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StTN, LONDON, ritIDA I EVENING, JULY 1, 1845.

ASTURIAN MINING COMPANY.
The first annual
_general triteting of the proprietors in the
Asturian l‘lintrift Milpany was held on Monday, the 30th
nit., at the Vottlpany's offices, 9, Austin-friars, tildeoh
tutilt4' EBq, in the chair, when the following report was
oecretary
MaT ANNUAL Ritisoßt BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THE AstURIAN MINING COMPANY, READ AT THE
ik)4IO.IAV. GENERAL MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS,
Ydtb JUNE 30, I b 45.
" The Directors have much pleasure in meeting the Proprietors
at their first anniversary, and submitting a statement of their pro.
eeetlings during the past year. They have, in the first place, to con.
Itratulate the Proprietors upon the establishment of the Royal North
Of Spain Railway, which has given an increased value to the exten.
osive mineral property possessed by the Company, by creating a cheap
nllbtlet for its produce to the port of Aviles, in the Bay of Biscay,
find thence to nearly the whole line of coast bordering on the At-
laittie. Whilst it opens, at the same time, a considerable extent of
inland inter-communication. The line is now undergoing a minute
,Inttvel, with a view to the early commencement of the works ; and
't is believed that in the course of next year, it will he constructed
fora distance of nine miles from Aviles on the one side, and from
hlieres collieries to the city of Oviedo (the capital of the Asturias),
:11)t2e other. The large mineral traffic which the railway company
Pate from the Asturian portion of the line, affords the strongest
Possible Inducement to hasten its execution.
'` Nit in order to accomplish this important object, the Directors
would recommend that they should be authorised by the Proprietors
to enter into a negotiation with the Royal North of Spain Com.
P.any, for a lease of this portion of the line, for a term of not less
titan teh years.
" The Directors have devoted their unceasing attention to carry
out the two main odjccts contemplated by the Company, the opening
iro hf the most easily worked, and most productive of their coal and
n iron ore concessions, and the erection of works for smelting the
iron, ere, and manufacturing bar, bolt, and nail, rod, and sheet
both Two collieries have already been opened on the north and
aides of the river MiZtres; and although the workings have
e"erii, been limited, yet these have enabled a correct opinion
oe formed of the direction and the thickness of the seams, the
tmantir
-Y of the coal, and the cost of its extraction. The colliery
"" the north side has been found to contain seventeen veins of
coal, of which the second is seven feet in thickness. On the south
aide the first vein is eight feet thick, and the second five feet. in
order
.0 supply the local demand, and to oen an eXport trade
.rebigh the port of Gijon, Cie colliery on p
southern side will
moot' be in active woik ; and as the coal can bethe raised at the level's
tttouth at 9 reels, or less than es. an English ton, a fair re.
it unerative price may be expected, notwithstanding the cost of
ransit to the sea.
rti:t" And here the Directors think it their duty to bring under the
iee of the Proprietors a proposal whieh has been made to them
writhe purchase of a colliery upon advantageous terms on the line
r be North of Spain Railway, and within a limited distance of the
atiahtdw;evhbeii. means of which the shipments of coals may be proceeded
Ilsotpitnhge resources of the larger and more valuable collieries
themselves. The coal, although not equal in
"ahY to that of the Mem mines, is well adapted for inland
"de' as Wei I as for a general coast trade, and also for being
converted into coke.
In: Th
be adaptation of the coal for steam purposes has been recently
tett Y a successful trial in the steamer Attwood, in which, c-
Iltording to a certificate of the engineer of that vessel, its evaporatiave
-- wits superior to the Welsh coal, and equal to to the West
1.-":"ItY. No evidence was necessary to establish its fitness for
oottsehold
purposes.

