The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-06 00:00:00

RAILWAY .I.N TELL IGEN CE. I MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

DEVON AND DORSET RAILWAY BILL.
SPECIAL REPORT.

Mr. Beckett reported from the committee on group
(NN) of railway bills, who were empowered to make a
special report so far as relates to the Devon and Dorset
Railway Bill, that they had agreed to the following
special report :
" That in arriving at the decision that the allegations
contained in the preamble of the bill had not been proved
to their satisfaction, your committee have not lost sight
of the urgent necessity for filling up the gap in railway
communication which at present exists between Dor-
chester and Exeter, nor do they doubt that the Devon
and Dorset Line, which has come under their inves-
tigation, would supply that deficiency for all purposes
of local traffic. But taking a wider view of the subject,
and listening to evidence adduced in the progress of this
investigation from authorities of high consideration, your
committee feel the importance of a railway communication
upon one uniform guage between Exeter and London in a
north-easterly direction via Axminster and Salishary, and
of another from Exeter to Portsmouth and the east coast
via Dorchester ; and, believing that a communication so
desirable could not be attained if the Devon and Dorset
railway bill now proposed should receive the sanction of
Parliament, they are of opinion that they are best pro-
moting the public welfare by giving an opportunity in the
next session of Parliament for the establishment of one
uniform guage throughout the above district.
" Your committee would, however, have hesitated to
reject the bill before them had it not been proved in
evidence that the proprietors in the London and South-
Western Railway Company, at a recent public meeting,
had authorised and requested their directors to pledge
that company to apply to Parliament at the earliest period
for powers to construct an extension of their railway from
Dorchester to Exeter ; and, had the committee not re-
ceived from the same company, through their chairman
(Mr. Scott, a member of this house) a clear and
distinct assurance in his evidence, and in a letter
subsequently given in, that in the next session
of Parliament that company will introduce and
use their best endeavours to obtain an act for autho-
rising such extension of their railwayei on the narrow
gauge—such extension to be of anf
to comprise a double line of ‘ent character, and
a
had a similar assurance from Mr. S, e
tt Theth acto, mi
nm itthteeeeyaelas also
of such an extension heincr sanctioned by Parliament, the
London and South-Westernßailway Company would im-
mediately thereafter
proceed to double their existing rail-
way between Southa
ing until the obltig a
tmi
ton n adnod
sDo r
ec
aheets toe
nr, ,
twh
ei tmh obuyt ihte-
Southampton an 1 Dorchester Railway Act, 1845,' shall
come into operation.
" The following letter from Mr. Scott, addressed t• the
chairman of yrcommittee, was received and considered
by your committee

" " ' London, July 1, 1853.
Sir,---With reference to the case of the Devon and
Dorset Railway, and the railway communication of the
district it was proposed to serve, I beg, as chairman of the
London and South-Western Railway Company, and as their
representative, acting under the authority of the resolu-
tions of the proprietors at their public meeting on the 19th
May last, to repeat the pledge which in the course of my
evidence before the committee I intended, with all dis-
tinctness, to give, viz.—
" ' That th London and South -Western Railway Com-
pany will, in the next session of Parliament, introduce
and use their best endeavours to carry a bill authorising
an extension of their railway from Dorchester to Exeter,
on the gauge of the London and South Western Railway,
themselves finding the necessary capital, and taking all
the the p
works roper
with
a dispatch.
And I have no hesitation in adding that the company
will, will, if such extension line be granted to them, immedi-
ately proceed to double the line between Southampton and
Dorchester, without waiting for the period at which the
obligation to do so might come into operation under the
exlsting provisions of the Southampton and Dorchester
Act.
" The resolutions of the Company with respect to the
making of the extension line from Dorchester to Exeter
enable me to assure you, and I do assure you, that the line
to be
'Proposed shall be a satisfactory and efficient one, and,
in accordance with the pledge given by Mr. Hope Scott,
shall comprise a double line of way.—l am, sir, your very
ithful and obedient servant,
_

Wm. Beckett, Esq., M.P., " FRANCIS SCOTT.
Chairman of th©
Railwuy Group (NN).'"

