The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-21 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1846.

The settlement of the Punjaub has more the appearance
of a dramatic performance than a reality. Towards the end
of autumn last year the Governor-General of India left Cal-
cutta, and proceeded by slow marches towards the banks of
the Sutlej, rather with a view to inspect the different, mili-
tary stations formed in that quarter, and to ascertain i n per-
son the state of Lahore, than to act either on the offensive
or defensive. Neither of these alternatives seemed at all
to influence his operations ; his heavy artillery was allowed
to remain in the interior, the forces that could be assembled
in a short time were fit only to repel a sudden and isolated in-
vasion from a portion of the lawless Seikh army ; he had neither
battering guns, nor a sufficient body of cavalry, not even in-
fantry, to fight eighty thousand fierce and well-disciplined
soldiers, to; invade the Punjaub, or besiege Umritser and
Lahore. Nothing was less expected than a great battle, yet
when he arrived at Umballah he found the scene totally
changed, and before he could reach Ferozepore the small
body of troops in that station were completely cut off from the
main body, and he and his men, who had hurried to the spot,
had time neither for food or rest—they were en-
gaged in one of the most bloody and hazardous con-
tests of modern times. Only two battles more
finished the work, and thus the Punjaub was conquered
in the short space of two months. The winding up of the
affair too has all the semblance of dramatic effect. Corps
after corps of the hitherto unmanageable Seikhs surrendered
their guns to the British, quietly dispersed without the
slightest attempt at resistance, the authorities of Lahore
and a mountain chief, more powerful than they, came and im-
plored the clemency and forgiveness of the Governor-General,
or offered him hearty support, the capital was delivered up to
British troops, the kingdom of the Old Lion of the Punjaub
was rent in twain, and English dominion was established
in less than ten weeks over the extensive district of the
Five Rivers. Such fierce and bloody battles, such a sudden
conquest and peaceful settlement, have rarely occurred in
modern times, and can be compared only to those rapid
movements of BUONAPARTE in his first Italian campaign,
which, to the astonishment of other nations as well as the
French, appeared miraculous for their decision and the im-
portance of their results. The latest accounts from Lahore
state that the work of peace is still going on with fai r
prospects of success, that the British troops, with the ex-
ception of the small army of occupation, were quietly retir-
ing from the country, and that the native inhabitants, so
far from viewing with jealousy or hatred their new allies
and new masters, were highly grateful for Bri-
tish protection. It is probable that the people
generally will continue quiet under the new
system. They have, in fact, the same reasons
as the people of Sinde, whose conduct has falsified all the
malignant prognostications of the Indian press—they
at least those under British dominion, be allowed to trade
and carry on their usual avocations with security, they will
have no reason to fear the plundering inroads of the Seikh
soldiery, or the extortions of despotic Sirdars, and svhat
holds out a splendid and peaceful prospect for those between
the Sutlej and the Beas, and furnishes a vast scope for
British trade and commerce, the newly ;acquired country is
fertile in the extreme, admirably adapted for thepro-
duction of cotton and sugar, and many other articles in
request in the United Kingdom. Nor is this rich spot
isolated or beyond the reach of British enterprise,
though it is a thousand miles from Calcutta, and a still
greater distance—perhaps fifteen hundred miles—from B om-
bay. The conquest of Sinde, for which Lord ELLENBORO7JGH
and Sir CHARLES NAPIER were calumniated by the ignorant
and the bigoted of this country, by so many civilimas in
India, and by the whole of the servile India newspapers,
has opened up a short and easy course to this fertile tern.
tory. We have already the entire command of the
Indus; we have bargained with the rulers of Lahore
by the late treaty for undivided. control over the
Sutlej to its junction with the main stream, and
thus a free intercourse is established by means of
steam-boats and other river craft between Kurrachee and
the vast countries washed by the Indus and its tributary
branches. It is said, and the circumstance is entitle& to
credit, that GHOOLAB SINGH, not satisfied with his new title
and a large kingdom, aims at the sovereignty of the whole.
We should regard the accomplishment of his wishes as no
loss to England, because there is no hope whatever of g ood
government under the Ranizn and her young son. They are
entirely under the influence of her favourite paramour,
a man of very ordinary abilities and totally with-
out influence over either the chiefs or the people. This king-
dom cannot last long. By the end of the present year the
British troops will leave Lahore, and then, if not before, cir-
cumstances may arise which, with a view to preserve or der
and peace, may render it advisable to give GHOOLAB Surat
command over the whole Punjaub. He has as much right
to it as RUNJEET Smell, and the great object of the Indian
Government should be to establish a power in that quarter,
not only able to repel any inroads of the Affghans, but to
form an outpost to check invasion from any of the
western states. The British power alone restratins
AKBAR KHAN and his desperate followers, and when
they are removed, the present Government of
Lahore will be found totally incapable to repel an attack
upon Peshawur. GHOOLAB SINGH, with the addition of a tfew
British troops to his hardy and brave mountaineers, wcsuld
be found the only useful ally. But a very short time will be
sufficient to test the new scheme, and before the end of %he
year it is extremely probable that a new arrangement must
be formed.

