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Emptrial Var'fantod. HOUSE OF LORDS MONDAY The Army-service Bill was read a second time after a division, in which the numbers were, for, 198 ; against, 96 ; majority, 14. The Duke of WELLINGTON approved of the measure, which on the contrary was opposed by Viscount Comber mere, Lord Stanley, Lord Brougham, and other noble lords. Earl GREY characterised the speech of Lord Brougham as a "whole tissue of errors,"—and "a romance from the beginning to the termination." HOUSE OF COMMON Sir W. MOLESWORTH submitted a prop° eluding the Roman Catholics in ti notwithstan di tention of int but the motion wa Mr. ROEBUCK V upon th reject( ae wished to promote love ,nd Protest E OF ( ;s them, ships to )tion of a nt, which being the tenth of , being the hun- LUF.R was not unaware ,cy ; but he was afraid ng predilection counts. He had no H 'ellor of nd con- MONS -WEDNESDAY On Sir J. PAKINGTON moving that the Juv read a second time, den Bill M. ROEBUCK m Offen- ted to it on ti :I to do away with jury ; adjudi Id have power of them in private and 'not rdly, becav awe to two justices, an accused, tl no body of men who-wi , ading of the bill not RIM and Sir Robert Peel r putation of infideli merely beeat a Catholi lv impelled The Chancellor of the EXCHEQUER moved that a sum of £600,000 should be placed at the disposal of the Lqan Commissioners to he advanced to three Irish railways which had paid up 50 per cent. of their capital (X 500,000 reat South Western of Ireland, £83,000 to the rd and Kilkenny, £36,000 to the Dublin and Ben both Waterfoi Droghed, tinck's p] thus in principle adopting I sition—a fact of which he was rem e and the noble lord. Sir JAMES eellor of the Eic The discussion w m which the Chan- HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDA Y. The royal assent was given by commission to the f reland) Bill, and otlieibills The Incumbered Estates (I cowl time d) Bill was read a se HOUSE OF COMMONS Sir C. NAPIER moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Seamen's Enlistment Act. When a sufficient number of men could not be voluntarily enlisted, he pro posed that the government should be at liberty to call out, in the first place, such venni , : men as had finished were two the partie If they v it call out flux •MONDAY educat Government, ad good:will 3 called upon to serve ti would not recomw. _ Anaprt but would call upon the captains of merchant d:- such as refused, leaving them win ad the government to scharg , ioice. In t e event o led to n. rh ,en thu: would b( Dr. B, I of cc most of the nations of t would be a great publ humble arm - that she v of coins r ited to her AI ting ft and sterl diedth part of Queens and Vict Majesty might si Mr. HUME sec The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEG of the a that th 4 for thei or any othe ed the motion objection to the experiment wli if the people did n hink th hadae at last to one on tl power of decidin, Those were p stand well with the commun themselves Mr. BAI. but observed that he could et and specific option to th ccused to appeal to a jury if he desired it. unl gave a d: Sir G. GREY oft;erved th;t:th from the principle of the bill, he entertained very serious objections to its details. He could not express a hope that during the present session the bill could be put into such a shape as to receive the sanction of the Legislature. He hoped, however, that, before Parliament separated, he should be able to submit to it a measure which would im- pose upon counties, boroi provi rather punis not to or( the necessity o ith a view ihment He. ti committee.of th urinal Lay is a House of Lords was sitting on the Cri- g its 1 of Sir J. Pakington might be d hasty legislation on thi !feated by any attempt at Sir J. Pakington had considered the subject with great attention, and could not discern any mischief that would arise from the small addition which this bill would make to the existing powers of magistrates. Sir E. Ryan, who was aLthe head of the Criminal Law Commission, Sir F. Pollock, the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Sir E. Wilmot, the late Governor of Van Dieman s Land, and Lord Campbell, the late Attorney-General, were decidedly in favour of the principle on which it was founded. Th law on tl (1 it was to correct those anomalies, and at the same time to prevent the contamination of youth by long imprisonment before trial, that he had introduced this bill. Feeling, as he did, the necessity for immediate legislation on this subject, he could not consent to withdraw this measure. After some further discussion, in which the Att___, General, Mr. Packe, Mr. Adderley, Mr. R. Palmer, and Mr. Protheroe supported the principle of the bill, and Mr. Henley and Mr. B. Escott declared their intention of voting against its second reading, the house divided, when the numbers Were : For the second reading. Against it Majority in its favour 52 The bill was then ordered to be committed on Friday Whilst the gallery was closed, Mr. WADDINGTON moved that the adjourned debate on the second reading of the Rating of Tenements Bill be resumed, and an hon. mem ber moved that the bill be read a second time that day six month: Sir ( since this bill. was last 1 GREY stated that it had been represent e d t o hi m , .... re the house, that it would in 1 effect upon property. As a upon the law of settlement ideration fl many cases have a mat( committee wa which would also take inw subject of rating, he could not assent to the second reading of this measure._ Mr. 8. - . osuonN made a few observations in support Mr. P. SCROPE observed, that if this bill were made law, it would impose on the tenants of the lower class of houses the necessity of paying a higher rent to indemnify the owners for the rates imposed upon them. It would likewise expose the owners of this species of property to an increase of direct taxation by means of the rates to which it would render them liable. He thought that it would be better to exempt the poorest classes from local taxation, by drawing a line between those cottages which should be liable to rates and those cottages of lower ren-I tal which should not be subject to rates. He therefore suggested that all houses under £5 rent in rural parishes should be exempted, as well as all houses under £8 or £lO rent in town parishes. Mr. Cripps and Mr. V. Smith supported the bill, and were o Scrope COlonel Wood, Mr. Buck, Mr. Carew, Mr. Packe, and Mr. Miles, supported the bill ; and Capt. Pechell, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Grimsditch, Mr. Henley, Mr. Allix, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Hudson, and the Attorney- General, opposed it. The house then divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading Against it Majority against it Soo - the bill was lost. Mr. S. CRAWFORD then moved the second reading of the Tenants (Ireland) Bill. Mr. B. OSBORNE considered that it would be extremely improper for the Government to give a silent assent to this bill, as it struck at the very root of property. He entered his solemn protest against extending to the south of Ire land the tenant right of Ulster. The whole south of Ire land was a mass of bad cultivation and bad management. He