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London, England, 1846-05-15 00:00:00

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The following Bills have been referred to the Committee, viz. :
Grand Trunk or Stafford and Peterborough Union,
Oxford, Coventry, and Burton-on-Trent Jute:ion.
Trent Valley (Abrewas Branch.)
London and BirmiriF ham (Coventry to Nuneaton Extension.)
Leicester and Tamworth Junction.
Midland (Leicester and Swannington Alteration and Branches.)
Midland (Burton-on Trent to Nuneaton and Branch.)
Direct Birmingham and Leicester, Leicester and Birmingham and
Branch to Coventry.
Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Leicester.
Grand Trunk, or Stafford and Peterborough Union.
This Bill was withdrawn, as well as the
Leicester and Tainworth Junction.
Some difference with respect to the priority of the Bills having
arisen between the respective Counsel,
The CHAIRMAN said, that the Committee had determined to pro-
ceed with those Bills which had been read a second time.
It was then agreed to give precedence to the Midland, Leicester,
and Swannington. The parties, however, not being in readiness to
proceed, the Conimittee adjourned till twelve o'clock ou Monday.

On Wednesday the Batavier steam-ship, from Rot-
terdam, arrived at the St. Katherine Dock Steam-packet Wharf,
with fifty passengers, fifty oxen, five hundred firkins of butter, aud a
large quantity of yeast. The importation of cattle, provisions, and
butter trsm 11940 Is Iparsasing sTvi7

HAMBURGH and FLANDERS MAIL.
SCHWERIN, MAY 7.—His Royal Highness the Grand Duke,
accompanied by Baron Von Sell, set out this morning for
Italy. His Highness will meet his mother at Vienna, and,
after some stay at Milan, and on the lake of Como, will
return hof—e through the countries ou the Rhine.

HAMBURGII, MAY 9.—We understand that the loan for nine
millions of marks, resolved on by the Senate and citizens in
July, last year, has been contracted for by the house of S.
Neine, of this city, and by the houses Schickler Brothers and
E. M. Magnar. in Berlin, under the name of Hamburgischa
Staats Premium.

AULKIKE, STOCKHOLM, MAY 5.--It is said that a corn•
mercial treaty between Sweden and Norway and the Xing-
dom of the Netherlands is in contemplation, and Baron
Wahrendorff, his Majesiy's Chargé d'Affaires at the Courts
both of Belgium and the Netherlands, has gone from Brussels
to the Hague on this account.

COPENHAGEN, MAY Royal Highness the Crown
Prince went yesterday evening on board the Aegir steamer,
and this morning on board the Gesion frigate. At eleven
o'clock this morning the King and suite went in the same
steamer to the frigate, which weighed anchor this afternoon,
and together with the steamer proceeded northward.
COPENHAGEN, MAY 9.—We now learn that the destina-
tion of the Gesion frigate is to cruise for ten months on the
Spanish coast, and to go as far as Madeira. The King re-
mained on board on the 7th till three o'clock in the after-
noon, when he left it off Vedbeck, and arrived here on board
the Aegir at half-past five o'clock.

RIGA, APRIL 9.—Our merchants are in the greatest
anxiety. Our harbour of Dunamunde is choked up with
sand, by which above 100 ships richly laden are prevented
entering Riga, -and a great part of them have already put
back, hoisting a black flag. This is a dreadful blow Co our
commerce. Th.. Emperor has assigned a million of roubles
to provide the means for remedying this misfortune.
COPENHAGEN, MAY 7.—The expected visit of the Swedish
Royal Family to our Court, gives our politicians ample mat-
ter for conjecture. At first, only a visit of the young Duke
of Upland was announced ; afterwards, however, in conse-
quence of special invitation, both the Crown Prince and the
King of Sweden have resolved to pay a visit to our Court.
Now, as the reigning Queen of Sweden, with the Princess
of Sweden, who is 16 years of age, will reside in Schonen,
hopes are entertained that we may see those acgust members
of the Royal Family of Sweden at Copenhagen, which of
course, gives full play to political conjectures, in which the
re-marriage of Prince Frederick of Hesse, nearly allied to the
Danish throne, is not to be overlooked. Immediately after
the visit of the Swedish Roy al Family their Majesties will
set out for the Duchies, the King will then go for the pur-
pose of sea• bathing to Fohr. and the Queen to Augustunberg.
DRESDZN, MAY s.—Our Government has received a no•
tification from B: rlin, that it does not seem advisable to re-
sume the conferences at Carlsruhe respecting the Zollverein,
till the question of the Corn Bill Tariff in England is de-
cided, and an üblooked delay has taken place in Parliament,
and the Bill can hardly be voted in the Upper House before
the end of this month. The meeting of the Deputies can
hardly take place before the autumn, e-pecially as a wish has
been generally expressed not to meet in the heat of the
summer.

