The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1846.

mates, and proving itself not wholly unworthy of
that distinguished lady from whom it will have
received its title. Nearly eleven thousand pounds
are still wanting to complete the funds which are
deemed requisite for the construction of the " Refuge,"
fifteen thousand pounds being estimated as the cost
of the building, and four thousand being the amount
of sovereigns already contributed. ...That eleven
thousand pounds will be collected, or we have mis-
taken the sympathies of humanity.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWF .
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady.
Sales, 6,000 bales, all to the trade. Shares were dull, and
not quite so good.
Much regret has been expressed in mercantile circles this
morning at the result of the notice of motion which stood
for discussion yesterday at the East India House in favour
of a testimonial being made to Lieutenant Waghorn for
his unwearied zeal and perseverance in originating and com-
pleting the overland route to India. It must not, however,
be assumed that this circumstance arose from any lukewarm-
ness on the part of the proprietors in awarding to this gen-
tleman the full meed of praise—and something more sub-
stantial to boot—by the notice having been dropped. The
fact, we believe to be this, the Honourable Proprietor
who gave notice of the motion, as well as many
others, anticipated a rather lengthened discussion upon
Mr. Poynder's resolution for the immediate abolition
of all anti-Christian rites in the East Indies. The
Hon. Proprietor, however, did not persevere in addressing
the Court at any length, and as Mr. G. Thompson, who bad
two motions on the paper, could not attend from illness, the
Quarterly General Court, which is usually a "field day" for
proprietors, who like to see their names in print, was suddenly
brought to a termination by the motion of adjournment being
proposed and carried. We have reason to believe that the
subject will again be revived, and that Lieut. Waghorn's
claims will be elaborately and deservedly brought forward in
the hall of the East India House.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

GLASGOW-, EALMANNOCK, AND AEL-

DROSSAN.

The Committee on this Bill met for the first time at eleven this
morning, In Room B (New Houses of.' Parliament). The members
are Earl-Roden (chairman), the Marquis of Ornaonle, and Earls King-
ston, Verulain, and Effingham.
Mr. Austi❑ and Mr. Sergeant B3llasis appeared for the promoters,
and Sir Thomas Phillips and Mr. Pickering for the Glasgow, Paisley,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, and for the Duke of Port-
land, who opposed the Bill on the ground of residental damages.
Mr. AUSTIN opened the case for the promoters at great length. The
Learned Counsel then proceeded to describe the course of the intended
railway, stating the population of the various towns through which it
pass6l, and the probable expense of its construction, and
,concluded
by submitting that the Ayr Company had no locus standi, and that
therefore their opposition could pot be maintained.
Mr. PICKERING submitted that the Ayr Company were landowners
affected by the_line, that they were described in the book of reference
as such, and that as such they had a right to appear on their petition,
even though they did not say in that petition that they were land-
owners affected by the line.

The report that the courier of the French Em-
bassy at Rome had been robbed of his dispatches, on
his way to France, h confirmed by the German
papers. These papers also announce that in Sep-
tember next the Emperors of AUSTRIA and RUSSIA
and the King of PRUSSIA will meet at Vienna.

We have no intelligence from Lisbon of a later
date than that published yesterday. It appears that
the Ministers are directing their attention to the sub-
ject of financial reform, and they have issued a pro-
gramme, promising extensive retrenchments, and the
fulfilment, as far as possible, of the national engage-
ments. The foreign dividends are to be held invio-
lable under any circumstances.

Mr. AUSTIN said that the practice of Parliament was to admit no
petition which had not the ground of opposition stated on the face
of it. .

A. long and desultory conversation, or rather squabble, took
place here between Mr. Austin, on one side, and Sir T. P:iillips
and Mr. Pickering on the other, aad the Committee, as soon as they
could restore order, decided on obtaining the opinion of Lord Shaftes-
bury, and they adjourned fot;half-an-hour for that purpose. At half-
past 1, the bail-hour having expired, the chairman returned, and
further adjourned the Committee till 2 o'clock.
At about half-past two the Committee re-assembled, and gave their
decision, that the opposition on the part of the Ayr • Company could
not be entertained.

