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The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-21

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE,

ESSRS. LAMOND, vSMALE, AND
ii LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their
Friends and the Public for their continued support and patro:age,
and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUesDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
ILUI of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully
requested to be addressed.

All Scrip and Share-Certificates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered ; and ailviCes of results will be
• forwarded by the first post after the sale, au I the proceeds ilium(-
' diately disposed of according to instructions.
Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London.

TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TIIIS EVENING

Will be performed (by (CsWe: and for the last time this season),
the popular Opera, of
LUCREZIA BORGIA.
Lacrezia, Mdlle. Grist ; Arsini, Mdlle. Brambilla; Gennaro, Signor
Mario ; Alphonse, Signor LaMothe.

Between the Acts, 31dlle. Lucile Grahn will perform the admired
Pas de Charactere, "La Cracovienne." Also, the Pas de Quatre,
from " Le Lac des Fees," by Mdlle. Cerito and 31. St. Leon, assisted
by Mdlles. Demelisse and Cassan.

After which the admired Ballet, entitled
LA GIT.kNA.

La (Mane, 311d113. Taglionr; Ivan,M. St. Leon ; Duke de Medina,
M. gosselin; Smourost, M. Delaval.

The highly successful 'flatlet of " Lalla Rookh" *will be repeated
sus soon as other arrangements will allow.
_ _

Donizetti's Opera, " L'Ago 'Nell 'lmbarazzo," is in active re-
hearsal, and will shortly be produced, for the first time in this
country. The principal characters will be sustained by Madame
Castellan, Signor Mario, Signor Fornasari, Signor F. Lablache, and
Signor Lablache.
London, England, 1846-07-21

ADELPHI THEATRE.

A one-act extravaganza anent Railways and Stags and
Ibrahim Pacha was produced last evening at tile
Adelphi with complete success. It is Entitled Abraham
Parker, and Wright, albeit a sham Ibrahim, is the true
Abraham. lie is a large shareholder in the Poole line ;
he is informed that the Bill is thrown out, and that h 3 is
ruined ; and disc using hims, if in a masquerade dross, he
levants to Bristol. The worthy lieges of the metropolis
of the west take Abraham Parker for Ibrahim Pacba.
Deputations wait upon his Highness—the mayor and
corporation speechify to him—ladies make love to him,
and he becomes, much to his own annoyance, a regular
Lion, " the observed of all observers," more paricularly
of the police and tl.e aut'iorities; a most annoying situation
for a gentleman whose personal safety requires that fur
a while at least his name
" Should rest in the shade."
It is needless to say that the fun grows fast and furicus.
The situations are all richly humourous, and Wright
knows exactly how to make such situations tell. At
length it is discovered that it is the Goole and not the
Poole Bill that is thrown out, and the Poole shares are
at a premium ; whereupon Young Egypt returns to the
Stock Exchange, and Old Bristol remains stain quo.
The laughter Wa 3 continuous ; from the rise of the
curtain until the fall there was one unceasing roar, and
therefore there can be no doubt but that Abraham.
Parker will visit Bristol every evening for some time to.
come.
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LONDON AND nl, &CR. WAL X. RAILWAY

(WID EN IN G).

The Committee on this group assembled this morning, Lord
Hatherten In the chair; with Lord 'Bexley, Earl of Effingham, Lord
Foley, and the Earl of Scarborough, when the Chairman stated the
Committee had decided that the hearing of this railway sheald be
postponed till to-morrow.

Mr. EDMONTONJamEs, onbelf of the projrroteDra,Zst7terhEatZthi!.object of the
line, which would be onl
8f rtmtro. - 'mutt- moccdowriycif-.theau
by landowners, but all might be satisfied by clauses.
Mr. Waddington, Deputy-Chairman of the Eastern Counties Com-
pany, stated generally that the formation of this line would mate-
rially assist in the development of the produce of the district, and in
the reduction of the price of coals at Enfield. There was at present
no means of railway transit. _ _

Mr. Burke, Chaliman of the Sessions, confirmed this testimony.
Mr. Borthwick, engineer of the line, confirmed the evidence of
Mr. Waddington as to the length and cost of the line, and stated
that there would be no engineering difficulties whatever, as the price
of 12,000/. per mile would show. He had agreed with the trustees
of the only road which this title would pass that it should be crossed
by a bridge. The cost of carriage on the Eastern Counties' line for
coal is a penny per ton per mile, and the maximum of toll would be
twopence on this line. There was no residential property to inter-
fere with, the nearest house being beyond the l'inits of deviation, for
the land was all of a strictly agricultural character. Mr. Robert
Stephenson, the consulting engineer, quite approved of the line.
Mr. Leitch!ld, land valuer, who had resided in the district upwards
of thirty-five years, stated the quantity required was 19e. IR. 23p.,
the price for which was, including the land for the station. 7,2431.,
and the value of the property near the line would be increased 25 to
30 per cent. by its formation.
This was the case, and their Lordships having declined to receive
any further evidence, the pi eamble was declared proved, the clauses
were gone through, and the report was ordered to be brought up.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
London, England, 1846-07-21

FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL.

On the motion that this Ifni be read a second time,
CaptainJONES gave notice of his intention to oppose it in
Committee.
The Bill, after a few observations, was read a second time.
Mr. BROTHERTON said there were some other Irish
Bills, and as it was then half-past one o'clock, he should move
that the House do adjourn.
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MEANS.

