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

Room B.

WEST RIDING UNION (No. XL) RAILWAY.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM opened the case for the opposition to this
11111, and at condderable length urged upon the Committee the ne-
cessity of rejecting that portion of the system included in the Bills of
the promoters for constructing the Ellen(' and Brighouse branches,
upon the grounds ot' their not affording the means of a sufficiently
direct communication between Bradford and Manchester, eta Hud-
dersfield, and also calculated to prevent any future extension of the
Manchester and Huddersfield line, which would afford that necessary
accommodation.

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Mr. Gee, the engineer to the Manchester and Huddersfield Railway,
was then examined with reference to the engineering features of the
line, and also to some aheration in the gradients which had been in-
troduced in the present Bill since last session.
Several other witnesses were examined, who stated that the ac-
commodation proposed by the present line would not ho sufficient
to supply the wants of those districts between Bradford and Man-
chester.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY

Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat have been small,
yet we had a fair average quantity on offer. Selected parcels moved
off at pull prices, but all other kinds were much neglected. The im-
ports of Foreign Wheat continue liberal. Holders of fine qualities
were firm, and would not sell, except at previous Currencies. We
had a limited supply of Barley on show, still, however, the trade was
in a sluggish state, at late figures. The supply of Malt was not dis.
posed of, and prices•were with difficulty supported. There Wa3 a
large quantity of Foreign Oats on show. Selected parcels of English
were held at full prices, but other kinds were a mere drug. Beans,
Fees, and Flour commat:ded very little attention.

ARRIVALS.
Barley,
20 qrs.

English •• •. •.

Wheat.
NO qrs.

Irish ........
Foreign ...... 10,210

1,910
Malt, 1,590 arc
VZSITECHAPEL.

°tag I Flour.
910 sky.

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18,140

The supply of each kind of meat here was by no means extensive,
yet the demand was in a very sluggish state, at barely stationary
prices. Beef from 23 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s Sd to 3s 10d ;
Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d : Veal, 33 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d
per 81bs by the carcase.

THE TEMPERATURE.—The storm of Saturday has
materially reduced the high temperature which prevailed
during the past week, as will be seen by the following re-
gister, taken from the Royal Humane Society's Receiving
House in Hyde Park :

TIIERMOM ETE R. BAROMETER.
Deg. Deg. Deg.
Monday, July 27.. 62 72 70 30.13
Tuesday, July 28 72 76 70 30 19
Wednesday, July 29 74 78 74 30 07
Thursday, July 30 76 79 76 29 96
Friday, July 31 74 80 75 29'95
Saturday, August 1
Sunday, August 2
Monday, August 3 7O 72 62 29.95
Tuesday, August 4 72 76 65 30.13
The number of bathers in the Serpentine on Monday was
not more than 300, bat they increased with the beat, and on
Thursday were 1,800, and on Friday and Saturday to nearly
4,000 each day, while on Sunday they reached 7,000. The
total number during the week in the Serpentine alone was
15,700.
• REPRODUCTIVE LOAN FUND INSTITUTION IN IRE-
LAND.-The second annual report of the corporation of the
Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution, presented to Par-
liament, was yesterday issued as a Parliamentary paper.
From the general statement, it seems that the aggregate
fund for 1845, in trust of the ten county boards of trustees
in Connaught and Munster, was 66,786/. Bs. 7d. The
doubtful debts on the 31st of December, 1845, were 1,5851.
3s. 7d., leaving the available fund in 1845, 65,201/. 55. Oid.
The stated good debts on loans on the 31st of December
last were 58,897/. 16s. lid., and there was in hand
in
savings' banks, and funded by trustees, on the 31st of De-
cember, 1845, 6,303/. Bs. 101 d. By the remarks it appears
that sums have been advanced contrary to the conditions
of trust. It is shown by an account with the trustees in
Ireland and the Governors of the Corporation of the Irish
Reproductive Loan Fund Institution, on the 31st of De-
cember, 1845, that three sums amounted to 67,5861.8 s 7d.,
which three sums are accounted for on the credit side by
the good debts—money in savings' banks—doubtful debts,
and 800/. as balance of the late trustees for eounty Leitrim.
The report for the year 1845 bears the signature of Mr.
John Abel Smith as chairman.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—It is a curious fact, that during
the time the storm was raging most furiously for many miles round
Windsor, especially on the south side of it, a small portion of the
Great Park, also on the south side, escaped it altogether. Whilst for
many miles around, the rain was " pouring in torrents," as the
phrase goes, and hailstones, as large as good sized horse-beans, were
rattling down in such quantities, that cart loaCs of them might, in
some piaces, be taken up an hour after they had fallen—not a single
hailstone, and only a very slight shower of rain, so slight as not to
penetrate newly dug ground more than a couple of inches, descended
on that portion of the park, commencing at a line drawn from Cran-
bourn Lodge, from west to east, accross the middle of Queen Anne's
Ride, and ending at Hudson's-gate, at the top of the Sheet-street-road
—a space of little more than a mile either way.
Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the
Elephant and Castle, King's-road, Camden-town, on the body of
William Dorset, aged eight years. It appeared that on Saturday,
afternoon the deceased, who resided with his parents in Cambridge-
street, Agar-town, was playing with some timber, piled up in 'a
grossly unsafe manner, in the immediate neighbsurhood, when sud-
denly the upper log, several tons in weight, slipped, and fell upon the
child's head and upper pa t of the body, crushing the poor little
fellow perfectly flat. It is needless to add that death was all but
instantaheous, and that on the removal of the log a frightful spec-
tacle presented itself. The coroner and jury had some discussion as
to the question of deodand, but it being ascertained that the spot
where the occurrence took place was private property. Mr. Wakley
expressed his conviction that there would be great difficulty in en-
forcing one. The jury ultimately, under the coroner's direction, re-
turned a verdict of "Accidental death."
A letter from Ems, of the 29th ult., describes the
shock of the earthquake experienced there as of a very decided and
alarming character. It took place about half-past nine o'clock in the
evening, when many families, from the early hours usually observed
there, were retiring to rest. Under the general terror it tuned, there
was a general rash into the street; and at a concert which was then
going on at the principal hotel of the place, the confusion was ex-
treme, owing to the efforts of the audience to escape from the build-
ing. Fortunately no serious lajury or loss_of life occurred.

