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litittton 1 SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. _RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP I. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning; Mr. W. O. Stanley in the chair. TEE BRIGHTON MID-SCENT SCBEME• The landholders' opposition having been closed, Mr. AUSTIN rose to reply on behalf of the South-Eastern Company. He complained that his Learned Friend's Or Talbot) speech, on opening the Brighton case, Ras unne cessarily long, embraced useless topics, and dwelttoo much upon what was termed the equity of the case. Now the equity of the case comprised the question of who were the original occupants of the county of Kent. It was true the Croydon lino was the first projected into Kent, but the Croydon Railway was constructed for lines going to the north, or through: i he midland divisions of Kent. The Croydon line , indeed t , had already accom plished its destiny, and become partof the Brighton and Chi chester Railway ; and it was unjust to the public for the Croydon Company to get up _an opposition to the South. Eastern line, not tor accommodating the real wants of the counts' of Kent, but for the purpose of perpetuating a toll of payable . by the South ; Eastern . Company 30 wed. per annum, for , passing over the ten miles of the Croydon line. The warn out questaon of fares he would leave to the Committee without comment, nor would he occupy any time in di sc ussing the parcel matter, becau se h e f elt convinced that the evidence he had adduced had fully satisfied the Committee upon those points. It was evident, from the tone and manner of his Learned Friend, that he did not dispute the right of the South•Eastein company to make a North Kent line; in point of fact, in presenting an alternative to the Committee, either to allow ins line to be made from Sittingbourne to Canterbury, with power to the South-Eastern Company to work over it, or to grant the South-Eastern line with power to the Brighton Company to work over it, his Learned Friend practically conceded the North Kent line to the South-Eastern Com pany. That impression of the offer was borne out by the testimony of Mr. Wilkinson, the Deputy Chairman of the South Coast line, who stated that the Brighton Company never contemplated going to Dover, and it was, therefore, to be inferred, that the only object the Brighton Company had in carrying their Mid-Kent scheme from Maidstone to Can terbury was, to enable them to claim the right of making a new station at Maidstone. Indeed, the idea of the Brighton Company ever intending to go to Dover was not only a romance, but a delusion, and he hoped the Committee would treat it accordingly. Now it would seem that the witnesses of the Brighton Company preferred the Brighton line, not so much for its superior merits as from a want of confidence in the South-Eastern Company. Let him just endeavour to ascertain upon what foundation such a feeling rested. It was admitted en both sides that the angle at Reigate was an error. The South-Eastern Company had long discovered that it was a mistake, and that considera tion alone was sufficient to induce them to make their Mid- Kent scheme; but there was a st ill stronger inducement for their doing so. They had to pay a toll of 20,0001. to the Ctoyd.m Company, and of course they were anxious to rid themselves and the public of such a tax. Upon what foundation then, rested the doubts as to the sioc,rity of the otith-Eastern Company in proposing this Mid-Kent scheme? Now, then, as to the public necessity of tine ans. Whatever might be the decision of that day, the .1111(1-Kent line must be sooner or later made. The French lines were fast approaching completion, and Paris' would soon, in point of distance, become an easy coast town. Lon don was already in that position; but still the public exi gencies—not as comprised in local interests, but in a national want—required that London should be brought still nearer to the coast. That end could only be attained by the construc tion of a Mid-Kent line, and until that line were granted, the South-Eastern Company was bound to contest it to the 1&..t penny in their coffers. This question had already been ben,re Parliament three years, at an expense of from 70,000/. to 80,000/. per session. Multiply either of those two sums by three, it would give the total expense already incurred in endeavouring to bring this question to an end. That expense must fall upon the public. If this question were delayed the South-Eastern Company would still have to add every session, so long as the present standing orders existed, a sum of from 70,000/. to 80.0001. to the total, and he put it to the Committee whether this was not sufficiently conclusive premises in support of the proposition, that the present was the best time for settling the question? Well, then, the next point to be con sidered was, which of the two lines was the best. In his opinion there could be no doubt that the South-Eastern was the most preferable. A bold attempt had been made to ex • aggerate the local requirements and the local traffic of the Mid-Kent district as traversed by the Brighton scheme, but, whatever might be said to the contrary, there could be no question about it, that a Mid-Kent line must depend tar support upon the Continental traffic rather than to supplying. local conveniences. But he maintained that the South-Eastern line accommodated the fruit trade, the agriculture, and the population of Mid-Kent in a far better manner than the Brighton scheme. In an en gi.:eering point of view the South-Eastern line was immea surably the superior of the two, while, independently of the better gradients, the lines throughout being under the same management, would enable the South-Eastern Company to work their line more easily and more economically than the Brighton. The Learned Gentleman had not closed his address when the Committee adjourned, at the usual hour, till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP V. The Committee met this morning at 12; present,'Lord Harry Vane (chairman), Hon. M. Gore, Hon. M. Sutton, Mr. Rice, and Sir E. Firmer. GREAT WESTERN (BRANCHES TO EG RAVI, STAINES, ETC.) Mr. TAuvrr, without addressing the Committee on the merits of the proposed line, proceeded to call witnesses in fa vour of the scheme. _ . Mr. Pnwnall, chairman of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, preferred the branch which passed Hounslow, from the posi tion it lay in to that town, and the facility which the Great Western offered of communicating with the manufacturing districts of the north. several other witnesses were examined on the traffic along the route, which, with the engineering evidence of Mr. lit - title', closed the case for the promoters. Ihe Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP VI. SALY.SDURY AND YEOVIL, AND EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER. The Committee met this morning at twelve ; Mr. Deedes, chaaman. file first witness called on behalf of the promoters was the Rev. Rowland Huish, vicar of East Croker, near Yeovil ; he was also vice-chairman of the board ot guardians of the Yeovil Union, which consisted of between 30 and 40 pa rishes, and his knowledge of the wants of the locality led him to believe that the construction of the lines before the Cnninittee would prove of great service to the inhabitants ot the district comprised in that union. • Several other witnesses from the neighbourhood of Yeovil were called, who gave evidence in favour of the facilities which would be afforded by the proposed lines for the trans. mission ot agricultural produce to the metropolis. he Committee then adjourned till to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. GROUP XL COLCXESTIIIt .824111 STOUR VAIMEY (LA VENIULEZ AND EMIT EXTENSION). The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the 'dills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hou , tnis morning. Mr. Forbes Mackenzie in the chair. Th._ engineering evidence in this case having been brought to a close this morning, the Committee consulted together for a few minutes, and afterwards decided that the preamble to the Bill had been proved. The remainder of the day was occupied with the clauses. GROUP XVIII. The Committee on this Group assembled this morning, at twel - e o'clock, the Earl of Lincoln in the Chair, with Mr. J. O'Connell, Sir W. James, Mr. Smythe, and Capt. Jones. CHELTENHAM AND OXFORD LINE. A variety of evidence was taken to show the advantage of this branch to the traffic of the South-Wales District, by way of Reading and Tring, to the Valley of the Thames. Mr. Paul described the several gradients OR the line, and he underwent a long cross-examination by Mr. Alexander, upon the subject of the drains of Cheltenham, the construe ' lion . ; of some of which had had the effect of drawing off the tier, from the shallow wells of the town. To Mr. M. O'Connell the witness replied, that the average distance of the sewer from the broad gnage line was fifteen chains, and the sandbed near the line would be deeper than in High-street, but the cutting would cross the sewer near that street. Mr. Brunell stated that he was the engineer of the line, and that the principal_ reason for taking the north of the Mar borough Downs, on the Great Western line, was a desire to aec'mmodate Cheltenham. The Cheltenham 'and . Glonee3' , -r line was also constructed by him, but the coupe* , by which it was designed+ was a dis tinct c..mpany, he being the only person connected with loth that company and the Great Western, in an official capacity. The Bill for the Gloucester and Oxford line was obtained in 1836, and was shortly after commenced, and part of it to Swindon made. But in consequence of the mercan tile difficulty of 1838 and 1839, the Company was obliged to stay their proceedings, and the Great Western Company early in 1845 obtained an Act to purchase the line. The works had been subsequently continued but an interruption of a violent proceeding, in consequence of a body of individuals to the number of seventy or eighty coming down forcibly, deporting the men engaged on the ,w °srtke'' and carrying them before the magistrates at Glou cee• The several works had, however, been shortly re -Burned• and were now far advanced. Since the arrangement -et m h r,an the y?a l l u d Oxford, the Gloucester and Hereford t . nined their Acts, and the Us Wales Railway Company had ob great portion of the traffic of those lines would come upon the new line, it was determined to , c ,,, me up to Parliament foran Act to go direct from Chelten haus to Oxford ; .orcester, Wolverhamp tor, , tn.l Oxford Bill was Y tlren the through the Le is Cheltenham, the lattice. With respect to the Ja a t sin osnr..iny .had been for several years', communication with of a Committee the inhabitants, and it was at the (I n ez that they had selected the site chiefch they wished to adopt. That was one of the going a, near to the centre of the town. ft, reason for station, which would occupy part of the mar r k... e t av p ing th i e , Weald p eas under High-street, and then.,.