SERVICE OF PLATE TO THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN.—The
Service of plate subscribed for by the parishioners of St.
James's, Westminster, as a memorial to their late rector
upon his elevation to the see of Lincoln, was presented
on Monday to the right rev. prelate, by the committee
acting for the parishioners. The value of the plate was
about 700/., and it was understood that it was to be on
view during the last three days of this week at the
makers', Messrs. Wilkinson and Dobson. Piccadilly.
NEW LAMPS FOR OMNIBUSES.—By the new Act, which
comes into force on Monday, it is enacted that the pro-
prietor of every metropolitan stage carriage shall cause
to be placed inside such carriage a lamp, in such position
and manner as shall be directed by the Commissioners
of Police, and the conductor, or if there be no conductor,
the driver of such carriage shall keep the lamp properly
lighted whenever such carriage shall be used to ply for
or carry passengers at any time after sun-set and before
Sun rise.

DETECTION OP IRON SHILLINGS AND SOVEREIGNS.—
By applying a small pocket magnet to a counterfeit coin
of the above kind, it is instantly attracted, and may thus
be lifted up from a table, whereas genuine coins are
unaffected. A delicately suspended magnetic needle is
a still more sensitive indicator.
TRIAL TRIP OF THE STEAM-SHIP GREAT BRITAIN.—
The alterations in this noble screw steam-ship having
;jeen completed, she yesterday morning, at nine o'clock,
left her dock, to test in a trial trip her merits under her
of h
altered circumstances, and particularly the capabilities
her new screw (Griffiths). The following extract
from a letter from Captain Claxton, giving the details of
the trip, shows how very satisfactory it has been, and
the high rate of speed attained by the Great Britain :
" The very strong breeze of wind by which we were
fa.voured, enabled your officers to test the stability and
the speed of the ship under canvas, with the screw in
Action, fixed, and disconnected. With all the sails set
that were bent (far short of her compliment) cleanful,
no ship could be stiffer, showing a capability of carrying
almost any amount of canvas that can by possibility be
put upon her, and with the engines averaging eighteen
revolutions, a speed of twelve and a half knots was at-
tained, and if at that time circumstances had permitted
of her being run to leeward, I have no kind of doubt
whatever that she would have gone over fourteen knots,
or sixteen miles and a third. With the same screw
fixed perpendicularly, and the ship close hauled, she
went ten knots, to my very greafastonishment, and that
I believe of every nautical man 'on board ; while with
the screw disconnected, and revolving, her speed was
not quite ten, thereby apparently proving that Griffiths's
screw need never be disconnected ; a matter of first-rate
importance to auxiliary steam navigation."
HUDDERSFIELD, July s.—ln woolle is of medium
quality a fair average business has been done to-day.
In low class goods there has been a good demand in the
Cloth Hall, some heavy parcels having been sold ; also
fair orders given for goods of low make, which are chiefly
made by the small makers or clothiers in the villages
round about, as Longwood, G olcar, and Batley, &c.
Most of them are very busy, in fact they never were in
so prosperous a state as at present. We have had some
few foreign buyers, but they have not made any heavy
Purchases. Most of the goods have been bought by
sipping houses in the town, who are generally very
sissy.
SCARCITY OF SEAMEN.—It is a fact worthy of notice,
fed
scarcely any vessels have left the southern Welch
' this year for North America which have not car-
e out with them full and heavy cargoes of iron in lieu
steadBai'' in ballast, as customary ; and that vessels, in-
r. of laying up during the winter season, have been
be inferred actively employed. The demand for shipping may
considerable
from the large number of foreign ships of