MONEY -and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
• CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm, and
the sales were 7,000 bales. Shares were supported generally.
There is very little business in progress in the City this
morning, the state of the weather almost entirely precluding
out-door operations. It is still satisfactory to find that
accoiding to all accounts the progress of the harvest has
not yet been impeded to any material extent by the storms
that have prevailed for now nearly a week in various parts
of the country. We are informed that in Nottinghamshire
considerable damage has been done to the crops by the hail
storm.
In our paper of Monday there appeared a full report of the
first meeting of the shareholders of the Liverpool, Manchester,
and Newcastle Junction Company, to which we would direct the
attention of our readers. This amalgamated line jiives rail-
way accommodation to a most important district of
country, and shortening as it does the distance los4ween
Manchester and Newcastle by opening a direct communica-
tion between them, it will, undoubtedly, become a line of the
utmost commercial importance, for every one is now fully
alive to the fact that, in all commercial transactions, a saving
of time is a saving of money.
We have not any late Colonial arrivals to announci to-day.
Several advertisements have appeared in The Sun of sub-
scriptions to a fund in aid of those who have suffered by the
calamitous fire at St. John's, Newfoundland. We are assured
that the Government arc alive to rendering as much aid as
possible, but to the generous public do those who have lost
" their all" look up to for prompt aid. It is known that a
special session of the Legislature of Newfoundland had been
called to take measures for affordicg relief. The following
extract from the opening speech of the Governor of the
colony does credit to the heart of his Excellency:-
" Much as the losses of the mercantile and the sufferings of
the labouring classes claim our sympathies, yet should
our deepest commisseration rest upon the middle classes,
who, accustomed to comparative ease and comfort, find
themselves and their helpless families suddenly reduced to
a state of the most absolute destitution. Every effort de-
pendant upon the local government will be made and is
making for their relief, and that of the lower orders I
- but even under circumstances so apparently desti-
tute, and with a scene of such affecting desolation
before my eyes, still de I indulge in a sanguine hope
that if promptly aided by the benevolence and liberality of
the British people, of the Legislatures and people of the
neighbouring colonies, but, above all, by the British Go-
vernment and Parliament, not only will the present distress
be at once alleviated, but the fine site of the capital of this
ancient and valuable possession of the British Crown, which,
as a commercial town, may be said for the present almost to
have ceased to exist, will again be occupied by buildings of
so secure and durable a description, laid out upon a plan so
judicious and well-considered, as at no remote period to con-
vert the calamity -which is ROW pressing so heavily upon its
inhabitants, into a great and inappreciable blessing."
As far as England is concerned, there is every reason to
believe that the subscriptions raised here will be ample to the
stern exigencies of the demand.
The Consol Market has been rather more firm this morn-
ing, at 96% for the Account, and 9534 to 96 for transfer.
Bank Stock is a shade lower, namely, at 2083/. The Re-
duced Three per Cents. and the Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have also receded a fraction. Exchequer Bills are at
Bs. to 12s. premium. India Stock is at 2601/.
In the Foreign Funds bargains have been made only to-
day in Portuguese Four per Cents., at 45 and 43%, for
Account at 451 A and 44. The accounts from Lisbon are not
good. In Spanish at 253/ % ;
_in the Dutch Four per Cents.
at 94; and in the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 59%.
The Railway Share Market is steady to-day.
BRITISH FUNDS, ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. • • • • .. • • 208% 208%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96343,1 IA 96%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 95% 96 95% 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Amis. 9834 97% 97%
Long Annuities, Expire .Jan. b,1860 .. 1034 10%
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10 3-16 1-16 10 1-16
India Stock . • • •• • 206% 206%
South Sea Stock ..
Ditto. Old Annuities .. 95% 95%
Consols for Account • • • • .. 96% 96%
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 r 6 d.
1,0001... .. .... 8 12 - - pm. 12
5001. - .... 8 12 - - pm. 12
Ditto, Small - 8 12 - - pm. 12
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. - 90
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. -
Ditto, for the Account - 25%
Portuguese Three per Cent • • .. -
Ditto, Small .. .. 46 46
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. 45 43% 43%
Ditto, for the Account 454 44 44
Russian Bonds .. .. 113 113
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 26
Ditto, for the Account .. 2534 % 26
Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39, 40, d1v.1840 25% 25%
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. - 423
Dividends on the above payable in Landon.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 9754 9736
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 34 6934
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9430 94 94
PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING
DONE AT
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. 15 .... 10 •••• • • • 10
