The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-19 00:00:00

v TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 144 7 111 , - --Seeing in your paper to-day that the Parlia int Would probably be prorogued about the 13th 0 , and a dissolution take place in September or 1 , 4 , 1 ' a ver next, I wo u ld suggest, for the general welfare et ,' Derm of the nation, that a scrupulous revision of e7 y voter be previously made by the appointed brirris 'lhereby giving to the country an opportunity of the their real and unqualified sentiments, by Ildding lists of voters all such persons as may at present t h l!franchised by unjust and fraudulent means, and from the lists the names of those who are not Vittlified. A SUBSCRIBER. the Regis, near Weymouth, June 18, 1847. T RE CROPS IN LANCASHIRE. Is„..SProm the Preston Guardian of this day.) ae;74,EsTorr, NEAR LEYLAND.—The crops in this loothotutood look very promising, potatoes never better. Carts laden with potatoes from Burs , Rufford, &c., are now passing through here for mtt, t rand Blackburn. I cannot hear that there is a ile complaint as to the appearance of the potato ta l l'ute. A party in charge of one cart, which was 'partially laden with potatoes, said he had paid the f or them, and fetched them out of the field, so that g et . l . 4ll zer had not been put to any expense be} and tro `Ulg them out of the ground. He stated that the s,j e l was very productive, and that those farmers who Iss fortunate enough to have for ward crops were reap ft - fitte harvest.—Correspondent. P OTATO DISEASE.—FRIGHTENED BEFORE HURT.— the potato foll ow i ng anec d ote w i l l exp l a i n h ow t h e reports o f mitt en di sease ge t c i rcu l a t e d. W e wou ld, h ow ever, vie wolf parties not to cry " Wolf, wolf," too much, lest oi e wolf in reality should ma k e his app ea rance as a just :tation f or the i r murmur i ngs : —A f armer ca ll e d 1 14 7. 4 a gentleman the other day, and stroking down his exclaimed, " Oh, dear, I don't know what ull be et:elle uth country olong o' this potatoe disease." The Foqueman replied, " Why, Bob, have you got it among I I : Cropsnow," said the farmer " but my uer has getten up o lot, up he fun TWO bad uns R ung um! 1" eARDING UP STILL.—One farmer in Wrightington k Upwards of one hundred loads of meal yet unsold. I 14 1)43 . se that he is intending to wait for the harvest of of „°. The crops here look splendid, and no appearance e disease amongst potatoes.—Correspondent. th i PO TATO CROPS IN LONGTON.—Your correspondent for h o s Place must have been mistaken as to the statement Put forth last week with regard to the potato disease f ol reg re-appeared. There may have been a few tubers ti ot Z l in a rotten state in some of the old gardens, which is tln unusual ; but up to the present time there is not 'tightest trace of the epidemic of last year. On the Ti e t , r , a rY, potatoes were never known to look so well. 4.11 ? are great quantities now ready for the market, a b lead h J avin gone this day (Wednesday) from here Qackburn.—. P. 8 THE POTATO DISEASE APPEARED ?—A gentle- Who h as t rave ll e d through the places named below tp,LugLug the past week says, that after diligent ins he was glad to find that there was not a single I t th CPutint of th e potato disease having appeared, and hpe 1 8 still more gratifying, that none of the sets missed germinating, and that there is every pro stitritef a very abundant crop. Places referred to, k__" , l from Wigan, through Pemberton, Orrell, ric', Standish, Wrightington, Welsh Whittle, Cop -1; to Chotley. s e ; I .O TITOES.—UNFOUNDED RUMOUR.—Happening to f 4 Copy of your contemporary of Saturday last, I : u o a statement of the potato disease having appeared orden Park, which I beg to contradict, as I never II: t heta looking more healthy and prosperous than we do this year. There have been some got up, which sp t e perfectly free from disease.—An occupier of the ea q ,ter portion of Worden Park, Leyland. r I Z CROPS, LEYLAND.—AII kinds of grain crops look Vre 00 " to this neighbourhood. Yesterday was a splendid s, Wing day—fine and warm after the genial rain. For am ah„. _Potatoes look remarkably well, and bid fair for an o'uant crop. There are some rumours here and there the ft bad potato being found—but to set up a report of thin Potato disease having made its appearance, is, I IKI going too fast.—Leyland Correspondent. Th CROPS.--GARSTANG AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. e crops in these surrounding neighbourhoods were er known to look better; wheat looks very well, and e r egressing rapidly in growth; oats are much im ted, and present a healthy appearance, the grub Aromanow disappeared; beans, since the late rains , e well, and tbe stems are studded with bloom from ti: top to the bottom. Potatoes present such an appear e a s to justify sanguine expectations both as to quan snisiud freedom from disease; some of the cottagers tO nave got up the forward sort have got from twenty I s ili ttY potatoes at one root.—Garstang Correspondent. c eI".t.ToEs.—MORE GOOD NEWS.—At your request I t oil t made it my business to inquire of the farmers at a;2"eg the market here to-day from the great potato t , o lttict west of this, and can hear no complaints of the theLato disease; they all speak well of tbe prospect of (l it groin crops, and state that wheat is getting every i,fuller on the ground.—Garstang Correspondent. 11 4 . 1118 WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN FURNESS.—We ra k i e 4EI a delightful week of sunshine and showers, 111 the crops are rapidly advancing under their genial ha e ll s e uee• The grain crops are spoken well of on all Vue, and, no doubt, the markets are feeling their in toLt,ee, as wheat, of which there was an abundant PTY in our market on Thursday, fell 6s. per load. 1: 0 „ -u tees are getting up well, and our market at the t w bvr Part of the day was supplied with them as low as ‘4l s enee per lb. The crops in the ground look healthy, , I ,Protnise well. i to Ha WEATHER AND CROPS IN THE FYLDE. — We e had a goo d su pply of rain, and during the latter 4 1 .2 f the week the atmosphere has been mild and t h Lte• As a consequence vegetation continues to pro oCe satisfactorily. Wheat, which has now begun to tei ° ,: 3t, Continues to maintain a healthy colour, and pro- Bte e ' to be a good crop. Oats are recovering from the e ets of the grub, and have improved within the last dar o _TVs both in colour and growth; beans and barley e"0 doing as well as possible. The fields and mea -0:a look remar k a bl y we ll, an d th e hay harvest, even s o .. hi gh lands, which suffered in the early part of the from drought, will be tolerably heavy. Potatoes I ft . ‘ B district still maintain a healthy appearance , and h t ,Tuot but think that the reports of the disease have p h , ll greatly exaggerated, probably for the un w o rth y "'Poses of speculation.—Poulton Correspondent. A PREVALENCE OF FEVER. et `'n epidemic is springing up in cities and towns, under ttlaliar circumstances, which demands the serious at /146,°4 of the Government, the Legislature, and the tl l4 ',_ e ; a striking illustration of which is afforded by Paaracter and the extent of the fever which is pre rig at the present moment in the metropolis. Dur th: the months of April and May the adm issions into Condon Fever Hospital were treble the num ber of 4 l islions i n the three preceding months of March, er ea r ?ary, and January. The number is steadil y in- YeF S ' n g. Wards which bad been shut u p for several le l are now open, and are already full. There is at aa-treeent moment scarcely a vacant b ed in the house, ofd tae days ago patients w ere brou g ht to the doors t oc ;"e hospital, but could not be admitted for want of Vi ttl i i4 ; • and soon upwards of twenty were on the list, 1: , .7 11 1g their turn for the next vacant beds. tv m ti t Of the total number admitted during the last V eL toonths about one-third are Irish. Of these, by 1 4 ;Fie greater number have either recently arrived h hi. '"ndon, or belong to families that have received 11: 13 og or acquaintances just arrived from Ireland. or fe l v of these poor people were actually in a state vo , t e r en their arrival, but still more were in such hf sb a4 , ened and exhausted condition, that they fell into oer in a few days after their abode in the wretched ‘ se a and the poisonous localities in which they lodged. 144 -1 1 ease of this kind acts as a ferment thrown into a tep,, as of materials just ready to take on t he pro •wss of - 4.lenta an. If the season should prove warm , and tae W txi`vil_ttir close and stagnant, that process must go on and d in all those fever districts. T he character of the Prevailing fever is also peculiar, and . exhibits one of gYmptoms hitrto thought to be distinctive of the a $ e, namely, a rheemarkable tendency to glandular in 'lnation In plagues these glandular inflammations thi efi • y attack the glands of the groin, constituting mpot in the fever at present rapidly spreading over e very part of London, they attack the glands of the heck and face, particularly the parotid gland; but be- Yond this difference in its seat, there is no appreciable difference in the nature of this affection in plague and tYphu S.—Chronicle. DOMESTIC EXTRAYAGANCE.—The wanton and I ' eked extravagance that has taken place, and is taking Lm, by u servants in many noblemen and gentlemens' e eldences, and even in many middle class families, calls f or an immediate correction. The waste of bread, meat, cttees &c., in many families is truly sh o c kin g , and "eh if heads of those families were ful l y aware of, —G ould produ c e astonishment to them. A corresponde nt writing to us upon this subject says he has seen such the d' and wicked waste of bread, meat, potatoes, &c., by "e omestics of a gentleman's family near to where he Z aid es that it has positively shocked him. A . n I , i Mediate correction ought to take place by the prin- Z al s of all families; not a niggardly correction, but a l a sury one of wastefulness. a° , EATII OF Ma. PAFIVORTII.