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EAST INDIA. HOUSE, 16th JUNE, 184 Y. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the sail COM PANT will be hell at their House in Lead,nhall street, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th Inst., from Nine o'cl ek in the 3lornim; until Six in the Evening, for the ELECTION of a DI EECTOR of the said Company, in the room of Ifajor.General Archibald Robertson, deceased. The Form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration for ena bling the Proprietors of East India Stock to Vote by Proxy on thus occasion may be obtained, upon application at the Treasury, in this Rouse. JAMES C. MELVILL. Secretary TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ALLOW me to remind you that the ELECTION of a DIRECTOR, :n the room of the late General Robertson, has been fixed for TO-MORROW MORNING, the 30th, between the hours or Nine in the forenoon and Six in the Evening. I once more respectfully renew my solicitations that you will afford me the honour of your support on this occasion, and at the s,me ti- e beg your acceptance of my warmest ae%nowledgment for the confident feeling of success which you have in ,, ull;ed me to hope. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, London Tavern, June 28, 1847, J. CAULFIELD, TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DERMI r me to remind _IL for the ELECTION of a 1)11 COMPANY will take place at the 30th instant,. from Nino o'clock in Evening. I beg to repeat my grateful thanks for the prom sed support of a numerous and influential holy - of Proprietors, and for the zealous and unwearied exertions of my friends, which enable me to look to the result of the contest wills perfect contl core of success. My Committee meet daily at the L 'ndon Tavern, where commu nications from my friends will be ihankfully received. I have the honour to he, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful WILLIAM obliged servant. J. EASTWICK. London Tavern, June 29, 1847 you that the BALLOT ItEC TOR of the EAST I NI/1:1. house To-moititow. the the Morning until in the ELICAN 1 1. 70, LOMBARD-STREET \ISURANCE 10 , „ r, and 57, CIiARIIIG-CROSS, LONDON. Establisl ted 1797. DIRECTORS. Matthias Attwood, Esq., M.P. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. Robert Gurney Barclay, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. W. Cotton, Esq., F.R.S. Richard H. Lawrence, Esq. Wm. Davis, Esq. J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. Richard Fuller, Esq. Charles Hampden Turner, Esq. J. A. Gordon, Esq., M.D.,F.R.S. Matthew Whiting, Esq. BO ,US. Four-fifths of the net Profits realised by the Company from In sarances effected upon the Participating Scale of premiums allotted, agreeably to the conditions of the policies, eery seven years. The ant period to co mmence from the 3d of July, 1840. Annual Premium required for the Assurance of 1001. fOr the whole UM of life. • Age Without 1 With Ao.e Without % , ith • Frets. Profits. Profits. Profits. 15 11101 1 15 0 40 218 10 36 4 10 5 20 113 10 119 3 50 I 4 0 9 7 0 24 0 210 4 6O I 6 1 0 67 4 ROBERT TUCKER, secretary, NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORSHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages With respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured I , 13 s on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. • 1 Perms- Sum the ;., z ; Annual Policy Bonus in. nent Re- Assured Alle. s E Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor aF, miuni. out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on ce Premiums. Policy. ......... • - X s. d., X s d. X s. d. X s. d. r 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 6 II X Xs. d. 1838 218 4 8! 99 810 15 13 5 445 0 0 60 1000 74 3 4 1839 192 1 10, 86 9 313 4 9 395 11 1 1840 143 5 l 0 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2' 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 111 6 8l 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the Moe. or any of its branches in the country ; or, ou application. will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CA➢SROUX, Secretary. LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION' FOR LIFE, FIRE, AND MARINE ASSURANCE. Established by Royal Charter, 1720. Ofßees, T, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, and 10, Regent-street. This long established body has recently issued a new Prospectus, embracing a variety of very eligible plans for Life Assurance, and Which may be had by a written or personal application. The ex penses of managing the Life Department are defrayed by the Corpo ration, and not taken from the premium fund. JOHN LAURENCE, Secretary. CONTRACT for CAItRIAGES, CARTS, &c. Her Majesty's Postmaster-General will receive Tenders for the Supply of CARRIAGES for the conveyance of Letter-carriers, &c.; and also for the conveyance of Mails and Mail nerds to and from the several Railway Stations, for the term of l'lve Years, to commence on and after the 6th April, 1848. The conditions of the Ccntract may be seen upon application at the Inland-office of this department between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 rat. The Tenders to be addressed to Her Majesty's Postmaster-General, /narked "Tender for the Supply of Carriages for the Conveyance of Letter-carriers, Mails," Stc.; and to be delivered at the Secretary's _department of the Post-o ffi ce, at or b efore Twelve o'clock at Neen on the 31st day of July, 1817. Each Tender must bear the signature and address of two persons willing to become sureties for the due Performance of the contract. General Post-office, June, 1847 CONTRACTS FOR OATS AND SALT. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset -place, 26th June, 1847. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral Or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby jive botice, that on THURSDAY, the Ist July next, at One o'clock, theY will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling stores at Deptford the undermentioned articles, viz. : Quarters. When to be delivered. CATS (Scotch Potato) ..... .. 300 Within ten days. Tons. SA LT white coarse grained 100 } Within six weeks, in two 1 and stove dried. 1 deliveries. Samples of the Oats (neat less than Two quart.) must be produced by the parties tendering, and a sample of the Salt, together with the conditions of the Contrai:ts, may he seen at the said office. No • tender will be received e.ft , :r One o'clock on the (lay of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the pa rty attends, or an agent for him duly autho rised in writing. Every tender must be address@ I to the Secretary of the Adrni ratty; and hea r i n th e l e f hand corner the words " Tender for and re must also be delivered at Somerset-place. COLLAPSIBLE SHOWER BA.TH, the . only real novcdty of the season, by the aid of Vulca nised , only 'occupies (out of use) a space of 11 inches diameter and 3 in , : b es d ee p, while it holds three gallons of water. It is thoroughly , Arople, and not likely to get out of order. Price 155.; if packed comp'.ete in a japanned case, 12 inches in diameter and b inches deep. .a. 6d. extra. To be had of the proprietor and ma nufacturer, "ILLIAM S. BURTON (late Rippon a nd Burton), ose BAT fi SHOW ROOM contains, besides toilet ants jap an n ed Pnitat A of fancy woods, china, marbles, &c., in enormous va eLY. all the requisites for the season, so arranged in one room, de voted eY .elusively to articles of that character, that patterns, sizes, ha" so r can be instantly selected, and at thirty per cen t. under an y ter inouse where attention is paid to the qu alit y . Full-sized Port " e ,Shower Baths, very strong and japanned, with curtains and iper valve, Bs, each. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conduct )ekt tubes, brass force-pump and top. complete with curtains and I„,aPanned, from 60s. Hand Shower Bat hs, j a p anned, 3s. 6d. The ' 4, mi-directive Bath Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, sent (per post) free.-39, Oxford etreet (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. S▪ END Eight Postage Stamps, and by return, and Post free, you will get a handsome TEASPOON of C. WAT ,▪ ' 2, 'S SOLID ALBATA. PLATE, which is rap idl y superseding silver for all domestic uses. It is equally sweet and handsome as silver itself. This is the only SOL ID substitute now sold, and, unlike plated Goods of any kind, there is nothing to wear off; so that the amore you rub and clea n it, the better it wDon't ill continue to look to put it, though a‘ should be in daily use fo r fifty years. be afraid to I mY test, and then send your order. A full catalogue of prices, with Patterns of every other article manufactured from this beautiful Metal, will be enclosed with the sample Spoon. Address C. Watson, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, London • THE RETURN FROM SCHOOL Nowl's the time, increase the joys Of boys, And bring them all to Ilyam. liyarn's Bogy's Bummer Light as zephyrs, cool. • ,, •• • •rrom 2a. 6d ' The boys exclaim ••How very nice 1" Ilyam's Boy's Shooting Coats.... •• from 2s. 9d. For rustic games, or healthy sports, Try Hyam's matchless shooting coats. Ryam's Boy's Skeleton Cloth Suits .. •. ...from 10s. lid. Of competition here's the fruits. Complete for nine and six the suits. foam 18s. 6d. Hymn's Boy's Tunic Suits •• • • race, gin • ..... Superh in beauty and Their excellence at once you trace. Byam's Boy's Hus sar Suits• • • • • • • • •• from 17s. 6d, In confidence and honest truth, These suits are gems indeed for youth. liyam's Boy's Cloth C a p s • • • • • • • . •" • from 10d. Hyam's fame for caps is known — Re sells them cheapest in the town. I%ncE.