The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-30 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

We have received papers from Bombay of the 20th
'May, and Calcutta of the Bth May. No further in-
telligence from China. This mail has followed so
closely that of the 12th, that little news could be
'expected, and therefore we are not disappointed at the
fey, matters of interest which the present arrival
ispplies. We have great pleasure, however, in stat-
g that tranquillity continues to prevail nearly
throughout India, and that the improved condition of
all classes connected with that empire, is daily and
hourly manifesting itself. Instead of war, bloodshed,
,_tAnd death, we read of balls, gaieties, and festivities.
We must, however, mention that the Nizam's domi-
nions are an exception ; for we learn that the King's
€egular troops having been defrauded of fifteen
months' pay by one of his ministers, mutinied ; and
in order to suppress the serious consequences likely
.to arise out of such a state of things, a British force
Was called in, which marched through the town of
-Hyderabad, to secure the safety of the obnoxious
officer of the Government.
Commercial matters both at Bombay and at
Calcutta present no feature of particular importance.
In fact, little or no change had taken place since the
Previous mails were dispatched from those Presiden-
ties. The exchange at Bombay on London was 2s.
-* 2s. Op. per rupee, six months' sight ; that at Cal-
cutta, 2s. did. to 2s. 0,1(1. for ten months' bills,
We subjoin extracts :
(From the Bombay Times of May 20.)
The clustering of the mails together just before the
setting in of the rainy season—to allow for the delay
expected to be experienced by the steamers, from the
strong and adverse winds betwixt this and Aden—
reduces the time over which our observations extend
to a week ; and unusually short as the period is, it is
still more unusually newsless. No mail from Eng-
land has reached us since last dispatch. The present
packet is that which but for the season would have
eeen sent off on the Ist of next month; those of 19th
June, 19th of July, and 27th of August, respec-
tively belonging to the Ist of July, August, and
eptember. The 15th of October will bring all
right again ; till then we shall have only one dispatch
month.
Our dates from Sinde, formerly extending to the
Btb, now come down to the 16th. The general good
health of the troops is the only item which is de-
serving of notice. The Governor continues at Kur-
rachee, in the enjoyment apparently of excellent
health and spirits.
The only news we have from the Punjaub assures
Us of the continued tranquillity of the country, and the
improving prospects of the policy of Lord Hardinge
being carried out successfully. Lieutenant Nicholson
had returned to the capital. The Dewan Hakeem
Rae had had the Governorship of Peshawur con-
ferred on him. The Maharaja Ghoolab Siugh
continued in Cashmere. He had issued a proclama-
tion intimating that throughout that province the
coins of Jamoo were from henceforth exclusively to
pass current. There had been some disturbances on
the Rawul Pindee borders, which required the inter-
position of force for their suppression. The rumours
of the dangers likely to arise from the insubordina-
tion of the disbanded Seikh troops, the duplicity
and dishonesty of Ghoolab Singh, and the advance
Qf Dost Mahomed on Peshawur, like all the other
tales of terror consequent on the recent arrange-
'meats that have been circulated, have proved with-
out the shadow of foundation. The prospect of
difficulties darkening the horizon now becomes so
dim and distant that it is hoped it may have alto-
gether vanished long before Lord Hardinge takes
his departure, still supposed to be in the month of
January next. Details of balls, gaieties, and festivi-
ties of all sorts take the place of news from the
British section of the Seikh dominions.
In Rajpootana the pursuit of the notorious bandit
Chief Doongjee and his followers had been abandoned,
in consequence of the advanced state of the season ;
;nothing of a very satisfactory nature having as yet
`been effected. Colonel Sutherland, the Resident, with
a large cortege of followers, had arrived at ount
Aboo, where they were to reside for the season, for
the benefit of change of air.
The Nizam's dominions present a worse view at li
Present than they have for along time past. The whole
of the regular troops of the King have mutinied,
Consequent on an attempt made by the Minister to
defraud them of, it is said 15 months' arrears of wages,
the troops of the contingent were called on, on the
night of the 3d instant, to prevent the disturbances
feared to be about breaking out, and for the first time
a British force marched through the town 'of Hyder-
abad to the protection of the Minister. Preparations
for resistance had been made at one gate of the town
by which the mutineers thought our troops would
have entered, ,but luckily they had gone in at
another, and thus prevented the bloodshed which
Would inevitably have been occasioned had they come
in contact with the irritated irregulars. A portion
of the troops have continued in the town ever since ;
And measures are being taken to rid the state of the
mutineers—it is said much against the will of the

Nizam.
Singular disclosures have just been made in refer-
ence to the Mysore country, where we are, it seems,
maintaining a commission, in the hand of which are
reposed the whole functions of government, after we
are bound by the terms of our treaties with the ;Raja
to restore it to his possession.
The new system resorted to in the Goomsoor coun-
try is said not to work satisfactorily at all ; and the
Practice of human sacrifices, for a time put down, is
understood to be once more returning.
Much excitement has been occasioned by the deci-
sion of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Madras
in the case of a Hindoo girl, of twelve years of age,
who had become a convert to Christianity, and desired
to reside with the family of one of our missionaries.
Her parents having appealed to the Supreme Court
for the recovery of the child, the Court decided that
she was competent to select her own place of resi-
dence, and she accordingly remains at the house of
the Rev. Mr. Anderson. The judgment of the Ma-
dras Bench is in direct opposition to that of the
Supreme Court of Bombay, in a case precisely simi-
lar, which came before them in 1843; and in the
report of the judgments first given in the Atlas, Sir
Mr. Burton seemed to have reflected in very unbe-
coming terms on Sir H. Roper and Sir E. Perry. It
turned out that the address of the Learned Judge had
been altogether misapprehended by the reporter, and
that he in reality cast no imputation whatever on his
brethren.
The last detachment of her Majesty's 51st Foot
had reached Madras by the steamer Precursor on
the 9th May, having lost a number of men, women,
and children, by cholera, while quartered in Fort
William.
The Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief
continue at Simla. The Hill Chiefs were coming in
in numbers to pay their respects to Lord Hardinge.
The Honourable Mr. Thomason, Lieutenant-Go-
vernor of the North-west Provinces, had arrived at
the station on the Ist of May. General Tapp was,
it was said, to take his tour on the Divisional Staff
on the expiration of General Cartwright's command
in January.
The Pouthay Governor and CommfAnder-in-Chief
take their departure for the Deccan about the 3d of
June, accompanied by their personal and general
staff Sir W. Cotton afterwards visits the hills, and

purposes making the grand tour- of our principal
military stations.
The Irish and Scotch Relief Fund in Bombay has
reached the sum of 9,5001. ; the total subscriptions
throughout India amounting to nearly 26,0001.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Casualties by death in the armies of India reported
since the departure of the mail of 20th May :
BOMBAY.—Lieutenant-General H. N. Robertson, sth
Regiment, at Deesa, on the 10th May.
MADRAS.—Lieutenant-General T. Marriott, in Eng-
land, on the 18th March.