—The death of Mr. B uonarotti Papworth, late Vice-President of the n e l i el Institute of British Architects, occurred on Wed -I,4F„iILY last, at his residence, Park-end, St. Neots, a ft "iter he had retired from London, after more than ,4,Years professional practice. Amongst the clients "ern he owed an extremely varied practice he num several of the late branches of the Royal Family , , itee ed ially the Princess Charlotte, and alto the present th e ! e,fWurtemberg, from whom he, having destge_ed ip, l4ll ace and English part at Kaunstadt, received the lintraent of architect to his Majesty. e o 7.r. Daniell, the African traveller, has reached this ti ve r tr Y , after escaping all the vicissitudes of a compara hts Y unknown country in South-Western Africa. lie us er several attacks of fever, and escaped death eth :r various guises. lie has, however, reaped . a rich I°lngieal collection, which he intends immediately to , tl Y l rfore the Ethnological Society. He has minutely ne k i rs ecl the distinctions which the various tribes of if•es of the south present, compared with the un- P or - t ise d men of the north of Western Africa. The -.... 4 41 gue5e possessions, especially the penal settlements mar ked attention. and rich field of inquiry—have engaged . his g r e at attention. The slave trade is rapidly gaining ed in Angola, and the adjacent countries, to the wi „ detriment of our b-gitimate commerce ; and, not ea:e.ltanding the reputed vigilance of our cruisers, a ee of slaves have been transmitted to the errtua the exports of a few months exceeding the eq i 1 7 amount of past years. A vessel has b6en aelutiPPed in the port of Soanda, the chief Portuguese W i t ,etnent in South Africa, and had successfully escaped o ; a full cargo of slaves. One of the members of the b,„,!'eguese Court was implicated in this affair, and has t UatniStied from his post by the Government, TIT R SUN', LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1847_, THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. 7 (From the Preston Pilot.) We have given in another part of the paper a long account of the very lamentable accident on the railway, at Wolverton, on Saturday evening last ; but as there were two of the passengers who most miraculously escaped that belong to this immediate district (and who were in the carriage in which the seven persons were who were killed), we have been enabled to obtain a few par ticulars, which will probably be interesting to many of our readers, inasmuch as they refer to a gentleman (Mr. Henry Smith, of Fleetwood) who was one of the suf ferers, and who is so well known and so highly respected in this neighbourhood. The gentleman who has furnished us with the particulars is Mr. J. Pearson (son of Mr. Pearson, of Spring-cottage), a student at Cambridge, and who was returning to his friends in Preston to spend the vacation. In the department of the carriage in which he sat he thinks there were three killed, but in the confusion and bustle which prevailed, and he himself having been so miraculously preserved, he scarcely knew what he was doing. Mr. Pearson states that about a minute or two before the accident occurred, Mr. Smith, who sat opposite to him, and who was reading a book, asked him "if he could read in a railway carriage ?" At that moment there was a slight undulation in the motion of the carriage, and Mr. Smith laid the book across his knee at the same time saying, " This is very like running off the line," and was in the act of putting down the window when the crash took place, and he became one of the victims of the negli gence of the company's servant. Mr. Pearson him self got bruised, and had the sole of his boot partly taken off, as well as his stocking cut, and his foot injured ; he was much stunned, and must have lain some time before he came to himself ; but when he did, he found that he was clear of the carriage, though how he had become so he had not the most distant recollection. After wandering about for some time, he went to the place where the dead bodies of those who had suffered had been placed, and recognized the gentleman he bad been talking to imme diately preceding the accident. As is known, the luggage got all into confusion, and Mr. Pearson waited till the next mail train to bring his with him, and on his arriving at home he found, stowed away in his luggage, the very book which the gentleman was reading, and which he again recognised. This was a volume having a label on the side, " Fleetwood Reading So ciety," and on the inside label Mr. Smith's name is the next to whom the book had to be sent, and it appeared to have been forwarded to him on the 12th of May. We wonder that some inquiry was not made by Mr. Pearson, after finding this book, whethere there was not a gentle man of the name of Smith at Fleetwood, particularly after it was known that one of that name was among the killed. As it was, the first intimation that his friends had was through the report in the London morning papers of Tuesday, where it was stated that one of the bodies had not been owned, nor had he any memorandum about him to show from where he came; but that his linen was marked " Henry Smith," and gave some other particulars as to his watch chain, &c. It being known that Mr. Smith was in London, and intended coming down, it became almost certain that he was one of the sufferers, and in con sequence his brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas Langton Birley, and Mr. S. Burridge, who is in the office of H. Smith and Co., of Fleetwood, went up by Wednesday morning's mail train, and, on reaching Wolverton, found that their worst fears were realised, Mr. Smith having, indeed, been killed. His remains were brought down by the London express train (which reaches here about half-past eleven o'clock at night) on Thursday, and were immediately conveyed on to Kirkham, where they will be deposited in the burial ground of the parish church to-morrow morning. Mr. Smith was most extensively known as an active agent of the Belfast steam-boats at Fleetwood ; and his loss, both as a public man and as a private friend, will be keenly felt, as well on the other side of the Channel as at Fleetwood, where he has now resided for some years. Mainly owing to his activity and enterprise the line of Irish steamers from Fleetwood has been esta blished, and brought to the perfection to which it has now arrived ; and the only regret is that he has not longer lived to enjoy the fruits of his untiring diligence and industry. Not one who knew him but will say, " We could well have spared a better man." We have been favoured with the following particulars of this melancholy and fatal occurrence by Mr. George Eastham, of Walton-le-Dale, near this town, who was also one of the passengers in the train to which the accident happened. He says, that on Saturday evening ' last he booked at the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, in London, for Preston, by a second-class carriage in the mail train. The carriage in which he was seated was the fifth from the tender, including the two vans, and he was in the last com partment but one, and with his back to the engine. There were 19 carriages in the train. There were two gentlemen on his right hand, one on his left, and three others opposite to him. In the course of conversation it appeared that the gentleman on his left was only going as far as Wolverton, and that being desirous of obtain ing a little sleep, he had closed his eyes, and requested Mr. Eastham to waken him on their arrival in Birming ham. There is no doubt but that this gentleman was Mr. Cooper, of Wolverhampton, who was killed. Nothing unusual occurred until about a quarter to 11 o'clock, when there was a sudden and most severe shock. Mr. Eastham's first impression was that one of the tunnels, of which our readers are doubtless aware there are seve ral on this line, had fallen through, and this idea was somewhat strengthened from its being excessively dark, so that it was quite impossible to see what was going on. The shock was almost immediately followed by the crash of the carriage, the roof was broken outwards, and sepa rated from the sides, the sides were smashed in, and at this moment the bottom of the carriage also broke up, and the gentlemen who were on the same seat with Mr. Eastham fell through. He, however, retained his seat for a few seconds longer, but then fell also on the top of those who were gone down, and he also became com pletely jammed in the broken pieces of the carriage, and although the screams and groans from those beneath were truly horrible, yet from his own position he was utterly unable to lend the slightest aid. He remained thus for about twenty minutes, when from another slight motion of the train he was enabled to extricate himself. While he was fixed in the carriage the groans from those unfortunate gentlemen who had fallen gradually ceased as they one after another expired, until the last cry was heard and the last perished. On finding himself once more out of danger, Mr. East ham had time to notice what a merciful escape he had had—two carriages completely destroyed, and no less than seven persons hurried at once into eternity. At the time of the accident he had a travelling cap on his head, and was holding his hat in his hand, but both these were lost. The sole of his left boot was torn off ' • the trousers, on both knees, split up ; his ankles slightly sprained, and the skin scarred on his knees. Both the gentlemen on his right hand, and the one one on his left, were among the killed ; out of the seven in that compartment only three escaped. There was a delay of about an hour and a-half at the Wolverton station, and the train being then re formed, he and part of the passengers came forward ; part stayed at Wolverton, and part determined to go back to town. Very slow speed was maintained as far as Birmingham. Mr. Eastham left his luggage at Wol verton, and it was forwarded to him a day or two after. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 18.