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London, England, 1845-02-18 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES
From the ' Official List,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAT EVENING.
LOSDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18.

ILAXLV7AYS.

Dividend
per

Amount

Paid.

Annum.

Stare.

131. Ss. per eh
15s.

121. 16s. per a 12.1

X 8. d.

Price.

2%
135

PA P.
pm.

224
112%

.2
75
17X

29%
21%

Price,

COMMITTEES on PETITIONS for
RAILWAY BILLS.—(THIS DAY.)
A Sub-Committee, consisting of Mr. Strutt, Chair-
man, Mr. Clive, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Compton, Mr.
l3rotherton, and other Honourable Members, as-
sembled this morning, in order to ascertain whether
the promoters of the following Bills had com-
plied with the standing orders; viz.: Cocker-
mouth and Workington Railway; Whitby and
Pickering Railway; Hull and Selby (Bridling-
ton Branch) Railway ; Kendal and Winder-
mere Railway ; Chester and Birkenhead Extension ;
Lancaster and Carlisle ; Guildford, Chester, and
Portsmouth Railway; and Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole Railway. The Committee, after proof,
decided that the following Bills had complied with
the standing orders, namely :—Cockermouth and
Workington ; Hull and Selby Bridlington Branch);
Kendal and Windermere ; Chester and Birkenhead
Extension ; and Lancaster and Carlisle. And that the
Whitby and Pickering had not, in some particulars,
complied with the standing orders, by which this Bill
will have to be referred to the Select Committee.
WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE
RAILWAY.
The inquiry respecting this line was resumed this
morning in a Sub-Committee on Standing Orders. It
occupied the whole of the day, and after a few objec-
tion had been allowed, the Committee adjourned till
to-morrow at two o'clock.
GUILDFORD,': CHICHESTER, AND PORTS-
MOUTH RAILWAY.
One of the Sub-Committees decided that the pro-
moters of this line had not strictly complied with
the standing orders of the House of Commons. The
line was opposed by the Duke of Richmond, and the
principal ground of objection was, that a quantity of
land had been set down in the books of reference, and
described on the plans, as the property of the Earl of
Egremont, whereas it really belonged to his Grace
the Duke of Richmond.

NEW PROJECTED RAILWAYS.

(From the Gazette of this Evening.)
RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE,
wHITERALT„ Fits. 18, 1845.

Notice is herebY given, that the Board constituted by the
Min4te of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had
under consideration the following schemes, for extending
railway communication in Scotland, viz.:--
The Clydesdale Junction Railway,
The Caledonian,
The Edinburgh and Glasgow—Stirling Branch,
The Edinburgh and Ilawick,
The Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle,

The Scottish Central ;
have determined on reporting to Parliament iu favour of the
Clydesdale Junctien,
Caledonian,

Edinburgh and llasvick,
The Scottish Central ;
and against the

Edinburgh and Glasgow—Stirliug Branch,
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle.
DALIIOUSIE.
C. W. PASLEY.
D. O'BRIEN.

G. R. PORTER.
S. LAING.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)

BAYNE V. YOUL.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
After the case had proceeded for some time, the plaintiff,
being unable to proceed with his case, was non-suited.

SOUTHAMPON, FEB. 18. —The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Montrose, Captain George
Wilson, arrived this morning at half-past three o'clock from
the Peninsula, bringing all the Peninsular mails. Her
dates of departure are as follow ..—From Gibraltar
Feb. 8, Cadiz 9, Lisbon 12, off Oporto 13, Vigo 14. Ships
of war lying at Gibraltar—Her Majesty's ships the
Scout, the Belvidera, and the Flamer (steamer). Foreign
men-of-war as per last packet. Specie on board—Fourteen
packages. Passengers—Fifteen. The Forth, West India
mail steam-ship, Captain Chapman, left yesterday, with 20
passengers. The Tweed, from the West Indies, is expected
to-day. The Braganza, from Alexandria, is at the Mother-
bank, performing quarantine, but most likely will be re-
leased to-day or to-morrow.

MR. BENJAMIN WooD, 3.1.1'.—1n answer to in-
quiries made yesterday, it was stated that the Hon. Member
continued as before, without the manifestation of any
visible change either for better or worse. Such is the havoc
made on his constitution, that he is unable to move without
assistance.

=DEATH OF THE NIECE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL..--
We regret to find in a communication from our Malta cor-
respondent mention made of the death of Mrs. Bonham, the
lady of the British Consul at Tabrez, and the neice of the
Premier, whose family thus sustains a second domestic cala-
mity within a short period.—Morning Paper.

COURSE OF EXCHJ
Amsterdam CF. 12 7*
Ditto, at sight l2 54
Rotterdam 2U. 12 8
Antwerp 26 10
Ramburgh M.B. 13 15
Altona l3 15
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 85
Ditto, 3 months 26 0
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine, 122
Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36i
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36
Seville

,NGE.-,-(THIS DAY.)
--
Leghorn— 3l
Genoa ..... ..... 26 10

Milan .......... —
Venice 47
Naples ........ ..... 39*
Palermo, pet oz llBl
Lisbon
Oport0..
Rio Jancno... .
Bahia 24
Buenos Ay.i.:s
NewYts k .:2 dyssight
Philadei pl a
PRICY'S G? '11.3 LLION, VERO 4.
Foreige I '4, blrs. £3 17 9
Portuga! Gold Coin 3 17 5
New DouLicions 0 0 0
New Doliai s 0 4 94
Silver it) Ears 0 4 1

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat OD the Wool-
sack shortly after Five o'clock.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the
Provost, Magistrates, and Councillors of Edinburgh, on
a subject that agitated Scotland, namely, the change
that they anticipated was about to be made in the
banking of Scotland, which had existed for
upwards of one hundred and fifty years. It would give
him great satisfaction if any member of her ,Majesty's
Government would give any assurance that the fears of
the petitioners were without foundation.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from the
merchants of Barbadoes with respect to the new propo-
sition relative to the sugar duties.
SAMUEL GRAY'S CASE.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Samuel
Gray, of Ballymahon, in the county of Monaghan,
complaining of the conduct of the Crown prosecutors,
in having tried him six times for an offence charged
against him, and for which he was acquitted on the first
trial. The jury he stated had been dismissed, because they
agreed on two of these occasions to acquit him. The
petitioner added that he was broken and ruined in
health and property by these persecutions, and therefore
he prayed the House, that he might be allowed the use
of counsel on any future trial.
Lord CAMPBELL made one or two remarks which
were almost inaudible.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, though the
petitioner had been charged with only one offence, there
were several mints in the indictment.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
The Hon. 11. FITZROY, lately created one of the Lords
of the Admiralty, took the oaths and his seat for the
bdrough of Lewes.
REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE
STANDING ORDERS ON RAILWAY BILLS.
Sir W. HEATHCOTE brought up the report of the
Sub-Committee on the standing orders on private Bills.
The following Railway Bills were reported to have
complied with the standing orders:—The Manchester
and. Birmingham Extension, the Leeds and Bradford,
the North British, the London and South-Western, the
Leeds and West Riding Junction, the Leeds, Sheffield,
and Manchester, the West York, and other Bills.