-e under ;I l e a" ' other streets, and so pass out of the town of Cheltenham, i n • t „ course affecting proper t y g enerall y of ver y sma ll value. its was intended that the line should he carded through the town ;n a cnttirg under walls, but where the noise 1V53 1 k•!19 to prove inconvenient, at the desire of the committee, the cutting would be covered over from Nerth-ol ce to Winclicomb-street. This was in Mr. Brunel's 4.pinion the best mode of passing through a town, and it sited tunnelling to a great depth. There is indeed hardly a large town in England which is not, or which will not shortly be traver , ed in this way. It was the case at Bath, aid at Teignmouih, on the Great Western line. The distance of the transit through Cheltenham would be between fifty and sixty chains. He was aware that a gr, at outcry had been made respecting the line affecting the sup- P l v o f wafer, but he believed that it was all a mere . . g.oun4 ass alarm ; but his atte:ltion had been drawn t.) it, but there would be no difficulty whatever in the matter. A great part of the town of Cheltenham stands on a bed of sand, but the cu'tiug would be formed with an invert and side walls, which will be perfectly watertight, so that draining the- water down to its level was not at alt likely. Than as to the interception of the water—the line to "the east of the town was far above the water level, •nd did not reach it till it came near High street, and, from the construction of the line, there would be no obstacle whatever to its flowing down freely both on the North and South sidee. As the water flowed east to west, and where there was the slightest chance of a stoppage in one small portion it was intended to lay the line on in verted tiles. In fact there was no engineering difficulty, and it was merely a case of every-day engineering experience. As to lowering the wells during the progress of the works he apprehended neither difficulty nor inconvenience in either saving the loss of water. Indeed, in order to allay the apprehensions which had been excited he had requested three professional gentlemen, unacquainted with the railway, to go I down to ascertain the facts of the case, and they had de cidedly agreed with him. After leaving Cheltenham he went direct by an inclined plain to the summit of the Cotes wold Hills, which has attained, first, a small distance on a grapient of one 113, then for four miles and eight chains, to Dowdeswell by an incline of one in sixty, then on to Northbach (which is at the summit) on an incline of one in 100. The Cheltenham and Tring Company placed their station on an elevation then descended, going a little circuit outside the town by a gradient of 1 in 100, then rose on an incline of 1 in 90, then 1 in 100, and 1 in 132, and 1 iu 175. The distance being somewhat more than eleven miles. To the CHAIRMAN-Mr. Brunel replied that the distance on his own line was seven miles and a quarter, there being a few intermediate bits of gradients. He proposed to work this incline by assistant power as after passing Northleach the highest gradient would be only I'in;2oo. No dif f iculty was to be apprehended from the incline of 1 in 60, as there was 1 in 60 and 1 in 75, the whole distance was about four miles long; on the present Cheltenham line, be tween Swindon and Stroud, in which they were constantly working; but, in order to ascertain the real fact of the case, he had several trains running constantly up this incline, and the results of the experiments were, that with one of their large eight-wheeled engines they carred up trains of 50, 60, and 70 tons each, at a rate of from 25 to 35 miles an hour. Seventy tons was about equal to a train of 14 carriages on the narrow gauge line. With a common goods' train engine they had taken up 140 tons and 110 tons at 25 miles an hour, which is faster than the usual speed. Neither did he apprehend any difficulty in going down into Cheltenham, for they constantly did so on their Swindon and Stroud incline, and stopped with ease at the bottom. On the Birmingham and Gloucester narrow gauge line their is an incline of one in thirty-six, which has for years been worked. The distance saved between Gloucester and London would be five miles, and between Cheltenham and London nineteen miles„ and twenty-one miles if they went into Cheltenham. Between Gloucester and Oxford the saving would of course be greater. On his own line there would be no tunnels whatever between Cheltenham and! Oxford, and there were none between Oxford and London. Nor were there any roads either turnpike or others crossed at a level, while on the other hand the Tring line would have fonr tunnels between that place and London, and it passed seven turnpikes, and forty-eight other roads passed on a level. The formation of this line would give greater opportunities of sending trains frequently to the Southe natural Wales district, and, on the whole, he conceive d it to be the completion of the works which had already been begun. Mr. HILDYARD cross-examined on the alteration made since the project of last year, and the respective advantages of the rival projects. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1847. GROUP XXVIL This Committee met to-day at One o'clock in Room 33 of the New Houses, Mr. Cardwell in the chair. The following are the Bills referred for its consideration : Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Spalding and Hol bpach). Eastern Counties Railway (Wisbech to Spalding). Great Northern Railway (Branch to King's Lynn). Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn and Wormegay Navigation). Lynn and Ely Railway (Deviation and Lynn Docks). Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Wisbech to South Bridge). Boston. Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Boston and Wisbech Harbour.) The list of Bills having been read, with the petitions, and the usual preliminaries gone through, it was arranged to take, first, the EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY (WISBECR TO SPALDING.) This Branch was opposed by the Great North Railway Company, which has a competing branch in the group. Mr. HOPE opened the case, stating the general advantages which the line would give to the public. It was about 20 miles in length, and intended to connect together the im portant parts of Wisbech and Spalding, and give an outlet to the agricultural produce of the district. Mr. Stevens, Mayor of Wisbech, was called and examined, with the object of showing the advantages of the scheme to the town of Wisbech. A question was here raised as to the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Boston and Wisbeach Harbour Branch ), being considered as a competing line. The Committee, after a short consultation, decided that it should be so considered. The evidence of Mr. Stevens was then resumed, and shortly after the Committee adjourned till to-morrow, at twelve. GROUP XXVIII. SLEAFORD BRANCHES. The Committee on the contest between the Great Northern and Eastern Counties Branches in this part of the country, comprising Lord Edwin Hill, Sir R. Lopez, the Earl of March, Captain Harris, and Mr. T. D. Acland in the chair, met this morning at twelve o'clock. Mr Shepherd, an assistant of Mr. Gibbs, was called to prove the distances of the table given in to the Committee, and stated that he had ascertained the several distances from the Ordnance map. The respective distances from Spalding to Newark is 37 miles and 1 chain, while the distance by the Eastern Counties line is eight chains further, measuring the Great Northern to its own junction, and to the junction of the Not tingham and Lincoln, from the Eastern Counties respec tively. The distance between Sleatord and Grantham is shorter by the Ambergate line than by the Great Northern, but the distance to Manchester would be shorter than by the Eastern Counties line by a mile and a half, being only 98 3 , 4 miles. The transit between these two places would be on the Great Northern line to Newark, so on to Sheffield, and over the Sheffield and Manchester line, which they had a right to use. To Leeds the Great Northern Company would get to Newark as before, thence by the main line to Doncas ter, and so on to Leeds. Mr. GARTH, on behalf of the Eastern Counties, objected to the reception of this evidence, as being unexpected. Mr. Towel!, a corn-merchant, who had been for many years in business at Lynn, testified that a large quantity of malting barley, for which there was a great demand in the neighbourhood of Newark, would be sent down by this line from Norfolk. Mr. Hutton, a timber-merchant, who resided at Lynn, stated that Several timber ships came to Lynn, the cargoes of which were called for in Sleaford and its neighbourhood, but allowed that both Boston and Wisbeach were ports which had easy access to Sleaford. Mr. Edis, an assistant of Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, ut in the list of the assentients and the dissentients on the line; and this closed the case of the London and York Company. Mr. JAMES then rose to address the Committee on behalf of the Marquis of Bristol, and contended that the line pro posed by that company was quite unnecessary, in conse quence of the lines which had already been sanctioned by Parliament; and secondly, that it traversed a tract of coun try which did not at all require it; and thirdly, that there was no certainty whatever that it would ever be made. The Learned Gentleman entered into an examination of the evidence of Mr. Badley, a witness who had formerly, in the London and York Committee, testified in favour of the loop line of that company, as to the transfer of Scotch cattle and other stock and produce from the north. If it went, then, by the loop line these branches were quite unnecessary, and they had no right whatever to make them, and cut up three miles of the Marquis► of Bristol's property for that purpose. He contended that the Grantham and Sleaford branch would only compete with the Ambergate line. As sertions had been /made that it would save a quarter of as hour in the transit of corn to Manchester, but even allowing this there would be a more than concomitant disadvantage is the transit of passengers roundabout to London. And were they to sanction the expenditure of 400,000/. for such an insufficient project as this? Certainly not; and he said, therefore, on the part of the Marquis of Bristol, that there was no public advantage whatever, either north or south. It seemed as if the company had some doubt of the success of their loop line, for they in the first instance claimed the whole of the traffic for that line, and now they came and claimed the whole of the same traffic for the branches. Let them first make the loops, and