The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-08 00:00:00

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
MAT 7.—The R.Y.S. schooner Kestrel, the Earl of Yar-
borough, is ready for sea, and it is expected will join the Experi-
mental Squadron next week.
The Ganymede arrived at Lisbon on the 29th ult., on her way to
England. Her owner, Mr. Pigott, returned from Italy overland, and
has since reached Southampton. •
The Reindeer, belonging to the Earl of Cardigan, arrived on
Tuesday from Dublin.
The schooner Magic, Lord Chetwynd, arrived on Wednesday front
Lymington, and sails shortly for Plymouth.
The following yachts are fitting out :—Sultana, B.C. Naylor, Esq.;
Whim, C. Brett, Esq. ; Medina. Sir B. Graham, Bart. ; Talisman,
It. Meiklarn, Esq., (has received a new mast, and is preparing for
Scotland) ; the schooner Gem, Mr. Fleming ; also the Apsera and
the Corsair.
The Gondola, building for Mr. Wodehouse in Ratsey's yard, irig
be launched next spring-tides.
The Royal Thames Yacht Club schooner Kate, Robert Bell, Esq.,
of Norris Castle, arrived from the Mediterranean on Tuesday evening.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde arrived at Egypt House
this week. Lord Feversham, Sir Bellingham Graham, Sir Edward
Paget, Mr. Bateman, and several other gentlemen, have taken
houses at Cowes.

A young actress of the Theltre des Varietes, at Bor-
deaux, who was a great favourite In the characters of soubrettes,
poisoned herself on Friday last, when alone in her chamber. She
was only twenty years of age, and the cause of her suicide is said to
have bean disappointed love.—Galignani.
SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPT POEMS, &C.
Yesterday a sale by auction, of autograph letters, and miscellaneous
manuscripts of royal, noble, and illustrious personages, statesmen,
&c., together with a collection of published and unpublished manu-
scripts of George Crabbe, the poet, took place at Mr. Fletcher's
auction-rooms, in Piccadilly. There were upwards of 200 lots for
disposal, consisting of autographs and letters of George 1., George
George 111., William IV., the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel,
Dr. Johnson, General Wolfe, Pope, Addison. Fielding, Lord
Byron, Sir W. Scott, General Washington, &c. The salr, way Tint
well attended, and the lots realised but small sums. The *anti

ing, however, are deserving of notice :—Lot 67. Dcbatill CC tki
House of Commons from 1768 to 1774 (the unreported Pt...awe:lo.
taken in short-hand by the Right Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish, in
manuscript and proof sheets, sold for 21. I Is. 6d. The next lot, a
Letter from Dr. S. Johnson to his mother, dated January 26, 1759,
in which he calls her " the best mother and the best woman
in the world," sold for 10s. Lot 72. A characteristic Letter of
the Duke of Wellington, dated June 8, 1837, in which he says that
" he is in the habit of appointing to be warders of the Tower those
non-commissioned officers and soldiers who have served his Majesty,
and not young gentlemen who have been disappointed in their ex-
pectations of obtaining a commission," sold for 16s. A letter of
General Wolfe, dated Bath, Dec. 24, 1758, sold for 19s. ; and a letter
of T. Moore, addressed to Mr. Murray, and relating to George
Crabbe, sold for 11. 7s. 6d. Various unpublished works, in prose and
poetry, by Crabbe, many of the pieces being equal to any of his
works that have as yet appeared, sold for 151. Four memorandum-
books belonging to Crabbe, containing curious entries, religiouS
opinions, &c., sold for 3/. The original manuscript of " Tales of the
Hall," considered his best work, sold for It. 65., whilst the next lot,
a volume of newspaper cuttings, consisting of reviews of Crabbe'S
works, extracted from the London and provincial press, sold for
11. 7s. The other lots relating to Crabbe sold at equally low prices.
In addition to the above there were large numbers of autograph
letters of eminent artists, actors, singers, musicians, painters, &c
disposed of.

