The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-05 00:00:00

Er 11 IC S 14, LONDON, 84TURTVAT EVENING, JUNE 5, 1647. -1,- -11-1- 1130 wew Ilse .401, AA ....e. 46 , 1 41.3 , ..,--.7 -.-. , ~,„ , . COURT CIRCULAR. Sweepstakes of 5 Soya. each; three yr olds, 7st; four, 1 LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, %ea Bst 41b ; five, .Bst 10lb •, six and aged, 9st; winners G eo - ann, FRIDAY.-His Royal Highness Prince r ge left the extra. The winesr to be sold for 120 sous., &C. Old IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER Lord COM- Castle this morning for town. PANIES' STOCK. L o w ° a nd Lady John Russell took their departure for mile. (6 Subs.) From tie Gffici.zl List, p o n this forenoon. The Duke of Norfolk, Earl Sir W. Stanley's Pie-nie, 5 yrs (Nat) 1 PUBLISELED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY 1aZN1.513. "escue, and Earl Spencer, also lett for the metropolis. Mr. Herbert's Sir Simon, 4 yrs iseullie.strene Highness Prince F. Leichstenstein, his Se- LONDON. FRIDAY, JUNE 4. Mr. Mostyn's Alsatia, 3 yrs _____......--_ ; Satherls:ghness Prince Lowenstein, the Dachess of Sir J. Hawley's Bravissimo, 4 yrs 4 JOINT-STOCK BANJUL l G...._ ild and Lady Caroline Levesoi: Gower, and Lorl Lord W. Powlett's Mount Wan, 4 yrs 5 -.,„-7:e.Lennox, lett in the course of the day. Dividend Amount r Betting--4 to 1 apt Pic nic, 3to 1 apt Alsatia, and sestre of Comp any. per -• of Paiu. Price / of t:' s2lPaperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine s to 1 eget any other. Picnic made all the running, Annum. Share. 1 l ', F •u l a. their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand and won in a canter, and was claimed. Run in 1 minute -- - 46 seconds. --. .....-.. x s. d. A a. d. • C ite a nd Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and his 151 IL h Australasia ••••.. • • •• 40 0 0 40 0 0 - • % lee .. g ness the Prince of Lucca, took leave of the LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. dritsh.borth American 51. per cent. 50 0050 0 0 - I s u i,_" and Prince Albert, and with their respective GOODWOOD CUP. :lommercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - ~..71„eprOCeeded to the Slough station in her Majesty's 4to 1 against The Hero-taken. eolonial . • . • - ie Grand at three o'clock this afternoon. Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - II ST. LEGER. London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - e d e 1 tirand Duke Constantine was attended by Baron 7to 2 apt Cossack 13 to 1 agst Foreclosure Metropolitan ••.•• • • •• - 25 0 0 710 0 r • L uk punnw, the Russian Minister; Vice-Admiral de 6to 1 agst Van Tromp 20 to 1 agst Black D 'sari Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0025 0 0 - r d , E. , Rees. Admiral Count Hayden, Le Conseller 12 to 1 agst Mr. Martin 40 to 1 agst Coningsby. Ditto, New. ••• • - - 81. per cent. 10 0010 0 0 - National of Ireland . • 5!. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - I th e '4 ,, 1 Flaurowiz, Baron de Fre+ dericksz, and Colonel DERBY, 1848. Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - 0 • I. nd 4 ,., °11 . Charles Grey. The Hereiitary Grand Duke 16 to 1 agst Assault 30 to 1 agst Flatcatcher Ditto, hew. •••• •• - 51. per cent. 20 0010 0 0 the C ountess Ducht•ss of Saxe Weimar were attended by 40 to 1 agst Sesostris. Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24 ,_ Union of L0nd0n..... I 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - d e ' ;; ;t itess of Assenburg, Count de Beast, and Baron ERRATUM -TIM EMPEROR'S VASE.-By a mistime e Lagesar Coun t R • T he Prince of Lucca was attended by in the return of the bettine on this race, in our paper CANALS. ~ kar q4is evel, the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires, and the of yesterday, Mendicant was quoted at 6to 1 instead of • e rDl vnd II t oss _ . P royenzale. The illustrious party travelled to i6 to 4. Names of . Dividend Names of Price. per Price. 11 by the Great Western Railway. Companies. II ' per , Companies. . 3 .• Annum. -- r, PA e Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, THE BILL OF 1844. r P ri glf £ I x th e red, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ash y & 0141 h 9751.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. - a n c tg cl o e m sn ry el s d h 1 1 00 00 51. .- k.•' es • *clim e a Helena, the Prince of Leiningen, the Vis- Ashby-d-la-Z 113, 41. d Iv._ ,ss Jocelyn, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Sea,-When the immediate pressure of any evil under Barnsley.... 160 12/. 180 M M C . " Manie „ 3', Hon. Miss Dawson, Lord Camoys, Major- which men have suffered has passed over, they are apt in B ojrr as ok i i n ik g e lt A ok b e rg .. 1 1 5 00 0; 5 - 1. 8 - 5 N N o ea tt t in h g . h • it .. m .• 150 100 1 2 2 0 1 1. 340 Getteral h Phi pps, iiiso.wles, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. some degree to forget it, and neglect consequently the mford.... 100' 14/. - Peak Forest. • 78 31. 40 0 m d e _ Ma j or the Hon. A. N. Hood, Lord Alfred Paget, Dudley..• ... 1001 4/. - Regent's -- 33 11. 4s. 18% 0 lifte r f .`Ptain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, left the Castle soon A necessary measures for its removal. I b i y irek:C . l; 1001 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 k id f,,,11r o'clock this afternoon, in five royal carriages general election is at hand. In the absence of ,i c i r s 33 4/. 51 Shropshire - 125 81. - carriages •• political topics of interest, what subject, may I ask, can C;:eveash .•• 100 32/. - Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 lef e "d r , escorted by a party of the Ist Regiment or Forth & Clyd 100 41. - Do .Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. - Western nerds be so important to a commercial community as the clues , for the Sloueh station of the Great GrandJunctn 100 61. 79 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275 Shia, i „, , ' a nway, and proceeded to town by a special tion of the artificial restrictions placed upon its currency e ,; r ia a , i i i i d org e n t i n eo 11. lOs. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - 172 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305 - $ 0 Maj esty R.; by the Bill of 1844? , listr& Brkly 100 - - Strtfrdon Av 79 I/. 10s. - / . `v es t and Prince Albert, accompanied by the teee 44Q/111e hildr Y I will • not trespass on your space by entering into a •rantham • • 150 121. - Severn and _- 5 Wye s,R3alirl: 1 26 11. 8s . - r. d ad L en, and the Prince of Leiningen, and at- liuddersfield. 57 L li an en e n a t . & te A r. vu ..l 4 3 7 9 7 1 1. - 1 6 0 d 5 .. sey .... j 5O 301. - i• ad , eL the Lady and the Maids of Honour in Wait 01.ue discussion on the question. The effects of the Bill are P aild th e °wager Lady Lyttelton, the Lord, the Groom, feelingly known throughout the country. Leeds& Livrp,looj 341. 505 Thams &Med 19 - - is tio n. . Equer ries in Waiting, Lieutenant-Colonel the We must decide at the next election whether a mea- Leicester....'l4o; 10/. 75 Worcstr sling Leicstr &Nth 83; 4/. 36 Birming. 78 2/. 42 10 alti led '-'• P h ipps, and the Master of the Household, sure which is condemned by all Lombard -street, and by Loughborogh 142; 701. 530 Wilts & Brks 67 11. - plat s; It Buckingham Palace at twenty- five minutes every practical man of business throughout the county}, tep t ,!_x oclock yesterday afternoon from the Paddington at k rt 'Ts of the Great Western Railway, escorted by a is to be permitted to remain on the statute-book •; for, Dividend Amount is „Y 1 the 12th Lancers. assuredly, it we are .apathetic, the commerce and pro- Name of Company. per le 'ger M • of Paid. Price. it, Asa* a Jesty and her Royal Consort were received at party of the country will be subject to constant damage Albion • • ••••• •-• •• •• •• Annum. Share. re 11 h ---- x s. d. .£ s. 4. ---• id eke . mg. am Palace by Lady Caroline Cocks, and the from the operation of a law which causes an artificial e• thee, o -13a P aget, Maids of Honour, the Lord Steward, monetary famine at a time when our coffers are full of 31. 101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 b• rd C hamberlain, and the Mast ' er of the Horse. Alliance ant. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - as - The Pri 4 „ Queen and Prince Albert, accomp a nied by the gold.-Your obedient servant, Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent, 100 005 0 0 10 1 iii. ..e (, 1r . . . . .. ateneh Plays with honoured the performances of the June 3, 1847. A COUNTRY BANKER. Atlas . 138.6 d. pr sh. 50 0 0 50 0 14 British Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% !Or he 4 0 ' l ays with their presence yesterday evening. (lericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20 Ite 1,44 7 c Yal uite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, HA MBURGH MAIL. i:ounty •••••.•• • • •• • • 31. 100 0010 0 0 12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - fia • 40(1 Carol ine Cocks, Lord Camoys, Lord Alfred Paget, STocitßoLM, MAY 27.-His Majesty the King attended iiagle •• • of ) C aptain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. by the Duke Gustavus, set out at 5 o clock this morning Eng.& S c ot. L aw .... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 - 00 214.-`uY European Life ...• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - 1 ., - we „ Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Paget have for Schonen, whence he does not intend to return till the Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 add the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson, as the 17th of next month. Before his departure he appointed .obe •• •• 61. per cent. Stock. - 128 of g tii, R onour in Waiting to her Majesty.. a regency consisting of his Royal Highness the Crown ' t i ul ar e (u ria a i n F • t • re • : :•. :: :: 6511.ali=nt. 100 0 g as 1 g ( 0 ) 2 4 2 7 0 ;i i ll tow n D Y' ll Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden arrived Prince, as President, Count von Posse, the Minister of Im p perial Life :....... 12s. n" 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% 41. 4 1 iesterday afternoon, from the Continent. His Justice, the Minister of the Interior, and the Minister of Indemnity Marine •. - 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - for don an , ‘Chtleas travelled to the metropolis by the Lon- Marines. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Chief Law Life. - -50002 0 0 - 1 Yiatu ' South Western Railway, arriving at the Nine of the Judicial Department are on leave of absence. The ' s- ter • egal and General Life .andon Fire •••• • • • • lOs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14N rded h °llO OB at ten minutes before six o'clock, at- department of the former will be supplied by the Minis- I..indon Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 14% toe 90 0 t i res, e -Y i s B aron de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Af- ter of Justice, and that of the latter by the Minister of Marine .• ••• • • ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 1 Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% 30 3 withi n '' n " Colonelßerkeley Drummond, Groom in Marines. • National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 10 alle or t h e nher Majesty, Prince Pocar and Suite entered VIENNA, MAY 19.-We learn from good authority National Life• • - 4 ,420 a_ til e Shot Queens carriages, which was in readiness at that it is the intention of his Majesty the Emperor Vanadium Life ...... •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 41s icl . r , ...on and 3l. & bs. - - 185 r. me eteh ae , proceeded to the residence of Baron Nicholas, to grant not only amnesty to all the Poles who , : hce te n c ix to; Life 5/.ll4 . r s c s e . nt. 20 001 0 0 11. 3s. ,szriv a i i :sen in Halkin-street West. Soon after his have been banished to Siberia ; but to reinstate them in ' r ro ° vident Life : : •• :.: • • 100 0 0 10 0 0 - uhk e e, t s Royal Highness paid a visit to the Grand their estates, which are to be given up to them by the Sock Life • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% HerVnetantine of Russia. at Mivart's Hotel present possessors at a valuation. toyal Exchange 'tin Fire.. ..... .... 51. per cent. Stock. - 180 „9 , yal - - - Highness the Duchess of Kent took a car- HANOVER, MAY 25.-His Majesty has been pleased to ' Ditto Life ... • . - ,3 05 , 1111,teleutilive yesterday. admit his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, a member of Universal Lite •• 6 15 - ' 9 aZ lie llg th e like of Cambridge dined with her Royal High- the Order of St. George. . ..-; Et Duch LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. 1,30. 0 118 e. Th chess of Gloucester yesterday at Glouceste r ' ANTWERP, JTJNE 2.-A - Berlin journal says that the - • • Their f3 Duchess of Gloucester had an evening Prussian Government has . received . dispatches from the Dividend Amount per of Paid. Price. Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam- English Cabinet announcing, that if the zollverein per- Na me of Company. Annum. Share. Gloh,l an d Prince G -ste,. re eorge joined the Royal party at sists in not renewing the treaty of commerce and nevi. - l'i l • - Rouse. gation with England, and introducing a system of differ- X s. d. X s. d ..„,, Their et, ' ut t erre V a l Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke ential duties, the English Government will find itself Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 166 Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 150 1, 6▪ 1I tt R o e. Duchess of Saxe Weimar and suite, arrived compelled to use reprisals. British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 en q, e .,,, borou gh 1, g House, the residence of her Majesty the PosEN. MAY 20.-According to the last accounts after " - "vager, at half- o'clockyesterday from Warsaw,they had given up, for the moment, the -noon e past four lO 0 0 le% Commercial Bank .• •• 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 160 National Bank 6l. per cent. - Rig R f r om a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. hopes of seeing his Majesty the Emperor in the Polish 50 0 0 82 Union Bank of Scotland Ni. pr sent. - 50 0 0 90% ;;O'r amide oyal Highness Prince George returned to his capital, however, it is probable that his asserted disease Western Bank - North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 6% of , Castle." i r, St• James's Palace yesterday, from Windsor of the liver, is not so much the cause, which for the pre- Clydesdale Bank- • • - 10 0 0 12% Orr Eastern Bank. •. • NO/ „. Th e e sent detains the Czar in his capital, as the political diffi caledonian Bank 1 4 kloanuriarni_ttee on Education, of her Majesty's most culties which considerably tend from the present situa- Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert. - 50 0 6/. 15s ge r i .. ,`'ollneit . , ‘ : P rivy Council, held a meeting at the tion of Europe to promote the objects of Russia. City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 12% br, ltteed ed 7 e e, at twelve o'clock yesterday, which was Maeramersa, MAY 29.-The first steam tug arrived •se e e r t c t , i l s le h s t i t , i i i s t u on ra i n n e s e .( t .,o o sl .i. per c en t.. 001 0 0 224.6 d 100 2 0 0 10 0 0 12% 0 111 " ,1 . 1 of AY the Lord President, Lord John Russell, the here to day, amidst a salute of artillery, adorned with It All paid. 0% hour. Co. Of Scotind• • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 IdiPf eitu l t o, th •-•:aren.l elu the Earl of Auckland, the Earl of flags, of which that of Baden was in front, towing six •qorth British Insur.- 5% /. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 26A std it :0 1 , 111er Viscount Morpeth, the Chancellor of the vessels which had together cargoes, amounting to at Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 0 0 225 1 / 006 Orth w t and Sir George Grey. Mr. Kay Shuttle- least 30,000 cwt., which it brought from Holland or the Edinburgh 50 0 0 50 0 0 68% art e ;.,, A , as in attendance. Edin. SD Glasg. Railway 1/.los. pars. Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 1g 10 0 18 VC' Rhine. It is easy to imagine that the inhabitants of Ditto, Is Shares •• •. 78.6 d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 16% 'AP the Re'l:Piltnation from Rochester had an interview with Mannheim, especially in this lovely weather, were at- &lin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0020 0 0 20 5 4 All paid. 61% .r t4e C07)3•,, t : it _ ° . n. Edward Strutt yesterday, at the office of tracted in crowds, and full of admiration at this important Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 Slasgw & Greenek Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18 4 • 0 1 e d e ''' i ssioners of Railways, in Great George-street. achievement. 01 134 C. ,„„ potation consisted of the Earl of Romney, Mr. Gisgw&Gamkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39% N 31611 8,4, 7 ' Mftr • FOREIGN CORN TRADE. Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 ..,ith gen e ttn es 210 0 9 th e " j ' nt.P., Mr. T. Q. Hodges, Mr. W. M. BRussELs, JUNE 3.-The price of corn the week end- standard LifeA.ssamced al. per cent. 150 0 0 I r the Oh. • Mercer, Mr. G Esseli, and Mr. W. Cubit. ing May 30, was wheat 41f. 91c., rye 34f. 96c., being a WATER-WORKS. 0 6 ' 44 ti of r.,Y Winston Barron had au interview with the fall of If. 59c. on wheat, and of 3f. 69c. on rye. The Dividend Amount ' 1 0 0 4 dek:iarendon yesterday. quantities sold 10,942 hectolitres of wheat, and 3,119 Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 6 01 1 t'Abor h P „ uta tion from the Board of Guardians of the hectolitres of rye. Annum. Share. eh', elle) - e'nion S ' ni, 411 _, ~ comprising the parish of St. .Andrew.. Everything announces that a decline of the price of - - etess£ s. d. r feet h. , ron.hi li ct St, G e orge the Martyr, the Liberty of corn in the markets of Brussels will become rapid ; East London.. •••• • • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 197 13 41 v ir ‘q aa i it - e • ; and the parish of St. Sepulchre, Middlesex, ' foreign dealer e cern. re --i.es -.: veidey to make offers i;rand Junction ••• • - al ~,L's - OA '6 6 I = -- e 90 ° Ods v tew with the Commissioners of her Majesty sof corn to be delivered at the end of June, on very me- ----- -- -- -- - - O AVauxhall .• ••••• • • • • • 100 0 0 - - boo Ihte d Ofittd Forests yesterday. The deputation con- Berate terms. On the other hand the farmers who have West Middlesex •• . 51.10s.prent. 63 12 9 1 - 120 . Or e I P d lii• M essrs. Taylor, Pearson, Whitfield, Lindner, hitherto persisted in keeping back their corn now hasten _ rend, and , PAP vai r d ian , Mr. James, the Clerk to the Board of to send it to market, in view of an immediate decline. DOCKS. ro i fr ' kr. 11 ' On Friday last, corn of the harvest of 1845 was sold in Dividend Amount tell •' Roebuck had an interview with Lord John RUB' the Brussels market. The decline of corn continues -it Name of Company. per of , Paid. Price. i 5 ' 1. Yesterday , at his official residence in Downing - street . . was considerable in the market of Namur on Saturday, Annum. Share. 04 Lo rd Bernedale had an interview yesterday with the native corn of superior quality was easily purchased at e de 41eht Hon . 50i". per sack of 100 kilogrammes, foreign corn fell to 4Sf. '• a nd E. Strutt.Commercial £ a. d. £ s. d. Jae* kr, Corry Cornellon has arrived in town from Dublin.even to 47f. This favourable crisis will and .e....- me..esee .., r.-- ----I._ _,_e___ e _ __ __ lll4 _ 8 ", ' - - I and West India 6l. pr cent. ' lo gtogit. o - 1 32 - STOCKHOLM, MAY 27.—His Majesty the King attended by the Duke Gustavus, set out at 5 o clock this morning for Schonen, whence he does not intend to return till the 17th of next month. Before his departure he appointed a regency consisting of his Ray al Highness the Crown Prince, as President, Count von Posse, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of the Interior, and the Minister of Marines. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Chief of the Judicial Department are on leave of absence. The department of the former will be supplied by the Minis ter of Justice, and that of the latter by the Minister of Marines. VIENNA, MAY 19.—We learn from good authority that it is the intention of his Majesty the Emperor Nicholas, to grant not only amnesty to all the Poles who have been banished to Siberia ; but to reinstate them in their estates, which are to be given up to them by the present possessors at a valuation. HANOVER, MAY 25.—His Majesty has been pleased to admit his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, a member of the Order of St. George. ANTWERP, JUNE 2.—A Berlin journal says that the Prussian Government has received dispatches from the English Cabinet announcing, that if the zollverein per sists in not renewing the treaty of commerce and navi gation with England, and introducing a system of differ ential duties, the English Government will find itself compelled to use reprisals. POSEN. MAY 20.