The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1845.

TAGE.-WESTMACOTTS CRITICAL
A. CATALOGUE of ALL the PAINTINGS in the ROYAL
ACADEMY EXHIBITION.

coniplunlent, surely the Admiralty is demoralising the
spirit of the general service.
Now, let us see what is the evidence to this vital
matter of the " manning" from other quarters ; and

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(always bearing in mind what are the grave pos-
sibilities, we should be sorry to write " probabilities,"
of a naval collision in the Western Hemisphere)
what are the very important bearings which the
question assumes in the event of such a war, and on
the honour and prosperity of this country ?
From an officer of the Superb, Sir C. NAPIER had
learned that there were on board that large man-of-
war not more than forty able seamen. " Well-
behaved" men there were, in plenty ; but they knew
nothing of naval affairs; and so it was with
most of our ships of the line. The men were anxious
to do their duty, but the crews were of inferior
quality. Yet we could obtain as good men as any
navy ever boasted by setting about the object after a
right manner. We find it impossible to deny the
grievous discouragement which seamen—who are
naturally enough animated by the hope of re-
alising their hard-earned prize money—must ex-
perience under such scurvy treatment and cruel
disappointments as they had lately to encounter
in respect of their successful operations on the coasts
of Syria and of China. But we cannot reconcile,
with the conduct of any great State department, con-
ducted by people of common sense, or having but an
ordinary acquaintance with the universal impulses of
human nature, the perseverance of our Admiralty in
any system of admitted annoyance and injustice to
the men at a period of such pregnant eventfulness
as the present. The Government was broadly ac-
cused by Sir CHARLES NAPIER of being afraid to
issue a proclamation for able seamen to come forward,
under the probability of a war, because they would
have to pay 101. bounty to each. For, since there
should be 40,000 men in the navy, the whole bounty
would amount to 400,0001., which the CHANCELLOR
of the ExcnEgunn would not like to pay. Whilst scores
and hundreds of thousands are laid out by a willing

CHESTER CUP.

EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS.

IF OUR ARRANGEMENTS " COME OFF ALL RIGHT,"
THE WINNER OF THE CHESTER CUP

THIS AFTERNOON (WEDNESDAY)
WILL APPEAR IN OUR PAPER THIS EVENING,

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THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MAY 7.

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 50; Noon, 49.
BAROMETER, 29.77.—Wnzn, N.

NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
" Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
::hermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
the other observations are made at noon.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 23 minutes after 2 I Evening 41 minutes after 2.

country on the palaces and establishments of royalty, how-
ever, there must be no question as to finding 400,000/.'for
bounty to able seamen, wherever else the money is to be
economized, whenever the emergency arises. And since

impressment, in the present state of public opinion, and

(let us be candid to ourselves, and look our own exi-
gencies in the face) of our political relations, would be
absolutely impracticable on any great scale, it is well that
we should accustom ourselves to contemplate the scale,
at least, of the alternative we may have to adopt. That
alternative will have all the advantages of being a con-
stitutional, a most popular, and most efficient one; and
we may depend upon it, it will determine the event of
any naval struggle, were it against the whole maritime
powers of the world, at once in our favour. There
would be no danger of complaint of a deficient supply of
able seamen; we might rather fear to have to encounter
a redundant mass of applicants. It seems that a paper
was recently laid before the American Congress which
showed that, out of 115,000 men in the whole naval mer-
cantile service of the United states, 100,000 were fo-
reigners. Of these probably 90,000 are Englishmen,
who, said the same Gallant Of►cer from whom we have
just quoted, "in case of war, would leave that service
and come into the English, provided a proper remunera-
tion was held out, and the slavish mode of impressment
was not resorted to.".
Mr. CHARLES WOOD, the late Whig Secretary to the
Admiralty, assured the House that never since 1835 was
the fleet of this country in so weak and defenceless a
state, as during the last year. When we read such
statements, pronounced by such men, we can scarcely
suppose that we are not dreaming; so impossible does it
seem to us to believe that men in one of the most re-
sponsible posts of public service, and with a full know-
ledge of all the threatening aspects of the political ho-
rizon around them, can thus have been tampering with
the duties of their station and their trusts. Lord IN-
GESTRE, in fact, confirmed Mr. WOOD'S assertion—for
he complained that last year, only, the Cornwallis, and
another ship, was sent out without their full complement
of either men, guns, or arms. If Mr. SIDNEY HER-
BERT imagines that his very jejune assurances to the
Home that these things were so, because the Govern-
ment did not think there was any necessity for adding
to the strength of our home service, and that on foreign
stations our ships were all fully manned, will countervail
the impression produced by the speeches produced by Sir
CIZARLES NAPIER, Captain PECHELL, Lord INOESTRE,
and Captain BERKELEY, he is very egregiously deceived.
We do implore every Member of the House of Com-
mons, of whatever party, considering the feverish state
of many of our relations, both in the Old World and the
New, not to relax one effort or any ore eligible oppoi to o it y,
to keep up the Admiralty to the practical redemption of
the fell pledge which we conceive Sir GEORGE COCK-
BURN to have given to the full manning of all our ships
of war, and the perfect equipment of all our sea-going
ships. Whatever the defects and errors of the past, we
are willing to hope everything of the future from the
undertakings of an officer of so distinguished a profes-
sional reputation. and personal character as Sir GEORGE
COCKBURN.