LEITH.-CANINE GALLANTRY REWARDED.—If will
be in the recollection of our readers that some time ago we noticed
an instance of the sagacity of a dog belonging to Mr. Lawrence,
which saved a female from drowning at Granton Pier. It is with
pleasure we observe that the Edinburgh and Leith Humane Society
have presented the dog with a handsome collar, bearing the follow-
ing inscription engraved on silver:—" Presented by the Edinburgh
and Leith Humane Society to the dog ' Bess,' the property of Mr.
D. Lawrence, Granton, for having saved a female from drowning at
Granton Pier, on the night of the 17th November, 1845."--Scotsman.
The University of Konigsberg has sustained a severe
loss by the death of the celebrated astronomer Bessel, who died, after
long suffering, on the 17th of March, in the 62d year of his age.
A SIMPLE MODE OF PROTECTING FROM LIGHTNING
BUILDINGS WITH METALLIC ROOFS.- Houses covered with metallic
roofs are more liable to be struck with lightning than those covered
either with shingle or tile. Fortunately they can be perfectly pro-
tected by very simple means. To accomplish this, the roof must be
put in metallic connexion with the ground, by means of the tin or
copper gutters which conduct the water from the roof to the earth.
For this purpose it is sufficient to solder to the lower end of the
gutter a riband of sheet-copper, two or three inches wide, surround-
ing it with charcoal, and continuing it out from the house till it ter-
minates in moist ground. The upper ends of these gutters should be
joined to the roof by a slip of sheet-copper. The only part of the
house remaining unprotected by this arrangement will be the chim-
neys ; and, to secure these, it is only necessary to erect a short rod
against the chimney, soldered at its lower end to the metal of
the roof, and extending fifteen or twenty inches above the top o
the flue. _ _

The Minister of the Interior has presented to the
Opera-house a statue of Rossini. It is to be placed in the vestibule.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CIRENCESTER.---A visit,
which may lead to important results, has been recently paid to the
Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester, by Mons. Ouvrard, the
celebrated Fiench financier. He has brought to notice a process for
reducing farm and stable manure to a substanceresembling guano for
portability, but said to exceed it in durability and fertilising qualities.
The subject has been laid before the Council of the Royal Agricul-
tural Society, and the farm of the College has been selected for giving
the process a fair trial previous to ill being submitted to the public.
A sub-marine boat, of new invention, was moored on
Saturday in front of the Quai d'Orsay. It is made of sheet Iron, in
tke form of nearly a regular cylinder, about 33 feet in length, and 13
feet diameter, weighing upwards of 50 tons. Its construction enables
it to float either on the surface or under water, without any exterior
me
agent. It has a screw propeller, by means of which the persons on
board are able to make it move in any direction, guided by a rudder.
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byecessary to sink it IC
about 40 tons of ballast, which may be of lead,n sand, a
or means
water is taken in or forced out by means of pumps. The boat t
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quires eight men to work it, and i
ca woaftewr.hic T hi' it
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n remain four hours under
water. A quantity of air may be
atmospheric degree, proportioned compressed in a reservoir to an
to be sunk. It has also anto the depth to which the boat is
board to leave her through apparatus which enables the men on
side the boat with asu 1 an aperture at the bottom, and work ot:t-
PP Yof air. It is lighted by bull's-eye glasses.
similar to those used for cabins in large ships. After making some trials in the Seine she is
vouring to raise the Re to go to Brest, and be employed in endea-
than 50 years ago.-0 publican, a ship which sunk in that port more
PROLIFIC C align4ni.
ow•—Mr. Benham, of Wickham, Kent,
has a cow which dropped three full-grown and live calves on the 2cl
instant; two of them
are still alive, and perfectly healthy.

BIRTHS
On the Ist inst., at Ilfracombe, North Devon, the lady of joha
Ayers, Jun., Esq., of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., at Wardle Lodge, Edinburgh, the lady of the Hon.
and Rev. John Sandliands, of a so°.
On the sth inst., at Clifton, the lady of Edmund Elton, Esq., Of
a son.
On the 6th inst., in Bishopsgate• street, Mrs. Adeline% of a daughter•
On the 7th inst., at the Grove, Highgate, the wife of Willlatn
Bowyer Morgan, Eso of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 22d ult., at Oporto, the Rev. Edward Whiteley, to Eliza,
eldest daughter of the late John Atkinson, Esq.
On the tith inst., at St. Paul's Church, Southsea, Captain Cardevr,
74th Highlanders, to Harriett Anne Collier, eldest daughter of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Fenwick, Royal Engineers.
On the 6th Inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, tll!
Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Judge-Advocate-General, and
M.P., to the Hon. Jane Lawley, only daughter of Lord and LAO
Wenlock.