But a few pi ivate letters have come to hand this morning
from the Brazils, brought by her Majesty's steamer Swift.
In trade at Rio Janeiro, as well as at Bahia, there does not
appear to be any marked features. A demand for bullion
for the interior and tbr the River Plate had sprung up. This
may account for the comparatively small amount of specie
that has been brought borne on freight by the Swift packet.
The Consul Market is still -flat. For the Account
the current value now is 951,4 rather buyers; for the Re-
duced Three-per-Cents the quotation has receded from 9534
to 951/2 ; and the New Three. and-a- Quarter per Cents. from
971/2 to 9634. There has been a rally in the premium of
Exchequer-bills to 16s: Bank. Stock has fallen from 2061/2
to 205 V,.
The only bargains worth notice in the Foreign Bands to-
day are those in the Portuguese Four per Cents., at rates
fluctuating from 49 to 51, the present price being 50A.
The Dutch Two-and-a-Half • per Cents have been
sold at an improvement to 60 and 4. Russian are at 1091/2,
and the Mexican Deferred at 16q.
• A pretty fair amount of business has been transacted in
Railway Shares and Scrips this morning; but in prices the
changes since yesterday have been slight indeed.
BRITISII ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. • . • • • • • • 205% 2051:.
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95%% 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. .97% 96X 96A
Long Annuities, Expire... Jun, 5, 1860 10.3-15 .10 /4
Consols for Opening .. • • • • • • 96'A nsge
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 116 d.
1,0001... .• 11 16 pm.
5001. . 11 16 pin.
Ditto, Small .... 16 11 pm.
ONE
O'CLOCK.

Advices have been received from Madrid of the
11th of June. All places of public amusement were to
be closed for nine days in consequence of the death of
POPE GREGORY XVI. ; prayers are ordered to be
offered up for the election of a good Pontiff. It is
reported that Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA has commu-
nicated to the editor of the Clamor Publico the fol-
lowing letter addressed, in 1836, by QUEEN MARIA
CHRISTINA to her sister CARLOTTA LOUISA, the late
consort of the Infante Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA.

DIRLICT LONDON' AND PORTSMOUTE.

au7LpronD, CHICEESTMt, PORTSIVEOYJTH,

AN 11 rAnzma.m.

Their Lordships met this morning at the usual hour, in Room A,
(New }louses of Parliament), Lord Beaumont in the chair. Al
the members were present.

The evidence on the part of the Guildford, Chichester. Portt-
mouth, and Fareham line was proteeded with.
Mr. Tite, the eminent architect and surveyor, and some other
witnesses, were examined as to the valuation of land, &c.; they gave
evidence highly favourable to the promoters of this Bill.
Mr. Pope, the coal-merchant, and other witnesses, gave evidence
as to tha probable coal traffic on this and on the Direct London and
Portsmouth line. His evidence was in favour of the Guildford and
Chichester Railway.

"My dear Louisa—l have received your dear letter, in
which you remind me of the conversations that have
often taken place between Ferdinand and us as to our
some day marrying your sons and my little girls. This
project has always pleased my heart, and 1 wish that
time had wings, in order that I might behold the accom-
plishment of that which has ever been the desire
and will of dear Ferdinand, which desire and will
I shall always endeaveur to realise, so far as I
can, and the more so as I have always acknowledged the
real affection you feel for me and my little girls—an affection
which has made you reject all other matches. I also believe
that the national representation, instead of opposing those
marriages, will approve of thew., as being not only advan-
tageous to our family, but also to the nation, seeing that
Spanish Princes are alone concerned in question. I shall not
fail to make the said proposal when the proper time comps for
it. Adieu, dear Louisa; accept, I beg you, your sister's sin-
cerest thanks, and for ever confide in my affection.
" Your sister and friend,
" MARIA CHRISTINA.

he Committee were occupied with this class of evidence up to the
time we went to press.-

EurbraußGH AND NORTHERN (STRATH-
ERN nEviaerroN, AND DUNFERMLINE
BRANCH).