—The Serpent, 16, and the Champion, 18, were undocked last evening, having un dergone a thorough repair. The Orestes, 18, was docked to-day to be repaired, as were also the Echo and Rocket steamers. The Echo has only this week returned from Woolwich, at which place she had her engines repaired; but it appears that they could not spare her a dock, and the repairs to her hull were obliged to be deferred till her arrival here. The Scourge steam-sloop is stripped, and will, it is believed, be paid off the beginning of the week; although even this is doubtful, for so changeable are our naval rulers that last evening they ordered her, if possible, to be taken to Woolwich. It all depends, therefore, on the state of her engines. If they are trustworthy, she will be rigged again, and proceed to the river; if not, she will remain here. The Maria Somes transport, Lieutenant John R. Black agent, sailed this afternoon for Cork to embark pensioned settlers for Canada. The dockyard artizans having objections to wearing the undress uniform assigned for them in the streets of the town, a deputation from the working shipwrights, the most influential body, waited on Mr. John Fincham, the master-shipwright, yesterday, to request permission to depoFit their dresses in the yard every night after drill, which request being granted with the greatest ap parent good-will, the men greeted him with three cheers, and appeared highly gratified with his kindness. In Harbour—The Victory, the Excellent, the Vic toria and Albert, and the Vengeance; the Avenger, the Scourge, the Tartarus, the Undine, the Myrtle, and the Fairy steamers. At Spithead—The St. Vincent and the Howe. In the Basin—The Britannia, the Ajax, the Retribu tion, and the Odin. In Dock—The Prince Regent, the Orestes, the Sap pho, the Leander, the Echo, and the Rocket. Orders have been issued by the Board of Ordnance to convert the curtain which connects the platform bat tery with the King's bastion on these 'walls into a for midable battery for the heaviest metal, by raising it three feet higher (its height from the footpath being now about five feet) and cutting embrasures at proper dis tances the entire length. The raising the curtain of the King's bastion, which we noticed some time since, is being rapidly proceeded with, and the saluting battery will shortly undergo similar alterations, and the six pounders with which it is at present mounted give place to far heavier metal. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 17.—His Danish Majesty's cor vette Flora, Captain Ellbrecht, sailed this morning for the North Sea. Wind E.S.E., blowing strong. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Growler, Commander Potbury, after being 60 miles to the westward of Scilly, put back yesterday, having encountered heavy gales of wind. Her chain-bolts are drawn and broken, and she is gone up Hamoaze to repair damages. THE ACCIDENT AT WOLVERTON.—In the course of the day it was mentioned by one of the officials of the company . that the unfortunate event will invole the company in an expense of between 20,0001. and 30,0001., and it may be stated that the policem an was accom p an ied to the gaol by his betrothed, to whom he w a s to have been united last Friday. Some of the friends of the un fortunate decease d complained to th e C oroner o f t h e i r bodies hav ing been plundered of th e mon i es w hi c h were in their possession. The company promised an investigation in the matter.—Manchester Courier. THE WEATHER. We have had an excessive amount of rain for some d ays past—this day it has f a ll en heavily, without intermission, flooding the field s an d rivers. Hitherto t he surplusmoisture cannot hav e proved injurious, bu t a continuance of such weather much longer could not fail to ex cite some uneasiness and apprehension. — Inverness Courier. CEYLON RAILWAY. A general meeting of this company was held yester day, at the London Tavern, to receive the report of the directors ; W. 11. Th,inas, Esq., in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, the secretary, Mr. Noad, was requested to read the report, the substance of which was—That in the first instance the sum of ss. per share had been subscribed in order to pay the expenses of the preliminary surveys, but that in consequence of the extensive railway operations in progress at that period, some time elapsed before the directors could secure the services of a competent engi neer to make the necessary surveys; and it was not until March, 1846, that arrangements were made with Mr. Drane, who, on the recommendation of Mr. Rendel, the consulting engineer, left England intrusted with this im portant mission, by the mail of that month. On his ar rival in Ceylon, Mr. Drone proceeded to survey several portions of the country, and was enabled to complete his inquiries and investigations so as to leave the island in February, 1847, and to reach this country the latter end of March. It appeared from his information, re ceived by the directors, that the cost of the railway from Colombo to Kandy would amount to about 850,000/, ; and it became the province of the directors to determine in what manner they could shape their proceedings, so as to secure the co-operation of her Ma jesty's Government, and especially to obtain such a gua ranteed dividend as would justify the outlay of the capit..l. The directors have now the gratification to an nounce that these views have been entertained by her Majesty's Government, and that an ordinance will be sanctioned, comprehending a free grant of the land re quired for the railway, for a term of ninety-nine years, and a guaranteed dividend of five per cent, per annum for that period ; the Government having the right of purchase after the expiration of fifty years, and the re. version of the line without purchase at the end of ninety nine years. The original capital was to have been 1,000,000/., but in consequence of the arrangement with the Government, it was submitted, that a new company be formed, with a capital of 300,000 L, in 20,000 shares of 151. each ; and that the holders of the existing scrip receipts should be entitled to claim the same number of shares in the new company, as though the directors had found it possible at once to constitute the society con templated by the subscription contract. But as the directors contemplate an extension of the anrangement with her Majesty's Government, and fully purpose carry ing out the original project of completing the railway communication with Kandy at no distant period, power will be taken in the deed of settlement to increase the capital, and to give to the holders of the new 15/. shares an option of subscribing for a rateable proportion of the additional stock to be created. Over the division cf the line first to be undertaken, all the traffic between Colombo and Kandy will pass ; and it is estimated that at the existing charge of transport,. without including any revenue from passengers, a return of about nineteen per cent. on the capital invested may be realised. During the present year the directors do not anticipate being called upon to expend a larger sum than will en able them to limit the calls to 20s. per share; and as it does not appear probable that the works on the first section of the line can be completed within less than two years, the further calls will necessarily be extended over that period. The directors had much pleasure in annexing a copy of the report of Mr. Rendel, the con sulting engineer, which entirely confirms the views of the directors. The directors have endeavoured to con duct the affairs of the company with the strictest eco nomy, and referring to the accompanying statement of receipts and expenditure, concluded the report by ex pressing a hope that they may have earned the appro bation, and continue to possess the confidence of the shareholders. It was further stated that the calls during the present year were not likely to be more than 20s. a share, and the traffic for goods between Colombo and Candy, a distance of 32 miles, was estimated at 40,000 tons car ried up the line, at ls. per ton per mile, 64,000/.; 22,500 tons brought down the line, at 4d. per ton per mile, 12,000/.; making a total of 76,0001.; and deducting for working expenses 19,0 001 ., there woud be a profit of 57,0001., or 19 per cent. on the capital. From the cash account it appeared that the total re ceipts on calls and from other sources was 5,3761., the payments 4,959/. 7s. Id., and the assets in hand are 407/. 12s. 11d. In consequence, however, of money ad vanced by the directors for the purposes of the com pany, there is a small deficiency of 3091. 