The order of the day for resolving the House into a
Committee of Ways and Means was then read.
Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from the sugar
refiners of Sunderland, in favour of an alteration in the
present sugar duties. The petitioners complained that
under the existing law the supply of sugar was deficient,
and that unless an alteration was made to admit supplies
of sugar from all countries, great inconvenience would
take place. Last year the quantity received was short
of the demand, and this year it would be more so. The
petitioners therefore prayed that all foreign sugar should
be admitted at the same rate of duty.
Messengers from the House of Lords brought up
several Bills, which were ordered to be laid on the table.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose and said—Mr.
Speaker: Sir, if her Majesty's Ministers had been
disposed to consult their own ease, they would not
in the present state of affairs •a the sugar question
propose any considerable alteration in its duties ; they
would have many reasons to allege in support of this
course ; they could have alleged the advanced
state of the session—the labour which the House had
just gone through, the recent formation of the Govern-
ment, and the intricacy of some of the details
connected with this question. These reasons would
have formed in the eyes of many grounds sufficient for a
postponement to another Session of any large, or
considerable, or permanent alteration of the duties
on this question. But, Sir, in our opinion,
there are considerable evils suffered by this
country in connexion with the present state of these
'lobes.—(Bear, hear.) We, Sir, consider that the great
i,o;ly of tin: still'er hV tlio inerevs,,,o pri,.e of
sugars—a commodity of which no less than 12,000,0001.
a year, or a sum ranging from 11,000,0001.
10 13,000,0004 is
.expended iu this country. We con-
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REPORTS.

The reports on the Ely and Huntingdon Railway
(Bedford Extension) and Ramsay's Estate Bill, were
brought up and agreed to.

CONSIIYERATION OF REPORTS.

The report on the Campbletown Harbour, Water-
works, Paving, Lighting, and Watching Bill, was fur-
ther considered, and the Bill ordered tole engrossed.

The Andover Canal Bill was read a third time and
passed.

- Lord BROOKE presented a petition from the clergy
of Warwick against the union of the sees of Bangor
and Si.. Asaph. The Noble Lord also presented a pe-
tition from Leamington Priors, praying for the institu-
tionof local courts.

Sir R. IisTGCIS presented a petition from the
Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital against the
Charitable Trusts Bill, and praying that i; might not
pass into a law, or that if it did they might be exempted
trots its operation. Also a petition from the Arch-
deaconry of Sarum, praying for the appointment of a
Bishop for Manchester. Also a petition from Essex
against the anion of the Sees of Bangor and St. Asaph.
Also a petition from Exeter against the Catholic Relief
Bill.

Lord J. STUART presented a petition from Ayr,
pr Lying for the revision of the criminal code.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the
Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, praying for the
repeal of all ill-advised imposts en sugar, that the im
post and export duties on colonial produce might be
abolished, and that all restrictions on commerce might
be removed.
The con,ideration of the report on the Dublin Wide
Streets Big was postponed till to-morrow, at the sugges-
tion of Mr. O'Connell.
Mr. HUDSON presented a petition in favour of the
Wist.n.wdi and St. Ives Junction Railway. It was ordered
to lie upon the table.
LAW OF SETTLEMENT.

Sir GEORriE GREY pri!z'Eit,.l n Trtition from
v- pr Lvn.a tnat a ri,stdence five
nut cutiler a st,-LleaJent.

TOBACCO DUTIES.

Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he Ivottld, on the
London, England, 1846-07-21

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales.
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice,
the leant Princess, and the Prince of Leiningen, at-
tended by the Countess of Desart, the Dowager Lady
Lvttelton, Colonel Bowles, Colonel Arbuthnot, and
Le-ut.-Colonel Seymour left Osborne House, Isle of
Wight, at ten minutes before two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, crossed in the Fairy steam yacht to Gosport,
and left by a special train for town.
The august party proceeded from the terminus sr:
Nine Elms, in four carriages and four, escorted by e
prrty of Hussars, to Buckingham Palace, where her
Majesty and her Royal Consort were received by Lady
Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux, the Lord Steward,
the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the
Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Vice-Chame
her Lin, Lbrd Byron, Lord George Lennox, Sir Henry
Wheatley, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and Captain
Francis Seymour. The royal party arrived at the
Palace at ten minutes before six o'clock.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Au-
gusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and the Hon. and
Rev. C. Lesle Couttrnay joined the royal circle cc
Buckingham Palace at dinner yesterday evening.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend-
ance at the Palace during dinner.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, ar-
rived at Clarence House, St. James's, at one o'clock
yesterday afternoon, from Frogmore House, Windsor.
Her Royal Highness afterwards visited her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Cambridge at Cambridge House,
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and
Grant Duchess of Meeklenburgh Strelitz, honoured the
Duke of Devonshire with their company at dinner yes-
terday, at his residence in Piccadilly.
A deputation from the London Missionary Society,
consisting of Mr. T. M. Coombs (chairman), Mr. F.
Smith, Rev. Arthur Tidtnan, and the Rev. J. J. Free-
man (secretaries), had au interview with Viscount Pal-
merston yesterday, at the Foreign-office.
The Marquis of Queensberry had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr.
Labouchere had an interview with the Right Hun.
Baronet.

Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Excise, had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester-
day, at his official residence in Downing street.
Sir George Grey returned to town yesterday morning.
Mr. and Lady Mary Abercromby left Farrance's
Hotel yesterday for the seat of Lord Dunfermline, in
Shetland.
London, England, 1846-07-21

T.HE HOUNSLOW FLOGGING

CASES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Would it not answer a laudable purpose to post
placards, with a cut descriptive of these murderous prac-
tices, side by side with those blue posters headed
" Wanted a few fine young men to complete that dis-
tinguished corps," &c. &c. It would read well, and
night be the means of limiting that spider, the re-
el-tilting sergeant, to the number of his victims.
I am not against the army, but the internal regula-
tions of a barrack-room are so utterly debasi▪
ng—the
aomage that those striped scoundrels, the sergeants, exact
is worse than any Eastern slavery
ever you read of—
almost beyond probability. Have they not the fear
Jf Mr. Duncombe, the Finsbury pet, before thei▪ r eyes?
Should you deem this hint worth naming to him,
you will do great service to the poor soldier, and oblige,
ONE WHO HAS BEEN NABBED.
Bedford-square.
P.S. Never mind the compliment of " Field-Mrsbal
his Grace the Duke of" inhumanity, I"'

new opora every
The Duke of Brunswick (says the Gazette Musicale)
has just ordered that in future there shall be performed
at his Court Theatre a new drama every fortnight, and a
six weeks. Where is this supply of novel-
ties to come from? It would be a secret worth knowing
at other places.
THE CO
EIDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE.—The places that
have already commenced by holding meetings'
committees, to collect contributions towards this fund are
Bury, Bolton, and Wigan; or organising
numerous, and include London, Liverpool, and Glasgow ;
and Keighley ; Congleton, Buxton, Belper, Leicester, Bed-
ford, Brighton, Liskeard, Tenbury, Salisbury, Falmouth,
Dunfermline, and Dundee. Since the amount of subscrip-
tions received here, advertised on Saturday last, there have
Sheffield, Huddersfield, Dewsbury,
been received, one (Messrs. John Whittaker and Sons, Ash-
ton) of 40/. ; one of 250/. ; five of 200/. ; two of 150/. ; all
these from Ashton and Stalybridge; eight of 100/. ; fourteen
of 504 and a great
many sums of smaller amount, in all
amounting to 4,450/. during the week. We are glad to see
that the foreign houses in Manchester are generally contribut-
ing to this tribute. It will be seen on reference to the sub-
scription list, advertised in another column, that the total
subscription up to last evening—of course not including the
London or Liverpool subscriptions—amounted to the sum of
thirty-six thousand five hundred and fifty pounds.—Han-
chester Guardian.
1 ACCIDENT FROM PLACING FLOWER-POTS IN WlN-
nows. On Saturday afternoon, as Henry Applebee, a cur-
rier, residing in Short-street, Drurv-lane,
was passing through
Stanhope,treet, Clare-market, his skull was fractured by a
large flower-pot, that was blown down from a second floor
window by the high wed, lie is not expected to suryiye.
London, England, 1846-07-21

3,000 feet each, while they proposed to give 3,200 feet,. 'with the
saving a gateway at present in existence, but never used.
To Mr. HILL'S cross-examination, Mr. Tite replied thvt the
warehouse lie was about to give was a better one than the one.,
he had taken. He had been much engager! in building shot ana.
and warehouses, and had laid out and superintended the erecti on of
all the warehouses on the legal quays, from London-bridge to • the
Tower, and was ready to have the decision of any respectable Or"
ehitect, and the company would pay the difference, if against theOt
The taking of those warehouses was a part of the arrangement Win'
the Eastern Counties. Mr. Tito also affirmed his prevlsous asser-
tion respecting the assenting parties.
To the CUAIRMAN, Mr. HILL replied that it was proposed to bring
locomotives up to Fenchurch-street, and that neither authorities nor
individuals objected to it.
London, England, 1846-07-21

EXAMPLES.

I
g Premium. g

Badodnedus. Econunhs
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nAomsrrsuraoywed.

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nlB37'i .£217 15 1 .ZlOO 011!£1G 0 4.E445 0 0
£ £ g•"' I 18:13 192 3 0 87 1 4; 13 10 2! 395 11 1
60,1000 74 3 4 111839. 165 11 10. 74 19111 3 346 2 3
1840 116 7 6 54 0 10, 718 101 29G 13 4
1811, 111 6 8, 49 10 OL 710 4; 247 4 5

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present year.
F. FERGUSON' CAMROUX, Secretary.

Age. First Second Third Fourth Fifth Remainder
Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. of Life.
- --
X s. 0 .0 s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d £ a. d.
30 1 3 9 1 5 2 1 6 8 1 8 4 110 0 210 5
40 111 10 113 9 115 10 118 1 2 0 6 3 8 3
. .. „ '''''

This table is not only suitable to those who, from the prospect of
an increasing income, or other circumstances, prefer paying a smaller
sum during the first few years, but is also decidedly the best mode
of insuring with the view of securing the repayment of temporary
loans. It is preferable to a period policy, as it may be continued to
the end of life, without requiring new certificates of health or incur-
ring a higher rate of premium.
A prospectus may be obtained of the Secretary, Henry T. Thomson,
Esq., 4, New Bank-buildings, of of the Actuary, 10, Pall-mall East.
JOHN KING Actuary.