moved that the bill he read a second time that day six months, Mr: MONAGHAN requested Mr S. Crawford, as the Secretary for Ireland and other influential members of the Government were unavoidably absent, to allow the debate to be adjourned for the present. Aftersmile discussion, Mr. S. CRAWFORD reluctantly assented to the adjournment of it until the following Wednesday (to-morrow.) ----~-- HOUSE OF LORDS,-TEIURSDAY LoiTl BROUGHAM inquired if the government had any intention of introducing any temporary measure to relieve the pressure on the money market, and to suspend the operation of the Bank Act of 1844 ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the government had no intention of proposing any measure. Lord ASHBURTON stated that during the last few days the bills of meal of the highest respectability-in the city had been discounted at rates between twelve and thirteen per cent. - Several petitions on the education question were pre sented, and one from the select vestry of Liverpool, on the subject of the influx of Irish paupers into that town, 150,000 of whom, the petitioners stated, had arrived there since December. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second reading of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill. The noble marquis expressed a hope that, whatever alteration their lordships might think fit to make in the bill, they would not throw the whole burden of the poor-rate in Ireland on the tenant, because he considered it would be most desirable to re move the impression that prevailed that absentee Irish landlords did not contribute to the relief of the poor in Ireland. The Earl of CLANCARTY. moved, as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He officio guardians ,eted to the rating divisions, to the increase of e.z and to other portions of this bill. one Earl of St. GERMANS supported the princii. the bill. He asserted that the whole property of Ireland of lam was not at present liabl to be rated beyond tenpence in the pound. Th earl gave notice of his intention to propose an am( in the clause to increase the ex-officio guardians move the omission of the lutely to persons holding more than a quarter of Lord RIONTEAGLE condemned this ,ttempt to 1 acre of permanently upon a temporary emergency as quite un. justifiable, and one that could only result in failure. Thu noble lord intimated his intention to propose in committee that the bill be limited in its d Lord STANLEY concurr sure was fr nion that the mea- r, not only it !ral welfare ardships to liimnies they might .-hav they would not be willing to undergo themselves, and to compare t authority p( nd he wo - uldJneet them in the discussion upon them in a fair spirit, and without any party feeling, desirous only of seeing a law passed that would act for the advancement and the social improvement of Ireland. Atter some remarks from the Earl of Desart, Lon Brougham, and Lord Colchester, the amendment wa All read a second time. withdrawn, and ti OF COMMONS -THURSDAY Dr. Bowntisto moved a series of resolutions on the sub ject of the mode of keeping the public accounts, and sug The hon. member said that sever g a new were expended loils annually of the pu Government, without GREY 01 house, was withdrawn HUME moved for an enquiry into ti ince 1832 as regards the building, alt 1 of the safet his was wi Iwithac wing of enquiry ever the Government mi ;ht fee Sir G. Gr 1. He was r d, and the ap and Mr. Corry follow( children employed in factories, e: o remove by a bill ; and as regal Lnery, that subject had been ref ),000 in LL then moved ti Ur. Ito d the moti ything, yet he u LLOR of the EXCHEQUER complained of the course adopted by the honourable and learned gentle man, and hoped the house would proceed according to its established rules, and, by going into committee of supply, ,d hideous bankruptcy that the hous ed the cas med to the Lereon. In mronet re- to appoint a Te, instead The Cr a the business to proceed._ . le house then divided, when Mr. Roebuck's motion negatived by a majority of 189, the numbers being 14 to 21 ch wa The hot of the E 3 A the r It of ti then went into committee, the CHANCELLOR CHEQUER proceeding to make a further st ment in reference to the vote proposed. In the course of his observations, the honourable baronet observed, with ie money market, that ing Act, but to the ne- pressure in t to the Barg glect of the princlpleon which that act was founded. He was happy to say that, since the last published accounts, the state of the Bank of England had materially improved, the result being that on two occasions during the last week, it had been enabled to afford increased facilities to the money market and the deputations which he had seen respecting the distressed state of things in the north of England, felt more 'satisfied and at ease than they did three days ago. In consequence of the efforts of the Bank of England, he believed that the extreme pressure might be said to be removed. With regard to the rise which had taken place in the funds, that might be owing to the unforeseen intelligence received in the city that day from St. Petersburg, the truth of which there seemed to be little reason to doubt. The right hon. baronet then pro ceeded to explain that the grant would be covered to the extent of £500,000 by the government's relinquishment of the Irish Waste Lands Improvement Bill ; then refer red to the prosperous condition of the crops in various parts of Ireland, and concluded by detailing the mode in, and the objects on, which it was proposed the grant should be conferred. Mr. GOULBURN expressed the pleasure he felt, in com mon with the house, at the announcement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the panic which had prevailed in the money market was subsiding, and that the Bank, having acted with less caution than was requisite, was again placed in a situation to afford relief to those who had suffered from the laxity of their regulations in the first instance, and from their too precipitate contraction after wards. The right hon. gentleman proceeded to show that the proposed advance would be an act of favouritism to one line of railway, by giving it an advantage over another, which was not consistent with justice, or with the ordinary course of such dealings. With regard to the financial state of the country, if any misfortune should take place before January next, they might by that period anticipate a diffi culty far greater than that under which the country now laboured ; because the demands made by the government for loans from the Bank would entirely prevent that estab lishment from extending accommodation to the mercantile community. Mr. F. French, Mr. M. Gore, Mr. W. Collett, Mr. Cayley, Mr. Chaplin, Sir William Clay, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Muntz, and Mr. M. J. O'Connell followed ; when Sir ROBERT PEEL rose, who defended the Bank Restric ktn Act—condemned in some degree the course pursued the Bank—disapproved of the favouritism which the proposed disposition of the grant was calculated to produce: expressing his intention o: voting ag government Lard J. RUSSELL said the measures of precaution taken by the Bank had had_the effect of sawing the country much uture