The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-28 00:00:00

CHESTER.

This Lill being an unopposed one was, on the application of Mr.
Cockburn, Q.C., referred to the Committee of Ways and ➢leans.

SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND
C ANAL (CHESTER TO WOLVERHAMPTON).
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The evidence in this case wa, resumed this morning.
Sir E. S. Walker being the first witness called, he stated that he
was the owner of several extensive manufactories which lay along

the route of this line, and that its construction would remove the
many difficulties which he at present experienced in sending his
manufactures to different parts of the country.
Mr. It. Capper, manufacturer, Shropshire, said that this line would
confer great benefits on that county and Cheshire.

GROUP LVI.
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the
Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this
morning ; Mr. Ewart in the chair.
LONDON AND mixas.cicuraxix.
Mr. Whiteman, the superintendent of the existing line,
hwasr.sitcilartigllcreiatel:tttc.i
prove that last year 3,300,000 passengers were carried over the Black-
tivou
wall Railway, while it was calculated that if the,ar: etxbnteoetifiasiion passed,
the number would be augmented to upwards of half atmiiiiecilleio:t
This closed the case for the promoters.
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Mr. GURNEY then addressed the Committee on behaolmfecionefsistttilteiee
Corporation of the City of London, who contended tliat
the public necessity for the extensilolnoul:
to justify the destruction of private property
the company
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that not a single witness had been called to speak to the
involve. The Learned Counsel pointedero
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for the extension, and complained that It
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promoting the Bill.

Yesterday evening, at nine o'clock, a serious accident
occurred lu the Strand, near Southampton-street, by the carelessness
of a party returning home In a state of intoxication from Epsom in
a phaeton. It appeared that they were on the wrong side of the
road, and drove up against a gig, in which were two persons, and
the rig was damaged, and against a light cart, belonging to Mr.
=lard, of Caledon-place, Lisson-grove, by which the cart was tilted
over, and a girl and boy thrown out. The girl pitched on her head,
and was much hurt by the cart falling on her. The party in the
phaeton got off, as it was just the time the police changed from day
to night duty.
RAILWAY MEETlNGS.—Meetings of scripholders of
the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and of the Grand Junc-
tion Railways, were held yesterday, when resolutions to proceed with
the Bills were agreed to.
It is said that so great was the muscular power of
Dragonetti's hand, that he has been known to go into a public-house,
ask fer a pint of porter, and after drinking it, squeeze the :Ate of the
pewter pot together between his lingerie.

DUTCH MAIL.
The journey of his Majesty the King to Weimer, to invite
his daughter, her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Saxe Weimer, is fixed for Monday or Tuesday
next. Count Von Bylandt will accompany his Majesty. ft
is affirmed that his Majesty will also pay a visit to St.
Petersburgh.
ROTTERDAM, MAY 22.—The New Rotterdam Courrant bas
the following article among its commercial news :—" Lubeck,
May 18.—We have received news to-day from St. Peters-
burgh, that a great number of vessels laden with wheat and
rye had caught fire, and that in consequence, 180,000 chet-
werts were destroyed. Statements of this description are
generally exaggerated, so that we may hope that this is the
case now, since otherwise the destruction of So large a quan-
tity may have serious consequences." (The above intelli-
gence we confirm by letters from Riga of the 15th of May.)
AMSTERDAM, MAY 23.—A correspondent sends us the fol-
lowing important information :—" An account has been re-
ceived by express from Brussels, at Bois-le-Duc, that the
ultimatum of the Netherlands respecting the import and ex-
port duties had been accepted by the Belgian Government,
and the reprisals, which are so injurious to trade, will there-
fore shortly cease on both sides."
ASISTERDAM, MAY 25.—His Royal Highness the Heredi-
tary Prince arrived here this forenoon by the ordinary train
on the Rhenish Railway, on his way to the Hague. We have
received by the overland mail Java journals to the Ist of
April.

liorrEnnam, MAY 24.—Letters direct from St. Peters-
burgh, of the 23d April (sth May), which have been com-
municated to us, confirm the account from Lubeck of the
destruction of a large quantity of wheat and flour by fire.
These letters state that the misfortune took place at Shiloca,
a village on the Oka, near Monschank, and that the quan-
tity destroyed amounted to 200,000 chetwerts.
AMSTERDAM, MAY 25.—We have no further information
respecting the acceptance of the Netherlands ultimatum by
Belgium, but we believe that the news given by our corres-
pondent is, at least, very near the truth. The Belgian
papers received to-day say nearly the same. The Precurseur
of Antwerp says that the definitive treaty will be signed in a
few days, if it is not so already, and that the stipulations are
such that both parties have reason to be satisfied with
them.