DIED.
On the 2d inst., at Derby, the Hon. Henry Curzon, Admiral of the
Red, aged 81.
On the 29th ult., at Cavan, Ireland, Thomas Heslop, M.D., aged 4e.
On the 3d inst., Thomas Townshend, Esq., of Heath, near Binning"
ham, aged 74.
On the 3d inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, wife of Mr. Robert 11111, of
Stanford Rivers, Essex.
On the 4th inst., Robert, second son of Mr. R. Roscoe, Torrington-
square, aged 15.
On the sth inst., at Portland-place North, Clapham, Mr. J.
Maack, aged 38.

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PLEASURE EXCURSION to CAMBRIDGEand BACK for FIVE SHILLINGS, will take place on Alosr-
DAT Morning next, May 11, from the Eastern Counties Railway
Station, Shoreditch, under the auspices of the London Pleasure
Excursion Company.
Tickets to be had at the Shoreditch Station, and the Bengal Arms
Tavern, White Horse-court, Cornhill.
The College Walks will be thrown open on this occasion, the usual
Regatta by the College Youths will take place on the River Cam, and
the spendid chapel of King's College will be open, with a full Choir,
for Cathedral service, in the afternoon. Covered carriages for parties
and ladies.

(.310 TO COLLEGE FOR FIVE SHIL-
LINGS, on MONDAY NEXT, May 11, and back again to
London in the Evening, by the Grand Pleasure Excursion to Cam-
bridge, under the auspices of the London Pleasure Excursion
Company.
Tickets, Five Shillings each, to be had at the Eastern Counties
Station, Skoreditch. Covered carriages provided for parties and
adies.

FIVE SHILLINGS TO CAMBRIDGE AND
BACK, on MONDAY, MAY 11.

GRAVESEND STAR and BLRCX.rt A Li.
PACKETcI.
FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL.
The Trains starting One Quarter of an, Hour before each of
these times.
WEEK DAYS.—At 9%, 10%, 11, 12, 1%, 3%, 5,6, and 7.
SUNDAYS.—At 9%, 161. 11, 1%, 5,6, and 7.
FROM ^'HE -I.SE W TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.
WEEK DAYS.—,::7}, 8%, 9%, 11% 1,3, 4,5, and 6.
SUNDAYS.—At 71, 8%, 11%, 3,4, 5,6, and 7.
Fore cabin, 641. ; Saloon, 9d.
Tickets to or from Blackwa:l—For Twelve months, 41. 45.; Six
Months, 21. 15s. ; Three months, 11. 15. To be hnd of the Collectors
on board the packets ; of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; and
Mr. Saunders, at the Brunswick-wharf, Blackwell.
Star-office, May 1, 1846.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR,-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNECILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution offers important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assared has, on all occasions, the power to boa without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of hi.; Interests to meet other conveniences sr necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFIT..
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from au to 75 t per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the PrA offt scLE Sale.
EXMP.

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The &Aston of profits is anneal, and the next will he made inDe-
cember of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sea.

pALLADIUM LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
7, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. APRIL 30, 1846.
The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS and
HOLDERS of POLICIES entitled to VOTE, will be held at thi
Office, on THURSDAY, the 21st of May next, at Twelve o'clock pre-
s
cisely, to receive the Report of the Septennial Account of the So-
ciety's affairs up to the 31st of December, 1845 ; also, a statement of
the additions made to the policies entitled to profits, and for genera
purposes. By order of the Board,
NICHOLAS GRUT, Secretary and Actuary.
A vacancy having occurred in the direction, notice is hereby given,
that the same will be filled up at the General Meeting, on the 21st of

May.
By the Rules of the Society it is provided, " That persons de-
sirous of offering themselves as candidates for the direction, are to
give notice in writing of their intention, at least ten days previous to
;he day of election."

STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Constituted by Act of Parliament.
Established 1825.
London-82, King William-street.
Edinburgh-3, George-street.
Dublin-66, Upper Sackfield-street.
GOVERNOR.
Ilia Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
DEPUTY-GOVERNOR.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine.
LONDON BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Cusinstan—George Frederick Young, Esq.
DEPUTY-Cruutmax—Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Ernest James Gadesden, Esq.
Bruce, M.P. William Haigh, Esq.
Sir James Eyre, M.D. Edward Thomas Whitaker, Esq.
At a General Meeting of this Company, held on the 27th of March
last, the third Division of Profits was declared, and the Bonus Addi.
Lions made to Policies are shown In the following table :
TABLE OF BONUS ADDITIONS.

'EASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES
JUNCTION RAILWAY BRANCHES.
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 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,Counties Railway
Company.

By order,

C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

ORTH GRAVESEND 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 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 Hal now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking.

GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the E;istern
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman,Counties Railway
Company.

PRICE SD.

Your Committee have stated, in their former report, that there are
about thirty-two Bills before Parliament in which pdwer is sought to
effect the amalgamation of canals with railways. These may be
classed under the following heads ;-
Ist. Bills for the amalgamation, by lease, purchase, or otherwise.
of entire lines of canal with competing lines of railway.
2dly. Bills for the amalgamation of some canal forming a link in a
chain of water communication with a line of railway competlng with
the whole chain.
3dly. Bills for converting canals into railways.
The present extent of inland navigation in Great Britain, by mealts
of canals, is estimated to be about 2,509 miles. Up to a very recent
period it afforded almost the exclusive means of conveyance of heavy
goods and merchandise from one part of the country to the other,
and especially from the principal manufacturing districts to the
outports.

On the introduction ofrailways. and in the early period of their de -
velopment, when want of experience and the absence of information
as to the capabilities of the new system, rendered it impossible for
the Legislature to impose proper restrictions and limitations on the
tolls and charges of the various companies, the competition which
they had to sustain with the canals checked any -great abuse of the
powers delegated to them. As the railway system extruded itself,
improvements in its organization and economy placed in turn a
check upon canals, and the consequent competition materially re-
duced the expense of conveyance. Instances have been adduced be-
fore your Committee in which the charges for the conveyance of mer-
chandise have been lowered by these means to owe-seventh of their
former amount; asd there are now few parts of the country which
have not derived material advantage from the competition between
railways and canals.
It is obviously of importance that Parliament should not lightly
sanction any arrangements which would tend to depiive he public
of this advantage ; and it has been a subject of consid ration with
your Committee, whether, inasmuch as the future mai t ten: ace of com-
petition depends in some degree on the complete independence of the
canal system, and any interference with a link may grea ly and preju-
dicially affect the whole chain, it might not be the duty of Parlia-
ment to refuse its asseat to all Bills uniting the interests of the now
rival parties.
Did your Committee believe that the two systems could be pre-
served in entire independence one of the other, they might be dis-
posed to recommend the House to adopt this course. But in the
progress of their inquiry, several reasons have suggested themselves.
showing the difficulty of securing the canal interest altogether from
the interference and control of railway companies, or of affording to
the former a full opportunity of testing its capabilities as a rival

advan-
tageously situated,
system.
dis-
jointed state of the canal interests and the varying systems under
'this
I ns
uptetheallllloi tb:lni obliges threhsto other e
rc o
tine
. enable several companies,
which they carry on their operations. Some of the existing com-
panies, possessing lines of canal which form central links
in a great chain, take advantage of their peculiar position,
and establish a rate of charges so high as to secure 40 themselves a
One great impediment has been found to exist in the present
large return for their capital, even upon a small amount of traffic.
are
prevents
to conduct their business with a profit, at the same thne
eziethestich a reduction in the general charges of the line as would
to reduce their rates to such an extent that they
tion with the railways. as a body, to maintain a fair competi-
Inilesoticenitf !Mace In which railway companies
arrange-
ments with the proprietors of a portihoar effected
private
only of line of canal, and
thereafter, by raising the tolls of that portion to the utmost limit
allowed by law, have rendered it impossibre for the companies in
possesslonAgt remainder of•the lino of canal to maintain their
traffic in non with the rairway. -
•
Another consideration which must not be overlooked is, that
ysclurCom-
although it has been stated that with proper management 'canals
might maintain a successful competition with railways in the car-
riage of heavy goods, still such competition has hitherto been carried
on under a great disadvantage, owing to the large profits made by
railway companies on passenger traffic, which enables them to submit
in some instances even to a loss on the carriage of merehandise, with
a view to withdraw the traffic from canals.

