The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-23 00:00:00

OVER LAND MAIL FROM CALCUTTA. (From the Herald.) We have received by Extraordinary Express, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, our files of papers fr om .Bombay of May 12 ; Calcutta, May 1 ; China, April 25. By far the most important intelligence is fr om the latter place, by which it will be seen that t he British authorities have, in 36 hours, assaulted and taken all the principal forts at the Bogue and in the Canton River, and after destroying the gateway, a nd blowing up the magazines, spiked 827 pieces of ' l4 'nen. Her Majesty's forces were about commenc ing an assault on Canton, when the Chinese Govern ment submitted to all the demands of her Majesty's pl enipotentiary without reserve, just in time to arrest t ne destruction of that city. (From the Bombay Times of May 12.) Soma[ CRY.—The space over which our present °h servations extend is more limited than usual, and quite as uninteresting as for many months past. The ' lo n. Company's steamer Sesostris, which, at the date I t last dispatch, was feared to have been lost in t he hurricane of the 20th ult., has made her appear e; she suffered considerably, and seems to have rgn in great danger, but happily accomplished her voyage. The Buckinghamshire continues to L m ake her way up the coast under jury-masts; we °eve had no returns of losses beyond those formerly en umerated. Tire Mermaid has now been almost Wholly broken up, but a small portion of her cargo ha ving been saved. The Portuguese brig Indiana W as driven ashore near Rutnagherry : her masts were a ll gone, but the hull of the vessel seemed to have abstained little damage. The gale appears to have ! l een singular in its character : it seems to have taken its rise to the east and south of Ootacamund, about !.° deg. N., and 76 deg. E. Here it blew with fury fro m the 13th to the 18th, its violence being most severe about the 15th. It can be traced north and best for the space of about 1,300 miles : it travelled °l'er the ocean from Cochin on the Malabar coast to tkurrachee and Ahmedabad, and thence to Shikarpore La Upper Sinde, in latitude 28 deg. N. by 68 deg. E. At the first-named of these four places it raged on the ! i lt, at the second and third on the 23d, 24th, and at e fou r th on th e 24th. Throughout its course heavy falls of rain accompanied it even where these ar e nearly unknown. The disturbances in the 'clornsoor districts seem for the present to be P e lla Brigadier Dyce has been succeeded i n the command of the troops in the country by rigadier Campbell. There is nothing new Lucknow. The conduct of the Resident, 1, .010n e l Ri c h mon d, i n prom i s i ng th e i r li v es to the 4f lghans who attempted to murder the Prime Mi nter, has been a source of considerable discussion. he promise was given when the life of an individual cir cumstances on it : were it fallen from, the plea of the ir nUnastances under which it was made would as suredly not exempt us from the obloquy of having b roken faith : should it be acted on, two men will be set free who avowedly intended to commit a murder. f° he Seikh tr o phy gun s a r e a bout to be re-cast, to . rlll a triumphal arch or column. A rumour—a gro undless one we hope—prevails that Lord Har d il n ge will quit India on the Ist of January, 1848 a and the Commander-in-Chief are now at Simla. an d Will so continue during the hot season. Profound bquillity continues throughout the Punjaub. fin der Lawrence, following the example, and acting "der the instructions of his namesake at Lahore, is fllUtt* mg in practice the same style of reform on the r o t 4 t itter which has for some time been in progress at ~s ." Capital. Accounts have been called for, so as to ' a rulit an exact estimate to be made of the income 40,1 - expenditure of the Peshawur and Yoesoofzaie 13 -11 4 try. The troops are to have their arrears paid LP to them, an d are no t likely again to be allowed t°lan behind. The tax on the marriage of widows (1 , 4 to b e abolished. Colonel Khan Singh had been e rr ed from the artillery, and the command trans hred to Elahee Buksh. Dest Mahomed continues t ie he operatio ns aga i ns t th e Ghilzi e s ; the troubles of Country seem to be abating, and it is not at pre sent more disturbed than at any time since we first c ame acquainted with it—much less so most as.. li ir € ' 42ll Y than it was when in our possession, when Q td Palmerston assured the men of 'Tiverton that fn Englishman might traverse it from end to end as : a rlessly as he could travel from one end of England Ah t lie other. Cholera has been making sad havoc at tnedabad, the latest victims amongst the European g-rnraunity being Ensign Pitcairn and Miss Darby. Honing David Pollock, Chief Justice of Bombay, is li! in ning to recover from a dangerous attack of e r complaint, which at one time threatened to pro , le fatal to him. He is about to take a voyagev vi China for change of air. There was a grand re ew by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir W. Cotton, of t h e troops constituting the Presidency division, on he evening of the 10th; on the 11th the Governo r, the ieornmander-in•Chief, and a large party o f the of the Presidency, visited the Dhurrunsalla (house J te neption for strangers), erected by Sir Jamsetjee th e ieebhoy a t By cu lla. All testified their delight at 1 1 4 further act of munificence of the princely knight. 11 Akbar steamer, with the London mail of the 7 t h ) 14 April, arrived on the 6th of May—the transit s t /i ng been accom pli s h e d between the Post-office of ei Martin-l e -G ran d an d th a t of Bombay in twenty ght day s twenty-one hours—by much the shortest Jet effected. kTwo atrocious murders have been committed by a th al, ey sailor. On coming hack from sea he went to k a h ouse of a former mistress and was refused per issi°ll to reside with her. He left the house, and h h c)r tly after returni ng f o und another man had taken , n _ a Place. Upon thi s h e s t a bb e d th e m an , who died 41 th e spot ; wounded the woman, who died almost 14 )tnediately afterwards ; injured a third and fourth, ° l) rie of whom lies in a d angerous state in the Jeejee hoy Hospital. The man at once permitted hi mse lf t 0 be made a prisoner. The sum subscribed towards the Irish Relief Fund at liornbay amounts to 9 , 3001 . Upwards of 22 , 0001. have been collected throughout India. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Bi 4 _ e mualtiea by death in the armies of Ind ia re p orted the departure of the mail of I st May: — 5 4 () ,m 2 AY.Ensign Pitcairn, Bth Reg., at Ahmedaba d, 29th April. ts 4 4 "As.—Lieut. Donald Tulloch, 2d European Regi -215 t, at sea on board the Arabia, off the Cape, on the t J an l it , nary. A. ` l ` l GAL.—Lieut. C. R. Aileman, 41st Regiment, at 0 ' 4 3 on 13th April. CALCUTTA. 1 , 6 (Prom the Bengal Hurharu of May 1 .) Th e Political news is of no importance. ksn e re has been but little change since our last in the lia: ee t of commercial affairs. The market for exports havi7 e t n very quiet, the extent of business transacted ~,i _ oeen very moderate. 4 ,"' e nange has had a continued upward tendency. Pre s,re' quotation s f or fir s t c la ss s ix months' bills on London qd. to 2s. Old. he rates of freight mentioned in our last have been fi ned, and as some proportion of the available ton -14,7 tuls been taken up for China, present quotations are ton -14,7 to undergo little reduction, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKET. dttl Li; MAY 12.—We have to report continued ra tt ll e4 3 in o ur i m p or t mar k e t s i nce the departure of the lilt, of the I s t i ns t., an d t ransac ti o ns are now reduced Co Very small compass. t,,-° -- ;; ()T , TON MANUFACTURES.—An inquiry still exists for ip ',.,Jacconets, but it has not produced any improveme nt QX` .lc " and with the termination of the season Nye may d e ::et dint it will cease. There is not the slightest of iß an dfor any other goods, and dealers will take o nl y ( ale - f ete' descriptions when tempted by their extreme Nee:eness. h e sales roported consist of the following goods: — IL A R. A. G rey Jacconets, 40 inch 20 3 00 yards 50 40 1 -sleached, do., 40 inch, 20 yds 3 1 to 3 6 Grey Shirting, 40 inch 38 1,0 00 yards 3,8 00 tto, 45 inch 2-Ileached Shirtings, 36 inch son 40 yards u Grey Madapollams, 33 inch 1 ,000 1 , 2 4 yards lop 4- ' 13 ., do., 36 inch Grey Sheetings, 36 inch 60 320 yards sDodo., 64 yards 00., do., 50 yards .. . Bleached Mulls, 40 .. in. ... 20 Cott Yards, No. 32 0,0 0 „, ° ,r 1 Yarn—ln grey we hear only of a sale cf ti oth . "iu. No. 30 M u l e , at 7i annas p er lb., but in water pi re : i ng has been done, nor have any sales of dyed trans -5 410 ic 001 l ns—Continue neglected as fore, not a single ""t e We are aware obe f having been effected' 4 Ok to 4 13 5 9 to 6 4 4 14 to 6 6 2 2 to 0 0 3 1 to 3 1 SIT N i , LOW DON ' WE i)NTESDA V__ EVENT NG, JUNE 25 1 I 84ci. Metals—lron : an inquire• has revived for British bar within the last three or four days, and its price is again looking up. At the commencement of the month 600 candies were parted with at, Rs. 31 per candy, but 450 candies have since fetched Rs. 32, and other trans actions have been prevented only by holders demanding a still further advance. Of square nail rod 300 candies have been sold at Rs. 40 per candy, and of hoop 500 cwt. at Rs. 5i per cwt. These two last-mentioned sales exhibit a decline in prices, but we understand that the assortments as to sizes were objectionable. The abort transactions comprise the business done in iron, but on reference to the price current it' will be observed that our quotations for some other descriptions of this metal are somewhat different to our last.