—in save trouble and time, and facilitate the business of this establishment, purchasers are respectfully informed that every article is marked the selling price in plain figures, from which no deduction can be made on any consideration whatever. not approve Money will be returned to any purchaser should he Of his purchase after seeing the articles at his own house. Alle ordered department is conducted entirely distinct and sepa rate frorn the ready-made, in spacious rooms on the second floor, and buyers will find patterns and materials quite original. L. ail AM, Wholesale and Retail Tailoring -street and , Londotin. Outfitng Es- Üblishment, Pantechnetheca , 36, Gracecharch No business transacted on Saturdays until the evening. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-rIVE COL OURED ENGRAVIMM This day is published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, , er , L, 2s. M. or forwarded, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 3s. t;d. in Menge S'am, A SELF-PRESERVATION : Medical Treati!-e on Marriage, and on those Secret sanelnfirmitie and Disorders 01 ,!Youth and Mator , y, that are u•nally acquired t rly period of , 14 , which tend to destroy hys cal and mental energy, ardour, pas- I I ;on, and all the attributes o, Manhood. illuerated with Twenty 'le Coloured Engravings on the Anatomy, Physioltuy, and Dis- U s ea of the Urinary and Rept...Waive tir4at 5, explaining that s their various structures, uses, and funct ions, and showirg the injurie _ are Produced in them. by s olitar y habits, excess es, and infe Debilcti Wig Practical Observ a tions on the Treatment or Ne , other ure, and s ity, kcal and Constitutional Weakne ss, Syph, Stric diseases. By SAMUEL LVMERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Redford-street, Bedford -square, London; Matriculated Member of the University Bedford-squar e, Edinburgh, linnorar Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of POthecaries' Hall, London. Sec., Sze. CONTENTS OF THE MEATUS. Hindrance Clikrrix 1. On the Philosop h y of Marriage, with its and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— asp.rEe 2. On the Anatomy and rhysiology of the Generativ ?Deans, their functions, structures. and secretions, proving that grea Mental and Physical rower are dependant upon their healthy action 7caspTEß 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects functi on til n: Animal Economy ; the concea led cause ot Debility wea kness of th, of the o ile Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, an d general Mental Faculties. CuerTga 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youti and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Wea6kness, Mental Debility, and Prematu re Decay.—CnAPTLaS 5 and the Disorderr arising from indiscriminate Excess, Strictures, and other Diseases. REVIVWS Or TUE WORK. LA'INEERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. —KENT AND RICTIARDS. — This Work possesses advantages over c ery other other of the kind sub- Mitted to public ii..tiee. The author is a medical man of some con siderable talent, who has devoted many years to the study of his profession, and as a guarantee of his pretensions nas published his quantizations and diplomas in the work, and several testimonials of his abilities from physicians and surgeons of g reat eminence, which i l a a most important consideration to those wh,,, from the peculiar nature of their infirmities, are obliged to seek medic& assistance Irorn strangers. The subject is treated altogether in as excellent manner, and by its perusal the unfortunate victim of vicious habits disabilities, d excessive .lissipation, will be enabled to account for peculiar and to discover the means of alleviatii4 their su ff erings In an easy and effectual manner.—United Service Gazette. _ Published . by tin. Author, and may be ntd at him iesiaence, ah, rr_ xf n , Kent and Richard:, 42, Paternostor-row; liannay and ro. - , 6 9 ,, rd-street 4t *.4 .a... 4 Tichboraa.strect, Quadrant; qor..ion, I i I . -oval - tali-street, London • Ve w , o i '4; I' nurcb -; !creel.. i .Iver , AA '7 all ftook.sallers. . ". ' '' . riv A e t t r a oze ._ fo . r t;onsultation daily, from Nine till Two, and it the fee of nt . and all letters immediately replied to, it containin, ......... ll., for advi c e, s .,, n i,, -r9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD °WaIIinLVAWOL JUNE 29, 1847. N o . 17,091. • ' 1 , "s 7 /) ISAO4 /7 4 it ?; 4 a ui. : 1 : 1 // l v .4 V 0' o .k. "te freo ' - , C 4 fE - • tht v,„' )0 7 ' - " gi p .7-11 • c/' L " I "' Vitt ,27 Mown ' - 1) 1• • * PRICE SD. ROME. The Pope's edict for the creation of a Council of Mi nisters is published. It is dated from the Quirinal, June 12, and contains, among others, the following articles: 66 1. A council of Ministers is instituted. It is com posed of the Cardinal Secretary of State (for Foreign and Home Affairs); of the Cardinal Camerlingua (for Commerce,. Agriculture, the Arts, &c.); of the Cardinal Prefect° delle Acque e Strada (Public Worki); of Mgr. the Governor of Koine (General of Police); of Mgr. the Treasurer- General (Finances); and Mgr. Presidente delle Armi (War). " 2. The Cardinal Secretary of State is President of the Council. Councils are to be held at the residence of the Cardinal Secretary of State whenever the Sovereign does not preside. The chiefs of the Tribunals may be called to Council, and those among them who are Cardi nals shall have the right of voting on qaestions en which they have been called upon to deliberate, " 5. The two substitutes of the Secretary of State may attend the Council, but shall have no right of voting. " 6. The council shall be assisted by a prelate as se cretary, but without a right of voting. " 7. The Secretary of State is the centre of all affairs treated by the different ministeries, the organ of the publications of laws, and of the communication of ordon nances issued by the Sovereign, as well as of the reports • addressed to the Sovereign upon remonstrances made against the acts or decisions of the different administra tions. _ " 14. The Auditor of the Chamber and the Governor of Rome shall cease the judicial functions, civil, or crimi nal, hitherto exercised by them, or by other functiona ries in their name. The Treasurer shall also cease to exercise the presidency of the Cameral Congregation for the decision of administrative differences, and of the Criminal. Tribunal of the Chambers. ." 28. Every Minister ,shall present to the council the. budget of his departs+, which before i 3 is to into " consideration shall be submitted to the examination of the Congregation of Revision. The Treasurer-General shall place the necessary funds at the disposal of each Minister. " 29. The ordinary meetings of the council shall be held once a week. They shall be called at the request of the Cardinal President, or by order of the Sovereign. " 30. The deliberations of the council shall remain absolutely consultative until they are approved by the Sovereign." The Pope has appointed to the command of the gend armery of Rome Prince Gabrielli, a distinguished officer, who, in the rank of captain followed the Emperor Napo leon through the Russian campaign. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Saturday was a night of triumph for the Deesses de la danse, who appeared in a new divertissement entitled Les Elemens, which equals the glories of the Pas de Quatre or the Pas des Deesses. The earth is re presented by four nymphs, Mademoiselles Cassan, James, Honore, and Thevenot. Fire, by Mademoi selle Carlotta Grisi; Water, by Mademoiselle Rosati, who enters upon the scene attended by Dolphins and Naiads, and Air by the graceful and sylphlike Cerito, The " Pas of the Elements" is a marvel of choerogra phic excellence. It is commenced by Carlotta Grisi and ;Cerito, then follows a pas seul by Rosati, in which she exhibits the most graceful poses imaginable, and concludes by a dazzling series of twinkling steps executed as Rosati alone can execute them. Car• lotta Grisi then dances a pas with the most piquant air imaginable, concluding with some astonishing tours de force, which are tours de grace also, and then Cerito comes bounding—the very soul of exuberant joyousness. Thus element strives with element, neither surpassing the other but each triumphing in turn until the curtain falls. The applause at the fall of the curtain was most en thusiastic. Never has a more splendid choerographic triumph been achieved, even at this theatre, and the " Elements," with " their Ruler " Perrot, to whose genius we are indebted for this brilliant divertisse ment, were called for, and rapturously applauded. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. On Saturday morning a private performance took place at this theatre in the presence of the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice—the royal children being specially invited by Mr. Mitchell to a series of juvenile entertainments, countenanced by the gra cious patronage of her Majesty. The illustrious party arrived at the theatre about half-past two o'clock, and were ushered into the royal box, which, together with the entire tier of private boxes, was prettily festooned with artificial flowers. The Queen of the Belgians occupied a seat by the side of her Majesty, and the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, paid the royal group a short visit during the progress of the performance. The performances commenced with the first act ofthe Gamin de Paris., after which the musical performances of the little Turners, who made their debut here about twelve months since, and who are much improved. Mdlle Badenan then danced a pas with castagnettes, and the two pigmies, dressed in the rococo style, danced a stately minuet with the most amusing gravity. Then came a human Mercury—a gentle man whose usual mode of locomotion seems to be in a rolling ball. The Ethiopian Serenaders followed, and the performances of the Bedouin Arabs con cluded the morning's amusement. The Royal chil dren seemed delighted with the entertainment, and were loud in their applause. The house was quite full of noble and fashionable vi sitors, to whom invitations had also been given by Mr. Mitchell, and the array of bonnets which met the eye, as it ran over the pit, presented a most beautiful coup d'oql of fancy colours. The Marchioness of Douro, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie attended the Royal party. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary were also present, attended by the Baroness Hammerstein and Mr. Edmond St. John Mildmay ; and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Colonel Liddell. There were also present the Baron and Baroness Rehausen, Mr. and Madame Van de Weyer, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Gower, the Duchess of Cleveland, the Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Dou glas, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Coun tess of Chesterfield, Countess Lieven, the Countess of Norbury and the Ladies Toler, the Countess of Howe, Countess of Lichfield, Earl and Countess of Craven, Countess Hood, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Countess of Eglintoun, Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power, Lord and Lady Brougham, Lady Laura Mey rick, Marquise de Lousadi, Madame Reille, Ladies Agnes Duff, Lady Dinorben, Lady Yarde Buller, the Ladies Bentinck, Lady Stratford Canning, Viscount and Lady Marian Alford, Lady Charlotte Guest, Lady ' Morgan, Lady Charlotte Balfour , Lady Louisa Trench, Lady R en dlesham, Lady Lawley, Lady Meux, Lady Throckmorton, Lady Fitzroy Kelly, Lady and Miss Macdonald, Miss Talbot and party, Mrs. Maberly, Mrs. Tabor, Madame de Lautour and party, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Foley, Hon. Mr. Fitzgibbon and the Misses Fitzgibbon, B. Lindo, Esq., G. Clarke, Esq., Mrs. Holford and party, Mrs. Portal, Mrs. Gladstone, Mrs. Baillie, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, honoured the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday evening last with their pre sence. Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie, and Major Moerkerke; her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, by the Countess Vander Straaten; their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, by Lady Charlotte Lister, Baron Knesebeck, Mr. Ed mund Mildmay, Mr. Henry Lyster, and Sir William Davidson. There were present—the Hanoverian Min ister, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Blanche Somerset, the Duke of Montrose, the Duchess of Grafton, the Marchioness of Anglesey, the Marquis of Worcester, the Countess of Kinnoul, and Lad Sarah Hay, the Countess of Orford and Lady Dorothy Walpole, the Earl of Cardigan the Countess of Glengall, Earl Granville the Earl of Euston, Dowager Countess of Essex, Viscount Combermere, Viscount Templetown, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Dupplin, Viscountess Dillon, and the Hon. Miss Dillon, Viscount Maidstone, Lord and Lady Carrington, Lord Manners, Lord Forester, Lord Suffield, Lord George Manners, Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley, Lady William Powlett, Lord Archibald St. Maur, Lord Bruce, Lord Henry Lennox, M.P.; Lord Compton, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Lady Adelaide Paget, Lady Harriet Bagot, Lord F. Gordon, Lady Palmer, General Sir W. Anson, Bart., and Lady Anson, the Right Hon. Sydney and Mrs. Herbert, the Hon. Mr. Upton, the Hon. J. Fortescue, the Hon. Sir E. and Lady Butler, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, the Hon. P. Barrington, the Hon. Mrs. Vaughan, the Hon. C. Neville, Sir C. and Lady Cecilia des Voeux, Sir W. and Lady Molesworth, Sir W. Ab y, Bart., Sir A. Clifton, Bart., Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart.. and Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley, Sir J. S. Hippesley, Bart., Lady Macfarlane, Lady Meux, Lady Jodrell, Lady Thorold, Baron Lionel de Rothschild, Sir Anthony and Lady Rothschild, Sir P. Broke, Bart., Sir A. Aston, Sir H. Lushington, Bart., and Lady Lushingtor, Sir R. L. Blosse, Bart., Sir H. and Lady Robinson, Sir 0. Wake man, Bart., Sir E. S. Stanhope, Bart., Sir W. Medly cott, Bart., Sir C. Ibbetson, Bart., M r . R. Neville, M.r., Mr. H. Baring, M.P., Mrs. H. Baring, Mr. G. W. 131 * Repton, M.P., Mr. Dennittoun, M.P., and Mrs. Dennis toun, Mr. C. P. Leslie, M.P., Mr. E. Strutt and Miss Strutt. —On ATTEMPT TO MURDER A GAME KEEPER. hat Saturday informatio n was received byd the utictedetter- Joseph Wall, w h o i n February mined attempt to murder Abe l Ma e r n tib :aptured by John o e n a e of the Earl of Granville's gamekeepe rs, bad been ol to await ins trial for the lodged in Shropshire ga . Richardson, one of the Shropshke. con . stabu . la . ry .. , and capital cliurge at the ensuing mos. LON DON, T U ESDAY MORNING' SU N, PUBLICATIONS. T HE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE for JULY, price 2s. Gd., contains : I. An Evening with the Wltchfinders. 11. Life in the ‘i ountains of Arcadia. 111. The English Lak s. IV. Leaves from the i,ife of Prince Talleyrand. Part 111. V. Legal Education. VI. Anthologia Ilibernica. No. 111. VII. Etchings of Italy. VIII. Bailey's Festus. IX. AgrLubural Resources of the Kingdom, &c. &c. Dublin : James INPGLishan, 21, D'Olicr-street. W. S. Orr and Co., London. Sold by all booksellers at home and abroad. 11:IE MIRROR FOR JULY (Price Is.) , Contains : JR I. The co ,mencement of a Novel of wild and stirring interest, enti led—Paul Pevensey ; or, - the Man from Below. 11. The Eag:e's Nest. By Percy St. John. 111. N Night Adventure. IV. hints for the next Season; the Young Men one meets at Parties. V. Advantageg of the Whittington Club. VI. The Siege of St. Sebastian. VII. Leigh Bunt's " Men, {Women, and Books." VIII. A New Guido to Paris. IX. The Green-grocer's House-warming. Charles Oilier, 18 and 19, Southampton-street, Strand. WORDSWORTH ON ELECTIONS—THIRD EDITION. This day is published, in Bvo., price 11. boards, THE LAW and PRACTICE of ELECTIONS and ELECTION PETITION:, with all the Statutes and Forms. Third Edition. By CHARLES WORDSWORTH, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Also, by the same Author, The LAW• of RAILWAY, BANKING, MINING, and other JOIN I-STOCK COMPANIES. Fifth Edition, in Bvo., price l/. 63., boards. London: William Benning and Co., Law Booksellers, 43, Fleet street. 311 t. LEIGhI IIHNI"S NEW WORK. MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS ; being a Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs, from his uncollected Prose Writings. By LEIGH HUNT. 2 vols, post Bvo., with I'ortrait.ef the Author, price One Guinea, cloth. " With such a title as the above, the leader knows what pleasure may he expected from Ni r. Leigh Hunt. He never writes otherwise than cheer ully. Ile will ',aye sunshine—will promote gay spirits— will uphald liberal tru hs, blithely yet earnestly.—Athenaeum. " Full of variety, beauty, and cheerfulness. It is a book to lie in the cherished corner of a pleasant room, and to be taken up when the spirits have need of sunshine. The book which the present most resembles In Mr. Hunt's former writings (and this is a great compli ment) is `The Indicat r.' For, though its papers are longer, they have the same cordial mixture of fact and imagination."