—According to the last accounts from Warsaw, they had given up, for the moment, the hopes of seeing his Majesty the Emperor in the Polish capital, however, it is probable that his asserted disease of the liver, is not so much the cause, which for the pre sent detains the Czar in his capital, as the political diffi culties which considerably tend from the present situa tion of Europe to promote the objects of Russia. MANNHEIM, MAY 29.—The first steam tug arrived here to-day, amidst a salute of artillery, adorned with flags, of which that of Baden was in front, towing six vessels which had together cargoes, amounting to at least 30,000 cwt., which it brought from Holland or the Rhine. It is easy to imagine that the inhabitants of Mannheim, especially in this lovely weather, were at tracted in crowds, and full of admiration at this important achievement. FOREIGN CORN TRADE. BRUSSELS, JUNE 3.—The price of corn the week end ing May 30, was wheat 41f. 91c., rye 34f. 96c., being a fall of If. 59c. on wheat, and of 3f. 69c. on rye. The quantities sold 10,942 hectolitres of wheat, and 3,119 hectolitres of rye. Everything announces that a decline of the price of corn in the markets of Brussels will become rapid ; foreign dealer ca me vvirjav to make offers of corn to be delivered at the end of June, on very mo derate terms. On the other hand the farmers who have hitherto persisted in keeping back their corn now hasten to send it to market, in view of an immediate decline. On Friday last, corn of the harvest of 1845 was sold in the nw Brussels tsivce,,ncsoirdne market. roafblpeuip nertihoer T mq h u e aarlkietyt decl ine owf of corn c a axeaasmiulyr purchasedo continues t in ue Saturday ; t, 50?. per sack of 100 kilogrammes, foreign co rn fell to 48E. h tr i hn s e im l r a ec v ro o cr u hr r ea tt sn h pt l o : nhd c ae r vn is et i s s bper w een i s l s l min n eg i n )t otiro a dn t e o etir p s and even t h there.o swho hoExtensive have to47l. sen ic t o to sell. This impressment is general, the accounts from all the principal markets in the country ; Louvain, Brussels, and others announce a fall. A letter from Mons, of the 29th of May, says, " the price of corn in our market declined considerably yesterday. The last purchases of wheat were at the rate of 37f. per hectolitre, being a decline of 4f. since the preceding market." A letter from the Grand Duchy of Baden says, " the ap pearances of the harvest are s o very favourable, and the markets so well supplied that the price of wheat has fallen in some places 9 florins per bushel, and barley 6 florins. The Augsburg Gazette says, " There is such a drought in Persia and the provinces bordering on Turkey in Asia, that for these three months past great fears are enter tained for the crops ; the peasantry are in despair, and entire villages are emigrating. BRESLAU, MAY 29.—There has been no particular change in the prices of corn since our last. market day. The supply was not very good, and that out of the best sort. There was on the other hand a very abundant stock of good rye, and although great expectations were entertained that there would be a considerable fall, the prices were not above 3 or 4 s. per sack lower. lIAMBURGIIBORSENHALLE, Jura 1. Bills. Money. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- — £ s. d. £ s. d. Commercial .... East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. 132 East Country • • 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 f andon •• • St. K atharine ••••• • 15 per cent. I Stock. Southampton • • •••• .• 21. per cent. 60 0 0 0 25 ASCOT HEATH RACES. FRIDAY. The general results of the meeting, taken up to the Close , yesterday afternoon, have entirely borne out the . w pinion we hazarded at its commencement. The weather t ... 4 fin e to the end, and although in two or three in e7nees the fields were small, and the betting on a less h 4 ellsive scale than formerly, we question if better sport des ever been before witnessed. The attendance each s e was much larger than for some years past, and the %TV.* at the Grand Stand showed an increase st 1846 to the extent of 5001. The manage °f the Noble Master of the Buc k-hounds was i te '‘ ~,eourteous, and effective—not a comp laint reached .7 12 subordinates are equally entitled to notice for rn e rY satisfactory manner in which these duties were tie r -r nied. We have the pleasure to add, as an addi trti n ,u l proof of the success of the mewing, and of the th e ; l fication it has afforded to the supporters of the turf, saht there are already the unpreced. wed number of 218 othekribers to the Ascot Stakes for 1 848 , and that the hei o ,„ sta lEes are progressing most satisfactorily. The ha tt e Yesterday commenced half an hour earlier than tax earls f i end being eoefined to five events, was got over at th tod t . l Y hour. Good fields came to the post for th. , Th e l euP races, and speculation was tolerably animated. tkflwaftendance was confined to the sporting classes and ho oli t ashionables who have been staying in the neigh. Se e e t ,?,° ll The races came off as follows : (16 (H(Etta! Class of the Wokingham Stakes of 5 sous. each, a ndicap). Last three-quarters of the new mile. L ot , subs.) ti t ; Exeter's Bishop of Romford's Cob, aged, 9st 41b 1 :!_ i ilertuts'a African, aged. Bst 13:b r„.ltcardo'a Th e Wid o w, aged, 7st 71b i f a he foll ow i ng were not p l ace d : t io d tr. Rolt's Colling wood, Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine, rd ve oo _ hesterfield's Cherry. Mr. Sandford's Kimble tea ", Mr. Herbert's f by Elis, out of Odessa, Duke of ufort's f by :Esmeralda, out of assassin, sud Mr. te hell'a Sultan. Betting -4 to 1 agst Bishop of Romford's Cob, 4 to 1 pt African, 4 to 1 agst Kimblesworth, 5 to 1 agat s sassin, 5 to 1 agst Cherry, and 7 to 1 agst Doctrin e. glean took the lead, and with the Cob a nd 'lrfean in waiting, made play at a good mee, until within a distance and a half home; the Cob then took up the running, went in !Pith a gradually improving lead, and won by two lengths, the Widow a good third, and the Assassin filly fourth. Sultan ruptured a blood-vessel alter starting, th rew his jockey and fell, but recovered in a short time; the bo was not hurt. Run in 1 min. 21 sec. `veep y stakes 50 sous each, h ft, for three yrs old; colts, B *t 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; those by untried stallions, :31. OM of untried mares, allowe d 41b. New mile. (6 Subs.) Lo rd M. Stradbroke's Coningsny (Nat) 1 -4 r. Watson's Dr. Goodall (41b) 9 who waited on the 5 to 2 an d 3 t o 1 on Coningsby, Do ctor to the stand, and won in a canter by two len g ths. Run in 1 min. 58 sec. The First Class of the Wokingham Sta kes. T., Chesterfield nd Pic-nic. 5 yrs. 7st 111 b ..(Nat) 1 Shelley's \ltllwood, 3 yrs, 6st 510 2 fir ' W. Hill's The Cur. 5 yrs, B st 71 b 3 Moore's Wooden Wall, 4 yrs, 7st 71b Th e 4 ti • following also started but were not placel:— Mr. krlnftald's Mistress Jean, Captain Gambier's Dean Swift, E to , e r io: thc c ss w eGn i u l s t ae ': Campenero, Mr. S. Scott nd Elimia, Mr. or ? I - Clarke's Miles's Boy, Lord J. Russell's f by Camel a o c u la t al n the Queen of the Gipsies dam, Mr. / 3 ett* ng— 5 to 2 agst Pic-nic, 3 to 1 agst Millw ood, and 4 to I atinSeraseaig:ets The Cur. Dean Swift, Millwood, and Lord el e Scott's filly, went off in front, which they kept to to the road ; Pic-nic then took up the run a l e t was never afterwards headed, and won cleverly by Thr gh. Run in I min. 19 sec. Hundred Sovs., the gift of the Great Western Railwayseen Company, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sous. secure f" three yrs old, and upwards ; the second to S w i n i,„„ s °, sous. out of the stakes ; winners, extra. Lord - Con ~• 48 Subs. L eh esterfi T i t , eld s Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, fi at ." . 1 r Wood-pigeon, 5 yrs. Bst 81b (including 2 Col toirw a ........................................ 'a Patriot, 6 yrs, Bst 7lb 3 The c,Arson's Don Cmsar, 3 yrs, sst 41b Lord Str 'wing also started, but were not plac , ed : B l e w , Lynceus, Mr. Boyce's jun., Colleen Fleetwood's Forest Flower, ' Mr. Wreford's eorre Whirligig, Count Batthyany's Tragical, Mr. Leigh's Aelertu.(l.i_ar:htil;r ttheh r.....ep..enson's Doctrine, Baron lioths and Winch s Star, Sir J. Hawley's Vanity, Faunas. Betting. to 2 pig e n 4 t 1 agat , v F a o nritest Flower made' Lady Wildair, 7 to 2 agst Wood - Tragi cal, tYI o 1 agst D on C aesar, an d 7 t o 1 agst the running, followed by Lynceus, No e' and Tragical; a ll t h e others lying ver y well up. "g e w asobservable _ until they approached the Wo o d.„ i 2_vnete Lady Wildair took the lead, and with t e Cl ec t o h:in_r w n i sxs i ni cl ug P ,, b t y rio a , i n: n x g t t , h; carried the running on "14 third the name betwe, n the else near. d Don Cwsu.r a bad fourth ; nothing The 13 0 .- 4011 1 in 2 min. 40 sec. vu gh blember's Mate of 50 Boys, added to a MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the Landon New Price Current of June 4.) SUGAR..—To-day prices further declined for all sorts of Sugar, as there was a large quantity pressing for sale. For home consumption there was a good demand for West India Muscovado of all sorts, in consequence of further reduced rates being taken, and making the fall for the week Is to 18 6d per cwt. A public sale of 446 hhds 5 trcs of Bar badoes went off with dullness at a similar reduction. REFINND.—To-day Refined Sugar was operated in with caution by the home trade, and a further decline in prices took place. Bonded Crushed Sugar is only in limited re quest. MAURIVUS.—Grocers and refiners have shown little desire to operate, and privately only a small amount of business has been transacted. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar offered at public sale amounted to the large quantity of 7,978 bags ; there was little desire evinced to operate, and a part only sold at a fall on former rates of ls, making the decline for the week 2s per cwt. FOREIGN.—There has been only one parcel of Foreign Sur :r offered at public sale this week, which consisted of 3,924 bags China, the whole of which was taken in. COTFEZ.—To-day there was little desire shown to operate in Plantation Ceylon Coffee, and 596 bags at public sale went at a reduction on former rates of 2s to 3s per cwt. The value of Native is 37s to 37s 6d for good ordinary sound clean, but there are few buyers. THA.