Admiral DIFSDAS has addressed a letter to one of his
constituents, in which he gives certain reasons for
changing his opinion, or, more properly speaking, his
vote, on the Maynooth grant. Among other reasoa, he
states that he " voted for the intoduction of the Bill, and
for Mr. WARD'S motion, in the hope that the funds to
pay the proposed grant would be defrayed from the super-
abundant revenues of the Protestant Church of Ireland:,
_Now, if the Gall ant Admiral voted for the introduction
of the Bill on any such grounds, he could not have
heard the speech .of Sir ROBERT PEEL ; and no man in
the kingdem but himselfr entertained even the slightest
hope that Mr. W.ARD s Emotion would be carried. Were
other Liberal Mei nbers, who have stood to their principles
with such unflinc'hing firmness, to imitate this example,
the measure wo old be defeated, and all hopes of con-
ciliating Ireland Lie utterly destroyed. We care not for
words. It is easy to talk about a just appropriation of
Church property,. a fair and liberal registration, and
an addition to the number of Irish Members in
the United Patiiarnent ;. but can these objects
.3f justice is granted ? From several
be
obtained now, and is nothing to be done--is
we are led to believe that some-
not even an instalment.. to be accepted, till
.2toer,good. of Ireland has led to this
courage is a
.much nobler quality than
change.
ieaunnsgv allusions sls whole
Anftoht the le amountlet
physical courage. For the faithful discharge of Parlia-
mentary duties it is indispensable, and perhaps it is
equally indispensablein an officer appointed 74 to any
important commantl in her MAJESTY'S service.

Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have been received.
They are chiefly fi Lled with accounts of the magnificent
fete given by Queen CHRISTINA at Vista Alegre on the
anniversary of her birth-day. The following persons
have been appoint( sd Gentlemen of the QUEEN'S Bed-
chamber:—Colonel. Pedro Quiros, brother to the Mar-
quis do Santiago, 5. Jose de Salamanca, M. Jose Maria
Huet, Brigadier Norzagaray, M. Jese Maria Monreal,
and M. Chacon, Political Chief of Madrid. The Spanish
Government have forbid the entrance into Spain from
France of all descriptions of beasts of burden, as it fears
that the malignant disorder now raging amongst cattle
in certain parts of l Germany, and which is said to have
made its appearances in the south of France, may extend
into Spain. -

The Three per Cents. closed at 35 for cash, and 35
9-16 at GO days ; the, Five per Cents. at 25 15-16 at GO
days ; the Coupons, at 28f at 60 days ; and the Debt
without interest at 8j for cash, and 9 at 60 days.

The French Cha tuber of Deputies commenced on
Monday the discussi,m of the Bill for arming the forti-
fications of Paris. Several Members spoke against the
measure, but the del /ate excited no interest, and indeed
so little regard was paid to the spe&ches that at one
period of the sitting; the noise of conversation drowned
the voice of the speaker, and he appealed to the Pre-
sident for protection. General LEYPET opposed the
Bill, because he cm isidered the measure unnecessary.
At Vincennes there were guns and mortars enough to
mount the walls, but. independent of that he thought it
exceedingly ill-timed to make these warlike prepara-
tions in a time of pr nfound peace, and when there was
every appearance that peace would be preserved with
all the nations of Eur ape. M. CoRNE also opposed the
Bill on two grounds. The expense he thought
enormous, and one-'half of the sum of 17,000,000 f.
would be quite sufficient. Besides, Paris
was not like other strong places, and the contest should
be made, not at the walls of the capital, but on the
frontiers. M. Daltu spoke on the other side, and said
the fortifications, without guns and stores, would be
entirely useless—rnewely masses of stone and mortar.
M. LAS rEYRIE was mot suprised that Frenchmen viewed
this scheme with su,picion while so little was done on
the frontiers to repel an invading army,
and Alsace was
left open to foreign attacks. It was generally believed,
however, that the sura would be voted, but with certain
restrictions. The National can see no real danger to the
inhabitants of Paris from these fortifications. They
will only have a moral effect, and tend to
repress any aspirations after liberty unwelcome
to the existing Government. " On the k as;
reflection," says that journal, " it will be admitted

that the cannon placeti :u the fora c,r on the conlini.ou6
wall could never be employed but to put down- a revolu-

tion ; but, although powerless as effective means they
may become very perilous as means of prevention. Per-
suade an entire population that at the first disturbance
Paris will be bombarded; render this fear general, espe-
cially among those who have houses and shops—among
the bourgeoisie who possess property—and you will see
the whole of that bourgeoisie turn with violence against
those who should have been excited to revolt by an
attempt against the national sovereignty. This is what
has been calculated upon. It was, above all, the moral
effect that was aimed at—it is by preventive intimida-
tion that it is hoped to prevent revolution, and to secure
the strongest chances by placing beforehand the timid
on the side of the Government."