7s. Id. between the liabilities and the assets. The engineer's report was appended to that of the directors, by which it appeared that the railway was intended to commence at the east bank of the Kalany river, about three miles from the city of Colombo, and following for the first 32 miles the general direction of the great military road to Kandy and Kornegalle, which the line crosses twice ; then, entering the Valley of the (river) Maha Oya, follows its course for 23 miles to the hill country at the Kaddoganava Pass, or Gordon's Bridge, where it commences a rapid ascent to the summit on which Kandy is situated, and terminates about three miles short of that city, being a length of 14 miles, and making the whole length of the railway 69 miles. Over the first division of 32 miles the country is flat, the total rise not exceeding 170 feet on the whole length, and the highest land passed over between these points not exceed ing 240 feet, involving a class of gradients better than 1 in 150 to lin 200. The estimate is 258,7954, supposing the land to be given by the Government. The second division would involve heavier gradients and works than the first division, as the country becomes more broken. The gradients need not, however, exceed 1 in 150 to 1 in 200, for 17 miles, but beyond that the gradients might have to be so steep as 1 in 100 to 1 in 50, for the re maining five miles ; the work of construction over the whole being, however, moderate, and such as the estimate of 177,149/. would accomplish for a single line, as be fore. The total rise of country on this division is 540 feet, without any intermediate summit. The third divi sion, as before stated, forms the ascent to Kandy; the elevation to be overcome is 1,100 feet, and the gradients may, it seems, be so arranged as not to exceed 1 in 50, the numerous ravines of the mountains admitting of a lengthening of the line so as to accomplish that object. Such gradients may be safely worked. Goods traffic at 10 miles per hour, and passenger traffic to average 17 miles an hour, prudent limits in that country. It need only be added that the cost per mile, including stock, of the two first divisions of the line will be some what under 9,0001., and the third division from 21,0004 to 22,0001. per mile ; all single line, made on a secure but economical plan. The CHAIRMAN recapitulated the principal parts of the report in moving its adoption. Before it was finally accepted, Mr. ANDERTON observed that, after all, the Govern ment guarantee amounted to nothing, and that the pro perty- was only a leasehold. Mr. LEVY trusted the Ron. Proprietor would not throw in any element of discord, for that he thought the guarantee of the Government a great advantage. Mr. ANDERTON would be quite as ready to take Mr. Levy's guarantee for the amount. The report was ultimately adopted, without any dis sent, and the meeting, which was numerous, and it need not be said highly respectable, separated, ap arently well satisfied with the day's proceedings. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE. Last night, shortly before seven o'clock, considerable consternation was caused in the Borough by a most se rious accident which occurred upon the works in con nexion with the North Kent or London and Gravesend Railway, in consequence of the falling of an arch, pass ing over Great Russell street, at its northern end. In the midst of the confusion which prevails, the following facts with reference to this disastrous occurrence have been gathered, which, though far from being sufficiently in detail to furnish a complete account of the accident, may, nevertheless, be relied upon as accurate as far as dt facts uDseatv,r onr c rag o lr u tao l h ( tf l betileriaetpitmrenorecntuphraeerdt wideningoo off the employedthe t he parties afternoon, w h it appears witnessed it v t that in of th th e eertercatmiov,n,ayof ofa the South-Eastern line over Great Russell-street, were engaged in removing the stouts and centre-piecesfrom the brickwork forming the permanent way for the new line. But a few minutes had elapsed after the re moval of these timber supporters, before a sudden crack ing was heard overhead by some of the men who were at that time under that portion of the railway which terms the present Greenwich, Croydon, Brighton, and Dover lines. Before it was possible to give any alarm, or to warn the parties who were passing under the bridge at the time, the whole of the new work came down with a tremendous crash. One man was at work laying con crete at the time over the archway. He was brought down with the mass of rubbish, consisting of several tons, but, fortunately, he escaped with a considerable bruising. It was apprehended at first that several per sons who happened to be passing under the bridge at the time had been sacrificed, and the rumour became almost instantaneously rife that not less than eight per sons had been killed, and more seriously injured. As soon, however, as it was possible, workmen were set to work to remove the rubbish, and in a short time three persons were found severally most severely injured ; they were conveyed without delay to Guy's Hospital, where every attention was paid to them by the house-surgeon. In prosecuting their further search the men met with the body of a respectably-dressed a mtracean, who was literally smashed t o a mummy, scarcely of his features being discernible. Soon afterwards the body of a middle-aged female frightfully mutilated was found. It is scarcely necessary to add that both parties when taken uut of the ruins were quite dead. I rumoured that two boys were seen close to the spot where the unfortunate acc ident took place, but up to the time of our going to press no other bodies have been foun. The deceased persons have been removed to the dead d room at St. e Olave'se sc hool, to await the inquiry of the Coroner. -------r----„ nuTaitelExaPniminiaLtoiLonoGoircAthLe SstcutrenoLts---- educated . te tay th t i b s e i n a s n t 1. tution took place at the school -house in the New-road. The Lord Bishop of Lichfield pre sided, and was sup ported by the Rev. R. Walpole, 8.D.,., the Rev. E. °- S _e e bell, M.A., the Rev. W. J. Hutchi n g s, M.A., the R v. C. T. Johnson, 8.D., and several other clergymen and gentlemen. The examination was conducted by thr Lord Bishop of Lichfield and the Rev. Edwin Abbott, M.A., the head master of the school. The students were examined in Thucydides, Herodotus, Xenophcn, Virgil, Sallust, Horace, and other Greek and Latin classics; in Euclid's elements, trigonometry, and other branches of mathematical science, as well as in all the subjects pertaining to a sound and liberal English edu cation. In religious subjects there was also a close ex amination. At the close of the proceedings the Bishop of Lichfield addressed the students, congratulating them upon the success which had already crowned their exertions, and urging them to renewed perseverance. The Right Rev. Prelate then retired, and the meeting broke up. ROYAL PRESENTS.—Some packages of pictures have arrived in this country from Holland, for the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, being presents from his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons•) FRIDAY, JUNE 18. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Question (11th June), " That it is expedient that the constitution and practice of all Committees on Private Bills, in future sessions of Parliament, should be assimilated as nearly as may be to those of Committees on Railway Bills; and that it be an instruction to the Committee for revision of standing orders to make provision accordingly :—Question again proposed: — Debate resumed :—Question put. The House divided: — MAJORITY—AYES, 116. Acland, T. D. Forster, Matthew Paget, Colonel Aldam, William Gibson, T. M. Palmerston, Viscount Arkwright, G. Gladstone, J. N. Parker, John Arundel, Earl of Gordon, Admiral Patten, J.N. Baring, F. T. Gore, Robert PattlSoll, J. Baring, W. B. Gower, Leveson Philips, G. R. Barrington, Viscount Grey, Sir G. Pluraridge, Captain. Berkeley, Craven Grogan, Edward! Powlett, Lord W. Berkeley, Captain Hamner, Sir John Protheroe, Edward Boyd, John Harris, Hon. Capt. Pusey, Philip Brown, W. Hanle, Archibald Rich, Henry Buller, Edward Hatton, Captain V. Richards, Richard Burke, T. J. Heneage, Edward Roebuck, J. A. Callaghan, D. Holland, Robert Shaw, F. Cardwell, Edward Hope, A. Shell, R. L. Chapman, B. Horsman, E. Somerville. Sir W. Clay, Sir W. Howard,E. G. Sotheron, T. H. Colebrooko, Sir T. Howard, P. H. Stanton, W. H. Collett, W. R. Jervis, Sir John Strickland, Sir G. Collett, John Labouchere, Henry Strutt, Edward Courtenay, Lord Langston, J. H. Tancred, H. W. Crawford, W. S. Lascelles, W. S. Thornely, T. Dalrymple, Captain Lefroy, A. - Towline, George Denison, J. E. Lincoln, Earl of Towneley, John Dennistoun, J. Lindsay, Colonel Trelawny, J. S. Dickinson, F. F. Loch, James Tufnell, IL INvett, E. Mackinnon, W. Turner, E. Dodd, G. Marshall, William Villiers, Charles Dugdale, W. S. • Marsland. Henry Vvian, J. H. Duncan,:Viscount Mettle, Fox Wakley, Thomas Duncan, George Miles, William Walker, Richard Duncombe, Thomas Moffatt, George Williams, W. Dundas, Sir David Morpeth, Vis co u n t Winnington, Sir T. East, Sir J. B. Mostyn, E. Wood, Colonel T. Ebrington, Lord . Muntz, G. F. Wortley, J. S. Ellice, Edward Nicholl, J. Yorke, IL R. Escott, Itickhain Norreys, Lord Eimonde, Sir T. O'Brien, J. Estcourt, T. G. O'Conor, Don Ewart, William Ogle, S. C. TELLIES. Greene, Thomas Heathcote, Sir W. MINORITY—NOES, 88. Adare, Viscount Egerton, Sir P. Morris, David Baillie, William Entwisle, William Newdegate, N. Bankes, George Feilden, Sir W. Newport, Viscount Barnard, E. G. Fielden, John O'Ferrall, R. M. Beckett, William Ferguson, Sir R. Palmer, G. Bentinck, Lord G. Forbes, William Pechell, Captain Bernal, Ralph Fuller, A. E. Peel, Colonel Bodkin, William H. Gaskell, J. M. Prime, Richard Brotherton, Joseph Gisborne, Thomas Rashleigh, W. Brisco, M. Gore, Montague Repton, G. W. J. Broadley, H. Graham, Sir James Rice, E. R. Broadwood, H. Hall, Sir B. Ross, D. R. Buck, L. W. Hamilton, W. 3, Sandon, Viscount Buller, Sir J. V. Hamilton , Lord c. Seymour, Lord Burrell, Sir C. lleathcote, G. J. Sheppard, T. Carew, W. H. Pole Henley, J. W. Smith, R. V. Cavendish, G. H. Hildyard, T. B. Somerset, Lord G. Cholmeley, Sir J. Hodgson, F. Spooner, R. Christopher, R. A. Hodgson, Richard Trollope, Sir J. Clerk Sir G. Howard, C. W.G. Trotter, John Clive, Viscount Hudson, G. Vane, Lord H. Codrington, Sir W. Ingestre, Viscount Vyse, H. Cole, Hon. H. A. James, Sir W. C. Waddington, H. S. Corbally, M. E. Kemble, Henry Walsh, Sir J. B. Deedes, W. Lowther, Sir;J. Welby, G. E. Disraeli, B. Lowther, Hon. Col. Worcester, Marquis Douglas, J. S. Lygon, Gen. Duckworth, Sir J. Mackenzie, T. TELLERS. Dur combe, A. Manners, Lord J. Inglis, Sir.R. Duncombe, 0. Miles, Philip W. S. Brotherton, Joseph Egerton, W. T. Morgan, 0. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chain"— Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 191. Acheson, Viscount Evans, Sir De Lacy Nicholl, John Acland, T. D. Ewart, William Norreys, Lord Adam, W. Farnham, E. B. Norreys, Sir D. Antrobus, Edmund Ferguson, Sir R. O'Brien, John Arundel, Earl of Fitzmaurice, W. O'Brien, Timothy Beillie, W. Forster, Mathew O'Connell, M. J. &tine, Walter Fox, C. R. O'Conor, Don Bannerman, A. Gibson, Thomas M. °Terrell, R. M. Barclay, David Gill, Thomas Ogle, S. C. Baring, F. T. Gore, Robert Pakington, Sir J. S. Bateson, Thomas Gower, Leveson Palmerston, Vis. Beckett, W. G reene Thomas Parker, John Bell, John Gregory W. H. Patten, J. W. Bellew, it. M. Grey, Sir G. Pechell, Captain Berkeley, Craven Grosvenor, Lord R. Perfect, Robert Berkeley, Captain Grosvenor, Earl Philips, G. R. Blake, Martin J. Hall, Sir Benjamin Pinney, William Boyd,;John - Hamilton, W. J. Powlett. Lord W. Bramston, T. W. Hanmer, Sir J. Protheroe, E. Brisco, M. Harcourt, G. G. Pusey, P. Broadley, Henry Morris, Captain Reid, Colonel Bretherton, J. Hatton, Captain Repton, G. W. Brown, W. Hawes, Benjamin Rice, E. R. Buller, Charles Heathcoat, John Rich, Henry Buller, Edward Heneage, E. Roche, E. B. Busfeild, W. Hervey, Lord A. Rornilly, John Byng, G. S. Hobhouse, Sir John Round, J. Cardwell, Edward Hodgson, F. Russell, Lord J. Cavendish, G. H. - - Hope, . Alexander Russell, Lord C. Chichester, Lord J. Horsman, Edward Sandon, Lord Christie, W. D. Howard, C. W. Seymour, Lord Clay, Sir W. Howard, E. G. Seymour, Sir H. B. Clifton, J. T. Howard, P. H. Shell, R. L. Colebrooke, Sir T. Hutt, William Smith, Vernon Colvile, C. R. James, Sir W. Somerville, Sir W. Conyngham, Lord A. JertnylVEarl Sotheron, T. H. S. Corbally, M. E. Jervis, Sir John Stanley, W. 0. Courtenay, Lord Johnstone, Sir J. Stanslield, W. R. Cowper, W. F. Ramble, H.; Stanton, W. H. Crawford, W. S. Labouchere, Henry Stuart, Lord 'J. Dalmeny, Lord Lambton, H. Strickland, Sir G. Dalrymple, Captain Langston, J. H Strutt, Edward Davies, D. A. Lascelles, W. S. Talbot, C. R. Dawson, T. V. Lawless, Cecil Tancred, H. W. Denison, J. E. Legh, G. C. Thornely, Thomas Denison, E. B. Lincoln, Earl of Tollcmache, John Dennistoun, J. Lindsay, Colonel Tomline, George D'Eyncourt, C. T. 3frcaulay, T. B. Trelawny, J. S. Dickinson, F. H. Mackinnon, W. Turner, Edmund Duckworth, Sir J. M•Donnell,;;J. M. Vane, Lord H. Duncan, Lord' M`Geachy, F. A. Villiers, Charles Duncan, George Dfatirivaring, T. Vivian, J. 11. Duncombe, T. Marshall, W. Wakley, Thomas Duncombe, A. Marsland, Henry Walker, Richard Dundas, Admiral Hanle, Fox Ward, H. G. Dundas, Sir David Mildmay, H. St. John White, Samuel East, Sir J. B. Miles, P. W. S. Williams, W. Ebrington, Viscount Moffatt, George Wood, Sir Charles Egerton, Sir P. Monahan, J. H. Wortley, J. S. Ellice, Edward Morpeth, Viscount Wrightson, W. B. Emlyn, Viscount Morris, David Wyse, Thomas , Escott, Bickham Morison, General Esmonde, Sir T. Mostyn, E. M. Etwall, Ralph Mure, Colonel Evans, William Neville, Ralph TELLEIL Tufnell, Henry Hill, Lord Marcus MINORITY-NOES, 50. Adderley, C. B. Douglas, J. D. S. Newdegatc, C. N. Archdall, Captain Dugdale, W. S. Newport,:Visct. Arkwright, George Egerton,:W. T. Palmer, 'Robert Bankes, George Floyer, John Rash!eigh, William Bentinck, Lord G. Forbes, W. Rolleston, Colonel Bodkin, W. H. Frewen, C. H. Shirley, E. J. Borthwick, P. Fuller, A. E. Spooner, Richard liroadwood, H. Granby, Marquis of Stuart, J. Brooke, Lord Halsey, T. P. Vivian, J. E. Back, Lewis W. Henley, J. W. Vyse, H. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hudson, George Vyvyan, Sir R. R. Burrell, Sir C. Hussey, T. Waddington, H. S. Carew, W. P. Ingestre, Viact. Walsh, Sir J. Cole, H. A. Lennox, Lord G. H. Yorke, R. H. Deedes, W. Lowther Colonel Dick, Q. Manners, Lord C. Dire% Edward Miles, W. Douglas, Sir C. Neeld, Joseph TELLY.III. Murata. G. F. Sibtborp, Colonel COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert ro3e out on horse back yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty honoured the performance of the French Plays with her presence last evening. Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks,Lord Byron, and Lord Alfred Paget. His Royal Highness Prince Albert dined with the Duke of W elliugton at Aptley House, at the Waterloo Banquet, yesterday evening. His Royal Highness was attended by the Groom of the Stole, the Marquis of Abercorn; the Master of the Household, Major-General Bowles; and the Equerry in Waiting, Cot Bouverie. We have authority to state that the two Royal pic tures by Winterhalter, will be removed from St. James's Palace on the Ist of July next. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marlborough House. Her Majesty th e Q ueen Dowager, and her Ro y al Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, honoured the Austrian Ambas sador and the Countess Dietrichstein with their com pany yesterday evening at their residence in Chandos street. The Most Rev. Doctor Nicholson had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Grahame had an interview with the Right Hon. !Nicol, Bennett, F ergus on, Edward Strutt yesterday at the office of the Commis sioners of Railways in Great George -street. A deputation from Liverpool on Sir r e Hhoeawlathrdof Douglas, towns Home O ff i ce . c m. on p ai . s . t la in e g ss o r f s. L E o a r r d le S , n and us o h n t , o bi n and Hart, and Dr. Duncan , had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterdays atthe The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting on Thursday. Mr. Barkly, M.P., and Mr. Macgregor, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Rev. H. W. Maddock had an interview yester day with Earl Grey. The Earl of Beaborough had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial Office for the Governor General of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American provinces. inp d tre, COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) JUNE 18, 1847. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. q., from Lymington. June 13. Fair Rosa mond sc hooner, William Lyon, Esq., from Torbay ; Esq., from Portsmout h. 17. Water Lily, yawl, John Hibb ert , E sq . , f rom Maud . 4 5 .. Asoclshaporromenyecr , cutter, utl Thomas e h r o r a J J o s osi Wal e , Es s Leigh, Esq., from Cherbourgh. Eastward. SAILINGS. June 17. Maud schooner, Thomas Leigh, Esq., for Cherbourgh ; Noran cutt e r, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., for Tynemouth ; Lark, ditto, Captain C. H. Williams, R.N., for Plymouth. 18. Witch cutter, Henry Oglander, Esq., for West ward on a cruise. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Fair Rosamond, Fairy, Esmeralda, Merlin. Yawl—Water Lily. Cutters—Elizabeth, Turquoise, Talisman, Osprey, Antelope, and Alarm. NAVIGATION LAWS. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the operation of the navigation laws met on Thursday. There were present Mr. M. Gibson (chairman), Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Liddell, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Ricardo, Admiral Dundas, Sir Howard Douglas, and Mr. L 3 all. Mr. Cumming, the witness who was under examina tion on Tuesday, was recalled, and examined. By Mr. Alderman Thompson—He had ascertained that the Swedish ship Sir Charles Forbes, five years old, had been insured at Lloyd's for twelve months at eight guineas per cent. He did not know that this was the ordinary rate of premium, as there were so few Swedish ships insured in this country. He should certainly be surprised if Alderman Thompson produced seventeen policies of insurance on Swedish ships by one house, in the course of three years, at six guineas. So far as his own knowledge went he was not aware of Swedish ships being insured at less than eight guineas per cent. The The premium on a British ship going to the Baltic and home in the fall of the year went as high as 60s. or 705., or even higher than that. He should infer that there was a greater risk in insuring a ship in the Baltic trade, whose home was in the Baltic, than another ship whose home was in England, as it was more dangerous to navigate the Baltic in winter than the English seas. That, therefore, might in fact account fur the higher premium charged on foreign ships. A British ship of the first class for a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta and back would be insured for 70s. per cent. He had known two French ships to have been insured for a simi lar voyage at 80s. per cent. He had no experience from which to speak with regard to Swedish and Dutch ships for the Calcutta voyage. He would insure a first-class Dutch ship for the voyage from Holland to Java and back at six guineas. He preferred the Java voyage to the voyage to the East Indies. A Liverpool ship to Java would be insured at 51. 10s. per cent. By Admiral Dundas—Other things being equal he should be inclined to insure ships whose officers had un dergone an examination. BY . Mr. Ricardo—He was sorry to say the general im pression was that the foreign captains and crews were more temperate, more intelligent, and better educated than English captains and crews, excepting ships of the first class. By the Chairman—The rate of insurance always be gan to rise rapidly after the Ist of August, and con tinued high till the 12th of January following. By Mr. Ricardo—The American ships were navi gated with fewer hands than British ships ; yet he had insured an American ship at a lower rate than an Eng lish ship of the same class, and it was probable that the former vessel might have been the weaker of the two. The impression was that the Americans took more care of their cargoes. They used more machinery on board their vessels, and the consequence was four or five men were enabled to perform as much work as it would take seven or eight men to perform on board British ships. Mr. Jansen, a ship-broker and underwriter, was next examined. By Mr. Mitchell—He had given a paper to Mr. Young, which that gentleman had laid before the committee, re garding the equality of insurances on British aid foreign ships. He believed that ho had added some qualification to the opinion when he signed the paper; but he was not sure that he bad done so ; and he was prepared to authenticate the statement as it stood. There might be a difference under certain circumstances of a half per cent. in the insurance of a Dutch as compared with a British ship. With regard to the Swedish ships he thought, allowing for the difference of risks, that they were insured at a half per cent. lower than the English ships. With respect to Prussian ships in the Baltic trade they were done at 4 per cent. higher than English ships, but that difference was entirely ascribable to the difference of the voyages. The value of the ship was an element in the calculation of premiums, but not equal to the character of the captain or of the cargo. In fact the character of the ship was the last element in the cal culation. By Admiral Dundas—He was not of opinion that the English captains were more intemperate than foreign captains ; but he believed that they were more reckless, and frequently pressed on more sail at times, when foreign captains, who were more prudent, would shorten sail. Again, it was often found that an English captain would put to sea in weather when a foreign captain would reef close in harbour. By the Chairman—He thought that marine insurances tended very much to encourage shipping. By Admiral Dundas—He thought that the intention of the navigation laws was wrong, but there were a great many other wrong things in the world.