tug The great demand for, and the high price of coke, for manu.
ing and other purposes, combined with the large importation of
taring
article, induced your Directors to commence the erection of
Coke ovens which, they have no doubt, will yield a liberal return
/tfrns the Comparatively small amount of capital expended upon
~.."ent A contract has already been entered into by the Com.
'in 's agent for supplying 100,000 quintals of this article to the
-"Terntnent foundry at 'frubia.
b " The proprietors are already familiar with the magnitude of the
tactic and foreign markets which will be opened to the produce of
su: l mines ; but your Directors are convinced that, whatever
trop pit
,al.e he
...II extent of that demand, it can form no relative propor.
testi° ith th,
Capacity of supply, of which the Company's coal eon-
6°4,are capable. The concessions, situated in the districts of
able ,ie:,:,uttelae and Le Foe, contain upwards of one hundred:work .
seams in and constitute, in fact, the richest and most available
e le great coal basin of the Asturias,
'our theePer°toPrletora were informed by a circular-report, which
irsittee t rs distributed in December last, that they had con-
suppi i W ih Messrs. Graham and Sons, of the Melton Works, for
le_ 7 ng the requisite machinery for making pig iron and cast.
th% and the manufacturing of iron ; and also for the erection of
too„jetisarY works in bilieres, which were to be completed in three
v" .1, after the delivery of the last cargo of machinery. The
earent or the machinery was delayed in consequence of an appli.
per!? made by your Directors to the Spanish Government for
th "ar'ss.en to import it free from the very heavy duty imposed by %ie. "dr, and they have now the satisfaction of announcing that
Of
tae
eertnission is on the eve of being granted, and that a member
she
is now in Madrid, tei carry this' liberal privilege into
44d
ir works will then be proceedeo with, with the utmos vigour,
year
the
confidently anticipated that in the month of March next
le furnaces will be in blast.
4 i,,, .
.. .
fi site selected for the works, in the valley of the Mieres, is
With', a
lb.__short distance of the iron mines, and in the very midst of
the northern and most important collieries.
tide ,a_
porrtDtrectors need not dwell upon the large returns
.which
it eta:la n branch of the Company's operations must realise in
• ntrY in which there is a constant demand for wrought iron,
'with the
rn .
littler'', ofit inadequate means of supply, and in which its impor-
hfsubjected to a duty of 15/. per ton. In the detailed esti.
ernl raet ite ris ' which the substance was embodied in the circular report
orahy referred to, it was stated that the auto required for Messrs.
pool rn. aN SOM.' contract for opening the mines, making roads,
Stoma.' " land, arid carrying on the works for three months,
quarierlY Mount to 23,0001.; and upon the assumption that the
proft. produce would be only 1,000 tons of pig iron, the net
at, °4 three months' working was estimated at 4,520/., or an
an
profit of 18 080/
The abovdeeeem;teidmaie of profits,' says the Company's engineer,
Will not be excessive, when it is considered that the
e
Minerals i
h, di the Co a 's concessions are worked as cheaply as in
the
mast
favoured ninirninny districts of Great Britain ; that the pre-
sent selling
ant, prices of castingsg
and wrought iron are fully 40 per
:pabove the estimated rates; and that large fortunes have been
enny realised in Spain by manufacturing iron under the serious
Isadvantage of using charcoal as fuel.'
tilt:' 1:_
oheDirectors are unable to report
upon all their experimental
tt:","18 perations bey
ond the favourable indications which con.
°ire to encourage their operations, except a. respects the Cinnabar
1
mine,
~,, lately discovered, and now at work at Pola de Lena, which
.--,Nu.lls the great coal field of Mieres, and is a short distance from
me Mines now working by the Spanish Mercury Companies, the
Shares of which are now at between 2,000 and 3,000 per cent., pre.
ralum. The Directors have the gratification to state that the ore
of this valuable metal, already exposed in the Company's mine, is
estimated to be worth upwards of 3,600/. ; and the latest reports
from the captain miner show that the further workings indicate
atilt more cheering prospects, In his report of the 7th of June last,
be writes—' We have now found a vein of four feet wide, with
good associates, which contains cinnabar throughout. We have
tut a very good lode in the "slopes," cast of the winze, the leading
branches from three to seven inches in extent. If the lode hold as
good as it is now, we shall be able to break from 300Ibs. to 4001bs.
Of °re a day,' On the 16th inst, he writes-41 hasten to inform
You twat
rpe I have this day inspected "La Eugenie' mine; and that
this
aranccs are even of a more promising character than any.
o 8 we have yet met with. The lode in many places carries beau-
tiful veins of cinnabar.'
eusul i'l.,he Directors congratulate the proprietors upon this valuable
ltbetl4`ti°o, which, when fully developed, they have every reason to
4. eve+ will form a very large item in the Company's revenue. The
i`Mand for quicksilver is steady, and the price equally so, by the
It &Pit of pre-emption enjoyed by the Spanish Government
gi,Most unnecessary to add, that every quicksilver company in
._lll returns to its associates a larger revenue than any other corn-
me cial enter ri
.. „„. e p 110.
11,-4 n . other experiments which the Directors are making
They
refer a tanked scale, and guided by a spirit of economy.
;,11.4ettedyothuetoi:threport from their mining correspondent at Infiesto
nifssiil this instant), for a detailed account of the trial work-
.. -,„_e district.
the
1:11 Directors are enabled to speak with more confidence upon
f
theirr°tPeets of their mining operations in consequence of one. o
ing arneturthere whose geological knowledge and experience in min-
e t.,. as folly appreciated y the public as by themselves, having
ally th—urnerl from a visit ooh e Asturias, during which he person-
tion -Peeted the who of the Company's mines. The informead.
by hire liebh he collected`in the course of his tour was com.municfatthe
British a Paper read at the recent meeting at Cambridgeo
at
tracted Association for the Advancement of Science, and which.
leek"' aa it merited, much attention amongst the most eminent
laza
_and mineralogists in the University.
riving
Directors, therefore, consider themselves justified in n-
ap t 51 at the conclusion that ;he field of mineral enterprise opened
aohuirce:betaionrs. fro
Y
it • tthe CoMpan from the riches and variety of the minerals
m the facility of working them, and from the
0 h remunerative markets at which their produce can be
sit„ has
no Parallel in this country
or in any other district or,
a.r eXtent in thedeceohintiint.eannt oacftEhufrOpe.
errh the Directors justice to the Political Chief
in Cat Province to state that every facility has been afforded by him
.
tiee-r?i°ll on the operations of the Company. The local autor'.
the ve also forwarded the views of the Company's ,h
aagents dd
tir;_excellent conduct of the native miners has added another tea.
°o3' to the
P°P • elaton. Peaceable and industrious character of the Asturian
PrOirThe Directors have to report that, in conformity with the
stittt't!i°o of the Spanish Commercial Code, ' Regulations for con.
t 'rig the Company. as an anonym.ous Society,' have
hhaveib,htiesnredguilay.
°Catered i
ttsatn_
..
.n the archives of the province of.° i theL-!. limits the responsibility of the Proprietors to the ex.tent of
equ'ariinterest hi the capital stock, and confers upon them privileges
Is to those of a royal charter of incorporation in this country.
the In Conformity with the ' Regulations,' your Directois submit
liah.a.n.nUal balance.shcet, verified by the auditors, showing the
on
tittles and a•setie of the Company for the financial year ending
.tih e 30th of April last.
rot Noie of the auditors, Mr. William Campbell Gillan, retires by
e atit%%tingly. but being eligible fur re-election, he offers himself ac.

(Signed) " G. COLQUITOUN, Chairimn.
resolutions
Mining Company's Office, June 30, 1845::
hit"1:1
°tlutions approving the report (which was considered as
at'sraelorY ) and for carrying the recommendations of the
14cetIn's into g
separat ed. effect, were unanimously agreed to ; after
which the