The following are miscellaneous extracts from the
papers
A letter from Lucerne of the Ist, informs us that the elections
for the Grand Council of that State had commenced, and were
proceeding in favour of the Liberals. Ia the town of Lucerne,
out of seven members returned, six are of the Liberal party. The
same letter gives an account of a curious sentence, at Nidwald,
upon a Lieut. Nermaun, who had joined the free corps in the
attack upon Lucerne. He is condemned to stand in the public
market-place forfour hours with a rod in his hand, then to be
slogged with it, and afterwards to be imprisoned for six months,
during which he is to receive " religious instruction."
I Serious disturbances have taken place at Villalon, six leagues

from Valencia. The inhabitants of this little town have always
been addicted to smuggling, and their houses have had the reputa-
tion of being filled with smuggled goods. Lately, the civil guard
having attempted to seize some articles, four of them were killed.
As soon as General Manso, the Captain-General of Valladolid, heard
of this, he proceeded to the town at the head of five battalions of
infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and a company of engineers, and
occupied the place on the 22d. He immediately published severe
orders, calling upon the inhabitants to deliver up their arms and
the smuggled goods which they possessed. The leaders took to
flight, and the rest gave in. Upwards of 300 muskets were taken,
and visits were being made to seize the goods when the last ac-
counts left.

Two of the men sentenced to death at Ravenna were guillo-
tined on the 19th, and the punishment of the third, who was under
age, has been commuted into the galleys for life. They were con-
victed of having resisted the officers of the law, and killed a briga.
dier of carabineers and a soldier of a Swiss regiment quartered at
Ravenna. Eighteen of their accomplices have been condemned to
the galleys for different limited periods.

The French Three per Cents. closed on the Lth at
85f. 70c.; the Five per Cents. at 120 f. 40c. ; Orleans
shares, 1,210 f. ; Rouen, 1,082 f. 50c. ; Havre, 8651 ;
Avignon, 1,020 f. ; Basle, 270 f. ; Spanish Actives, 40-4. ;
Spanish Three per Ceut., 42 ; Spanish Passives, 7i.
The following are the quotations of shares for the
new lines :

Orleans and Bordeaux, 225 f. premium; Boulogne, 170 f. pre.
mium; Troyes and Montereau, '7sf. ; Paris and Lyons (Lafhtte)

7f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons (Caton), 2f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons

(Ganneron), 10f. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 30f. ; Ditto (Ro-
samel), Bf. 50c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 15f ; Diva
(Drouillard), par; Ditto (O'Neill), 15f ; Ditto (Jacques Lefevie ),
par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 30f. 50c.; Ditto (Talabot),
32f. 50c.; Ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 12f. 50c. ; Bordeaux
and Toulouse (Mackenzie), 15f.; Ditto and Cette (Espeleta),
16f. 25c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, 2f. 50c.
LYONS, Malt 2.—Avignon and Marseilles, 9851., end of May;
Paris and Orleans, 1,195 f. cash; Paris and Rouen, 1,002 f., end
of May; Orleans and Vierzon, 795 E, ditto; Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 671 f., ditto; Boulogne, 621 f., ditto; Nismes and Mont-
pelier, 595 f., ditto.

Lady Charles Wellesley's accouchement took place on
Mondly at Apsley Huse, when her Ladyship was
2afely delivered of a soil.

HER AIAJEsTI'S VISIT TO TIIE ISLE OF WIGHT.—
Her Majesty aed Prince Albert intend proceeding to
Osborne House, her Majesty's late purchase at the Lie of
Wight, on Monday next, going down to Gosport by
special train on the South-Western Railway, aid en) -
barking from the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard on
board the Lightning steam tender, which vtssil is or-
dered round from Woolwich specially for the purpose of
conveying the royal party to the island. Her Majesty's
stay at Osborne, we believe, will be short, the only object
being to inspect the arrangements being made, and to
determine on such now alterations and improvements in
the house and estates necessary and befitting the marine
residence of the Sovereign.:

THIS DAY'S NEWS

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

DAILLIE V. INNES-JUDGMENT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, which was
argued some time since, and the question in which related to certain
extensive West India property. The case came before his Lord-
ship upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of
England overruling exceptions to the Masters' report, and a decree
pronounced upon further directions. His Lordship, after goiug at
some length into the facts of the case, stated his opinion to be
that the judgment of the Court below was correct, and must be
affirmed with costs.
The Court then proceeded to hear appeals.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
The COURT took eauses to.olay, none of which were of any public
interest.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND).
His HONOUR took short causes to-day, but in consequence of the
absence of Mr. Stuart and Mr. Bethell the Court disposed of but
few of the cases on the paper, and rose shortly before 11 o'clock.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIOHT BRUCE.)
His HONOUR took baakrupt petitions to-slay, but no case of inte-
rest came before the Court.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor Wmßem.)
His HONOUR took causes to-day.

SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.)

Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/.. ...... 73 81/c4 73/1
Chester and Holyhead... 5
(hurnet Valley
Cork and Waterford ... 11/2 21%
Direct Northern
Dublin and Belfast June. 21/2 ll
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 21/2 4i/ 3%i/8
Dublin and Mullingar. . °I/2 4% %
Eastern Counties 25 .. 20
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....5/. 13s. 4d —
Ditto ditto, No. 2
Eastern Union l5 ...

2
311:
11

3
3
4%
19

Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of Seotland 2% 234
Great North of England..loo 196
Ditto New 5 43
Harwich
Hull and Selby 5O lO7 109
Do. Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle... 20
London and Birminghm (Stock) —
Do. 14 Shares
Do. New Thirds
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9%% 9
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d 1814% :... lB%
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d —
London and S. Western 41/6s 10d 781 A
Do. New
London and York 2% ...... 4106%1434 43ji
Londonderry & Coleraine 2% 3 7/8
Lynn and gly
6%
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Midland 100
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby 100 ll7 115 ll5
Newcastle and Darling-
ton 3 unction..,„
..... 25 ......
Do: New Brandling... 10
Newcastle and Berwick 11
Newry and Enniskillen. 2% ....,• 43/4 5
North British
Northern and Eastern... 45
North Kent
Newark and SLeffield ... 1%......
••
Perth and Inverness ... 2% —
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 1 %...... 376 4
Shrews., Wolverhtunp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 4%%...
South Eastern &Dover 3312 s 4d... 40 39%
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
Staines and Richmond... 1
South Wales .. ... 21,1 53/4
South Devon l5 ......
Trent Valley 2 ......
West End and Southern
Counties . 11 .....
West Cornwall 1
.ir„.. ..
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Yarmonth and Norwich. 20
York and North Midland 50
Do. Extension PA 16%
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4 ..... 101,1
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette
Great North. of France.. 4
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 214_,
Jamaica Junction l%
Lyons and Avignon
Louvain and Jenoeppe ... 2 ... • 4%34
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 .. . 1511
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ...... 1076 %... ...... .
Over Yssel 413 s 4d
',//4 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 4
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
..
Paris &L'yons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
_21,4
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse ..... 4 ... 10 974 ,
JOINT STOCK BAN liFoti
British North American 50 ..
Colonial 25
Provincial of Ireland ... 25 ....
Union of London,

181}

2%
196

114
109
24

281/2
14%

173/4
C 6

43/
39%
13%
GIA

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1%34 1
4%... 412,

29

1634

MIA
2%

TO.