—Examiner. London : smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. MR. DOUBLEDAY'S FINANCIAL HISTORY. This day is published, is 1 vol. tivo., price 12s. cicth, AFINANCIAL, MONETARY, and STATIS TICAL HISTORY of ENGLAND, from the Revolution of 1688 to the present Time. By THOMAS DOUBLEDAY, Esq Aut or of " The True Law of Population." " On every subject connected with the financial system of th• country, this work is replete with the most valuable and authentic informatbn."—Morning Advertiser. Sce also this Journal of the 14th instant. London : Effingham Wilson, Royal Zxchange. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. The HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on EXTENSION STOCK, No. 1, becomes due on the 4th July next. The certificates must be lodged at the Company's Offices, two clear days previous to the War ranty being issued• By order, Bishepegate Station, June 2S, 1847 C. P. RONEY, Secretary. CEYL ON RAILWAY COMPANY. The holders of scrip receipts are requested to transmit the same for registration to the secretary, at the offices of the Company, 8, Broad-street-buildMgs, City, on or before the 15th of July next, accompanied by the subjoined form. Parties sending scrip by post are advised to write across the face of the receipts " sent for regis tration," with their names and addresses. An acknowledgment will be given for the scrip, which will be exchanged for share certi ficates of 151. each after full registration. D. I. TOAD, Sec. Ceylon Railway Company. June 18, 1847. FORM TO ACCOMPANY SCRIP RECEIPTS. To the Secretary of the Ceylon Railway Company. Sir,—l herewith transmit Scrip receipts of shares in the Ceylon Railway Company, numbered as below, and ision I herebys of the deed request you to regi , ter me as t h e proprietor, under the prov of settlement, of shares in the Ceylon Railway Company. Christian and Surname in full ..... .• • Occupation ••• • • • • •• • • Nos. of Scrip Receipts. 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Messrs. Nicol: are willing, without charge, to attach the new label to any of their paletots already in use, if se,nt to them car riage paid, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. BEDFORDSHIRE. —We learn that Lord Charles Russell, the sitting Whig member for the county, has i'etermined to retire, and that Mr. Thomas Charles giggins, of Turvey, will offer himself as a candidate. We have no in - formation relative to the intentions of the sitting Con servative member, Lord Alford, but in all probability he will come forward agaio.—Bedford Times. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.—Mr. Tower has announced his refusal to be a candidate to represent the county of Bucks in the next Parliament; consequently we at pre sent have but three candidates for the three seats in Parliament which are allotted to Buckinghamshire ; but we have the fact announced that a candidate from the dissenters will solicit the votes on the principles of anti church and state union, peace, anti-slavery, and tem peranee.—Bucks Gazette. CUMBERLAND EAST.—Mr. Marshall has accepted the requisition to offer himself as a candidate for East Cumberland in the room of Mr. James.— Carlisle Journal. HAuFAx —Mr. Edward Miall, the well-known editor of the Nonconformist, is in the field as a candidate for the representation of this borough.-,—Bradford Observer. ILimPsrattE. SOUTH.—W e much regret to have to announce that Lord Palmerston declines acceding to the numerously and respectably signed requisition that has been presented to him, soliciting his Lord ship to allow himself to be put in nomination as a candidate for the representation of this division of the county at the ensuing general election, as will be seen by the following letter received from his Lordship by the gentlemen of these towns, who forwarded the requi sition. We trust, however, that although the Noble Lord declines, some gentleman of liberal principles will be found willing to come forward for South Hampshire : —" Carlton Giirdens, June 21, 1847. Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th inst., ' transmitting to me a requisition signed by a large number of the electors for the southern division of the county of Hants, inviting me to become a candidate for the represen tation of South Hampshire at the ensuing general election, and I beg through you to assure the numerous and re spectable body of electors by whom that requisition has been signed, that I most sensibly feel the great honour which they have done me by an invitation which affords so manifest a proof of their confidence in me, and of their approval of my public conduct. I need not, I trust, assure you that if I was unconnected with any other constituency, there is no body of electors whom I should have felt such pride in representing as those of the county in which I live ; but having now for twelve years enjoyed the confidence of the electors of Tiverton, I should be unwilling to solicit the suffrages of any other body as long as my present constituents shall think fit to return me to Parliament.—l have the honour to he, Sir, yours, very faithfully : PALMERSTON."—Hampshire Independent. HASTINGS.—We have authority to state that it is the intention of Mr. W. Downing Bruce to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of this borough, and that his address will appear in due course. It is strongly reported that Mr. Sergeant Byles is to be the second Conserva,tive candidate at the ensuing election.—Surrey Standard. . . . . HEREFORD.-Our readers will learn with surprise that Mr. Pulstord, through ill-health, retires trom Parliament. Sir Robert Price offers a renewal of those pat lia mentary services which during a quarter of a century have reflected honour on the city and county, and a son of the late faithful and ever-to-be-lamented member, E. B. Clive, Esq., offers himself as Mr. Pulsford's successor. —Hereford Times. LINCOLN.—A very large meeting of the electors took place on Wednesday night, called to afford Sir Edward Bulwcr Lytton an opportunity of addressing them. Mr. Williams, solicitor, presided. Sir E. B. Lytton, who had been canvassing on Tuesday and Wednesday,but viho had issued no address or declaration of his intention to become a candidate, delivered a magnificent address, in thecourse of which he called upon the electors to consider whether he was worthy to hold the place of their representative in Parliament. He said that, if change there was, it was not in him, and he challenged any one to point out a single political principle from which he had deviated, or a pledge that he had violated.. Sir Edward pro ceeded to expound his prirciple, declaring himself . for the shortening of Parliament, for affording the electors an opportunity of enjoying his franchise un influenced by any one who could exercise power over him, for an extension of the suffrage to persons who have received a good moral and Christian education, and against the endowment of the Irish Catholics. He also expressed his opinion that the Corn Bill of last year was a rash and hazardous measure, the consequences of which could not be tested by the experience of a single year; and he observed that never was a great measure purchased by such gross tergiversation and apostacy ; but he declared that it ought to have a fair trial. Sir Edward Lytton then proceeded to express the belief that next Parlia ment would have to devote its serious attention to our financial position, and he gave some details with respect to a mode of taxing property and removing the asseised taxes. With respect to edu cation Sir Edward Lytton expressed his opinion to be favourable to a parochial mode, which the people would manage for themselves. Sir Edward Lytton then combatted the idea that he should compromise himself by any coalition with Tories ; and he proceeded to show that coalitions had always been fatal, as a reason for de clining to coalesce with Mr. Seely. He concluded with a brilliant appeal to the electors. A long discussion fol lowed, after which Sir Edward Lytton declared his in tention to go to the poll, and the meeting broke up at midnight. —Stamford Mercury. LEEDS.—The features of the week are the issaing of a preliminary statement of his views by Mr. James G. Marshall, the meeting of Mr. Beckett's supporters, and the coalition openly proclaimed at that meeting to return Messrs. Beckett and Marshall. — Leeds Mercury. OXFORD UNivartsrry.—The retirement ot Mr. Card well from the contest for the University of Oxford leaves it open for a measure of strength between the Puseyite and the Protestant candidates, the latter supported by the forces of bygone Protectionism, the former by the gratitude of the Tractarians for past, and the hope of future colonial church patronage. The Liberals ot the Univcr:ity naturally look on the struggle with much un concern, as both candidates stand pledged to the con tinued exclusion of dissenters and professing Catholics from the privilege of the Univei sity. READING.