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction 2% .... 234% • • .... • • 3
Birmingham and Gloucester..loo .. .. 13 l •• . l3l
Ditto, New (issed at 74 dis.).. 173 ... 32% .......... 32%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 8 734 % 7.... 7%
Bristol and Gloucester .. 30 .... 53% .......... 5354
Buckinghamshire 425. .... % p 34 dis. 34 die.
Caledonian .. .. 20 .. 16% % 15% 1614 16%
Cambridge and Oxford 1% %
Derby and Crewe 2% - • ..... •• • -
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 23.... %•• • •
Direct Northern 2%.. • . 2341,6 •• .. 5
34
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... - ••••• • • • • •
Eastern Counties 141. 165..... 2454 24 • • • • • • 24
Ditto New .. 101. 165..... 8% 8 p 8 p
Ditto, York Extension .. lOs 2%.3.4%..•• •• 236
Eastern Union .. .. 30 - ••••• • .• .. -
Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edmunds 9 .. 8 % 9 9
Do. Extension to Norwich .. 234
East Lincolnshire .. 1%
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 - -
Ditto % Shares .. .. 10
Edinburgh and Pei th 3
Ely and Huntingdon 734 5 . 5
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% l% 1
Great North of England . ..100 - ........ -
Ditto, New . 13 • •
Great Western .. 85 - ......, -
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10
Ditto, Fifths .. 20
Hull and Selby' .. 50 - ..........
Ditto, Half Shares .. 15 - • • ..... 3954
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 45 65%
Ditto New .. b .. • . 12 11% .... • • 11%
Leeds and Bradford' •• • • .. 26 .... 71 70 •• • •
Leicester and Bedford 225..... % dis... • •
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. •• .. i 4 34 dis % dls.
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 234 2% .. 254
London an I Birmingham . • • 100 ....235 234.... • •
Ditto, Thirds .. .. 32 .... 74 .. •• • •
Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .• .• - ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 26 ••• • • •
London and Blackwell .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9% .. •••• • • • • 934
Ditto, New .. .. 3 .... 5 •• • • •• • • 5
London and Brighton .. 50 .• . 6614 ••.. • •
Ditto ditto Fifths • • .. 30 .... - •• . .'• •
London and Croydon • • .. 131. 15s 9d... - .... ••• • • • 23%
London and South-Western • . 411. Gs. 10d... 77 ..... • •
London and York .. 23„ •• .. 2% 14 ••.. •
Ditto, Half Shares .• 2%.. • • 2 ••..•• • • • • 2
Lynn and Ely .. .. • . 15 .. - ••••• • • • • • 17
Lynn and Dereham .. 15 .... 13 .... •• • •
Manchester slid Leeds .. 82 -
Ditto Extension .. 425. .. .• 3% 43% • 3% p
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 87% 88
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 .• . • 1154 •• . .•• • • 111 A
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .• • • 134% p l% p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 1% 34 %• •
Midland ..100 ..146 14 i 146 x div 14Cxd
Ditto, New .. 24 .... 39 xd . •
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 -118% x div l2oxd
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 43 x div .....
Ditto, New . 1 .... 12 11% .. • 12
Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 .... 29% 34
Norfolk .. 20 .... 283 i 29
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 5 . 9% ........ 9%
J)itto, Tenths .. .• .• 2 .• .. .......• • • 2%
Ditto, Extension 2 .. • . 2%
North British .. .• 25 .... 40% 39%
Ditto, Half Shares .. 834 .... 15% 15
Ditto Fifths.. . • .. 5 .. • . 8 ••••• • • • • • 8
Ditto, Carlisle Extension 154 454 4
North Staffordshire .. 425. 434% 4 p 4% p
Northrupton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 .... - • • .• • • 14
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolvertimptu. 12% .... 98%••.. • • • • .
Portsmouth I)irect •• ••••3% • - • • 5%36 .• • • 516
Preston and Wyre 25 .... 37 ••••• • • • • • 37 A
Ditto, Half Shares .. •• .. 2% •• .. 856% •• • ..... 8%
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. ••• . I die
Richmond .. .. 10 ....
Scottish Central .. • • - ••
-
Ditte New . .. • • • • • • it
••
..
% ••• • 68344 6%
Scottish Midland .. • • • - • •
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%•••• %•••• • • • • 3%
Shropshire Union .. 425. 334 dis 36 die.
South Midland .. 425..... % % p.. ••.. • • %
South Staffordshire Junction .. 236 .... 2
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. • • -..........-
Do.. New (do. 331.68.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 18% • 1.836
Ho., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% %• • •.. 3%
South Wales .. .. 5 .... 2% %
Vale of Neath .. 2 .... 136 IA 114
Warwickshire and London 425..... 3a dis. ...... 34 die
Welsh Midland 2%
West Riding Union 425. • • 33A 2% 394 p 334 p
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 10 .... G.....••• 6
York and Carlisle 2% ....... 1%
York and North' Midland .. 50 .... - -
Ditto, Selby 30 - 75
Ditto. Extension .• 20, .... 393x8 xd 393% xd
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten..• 1 •• . 134 14 ...... 14
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... .. 14 .... 123 % •• • • 1.
/j
Dutch Rhenish .. .. ••6• • •%
•• •
••• • •
East In . .. • • • 34 1
....... 34
Great Indian Peninsular • • - • 58. •• • • •..
Great Western Bengal .. 55. •• •• •• • • 1%
Louvain. S. la Sambre .. • • 4 174 2 2 x
Luxembourg
Northern of FranCCoils.tituqed
15 .▪
... 13 12% .. •• .. 1234
4
14
Orleans and Vierzen • • • . 6
B,A
.3,
........ ,S si4
• 5 %
Orleans and Bordeaux •
5
Paris and Lyons Constituted •
Sambre and Meuse .. 3%
West Flanders • • • • • • • ▪ 6
JOINT-STOCK BA•
NKS.
Commercial of London . • • • 20. •• • 214 ••••• • ••
21 24%
.
National of 'retail I 22% •• -
MINES.
Real del Monte. Unregistered -3% .•