then should it not pay let them apply to Parliament for a new route, unless the country should be previously provided. The Learned Counsel then went into the financial portion of the question, and complained that landowners were placed in a false position by the inability of companies to purchase the land over which they had obtained a Parliamentary right; for, as in one instance in a neighbouring Committee, there was a case in which the company had held that right for four years without passing the money. Land thus claimed could neither be sold nor leased. At the time the Bill came before the Commissioners of Railways, in February last, the two companies had spent 511,307/, of which more than 432,000/. had been paid for Parliamentary expenses, while for land they had only paid 2,338/. at the same period. He was aware that there were engagements for extensive pur chases, but he was not aware that any had actually been completed; he believed that, at least, there was no evidence to that effect. Mr. James then read an extract (rum the report, showing this; but Mr. Anasas stated that he had not the least objection to have the whole of the report read. Mr. JAMES then read the extract, and stated that the amount of the capital of the London and York for the whole of the projects would be upwards of 10,600,000 L, and he contended that in the present state of the money market it never could be raised, and cited the authority of Mr. Ste phenson for the assertion that their original projects would cost upwards of 8,000,000/., instead of 5,000,0001., as the ex pense was stated to be by the company. And this bethought was every fair position for the Marquis of Bristol to take. The Learned Gentleman then went into the topic of the Par liamentary contract. ➢lr. Bites and Mr. Broch, both of Spalding, were then called to show the advantages of the other line, and the Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXIII. The Committee met for the first time in room 27, at one o'clock. Mr. Hope, chairman. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS (ALTERATION OF BROITGETHOUSE BRANCH). yr,EDS, DZWSBUILY, AND MANCHESTER (OSSETTBRsINCII) These were unopposed Bills, and were, therefore, referred ,o Mr. Grune, the chairman of the Committees. LEEDS CENTRAL STATION. Mr. BA TNES, Q.C., opened the merits of this Bill, and stated the object of it to be to erect a great central station in the heart of the town of Leeds, for the accommodation of the following four lines of railway, the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway, Leeds and ThirEk, West Riding Union, and when they have got their Bill for an extension to Leeds, the Great Northern. The proposed station, 400 feet wide and about 1.100 feet long, would afford separate and distinct %V itnesse ' s e called een t contributed b b u 3 a ccommodation to each of the companies, and would cost in to bewere , te t cl he by pr e o a m c o h te o rs f t t o h p e ro c v o e m th p e an p i t e lb s l i i n c equal propottionis, advantage of the proposed stati on , an d t h e details of the nature of the wor k s . They were cross-examined on behalf of the Le e d s an d Bradford Rail way , and privet The evidence h a d not been 'a proprietors, finished adjourned till to-morrow.when the committee GROUP XLVII. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock. The lion. Eliot Yorke, Chairman. imutrasrs AND DATEGATE avrecTiow (DEVIATION AND A2V/MNDIVIMUITS.) The Committee, atter meeting lor a few minutes, on ac count of the Railway Commi)sioners' Report on thi s Bin not being forthcoming, adjourned without transacting any busi ness. GROUP L. Thin Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock in Room 34, Mr. Bankes in the chair. All the other members of the Committee present. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, ICILMAIZNOCE, AND AYR, AND GLASGOW AND BELFAST UNION (No I.) The postponed clause of this Bill was considered and agreed to, and the Chairman instructed to report the Bill with the amendments to the House. GLASGOW, PAISLEY. KILDIAILNOCIE, AND AYR. (No. II.) The evidence on behalf this Company was then resumed. Mr. Hamilton, factor to the Duke of Hamilton generally, deposed to the superiority of the Ayrshire Company to Lon don coal-fields, as compared with the competing branch of the Ardrossan Company. It would have access to three ports, whereas the other would only have an outlet at Ar drossan. The Milton and Bushton branch would also be of great service in opening up the minerals on the estates of Use Duke of Portland and Lady Montgomery. He also gave si milar evidence on the Fenwick branches. Mr. P. Sturrock, civil engineer, of Kilmarnock, gave evidence similar to the previous witness. The Ayrshire Company branches would not only accommodate the mineral produce better, but offer a far more eligible access with di, sea-coast. Mr. Geddes, mining engineer, gave evidence to a similar effect. Mr. Mitchell, a magistrate of the county of Ayr, and a landed proprietor, gave evidence on behalf of the West Col liery Branch of the Ayrshire Company. It went through a line of iron district, and would enable the proprietors to ob tain supplies of coal, and clear their minerals to the basins, iron works, at Glengarnock, Portland, and Blair. Mr. Cranford, a landed proprietor i❑ Fenwick, near Kil marnock, gave evidence similar to the previous witnessts. He had carefully considered both schemes, and gave his de cided preference to the Ayrshire scheme, as better calculated to serve the mineral produce of the district. Mr. Craig, manager of the Portland ironworks, was exa mined, with the object of showing the advantages of the branches in bringing supplies of iron there to the works. Mr. Cunningham, a landed proprietor, gave evidence briefly in support of the Ittington branch of the Ayrshire Company. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GROUP LI. The Committee to which - this group of railways is re ferred met at twelve o'clock ; Sir John Yarde Buller in the chair. GLASGOW, DITNZIMIES, AND CARLISLE. The CHAUMAN announced, that as one of the Committee was imperatively required to attend another Committee, it would be either necessary to adjourn or to proceed with four members on the Committee. Mr. Sergeant IVRANGiLut suggested that the preferable course to be pursued would be to take a small branch line from Gretna to Annan, which the Caledonian Company were empowered to lease by a clause inserted in the Bill of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle of the last year. His Learned Friend and the Glasgow and Dumfries Company sought, by a clause in one of their present Bills, to repeal that clause altogether. Now, it was apparent that,:morally ss well as Parliamentarily, the Dumfries Company had no right to appear there as opponents, but if the Com mittee thought that the case should be opened, he trusted that it would be considered as a separate question, and that no other matter should be mixed with it. _ Mr. ANDREWS said that the application made by his Learned Friend, was an icgenious attempt of his Learned Friend to confuse the case. his Bill could not be entered into without opening up the whole case. • The ComaurrEE decided to hear the opening of Mr. Andrews, with reference to the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railway Company. Mr. ADAMS said that he appeared on behalf of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Company, and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kirmarnock, and Ayr Company, who had amalgamated them selves, and were jointly the promoters of the Bill, which was now on their table. The line was one of considerable length, running through coal and mining fields of almost unlimited extend. It was absolutely necessary that such a line should be formed in order to accommodate the rapidly increasing commerce and population. It afforded the easiest means of com. munication between Renfrew and the English border, and would be also if carried on to Fortpatrick forming the chain of communication between the whole of the north of Eng land and the north of Ireland. When he spoke of Renfrew. shire and Ayreshire, he spoke as the Committee well knew a part of the kingdom, which was most rapidly in creasing in commerce and population. Kilmar-• nock was the centre of the district to which he referred, and the grand central depot, in a great measure, of all the exiensive mineral field which surrounded it. In Kil marnock alone there were 40 houses engaged in silk mercery and haberdashery. The goods sold in the district amounting to 200,0001. annually. There was a large trade in leather, and an import and export trade amouting to 500,0001. per annum. The Committee was also aware that there was a very large trade in cattle between these districts and York shire, Lincolnshire, and the London markets. The Com mittee would find from the evidence that the trade in their animals was of such an extent as to be not only of great importance to the district, but to the country at larrge. There would be be a very large trade carried on from the north of Ireland. by way of Port Patrick, to Kircudbrighf, the harbour of which was an admirable one, and freed from all the shifting sands which so much impeded the navigation of the Solway. The distance from the port of Kircudbright was no greater dis tance from Donachadee than Holyhead was from Dublin. There was an absolute necessity for an easy communication from the north of Ireland and the north of England, and there were only two obstacles to that communication, namely, the want of a direct communication from Springfield, and also a clause to which his Learned Friennd had referred, and which was brought forward at the eleventh hour. That clause which took from the possession of this company a portion of a line, and the operation of which would not only be very injurious to the Glasgow and Dumfries Company, but to the trade of the country at large. He would state to the com mittee that their Bill had three objects—one of them to give a branch to Canobie, the second to give a connexion be tween the Dumfries line to Newcastle and Langholm ; and the third to repeal a clause which was inserted in a former Act, which would terioasly impede that direct communication which was so much desired by every one connected with the districts through which it was to p:,ss. There was also an intention to give the large trade which he had described the advantage of a second line. Evidence would be laid before the Committee to show that the Dum fries line should be an integral line, and not in any way mixed up with the Caledonian Railway Company. The Caledonian railway had already several branches running nearly parallel with the proposed course of this new line, and he would take that opportunity of giving the committee a statement as to the way in which this obnoxious clause was introduced. When this company was, after many re