—We believe there is no foundation what ever in the report which has been circulated that Mr. Apsley Pellatt will stand for this borough at the ensuing election. The requisition to Mr. Sergeant Talfourd has this week been must numerously signed.—Becks Gazette. numerously Sharman ythe forwarded t o A ir. electors,rt°cil3r.—A s re ee q k ui b si hi has Crawford, the present member for Rochdale, requesting him to allow himself to be nominated as a candidate for the representation of the borough at the next election. There is not likely to be any opposition.—Manchester Guardian. SALISBURY.—Mr. Chaplin, M.P., has issued his ad dress, stating it to be his intention of again offering himself as a candidate for Salisbury.—Sherburne Journal. WHITEHAVEN —There is very little or no doubt of the final retirement of the present Member, Mr. M. W. Att wood. The ill health of the Hon. Gentleman, indepen dently of his sAvanced age, has reduced him to a state of Parliamentary incapacity for some time past-- Carlisle Journal. WOODSTOCK —Lord A. S. Churchill and the Marquis of Blandfoi d issued addresses to the electors of the 21st inst. The former intimated that his professional duties will probably shortly call him from his native land, and that it is his intention to resign his pretensions to the future representation of the borough. The Marquis of Bland,ford again offers himself for the honour of their suffrr,ges.—Bedford Chronicle. W ORICESTERSIIIRE, EASTERN DIVISION. Captain Rus hunt, whose health we are pleased to hear is in a fair way of being re-established, will not retire, as he had originally contemplated. Mr. J. A. Taylor, the oth.er Member for the division, has now publicly ex pr. used his intention to resign his trust at the close of the, present Parliament. There is no doubt, therefore, that Mr. J. H. H. Foley and Captain Rushout will vt talk over the course at the ensuing election.— Worcester Chronicle. WYCOMBE.—Mr. Palph Osborne has issued an address t( ) the electors of Wycombe, and announced his intention of resigning all claims to their suffrages at the approach ing election. YORK.—In our last, we stated that it was the inten tion of Sir John Lowther, the Conservative representa tive of this city, not again to offer himself as a candidate, but that his place on the hustings would be supplied by J. G. Smyth, Esq., of Heath-hall, Wakefield, also a Con servative. Our statements proved to be correct, and the address of Sir J. H. Lowther on retiring, and also that of Mr. Smyth on offering himself as a candidate, have appeared. The address of 11. R. Yorke, Esq, our re spected Liberal Member, on again offering himself for the representation of the city of York, will also be found in our columns. At present, no contest is antici pated.— York Courant. ELGIN BURGHS.—We have just heard that Mr. Ban. nerman, younger of Crimmonmogate, has been induced to come forward in the Conservative interest, as a third candidate for the representation of the Elgin district of burghs.—North of Scotland Gazette. li ADDINGTON BURGHS.—We understand that Mr. Balfour, the Tory and Protectionist M.P. for these burg - hs, after completing, his canvass, has resolved to proceed no farther with the contest.—Scotsman. CITY OF DUBLIN.—Mr. John O'Connell is the only reeal cdidate yet announced. The present members, Me p ssrs. an Gregory and Grogan, again stand on the Tory • ... interest, although the former, in his address, declares the necessity for " the removal of all harrassinF and oppressive restrictions upon trade and commerce. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.--Mr. M‘Cullough, one of the Fellows of the College, and a member of the Irish bar, positively comes forward to dispute one of the seats with the present member. Mr. F. Shaw is far from popular amongst the clergy. Mr. M'Cullough is moderate in politics, and is highly respected in the University. CITY OF KILKENNY.—The repealers of Kilkenny, who form a preponderating majority, are determined to 10- elect Mr. John O'Connell, in order, as the Kilkenny Journal says, defeat to repeal principle s in the metropolis."" that he may sit for this city, in case of a BOROUGH OF CARLOW..—Major Layard, the present Member, has addressed.'the electbrs as a candidate. There is, as yet. no opponent inilre field. BOROUGH OF DUNGARVON.—The Waterford ChronicleH a repeal paper, says—" It i s the Prevailing opinion here that there will be no con t es t .iit this borough at the general election. All th e l an dl or di are in favour of the present Member, and our leading' and influential re peaters adverse to oppose Mr. Shell. " QUEEN'S CouriTr.- 7 -The Leinster Express says:,-- " The Honourable Thomas Vesey, one of the present representatives, and J. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., are the only candidates named as likely to come forward at the ensu ing election; Sir Charles COote.having declared his in tention of retiring, upon the dissolution of the present Parliament." COITNTY OF CARLOW.—The Carlow Sentinel says:— " Colonel Bruen and his colleague, Captain M'Clintock Sunbury, will be returned without opposition." - - • STATE O ' e ' FOREIGN WOOL MAR z JUNE 25.—We have to notice a general .t In the demand for foreign wools this week. .7 of the new clip being now pretty extensive, transactions have been more freely entered into, and at an advance in prices concur rent with that which, so far, has ruled at the German fairs. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JUNE 25.—The de mand for combing and clothing wool during the present week has not been large. Prices have been about the same as last week. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JUNE 25.—We have a limited demand, but what sales are made are at the full rates of the two previous weeks, our stocks being low, particularly in bags; nor do we think they are likely to be much increased soon, as the grower is indisposed to sell the new wool at prices proportionate to what is ruling in these markets. YORK WOOL MARKET, JUNE 24.—The show of wool at this day's market was large, and the buyers were also numerous, but the trade continues dull, and several lots are left unsold, though rather lower prices have been submitted to. The 1 ,flowing are the nearest quotations: —Super hog, 135. to 135. 6d.; hog and ewe, I Is. 6d. to 12s. 6d.; ewe, 10s. 6d. to I Is.; locks and cast, Bs. to 9s. per stone. m—aThaertteewaasaace of fair quantityHnLL W af o w oL aal MARKET, shown, JUNE wa a225.1l attendance buyers, the parcels went off rather heavy at last week's prices, and there was a small part left unsold. LEEDS.—The amount of business transacted in our cloth halls has been again very limited; stocks, however, are, and prices well maintained. In the warehouses there is very little doing, but as it is between the sea sons, it is usually flat at this time of the year. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There was no im provement in the demand for wool. Prices are very firm. This was partly induced by the accounts from London of the sales of colonial wool. There is an in creased demand for yarns, and, if anything, a shade of improvement in prices. The spinners are now busy. There was a good attendance of merchants, both conti nental and home, and a great number of pieces were bought for the autumn trade. The purchases for America are not so extensive at present ; in some par ticular lots an increase of price was obtained. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING. Throughout the entire week, and especially since Tuesday, there have been considerable inquiries for most descriptions of grey cloth, and an immense business might have been done if manufacturers would have consented to what may be called late prices. Generally, however, manufacturers have been firm, and few, if any sales made, except at a small advance. There seems now to be no doubt but that a good business will be done in the coming week, at an established advance on all descriptions of printing cloth—domestics and shirtings. The print trade is by no means brisk, but the Greeks and Americans are purchasing to a fair extent. We notice with much pleasure a steady improvement among, the dyers, who have for a long time past been miserably dull. The grey fustian trade is very much depressed ; some goods are selling at a lower figure than when cotton was at the lowest point some eighteen months since. The silk weavers are not so well employed as could be desired, still with the price of the raw material being very low, the manufacturers need not be apprehensive of a decline in the value of their stocks, and this no doubt impar:s considerable confidence to the trade. In yarns rather more is doing, and generally at slightly improved rates. To the Medite:ranean a fair business is doing, as also to the East and to China ; on the whole business may be regarded as decidedly better. NOTTINGHAM. — The cotton hosiery trade has im proved. This change fur the better is not, however, very perceptible at present. In several villages the greater part of the stockingers are out of work, and in some cases are set to level hills and such like labour. The fancy bobbin net trade continues in a despairing condition, not only in this country, but also in France and Germany, as machine lace is not now held in the estimation it has been. The prices offered for nets are in many instances ruinous, so as to prevent all speculation, and leave the m achine owner no alternative but to decline making. The cotton warp lace trade is in a deplorable state, and some of the smaller houses are turning their attention to bobbin-net. The silk warp branch is rather better than the cotton, and seems likely to continue so.