—Copper—The only transaction that has transpired is a sale of 200 cwt. of braziers at Rs. 60i per cwt., showing a further slight ad vance. No sales appear to have been made in other descriptions of this metal, but prices of all continue steady.—Lead— 300 cwt. of sheet have been sold at Rs. per cwt., which is an improvement upon the market price last quoted ; but in pig nothing has transpired. We have not heard of many sales in spelter, tin plates. or steel, but the price of this last (Swedish) is looking down. Cochineal--This article continues in very great re quest for transmission into the interior, and an arrival would readily fetch Rs. 5 per lb., if not more ; but a consich •able decline in the price must be looked for as soon as the rainy season sets in. Saffron—is neglected, and we cannot expect any in quiry for it until after the rains. Beer—Very little has arrived since the departure of the last mail, and we believe that there is none of Allsopp in first hands: the price of Rs. 75 is firmly main tained. Spirits—We have not any change to notice. Marine Stores—continue extremely difficult of sale, and there is no prospect of an early improvement. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The accounts which come to hand from China just as we are closing our last report, having been confirmed by the intelligence received per mail a few days afterwards, the market has remained very firm, and extensive purchases have been made of this staple for shipments to that quarter, comparatively little having been done for Great Britain. A liberal supply of cotton, and the high rates of freight have, however, been a check upon prices, present rates being as follow: Broach and Surat Dhollera „ 82 to 86 do. Oomrawutty „ 84 to 86 do. Compta (old) 65 do. Several large pattimars loaded withr ompta cotton are reported to have been lost in the late gale. Opium—The market continues to be fairly supplied, and a moderate business is going on, but we cannot quote the price for the best Malwa above Es. 1,075 per chest. Sheep's Wool—Shipments of this article to Great Britain have largely increased, but on importers' ac count principally; the high prices demanded, and the high rates of freight, continuing to operate against sales. Prices remain nominally as before. Linseed—Very little in the market, and price quite nominal. Rapeseed—Market quite bare. FREIGHTS. The accounts from China already referred to having created a good demand for tonnage, the rate of freight to that quarter has ruled Rs. 23 to Rs. 24 per candy, at which very extensive engagements have been made, particularly at the former figure, which is the rate of the day. Rates to Great Britain have also improved, 61. ss. per ton of fifty cubic feet being rapidly paid to London, and 61. 10s. to Liverpool. Exchange—Exchange on London has been inclining downwards, but is at present very steady at ls. Hid. at 2s. per rupee, 6 ms. On Calcutta the rate is Rs. 974, 60 ds.; and on China Rs. 207 per 100 dolls.—nominal. Money Market—We have to notice an improvement in 4 per cent. Government paper, which is now selling at Rs. 89, being an advance of Rs. 4 upon our quotation of its value on the 15th April last. CHINA. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. (From the China Mail of April 8.) His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has the satisfaction to publish, for the information of British subjects in China, the annexed letter from the Hon. the Major-General commanding her Majesty's forces, just received, on the arrival of the expedition- at Canton. The rapid and successful course of operations begun and concluded within a period of thirty-six hours by the small military and naval force under the direction of Major-General D'Aguilar and Captain Macdougall, the senior naval officer, is calculated to teach a lesson to the people of Canton which they will not soon forget ; and it is his Excellency's intention not to quit this place until he has placed matters on a footing consistent with treaty engagements and worthy of the British nation. He feels that the moderation and justice of all his former dealings with the Government of China lends a pert sanction to measures which he has been reluctantly compelled to adopt after a long course of misinterpreted forbearance. • " His Excellency Sir John Francis Davis, Bart., &c., &c., &c. " Head Quarters, Canton, April 3, 1847, Four o'Clock, P.M. " Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint your Ex cellency that, in pursuance of the arrangements agreed upon between us on the Ist instant, I am arrived, with the assistance of Captain Macdougall, of the Royal Navy, and her Majesty's ships under his command, at the British Factories, and have esta blished myself here with the troops under my orders, having, in the course of the last thirty-six hours as saulted and taken all the principal forts at the Bogue and in the Canton River, and after destroying the gateways and blowing up the magazines, spiked 827 pieces of heavy cannon. " As your Excellency did me the honour of ac company me in these operations, and have yourself witnessed the details, I shall not enter upon them in this place, but shall reserve them for the information of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, taking care to supply your Excellency with a copy of my communication. " I congratulate your Excellency on this result of our naval and military operations, and the more especially because, notwithstanding the fire of seve ral of the Chinese batteries while the troops were engaged in the assault, we have had the good for tune to take possession of them all without the loss of a man. " I have the honour, &c., &c. " GEORGE D'AGUILAR, " Major-General Commanding the troops in China. By Order, A. R JOHNSTON. British Consulate, Canton, April 3, 1847. In the course of a few days the Bogue Forts, and all the principal works and batteries on the Canton river have been taken possession of—some of them by assault, and 827 pieces of cannon spiked or rendered otherwise unserviceable. The Chinese have received a lesson in return for their frequent acts of aggression on the persons of British subjects that will not be lost upon them. They have submitted to all the demands of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary without reserve, and have yielded, happily for themselves, just in time to arrest the course of an assault that would have been attended with fearful loss of life to them, and the inevitable destruction of their provincial capital. When such advantages have been obtained, let it be one more source of congratulation to British sol diers to reflect, that they have been purchased, under Providence, without bloodshed, and that the honour of the British arms has been proudly maintained, with out one act of violence, or one departure from the principles of humanity. In recording these acts, so honourable in themselves, and so deserving of approbation, the Major-General desires to impress on the handful of men by whom they have been achieved, this great and most impor tant of all lessons—" It was discipline alone that could effect them," and while this first duty of a sol dier continues to be practised, that the troops can never fail in fulfilling their duty to their Sovereign and maintaining the honour of their country. By order of the Major-General Commanding, J. BRUCE, Assistant Adjutant-General. MANCHESTER BISHOPRIC BILL. DIVISION ON LORD REDESDALE'S CLAUSE. HOUSE OF LORDS.-Juzix 22. CONTENT. DUKE. Richmond MARQUIS. Bute EARLS. LORDS. Stanley VISCOUNTS. Redesdale Strangford BISHOPS.Exeter Hereford Oxford Bath and Wells LARLS. ISlounteashell LORDS. Wrottesley Portman De Mauley Colborne GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has the satisfaction to announce, that at the last moment, and when actually awaiting the assault on their city, the Canton authorities have assented to his reasonable demands, and the im pending ruin of this populous place has been happily averted. The following are briefly the heads of the new agreement :- 1. At the fixed period of two years from this day, the 6th April, the city of Canton shall be open to British subjects. 2. Her Majesty's subjects shall be at liberty to roam for exercise or amusement in the neighbouring country without molestation, returning the same day, as at Shanghae, and any persons molesting them shall be severely punished. 3. The aggressors on the two semen in October last, and on Colonel Chesney and others at Fushan on the 12th March, shall be made examples of. The latter being already apprehended, wi3l be brought to Canton and punished in the preseinze of persons de puted by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. 4. An adequate space on the IfOnan side of the river shall be granted on lease to Biritish merchants and others, for the erection of dwel lings and ware houses; and his Excellency will ascertain the site and extent before he quits Canton. 