Incidentally a very important principle was broached yes-
terday by Mr. P. SCROPE, and one which present circum-
stances tend to enforce rather remarkably ; we mean the c,ne
involving the imposition of a temporary land-tax during
periods of scarcity and destitution—both tax and scam ity
being, as a matter of course, relatively localized. Upon the
establishment of this principle as judicious, rests the revil ;al
of a system which was acted upon in 1783, and by which con-
temporary distress might receive the succour then accorded to

ancestral privations. The manner in which this questi on
was introducer? by the Honourable Member for Dirminghs .m
was pertinent and forcible, though in the absence of all (WE-
cial guarantees upon the circumstances adduced, the Floi ne
Secretary, without doubt, acted with genuine ministerial
caution in procrastinating the decision of Government. It

would be the very acme of insane innovation to expect a
Cabinet to propound measures of such an individual appli-
cation upon the first hint of their advisability, though, at tihe
same time, it would be the very acme of stubbornness in a
Ministry to refuse concession to an emergency, when tale
necessity of some active interference was ostensible beyoind
denial. The position of the details of the present emer-
gency lies precisely between these two extremes : there are
instances of the most callous apathy on the part of landlords
towazda their destitute tenantry—this no one will be &eel-
teY taloutrJa to contradict—nevertheless these instances are
acarcßl7 "tumid with sufficient unanimity to admit of a in
instant interpctiti.o, of the
cause for an officiatingfzian.
tnre.poSuttihll,atthinerveesitsi
gamatriltlme
would rest the acceptance or then4ll
for a levy of the nature mentioned. Thecifevitdence is he pr?positi.:43
meagre or overwhelming—it lies between those two point "
and though the recommendation of HORACE may be apfacT
ble to poetry, it is scarcely of the hue of wisdom to plunge
in mediae res upon a contested political renovation. The
disease must be fully and thoroughly comprehended in all its
ramifications and intensity before a very stringent remedy,
like the one recommended by Mr. PouLETT &ROPE can be
administered with any safety. Now, as to the existence of
scarcity in Ireland during several months past, no mortal inge-
nuity could devise any arguments eh ow ingtha matter to be 04511-
trariwise ; any endeavour in this direction would be no an ore
rational attempt than one to testify the verisimilitude• of
black and white. Further proofs are utterly superfluou.s, but
supposing such to be requisiote,ldtheoffatchtsemasdeld:sedbe most
b y 1 ;hs et
Member for Birmingham
viu
timately upon
horribly conclusive.the
principleTheyhingoef, mthoorseeovecro,m;ouls
compulsory
levies of alms, that a succinct reference to them
scatannntoiati but be
ea advantageous. fi27l
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3cliarcluio%n.:
county of Cork, numbering in the aggregate nearly 12,000
souls, are reduced to such a dire condition that 6,000 of
them, literally one entire moiety, are plunged into the most
helpless destitution. One-half of the population of a town
without any means whatever of obtaining sustenance !
Surely the scarcity cry cannot revive any recollection of the
parturient montes, nor can the occurrence by which that cry
has been enforced call to mind the sequel of that jewel of
Latinity, nascitizr ridicules mus—at least as far as any resem-
blance is traceable between the two events. What, however,
are the efforts made by the wealthy estate proprietors for the
alleviation of the pangs of these six thousand help-
less persons, looking up to them, as the latter naturally do,
for those crumbs of charity by which their hunger might
be satisfied, without diminishing, to any appreciable de-
gree, the luxuries of the banquefings of the donors ?
Why it actually appears that a paltry sum of 500/. has been
alone collected throughout the opulent district of Mallow;
nor is the insignificance of the whole amount the only damn-
ing feature of the case. A still more miserable sign of the las- .
situde into which the philanthropy of these rich landowners has ,