41. very
braci,,, remarkable collection of property, ern-
DatZ"fi, Much to interest the connoisseur, is now arranged for pub-
lirlbition at Robins's Auction Rooms, in Corent.garden, pre-
tique Yto the sale, which commences on Monday next, and con.
liro„ a throughout 'the week. This multitudinous assemblage of
lect'edert,,Y of every description connected with the fine arts, was col_
atfeh-,,'Y the late Mr. W. Forster, who was for many years a regular
fort ant at all auctions of interest and attraction, which accounts
terns e:nan7 rare specimens here found congregated, includingi,
whilsrt'in Strawberry Hill, and the Duke of Sussex's
owlieri‘threasures and relics are without end, which formerly claimed
and P with the most exalted persons in the world ; the watch
inter 'Mature of the unfortunate Marie Antoinette, are peculiarly
l'irite"ngi as well as many relics connected with Charles the
earne%_ad Prince Charles Edward ; a cabinet of forty splendid
Paesinnon Sardonyx, portraying with wonderful effect the life and
in the "our Saviour, may be pronounced unique; it was formerly
IlapiesPossession of Pope Leo X., and afterwards of Murat, King of
of
._l3lllr. Forster's intention, it appears, was to illustrate the
fattiii..
_I urns and Cumberland, as well as the lives of the Stu
trait.' and their adherents; and in addition to numberless por-
enh., and scarce prints, many interesting matters will he found
Tted with those periods of our history.
*co 114.1 WEATH ER AND Uaoes.—During the last
ra,„ 'reglient and heavy showers have fallen ; and on Friday it
in cod?, incea'antlY. Some of the crops in the neighbourhood were
Net-sequence considerably ; but they have recovered in a
light degree from the effects of the rain, owing to the
pf the breezes which have since prevailed. The aspect
ttant country has now become dike beautiful and luxu-
and it would be difficult to remember a time when the
s.huh-c; Whether white or green, gave fairer promise of autumnal
tnit imance• Wheat, barley, and oats, are either in ear, or burst-
krent It, and the potatoes are coming away with scarcely an ap.
she, blank. The gardens, also, present a perfect flush of Itixuri-
til , and ripe strawberries, cherries, &e., have now been added to
,11,,,,1;ce of a more homely and serviceable kind.—Editi/orrgh
e: of Tuesday.
TIN MATC If AGAINST TI E..--Yesterday a
aside t 0 trot iu harness four miles in fourteen minutes, for 101.
tjarne oti on the Barnet-road, near Whetstone. Mr. Cox
tits, e owner of the horse, and Mr. Surridge was the backer of
67
Ihe horse trotted in admirable style, and won the match
il'sretelni-Y seconds.
TEXPLE G A DEN.—This garden, which has
aril inns always been closed to the public, is now thrown open,
',Mors ail themselves every evening of the opportunity
air'rcled o a pleasant promenade on the bank., of the Thames.

DARTMOUTH BL. eTiOiNi.

(FROM OUR CORRMONDENT.)

DARTMOUTH, JULY 2, 1845.
The nomination took place here this day. T*6 candidates
were presented to the electors—Mr. George Moffatt, a Liberal
and Free-trader, who was defeated by the late Member, Mr.
Somes, in the contest which took place about six months since,
and Mr. Henry Prinsep, a gentleman of Conservative
opinions, and who, it was said, had held office in India,
where he had resided many years.
The town exhibited at an early hour all that excitement
and bustle usual on ocea-ions of the kind. Bands of music
paraded the town, and the colours of the different candidates
appeared in the hats and button-holes of their respective sup-
porters. The hustings were erected in a large open space at
the bark of the Fish Market, the Conservatives occupying the
western, and the Liberals the eastern wings, at the side of the
Mayer. The weather was as bad as bad could be ;
torrents of rain descended as if to keep the multi-
tude cool, and prevent over-excitement. At twelve
o'clock the committee and ft iends of Mr. Prinsep
arrived, and shortly afterwards the gentlemen who support his
opponent, Mr. Moffatt, accompanied with very tasteful ban-
ners, bearing the mottoes " Moffatt, the Ballot and Extension
of the Suffrage," " Reform, Civil and Religious Liberty, and
Vote by Ballot," " Moffatt, the Queen's Candidate, Free
Trade and No Monopoly," " The People, the Source of all
Power," &c. The absence of such paraphernalia among the
other party was thui strongly contrasted.
The Head Bailiff having by proclamation opened the Court,
ARTHUR. BAYLY HARRIS, Esq., proceeded to read the pre-
cept and the Bribery Act. Then, addressing the people, he
requested they would pay peaceable attention to each candidate
their movers and seconders, and hear them without inter-
ruption.
Sir Htsrity SEA LE, Bart., was received with mingled cheers
and hisses on rising to address the burgesses. He said that
when he had last the honour of addressing them, he little
thought they should again so soon have been commanded to
assemble there. He little thought the Almighty Dispenser of
human events would so soon have shown the uncertainty of
'human life, and made manifest the Scripture saying, 44 In
the midst of life we are in death."—( Cheers.) He felt
unequal to address them, but never in the least had he
shrunk from his duty.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He should,
therefore, claim their indulgence during the short time he
would detain them. During his late stay in London he had
frequently the pleasure of seeing the late Mr. Somes, and he
was bound to state that he called on him at his (Mr. Somes')
request, when he (Mr. Somes) expressed his honourable in-
tention of carrying out his pledge of watching to the utmost
the interest of that borough.--( Loud cheers.) The subject of
the conversation was railway communication to Dartmouth,
and also the packet question. He ( Sir Henry) had pleasure
in mentioning this, and paying his respect to the memory of their
late Member. He must pass, however, from that to the
subject of the future representation. He would only mention
one point; in particular, Mr. Some, mentioned that the choice of
a representative ought not to be a political question. He (Sir
H. Scale) hoped they would consider that it was not a matter
of preference the being engaged in ships, in the consideration
of a representative in Parliament, but what laws that repre-
sentative would assist, and to what domestic and foreign
policy he would lend his support.—( Cheers and hisses. )
He trusted the electors would stand forward on this
occasion fearlessly, and exert themselves to maintain those

principles for which they had been so far famed—( Great
cheering and hissing). He trusted that, in spite of intimida-
tion and temptation—(Great uproar)—they would assist
those old friends of reform to whom they were indebted that
they stood there that day—( Mingled groans and cheers)—that,
above all things, they would assist those who would relieve the
burdens of the people—(Cheers)—and watch and guard over
civil and religious liberty.—( Enthusiastic cheering). When
he last had the honour of addressing them, he took the liberty
of offering to their notice Mr. Moffatt ; with how much greater
confidence could he now offer that gentleman before them,

amongst a great many of whom he at that time saw his colours

proudly worn.—(Great cheering and uproar.) He was going
to state that he saw his colours proudly worn by those who
would win an honourable and glorious victory ere to-morrow's
sun had sunk beyond yonder hill.—(Cheers.) What he had
told them before he could with a good conscience repeat; he
had their interest at heart.—(Cheer•, and hisses.) He had the
honour of nominating George Moffatt, Esq., as a fit gentleman
to represent the borough of Dartmouth in Parliament.—
(Mingled cheers and hisses.)
JOHN TEAGE, Esq., said Mr. Moffatt came among them at
the last contest as a stranger, but with such recommendation of
sterling ability—professing strict Liberalism, and, above all,
having a heart and conscience to do good to them—that it was
with alacrity and without hesitation he came forward to second

his nomination —(Partial cheers.) Mr. Moffat was no longer
a stranger. He was known to them all, and he, for one, could
truly say he had risen 150 per cent. in bis estimation since that
time. He would not take up their time longer.—(" No, it's
hardly worth while," laughter and uproar.) He knew that
should they return Mr. Moffatt, in a very short period one and
all would find the benefits of that election.