—Congou has been purchased with more freedom ; but holders have been compelled to accept previous low rates for all sorts, as there is a large supply. A fair quantity, however, has been disposed of. For Pouchong there are very few buyers, and it can be obtained upon low terms. Souchong can be had at rather lower prices, but there are few buyers to be met with. The amount of business transacted in Green has ben ifling, notwithstanding the low rates current. There is yet a plentiful supply, especially of the low and middling sorts. SAGO IS little wanted, and the supply continuing to exceed the demand, prices are still on the decline. Sago flour is dull of sale at 27s to 28s. per cwt. Rms.—To-day East India Rice met with less attention, and the parcels of Bengal offered at public sale, amounting to 4,680 bags and 1,449 pkts were, however, sold at about former rates. SPICES.—To-day Malabar Pepper was only in limited de mand, and 1,047 bags at auction were only in part sold at about former rates. Fxurr.—There is a desire to sell Currants at 48s to 52s and superior 53e to 54s per cwt., but there are few buy ers to be met with. The market for Raisins has a very dullan pearance. SPIRITS.—There has been less desire evinced to operate in Jamaica Rum this week, and the rates accepted have been rather under those that existed previously; only small par cels have been taken by exporters or the home trade, and there is a fair supply. For Leeward Island the market is in a dull state, and there are ready sellers upon reduced terms, whilst only small parcels have been sold at 3s to 3s 2d for proof strength; there are several parcels on offer. In East India little has been done. For Demerara the demand is not so good, and the small parcels sold were at 4s 2d to 4s 8d for strong sorts. For all sorts of Brandy the home and export demand has been extremely limited. Geneva is wanted fo r exportation. For British Corn Spirits the demand is still good at the late advanced rates. CocinftEAL.—This afternoon there was little demand, and 110 bags of Honduras at auction were all taken in at 5s to 5s 4d for silvers. INDIGO.—The market is looking quiet for East India, ex porters and the home trade only parchasing small parcels, but holders are firm, and insist upon prices equal to those of the last quarterly sales. In Spanish only a small amount of business has been done at barely former rates. r T a uction h * is — a w ft e e O r r e . n d o s a , o y ) n 1 d ß a a t o t u pe g ua h bsli w iecr a s s raa l lt e ee s s s . in demand, and 55 0 ba S ogs A us. L a T t R T 60 hhds of Cocoa Nut Oil sold at the high rates of 55s 3d to 56s 6d fir fine white. 50 tons Sperm went at lower rates—mid and fine at 84/ 10s o 86! ss, fair 84/ ss. 250 tuns Southern sold at reduced )ricer—low at 23/ 15s to 24/, middling 24155, good 241 lOs to ?V 15s, and fine 2bl to 251 108 per tun. ,ustrian 5 per Cents ........ •• • • 107 Bank Shares •• • • • • • • .• •............. 1590 Anglo-Russian Loan .• • • •••••••• .• • . 196% 1064 Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 102 101% Ditto lst series Inscription •• • • .... 1024 Ditto, /tope and Co. , 3 d and 4 t h series.. 97% Ditto, in Certificate.• • • • • • 98 98 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •••• 88 87% Ditto Stieglitz •••• • • • ..... ....... •• 88 87% Spanish New 5 per Cent •.•• .• • • 16% 16% Ditto 3 per Cent .••• • • • 28 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .•• • . 57% Ditto 3 per Cent... • • • • .. Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 77% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • 'B3 82% National Bank Shares • • • • • • • • . • . • . BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszi.s, JONY 2. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.... Ditto Three per Cent ••• • • •• • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 •••••• . . • • • .„ • 00 Ditto,ditto,lB 42 .• •••••• • • • • • • • • 100% Ditto, 1844." •••••••••• • • •• • • • •• • 96% Ditto. 1936.• •••••••• " • • • • • . . Ditto, 1838 ..., • • • • •••• • • • • ..... 68% Ditto of the City, 1832 •• • • • • •• •• • • •• Ditto, 1843 . •• • 96% Bank of Belgium • • •• • • • • .......... . 87% Brussels Papers. June 2. AUSTEIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAT 27. b per Cent. Metaniques ••• • • - •• • . 4 per Cent. dltto• • • • • • • • • • 97 3 per Cent. ditto • • • • • • 69 Loan, 1834 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • • •• •• •• 154 Ditto, 1839 ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • Bank Shares •• • • •••••••••• • • • • • • •• •• 1595 Esterhazy's Loan ••••.• • • • ••••••• •• • • 644 RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • . 165% Gloggnitz • • .• • • • . • • • • • • Vienna—Milan . • ..... . .. • • •• 109 7 % Leghorn • • 8 ,8% Perth • • • • Sienna .. •• • • • • • • • • ••• 7 9 0 51 1 Oldenburg • • • • .• ...• .. •• •• • • •• • Pestoja • • • • • ...... •••• • • • • ••••• • '• • • .• Pesth Bridge .. • ....... • • • • • • • • • • •••• • • Apennina WHEAT. Return to an Order of the House of Com m f ons, dated the 20th of May, 1 847 , for a n account o the total quantities of wheat returned by the inspectors of corn returns, as brought to mark et in each month, from the Ist day of September, 1844, to the 30th dataof April, 1847 (in continuation of parliamentary per, No. 96, of Session 18461." . Qrs. Bush. 18 46 . 1844 Qrs. Bush. September...4so,s26 6 January ....503,316 6 Octiiber ......540,783 0 February —.435,938 6 N0vember...626,296 4 March....... 422,774 5 December... 554,176 0 April ........ 444.373 1 1845. May .........531.125 5 June .........356,951 2 July .........383.642 3 August....... 438 233 3 September ..654,508 4 Oet.ber .....815 . 454 6 N0vember...419.573 2 December ~553,070 2 1847. January ....671.198 6 February —.394.496 1 March ......454.224 7 April . ....... 316,996 1 iptroller of Corn Returns. Trade, May 28, 1847. lug . bee ri . . W .. 0 . .7111 THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL.—A meeting of the committee was held this morning (Tuesday) in the Town H a ll, King-street, for the purpose of considering the pro priety of closing the subscription lists, and of making the requisite arrangements for the collecton of the sums which may be outstanding. W. B. Watkins, Esq., chairman of the committee, presided, and the meeting was also attended by George Wilson, Esq., W. R. Callender, Esq., R. Nicholson, Esq., Edmund Potter, Esq.. C. J. S. Walker, Esq., B. Syd dall, Esq., Henry Rawson, Esq., John Brooks, Esq., Hunter, Esq., and Mr. 1 heophilus Pattison, the secretary of the committee. Mr. Wilson (as one of the treasurers) made a report of the present state of the fund, from which it ap peared that the total sum paid in Manchester and London, amounted to 65,288/. 13s. Bd. ; and the subscriptions printed, but as yet unpaid, amounted to 15,195/., making the total 80,483/. 13s. Bd. Mr. Wilson also reported that the expen diture in Manchester, which really included the whole king dom, except London, amounted to 2,6001., and could not exceed 3,000/., unless a much longer time than was expected should be expended in collecting the iout standing s ubscriptions The committee . ex p ress ed them selves highly gratifie d at the report, and at the ability , e displayed tdh ba yt it Mr. b p y c ' p ea la r t l h es e n t odthis n Commmanagingottee com mittee. de C. j t d w. "s. by Mr. Walker, that in er o , v ` the time has a rrived when the Cobden Testimonial Fund should be closed." The committee shortly a ft erwards I economylt separated.—Manchester paper. January 518,031 2 February 539,476 4 March 726.758 4 April 442,393 2 May 600,868 7 June 439,797 7 July 439,632 2 August 785,641 0 September 414,693 0 October 665,162 4 November 618,167 6 Decrmher 475.617 2 GEORGE JOYCE. Com Corn Department, Board of SURGICAL OPERATIONS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ETHER. —Yesterday afternoon a series of successful opera tions, under the influence of sulphuric ether, was performed in the large theatre of the Charing-cross Hospital, in the presence of several scientific gentlemen and persons of dis tinction, including the Lord Bishop of Norwich. The chief of the operations were performed by Mr. Avery, one of the head-surgeons to the insti.,ution, slid one of the most hits resting consisted in the removal of the thigh from a little boy, named Forster, and which was attended with the most remarkable acme. RAILWAY - COMBHTTEES. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) UNOPPOSED BILLS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The following unopposed Bills were examined before Mr. Greene and passed : Lytham Improvement. Limerick Docks and Harbour. Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Railway Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway (Ossett Branch, &c.) Kilmarnock Police and Improvement. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP 111. LONDON AND BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST (LONDON-BRIDGE STATION EN LARGEMENT AND ARRANGEMENT)• (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Some further evidence having been taken against the Bill, Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM addressed the Committee, on the part of St Thomas's Hospital, against the scheme. The Committee then adjourned. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE MANCHESTER. AND LEEDS RAILWAY. Yesterday a meeting of the company was held in Man chester, Mr. Henry Houldsworth in the chair. He opened the proceedings by some remarks on the effect railway calls had on the monetary condition of the country, and on Mr. Strutt's Railway Bill. The Man chester and Leeds Company, he stated, had no difficulty in raising money in the present crisis. The sum of 130,0001. was due from the East Lancashire Company, and 100,000/. would be received shortly in deposits from the Accountant General. The company also intended to raise loans which, in the aggregate, would amount to more than 800,0001.; and with these loans, the calls they should make on the different classes of stock, which would be light, they would be able to meet the expendi ture they deemed it right and prudent to incur. In making these demands upon the pri.prietors and the money market, the company intended only proceeding with the works already in progress and those conve niences necessary for developing traffic. The lines granted last session, amounting to 61 miles, could only be proceeded with one-third their extent, comprising the more important part of the West Riding scheme; and they had already such a large amount of funds from holders of that stock in hand that no further call would be necessary this year. Mr. Houldsworth added, that he did not agree in the opinion that railway expenditure was in terfering with the capital of the country, so as to prevent the manufacture of goods for export, and therefore de ranging the business of the country. He thought the amount of money being absorbed in constructing rail ways much less than was generally supposed. If it were supposed that 400,000 labourers were employed on lines at present (an outside calculation, perhaps), and they received IL per week each, the amount would be 20,000,000 L a year ; but those labourers might fairly be assumed to have been in a condition of life enabling them, on an average, to earn 10s. per week, and thus the extra expenditure was only 10s. per week, or 10,000,0001. per year ; and this did not appear to him a large surplus call on the capital of the country. Mr. Houldsworth afterwards referred to Mr. Strutt's Bill, now before Par liament, and its principle of interference with the em ployment of railway capital, and denounced it as an unjust and arbitrary interference, which, if allowed, would take away the advantage which private capitalists had over Government management, and which was the only inducement to them to employ their money in such enterprises. He concluded by moving a series of reso lutions authorising the company , to raise loans under the Liverpool and Bury Acts, to the amount of 404,0004 ; under the Huddersfield Acts, to the amount of 177,000 L; under the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Act, to the amount of 219,0001. The resolutions were carried unanimously. GROUP vi. GREAT WESTERN. The Committee met this morning aTi;elve. Mr. Saunders, the secretary to the Great Western Com pany, examined by Mr. TALBOT—There was a Bill before Parliament fur the purpose of reducing the maximum tolls of the Great Western to as low a point as any railway in the country, in many cases lower than the tariff of the London and North-Western Company, and considerably lower than the tolls on the South-Western. The following table would show the comparison between the two lines :••••••• G. W. 5 - W per mile. per mile. Passengers : Express trains—first class 2l / Qcl 3d. second class . 1% ..••• 13 1 4 Ordinary trains—first class ... 2 ..... 2 second class . 1 1 ,E third class... 1 Horses 3 Horned Cattle Calves, Sheep, Pigs, and other small animals 014 Carriages... Goods—first class; including coals, lime, &c., if not exceedin g 50 m il es „ above 50 miles Second-class Goods above 2ve 50 miles... Third and fourth classes' ...... 2 ...... 3 above 50 miles 2 Great facilities were aff or d e d b y means o f express t r ains and the return tickets, which applied to all the trains. The system of return tickets was carried out to a greater ex tent than upon any other line. The station at Paddington covered thirty acres, which was barely sufficie nt for the great traffic upon the line. Th e station at Paddington was the most convenient for th e West-end traffic; the greater preponderance of the traffic was West-end traffi c. Returns had been made in compliance with the wishes of the Termi nal Commissioners, and the result was, that 4,205 cabs went to the westward of Temple-bar, while only 1,834 went to the eastward of it. He did not think that the station at London-bridge would afford much accommodation for a large traffic; cattle would he seriously inconvenienced. A pro longation of the line already sanctioned to Fulham was before Parliament, for the purpose of obtaining a communi cation with the South-Western Railway at Nine Elms, and he had no doubt that. ultimately, they would obtain access to London-bridge. With respect to the alleged superiority of the South-Western Railway in point of speed over the general traffic of the Great Western Railway, there was a great fallacy in the argument, as it was a comparison of things totally different, the Great Western trains - being compelled, in consequence of their divergence of traffic, to break up their lines frequently, whereas the only necessity for breaking up the train on the South-Western Railway oc curred at Bishopstoke. There was not the smallest doubt that the Great Western trains were much superior in point of speed and power to those of the South-Western, and with a greater load he had not the least doubt but that the trains would travel much faster than those of the South-Western Company. As to the conveyance of troops, there would not be the least difficulty in the Great Western affording every requisite accommodation in that respect. The good feeling between the Bristol and Exeter Company had been latterly broken off. He had no doubt that this arose from narrow gauge influence. Mr. Hudson, having purchased at a consi derable price the Bristol and Birmingham lines, was natu rally anxious to obtain a continuation of the line to Exeter. The proprietors in that company were opposed to a renewal of the lease of their line to the Great Western Company. He had no doubt that it was the object of the narrow gauge in terest to shut out completely the broad gauge from the western districts. He had not the slightest fault to make with the conduct of the Bristol and Exeter Company towards the Great Western Company. He would have no objection to the Taunton and Castle Cary branch being given to the Bristol and Exeter Company, provided the line should be granted on the broad gauge between Exeter and Yeovil. The question of the breach of agreement between the Great Western and South-Western Company was then fully gone into by the witness. The cross-examination of this witness had not concluded when the Committee rose. May 30 June 1 mu 30 29 June I May 29 993 1,391 401 3,654 12,040 616 2,708 1,263 1,357 21,354 512 1,576 47,245 1,578 10,240 9,652 10,314 3,185 632 23,920 2,342 - 948 2,148 1,940 8,067 730 1,633 384 3,415 9,411 2,303 1,094 20,927 40,883 1,339 6,653 9,839 8,454 1,941 2,980 637 16,703 2,200 - 514 1,475 6,297 809 '497 10,386 1,255 1,607 284 8,413 6,430 7,880 1,381 579 6,506 5,564 RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TZAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: Week ending Last week. , is 2~mt ~, B.s GROUP VIII. The Committee on this group met this morning at twelve o'clock, in Room 8 ; Mr. Young in the chair. The Bills comprised in the group are—. The Liskeard and Launceston Branch. Sutton HarLour Improvement Company (Power to the Lon don and South-Western Railway Company to subscribe thereto). Taw Vale (Deviations). Taw Vale (Railway and Dock). South Devon (Extension and Amendment). Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth. This last Bill was struck out this morning by the Standing Orders Committee; and the Taw Vale (Deviations), being unopposed, was referred to Mr. Greene. A considerable part of the sitting was occupied in ar ranging the preliminary proceedings. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. GROUP X. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group met for the first time this morning, in Room 16. EASTERN mina Ar.A.II,7IIENGTREE TO The case for the promoters of this Bill was the first gone into. A number of local witnesses were examined, and the Committee adjourned.: GROUP XIV. This Committee (Colonel Rolleston, chairman) met for the first time in Room No. 27, and proceeded to take the LYNN AND ELY, AND ELY AND nuarrzrza- DON, AND LYNN AND DEREILAIVX AMAL GAMATION. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM opened the case for the pro moters, and then proceeded to call evidence. The Committee afterwards adjourned. GROUP XVII. The Committee on this group re-assembled this mo rning at the usual hour, in Room 11 ; Si r J . E as t in the chair. MIDLAND ()EXTENSION PROM NEALE LEX- CESTEIL TO HITCHIN, 41 ' 4 ' As the report of the Commissioners of Railways on this line had not yet been recei ve d, t h e time o f the Committee was occupied to-day in con s id er i ng the c l au ses of the Bill, which, with some additions and alterations, were a g reed W. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXX. The Committee met this morning, at one o'clock, in Room 13, for the first time ; Mr. Corry, chairman. The Bills comprised in this group are the — Great Northern (Sale of Axholme Extension). Great Northern (Deviation between Grantham and York). York and North Midland (East Riding Canal Purchase). York and North Midland (Knottingeley Branch). York and North Midland (Hull Station and Branches). Axholme (From Leeds and Selby Railway), &c. The York and North Midland (Knottingley Branch), the York and North Midland (East Riding Canal Parchase) , and the Hull Stations and Branches, being unopposed Bills, were referred to Mr. Greene. The Committee, after arranging the preliminary proceed ings with regard to other Bills, adjourned till Monday, at one o'clock. GROUP XXXII. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD• AND LIN COLNSHIRE (BRANCH TO CHAPEL TOWN, &C.) - - (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) After some further evidence had been heard in favour of the branch to Chapeltown, in order to accommodate the agricultural and mineral traffic of the district, the Committee adjourned till Monday, at twelve o'clock. GROUP XXXIV. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and LINCOLN. SHIRE (ASHTON CANAL PURCHASE). Mr. CROSS addressed the Committee on behalf of the oppo nents of the Bill (certain coal-owners), contending that the proposed measure was injurious to their interests. Evidence was then given on the subject. The Committee then adjourned. • GROUP XXXVIL The Committee met this morning at twelve. LEEDS .A 2811) =MUM (SLARSZOO.ATE AND PATzrairr DE.ANCH, AND NAST AND 'WEST YORKSHIRE AMALGAMATION). The Committee decided that the preamble of this Bill was proved, and the clause were agreed to. LEEDS AND THIRSIC (BRANCH PROM MELMERBY TO NORTRALLZOZTON &o.) The Committee also decided that the preamble of this Bil was proved, and the various clauses of the Bills were passed.l YOU. AND NORTH MIDLAND (BAZZO. GATE BRANCH, BOROUGgaßxxicim AND XNAILESIIOB OI7 G E EXTENSION) The preamble of this Bill was also declared to be proved, and a special report agreed to be made by th e H ouse w i th respect to several clauses of the Bill. This closed the labours of the Committee. GROUP XLV. EDINBURGH AND PZIRTII. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. David Laudale corroborated the evidence of the pre vious witness. The Earl of Zetland had a small estate in the neighbour hood of Inorris. He preferred the Edinburgh and Perth to the Edinburgh and Northern line. Ile thought that the passengers to the north would go by it in preference to the latter. Mr. Henry Cadde ll also gave eviden ce 'i n favour of the line, because it would afford great ace , ommodation to the mineral districts, which were at present unsupplied with the m eans of reaching the marke ts. Mr. Adam Begg , l essee of the L annfinnan Coal-pits, gave general mineral evidence corroborative of th e fi rst an d se cond witnesses. The coals from his pits, which sold at 6s. per ton on " the hill," when carted to Perth, a distance of 24 miles, were sold at 17s. In the course of last winter the price had increased to 245. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XLVI. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Sotheron in the chair. NORTIC BRITISH (No. X). - The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble of this Bill proved for the Haddington and the Kelso branches and the Kelso and Hawick deviations only. CALEDONIAN (EXIINBURGII STATION and lIRANCIISS TO GRANTON AND TO TEE EDINNUR.GIC AND GLASGOW). Evidence in favour of this Bill was continued, and Mr. M'Dougal, Mr. Dundas, and others wer e called and ex amined. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. Haymaking has commenced in this neighbourhood, several fields of grass having been cut during the put week. In some few instances the crop, which is good, has been se_ cured. — Wilts Independent. NAME OF RAILWAY. Amiens and Boulogne . •• •• •• •• •- •• •• Arbroath and Forfar •••• • • • Chester and Birkenhead. Dublin and Drogheda.. •• .. ... •• • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •••• • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern. • East Lancashire . Eastern Union . • • • . • • • • • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock. • • • ..... • • • • Gravesend and Rochester. • • ......... Great Southern and Western ........ Great Western, &c .................. Ipswich and Bury Lancaster and Carlisle • • ............ London and North Western, &c. London and Blackwall. • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and South We5tern... ...... Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Manchester; Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • . Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • •. Newcastle, Berwick, and North Shields North British .. • • • • • • • • • • • . Paris and Rouen .•••. • • • • ••.• • • • • Preston and Wyre . • • • Rouen and Havre .. • • • • . • • • • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester • • South Eastern and Branches South Devon • • • • . • .. . •• • • • • • • • • • • • • Whitehaven Junction ... • ....• .. York and Newcastle . .. • • ••••• • • • • • York and North Midland PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commons.) FRIDAY, JUNE 4. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. Committee :- 1. That in the case of the Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth nailwav peLnavo„ uuo ausuasilsAi to be dispensed with. 2. That in the case of the Bingley Improvement petition, for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce their additional provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall so think Ili, with the exception of that part which gives them any powers for the recovery of water-rates than those conferred by the Waterworks Clauses Act 1847 ; and that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such order has been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 3. That in the case of the London-bridge Railway Termini petition, for additional provision, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. Second resolution agreed to. —Report to lie on the table. MEDALS FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY. [For the notice, dated " Admiralty," in the Gazette of the Ist of dune, 1847, page 2,044, the following is substituted] : ADMIRALTY, JUNE 1. Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to com mand that a medal should be struck to record the services of her fleets and armies during the wars commencing in 1793 and ending in 1815, and that one should be con ferred on every officer, non. commissioned officer, petty officer, soldier, seaman, and marine, who was present in any action, naval or military, to commemorate which medals have been struck by command of her Majesty's royal predecessors, and distributed to superior officers, according to the rules of the service at that time in force; All officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines, who consider that they are entitled to receive this mark of their Sovereign's gracious recollection of their services, and of her desire to record the same, are to send in writing the statement of their claims, ddressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, London, specify ing for what action, and at what period of time, the claim is preferred, and the names of the persons or the titles of the documents by which it can be established. A board of officers will be appointed to take into con sideration the facts stated in these applications, and to report upon the same to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, for the information of her Majesty, so as to enable those commanded by her Majesty to deliver to the claimants the medals accordingly. The names of all those who may apply for the naval medal will be classed alphabetically, and to each name will be appended the actions at which the claimant may ' have been present, proof of which must be given to the entire satisfaction of the board. The occasions for which medals have been granted by ' the Sovereign are specified below, for general informa tion and guidance. By command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, H. G. WARD. Gold Medals (to Flag-officers and Captains) were issued by the Admiralty for the actions undermentioned: — Lord Howe's action, of the Ist of June, 1794. Lord St. Vincent's action, off Cape St. Vincent, the 14th of February, 1797. Lord Duncan's battle off Campertlown, on the 11th of Oc tober, 1797. Lord Nelson's battle of the Nile, the Ist of August, 1798. Captain Sir Edward Hamilton, her Majesty's ship Sur prise, recapture of the Hermione, the 25th of October, 1799. Lord Nelson's battle of Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805. Sir Richard Strachan's action, the 4th of November, 1805. Sir John Duckworth's action, off St. Domingo, the 6th of February, 1806. Captain Brisbane, his Majesty's ship Arethusa, with his Majesty's ships Anson, Fisgu tru, and Latona, capture of the island of Curacoa, the Ist of January, 1807. Captain Michael Seymour, his Majesty's ship Amethyst, capture of the Thetis, the 10 th of November, 1808. Captain Stewart, his Majesty's ship Seahorse, capture of the Badere Zaffer, the 6th of July, 1808. Captain Mounsey, his Majesty's sloop Bonne Citoyenne, capture of the Furieuse, the 6th of July, 1809. Captain William Hoste , his Majesty's ship Amphion, with his Majesty's ships Cerberus, Active, and Volage, action off Lissa, the 13th of March, 1811. Captain Christopher Cole, his Majesty's ship Caroline, capture of the Banda Neira, the 9th of August, 1810. Captain Talbot, his Majesty's ship Victorious, capture of the Rivoli, the 22d of February, 1812. Captain Broke, his Majesty's ship Shannon, capture of the Chesapeake, the Ist of June, 1813. Captain E. Palmer, his Majesty's ship Hebrus, capture of L'Etoile, the 27th of March, 1814. Captain H. Hope, his Majesty's ship Endymion, action with the President, the 15th of January, 1815. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—Since our last notice of the condition of this noble ship, another spring tide had gone off, but it was so low a one that nothing beyond digging trenches to lower the water, ani breaking up the faggots was attempted. Timber, however, has been during all the last week coming to the sea-side from Downpatrick, and large sheaves and pumps, and other iron work, from Belfast. Sawyers are at work, and a good deal of activity prevails in preparing some dozens of balks of timber apparentlyal for taking the sheaves and framing is rapidly gp to gether for several large cases or boxes, which it is said are to be used in weighing the steamer up, and it would appear in floating her also' afterwards, as they are being made water tight. Mr. Bremmer and Mr. Pattison, the builder of the ship, have been for some days on board with Captain Clax ton, but they both left on Monday. It is said on board that the bottom of the Great Britain will be looked at before she is floated off. Lord Roden visited the ship on Monday morning a s early as seven o'clock, and a great many cars an d carriages, conveying the curious, daily attend.— Newry Tel Tua R. Dn. CHALMERS.—We learn that the death of this great y a and p o good m y, an was occasioned, not, as was but by disease of the hearts-- a t first supposed, bplex Witness. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. TANIWORTH. A third candidate is out in the person of the Right Hon. William Yates Peel, the brother of Sir R.bert. Mr. W. Peel is understood to offer himself on the Pro tectionist interest. He will be recollected as formerly a Lord of the Treasury, and Member for the University of Cambridge. The following is a copy of Mr. William's address : " Gentlemen,—ln expectation of an early dissolution of the present Parliament, I beg to announce my in tention of becoming a candidate for your suffrages at the ensuing general election. " Fifteen years of, I hope I may say, faithful and zealous service on my part as one of . your representa- . tives, and the deep interest I have, whether in or out o f Parliament, ever taken in the prosperity of the borough of Tamworth, and in the welfare and happiness of its inhabitants, are the claims upon which I rely for the re newal of that confidence which you so kindly reposed in ime n four former elections. " If returned to Parliament, the height of my am bition will be to entitle myself to your approbation, by supporting, to the best of my ability, those measures which will, in my judgment, be most conducive to the public good (come those measures from what party they may), and be assured that your local interests will meet with the unceasing care and attention of, " Gentlemen, " Your very obliged and obedient servant, "June 2. " W. Y. PEEL." The opposition is understood to be directed against Captain A'Court; against Si r R o b ert , i n consequence of his great influence, as chief proprietor of the borough, it would be altogether futile. The on dit is that Mr. Pye and the Protectionists of the neighbourhood are at the bottom of the movement, and that rendering the popularity of Mr. William Peel and Lady Jane available, they are determined to give Sir llob.rt some annoyance._._ LEEDS. A slight stir, preparatory to the coming general election, has been made in Leeds. The Conservative party are apparently inactive, but it is expected that they will bring forward the present representative, Mr. W. Beckett, who is sure to be elected if he will allow himself to be nominated, which it is confidently stated he will. The more truly liberal of the reform party will probably give their suffrages to Mr. Aldam, the present colleague of Mr. Beckett, provided he offers himself for re-election. 