LLOYD'S_SH.IPPIN G.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, AuG. s.—Wind at noon, Easterly, light airs and hazy.
DEAL, AuG. 4.—Wind S.E. to S. and S.W —A rrd. Johanna,
Becker, Para; James, Bathurst; Asia, Woodward, Quebec; Lime,
Andrews, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Ann, Knex, Bombay;
Atlantic, Robertson, Quebec. Arrd. from the River and sailed,
Camden, Lumsden, for Quebec; Christiana, Branston, Quebec;
Tasmania, Black, Sydney; Sir George Seymour, Under reml.
Sydney; Derwent, M'Pherson, Hobart Town; Winchester, Milligan,
Launceston ; Arab, Sumner, Ceylon ; Sarah, Bridges, Jamaica ;
Marion, Bradley, Quebec ; Victory, Terry, Quebec.
SOUTHAMPTON, AVG. 3.—Sld. Montreal, Blenkinsop, Quebec.
NEWPORT, AuG. 3.—Sld. Harvey, Couforth, Quebec.
MUMBLES, AuG. 2.—Arrd. Falcon, Armstrong, Miramichi,
CONWAY, AuG. 3.—Arrd. Auckland, Williams, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 4.—Wind S.W., moderate. Arrd. Sandbacb,
Bellis, Demerara ; Allioth, Barrett, New York. Ski. Hurricane,
Adamson, Sydney, New South Wales ; Stirling, Barstow, Wiscasset;
Minerva, Mellar, St. Andrew's New Brunswick; Ambassador,
Barbour, St. John's, New Brunswict; ; St. Clare, Foyde ; Caledonian
(str.), Lott, Halifax; Wellington, Bllnken, ditto; Sir Charles Napier,
huntress, ditto. Off port, Sir Henry Pottinger, M'Wean, Calcutta;
Juliet, Erskine, and Union.