W. L. HOCKIN, Esq., was received with hisses and groans
from the opposite party, and with cheers from his own, on
sanding forward to address the electors. When the din was

.ornewliat hushed, Mr. Hockin said he solicited the same in-
dulgence for himself—that he should be heard impartially—as
had been granted his friend Sir H. Seale. He did not introduce
himself to them as a stranger.—(" That's very true.") He had
been known to them many years, as professing sentiments which
he hoped that day to see established.—( Yells and applause.) In
the first place, he was bound to thank the Hon. Baronet for
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the admission he had made concerning their late Member, for
here was an old proverb and a very good one, " Never say any-
thing of the dead but what is good," and the Hon. Baronet
had adopted those words—as the same respect he ( Mr.
Hockin) had paid his father, he (Sir Henry) was willing to
pay his departed friend. They had heard the observations of
Sir Henry Seale, and observations from him he was willing to
believe were entitled to their consideration—( Hear, hear)—
but there was an exception to every rule, and, therefore, those
which on the present occasion had been made he should throw

overboard and• think nothing of.—(" Oh, oh," derisive cheers,

and great confusion.) Whatever impression they had made on
their minds, they had made none on his.—( Groans.) It was
very strange Mr. Moffatt should come there so unexpectedly.
—(Uproar, in which the conclusion of this sentence was
lost.) They would recollect at the last election they (the
Tories) were on the western side of the hustings, and they
were on the winning side now.—(Cheers from the supporters
of Princeps.) His friend, Sir Henry Seale, at that election
spoke of Mr. Moffatt as a literary character, but whether he
had taken a degree at Oxford or Cambridge they were yet to
be told.—( Groans, yells, and hisses.) He would say nothing
more of those on the other side, but propose to them a gentle-
man distinguished in the governing council of India. He was
in that country thirty-five years, and had he stayed there one
year more would have been made a general.—(" No, no I" from
Mr. Princeps, who, it appears, was in the civil department.) He
was, therefore, well calculated for the discharge of legislative
duties in Parliament.—(" No, no," and cheers.) His name
was well respected in London, for his father was one of the
oldest aldermen.—( Laughter and cheers.) There was a
trump for them ; and another was, he was on his road to the
East India Board, where they would have the benefit of his in-
. .

luence.—( Hisses, partial cheers, and disapprobation.) Sir
Henry Seale had paid a great compliment to their de-
parted friend, Mr. Somes ; Mr. Moffatt had also had the

honesty to observe that he was a very enterprising character.—
(Cheers.) It was a very unpleasant day, or he would have
!,aid more. He hoped they would not intimidate voters, nor
withdraw their custom.—(" Who gave 50/. for a pig?") He
begged leave to propose Henry Prinsep, Esq., as a candidate,
and solicited for him their support.—( Groans, hisses, and con-
fusion. )

ROBERT HARRIS, Esq., who seconded the nomination, spoke
go low as to be inaudible within a yard or two, in consequence
of the great noise at the time prevailing. From the few sen-
tences we caught we understood him to declare Mr. Prinsep
was a firm and consistent Protestant, though he came forward
independent and unfettered by any party.. All he wished for
_ .

was the prosperity of his native town, and if he thought Mr.
Moffatt would do more to make them prosperous, he would un-

hesitatingly give him his support.
GEORGE MOFFATT, Esq., on presenting himself to the
electors was received with bursts of hearty cheers from
his own side, and partial groaning from his opponents.
When both had subsided he thus spoke :—Mr. Mayor
and gentleman, the proposer of my honourable opponent ex-
pressed great surprise that I should again appear among you.
Gentlemen, I believe he did not know the high and sacred
spirit which exists among you at this moment in the determis
nation to maintain the principles of the Constitution.--( Cheers
and disapprobation.) That was what induced me to come among
you, and I believe him and his party to be very ignorant on
that point. I can, therefore, well understand his expression
of surprise.—( Great cheering.) It pleased that gent lem in's
liberality to put the question whether I had taken a degree
at Oxford or Cambridge, as though a gentleman cannot receive
a liberal education except at Oxford or Cambridge. —( Cheers. )
It was a fine specimen of the bigotry, intolerance, and narrow-
mindedness of the party to which he belongs.—(Cheers and
hisses. ) I shall now proceed to the more immediate business
of the election. I wish to express my unfeigned and sincere regret,
in common with our opponents, for the cause which induces us
to appear at the present time. I venture to come here at the
call of the great party in this town—at the call of that party
which unites the mercantile marine and great landed interests
of the electors. But, even powerful as your influence is, I
should not have responded to your call if I was not per-
fectly satisfied that I coincide in my opinions with those
of my supporters, and that there is not the slightest
difference between us.—(Cheers, and great uproar.) On
the great questions of domestic policy we are perfectly
agreed. The questions of foreign policy are, at present, a'-
tracting hut little public notice ; it is not likely, however, we
shall disagree with regard to them. I beg to say, should I be
placed in the House of Commons, I shall ever be found voting
for economy in the public expenses, though I shall be disposed
to vote liberal and useful grants to our navy. There is our
true greatness, and the only means by which we can main-
tain our power. As the proper means to keep our posi-