istress ; and d ie grant on t he grounc it was necessary to adopt a variety of measures with the view of even partially relieving the distress of Ireland ; and he could not conceive that a wiser course could be pursued, than that the act of 1844 should have its legitimate opera tion. Mr. HUME opposed, and Lord G. BENTINCK supported, the motion ; after which the committee divided, when the grant was carried by a majority of 133, the numbers being 208 to 75. conded the motion Mr. WARD opposed the enquiry Sir J. Graham. Sir C SE OF LORDS TON, of a s Lded—for the motion, 13, against it, C COURT AND FASHION. It is expected that her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Royal family, will pay a visit in a few days to Osborne House, previously to the full dress ball to be given by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on the 14th inst. The Queen gave a juvenile party on Monday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, in celebration of the birthday of the Princess Alice. The Queen Dowager and the Duchess of Kent were present on the occasion ; and numbers of the nobility and gentry accompanied by the juvenile mem bers of their respective families. Sunday week was the anniversary of the birth of the Princess Alice, third child of her Majesty, born 25th April, 1843 ; also of the Duchess of Gloucester, born 25th April, 1776. The Earl of Sefton has left Croxteth for London,. for the season. The Earl of Portarlington is shortly to be married to Lady Alexandrina Vane, daughter of the Marquis of Lon donderry. The Emperor of Russia has recently forwarded a medal to the Duke of Richmond, as President of the Royal Agricultural Association of England, and in testimony of his grace's exertions for the promotion and encourage ment of agriculture. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S BlRTHDAY.—Saturday being thelst of M ay , was the anniversary of " The Duke's ' birthday, and as he was born in 1769, he has now cdrri pleted his 78th year. Napoleon was also born in 1769, the year, therefore, must be considered a memorable one in giving birth to two such great men, and more particu larly so from their being both eminent in the same pro fessiou of arm. THE LIVERPOOL -STANDARD. FOREIGN :45- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES By .the packet-ship Ashburton, Captain Howland, arrived -at Liverpool on Tuesday afternoon, we have ad% ices from New York to the Bth inst. inclusive. From these.waloarn that General Taylor's army was encamped on the late field of battle, and that General Taylor himself, at the head of 1,000 horse, had arrived at Cerralvo in pur suit of General Urrea, and that the latter, hearing of Ge neral (Taylor's approach, had fled with his force in the direction of Victoria, thus leaying open the communica tion between Camargo and Monterey. Santa Anna, it.is stated, was in full retreat for San Luis Potosi. Many of the Mexicans who were taken prisoners, state that they had not eaten anything for three days previously to the s ; that the army of Santa Anna was in a state of 'estitution ; and that unless he could get supplies in four days his army would disband, or that they mus inevitably st- ye. In despatches received from Monterey it was currently reported that Santa Anna hal lost an arm.and had been shot in the hip, that Generals Ampudia, Mejia and Ortiga had been killed, and General Salas made From Vera Cruz we learn, that the line of in t having been completed, and all communication city landward cut off, General Scott had given ign residents notice to leave the town, and they had generally gone on board the foreign vessels of war off port prisoner !any citizens of Vera CrUz were in favour of an early capitulation, but the military violently opposed any movement of the kind. It was reported by the foreign residents, that several citizens had been shot for proposing the surrender. The firing from the city and castle was continued, but had, so far, been harmless. Colonel Per sifor F. Smith, with his rifles, had had an engagement with a force of about 800 men from the city, and com pelled them to retire, with a loss of about 25 killed and several wounded, an sustaining a loss of two or three privates killed and wounded. Two French vessels had, however, succeeded in evading the blockade. Rumours prevailed at Philadelphia, on the 7th inst., that intelli gence had been received from Vera Cruz, that General Scott had been killed, and General Worth wounded. No credence, however, was given to these reports. Proposals for the new loan of 18,000,000 dollars were to be opened on the 10th. It was anticipated that the Secretary of the Treasur,y would call immediately for a large portion of it. The following statistics of the cotton crop we extiact from the tables of the Shipping List of the 7th inst. : Stocks.on hand Ist Septeinber:-1146, 97,216 bales; against 1845, 94,126. Increase, 3,090. Received since Ist September 1,584,168. Decrease, 108,410 184 G, 1,475,758 bales; 184 T:--184' llitto to Decrease It is stated in the American papers, just received, tha the Niagara Suspension Bridge Company will shortly pro - - d to the. erection of a wire bridge across the Niagar, nt having been gained. -the Qt Kinn ni as pressing heavily on the labo be replaced by new taxes, tl yet stated. urine They are tc ore of which is no. y was the birthday of the Queen of the French who has just compl d her 65th year It was also the Aueen Christine Letters from Rome announce that the only daughter of Curran, the celebrated Irish barrister, is now alive in the Eternal city, the sister of whom Moore has so beautifully She is far from the land where her vounr hero dlusioa to the brave but unfort !PS," &C 'ETERSBURGII.-We have just irgh the important_ intelligence ase dated the that the emperor of I as, by an I ►vest in the 12th instant, d specie, equal to X 4,500,001 ihould remain as a perma 9ent investment in those securities. The greater portion will be invested in the English funds. PORTUGAL.—THE CIVIL WAR.—It is now precisely twelve months since the insurrectionary movement of Maria da Fonte took place, which led *the revolution of Minho. ' That barefooted amazon placed herself at the head of a few score of equally ignorant country women, and got up amongst this exciteable southern population a For twenty pence the country has bee I more than 1,000 victims hav It fiiadlong to ruin trOyed es, writing 'he communication made Uovernment UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, ' The last report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, a summary of which we give elsewhere, recommends the appointment of an Archdeacon of Liverpool. The Rev. Wray R. Hunt, late minister of St. Saviour's Church in this town, has been appointed to the sole charge of the curacy of Great Ripington, Gloucestershire, on the nomination of the Nan of Gloucester. BISHOPRIC OF MONTO.