—Nottingham Review. LEICESTER. — There is a tendency towards an im provement in the demand for goods, and some hosiers have partially set on their hands again. Several buyers have visited our market, but their purchases have been but small at present, and made with much caution. There has been more doing in yarns at a slight reduc tion in price; the spinners still work short time, and complain of not being able to purchase wools to meet the prices yarns are selling for. But little is doing in wools, and will not be until our fair, fixed for the 30th instant, is over.—Leicester Journal. OPENING OF THE ROYAL GARDENS AT KEW.- Saturday the pleasure grounds in connexion with the Royal Gardens at Kew were, according to annual cus tom, thrown open to the public, and will remain so until the end of September, when they will be again closed until the Midsummer of 1848. MADAGASCAR. — There appears to be little chance of any opening of the trade of Madagascar by the Queen of that island. The rumour circulated in town through the journals a few days ago, that the authorities at Tamatave had announced that it was probable that the trade would be opened next year, is incorrect. Captain Labury, of the Charles Heddle, touched there on his way to West Coast for a cargo of oxen. Ho was refused any oxen there, and he learned that the Europeans at that place were badly treated and under the strictest surveillance. A Malgacbe, one of the Administration, having openly shown a desire to renew connexion with the Europeans, had been condemned by the Queen to be burnt alive, but he avoided this cruel death by.swallow ing poison. Malgache women who bad in their posses sion merchandize formerly belonging to the traders who had been expelled, and who were accused of having kept up a correspondence with them, were publicly sold to slavery.—Mauricien. The Observer, of Sunday, June 27, contained nearly two folio columns of particulars of the opening of the Trent Valley Rsilway, on the afternoon of Satur day, at Tamworth, speech of Sir Robert Peel, &c. The Observer also contained near three columns of a report of the proceedings of the Commissioners of the National Exhibition of Works of Art at Westminster-hall, with a short critique on 46 of the splendid pictures, the pre miums, and to whom awarded—war in China, three columns—fracas at the Opera, Hon. G. De Grey and E. 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Their Lordships met this morning at eleven o'clock. Mr. Brunel, C.E., was cross-examined by Mr. HOPE, with a view of showing that the proposed line would afford all the requisite advantage to the district. in the course of his cross-examination nothing, however, was elicited to shake the testimony which he had given upon a previous occasion, with respect to the superiority of the lines supported by the Great Western Company, in connexion with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway, over those proposed by the Stour Valley Company, which were supported by the North.- Western Company. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) GROJA" VI. EXETER (GREAT WESTERN). The Committee met at the usual hour, and proceeded to hear evidence with respect to the case of the Mar quis of Westminster, who complained that his property at Motcombe would be seriously affected if the line pro posed by the Great Western Company were allowed to pass. GROUP XXX. AXUOLME (TOM LEEDS AND SELBY). The Committee met at one o'clock, and proceeded to hear evidence in support of the proposed extension. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The Earl of SHAFTESBURY declared that the follow. ing Bills had complied with the Standing Orders Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Grantham and York). Eastern Union Railway (Branch from Manningtree to Harwich). Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station, and Branches to Granton, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way). The following petition was not allowed:— ABERDEEN RAILWAY (BRECHIN BRANCH DEVIATION). The petition (presented to the House on the 24th of June), praying to be heard by counsel against the Bill, was referred to the Committee to inquire whether the petitioners should be heard. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, % dis.-Ditto, New Scrip, p.-Glasgow, Paisley,, and Gree nock, 174-Ditto, Halves, 8%-Ditto, Preference, Is. 3d. p. -Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 1 1 4 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 16s. 3d. dis.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1% dis.-Ditto, New (late West Lancashire, 28s. 9d. p.-London and North-Western, 181-Ditto, New Quarters, 11% p.-Ditto, Fifths, 15 p.-Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 17 1 / 2 p.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4% p.-Ditto, Ditto (late West Riding Union), 3s. 9d. p.-Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1% dis. -Midland Stock, 128-Ditto, New, 44 p.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2% p.-North British, Quarters, 1 1 / 4 p.-North Staffordshire, 2% p.-South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 2, dis.-Ditto, ditto, No. 4, % dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 4% p. MANCHESTER, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire, 1% dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion, 7 7-16-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferentials, 14 p. -Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 14 p. -Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, 3 / 4 dis.-Leeds, Dews bury, and Manchester, 2 7-16 p.-London, Oxford, and Chel tenham, 8 dis.-Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 64 p.- Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares, p.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 3-16 p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters , No . 1,2 % p.-Ditto, Eighths, 1% dis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 2% dis.-Manchester and Southampton, 1% dis.-Midland, 501., 44 p.-North Staffordshire, 3 p.-Oldham Alliance, 4 dis. LEEDS, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. -A quiet business to an increased amount has been transacted for the last day or two, although in the earlier part of the week the trade was marked by much apathy, and but very few speculative transactions took place. The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 245. n. dis.-East Lancashire, New, ss. dis.-Ditto, New (scrip), ls. p.-East and West Yorkshire, 14 dis.-Great Northern, 31s. 9d. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 15s. n. p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Branches Scrip (blue), 12s. 6d. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, n. dis.-Ditto, New, 4% n. dis.- Ditto, Preference, 15s. dis.-London, Brighton, and South Coast, 55 1 / 4 -Malton and Dritfield Junction, 15s. dis.-Man chester and Leeds (West Riding Union), 3s n. p.-Man cheater, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 4s. 6d. c. dis.- Newcastle and Berwick, New, 234 p.-North British, Quar ters, 1% n. p. -North Staffordshire, 3 1 / 8 p -North-Western, 245. dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 44 p. HULL, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 265. 6d.-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bol ton, 3 dis.-Great Northern, 415.-Newcastle and Berwick New, 555. p.-North British, Quarters, 925. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 525.-Shropshire Union, 36s dis. SHEFFIELD, JUNK 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 245. dis.-Great Northern, 1% dis.- Manchester and Lincoln Union, 355. dis.-Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), ls. p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 71/ dis.-Ditto, 201. Shares, 535. dis.-Ditto, 121. 10s. Shares, I% dis.- Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 58 s. dis.-North-Western, 275. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGL-The sales are-Maryport and Car- Bile, 454 -Newcastle and Carlisle, 11 1 -Ditto, New, 11 p. EDINBURGH, JUNE 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 30/.- Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271. 55.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. 2s - Caledonian, 301.-Ditto, New, 21. ls.-Caledonian and Dum bartonshire, 1!. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 421. 10s.-Dee side, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 11. 7s. 6d. -Dundee and Arbroath, 381.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 271. 10s. -Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 3,3/. 2s. 6d. -Dundee and Northern Junction, 1/. 10s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 32/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 131. -Ditto, Quarters, 31. 6s. 6d.-East of Fife, 11. 18s.-East Lothian Central, 1/. 165.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 71. 155.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691.-Ditto, Halves, 221.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 3s. 9d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181. [Os.-Ditto, Pre ference, 20/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 21.-Ditto, Quarters, 12s. 6d. -Edinburgh and Northern, 181. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 31. 13s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 55.-Ditto, ditto, New, 2/. Bs. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co. ), 111. Is.-Ditto, Halves, ss.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 120/.-Ditto, New Stock, 411. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1,8/. 195.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2,6/. 155.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/. 45.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/.-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 155.-Glasgow and Greenock, 171. 10s.- Ditto, Halves, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 8/.--Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 55.-Great North of S.cotland, 11. 17s. 6d.-Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 41. 65.-Ditto (late London and York), 1/. 125.-Newcastle and Berwick, 281. 2s. 6d.-North British, 32/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 151. 55.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 95.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 14s. 9d.-Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 1 ls.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. 10s.-Scottish Central, 271. 55.-Scottish Grand Junction, 195.-Scottish Midland, 181. 10s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, lOs.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 9/. lOs.- Ditto, New, 11.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 51.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 65.-Wishaw and Coltness, 491.-York and Newcastle, 371. 155.-Ditto, New, 15/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Pre ference, 11/. 12s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s, 3d. -East Indian, 2s. 9d.-Great North of India, 2s. 6d.- Great Southern of Madras, 2.8.-Madras, Nellore, and Ar cot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, Rum 25. STOCK EXCIIAIiGE.-The sales are—Caledonian, New, 4:s. —Clydesdale Junction, 4214 —Direct Bombay and Madras, Is. 9d.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 66s.—Eastern Coun ties, 20% —East Lothian Central, 36s.—Edinburgh and Perth, 21s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock. and Ayr (5 per cent. guar.), 41%—Ditto, Halves, No. 1, liqi—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. U.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/. 6s. 6d.—Man cheater and Southampton, 1 Is. 3d.—North British, Thirds, 51s. 3d.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 14a. 9d.— Scottish Central, 25 1 4 —Stirling and Dunfermline, 5/. U.—Wilson town, Morningside, and Coltness, 641.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 1134. TEE POTATO Cuor.—On Saturday many of the market gardeners at Mortlake, Barnes, Putney, Fulham, and places adjacent, commenced moving the early po tato crops, which, without any exceptions that could be ascertained, are perfectly free from the aphis vastator, and all other kinds of diseases. The number of potatoes on each root is about the average, and they are as fine and sound as in any previous season. Some recommen dations have recently been made by a Morning Con temporary, having for their object the immediate up rooting of potatoes for the purpose of sowing harico beans. A correspondent remarks that such a course, if adopted, would temporarily annihilate two valuable sources of food, inasmuch as the potatoes would be de stroyed, and the time for sowing harico beans is past, the proper time being towards the close of April or very early in May. The harico beans sown in the spring of the present year are scarcely yet in blossom, and the probability is, if they were sown now, that, being a very tender plant, they would not outlive the short but severe frosts which it is well known immediately precede the early dawn of August mornings. Throughout the county of Surrey, generally, the potatoes are in a most healthy condition. THOM as MILLER " NOT THE BASKET WEAVER." —We are happy to correct an error which crept into our review of Friday, upon Mr. Miller's recent work, ' 4 The Language of Flowers." The error we allude to arose from a momentary misapprehension of names, or rather of individualities. Thomas Miller, the poet of the country and the green fields, the author of so ma n y clever r fictions, " Royston Gower," " Fair Rosamond, " Gideon Giles," " Godfrey Malvern," &c. &c., is not the individual afflicted with defective vision either physically or m orally. A similarity of sirname and christian name or i g inated the mistake. May the eyes of Thomas Miller ever remain as now, unclouded. INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANSTEAD.-011 Sun day morning a sermon, on behalf of the funds of this truly charitable institution, was preached at the parish church of St. Bride, Fleet-street, by the Rev. Henry Melvill, D.D. The Rev. Gentleman warmly and elo quently advocated the cause of the charity, until the establishment of which no asylum for the infant orphan was in existence. There are at present 260 inmates of the institution, to which 50 additional children will be elected on the next half-yearly ballot on the Ist of No vember. The sum collected amounted to 781. 6s. The prospects of the charity appear to be highly cheering, and it is hoped that the committee will be enabled to extend their efforts on behalf of the fatherless and help . less infant. IN ENDIARII - FIRE - AT CO TON NEAR CAMBRIDGE. L CAMBRIDGE, SUNDAY EVENThaI.-•••••1494t night, just before midnight, the greatest consternation was calmed in the picturesque and usually quiet village of Cot on , two miles and a half from this boroush, on the road to St. Neat's, by the outbreak of a feafrul fire upon the extensive premises belonging to and in the occupation of Messrs. Reynolds and Sons, farmers. From the fact of the homestead being placed upon a hill near to the Tits lage church, the spire of which may be distinctly seen -from the roo f o f S t. J o h n ' s College, in Cambridge, - the rising of the flames was most clearly perceived by watchmen patroling the outskirts; and as soon as the information could be conveyed, the circumstance of the outbreak was made known to the principals at the several fire offices. The engineer connected with the Phoenix Fire Office immediately ordered post horses and two postillions to take over the engine, which he accompa nied, attended by a body of firemen. So rapidly was the machine conveyed to the scene, that in twenty minutes subsequently to the start being made the men were upon the spot. At this moment the appearance of the flames was fearful in the extreme. A large stack of beans, con taining about 120 loads; was on fire throughout. I mmo . diately adjoining this there was a stack of straw, an d within a distance of a few yards stood a granary or barn (thatched), not less than 150 feet long ; an extensive range of stabling, in which there were eight or tee valuable horses, with harness complete ; a large ;ard, fully furnished with hay, fodder, and materials for bed. ding the cattle ; and a stack of old wheat, containing about 200 quarters. In addition to these buildings, upon the opposite side of the yard stands another barn, fully stored, and the dwelling-house of the proprietors. Most providentially, notwithstanding the great bulk of the flame, the wind was westerly, and not at all violent, so that the stream 'of fire and shower of sparks was blown in the direction of an open lane immediately opposite to the burning ricks ; but so slightly away from the thatched barns, that it required all the care and atten tion the firemen could command to prevent the bilk of the property from becoming ignited. Other engines having by this time arrived, the utmost efforts were made by the firemen, the resident gentry, and the neighbours, to obviate this calamity; and, upon per. sonal inspection of the ruins this day, our reporter II able to state that the destruction of property is happily confined to the entire demolition of the stacks in the outer yard, the most valuable of the stock- and effects having been saved. It is with regret we have to come to the ,fact that Ihere'eatr be no doubt of this calamity having happqm4 `, - through the act of some vile incendiary. Sufficieurprobr of this is in the hands of the proper parties, and this morning (Monday) inquiries will be instituted for the purpose of fixing the case upon the actual delinquent, Just now, therefore, it is premature to say more. Both the senior and junior gentlemen on the farm are most highly spoken of in the neighbourhood, and by parties working on the farm, as friends of the poor and needy; and it is only justice to say that no pains were spared by the labourers present at the fire to extinguish it as soon as it was possible. The parties, it is said, are insured. The affair has caused great sensation, it being i s eventeen years since the last fire (an incendiary one) i occurred in this parish. DREADFUL EXPLOSION at WEST HAM, BY GUN COTTON.