LONDONDERRY, JULY 30.—Arrd. Maria Campbell, St. John's, New
Brunswick. Sid. Creole, Clarke, Philadelphia; Envoy, ;Harrick,
St. John's, New Brunswick.

SUNDERLAND, AUG. 3:-Arrd. Triune, Everett, Pugwash. Off
port, Hero, Smart, and Belle, Robinson, Quebec.
Sou'rusairroti, AUG. 4. Arrd. Anna Lester, Quebec ;
steamer, Gibraltar; left 25th ult., Cadiz 27th. Lisbon 2dtb, Oporto
31st, Vigo and Coruuna Ist inst.
ILFRACOMBE, Atm. 3.—Arrd. Wilberforce, Dennis. Quebec.
CLYDE, Auo, 3. —Arrd. Marquis of Hastings, Sabeston, Quebec ;
Horsford, Drummond, Trinidad. Sid. 2.1, Europa, Boyles, Demerara;
Unicorn, Mowatt, Demerara.
OFF MIZEN lIEAD, JULY 30.—Don, Quebec, for Waterford.
CORK, AUG. I.—Sld. Diary, Dunbar, Quebec.
WESTPORT, AUG. I.—Arrd. Viola, St. John's, New Brunswick.
John
DONEGAL, JULY 31.—Arrd. Thon.pson, St. John's, N.B.
KILLYBEGS, JULY 31.—Arrd. Lady Dumbrean, St. John's,
N.B
LEITH Roans, JULY 31.—Arrd. Hebe, Thompson, Montreal;
Anderson, Morrison, Grenada; Pomona, Templeton, Miran:deb' ;
William Dawson, Spittal, Quebec ; John and Eleanor, Dublin.
Myra, AUG, 3.—Arrd. Coquette, St. John's, New Brunswick.

OYSTERS.—The oyster season commenced yesterday
morning, at six o'clock, at Billingsgate and Hungerford-markets,wlth
a promise of a more abundant supply, and of 4 quOity superior to that
01 several years past.

THE LATE t. R. HAYDON.
A general meeting of the- committee for promoting the
sub-cription to make a permanent provision for the widow
and daughter of the late Mr. Haydon, was held on Tuesday
afternoon, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-sti
Among other active members of the committee present were
Dr. Bowring, M.P., Dr. Darling, M.D., the Rev. J. S. Boone,
D. T. Coulton, honorary secretary, &c. W. Longman, Esq.,
presided.
The Hon. SECRETARY read the minutes of the previous
meetings, from which it appeared, that since the first meet-
ing, held at the chambers of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, on the
:30tti of Jude, about 1,400/. had been subscribed. The fund
now amounted to nearly 1,7001., from which only a sine"
deduction would have to be made. In reply to an aPplies.
tion made to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
Mr. Coulton had received the following letter from Baron
Knesebeck:—
" Cambridge-house, August 1, 1846.
" Sir,—l have received the commands of the Duke of Caul
bridge to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28W
ult., and to transmit to you the enclosed 101. Bank of Eng:
land note, in aid of the fund now inn.progress for the pernise
rent relief of Mrs. and Miss Haydon, and at the same 14111...,
to express his Royal Highness's sincere regret that the v 06.7.
numerous calls he has upon him prevents his Royal Illgtbs
ness from contributing more liberally to it.-1 have '
honour to remain, Sir, your very obedient servant,
" KNESEBECP'
" D. S. Coulton, Esq."
Among the subscriptions received fro distinguished
viduals within the last few days, the secretary announcedtabrai
Earl of Dartmouth, 21/. ; the Duchess of Somerset, 101 :wart
wr. E
Fortescue, 10'. ; G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., 20/. ;
Esq., 10/. ; Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Knight Bruce, 3i:
Lord Bexley, Si.;R. Palmer, Esq., M.P., 10/. • 01
Fielder, Bart., M.P., 5/. ; Lord J. Stwart, 5/ ; E. Pendarve3!
Esq., M.P., 10/. 108.; Sir C.R.Cockerell, M.P. 5Vc:
Captain Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., 51.; W. Whatek,':„l,
Q.C., 51. ss. ; M. D. Hill, Esq., Q.C., 51.55. ; John
nja
Esq., Si. ss. Mr. Coulton here stated, that steps bad
taken to forward the subscription in the various Prev— I,
towns, and that letters had been received from Liverpool,
stating that a subscription was in progress in
under the auspices of an eminent member of the Stock' D,2t,
change, who had succeeded in collecting a considerable=
for the family of the late Mr. Thomas Hood, the poet.l3l
liire,
committee continue their sitticgs at their office, 20,
lane, Fleet-street, to receive subscriptions. that

PRIZE FIGHTS.
THE TIPTON SLASHER AND TASS PARKER FOR
ASIDE.-The fight between these heavy weights took place)dir
terday, at Lindrick Common, in the WolverhamPt°,,,rlker
trict. Contrary to expectation, it did not last long,
being beaten in twenty-seven minutes. The numb'
rounds was twenty- three.
BEN TERRY AND ROWLEY.—These middle weights
foul
yesterday, near Belper, Derbyshire. The fight was a &OA
one. Terry was declared the victor after seventy'
rounds. Time one hour and fifty-seven minutes.