—(Laughter.) He was of opinion that these laws tended in their opera tion to make the few richer, and the many poorer. He could not say what might be the effect if the trade of this country was in the hands of foreigners, or whether that would happen from the repeal of the navigation laws. He was an insurance broker and not a legislator. Mr. Carruthers, another underwriter, was next ex amined. By Mr. Mitchell—He was prepared to confirm the letter he had written to the Hon. Member regarding the difference in the rates of insurance between British and foreign ships.. He did not agree with Mr. Jansen that the reason why Prussian ships were insured higher than English ships was that the latter carried more valuable cargoes, for in point of fact he (Mr. C.) believed that the one carried as valuables cargoes as the other. He always found that underwriters looked to the value of the ship itself as an essential element in calculieing the rate of premium. He had never heard that such an opinion was entertained at Lloyd's of the superiority of foreign over British captains as to counterbalance the superiority of English over foreign ships. He concurred generally in the evidence given by Mr. Cumming. By Mr. Alderman Thompson—He thought that eight guinees per cent. would be a fair average for all English ships engaged in the Baltic trade, but he believed that ships had been insured in that trade at less than seven guineas, but they were not done - for twelve months, but for the season during which the Baltic trade was open. The Committee adjourned till Tuesday, at 12 o'clock. LECTURES ON THE SLAVONIC NATIONS. On Thursday afternoon, Count Valerian Krasinski delivered his fifth lecture on the political and intellectual development and present condition of the Slavonic na tions, at Willis's Rooms. The lecturer commenced by calling the attention of his hearers to the latter portions of his last lecture, which he stated went very far to prove that the population of Russia was composed of a mixed number of parties, whose creeds as well as lan guage were different in every way to each other. He likewise glanced at the state of the Slavonic nations during the eleventh century, when they were ravaged abroad by the depredations of the blood-thirsty and in satiable Tartars, their most deadly enemies, and at home were subject to the fierce despotism of the tyrants who sat upon their thrones ; one of whom carried his bar barism and cruelty to such a fearful height as to have many of his subjects put to the most excruciating deaths that a wicked mind could possibly conceive, in order that he might delight himself with the torments of the suffering victims. In proof of this the Count related two instances. The regal murderer hav ing fancied that a conspiracy was on foot to dethrone him, and that the conspirators had assembled in a cer tain village, repaired thither, and put the whole of the inhabitants to the sword. On another occasion, he ordered a large number of his subjects to be driven into the river for the purpose of his beholding them drown. The Count also observed that the Muscovites and the Russians were races distinct of themselves, and ought not to be confounded with each other, although it was the present policy of the Russian Cabinet to — consider them as one and the same people. Leaving these dark and sombre passages in his address, the Lecturer turned his attention to the more pleasing topic of the progress made by the Russians in literature and the liberal arts. The Emperor Alexis, he stated, had made many im provements, by giving a new code of laws, which, in accordance with a certain rule, was enforced by deputies. Of Peter the Great, ho remarked, that that Emperor had, by his extreme anxiety to arrive at a state of the utmost perfection, as regarded his army and navy, as it were almost converted his people into foreigners, by taking persons of all lands into the important offices of his kingdom ; and he introduced the present system of rank in the aristocracy. He, however, did small things to advance the liberty of his country. But little, the Lecturer stated, was done in the way of literature until the reign of the Empress Catharine, when several useful and instructive works were translated and pub lished at the expense of the Government. This Em press also assembled the various Deputies, in order, with their aid and advice, to concoct another code of laws ; she was, however, frightened at some words which came from the mouth of one of the Deputies, and alarmed at the state of France at the time, dismissed the Deputies with her thanks and an honourable medal each. Ahout this time also a lodge of Freemasons, who had done much good in the country, was dispersed by her orders, and the members desired to retire to their couatry seats for awhile. The Empress Elizabeth also did much by way of improving the state of her country; many valuable books being translated and published at the Government expense. The Lecturer then thanked his auditors, and informed them that for certain reasons his lecture intended for delivery next Saturday would be deferred for a few days. The lecture was attended by a select and highly respectable company, who appeare d much interested in the details laid before them. THE GERMAN HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday the annual general meeting of the subscribers to the above hospital was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was in the chair, supported by the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, Ernest Bunsen, Esq., Baron Knesebeck, Lord Ashley, the Venerable Archdeacon Robinson, the Che valier Hebeler, &c., &c. The report stated, that since the opening of the hospital 611 patients had been ad mitted into the wards, and 1,998 out-patients had been relieved. The total amount received during the past year was 2,678/., and the balance now remaining in hand, deducting all expenses, was 575/. A convalescent fund has been formed by some ladies in London and Man chester, for the purpose of affording pecuniary relief to patients leaving the hospital. On the motion of Lord Ashley, seconded by his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, the report was unanimously adopted. The committee and other officers for the ensuing year were then elected; and a vote of thanks passed to those retiring. A similar compliment was paid to the Royal Chairman, after which t h e meeting separated. DIE NAVY CLIM.—ENTERTAINMENT TO TUE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY. — The members of the Navy Club gave their customary annual entertainment to the First Lord of the Admiralty, on Thursday last, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. The Earl of Auckland, the First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by the Hon. Captain M. F. Berkeley, and the Hon. William Cowper, arrived at half-past seven, shortly after which dinner was announced. Admiral Sir E. Codrington, G.C.B. and G.C.M.G., presided. The • party separated shortly before eleven o'clock. DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per ' of i raid. I Price. Annum. , Share. 1 A s. d. A a. d. Commercial • •• East and West India East Country LLondon • • .... St. Katharine •• • • .... 5 per cent. Stock. af,,,thamoton • • ...... 21. Der cent.; 50 0 0 0 0 , 25 St. Katharine • • • • • • • • Southampton • • • • • • • • 5 per cent. 21. per cent. ; WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. 1 -- - £ a. d. East London.. •••• • • • • 81. 100 0 0 , 195 Grand Junction ••• • .. 31. 10s. 41 13 4 90 31. 100 0 0 I - 'auxhall •.•••• • • • • • • 100 0 0 West Middlesex . . . 51.10s.prcnt. 63 12 9 1 - 121 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --; X a. d. I X a. 41. Albion ••••••• • •• • • • • 31. 10s. 500 00,50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18% Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 5 34 Atlas . 13s. fxl. pr *h. 50 0 0 5 0 0 t 4 British Commercial . • 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl,Med.& Gen.Llfe 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20 County .. •••••• • • • • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown ••••••• • • • • • • • 125. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle •••. • • • ..... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 SU Eng.& Scot. Law •• .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life .. • ... 5 34 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Freemasons' ..... • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe Guardian •• • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 47% Imperial Fire ... • .... 61. and bonus,soo 0 0 150 0 0 220 Imperial Life ... •.• . • 12s• 100 0 0 110 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine 11. sh. bs. 100 0 0 ' 513 1 - Law Life 11. Is. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - ,egal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 - .ondon Fire ........ 10e. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14 London Ship ...... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% Marine • • ••• • • ...... 5/. per cont. 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 4 Med. Invlld&Gen.Life 4% 1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - National Life......... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 41s xd Thcenix - - 185 'rotector Life.. • • W. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s. 'rovident Life •••• • • .. 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Cock Life •••••• • • • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% loyal Exchange .• • ... 57. per cent. Stock. - 160 Sun Fire • - - - Ditto Life - - - Universal Life - LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. j Price. Annum. Share. --------- e. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 168 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 150 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank •• • . 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 164 National Bank ...... 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 141 2a. Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr sent. - 50 0 0 88 Western Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 82 North of Scotland Bank Gl. per cent. - 5 0 0 6% I Clydesdale Bank.. •• •• 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 l3 Eastern Bank.. - 10 0 0 'lll 12s Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 41.9 s EdinbAGlasgow Bank 61. per teat. , - 5 0 0 I 67.; City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. I - 10 00 I 133 y Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 225. 6d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 1 123 Insur. Co. of Scetlnd 5l. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9 Korth British 'noun 5%1. pr cent. 1 200 0 0 10 0 0 26% Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent.;loo 0 0 10 0 0 22 36 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 1100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. per s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68 Ditto, 4 Shares.. • • 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 16% Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 284 Glasgw & Ayrshir Bath 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 613{ 'Aasgw& Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. ,25 0 0 All paid. 18 Glsgw & Ganakirk Rail. Si. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. 3934 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LifcAssarnce , l Si. per cent.l 50 0 0 210 0 9 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) in Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 12th day of June, 1847. ISSUE DIPARTICENT. Notes 155ued........ 23,592,925 £ 23,592,925 Dated the 17th clay of June, 16, NANKING D X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest •• . Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt,Sav- Government debt •• 11,015,100 Other securities •• • . 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion A,143,925 Silver bullion 23,591,925 '. MARSHALL, Mild Cashier. 'IILTMEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weiiht Annuity).. 11,713,101 Other securities • 17,853,469 Notes ........ • 5,375,245 Gold and silver coin.. 765,926 in gs-banks, and Di vidend accounts) • • 8,693,619 Other deposits ••• • .. 8,228,131 Seven day and other bills • • • • • • .• - • • • • 791,525 435,707 ,7 41 Dated the 17th day of June, 184 £35,707,741 M 1! SHALL, Chief Cashier. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.—In addition to many donations recently advertised, on b e h a lf o f the a b ove char i ty, ma be men tioned that of th e E ar l o f O ns l ow one h un dred guineas; Philip Rose, E sq ., one h un d re d guineas; and Miss Eliza beth Fox, one h un d re d gu i neas . His Royal Highness the y Duke of Cambridge has also made another handsome 1 donation to the institution. - - MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 18.) SUGAR.—To•day any further advance in the value was prevented by the marktA beieg more freely supplied still there was no material diminution in the home or export demand, for nearly the whole brought forward was actually disvised of. The rates obtained for West India Muscov a d o were equa l to t h ose o f yesterday, and at which a fair business was transacted in all sorts ; the private purchases reaching 250 hhds and tierces. At public sale 115 lab& and tierces were sold at the former value. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were extensively dealt in by the home trade, and an improvement in the value took place for all kinds. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held for 33s to 33s 6d for fine quality. In Bastards and Pieces large sales have been made by exporters at 22s to 30s per cwt. MAURITIUS —This afternoon the demand was good for Mauritius Sugar, and 9,060 bags 33 casks at pubic sale were nearly all sold at former improved rates, or at a rise from the late lowest points of the market of is. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Braigal Sugar was in fair demand, and 1,241 hags at public sale were sold at previous improved rates. • MOLASSES.---ThiS afternoon at public sale 12 puns Montserrat Molasses were sold at 17s per cwt. FOREIGN.—This afternoon, at public sale, 2G casks, 127 barrels, St. Martin's Sugar, were sold at the full worth; middling yellow at 42,..; Gd to 435, and low mid dling 41s 6d to 42s per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon Con: was in good demand for home consumption, and the rates obtained were rather above those that existed previe, usly. For expor tation there was rather more demand for Coffee privately, at the previous currency; at public sale 1:51 Lags Batavia were sold, ordinary mixed yellow at 26s 6;.3. to 275, fair ordinary 27s to 27s 6d, and damaged 13s to .77s per cwt. Cocos.--Holders of West India have shOwn more firmness this week, and have refrained from offering any at public sale; privately little desire has been sh own to operate in the low and middling kinds, and the.re are sellers at former rates, but a good demand has beet: €?(," perienced for the b e tt er sor t s , an d full rates are !Om., Foreign is little wanted, and the tandency of prices .1 51 downwards. TEA.—lmporters have refrained from offering any at public sale this week, but there are further arrivals, and privately there is a plentiful supply. In the demand no improvement has taken place. Congou can easily be obtained privately upon previous low terms, still the pur chases made have been of little moment. The market for Green is is an inactive state, and the tendency of prices is yet downwards. Scented Teas have been operated in with caution, and lower rates are accepted. FRIIIT.—Of Currants there are several arrivals this week, but there is still the same indisposition to pur chase, as the stock on hand of all description of Fruit is very large, and the demand generally continues very limited ' • the quotations at preseat must be considered nominal. . . ..------ SAGo.—There are sellers at a further reduction in prices, still the contracts entered into have been of little moment by private treaty. Sago Flour is little wanted, and can be obtained at 26s to 275. Of Bermuda Arrow root 20 pkgs at auction were sold at lld per lb. SPICES.—To - day Black Pepper was not much in demand, and 1,574 bags at public sale were nearly all taken in at the full worth, good brown light Batavia but dusty at 2td; a few lots of light Sumatra sold at 2d to 2d per lb. RICE.—To-day there was little desire evinced to operate in East India Rice, and of 6,748 bags Java offered at auction a small part only found buyers 6d per cwt under the valuations. 961 pockets 791 bags Bengal sold 6d per cwt cheaper, and went at 19s to 19s 6d for good middling white, 17s 6d for good yellow, and at 8s to 19s 6d for damaged. CocunvEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal met with ready buyers; at public sale 26 bags Honduras silvers were sold at 5s 2d to 5s 9d, which is 2d higher. SPlRrrs.—East India is little wanted, and to-day there were sellers at 2s 9d to 2s 10d, being rather under former rates. For Demerara rather lower prices having been accepted, occasioned the demand to be good, and the sales reached 350 puns. Jamaica has been operated in with caution by exporters and the home trade, whilst holders are more inclined to sell, and the limited busi ness transacted has been at rather lower rates. Brandy met with little attention, and there are ready sellers upon previous reduced terms. Geneva is less wanted for ex portation, 2s 6d to 2s 7d taken for ordinary, and for fine for home use 3s to 3s 3d. For British Corn Spirits the demand is good at Ils 6d for English nett cash ; Scot c h and Irish Ils 5d to lls 6d. SALTPETRE.—An increased desire has been shown to operate in rough by exporters, and the home trade, whilst the rates obtained have been fully equal to those previously current ; indeed the supply is not sufficient for the demand. At public sale 1,240 bags of Calcutta were sold. For British refined the demand has been active. Nitrate of Soda has been extensively dealt in at 13s 6d to 14s per cwt. Some parcels, however, have arrived, and others are near at hand. WooL.—The trade have manifested little desire to operate at the public sales, the quantity of Colonial declared being large. Imrters have been anxious sellers, and accepted prices l id to 2d per lb under those of the previous auctions. Other sorts of Wool met with little attention, and rather lower rates are taken. On.s.