The Committee on this Bill also met for the first time, at eleven
o'clock, in Room No, 6 (Committee-rooms in Abingdon-street), Lord
Portman in the chair. The other members present. were: Dab
Dude awl Pomfret, and Lord Carteret.
'•

The Committee were occupied for nearly an hour with a discussion
as to what coursil should be taken, and at about a quarter to twelve
o'clock they adjouriled till Monday, in order to give time for au
arrangement between the agents.

CLOSING
riilC ES.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Chillan Bonds, 6 per Cent
Mexican Bonds, 1837, b per Cent ..
Ditto, Deferred • • • • 1614 16!4
Ditto, Debentures .. • • • . 17 1514
Portuguese Four per Cent ... .. 51 5034
Ditto, for the Account •. • .. 49 51 50% 5034
Russian Bonds .. • 10934 109%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Pour-and-a-Half per Cent .. 97% 97%
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59 Ty 60% 60 60
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
WWl' XIII:
• The Committee met to-day, _at tvrelve o'clock, sir Wm. Clay in
the chair:

"Paris, Jan. 23, 1836."

On the festival of Corpus Christi the QUEEN went
in grand procession, accompanied by the authorities,
to the different churches in-Madrid. It was ru-
moured that the Cortes would be dissolved in July,
and that the new Cortes would be summoned to meet
in October.

PRICES OF BUSINESS
PAID. DONE AT CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham. 225. .... dis. ..
Buckinghamshire 425. .... di5..... • • % dis.
Caledonian .. DJ .... 1038 •• 10%
Ditto, Extension • . • . 214 • •• 1
Chester and Holyhead 2214 .... 2014 . • • 2014
Derby and Crewe .. .... 6%14 .
Direct Northern 2%,,,, %
EastenrCaunties 141. 165..... 24% 1,4
Ditto New lO/. 165.... • 814 p • 774 p
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. —• • ... . . % p
Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... 1'•
ta
Eastern Union .. 23 -
Do. Ipswich & Bury SLEdmunds 3
Goole, Doncast., and ahetHeid, &c. 425. .
Great North of England . ..100 ...-
Ditto, New .. . 114 • • 143{ ........ • •
Great Western .. .. • • B5 •• . • •
. Ditto, Quarter Shares .. b 1614 ••• • ••
• • • • •
Hull and Selby .. .. • . .. 50 .... •
• • • • ••
Ditto, Half Shares • .. • • 3514 ••••• • • • • • 3516
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2.. • • 114 ••••• • • • • • 11A
Leicester and Bedford 225..... di5..... • . % dis.
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. •• • • % di& ••• • • • 14 di'.
London al Birmingham . -.100 •...225 •• .. 226
London and Black .. 161. 13s. 40. 79,E
London and Croydon 131. 153. 9d... 22% -• • 22%
LoLdon and Seuth•Western .• 41/. 6s. 10d,.•• 784 7714 • • 77%
Ditto, New .. 14
.... 2514 2514
London and York .. .• .. 2 6 • 214 2. •• • .... 2
Ditto, Half Shares 2% .. • • 1%7',, .. •• • • 1M
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 214 .. •• —. ••••• • • • 1,?4
Lynn and Ely .. 13 .... 12% .
Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 • .• •
Ditto Ex tension 425. .. • • 214 p.• ••• • •
M anchester and Birmingham .. 40 .. • .....
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .... 1314 •• • • ...• • • 1314
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • I •• • • 914 %•••• • • • •
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • p• •• • • • p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% 11;
511dIa•id .. • ...100 ....150 ........ - • 150
Ditto, New
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 2158 : 4351%4 •••• •• ••• • • 345131
Ditto, New . 1 ... • 914 34 .. • • to
Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 15 •• • '24% .• • 23
Norfolk
.. • • 20 25% .. ••• • . 25%
Northßritish .. . • . 2214 •. • • 30 ...... •• • 3O
Ditto, Half Shares• .. 8% ••• • ••••• • • • • 11:4
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 11.4 .... .. ••• • • •
Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 74 75 North Kent and Direct Dover 'a. 214, ... •1% 1,4 •• - • • • 11,
s
North Staffordshire .. • • • . 42e .• • • 3% p.•• • • • 31's P
Oxid.,Worcester, & Wolverlui3ptn. 1238.... BYi •• ••• ••
Portsmouth Direct • • • • • 3% ••• • 3 ••• • •
Scottish Central .. • .. -10 .. • • 1532. ••• ••• • • • 1514
Shrewabary and Birmingham .. 2% .... • • 2%
Shropshire Union .. .. • . 42a. .... I.?ti CBS • • 1% dui.
South Eastern and Dm-or .. • . 3334 •
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 214 .„. 2% ..... .••
•
South Wales . • • • . • it ... • 1% 1%
Welsh Midland .. • . .... I
West Riding Union • . • • .. 425. 2 sis p r
York aild North Midland .. 80
Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 4834 ..... .
Ditto. Extension .. 15 .... 33 IA ......
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... I .. •- 11% ........ • •