5. A site for the erection of 11 church shall be allotted on lease in the neghbo urhood of the space now occupied by the foreign factories ; and spaces for burial grounds shall also be allotted at W hampoa. 6. The Flying -bridge and another b u ilding be tween the two gar d ens s h a ll le erected as desired, and sheds shall not be permitted against the walls. 7. For the better preservation of order, and for the general convenience, the river front before the factories shall be kept clear of boats. British Consulate, Canton, April 6, 1847. By Order, A. R. JOHNSTON. Head Quarters, Victoria, 10th Ap 61, 1847. The Major-General congratulates the troops on the success that has crowned their exertions ; :he congra tulates them still more on the discipline observed by them in the course of the late short, but arc luous ope rations ; and above all he congratulates the m on the praiseworthy manner in which they abstait led from every act of injury or outrage that could t •nish the honour of the British arms. LITERATURE. PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF AN CIENT ARCHITECTURE IN HINDU STAN. By James Feryusson. As a traveller in the laud of Buddism and idolatry, Mr. Fergussou has done essential service to the untra veiled by preserving so vivid a recollection of the rem nants of ancient architecture still scattered over Hin dostan. With the assistance of his written descriptions, and of the beautiful coloured lithographic plates by which those descriptions are accompanied and embel lished, the veriest provincial may in imagination pass under the gorgeous gateway of Sanchee, lie down by the mud huts near the great temple at Bobaneswar, watch the adoration of Jugernaut on the plain of Puri, wander among the prostrate pillars near the Black Pagoda at Kinaruc, pluck the herbage that grows around the base of the temple of Kepila Devi, at Bobaneswar, or observe the two Hindoos like the children in the song of Burns, that " paid'lt i' the burn Frae mornin' sun till dine," hard by the Chaori in Mokundra Pass. The illustra tions are as bold and picturesque as the companion letter press is animated. The writer, however, strikes us as being rather too flippant in his account of the worship of the idol Jugernaut. To him there may be something of " sublimity in the earnest act of adoration on the part of a hundred thousand human beings " to " a block of wood about six feet in length and about the same in girth " carved into the hideous semblance of a visage and a bust. To us there is something inexpres sibly sickening in the mere notion of such a spectacle. " So much as been written," he says, " about the horrors of this festival—of the hundreds of dead and dying pilgrims that strew the road with their bones that whiten the plains—and of the victims that throw themselves under the wheels of the car—that I was most agreeably disappointed to find the pilgrims hurrying to the spot, talking and laughing like people going to a fair in Eng land, which in fact it is." So far from their being any such bloody sacrifices of human life, the writer says that a kick or a slap soon aroused 'all the prostrate worship pers " amidst the laughter and shouts of derision of the people." That at least is a satisfaction. The car of Jugernaut is a fable. EXPERIENCES OF A GAOL CHAPLAIN comprising Recollections of Ministerial Intercourse with Criminals, of various classes, with their Confessions. In 3 vols. - Since the appearance of the " Diary of a Physicien," no series of Magazine papers has produced such a sensation as the " Experiences of a Gaol Chaplain," which have appeared from time to time in Bentley's Miscellany. It is not alone for their vigorous writing, their in tense power, their heart-rending pathos, that these papers are interesting. The suggestions they contain for the reformation of our criminal code, and of our prison discipline, are most valuable, as being the fruits of the experience of one who has deeply studied the subject, and who, with the feelings of a philan thropist, possesses the mind of a philosopher. These papers are now collected and published separately, and we augur for them, not m erely a temporary popularity, but a permanent place on the shelves of the library. SINGULAR AND FATAL AccrnErcr.—A melancholy accident occurred at Ticehurst last week, to a young former ly resided man, named George Miller , a blacksmith, who resided at Ringmer. It app ears that, after deceased had left work, he walked out with his shopmate, and on their way stopped at the bowling alley of the Bell Inn, which adjoins the turnpike-road, there being only a temporary slab fence for sepa ration ; and the party hearing the rattling of pins, exhibiting t h e b their lihi muscular we igh powers abo u t they walked in, but owing to some circumstance the was discontinued, and those who were playing the farthest. One William Clarke was in the act of throwing the ball, when his arm became slightly entangled with his round conceivedgbyanie seeing who the frock, and the ball, taking an oblique direction, struck six pounds and a half, the said George Miller, who was standing about two yards off talking to another man. violently on the i c d o e u a ld of th head, felling him to the ground, where he lay for some time in a senseless state, bleeding profusely. A surgeon was soon called, who ordered him to be carried home, and surgical means were immediately applied, but he lingered till about five o'clock the following morning, when he died, leaving a young widow almost distracted. An inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of " Accidental death " returned.— Brighton paper. INVERNESS.—The potatoes are everywhere healthy, strong, and thick. A correspondent from Lochbroom says—"l am sorry to state that Mr. Adam Scott, of Tullich, has lost a whole field of potatoes this season. Mr. Scott had dipped the seed for preservation in a com post of soot and lime, but they became affected in a manner somewhat similar to the disease of last year. We suspect that the poor are placing too much reliance on the present potato crop. I nverness Courier. THE WEATHER AND CROPS.—We have had warm and showery weather since our last, an d th e crops of every description have made immense progress in the' garden, and in the field. Wheat in the neighbourhood is almost bursting into ear, and the potatoes never exhi bited better promise of abundance. We have just seen a gentleman from the west coast, who says, that on the shores of G airloch, the potato crop is mostluxuriant ; and, indeed, we may say, generally, that the corn and other crops in the Highlands never looked better. The wet has in terfered with turnip sowing a little, but a few days of dry weather will put every thing right. The potato blight appeared last year in the first week of August, and the antecedent appearances were very flattering. While no symptoms of blight has appeared, we must wait some weeks ere we can pronounce all safe.-r RosAhire Advertiser. PAINFUL NECESSITY.—During the long drought of last summer, an American paper says, water became so scarce in a parish, that the farmers' wives were obliged to send their milk to town genuine. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT NUTBOURNE. NUTJOURNE, JUNE 22.—The inquest on the body of Gregory, the driver of one of Stephenson's engines, with outside cylinders, which, by running off the line in Nut bourne-coppice yesterday three weeks, caused his death, was resumed this morning. Captain Coddington, the Government Inspector of Railways, was present; and Mr. Peter Clarke, the manager of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway; Mr. H. Faithfull, the solici tor; Mr. liirtley, the locomotive enginer; Mr. F. Hitchins, the resident engineer, were in attendance on the part of the company. Mr.Mayson, the Mayor of Chichester, Mr. Sherwood, and Mr. Powell, solicitors of Chichester, were also present on the part of the public. Mr. Miller, the surgeon, stated that the wounded stoker was not able to give evidence. He was recover ing, but a month at least must elapse before he would be in a condition to give evidence. A number of witnesses was then heard, but their tes- timony showed no new fact, excepting that of Mr. John Winter, superintendent of Mr. Stephenson's patent engines, who stated that he had seen and exa mined the engine No. 40. It had been taken to pieces, with the exception of the springs, cylinders, and motion. lie had examined the springs, and found that they were not the same as had been delivered to the company. Stephenson's leading and hind springs were three feet six inches long. The springs originally placed in the engine had been since shortened twelve inches, so as to mae them much more rigid. The effect of the altera• tion would be to increase the jumping motion, and, aris ing from this, to create an oscillating motion. Mr. Kirtley.had told him that the alteration had been made before he came to the line, that he did not approve of it, and that he intended to alter it back again. The altera tion was made by Mr. Gray, Mr. Ku tley's predecessor, with a view of steadying the engine, but unfortunately had an opposite effect. A similar alteration had been made in one other engine, which he understood was now being altered back again by Mr. Kirtley. "I do not," said the witness, " attribute the accident to these altered springs." Examined by the jury—l do not attribute the acci dent to the peculiar construction of Stephenson's engines. We have them running daily on the London and North- Western Railway, at the speed of forty-five and fifty miles. Yesterday I ran one of them myself on that line, at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour. What is the average speed ? —From forty-five to fifty miles. I have run one of these engines at seventy-five miles an hour. _ _ Is that a level line ?