2he Anti-State Education party have in duced Mr. Joseph Sturge, of Birmingham, to come and feel his way with the electors and non electors. On Thursday Mr. Sturge was met by about 400 of the elec tors, out of a constituency of upwards of 6,000, at a meeting at the Music-hall. After some discussion, it . was agreed that a committee should be formed to get up a requisition to - Air. Sturge, who announced that he would address the non-electors on Monday next. Though Mr. E. Baines, jun., sup ported Mr. Sturge, he said that he did not agree with all that he (Mr. Sturge) had said. HUDDERSFIELD. An attempt has been made by the Anti-State Edu cation section of the electors of this borough to get a candidate of their " own kidney," and they have talked of soliciting the chairman of the Anti Corn-law League (Mr. George Wilson), to come forward, but their efforts are likely to prove futile. Mr. W. R. C. Stansfield, the present Member, in all probability will be elected with out opposition. GREENOCK. We mentioned in our last that the requisition in fa vour of Lord John Hay had not been responded to, and that consequently Mr. Dunlop was then the only candi date in the field. The committee appointed by the meet ing of Lord J. Hay's requisitionists lost no time in put ting themselves in communication with Lord Melgund, and received from him an assurance that if the constitu• ency expressed a wish for his services, he was willing to offer himself for their suffrages.—Greenock Advertiser, Tuesday. NORTH DURHAM. The Hon. H. T. Liddell, M.P., has issued an address to the electors of the Northern Division of the county of Durham, in which, after referring to recent acts of the Legislature, and his course of action in reference thereto, he says that nothing but his indisposition to sa crifice the navigation-laws would induce him to come forwaad. Mr. Shaftoe and Colonel Beckwith have not yet com menced a canvass, and it is thought probable that the latter gentleman will not stand a poll. SOUTH DURHAM. Mr. Farrer has issued an address to the elector.: of the Southern Division of this county, offering himself as a candidate in the room of Mr. Bowes, who retires. Lord Harry Vane has not yet signified his attentions, and ru mours are afloat that he also intends to resign in favour of his brother, Lord William Powlett, who is a Protec tionist. The Duke of Cleveland is understood to have either suggested or sanctioned this arrangement. NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND. Lord Lovaine and Lord Ossulston have completed their canvass of the Northern Division, and have issued ad dresses thanking the electors for the promises of support they have received. They speak with the utmost confi dence as to the issue of the contest. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. The Liberal party in this borough have, it is said, in duced Mr. W atsotkAigmtrig Logngfai efeetion, -- in opposi tion to Mr. Hodgson Ilinde ; and his address, it is ex pected, will be published in a iew days. Mr. Ord, the present im.erauer, win .I.v-stand, va that there is every probability of a severe contest. KINGSTON-UPON-HULL. Since our last a candidate has announced himself for the representation of this borough, in the person of Mr. James Clay, who was unsuccessful at the election in 1841. This _gentleman has published an address, in which he professes Liberal principles, and recapitulates the main points of that political creed. We are not aware that any committee has yet been formed in his behalf, or that any active canvass has been instituted to secure his return. We hear no definite mention of his intended colleague ; the only rumour on the subject being that, at a meeting of Conservatives on Monday, it was sug gested that application should be made to Sir James Graham to allow himself to be put in nomination for this borough, which he represented at the outset of his career. We learn that a communication has been opened with the Right Hon. Baronet to this effect ; but the re sult, if such a course be in agitation, has not transpired. —Eastern Counties Herald of Thursday. BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE. The Liberal electors have resolved to bring forward as candidates at the approaching election Mr. James Pilking ton and Mr. William Hargreaves. Both of these gentlemen are magistrates for the county, and besides their extensive local influence are highly esteemed by the public generally, which, combined with the series of gains the Liberals have made upon the register of late years, renders their return almost a matter of certainty. Mr. John Hornby, M.P., will again offer himself. It is understood that the Conservatives have not succeeded in obtaining another candidate willing to hazard the ex pense of a contest. Mr. Hornby was returned in 1642 by a majority of one. SOUTH ESSEX. Mr. George Palmer resigns his seat on the ground of his advanced age preventing him from regular attendance in the House. Mr. W. Bowyer Smith, of Hill-hall, offers himself as Mr. Palmer's successor, in the same interest. GREENWICH. Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas and Mr. E. G. Bar nard will again solicit the honour of representing this borough. No opposition is expected. STROUD. • Mr. M. Merewether Turner, of Woodcote, Carshalton, Surrey, has issued an addreis soliciting the suffrages of the electors of this borough on Liberal principles. The Hon. Gentleman opposes the Government plan of edu tion, supports a repeal of the malt-tax. an amendment of the poor-law, and vote by ballot. The Hon. Gentle man, however, explicitly declares that he will not con test the borough against two Liberal candidates. The present Members are Messrs. G. Powlett Scrope and W. H. Staunton. It is rumoured that the Conservatives will bring forward a candidate. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S REPLY TO THE BIR MINGHAM REQUISITION. The requisition to Sir Robert Peel, which was put in circulation last week, has been withdrawn, at the express request of the Right Honourable Baronet. During the time that the canvass was: allowed to proceed the sheets were signed by upwards of 600 persons of all shades of politics, but no estimate can be formed of the probable i results of a general canvass. The attention of Sir Robert was called to the fact of the proposed honour by one of the parties with whom the proposition originated. The following is a copy of the letter to the Right Hon . Baronet, and appended to it is the letter which has led to the withdrawal of the requisition : " TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR R. PEEL, HART. " Sir,—As one of the originators of the enclosedhiereh quisition, I enclose a copy of it to you direct, and w the borough. am glad is now in course of signature through ou t borough. " I am Sir, respectfully, your m,o,sift.oAbeLienst sseorvasn.!, SIR ROBERT PEEL'S REPLY. " Whitehall, May 26, 1847. paper wh ‘LS h ir a , cc — o l ni th pa a n n i k ed yo y u ou f r or le t t h te e r t o ra f n y s e m ste is h r si d o a n y of the i i n t f i o n r c in u i m u g b ent you, t h m a te highlyt o take as I mu s tiest v aloupop the earl tune"iltyfeoefl would be wholl y out of my fbaivtuonutsrabolfeßoirpeliniinegnharofe, th it e constituent bo dy and inha power to accede to a requisition that I would be a can didate for the representation of the borough in Par liament. " I must, therefore, express an earnest wish that no further proceedings may be taken in this matter. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " ROBERT PEEL. " J. Atkinson, Esq., Ravenhurst-street, Birmingham.' SALISBURY.—A numerously attended meeting of the electors was held in this city on Wednesday, at which Mr. C. B. Wall was present, and addressed the assembly at considerable length, concluding with the announce ment that he should immediately commence a vigorous canvass. Resolutions pledging the parties present to use every exertion to secure the return of Mr. Wall to Parliament, were unanimously adopted by the meeting. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.—M x . Maunsell has announced his intention of not again offering himself for the north division of this county. It is arranged that Mr. Vernon Smith shall offer himself in his stead, on liberal princi ple s; and an effort i s ma ki ng t o ge t Mr. J o nes Lo yd . the bank er , w h o i s owner o f l arge es tates in the ne o g - bourbood of Foth e ringhay, to allow himself to be nnih. i t noted in conjunction with Mr. Smith. . . and Mr. Prrimoßotrini.—The Hon. Mr. ri S Cavendish' (son of the Hon. Vimplont - avendish) k— i be returned without opposition. Sir Robert Heron, has represented the place a quarter of a century, with t.;' , *:. draws at his own particular desire. DUDLEY.-It appears to be well understood as a seipr - ^-,. : tied matt er , t h at M r. Benbow, M.P., will walk the course\... 44. 't zar at the next election.—Birmingham Advertiser. - tr7C ' 4l4X SAteritt TO Tllll, EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Government introduced a Railway Bill in the beginning of the session of such a nature, that the railway directors who could be assembled in town imme diately met, and had various interviews with Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Comr mi'sioners of Railways. That Bill was withdrawn; but another has been introduced, which stand, for se comd reading on Monday. the 7th inst., and which is not lest objectionable in principle and in detail than the first. In connexion with a large body of railway directors and proprietors, we have well con , idered the provisions of this second Bill. In our view they tend so seriously to endanger the security and to depreciate the value of railway property, while at the same time they so inter f.re with that freedom of action, which is indispensable to the iffii•ient management of railways, that we feel it to be our duty to invite you to asyist us in opposfng it elf ctually, and to urge your ropreartantrv,s in the House of Ci.IIIMOTIS to attend there on Monday nemt, and to protect the great interests at stt.ke in that Bill. We are, Sir, your very' obedient servants, GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of Midland, of Eastern Countits, &c., Rail way Companies. GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman of London and North-Western Railway Company. CHARLES RUSSELL. Chairman of Great Western Railway Company. EDMUND I)ENISON, Chairman of Great Northern Railway Company. J. J. HOPE JOHNSTONE, Chairman of Caledonian Railw,iy Company. JAMES MACGREGOR, Chairman of South-Eastern Railway Company. HENRY HOULDS WORTH, Chairman of Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, W. J. CHAPLIN, Chairman of London and South-Western Railway Company. 