—The arrangements relative to the permanent endowment of the bishopric of Toronto are complete, and two appointments in the church are va cated thereby—the Archdeaconry of York and the rectory of Toronto. The Rev. Official Bethune, D.D., diocesan professor of Theology and rector of Coburg, has received the archdeaconry ; and the Rev. H. J. Gravett, M.A., has been preferred to the rectory of Toronto. The Bishop of Oxford, son of the celebrated Wilber force, has been making considerable additions to the epis copal residence at Cuddesden, including dormitories for the clergy (whom his lordship, it is understood, proposes to entertain with something like ancient hospitality), and a private chapel for domestic use. The windows of this latter building are to be filled with stained glass • the glass for one of which has be en p resen t e d b y h er Majesty, and for another by his grace the primate. 'THE BISHOP'S VISITATION.—We understand that the Bishop of Chester has finally determined not to make a visitation to those portions of his present diocese which are intended to form a part of the see of Manchester; some delay may therefore be expected in the perfOrmance of the right of confirmation in such parts in the - present year. The appointment of a Bishop of Manchester is now fully arranged, and will be completed in about five weeks from the present time, but who is to receive it has not yet transpired ' • the Rev. Chancellor Raikes i s name d, an d from his long acquaintance with the mode in which the episcopal functions are discharged, he would seem to be exceedingly eligible to fill the very responsible situation. Preston Pilot. THE INSTALLATION.—We are enabled to state, upon the best authority, that it is the intention of her most gracious Majesty the Queen, as well as hiS Royal Highness the Chancellor of the University, to honour Cambridge with a visit at the ensuing commencement. It is expected that her Maje s ty an d h er R oya l Consort will he present at the performance of the installation ode in the Senate House, on Tuesday, July 6, and will pass two nights in Cambridge. The foregoing annnouncement is in itself a contradiction of rumours which have prevailed to the effect that the installation will very likely be postponed. But, in order to remove all doubt upon the subject from `he minds of our readers, we beg to, state, as explicitly as ilbert as the Chan- : - we can, that the installation ( cellor of the University will yen ti Tal election, will not be allowed rangements that have been made interfere wi Cambridge The first report of the consider the state of the sev and Wales, has been issued. mending the continuance of St ommissioners appointed reral bishoprics in Engl. It commences by re - com- Asaph and Bangor as the deanery of Dyffryn Clwyd being taken r and annexed to the see of St, Asaph, the county of Merioneth being included in Bangor, deanery of Ceifeiliog being transferred to that see, nd that the whole of Flint and Denbighshire should be n.. 7 „ el nri Q. A from the latt( who' ps would be equalised. The Commissioners re `hat the income of the Bishop of Bangor should _ —al°, the sum fixed for the see of St. Asaph. They go on to advise the formation of a bishopric of Manchester, but disapprove of the arrangement laiddown in the Act of Parliament, on the ground that it does not equalise the two. They propose to leave North Shrop shire, as at present, in the diocese of Lichfield, and add, '` We recommend that the diocese of Chester should con sist of the whole county of Chester, and of the south western portion of Lancaster, which includes Liverpool, being the deanery of Warrington ; except the parish of Leigh, which, from its vicinity to the town of Manches ter, may more convepi.,,44._ comme not exc ched to the diocese of uld then Manchester. The diocese of Manchester wo consist of so much of the county of Lancaster eluded within the deaneries of Kendal and Kirl dale, the deaneries of Amound urn, A chester, and Leyland, and the parish of Leigh, in the deanery of Warrington. According to these recommen dations, the diocese of Chester would contain a popula tion of 912,449, an area of 1,408 square miles, and 302 parishes and districts; and the diocese of Manchester would contain a population of 1,123,518, L 220 square miles, and 313 Parishes and districts. We are of opinion that the annual income of the Bi s h o p o f M anc h es t er _ _ _ ,200 ;. and having learned from the Ecch issioners fos Episcopal fund, TIOV lent for this purpose, we humbly to foundation and endowment of linaly. Under ti see of Manchester, act the existing Act of P. ,nehester has been founded ; and ti utkority an arcndeaconry of is power, 'tinder Lry of Lancaster. These two archdeaconriE the new diocese of 3 that in the di are not more than sufficient for nd we are of f Chester, there should I tion to the archdeaconry of Chester, an chdeaconry of in this diocese, with the deanery of Worrall, in t e county 1, LAW INTELLIGENCE, sittings. in the Queen's Bench. It is an action for libe: by the Rev. Mr. Brosbie, a convert from the Catholii Church, and at present a member of a Cody called " Th( Priests' Protection MaVnooth ( il court on Wedneid plied for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed againSt the proprietor and publisher of the Railway Times for a libel on Mr. Muntz, the mem ber for Birmingham. The alleged libel impugned the conduct of the hon. member in connexion with the pro ject for making a railway from. Birmingham to Leicester. Mr. Justice Coleridge doubted whether it imputed any thing criminal ; but that it might lead to a disavowal he would grant the rule. On Ilonday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Mr. Crowder showed cause against a rule nisi being made ab solute for a new trial in the case of Woolmer and otheis v, Toby, which our readers will recollect was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who were the members of the " managing committee " of the Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Davenport Railway Company, against the defendant, to recover the sum of £lO5, being the amount of the de posits payable in the respect of forty shares which the plaintiffs had allotted to him in the said company. At the trial a verdict was given for the plaintiffs, but in the following term a rule nisi for a new trial and in arrest of judgment had been obtained by Mr. Serjeant Kinglake. At the close of Mr. Crowder's speech, Lord Denman in timated that the Bench would take time to consider their judgment._ IN THE EXCHEQUER.—Sharp v. Perrey, Executor of Sewell.