—No ; a heavy one ; many of the gradients are sixteen feet in a mile. The engines are of the same construction as No. 40, only with larger fire-boxes. Examined by Mr. Powell—The engine No. 40 was in very good condition, as if it had been working a few months. The only thing objectionable that I saw was a little lateral motion on one of the journals of the lead ing wheels. I have examined the rails near where the accident happened, on both sides, and could see nothing to give me an idea of the cause of the accident. Acci dents have occurred with all sorts of engines without any one being able to assign the cause. The inquest was then adjourned till Tuesday, the 3d of August, with a view of getting the evidence of Peel, the stoker. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 22. STOCK ExciteNox.—The sales are--Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1% dis.—Birmingham and Dudley, 4% . p. —Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7 p.—EasternCounties, York Extension, 3 / 4 dis.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 1 / 2 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 1 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 6 dis.— Ditto, Preference, 3 / 4 dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 1 4 dis.— Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 265. 3d. p.—London and North-Western, 178 1 / 2 —Ditto, New Quarters, 10% p. Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 16 3 / 4 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths (late West Riding Union), par—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,2 YR p.—Midland, 124% — Ditto, New, 3% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 1 4 p.— North-Western, 1% dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N.W.M.), 4 3 / 4 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (13), did s. MANCHESTER, JUNE .22, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The ;sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1;4 dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 2 dis.—Eastern Counties, 20%—Ditto, York Ex tension, 3 4 dis.—East Lancashire, New, Y s dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials„% dis.—London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 6 1 4 p.— London and Manchester (Rem.), 495. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4% p.—Ditte, Fifths (late West Riding Union), par—North Staffordshire, 2 3 4 p.—Preston and Wyre, 37% c.—Ditto, Halves (A), 4% p.—Shropshire Union, 17 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 5-16 dis. _ LEEDS, JUNE 22. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ainbergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 245. dis.—Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 15s. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 17s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, New cscrip), n. dis—Great Northern, 31s. c. dis.—Leeds and 'I hirsk, Preference, 15s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, West Riding Union, 6d. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlandas. 6d. dis.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 1 4 p.—North British. Thirds, 1% p.—North-Western, 295. dis. —York and Newcastle, Preference, 3% n. p. SHEFFIELD, JUN= 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Manchester and Leeds k West Riding Union), par—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire (Sheffield and Lincoln), 3/. dis.—Midland, 40/. Shares, 5 1 / 2 p.—North Staffordshire, 2 1 / 2 p.—South Wales, dis. HULL, JUNE 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Leeds and Thirsk, Pre ference, 12s. 6d. dis.—Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), par—North British, Extension (scrip), 2s. 9d. p.— York and Newcastle, Preference, 3% p. is EDINBURGH, JUNE 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 301.- Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/, 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271. 155.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 21.-Caledo nian, 291. 155.-Ditto, New, 2/. 2s. 6d.-Caledonian and D u mbartonshire, 1/. 155.-Clvdesdale Junction, 421. 10s. - Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, bonne, and Callender, 11. 7s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 381.-Ditto. New, No. I, 27/. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 3 , 3 /. 2 s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 32/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 13/. -Eastern Counties, 20/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, York Extension, 61. 155.-East of Fife, 1/. 18s.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 71. 155.- Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691.-Ditto, Halves, 221.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 3s. 9d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 201. 10 s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 18/. 6s. 3d.-Ditto, New, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 'h.-Ditto, ditto, New, 21. 9s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 11. ls.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1191.-Ditto, New Stock, 41/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1,8/. 6s. 6d.- Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. 155.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and' Carlisle, 5/. 45.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 38 /. 105.2-Glas gow General Terminus, 12/. 155.-Glasgow and Greenock, at-Ditto, New, 81. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 81.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 55.-Great North of Scot land, 21. 25.-Newcastle and Berwick, 27/. 155.-North British, 32/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 151. 2s. 6d.-Ditto,' Thirds, 2/. 125.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. lls.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 155.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. 105.-Scottish Central, 271.-Scottish Grand Junction 19x.-Scottish Mid land, 181. 10s. - Stirling and Dunfermline, 51. 2s. 6d.-Stir ling and Midland, 2/. 65.-Wishaw and Coltness, 491.- York and Newcastle, 371.-Ditto, New, 14/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 11/. 12s. 6d. - Direct Bomb a y and Madras, 2s. 6d.-East Indian, 2s. 9d.-Great North of India, 2s. 6d. -Great Southern of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nellore, and Ar cot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, Joss 21. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 445.—Clydesdale Junction, 42%—Direct Bombay and Ma dras, 2s. 3d.—East Lothian Central, 37s.—Glasgow General Terminus, 121—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 1201.—Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 1221—Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 81. 19s.— Ditto, No. 2, 6% —Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 6s. —Glasgow and Greenock, 17 1 A—Manchester and Southamp ton, 10s.—North British, Thirds, 54s.—Scottish Central, 25 1 4 —York and Newcastle, Preference, 11%. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH AT THE MANCHESTER EXCHANGE.—The electric telegraph between the Ex change and the Manchester terminus of the Man chester and Leeds Railway at Hunt's Bank, was completed on Thursday, and, for the first time put into operation on that day. This interesting means of inter-communication between the most distant places, promises soon to effect wonders in this part of the country. The electric current, according to the cal culation made by Professor Wheatstone two or three years ago, travels, as near as can be estimated, at the rate of 288,000 miles per second, or, if we multiply that large number by 60, 17,280,000 miles per minute The celerity of this agent of information is almost incredible. Any person, however, who studies the subject, will readily perceive that when once established universally upon all railways in the kingdom, it is calculated to confer inestimable advantages upon the entire community. On Wednesday some ex periments were made with the telegraph now completed, but then in course of being finished, between the Exchange and The Victoria station on the Manches ter and Leeds Railway. The experiments were con fined to the Exchange building, the wires not having been laid throughout the entire distance between the rendezvous of the merchants and manufacturers and the railway station. One of the questions put on Wednesday was, " How many stations are there on the Manchester and Leeds line?" The answer made by some wag who wished to throw those at the other end of the telegraph off their guar d, with the view of testing the efficiency of this novel mode of communication, " Twenty-seven and a half." The object of the " half," however, was soon de tected, and the answer thoroughly understood. In answer to the following question :—" Where does Mr. So and So. live ?" This answer was given : "He lives in Hope." Of course the object of such a reply was to throw the parties in charge of the machine off their guard , but the result was the same as in the casa of the first question—a c onvincing proof oftht! immense use fulness of the electric telegraph even i n its infancy.