Even, however, where effective competition has been for a time
maintained, it has been attended with such a large reduction of
profits, that it has become the interest of the rival companies to
combine for their mutual advantage, and hence have arisen
private arrangements. under which a higher scale of tolls and charges
has been re-established. .

It has indeedbeenshOwn that in certain cases increased advantages
might be obtained for the public by the union of a canal and rail-
way through the same line of country, under one management, sub-
ethneartalucownotuclusu
nioottl,bTeporelfiour
sub-
ject of course to proper check and control.
of Parliament to the amalgamation of railways with canals. They
would, however, strongly impress upon the attention of the. .
Com-
mittees to whom Bills, whether for the amalgamation of canals with
railways, or for the conversion of canals into railways, may be re-
ferred, that a most searching inquiry should be instituted into the
come The
e i sg,
those instances in which it shall have been clearly proved that the
merits of each case; and that their sanction should be given only in
ce'alt°toge-hithcher ytoourrefCtZtullhettsanee hctaivoiet
amalgamation can be effected without prejudice to the public.
They venture to submit the following points as deserving of consi-
deration in the case of all such Bills :-
Ist. The imposition of a low scale of tolls and charges upon all par-
ties to the scheme. It should be borne in mind, that in the case of
canals the scale of tolls is of much greater importance than in that of
railways; for as, in most instances, the public are themselves the
carriers on canals, they are more interested in the tolls than in the
general charges. Subject to this observation, your Committee refer
to the suggestions with respect to tolls and charges contained in their
former report, and which they consider equally applicable to the
a.i,alamation of railways and canals.
2dly. Strict regulations should be made for maintaining the canals
in an efficient state of repair, and for securing a proper supply of
water.

idly. Power should be expressly secured to the public of carrying
passengers and all kinds ofgoods and merchandise on canal.
4thly. The privilege of making bye-laws should be subjected to a
careful revision.

Many of the canal companies exercise much power in this respect.
They are authorised, for instance, under these laws to suspend the
navigation of ,the canals for various purposes, and during uncertain
periods; and though this power may be innocuous so long as it is
exercised by a party directly interested with the public in the limited
exercise of it, it is obviously one which may be used with great and
detrimental effect to fair competition, by parties so disposed.
billy. In cases of the conversion of a canal into a railway, care
should be taken that no district is deprived of efficient means of gene-
ral communication, and the company should be compelled to affprd
due facilites of access to canal companies and other parties who may
be affected by the change.
Your Committee flirther feel ii their duty to advert to the circum-
stance, that powers of amalgamation contained in that large class of
Bills which are not exclusively for amalgamation, have in some cases
escaped general observation, owing to no separate notice having been
given of the intended application Ibr such powers. They recommend,
that for the future, in all, cases of amalgamation, a separate notice
should be required, which should contain a table of the rates pro-
posed to be inserted in the new Bill.

Your Committee offer these suggestions to the House as affording
some, though by no means a perfect security, to the public interests.
The system of railways and canals is now become so extensive,
and their relations amongst themselves are so complicated, that no
enactments passed by Parliament for their government and regula-
tion can provide for all contißgencies, or be prupely carried into
effect, unless by Ihe aid of come more efficient machinery than any
which exists at the present moment.
After mature coesideration, your Committee have come to the

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AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, and BOS-
TON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY, and GRAND
UNION RAILWAY.

The Directors of both the above Companies have great pleasure in
announcing that an arrangement has been made and fully concluded
upon, whereby all competition between the Companies has ceased,
and that they now cordially unite in endeavouring to obtain the
sanction of Parliament to the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston,
and Eastern Junction Line.

JOHN GOUGH, Secretary to the Ambergate, &c. Company.
ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary to the Grand Union Company,
London, May 6, 1846.

MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given that, in compliance with the Reso-
lutions or Orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the
HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP,
in the MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held within
the Gordon Arms Hotel, Elgin, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May
next, at Twelve o'clock noon, when a copy of a Bill now before Par
liament, for incorporating the said Company, intituled " A Bill for
making a railway from Stattleld and Lossiemouth Harbour to Elgin,
Roth es , andwill
brleesstuobnm oi
submitted
eAd bteorl o
theu r, to be called
consideration'otfh e
the Morayshire3ieetig,
Railway,
andthe said Bill in the manner required by the said
Resolutions3o, 1846.
taken
Ordon r s.
Elgin, April
ot
or

LEEDS, YORK, and MIDLAND JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the resolutions of the
House of Commons of the 2341 ultimo, a copy of " a Bill for making
and maintaining a railway from Leeds to the York and North Mid-
land Railway, in the township of Colton, all in the county of York,"
will be submitted for the consideration of the holders of scrip and of
banker's receipts for scrip in the above Company, at a MEETING to
be held at the Court-house in Leeds, in the said county, on TIIESD AT,
the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely.
The scrip, or banker's receipts, must be produced, to entitle a
party to vote in respect thereof, at the said Meeting.
JOSEPH GILL, Chairman.
H. J. MORTON, Secretary.
Offices, 7, Albion-street, Leeds, May 6, 1846.

JAMES GRANT, Secretary.

private arrangements between rail Way companies as requiring
serious consideration. The evidence they have since received has
shown that arrangements of this nature between railway and canal
companies may affect the public interests to a still greater degree ;
and they are convinced that tile only effectual mode of obviating the
evils which might arise from an abuse of the power derived front
such private arrangements, will be found in the constitution of such
an authority as they have now recommended.
Your Committee entertain no doubt that a department so consti-
tuted might, in addition to these duties, afford material assistance to
Parliament in railway legislation.
It might save, by preliminary investigation as regards facts, much
expense to parties applying for Bills, and much of the valuable time
of both Houses, without in any way interfering with the paramount
powers of Parliament, and its sole adjudication as to the rights of
property.
May 6, 1846.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION.

Poßismotrrn, TIIIIRSDAT.—The ward-room officers of the Rodney,
92, Captain Edward Collier, C. 8., gave a brilliant entertainment on
board their ship this day to Commodore Sir Francis Collier, and the
other officers of the squadron of evolution, to which were invited Ad-
miral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., the Commander-in-Chief, and his fa-
mily circle ; Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, Superintendent of the Dock-
yard, and Mrs. Parker; Major-General Pakenham, Lieutenat-Go-
vernor of the Garrison, the Hon. Lady and the Misses Pakenham;
Commodore Sir Francis Collier and Sir J. J. G. Bremer ; Lady and
the Misses Collier; General Sir David and Lady Ximenes, and daugh-
ters; Captain Sir Henry Lecke, of the Queen; Lady and the Misses
Lecke ; the Countess of Cavan ; Lady George Lennox and daughters ;
Captain and Miss Corry, of the Superb ; Captain Lockyer, of the Al-
bion; Captain Austen; Lieutenant the Hon. and Mrs. Lambert;
Captain Tattnall, R.N. ; Captain Chads, of the Excellent, Mrs.
and the Misses Chads ; Captain the Hon. Mr. Byng, Mrs. and
Miss Byng ; Mrs. Basil Hall, Miss Hall ; Flag,-Lientenant Collier
and Mrs. Collier • Captain Collier, of the Rodney; Miss
Ommanney, Miss Birch, Miss Inman, Mrs. Hayes, Captain and
Mrs. Creed; Lady Elizabeth Tollemache, Miss Lovell, Mrs. Raiford,
Lieutenants Hancock and Mayo, 74th Highlanders ; Lieutenant
Arthur Cumming, of the Albion ; Captain Kemble, R N. ; Lieutenants
Boyce and St. John, of the Excellent ; Captain Douglas, of the Royal
Naval College; Lieutenant Dashwood Fowler, Flag-Lieutenant to
Commodore Sir J. Bremer ; Commander Schomberg, of the Queen ;
Mr. Ray,' secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir W. H. Gage ; Captain
Wiles, of the Vanguard, &c.
The quarter-deck was covered in with gaily-coloured flags, and
formed a magnificent ball-room, and certainly a more merry com-
pany never assembled.
ward room, to which ample justice was done by
the
by e•Ztecn-rimander
A banquet, comprising the choicest delicacies, was provided in the
The entertainment was got up and superintended
and Tattnall.
Clarke, and Lieutenants Dioorsom, Forster, Winthrop,
hired for the occasion, convey -packet,
editable to th snip ce
The affair was highly cr
never assed at Spithead.
eSteandßodney, and
About seven o'clock the festiviedtitehsctegurmlestisuilstodh,orsreaonfdiha
as a display of elegant hospitalityremarks
upon the exercise of the
We omitted to mention, in our
astern of a squadron of steamers. This
out the signals of ships when
,post strikingly apparent on Monday.
squadron of evolution on Monday, the utter impossibility of making
fa'elret waerserejoiced to Bud the Admiralty have at length ordered
the manufacture of blocks in this establishment on Mr. Brewer's
principle.
The
Childers, 16, Commander Pitman, was paid advance yes-
e-wmibellorrolibeevwreeilifpoeurvthedthe Cape.
toat sceaorkin
btyheSt.
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Vincent
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rds sailsirthreeß when
nto, rhw toe
Cap-
tain Sheppard.
Captain Sir Thomas Herbert, of the Raleigh, 50, will, we are in-
formed, proceed shortly to relieve Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood,
of the Fox, and hoist a broad pendant, as second in command of the
China and East India station.