—Mr. Evans, Q.C., applied to the court to set Aide the verdict which had . been entered for the defend ant and for a nonsuit, on the ground of misdirection of the learned judge who tried the cause. This case was tried at the last Chester Assizes. It was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover £BO lls. 10d., for money paid by him in 1841, for preparing certain deeds for the pur _ _ pose, as it was a testatrix. It was stated by the learned counsel, that ob jections bad been taken to the title by purchasers from the plaintiff; and that to remove these objections, the • nrwo John Cheesbrough, who, it was supposed, had some title to the property ; this proceeding had been taken with out the sanction or knowledge of the defendant, who con- that subsequent to the purchase, the defendant had lent several large sums to the plaintiff on mortgage of his pro perty, and that he had rendered various accounts current to the defendant during several years, without making the claim in question; and that after these mortgages had been transferred to a third party, nlaintifffnr thp fir.t +;,„. OV 1/113.1G set up his claim, which the defendant resisted on the ground that the deed which was the gravamen of the action was perfectly valueless, inasmuch as Cheesebrough, when he executed it, was an uncertified bankrupt. The court said the summing up of the judge at the trial was quite correct Rule refused ur and Admiral Parker to the A.pril, s request for an armed fOr nd, to accedeto Donna Mark to protect her, was commur cafed to the public in the Diaro, which added that a Simi lar offer was made by the Charge d'Affaires for Spain at this court, and by the commander of the Spanish frigate Villa de Bilbao, lying in the Tagus. Great was the con sequent excitement through Lisbon, and all kinds of re ports were in circulation as to the nature of our inter ference, but nothing decisive has as yet occurred—nothing in fact, but preparatory demonstrations. Conditions have been proposed to the Queen on the part of our govern ment, but have been rejected by her in limine." convert IRELAND. hop for railing dysentery is announced Dr. Coen, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert. The Belfast Northern Whig states, that Lord Lurgan Tering under an attack of typhus, caught in the dis •e of his duty, and is not expected to recover. The prayer appointed in our Liturgy to be read in the time of any common sickness," was used on Sunday last in some of the churches in Cork, and will be gene- rally .adopted throughout the Diocese, during the Pieva lence of the existing epidemic. The Repeal Association still struggles on in its feeble career of mischief. The rent has subsided to its lowest level. The oratory is directed, for the most part to the support of the Dublin improvement bill—doubtless, de sirable—nay, sternly necessary now, as a provision for the pensioners of Conciliation Hall. £23 (the last week's rent) will go but a small way in satisfying the necessities which, in the halcyon days of the monster meetings, re gularly absorbed £2,000 a week. - The Nenagh Vindicator gives a curious story of a man named John Cleary, getting his sister and brother to cut off his two ears close to the head, and then charging three men with committing the crime, in the hopes of obtaining money as witnesses on the trial. A man who had been askedto join the conspiracy "peached," and the Bench ordered the prisoners to be liberated, pronouncing the case to be a villainous and infamous conspiracy against in nocent men. ANOTHER MURDER.—Another victim has fallen before the savage spirit of Thuggism which so recently spread through this unhappy county. The name of the unfortu nate individual now added to the roll of victims murdered for paltry gain, is Thomas Sheehan. He was a farmer's servant; residing in the neghbourhood of Kilmoganny, and having recently determined upon emigrating had col lected in debts due to him the amount of between £2O and £3O. On the night of the 21st instant he left Kil moganny, being then somewhat under the influence of liquor, for home, and was next morning found at Bally gowen-Reade, a murdered corpse, his head having been literally smashed to atoms with stones.—Tipperary Paper. THE PESTILENCE. - -All over Ireland typhus fever spreads its ravages, sparing no rank or condition of life. The Dublin Packet, summing up a list of returns of deaths, says :—" Here we have 1257 deaths in twelve parochial districts, within the period of six months, for the reports extend merely from October to April. This gives an average of more than a hundred for each district. Now let the calculation be applied to all Ireland, and what must be the result ? We shall leave our readers to form their own estimate of the awful amount." The mortality amongst the poor is very great, but the rich do not escape, and many have fallen victims to their benevolence and zeal on behalf of their destitute neighbours. Several of the gentry have died in the county of Galway. FASHIONS FOR MAY. (From the London and Paris "Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") taffetas noires 2ekins foutanges, popellnes, India muslins, toiles de Nankin of silk, taffetas chines with wide stripes, glaces silks checked or striped, intermixed with bouquets broches, foulards de lain, pekins de rois, are all fa hionable materials at this moment ; many plain and glace silks are embroidered au passe, commencing at the bottom of the skirt, and diminishing gradually to the corsage. Slighter materials are trimmed with several rows of flounces, the corsages full, and demi-large sleeves. For redingotes fancy buttons, or noeucis of ribbon, or of the same mater;al, are th 3 only trimmings used. They are sometimes embroidered with narrow gimp. Foulards are much used for peignoirs, ornamented with dentelle de soie, the colcur of the dress. Velvet will continue in favour to ornament dresses, as well as fringes and gimps of every variety ; flounces are indispensable for full dress ; lively bright colours are fashionable. Tight bodies have the backs forming rounded point at the waist, but not in front for redingotes, which finish with ceinture and buckle ; the oeinture cannot take the form of the point behind, and therefore only commences at the sides, not being seen at all behind. Muslin dresses of the redingote form are ornamented with tulle and lace ; the corsages high and full, as well as the sleeves, which have coulisses from top to bottom, placed a little apart. The mante marquise, and the mantelet Andalouse will be the par dessus most in favour this season. The mante marquise partakes a little of the visite, but is larger and fuller, without being so heavy ; there are three different styles of trimming. For demi-toilette the frills are the same material, that is, of taffetas plain or glace of dark colour, with or without gimp. When required handsomer, they are embroidered all over, as well as on the frills. Still handsomer are those trimmed with two frills of lace, the lower one very deep, headed by about a third the width of the first. The mantelets for demi-toilette are of plain dark taffetas, trimmed with the same material; the form will vary but little from those of preceding years, but they are shorter in front. Black is less worn for all pardessus this season ; pale colours glacees are preferred. The spring bonnets and capotes are still more open in form ; the crowns round, and the fronts not very deep; lilac, pink, light green are the favourite colours. Flowers are the.usual ornaments, or foliage. The materials as usual at this season, paille de riz, crape, tulle lace, fancy straws, Ac. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. in Herefordshire) has been commenced. The line of railway extending from Cockermouth to the sea port town of Workington, was opened on Tuesday last, for the conveyance of passengers and general traffic. The line passes through a beautiful and fertile range of country, watered by the river Derwent, and lovely valleys and hilly slopes attract the eye on either side. It is eight miles in length, and there are two regular stations upon it, at Camerton and Brigham. • RAILWAY RETURNS.