degenerated is visible in the poverty of their individual sub-
scriptions, six pounds and seven pounds having, according
to the assertion of Mr. SCROPE, been tendered and accepted
as adequate contributions from gentlemen drawing their
10,0001. and 12,0001. per annum from Irish land and Irish
labour. Lapped in a superfluity of fortune, these
people persuade themselves that a cheque for
seven pounds will balance their account at in-
tervals with their starving neighbours, forgetting altogether
that celestial and terrestrial eyes are vigilant. Their crumbs
of largess have fallen, but they are microscopic, and in their
I very minuteness involve an awful responsibility. If there be
not sufficient evidence, however, of the prevalence of this
ape* to human sufferings amongst those whose
bounden duty it is to offer assistance, there is,
nevertheless, quite enough to show that a canker is
spreading in that section of the social system, and enough
also to authorise an immediate and rigid inquiry on the part
of Government. That movement in behalf of our impotent
countrymen we shall anticipate, and we shall look to Sir
DENHA3I NORREYS for further particulars as to the position
of the borough of Mallow, of which he is the representative.

There is no part of the state machine with which the com-
forts, the independence, the liberties of the people at large
are so closely and intimately connected, as with the police
department of the country. Much authority is necessarily
entrusted to their hands, and the greatest difficulty has ever
been found in establishing a check sufficient to restrain the
abuse of that power, to keep its exercise within such bounds,
that while it may be sufficient, on the one hand, for the
preservation of the public peace, it may not, on the other,
be found unduly to press on, or interfere with, the full enjoy-
msut of the public rights and liberties. Wherever there is
not a sufficient controlling power to prevent the arbitrary,
unjust, or unreasonable exercise of that authority, the natural
result most undoubtedly will follow. The man, perhaps of
low origin, of deficient education—

"Clad In a little brief authority,"

