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

WWII age! • . r;;) .;. 4 7 ,41 C':' COURT CIRCULAR. 4mon, H l High' esa Prince Oeo rge eft toe ()Jstle this morning for town. rd and Lady John Russell tofik their departure for Lundon this lorsnoon. The Duke of Nortulk, Earl Fortescue, and Earl Spencer, also left for the metropolis. His Serene Highness Prince F. Leichstenstein, his Se rene Highness Prince Lowenstein, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, and Lori . George Lennox, left in the course of the day. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca, took leave of the Queen and Prince Albert, and with their respective suites, proceeded to the Slough station in her Majesty's carriages at three o'clock this afternoon. The Grand Duke Constantine was attended by Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister; Vice-Admiral de Lutke, Rear- Admiral Count Hevden, Le Conseller d'Etat Haurowiz, Baron de Frecdericksz, and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey. The Hereditary Grand Duke . 4 , 71 d Gra n d D uc h ess o f S axe W e i mar were atten d e d by de Cou n t ess of Assen b urg, C ount de B eust, an d B aron ti,e Zig esar. T he Pr i nce of L ucca was atten d e d b y Count Revel, the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires, and the Marquis Provenzale. The illustrious party travelled t. town by the Great Western Railway. T he Q ueen and Pr i nce Alb ert, t h e P r i nce o f W a l es , Pri nce Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, the Prince of Leiningen, the Via- MMess Jocelyn, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. iss Stanley, Hon. Miss Dawson, Lord Camoys, Major- G eneral B ow l es, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps Major the Hon. A. N. Hood, Lord Alfred Paget, and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, left the Castle soon after tour o'clock this afternoon, in five royal carriages I " ,, (1 f our, escorted by a party of the Ist Regiment of b r Guards, for the Slough station of the Great :Ysternn Railway, and proceeded to town by a special thi, Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal children, and the Prince of Leiningen, and at rtided by t h e L a d y an d t h e M a id s o f H onour in Wait anSl il the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Lord, the Groom, Eq the uerries in Waiting, Lieutenant-Colonel the , •C. B. Phipp s , an d the Master of the Household, Past at B uc ki ng h am P a l ace at t wen ty-fi ve m i nu t es L ag six o'clo c k y es t er day afternoon from the Paddington P a rty of the Great Western Railway, escorted by a r 4 rtY of th e 1 2t h Lancers. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were received at ti ti o e kingham P a l ace by Lady Caroline Cocks, and the the L ord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. Prl:he see Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Fr :, of Leiningen, honoured the performance of the Tench la Plays w ith their presence yesterday evening. Royal Suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, "Y Car o li ne C oc k s, L or d C amo y s , Lord Alfred Paget, sad Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. 8 Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Paget have i l t e eeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson, as the P, i r d s of Honour in Waiting to her Majesty. 1 4 ;' 8 Royal Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden arrived h o fw a Yesterday afternoon, from the Continent. His Yal Ifi dghness travelled to the metropolis by the Lon -- and South W es t ern R a ilway, arriving at the Nine 1313 terminus at ten minutes before six o'clock, at t. ! Id ed by B aron d o R e h ausen , S we di s h Chargé d'Af- Ires, and C o l one l B er k e l e y Drummond, Groom in o t a ' t ing to her Majesty, Prince Pocar and Suite entered th e of the Q ueen ' s carr i ages, w hi c h was i n rea diness at doe station, and proceeded to the residence of Baron tir Heha.usen in Ilalkin-street West. Soon after his b'iral his Royal Highness paid a visit to the Grand 11,1 a Constantine of Russia, at Mivart's Hotel — lt tl e er Loyal Highness the Duchess of Kent took a car ne drive yesterday. e„ a ° Duke of Cambridge dined with her Royal High- H o " the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester i - ,, 115 e• The Duchess of Gloucester had an evening dg Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam oucester and Prince George joined the Royal party at House Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke at "rand Duchess of Saxe Weimar and suite , arrived a e ta rlborough House, the residence of her Majesty the 4 f 4 te en Dow ager, at h a lf-p ast f our o'clock yesterday g i i s o c ) ., ‘ .., from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. re t i d Royal Highness Prince George returned to his es at i ell " in St. James's Palace yesterday, from Windsor H Th e Committee on Education, of her Majesty's most ua: on urable P r i v y Council, held a meetin at the h he il - effice, at twelve o'clock yesterday, which was t end ed by the Lord President, Lord John Russell, the rl o f , Clarendon the Earl of Auckland, the Earl of ti n ,to, the Viscount Morpeth, the Chancellor of the e°!equer, and Sir George Grey. Mr. Kay Shuttle- Grua was in attendance. th,k,cientitation from Rochester had an interview with the Commissioners Edward Strutt yesterday, at the office of The'°Entnissioners of Railways, in Great George-street. 0 . -ci;leputation consisted of the Earl of Romney, Mr. ta ttit , Martin, M.P., Mr. T. Q. Hodges, Mr. W. M . . 8;;;', 11 r. J. Mercer, Mr. G Essen, and Mr. W. Cubit. Earl of Winston Barron had an interview with the A Clarendon yesterday. Iletb o de Putatio n from the Board of Guardians of the Holb o r ,. Union, comprising the parish of St. .Andrew,. Saft , , 4l ,:, and St. George the Martyr, the Liberty of had ' lll 4 and the parish of St. Sepulchre, Middlesex, Woolldn interview with the Commissioners of her Majesty's /list e d * ,,and Forests eserday. The deputation con and c 't Messrs Taylor, Pearson, Whitfield, Lindner, wrench,Guardians. and Mr. James, the Clerk to the Board of Mr. Roebuck had an interview with Lord John Rua aall Yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Bernedale had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. E. Strutt. Mr. Corry Cornellon has arrived in town from Dublin. ASCOT HEATH RACES. FRIDAY. The general results of the meeting, taken up to the %se yesterday afternoon, have entirely borne out the 'Pinion we hazarded at its commencement. The weather W ks fine to the end, and although in two or three in littinces the fields were small, and the betting on a less Z z tensive scale than formerly, we question if better sport tt lt s ever been before witnessed. The attenda n c e each iY was much larger than for some years past, and the eipts at the Grand Stand showed an increase tt " 1 646 to the extent of 500 1 . The manage cff the Noble Master of the Buck-hounds was CI! ti;.courteous, and effective—not a complaint reached ; nig subordinates are equally entitled to notice for pe rt ery satisfactory manner in which these duties were ti ft „,rcled. We have the pleasure to add, as an addi- R ;' - ' 4 , 1 proof of the success of the meeting, and of the that'acation it has afforded to the supporters of the turf, 8 -,t there are already the unprecedented number of 218 .., 11 .: 54 e c ribers t o th e A sco t St a k e s for 1848, and that the r stakes are progressing most satisfactorily. The th un n i g Yesterday commenced half an hour earlier than ‘ 4 "', and being confined to five events, was got over at tt a e r , 4 l l 3 7 hour. G oo d fi e lds came to the post for the l'h e ''' i cap races, and speculation was tolerably animated. attendance was confined to the sporting classes and bo7vy fa shionables who have been staying in the neigh s urhood. The ra ce s came off as follows : ecc :hcl Class of the Wokingham Stakes of 5 sous. each, , lota ndicap). Last three-quarters of the new mile. L e 1 .16 subs.) k r. ; ExPter's Bish o p , f Ro mford's Cob, aged, 9,..t 41b 1 Alerton's African, aged, Bst 131 b The Th e Wid ow, age d, 7 s t 71b -he f o ll owing were not place d 1 1, Rolt's Collingwood, Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine, w or d Chesterfield's Cherry, Air. Sandford's Kimble rth, Mr. Herbert's f by Elis, out of Odessa, Duke of l i lt Utort's f by :Esmeralda, out of assassin, and Mr. Betting -4 Sultan. - uietting-4 to 1 agst Bishop of Romford's Cob, 4 to 1 a gst African, 4 to 1 agst Kimblesworth, 5 to I agst ""sassin 5 to 1 aget Cherry, and 7 to 1 agst Doctrine. Cherry took the lead, and with the Cob and African in waiting, made play at a good pie, until within a distance and a half of home; the Cob then took up the running, went in With a gradually improving lead, and won by two lengths, the Widow a good third, and the Assassin filly fourth. Sultan ruptured a blood•vessel after starting, thr ew his jockey and fell, but recovered in a short time; t he boy was not hurt. Run i n 1 m i n . 21 sec. S weepstakes 50 sovs each, h ft, for three yrs old; colts, Rat 71b• fillies, Set 41b; those by untried Na stallions, or -1-40 rd Stradbroke out of Untried ms Conings. , ares, allur y ed 41b. New mile. (6 Su ) bs.) (t 1 ' ht-- 4*. Watson's Dr. Goodall (ilb) Do ctor to 2 ad 3 to 1 on C,onir%sby, who waited on the li to the stand, and won in a canter by two lengths. " in 1 min. 58 sec. Lord The First Class of the Wokingham Stakes. 4-dovr!d Chesterfield nd Pic-nic, 5 yrs, 7st Illb ..(Nat) 1 lir. Shelley's Millwood, 3 yrs, 6stslb 2 k r ; A n . W. Hill's The Cur, 5 yrs, Bat 71b 3 fir ' ' l . 11. Moore's Wooden Wall, 4 yrs, 7st 71b 4 I, L . he following also started but were not placed:— Mr. irlokald's Mistress Jean, Captain Gambier's Dean Swift, t • Drewitt's Campenero, Mr. S. Scott nd Elimia, Mr. ,• It: Clarke's Miles's Buy, Lord J. Russell's f by Camel 11‘.