—From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic for tha last week, on upwards of 2,730 miles of railway, was £161,735, thus accounted for: £84,223 for the conveyance of passengers only, £42,083 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £35,432 for passengers and goods together, not respectively appor tioned; being an increase of £22,748 over the correspond ing week of last year, when the mileage was about 1,990. LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON RAILWAY. — A number of men have, for the last three or four weeks, been employed upon the portion of the above line which runs through Rufford, raising the embankments. On Monday they struck work, some for wages, and all finding fault with the pay-days, which the sub-contractors wished to be only once a month. Most" of them, however, were induced to commence work again on Tuesday._ _ THE SOUTH EASTERN AND BRIGHTON MID-KENT RAILWAY SCHEMES.—The Commitiee of the House of Commons, appointed to try the merits of these schemes, has concluded its labours. The chairman, Mr. W. 0. Stanley, delivered the decision of the committee. It was in favour of the South-Eastern North Kent Continuation to Canterbury and the South-Eastern Mid-Kent Lines. The committee rejected the proposed new Croydon line. The Brighton lines are all rejected. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--A special train, consisting of live carriages, was 'taken from London to Birmingham on Wednesday morning, in two hours and thirty minutes. The actual time of travelling did not exceed two hours, being an average speed of 56 miles per hour, the train being stopped four times on the journey to allow other trains to get clear of the line, be sides stopping at Wolverton to change engines. The engine which started from London (No. 157) is one of Y.r..Stepltenson's ordinary patent engines, and the latter part of its journey, 21 miles, was performed in2l minutes. The maximum speed over upwards of a mile was 75 miles per hour. The engine from Wolverton to Birmingham was also a patent engine of Mr. Stephenson's, having three cylinders, and it performed the first part of the journey, 41 miles (until it was stopped by another train), in 42 minutes ; maximum speed on this portion of the journey, 64 miles per hour. We understand that Lord George Bentinck, and several gentlemen going to the Chester races, were in the train. A side-wind was blow ing throughout the journey. The motion at the highest velocity was perfectly steady. SHREWSBURY AND CHESHIRE RAILWAY.—The land, on being made for this line, at Hencott, near Shrewsbury, has fallen in, and forced up a flood of water, as though the previous ground had rested on a floating bog, which sank under the superincumbent earth ; the water becoming deeper as more earth was thrown into it. It is said that it will be necessary to wheel down a large elevation of neigh bouring land into the swamp, before a good substratum can be secured. On Sunday last, some experiments were made on the Great Western Railway to test the power of the engines. The Great Western has undergone alteration, and its per formance was highly satisfactory between Reading and on, a speed at the rate of seventy miles an hCiir was easily maintained. The "Iron Duke," a new eight wheeled engine, drew a special train weighing sixty tons up the very steep Gloucester incline at the rate of thirty six miles an hour. THE BROAD AND NARROW GUAGE.-011 Wednesday. the Lord Chancellor decided in favour of the demurrer of the dirortnra of thp ev L . 1 I, Company to the bill filed by Mr. Mozley and three other hareholders, with a view to eject the existing directors vent the completion of the sale of the line to the .nd to r _ estern Company. The Lord Chancellor has re :ersed the decision of the Vice-Chancellor. This has been blazoned as a triumph of the Great Western Com pany. .It is, in fact, nothing of the kind. The Lord Chancellor merely says, that the shareholders have not gone the right way to bring the matter before the court, and he expressly guards himself from being supposed to give any opinion whatever upon the merits of the case. On Thursday, in the Bail Court, before Mr. Justice Cole ridge, Mr. Cockburn moved, on behalf of certain share holders in the Birmingham and Oxford Railway Company, for a rule against Mr. Muntz and other directors of that , mpany, to show cause why a us should mandatnuo no, ... issue, directed to them, to elect by ballot, f rom th e i r number, four direct ors t o retire from that office, and to call a general meeting of the shareholders of the company, for the purpose of electing four others to supply - th places of those retiring fioin office, A. rule nisi SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TUESDAI The Grosvenor Stakes of 15 :re won by Sir J. Gerard's Pantas a , beati , ovs. each, with 30 add id Burlesque.—The Chesterfield Handicap of 10 soy ch, with 100 added, were won by Mr. Mostyn's Sax k SWeepstakt beating seven others.— each was won by A others.—A Sweens Scholfield's Totrimy others. 3. Green's Beve'rlac, beating tin Moore, beating Butterton and five WEDNESDAY This day was the grand day : the course was crowded. housands from Liverpool, Manchester, and all the other ljacent towns continued to arrive. from an early hour, and at three o'clock tl: were " densely crowded and we may observe that t to win the Cup was St. Lawrenc to one had been taken. There w horses. started. All kept well togeth round, but during the second some of whilst several of them kept well toeeth ;rand stand and I The Lamb was the favou last thing that was expected t whoril fifty a plendid rac ier during thi the h LawreJice N'l2 the whiner, and won b Mendicant second, Newcourt.thin fourth We n changt Value of the cl scarcely of was the Corinthian Stakes, fo' Tiqoll's Rowland. The was 3 to 1 on Pantasa : the chance! rate. of a guinea to a shilline: am atasa, with carcely an effort Plate, wl never ought to have been one, as every one with tlu slightest knowledge of a horse's capabilities could I pointed out the winner. Only two 1 Johnston's Annandale and Sir G. ( ft - lleap's which was cont ;, Mr. Worley's He 'he only horses in tl- Le race wt n Fly, who mad 'ye that x he rae( 'he first r be next )n the list wever, were at the race was won by ft. (six subs.), for rell's Cotigr .• race was to hv MT Lee were for the event, both terminating in favour of Emerald Isle. The Dee Stand Cup, in by subscription of 10 sovs each, wi tors, was won b) sovs added by the Dee Stand propri Mr. R. Peel's Spithead, beating M Marquis of Westrninstet Mostyn's Sagacity. The Plate, value 100 sovs in specie, was won by Mr. A Hill's The Cur, beating Mr. Worthingtan's .' sovs added by the proprietors of the orand Stand, was won by Mr. Mostyn's The Swallow, beati ng M r . Pedley's Administrator and seven others. The Cheshire Welter ws each ,n by 3 Lord Saltoun and fivc Ir. F. R. I Robin Bur s and fOur others. FRIDAY The Eaton Stakes, of 15 sovs each which Mr. Dawkn's St. Leon walked the' course. 'the Cheshire Stakes, of 25 sovs each, 15 ft., with 50 added, were won by Mr. Gully's Mendicant, beating Mr. Meik lam's Godfrey and six others.