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f RAVESEND STAR and BLACKWALL
W PACKETS. Boat and Railway included in one Payment.
From the Brtinswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 10, 11, 12, 1%, 3%,
4%, 5%. and 7. Sundays, at 9, 10, 11, 1%, 3%, 5%, and 7. The
TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times.
The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,2,
3,5, and 6%. Sundays, at 7%, 8%, 11x, 1,3, 5,6, and 7.
N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or Greenhlthe Piers.
Star Office, Gravesend, April 14, 1847.

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PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

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

THURSDAY, MAY 20.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.

The folloinilcsoiatiOn;Cete reported from the above
Committee : . .

1. That in the case of the Lincoln's Inn Rating petition
the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the
parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on proving
before the Committee on the Bill that they have published
the notices in the Gazette and county newspaper for three
successive weeks, and have affixed notices on the church doors
for three successive Sundays.
2. That in the case of the Liverpool Fire and Life In-
surance Company petition the standing orders ought to be
dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed
with their Bill on proving before the Committee on the Bill
that they have published the notices in the Gazette and
county newspaper for three successive weeks.
That the Committee'u this and the preceding Bill do
examine, in the first place, how far such orders have been
complied with, and do report the same to the House on the
report of the Bill.
3. That in the case of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow,
and Dublin Railway petition, for adnitional provision, the
standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
First and second resolutions agreed to.---Report to lie on
the table.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 20.

STOCK ExcHANTE.—The sales are—Chester and Birken-
head, 43%—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% dis.—
East Lancashire, New (scrip), dis.—London and North-
Western, 168% —Ditto, New Quarters, 9 p.—Ditto, Quar-
ters (Grand Junction), 15 p.—Manchester and Leeds, 321.
Shares (late Extensions), % dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West
Riding Union), 14 dis—Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 9% dis.—Midland,
113 %—Ditto New, 11/2 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 35%
—York and Newcastle, 34—Huddersfield Canal and Railway,
% dis. ex int.—Leeds and Tfairsk, Preference, ls. dis.—Am-
bergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 28s. 9d. dis.—Birmingham
and Dudley, 4% p.—North Staffordshire, 11/ p.—Shrews-
bury and Birmingham (13), 2 ls. 3d. dis.—Manchester and
Southampton, dis.
MANCHESTER, MAY 20.

STOCK ExcitAiiGi.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 11h c. dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 2 1-.16 dis.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c.,
2 7-16 dis.—Ditto, Preferentials, 3jq p.—East Lancashire
(late B. and P.),New (scrip), 1/8 c. dis.—Fleetwood, Pres-
ton, and West Riding, 1% dis.—Great Northern, 15A dis.—
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 dis.—
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branch, Halves, par—
London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham),
Quarters (A), 4 15-16 p.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares
( late Extension), IA dis.—Manchester and Southampton,
11/2 dis.—North Staffordshire, 11,l p.—North-Western, 2 1-16
—Oldham Alliance, 5-16 dis.—Shropshire Union, 2 dis.—
South-Eastern and Dover, 351,42—Ditt0, No. 4, 7-16 dis.—
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, % c. dis.
LEEDS, MAY 20.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—East Lancashire, 2 dis.
—Ditto, New, 2 dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), 4s. dis.—East
and West Yorkshire, 395. dis.—Great Northern, 355. dis.—
Leeds and Bradford, 43% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, New
Extensions Scrip (pink), 15s. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 63/4
dis.—Ditto, Preference, ss. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid-
land, 19s. dis.—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 51%
—Ditto, Fifteenths, ls. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction,
114 dis.—Manchester and Leeds, "321. Shares (late Exten-
sions), Bs. 6d. dis.—Ditto, West Riding Union, 7s. 6d. dis.
—Manchester and Southampton, 11,2 dis.—Newcastle and
Berwick, New, IV2 s. p.—North British, Thirds, 235. 6d. p.
—Ditto, Extension (scrip), ls. 6d. p.—North taffordshire,
30s. n. p.—North-Western, 41s. dis.
EDINBURGH, MAY 19.

STOCK ExcriANGE.—The sates are—Caledonian, New,
37s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 525. 6d.—East Lothian
Central, 38s.— Edinburgh and Glasgow, 681,4—Edinburgh,
Leith, and Granton, Quarters, lls.—Edinburgh and Northern,
New, 58s. 6d. ex new—Ditto, Newport, 6%—Edinburgh and
Perth, 30s. 6d.—Ditto, Halves, Bs. 6d.—Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, s—Great Northern, 45s.—North British, Quar-
ters, 79s.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip),,lss.—Ditto, Thirds,
46s.—Scottish Central, 231%.
GLASGOW, MAY 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Dundee and Perth,
30%—East Lothian Central, 38s.—Edinburgh and Perth
(New Co.), 31s. 6d.—Ditts), Halves, Bs. 3d.—Glasgow Gene-
ral.
Terminus, 1214 —Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct,
171.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (5 per cent. guar.),
1201.—Ditto, Valves, No. 2,5/. 16s.—Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, .51.—Ditto, Quarters, 384—Glasgow and
Greenock, Preference, 32s.—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 255.
—Manchester and Southampton, lls.—Monkland and
Kirkintilloch, 261.—Scottish Central, 23%.