INDIAN NAVY.—Acting Master H. Blrron, steam'.
Berenice, at Kurrachee, on the 6th May.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOXBAY MARKET, MAY 20.
IMPORTS.
Our readers will have been prepared, by the nature of
our last two or three reports, to look for very little, if
any, novelty from us on the present occasion, a week only
having elapsed since the departure of the last overland
mail to Europe; and as the season for sales of imports
is now completely closed, they must expect that very
little of interest can occur for the next two or three
months, during which transactions will be confined to
the supply of local wants, which are but trifling. •
COTTON MANUFACTURES.—The inquiry from dealers
has been confined to Grey and Bleached Jacconets of
low to middling qualities, but the sales in them have
been very trifling, and the demand has now dropped.
Some sales have heen effected in a few other descrip-
tions of goods, but at very low prices, for the purpose of
clearing off remnants of shipments before the rains set
in, and their cheapness has been an inducement to the
dealers to purchase on speculation. The following are
the sales that have been reported to us:—
Pieces. RA. R. A.
11,000 Grey shirtings, 40 inch, 38 yds, at 4 0 to 4 4
4,500 Grey jacconets, 40 inch, 20 yds 1 2 21
3,100 Grey madapollams, 33 in., 24 yds 2 1 ... 2 12}
100 Grey sheetings, 36 inch, 60 yds 0 0 ...10 8
250 Ditto, ditto, 32 inch, 48 yds 0 0 ... 8 4
300 Grey drills, 30 inch, 30 yds 0 0 .. 6 0
4,200 Bleached shirtings, 36 in., 40 yds 4 6 ... 6 10
100 Ditto, ditto
1,100 Bleached jacconets,4o in., 20 yds 2 4 ... 2 6
4,700 Bld. madapollams, 31 in., 24 yds 2 1 ... 2 3
300 Bleached mulls, 40 inch, 20 yds 0 0 ... 4 8
700 Ditto, ditto (Swiss)
800 Turkey red plain cloth, 24 inch,
28 yards
3,000 Prints (neutral sets), 21 in. 28 yds 0 0 ... 3 4
Cotton Yarn—Nothing appears to have been done in
" grey," and prices are quite nominal. In " dyed" there
has been a sale of 1,200 119 F. of Turkey red average 50s.
in 191 b. bundles, at rs. 1 : 11 as. per lb.
Woollens—remain quite neglected.
Metals—lron : Since the sales published in our report '
of the 12th inst the following have been communicated
to us, but the inquiry that we mentioned as having re-
vived for British bar has again died away. Sheet has
slightly advanced in price.
450 candies British bar at Rs. 32 8 per candy.
700 ... ditto ... " " 32 2
460 ... ditto ... " " 32 6 It
300 ... round nail rod " 43 0
90 ... square ditto " 42 0
1,000 ... bundles sheet " 614 per cwt.
75 Swedish bar (very ordiaary) rs. 32 per candy.
Copper has continued in fair request, but the value of
sheathing has slightly declined. The sales of the week
are-600 cwt. brazier's, at Ors. •' 575 sheathing, 571 58;
200 tile (in small lots), 52; 190 ditto, 50t.
Lead—A sale of 300 cwt. pig has been effected at
102 rs. per cwt., which was our last quotation. In sheet
nothing has been done. No transactions have trans-
pired in spelter, Swidish steel, or tin plates.
Cochineal—There has been no arrivals of this article
since the date of our last report, and the market being
quite bare of it nothing has been done; the price is
nominally sirs. per lb.
Saffron—A sale of 100 lb. first quality has been made
at 16irs. per lb., and as there is a little inquiry for it, a
similar parcel might, at the moment, fetch 17rs. per lb.
Beer—" Allsopp" continues to be disposed of at 75rs.
per hhd., but we have not been informed of any trans-
actions in other brands.
Spirits—A slight demand for brandy has improved its
price 4 annas per gallon; about 50 hogsheads of brown
have obtained this advance, having been sold at 3rs.
per gallon.
Marine Stores—We have no change to notice under
this head, either as regards demand or price.
EXPORTS.
Cotton Wool—The excitement that prevailed during
the early part of this month amongst purchasers for China
appears to have subsided, as we hear but of very few
purchases having been made during the week, and the
prices of the staple are exhibiting a downward tendency.
Present quotations are:—
Broach and Surat ... Rs. 93 per candy.
Dhollera „ 82 to 86 do.
Oomrawuttee „ 85 to 86 do.
Compta
The new crop has continued to arrive freely.
Sheep's Wool—We have not heard of any transac-
tions in this article since the last reports, and prices re-
main as then quoted, say—
Khorassan... Rs. 105 to 110 per candy of 588 lb.
Marwar „ 90 to 100 ditto
Mekran „ 80 to 90 ditto
Cutch „ 100 to 110 ditto
Persian
Opium—A few transactions are going forward as be-
fore, at 1,075r5. to I,loOrs. per chest, the latter figure
being the price of the best to be had on the spot, but of
which there is very little indeed offering.
FREIGHTS.
There is much less doing in shipments to Great Bri-
tain and to China than there was earlier in the month,
and the vessels on the berth for the former country load
but slowly, and cannot obtain at present above 61. to
61. ss. per ton of fifty cubic feet; while to China the rate
has receded to 21rs. per candy, though for small parcels
of cargo going ships obtain 22rs. to 23rs.
EXCHANGE.
The operations for this mail on London have been
effected at 2s. to 2s. Old. per rupee, six months' sight.
The rate on Calcutta is rs. 98i per cent. for 60 d. s. bills,
and the same on Madras. On China, rs.- 208 per 100
dollars, 60 d. s.