sable size which frequent Cardiff; Newport,
good Swansea,freights Bristol, Gloucester, &c. and -readily'obtain
at greatest greatest difficulty is still felt in obs
taininge'sghbitpB
coals, and small enlaasoderate freights for the shipment of
mission of the b,asevessels are taken up for the trans-
the ocean steam ikdlam°lld" tothe coal
depots of
still felt in eqnceof companies.th, e greathe scarcitydomand ofofr seamenshippingis
a')road, and many
veasusdelsnonave ablewaited for a long time
ftit want of hands,
caught at. w seamen are eagerly
FR GHTFUL SUICIDE.—Mr. Frederick Cope,ajuhn., the
and
F.
only son of Mr. Frederick Cope, of Oak Dank
onto-Hardy, near Manchester, of the firm of
Cope, of Exchange-street, committed suicide by shootill
was married to Mr.
himself, under the most lamentable circumstances, no
Friday evening. On Wednesday the eldest sister of the
deceased gentleman, Miss B. A.Cope,
Josiah Hunt, of London, at the Cathedral, and amongst
the guests invited to the ceremony was a young lad
to whom the unfortunate gentleman was engaged. On
Wednesday he was in excellent spirits, but since that
time he had been observed to be very melancholy, in
consequence of his fancying that he perceived a lack of
affection on the part of the lady, although he was as-
sured he was mistaken. About 6 o'clock. ho went up
into his bedroom and afterwards shot himself through
the heart with a gun. Mr. Partington, surgeon, who
had not left the house more than three minutes, was
fortunate
nediately sent for, but on his return he found the uns
gentleman quite dead.—Manchester Courier.
aria tells us that the proposed Palace of Industry there
Is at last in a fair way of being carried out, an English
ctalinPoanY) with a Mr. York at his head, having. under-
the
The plans of Messrs. Viel and Desjardins,
istliieena,lciltiltects of those who first obtained the " conees-
to be used in a modified form, but another
M it, Sandri4 will direct the works, aided by
with
as'e beleini• The imprOvements of the Bois de Boulogne
w g proceeded with, and include a lake and river,
the iskaterfall, and good roads about them. Islands in
rnentme,will be connected with the main land by orna-
the anitiuridges. Our correspondent further says that
council 2,0001, has been voted by the Municipal
dea sksts°raflou, r statues in bronze to embellish the Pont
d. uce then,, chosen Buret having undertaken to pro-
Sculptura4 for subjects, Architecture, Paint-
SusissE4 s$ and Music.—The Builder.
leY, Silk Bankruptcy of Mr. E. Blake-
Majesty. __l,..eisc-ser
ill Mr. 13141s"eleadditi°
and Shawl Manufacturer to her
n to the rich silks and shawls
selling off by 3s3i' stock, recently purchased and now
Westminster-brig"B- Atkinson and Co., of 69 to 75,
beautiful Freneis'Apnd, there are about 2,000 pieces of
tres, all quite new-111411ns, Bareges, and Norwich Lus-
4s. per yard. These Lrst-ni.,...5s goods, worth from 21d. to
kirison and Co. at iesll now being sold by Messrs. At-
is, from bid. to is. o-Lran a quarter of their value ; that
mended to inspect these Ladies are respectfully recom-
Messrs. Atkinson
quality, and cheapness " g'iods, in order that their extent,
their premises, haveann
drnay be duly appreciated. N.B.
Furniture, superior Cabin having recently enlarged_
?vi a Very extensive assortment of
iVeekly Timm e, Carpets and Upholstery.—

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool were estimated
at 8,000 bales, of which 2,500 American were taken
for export and on speculation The sales comprised
7,500 American ' • 150 Egyptian, at 6,111. to 17id. ;
and 300 Surat, at 31d. to 41d. per lb. Railway
shares wore dull, without much change in prices.
A cargo of 50,000 pines has been received by
Messrs. Keelinc, and Hunt, per Trinity yacht,
Hounsell, master, 27 days from Elenthera, being
the first arrival of the season. Several vessels
were taking in cargoes for New York, and the
planters were deriving considerable benefit from
the trade.