% ;eti Nonsense tig— 5 out of the Queen of the Gipsies dam, Mr. c ", a th's Guara ha. to 2 agst Pic-nic, 3 to 1 agst Millwood, and a t° 1 agst The Cur. Dean Swift, Millwood, and Lord th Scott' s ally, went off in front, which they kept to w eiriselv es to the road ; Pic-nic then took up the run aliC, was never afterwards headed, and won cleverly b y Th en g t h• Run in 1 m i n . 19 sec. " 1. " liundred Sovs., the gift of the Great Western Railway Com any added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sous. secure t tor three p yrs -' old, and upwards ; the second to Sw e l l /1 729., soya: out of the stakes ; winners, extra. L ord ,L-. 1 k.ourse. (48 Subs.) Lo r a .',4esterfield's Lad Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst 31b . 1 q," -f dleter's (iv eu Wood-pigeon, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (including 2 Mr. i r ............................................... e o _ wlfl's Patriut 6 vrs Bst 71b 3 Lolieelf A i nson's Don . Caesar, 3 yrs, sst 41b d St r u a d cl a b w r l ore' 4 aalLsoynseteaurst,ediibr.utßwoyeerte,,s7jtunp.l,aced tarn,:— ti. Sir 11. Fleetwood's Forest Flower, Mr. W rCeofol Colleen 6 P lr l igig, Count Batthyany's Tragical, Mr. Leigh's . Orrect child) Card, Mr. Stephenson s Doctrine, Baron Rot . hs kited mtatrD.....ftwuginhetheTs F o tt f u t n h u e s tar, Sir J. Hawley's Vanity , , g-2 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 7to 2 agst Wood; ricuP , 4 to 1 agst Dun Csaiar, and 7 to 1 ags %Peal, \? ?° ,j s t Plower made the running, followed by Lynceus, N o t e tZ, and Tragical, all the others lying very well up. distaneaeng° was ob: erva bl e unt il t h ey approached the Wood- p '• where L idy W i ld a i r too k th e l ea d, and with to the id ° n sled Patriot next, carried the running on seco44 a n d winning b y a length ; the same between the else near t hird ; D o n C aesar a b a d f ourt h ; nothing The 80.,,r. 11RIM1:1 Dl in 2 min. 40 sec. "ember's Plate of 50 Soya., added to a THE SUN, Sweepstakes of 5 Sovs. each; three yr olds, 7st; four, Set 41b ; tire, 84 101 b ; six and aged, 9st; winners extra. The winner to be sold. for 120 sovA., St,c. mile. (6 Subs.) Sir W. Stanley's Pic-nic, 53 rs (I*. r, ) i Mr. Herbert's Sir Simon, 4 yrs . Mr. illostyn's Alsatia, 3 yrs Sir J. Ila - wley's Bravissiino, 4 yrs 4 Lord W. Powlett's Mount Callan, 4 yrs 5 Betting-4 to 1 agst Pic-nic, 3to 1 agst Alsatia, and sto 1 agst any other. Pic-nic made all the running, and won in a canter, and was claimed. Run in 1 minute 46 seconds. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD CUP. 4 to 1 against The Hero—taken. ST. LEGER. 7 to 2 agst Cossack 13 to 1 agst Foreclosure 6 to 1 agst Van Tromp 20 to 1 agst Black Dwarf 12 to 1 agst Mr. Martin 40 to 1 agst Coningsby. 6 to 1 agst Assault DERBY, 1848. 1 30 to I . agst Flatcatcher 40 to 1 agst Sesostris: ERRATUM.—THE EMPEROR'S VASE.—By a mistake An the return of the bettin.; on this race, in our paper of yesterday, Mendicant was quoted at 6 to 1 instead of 6 to 4. THE BILL OF 1844. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—When the immediate pressure of any evil under which men have suffered has passed over, they are apt in some degree to forget it, and neglect consequently the necessary measures for its removal. A general election is at hand. In the absence of political topics of interest, what subject, may I ask, can be so important to a commercial community as the ques tion of the artificial restrictions placed upon its currency by the Bill of 1844? I will not trespass on your space by entering into a discussion on the question. The effects of the Bill are feelingly known throughout the country. We must decide at the next election whether a mea sure which is condemned by all Lombard-street, and by every practical man of business throughout the country, is to be permitted to remain on the statute-book ; for, assuredly, if we are apathetic, the commerce and pro perty of the country will be subject to constant damage from the operation of a law which causes an artificial monetary famine at a time when our coffers are full of gold.—Your obedient servant, June 3, 1847. A COUNTRY BANKER. GROUP VI. GREAT WESTERN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1847. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF COMMONS -(YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP 111. LONDON AND BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST (LONDON-BRIDGE STATION EN LARGEMENT AND ARRANGEMENT). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Some further evidence having been taken against the Bill, Mr. Sergeant WRANGEIAM addressed the Committee, on the part of St Thomas's Hospital, against the scheme. The Committee then adjourned. The Committee met this morning at twelve. Mr. Saunders, the secretary to the Great Western Com pany, examined by Mr. TALBOT —There was a Bill before Parliament for the purpose of reducing the maximum tolls of the Great Western to as low a point as any railway in the country, in many cases lower than the tariff of the London and North-Western Company, and considerably lower than the tolls on the South-Western. The following table would show the comparison between the two lines:— G. W. S. W. per mile. per mile, Passengers: Express trains—first class 2%cl 3d. ,t second class . 1% ....- 1 / 4 .. Ordinary trains—first class ... 2 f! second class . 1% 21 third class... 1 Horses 3 Horned Cattle Calves, Sheep, Pigs, and other small animals 014 Carriages Goods—first class, including coals, lime, &c., if not exceeding 50 miles ~ above 50 miles Second-class Goods above 50 miles Third and fourth classes ..... above 50 miles 2 Great facilities were afforded by means of express trains and the return tickets, which applied to all the trains. The system of return tickets was carried out to a greater ex tent than upon any other line. The station at Paddington covered thirty acres, which was barely sufficient for the great traffic upon the line. The station at Paddington was the most convenient for the \Vest-end traffic ; the greater preponderance of the traffic was West-end traffic. Returns had been made in compliance with the wishes of the Termi nal Commissioners, and the result was, that 4,205 cabs went to the westward of Temple-bar, while only 1,834 went to the eastward of it. He did not think that the station at London-bridge would afford much accommodation for a large traffic ; cattle would be seriously inconvenienced. A pro longation of the line already sanctioned to Fulham was before Parliament, for the purpose of obtaining a communi cation with the South-Western Railway at Nine Elms, and he had no doubt that, ultimately, they would obtain access to London-bridge. With respect to the alleged superiority of the South-Western Railway in point of speed over the general traffic of the Great Western Railway, there was a great fallacy in the argument, as it was a comparison of things totally different, the Great Western trains being compelled, in consequence of their divergence of traffic, to break up their lines frequently, whereas the only necessity for breaking up the train on the South-Western Railway oc curred at Bishopstoke. There was not the smallest doubt that the Great Western trains were much superior in point of speed and power to those of the South-Western, and with a greater load he had not the least doubt but that the trains would travel much faster than those of the South-Western Company. As to the conveyance of troops, there would not be the least difficulty in the Great Western affording every requisite accommodation in that respect. The good feeling between the Bristol and Exeter Company had been latterly broken off. He had no doubt that this arose from narrow gauge influence. Mr. Hudson, having purchased at a consi derable price the Bristol and Birmingham lines, was natu rally anxious to obtain a continuation of the line to Exeter. The proprietors in that company were opposed to a renewal of the lease of their line to the Great Western Company. He had no doubt that it was the object of the narrow gauge in terest to shut out completely the broad gauge from the western districts. He had not the slightest fault to make with the conduct of the Bristol and Exeter Company towards the Great Western Company. He would have no objection to the Taunton and Castle Cary branch being given to the Bristol and Exeter Company. provided the line should be granted on the broad gauge between Exeter and Yeovil. The question of the breach of agreement between the Great Western and South-Western Company was then fully gone into by the witness. The cross-examination of this witness had not concluded when the Committee rose. HAMBURGH MAIL. STOCKHOLM, MAY 27.—His Majesty the King attended by the Duke Gustavus, set out at 5 o clock this morning for Schonen, whence he does not intend to return till the 17th of next month. Before his departure he appointed a regency consisting of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as President, Count von Posse, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of the Interior, and the Minister of Marines. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Chief of the Judicial Department are on leave of absence. The department of the former will be supplied by the Minis ter of Justice, and that of the latter by the Minister of Marines. VIENNA, MAY 19.—We learn from good authority that it is the intention of his Majesty the Emperor Nicholas, to grant not only amnesty to all the Poles who have been banished to Siberia ; but to reinstate them in their estates, which are to be given up to them by the present possessors at a valuation. HANOVER, MAY 25.