LONDON YACHT CLUB. blsof
On Monday the second match of the season, by Yac boat,
the above club, came off. The Lass of Richmond t‘teein.:slo,
with a highly respectable company, including Lady Ocb,
left Temple-bar pier at ten o'clock, for East Green at
order to accompany the match. The following verei the
twelve o'clock came to station off the Commodores •
Club House) East Lodge, Greenwich :
No. Yachts.. Tons. Owners.

I. The Cygnet
2. Mischief
3. Lady Louisa l2 J. G. Moon, Esq• tit t°
The Lady Louisa, at starting, took the lead, and sx",hirtr
the flag buoy off Gravesend, which she rounded at "t, fife
five minutes past two o'clock, followed by the CygrThrovie
minutes later. The Mischief had been previously Louisa
out of the race by an accident to her gaff. The Lady eatr
returned to East Greenwich, and came in a winner at °flirter of
five minutes past five, beating the Cygnet by a qua
an hour.

icatiOrl
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--The commun qph ig
between Portsmouth and London by electric teleglii effect
stopped for the present; the lightning have taken leg the
upon the wires as to preclude the possibility et. w°rd Os
telegraph. At Farnham the shock communicate orts the
great as to throw down one of the posts which OPP d ese-
dere ed
wires, and the dial in the Gosport terminus is renderog,,
less by the electric fluid having passed into it and „ity hs.
all the machinery. It is fortunate that the Adeur- t
the old telegraph or semaphore to fall back new,. nresen
at r
ORNITHOLOGICAL ANOMALY.—There 13 '- ratsoll-.-e,•',
over the drawing-room window at Casterten i, jam; I,
near Kirkby Lonsdale, where Mr. W. W.C. Wils°l wil°
residing, a nest built 'by a blackbird and a thre3 loothle3
h fe," est,
have paired together, containing one bird, whie-, then
both species. It has been placed in aca close oi ,be gel
and both the blackbird and thrush mays onstant o)rres elif
feeding it through the wires of abated N'aff`l%ction, °-
caterpillars. Captivity has not their ._.
they sit by it just the same, and entirely
TEE LATE FIRE IN Sr. KATHERINE'S D 0,,,,,,. stll-1
Braidwood, the superintendent of
tot London Fire Els roode3,.
blishment, returned the following he insurance ofneF.._, yre th !
as the official report of the extent of damage done at tiiv
al of r` ester'
occurred at St. Katherine's Dock, reported in this journcooperage 0
day :—. Half-past Ten, p.m—A fire occurred in the
_. ~ Th
St. Katherine's Dock, the property of the Dock Con3Pa?,, fire'
cause unknown. The premises were insured in the Loneerrid the
office. The roof of the cooperage is entirely burnt off, sae con'
support 1E_.,.......gf.
second floor is burnt out. The first floor is 11 10"1:floteill4
siderably damaged by fire and water, and the._ s.- The
of the crashing shed are damaged by water, &e' elided
fire was extinguished by firemen. Tke engines that at td one
were three land ones belonging to the Dock Company, ell con'
floating engine ; six land engines of the London Establishmeni,
_OO
nected with the A district, three from the B section, and two b.
the D district, as well as the float of the same division ;
No. 4,=
West of England, and County engines also attended. , ~,..
dow curtains burnt, and the sills scorched i
street, in the occupation of Mrs. Ann Morris (private), (tipireivbaiteek),alitatdic4,tlawadv7b7Ao
—A
UEEN OF PORTUGAL. --A
Iwnigee
soufntllie,irree.mamaicned.tr of the house Is damaged by water. Insure"
ACCoUCHEMENT OF THE Q
Ibrahim l'acha arrived Inf
' was on that day delivered of a son. ...- sled
t at the Te Deum Pe."'r
day, and was present letter from Lisbon, 23d ultimo, states that the Queen id Poinrtuts`
Tagus on the same
in the cathedral on that occasion.
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE WILDE.-- r,
in
upon his duties as Lord Chief Justice of the in tbo
•who
mon Pleas at Staffordshire Assizes. His Lordship,P. _
Nisi Prius Court, has made a most favourable impressio:ii owar,edion;
Si Thomascrt :Old°
ties who have witnessed his labours, which have beicax pereer'ady
great suavity and patience, as , ell as a clear and On,jd by considers
of the points of a case. His Lordship is accomP,n`d
Wilde (lately Mademoiselle D'Este), who has attracted .at family.
~,
attention, in consequence of her relationship to the Roy Atigusat
being a daughter of the late Duke of Sussex, bY Le ,varied
Murray, to whom his Royal Highness was privately
,i e°,l-
l Her Ladyship is almost portly in person, 3'l" George
afar
siderable resemblance to members of the family e' e the aPittre'
Third. Her Ladyship and Sir Thomas did not occupy of of "--•
ments at the Judges' house, but had lodgings in the '
Hughes, eurgeon.—Staffordshire Mercury. ; t Under-
FIRE AT DUNTOCHER.—The conflagration a
„tooter,
wood mill has been very closely followed by a greeters %, tooor
both in a pecuniary and industrial sense. It is grievettZbat tile
that the result of the devastation is not only a loss of 401; peisal
distressing suspension of employment to no less than
lee at the pl,,lis
There does not appeir to have been a single fire-eng-- d to stav le