THE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square.
TRUSTEES.
The Right lion. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers,
Cheadle, Staffordshire.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Traquair, Traquair House, Feeble-
shire, North Britain.
The Right lion. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk.
A. 11. Lynch, Esq., Masteri n Chancery, 33, Queen-square.
Thomas Barnewall, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's Park.
Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath.
DIRECTORS.
The Right Rev. Wm. Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex,
The Hon. Edward Petre, 26, Wilton-crescent.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the lion. East India
Company, and of the London Joint-Stock Bank.
The Very Rev. Mons. A. Magee, D.D., 9, Romney-terrace,
Westminster.
Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark.
Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton.
Francis M'Donnell, Esq., Usk, Monmouthshire.
James Reade, Esq., 13, Lower Berkeley-street, Director of th
National Bank of Ireland.
William Seymour, Esq., Montague-Place, Russell-square.
AUDITORS. _

E. Jerningham, Esq. V I James Marshall, Esq.
CONSULTING Palmas:l—James Copland, M.D., F.R.S., 5, OM
Burlington-street.
(CONSULTING SURGEON—WiIIiam Teevan, Esq., 23, Bryanstone.
square.
London, England, 1846-07-21

LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' Amendments to the Glasgow Municipal,
Police, and Statute Labour Bill, the Heywood Water-
works Bill, and the Sheffield Cemetery Bill were
agreed to.
REPORTS. _

The reports on the Ely and Huntingdon Railway
(Bedford _Extension) and Ramsay's Estate Bill, were
brought up and agreed to.
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.

The report on the Campbletown Harbour, Water-
works, Paving, Lighting, and Watching Bill; was fur-
!her considered, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed.
The Andover Canal Bill was read a third time and
passed.
Lord .131:001a presented a petition from the clergy
of Warwick against the union of the sees of Bangor
and S. Asaph. The Nohle Lord also presented a pe-
tition from Leamington PriC,Ys, praying for the institu-
tion of local courts.

Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the
Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital against the
Charitable Trusts Bill, and praying that it might not
'last+ Into a law, or that if it did they might be exempted
from its operation. Also a petition from the Arch-
deaconry Of Sarum, praying for the appointment of a
Bishop for Manchester. Also a petition from Essex
against the union of the Sees of Bangor awl St. Asaph.
Also a petition from Exeter against the Catholic Relief

Lord j. STUART presented a petition from Ayr,
praying for the revision of the criminal code.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the
Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, praying for the
repeal of all ill-advised imposts on sugar, that the im-
post and export duties on colonial produce might be
abolished, and that all restrictions on commerce might
be otturveds

The consideration of the report on the Dublin Wide
Streets Bill ;NZ postponed till to-morrow, at the sugges-
tion of Mr. O'Connell.
Mr. HUDSON presented a petition in favour of the
Wisbeach and St. Ives Junction Railway. It was ordered
to lie upon the table.
LAW OF SETTLEMENT.
Sir GEORGE GREY presented a petition from
Devonport, praying that u residoicu of ilvt; years alight
not confer a settlement.
TOBACCO DUTIES.
Dr. DOWRIZIG gave netice that he Trot'ld,, 911 the
London, England, 1846-07-21

ZUN C TX ON

was resumed.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until to•morrow.

GROUP LXX.

This Committee re-assembled to-day, when the evidence In sup-
port of the

DUBLIN AND ENNISKILLEN
was resumed, and not concluded at the rising of the Committee at
four o'clock.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met this morning at the usual hour, Lord Shaites•
bury In the chair.
Immediately on meeting they resolved themselves into a Select
Committee on Merits, and proceeded to the discussion of the Bile
which came before them in that capacity. There were fourteen
Bills on the list. but only six were railway Bills.
WHITEHATEN AND FURNESS (KIRKSANTON DEVIATION),
Their Lordships declared the preamble of this Bill to be proved.
LEEDS AND BRADFORD (JUNCTION AT BRADFORD).
The preamble of this Bill also was declared proved.
SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND SOUTH STAF-
FORDSHIRE JUNCTION (No. 1.)
A favourable decision was made in respect of this Pill also.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (WEEDON AND NORTHAMP-
TON BRANCH.)
Preamble proved.
London, England, 1846-07-21

MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.)

11111 r TV/ILIZ.M3TB.
SMITHPIELD.—Meadow. Hay, 3/ to 4/ ; Clover ditto,
4/ 4s to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 104 to 11 12s ; Wheat
Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s per load. Trade dull, at the above
quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41 ; Clover
ditto, 414 s to 5/ 14s; Oat Straw, 1/ 108 to 11 12s ; Wheat
Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s per load. A full average supply, and
a sluggish demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 4/; Clover ditto,
41 4s to 51 17s; Oat Straw, 1110 s to 1/ 12s; Wheat Straw,
1/ 12s to 1114 s per load. Supply good, and trade dull.
New Meadow Hay, 215 s to 31 5s per load.