—His Majesty has been pleased to admit his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, a member of the Order of St. George. ANTWERP, JUNE 2.—A Berlin journal says that the Prussian Government has received dispatches from the English Cabinet announcing, that if the zollverein per sists in not renewing the treaty of commerce and nevi gation with England, and introducing a system of differ ential duties, the English Government will find itself compelled to use reprisals. POSEN, MAY 20.—According to the last accounts from Warsaw, they had given up, fur the moment, the hopes of seeing his Majesty the Emperor in the Polish capital, however, it is probable that his asserted disease of the liver, is not so much the cause, which for the pre sent detains the Czar in his capital, as the political diffi culties which considerably tend from the present situa tion of Europe to promote the objects of Russia. MANNHEIM, MAY 29.—The first steam tug arrived here to-day, amidst a salute of artillery, adorned with flags, of which that of Baden was in front, towing six vessels which had together cargoes, amouvsting to at least 30,000 cwt., which it brought from Holland or the Rhine. It is easy to imagine that the inhabitants of Mannheim, especially in this lovely weather, were at tracted in crowds, and full of admiration ut this important achievement. ----- ---- FOREIGN CORN TRADE. BRUSSELS, JUNE 3.—The price of corn the week end ing May 30. was wheat 41f. 91c., rye 34f. 96c., being a fall of If. 59c. on wheat, and of 3f. 69c. on rye. The quantities sold 10,942 hectolitres of wheat, and 3,119 hectolitres of rye. Everything announces that a decline of the price of corn in the markets of Brussels will become rapid ; foreign dealers csine to market on Friday to make oilers of corn to be delivered at the end of June, on very mo derate terms. On the other hand the farmers who have hitherto persisted in keeping back their corn now hasten to send it to market, in view of an immediate decline. On Friday last, corn of the harvest of 1845 was sold in the Brussels market. The decline of corn continues • it was considerable in the m ar k e t o f N amur on Saturday, native corn of superior quality was easily purchased at 50f. per sack of 100 kilogrammes, foreign corn fell to 4SC and even to 47f. This favourable crisis will not stop there. Extensive corn merchants have been mentioned to us, who have sent their correspondents pressing orders to sell. This impressment is general, the accounts from all the principal markets in the country ; Louvain, Brussels, and others announce a fall. A letter from Mons, of the 29th of May, says, " the price of corn in our market declined considerably yesterday. The last purchases of wheat were at the rate of 37f. per hectolitre, being a decline of 4f. since the preceding market." A letter from the Grand Duchy of Baden says, " the ap pearances of the harvest are so v:.ry favourable, and the markets so well supplied that the price of wheat has fallen in some places 9 florins per bushel, and barley 6 florins. The Augsburg Gazette says, " There is such a drought in Persia and the provinces bordering on Turkey in Asia, that for these three months past great fears are enter tained for the crops ; the peasantry are in despair, and entire villages are emigrating." BRESLAU, MAY 29.—There has been no particular change in the prices of corn since our last market day. The supply was not very good, and that out of the best sort. There was on the other hand a very abundant stock of good rye, and although great expectations Iw-re entertained that there would be a considerable fall, the prices wore not above 3 or 4 s. per sack lower. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JUNE 1. Bills. Money. A-ustrian 5 per Cents .• •••••• •• •• •• 107 Bank Shares .. • • • • • • • • •• • . . • • • • • • • • • 1590 Anglo-Russian Loan ................l(6 s 10614 Russian 5 per Cent., Ilamb. Certificate. 102 101% Ditto let series Inscription •••••• • • • • • 1024, Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series • • 97% Ditto, in Certificate.. New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • -. 88 87% Ditto Stleglitz .-• • • .... ..... 88 87% Spanish New 5 per Cent •••• •• • • ...... 16% 16% Ditto 3 per Cent . • • • • • • • • • 28 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • . Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • • 57% Ditto 3 per Cent. •.•• • • • •••• • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. I oan, 1844. • 77% Anglo-Danish Luau, 3 per Cent ••.• • . 83 821,i National Bank Shares •••• • • • • • • BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussrLs, Juiea 2. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent . •• • • .... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent -- Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent— Ditto Three per Cent.- • ..• ............ Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •• • ... Dltto,ditto,l B4o . 100 1 4 Ditto,ditto, 1842 Ditto, 1844. • • • • •• • • • • .• •• • • •• • • • • • 96% Dltto, 1838 68% Ditto of the City, 1832 — Ditto, 1843 .• • • .• • .......... Bank of Belgium •• • - • • •• • • 87 s —Brussels Papers. June 2. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 27. 5 per Cent. Metalliques• • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • 106% 4 per Cent. ditto• • • • • • • • • • • • • 97 3 per Cent. ditto— •••••• • • • • • • .• Loan, 1834 ................ ..... 1 15 18 4 74, Bankl)it t o s , h l a B r 3 e 9 s 1595 Esterhazy's Loan .• •• • 64% • • • • " " •• • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ••••• • • • • • 1 . 5 N Gloggnitz ...• •••••• • • • • • . ........... 1% Vienna—Milan .. • • • • • • • • • 8714 • ••• • • • 98 ••••• • " • • • Perth Apennineu •• • WHEAT. Return to an Order of the Hous e of Commons, dated the 20th of May, 1847, for an account of the total quantities of wheat returned by the inspectors of corn returns, as brought to market in each month, from the Ist day of September, 1844, to the 30th day of April, 1847 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 96, of Session 18461." 1844. 5 r5. 6 6 Bush S Q ep tember 450,2 October 540,783 0 November-626,296 4 December 554,176 0 1845. 1846. Qrs. Bush January 503,316 6 February 435,938 6 March 422,774 5 April 444,373 1 May ~.,,,,, 531,12 5 5 June 356,951 2 July 383.642 3 August 438 233 3 September 654,508 4 October 815,454 6 November 419,573 2 December 553,070 2 1847. January 671,198 6 February —.394.496 1 March 454. 224 7 April 316.996 1 iptroller of Corn Returns. Trade, May 28, 1847. January 518,031 2 February —539,476 4 March 726.758 4 April 442,393 2 May 600,868 7 June 439,797 7 July 439,632 2 August 785,641 0 September 414,693 0 October 665,162 4 November 618,167 6 Decfmber 475 617 2 GEORGE JOYCE, Cora Corn Department, Board of ' SURGICAL OPERATIONS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ETHER. —Yesterday afternoon a series of successful opera tions, under the influence of sulphuric ether, was performed in the large theatre of the Charing-cross Hospital, in the presence of several scientific gentlemen and persons of dis tinction, including the Lord Bishop of Norwich. The chief of the operations were performed by Mr. Avery, one of the head-surgeons to the institution, and one of the most inte resting consisted in the removal of the thigh from a little boy, named Forster, and which was attended with the most remarkable success. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, RA NITS. ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM- PANES' StOCK, From the ffci.7.l I'UiiLISHED EVERY TUENDAY AND FRIDAY EVESISd. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 4. JOINT-STOCK naNs.s. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ----- £ s. d. £ s. d. sustralasia • ... ••• • • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Britsh.North American 51. per Cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 i - .:3ommercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - 7•olonial. - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock •.• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - "detropolitali ••.•. • . • . - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland• • 1 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • • • • 181. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. ' 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. •. • •. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 f Union of Australia •• 61. per c e n t. 25 0 0 25 0 0 1 24 Union of London.- •• 1 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 I - i CLIMAX'S. Names of I E .; Dividend p • Names of e Dividend' Companies. ' .. , per nee ' Companies. 4 per Price. u: Annum.' .c: Annum. in -. - --. X ; £ Ashtn& Oldhl 57'5/.55. pe 70 Monmouthsh 100 10k - Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. - M n t gomrys h 100 Si. - Barnsley •• • • 'l6O, 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - - Basingstoke.. 1(10 - - Neath -.• • • 100 201. 340 BrknkticAbrg 150, Si. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - - .3r0mf0rd.... 100 141. I - Peak Forest. 78 3k 40 Dudley lOO 41. - Regent's •. - 33 1/. 4s. 18 34 Derby - ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 I Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. 51 Shropshire .. 125 81. - Erewash • - 100' 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 Forth & Clyd 100; 41. - Do.LkEdSt 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunctn,loo 6/. 79 Stifrd &Wore 140 281. 275 Grand Unionloo l 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151 . - Glamorgnsh.l72 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305 .listr&Brkly' i 00; - - Strtfid on Av 79 1/. 10s. - ;;rantham • • 150' 121. - Severn and) Huddersfield. 571 - - Wye Mal. j 26 1/. Bs. - limit & Avu 39 1 7s. 6d. 5 Trnt & Mr-1 . 