HAMBURGH, MAY 11.—The number of ships of all nations
that passed the Sound in April, 1846, was—
From the North Sea
From the Baltic ...

Total 1,817
Of which the English ships were—
From
the North Sea
From the Baltic

Total

BRussars, MAY 12.—The average price of wheat in the
week ending the 9th of May, was 23f. 91c., and that of rye
17f. 44c. per hectolitre.
The Journal of Bruges every day inserts in some state-
ments respecting the distress of Thielt and the environs,
which we cannot pass over in silence. Scarcely a day passes
without poor little children arriving at Bruges, who wander
about the streets of the city, exhausted with fatigue and
hunger. They come from Thielt, their parents are dead, or
shut up in the Mendicity establishment, or have abandoned
them, being unable to support them. These are serious
facts; let it be ascertained whether they are correct or not;
we wish the latter, but we fear that they are too true.—Brus-
ids Paper, May 13.
HAMBITRGH BORSENHALLE, MAY 12.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents ..
Bank Shares •..
Anglo-Russian Loan •• • • •• • • 107
Russian 5 per Cent., Han,. Certificate. 1013 10114
Ditto Ist series Inscription •••• ••• • • • 1023(,
Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96
Ditto, in Certificate•—• • • •••• .• • • 96
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •••• .. 894 89
Ditto Stieglitz ••••• • • • • 88% 881,4
Spanish New 5 per Cent . 183 18%
Ditto 3 per Cent • • •• ...• •• ••• • • • 29%
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent..
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• •• 59
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 81
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .... •. 864
National Bank Shares ...... ..........

GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITIITION.—The
third annual meeting of the subscribers to this institution was held
iyesterday at the Hanover-square Rooms. His Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge in the chair, supported by Viscount Ingestre•
'M.P., B. B. Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S., Mr. Vaughan Richards, Q.C.,
Hon. H. Ashley, &c. &c. &c. His Royal Highness opened the busi-
ness by observing, that he had much gratification in being in a con-
dition to acquaint the subscribers that the continued prosperity which
had crowned the operations of the society had placed it amongst the
leading institutions of the country. Although but in existence three
years, upwards of 900 cases had been considered by the ladies' com-
mittee, and nearly 20,0001. was invested for the benefit of those who
' wished to purchase annuities. A considerable sum had also
been received towards the establ,shment of a home for dis-
engaged governesses. The report read by the honorary secre-
tary, the Rev. David I,aing, stated that during the past
year twelve donations, of the amount of 501. and up-
wards, had been received ; nearly 300 cases had come be-
fore the ladies' committee, of which 253 were favourably en-
tertained, and pecuniary grants to the amount of 4911. had been
made to 189. An annuity had been founded, through the benevolent
suggestion of the Bishop of Durham, who offered to give 501. towards
the said object, if nine others would do the same, thus making alto-
gether eight permanent annuities. Towards the provident fund the
' amount received and invested now reaches 20,0001. An Act of Incor-
poration would be applied for during the present session of Parlia-
ment, to enable the society to hold freehold property, and thus to
carry out fully its design. The report added that his Royal.Highnese
Prince Albert had become a patron of the institution. According to
the financial statement the total receipts towards the provident fund
amounted to 13,6851. 3s 10d., and deducting the expenditure, a
balance of 960/. 103. 10d. remained. After addresses from Lord
Ingestrie and Mr. Bond Cabbell the report was agreed to. A vote of
thanks was passed to his Royal Highness, who, having acknowledged
the compliment, tt.e meeting dissolved. An election of annuitants
next took place, when out of 65 candidates three were chosen.
-'My SHIP IS MY WlFE."—While the St. Nicholas
was on her way down the North River, on Saturday, the officers
discovered a man far out in the bay, nearly opposite Peekskill, float-
ing on what subsequently proved to be a boat which had been can-
sized. As soon as the report that a man in distress was in eight,
the captain ordered the pilot to make for him. The St. Nicholas was
soon alongside, and a line was thrown to the ferryman (for such the
man proved to be), but instead of seizing the only means of escape,
our hero of the boat-bottom began to parley, somewhat as follows :
" Hilloa," said the Captain, " dent you want to come a'board
" Will ye right my boat and pump her out ?" asked the man in dis•
tress. " Why no, my man, we have not time ; but if you will take
that line we will haul you a'board." "No ye don't. If I could only
get this boat righted, that's all I'd care for." So throwing back
the line indignantly, the boatman squatted himself quietly upon his
precarious perch and awaited another turn of the wheel of fortune.
This steamer was obliged to pass on her course ; the captain, how-
ever, soon spoke a schooner which was on her way, and requested
the master to go to the aid of the boatman, whose situation was
really one of danger. The river was very rough, and the sea in the
bay was running a great deal too high for comfort or safety. The
schooner soon hove-to alongside the beat, but as passengers from the
St. N.,could see them, the captain of the schooner and the wrecked
boatman were, to all appearances, negotiating. The latter, in all
probability, demanding that in return for the privilege of rescuing
him, the master of the schooner should pump out his boat.—Yew
York Harper. _ _

THE ROYAL WEST INDIA MAIL STEAM-SHIP DEE.-
This splendid vessel, the Dee, one of the Royal West India Mail
Steam Company's fleet of steamers, has recently undergone a tho-
rough fit out, and left Blackwell last evening for Southampton, ready
to receive the next West India mail.