When the fire broke out the country people endeavoure ~,dced....
ravages by throwing water on the flames, a futile attempt i':_t a Our
the case of matter so combustible' as what is usually
Not only should such establishments be provided ly 0..•- t. in
paratus for extinguishing fires, but also with a large sui le)at ban)).
tire-buckets, such as may be found in the lobbies of gr
a ortion of _
Rifle iler
London and in some of the public offices. Nor is this all ;
~IL should be
male workers, especially those belonging to country nlin'
ladedhis apes.
regularly trained as firemen, and get some advantage prolf _
city. They would
,acquire a knowledge of their caper_,. infe
cts ;
sion, and when unfortunately It was necessary to rT.,
cutler, labour the more strenuously, knowing
element with which they were called to contend, ,il. iriends,,ta„.
the mastery, throw themselves, their families,,,r thirt, of at
and
that the rittruglannead
neighbours out of employ. This hint is worthy, . '
Ite ininownerT.„ of
tion from all concerned—the insurance-offices, tit the regale: i.,
the operatives themselves, so deeply interested I
their employment.—Edinburgh Evening Post.
THE STORM OF SATURDAY LAST.
# uresent a - :hat front
other portions of the new Homes of Parliarnenyit appears
ses, the
scene of broken window sashes and panes ;„.3jt- the
The el%iistiearlisinon'id.Y
new fleuenced, is
some defect in the joining of the iron r00f1"...,;,, been ore"' .iolence
gildlngs and other ornamental work which la`'
~ ~y 'Wing th,IN of Mr.
so injured that the damage is estimated at2,00,,v. ~,,,aigw° forts
of the storm the • hail and rain demolished the e-,
a d caused se
50,
Walker's furniture warehouse, In the York-foav .tral piergiall 11,
loss to the proprietor, the wet having destroYen
~- esatti tae_,-,.° f
beds, &c. In this case there appeased to be mingle. - „„d, sow- °
or rather encased in it, large lumps of a substance like S."
which was shown to our Informant soon after the storoL,, sour
MURDER OF A CHILD By ITS FATHER.--vn
and dell:
day evening last, about six o'clock, an act of cold-bloOded ,5,,-,, 05;
berate murder is alleged to have been committed in wee Of r; ton'
public parts of the city, ti,e victim a child about two and fa
years of ago, and the person who deprived it of life his own '-- Wa'
The unnatural, and in this part of the country rare originiiea"
perpetrated ut,der the following circumstances :—At the tUn''„otiee
tioned, it appears, a man, named Francis Sweenie, In 'awn;
carrying
ahl
rar
I.3as
Glasgow-bridge,
phraseology, o g.
tbhyr
ei ,d
youngest,
oae
u,ss n
fromg`
e` s to
,l "old
southam ed offenderto
aa
his c 0004
the other by the hand. When he reached thein
his
t,nirktwhas, swweioelbinssieetrFad
afWitlin_gilies
ji,,i,
the bridge, he stopped and placed the child in his arnis.„rt alto'
isasagranwis,ltio:..o
parapet, at first apparently with the object of taking a rest,s_e_`,.,d he
looking cautiously round as if to see that he was not ee e,,1 'Joao!
pushed him over the wall, when be fell with all the fore: Ze, Da'
from such a height was capable of imparting, not into th
utai_,. Vise
upon the stair between the bridge and the steani•boat
ia 2, weer,,,
child was inunediately lifted and sent to the Royal Infirnra_rY., rab'b'i
he expired at eleven o'clock the same night, and the faille '''-ewee
_if.
into custody, and afterwards lodged in the police-office,;,ar :Pew'
has been for a long time a most incorrigible street b'e•ltotties.
Glasgow, and has been frequently sent to Ireland by the a..,..tday---
from which lie bad only arrived for the last tune oil xi'
Glasgow Argus. ST*
Tra UNDER-STORM:PARTIAL DESTRUCTION or 0
GEORGE'S Cituacit, LEICESTER.—On Saturday last this town $ ,
neighbourhood were visited by one of the heaviest thunder-storm;
accompaniQd by the most vivid lightning that has been known fei
years ; the rain descended in such torrents as very quickly le,
,e
to the streets been completely flooded, and the damage done
,-
property in Humberstone-gate, Belgrave-gate, Bramstone-g3,,‘;
and other parts of the town, i
beautifultlle most
water rushing into the cellars, and destroying a great la'rti°ll e°
wasthe gtehoed sta Lill er
destructione therein dep deposited da
f;
the
et -3 very con
spires i d
.e
tr ant
)1;1; :
=re
Titin,::f
to St. George's, or the new church,
lightning struck the vane and passed completely down the es'pebell
its base, when the entire fabric fell, breaking throat' th t. awl
chamber, and carrying away the bell and floors of the chalublcular
belfry, alter which the upper part of the spire fell in a per Pen _iieg
position on the ground floor, whilst some of the large stones for_uiox
inolcatßamgueotnniatanbdi.e occur
the base became detached, and fulling on each side of tile Orgn set
destroyed the roofs and staircase, but fortunately the lninile is7.o stem
was also very severe at Rugby, Lutterworth, 84e.,
extend to the organ or any other portion of the church. Tedaiaeg!
but 110 exposeet
of importance was done, except to the standing grain ill
situations, yester"