The Madrid Bolsa was closed on the 11th, owing
to the Corpus Christi fetes.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The budget of the expenses relating to the French
consulships was voted on Monday, in the Chamber
of Deputies, after an endeavour, on the part of MM.
DE LA➢IARTINE, LEON DE MALLEVILLE, and BER-
RYER, to get up a discussion on the subject of Syria.
The only reply which M. GUIZOT made to their
taunts was, " that he could add nothing to what he
had already stated. The discussion should certainly
take place, though not now; for the present time was
not a fitting one. At this moment a reorganisation was
being effected in the Libanus, which tended to re-
place under the same power all the populations of the
mountain. It would be most unwise to run the risk,
by any premature discussion, of comprotniaing the
arrangement in prospect, which would, he hoped,
restore peace and happiness to Syria. The efforts of
the French Government in this question might be
denied, but they were not questioned in Syria, or at
the propaganda of Rome. It would be an easy
matter for him to communicate letters to that effect,
but he should not do so ; next session all would be
arranged, and M. DE MALLEVILLE would then him-
self perceive the error into which he had fallen."
AR these papers contain long accounts of the
grand doings on Sunday, at the opening of the
Northern Railway.

••• SN
••• .74 dis••• .. • • 7 die.

The price of bread in Paris for the second fortnight
in June has been again augmented, and the price of
first quality bread is 37 centimes the kilogramme,
and that of second quality, 30 centimes.
Algiers journals of the 10th mention no new het
of importance, but confirm the previous statements
of the submissions of tribes. Nothing certain was
known of the movements of A BD-EL-KADER.
The Courrier Francais says—.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Barbadoes I
Boulogne and Amiens . • .. 12 11 .
Dutch Rhenish •.. .. • • • • G. •
East In tia.i . ss.
Italian and Austrian .. . • • . 3 .... .........
Louvain and Jemeppe • • ••4 • • • 11,1, d . I% xd
Luxembourg
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .......... „
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 ~ 4,lfAz
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .. • . 4 ..... . . 4
Sombre and Meuse •• • • • •••—..• . • • • • . 4 N
Tours and Nantes Constituted • • 5 • .... :.......
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.- •
•• 10 14%
•• 20 • 26%•• •• r'• 26;
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered n„.

• .. 11!',

We are assured that Government has received from
Otaheite news of a most serious character. Several warm en-
gagements had taken place between our soldiers and the
natives of the different islands, which M. Bruat had given
orders to occupy. But the most serious fact is the connivance
of the English missionaries, who covertly sent powder and
ammunition to the insurgents. Several boxes of cartridges
concealed under Bibles and religious books were seized; and
the marks of English manufactories were equally found on
the muskets left on the field of battle by the natives. We
shall see what steps will be taken by Government in presence
of the constant renewal of such incidents."

London Joint-Stock • - -• •
London and Westminster ..