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234

1014

2'1,4
283 A
1036
451%
15,
47
124

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. ItAIL uk)
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 20,000 bales,
without any change in prices. Speculators took about two- (T' taILS.
thirds. Cotton was freely offered. Shares were generally quiet.
Barnsley Junction, 3% 33/4 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 1% 134 ;
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chester Junction, 91% ; Bir-
mingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4% ; Blackburn,
Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Belfast and i&alymena, 8 ;
Caledonian, 10%! ; Ditto Extension, 3% ; Cambridge and
Lincoln, 7 7% ; Chester and Birkenhead, 50 501/2 ; Ditto,
New Shares, 42% 45 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 24 2514 ; Chester
and Holyhead, 17% ; Churnet Valley, 63/4 ; Clitheroe
Junction, 3%; Cork and Bandon, 6% ; Dublin and Galway,
5 3s. 9d. ; Dundee and Perth, 3% ; Dublin, Mullingar, and
Athlcne, 31/, ; Eastern Counties, 19%, with new; Edin-
burgh and Perth, 15s. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 295. ; Glas-
gow and Ayr, Quarter Shares, 83/4 ; Grand Junction, 232 ;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 58 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 193%
20% ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 61/2 ; Great North of
Scotland, 3 31/$ ; Great Southern and Western Extension,
1314 ; Limerick and Waterford, 8% 8 ; Liverpool, Orms-
kirk, and Preston, 565. 6d. ; London and Birmingham,
Quarter Shares, 32% ; Lononderry and Coleraine, 3% ;
London and York, 4% 919. ' • Direct Northern, 665. 3d. 3%;
Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% ; Leeds and Thirsk, ; Leeds
and West Riding Junction, 61/ 61/, ; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, New Quarter Shares, 5%- 5%; Manchester and
Buxton, 5%; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, ,
53/4 ; Manchester and Leeds, 144% 145 ; Midland Railway,
156 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 183/4 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 3% ;
Newark and Sheffield, 5 with new ; Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 15% ; Newry and Enniskillen, 4%; North Kent,
6 ; North Western, 4% 4%; Oxford and Birmingham
Junction, 91s. 6d. 4%; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton, 2%; Runcorn Gap, Preference Shares, 35% ;
Sheffield and Manchester, 121 119 ; Sheffield and Lincoln,
2 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 51/, ; Shrewsbury,
Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4% ; South-Eastern and Dover,
33% 40 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 63/4 % ; Scottish Cen-
tral, 7% 7%; Trent Valley, 181% ; Ditto Continuation,
2 1% ; Welsh Midland, 2% ; West Yorkshire, 8% 8;
Worcester and Tring, 4% ; Whitehaven and Furness, 2% ;
York and Carlisle, 334 1/2 ; Great Paris and Lyons, 395. ;
Northern of France, English and French, 5% 5% ; Ditto
(Rosamel's), English, 2% ; Paris and Lyons, English
(Laffitte's), 2% ; Paris and Lyons (Ganueron's), 51s. 6d.
51s. ; Paris and uen, 4214 ; Paris and St. Quentin, 38s. 6d ;
Verona and Ancona, 48s. 6d. 508.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 6.—The sales
are :—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 31%s ; Barnsley
Junction, 4 3% ; Belfast Ballymena, and Carrickfergus, 8% ;
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9% ; Black-
burn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and
Bolton, 5114; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 11 , Bristol and
Exeter, New Shares, ; Cambridge and Lincoln, ;
Churnet Valley, 614 ; Clitheroe Junction, 33/4 1.2 prem. ;
Dublin and Galway , 4% • Glasgow and Dumfries, 275. Ed. ;
Great Grinn,by and Sheffield Junction, 51,1, %ex new; Hud-
dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 7%; Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester, 11%; Leeds and West Riding
Junction, 614 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 37 ;
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 11-16 34 ; London and
Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 33 321/2 ; London and Wor-
cester, Oxford and Rugby, 4 5-16 ; Manchester and Bir-
mingham' New Quarter Shares, 7%; Manchester and Bux-
tot 5% ; Newark and Sheffield. 5; North Wales, 31,4 ; North
Western, 5% 5; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2% 7-16 ;
Scottish Central, 71/s ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction,
395. 1 15-16 ; South Eastern, No. 1, 15 ; Ditto, No. 2, 14% ;
Trent Valley, 18; Ditto, Continuation and Holyhead Junc-
tion, 31' ; West Yorkshire, 814 1/2; Whitehaven and Fur-
ness, 2 ; Paris and Lyons (English), 2%.
There are accounts of the middle of January from Sydney,
which furnish the revenue returns for the year ending 31st
December last. These exhibit a very decided falling off,
the total income being 249,0571., or 45,165/. less than in
1843. The only increase was on tobacco, distillery licenses,
and assessments of stock. Trade was steadily improving, and
better prices were realised for most imports.
A copy of the official notice by the Government of Buenos
Ayres, enforcing a still stricter blockadc, of Monte Video. is
posted at the hell of Commerce, and excites a good deal of
attention on the part of those connected with the trade to
that part of the -world, and a good deal of anxiety is felt to
ascertain whether our Government really will use proper ex-
ertions to forward a termination of the war.
The English Stock Market continues rather flat, and there
is still rather a disposition to sell. Consols have been 98% %
for Money, and 98% 34 for Account, being the turn lower
than yesterday. Exchequer-bills have realised 565. to 545.
premium. The New Three- and-a-Quarter per Cents. are
1001,4 to %.
The Foreign Securities have been very dull. Spanish Five
per Cents. have been 30%, and the Three per Cents. 41%.
Portuguese Converted have been marked 67% ; Mexican
Stock has been at 36% to 37%.
An average business is doing in Railway Shares, but they
are not buoyant. Churnet Valley have been as low as 5% ;
Caledonian are firm; North Kent have been at 5; London
and York have improved to 4% ; Direct Northern are
without alteration ; West-End and Southern Counties Junc-
tion are 1% to % premium ; South-Eastern are much the
same. French Shares are firmer.