ALLEGED MURDER AT AINTREE RACER.---A ..ass
dayß the adjourned investigation into the alleged murder 0' tiee,
of
thaLteselogiht-asttrtehezlahteefoAtient3refre.Rnaiceehsa,
rwdaEsdrwesarumdsed. at the Co
of
this melancholy case were briefly detailed in the Liverpool
Tiv
this day week. The deceased was a dancer, singer, and sclera.
in the show-box of a man named Shaw. Her alleged Maria to
Robert Farmer, was a flute-player in another show-bex boleago oo
a man named Powell. Both these boxes were at Aintree;in coo-
the last night of the races the prisoner, who was sober, was to
pany with the deceased, who was very drunk. They were 7,:;‘, Der
leave a tent together about ten o'clock, and on the followingnoite.
dy was discovered in a pit not far from the course. Inft r,
meats, prior to the finding of the body, as to where he ham 11-h alb
and what had become of her, were so strange and false, w"„pre
the discoloration of the body, that they caused hint to "
bfa 1101;0'4
hended at Croxteth on the capital charge. Yesterday tha
additional evidence was given by Mr. Thomas " t
llAi
Christie, surgeon, of Knotty Ash :—Be stated, tillerasf
ce,xoenaes,
nutaoott
oc h
co. ff s
ei tphfteoor nan
baoetdhi
yount
eohfhyeat
hr
der,e cdeeai :heed:
s,
e7th,eed
we Iv
reenhP ta r,htl3_a*cediu'
ni r 'emen
„,,,At.neor
t
exhumed for the purpose. Decomposition having 'face/
felt himself satisfied with a superficial view. The he
or
ad
chest, and shoulders, were swollen and livid, particularly the
and face. On the side of the neck and left side there were 000
five marks, similar to the imprint of a thumb and fingers, a" The
parts were distinctly different from those surrounding wascow
cuticle was rubbed off one of the marks. The abdomen wag
siderably swollen, but not so much discoloured as the chest. -• tn
raised in blisters in places which contained bloody water and
the cuticle, bat very different front the marks above, wlelle_a ,oed
situated on the skin. The lower extremities were less de
IT_ r„ron
than any other part. He was of opinion that there must
a struggle before death, and that the marks were produced I?.
sure before death. The investigation was here adjourned untl.!:n
day next, when, we believe, the prisoner will be fully commlirre is
the capital charge to take his trial at the approaching assizes. 4'oo
an elderly man, apparently not less than GO years of age 'the deed
only imaginable reason that he could have for committing,
that to
is, that he wanted to accomplish an ;11:lawful purPoso, liooDi
tweostisntaend,
him. According
IsAdeeesoctrdirogd
that a fierce struggle took place between them, but that Mt
to
os gel d dmie;daigeead and
deexoter:ua lywv,oueeivd rear,o3,
B}ll wa, it/Angled, and throvru Into the plt.—hit'froll ritl744