-- •
BAIIIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—Tuesday
there was a general meeting of the shareholders of this
concern, at the office in Bucklersbury. Charles Sander-
son, Esq., took the chair. Mr. Kearzey, the solicitor,
said that, on the 17th of December last, a resolution was
passed for the dissolution of the company, according to
the deed of settlement, and under the 57th clause a
second general meeting was necessary for confirming
such resolution. The Chairman regretted that so much
time had been lost without having effected any sale of
their remaining property in the Brazils. The resolution
was eventually confirmed. This unfortunate speculation
has cost the shareholders about 60,0001., and would have
involved them considerably more but for the foresight
and determination "ff the present directors of the
company.

tiful and rare birds, the Impavan pheasant (hophornis impey-
anus) from the Himalaya Mountains, have been brought
over by Captain Watt, 6th Bengal Light Cavalry; they
arrived in the ship Alfred, and were
ARRIVAL OF RARE BIRDS.-A pair of those beau-
yesterday deposited in
the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens. Nothing can exceed
the beauty of these birds, the male in particular. Larger
than any pheasant, the colours of the male are dazzling to
look on. They are the first ever brought alive to this country,
and must prove an object of great attraction.
ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE IN PARlS.—Certain
unfortunate disclosures were lately made upon the trial
for settlements in the affair of Madame Charles Lafitte,
the leanker's wife, who, acting as the French choose to
call it, a la Anglaise, has deserted her husband and
family, and thrown herself into the arms of her lover, to
the horror and scandal of French society, where such an
event as this never occurs, and where outward decorum
at least is preserved even when disorder and dissolution
of marriage ties have long crept in. The fair lady in
question has caused some little rumour in her day, as
she was one of the most fashionable of all the fantastic
lionises of Paris. Her maiden name was Coningham, and
although no longer young, she is still in the possession

of great beauty.
FESTIVAL OF TIE SONS OF THE CLERGT.—Yes
terday evening his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury
gave a grand banquet at the Palace, Lambeth, to his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs,
&c., and other supporters of the distinguished institution.
The banquet was served up in the large banquetting
hall in a most superb manner. The guests included
Lord Kenyon, the Lord Chief Justice of the Com-
mon Pleas, the Dean of Canterbury, the Archdeacon
of Sarum, the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs Challis and Ken-
nard, the Chamberlain of London, the Recorder, the Master
of the Merchant Tailors' Company, the preacher the Rev. H.
Howarth, the Treasurer of the Corporation of the Sons of the
Clergy Sir H. H. Inglis, Bart., Christopher Ilodson, Esq..
Sir George Smart, Aldermen Thompson, Cop eland, Sir
Chapman Marshall,Johnson, Wood, liughea ling-hes, Sidney,
Moon, the Very Rev. Wm. Iy-sill, 111. A., and several other
clergymen and gentlemen. Fifty-one sat down. On the cloth
being removed, " The Queen fv.A. Church," " The Corpora-'
tion," &c., and other toasts were proposed and responded to,
after which the company separated.
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ceived Bou Maza, accompanied by Captain Richard, at the
palace of Neuilly. His Majesty gave him a gracious recep-
tion, and told him that France knew how to honour those
who show bravery in combatting against her, and that in
future it was for him, by
.zeal and devotedness to her cause,
French, the
to obtain the post of consisleration and confidence for which
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the
he is ambitious. when presented to the Queen, to the
Duchess of Orleans, and the Count de Paris, the face of Bou
Maza expressed lively emotion, and he said to the latter, " If
you go to Algeria I hope you will permit me to present my •
self before you, and when Heaven shall have raised you
higher than now you are, forget notahat it is as a friend that
I have come to the French. " .On quitting the palace he
went to the Chapel St. Ferdinand, and on seeing the picture
representing the ftoyal Family weeping over the death bed'
of the Duke of Orleans, he cried " Death is glorious when one
is thus regretted!" On Monday evening Bou Maza was
presented to the Duke de Montpensier, at Vincennes. His
Royal Highness was .surrounded b • y a number of officers of
I all ranks and all arms, and their appearance seemed to affect
' the Arab chief. ~Here," said he, " I feel myself in the
' midst of my,brethren: courage establishes a tie between all
brave men! Oa seeing an ancient suit of armour he con-
trived to turn a neat compliment, which was much admired
P by his hearers :-6, when," said he, " men of war covered
themselves thus they vainly attempted to penetrate into
Africa ; but your soldiers who conquered Algiers had no need
of cuirasses—their hearts themselves were of iron!"
Mr. Green, the aeronaut, has arrived at Cologne,
bringing with him a large balloon, with which he purposes
' making a series of asap%