SPAIN.—UNEXAMPLED REFUSAL.—The territorit 1 tri-
bunal of Madrid has to pronounce in a case which is perhaps
unexampled. Whilst so many persons are seeking by every
manoeuvre to obtain public appointments, there is an indi-
vidual whom the authorities have brought before the tri-
bunals, becat, se he has refused the place of registrar of
mortgages.
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COAST GUARD,
Appointments.—Lieutenant Delany, to Ballymacaw Sta.,
tion, in command ; Lieutenant H. A. Finncave, and Mr. J. C.
Pegus, a retired officer of Royal Marines, to be in command
of a station. •
Removals.—Lientenaut J. Millet from Rosclare to Arklow'r 'll .1 1%
station ; Lieutenant Alexander from Carrickfergus to Casher-
d all; Lieutenant Campbell, R.N., from Blackhead to
Carrickfergus; Lieutenant Harris, R.N., frozl Wells to
Palling station.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wit*,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice,.
the Infant Princess, and the Prince of Leiningen, at-
tended by the Countess of Desart, the Dowager Lady
Lyttelton, Colonel Bowles, Colonel Arbuthnot, and
Li‘-ut.-Colonel Seymour left Osborne House, Isle of
Wight, at teu minutes before two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, crossed in the Fairy steam yacht to Gosport,
and left by a special train for town.
The august party proceeded from the terminus at
Nine Elms, in four carriages and four, escorted by a
party of hussars, to Buckingham Palace, where her
Majesty and her Royal Consort were received by Lady
Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux, the Lord Steward,
the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the
Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Vice-Cham-
berlain, Lord Byron, Lord George Lennox, Sir Henry
Wheatley, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and Captain
Francis Seymour. The royal party arrived at the
Palace at ten minutes before six o'clock.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Au-
gusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and the Hon. and
Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay joined the royal circle at
Buckingham Palace at dinner yesterday evening.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend-
ance at the Palace during dinner.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, ar-
rived at Clarence House, St. James's, at one o'clock
yesterday afternoon, from Frogmore House, Windsor.
Her Royal Highness afterwards visited her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Cambridge at Cambridge House,
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess of Meeklenburgh Strelitz, honoured the
Duke of Devonshire with their company at dinner yes-
terday, at his residence in Piccadilly.
A deputation from the London Missionary Society,
consisting of Mr. T. M. Coombs (chairman), Mr. F.
Smith, Rev. Arthur Tidman, and the Rev. J. J. Free-
man (secretaries), had an interview with Viscount Pal-
merston yesterday, at the Foreign-office.
The Marquis of Queensberry had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr.
Labouchere had an interview with the Right Hon.
Baronet.

Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Excise, had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester-
day, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Sir George Grey returned to town yesterday morning.
Mr. and Lady Mary Abercromby left Farrance's
Hotel yesterday for the seat of Lord Dunfermline, in
Shetland.
London, England, 1846-07-21

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL LONDON.
Capital £.500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terestA to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates

DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
a fourth bonus, Varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid
on each l'olicy effected on the Prot scale.
London, England, 1846-07-21

GROUP LXIX.

This Committee met for the first time to-day, at One o'clock, in
Room 23, Grand Corridor.
The following is a list of the Bills referred to them :
Eastern Counties (Wisbech to Spalding).
Stamford and Spalding.
Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction.
The first Bill taken was the
STAMFORD AND SPALDING.

The objects of which having been briefly opened by the Hon. Mr.
Talbot, Q. C., evidence was tendered in favour of it.
The preamble was declared to lime proved, and the clauses agreed to,
VITISSECES, ST. IVES, AND CAMBRIDGE

XITNCTION.
This was the nextßill proceeded with.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until twelve to-morrow.

GROUP LXX.
The Select Committee on this group met to-day for the first time, at
one o'clock, in Room 24 (Grand Corridor) ; present, Sir George Clerk
(in the chair), lion. Captain Carnegie, Colonel Peel, Mr. Smythe, and
Mr. Tower.

The following is a list of the Bills referred to them :
Dublin and Sandymount Atmospheric.
Sligo and Shannon.

Dublin, Belfast and Coleraine Junction,

Galway and Kilkenny

Dublin and Enniskillen.

Londonderry and Enniskillen Extension.

The Sligo and Shannon Bill being unopposed, was referred to Mr.
Greene, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means.
London, England, 1846-07-21

Just published. for the first time in the ivo. form, 111'3 v;,ls., with
Portraits, price 34 s. bound, printed uniformly with the " Me-
moirs of George III."
'MEMOIRS OF THE RETON OF
KING GEORGE THE SECOND,
By HORACE WALPOLE,
Earl of Orford.
Edited, with a Fret ice and Notes,
By THE LATE LORD HOLLAND.
Htnry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1846-07-21

OVEB LAND MAIL

INDIA AND • CHINA.

(From the Herald.)

We have just received, by Extraordinary Express, in anti•
cipation of the Overland Mail, our files of papers from India
and Chins, of the dates following :—Bombay, May 30 ; Cal-
cutta, May 16 ; Madras, June 9; and China, May 24. The
political intelligence is not of much importance. The fort of
Kangra had not been surrendered when the last accounts
came away, which were of the 14th of May. Sir H. liar-
dinge was at Simlah on the 16th of May, having returned
thither from a visit to the interior. The Governor of Madras,
we regret to learn, was confined by illness at Vellore. Cholera
was still raging at Rajpoor among the troops of the 22d
Regiment.

o,mmercial matters at Bombay were in much the same
state as those last received. At Calcutta the markets were
without much alteration. At Vadras, sales very trifling.
In China, generally speaking, trade was very dull.
The Emperor of China had issued a proclamation an-
nouncing that Chusan was to be immediately evacuated.
Mr. Elmslie, who has so long faithfully exercised the office
of Secretary to the Superintendent of Trade, was to have
the honour of bearing the Imperial assent for the ratification
of the Queen of England.