Bombay Times Office, Wednesday,
Five o'Clock, May 19.
Freights—To London, per ton 6/. 55.; to Liverpool,
61.; to Clyde, no quotation ; to China, per candy, rs.
21 to 23.
Exchanges—London, at six months' sight per rupee,
2s. to 2s. Old. ; London, at three months' sight, per
rupee, Is. 1110.; China, at sixty days' sight, per 100
Spanish dollars, 208 rupees ; Calcutta, at sixty' 'days'
sight, per 100 rupees, 284 rupees ; Calcutta, at thirty
days' sight, per 100 rupees, 98i rupees ; Madras, at
thirty days' sight, per 100 rupees, 98f rupees.
Price of Bullion—Sovereigns, each, rs. 11, 3 annas ;
sovereigns, dragons, each, is. 11, 4 annas ; Bank of
England notes, per £, rs. 10, 12 annas ; Spanish dollars,
per 100, 224 annas ; German Crowns, per 100, rs. 220;
Sycee silver per 100 toles, rs. 1041 to 1041 ; gold leaf,
per tole (range of quality), rs. 16 to 17.
Bank Shares—Bombay Bank, rs. 36 a 37 per ct. pm.;
Oriental Bank, rs. 1,000 each (500 paid up), 14 do. ;
Commercial Bank, rs. 3 do.; Agra Bank (rs. 500), rs. 50
per et. pm. nominal ; Bank of Madras (rs. 1,0001, rs. 16
per et. pm. nominal.
Government Securities—Five per Cent. Transfer Loan,
110 rs. per 100 Sicca, nl.; Five per Cent. Loan 1825.26,
103 rs. at 1031 per 100 Sicca ; Five per Cent. Loan
1829 30, 103 rs. per 100 Sicca ; Four per Cent. Loan
1832-33, 91 rs. per 100 Sicca ; Four per Cent. 1835-36,
89 rs. per 100 Co.'s ; Five per Cent. Loan 1841-42, 98i
rs. per 100 Co.'s ; Four per Cent. Loan 1842 43, 89 rs.
per 100 Co.'s.

CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.
Lord John Russell has issued the following address to
the electors of the city of London:—
" Chesham-place, June 28, 1847.
" Gentlemen,—Having twice received from you the
important trust of representing this great city in the
House of Commons, I think it due to you to state my
intentions in the event of a dissolution of Parliament.

" I aspire to the honour of being again your Member.
" Engaged as I am in the daily discussions of the
House of Commons, I have no need of making declara-
tions of my political opinions.
" With respect to questions which may come before
the next Parliament, while I claim to be at liberty to
consider and to decide for the welfare of the community
without the fetter of pledges, I shall be ready on the day
of nomination to explain and defend the principles on
which I have acted, and shall continue to act.
" Should I then be thought worthy of again repre-
senting you, I shall feel price in the confidence of
so large, s owo perful, and so intelligent a body of
electors.
" I have the honour to bo
" Your obedient and faithful servant,
" J. RUSSELL."

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO TUE MARQUIS OF LONDON- I
DERRY.—We regret to state that an accident of a serious
nature, and which might have been attended with the
most lamentable consequences, occurred to this noble
arid gallant officer while riding. on Sunday evening. It
appears flat the Noble Marquis returned to Holderness
House in the early part of the Sunday last, after a
drive, during which he was accompanied b'r Lady Alex-
andrina Vane, and that shortly before Ave o'clock he
rode out on horseback, followed by a groom, taking from
Park-lane the direction of Belgrave square. His Lord-
ship had ridden as far as the residence of Lord John
Russell, in Chesham-place, which adjoins that of his
eldest son, Viscount Castlereagh, when the animal which
he rode stumbled and fell, rolling for an instant over
the noble rider, who came on his left side. The acci-
dent was witnessed by the policeman in attendance at
the Premier's mansion, as well as by the groom and
some passers b who rendered every possible assistance
andimmediately conveyed him to the residence of Lord
Castlereagh. Before many minutes elapsed several
medical gentlemen were in attendance, and it was ascer-
tained that although his Lordship had received some
severe bruises no fracture had taken place. After some
time he had so far rallied as to be in a condition for re-
moval to Holderness House, where he was attended by
Mr. Liston, the eminent; surgeon, and other gentlemen.
In answer to inquiries made on Monday, it was stated
that his Lordship hud passed a quiet night, and was not
worse.
LAMBS NURSED BY A DOG.—A few days since
some sheep died on a farm near Coventry, and seven
lambs were left without their parents. About the same
time
, a large bitch, of the shepherd breed, had a litter of
woelps, which were immediately drowild'
e and the lambs
were placedw charge,
and now suckles underne her care. Thebciktclhs andimineately
adopted her nurses
them with the greatest fondness.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 28.

The British and North American Royal MIR steam-
ship Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, arrived in the Mersey,
as anticipated, at nine o'clock this morning, after a
rapid run of less than 12 days from Boston, bringing
the usual mails of the 16th and 18th inst., from Bos-
ton and Halifax respectively, and upwards of 120
passengers.

Our accounts from New York by this arrival ex-
tend to the 15th instant. Politically they are highly
interesting. The aspect of the war remained un-
changed. On the one hand the American forces were
advancing successfully from Puebla on the capital ;
and on the other, the Mexicans were involved in ig-
nominious intestine broils. Santa Anna had been
pelted by the populace of the city of Mexico, and the
operations of the troops of the republic were confined
to petty and contemptible attacks on small escorts
and convoys. Commercially they exhibit a tendency
to decline in the exchange on London.

Advices from Vera Cruz to the Ist of June had

been received.