Little or no business was done on the Bourse on
Tuesday, the speculators lying by for the decision of
the Houses of Parliament on the Corn-law and the
Coercion Bills.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
'LONDON, ,ftNE 18.—Wind this day at neon, easterly, light airs,
and fine clear hot sultry weather.

DEAL, JUNE 17.—Wind E.N E.—Arrd. Mary. Ellen, Inglis, Rio
Janeiro. Arrd. from the River and sld. 17th, Ann Bates, Slaugter,
Sydney, New South Wales ; Wigrains, Hall, Cape of Good Hope and
Calcutta ; Martin Luther, Hutton, Madras.
PORTSMOUTH, .TUNE 17.—Wind E S.E.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship
Nautilus, westward. Sid. Zarah, Comforts, Madras.
SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 17.—Sld. Medway steamer, West Indies.;
Paella steamer, Gibraltar.
TORBAY, JUNE 15.—Sld. Timoleon, Dreyer, Galveston.
PLYMOUTH, Justz S.W.—Arrd, her Majesty's ship Tra-
falgar, Cork ; 17th, her Majesty's steamer Terrible. westward, and
sailed eastward. _ _

The Three per Cents., closed en the Paris Bourse on
that day at 83f. 15e. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. toe. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,255 f. ; Rouen, 1,012 f. 50c. ;
Havre, 740 f. •, Great• Northern, 735 E • Avignon, 880 f. ;
Vierzon, 630 f. ; Bordeaux, 600 E ; Boulogne, 482 f. 50c.;
Paris and Strasburg, 503 f. 75c. ; Tours and ntes, 515 E ;
Paris and Lyons, 537 f. 50c ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38.
The following are quotations for other railway shares :
Lyons and Avignon Definitive!, 513 f. 75c.; Bordeaux
andCette Definitives, 509 f. 75c.

OFF PLYSLOCTII, JUNE 15. —Mina, Brightman, Patagonia; Victor,
Mr rgan, China.
13axsTor„ JUNE 16.—S1d. Jes, Muir, Nevis,
sy,
LINAPOOL, JUNE 1' T. —Wind N.N.E. to N.N.W., light.—Arrd.
Earl of Durham, Ross, Demerara, and not from Honduras,
as re
ported ; Juliana, Ice,and. Sid. Dos Amigon, Anteneche, lanilla ;
R
Joseph Christall, Cloid, Bah:a; Friendship, Johnson, Halifax.
CLYDE, JUNE 16.—Arrd. Christina Pitcairn, Bickers, Trinidad. •
11U11., JUNE 16.—Arrd. St. George, Mellor, Ichaboe; Ulva, Peinau.
TORBAY, JUNE 17. —The Unity, Power, of Padstow, Dartmouth for
London, was towed into Brigham to-day, having caught fire and
burnt to the water's edge; part of cargo and materials saved in a
damaged state.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 17.
Boulogne and Amiens, 11 —Dutch Rhenish, 7% —East Indian,
I,4—Louvain and Jemappe, 1% ex d.—Namur and Liege, 3%—Or-
leans and Bordeaux, 10—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6%.

ettrb Nratton

HAMPTON RACES.
(THIS DAY-By EXPRESS.)