fusals, sanctioned, they were refused the line between Canobie and Springfield, and the Caledonian by some means contrived to get inserted into this Bill a clause which in fact gave them the line. The House of Commons was expected to rise almost every day, and there was, therefore, no time for them to attempt to dispute the clause which bad been so ungraciously forced into their Bill. A feeling of considerable alarm was created by the insertion of this clauSe, not amongst the promoters of this measure but amongst all those who were most interested in the district being benefited. They at once perceived the great importance of the clause, as the portion of the line from which they were excluded would receive the best part 'of ieimadns e etiilla n ri Lob e s ] tl* traffic from the coast of England and Ireland. The injury which would be created by this clause would be of a most pernicious character, and very seriously extensive in its effects. It was necessary for Renfrewshire that the mode of communication should be an uninterrupted one, and under the controul of only one company. There was, no doubt, from the evidence, that the Caledonian Company and the North- Western Company were allies, offensive and de fensive, and their interest were very nearly the same. The North-Western had assisted in every way the opposition to the Caledonian Railway Company to this line, and they had on every occasion a director at the board of the Caledonian Railway to represent their interests. That director was the late Mr. Patrick Stewart, and was now the Hon. Member for Member for Perth, th Hon. Mr. Fox Manic. The first use that the Caledonian Railway would make of their power over this portion of the line would be to send all the immense thought, o eeKbtc essential easnoidnbli Kilmarnock, ecea kelb s e t:teaß e odn.ete t nthl h feHr : eswewp p he: o eih i cod n ihury t el s e, he a u ceh nyn p r traffic of Kilmarnock round to Glasgow. The Csmmittee, he would liyoy-auwnrl:le Ayrshire. c i direct r h oe .1 perceivettthkheleei eaie immense oughttfo oor from ab solutely attention d ied think touched principalalk e a any further nte to statement.which their would be directed, and he would conclude by than king them for their kindness in hearing him then, and for adjourning the Committee the other day on th e occas i on of his indis position, The Committee then, after a little discussion, proceeded with the evidence. The first witness called was— The Duke of Buccleuch, who was examined by Mr. BUAKE —His Grace stated that the line passed for more than twenty miles through his property, and he considered that the interests of the district required its formation. He was so convinced of this that he had withdrawn his opposition. He did not conceive that the Caledonian interests would be affected by the formation of this railway, for in that part of the country in which the lines ran parellel there was a ridge of hills which completely divided the two companies. His Grace gave general evidence in favour of the line. The committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR. took his seat on the Wool. sack at Five o'clock. REGISTRATION BILL (SCOTLAND). The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the Presbytery of Airdrie against the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Bill. ELECTION OF PEERS (SCOTLAND). The Earl of EGLINTON gave notice that, on Frday next, he would move for a Select Committee to inquire into the existing laws regulating the election of t h e Representative Peers in Scotland. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills. POOR REMOVAL ACT. Lord MELBOURNE presented several petitions from Shepton Ma!lett, and other places, prayimg their Lord ships to alter or amend the Poor Removal Act of last session. The Duke of RICHMOND did not believe that any one session of Parliament would be sufficient to take into consideration the whole law of settlement. He believed that no Government would be so unwise as to attempt to do so, when there was every chance of Parlia ment being immediately dissolved. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, The Earl of REDESDALE said, on the whole he con. sidered that the law had worked well. As far as the poor were concerned it had worked beneficially. It would be extremely injudicious to make any alteration at present in the law, and he hoped that it would be allowed to be worked another session. No Committee would recom mend any alteration at present. The petition was then laid on the table. GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF EDUCATION. Lord BROUGHAM laid on the table several petitions from the Dissenters against the mode of application by Government of the public funds with respect to education. ARMY SERVICE BILL. Earl GREY moved the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill, and said he would now pro ceed to do what he bad declined to do on a former oc casion when the !subject was brought before the - House by a Noble Lord, who he regretted to see was not then in his place. lie considered it his duty now to enter into an explanation of the principles of the. Bill, which he thought he ought not to have done then, as it was not before the House. The Bill mus t not b e considered as a single or isolated measure, but taken in connexion a ith other measures, of which it formed only a part. During the last twenty years a series of measures had been brought' forward which had for their object the raising the character of the army, and improving the condition of the soldier. The Noble Lord, however, to whom he referred, argued that no such improvement had taken place, and he regarded it as great presumption on the part of the Government to deal with such a subject. But, with all deference to that Noble Lord, he (Earl Grey) was of opinion that the Government, from the opportunity they had of communicating with the most eminent and distinguished military officers, were able to obtain such advice, and to receive such sugges tions as rendered theta qualified to treat the question in all its bearings and experience, h a d p rove d t h a t it h a d done so, not only without injury, but with great benefit to the army. When the Noble Lord con tended that there was no necessity for these measures, As the army was in a highly eff ec ii ve an d exce ll ent he (Earl Grey) was co m p e ll e d to d i ffer from h i m, conceived that there wa s not only great room but andstat state, great need for these improvements. lie did not, however, mean, in giving expression to that opinion, to disparage in any degree the merits and excellencies of the British army. To show the fallacy of the argument of the Noble Mar quis, who said that breathe the army had been victorious, perfect, he might appeal was then a:nong them—the that u an th il e l r u e s f t ;• o ro e u t s h w e i s t y n ' e s s te s m wh w o a s Noble Duke, who sat on the cross benches, in his de spatches, which were at once the best and the most authentic records of his great achievements, and the most imperishable moettenent of his fame—had repeatedly described the difficulty with which he had to struggle in consequence of the defects of the army which he commanded, and be svould say th a t th ey cou ld not fully appreciate the achievements of the Noble Duke, and the debt that the country owed him, if they did not remember what those difficulties were, and if they did not understand that the Noble Duke bad to a great extent to create the means by w hi c h these splendid victories were gained. He had to discipline and instruct both the officers and soldiers whom he commanded, and who formed the army at the head of which, in the course of a few years, he rolled back the tide of con quest which had flowed so nearly over the whole Penin sula, and terminated upon the plains of Waterloo, in that memorable contest, the war which he had commenced upon the shores of the Atlantic. The Noble Duke was the best witness of the system to be pursued in the army in those days. It would he in the recollection of many who were still in the army, that in those days the lash was unfortunately made the instrument of maintaining the discipline of the army, and by which all offences, both great and small, were punished. While for more serious cases the lash was used with a degree of severity from which they at present recoiled with horror, there were instances in which this punishment had been inflicted with great severity so lately as the year 1825, when a general court-martial awarded a sentence of no less than 1,900 lashes to be received, and of which sentence, no fewer than 1,200 were actually inflicted. It was many years before any change took place in this state of things. An alteration was made in the system in the year 1818, by which it was made illegal to bring out the man a second time, in order that he might re. ceive those lashes which before he was not able to bear. In the year 1833 Lord Hill restricted the infliction of corporal punishment to a very small number of offences. In the Mutiny Act of 1836, the number of the lashes, in the power of any court martial to inflict, was limited to 200, and in the autumn of the last year an order had been issued, very properly, by the Noble Duke on the cross benches, restricting the number of lashes, for any offence, to fifty. Such were the changes which bad been introduced in the system from the year 1833. Great improvements had also been made in the system of imprisonment of the soldiers con sequent upon the diminution of the punishment of the lash. He would then call the attention of the House to the great improvements which bad also taken place in the comforts and condition of the soldier with respect to barrack accommodation. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and or dered to be committed:— Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales Drainage and Inclosure Company's Incorporation. Limerick Docks and Harbour. REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were brought up and agreed to:— Ayrshire and Galloway Railway (Smithstown to Dal mellington). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail way (lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway Company). Wolverhampton Rates. Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock (Dock Extension). GOVERNMENT PLAN OF EDUCATION. Several petitions were presented for and against the Government plan of education. WESTMINSTER AND LAMBETH-BRIDGE BILL. Captain PLUMRIDGEmoved the second reading of the Westminster and Lambeth-bridge Bill. Sir ROBERT INGLIS said that he had a petition to present against the Bill from his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury. The SPEAKER said, that the second reading of the Bill having been moved, the Hon. Baronet could not pre sent the petition. Sir R. INGLIS then moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six mouths. He was in hopes that the Honourable and Gallant Member who had moved the second reading of the Bill would have stated the grounds on which he made that motion. The Bill purported to be a Bill to enable ore solitary individual to take, in a compulsory manner, a certain amount of property, and that, he thought, was a reason why the Bill should not be read a second time. As he un derstood it, the Bill proposed that the bridge should be a suspension-bridge. Now he could never give his con sent to the erection of such a bridge, because such a bridge was perpetually in action, and always liable to accident. He deprecated the erection of a suspension-bridge in any case, but in the pi - eSe , one particu• larly, as the land, was low, o n 'each" side, and the raising of it would greatly interfere with the pro perty of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr. LAW seconded the motion for the reading of the Bill that day six months. General EVANS supported the second reading of the Bill. The Hon. Baronet the Member for Oxford had stated that the Bill was put forward by a single individual, Sir Samuel Brown; that might be true, but it was equally so that it was opposed only by one individual, anti that individual was the Archbishop of Canterbury. He thought that the arguments that had been used by the Hon. Baronet for the second reading of the Bill were strongly calculated to induce the House to send it to a Committee up stairs. He could assure the Howe that there was no wish on the part of the promoters of the Bill at all to incommode the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. NICHOLL said he believed that Sir Samuel Brown, one of the principal promoters of the scheme, was a partner in a large chain-cable manufactory at Newbridge, in Glarnorganshire, and his chief object was, no doubt, to get rid of some of his chain-cables. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when there appeared, For the second reading Against Majority agaiust the second reading —l5 NAVIGATION LAWS. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS presented a petition, signed by six hundred of the merchants and principal inhabitants of Liverpool, against any alteration in the Navigation Laws. Mr. M. 3. O'CONNELL presented several petitions from the county Longfurd against the ex officio and other clauses of the Poor-law (Ireland) Bills ; also several petitions from the same county, praying for a system of railways for Ireland, by loans or advances of the public money. _ Mr. HUDSON presented a petition from South Shields, against any alteration in the navigation laws. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK presented petitions from Kilmarnock and other places in Scotland, against the Marriage (Scotland) Bill. Also, petitions from various places in Ireland, in favour of a system of railways for that country. SCOTCH MARRIAGES BILL AND REGISTRA TION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS BILL. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the in habitants of the Isle of Skye, against these Bilis. Mr. FORBES presentep several similar petitions from parishes in Scotland. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. MAClinsl IslON presented a petition from the guardians of the Richmond union, against the law of settlement. EDUCATION. The HoN. GENTLEMAN presented a petition from Lan cashire, in f avour o f th e Government scheme. MARY YOUNG. Mr. WAKELY p rese nted a petition from Mary Young, of Finehate, in Norfolk, complaining of the con duct o f th e comm i tt i ng mag istrate towards ber boy. The lion. Member said, that on the 9th of December , 1846, the p e ti t i oner ' s h us b a nd sent his son, a boy of fifteen years of age , on a message to the superintendent of police. When the boy appeared there the superin tendent said, " That's the boy that stole the s p oons nine months ago." Th e b o y was consequently charged be fore the magistrate, notwithstanding that the charge was distinctly repudiated. And before the magistrate when the petitioners said that a witness, Small by name, in Court could prove that the boy was absent five miles from the place of the robbery at the time in question, but the magistrate would not hear Small upon his oath. The boy was therefore remanded to Swaffham gaol for nine days, and during that period both the silversmiths to whom the spoons; had been offered for sale were confronted with him when both positively said the boy was not the same person. The boy was discharged ; but in consequence of the ill condition of the cell in which he had been confined for nine days he had been seized with inflammation in the hip joint, which would make him a cripple for life. The peti tioner's husband, i n conseq uence of his anxiety and the exposure to whi c h h e was s ubjected, had become ill, and died. The Hon. M em b er hoped that the statement of the case would receive the attention of the Secretary for the Home Department. Mr. HODGSON EINDE presented a petition from the magistrate mentioned in the petition of the Hon. Member for Finsbury-, praying the House to receive with caution the statement contained in the petition of Mary Young, and denying We correctness of the asser tions made therein. Sir G. GREY said that with regard to the petition presented by the Hon. Gentleman, the facts had not as yet been brought under his notice. When be. eceived an official intimation of the facts he should be better able. to judge what course should be pursued. The petition was ordered to he on the table. I;EALI II OE TOWNS. Sir G. GREY then presented a petition from the clergymen of Sheffield in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCE OF POOR, LAW OVERSEERS. Mr. lIODGSON presented a petition from the over seers and administrators of the poor-laws, praying the House to adopt some means of giving a proper super annuation allowance to persons employed in that capa city. He wished to ask the Hight Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Government to adopt any means for making these superannuation allowances in this session. Sir G. GREY said that he vas net prepared at that moment to state the course the Government intended to parsue. Lord MOII,PETII presented a petition from the West Riding of Yorkshire against the Factories Bill ; and also seven petitions from the saute place, six against and one in favour of the Government scheme of education. REGISTRATI( )N OF MARRIAGE BILL. Sir ANDREW LEIrFI HAY said he wished to task the Learned Lord Advocate of Scotland, first, what was his intention with regard to the Registration of Mar riages (Scotland) Bill; and, secondly, whether he in tends to alter or omit the twelfth clause, and whether he proposed any, and what alteration in the Bill. The LORD ADVOCATE said, in answer to the question of his Honourable and Gallant Friend, he could state that it was his intention not to in sist upon the twelfth clause. The ground upon the Bill was introduced had been much misrepresented, but he should have another opportunity of explaining himself upon that subject. With reference to the various objections made to the Bill, he proposed to make many great amendments which he should have hardly otherwise have ventured upon. He believed that his Hon. Friend would not object to the course he intended to pursue, namely, that they should go into Committee pro, forma, so as to ena bl e hi m to send the Bill down to Scotland in time for the public meetings which were shortly to be held in different parts of the country. Mr. HUME hoped that the alterations which were to be introduced in the Bill would be at the same time made clear to the pers ,, ns interested in it. Mr. RUTHERFORD intended to do so. After a few words from Sir R. H. INGLIS, Mr. RUTHERFORD said that time had been given to enable the people of Scotland to express the objec tions they might entertain against parts of this measure. Sir G. CLERK would not object to go into Com mittee, pro forma, but he reserved to himself the right of giving such opposition as he might see proper in the after stages. „ AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS BILL. Mr. FORBES wished to know, because he thought that the previous answer of the Right llon. Gentleman was misrepresented by the organs through which the public derived their information, whether the expense of collecting the rates was to be paid out of the Consoli dated Fund, or from what other source it mast be de rived; and whether, if farmers refused to be amenable to therequisitions e Bill, they would be proceeded against by fine, or otherwise. Nsaid hat on a Bill not before the House Gfß6o o fth it would be somewhat inconsistent to go into the details of the measure; b u t he could assur e th e H o n. Member that the whole Bill would shortly be laid before the House. LORD DALIIOUSIE'S ACT. Mr. NEWDIGATE wished to know from the Secre tary of the Board of Trade, whether it was the intention of the Government to amend, in this session, the Act commonly called Lord Dalhousie's Act. - - Mr. GIBSON thought that the question would better be answered by his Right Hon. Friend the Chief Com missioner of the Railway Board. COUNTY COURTS. Mr. BOUVERIE called the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Attorney-General to some recent decisions in the Equity Courts. Two judges had in cases decided that the plaintiffs could not be examine d in support of their claims against the defendants. This, as far as he understood the Act, was not the construc tion which ought to be put upon it, and he wished the Right Hon. Gentleman to give his opinion on the matter. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that under the circumstances he did not think his opinion would bo worth anything. The Right lion. Gentleman then read the clause, which was to the effect that the plaintiff or his wife, in any suit, might be examined on behalf of the defendants. Mr. OSBORNE wished to know what was intended to be done to-night in regard to Irish railroads. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that after the report of the Committee of Supply on the Bill of Friday was agreed to, they would then proceed to the proposition for making advances to Irish railways. He was desirous of taking the decision of the House on the question, in order that advances might be made on Irish railways. EMIGICATION TO THE UNITED STATES. Lord G. BENTINCK wished to ask a question of which he had given a notice a fortnight ago, respect ing emigration. He understood that the measures he then alluded to had passed into a law both in the States of New York and Massachusetts. In the State of New York it was provided that each captain of a ship who brought emigrants should give a bond for 300 dollars, that they would not be chargeable on the State. and the State of Massachusetts 10,000 dollars for ten years. Ile would ask the Noble Lord for any information he had on the subject. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had not heard that of the passing of the Bill to which the Noble Lord had efcrred. But he knew that such a Bill was wider the consideration of the New York and Massachussetts Government, and the effect of it would be to require security from shipowners having vessels freighted for either New York or Boston, that any pauper passengers would not be lift destitute and chargeable to the Government. SERVICE OF HEIRS (SCOTLAND) BILL. CROWN CHARTERS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Both these Bills went through Committee, pro forma, and the reports were brought up and recorded. EDUCATION. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in moving the order of the day for receiving the report on the Educational grant, Said hi Wished to explain a matter personal to himself, and an Honourable Friend of mine in this House on a former night. His Hon. Friend the Member for Car lisle stated the other evening, that on the 14th or 15th of this month an application was made on the part of the Catholic Bishop. to have an interview with me on the subject of the educational plan, before its introduc tion into that House, but he declined to grant it. —(Hear, hear.) Now he begged leave to state that he should be very sorry to be supposed to have been guilty of any want of courtesy towards the Catholic bishop, and he therefore begged to state what really did occur on the 9th. On that day, just after attending the Cabinet Council, and as he was on the point of going a few miles out of town to spend the Sunday, carrying with him a large bundle of pamphlet on education, he received the letter of' Bishop Griffiths read by his Honourable Friend. Certainly he under stood that letter to allude' to the subject of the edu cation of the children of poor Catholics, but as he had to bring forward the plan on the Monday following, and there was no time for him to give the interview, or to make any alteration in the minutes that had than been agreed to. He wrote the reply which his Honourable Friend read on Friday. Having stated thus much with regard to a matter entirely of personal nature, he begged leave to say, in moving the order of the day for the reception of the report, that he hoped it would be fully understood that there was no in tention whatever on the part of Government to exclude Catholics from the benefit of this grant, but fresh minutes would have to be pro posed upon that subject before the question could be brought before the House in a formal manner. This would make provision for all persons in holy orders, not only regular clergymen by also Dissent ing clergymen. But he understood that in the Romish Church there were persons in orders, although they were not in holy orders, but who were engaged in the business of education. It was readily understood that these minutes did not contem plate any provision for them, but he quite agreed that the Romish Church should not be excluded— (Hear, hear). But whether there would be any imme diate opportunity to frame.minutes he could not say, but every attention would be paid to the subject, and minutes should be made, and a different measure would be brought in to grant allowance for the purposes of education to the members of the Romish Church. Sir G. CLERK wished to know whether, in the con sideration of the subject, any regard had been had to the position of the parochial schoolmasters of Scotland. He wished, therefore, in the first place, to ask the Noble Lord whether those schoolmasters were to participate di rectly in the present grant, and whether they were to be entitled to receive pupil teachers into their schools; secondly, whether their salary was to be increased; and, thirdly, whether the parochial schoolmasters of Scotland were to be entitled to any retiring allowance after a cer tain period of service. LOrd J. RUSSELL said that as this subject had not yet been subject to the consideration of the Committee of the Privy Council, the answer that he might give would only express his own opinions. The grant now under the consideration of the house did not contemplate giving any aid except' in cases of voluntary effort, so that the parochial schoolmasters of Scotland would not in any way participate in the present grant, but their relief would better constitute a part of a future measure. (LEFT SITTING.) THE NEW BARRACKS AT BRISTOL.—The new barracks at'llorfield, near Bristol, being now completed, with the exception of some of the fittings of the interior, will be deliyered up by the contractor, Mr. Baker, in th e ear l y part of next week, wh en th e y will be taken formal possession of by Major Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, who throughout the erection has acted as the inspecting officer for the Board of Ordnance. The barracks are intended for the immediate accommodation of four companies of infantry, and two troops of horse, but they have been built with a view to ultimate enlargement, and by some small alterations, which may be easily effected, may be made to provide accommoda tion for double that number of troops. In addition to the regular quarters for the officers and men, and the stabling for their officers, there are connected with the building an hospital, horse-infirmary, chapel, library, reading-room, baths, armourers and farriers' shops, granaries, and magazine. There will also be a school, in which the children of the privates and non-commissioned officers will be edu cated. Within the'walls of the building is a spacious area for an exercise yard, measuring 326 feet by 394 faet. The cost of the erection has been about 571, and although an extensive fire and some other adverse circumstances have occurred, they have beeu completed within the time speci fied in the contract. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. B. Marshall, woollen manufacturer, Selbridge Abbey, KU dare—fourth div of 1-16th of a penny in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Richardson, merchant, Liverpool—fourth div. of Id. and 3-16ths of a penny in the pound, on any Monday,at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. D. M'Dougal, factor, Liverpool—second div. of 3 1 / 3 d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. M. Tel°, merchant. Liverpool—first and final div. of 20s. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. C. F. Came, merchant, Liverpool—final div. of 10a. in the pound, on any tlonday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. R. Elliott, agricultural implement maker, Liverpool—first div. of 9s. 7d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Sutherland, coppersmith, Liverpool—first and final div. of ls. 11d. in the pound, ou any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. R. F. Breed and W. Eccleston, merchaiiik Liverpool— third div. of 1 V. 2 d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. B. Nichols, jun., Birmingham—first div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Tuesday before June 30, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. W. Gill, corn merchant, Warrington, Lancashire—first div. of 11 3 / 4 d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. S. Hey, cotton manufacturer, Colne, Lancashire—first div. of Is. 9d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. A. Birchall, share broker, Manchester—first div. of is. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. W. Whitley, cattle dealer, Liverpool—first div. of is. 2d. in the pound, on any Monday, at - the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. T. Rudd, provision dealer, Brough, Westmereland—first and final div. of ss. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Air. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. R. Clarke and J. Burges. coal factors, City—a div. of Ph:d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook- court, Basinghall-street. W. Elliott, corn merchant, Petworth, Sussex—a div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Friday, at the °Dice of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. W. Ransom, corn merchant, Stowmarket, Suffolk—a div. of 4 3 / d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Fol lett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. Charles Carpenter, baker, Basingstoke, Southampton— div. of ls. 6d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. Ludd and W. Fenner, merchants, Fenchurch-street—a div. of 1 1 4 d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett; Sambrook-court, Basingliall-street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. Ternan, sen., builder, Polygon, Somers' Town, May 17, at eleven—C. Ternan and C. Ternan, jun., build ers , Somers' Town, May 17, at eleven—F. W. Searle, cheese monger, Upper Gloucester-place, Chelsea, May 17, at half past eleven—G. Graham, T. Adams, and M. B. Macfarlane, calico printers, Cheapside, May 17, at eleven—J. Goulty, mast maker, • Stangate, Lambeth, May 17, at one. In the Country. E. Philpot, timber dealer, Ludlow, Shropshire,May 15, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—M. Burton and B. Shaen, cotton spinners, Manchester, May 18, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court—F. L. Homer, merchant, Manchester May 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Livingstone, and T. Brittain, brass founders, Man chester, May 21, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court —E. Davies, miller, Wrexham, Denbighshire, May 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Wilkinson, fruiterer, Liverpool, May 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court—A. Birch, grocer, Birmingham, May 18, at half past twelve—J. Clarke, J. it. Mitchell, J. Phillips, and T. Smith, bankers, Leicester, May 21, at twelve, at the Ex change-rooms, Nottingham—E. S. Harley, grocer, Birming ham, May 18, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court— T. Hitchcock, worsted manufacturer, Alrewas, Staffordshire, May 18, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. _ _ E. Streevens, victualler, Brighton, May 14—H. Harris, hide salesman, Dover-road, Newington, May 14—T. C. Baylis, grocer, May 14-11. Brewer, draper, Great Waltham, Essex, May 14—J. Dailey, leather manufacturer, Long-lane, Bermondsey, May 19—S. Sharp, stone mason, Commercial road, Lambeth, May 11—J. Thomas, builder, Cwmbach, Glamorganshire, May 14—S. Marks, watch maker, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, May 18—N. Broad, grocer, Bristol, May 14 —J. Forbes, watch maker, Liverpool, May 14—W. Gibson, share broker, Birmingham, May 15—J. Bramall, grocer, Ashton-under-L) ne, May 17—J. Halstead, cotton manufac turer, Radcliffe, Lancashire, clay 14—J. Nosworthy, share broker, Manchester, May 14—J. Flews, timber merchant, Store -street, Bedford-square, May 14—J. I'll!, licensed vic tualler, Hammersmith, May 14—J. Prior, tailor, St. Blazey, Cornwall, May 14—J. D. 