VIENNA.—The celebrated place of pilgrimage, Maria Fe-
trowitsch, in Stiria, was destroyrd by fire. The beautiful
church, founded in 850 by Luipram, Archbishop of Salzburg,
was saved, by the exertions of the inhabitants of the neigh-
bouring towns, from destruction.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS' MAY 25.—The Government has just been in-
formed, by the King's Legation at Madrid, that the blockade
of the ports of Galicia has been raised, by order of the
Government of her Catholic Majesty.
The Chamber of Representatives is to meet to-morrow.
On the 22d of this month there was a meeting at the
Town-hall at Philippville, with a view to form a provisional
committee for a liberal association, which is to correspond
with the committee of the Alliances of Brussels.
The Journal Charleroi informs us, that a liberal committee
has just been formed at Tubise.
The Soho steamer left Antwerp yesterday morning for
London with thirty-eight emigrants, who intend to embark
at London on board the Timolion for Galveston, in Texas.
Two hundred emigrants for the same place will embark on
Wednesday next, on board the Monarch steamer.
M. D'Hoffschmidt, formerly Minister of Public Works,
has just accepted the office of Director of the Com-
pany of the Railway from Louvain to the Sambre.
There is to he a general meeting of the shareholders
to-day at London to give their assent to a negotia-
tion, the result of which will be highly advantageous to the
Company, considering the more national character which
the presence of M. D'Hoffschmidt at the head of the direc-
tion will give the enterprise. M. Hoffschmidt takes the
place of Mr. Sherman.
TREUT, MAT 19.—You already know that 'the Empress-
of Russia has been able to prosecute her journey to-day.
Count Brandis, the Governor of the province, was at the
critical spot to procure any assistance that might be re'
quired.
RIGA, APRIL 7.—The work of conversion to the Greek
Church proceeds regularly. The following notice has been
published at the instance of the Governor-General of the
Baltic provinces, M. V. Golowin:—
"By order of his Imperial Majesty, there shall be 34 pa-
rishes of the Orthodox Greek Church in the province of
vonia, 18 for the Livonians, and 16 for the Esthonians. The
9 churches already existing in Riga, Dorpal, &c., shall be
reckoned among those of the 34 parishes. The other 25
churches shall be built without delay, with houses for the
Greek clergy, the officers of the church, and parish school.

ESCAPE OF PRINCE LOUIS
BUONAPARTE.
On Monday last the Prince succeeded in effecting his
escape from the fortress of Ham, after a close imprisonment
of some years. Having assumed the disguise of a workmaPy
he contrived to elude the vigilance of the sentries ; to regain
h. is freedom without any molestation from the battalion of
infantry that formed the garrison of the castle; and to arrive
,afely in London, where, we believe, he is at this moment'
It is well known that for some time past Prince Louis hag
earnestly desired once more to see his aged father, whose
precarious state of health leaves little hope that his life will
be much further prolonged. For this purpose he memo-
rialised the King of the French for his temporary liberation
on parole, offering his word of honour as security for .
return to the chateau of Ham as soon as his filial attentionl
should cease to be required. The prayer of this memorial
was refused; and no other course, therefore, remained to the
Prince than the one he has accomplished with such
good fortune. His object now, as we hear, is to obtain pass-
ports without delay, in order that he may at once hasten to
share the retreat of his father at Florence.--Post.
ingular

STATE OF TRADE.
MANCHESTER, MAY 26.—1 n some degree, probably owing
to the approaching holidays, the transactions in goods and
yarn have been exceedingly limited. The prices of cloth
generally remain firm. In yarn, a slight reduction on the
higher counts has been submitted to.
ROCHDALE, MAY 25.—We have had a rather better de-.
wand for flannels to-day, and more pieces have been sold
than last Monday. In the wool market, the business trans-
acted has been limited, but prices firm.
HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 26.—N0 change has taken place in
our market: there has been the same dulness to-day which
we had to report last week. We have had London and Ger-
man buyers, but their transactions have been extremely
limited.

LEEDS, MAY 23.—Although for some articles a pretty fair
demand existF, the general character of cur market is dull,
and by no means an average business has been doing to• day.
The uncertainty of the fate of the Corn Bill evidently ope-
rates injuriously on our trade. —Manchester Guardian.