BISHOPRIC OF JERUSALEM —The Rev, Samuel Gobat.
who has been appointed by his Majesty the King of Prussia to the
Bishopric of Jerusalem, vice Dr. Alexander, deceased, is expected to
arrive in town in the course of next week, in order to receive cOn-
secration from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
BLACK AND WHITE TWINS.—Dr. Cunningham re-
cords, in the Philadelphia Examiner, the case of a negress, who was
delivered of twins, one black and the other white. He says, a negro
woman, aged about forty-five, after having giving birth to thirteen
children during her life, none of which were twins, was, during the
last spring, safely delivered of two at one birth, one being black and
the other white. He saw. them when they were a few weeks old,
and the contrast in colour, hair, &c., was, indeed, striking; so much
so, that four-fifths of those who examined them were of opinion that
the negress was not the mother of both, but that some deception was
being played ; the mother persisted and still delares them to be her
own. Dr. Cunningham remarks on this singular fact, that a black
woman may give birth, at one time, to a black child and a mulatto,
but the occurrence is extremely rare. A case like that under notice,
he considered to be a phenomenon as inexplicable as it is interesting.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN THOS. BARKER DEVON, K.C.H.
—We have to notice the decease of this Gallant Naval Officer, who
died on Tuesday last, at his resid. nee in Devonshire in the 62d year
of his age. The deceased had been in the navy more than fertY•fiv°
years. He was Lieutenant of the Dragon in Sir R. Calder's action.
While in the command of the Brardrageren, he performed many gal-
!ant services en the coast of Norway and in the German rivers. 111
1811 he fought a most gallant action with three Danish brigs of the
first class, and in 1813 captured two Danish gun-boats while com-
manding the boats of the Brardrageren and Blazer. Ile commanded
the seamen landed to co-operate with the Russian army for the re-
duction of the fortresses of Blexen and Bremer-Lehe, at the mouth
of the Weser in the same year, Subsequently, in 1814, he co-
operated with the allied army in the river Ems. In 1838 he was
nominated a Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Gnalphio
Order.
journey on pedomotive ma-
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distance of 87 miles during the day, on
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BIRTHS
On the 30th ult., at Gibraltar, the lady of the Chevalier Longl""
Cowell, Belgian and Ottoman Consul, of a son.
On the 4th inst., at Hampton-grove, Surbiton, near Kingsi".".
Thames, the lady of Captain F. S. Hamilton, R.A., of a daught"'
On the 6th inst., at Lashlake, Thame, awn,
Payne, Esq., of a son, still-born.
On the 11th inst., at the Lodge, Upper Clapton, the lady of Claria&
Salisbury Butler, Esq., of a daughter.On the 12th inst., at Hill-street, Berkeley-square, the wife ore. 11*
Esq ,of a son. the wife of Edward
On the 12th inst., in Bolton-street, Piccadilly, the lady 0(.7°156°
Alfred Hardcastle, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 11th MEL at Kingston Church, 'Southampton, Alexander
Lewis, Esq., R.N., to Mary Ann, widow of the late Captain J.
1'
Ilodnett.
On the 12th inst., at Maize-hill, Greenwich, Mark William Cain
Esq., Stamford, Lincolnshire, to Mary, youngest daughter of the la,*
Nana Raine, Esq., Staindrop, Durham.

DIED.
Roch Vale, near Dartmouth, in the 32d year of his age, the 11011*
Darcy Godolphin Osborne, fourth son of Lord Godolphin.
On the 10th inst., at Walthainstovr, Mrs. Jury, aged 86.
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On the sth inst., at Penzance, Sarah Anne, the wife of Cal '•
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Vernon Anson, R.N.
On the 25th ult., at Malta, the Rev. Armitage Forbes, aged 26'
On the litit inst., at Ilighbury, Mary Ann, wife of Adam Joseph
Kopsch, Esq.
On the 11th inst., at Oxford, C. Wingfield, Esq., surgeon, aged 59.
On the 11th last., at St. Leonard's-on-the-Sea, Charles Worthing-
ton, Esq.
On the 12th inst., at Paington, Devonshire, Captain T. Barker
Devon, R.N., K.O H., aged 62.
On the 12th inst., in Upper Ileathfield-terrace, Tilrallera-greCn'
Thomas Pearce Brown, Esq., aged 82.

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