50 301 Lancaster.•. 47; 11.10 s. - soy . - ... j Leeds&Livrp,loo' 341. 505 Thams&Med 19 - - Leicester ..• • ;140, 101. 75 Worcstr &"1 78 2/. 42 Leicstr &Nth; 83' 41. 36 Birming. j Loughboroghll42, 701. 530 Wilts & irks 67 11. - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --. £ a. d. £ a. d. Albion .........• •• • • 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine.- - -6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas . 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14 British Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% (:leriel,Med.& Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown -••.••.- •• • • 12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle ••• • • • ...... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 534 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 , ;lobe - 128 Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 47% Imperial Fire -•.• • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life ••.•• • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1439 indemnity Marine •. • . 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 5 13 1 - Law Life •••••• • • • • .. 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - ,egal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - - ,andon Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% marine .. ........... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 9% Med. Invlid&Gen. Life 4%/. per ct. 50 00 1 20 0 2% National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 ' 210 0 - National Life. - Valladiurn Life ..... "hcenix - - 185 'rotector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 it. 3s. 'rovidentLife •.•. . . . . 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - tuck Life ............ 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% Loyal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 180 inn Fire ..... • ..... - - - Ditto Life ........• l/. 6s. - - - Universal Life - LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRIZ;ES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. i Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ a. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 166 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 0 160 National Bank Si. i -.er cent. --10 0 0 13% Union Bank of Scotland 7% l. pr cent. - 50 0 0 9034 Western Bank.... •• • . 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 82 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 6% Clydesdale Bank•... • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 127 Eastern Bank.. - 10 0 0 111103 Caledonian Bank • • • • 73¢1. pr cent. - 2 10 0 41. Os Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert. - 5 0 0 61. 15s City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 12% 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 12% Incur. Co. of Scetlnd • . 51. per cent. ;10 0 0 All paid. 9% i°rth Caledonianl British s F h i re ' n ;n ur s u .. r . . Edinburgh Life limn 61. per cunt. 100 0 0 5012 10 0 0 1 % 68 Edin. & Ulan. Railway Ditto, 4 Shares • . 7a. 6d. p. paid. 16% 61041.1.pperr cent. 1200 12 10 ° 0 ° 0 ° 0 ° lo e 0 0 0 0 ° 2 2 8 2 634 % Edin., Leith, Sc. Grantn - 2 5 102 0 100 0 00 0 Al2Ol 0 0 20 1/.los. per . a . . Glasgw& Ayrshir Rail. 71. percent. 50 0 0 All paid. 61 34 l lsag,, 8, o.kir sg7&6lreeric k k lit. 8 21..1. p percent.rn n cent. 2 t. 25 25 5 .A. 00 0 00 , 0 All.. 11 11 pp p a s i l dd d .. . 33 1 8 5 734 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per per .standard LifeAsawrnce.i St. per cent. 150 0 0 1 2 10 0 9 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. East London.. • • •• • • 81. 100 0 0 197 Grand Junction .. • • 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 90 31. 100 0 0 Vauxhall 100 0 0 West Middlesex . . • Si. 10s.pr cnt. 63 12 9 120 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. X s. d. Commercial ••••• • .• • 3/. per cent. Stock. East and West India..., 6/. pr cent. Stock. 132 East Country andon I 5/. pr cent. Stock. 104 St. Katharine • • .. Southampton •••• • • • • 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 0 25 Cturb lißiltztott RAILWAY COMMITTEES, (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP HI. This Committee (the only group sitting to-day) met his morning at eleven o'clock. LONDON AND BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST (LONDON-BRIDGE STATION EN LARGEMENT AND ARRANGEMENT). The evidence of the treasurer and several of the medical officers of St. Thomas's Hospital was proceeded with this morning, and occupied the Committee the greater portion of the day. The evidence went to show that the alterations proposed by the Bill would greatly injure St. Thomas's Hospital, and totally prevent that institution from expending its surplus funds in the ex tension of its usefulness. It appeared, from the examina tion of the treasurer, that the present income of the hospital was upwards of 28,0001. a-ye ir, that it was daily increasing, and that the accommodation that could be afforded in the hospital was not anything like equal to the demands upon it. After hearing some further evidence, The Committee decided that the preambles of both Bills were proved. The clauses of the Bills were then arranged, and, with some amendments, were agreed to. BRISTOL SUGAR. MARKET, JUNE 4.—A stPe.dy business is doing here in raw sugars, ant prices are not lower this week. The offices continue to be freely sup plied with samples suitable both for grocery and refining purposes. There is a very good demand for refined goods at fully late rates.—Bristol Mercury. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Landon New Price Current of June 4.) Suown..—To-day prices further declined for all sorts of Sugar, as there was a large quantity pressing for sale. For home consumption there was a good demand for West India Muscovado of all sorts, in consequence of further reduced rates being taken, and making the fall for the week is to is 6d per cwt. A public sale of 446 hhds .5 trcs of Bar badoes went off with dullness at a similar reduction. FOREIGN.—There has been only one parcel of Foreign Sur r offered at public sale this week, which consisted of 3,924 bags China, the whole of which was taken in. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was operated in with caution by the home trade, and a further decline in prices took place. Bonded Crushed Sugar is only in limited re quest. EAST Nnuk.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar offered at public sale amounted to the large quantity of 7,978 bags; there was little desire evinced to operate, and a part only sold at a fall on former rates of Is, making the decline for the week 2s per cwt. COTFEL—To-dav there was little desire shown to operate in Plantation Ceyfon Coffee, and 596 bags at public sale went at a reduction on former rates of 2s to 3s per cwt. The value of Native is 37s to 37s 6d for good ordinary sound clean, but there are few buyers. TEL—Congou has been purchased with more freedom ; but holders have been compelled to accept previous low rates for all sorts, as there is a large supply. A fair quantity, however, has been disposed of. For Pouchong there are very few buyers, and it can be obtained upon low terms. Souchong can be had at rather lower prices, but there are few buyers to be met with. The amount of business transacted in Green bas been trifling, notwithstanding the low rates current. There is yet a plentiful supply, especially of the low and middling sorts. THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL.—A meeting of the committee was held this morning (Tuesday) in the Town Hall, King-street, for the purpose of considering the pro priety of closing the subscription lists, and of making the requisite arrangements for the collection of the sums which may be outstanding. W. B. Watkins, Esq., chairman of the committee, presided, and the meeting was also attended by George Wilson, Esq., W. R. Callender, Esq., R. Nicholson, Esq., Edmund Potter, Esq., C. J. S. Walker, Esq., B. Syd dell, Esq., Henry Rawson, Esq., John Brooks, Esq , Hunter, Esq., and Mr. 'I heophilus Pattison, th e secretary of the committee. Mr. Wilson (as one of the treasurers) made a report of the present state of the fund, from which it ap peared that the total sum paid in Manchester and London, amounted to 65.288/. 13s. Bd. ; and the subscriptions printed, but as yet unpaid, amounted to 15,1951., making the total 80,483/. 13s. Bd. Mr. Wilson also reported that the expen diture in Manchester, which really included the whole king ttcsoellectingthe out standing om , except London, unless a m amounted uch to longer 2,6 001 t ., i m a e n d thancoul d wasnot exceed 3,6001, y cal t l l e ie nd m er, an an a expressed them selves i n s seconded o com mittee.ie(lhighly gratified at the report, and at the ss e t z n ec ud ! i t n e g d suslbloscurlidptilo)nes exiptetre.decdommini by Mr. C. J. S. Walker, " that it appears to this committee that the time has arrived when the Cobden Testimonial abiiity Itlntdwaer thennom y mo d v i e s d pl b ay y ed ir b . isFeunardasthouldbecohloesseide.r papr." e The committee shortly afterwards p ed._man GROUP VIII. The Committee on this group met this morning at twelve o'clock, in Room 8; Mr. Young in the chair. The Bills comprised in the groun are— The Liskeard and Launceston Branch. Sutton Harbour Improvement Company (Power to the Lon don and South-Western Railway Company to subscnbe thereto). Taw Vale (Deviations). Taw Vale (Railway and Dock). Saab Devon ( Extension and Amendment). Cornwall and l)evon Central and Plymouth. This last Bill was struck out this morning by the Standing Orders Committee; and the Taw Vale (Deviations), being unopposed, was referred to Mr. Greene. A considerable part of the sitting was occupied in ar ranging the preliminary proceedings. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. GROUP X. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group met for the first time this morning, in Room 16. EASTERN UNION (MANNINGTREE TO HARWICH). The case for the promoters of this Bill was the first gone into. A number of local witnesses were examined, and the Committee adjourned.: GROUP XIV. This Committee (Colonel Rolleston, chairman) met for the first time in Room N 0.27, and proceeded to take the LYNN AND ELY, AND ELY AND HUNTING DON, AND LYNN AND DEREHAIVI AMAL GAMATION. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM opened the case for the pro moters, and then proceeded to call evidence. The Committee afterwards adjourned. XVI. The Committee on this group re-assembled this morning at the usual hour, in Room ii; Sir J. East in the chair. MIDLAND (ZXTENSION FROM ATEA& LEI- As the report of the C omm i ss i oners --- CESTER TO lIITCHIN, 6 ,43 . line had not yet been re ce i ve d , t h e t i m e of the Committee was occupied to-day in cons id er i ng t h e clauses of the Bill, which, with some additi ons an d a l tera ti o ns, were agreed to. The Committee then adjourned. of Railways on this GROUP XXX. The Committee met this morning, at one o'clock, in Room 13, for the first time; Mr. Corry, chairman. The Bills comprised in this group are the — Great Northern (Sale of Axholme Extension). Great Northern (Deviation between Grantham and lork). York and North Midland (East Riding Canal Purchase). York and North Midland ( Knottingsley Branch). York and North Midland (Hull Station and Branches). the rr Y he ork Yo Axliohne (From Leeds and Selby Railway),. &C. and the Hull Stations and Branches, being unopposed Bills, and rk North nNorth Midland ( Midland Ens t Al...gttcinagnlaelypil3rrcahn4h63: were referred to Mr. Greene. The Committee, aft er ar r anging the preliminary proceed ings with regard to other Bills, adjourned till Monday, at one o'clock. GROUP XXXII. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LIN COLNSHIRE (BRANCA TO CHAPEL TOWN, &c.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) After some further evidence had been heard in favour of the branch to Chapeltown, in order to accommodate the agricultural and mineral traffic of the district, the Committee adjourned till Atonelay, at twelve o'clock. GROUP XXXIV. MANCHESTER., SHEFFIELD, and LINCOLN- S iiIRE (ASHTON CANAL PURCHASE). Mr. Cross addressed the Committee on behalf of the oppo nents of the Bill (certain coal-owners), contending that the proposed measure was injurious to their interests. Evidence was then given on the subject. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXVII. The Committee met this morning at twelve. LEEDS AND THIRSZL (HARROGATE AND PATELEY BRANCH, AND EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE AMALGAMATION). The Committee decided that the preamble of this Bill was proved, and the clause were agreed to. LEEDS AND THIRSK (BRANCH PROM ATELIVIERDY TO NORTHALLERTON &c.) The Committee also decided that the preamble of this BR was proved, and the various clauses of the Bills were passed.l Tonal, AND NORTH MIDLAND (HARRO— GATE !RANCH, DOROUGIEBRinGE AND KNAREBDOROUGH EXTENSIO ay.) The preamble of this Bill was also declared to be proved, and a special report agreed to be made by the House with respect to several clauses of the Bill. This closed the labours of the Committee. GROUP XLV. EDINIUTTLGEr AND PERTH . (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. David Laudale corroborated the evidence of the pre vious wi►ness. The Earl ‘,f Zetland had a small estate in the neighbour hood of Knorris. He preferred the Edinburgh and Perth to the Edinburgh and Northern line. He thought that the passengers to the north would go by it in preference to the latter. Mr. Henry Caddell also gave evidence in favour of the line, because it would afford great accommodation to the mineral districts, which were at present unsupplied with the means of reaching the markets. Mr. Adam Begg, lessee of the Lannfinnan Coal-pits, gave general mineral evidence corroborative of the first and se• cond witnesses. The coals from his pits, which sold at 6s. per ton on "the hill," when carted to Perth, a distance of 24 miles, were sold at 17s. In the course of last winter the price had increased to 245. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XLVI. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Sotheron in the chair. NORI'll BRITISH (No. x). The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble of this Bill proved for the Haddington and the Kelso branches and the Kelso and Hawick deviations only. CALEDONIAN (EDINBURGH STATION and BRANCHES TO GHA.NTON AND TO THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW). Evidence in favour of this Bill was continued, and Mr. M'Dougal, Mr. Dundas, and others were called and ex amined. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. Haymaking has commenced in this neighbourhood, several fields of grass having been cut during the past week. In some few instances the crop, which is good, has been se cured.—Welts Independent. UNOPPOSED BILLS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The following unopposed Bills were examined before Mr. G- -4.9 e arid passed : Lytnim Improvement. Limerick Docks and Harbour. Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Railway Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway (Ossett Branch, &c.) Kilmarnock Police and Improvement. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. Yesterday a meeting of the company was held in Man cheater, Mr. Henry Houldsworth in the chair. He opened the proceedings by some remarks on the effect railway calls had on the monetary condition of the country, and on Mr. Strutt's Railway Bill. The Man chester and Leeds Company, he stated, had no difficulty in raising money in the present crisis. The sum of 130,0001. was due from the East Lancashire Company, and 100,000/. would be received shortly in deposits from the Accountant. General. The company also intended to raise loans which, in the aggregate, would amount to more than 800,0001.; and with these loans, the calls they should make on the different classes of stock, which would be light, they would be able to meet the expendi ture they deemed it right and prudent to incur. In making these demands upon the proprietors and the money market, the company intended only proceeding with the works already in progress and those conve niences necessary for developing traffic. The lines granted last session, amounting to 61 miles, could only be proceeded with one-third their extent, comprising the moreimportant part of the West Riding scheme; and they had already such a large amount of funds from holders of that stock in hand that no further call would be necessary this year. Mr. Houldsworth added, that he did not agree in the opinion that railway expenditure was in terfering with the capital of the country, so as to prevent the manufacture of goods for export, and therefore de ranging the business of the country. He thought the amount of money being absorbed in constructing rail ways much less than was generally supposed. If it were supposed that 400,000 labourers were employed on lines at present (an outside calculation, perhaps), and they received 14 per week each, the amount would be 20,000,000 L a year ; but those labourers might fairly be assumed to have been in a condition of life enabling them, on an average, to earn 10s. per week, and thus the extra expenditure was only 10s. per week, or 10,000,0001. per year ; and this did not appear to him a large surplus call on the capital of the country. Mr. Houldsworth afterwards referred to Mr. Strutt's Bill, now before Par liament, and its principle of interference with the em ployment of railway capital, and denounced it as an unjust and arbitrary interference, which, if allowed, would take away the advantage which private capitalists had over Government management, and which was the only inducement to them to employ their money in such enterprises. He concluded by moving a series of reso lutions authorising the company to raise loans under the Liverpool and Bury Acts, to the amount of 404,0001. ; under the Huddersfield Acts, to the amount of 177,000 L; under the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Act, to the amount of 219,0001. The resolutions were carried unanimously. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: aleck ending Last week. '4 44 8.”,, , t , %.- u. NAME OF RAILWAY. May 30 June 1 Muy 30 Amiens and Boulogne .•• •• •• •• Arbroath and Forfar •• •••• •• •• Chester and Birkenhead •••••• • - • • • • Dublin and .............Drogheda•• Dublin and Kingstown • ..... • • • . • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . -• • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern• . East Lancashire .............. • • • • • • Eastern Union.. • • • . • . • • • •...• • • • • • • 993 1,391 401 3,654 12,040 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock • • • • • •• • • • • • 616 2,708 1,263 Gravesend and Rochester •• •• .. •• Great Southern and Western . • ...... Great Western,&c.. • • Ipswich and Bury .!.!.•• •• •• •• •• • • •• 1,357 21,354 Lancaster and Carlisle .. • • • • . • .. . • .. London and North Western, &c... • - • London and Blackwall•... • ....• London and Brighton London and South Western . ........ Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle • . . • • • • • • • • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham • • Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle, Berwick, and 'forth Shields North British .. • • • • 512 1,576 47,245 1,578 10,240 9,652 10,314 3,185 '632 23.920 2,312 730 1,633 948 2,148 1,940 8,067 Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • • Preston and NV),e•• •• •• •• •• Rouen and Haire .. • • • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester •• •• •• •• •• •• South Eastern and Branches ..