—There are sellers of Rapeseed Oil at 32s 6d to 33s for pale, and at 31s 6d to 32s per cwt for brown, still few purchases have been made, and there is a plentiful supply, whilst further parcels are near at hand of Foreign. For Linseed Oil the market has an im proving aspect; there is a small supply, and an ex tensive consumption; on the spot a good deal has been done by the home trade, whilst exporters have taken a fair quantity; the rates paid have been rather above those previously current, and 27s is the quotation; for forward delivery several purchases have been made. There are few buyers of Olive for any purpose, whilst holders are anxious sellers. Of Palm some parcels have been received, still prices rule tirm, as a good demand exists. Of Cocoa Nut the supply is inadequate for the demand, and prices in con sequence range high. For Lard Oil the demand has been only for small parcels at 44s to 495. Of Fish Oils several parcels have been received since this day week, and for auction on the 25th 34 tuns of Sperm and 6t tuns of Southern are declared. The business concluded in Cod Oil during the week has been to a small extent only. For Southern prices ruling moderate occasions the demand to be good for all kinds by private treaty. There has been little desire shown to operate in Seal Oil, and merchants are inclined to realise, as the supply this season will be much greater than it was in the former one. TALLow.—For Russian on the spot former prices are asked ; but there has been less desire evinced to operate this week, and only a small amount of business has been done ; tho value is 50s Gd to 51s per cwt for fine Peters burgh Yellow Candle. For delivery in the last three months of the year less business has been done, and prices have declined to 47s 3d to 47s 6d per cwt. For home made the demand has been active. Other kinds of Tallow are less wanted, and former rates are not gene rally to be obtained. CALIFORNIAN CAVALIERS.—The men are generally tall and handsome, while their dress is far more showy and elaborate than that of the women. Round a broad brimmed hat is tied a parti-coloured cord or handkerchief; a shirt, which is usually of the finest linen, displays on the breast a profusion of lace and embroidery ; and over the shirt is thrown a cotton or silk jacket of the gayest hues, with frogs on the back, and a regiment of buttons on the breasts and cuffs. To come next to the nether man, the pantaloons are split on the outside from the hip to the foot, with a row of buttons on either edge of the opening, which is laced together nearly down to the knee ; round the waist is a silken belt, which, to say nothing of its value as an ornament, serves the utili tarian purpose of bracing up the inexpressibles ; and underneath, through the gaps aforesaid, there peer out a pair of full linen drawers, and a boot of untanned deerskin, the boot on the right leg invariably forming the scabbard for that constant companion, the knife. But our dashing friend, to be appreciated by the reader, must be placed on horseback—the quadruped being generally as gay as his master. The saddle, which is encumbered with trappings, rises both before and behind, while at either side their swings a wooden shovel by way of stirrup. Thus comfortably deposited on his easy chair and pair of footstools, the human half of the centaur propels the whole machine by means of enormous spurs, with rowels to match, setting rain at defiance from head to heel, without the help of any of your patent waterproofs. To say nothing of the broad-brimmed hat, his legs are protected by a pair of goat-skins, which are attached to the saddle-bow, and tied round the waist, while his body is covered by a blanket of about eight feet by five, with a hole in the centre for the head. This blanket, or "serape" appears to be to the vanity of the men what the bed is to that of the women. It varies in price, from five dollars to a hundred, sixty dollars being the ordinary rate for a fine one ; it is made of cloth of the most showy colours, sometimes trimmed with velvet and embroidered with gold. With such painted and gilded horsemen, anything like industry is of course out of the question ; and, accordingly, they spend their time from morning to night in billiard-play ing and horse-racing, aggravating the evil of idleness by ruinously heavy bets.—Simpson's Overland Journey Round the World. SUDDEN DEATH AT VAUXHALL GARDENS.--A melancholy instance of sudden deeth under ciro-am stances of a very distressing nature occurred in Vaux ehvaellniGnagr.deTnsheabuonuftorhtaulnf-aptnesdteceleeayseend:fclliorc.k j o ana nT e h s ursda Aspi nall, was a member of the corporation of Liverpool, and some few years since held the office of mayor of that important borough. Mr. Aspinall was in town on busi ness of a temporary nature, and dined on Thursday afternoon with a party of friends at the Conservative Club, after which, in company with Mr. Ridley Warn man and Mr. Watts, two friends, resident in St. James's street, the unfortunate gentleman proceeded to Vauxhall Gardens, where he participated in the gaieties of the he fell sud denlyroyal property, during the evening a ppear gt i h n oe g f nisnuepixer c thee ex cellent e nt deceased halth accompanied m s p p a i rniitesad.fteh....:Afsfi.tnefsrrpf eepenaliNnst,:keoinn g t which he % w a s .y a se d was discovered erected Gallery of Arts, in the act of descending the staircase to be insensible. A m edical g en tleman who happened spot applied the lancet, but without avail. to be near the ingr t h aving been instantaneous. The body was im mediately removed, with all the privacy possible, to the Vauxhall Tap, adjoining the gardens, where it will re main until after the inquest, which Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, has appointed to be held this day. The event caused some consternation among the com pany in the gardens. The friends of the deceased, who were greatly excited at the awful occurrence, received from Mr. Wardell, the lessee, every possible attention. Mr. Aspinall was a man of extraordinary stature, mea ' suring 6 feet 4 inches high, and weighing upwards of ' 20 atone. He was in. his 42d year. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) GROUP VI. BRISTOL AND EXETER, (TAUNTON AND CASTLE CART BRANCH). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The remainder of the day was occupied in hearing evidence in favour of the Bill. The Committee adjourned till twelve on Monday. GROUP VIII. The Committee met at the usual hour this morning ; Mr. Young in the chair. SOUTH DEVON (AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION). Mr. Brunel and other engineers were examined in favour of this Bill, and the Committee adjourned. GROUP X. This Committee met at the usual hour this morning; Lord Clive in the chair. EASTERN COUNTIES (ILFORD TO SOUTH- END AND GRAVESEND). Mr. KENNEY addressed the Committee on behalf of the opponents to this Bill, the Thames Haven Railway and Dock Company ; and called several witnesses to prove that :he line would never pay, while the traffic that did exist on the route of the proposed rail way was amply accommodated by the steam-vessels plying from London-bridge. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXIX. This group met at the usual hour this morning ; Lord Charles Wellesley in the chair. LEEDS AND TNIRSIL (LEEDS. DURHAM. AND NEWCASTLE EXTENSION). The Committee were engaged the whole of the day in receiving general evidence in favour of this Bill. The Committee then adjourned. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The following Bills passed through the Standing Orders Committee:— Edinburgh and Batbgate Railway. London and South-Western Railway (Andover to the Bishopstoke and Salisbury Branch). Macduff Harbour. Dublin and Drogheda (Purchase of the Navan Branch). Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Lease to the London and North-Western Railway Company). Ayrshire Roads. Sunderland Improvement. Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Rail- way. Falmouth Waterworks. Great Northern Railway (Branch to King's Lynn). Saint Helen' s C a n a l and R a ilway (Warrington Branch). Buckingham and Brackley Railway. London and North-Western Railway (Saint Alban's Branch) . South Eastern Railway (North Kent and Bricklayer's Arms Junction). Midland Railway (Eyewash Valley). LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. FRIDAY, JUNE Is. JOXNT-BTOCX BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. tustralasia ........ • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 :lommercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 !olonial.. ••••• •. • • Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26M. London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Metropolitan 25 0 0 710 0 Provincialof Ireland— 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 46 Ditto, New.• •••• • • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, yew. •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Union of L0nd0n..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 CANALS. 1 I g Dividend 4 Names of ~, Dividend l Price. Names of per Companies. „ : 4 1 per 1 Companies. . . . Annum. cc ;Annum. en Price. - -- X 1 I X Ashtn& Oltlh 97 , 51.55. pc i 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. - Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4/. - Mntgomrysh 100 SI. - B arn sley.... 160' 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 -.- Basingstoke.. 100 ; - - Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 340 Brknk&Abrg 1501 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - :iromford..• • 1001 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley , lOO 41. - Regent's .... 33 11. 43. 20 Derby .•• • • ; 1001 61. 63 Rochdale ...• 85 41. 54 Ellsmre&Chs'l33 41. 51 Shropshire • • 125 81. - I Erewash .• • 100, 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. - (..' randJunctn 100 61. 79 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 376 Urand Union 1001 li. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glamorgnsh .11721 12 %l. - Stourleridge.. 145 201. 306 14Istr & Brkly100; - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham .• '150; 121. - Severn and 26 11. Bs. - Huddersfield. 57 - - Wye Rail. Kennt & Avu 39, 1 7s. 6d. 5 Tmt 84 Mr-} 50 301. - Lancaster. .• .1 47; N. 10s. - sey • ... Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 505 Thams&Med 19 - - Leicester 78 2/. 41 I,eicstr &Nth 83 V. 36 Birming. Loughborogh,l42, 701. , 530 Wilts I:, Brks 67 1/. 11