'Parry, share broker, Manchester, May 14—W. H. Cox, boat builder, Belvedere-road, Lam beth, May 14—N. Thompson, factor, Liverpool, May, 14— J. Johnson, grocer,. Chelmsford, May 14— W. Groasmith, baker, Portsmouth, May 14—J. T. Hoskins, boarding-house keeper, Blackneath, May 14—J. Bond, shawl manufacturer, Oxford -street, May 14. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. and J. Harding, grocers, Clun, Shropshire—F. Cop land and D. P. Burnett, navy agents. Surrey-street, Strand —C. Gedye and W. Perkins, cabinet makers, Devonport—E. Bates, R. P. Hadfield, and W. Hadfield, salt manufac turers, Northwich, Cheshire—S. Cooper, H. Bentley, and J. Rylands, dyers, Prestwich Clough, Lancashire—W. Gee, J. D. Taylor, and J. Fairman. solicitors, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire—J. Strachan, E. Story, and R. Story, brewers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—C. and G. Dawson, brewers, Boston, Lincolnshire—G. and J. Armfield, coach builders, Croydon —W. Sheerling and W. Crane, carpenters, Stratford, Essex —J. Smith, sen., J. Smith, jun., F. A. S. Smith, and T. Holmes, machine makers, near Chesterfield ( so far as regards J. Smith, sen.)—J. Radford and C. Whiting, cigar manu facturers. Basinghall-street—J. C. Williams and J. Cocks, drapers, Bridport—J. Edwards and G.' Tucker, builders, Bristol—C. Tayleur and G. S. Sanderson, proprietors of iron works, Warrington— E. C. Ryley and S. Harris, attorneys, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire—T. Haigh and W. Haigh, stock broker, Leeds—F. Phene, R. Williamson, and F. Phene, upholsterers, London-wall—J. Hoole, J. M. Lawton, G. Beaumont, and J. Beaumont, warehousemen, Manchester (so far as regards J. Hoole and J. Beaumont) 11. Barber and H. P. Andrewes, tin plate workers, John-street, Totten ham-court-road. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. K. Rosa, bookseller, Glasgow, April 27 and May 20, at one, at the chambers of Mr. M•Allister, Glasgow. J. Macintyre, innkeeper, Dunoon, April 29 and May 20, at two, at the Dunoon Tavern, Dunoon. . , A. Robertson, farmer, Ellon, April 30 and May 21, at twelve, at the Lemon-tree Tavern, Aberdeen. (From the Supplement of Saturday.) At the Court at Bucliinghatn-palace, the 24th day of April, 1847, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma testy in Council. Whereas there. was this day read at the Board an Order in Council, dated the ninth day of March last, whereby it was ordered, that notice should be given in the London Gazette, that after the expiration of one calendar month from the date of the publication of that order and notice, her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, would take into consideration the pro priety of making the order therein specified, for the purposes of an Act, passed in the last session of Parlia ment, intituled "An Act for the more easy recovery of small debts and demands in England." And whereas notice of the said order was given ac-. cordingly, and published in the London Gazette on Wed nesday, the 10th day of March last, her Majesty, having taken the premises into her consideration, is thereupon Teased, by and with the advice of her Privy ,ouncil, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after this present 24th day of April in this year, the Court heretotore holden at :ilieffield, for the manor of Sheffield, under an Act, passed in the 18th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An Act fur regu lating the proceedings in the Courts Baron of the manor of Sheffield and Ecclesall, in the county of York," shall be abolished ; and that, from and after the twenty-sixth day of April in this year. the County Court of Yorkshire for the recovery of debts and demands, under the provisions of the said Act of Parliament, shall be holden at Sheffield, in addition to the places in which the said County Court is now or dered to be holden, under an order in Council, dated the ninth day of March last; and that the name or style of the said Court shall be "The County Court of York shire, holden at Sheffield; " and that the district of the said Court shall be the Superintendent Registrar's districts of Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, and Wortley, constituted pursuant to an Act, passed in the seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, inti tuled " An Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Mar riages in England," or pursuant to any Act passed for the amendment thereof; as the same were severally con stituted on the nineteenth day of December last past, except so much of Wortley as by an Order in Council, dated the ninth day of March last, is therein specified as part • of the district of the County Court of York shire, holden at Barnslay, and, e xcepting also any parts of parishes and ehapelries, townships, tith ings, and hamlets (if any) which. are detached from the main body of the parishes and c hapelri , ?s, town ships, tithings, and hamlets, to which such detached parts severally belong ; and that the said district shall com prise all places (if. any), parochial or extra-parochial, not included in the description hereinbefore given of the said district, or in the description of any of the districts specified by the said Order in Council of the ninth day of March last, which lie within the pre cincts or outer boundary of the district hereinbefore described or are surrounded by it, or, if not wholly surrounded by it, have with it a greater common boundary than with any district described in the said Order in Council of the 9th day of March last ; and that every place, included within the outer bo un d ary of the district hereinbefore specified and described, shall be taken to be within the jurisdiction of the County Court of Yorkshire, in like manner as if it were part of such county. ANNIVERSARY OF CHARITY CHILDREN AT ST. PAUL'S CATLIEDRAL. - At a meering of the patrons of this society, numerously attended, on the, 6th inst., the Most Noble the Marquis of Westminster was unanimously elected president in the room of his Grace the late Duke of North umberland, deceased, and we understand that preparations are making to give increased effect to that splendid festival at the approaching anniversary on Thursday, the 3d of June, by a considerable addition to the choir, and that many prc fessional artists have volunteered their gratuitous services for the occasion. CURRENCY MOVEMENT IN SCOTLAND.—The Glas gow Herald received on Saturday, mentions that a great and influential meeting in favour of granting a temporary per mission to the various banks throughout the country to con vert the specie at present held by them into Government or ether securities has, been begun in that place. It is under stood that upwards of 2,000,000/. of gold are held by the Scotch banks alone, which are wholly useless in Scotland, no one ever wishing to see a sovereign in that country. In the Edinburgh Stock Exchange a similar resolution has been come to, and petitions have been prepared for presentation to Parliament on the subject. It is added, that all Scotland will be moving in this question in the course of a few days. There is no truth in the statements that have appeared of an intention to arrest the progress of any Rail way Bills before Parliament this session, on account of the (we trust temporary) scarcity of money. The heaviest ex penses have been already i ncurre d i n iran y instances; and should Parliam en t i n t er f ere a t a ll w ith an y general provi sion, it will be more likely to be one to enlarge the time and increase the facilities for the , construction of the railwayAin prpgeelle..••• OidfrVert. - • - , RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Arstu, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate N ham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, % dis.-11ackhrtr: Clitheroe, &c., Pre'erence, 20s. p.—Dundee and Perth, 14 p.—Eastern Counties, 18% p.—East Lancashire,aln (scrip), _par—Edinbargh and Glasgow, 70—Ditto, fl. IL—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and GOA' Y , —Leeds and Thirsk, 4% dis.—Ditto, New, 2 1 /.2 Preference, 1 4 p.—London and North-Western, 171- 1 31 ) ! tto, Quarters, 15% p.—Ditto, New Quarters, 9% n— acing- Quarters (G. J.),;16 p.—London and South-Western scrip), Quarters 1 4 dis..—Manchester and Leeds, 32/. Shares (lat e Iwo, sions), p.—Ditto, Halves (late L. and B.), 1 1 / 2 t 0 Fifths (late W. R. U.), p.—. Man c he ster and Souther: e,' I dis.—Midland, New, I .—Newcr.stle and Berwick,Seer'e'l 1 3 A p.—North Staffordshire, 1 1 / 2 p.—Shrews bur y and sr ford, l 4 dis.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, Newlii. —Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 1 4 dis. ex int.--SiT Eastern and Dover, 35%—Ditto, New, No. 4 , 1 '• 3d. 611. York and Newcastle, Preference, 2% p.—Ulster, 9 1 /a P' MANCHESTER, APRIL 24. Notting. S:r.b.cx EXCHANGE.—The sales are--Ambergate, _ pre .'hain, and Boston, 21s. dis.—Blackburn, Clitberoe, I, ' , /71 , 4 term ia)s, p.—Caledonian, 5% dis.—East Lancashire paid), dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), par—Fleetwood, F IT b!,, and West Riding Junction, 11% dis.—Leeds and Thirskr,d, dis.—llitto, Preferentials, p.—Leicester and Bet es ter, dis.—Liverpe , l, Crosby, and Southport, IN — M a Re Buxton, Rlatlock, and Midland, % dis. field, and Lincolnshire, "Eighths, 2 4 ' dis.—Ditto (S, be 32/. and Lincolnshire), 27 s dis.—Manchester and LeNiil'iding Shares (late Extension), p.—Ditto, (late NV,!;._ t Union), p.— Manchester and Southampton , North-Western, 2% dis. —North Staffordshire, 1 9 ",7 1) -- '1.1 6 Oldham Alliance, par—Preston and Wyre, flalc es —Ditto, Sixths, s. B —South-Eastern and Dover , fir. --ISlanchester, trick, dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, !"i mingham and Oxford Junction, 776 c. p. LEEDS, Aran, 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —IVO regret that we e te another week's continuance of an exceedingly things, prices having been daily reduced, and an sat - and sal exhibited itself strongly. Purchasers are velle',7 l ' B vea do not take shares off in any considerable quantitY a r ," iv existing low rates, although several old stocks offer g — t far wells ;48 , ducements, and would pay a very good rate of money. Many of the sm II a er shares are all but nos hus'a..to tie3ty:l: and in those for which buyers are to be found no W on tent of business could be done w ithout further recluetid Dos prices. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham' 1 1, Se ( ton, 20s. dis.—East Lancashire, New, , 10s. dis.--P.,,.itt....,"'Gsecla Scrip, 2s. dis.—East and West Yorkshire, 219. e'rninit and Dewsbury, 2 p.—Ditto, New Extensions Serif' tr moon $ 0, I Is. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk Preference, I:•"" - Junction, 7s. 6d. dis.—Manchester and . Le e tliog Shares (lite Extensions), 9s. 6d. p.—Ditto, West and Union, p.—Midland, rcference,P 2 Berwick, N ' c. r ;. t hera p .....Newc as- D itto, ew, Ix 3 p. —North British; Thirds, 31s. fh - ,; s ter Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), I7s. 6d. sion (scrip), Bs. p.