will become vain and arrogant, will demand a slavish sub-
serviency, a profound respect, from those whom he can at his
mere will and pleasure subject to much annoyance, to
great personal inconvenience. He will, in his own small
way, become the patron, the supporter of those who con-
descend to curry favour, to flatter and fawn on
him, and the unrelenting persecutor and oppressor
of those who have sufficient manliness or inde-
pendence to scorn his assumptions, and to treat him with the
contempt he merits. He will let slip no opportunity of ex-
tending his protection to the former, of wreaking his
vengeance on the latter, until the petty and vexatious
tyranny becomes almost insupportable.
In our own country, although the strictest discipline is
established, and it is well known that any improper conduct,
any abuse of power on the part of the police will most un-
doubtedly be punished with the utmost severity, and that
the offender will immediately be removed from the force
for. which he has proved himself to be unfit, yet
numerous and well-founded complaints are of almost
daily occurrence. The Commissioners of Police, who have
the appointment in their own hands, summarily dismiss for
any breach of their regulations. The Magistrates, who have
nothing to say to their appointment, visit with increased
severity any illegal or unwarrantable act, justly conceiving
that its magnitude is greatly increased by the fact of its
having been committed by one-who was appointed as the
conservator of the public peace, and who must from his
position be well aware of its impropriety. The courts
of justice are open for the redress of any wrongs
which may have been inflicted by them ; and
should there, unfortunately, be no adequate legal remedy
able and fearless men may be found in both branches of
our Legislature who will not hesitate to denounce
the wrong, and to call for the enactment of
such measures of precaution as will be sufficient
to prevent the possibility of the recurrence of a similar
offence or injury. Thus, there are many and independent
means for the control and restraint of the constabulary,
In Guernsey, the Royal Court assumes to itself the entire
control and command of the constables and assistant-
constables throughout the island. Should they com-
mit an error, there is no other tribunal before
which a complaint against them can be exhibited, or re-
dress obtained. As may be readily imagined, many of those
constables are entirely subservient to the individual mem-
bers of the Court, become the ready tools and instruments
of oppression, willing, nay, eager to carry into execution
any work that may be indicated to them, to act upon the
slightest hint, nay, on the fancied wish of one of
the jurats. In return, a wide license is afforded to
_ .
them—no matter how unjtist, how atrocious their
conduct may be, it is charitably ascribed to
an excess of zeal, an anxiety to discharge their duty. Thus
they are encouraged and supported by the Court; which
alone has authority over them, until their recklessness, their
violence, their cruelty have become proverbial. The Court
has accorded to them powers far beyond those entrusted
to our magistrates. For the inhabitants of Guernsey there
is neither security of house or person. The constable or
assistant-constable hesitates not to violate either at his plea-
sure—he assumes the right of domiciliary visits, the most
objectionable, probably, that could be found to exist in any
country—we had almost said free country, bat that country
can not be free where such an intolerable proceeding is
for a moment sanctioned. Within a short period all Eng-
land has rung with the indignant remonstrances of legislators
and of the press at an outrage committed on a respectable
and honourable gentleman, the sanctity of whose dwelling
had been invaded, whose domestic circle had been intruded
on, upon an unfounded and malignant accusation
contained in an anonymous letter- But still, atro-
cious as this outrage most undoubtedly was,
and just as was the public indignation it excited,
there was some little colour, something, trifling though it
was, to induce the proceeding. There was an accusation,
albeit, an anonymous one, and an excise officer was found
who could bring himself, on such an insufficient ground, to
swear that he had reason to suspect, and did suspect, that
a private still was concealed on the premises of this respect-
able gentleman, and, beyond all, a magistrate was discovered
so ignorant, or so forgetful of his duty, as to grant a search-
warrant on such a paltry foundation. All these concurrent
circumstances were necessary, and still the Legis-
lature are loudly called upon to prevent the possibility
of a continuance of a similar outrage, and most fervently
do we hope they will do so ; but in Guernsey there is no such
protection, no precaution necessary. An ignorant or mali-
cious constable may enter into and search the private dwel-
ling of any person, ransack his papers, seize his person, im-
prison him, order him into irons, into gaol, and this without
information, charge, or warrant of any description, without
even thinking it necessary to report the proceed-
ing; nay, they arrogate to themselves the power
of banishment. In Guernsey the law enacts that,
any person not a native of the island, who has or may be-
come chargeable! to the public, may be exported therefrom.
The constables and assistant-constables are charged with
carrying this law into execution ; they do so on their own
responsibility, in many instances on the most frivolous and
insufficient prete•aces, and with the most heartless and cold-
blooded atrocity. No matter how unjust, how illegal their
conduct may be, it is sanctioned and protected, and generally
applauded by the Court. Our English readers could scarcely
credit the extraordinary lengths to which they go. In
one instance an assistant-constable took into custody
an English lad far being intoxicated and noisy in the street.
The poor lad WM thrown into an underground cell, where
he was detained for six days, without fire or comfort of any
kind, in the depth of winter, on the mere authority of the
assistant-constable, without conviction, without warrant,
without trial, nay, without his case having been mentioned to
the Court, or to any authority. At the end of six days a note
was written to the gaoler by the assistant-constable, telling
him that the lad might then be discharged, and he was
thereupon permitted to return to freedom, this DOGBERRY
having decided on the quantum of his punishment.
An English servant girl of excellent character, who had
always conducted herself in the most exemplary manner in
the various families in whose service she had been, unfortu-
nately for herself, went into the service of one of the faultless
natives, a married man. Her person was fair, and unhappily
attracted the attention and excited the illicit desires of her
master. She fell a victim to his arts, and the seducer
triumphed in the destruction of her virtue. She became
pregnant ; her shame could no longer be concealed ; bribes
were in vain offered to induce her not to betray the name of the
father of her child, they were indignantly rejected. She
was seized upon by constables, who treated her with their
accustomed brutality, and the consequence, as might have
been expected, was a premature confinement. This child
by
He h e r
was--
of sin and shame died within a few hours of its birth.
strongly When recovering, a doctor called to see her; his visit was
not
ronagelayired objectedr needed
to.
her—nay,
on
ny
the
ee
contrary, it
th
t was
object being to ascertain whether she had sufficiently
•
recovered to be enabled to undertake a sea voyage:
he reported that she might be moved. Although a week had
not elapsed since, her confinement, she was about to be
put on board a sailing-vessel, to be landed pennyless, friend-
less, and destitute on some part of the English coast, far
from her native home. Her case, however, had excited at-
tention, had been heard of—sufficient influence was used to
stay her banishment—to compel the Court, though unwill-
ingly, to inquire into the case. They did so, and were
compelled to say that the constables' conduct was ille-
gal—that the forced visit of the doctor was not such
a relief as to justify her expulsion. And what
amends were tendered to the victim ?—what punishment
inflicted on the constables, the illegality of
whoseco nduct
was so apparent.? She was placed under the surveillance
the police, in the power of her cruel and unrelenting perse-
cutors, and they were applauded and complimented for the
zeal they had rt tanifested. Englishmen, father, brothers!
can the system bt3 tolerated under the sanction of which such
fearful enormitie s are countenanced and supported?

opera of Les Hzguenots in the theatre of Carlsrhue, in con-
sequence of the excited state of the public mind.