—Even betting on Mendi cant, who won without an effort. The Wirral Stakes, of 10 sovs each, with 30 added, were won by Lord Stanley's Abdiel, beating Me. Meeson's Jovial and two others. A Free Handicap Stakes, of 10 sovs each, hf. ft. with 50 added, were won by Mr. Worthington's Sharston, beating Mr. Rolt's Evenus and fifteen others moderate throughout, and Sharston fini The pa an easy w r. - The Ladies' Purse, value £5O, was won, at ats, by Lord Chesterfield's b. f. by Don John. 194 Mr. Price's Kismet and two others.—This worthy of winding. up the week's sport, for it vigorously contested than any of the Was more previous struggles The receipts on the Grand Stand were on Tuesday £B2O -an increase of £3O upon last year. Wednesday ipts were £5O less than in 1846 ; and the total Previous to our leaving the city, we were p 1 io learn that the Grand Stand Committee propose; in the most liberal manner, giving £2OO more than this year, and further intend laying out something like £lOOO in improv ing and extending the course in every possible way. The arrangements have given every satisfaction, and ail seems to have glided over with decided e'cicit. In fact, barring a want of genial weather, (except Friday) nothing seems to have been otherwise than pleasant. The stewards elect are not exactly appointed, but Earl Grosvenor will be one. THE 'LIVERPOOL WAT: :IR BILL IN PAR LIAMENT OnTuesday, a numerous committee a to this town he BOOtle Cor waterworks company, and a tm midable array of proprietors. There was a large array also of the bar, and after the examination of a few wit nesses on the facts of the case, and a long argument be tween the counsel engaged for the several parties, at the to enable the two existing waterworks companies to to an arrangement on the provisions of an agreement for the sale of their property to the Corporation. On the re admission of parties, Mr. Webster, in answer to the chair man, stated that the Bootle Company were willing to make it compulsory upon the Corporation to buy ; the price to of the Corporation, assented, and a clause was subse sequently agreed to between the parties. After another long argument, the room was cleared to enable the com mittee to consider as to the Harrington works, and they resolved' that the purchase of these works should be made noon the principle agreed to by that company in the last session by arbit - ration, it being understood that the arbi trators should be required to consider the case as if the present bill had not passed into law. On Wednesday, the committee assembled again, at the usual hour, and a long discussion again took place on the clauses to be inserted for the sale and purchase of the Harrington company. Eventually the parties were requested to re-consider them in the course of the evening. In the meantime, the counsel for both the existing water companies not to have their case. prejudiced. Dr. Lyon Playfair, Professor Ansted, inspector Fresh, and two well-sinkers, Mr. John May and Mr. John Anderson, were the only witnesses examined. The evidence of the two first was of a scientific character, and it went to show the excellent quality of the water, the abundance of supply, and the improbability of a sufficient quantity being obtained from wells, or, if it could, of its quality being suited to domes tic consumption. THURSDAY William Brown, gardener to Robertson Gladstone, Esq., at Olive Mount, stated that the well originally sunk on the premises went partially dry in June, 1845, that on deepening it a sufficient quantity was obtained, but it afterwards became dry altogether, owing to the sinking of the wells in Green-lane, a distance of about 2650 yards. Mr. Wainwright, plumber, Much Woolton, proved that the water in the district had been diminished by the same wells, though distant five miles. It was also proved that Walton had suffered from the same cause—three miles off. Other places had also found a similar defalcation, Sir 11. De La Beche doubted whether a sufficient sup ply for • Liverpool could be obtained from the red sand stone ; besides, what could be got would be hard, from the quantity of magnesia and lime. He would not recom mend such wells to be sunk. The water from the district proposed by the bill would be superior in purity to that of the wvlls. Hard water was not fit , for large towns, if better could be obtained from a distance. Mr. Hawkesley was examined, and gave the same evi dence as on the preliminary enquiry. The pipes from Rivington would furnish twenty million gallons per day ; but the delivery would generally be sixteen millions per day, which would give double the present population of May 4, 1847. Liverpool twenty gallons per head per day. In the con struction of the works he had ensured ample protection for all existing interests along the whole line. The cost would be £450,000; which would include everything, but the purchase of the existing works. A gross income of £75,000 a-year was anticipated ; and as the income in creased the rates would be reduced, so that the income and expenditure would balance as nearly as possible. The cross-examination of Mr. Hawkesley, by counsel, for other parties, had not closed when the committee ad journed. ACCOUNTS RELATING TO TRADE AND NAVIGATION, We . extract a few leading features of the return under this head, from the Statistical Department of the Board of Trade, just published for the tnonth ended sth Feb ruary, 1847. The imports of coffee were, for the month, from British possessions 17,402 lbs., and from Foreign countries 559,205 lbs. In 1846 the quanties were respec tively 100,000 lbs., and 105,348 lbs. ; and in 1845, 446,095 lbs., and 530,771 lbs. The quantities entered for home- consumption during the month were in 1845, 3,232,969 lbs. ; in 1846, 3,226,510 lbs., and in 1847, 4,062,466 lbs. Corn and Bread stuffs in corresponding month of 1845, 48,836 qrs. and 11,514 cwts. • in 1846, 224.527 qrs . an d 172,630 cwts. ; in 1847, 250,653 qrs. and 253,222 cwt. ; which being free in 1847, of course entered at once into consumption. _ Eggs—in 1845, 3,743,268; in 1846, 1,108,000. Sugar, unrefined, total 3,558,621; in 1847 in 1846, %-1845,. British and Foreign in 1845, 253,040 cwts. 152,723 cwt. ; in 1847, 277,689 cwts. 423,618 lbs. ; 1846, 3,962,734 lbs. ; 1847, 133,696 lbs. The declared value for exports for the month has been less than in the preceding years : viz.—in 1847, £3,077,010' against £3,282,819 in 1846, and £3,361,371 in 1845. The tonnage entered inwards from Foreign parts has been in 1847, 1425 ships, 308,680 tons, against 1425 ships, 284,410 tons in 1846, and 1436 ships, 319,331 tons in 1845. FINANCIAL AND COWIERCIAL SUMMARY, We have had cheering reports during the v improved state of th ‘1 of an Money Market, which we have now Lae satisiacrion to nnu yenned. by tact. The crisis is past ; and although it may be some time before confidence and commercial activity are fully restored, we may confidently hope, before long, to see a moderate amount of _ u. rrudence, _ required ; for p we have uiaiani still heavy demano. tional credit to provide for, and the issue of the next har vest to speculate upon. lowevc unon ti mouncing that 30,060.