MARKET NE W 8.-(THIS DAY.}
NAY DIAILILItsTit.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 41 Is to
St 155 ; Oat Straw, 1110 s to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to I/ 14s per
load. Trade dull, at but little alteration in prices.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; Clover ditto, 4155 to Si
14s; Oat Straw, 11 105 to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s per
load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull.
yVNITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 4/ Ss to Si
17$ ; Oat Straw, 11 105 to 1/ 125 ; Wheat Straw, U 12s to 11 14s
per load. A lull average supply, and a heavy demand.
New Meadow Hay was selling at from 2153 to 31 7s per load.
MEAT MARZETS.
Sorretaix, Jurge 17.—We had a very steady demand for prime
Sheep, Lambs, and Calves, at very thll prices. In all other
kinds of stock exceedingly little business was doing. Beef,
froin 2e 84 to 45 ; Mutton, as 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, bs to 6s 2d ;
Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 104 to 43 8d per Sibs to sink the
offal.
Romeosn, Jcsa h.—Prime stock moved off steadily at extreme
currencies, otherwise the demand ruled heavy. Beef from 2s 10d to
4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d;
and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; Quarter-
old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Much Cows, with their small Calf,
161 to lA/ lOs each.
Lewes, JUNE 16.—Beef, from 2s 84 to 4s ; Mutton, 35 8d to 4s:4d;
Lainb, be to Gs ; Veal, 4s to 4e 84 ; and Pork, 45 to 4s Bd*per
Sibs. Supply good, and trade dull.
NEWGATE AND ZEA.DENHALL.
We had only a moderate supply of each kind of Meat, yet the general
demand was in a very sluggish state on the following terms :—Beef,
from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Lamb, Ss 4d to Gs 4d ;
Veal, 3s 10d to 45 10d ; and Pork, 38 4d to 45 10d per Albs. by the
carcase.

The Hurst Cup of 30 sovs: in specie, added to a Sweepstakes

of 5 soya. each.

Titbit 2 1 I
Samarcand
Deodora
Five started.

DEATH OF LADY JANE MUIRHEAD.—This venerable
lady expired on Sunday last, at the advanced age of 81 years. !ler
Ladyship was only surviving daughter of John third duke of Atholl,
and, consequently, great aunt of the present Duke, and Viscountess
Strathallan. The deceased was born Dec. 2, 1764, and married
Aug 1785, Mr. John Grosset Muirhead, who died exactly ten bears
since.

FATAL ACCIDENT OFF CREMORNE GARDENS.— A
most melarehols accident happened off the Cremorne Gardens at
Chelsea, by which a boy has lost his life, and others very narrowly
escaped. The deceased, whose name was Greaves, lived with his
parents in the Commercial road, Chelsea, and was sent to school at
his usual time. Instead of going there; he went with some others
to Cremorne Gardens, and on the edge of the river they commenced
" larking," during which the deceased was pushed into the river.
Assistance was rendered, but too late to restore life.
BEER TRADE.—Yesterday the Beer Trade Protection
Society took their eleventh annual steam excursion. The company,
consisting of a number of families, with prov.sions upon the pie-uic
plan, went on board the Star, which cleared out from Adelaide-wharf
at ten minutes to nine. The vessel carried upwards of 400 persons.
At Blackwall she took on board about 50 more passengers, and dashed
on for Gravesend, where she landed those who did not wish to go
further, and then steamed on to Southend. The company, at South-
end pier, went on shore, and were allowed three or four hours to re-
fresh themselves at the Royal Hotel and other houses on the hill
above the beach. After such recreation and their walk upon the
pier, they returned to the vessel, and on the war back called at
Gravesend for those they left in the morning. It was past ten at
night when the Star reached London-bridge. Music and dancing in-
creased the pleasure experienced by the party.
Wa}:ainTtAhLeaActco:linDbEyNT AT THE NEW HOUSES OP PARLlA-
emmasinT;iiTlttztenevveryngo,t. bAertevesseresn.
Gthe s
ehno uarasdof
Pete,,five
wasand six,
engaged a ne
al elderly
etrhl ye
lConeesvorlitohueat%swoferPa. rnament, hoisting a block of stone to the top of
equilibrium, foil to themppeaednsoofff.
accident the
of his fellow-labourersg a travelling crane. The poor fellow
Same slipped
the handle of the traveller, when by some
and the unfortunate man losing his
round a distance of upwards of 50 feet. Some
quite
in,,,,,ibielmnriately went to his assistance, but he
eatT•easa theremre, removed to Westmin-
to by the house-surgeon, but
'hiladerreecheeivwed"werenor such a dreadful character that
appeared
stit,eerbliljousrpiei Hospital.
een the hours of ten and
he
AdieLdAsßhomrtlisyclaftle,rihhlEssa.d_mir3elotnw.
eleven lest night intelligence of the outbreak of three
tsoepstlorsateafliries
Battle-bridge. The engines of the Lmdothnenestaasbeliersthamineednt
were received at the engine stations. One was stated
England company, together with an escape of the
Royalit haltir thirst at
hasetoßi
se
,iaeert
etat
Society
eoitsfoers ,
m Eaton-place, Pimlico ; another in the Edgware. road; and the
le Protect on of Life from Fire, were remarkably
numbered , Albany-place East, King's-crass,
to air. Joseph Humphreys, a hat-
tehaarlty
tihneaprriving at the last-named It was
ntbitelticffitulgriehrg. antes were discovered by a
known as the Caledonian House,
thad_ takes fire. The house was 'a
In passing the premises, perceived smoke and
Donee constable, who, i
the
• from the fanlight over street door. Raving alarmed
flames issuing
od V descend the
the inmates,
double
ake r flouted one,
they attempt— .. staircase; but owing
were forced to make for the
the fire was soon extin-
roof. With the als of plenty of water,
considerable damage had been
to the dense bodies of smoke thtaetpweerrethaescbemnakriaggthaeadstetreacreeby, they
guished ; not, hot e er, until very
of the fire ; a great number of
valuable watches are also severely damaged,
and the costly plate
glass doors and windows of the shop, as
well as the extensive pier
done. The greats, portion of the stock of hats being either burned
or rendered worthless by the action
leoking-glasses, are demolished. The
havecaoriginateduse
irons a hat-box
of the are is not pre-
cisely known, but it is supposed W
Humphreys having fallen off a shelf into the stove in the shop.
_a e
tee
fires
awteakysiofnsured a
haracter. in the Pun Fire-ofitoe. The oti
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weurempfohrireunys