General Scott left Jalapa at the head of 6,000
troops. General Twiggs and his division entered
Puebla on the 29th. It was believed that General
Scott would advance on the capital without delay.
Authentic news had been received that Santa Anna
had resigned the Presidency on the 28th ult. He is
stated to have taken this step in consequence of oppo-
sition to his views as to the defence of the capital,
and defamatory articles in the public prints. He had
commenced fortifying Guadaloupe in person, and a
place near the suburbs; but unusual disapprobation was
manifested, and his resignation followed. It was
believed that his resignation would be accepted,
and Herrera nominated. On his arrival in the
capital the populace pelted him, and he narrowly
escaped. About 3,000 troops were colltcted at the
capital.
The American army was generally expected to reach
Mexico on the 15th of June, and but slight resistance
was anticipated.
Suspicions were entertained at Jalapa of an at-
tempt to retake the place. Further robberies have
been perpetrated between Vera Cruz and Jalapa, and
the Ranchero force on the route was estimated at 500
men.•

Reinforcements were being rapidly sent forward to
General Scott's support, to replace the twelve months'
volunteers withdrawn from the army. "It is calcu-
lated," says the Union, " that nearly 7,000 regulars,
old and new regiments, will soon reinforce the main
army, via Vera Cruz, of which between 2,000 and
3,000, doubtless, have arrived at Vera Cruz in April
and May ; and, of the residue, a large portion will
reach that place, it is suppo3ed, by the middle of
June."

Tampico letters of the 27th May give a deplorable
account of the state of affairs. Intercourse with the
interior had been cut off the roads being invested by
small guerilla parties, detached from Urrea'aatta-
lion, consisting of some twenty men in each company,
under the command of a petty officer.
From Saltillo we learn that General Taylor's ad-
vance upon San Luis da Potosi was daily expected..
His force would not amount to 2,000 men, and the
journals of the United States, friendly to him, charge
the Administration with sinister attempts to cloud
the fame he has won in the war by thus cramping his
energies.
From the Rio Grande we have intelligence of the
arrival of the command under Colonel Doniphan,
from Santa Fe, at Parras. The force consisted of
1,000 men and 16 pieces of artillery. The march was
1,500 miles, and en route they attained several trifling
successes. The advances subsequently reached Sal-
tillo, and the whole force was daily expected.
A letter from San Luis da Potosi, published in the
New Orleans journals, states that the hospital there
was crowded with Mexican soldiers, who were dying
by scores of starvation and neglect. Even the citizens
were suffering from the want of the common neces-
saries of life. The troops had all left.
The general aspect of relations with Mexico had
undergone no change of moment. The prospect of
peace by negotiation, so far as any direct evidence is
yet afforded to us, was as doubtful as ever. The
spirit and hatred of the Mexican people appear to
have been unchecked by their repeated defeats; and,
unless we accept the reported elevation of Herrera to
the Presidency as an indication that the peace party
in Congress is gaining strength, the arrival of peace
would almost appear to be attainable only in conjunc-
tion with the final prostration of the weaker republic.
At the same time, however, there are rumours cur-
rent in the American journals, to the effect that ne-
gotiation is being actively attempted to arrange dif-
ficulties. These rumours strengthen with every
arrival ; and it is likewise stated, that one of the
terms of peace will be the establishment of railway
and water communication across the isthmus of
Tehuantepec, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Ge-
neral Scott is said to have expressed confident hopes
of a happy result. A well-informed Washington
correspondent of the New York Courier and Inquirer
writes thus :

" Washington, June 14.

" The proclamation issued by General Scott in con-
formity with the views and wishes of the Administra-
tion is producing most extraordinary effects in favour
of peace among the Mexican people. You will have
seen the denunciation of it by Santa Anna ; but you are
probably not aware that the most extraordinary efforts
were made by him to prevent its reaching the capital.
He succeeded with the first edition ; but a second was
issued in Spanish by General Scott, and the sensation
produced in our favour both in Puebla and in the city of
Mexico surpassed even the most sanguine expectation.
The prospect that the Mexican people will compel their
military rulers to agree to a peace is now brighter than
at any period since the war commenced. The projector
of the treaty, which was taken out by Mr. Trist, has
been shown confidentially to several persons at Jalapa,
and is in conformity with what I heretofore stated to
you, and I even again assert most positively, upon evi-
dence from Jalapa and New Orleans, which admits of
no mistake, that the treaty prepared to be signed by Mr.
Trist, as Commissioner, has been seen at Jalapa, and
that Mr. Trist is clothed with the fullest diplomatic
powers to conclude a definite treaty of peace, upon the
terms and articles set forth in the project as exhibited
at Jalapa ; and that he need not wait for any further
instruction from Washington, but can have the treaty
as it is signed by him ratified at once by the Govern-
ment of Mexico. I assert further that General Scott is
to co-operate in the negotiation and in carrying the
treaty into effect."
Some important modifications of the tariff imposed
upon Mexico by the United States Cabinet have been
announced. They are to the following effect :
(Official.)
" Treasury Department, June 10.
" Sir,—ln compliance with your directions, I have
examined the questions presented by the Secretary of
War, in regard to the military contributions proposed to
be levied in Mexico, under the tariff, and regulations
sanctioned by you on the 31st of March last, and re-
spectfully recommend the following modifications, viz.:—
" 1. On all manufactures of cotton, or of cotton
mixed with any other material except wool, worsted, and
silk, in the piece, or in any other form, a duty, as a mi-
litary contribution, of thirty per cent. ad valorem.
"2. When goods on which the duties are levied by
weight are imported into the said ports in the package
the duties shall be collected on the net weight only ;
and in all cases an allowance shall be made for all defi-
ciencies, leakage, breakage, or damage, proved to have
actually occurred during the voyage of importation, and
made known before the goods are warehoused.
"3. The period named in the eighth of said regula-
tions, during which the goods may remain in warehouse
before the payment of duties, is extended from thirty
to ninety days ; and within the said period of ninety
days any portion of the said goods on which the duties,
as a military contribution, have been paid, may be taken,
after such payment, from the warehouse, and entered
free of any other duty at any other port or ports of
Mexico in our military possessio❑ ; the fact of the case,
with particular description of the said goods, and the
statement that the duties thereon have been paid, being
certified by the proper officer of the port or ports of re-
shipment.
"4. It is intended to provide by the treaty of peace that
all goods imported during the war into any of the
Mexican ports in our military possession shall be ex-
empt from any new import duty or confiscation by
Mexico, and in the same manner as if said goods had
been imported, and paid the import duties prescribed
by the Government of Mexico.
" Most respecttully your obedient servant,
" R. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury.
" To the President.°

" June 11,_ 1847.

" The modifications, as above recommended by the
Secretary of the Treasury, are approved by me; and
the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy
will give the proper orders to carry them into effect.
" JAMES K. POLK."