— Manchester Courier. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S SOClETY.—Yesterday after noon the annual general meeting of the governors of the " corporation for the relief and support of disabled sea men, their widows, and children," was held at the office, 25, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, Thomas Benson, Esq., in the chair. The report of the secretary, W. Watson, Esq., having been read by that gentleman, upon the motion of G. Lindsay, Esq., seconded by Robert Embleton, Esq., the office of president to the corporation (vacant by the decease of J. C. Powell, Esq.) was conferred upon George L 3, all, Esq., M.P. The committee for the ensuing year was then appointed, and 14 additional go vernors elected, among whom were John Masterman, E s q., D. Dunbar, Esq., M. Wy ham, Esq., W. Phil lips, Esq., &c. At the termination of the business of the [ court, relief and pensions were granted to between 50 and 60 applicants. 'Doors FOR INDlA.—Yesterday morning the em barkation of troops took place at Gravesend on board Bucephalus, 1,000 tons burden, Captain William the ship Bell, for conveyance to Bengal. The troops consisted of 85 soldiers of the 24th Regiment, from the provisional. battalion at Chatham, and 15 of the 3d Light Dragoons, with 56 men of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, and four women and three children, from the cavalry depot at Maidstone. The following officers also embarked:— Lieut. Thomas IL Stisted and Lieut. James Macqueen, both of the 9d Li g ht Dragoons, Lieut. Head, 9th Lancers and Lieut. g, A. Coker, of the 24th Foot. INJURY TO THE APPLE CROP. TO THE EDITOR OF TZIE SUN. Sin,—lt must be of the highest importance at the present time for the people to be accurately informed of • the state of the plague of aphides which has fallen upon us, that we may be prepared beforehand for any failure which is likely to occur: During the last few days it has become manifest that the aphides infesting the apple-tree have committed most serioas damage. In some instances they have en tirely killed the leaves and young shoots, the fruit being dried up or fallen off. Many apple-trees are so much in jured that they are not expected to bear fruit for two or three years, and one market gardener at Enfield assured me that upon the most moderate computation two-thirds of his crop was destroyed. - With respect to the potato plant, the disease in the underground stem, from the mischief inflicted last year, has lessened round London, and the general appearance is good. The aphis vastator, however, is increasing all over the kingdom, and if n.}thing occurs to destroy it, the insect may be expected to evince its injuries next month.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED SMEE. P.S.—Communications upon the potato plant, and the ravages of aphides are solicited. 7, Finsbury-circus, June 21, 1347. NEW ZEALAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In The Sun of Monday I noticed an account of the " extraordinary " produce of some New Zealand seed wheat. I beg to inform you that such production in the colony is not by any means considered extra ordinary. Not long since I saw on the farm of Mr. --, on the banks of the Hutt• River, near Wellington, such a crop of wheat, then being reaped, that would do an English farmer's eyesight good. A neighbour of his offered me heavy odds that it would average 55 to 60 bushels per acre, and 631bs. weight per bushel. In England 40 bushels are considered good average quantity, and 60 lbs. per bushel good weight. Potatoes are taken from the ground for use nine months out of the twelve. When I left the natives were bringing in large quanties in " kits " (baskets made of the flax leaf), from 40 to 60 lbs. weight, which they sold at 6d. per kit. Ido think it would not be a bad speculation to import a quantity of seed of a new stock from Van Diemen's Land or New Zealand. From both places excellent " stocks " can be had. To cultivate from tubers is artificial and unnatural. 11 we breed " in-and-in " the breed (or stock) mast deteriorate, and will eventually be destroyed. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, N. Z. London, June 22, 1247. FOREIGN CORN and the HARVEST. DANZIC, JUNE 11. — F re ights seem to have at tained their highest standard. There is at this mo ment no demand for ships for corn. A few days ago 265. was paid for London, to-day 255., and future bargains have concluded at 245. per load. GOTENRURG, JUNE 12.—There is a great want of ships for freightage here, and consequently our ship ments were very inconsiderable last week. ODESSA, JUNE 4.—ln consequence of the fall of grain in the corn markets of Western Europe the de mand of ships for England and the harbours between Hamburg and the Havre have visibly decreased, al though only very few vessels have come in. Three Russian ships, which are now going from here to England, were freighted for return and reloading. Our imports of corn from the interior are very nume rous, but as the number of ships for transporting them is insufficient, it is said that in our corn and grain store there is an accumulation of 500,000 chet werts. BRESLAW, JUNE 12.—1 t is very evident that the further rise in the prices of corn can be checked only by the extraordinary influx of corn from the interior, and this is the more confidently to be ex pected from the circumstance that at the reduced price there was profit. Much anxiety has been ex pressed with respect to the seed, but even if the present cool weather keep back the vegetation of the late rye, yet the copious fall of rain has been very beneficial to the summer seeds. We learn from foreign markets that the rise of prices in England has again given impulse both to wheat and rye, while in France, Belgium, and Russia, there was a decline. Our market was very active. HAMBURGH CORN MARKET, JUNE 18.—We are not doing much business, there was a slight rise in the prices of wheat since Friday, but favourable accounts from England again occasioned a fall. For rye, too, there has been a fall, but there are not many buyers, as a still further reduc tion is still confidently expected. Peas and vetches have likewise fallen ; linseed cakes rather higher. Wheat flour maintains its price, but every thing seems to indicate an approaching fall. There is an ample supply of fresh Russian wheat, which has evidently declined within the last eight days. WESEL, JUNE 10.—The very favourable change in the weather, and the cheering prospects of the ap proaching plentiful harvest, have produced an aston ishing effect here, so that poverty is gradually dis appearing. This is evident from the fact that, within the last week the public authorities which furnish the poor with soup and provisions have had three hundred less applications than hitherto. The soup society will, remain in operation so long as the wants of the poorer classes call for it. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 3.—Bread has been rising here for the last fortnight. The general Government has therefore resolved to let the flour dealers and bakers have flour from the store-magazines of the city at a reduction of six silver rubles on condition that the bread shall be sold according to the tax. In consequence of the above-named rise his Majesty issued a command that there should be a conference of the corn-dealers, which in fact took place a few days ago. In this conference the Minister of Finance communicated the desire of his Majesty that the corn-dealers should keep back a tenth part of the 1 - quantity intended for present exportat ion, in order that the poor may have bread at as low a rate as possible. All the corn-merchants who were present instantly declared, without discussion, not only in their own name, but in that of the corn-dealers, who were absent, that they would gladly , respond to the noble design of the Emperor, to the full extent of their power. They accordingly placed in the hands of the Minister two Acts, signed with their signatures, by one of which they pledged themselves faithfully to adhere to the wishes of the Emperor; and by the other, bound themselves to de liver the tenth part kept back in reserve,lto the inha bitants of St. Petersburgh, at very moderate priced. Immediately on receiving these important documenti from the Minister of Finance, the Emperor wrote with his own hand the following words :—" Assure the merchants of my sincere thanks, and tell my noble brethren I expected no other line of conduct from them, for I know their sentiments, and I am proud of them." FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, JUNE 14.