going to be there." nbria will wind ircety froU 2 Csto3" ~t