. .
tion in the c-,mmercial world, I am an advocate for
an extension of the principles of free trade. In
that position the more widely we extend our trade with

foreign nations the greater will be the advantage to ourselves.
You, perhaps, recollect that since I came before you, six months
ago, there has been another division with regard to the corn-
laws, and it now seems to be a race between Sir Robert Peel
and Lord John Russell who shall be most forward in condemn-
ing the principles of those laws.—( Applause and disapproba-
tion.) Gentlemen, I need scarcely repeat to you that my opinions
remain unchanged as to the great questions of domestic policy. In
regard to vote by ballot—(Loud cheering)—in regard to
an extension of the suffrage, I am as I was before. In regard
to the church rates, my opinion is as it was before ; and, in
regard to the question now agitating the public mind, I am
adver a to any further endowment, out of the public funds, of
any sect or denomination whatever.—( Mingled cheers and
hisses.) I believe my opponent comes foward as a supporter
of Sir Robert Peel, and I hope will explain to you what
his principles are.—( Hear.) He must be a very able man
if he does, for I think he will then know rather more than Sir
Robert Peel himself.—( Laughter and cheers.) I defy any one
to say what they are from his address. I hope you will givo
him a patient hearing while he explains the principles on
which he comes forward in all the great points in which you
are interested. He comes among you as a stranger ; I there-
fore beg of you to show him due courteiy. I thank you for
the attention you have paid me, and I trust we shall be success-
ful. The Hon. Gentleman concluded amid deafening plaudits.
H. PRINSEP, Esq., was well received by his adherents, and
hootings by his opponents. He said—Mr. Mayor, and
gentlemen, electors of Dartmouth ; first, let me thank the
gentlemen who have introduced me to you on this oc-
casion, and next let me intreat a patient hearing,
while I explain the principles on which I am here,
and my reasons for coming. I appear before you as a
stranger, under great disadvantage. My opponent also is a
stranger. He too is only a bird of passage—(Yells and great
uproar)—and his cause of coining is a vacancy in your representa-
tion ; but gentlemen, if I am a stranger, the disadvantage every
day will remove as our acquaintance increases.—(Cheers.')
Gentlemen, I beg to assure you I should not have come among
you at all if any gentleman representing the party and prin-
ciples I do could have been found among your own neighbours.
I heard a deputation had been sent to Mr. Newman Hunt, and I
waited to see if he could be induced, by any persuasions of hiv

friends, to come forward. Had he done so, I should have re-
tired without seeing a single elector.—(" Make haste home
again.") My opponent boasts that he was introduced to you,
as I have not been, by a large number of friends. Perhaps it
is wrong to allude to t hat topic; that will be tested to-morrow.—
( Oreit theeting.) hilt thy antagonist Challenges me to say *hat
are my principles. I stated in my address that I came
forward on Conservative principles—( Cheers)—and Tam ready
to explain, as I was challenged to:day, what those prin-
ciples are. There are many kire—almost all who hear
me—who remember when the aristocracy alone repre-
dented the people; but when the Reform Bill passed itintro-
duced changes in the Constitution. A new spirit came over the
Government. Sir Robert P,el, who had heretofore fought in
the ranks of Toryism, saw that Parliament could no longer be
conducted on those exclusive principles. —(Uproar.) He saw
that the commercial and manufacturing interests had obtained
a hold on the nation, and that they influenced public
opinion to such a degree that, in order to unite all under
his standard, he gave them the name of Conservatives. The
Hon. Gentleman has stigmatised the principles of the Con..
servatives as narrow-minded and bigoted? Are the measures
of the Government narrow -minded and bigoted ? Is there not a
charge against Sir Robert Peel that his measures are tno
iberal ? Who gave relief to trade in the last session 2—(" Lord
John Russell.") Was not all raw material relieved of all
customs duties? You say these measures and principles were
those of Lord J. Russell. Then why did not Lord J. Russell carry
them out? Because he was not a practical man, and knew
not how to do it.—(" Who opposed them out of power?'') My
rival candidate has alluded to the corn-law, and challenged me
to give my opinion on that subject. I say, as long as articles
of consumption are subject to duty, a similar duty ought to be
laid on corn.—(" We won't have any duties.") Would you
like to have foreign corn brought hero for sale ? What
would you say ? I recollect a case of a baker,
who went to Calais and sent over the bread to compete
with those in London. Did the bakers like that, to see their
bread sold by the side of that from France ? I quite agree
with my rival, that if we could do without any duties that would
be beat of all. The business of the nation, however, cannot
be carried on without revenues. If one could wipe off the
national debt and ail revenue, we could take off all duties, in-
cluding the income-tas.—(Confusion.) The Hon. Gentleman
who proposed my antagonist, and whom I hope one day to call
my friend, very properly said there were two things to consider
in the choice of a representative—to carry on the affairs of the
nation and to look after local interest. I fear not comparison
with my antagonist in either point. My life has been spent, in
administering the law in one of our colonies, of which I
was one of the representatives. I must, therefore, be qua-
lified to judge—(" You are not going to judge us")
--of the legislation of this country. Who is best able
to forward it?—(" Mr. Moffatt, not you.") One
who brings influence to command attention in the House—who
understands the way to carry measures which he has shown
elsewhere, and which he hors to show there.—( Cheers and
hisses.) And, gentlemen, with respect to the other ground,
the power of supporting the particular interest of the borough.
Has my honourable antagonist stated anything he can
do which I should not be able also to do ?—( Hear,
hear.) He has told you to-day about the railway and
the packets. On that scure, too, I can challenge com-
parison. With respect to railways, I had a large number
of shares in the South Devon Railway, and I am also a director
of another line.—(" So may a footman be.") And I know what
it is : the local interest of Plymouth is opposed to the real
interest of the railway itself and of this town. I assure you,
should I be chosen your representative, local interest
shall not prevail against you, and I engage myself
to carry through a ralway communication between this
town and London at the earliest possible oppor-
tunnity.—( Great confusion and uproar.) Having answered
the challenge of my antagonist, I have only now to speak of
the cordial manner—(" How about the Maynooth grant?"
Loud cries of " Maynooth," and great uproar.) Show to-
morrow, at the poll, that your satisfaction is complete. Gen-
tlemen, I rely on you to come early to the poll to-morrow, and
show my antagonist you approve of those principles which he
has called bigoted and narrow- minded, and stigmatised as un-
worthy your support. I have to ascribe a great deal of the favour
shown me to the circumstance of my being a stranger and
speaking here for the first time; therefore, I have the advan-
tage of the honourable gentleman. If the day had not been
unfavourable, I should have entered more largely into my
principles, but as you are all standing in the wet I will bring
the matter to a close.—( Applause, hisses, and confusion. )
A show of hands was then called for by the Mayor, who
after repeating it, the numbers being so even, declared it in
favour of Mr. Prinsep.
A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Moffatt, and each
party marshalled their forces at the sound of " the merry fife
and drum" from the scene of action to their respective head-
quarters.

DARTMOUTH, THURSDAY, JULY 3.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.

The following is the list of the numbers polled from nine
till four o'clock, and the ultimate majority in favour of Mr.
Moffat:—

Prinsep.

Moffat.