—North Staffordshire, 1% P. 475• Counties Union, 50s. 9d. c. dis.—North-Western, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 24. i o irsk, STOCK EXCHANGIL—The sales are—Leeds see Preference, % p.-North Staffordshire, 2 3-16 p• HULL, APRIL 24. V IC 'O7 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern c o ati 70. P• Extensions, OA dis.-North British, Extension (seriltotoa, -Ditto, Thirds , 555. 6d.-Ambergate, Notting ham ' j a f . p."" &c., 335.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preference, hop' Great Northern, 2% -Oxford, Worcester, and Wei tong 81,4 dis. EDINBURGH, Arum 23. .6/ 158 ;71. STomc Excumtcat.-The sales ar Aberdeen►k 0 gar. Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 18s.-Arbroath and ' x'. ° l Cale; 155.-Ditto, Halves, 15/.-Ayr an d GallowaY , 03 " donian, 25/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 21. 2s. 6d.-Caledon!t t tOg• Dumbartonshire, 2/. 2s. 6d.-Clvdesciale Junction. 01 ,/, 75. -Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, rioune and Callender,l::o, 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 42/. 10.'-Ditto. Nen' 13 5 :, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 2,30 L-Ditto,. New, 1C°,.% e; -Dundee and Northern Junction, 11. 188.--vu,b6s.' Perth, 38L-Ditto, New, 191 . 55.-East of Fife , 1,, t bolei East Lothian Central, 2/. 1 9 6.-Edinburgh an d 71. ls.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 71/. 10e• e r - t , rs, Ditto, Halves, 181. 17s. 6d. ex div.-Ditto Qu ae 105. - 10s. ex div. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Grant oin, i 9 Ditt o ' Ditto, Preference, 201. 55.-Ditto, New, 21 I rt l Os Quarters, 13s. 3d.-Edinburgh and Northern, I, tto, ditto/ - Ditto, New, 3/. 10s.-Ditto, Newport, 7/. 53 r,, Dt i 95.,!; c ; 1 ,c 0 , 2 , New, 21. 10s.-Edinburgh and Perth (New rshir )' 15 Ditto, Halves, 165.-Glasgow and Ay e, New Stock, 36/. 55.-Ditto, Halves, No. ' 91. osa,. Ditto, Halves, No. 2; 6/. 135.-Ditto, Quarters. f Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, Si. 5i.--6131521 5 Garnkirk, 391.-Glasgow General Terminus. 8 1, 153.' Glasgow and Greenock, 161 105.-Ditto, Halve s ' d Ardr° s : Ditto, ('reference, 81.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock' an t North er " san, 51.-Great North Scotland, 2/. 115.--0 re3 „,,,d Yer l q (late Direct Northern), 31.-Ditto (late London,ThiBb, 'il.-Newcastle and Berwick, 25/. 105.-North Pr' 3/. 85 ' 25.. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 15/. 105.-Ditto, (-Parte% 3/ . ,""" -New Quarters (scrip), a 38.-Ditto, s c ettio l Ditto, Fifths. 61. 155.-Scottish Central, 25/. 55.- - ;„05,- . • Grand Junction, 1/. 3s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, .-u` Shrewsbury and Hereford, 11-Shrewsbury, 05%ireSIIPferor Is. 6d.-Stirling and D a ° Ml d 110/..__-Dsittirtoli 2; , n ew a , n l d /. line, 31 . 5. 13/ t nest, 49/. DN.-York and Newcastl, 32/.-Ditto , "od 13/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 10s.-Direct Bombe , ' d is, Madras, 35.-East Indian, Ss. 6d.-Great North of le a nd 38.-Great Southern of Madras, 25.-Madras, .Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, APRIL 23. 3' AY r STOCK: EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 2 6 Al --- s d o ia and Galloway, 40 5.-Caledonian x 42 3 . -C l Y de d e -ew' 3s. l)un e Junction, 37 1 ,Direct Bombay and Madras , 1 - • Cell' and Perth, New, 1 936-East Indian, 3s. --East Lot h _ tral, 48s. 6d. -Edinburgh and Batbgate,6S--Edinburg Perth (New Co.), 435.-Ditto, Halves, 145.-Glas, marnock, and Ayr, 581.-Ditto 36/.-Ditto, fla,!ve" Nellore, m a drost 6/. 75.-Glasgow Kilmarnock, and ' Ardrossa,n, Nellore, and Arcot, 13.-Manchester and (scrilV e 6d.-North British, Thirds,6lB o, New Quarters 225. 6d.- Stirling and D • 73- 6d Dunfermline , _b. • SoAttliampton' EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A 1)0Y --„ „ e , a , 0_ n Friday an inquest was held by Mr. W. r e ic r sons St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of William , _ r tte --------------r. MY Ellie, aged nine years, who was burned to deathnlee t hat following circumstances: —lt appeared from the evide;_ro, the deceased, whose father is a waiter at the Lond,:t: 1,_;,_., resided with his parents at No. 2, Fordliam's-gro e nder lsl th e been u . _ ton. The deceased had for a length of time . flit on e daY treatment of a surgeon for a disease which nil& . o - la-t+ cause him to crave for victuals. On awoke by jo b g hio about three o'clock, his father was awoke b.,' he e a we. he slept e_ walking about the next room to him, where _ ,.e iv inut and, calling to him, Le became quiet. In about 1 " tl a nd 1 c i - lieces se afterwards, however, deceased screamed violen his father going to the apartment he discovere.._. (with running about writhing in agony, his night al!ftliZmes) the exception of the sleeves, which were th! l , 3 _ i :: in g bee° having been burnt completely off his person. n__; yon ea? it wrapped in a blanket, and oils applied to chid his yo iie it surgeon was subsequently called in, by whose a f lied s it removed to the above hospital, where he sank _,, the following morning of the frightful injuries ere _.sted The father of the deceased, dress er ' that from the fact of finding a candle burning °filth the rr and the door of the cupboard over it "en'n wthe dish, Pe minder of the Sunday's dinner disturbed .<, and, getting had no doubt that deceased bad got out of 0 ing himself to fo ci, on the dresser, was in the act of elet. -- , A. Ise Prill when his shirt, wafting near the candle, Ignite". o _s in his evidentchee, D' having commented on the singular and melancn _l,y the case, returned a verdict of “ Accidental death.' l i g o o. I MPORTATIO NS OF POTATOES. — The vess seifought the very large quant it y of 180 tons weight of pot:ay.4w ,t_ the taineer, arrived in the River from Hamburgh, ha s production of the Hanseatic district named. The (In t hd kind which has before taken place from that port, and?t,„rest of potatoes brought by this ship far exceeds anythiog 'we fore, the arrival assumes a considerable degree of ,cosiest and importance. The vessel also brought from Bar n e ",, - Oa . LLOPE.—The sur 40 head cf horned cattle, 13 of which had, according fr- heen official report of the vessel's cargo, se fro oi thrown overboard during the vo3 a exhibits at the same time a remarkable has as pgrei. AIRS TRO satility of her genius, which suspect, will not be less than their delih at the ane euac lt ment of another novel from the in revealingt e vet: and attacLing the machinations of th e ~. allude pen of clever been so e . i ` J ' es r uitr_'; smith what success we I n n f r s o e t sl l o n rin n e instance 1 s reader'e'l :erro: need not dilate on, as the -wort , in her to (Father Eustace) has ' d - 6 been in every ones han 5* hetn new work Mrs. Troll( has different t t he fur the exercise of Ile chosen a very . iz i n g her powers; namely, that of seta ores follies of society in general. It is entitled "Th e w eal° Cousins," and is a story peculiarly illustrative of the _. character in its varied phases of maid, wife, and widow tbe THE ATRAPILATORY, OR LIQUID LIAR Dr e S e , 00 only dye that really answers for all colours, and fa des e r t require re-doing but as the hair grows, as it never oto ill acquires that unnatural red or purple tint eca itnlQ adenc et other dyes. Ross and Sons can, with the greatest eii _.., recommend the above dye as infallible, 3f done at .t h are es‘, i blishment ; and ladies and gentleinen requiring i , e . __,'l quested to bring a friend or servant with them to se y n l e tt e on t is used, which will enable them to do it afterwards ~,,ted the chance of failure. Several private apartnients ",,,bliA' entirely to the above purpose, and some of their es o .;#o. ment having used it, the effect produced can be at strictlyo to They think it pecessary to add, that titheil 0 the instructions given with each of dye, ri e 010' persons have succeeded equally well without coming feet, th° Address Ross and Sons, 119 , and 120, Bishopsgate-st r ' flai r- celebrated Perruquiers, Perfumers, Hair-cutters, an whs dyers.—N.l3. Parties attended at their own residence/ ever the distance. DO - ~. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — A. CASE OF ULCERAOt.'efs I.V, LEGS CURED By HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND Pau Extrac,;(l fee 10, from 31r. W. Kemp, 37, Wima rn _stf eet, Edinbi i rg b, da/ to t / 0 10, 1846.—" Professor Holloway—Sir, I beg to inform Yo u „ l crs ° ,ll five years I suffered dreadfully from a great number ofloiedic„ both my legs, during which time I was attended V sev er :, fricti' men nesides trying various remedies recommended by I ,."„' O se. 1 ! 1 7,,,1 and I also had advice from Minto House but all to n* P„u„Torer tl!,' however, truly happy to say, I have got but legs as vre',' s - ipied/ I" ,: were in my life by using your Pills and Ointment. d ' ,t rrildc Kmtp."—These Medicines are sold by all Druggists, a y- Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Lo -don. .................. BIRTHS. ~.... GJ. loath On the 19th inst., at Ealing, Middlesex, N' G . of a son. _Thasph 01 0°4 On the 20th inst., at Mu.swell-hill, Pim -- , Aft jun., of a daughter. te— le of CO On the 21st inst., at Gillingham, Kent, the wl H. St. George Ord, of the Royal Egineers, of a .1° , 11 ;„ She' On tie 22d inst., in South Lambeth, Mrs. Wiwi peare, of a son. cler ic Se rf ' Frederic On the 23d inst., at Richmond, the L ad y of a daughter. v oitiat On the 23d inst 1 d e , Birs. G eorge ~ at Nor an-squar lei of a son. Chitr )Vice. On the 23d inst., in Queen-street, Cheeps de P Att waters, of a daughter. 13. MARRIED.the n ev. •il On the 21st inst., at Brasted Chu rch, Kent, ~...3,11 • Webb, to Maria Elphinstone, daughter a the Rev. v vim . . Alicia Jesse,aged 85. On ni t .... h .s e q. 2 , 4th inst., in liertfpolErt s t r eet, IVlay-fair,LadY • 1 1, 00 On the ith inst., at Castle-hill 'louse, R e ading, f . -° ua D ora On the 21st inst., at Bishopscourt, I s le of Mans t''' Bishop of Sodor and Man, aged 50 . •flgh ter On the 22d inst., at Clifton , Mi ss Honors deer, (- A '"' of Major Spiller, of the Artillery. of O D n r. t C h h e a 2 r 2 lt d on in , ~.nnabo' s ß t. o , y a a t i s V a a v u 3 x .. hall, John Fitzgerald, Oil s°l On the 22d inst., Mr. Henry Choveaux, of liel" . " --- place, Dorset-square. 944 . . On the 23d inst., Ann, the wife o f Lewis GonWertz' of Kenniugton-oval, sonconetlthirieeo2w23,2dKdineisontst.t,is.!;eloorisiwgearn,,khagaemodf.ll37seliarc. eß,icchhaem_i_dc:_eta7f °id Chapel-row, Mr 50 11361 John Grellet, aged 33. .t-' -----------"3213"..---1, ta , 10 , London: Printed and Published by MURIA) Y011"/•n,kge101 v , Strand, Printer, at 273 a Su Surf Ogler, No. It:, S — trand, 11l .", t eral, of the SATO,. 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