Group F.
LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORD
SHIR
RAILWAY.
This Committee met to.day at twelve o'clock, the Right gen'
F. Shw in e cair.
Thea roomth was h
immediately cleared ow the reassembling of the
Committee. On our return,
The CHAxeasaN intimated that with the report of the Beard of
'
Trade, the statement of counsel, and the maps before thelnr
the Committee considered they had sufficient before them,
specting trails, without going further into that question.
Mr. AUSTIN replied that there was no dispute between the
Great Companies respecting the sufficiency of the traffic to Stir
port a line of railway in the district, yet there were
peculiarities in the kind of traffic which would require witnesses
be examined about it, in order to do justice to his case.
After an understanding being expressed that the eh
eh
doing
on
traffic should be abridged as much as possible, consistenly wit
W.-
8..
justice to the subject of inquiry, the examination of witnesses
resumed.
Mr. R. Smith, mining agent to Lord Ward, was first eXarained'
There were 22 blast furnaces on his Lordship's eette.
Lord Ward's mining property was situated PrinciPenitre
the parish of Kingswinford. The get of iron stone
this
coaltity ofan
and
iron
limset,o
to
oe
thehe raemwo
district was 1,400,000 tons yearly. In the blasting of
ausn amount required
i4r
quantity of material annually in motion would be about 5,62°',d
tons. The daily material in motion was 16,21 tons,
the hourly 1,333. The export trade of the district
an
224,000, principally to the north, and on the narrow gs
,e2dl2o,tohoeor
tmonterials, principt.
dot ,
He considered the narrow gauge best suited torche e fini
as it would prevent the change of carriages n c 8„:
coal. The coal of the district was very friable, and e",gatlf•
it from one waggon to another would depreciate it
ed it
Hitherto they had depended on the canal, but he considBordhid
insufficient. He was a shareholder in the Canal CornPanY' 8 saute
also become a shareholder in the Railway CompanYs froM the
er,
feeling that had induced him to be a shareholder a the 101111 the
the desire of affording the fullest possible accommodation to De.
district. He considered from his experience, that eninPetitionrest
Altogether ;on;
tween canals was injurious, ands thought it better that Govern e.
should regulate the rates of traffic for the protection of the Puo 00
Mr. WIIATELEY was proceeding to cross-examine this AM° •
IIIPee"
)behalf of certain shareholders of the Itirminghan3 CO"- (1°
when our report left.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols ..... ........
New 34 per Cents 1001/.314% 1004
Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 ,/4 5-16 11 5-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 , ll% 111/2
India Bonds, 1,0001 ... .. 68
Ditto under 1,0001.. ...
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Bank Stock for Account... ......
Consols for Account....

210
985

Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 11/2d. 56 54 pm. 56
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICE&
891 A
43

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
1 ißrazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 42
Chi Han Bonds 6 per Cent.— .
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela —
Mexican, 5 per Cent. IS7
Ditto, Account 371i_36% 371 365-3
Ditto. Deferred
Ditto, Debentures . •
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents —
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted —
Ditto, Account 67.4
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840,
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. - • ...
Ditto, Account.- 41% 4.
Belgian Bonds, 41/, per Cent — 983/4
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certudc 97% 9734'
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAY SHARES PRICEs.
Aberdeen
/2 4
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 23, 7,1
Birming. and Gloucesterloo 136% 136 137... 137
Ditto 1,4 Shares
Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 10
Bristol and Exeter 7O

Group 00. 'n o°ll3
This Committee reassembled at twelve o'clock this dal, , Dir•
17. Present, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Chairp3ane
Divett, Mr. Hussey, Lord Ingestre, and Mr. G. W.
AIL
THE YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND
(BRIDLINGTON BRANCH.) the 1"92
Immediately after the Committee took their s—
ats
was ordered to be cleared. i and 10'
After a brief deliberation, the parties were e311.5-formed
formed by _A die AO'
The CHAIRMAN, that the Committee having consider.' the
pled " •
ments for and against the compensation clause clat f opinion
Bridlington Pier and Harbour Commissioners, they were °Asia' Of
that there were no grounds for inserting in the Bill a Io*-
compensation.
The clauses were then gone through and ea Pepe
The CHAIRMAN said he would report' that the b
through.