9 o'clock

.. 102
111
Majority for Moffat, 14.

... 123

MUNIFICENT B QUESTS.

ST. BOTOLI'II, BISHOPSGATE.—At a Vestry, holden on
Thursday in the parish church, the Rev. Dr. Russell, the
Rector, in the chair, the inhabitants were inflmned that their
late respected fellow-parishioner, Mr. Henry Scambler, had
bequeathed 2,0001. to the rector and churchwarden, in trust,
to pay the interest and dividends yearly to six poor persons
of good life and conversation, to be no:ninated by the inha-
bitants, of which communication a suitable record was, on
the motion of Mr. Rodgers, seconded by Mr. Deputy Pea-
cock, ordered to be entered upon the minutes ; and, in addi-
tion to the above, the same excellent gentleman has given to
the treasurer of the St. Botolph ward schools, in aid of their
funds, the sum of 1,0001.

ASSOCIATION FOR CLEANSING

TOWNS.

The anniversary meeting of this association was held yester-
day at the Hanover-square Rooms, the Duke of Grafton, in the
absence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, took
the chair, supported by the Marquis of Lorne, Mr. Bucking-
ham, Mr. P. Borthwick, M.P., Mr. Rashleigh, M.P., the Earl
of Devon, Lord Rancla;:h, Mr. Wakley, M.P., Mr. B. B.
Cabbell, the O'Conor Don, Mr. H. L. Keeling, Mr. Wyun
Ellis, and several other gentlemen of rank and distinction.
On being called to the chair,
The Duke of GRAFTON' said that he regretted, on account
of the meeting as well as on his own, that the numerous en-
gagements of his Royal Highness prevented his attendance to.
day. The same excuse was to be made for Lord Ashley, Lord
Winchilsea, and other gentlemen who had promised to attend.
Mr. COCHRA NE said that, as an inexperienced speaker, he
had to pray the indulgence of the meeting for his inability, and
perhaps he might say for his imprudence, in occupying the po-
sition which he had consented to take. He was prepared to
show that, in the first place, the streets could be kept so clean
as to prevent the accumulation of any dirt or mud whatever;
in the second, that the accomplishing of this desirable object
would give employment to at least forty thousand persons; and,
thirdly, that this would be done without any expense whatever
to its promoters. During the last winter fifty persons had
been employed for the purpose of clearing the streets,
and the
object had been so effectually obtained, that the leading per-
sons in the great thoroughfares had been ready to bear the
whole expense themselves, rather than it should he neglected.
He felt that the social comfort of the community and the hap-
piness of many thousands were involved, and he must persist in
the discharge of the siuty which the Committee had
in im-
posed. Another experiment had been made this year the
Strand, when seventy individuals had been engaged, and the
result had been equally satisfactory. The Government,
however, had far outdone them in their efforts for
this great public benefit, and it was an established
fact that great unpleasantness was experienced, and
very serious loss was sustained by the accumulation of
dirt in the streets. The Health of Towns Commission had
shown how detrimental this accumulation of filth was to the
well-being of the community. From calculations which had
been made, on the basis that a single man could cleanse one
thousand square feet daily, on this basis the large towns
of the city could: occupy at least 40,000 labourers ; and if
they were to take the whole, not less than 100,000
persons would find constant employment in promoting
the health of the community. From other calculations
it appeared that in the metropolitan district, which was of
course the worst of all, the average expense to each house for
a thorough cleansing of all the streets would be 7s. a-year, or a
a-day. In the parish of St. James's the rate was some-
thing higher, but the cost was so small that it was not only
advisable but absolutely incumbent on the inhabitants of this
great city. They had had a meeting on the 14th of last
month, which was but thinly attended, but through the able
reports of the press the attention of the public had
been so turned to the subject that on the 25th of
the same month an advertisement had appeared in
the Morning Post, announcing that the Commissioners
of Sewers for the City of London had determined to have
every street, and alley, and court, swept—the, poor man's
street as weil as the rich man's—thi,roughly swept and
cleansed every day. Such was one of the effects of the efforts
which had been made. The great inconvenience of the evil
which the Association was desirous to remove was familiar to
all who knew how much pieces of furniture, and articles of
vertu were injured from the dust which syss blown into the
house, whenever tile windows were left open even for a short
time. The passengers in the street, the ladies especially,
he was quite sure, would go with him, for 1w had no doubt that
those present had many an unpleasant reminiscence of a valuable
dress being spoiled by crossing the streets after a shower of
rain. The inconveniences within doors were evident, yet,
notwithstanding all this, they had serious obstacles to en-
counter from the authorities, who had more ?specially the care
of the paving of towns. The Sanatary Report of the Parlia-
mentary Commissioners contained a series of frightful facts,
showing that the loss of life incurred by bad ventilation and
uncleansed streets absolutely amounted to double the number
of those who had been killed by the allied armies at the battle
of Waterloo. He was obliged to the audience for the patience
with which they had listened to him, but he was quite sure that he
had no other object than that which was connected with hu-
manity when he stated that there were 2110,000 individuals
constantly requiring employment.—( Hear, hear.) He be-
lieved that the character of the people mainly depended en the
lower classes being fully employed, and if they could by assist-
ing in the employment of this large number of the people
prevent 40,000 persons, perhaps of the best portion of the lower
order of the population, from leaving the country. He deeply
felt the importance of this subject, but he thought that
when a man strongly recommended he ought to be ready to bear
any portion of the risk. Now, so firmly was he convinced of the
truth of the principles which the Association wished to set forward
that he was ready, if the authorities of the parish of St.
George would engage to employ one man for every 1,500
yards—that is, from 130 to 140 men for six months—he himself
was perfectly ready to guarantee the whole of the expense. He
concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the cleansing
of the streets and alleys was of consequence to the health of
the inhabitants, and must ultimately prove advantageous in a
pecuniary view to the puhlic.
G. JONES, Esq., seconded the resolution, and said that the
object of this association was one of the noblest which could be
devised, namely, the employment of the poor. In a free coun-
try there ought to be no such thing as a workhouse, and espe-
cially when that workhouse was a bastile. Give employment to
the poor, and the workhouse would be rased to the ground or
converted into an asylum for aged helplessness and infirmity,
where its inmates might enjoy the advantages of the free air and
a healthful residence, instead of those abodes of misery which
the workhouses of the present day had become.
Mr. P. Bo ItTil WICK moved the second resolution, and stated,
in the course of his observations, that the cost of cleansing
the city of Edinburgh was about 12,0001., while the gain from
the sale of the refuse was 10,01;01. It was a fact, as lament-
able as it was certain, notwithstanding the almost miraculous
wealth which pervaded every town of the country, at least one-
tenth of the population was in a state of pauperism. This was
owing to no indolence or indisposition on the part of those in-
dividuals to use every exertion to obtain an honest livelihood.
The object of this Society, though it begun no higher
than the cleansing of the streets, was not less than
to reduce the number of 300,000, who were in
this state of helplessness by 40,000 individuals, and was inti-
mately connected with the progress of civilisation and happi-