CORN AVERAGES.
•
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended June 13,1846, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.

1 WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. i RTE. 1 BEANS. I TEAS.
PRICE .. 524 0,1 27s Id 23s 8d 32s 4d 358 8d 344 9d
DUTY... iBs Od 9s Od bs Cd 9s 6d 75 64 es 6d

NEW ZEALAND.

Extract of a letter, dated Wellington, Feb. 7, 1846 :
"It seems extraordinary that Captain Grey has been
nearly three months in the colony without deigning io an-
nounce his advent to us southerns. Either he is playing the
general officer at the Bay of Islands, or else he has been
indoctrinated by the Auckland people that this is only
a fishing village,' &c. We are now without official intelli-
gence and mail from Auckland since the Ist of November.

" The New Zealand debates have excited our neighbours
in Australia and Van Diemen's Land. A vessel arrived from
the latter, brings news of the resignation, in a body, of all the
non-official members of council, and the ccmtnencetnent
of an agitation for representative legislation ; and in New
South Wales and Port Philip they have determined tl send
agents to London, like those of Canada and the West Indies.
an Diemen's Land seems going aux aboix in consequence
of Lord Stanley's system there, and I believe if we had
things better established here we should have an extensive
immigration from it and its neighbours."
Nothing was known at the Cook's Straits settlement of
what Captain Grey's intentions were as to carrying on the
war with the natives at the Bay of Islands; indeed, the dis-
tance of the seat of Government from these settlements is so
great a drawback that the settlers know nothing of what is
doing by the Government, excepting through the Sydney
newspapers.

SCAFFOLD ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, as several
bricklayers were at work on a scaffold, repairing the tooffo a party-
wall of a public-house li Iligh-strent, Poplar, the ledger the scaf
fold suddenly gave u•
(six in number) were standing, to fall, and the whole of them were
He was removed to theaY wLhonicdhon"husloedspit
precipitated below. Ox examination it was found that one of the:;,.
named James Salmon, aged thirty-six y was seriously iniur
ears'
loured that
state• The
his ribs were fractured. lie lies in a very dangerous a
is.
utile* Ave men were much bruised, but fortunately not OP ve7
talhe,
wpahretreupiotnww:lch the men
Wu Monti
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