Madrid papenof the 13th have arrived, but their contents
are destitute of interest.

A letter which has been received, dated Madrid, May 13th,

says—

" General Concha has arrived here, and has met with a
distinguished reception from the Queen. It is said that he
will be created aGrandee of Spain for the eminent services
that he has just rendered to the Government. There are
still rumours dissensions in the Cabinet, arising,
it is said, chitfly from the opposition of M. Mon to
some of the Ileasures proposed— by M. Isturitz. It is
worthy of remati, however, that M. Mon . has for some days
past been in so bad a state of health that he could not at-
tend the Cabinet Councils, and, therefore, cannot have taken
the active part u public affairs which is attributed to him.
Don Francisco to Paula held a grand reception to-day, it
being the anniversary of his birth. All the Ministers at-
tended to pay heir respects to him. It is said that the
sister of the Dale de Rianzares has just been married to the
Duke de San Caios."

The price of tle Funds continued unaltered. _ Bank Stock
had, however, risen in price.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
In the Chamfer of Peers on Monday the Bill relative to
mineral waters vas rejected by 62 to 57. The discussion on
the Budget of Expenses for 1847 was commenced in the
Chamber of Deputies.
The French nission to China arrived at Cairo on May 7.
The edict of th( Emperor of CHINA, which orders, besides
the liberty of conscience obtained antecedently, the restitu-
tion of the churches, except those converted since their con-
fiscation into pagodas or private dwellings—the punishment
of the non-compying mandarins, &c., was published at Can-
ton on March 18 The original was handed to M. CALLERY
on March 20. That gentleman is the bearer of this docu-
ment to Paris, aid he was to leave Alexandria by the next
English packet.

The KING of the FRENCH has presented Captain POSTLE, of
H. M. steamer Flamer, with a brace of valuable pistols, as a
testimony of his admiration for his noble conduct towards the
shipwrecked crew of the French steamer Papin. Captain
POSTLE, who was in Paris last week, was feted by M. G unoT•
and Admiral MAMA; the Minister of Marine. The latter
informed him that the pistols were the personal gift of his
MAJESTY.

The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. sc. ; the Five per Cents.,
120 f. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,248 f .75c. ; Rouen, 1,032 f.
50c.f; Havre, 756 f. 25c ; Great Northern, '757f. 50c. ; Avignon, 910 f. ;
Vierzon, 650 f. ; Bordeaux, 621 f. 25c.; Boulogne, 500 f. ; Troyes
aid Montereau, 392 f. 50c.; Basle, 217 f. 50c. ; Paris and Srasburg,
508 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 527 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 546 f. 25c. ;
Belgian Two-and-a• Half per Cents., 56% ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
37% ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 3134 .

A letter from Carlsruhe, of April 13, in the Cologne Gazette,
says :
," Our Opposition Member, M. Welcker, was lately near
being assassin a ted for political motives. He went over with
M. Heltnreich , a friend of his, to Schonan, a little town about
three hours' i journey from Heidelberg, to take part in the
election of a . Deputy. Some warm remarks took place at
the polling-p lace, and eventually the Opposition candidate
was elected. A fanatic of the other party, no doubt, con-
ceived the MI :el of taking revenge, and as the carriage of M.
Welcker descended a little hill outside the town, a shot was
fired, and aqu antity of slugs entered the wood-work of the
carriage. On arriving at Heidelberg M. Welcker lodged in-
formations, but ; the perpetrator of the attempt has not been
yet discovered. "
The authori Lies have forbidden the performance of the