The Board of Trade returns for the month and
five months ending the sth ult. During the month
there was an increase in the importations of cocoa,
wheat, barley, oats, rye, Indian corn, cotton yarn,
flax hemp, pepper, and brandy ; and a falling off
in coffee, flour, cotton manufactures, guano, opium,
rice, saltpetre, cinnamon, cloves, rum, unrefined
sugar and tallow. The exports show an increase
in beer and ale, cheese, coal, and culm, linen yarn,
salt, and thrown silk, and a diminution in cotton
manufactures, cotton yarn, soap, refilled sugar,
and wools.
The tonnage of vessels entered inwards and
cleared outwards during the month, compared with
the corresponding period of last year, gives the fol-

lowing result :
ENTERED INWARDS. CLEARED OUTWARDS.
1852
1853

Increase 55,448 I Decrease 39,145
The month's exports from the United Kingdom
o the sth June stood as follows :-
1852
1853

. £5,935,633
7,123,191

Increase £1,187,558
Parties in the Australian trade will be inte-
rested in knowing that the trial trip of the Great
Britain, auxilary screw steam-ship, for the purpose
of testing the capabilities of her new screw, and
more especially her sailing powers ur der her new
rig— a full clipper ship, has been perfectly satis-
factory.
Captain Clapton, Wm. Patterson, Esq., the
builder of the Great Britain, and several other gen-
tlemen of great nautical experience, went out to
witness the vessel's performances, which took place
in the Irish Channel on Monday and Tuesday, and
all without exception gave it as their opinion, we
are informed, that the patent screw was demon-
strated by the results, to be a great improvement ;
but the most agreeable surprise to all on board was
the " doings" of this leviathian under canvass ; in
fact, we are informed, that it leaves not the shadow
of a doubt, but that if those screw steam-ships
in the Australian trade which have been built like
this ship on clipper "lines," were transformed,
as the Great Britain has been, from a screw steamer
with the assistance of canvas in fine weather and
with fair winds, to a sailing ship with auxiliary
screw steam power in bad weather, foul winds, and
calms, our southern possessions may with regu-
larity be reached under sixty days.
The Great Britain's antecedents under steam are
well known to have exceeded the expectations of
her most sanguine admirers. It is therefore super-
fluous to give any quotations from her log under
steam only ; suffice it to say that she sailed as fast
and steered even better than she did on her voyage
from New York last spring. The foggy state of
the weather did not permit the vessel being
tried " with a wind," but "on a wind." She
showed on the patent log 10 nautical miles per
hour under canvass, screw fixed upright, motion-
less—with steam, Bilbs. pressure, and canvass,
121 nautical miles per hour ' - hence it is inferred
by those able to give a sound opinion on nautical
subjects, that with steam and canvass set "with a
wind," 14i nautical miles per hour may with con-
fidence be expected.
There was rather more firmness yesterday after-
ternoon in the foreign exchanges. On Paris, 90
days' bills were taken at 25.221 to 25 ; on Amster-
dam, at 11.181 to ;on Hamburgh, at 13.71 to ;
and on Trieste, at 11-4 to 6.
The English Stock Market has been very buoyant
again, and there is still a confident impression
that ussia and Turkey have agreed to accept
Austrian mediation. Great difference of opinion
prevails concerning the interpretation to be put
upon the manifesto of the Emperor of Russia—
some considering it favourable, others the re-
verse. Consols have been 97i to 981 ex dividend
for special transfer. Stock appears to be scarce,
and the payment of the dividends would have an
immediate and decided effect if foreign politics
were auspicious. The New 3± per Cents. have
been 1011 I, and the 3 per Cents. 98i Bank
Stock is steady at 229 k. Exchequer Bills have
been done at is. to 55., and Indian Bonds at 255.
premium. East India Stock is at 2571 ex.-div.
Foreign Securities have been more dealt in, but
without any marked alteration in prices. Spanish
3 per Cents. Deferred have been at 22± to and
the Certificate has ranged from 5i to 6k. Portu-
guese Small Bonds, ex-coupons, have been quoted
37. Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. have been at 99k,
and the 4-i per Cents. at 98g. The Greek Blue
Bonds have been at Bto 81. Mexican Stock, after
being 27, has receded to 261. Russian 5 per
Cents. have been done at 117 to 1, being very
firm, and Dutch 4 per Cents. have touched 961.
The Sardinian Bonds have been dull at 93-k.
The Railway Share Market is very well sup-
ported, by sympathy with Stocks, but the trans-
actions are not numerous. North-Western, York,
and North Midland, Great Western, and Cale-
donian have been chiefly asked for. French Shares
are in more request.
Gold Mines and Banks are firmer. Land Com-
panies steady.
The following statement is from the monthly
circular of Messrs. Lamond and Co. :