ness. Ho then proposed a resolution to the effect that the
cleansing of the public thoroughfares would not only tend to
employ the poor, but to the preservation of buildings and works
of art, and be beneficial to the housekeeper, the shopkeeper,
and the passenger in the streets.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Ltmt HANSARD, after a neat speech, seconded the
resoittioti which was adopted unanimously.
Mr. J. E. PASTIER moved the third resolution, that it was
of grest importance to prevent the numerous accidents which
occurred from the defective paving and cleansing of the streets
of the metropolis.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
In the absence of Lord Ranelagh, it was moved by
a gentleman whose name we could not learn, " that
it was in the highest degree adviseable that the inde-
pendent labourer should supersede the helpless pauper."
Lord Ranelagh, whose name was associated with every cha-
ritable purpose, had been unable to return in time to take
charge, as he desired, of this resolution. He believed it was
a remark of Lord Ashley's, who was detained by his duty in a
Committee of the House of Commons, who had authorised him
to say that he was heart and soul with the meeting, that
wealth had its duties as well as its privileges, and to this he
might append another observation, that if poverty had its suf-
ferings, it had also its rights.
Mr. P. GRAHAM seconded the resolution.
Mr. B. BOND CARRELL moved the thanks of the Meeting
to the Noble Chairman. .

- - .
After the motion had been seconded, it was put by Mr.
Cabbell, and carried unanimously.
The Duke of GRAFTON returned thanks, and stated the
gratification which he had enjoyed in presiding on the occasion,
and said that he thought the. Society, low as it might seem,
was one of great importance.
The meeting, which was numerously and most respectably
attended, a great number of ladies of rank and position being
present, then separated.

L4W INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 3.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goutstrax.)
IN RE JOHN AND JOHN IL REAY.

This day was fixed for the adjourned last examination of
the bankrupts, who carried on business as wine-merchants in
Mincing-lane, and whose bankruptcy caused a panic in the
trade that has not yet subsided. The Court was crowded to excess.
Mr. Bovill appeared to oppose the bankrupt's application
upon the part of the assignees, Mr. E. James for John Reay,
son., and Mr. Lloyd, as solicitor for John Robert Reay, jun.
The joint balance-sheet commenced on the Ist of January,
1844, when the partnership took place, on which day there
was a balance in the ledger to the credit of John Reay of
95,722/. 6s. 2d., which had been reduced in the balance-
sheet by writing off bad debts previously. The following is
the result :

The creditors amount to., ................ .........£ 97,340 5

And the liabilities to

115,319 17 2

£212,700 2 3

The assets consist of—Good debts ... ... £16,932 19 0
Good bills 1,799 7 6
Stock

£32,584 14 1
But a great deal of this stock belonged to John Reay before his
nephew joined him, and is now in his name in the docks, and
it is a question whether it belongs to his separate estate. The
official assignee said that his report mentioned several facts
which were highly creditable to the bankrupts. After a great
deal of discussion, it was agreed that all objections should be
reduced to writing, and that the bankrupts should be allowed
time to answer them.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BO IV-STREET.

His Excellency the Belgian Consul, M. Hermenegild Cas-
tellain, waited upon Mr. Jardine yesterday afternoon, to con-
sult his worship respecting the conduct of the treasurer of
Covent•garden Theatre, Mr. Robertson, who had been to the
house and abruptly locked it up, leaving some members of the
Brussels company, with a great quantity of their music and
other property, inside.
His Excellency stated that the company had been engaged
to perform Les Huguenots at Drury-lane Theatre, on Friday
evening, by the express desire of the King of Belgium, and
unless they could have immediate access to their music (to say
nothing of the detention of a portion of their own body),
the greatest possible inconvenience would be occasioned.
No reason had been assigned by the treasurer for his extra-
ordinary conduct.
The Magistrate expressed his surprise at a proceeding
apparently so unjustifiable, and entered into conversation
with the Consul, who shortly afterwards retired from the Court.
At a later period his Excellency again attended, and informed
his worship that a party had been sent to one of the managing
proprietors of the theatre, who had expressed his astonishment
at such conduct, especially as no money was owing to the pro-
prietors from the company. He had promised to see the trea-
surer upon the subject, and therefore it was expected that the
interference of the magistrate would not be necessary.
Mr. JARDINE sat on the bench till half-past five, but nothing
more of the matter was broached in Court.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

George Hickmott, butler in the service of Mr. A. W.
Robarts, Hill-street, was brought before Mr. Maltby, for final
examination, charged with embezzlement and forgery.
Charlotte Ann Robarts, the wife of Mr. Abraham Wilday
Robarts, of 26, Hill-street, Berkeley-square, said the prisoner
had been in the service of her husband, as butler, for about a
year. On the 4th of April, witness gave the prisoner a cheque
for 41. 17s. 6d. to pay same tradesmen's accounts, and among
them a bill for l/. 14s. owing to Mr. Smethurst, lamp-manu-
facturer, New Bond-street. The prisoner brought the bill the
next day, receipted in the name of Thomas Finn.
Thomas Finn said, he managed the business of Mr.
Smethurst, in Bond-street. The receipt at the bottom of the
bill was not in his handwriting. The money had never been
paid.

Mrs. Robarts next deposed that, on the 26th of June, she
gave the prisoner a second cheque for 71. 15s. to pay other bills
with. The prisoner brought her two bills, purporting to be
receipted, one from Mr. Thornhill, cutler, of Bond-street, for

3/. i s., the other from Messrs, Rippon and Burton, of Oxford-
street, for 3/. is.

Mr. Thornhill said the name of " Charles Williamscn," at
the foot of his bill was a forgery.
John Summers, assistant to Messrs. Rippon and Burton,
said the name of " John Simmons," at the foot of his bill, was
a forgery.