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAX 21, 1846.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was du:l, and
American and Surat were lower. In other kinds there was
no alteration, and holders of those were firm. The sales
were 4,500 bales. Shares have been dull.
There were later advices received yesterday afternoon from
Sydney, viz., to Janwtry 31. It is gratifying to find that up
to that period the rever_ue of the colony was steadily im-
proving, and that the increase in the year 1845 was very con-
siderable, viz., 20,0001. upon 269,0001. The colony of Port
Phillip was progressing in the same proportion.
The Money Market is considered to be rather tighter,
and the non-return of railway deposits, has a decided effect
in inducing mistrust, because of the contingency which the
prosecution of railway schemes must bring with it, having
" calls," and a severe drain upon the Money Market. The
Bill for dissolving new companies is expected even now to be
made more stringent by the Solicitor-General when it leaves
the Committee, as it is the general opinion that the sessional
orders are a failure.
The speculations relative to the fate of the Corn Bill in the
House of Lords is a topic of deep reflection in the City
circles, and which, without question, is participated in
throughout all the manufacturing and other portions of the
country. Still, with all the demonstrations already made
against the comprehensive plans of Sir Robert, the current
of opinion runs stronly in favour of the Saal adoption of
the Corn Bill, without any very essential or important
alteration.
There is scarcely any business doing in the English,
Foreign, or in the Railway Share Markets this morning.
Consols for the Account have been quoted at 964 A. for
Money at 961/4 IA, and the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
at 96% 97 le, Exchequer-bills are very heavy at 15s.
premium, and East India Bonds at 28s. premium. Bank
Stock has been offered at 205, and India Stock at 264. Ail
the prices are heavy.
The Foreign Funds are also dull. Peruvian Stock has
declined to 393 A ; the Spanish Five per Cents. to 241,4 %;
the Three per Cents. to 371/8 ; the Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
to 59% 3/4 ; and the Four per Cents, to 913%.
The prices of Shares and Railway Scrips have varied but a
little to-day. The prices of actual business done are annexed
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock .. • • .. 205% 204 206 205
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 953434
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 964 %
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 97% 96% 97%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 1034 3-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .• 10 1-16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 7-16 %
India Stock • • • . .. • • • • .. • • 264
India Bonds, 1,000/. .. -
Ditto, under 1,0001. . • • .. 28
Consols for Account .. •.• .. • . 96%u34
Exchequer Bills. 1%6. 1346.
1,0001. - .• •• 18 15 Pm.
5001. .. - .... 19 20 - - pm.
Ditto, Small .. .... 19 20 15 - pm.
Ditto, Advertised .. - .... 15 10 - - pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. • • -
Ditto, for the Account .. • . 40 39%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. -
Ditto, .or the Account • . • . 2434 %
Ditto, Passive Bonds
Ditto, Three per Cent .. -
Ditto, for the Account .. • . 3734
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch T wo-and-a-Half per Cents. 59%%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK*
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen .. . .. 10 .... 534.... to -
Birmingham and Oxford Junction • • 2 .... 2%.... to -
Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 - .... to -
Ditto New .. .. • • • • .. 5 .... 10 .... to -
Buckinghamshire .. . • .. •• 425. .. • • par .. • • to 56 p
Caledonian .. .. • • • • •• 10 11%.... to -
Ditto Extension .. 2%.... OA% .. to -
Chester and Holyhead 22% .... 224.... to -
Derby and Crewe .. .. • • .. • • 5% •••• to -
Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .• .. 534 .... 3%5,4 • • to -
Direct Northern .. 2i4.... 1% • ... to 2
Eastern Counties .. .• • . 14/. 16s. 0d... • . 234 % % to 23
Ditto, New .. .. • . 8/. 16s. 0d....• 7% p • to -
Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61 13s. 4d... - • . .to -
Ditto, ditto • • .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d..... p.. to -
Ditto, York Extension •• • . 10s. .• • . 136 4. • to -
Enniskillen and Sligo .. 234 .... to -
mouc., Aberyst., & Cent. of Wales . 1%.... .... to -
Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, &c... 425. .. • • %% dis. to -
euildford, I'areham, and. Portsmouth 5 •. • . 434% •.to -
Hull and Selby .. .. • • .. 50 -.103% to -
Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • 40 •• • • - .. • • to -
Ditto, New .. • • • • .. 5 .• • • 10 .... to -
Leicester and Birmingham • • • • 225. •• • • % dis. to -
Leicester and Bedford .. • • • • 225. .... 34 pto -
Leicst., Tam.,131r., & Trent Yal. June. 425. .. • • 1 die.., to % dis
London and BirmiPgham .. • • .. 100 .• .• 227 to -
Ditto, Thirds .• • • • • •• 24 • 6234 .... to 62
Ditto, Fifths .. • • • • • • 2 •• 25 .• ••to -
London and lllackwall • • 161. 13s. 4d. • 8 to -
London and Brighton .. .. • • .. 50 .... 6434 %• • to -
London and Croydon • • .. 131. 15s. 9d. .. 22% .. •.to -
London and South-Western 411. 6s. 100. - •• .. to -
Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 1734 •. • . 283 • ... to 29
London and York • .. • • • • 2%.... 2%34.. to -
Lynn and Ely .. .• .. • . 15 .... 13 .... to -
Manchester and Leeds • •. 82 .... - .... to --
Ditto, Quarters .. .. • • .. 2 .. 1014.... to -
Ditto, Extension .. .. • . 421. p•• to -
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 - .... to -
Ditto, Quar..er Shares (B) .. 4 12% .. to -
. -Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 .... .... to -
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425, ... 134 p.. to 1 p
Midland
Ditto, New •• • • • • • • 18 •... 31 .. • • to -
Newcastle and Darlington Junction . • 25 •... 4434 ... to -
Ditto, New .. • • • • .. 1 ... 9%.. ••to -
Newcastle and Berwick • . • • .. 15 ... 24%4 .. to 25
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% ... % .... to -
Norfolk .• • • • • .. 20 .• 26 .. •.to -
Ditto, Extension .. .. • • • • 2 .... .. •.to -
North British .. .. • • • • • • 22% ... 30% .... to 30
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • 8% .•
11% to -
Ditto, Carlisle Extension. .. • . .... 2434.. to --
N'orth Devon .. .. • • .. 2 ...e 1 .• .. to -
North Kent and Direct Dover • • .. 2% 14 )4 .. to -
North Staffordshire .. .. • . • . 425. .••3%% % p to -
Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltnam. 2 .• • 1 •••• to -
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 123( .... 8 .... to -
Portsmouth Direct • • ,• 3% ... • 3% to -
Preston and Wyre .. • • • • 25 .... 3036 • . to -
Scottish Central .. •. • • • •. 10 .. • . 15% .... to -
Shrewsbury and Birmingham • • . • 234.... . .. to -
Shropshire Union . .. • • .• • • 425..... die... to 1 dis
South Midland • .. 425. ...• %%P to -
South Wales .. .. 5 .. • . to 2
Vale of Neath .. • • • • • • 2 •• • • 1% •• • • to -
West Riding Union .. .. • • . • 425. ••..2% % % pto -
York and North Midland .. 50 - .... to -
Ditto, Extension .. •• .. 15 •• .. 334 -• to 324
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 1114 to 11
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. •. .. 12 •,•, 12 .... to -
Central of Spain .. • • .• • • • . 2 .. • • to -
Dutch Rhenish • • .. • • .. • • 6 .. • • 7% %..to -
East Indian .. .. • . ss. .... 34 .... to -
Jamaica South Midland Junction •. 1 1 4 ... • to -
Northern of France Constituted • . 5 .... 14% to -
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .. • • 10 %• • to -
Over Yssel • • • • .. 4/. 3s. 4d... 3 die .. to -
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. .. 5 .... 6% %• . to -
Tours and Nantes Constituted. .. .. 5 .... 5% • • to -
West Flanders .. • . 4- .. • • 2% .. • • to -
MINES
Real del Monte, Unregistered .. - • ... to -