•• •• •. South Devon . ... . .............. Taff Vale • • • • • • • • • • June 1 May 29 Ulster . • • • • • • • • Whltehaven Junction ........... York and Newcastle . ........ York and North Midland . .......... 2,980 497 10,386 1,255 1,607 284 8,413 6,430 384 3,4 lb 9,411 2,303 1,094 20,927 40,833 1,339 6,653 9,639 8,454 1,941 637 16,703 2,200 514 1,475 6,297 809 7,880 1,381 579 6,506 5,564 PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceeding of the Rouse of Commons.) FRIDAY, JUNE 4. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee :- 1. That in the case of the Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth Railway petition, the standing orders ought_not to be dispensed with. 2. That in the case of the Bingley Improvement petition, for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce their additional provision, if the Committee en the Bill shall so think fit, with the exception of that part which gives them any powers for the recovery of water-rates than those conferred by the Waterworks Clauses Act 1847 ; and that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such order has been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 3. That in the case of the London-bridge Railway Termini petition, for additional provision, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. Second resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. MEDALS FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY, [For the notice, dated " Admiralty," in the Gazette of the Ist of June, 1847, page 2,044, the following is substituted] : ADMIRALTY, JUNE 1. Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to com mand that a medal should be struck to record the services of her fleets and armies during the wars commencing in 1793 and ending in 1815, and that one should be con ferred on every officer, non- commissioned officer, petty officer, soldier, seaman, and marine, who was present in any action, naval or military, to commemorate which medals have been struck by command of her Majesty's royal predecessors, and distributed to superior officers, according to the rules of the service at that time in force; All officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines, who consider that they are entitled to receive this mark of their Sovereign's gracious recollection of their services, and of her desire to record the same, are to send in writing the statement of their claims, uldressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, London, specify ing for what action, and at what period of time, the claim is preferred, and the names of the persons or the titles of the documents by which it can be established. A board of officers will be appointed to take into con sideration the facts stated in these applications, and to report upon the same to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, for the information of her Majesty, so as to enable those commanded by her Majesty to deliver to the claimants the medals accordingly. The names of all those who may apply for the naval medal will be classed alphabetically, and to each name will be appended the actions at which the claimant may have been present, proof of which must be given to the entire satisfaction of the board. The occasions for which medals have been granted by the Sovereign are specified below, for general informa tion and guidance. By command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, H. G. WARD. Gold Medals (to Flag-officers and Captains) were issued by the Admiralty for the actions undermentioned:— Lord Howe's action, of the Ist of June, 1794. Lord St. Vincent's action, off Cape St. Vincent, the 14th of February, 1797. Lord Duncan's battle off Camperdown, on the 11th of Oc tober, 1797. Lord Nelson's battle of the Nile, the Ist of August, 1798. Captain Sir Edward Hamilton, her Majesty's ship Sur prise, recapture of the Hermione, the 25th of October, 1799. Lord Nelson's battle of Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1605. Sir Richard Strachan's action, the 4th of November, 1805. Sir John Duckworth's action, off St. Domingo, the 6th of February, 1806. Captain Brisbane, his Majesty's ship Arethusa, with his Majesty's ships Anson, Fisguard, and Latona, capture of the island of Curagoa, the Ist of January, )807. Captain Michael Seymour, his Majesty's ship Amethyst, capture of the Thetis, the 10th of November, 1808. Captain Stewart, his Majesty's ship Seahorse, capture of the Beere Zaffer, the 6th of July, 1808. Captain Mounsey, his Majesty's sloop Bonne Citoyenne, capture of the Farieuse, the 6th of July, 1809. Captain William Hoste, his Majesty's ship Amphion, with his Majesty's ships Cerberus, Active, and Volage, action off Lissa, the 13th of March, 1811. Captain Christopher Cole, his Majesty's ship Caroline, capture of the Banda Neira, the 9th of August, 1810. Captain Talbot, his Majesty's ship Victorious, capture of the Rivoli, the 22d of February, 1812. Captain Broke, his Majesty's ship Shannon, capture of the Chesapeake, the Ist of June, 1813. Captain E. Palmer, his Majesty's ship Hebrus, capture of L'Etoile, the 27th of March, 1814. Captain H. Hope, his Majesty's ship Endymion, action with the President, the 15th of January, 1815. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—Since our last notice of the condition of this noble ship, another spring tide had gone off, but it was so low a one that nothing beyond digging trenches to lower the water, ani breaking up the faggots was attempted. Timber, however, has been during all the last week coming to the sea-side from Downpatrick, and large sheaves and pumps, and other iron work, from Belfast. Sawyers are at work, and a good deal of activity prevails in preparing some dozens of balks of timber apparently for taking the sheaves; and framing is rapidly being put to gether for several large cases or boxes, which it is said are to be used in weighing the steamer up, and it would appear in floating her also afterwards, as they are being made water tight. Mr. Bremmer and Mr. Pattison, the builder of the ship, have been for some days on board with Captain Clax ton, but they both left on Aionday. It is said on board that the bottom of the Great Britain will be looked at before she is floated off. Lord Roden visited the ship on Monday morning as early as seven o'clock, and a great many cars and carriages, conveying the curious, daily attend.—N ewry Telegraph. TOE REV. DR. CHALMERS.—We learn that the death of this great and good man was occasioned, not, as at first supposed, by apoplexy, but by disease of the heart.— Witness. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. TAMWORTH. A third candidate is nut in the person of the Riaht !lon. William Yites Peel, the brother of Sir 11-bett, Mr. W. Peel is under,tood to offer himself on the Pro tyctionist interest. He will be recollected as formerly a Lord of the Treasury, and Member for the University of Cambridge. The following is a copy of Mr. William's address : " Gentlemen,— In expectation of an early dissolution of the present Parliament, I beg to announce my in tention of becoming a candidate for your suffrages at the ensuing general election. " Fifteen years of, I hope I may say, faithful and zealous service on my part as one of your representa tives, and the deep interest I have, whether in or out of Parliament, ever taken in the prosperity of the borough of Tamworth, and in the welfare and happiness of its inhabitants, are the claims upon which I rely for the re newal of that confidence which you so kindly reposed in me in four former elections. " If returned to Parliament, the height of my am bition will be to entitle myself to your approbation, by supporting, to the best of my ability, those measures which will, in my judgment, be most conducive to the public good (come those measures from what party they may), and be assured that your local interests will meet with the unceasing care and attention of, " Gentlemen, " Your very obliged and obedient servant, "June 2. " W. Y. PEEL" The opposition is understood to be directed against Captain A'Court; against Sir Robert, in consequence of his great influence, as chief proprietor of the borough, it would be altogether futile. The on dit is that Mr. Pye and the Protectionists of the neighbourhaod are at the bottom of the movement, and that rendering the popularity of Mr. William Peel and Lady Jane available, they are determined to give Sir Robert some annoyance. LEEDS. A slight stir, preparatory to the coming general election, has been made in Leeds. The Conservative party are apparently inactive, but it is expected that they will bring forward the present representative, Mr. W. Beckett, who is sure to be elected if he will allow himself to be nominated, which it is confidently stated he will. The more truly liberal of the reform patty will probably give their suffrages to Mr. Aldam, the present colleague of Mr. Beckett, provided he offers himself for re-election. The Anti-State Education party have in duced Mr. Joseph Sturge, of Birmingham, to come and feel his way with the electors and non-electors. On Thursday Mr. Sturge was met by about 400 of the elec tors, out of a constituency of upwards of 6,000, at a meeting at the Music-hall. After some discussion, it was agreed that a committee should be formed to get up a requisition to Mr. Sturge, who announced that he would address the non-electors on Monday next. Though Mr. E. Baines, jun., sup ported Mr Sturge, he said that he did not agree with all that he (Mr. Sturge) had said. HUDDERSFIELD. An attempt has been made by the Anti-State Edu cation section of the electors of this borough to get a candidate of their " own kidney," and they have talked of soliciting the chairman of the Anti Corn-law League (Mr. George Wilson), to come forward, but their efforts are likely to prove futile. Mr. W. R. C. Stansfield, the present Me mber , in all probability will b e e l ecte d with out oppo si t ion. GREENOCK. We mentioned in our last that the requisition in fa vour of Lord John Hay had not been responded to, and that consequently Mr. Dunlop was then the only candi date in the field. The committee appointed by the meet ing of Lord J. Hay's requisitionists lost no time in put ting themselves in communication with Lord Melgund, and received from him an assurance that if the constitu ency expressed a wish for his services, he was willing to offer himself for their suffrages.