Group N.
WEST CORNWALL.
Mr Rowe said he had only been informed Yesteri'Y -ad.
On the assembling of the Committee eftetratr;
,
that it was the intention of the promoters of the Bill to o.repte'
terminus close to the mansion of Lord Vivian, whoM he
destroy;
stled. His lawn and pleasure-grounds wou:d thus be ;000
and as the line would come immediately under his drsslo to
windows, and destroy the foundations of the house, be.. ortt
apply to the Committee to take steps to prevent themee— e 004
Ironer,
ing this intention into effect. The termini of railway
and
delineated on the maps of the House of Commons, an.° 01°
quently he might be labouring under an erroneous iinPref 1110 a`
the intentions el the promoters of the Bill. He did notifyc''Phe ter.
his Learned Friends, for they were not bound to ,Pea 1
~
minus in question on the map. id tbe'
Mr. B i acne m, on the part of the promoters of the Bill, 58
OOP'
never
,he t e wasin i
nouns yi
nintention
eghnii,potw.f intruding
e be er eon his
e n Lords Puilb :rot ',lntl,
pthaerTkit.:greuactreoosinCenifreek, within the limits of the town, and bel°
ihttiseeL
y pointed out, and the wa
should take his own course. gg
Cora'
Mr. Whitley, a surveyor of some years' experience Would ve
was then examined respecting the property wilich..rmintifil
affectintendedthat to be built, the greater part of which is little better th
at
a mud-bank, and which he thought would be the best giWrcoos Or .
pteurpcoasrer,..anwdhwarof,uladndhetheaesymoefd-abcdciels:
pTarhte high water the 10.
of which is
a, r.
perry of Lord Vivian, is at most times covered with 'r :„1/ the
The witness was then examined by Mr. HazitgY Wl°. mellie.•
running of the line over the property of Mr. Thoinasr
13; Toolci
impossible
hotuese.
geye, who had petitioned against the Bill- scirhO
bcrossing the railway, and would cut off carriage voro.ar
getMr.toThotmhase , oing t° With'
Penzance
out crossing turnpike-roads, but there would be more On"nittable a.
, must cross the line twice. A line could be 51..ia11g IV
property on the north side of the turn • on that 6
that on the south ' side; and if the line was made
saving of one or two chains would be obtained.
~ ..d if tbelin:
In answer to questions from Mr. BlactiaN, he -2 it could!,
be carried further than 44 yards from the petitilia
road is not se va ide;
were carried more northward than the intended leT:i'properitl•that
Mr. BIRCIIANI said it was, perhaps, not undestoo.• „A
the terminus at Truro was not for pas i isi
sennotegoe,n °IV/I'er goods Ma'''.
itnurngpike-road
cotropt.
Mr. Edward Sharp, Customs' Agent
from the river. Gatild
id offer r
that it Weo'
engaged
is
14
Wharf the best place for the terminus,
advantages to the commerce of ther.ver, and to those er4
a:td Truro, thottg oni

(LEFT SIITLISTCL)
AN
Group DD.
THE CALEDONIAN, GLASGOW, -
CARLISLE, AND THE CLYDESDALE " -
RAILWAYS.
The Committee assembled at the usual hour this OW- chew
shortly after proceeded to the consiaeration of the irriP2rt°'
mentioned above. Abe.
TMr. followinghceoekb,rn.
c:ir. Talbot,unselap Mr. Sergeantpearletinsutipo N‘ g
rto,rfatnliehCallea; 17. Pei;
Mr. Sandford, and Mr. Cowan. he ssov
•
Mr. COCKBURN opened the proceedings by observing for phi e°i
lay before the Committee a brief outline of the schein'
„a to coon,[
he appeared. the object of the line now submitted 0— land , :
all the principal central and intermediate points of 5°,0
its northern and southern parts, and thence by a branch, Lipeof
to form an uninterrupted line of communication betweoorivelt„,
Manchester, and other large towns in the south and Lie Jen n e of
England, and eventually with London. The effect 01 "
of these various lines would be to constitute a continTu°oooeP'd
railway from one end of Great Britain to the other. voffie.th •
ceeds direct north. from Carlisle, with a branch t° alto
thirteen miles in length ;it then pursues asi h te.irg
radar 'lir' ore'
slight inclinatien to the west, skirting the SolwaY Pift PA°
proximity of the sea will admit. Its course is then throtig.hdirldcd et
until it has reached the vicinity of Lanark, where it Istid the
two branches, one of which proceeds to Edinburgh:, 3„filuX ghee
to Glasgow. The length of the line from Carlisle tir: atohof
miles. The branches to the north-east and
all the important districts in the neigb cannot
the
Glasgow and Edinburgh. From the , ttott
the main line with Glasgow, it would appeTten, 0011 a
plan that there were two small branches proceeding 100008
for about four miles by the Wishart Railway. At, runs inteotli
line branches ofF to the south of the Clyde, 0° noted le of
Clydesdale Junction, by means of which it is critic whyor,
the line at Glasgow. The southern branch canna's' wain of
the southern parts of Scotland with the sod 01°witt,
thence to the coast of Ayrshire, and then to Greerloci`ni,dea acrd
from whence it forms an unbroken line of eouilli:ltbe /Wow to
Liverpool, Manchester, and other important toWns'uherwell Di
south-west of England. The other branch at Mut" raileSi;ojeg
the north-west, crossiog the existing lines of 010 the
north'
boeuPthoosons
of the so. ooto
means of which the communication
will be carried to the north of Glasg°:: $ telfentr
Cl 3 de, which is the most eligible point for hav,,l-'heinit,,/ here
the distance from the point of division at Larine bee or'
eight miles ; anti of the two proposed branches trio aafhtelli
Clydesdale Junction was shorter by two miles that' by cfre the
pro regards the use of the railways already extstingnipo
0.00
is pposed to connect the trunk line with the differetrotiOl heir
t
kingdom, proper arrangements have already been reed tha bolt'
the different Companies, all of whom have agered
local traffic, under proper restrictions, shall be reedtaut trtin.
nate and subservient to the purposes of the irnPer.l
tb
The length of the Castlecary
lin Railway is 10southerne
sry lta
for 02
co ;0 19
njunction with other es, connects the
ht
parts of Scotland together. It would be unnacegsote P e that
dwell upon the immense advantage Which was Ir-fttife'
line will be generally to the country. It comorsiody,
on first starting from Lanark the line embraces
s° a wind agto•
unimportant track of country, and not requiring reidlsndtirehir
or so urgently, the construction of a railway as 'he tirelcriCol"
But, it should be recollected, that this camper
to thbi~e
r.
portant district was devoted p lily
ture, and a railway would tend cans'dere „eater f act,
consumption of its produce, by affording Pin the
for its conveyance to the neighbouring markets' fieures line
epd
parts, which were the great centre of all the man° cop'
on in Scotland, it would be unquestionable that thetroiot /loco
must be of inestimable advantage. On the wh sipsai °f
elusive to the Committee that a line of r countioicla
would connect together no less than tweivebitauts, 0010
Scotland, containing upwards of 1,75'2,871 irlass/001
would conjoin Scotland with England, and which tot C of
unbroken line of communication between the givostA
London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, and GlaseW!,..hoetcP; the
the most essential importance to the oloore
inhabits was tler
interests and convenience of the lie es, ,
most thickly-populated parts of the kiagdoin. dSe dtli
A in sale
that a continued line existed between Lon"° London' bed
by which it was proposed to connect Scotland with inentia,orip
commercial districts west of England, but it had been oirsthle teed
a recent report of the Board of Trade that this
of
the Treueper
might be obtained with greater facility by Wails vote t tha
Churn et Valley Railways, which were at presen_thle deg"'
Committee, and which would reduce, in a considers