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAY 21.—Wind S.E., light breeze and fine.
Ott' MARGATE, MAY 20.—Thomas Lowry, Graham, Sydney, New
South Wales.

DEAL, MAY 20.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W., strong and squally; P.M.,
S.W. moderate.—Arrd. Rob Roy, Buenos Ayres ; Camilla, Canney,
Jamaica ; Beaufort, ;Bartlett, Cuba ; Eliza, Gallon, St. Vincent's ;
Oceana, Jordan, New Orleans. Arrd. from the River, Urgent, Tuck,
Sydney ; Young England, Adams, Demerara. Arrd. from the River
and sailed, Berdianski steamer, Black Sea.

. , .
HULL, MAY 20.—Wind S.S.E.—.Arrd. Rimswell, Brown, St.
John's, New Brunswick.
ABERYSTWYTH, MAY 20.—1 t has blown a gale since yesterday, from
the south-west.
WHITSTABLZ, MAY 20.—The Alfred, Wilson, Swansea to London,
got on the middle sand this morning, during a thick squall of rain ;
Montrose,
s erob
y
she was assisted off without injury, and proceeded.
yesterday, and continues.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 20.—1 t has blown a gale from S.W. since 6 P.M.
forYLAokimidOunT, till ,aIMI.I
cAoYm2eol
n.—T herehe
tU-day
yk ,
leaky,Burnett,
hav having
beeffrom o
. the
Sand, and assisted off, and is discharging her cargo.
HARWICH, MAY 20.—The Alert, Eskdale, of Whitby, from Oporto
to London, struck on the Longsandhead last night and capsized ; eight
passengers and one of the crew drowned ; master and remainder of
the crew saved.