25, Parliament-street, Westminster, 4th June, 1847. THE POTATO CROPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—l take the liberty of laying betnre you a few facts regarding the potato crops in this part of Lb. country : This morning a practical farmer in the upper lands of Renfrewbhire, who suffered severely from the potato disease of last season, told me that he had planted this season an acre and a half, and in all his experience as a farmer he had never seen the potato look so well, so healthy, and so vigorous as it does this season. Several farmers in this neighbourhood all concur in testifying that their prospects never were more cheer ing, and the beautiful weather that has now set in rives their fields a healthy and fresh appearance that little was ex pected three weeks ago. I may also state that the gardens are looking remark ably well; a very large crop of apples, pears, and berries are calculated upon, as well as all kinds of garden produce. I have no interest whatever in giving you a good or a bad report regarding the potato, only in so far as I have suffered my business f rom t h e f a il ure i n t h e crops, and it is pleasing indeed to have to state, that in Renfrew shire, up to this date, not the slightest symptom of the potato disease has made its appearance, so far as I have heard.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. P.S.—lt was in Renfrewshire last year where the potato rot first made its appearance, and a shrewd man in the grain trade instantly set off for Ireland, bought ..up grain largely at a low figure, and realised a large fortune; his brother, in the same trade, is building a coach house, and in a few weeks his wife and family will roll in their carriage. Shame for Paisley! the grain trade has enriched a Paisley body. Paisley, 2d June, 1847. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH., FRIDAY.—The Swedish frigate Eu genie, 50, and brig Nordenskald, 14, arrived at Spithead late last evening from Gibraltar, third son of the Bing of Sweden, on board. We have given the particulars of his Royal Highness's arrival, reception, and departure for London elsewhere. for r lrelaud with I n d ian mea l . steam The Birkenhead ste am -f r i gate, Captain Ingram, left this T h a e fte G rn ro oo w ii e l sloop, Commander Potbury, ar rived this morning from Woolwich. The Seaflower cutter, Commander Dumaresque, ar rived last evening from Jersey. She got ashore on Southsea-beach, but sustained no damage. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, disembarked her troops—the 24 battalion of the 60th (Rifles) Regiment —this day. They are ordered to Chichester. The Vengeance has been absent trim Portsm o uth five months during which time she has conveyed and ri.moved the following troops, viz.:—The 2d battalion of the 36th, Lieutenant-Colonel Trollope, consisting of 591 men and officers, 45 women, and 52 children, from Portsmouth to Corfu; the Ist battalion of the 97th, consisting of 556 11.1 tuna Ia; ItIC UCl,l.alt• V/ VII , ' ,L,ll I.llU,lll2l,Litle/114 Colonel Cameron, 544 men and ,ffice.rs, 31 women and 54 children, from Nlata to Bermuda; the Ist battalion of the 20th, consisting of 350 men and ,fficers, 36 wo men, and 60 children, from Bermuda to Halifax. whence she brought the 2d battalion. consisting of 488 men, 50 l w ef o t m H en al , i 7 f. 4 x c o h n ild t r h e e n, l2 of; h th o e t. 6 ll o f lh ay l ; ?.tfl on es. the Vengeancel:ild e ayprior tti Resistance troop ship, C-mtnatiderG. Lowe;iiiti arrived with with the 2d battalion of the 20th. The Vindictive, Captain M. Seymour, itig of Vice-Admiral Sir F. W. A usien,Bart.,CommandL r-in- Chief on the station, and the Resistance trooper were at Bermuda when the Ven geance sailed thence. She has brought home as pas sengers, besides the 60th, Colonel Hutchinson, of the lit battalion of the 20th, lady and four children; Lieute nant Cochrane, R.N., from the Endymion, and several invalids. The Endymion, 46, Captain Courtensy, was at Halifax, fitting out with all haste to rejoin the Ad miral at Bermuda when the Vengeance left. She was towed into harbour this afternoon by the Tartarus steam-sloop. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. ( 7 1101 K OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.? ROYAL Y ACHT SQUADRON INTELL GENCE. ARRIVALS. May 29. Syren yawl, John Davenport, Esq., from Torquay ; Maid of the Mist cutter, Henry Studdy, Esq., from Torquay. 31. Talismanl cutter, Robert Meiklam, Esq., from Cowes harbour; Julia schooner, L. B. Mackinnon, Esq., from the westward; Osprey cutter, John Petre, Esq., from Port , mouth. June 1. Witch cutter, Henry Oglander, Esq., from Kings town. 3. Antelope cutter, T. D. P. Astley, Esq., from Ryde. SAI LIN GS. May 29. Gauntlet cutter, W. Peareth, Esq., for Brighton. 'YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Cutters—Doran, Turquoise, Lark, Nymph, Maid of the Mist, Talisman, Witch, Syren, and Antelope. Schooners—Maud, and Julia. FRENCH PLAYS.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lady Jocelyn, Lady Caroline Cocks, Lord Camoys, Lord Alfred Paget, and Captain Gordon, honoured the French Plays with their presence last evening. His Im• perial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, at tended by a very numerous suite, also honoured the per formance with his presence. Their Serene Highnesses the Grand Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar and suite also honoured the theatre with their presence. DARING ROBBERlES.—Yesterday the police re ceived • information of the following robberies :—On the 2d inst., from the shop - window of Mr. Jeffries, 132, St. John,. street, Smithfield, three dozen of silver spectacles, all marked "J. J.," a chaserlgold eyejess, and one dozen silver mountOd ditto. May 31, from 44, ark-street, Camden-town, a silver gravy-spoon, four silver table-spoons, eleven silver dessert spoons, five silver teaspoons, a silver fish-slice, six silver forks, two silver saltcellars, two knife-rests, two pepper caster tops, a silver teapot and stand ; all the above marked i s n t s . ta j o a t me th e e s, c a l b e s r c k on a d t ed t , b s e te SaltinAgl fiveban's soN lo re te i oi l, Cs andharl et: "W. E. L." and a quantity of plated articl es . O n t h e 2d - c s h t eci re t for 101. THE POTATO —Last evening the members of the Botanical Society of London renewed their discussion upon this important and interesting subject, Mr. Reynold, the treasurer, in the chair. Mr. Rogers, of Dublin, read a paper. in which he stated his firm belief, sod contended that it had been proved by the highest authorities, that the quantity of nutrition, taking the term in its general sense, to be ob tained from 1001bs. weight of the dry matter of potato, is , fir every way equal, if not superior, to the quantity of nutrition . in 1001bs. weight, taken from the dry matter of wheat. Dl' hAyres,etheory,had quo t e d Danrd. in s i nqu i r ed u p a and support Dr. of e rh ß ish o es sse t 3 ti • ei; d een is d p t u tw t h eit ret Mr tjae ßo an r yn if l ute s s processes of washing and drying necessary to gone the matterdthrieed„whooriferodmrythedrymater of the of the potato, potatot. e the., fter p it ot: a t d o Pimply replied that a t t h t a er t o tr the an po aly tato sea requisite to con toowg t h e h rs o e l e processesrec v ahrftel e ! le t : c i ibe t teheinat into flour. Jr. Ayres observed that the greater put of the protean compounds contained in the potato consisted had been ta k en b e fl e o n u r s fr. u o tr al e subjected to of albumen, which is a soluble substance, and, consequently, the washing ofthdteehaaelnopoafi:tsahetsaot,cisuiunobtesptdraebtpicyaerl,iniargn.dßthotgeheirsiasoftucret,:wtakaso*henide whole vaet dry matter of the potato after having f u ddri n esod d int e nm r o g tyth o bae n e e lgreie the process of washing—this fact, he contended, sufficiently disproved Mr. Rog ers's theory. He thought Mr. Rogers was mi s t a k en with regard totheanalyses he had given in his paper, but he (Dr. Ayres) would take care, by the next meeting, to inform himself as to the correct ness of that statement. The discussion then ceased. ACCIDENTS ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday afternoon two gentlemen, intent on pleasure, took boat at Chelsea and proceeded thence to Putney- ; but on reaching the bridge, thee surf raised by a stiff nor'-wester filled their boat, which sank instantly, and they were with difficulty rescued from a watery grave by the prompt exertions of Freeman and Phelps, watermen, of Fulham. At the same time, between ds Club, adventured his person i n a ligh t outrigger Putney Guar and Hammersmith bridges, Mr. Fi elden, of the scullers' boat; but, after rowing a mile, was obliged to suc cumb to the waves, his boat filling, and Mr. Fielders being om as, from his powers a% a ctshwai t e b ll e ed te t rr o i s b w le im in f t o b r i i s t. There accident,was more of the ludicrous n ni p mer, it was evident that no fatal consequences were likely to ensue. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES.—Yesterday afternoon a young man named Ambrose residing at No. 15, Vine-street, Waterloo-road, in passing along the starhoCrd gunwale of the Prince of Wales sailing barge, lying in the Thames, off Strand-lane, slipped overboard, and was drowned before the boats that put off to his assistance could reach him. The Royal Humane Society's drags word used for some time, but the body was not recovered. During the cruel and cowardly bombardment of Vera Cruz by the Americans, a shell is said to have fallen on a church, and to have killed 15 women who were engaged in prayer before the alter.