—Greenock Advertiser, Tuesday. NORTH DURHAM. The Hon. H. T. Liddell, M.P., has issued an address to the electors of the Northern Division of the county of Durham, in which, after referring to recent acts of the Legislature, and his course of action in reference thereto, he says that nothing but his indisposition to sa crifice the navigation-laws would induce him to come for waad. Mr. Shaftoe and Colonel Beckwith have not yet com menced a canvass, and it is thought probable that the latter gentleman will not stand a poll. SOUTH DURHAM. Mr. Farrer has issued an address to the electors of the Southern Division of this county, offering himself as a candidate in the room of Mr. Bowes, who retires. Lord Harry Vane has not yet signified his intentions, and ru mours are afloat that he also intends to resign in favour of his brother, Lord William Powlett, who is a Protec tionist. The Duke of Cleveland is understood to have either suggested or sanctioned this arrangement. NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND. Lord Lovaine and Lurd Ossuiston have completed their canvass of the Northern Division, and have issued ad dresses thanking the electors for the promises of support they have received. They speak with the utmost confi deuce as to the issue of the contest. NEWCASTLE- UPON- TYNE. The Liberal party in this borough have, it is said, in duced Mr. Watson, Member for Kinsale,to offer himself as a candidate at the ensuing general election, in opposi tion to Mr. Hodgson Hinde ; and his address, it is ex pected, will be published in a tew days. Mr. Ord, the present Member, will also stand, so that there is every probability of a severe contest. KINGS TON-UPON-HULL. Since our last a candidate has announced himself for the representation of this borough, in the person of Mr. James Clay, who was unsuccessful at the election in 1841. This gentleman has published an address, in which he protesses Liberal principles, and recapitulates the main points of that political creed. We are not aware that any committee has yet been formed in his behalf, or that any active canvass has been instituted to secure his return. We hear no definite mention of his intended colleague ; the only rumour on the subject being that, at a meeting of Conservatives on Monday, it was sug gested that application should be made to Sir James Graham to allow himself to be put in nomination for this borough, which he represented at the outset of his career. We learn that a communication has been opened with the Right Hon. Baronet to this effect ; but the re sult, if such a course be in agitation, has not transpired. —Eastern Counties Herald of Thursday. BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE. The Liberal electors have resolved to bring forward as candidates at the approaching election Mr. James Pilking ton and Mr. William Hargreaves. Both of these gentlemen are magistrates for the county, and besides their extensive local influence are highly esteemed by the public generally, which, combined with the series of gains the Liberals have made upon the register of late years, renders their return almost a matter of certainty. Mr. John Hornby, M.P., will again offer himself. It is understood that the Conservatives have not succeeded in obtaining another candidate willing to hazard the ex pense of a contest. Mr. Hornby was returned in 1842 by a majority of one. SOUTH ESSEX. Mr. George Palmer resigns his seat on the ground of his advanced age preventing him from regular attendance in the House. Mr. W. Bowyer Smith, of Hill-hall, offers himself as Mr. Palmer's successor, in the same interest. GREENWICH. Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas and Mr. E. G. Bar nard will ag ain __ solicit the honour of representing this borough. No opposition is expected. STROUD. Mr. M. Merewether Turner, of Woodcote, Carshalton, Surrey, has issued an address soliciting the suffrages of the electors of this borough on Liberal principles. The Hon. Gentleman opposes the Government plan of edu tion, supports a repeal of the malt•tax, an amendment of the poor-law, and vote by ballot. The Hon. Gentle man, however, explicitly declares that he will not con• test the borough against two Liberal candidates. The present Members are Messrs. a Powlett Scrope and W. H. Staunton. It is rumoured that the Conservatives will bring forward a candidate. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S REPLY TO THE BIR MINGHAM REQUISITION. The requisition to Sir Robert Peel, which was put in circulation last week, has been withdrawn, at the express request of the Right Honourable Baronet. During the time that the canvass was allowed to proceed the sheets were signed by upwards of 600 persons of all shades of politics, but no estimate can be formed of the probable results of a general canvass. The attention of Sir Robert was called to the fact of the proposed honour by one of the parties with whom the proposition originated. The following is a copy of the letter to the Right Hon. Baronet, and appeialed to it is the letter which has led. to the withdrawal of the r, quisition : ‘‘ TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR R. PEEL, B tRT. " Sir,—As one of the originators of the enclosed re quisition, I enclose a copy of it to you direct, and which I am glad is now in course of signature throughout the borough. " I am Sir, respectfully, your most obedient servant, "J. ATKINSON." SIR ROBERT PEEL'S REPLY. '• Whitehall, May 26, 1847. -•- • . • an w h ‘ i ' e S h i r a , e — ee l m t p h e a e n i k e, y l - ) o . u o u f r or l e t t h te e r t e r r y s e n: t i e s s r l d o a n y. o f the papa . "I feel it incumbent on me to take the earliest opim% tunity of informing you, that highly as I must value thee favourable opinion of the constituent body and inha.. bitants of Birmingham, it would be wh o lly out o f my power to accede to a requisition that I would be a can didate for the representation of the borough in Par liament. 411 " I must, therefore, express an earnest wish that no further proceedings may be taken in this matter. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " ROBERT PEEL. ~ J. Atkinson, Esq., Ravenhurst-street, Birmingham."' SALISBURY.--A numerously attended meeting of the-' electors was held in this city on Wednesday, at which. Mr. C. B. Wall was present, and addressed the assembly at considerable length, concluding with the announce ment that he should immediately commence a vigorous; canvass. Resolutions pledging the parties present to ; use every exertion to secure the return of Mr. Wall t.) Parliament, were unanimously adopted by the meetint,7 . . NORTEIAMPTONSHIRE.—Mr. Maunsell has announce:2 his intention of not again offering himself for the north division of this county. It is arranged that Mr. Verao? ; Smith shall offer himself in his stead, on liberal s pL e inck pies; and an effort is making to get Mr. Jones y the banker, who is owner of large estates in theneigh -1 bourhood of Fotheringhay, to allow himself to be nomi- • nated in conjunction with Mr. Smith. . . PaTEßsoaouGH..—The Hon. Mr. Fitzwill i am and Mr . ~' 10 t:".• •Itr * Cavendish (son of the Hon. Compton Cavia4.4l:4* ,, t f f be retu rne d w i t h out oppos i t i on. Sir Robert Her has repre s e nte d t h e p l ace a quarter of a cent l imil i ga , • tr ' - wc - T o ~14, 4%., 4 draws at his own p ar ti cu l rr d es i re. DUDLEY.—it app-ars t,, be well uLderstood as a set tled matter, that Mr. Bei.bow, M.P., will walk the course at the next election.—Birmingham Advertiser. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlN—The Government introduced a Railway Bill in the beginning of the session of such a nature, that the railway directors who could be assembled in town imme diately met, and had various interviews with Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Com missioners of Railways. That Bill was withdrawn; but another has been introduced, which stands for second leading on Monday, the 7th inst., and which is not l es s objectionable in principle and in detail than the first. In connexion with a large body of railway directors and proprietors, we have well considered the provisions of this second Bill. In our view they tend so seriously to endanger the security and to depreciate the value of railway property, while at the same time they so inter fere with that freedom of action, which is indispensable to the efficient management of railways, that we feel it to be our duty to invite you to assist us in opposing it effectually, and to urge your representatives in th e House of Commons to attend there on Monday next, and to protect the great interests at stake in that Bill. We are, Sir, your very obedient servants, GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of Midland, of Eastern Counties, &c., Rail way Companies. GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman of London and North-Western Railway Company. CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman of Great Western Railway Company. EDMUND DENISON, Chairman of Great Northern Railway Company. J. J. HOPE JOHNSTONE, Chairman of Caledonian R.iiway- Company. JAMES MACGREGOR, Chairman of South-Eastern Railway Company. HENRY UOULDS WORTH, Chairman of Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. W. J. CHAPLIN, Chairman of London and South-Western Railway Company. 