—The con• siderable rise in the price of corn which has taken place in Munich, Augsburg, Erding, &c., is by no means general, indeed, it is an exception to the rule. In Wierzburg, Stutzgardt, Stettin, Rostock, Baden, Cologne, &c., there is a continued and very perceptible fall, which promises to be prominent and general from the magnificent prospects of the approaching harvest and vintages.—Hamburg paper, June 19. TUE FARMER AND ms Visrrons.—A friend of ours has several relations who are wealthy farmers in the vicinity of Northwich. One of these informed him, a few days ago, that he had received a visit in the preceding week from a party of Liverpool gentlemen 4 who requested permission to go through his potato fields. He directed them to extensive breadths of the favourite root, flourishing in green luxu riance. " They went through th' fields," said he, " pull ing up first one set and then another, and looking at 'em all through a burnin'-glass (meaning a magnifier), an' then they threw 'em down again as if they couldn't find what they wanted. At last I asked one of 'em what they were looking for? Oh,' said he, we are looking for a Fides ' (aphides). A Fides! I thought— what's a Fides? I never heard tell o ' such a thing. At last I asked a servant lad, as was walking behind 'em, what they were looking for? They're come to look for a vast tater (vastator), as I heard 'em say.' A vast tater,' says 1, 6 that's a big 'un I suppose; but they cannot expect to find any big 'uns yet.' So I said to one of 'em, If it's a big potato you're looking for —.' No, no,' said he, we're looking for the potato disease." Oh,' said he, ' you'll find none of it here, thank Heaven! Only look at 'em and see how they are growing; it does one's heart good to see 'em. But they did not seem over much pleased either, and they went on pulling up and looking and turning over, till at last they found one with rusty spots on the leaves and a black spot on the stem, such as I have seen many a time twenty years before the potato disease was heard of • and so they seemed satisfied , a nd they pocketed that chap and walked off with it.—Liver pool Albion. WOULD You LIRE TO KNOW ?—A country woman asked one of the letter-carriers the other day if he had got a letter for her. After much interrogation as to her name, residence, and other particu lars of address, the prying,. impudent nature of which , as i t seemed to her, was beginning to nettle her, he discovered that he had none. Do you think then, she said, you will have ono to-morrow 9—lnverness Paper. ORIENTAL BANK.--A meeting of the proprietors of the Oriental Bank was hold yesterday, at their office:. in Walbrook, when the now regulations for the govern ment of the bank, which were adopted at the annual general meeting in December last, were confirmed as the laws for their future direction. FEVER VESSELS.—In emnplianee with a request to the Government, the Admiralty have ordered two ships at Pembroke to be immediately cleared out an d fitt e d as fever ships for Liverpool, to which port th e y are to b e towed by steam vessels as soon as th ey are ready. The Saturn, old 74, is one selected, and will be fitted as soon as possible. SUPPOSED SUICIDE or a FEMALE. —Yesterday morning, about se ven o ' c l oc k, th e b o dy of a female, about eighteen floating years of age, and five feet five in ches in stature, with fair complexion and dark Bair , was found in the Regent's Canal, near Cat and Muttob Fields, Ha c k ne y. She was dressed in black. The body, which had apparently been in the water several days, I was taken to the Sportsman, Margaret-street, Hackney road, to await a coroner's inquest. Nelson Bandon LORDS. Malmesbury AeLlourton Lord Chancellor DUKE. St. Albans MARQUISES. Lansdowne Clanricarde Westminster EARLS. Dude Morley Fortescue Clarendon Auckland Grey Minto lleyou Kingston NON-CONTENT. EARLS. Cowper Granville Chichester Stradbroke Scarborough Beaumont Powis Kenyon Spencer Bolton Walsingham BISHOP/. London St. Asaph Salisbury Norwich Lincoln Winchester Bangor Llandatr VISCOUNT. Falkland LORDS. Camoys Montfort Sudeley Dunally Campbell Mostyn FOR. Earl of Ellenborough Marquis of Exeter Lord Saltoun Viscount Canterbury Earl Egmont Earl Delawarr Earl of Orford Lord Bradford Viscount Beresford Earl Brownlow Lord Brougham Earl of Wilton Earl of Eglintoun Viscount Sydney Bishop of Gloucester PAIRS. ♦GAINST. Duke of Bedford Earl of Yarborough Lord Byron Marquis of Donegal Earl Canaperdowu Earl of Eldon Lord Wenlock Lord Lilford Earl of Ilehester Bishop of Durham Lord Denman Earl of Effingham Lord Strafford Lord Foley Bishop of Worcester PARLIAMEN TARY DI VISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commune.) TUESDAY, JUNE 22. BELFAST IMPROVEMENT BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time:"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question" The House divided:— MAJORITY-AYES, 62. Ainsworth, Peter Evans, William Patten, J.rw.i Arkwright, G. Ewart, William Powlett, Lord W. Barnard, E. G. French, F. Pusey, Philip Barrington, Viscount Fuller, A. E. Rashleigh, W. Bateson, Thomas Gore, W. 0. Rendlesham, Lord Bentinck, Lord G. Grimsditch, Thomas Rice, E. R. Bodkin, William H. Grogan, Edward, Sandon, Viscount Bowring, Dr. Hamilton, G. A. Sotheron, T. H. Brotherton, Joseph Hamilton, Lord C. Spooner, R. Culler, Charles Heathcote, Sir W. Strutt, Edward Barew, W. 11. Pole Heneags ' G. H.;W. Thornely, T. Chute, W. L. W. Hudson, G. Trelawny, J. S. Colvile, C. R. Jolliffe; Sir W G. H. Turner, E. Corry, henry Jones, Captain Vane, Lord H. Denison, E. B. Kemble, Henry Verner, Sir W. Dick, Q. Le Marchant, Sir D. Vesey, T. Douglas, Sir H. Liidell, Hon. H. T. Wrightson, W. U. Douglas, Sir C. E. Lygon, Gen. Young, John Duckworth, Sir J. Mackenzie, T. Duncan, George Mackinnon, W. TELLERS. Duncombe, A. Marshall, William Divett, E. Egerton, W. T. Maxwell, lion. J. P. Chichester, Lord J. MINORITY-NOES, 12. Berkeley, Craven Dalrymple, Captain O'Brien, C. Blake, M. J.I Einionde, Sir T. O'Brien, J. Butler, P. S. M`Carthy, Alex. TELL/113. Collett, John Monahan, J. 11. Ross, D. R. Crawford, W. S. Morris, David O'Connell, M. J. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, attended by the Lady in Waiting, took an airing yesterday, in an open carriage and four. The Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, went, yesterday morning, to the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset House. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a Committee meeting for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts, and the Re -building the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace at a quarter to three o'clock, attended by Colonel Bouverie. The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Morpeth, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Vyse. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the perform ance at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yes terday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie. . . Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes terday, accompanied by her Royal highness the Here ditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, in an open car riage• and-four. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George, attended by Mr. Edmond M. Mildmay, honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera House with their presence last evening. A deputation consisting of Messrs. Lace, Land, Rigge, and Clay, from the Birkenhead Dock Company; Mr. Bicknell for Mr. Vyner; Mr. Davis for Mr. Mainwaring; and Mr. Potts for Mr. Price, had a meeting with the Commissioners of her Majesty s Woods and Forests, yesterday, at their office in Whitehall-place- Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Spooner attended yesterday at the Home Office, with Sir George Grey, to present a memorial to the Queen from the Women of England, signed by 100,000, praying that the Bill for preventing trading in seduction may pass into a law. The following is a copy of the petition : " To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, " We, the undersigned, women of Great Britain and Ireland, placed by Divine Providence under the sway of the British sceptre, which God has committed to your Majesty's hands, most humbly beg leave to make known to our beloved Sovereign the heavy and cruel grievance that oppresses a large portion of the female population of the realm. " A system exists by which, not only are undue faci lities and temptations held out to the immoral, the giddy, and the poor, to enter upon a life of infamy, degradation and ruin, but unwary young females and mere children are frequently entrapped, and sold into the hands of profligate libertines. " Agents are sent into the towns and villages of the United Kinedom, whose ostensible object is to engage young girls for domestic service or other female employ ments, but whose real design is to degrade and ruin them. "Female agents are also employed in London and many of our large towns to watch the public convey ances, and decoy the simple and inexperienced into houses of moral pollution and crime, by offers of advice, or temporary protection. " By such and other means, the entrapping of inno cent young women is reduced to a regular trade, the existence of which is, in the highest degree, discreditable to the nation. " Despite the efforts of right-minded men and of benevolent institutions, to suppress, by means of the