(From the Bombay Times of May 30.)
In the Government Gazette, of the 30th ult., appeared a
notification, signed by the Chief Secretary to Government,
intimating that their Highnesses the Jam of Nowanuggur,
the Nawab of Joonaghur, and the Thakoor of Bhownuggur
had "agreed to extend to their ports on the coast of
Kattywar, the rules established by his Highness the Qui-
cowar, for exempting vessels trading between Bombay
and Sinde, forced by stress of weather into any of his
Highness's ports in Kattywar, from the payment of the
duties heretofore exacted at those ports." It was ex-
pected that the liberal course thus adopted would have been
likewise followed by the'ehief of Moozufferabacl, but in this
the authorities have been disappointed,' the ruler in question
having declined to acquiesce in thd proposed arrangement.
Parties, therefore, engaged in trade with Sinde would do
well to instruct the commanders of their vessels, should they-
meet with severe weather, to endeavour to avoid entering
the ports of the chief in question, and make for other har-
bours where they will not render themselves liable to exac-
tion. The matter is one which should be generally made
known ; and our native contemporaries will no doubt
oblige us by copying this paragraph for the henefit of their
readers.
London, England, 1846-07-21

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

There being only twenty-six Members present:tit Four
o'clock, the House adjourned till Twelve o'clock to• morrow

FOREIGN MAILS.

The following notice was issued yesterday at the General
Post-office :
" INDIA.—The next mail for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece,
the Jordan Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, will
be made up on the morning of Monday, the 26th inst. (this
day), to be forwarded by the Ariel steamer, viri Southamp-
ton. By the fortnightly closed mail, to he Mediterranean,
Egypt, India, &c, via Marseilles, on the evening of the
24th inst.

" PENISSULAIL—The next mails for Vigo, Corunna,
Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will be made
up on the morning of the 27th instant, to be forwarded rid
Southampton. Next packet due, the Madrid steamer on the
26th instant. The Pacha steamer sailed on the 17th instant,
with all letters for the Peninsula, &c., which arrived at
Southampton, posted in London up to that morning inclusive.
" Tut,. WEST INDIES.—The next mails from the West
Indies, Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, Venezuela, and Ma-
deira, will be made up on the morning of the 3d of August,
to be forwarded rid Southampton. Next packet due from
the West Indies on the 22d instant, and from Mexico, the
Honduras, Havannah, Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaraguav
and New Grenada, August 7, at Southampton. The Thames
steamer sailed with all letters for the West Indies, which
arrived at Southampton, and posted in London up to the
morning of that day inclusive.
" BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.—The next mails for British
North America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be
to he forwarded
made up on the emung of the 3d of August,
London, England, 1846-07-21

PUBLICATIONS.

Just published, price Sixpence,
THE WAY TO MAKE RAILROAD
SHARES POPULAR.
By GEORGE COCHRANE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law,
Author of " Wanderings in Greece," and " Employment of the Poor
in Great Britain and Ireland."
Landon: Longman and Co.
London, England, 1846-07-21

THE NEW WORK RTHORACE WALPOLE.

Just published, in 4 vols., Bvo. (the first two or last two of which
may be had separately), with Portraits,
HORACE WALPOLE'S MEMOIRS
of the REIGN of GEORGE 111. With Extracts from the
unpublished Memoirs of the late Duko of Grafton.

Now first printed from the original MSS. Edited, with Notes, by
Sir DENIS LE maw:HA:Tr. Bart., M.P.

" All the Information given in these Memoirs is sought in vain
elsewhere. They centa"n debates on some of the most interesting
quest'ons of the day ; and these, reported ty one who listened to
them, anC, he a gifted man, well versed in all that passed before the
public eye, and much that might not meet the light, have a value
which it is not easy to estimate too highly. Nor sheuld praise end
here. It is something to obtain the picture of an age fresh from a
pencil often unerring in its touch, always engaging by its subjects,
and brilliant in its colours ; the portraits of the men who held the
destinies of England in their grasp, are here striking from their
truthfulness and vigour."—Times.

" These long -promised Memoirs have at length made their appear-
ance. They are now first printed from the. M.S. copy contained in
the box of papers which came into the possession of the late Earl of
Waldegrave, and were by him transferred to the late Lord Holland,
in the hope that they might have his editorial skill and judgment.
dfficial duties, however, prevented his Lordship from executing this
task, and at his death he had not even commenced it. Under these
circumstances the Duke of Grafton, on whom, as Lord Waldegrave's
executor, the property of these Memoirs had devolved, consulted
Sir Denis Le 31af-cbant on the subject, who readily undertook the
duty of editor. This he has accomplished in a most satisfactory
manner. These Memoirs are penned in that gossiping aneedotical
vein of which Horace Walpole is so consummate a master, and blend
history with biography in a very attractive manner."—Sun.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (publisher in ordinary to
her Majesty).
London, England, 1846-07-21

THE GOVERNMENT POLICY AND POSITION.

THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE will 'discuss
this important Question fully this SATURDAY NEXT en-
suing ; and will also contain LEADING ARTICLES on all the
TOPICS of the DAY, with the fullest details of the

PROPOSED NEW SUGAR DUTIES,
the Monopolist and Philanthropic Coalition against them, and the
probable result.
FREE TRADERS should hold themselves prepared for the issue.
Office, 337, Strand, and all Newsmen.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 21.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest. 75; Noon, 68,
BAROMETER, 29.96.—W1ND S.W., fine.

HtJH WATER AT LONDON-ERB/OEIIM DAY.
Kerning .. 24 minutes after 12. Evening .. 49 minutes after 12.
London, England, 1846-07-21

Wanting :,..govnt..

LONDON, TUESDAY. JULY 21, 1846.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool.
sack at Five o'clock.
On. the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, the third reading
of the Glasgow Termini Bill was adjourned till Thurs-
day next.
Earl Powis, after presenting several petitions against
the consolidation of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor,
moved the second readiiig of the St. Asaph and Bangor
Bill.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE opposed the motion.
-----"1"---
After 4 discautsi2p in which the Bishops of LONDON Another evidence of public confidence in the Bars-
and tANIIOR, Earl VIVIAN, Lord STANLEY, Earl GREY, SELL Administration has just been given by the unani-
Lord ELDON; and Oki Bishop of OXFORD took part,
mous re-election of Viscount MORPETII, as the repre-
Earl-Powis replied:, sentative for the Westßiding of Yorkshire. When the
Their Lordships theii divided, when there appeared— circumstances of the previous nomination of the Noble
For the Bill,lB ; 110 tint, 28 ; majority for the second Lord, duiing the last winter season, are recollected,
reading, 10. • -." it becomes a matter of profound interest and extreme
The marquileteuf3DOWNE then Paid it WAS 120 his sratiAcatta to compare the circumstances of that
I
London, England, 1846-05-13

ASI L.P. V* ROYAL AM 11EATL.E.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Under the especial p etronage of her most gracious Majesty, and
their Royal H ghnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and
the Princess Alice. Uninterrupted career of success of Mr.
Leman liede's popular Asiatic Spectacle, which is nightly hailed
With the most enthusiastic applause.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB
AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates.
Introducing the double stud, &c.
New and popular Scenes of the Hippodrome. First appearance
of the astonishing French Artiste, Mons. Leonard Houck, aided by
the British Professors.
First Week of a Novel Grotesque BALLET. In which the prin-
cipal Pantomimists of the Establishment will perform.
On Monday next, May 18th, M. Lelim Bridges, the famed eques-
trian, will appear.
Box-ottice open from eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six
and commence at seven o'clock.
London, England, 1846-05-13

BEDS AND YORK RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS
of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of the LEEDS
and YORK RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held at the Court-House,
in .Leeds, on THURSDAY, the 21st day of May instant, at Twelve
o'clock at noon, when a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, as
finally settled in Committee, to empower the Company to construct
a railway from the borough of Leeds to the city of York, with a
branch therefrom to Wetherby, will be submitted to the consideration
of the Meeting.
Persons attending the Meeting will be required to produce the Scrip,
or Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of their own, and also of any other
person or persons on whose behalf they attend.
Dated this 11 th day of May, 1846,
R. T. BRANDLING, Secretary.
London, England, 1846-05-13

Offices, Shoreditch, 6th :tiny, 1846. C. I'. RONEY, Secretary.

ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.-
YORK EXTENSION.
In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, Copies of the four
following Bills, that is to say—
A Bill fen* making a railway from Cambridge to Lincoln,
A Bill for making a railway from Lincoln to South Milford,
A Bill for making a railway from March to Lincoln,
A Bill for making a railway from Tottenham to Farringdon-street,
Will be submitted to the consideration of the holders of the scrip and
bankers' receipts for Eastern Counties (York Extension) shares at a
meeting to be held, and which is hereby called for that purpose, at
tlie London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on TauBsDAY, the
14th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely.
All holders of the scrip arc earnestly requested to attend the
meeting, and to exhibit their scrip shares or banker's receipts thereat,
and to send to the secretary, previously, written memoranda, with
their names and addresses, and the numbers and amount of their
scrip.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, 1 of the
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, j Company.
By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Shoreditch Station, 29th April, 1946.

EASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES
JUNCTION RAILWAR ANCHES.
In pursuance gf the new orders Ll_liainent, a Meeting of the
66715.,nr".611 Or-We Company will botiad - a-t-the London Station of
the'-Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of
May, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving
their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill
now before Parliament, in relation to this undertaking.

GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the Eastern
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman, ICounties Railway
Company.

By order, .
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

TLFORD AND EPPING- RAILWAY.
In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the
Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of
the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on TutrasnAr, the 14th of
May, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving
their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill
now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking.

GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the Eastern
DAVID PADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman, Company.
Counties Railway
By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

FASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of the Eastern
Counties Registered Proprietors will be held on THURSDAY, the 14th
of May next, at One o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, London, for the purpose of giving their sanction or otherwise
to the further proceedings with

A Bill for making a Railway from Hertford to Huntingdon, with
a Branch to Bedford; and
A Bill for making a Railway from Tottenham to Barnet.
A Bill for enlarging the London and Stratford stations of the
Eastern Counties Railway and for other purposes.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairmanl Company.
By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Shorcditch Station, April 29, 1846.
London, England, 1846-05-13

Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEZiS.
MONDAY, MAY 11.

VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC-
TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This
magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of
grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former,
awl represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great
Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her-
eulaneum and Pompeii took place; produced under the direction
of Mr. Damson.

A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
constructed, which will be .brilliantlyllluminated at Night.
The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God-
frey. The Band is most complete in all its departruenta, and Includes
many eminent native and foreign musicians.
The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
most complete and effective scale.
Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro-
duced, representing the Descent of Phcebus in the Chariot of the Sun.
Mons. Parinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in
height, on to the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him
and bear him to his ch-rystal home.
An illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, splen-
didly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to
view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light.
live ;
Feeding of
tat sihe Carnivore at five; the Pelicans, &c. at half-past
Concert x ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission, Is.

THE WEATHEIt—Sux OFFICE, MAY 12.
THERNONEETER, Lowest., 45; Highest, 67; Noon, 65

BAROMETER, 30.-WIND S.E.; fine.
London, England, 1846-05-13

I The charges against Mr. Webster had fallen into universal
discredit, and had recoiled upon Mr. Ingersoll with most
damaging effect. On the 20th ult. a message was received-
from the President, in the House, inresponse to the resolution
calling for the accounts of the disbursements of the secret
service fund, which Mr. Webster was accused of having
appropriated in part to his own use, and in part applied to
improper purposes. The President refused to send
the accounts' vouchers, and replied that by a law
of 1810 this fund had been used by the President,
upon his certificate only, without any accouat or
statement of the object ; that the amount used
during Mr. Webster's administration of the State Depart-
ment was only 5,169 dolls.; that he could send President
Tyler's certificates, upon which the money was drawn, but
that they would furnish no means whatever of judging of
the propriety of the expenditure, or even of its objects. In
a case of impeachment a Committee could examine the con-
fidential papers, but the executive would not, upon any light
occasion, allow them to be published, for it would destroy
the object of the fund. He had not yet used any of the fund,
but should not hesitate to do it if occasion required. No
President would use the fund except in extreme cases.
Mr. Ingersoll then alleged that Mr. Webster proposed a
special mission to settle the Oregon question and make a
commercial treaty. Mr. Webster had denied this, and Mr.
Adams, being appealed to declared as chairman at that time
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, that Mr. Ingersoll's
allegations were utterly untrue and unfounded. The affair
ended in the President'S message establishing the failure of
Mr. Ingersoll's charges being printed.
The President, in a message communicated to the House
of Representatives on the 20th, had declined to furnish the
information in relation to the Secret Service Fund called for
by Mr. Ingersoll.
assTahmeepdraosdpoeuctbstfoufl
athspe Seetub; •as in ill
thoughtt h et
hSae
tn, ast h
he
ouad
l d
it pass that body, it would be in an amended and ame-
liorated form. The New York Chamber of Commerce had
petitioned against it.
No advance had been made with the Tariff Bill.

The American journals publish, in extenso, the correspond-
ence which has passed between the Mexican Executive and
Mr. Slidell. The documents add nothing to material to the
information we already possess.
" By the latest accounts from the army of Occupation,"
says the New York Herald of the 23d ult. :

" We learn that the Mexican army is now 8,000 strong
and continually increasing. To oppose this large force we
have about 3,000 men, who, by daily desertion and sickness,
are decreasing fast. To increase our difficulties, the Mexican
authorities have committed an act which, in all probability,
will lead to a general engagement between the two armies.
It appears that two men, who were the videttes thrown out
by the advanced guard of dragoons, have been captured by
the Mexicans ; and, on being demanded by General Worth,
who proceeded with a flag of truce for the purpose, the
London, England, 1846-05-13

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
wzg_TE A STEEN ( TITNIIRIDGE - VirsilLLS,
ILA-STINGS, AND R.IrE).
ommittee met again this day, the Duke of Leinster in the

Tho Committee were occupied in hearing evidence on the traffic.
Tho witness under examination was cross-examined by Mr. HILD-
AID at great 1e .11" as totho probable amount of traffic, and the
ource from which he furnished his statistics, after which the Com-
mittee adjourned, at four o'clock, to eleven o'clock to-morrow.
London, England, 1846-05-13

JEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, EDIN-
BURGH, and DIRECT GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of the BANKERS' RECEIPTS for
SCRIP, of this COMPANY will be held at the Company's Office,
No. 11, Eldon-square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on MONDAY, the 18th
day of May instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, when a copy of the
Bill new before Parliament, intituled " A Bill for making a Railway
from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the nexham and Alemouth Turnpike
Road, at or near a place called Merryshiels, in the parish of Kirk-
harle, in the county of Northumberland, w De celled the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, Edinburgh, and direct Glasgow Junction Railway," will
be submitted for the consideration of the meeting, which is specially
called for that purpose, and in order that such holders of scrip, or of
bankers' receipts, may express approval or disapproval of such Bill,
and determine the further proceedings thereon ; and at such meeting
Such measures will be proposed as may be necessary for the purpose
of complying with the requirements of the Resolutions of the House
of Commons passed on the 23d of April.
The votes will be taken according to the amount of scrip produced
by each person present or represented at the meeting, pursuant to
the Resolutions of the House of Commons above mentioned.
Dated this Ist day of May, 1846.

CHAS. A. MONCK, Chairman.
JAMES POTTS, Secretary.