The commercial accounts, the chief feature of
which, the decline of exchange, has been alluded to
above, will be found detailed below.
The New York journals continue to notice the
arrival of fever-stricken emigrants from Europe. The
Americans, however, were applying the labour thus
placed within their grasp to the formation of their rail-
ways, canals, &c.
Letters from New Orleans state that an American
line of steamers to run thence to this port is about to
be established. The first vessel of the line had been
contracted for, and probably the first ship of the line
would make her start in October next.
Our Montreal accounts extend to the 12th ultimo.
The Assembly had been occupied in discussion upon
the Address; and the division thereon left Ministers
with a majority of one only. The journals teem with
notices of the spread of fever amongst the immigrants
from Europe.
The commercial accounts of the 11th state that
from the 28th of May to the morning of the 4th the
market ruled steady at 375. to 375. 6d. per barrel for

the best shipping brands of " fine." On the sth the
English mail arrived, and sales occurred immediately
afterwards at 425. to 435. 9d. per barrel for the best
fine, and at 40s. and upwards for second-rate brands,
including 2,000 barrel 3 of a first-rate brand at 405.,
for July delivery, but cash " now." In that state
the market remained till about the 9th inst., when it
gave way, and the best brands changed hands at 41s.
with a dull sale. On the 11th the price opened at
40s. for the best brands, which resulted in operations
which cleared the market of almost everything that
offered at and under 415., which may be noted as the
closing price of the day for the best fine. Wheat had
ranged during the fortnight from Bs. to 9s. 3d. per
601 b. :for Upper Canada mixed, and about the same
rates for Lower Canada red per minot. A small lot
of Upper Canada white, of prime quality, was placed
at 18s. per 601 b.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the New York Courier for Europe.)
NEW YORK, JUNE 15.
Money market easy, firm, and buoyant. It is estimated
that the value of agricultural produce alone (excluding
cotton and tobacco) shipped to Great Britain and Ireland
from this port since Ist September last, amounts to the
enormous sum of 32,000.000 dollars. The rise which
occurred in the rate of Exchange bills on England early
in May, and was sustained to' within the last few days,
is now giving way the tendency is again to a decline ;
and as shipments of breadstuffs will coninue as long as
such high prices are paid in England, and orders for
manufactured goods will not increase in proportion, we
shall again see rates at which it will be profitable to bring
coin to this country. 6,000,000 barrels of flour and corn
meal have already been sent in a little over three-
fourths of the year to Great Britain and Ireland. All
that can will be sent in the remaining quarter; 1,250,000
barrels meal, or the equivalent thereof, will be sent.
There are 38 vessels on the berth, loading for Great
Britain, and, as freights have rather a tendency to rise,
shipments will be hurried. The river and canals are
taxed to their utmost to bring to the seaboard the surplus
of the interior. Already we have received flour and wheat,
reducing it to flour, near 274,000 barrels more than in
any preceding year at this time; and of Indian corn
an excess of 1.000,000 bushels; and this will go on.
The wheat harvest has already begun in Virginia, and
in the course of a fortnight or three weeks will be in
progress in this region. It looks well generally, but the
grain will not be dry enough for shipment before Sep-
tember or October. The United States ship Macelonia
sailed this morning. Iler cargo, contributed by private
benevolence, is composed as follows : —Clothing, 30
packages; rice, 200 tierces; peas, 6 bags; oats, 1,132
bags; corn, 1,115 bags, 85i barrels; beans, 2,103 bags,
122 barrels; meal, 1,047 bags, 5,179 barrels; rye, 8 bar-
rels; potatoes, 7 barrels; beef, 4 barrels; pork, 6 bar-
rels; flour, 14 barrels; tea, 10 chests.
Exchange on England to-day is somewhat firmer, and
6i is obtained for bills on England.

TUESDAY, 1 P.M.
Nothing of importance has been done in cotton to-
day. Shippers show no disposition to purchase at
present, and holders are nut pressing their lots upon the
market. The arrival of the steamer of the 4th instant
is now looked for. The sales since the 29th ult. are
estimated at 6,500 bales.
Western Canal flour is in fair demand at 8 dolls. 75e.;
prime Genessee is held at 8 dolls. 87fc.; a few lots of
Michigan, &c., which have been exposed to the weather,
have been sold at lower rates; sales Georgetown and
Baltimore Howard-street have been made to arrive at
9 dolls. 25c. Meal is rather dull; 300 barrels sold at
5 dolls. 624-c. 7,000 bushels wheat sold at 1 doll. 99c.
to 2-dolls. for Ohio, and 2 dolls. Bc. to 2 dolls. 10c. for
Genessee. 5,000 bushels Ohio corn, 115 c. to 1151 c.;
6,000 ditto round yellow Northern, 118 c. to 120 e. Rye
is dull at 130. Oats, 60c. to 63.

Provisions are steady; mess beef is held at 13 dolls.
75c. to 14 dolls.; prime, 9 dolls. to 9 dolls. 50c.; pork,
17 dolls. 124-c. to 17 dolls. 25c. for mess, and 14 dolls.
to 14 dolls. 25c: for prime; lard, in barrels, Sic. to 9ic.
and kegs at lOic.; cheese 6ic. to 7i.
The rates of freights are to Liverpool, for cotton,
3-16 d. per lb.; flour and turpentine, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per
barrel; grain, I Id. to 12d. per bushel. To London,
3s. 9d. to 4s. per barrel for flour, and other articles in
proportion. To Havre, nominally, for cotton, c.
per lb.; flour, 75c. per barrel; ashes, 6 dolls. to 8 dolls.
per ton.