existing laws, this vile trade of female innocence, thou sands of the most helpless of your Majesty's subjects are annually destroyed both in body and soul. " We, therefore, appeal to your Majesty, beseeching you to extend the shield of your Royal influence and protection around the daughters of the poor, by pro moting such vigorous laws as the wisdom of your Ma jesty's Consellors may see good to devise, and thereby deliver your Majesty's fair realm from a system of pro fligacy so offensive to Almighty God, so injurious to our national virtue, and so fatal to the personal, social, temporal, and spiritual well-being of the women of Eng land. " And we, your Majesty's loyal subjects, will ever gratefully remember and appreciate the deliverance wrought out for our country-women, through the in strumentality of our beloved Queen." A deputation relative to the Clerkenwell improve ments, consisting of Messrs. Galloway, Walker, Lamp lough, Anderton, and Wallat, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth on Saturday at the office of the Woods and Forests. COPPER. Act (5 and 6 Vic. c. 47) read; Motion made, and Question put, " That the House do resolve itself into a Committee to consider the Duties upon the importation of Copper, with a view to their reduction or abolition." The House divided : MINORITY-AYES, 19. Ainsworth, Peter Ewart, William Stuart, Lord J. Baine, Walter Fielder., John Thornely, T. Boyd, John Humphery, Ald. Tvian, J. H. Browne, W. M'Carthy, Alexander Buller, Edward Martin, John MIAMI. Crawford, W. S. Moffatt, George Muntz, G. F. Duncan, George Morris, David Spooner, Richard F.scott, Bickhain Sandon, Lord MAJORITY-NOES, 59. Acland, Sir T. Granger, T. C. Rashleigh, William Anson, Colonel Grey, Sir G. Rice, E. It. Baring, F. T. Grogan, E. Russell, Lord John Barnard, Edward G. Hamilton, G. A. Rutherford, A. Bellew, R. M. Hawes, B. Scrope, G. P. Bentinck, Lord G. Ileatheote, G. J. Sheil, it. L. Berkeley, Captain Henley, J. W. Spry, Sir S. Blake, M. J. Howard, P. H. Stanton, W. H. Borthwick, Peter Labouchere, Henry Strutt, Edward Buller, Charles Lemon, Sir C. Thompson, Ald. Burke, T. J. Lindsay, Colonel; Tollemache, F. J. Carew, W. P. Maule, Fox Turner, Edmund Clerk Sir G. Monahan, J. 11. Vivian, J. E. Courtenay, Lord Morison, General Vyvyan, SirJR. It. Dawson,lT. V. Newdegate, N. Ward, H. G. Duckworth, Sir J. Norreys, Sir D. Wood, Sir Charles Dundas, Admiral O'Conor, Don Young, .1 . , . Ebrington, Lord Palmer, G. Esmonde, Sir T. Pennant, Colonel TELLERS. Forbes, William Plumridge, Captain Tufnell, IL Gladstone, J. N. Powlett, Lord W. Wyse, Thomas The Observer of Sunday morning gave the parti culars of the meeting at Dee's Hotel, Birmingham, of the shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway Com pany, nearly to the extent of one of the Observer folio columns, and which meeting did not commence at Dee's Hotel until after two o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, and appeared in the Observer published at six o'clock on Sunday morning. The' Observer also gave an account of the splendid Waterloo banquet, including the names of most of the gallant surviving heroes present, with a summary ex ceeding one of the Observer folio columns; nearly two folio columns of her Majesty's Theatre and the Royal Italian Opera; a folio column of critique on the British Institution pictures; nearly two folio columns of the state of the funds and prices of railways; the horticultural meeting at Chis wick on Saturday—the prizes awarded, and to whom ; Fox Club dinner at the Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich, on Saturday ; upwards of a column and a half of births, marriages, and deaths ; five columns of miscellaneous advertisements, in cluding a folio column of public amusements for the coming week. The Observer also contained twenty-six columns of news, foreign and domestic, chiefly original. Price of the Ob server 6d. There is scarcely a Club-house, Institution, Library, or News-room in all England, Scotland, Ireland, the Conti nent, East and West Indies, America, &c., in which the Ob server is not taken in, and frequently duplicate copies. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at six and concludes at ten o'clock on Sunday morning Monday edition of the Observer, best adapted for the country and abroad, is regularly published at four o'clock on Monday after noon. THE VALUE OF LANDED PROPERTY.—Yesterday the freehold estate called South Ockendon Hall, situate at a distance of about eight miles from Romford, Essex, was disposed of by auction, by Mr. W. W. Simpson, at the Auction Mart. It comprised, besides the residence, above 668 acres, and it realised a rental of about 1,1701. per annum, the present tenant, Mr. Sturgeon, having on it one of the most perfect and pure merino flocks in the kingdom. It fetched 24,620/. THE PORT OF LONDON.—ARRIVAL OF SNIPPING. —The number of vessels which arrived in the port of London from foreign ports during the past week was 216, the greater proportion of which were laden with grain and provisions of various kinds, cattle, &c., the production of the continental states of Europe. SUICIDE UNDER SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.--A man of the name of Stevenson, who resided at Cross Stabba, near Barrhead, committed suicide on Thursday morning under the following singularly painful circum stances :—" The person in question, about twenty years ago, was following some business at Leith, and was at that time sentenced for a certain crime to be executed, but through the sympathy and pleadings of a number of individuals on his behalf, the sentence was commuted to that of transportation. By some moans or other, however, he managed to escape after a period of about two years, At this time he resolved; that whenever in depressed circumstances, or otherwise unfit to maintain himself, he would carry the sentence of the judge into effect, which he did on Thursday last, while under the effects of strong drink, by hanging himself on a tree, with his own cravat, by the side of Thornly dam, a few hundred yards from Glenfield. The wretched in dividual tied himself so low, that, when tliscovered, his knees nearly touched the ground, which ,showed how determined he must have been in the perpetrattion of his wicked act.—Renfrewshire Advertiser. JOURNEYMEN CURRIER.? BENEVOLENT INnfTU TION.—The first annual meeting of this institution, founded for the relief of aged and infirm journeymen curriers and their widows, took place yesterday evening, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, an d was at tended by members of the trade. Mr. E. Grant pre sided and subscr ibed liberally to the objects of the insti tution, which, as it originated entirely among the work. m en themselves, and has met with the ap p robation of t doubt a r l e r c e e s i d v y e the col l e c successcol l ected amount whie h to merits. The as T te h r e s, nearly 1501. s w u I s l e n r l o p ti ons THE CORN EXCHANGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,---In reading your account of Mark-lane Corn market of yesterday, I was struck with perfect disgust by the reasons assigned for keeping up the price of grain, but more especially that of wheat. We are told, " the arrivals of all articles of home pro duce up to our market, last week, were on a very li mited scale, especially those of corn : nearly 5,000 quarters o f w h ea t and. but from Ireland a fair quantity of corn came to hand, while the receipts of those articles from Scotland were tolerably good. The imports of foreign wheat exceeded 20,000 quarters, and of flour 33,000 barrels, which latter may be considered a fair supply. Fresh up, the receipts of wheat of home pro duce were but moderate, and the show of samples was by no means extensive. Several unfavourable accounts respecting the potato crop having come to hand th,4 morning from various parts of the country, and the weather during the past week having been showery, the factors and holders in the earl) part of the day w ere very firm in their demands, and in smile instances they succeeded in obtaining 2s. to 34 ?c'r (Itiarter more money, for selected parcels of both r(-'I and white. We had an extensive quantity 0 - foreign wheat en offer, certainly over 30,000 quarters." NVith respectful subminion to you, and regard for the tone of your consistency and reasonable b'entiments. generally, I would beg leave to submit a few words to your impartial columns, which, as a considerfib'e agri culturalist and grower of c rn, many }errs a so, I k"-lalin to have an opinion in regard to the pre:ent and 100g continued famine prices. The murrain, or potato disease, may have affected that useful vegetable in some degree in England, and perhaps more so in Ireland ; but the deficiency, with good and careful management, might have been easily made up with a great variety of other cheap and whole some food, especially when we find such an immensity of foreign imports of provisions ; and I am positive that there has not been any just, reasonable, or honest ground for running up the price of the common staff of life in the manner that it has. There may have been, under the circumstances, some slight reason for a little advance, in the wheat wheat market, of Bs. or 10s. the quarter over the price of last Michaelmas time, and, I