" Throughout the whole of June, the only topic en-
grossing public consideration has been the probable
result of the differences between Russia and Turkey.
Every other question has been regarded as of secondary
importance, attention being alone directed to the solu-
tion of this great difficulty. However unpromising
appearances, and however unfavourable the nature of
these reports, there has been from the commencement
of the negotiation, and there continues to be, a strong
feeling that peace will not be interrupted, and it is
solely through the enormous preponderance of this
impression, that business generally has been main-
tained at anything like a point approaching activity.
Even now it is clear that the ultimatum of the Czar has
been rejected by the Porte, confidence in a satis-
factory adjustment is not abandoned, and although
operations in the various departments of commerce and
finance are being gradually limited, in order to prevent
large losses, should an adverse movement take place,
the hope almost universally expressed is, that a pacific
arrangement may speedily be effected. The prospect of
some period elapsing before the points in dispute arc
brought within manageable compass has from the early
part of the month induced the operators at the Stock
Exchange to restrict their transactions ; and since the
settlement on the 15th, so little has been done in the
several markets, that prices have remained from day to
day without sensible alteration. A course of proceeding
such as this was to have been anticipated, because the
brokers and jobbers have naturally, with the chances of
peace or war before their eyes, refrained from accepting
business, especially that of a speculative character."

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
( From the Oficial List.)

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Cent.k
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Newii
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Exebequkiesr, B.Lililoso 0
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__South Sea New Annuities
uonsols for Account
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FUNDS.
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Ditto Now, 1821).e.rC..e.u..t
Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Per Cent
Greek Bonds, Red
Ditto, Blue ...............
Mexican 3 per Cea.
Portuguese Bonds, 4 Per
727 '1 ft
A 7
Ditto Ex all over-duoeo-tt„.
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent....°' Coupons•
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Sailitntioan%poeniClsC,esntp.er Ceni ..
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100 100 7 - 1 d
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent„ •..... 93.,
Ditto Passive (Converted) ......•, 24
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Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. •not fi;;,* 5i " ft x d
Swedish Loan ........ ..... ••••••• ..... ...T..ff....R E"
Dividends on the above payable In '- ' 2
London,
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cont.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 96 5i 6 i X d
836- 410 01,c P.
Consols for Opening 19th July 9B i a x
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COLD WATER STEAM-ENGlNE.—Yesterday afternoon
we visited the machine shop of Messrs. Burge and John.
ston, to witness the performance of a new engine, styled
as above, and recently invented by Mr. Edward D. Tip-
pett. The steam is produced without boilers, by simply
injecting cold water into generators. The amount of
steam required to force out or return the piston rod is
made by the introduction to the influence of the fire at
each moment of precisely the quantity of water needed,
thus doing away with the necessity of boilers. It is
claimed that there is no possibility of an explosion, that
greater power is obtained, and less room occupied for the
necessary machinery. The water falls into the engine,
being first raised by a force-pump into a reservoir situa-
ted above the engine, and thence inducted down as wan-
ted. The engine is a singularly constructed piece of
mechanism, both in appearance and mode of operating.
—Cincinnati Gazette.