COTTON CIRCULAR.
New York, June 15.
(Liverpool Classification.)
New Orleans,
Uplands. Florida. Mobile, and
Texas.
Ordinary ~. 10 to 10f ... 10 to 101 ... 10 to 10*
Middling 10e to 104 ... 101 to 10i ... 104 to 11
Good middling . 10 to 11 ... 11 to 11/ ... 11* to 114
Middling fair 11* to 113 ... Ili to 12i 12 to 124
Fair Ili toll* ... 12 to 12i ... 12/ to 123
Fay fair... ... 12* to 12/ ... 12/ to 124 ... 124 to 13
Good fair... ... 12/ to 13 .. to 13/ to 14
Receipts since Ist inst. ... ... 6,000 bales.
Exports 1,500
Taken by spinners ... .. 6,000 „
Taken on speculation ... 'l,OOO „
Stock in city ... ... 97,000 „
Amount on sale ... 10,000 „
Receipts at ports of the U.S. since Sept. 1, 1846... 1,720,119
If f, same period last year .. 1,992,408
ff 91 ft year before... 2,347,926
Exports from United States since Sept. 1, 1846... 985,713
f ft flt same period last year... 1,288,327
ft ft year before... 1,916,403
EXCHANGES. FREIGHTS.
Paris ~. 5 31i to 530 Liverpool ... —d. to id.
London ... 6to 6* 1 Havre .. nominal.
On Wednesday morning, the 2d inst., we were placed
in possession of four days later news from your side by
the ship Rainbow, which was reported below the day
before, and early on the next day a summary of the ac-
counts by this packet to the 19th ult., from Liverpool,
were received from Boston by the telegraph, and, being
directly the reverse of the expectations of holders,
created much surprise. The market opened at half a
cent. decline, and atter the letters were delivered next
day prices became still easier, and on the following day
fell off as much more, making the total decline lc. per
pound, at which it became steady, as the pressure to sell
ceased at that reduction. As the amount offering for
bids at this time was considerably larger than heretofore
several purchases were made for export. During the
last four business days the disposition to sell has visibly
decreased, the larger holders declining to offer any por-
tion of their stocks, and one quarter of the decline has
been recovered, and the market now presents a firmer
aspect at a general reduction of three-quarters of a cent.
from the dates of my last circular, to which my quota-
tions conform. The sales have averaged about 700
bales per day. At the date of my last the falling off in
the receipts of cotton at the ports, as compared with
those of the same dates last season, was 961,000 bales;
now the discrepancy stands at 272,000 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 7.
The cotton market continued dull. The sales amounted
to only about 1,000 bales, without change in prices.
Sales of flour were less extensive. The sales of Ohio,
Illinois, &c., part ordinary brands, reached about 5,000
barrels, at 6 dolls. 25c. to 6 dolls. 50c., with some small
parcels at 6 dolls. 75c. Corn continued to move pretty
freely, and sales of about 10,000 bushels mixed and
yellow Western were made; the former at 70 cents. and
the latter at 80 cents. Provisions continued firm, with
moderate sales. Sugar continued inactive, and prices
unchanged. Exchanges on the sth were very dull.
Sterling ranges from 3if. to 5f., sf. 371 c. to sf. 42ic.
Freights—Foreign, a few hundred bales of cotton for
Liverpool to fill up, at id., prevailing rate 9-16 d. Corn
to Liverpool, 15d. to 16d., and flour ss. 6d. to 6s. Some
tobacco shipping, at 475. 6d. to 50s. A barque and a
brig for Cork, at 21d. for corn.
BALTIMORE, JUNE 14.

Our market to-day varied little in its general features
from those which characterised it on Saturday. We
report sales of 1,000 barrels Howard-street flour at
8 dolls. 50c. to 8 dolls. 621 c. Wheat was steady, and
sales, 2,000 bushels of red, were made at 1 doll. 90c.
Corn—Sales of 4,000 to 5,000 bushels were made, in-
cluding mixed and yellow; the former sold at 110 c. to
113 c. and the latter 116 e. Meal was in better reuest,
and sales of 600 barrels were made at 5 dolls. 3 lic. to
5 dolls. 37ic. Provisions continued firm. Fine showers.
Crops promising.

CHARLESTON, JUNE 12.
There is no such thing as effecting sales in cotton,
unless at great sacrifices, and factors during the past
fortnight have been shipping, chiefly coastwise, to relieve
their necessities. The receipts since our last reach
1,121 bales, against the sales in the same time of only
about 400 bales, at prices ranging from 9c. to I 11c. per
lb. Prices in rice are up to i per cwt. above those
paid at the close of the previous week. The sales reach
some 1,500 tierces, at extremes, ranging from 4 13-16ths
to 51 dolls. ; but a very large portion of the sales em-
brace the range of 5 dolls. to 54 dolls. per cwt. Freights
to Liverpool:—Cotton, in square bags, at 7-16 d.

PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 14, P.M.

Stocks were quite active, with a further advance in
prices. There was rather more inquiry for cotton, and
holders more firm. Holders of flour were pretty firm, at
8 dolls. 50c., at which 500 bbls. of Western were taken,
and the same offered for more ; 400 bbls. of corn meal
sold at 5 doll. 37ie.; rye flour is offered freely at
6 dolls. 75c. ; 3,590 bushels of Pennsylvania wheat sold
at 208. for white, anil 200 c. for red; yellow corn sold
a ort Ip2rCoevis
.
h.Tmhse;repri:s"esnocsPecial movement in groceries
steady. Whisky held at 36c. to
37c. The weather has been quite cool, with frequen`
showers of rain.

PITTSBURG, JUNE 14.
The receipts of flour are large, but buy ,rs are holding
back ; no transactions to base quotations upon. Pro.
visions are without any change. Nothing doing in
cotton. Large shipments are made of tobacco. Hemp
has advanced. The supplies of fish are large.
SAVANNAH, JUNE 11.
Cotton Market.—No change to notice in prices in
this market, which continues in a very depressed and
unsatisfactory condition. Holders are not offering their
stocks, and purchasers show no disposition to touch the
article. In a word, we have no market. ];lice—Nothing
doing in this article. Exchange—Sterling bills at 6to
6i per cent. premium. Domestic remains as last quoted.
Freights—Liverpool at * to 9-16 d. per pound for square
and round bales. New York at i per pound for cotton,
and 1 doll. 50 c, per tierce for rice.

ROYAL OLITHOP,EDIC HOSPITAL.—A ball on behalf
of the funds for the support of this excellent charity took
place yesterday at Willis's Booms, and was remarkably
well attended. By the help of M. Jullien's band dancing
was kept up with great spirit to a late hour, and whether
in the rapid valse or the more subdued and stately
quadrille all present seemed bent on enjoying the free
use of their limbs, and on illustrating by contrast the
claims of their less fortunate fellow-creatures who by
disease are deprived of that blessing. We think that
there is more than ordinary aptitude in the idea of a ball
for the benefit of an orthopaedic hospital, and we doubt
whether even the Bishop of Exeter, with all his scru-
ples, could raise any objection to the collection of
charity iu such a form.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 29.