( an Im roubles base of which have accumulated n of that countiy Of this )yed in thi France : .1 arrange -50,000 is Lent in large orc goods now head of al: 01 ware child cart. arm was tion ford• prize unles plop the I bed the e been on di. M'Cz steps but v tweni to a I repen to tat them by hi Th i n Li police latior throu seen, less t room appet pendo fire deale ing vc out ii build befor with M] of tl their from for ec amm chair the 2 corn, barn brem 20 be 9,62( sewn Oper est ab The and c P,reac cie rg , an ab an as, de a d the R 9 ac r d n Monet Into 'ithc rially called tot tc e h e th e st the ai Paper 'vente street Quires With 1 of fill bYlth, serial merit lately r said to be it ),000 is supposed to be int( The result of the at Friday w than 1 per c totwittistand►ng a severe pressure through the c )ney (6 per cent. being paid on Government secu this advance was maintained at the close of t Oh Saturday a sl heck was experienced at the corn- .ket, owin , ment of ant opened Bank, and the ttendance very le remarks upon this subject made in the Hou iy night by the Chancellor of the I will be to our commercial readers. Referr di had been felt upon monetary matt :ed in great part to the preeir directors of that body had latel ing to the :e has . te with to pro- sect of p want of cau- 3 that h, ad a letter from improved during th, arket had k had in commercial interests. The deputat h had also informed him that they we from the better satis- than three days .eviously part of Europe wereturni AV, ',muffin worn America yto be less than had been anticipated. This we will hinge upon the circumstance whether the -s from Ameriea for manufac' wing over, from the difficulty or procuring a. can be. executed upon terms ,satisfactory to the. , d and other g the w tremely dull, with prices up to Frids lb. below those of the preceding week 11 4d. per of the we( 3;000 bales, of whicl 2,000 were on speculation and On Saturday, partly owing to the intelligence received of the improved stale of the money mark - et, cotton s- 5 decidedly more in demand. 7,000 bales were sold, of which 3,000 were taken by speculators at an advance, 1? va Au. per w. on American (ie. , - The market closed very firm. The Manchester market for goods, durin g the week, has continued in a dull state, with littl e doing ue.vtliat little a healthy rienced. Whether t e cause, however, which has checked speculation in the raw mate rial, may not give a serious impulse upwards to that moterial, and thus prolong the contest between short time and the effect of short supply—high prices —remains to be seen. The following extract, from the monthly circular of Messrs. Greenhowand Irving, dated April 30th, gives a fair exposition of this market generally higher than they were a month 'stained with )le to the and erience satisfied ago, are, Under all the adverse circums, remarkable firmness. This is no doubt diminished and dirnini - ' - '•Aductio , to the comparati— - any rely -" money pr frum it had passed away, an improve irly all the staple articles would follow There are unquestionably heavy orders tit the mar g execution, and which would be placed were the a the valite of the future Lange of prices determined continue dear for some time, at least until som will, we think "The country trade was seldom ever known to be so had at this season of the year, a matter not to be wondered at looking to the dearness of provisions and the depressed state of the 11 this • district, it is to observe the freed the Manufacturing interests'. Unlike former periods - of adver sity, the present has so far passed away comparatively harmless; a result no doubt owing to the adoption and exercise of sounder principles, and to the success attendant upon beneficial opera tions during the past few years." _ The accounts from Lor don, received( SaturdaN , created • a more lively feeling in the market on Saturday ; but no thing of great.moment was done, parties holding back for ater inte igence of the Our corn market, up to „ Friday, was dull, and transac ,‘taracter. On Friday, it improved luite of a ret advar of 21bs. per 7Olbs flour bring On Saturday, )f this staple of the stood at 41a., with western cans I. at the close of the market established the corn trade at 405., and yeste holders very firm. A London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, writing on Friday, says, " The pressure on the money mar ket cannot be saidto-beirt any degree subsi , d, as far as —counted freely,lakinimany, bills of the first class at five per cent, June bills at five-and-a-half per cent, and bills up to the 17th of July at six per cent ' - but, never theless, it is notorious th a t l arge amounts have been re fused, and that no apparent result has h..— 'tl Lombard-street - red teas o many bills are running off during the 'first fortnight in May, that the bank will be able to continue an extended accommodation, which will no doubt begin to be felt in a few days ; and if confidence were restored, the present difficnitics would be somewhat ameliorated. I believe that it-is the-intention of the directors to extend theirae cornmodation as far as it is possible to do so •, but that must necessarily be limited by the continued drain upon them for bullion. The colonial, and especially the East India interest, is suffering very severely from the difficulty in getting the usual advances ; and unless some material relief arrives soon, the most serious consequences are ap prehended. The bank accounts this week will look better. The reserve of notes will be rather larger ; while, how ever, there will be a small reduction of bullion. The go vernment will do nothing at present, and Sir Robert Peel will appear to-night, to vindicate his bill. They express the greatest confidence that it is sound, and will work through the crisis." The Times of Thursday says, " Although the pressure for money has assumed a less feverish character, there is not much apparent mitigation of its intensity, and for long-dated paper the rates still reported are severe. From the provinces also similar accounts continue to be received, and on first-class railway shares 81 per cent is stated to be currently given. At Manchester the present state of affairs has led to a modification in the mode of doing business, the large American commission houses having given notice to the manufacturers from whom they have been in the habit of buying, that instead of paying cash as heretofore, and receiving I} discount, they will avail avail themselves of the three months credit to which they are entitled, by giving bills at that date, except in eases where the manufacturers may be disposed to increase the discount to 2 per cent, (equivalent to 8 per cent per an; num), and it may prove convenient to take advantage ° I that alowance." A deputation of gentlemen from Liverpool and MO,: chester had on Friday, as we learn, an interview wi th Lord John Russell, on the subject of the excessive scar city of money. It is understood as the result, that Go vernment, through the Bank of England, undertake to ( all they can for the relief of the manufacturing and tra ding interests generally during the prevailing pressure, and tlI deputation returned much more satisfied. The weekly account of the Bank, published in Fri,4% )f night's Gazette, gives the stock of gold and silver bulg," s _ in the issue department as £8.549,140, being a decrease since last week of £251,060, while in the banking depart' meat the stock has risen to X 664,750.