would say, not more — perhaps not that. When had we a more abundant har vest, throughout the United Kingdom, than last year, or more favourable weather to secure it ? But the pota toes—the potatoes in Ireland was a failure ; famine sprang up in the land in , consequence, and, like light ning, spread and flew throughout her Majesty's domi nions. Oh, there is and shall be a famine 1 A new light instantly springs up—a wicked system of combina tion and speculation, in regrating, forestalling, keeping hack, and perverting the free and regular course of the markets naturally produces the selfish effect which every dealer soon becomes alive to 1 And the starving poor, and the community throughout the land, have found, to their sorrow, that the potato disease extended to every production of the soil, and principal necessaries of life. It appears to me, now, that such is the organised sys tem of the corn trade, that factors, dealers, and holders, can, by the help of railroads, to travel, and electric tele graph, to discern the signs, raise or fall, or do what they please at pleasure. The question is—bow are the people to help themselves out of such a wicked pressure, and avoid the dismals of accursed combination ? Who will read the report of the Corn Exchange (which I have quoted) and say, and feel, that the system is not so ? Who contrives, at home, to send a moderate supply ? Who takes care to place accounts in the markets unfa vourable to the growing crop of potatoes ? From my daily perusal of newspapers the accounts rendered, from all quarters, of the potato crop, is favourable ; and I imagine that few, if any, really do not know whether there is any disease at all—and from every county there never before was heard such unanimous expression in favour of the health, vigour, and abundance of every kind of growing grain. Yet, all statements are of no use. Large imports are of no use. Ireland sends her corn and provisions in abundance. All is of no use—the people must be pinched and starved, at will, in the midst of plenty I Surely our Government has had a pretty picture to look at, but who can say, or tell, how they can legislate to make man honest.—l am, Sir. your obliged and obedient servant, one who has been Leamington, June 22, 1847. A FARMER. P.S.—ln my time, I well remember, that wheat stacks, at this season of the year, were usually very scarce, and seldom seen or found at all, except in the stack-yards of broad-backed or wealthy farmers ; and, so far as op portunity has served me, I have noticed an equal pro vision in store at the present time ; and if a Parlia mentary return were made this week of all the stacks and store in the farmers' hands in every parish throughout the empire, I doubt not but plenty would be found, if not entirely an equal quantity of any year, rich in abun dance, and the usual way. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l know you will be glad to hear good news relating to the prospect of the potato crop. A party in this neighbourhood, last week, on examining his, found them to all appearance diseased, but since which time, as if by magic, they have entirely recovered, and cannot possibly look better than they do now. The crops of all kinds with as look wonderfully well, and promise abun dance. May Providence bless us with a good harvest. I remain, Sir, yours respectfully, A CONSTANT READER. Bristol, June 22, 1847. P.S. The corn market to day here has been very dull indeed, nothing doing. We have now had a stretch of excellent summer wea ther—the last fourteen days having been particularly favourable to vegetation, which, under the fine solar heat and refreshing rains, has proceeded with tropical celerity—all garden plants growing as it were by inches. The fruit trees, which generally showed a eery abun dant Idossem, have had fine weather for setting, so that there is every chance of the crop being a much superior one to that of last year. The wheat and oat crop, and also beans and potatoes, are looking healthy and lux uriant. We would particularise some fine potatoes at Craigneil and Almont, in Colmonell parish, and at Ard well and Girvan, which are very well forward. There seems to have been more potatoes ventured than was expected; and in almost every case they have brairded successfully. We are sorry to hear that the worm has been ravaging the oat crop on some farms on the water of Girvan; and also, that the braird of winter wheat was so poor that it was ploughed down and re-sown with bere. From the hills the news are of a chequered de scription. The backward, cold, barren, unkindly spring led to many deaths of lambs, and the frosty mornings induced braxy in the old sheep. But now that there is fine warm weather and plenty to eat, the stock is im proving rapidly, and several farmers have already their " cutting " well past. For this critical operation warm moist weather is the best, and it must also be entirely free frost which sometimes, even in June, will appear in the wet and high-lying hill country, and prove often highly injurious to the cut lambs. Sheep seldom or never fetched higher prices.—Ayr Observer. KILMARNOCK.—Mr. Lang, nurseryman here, has sent to our office samples of diseased early potatoes grown in his own garden. The same gentleman also informs us that he saw them diseased in Ayr on Tuesday last.— Kilmarnock Herald. GREENOCK.—We would strongly recommend all who are growing potatoes at once to examine their crops. There is not a doubt that the disease extensively pre vails in this neighbourhood. Plants of every variety and from seed from all countries are equally affected. The leaves generally appear green and healthful, but the part of the stem under the ground, and generally nearest the set, presents the appearance of bruises ott the surface.—Greenock Advertiser. TUE POLITICAL HISTORY OF BuCKINGHAMSHIRB. —ln addressing the electors of Buckinghamshire, at a meeting held yesterday at Amersham, Mr. Disraeli, in his usual emphatic manner, recalled to the recollection of his future constituents, the important part which the county of Buckinghamshire has played in the political history of the country. " The county of Buckingham. shire," observed the lion. Candidate, "has always taken a lead in the political fortunes of this country. The Par liamentary constitution of England was born in the bo som of the Chiltern Hills; as to this day our Parliamen. tary career is terminated among its hundreds.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Parliamentary constitution of Eng land was established when Mr. Hampden rode up to Westminster surrounded by his neighbours. Bucking hamshire did that for England. It has done more. h gave us the British constitution in the seventeenth cen tury, and it created the British empire in the eighteenth. All the 'great statesmen of that century were born, or bred, or lived in this county. Throw your eye over the list—it is a glorious one—from Shelburne to Grenville. Travel from Wycombe to Buckingham, from the first Lord Lansdowne, the most accomplished Minister this country ever produced, to the last of our classic states men. Even the sovereign genius of Chatham was nursed in groves of Stowe, and amid the temples. quam dilecto of the eohham; and it was beneath his oaks at Beaconfield that Mr. Burke poured forth those divine effusions that vindicated the social system, and reconciled the autho rity of law with the liberty of man." THE EARL OF DUNDONALD.—We understand that at the approaching general election there is evk.ry pro bability that the Earl of Dundonald will be proposed as one or t• e sixteen representative peers of Scotland. Apart from all political considerations, we should ear nestly hope that the brilliant, though, alas! chequered history of this hero, combined w ith t h e recent and em phatic n merit ce o ur receivedott Scottish h t ptheeerhagaendtso follow filhisow hfiisue p s h o a v t e i r c ei t g ri n b , u w te ntl it up by placing his honoured name on their illustrious roll to the Imperial Parliament. Sure we are that such an act will be duly appreciated by the nation, and more especially by the fellow-countrymen of the renowned. Cochrane.—Caledo n i an Mercury. THE BATT LE OF M A RENGO.-011 the 14th, being the anniversary of the battle of Marengo,e eoloss h ial statue of Napoleon was inaugurated on t h e fiel d _ . of this great Alexandr ia , a great victory, by M. Jean Delavo, had whopurchased the pas sionate admirer of the Emper or, trround, and with it the cotta g e in which Na p ole on rested 'and wrote to the Emperor of Austria. £his humble dwelling has been restored, and in it M. Delavo has carefully collected all the fragments of arms and other relics of the great fight that could be found. The statue, executed by one of the first artists of Italy, is placed oa a spot facing the road from Turin to Genoa, and commanding the whole of the field. The cottage is surrounded by a richly cultivated garden. We learn by letters from Russia that the Trans.- Caucasian provinces have been ravaged by locusts. The quantity was so imtrense that the people collected then, in heaps, covered them with straw, and burned thorn. Donizetti, .the composer, is about quitting •th e asylum where'll° has some time been confined, and will henceforth reside in Paris, under the care of hie nephr ew. t-f-:•=4