The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after Five o'clock.
QUALIFICATION OF PEERS (SCOTLAND)
BILL.

This Bill went through Committee, on the motion of
the Earl of ROSEBERY.
POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then rose to move
the second reading of the Poor-law Administration Bill.
The object of the Bill, as their Lordships were doubtless
aware, was to have the Poor-law Bill, which all, he
thought, would agree was an excellent measure, pro-
perly carried into effect. Hitherto certain individuals
only had been entrusted with carrying out the provisions,
but the present measure proposed to increase the means
of carrying out its administration, by increasing the re-•
sponsibility and number of the public functionaries
under it. It was maturely considered whether the power
to be exercised under this Bill should tie vested under
three Commissioners, or under one; but it was even-
tually thought that it would be better to vest it in the
individual, and to have others joined with him in carry-
ing out the details of the measure. Another improvement
suggested was, that the head of the board should have a
seat in Parliament, and by that means every explanation
asked for would be given by a person who was competent
to supply it, and so assimilate it to the Board of Control.
The Noble Marquis concluded by moving that the Bill
be read a second time, and on an early day, should
there be any objection to the details, an opportunity
would be given for considering them in Committee.
Lord BROUGHAM said that he adhered in all essen-

tialpoints to the great law of 1834, and he believed the
present Bill was an improvement in the machinery for
carrying the Bill into effect. The Poor-law Commis-
sioners and their secretary, no doubt, were very ob-
noxious to those who were agitating the country by
demonstrations and by invectives through the
press, and it, therefore, was the duty of Par-
liament to see that they did not suffer the
law to be carried out improperly. He re-
gretted, however, that the Commissioners had not mani-
fested the firmness for which Mr. Chadwick and Captain
Nicholls had been remarkable. The law had thus, in
many instances, been improperly administered, or it had
not been carried out in the spirit in which

was passed. The Commissioners had not had the
moral courage to stand up for the pure administration
of the law, owing to the severe censure of the press. It
was a most lamentable thing that the Commissioners had
beet► dismayed by public clamour. If a man or a public body
were innocent, those censures would pass them by
innocuously, and as they had but a public duty to per-
form, they should not have heeded those censures. The
law was not framed to benefit the rich, but to benefit the
poor, and the man who would carry out the law in its in-
tegrity was the best friend the poor could have. They should
have allowed these " paper-pallets," as Cromwell called
the attacks of the press, to pass over their heads un-
heeded, and not have succumbed to the clamour of anti-
poor-law demagogues and vituperative diatribes.
When they came to debate the measure he should
he ready to fully discuss the measure—he should
then be ready, as now, to condemn the conduct
of those who had flinched from carrying out the principle
of the law, whilst, at the same time. he should be ready
to bear his testimony to the merits of those who had
performed the duties assigned to them in the proper
spirit.
Lord REDESDALE protested against that portion of
the Bill which provided that the Commissioners should
sit in Parliament as he considered no good would accrue
from it. He should say not content to the Bill.
Lord CAMOYS advised ithe Government to well
consider the 23d clause.

After a desultory conversation the Bill was read a
second time and ordered to be committed on Friday.
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES BILL.

The House then went into Committee on the Baths
and Washhouses Bill.

Lord CAMPBELL stated that the object of the Bill
was to provide baths and washhouses of such a cha-
racter as should be accessible to all classes of the people.
The maximum charges, under the Act, would be 6d.
for a warm, and 3d. for a cold bath. The Noble Lord
ridiculed the idea that the baths and washhouses to be
established by this Bill, would enter into competition
with the baths at present in existence, which were only
intended to be used by the wealthier classes of society,
and urged their Lordships to adopt the clause.
Lord MONTEAGLE opposed the clause on the
ground that it was contrary to every just principle of
economical science.

The Bishop of LONDON supported the clause. He
thought that a few private interests ought not to be
allowed to interfere with the interests of the public at
large, more especially with such advantages as were
proposed to be conferred by this Bill.
After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM,
Lord STANLEY said that the establishment of
public baths was of great public advantage. With
regard to the erection of two classes of baths, it had
been defended by the Noble Lord who brought forward
the motion on the same principle as lunatic asylums,
where one class of patients were charged, and the pro-
fits from them went to defray the chargo of the
poorer class of patients. He was prepared to support
the clause as it stood, but would suggest the propriety
of fixing a minimum as well as a maximum price.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE made a few obser-
vations which were inaudible in the gallery.
Lord MONTEAGLE said that nothing had occurred
to change the opinion he entertained, and being satisfied
that he had done his duty, he would not press his objec-
tions further.
The Bill then went through Committee.
QUALIFICATION OF yEERS (SCOTLAND)

BILL.

This Bill also went through Committee.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS. June 29.
There being only sixteen Members present at Four
o'clock, the House stood adjourned till to-morrow at
Twelve o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

MONDAY, JUNE 28.
RAILWAYS (IRELAND—No. 2) BILL.

Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Qees-
tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second 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, 175.
Aldam, William Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, C.
Anson, Colonel Gibson, Thomas M. O'Brien, J.
Archdall, Captain Gore, Montague O'Connell, M. J.
Austen, Colonel Gore, W. 0. O'Conor, Don
Bailey, Joseph Gore, Robert Ogle, S. C.
Baffle, Walter Greene Thomas Ord, William
Baldwin, Barry Gregory W. H. Osborne, Ralph
Baring, F. T. Grey, Sir G. Paget, Colonel
Baring, Thomas Grogan, E. Paget, Lord A.
Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor, Lord R. Palmerston, Viscount
Bateson, Thomas Grosvenor, Earl Parker, John
Beckett, William Hallyburton, Lord Perfect, Robert
Bellew, R. M. Malsey, T. P. Philipps, Sir R.
Bennet, P. Hamilton, J. H. Pinney, William
Bentinck, Lord G. Hamilton, G. A. Polhill, F.
Bentinek, Lord H. Hamilton, Lord C. Ponsonby, C. F.
Berkeley. Craven Hanmer, Sir J. Pusey, P.
Berkeley, Captain Hatton, Captain Rashleigh, William
Berkeley, Grantley Hawes, Benjamin Repton, G. W.
Bernal, Ralph Hayes, Sir E. Rich, Henry
Blackburne, J. I. Hobhouse, Sir John Ross, David R.
Blake, Martin J. Hodgson, R. Round, John
Bodkin, J. J. Howard, C. W. Russell, Lord J.
Boldero, H. G. Howard,fE. G. Russell, Lord C.
Borthwick, P. Howard, Sir R. Rutherford, A.
Bowles, Admiral Hudson, G. Scrope, G. P.
Brisco, M. Hurst, R. H. Sheil, R. L.'
Brotherton, Joseph Hutt, William Shelburne, tarrof
Browne, W. Jervis, Sir John Somers, J. P.
Buller, Charles Jocelyn, Viscount Somerville, Sir W.
Burke, T. J. Jolliffe, Sir W G. 11. Stanley, W. 0.
Burrell, Sir C. Jones, Captain Staunton, Sir:G.
Busfeild, William Kemble, H. Stuart, Lord
_J.
Byng, G. S. Labouchere, Henry Stuart, J. -
Callaghan, D. Langston, J. H. 'limit, Edward
Carew, R. S. Lawless, Cecil Talbot, C. B.
Castlereagh, Vise. Lawson, Andrew Taylor, E.
Cavendish, C. C. Layard, Major Thornely, Thomas
Chapman, B. Lefroy, A. Towneley, John
Chichester, Lord J. Le Merchant, Sir D. Trollope, Sir J.
Christie, W. D. Liddell, Hon. H. T. Turner, Edmund
Clay, Sir W. Lowther Colonel Vane, Lord H.
Clifton, J.T. Macaulay, T. B. Vesey, T.
Cole, H. A. M`Carthy, Alexander Villiers, Charles
Colebrooke, Sir T. M`Donnell, J. M. Vivian, J. H.
Collett, W. R. M`Taggart, Sir J. Vyse, H.
Courtenay, Lord Mangles, R.:D. Walker, Richard
Cowper, W. F. Manners, Lord J. Wall, C. B.
Craig, W. G. Maule, Fox Ward, H. G.
Dalrymple, Captain Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Watson, Henry
Darner, Colonel Monahan, J. H. Wilshere, T. IV.
Dawson, T. V. Morpeth, Viscount Wodehouse, Edmund
Denison, J. E. Morison, General Wood, Sir Charles
Disraeli, B. Mostyn, E. Wynn, C. W.
Dundas, Admiral Napier, Sir Charles Wyse, Thomas
Dundas, Sir David Neeld, Joseph
Ebrington, Lord Newdegate. N. TILLERS.
E,monde, Sir T. Newport, Viscount Tufnell, H.
Ferguson, Sir R. Norreys. Sir D. Hill, Lord Marcus
Frewen, C. 11. O'Brien, A. S.

MINORITY-NOES, 62.
Antrobus, Edmund Entwisle, W. Pechell, Captain
Arkwright, George Goulburn, Henry Peel, Colonel
Barclay, David Graham, Sir James Ricardo, J. L.
Barrington, Viscount Hall, Sir Benjamin Sheppard, T.
3odkin, William H. Hastie, Archibald Sibthorp, Colonel
Bouverie, E. P. Hervey, Lord A. Smyth, Sir H.
Broad wood, H. Ilogg, Sir J. Spry, Sir S.
Brown, W. Hope, G. W. Stuart, Henry
Cardwell, Edward Hughes, W. B. Sutton, H. M.
Carew, W. P. Hume, Joseph Tollcmache, John
Clerk Sir G. Humphery, Ald. Trelawmy, J. S.
Clive, Viscount Lincoln, Earl of Trotter, John
Cripps, William Lindsay, Colonel Vivian, J. E.
Deedes, W. Lygon, General Wakley, T.
Dennistoun, J. Marshall, William Williams, W.
D'Eyncourt, C. T. Masterman, J. Wood, Colonel T.
Douglas, Sir C. Mitchell, T. A. Wortley, J. S.
Douglas, J. D. S. Moffatt, George Yorke, R. H.
Duke, Sir J. Morris, David
Duncan, ;Viscount Mure, Colonel TELLERS.
Duncan, George Neville, Ralph Molesworth, Sir W.
Duncombe, T. Patten, J. W.I Roebuck, J. A.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES,

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.)
Room A.
Their Lordships forming this Committee assembled
to day at eleven o'clock.

EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION.
Witnesses were further examined to-day on this B
and

The Committee adjourned till to-morrow.

Room B.

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, AND MATLOCX
AND MIDLAND JUNCTION DEVIATION.
The further evidence on this line occupied their Lord-
ships the whole day, and
The Committee, shortly after four o'clock, adjourned
till to-morrow.

Room C.

BSRIVIINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND
STOUR VALLEY (No. XX.) BRANCHES.
Their Lordships met this morning at eleven o'clock.
The first witness called this morning on behalf of the

opposition to *his line *yas Mr. Gorbett, of Birmingham,
who stated that. Aismedi,ltely on the Oxford. Worcester,
and Wolverhampton' RailO'ay beirsig: promoted, the Lon-
don and Birmingham listilwl:-V had *educed its tolls, bat
since the Ist of April the tolls had been raised to the
usual high rates; and no goods conkl now be sent to
London, except they passed through the ,hands of Messrs.
Pickford and Co. and Messrs. Chaplain and Co., the
company's agents.
Mr. WHATELEY, Q.C., then proceeded to a'ddress the
Committee on behalf of the Oxford, Worce.iter. and
Wolverhampton scheme, contending that the district
to be accommodated by the proposed line would
be much better served by the broad than the nawow
gauge schemes.
Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., addressed the Committee on behalf
of Mr. Grazebrook, through whose property the proposed
line would pass, and contended that the district was
already amply supplied with the means of transit by
existing canals or railways already sanctioned, and that
there was not, therefore, any necessity for the construc-
tion of the proposed line at an expense of half a million
of money.
Mr. SMITH also addressed the Committee on behalf
of the petition of trustees of the church and parsonage-
house at Lye, through the ground belonging to which
tho proposed line would pass, and urged upon the
Committee that no case had been made out to warrant
the proposed interference with that property.
Mr. HOPE replied on behalf of the Stour Valley Rail-
way Company.
The room was then ordered to be cleared, and the
Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill was not
proved.