Pidice-sergeant Rogers, C 5, said he was called to take
charge of the prisoner. The prisoner begged Mr. Robarts to
forgive him, and declared that only two bills were wrongly re-
turned as paid.

The prisoner said the words he used were, that one or two
other bills, besides those known, were all he had omitted to pay.
The prisoner made no defence, and was fully cemmitted.

1170.11 P-8 TREE T.
Yesterday a young man, of very decent appearance, named
William Warren,•bv trade a shoemaker, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Bingham, charged, upon his own confession, with
having attempted to murder his wife by cutting her throat,
and also with subsequently making a determined attempt at
self-destruction.
Policeman King, 83 H, stated that between eleven and
twelve o'clock on the morning of the 18th ult. he observed a
large crowd assembled round the surgery of a Mr. Moore, in
the Bethnal-green-rose, and on entering the house found a
woman seated on a chair, with a frightful wound in her throat,
which the surgeon was in the act of sewing up. he woman
was conveyed as quickly as possible to the London Hospital,
and was in too critical a condition then to be questioned; but
on inquiring of the bystanders he learned that the injury had
beers inflicted by her husband (the prisoner), at No. 5, Not-
tingham-street, Waterloo-town. On reaching that house he
found that the prisoner himself had shortly before been discovered
by a man lodging in the house lying en his face in the passage,
with his throat cut in four places, and that he had been removed
to the hospital. A lodger stated that, while at work in the
next room to the prisoner's, he was alarmed by the screams of
a woman, and that on hastening out the prisoner's wife rushed
past him into the street, with blood streaming profusely from
her throat, and endeavouring to staunch it with her apron. In
the centre of aro an on the ground floor the witness found two
large pools of blood, and close to them a shoemaker's knife,
much stained, and the point broken off, and the side pannel of
the door through which the woman had passed was also blood-
stained from the impression of the woman's fingers. The wit-
ness had made inquiry,
aw-r
he ,
has
thes s
io prisoner's stohne e r's
unfortunate wife,
the prisoner and his wife were present at the time of the
transaction.
o
Sarah Noirda i but could not ascertain that any person
s s e d
beenyounga n
woman,
innea'e of the London Hospital, now attended with her mother
a n
occurrenceeatly dressed
and sister, but was in such a state of exhaustion and agitation
that she was allowed to be seated doing the examination. She
stated that she had been married five years to the prisoner, by
whom she had twochildren, and that up to the transaction'which
gave rise to these proceedings they had lived upon the most
affectionate terms with each other. Between eleven and
twelve o'clock on the morning of Wednesday fortnight they
were sitting at work together in the back parlour of the house,
when some angry words ensued between them respecting a
brass ring she had been wearing, and which she had taken off
her finger, declaring she would wear it no longer. Her hus-
band then asked her what Lad become of her wedding-ring,
and, in a reproachful manner, charged her with having then a
gold ring. which he said had been presented to her by another
man, concealed in her bosom. She denied this accusation, and
told him that in consequence of his violent behaviour towards
her, she was determined to leave him altogether. He asked
her what then was to become of their children, and if she in-
tended to take them with her? She replied that she did; but
the instant she had uttered this declaration, the prisoner, who
was isi a stet,: of violent agitation, and who had keen at work
with a knife in his hand, started up, and exclaiming, " Then
you shall belong to no one else," sprang towards her, and
seizing her by her hair dragged her head back, and drew the
knife across her throat. lie then cut his own throat rapidly
in three or four places, and fell to the ground, and she,
making an energetic effort, attempted to rush out of the room,
but from exhaustion and alarm staggered and fell. She almost
instantly, however, recovered her feet, and hastening into the
street, made her way to the nearest surgeon's, by whom her
wound was dressed, and who ordered her instant removal to the
hospital. (At the conclusion of this statement the witness,
ho had been gradually sinknig while giving her testimony,
suddenly fell back into the arms of one of her friends, and was
carried fainting out of the court. )
Mr. lIINGIIAaI said it would be impossible, in her present
exhausted condition, to take the poor woman's depwition that
day, but he was ready to hear any remarks the prisoner might
wish to offer upon her evidence.
The prisoner, who look-d very pale and was much affected,
said, in a faint voice, that his wife's statement was perfectly
correct to a certain extent, but that she had omitted several
material facts in her account of the transaction. When his wife
took the ring off her finger, he asked her if a man, with whom
he believed she had been long acquainted, and about whom
she had been constantly tormenting him almost ever since
their marriage, had not given her a gold ring, and where
she had placed it. She made him no answer, and signifi-
cantly• painting her finger towards her bosom, left the
room
; but almost immediately • retu
rned, and, telling
him that she had thrown the ring away, said that the man to
whom he alluded had already suffered quite enough for her sake,
and that she should leave him altogether, and take with her the
two children, a girl and a boy, who, she said, would then be
made a lady and gentleman. At this observation he felt so
dreadfully excited that, losing all control over himself, and
scarcely knowing what he was about at the time, he instantly
rose and cut her throat with the knife he was working with,
his hand being 'stayed while he was doing so by hearing his
wife entreatingly say to him, s. Don't, don't, my dear, I will
not leave you !" but he remembered nothing further.
It being intimated to the
Magistrate that the medical and a
number of other witnesses were not then present, Mr. Bing.
ham ordered the prisoner to be brought up on the ensuing day,
that the remainder of the evidence might be taken and the case
completed against him, and directed the officers to see that the
wiinesses were in attendance.
On ibeing removed from the bar the prisoner, who was cry-
cry-
ing bitterly, entreated permission to see his wife, if but for a
moment; this was of course complied with, and the wife was
gently led towards him, when they kissed and embraced each
other with the deepest affection, without either apparently
being capable of uttering
a word, and the prisoner was then led
to the cells.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Co-
lonial Office for the Governor-General of Canada, and
siz:o for the Governors of the other North American
Provinces

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE
LINE,
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Laurie. of a place near Dumfries, was examined at some
length respecting the cattle traffic which it was presumed would
pass along the line.

Mr. Christie, Mr. Miller, and other witnesses, gave evidence as
to the superiority of the general traffic of the lice compared with
its rival the Caledonian, when the Committee adjourned till eleven
o'clock to-morrow, counsel intimating to their Lordships that they
thought it would be possible fur them to close their case by to-
morrow evening.