—LOSS OF THREE LIVES. On Thursday morning, about eight o'clock, an explo sion of gun cotton took place at the Congreve rocket manufactory of Mr. R. F. Wade, West Ham, Essex, o which was factory, attendedaod the by the loss destruction omf human large lives.portion The premises, which were divided into several apart ments for the manufacture of the explosive gun cotton, are situated on the marshes between West Ham town and the River Thames. The three deceased men, Michael Garey, Henry Tuft, and Robert Redford, were employed in filling a rocket, eighteen inches long and two inches and a quarter in diameter, which was made to contain 121bs. weight of the material. Layers of the cotton are put into the rocket, and are compressed in it by means of a monkey, a piece of wood which is raised by a rope, when in falling, by pressure, it compresses the cotton in the rocket. Mr. Bratty, the superintendent of the fac tory, bad been in the room just before, and had not left a minute when the explosion took lace, and he was almost stunned by the report, which was distinctly heard two miles off. On recovering himself he found the gable end of the factory blown away, and the interior in flames. At the same moment he saw Henry Redford coming out of the moat, into which he had been hurled by the force of the concussion, and is a distance of nearly twenty feet from the building. He walked into a house adjoining, and went to bed. Mr. Brady hastened to put out the flames, which were making much progress, and, having succeeded, he looked about for the other men, when ho discovered Michael Geary shockingly disfigured in the moat, and life quite extinct. The other man, Henry Tuft, was found near the building, also dead. Redford was shortly afterwards removed to the London Huspital, where he died on Friday. INQUEST ON THE SUFFERERS. The inquest was held before Mr. Lewis on Saturday afternoon, at the White Swan Tavern, West Ham Ab bey, Essex. The following evidence was adduced : John Bragby said that he was in the employ of Mr. R. F. Wade. He was the foreman, and superintended the making of the rockets. On the morning of Thurs day last, witness and three other men had been engaged charging a rocket with gun cotton. It was what is called a 12-pounder. It was commenced on Wednesday morning, and occupied the whole of that day, and was being tini.hed when it suddenly exploded. Witness had just passed into the yard when the occurrence happened. How, or by what means the accident occurred he was at a loss to tell. He immediately ran into the place, when he found the floor on fire, and one of the men lying quite dead. The two others had been blown into the moat at the side of the factory ; with his assistance, Redford got out of the ditch. Witness then got a couple of buckets of water, which he threw on to the fire and extinguished it. The other man was found in the ditch quite dead. Redford was removed to the London Hospital, where he had since died. A juror inquired whether or not the work was consi dered extremely dangerous? Witness—So far from being considered dangerous, I should, have no fear of going to work in the same place to-morrow morning. I have made the rockets by myself, and have held them between my legs while I drove the cotton down. Another juror—But did you never have another acci dent at the same factory? Witness—Yes; two men lost their lives twenty-three years ago, but it was not occa sioned by an explosion of gun cotton. Mr. Wade, the proprietor of the factory, was next. examined—He said every precaution had been taken for the safety of the men in case explosions should occur. Stalls were made for the men to run back into after the monkey was raised and whilst it was in the act of falling. He could not account for the disaster. In answer to a juror, witness stated that it was pos sible some foul air might have got into the case and caused the explosion. After some discussion, the jury not being satisfied that every precaution had been taken, adjourned the in quiry in order that they might obtain the opinion of some scientific gentleman. COURT OF CHANCERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—There are now 26 causes which have been heard before the Lord Chancellor on appeals from the Vice• Chancellor and Master of the Rolls, waiting for his Lordship's judgment. Some of these causes were heard by his Lordship twelve months ago. Surely this is a state of things which ought not to exist. It is misfortune enough to be involved in a Chancery suit, with all the delays, expense, and anxieties up to the hearing, which, as the Court is now modelled, leaves suitors a very long way from a decision. After the hearing, in a large majority of cases, there is an appeal from the Vice-Chancellor or Master of the Rolls to the Lord Chancellor, with an enormous outlay in fees to counsel. Harrassing and distressing as all this is, both to mind and pocket, borne it must be; but even then the unfortunate suitor (for it is a great misfortune to be a litigant even if successful) is not at the end of his trouble and anxiety, being compelled to wait with " hope deferred," his prospects ruined, and his family brought to beggary, because the Lord Chancellor finds it convenient to do anything rather than deliver judg ment. No one can, or does complain of any want of in dustry, talent, or integrity, on the part of the Noble and Learned Lord who now fills the office • but doubt. are reasonably entertained whether the Learned Lord considers it to be quite as important a part of his high office to determine as to hear causes. Certainly he cannot be aware of the ruin he entails upon litigants and their dependents by his delays in giving judgment. Besides the delay, there is the chance of the argu ments of counsel being forgotten, and, upon resuming the consideration of a case argued many months ago, a judge can only refer to it from the pleadings or other documents in his possession. What, therefore, is the use of heavy fees to, and long arguments from counsel, if the latter are all to be thrown over, as must be the case, if the judgment is postponed even for two or three months only 1 and how utterly useless where judgment is postponed for ten or twelve months, or a longer period. as is the case in several instances now before us. It seems to me to be the duty of the judge (I say it with all possible respect), to determine causes as they are heard ; not to suffer an accumulation of causes for judgment, which must be embarrassing to himself, and. detrimental to suitors. It is to be hoped, that his Lordship will turn his attention to the subject, and not rise until judgment is given in all the causes already heard. W. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, RAILWAY COLLISION AT NEWCASTLE.--An alarm.. ing collision occurred on Friday m orning near the southern terminus of the Newcastle end Berwick Rail way, happily, however, without producing any serious inluries. The terminu s is employed for the Tynemouth n n e o a rrtlhyaevery half hour. r u A n . quarter before eleven A. 31., b tt or r a a ai n nn o d h s t from w f e ot l hr l e as or fort rrap eerthhpe la l a i tc n ea e and the carriages were being drawn from the sideway, to be thence taken to the station, when, just as they entered the main line, the Tynemouth train came up on the same line, being then due. Although the " break" had been applied to reduce the speed before reaching the station, it was found impossible to prevent a collision which took place between the engines of the respective trains, and was sufficiently tiolest to do injury to both, Some of the Tynemouth passengers and one of the stokers were the principal sufferers, but fortunately only to the extent of a few bruises. THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM7 SATURDAY. From what has transpired in Birmingham and Wolver. hampton during the past week, it is not probable that there will be any change in the price of iron at the ap proaching iron - masters quarter-days. The demand is S still good, and it is thought best to leave well slow.