WivErtoa, MAT 20.—A sloop (supposed Danish) laden with oats,
was discovered on her broadside in the Swill. 18th inst., and was
taken in tow by some smacks, but in endeavouring to get over the
Gunfleet Sand she struck, and shortly went to pieces.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
tz.D.T IMILTMETB.
SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 18s; Clover ditto, 4/ 10s to
Si 14s; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 1/ 14s; Wheat Straw, 1114 s to 1115 s per
load. Trade heavy, at drooping prices.
CumnnaLANn.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 4s; Clover ditto, 41 8s
to Si 150'; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16s
per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull.
WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 4l; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 51
169 ; Oat Straw,:ll 12s to II 143 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1116 s
per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand.

MEAT MARKETS.
SOUTHALL, MAY 20.—Althout;h the supplies of each kind of fat
stock here were but moderate, the general demand ruled heavy, and
in some instances the quotations had an upward tendency.
Reef from 2s Gd to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s Id ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ;
Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Perk, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the
offal.

ROMFORD, MAY 20.—We had a very slow inquiry this morning,
and last week's prices were not supported. Beef from
2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to Gs ; Veal, 4s
to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10(1 to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves,
18s to 29s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18s ; and Milch Cows,
with their small Calf, 161 to 18/ each.

LEWES, MAT 19.—Beef, from 2s 19d to 49 2d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 6d;
Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4e 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4d 8d
per Sibs. A moderate supply and a dull trade.
NIIIRTGAIVE AND LEADENNAZI.

Prime Beef and Veal commanded a steady sale at full prices, other-
wise the demand was in a very inactive state. Beef from 2s 4d to
3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 49 to 5s ; and
Pork, 3s 4d to 5s per Sibs by the carcase.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended May 16, 1846, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.

WHEAT. 129 s
BARLEY. OATS. i33s
RYE. 135 sI35s
Ild
BEANS. 134 sI34s
lld
PEAS.
I
PRICE .. 573 Od 4d I 24s Id 5d
DUTY... 16s Od 9s Od 5s Cd 9s 6d 7s 6d 8s Gd

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)

GROUP X.

This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 1
(House of Commons) ; present, Mr. Deedes (chairman), Mr. Ark-
Wright, Mr. Farnham, Mr. Stanley, and Mr. Vivian. Immediately
after their assembling,
Mr. Sergeant BELLASI4 informed them that in the case of the
MONIELANDS AND EIRICINTILIGOCH
(CHAPEL-HALL BRANCH),

which had stood over to this day, the promoters had come to terms
with the opposing petitioners, tke Messrs. Baird, of the Garteherrie
iron-works, in respect to "way leaves" and other compensation.
There was, therefore, no longer any opposition to the Bill.
The CHAIRMAN having intimated the satisfaction of the Committee,
the preamble was declared to be proved.
The clauses were severally gone through, and the Bill was
passed..
GLASGOW, AIRDUIE, AND DIONICLANDS
JUNCTION.
Mr. ANDREWS, Q. C., for the promoters, stated that he would not,
after what had fallen frdin the Committee yesterday, go any
length into further evidence of the advantages of the line in itself;
but he woule, show immediately the comparative disadvantages of
the two competing lines. He then called
Mr. Wilson, provost of Airdrie, and proprietor of the Dundyvan
Iron works, who gave evidence very strongly in favour of the line,
in respect to the benefits it would confer on the proprietors of nilne-
rats and iron, works, and on the public generally, in the towns it would
connect and the districts through which it would pass.
In cross-examination by Mr. 'WHITMORE, for the Dundyvan
Branch, the witness said that he did not think it was of any im-
portaucs whatever that in sending his metals to the port of Glasgow
by this railway, he would have to use the line of another company
for part of the distance. It was of no advantage whatever to the
traffic that the whole of a route should be upon lines all in the hands
of one comp any instead of several. In fact, it was sometimes otherwise.
To speak feom experience, he had been sending his mineraletraiffiseC
for the last ten years by a route which was lately ill the hands of three
separate companies. They had since beconrialnalualtamated, and he
s on
found the treatment all the worse for it.—
in other ans wers, gave evidence favourable to the
cgom)petArinrg. Nilson,
lines
their own :merits, but adhered on the whole to a preference for
this Bill.
Mr. Addi e, of the firm of Addle, Millar, and Co.,the we next exanbm by mr, ironmasters on
ANDASITs hi km of the Use.

In cross-examination by Mr. FORSYTH, the witness stated that he
had petitioned against the Bill, but two or three days ago he with-
drew the petition, the Company having abandoned those parts of
their alternative line which would have come too near to his furnace.
The cross-examination was lengthened and minute.