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distance between London and Liverpool.
THE SOUTHAMPTON
InG:Tnnhupis
oli,neinwNasci.talk6e,nthiinstmo BAIL 141‘.
H.TRh.eYHorokne.. ---------------GreuApNia and G 2. "EsTo ttee of
, Mr. Entwisle, Sir Edward Bgar'nes, Mr. Chr e '
thi CO CilaiP
Mr. TALBOT consideration by Liter ,sos #'
that
hnn
acd
tey.inittnoth
He
atshcoeuirnewteeir:odhfedeihia il : e Pi:
much ccisntvateinoinenasce
quay, to carry the line ~,drCefOr°it-ble'
was anxious to put this point before ,11'... preP"*.e.
because h
quay not 11'?
there
wase believed that on the general merits of Wench to the
0 faZdtehraeersesidashftoaartbedittlientpthsraoroli.ot eZtesupoft itaitowertio;
In the event of the southern D:,,,arej _
being
make a queastpiporno.ved, the Company were quite I tr.° give!'
Lanham, ctlnostehetotowthnessbtahre
circumstancesossible,rolistAher:::ept.
indeed, carrying the line down to the pier and quaY*
short of „thoritle°
the
inhabitantsquite ready to make the station wherever tile;
0r,,,ii0
Mr. might desire. Mr. Talbot then cal c tar
stated .
the
same neighbourhood.
Bridgew
that it was a general impressionensivbu
butcher
South th 3, `vest
of
FDorchester would materiall 'asie the traffic from ,thAnir
mere _ht to So _OO
-ngland. The number of cattle annually broug uict, b,
0,
ton and I
ate r, Taunton,
broughtee from Poole and Weymouth,
came s aughterleadt,eiryanagnedexfrtom .6000 thoer5,20t0S°01:::11::
and Yeovil, and uth erfealvet
me neighbourhood. There were also a large nualbeeroor o!,
The, 1., from Devonshire, which were shipped chiedY at `,, was hal
opinion the freight being about Is. 6d. a bead; an'a n wear"
cam ion that, if this railway were formed, Sou bar
all Oa
a great cntrepot between the west and London, a
e
evils of over driving .. that thc lice
was intended to be a single line with
the cattle would be saved.
Ca •
ptam Moorsom, the engineer of the line, state', je -
and also a gun
wotay ail
the stations but with a provision for 8 di,° tbenStb °I.
the line
'The capital proposedP
was 500,0001" t,' - btag tIIO
line 60 miles, the steepest gradient I in 10°7. the pre'
general gradient was 1 in 200. The guage was that 0 ,
„ea tote
insent line to Southimpton, and it was an arrangement enter lit
when
of suggestions from the Board of Trade that ";,. lf
made should be leased to the South-Western Co',ol°" OS
Y,
the south branch,
which would bring the railway to V.I. 03
a doUbleu
le Jo

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