25, Parliament-street, Westminster, 4th June, 1847. THE POTATO CROPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Szn,—l take the liberty of laying before you a few facts regarding the potato crops in this part of the country : _ _ Thi; morning a practical farmer in tic upper lands of Renfrewshire, who suffered severely from the potato disease of last season, told me that he had planted this season an acre and a halt, and in atl his exp rience as a farmer he had nn ver seen the p-tato look so well, so healthy, and so vigorous as it does this season. Several farmers in this neighbourhood all concur in testifying that their prospects never were more cheering, and the beautiail weather that has now set in gives their fields a healthy and fresh appearance that little was ex pected three weeks ago. I may also state that the gardens are looking remark ably well; a very large crop of apples, pears, and berries are calculated upon, as well as all kinds of garden produce. I have no interest whatever in giving you a good or a bad report regarding the potato, only in so far as I have suffered in my business from the failure in the crops, and it is pleasing indeed to have to state, that in Renfrew shire, up to this date, not the slightest symptom of the potato disease has made its appearance, so far as I have heard.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. P.S.—lt was in Renfrewshire last year where the potato rot first made its appearance, and a shrewd man in the grain trade instantly set off for Ireland, bought up grain largely at a low figure, and realised a large fortune; his brother, in the same trade, i s b u ildi ng a coach ouse, and in a few weeks his wife and family will roll in their carriage. Shame for Paisley! the grain trade has enriched a Paisley body. Paisley, 2d June, 1847. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Swedish frigate Eu genie, 50, and brig Nordenskald, 14, arrived at Spithead late last evening trona Gibraltar, third son of the King of Sweden, on board. We have given the particulars of Fis Royal Highness's arrival, reception, and departure fur London el)ewhere. The Birkenhead steam-frigate, Capt&n Ingram, left this afternoon for Ireland with Indian meal. The Growler steam• sloop, Commander Potbury, ar rived this morning from Woolwich. The Seaflower cutter, Commander Dumaresque, ar rived last evening from Jersey. She got ashore on Southsea-beach, but sustained no damage. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, disembarked her troops—the 2,1 battalion of the 60th (Rifles)Regiment —this day. They are ordered to Chichester. The Vengeance has been absent from Portsmouth five months, during which time she has conveyed and removed the following troops, viz :—The 2d battalion of the 36th, Lieutenant-Colonel Trollope, consisting of 591 men and officers 45 women, and 52 children, from Portsmouth to Corfu; the Ist battalion of the 97th, consisting of 556 men and officers, 49 women, and 91 children, from Corfu to Malta; the Ist battalion of the 42d Highlanders, Colonel Cameron, 544 men and officers, 31 women and 54 children, from Malta to Bermuda; the Ist battalion of the 20th, consisting of 350 men and officers, 36 wo men, and 60 children, from Bermuda to Halifax, whence she brought the 2d battalion, consisting of 48:S men, 50 women, 74 children, of the 60th Rifles. The 'Vengeance left Halifax on the 12th of May; on the day prior the Resistance troop•slnp, Commander G. Lowt, arrived with the 2d battalion of the 20th. The VinClictive, 50, Captain M. Seymour, flag of Vice-Admiral Sir F. W. Austen,Bart.,Commandt.r-in- Chief on the stati on, and the Resistance trooper were at Bermuda when, the Ven geance sailed thence. She has brought home as pas sengers, besides the 60th, Colon , 1 Hutchinson, of the Ist battalion of the 20th, lady and four children; Lieute nant Cochrane, R.N., from the Endymion, and several invalids. The Endymion, 46, Captain Courtenay, was at Halifax, fitting out with all haste to rejoin the Ad miral at Bermuda when the Vengeance left. She was towed into harbour this afternoon by the Tartarus steam-sloop. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (Ijosl OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ROYALYACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. May 29. Syren yawl, John Davenport, Esq., from Torquay; Maid of the Mist cutter, Henry Studdy, Esq., from Torquay. 31. Talisman', cutter, Robert Meiklam, Esq., from Cowes harbour; Julia schooner, L. B. Mackinnon, Esq., from the westward ; Osprey cutter, John Petre, Esq., from Portmouth. June 1. Witch cutter, Henry Oglander, Esq., from Kings town. 3. Antelope cutter, T. D. P. Astley, Esq., from Hyde. SAILIN GS. May 29. Gauntlet cutter, W. Peareth, Esq., for Brighton. 'YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Cutters—Noran, Turquoise, Lark, N3-mpn, Maid of the Mist, Talisman, Witch, Syren, and Antelope. Schooners—Maud, and Julia. FRENCH PLAY B.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lady Jocelyn, Lady Caroline Cocks, Lord Camoys, Lord Alfred Paget, and Captain Gordon, honoured the French Plays with their presence last evening. His Im perial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, at tended by a very numerous suite, also honoured the per formance with his presence. Their Serene Highnesses the honoured d re ll d Duke and theatre Duch ess with their of Saxe rese Weimarar and suite also DARING ROBBERIES. - Yesterday the police pre ceived information of the following robberies:—On the 2d rust., from the shop window of Mr. Jeffries, 132, St. John street, Smithfield, three dozen of silver spectacles, all marked "J. J.," a chased gold eyeAkass, and one dozen silver mounted ditto. May 31, from 44, Park street, Camden -town, a silver gravy-spoon, four silver table-spoons, eleven silver dessert spoons, five silver teaspoons, a silve r fi s h- s li ce, s i x silver forks, two silver saltcellars, two knife -rests, two pepper caster tops, a silver teapot and stand ; all the above marked W. E. L." and a quantity of plated articles. On the 2d instant the clerk at the St. Alban's Hotel, Charles-street, St. James's, absconded, stealing live sovereigns and a cheque for 10/. THE POTATO —Last evening the members of the Botanical Society of London renew e d th e i r di scuss i on upon this important and interesting subject, Mr. Reynold ' the treasurer, in the chair. Mr. Rogers, (if Dublin, mid a paper, in which he stated his fiim belie, and contended that it had been proved by the highest authorities, that the quantity of nutrition, taking the term in its general sense, to be . ob tamed from 1001hz4. weight of the dry matter of potato. i s in in 1001bs. weight, taken from the d y matter of wheat. Dr. Avres, Dr. Cook, and Dr. 8089e.y d 1 Vlltd Mr. Rogers's every way equal, if not superior, to the quantity of nutrition theory, and inquired whether he believed that the analyses he had quoted in sup:iort of his statement were taken from the whole dry matter of the potato, I. e., the potato simply dried, or from the dry miter of the potato after it h a d under gone the processes of washing at;d dr . ) ing necessary to reduce it to flwir. Mr. Rogers replied that the analyses c‘ ss t e h s at ' tle . g 'i reater . part had been taken tr , iii the whole thy inauer of th e "e n 'te to con vert i q bad in t 0 been fiour . D subjectedr. Ayres t o the obs e p r r N o: e c a i*Per e t r of the protean compound's contained in the potato consisted of albumen, which is a soluble subl T and, consequently, the washing of the potato, in p s : •'-'g the flour, would destroy a great deal of that - l. - rel: '. ' su . ist d a, - ie,, and this fact—as he did not believe the analyse- t h l y Mr. Rogers were taken . from the whole dry inat s te ci r uo Ot e undergone the process ,f washing—this le .hi potat o tact, he after having sufficiently disproved Mr. It ' ' o:er g s's 'theorY. e He contended, thou Mr. Rogers was mistaken with 'regard to 01; analyses he thought given in his paper, but he (Dr. Ayres) would' take care, by the next meeting, to inform himself as to the correct ness of that statement. The discussion then ceased. ACCIDENTS ON THE RIVER.— Yesterday afternoon two gentlemen, intent on pleasure, took boat at Chelsea and proceeded thence to Putney ; but on reaching the bridge, the surf raised by a stiff nor'-wester filled their boat, which sank instantly, and they were with difficulty rescued from a watery grave by the prompt exertions of Freeman and Phelps, watermen, of Fulham. At the same time, between Putney and Hammersmith bridges, 31r. Fielden, of th e Gualds' Club, adventured his person in a light outrigger scullers' boat; but, after rowing a mile, was o bli ge d to suc fohriait.boaTthberllem was g, and M r. Fi e l den b e i ng more of the ludicrous c e l o i m m p h e t ll o ed th t e o w s :;s , than the terrible in this accident, as, f rom hi s powers as a sw immer, it was evident that no fatal consequences were likely to ensue. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES.—Yesterday afternoon a young man named Ambrose residing at No. 15, Vine-street, Waterloo -road, in passing along the starboard gunwale of the Prince of Wales sailing barge, lying in the Thames, off Strand-lane, slipped overboard, and was drowned before the boats that put off to his assistance could reach him. The Royal Humane Society's drags were used for some time, but the body was not recovered. During the cruel and cowardly bombardment of Vera Cruz by the Americans, a shell is.said to have fallen on a church, and to have killed 15 women who were engaged in prayer before the alter.