The Devastation steam-sloop, Commander Crouch, having re-
plenished fuel, returned to the anchorage at Spithead this morning.
The Rattler steam-sloop, Commander Smith, left the harbour this
morning at six o'clock, and went round the Isle of Wight ander can-
vass and steam.

The South Devon Railway, from Exeter to Teign-
mouth, is to be opened on the 13th inst. It is to be worked on the
atmospheric principle.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION ON THE MIDLAND
Liars OF RAILWAY.—A single line of telegraphic communication,
from Nottingham to Derby, has just been completed, and a similar
line from Nottingham to Leicester is in course of formation. Tele-
graphic communications having been formed on the London and Bir-
mingham Railway, from Euston-square station to Rugby, the Mid-
land Company are rapidly adopting means for carrying them forward
by seven wires to Leicester, Nottingham, and Derby, where they
will be attached to the northern telegraphs. A similar communica-
tion will soon be completed between Derby and Birmingham. The
various station-masters have received information
thattt they will
shortly be supplied with apparatus necessary for workg he signals,
as well as scales of charges for conveying information from one place
to another. The telegraphic lines north of Derby and Nottingham
are now complete, and a few weeks will see those to the south ready
also for use.
PROGRESS OF TELEGRAPHS.—The portion of old
materials spared ft om the manufacture of railway telegraph posts in
Hull, is advertised for sale. The communication from London to
Masbio' is nearly completed, and there is little doubt that the result
of.the nest Doncaster St. Leger will be known in London in little
more than an hour aft, r the termination of the race. The commu-
are
Inunbtaltanfniwetaghitueallnrgoywf fhoSrat-t.
nications with Leeds, Manchester, and York,
ward state.—Doncaster Gazette.
SERIOUS LOSS OF THE BIRDS IN ST. JAMES'S PARK,—
It is stated that within the last ten days about eighty of the water fowls
amt
doe
James'shav ee,e
rnarfko,uanndd
fdoera da
oaronnwn dh
lac
it
was hae
noir nos
could have caused such a loss, as it was evidently fromviolence.werelt
was determined to watch, and it was found that a pair of Egyptian
geese, which had not birds, been placed in the park, were in the habit
cause death. They are stated to have very powerful teeth, d
discovered, they were placed " in custody," and the
or attacklinngnithrine
tanning
on the
theg grass.
a sas.nd
At
shast
delinquentsangreat
celerity
one of the islands. are now confined to
THE INDIAN ARMY.—The following
" showing the number of men is a return,
who had
India from the last five regiments volunteered to regiments In
that country :"--. that had been ordered home from
60onneasbite was
sufficient
t°
13th Foot
2d Foot
40th Foot
57th Foot
39th Foot

447
312
421
n 7
500

Total • • .. • 2,007
• •
The two last regiments have not yet arrived from India.
THE UNFORTUNATE MAN BLEWITT.—The above in-
dividual is not yet dead, but on inquiry at the hospital yesterday
afternoon it was stated that his death was hourly expected. He
appears quite conscious of all around him, and quite resigned to his
melancholy fate. Several of his friends called to see him, to whom
i he bade adieu.