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si The Earl of DALHOUSIE was glad to accede to any proposition which would remedy suck an evil. The Bill was then read a second time, aad the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow ; the House then adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, MARCH 19. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in isy the undernamed Hon. Members : Surrey Iron Railway Company (Dissolving)—Mr. Kemble, Mr. Antrobus, and Mr. Trotter. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley—Viscount Ingestre, Mr. Muntz, and Mr. Spooner. Bristol and Birmingham (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction).—Mr. Hudson and Mr. Phillpotts. Edinburgh and Bathgate—Sir J. Hope and Mr. W. Ba Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction —Mr.Oswald, Mr. Den nistoun, and Mr. W. l3aillie. Glasgow Southern Terminal—Mr. 13otiverie and Mr. P. Stewart. Leeds and Thirsk (Knaresborough Branch Extension)-31r. 0. Dim combe, Sir G. Cockburn, and Mr. Aldam. Scottish Midland Extension —Viscount Duncan and Mr. Duncan. Horbury Bridge and Calder Railway—Mr. Beckett and Mr. Aldan]. East Dereham and Norwich—mr. Bagge, Mr. Chute, & Mr. B. Smith. Shrewsbury and Herefordshire—Mr. W. G. Gore, Mr. Hughes, Mr. ' Ackers, and Mr. J. Bailey, jun. Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Leeds, and Bradford— Viscount Merpeth and Mr. St.ansneld. Northumberland and Lancashire—Sir. Ord, Mr. Granger, and Mr. Watson. Buckinghamshire (Tring to Banbury)—Marquis of Chandos and Mr. Tancred. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate—Mr. Mangles and Mr. Wall. Worcester and Porthdynllaen —Mr. Clive and Sir W. Wynn. West London Improvement and Extension—Colonel Allioll and Mr. Mangle.. RAILWAYS. The Committee of Selection have nosninateci the following Select - Committees on Railway Groups : A Committee consisting of—Mr. Hawes, Mr. Wilshere, Viscount Chelsea, Viscount Bernard, awl Sir R. Howard, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 4 of Railway Bills, viz, : Great North of Scotland, Perth and Inverness, Inverness and Elgin Junction, Banffshire,! Morayshire, Alford Valley, Deeside, Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension), Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, Strathtay and Breadalbane. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Entwisle, Earl of Shelburne, Mr. A. Hope, and Captain Vyse, to whom they have re ferred the Bills comprised in Group No. 8 of Railway Bills, viz. : North British, Caledonian (Leith Junction), Caledonian (Hid-Lothian Branches), Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Extension and Branches), Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, Carnwath and West Linton, East Lothian Central Tyne Valley, Edinburgh and Peebles, North British (Hawick Branches), _North British (Carlisle Extension), Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Amendment. Theo Select Committee to' eet on M onday, March 30, at twelve. Renthick, Mr. Tancred, mmittee consistin and Sir of—Mr. G. W. H ope, Mr. Ross, Lord IL , g o t, to w h om they have referred the Bills comprised in Group 20 or Railway Bills, vlz. : Staines and Richmond Junction, Staines and Henley (No. ), Staines and lienley (No. 2), London and Windsor, Windsor, lough, and Staines Atmospheric, London, Hounslow, and Western, London and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch), Mitcham and South-Western, Grand Surrey Junction, Richmond (Kew Branch), London and Brighton and London and Croydon Consolidation, Surrey Iron Railway Dissolving. The Select Committee to meet on •Monday, March 30, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Mr, Labouchere, Sir J. Duckworth, Sir W.3folesworth, Colonel Verner, and Colonel Rawden, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 29 of Railway Bills, viz.:— Midland, Syston to Peterborough (Deviation and Branches), Rugby and Stamford, Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, Rugby and Huntingdon. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—lion. W. Cowper, Sir J. M`Taggart, 111 r. A. Oswald, Mr. M. J. Blake, and Mr. Gooch, to whom they have f Trcl the Bills comprised in Grom !No. 31 of Railway Bills, viz.:— Great Grimsby and Sheffield (Humber Ferries), East Lincolnshire, Great Grimsby, Louth, Ilorucastle, and Midland Junction, Lincoln, Wainticet Haven, and Boston, Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension (Ye. I), Hull and Lincoln Direct, Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension (No. 2), Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension (No. 3), 1111,11;1TH (Newark is Gainsborough). The Select Committee to nwet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. . . Select Conunlttee on G.;•oup No. If, Lord Brooke di, , ellar,;el; lion. O. Duneonthe selected, and added to tlw Committee. SECOND READINGS OF RAILIVAY BILLS. MONDAY, MARCH 23. Banffshire. Birtningharn, Wolverhampton, and Dudley (Stour Valley Line). Alpitil4liaiti, Wolverhampton, and Dudley - (Birmingham, Wolv(r -..-- ha/4Am-, rikl Dudley Lines). •clildlana thrthplxf Oakham Canal). • \ Ifttthi7hurtEhl- 4Vl'rent to Nuneaton). '-:.' 241dlan (LAY c . ..khOlSivannington Bailway AlteratiOn &It ram:lois). lrtrnent has just been established by raoa the game plan as the statictio.l depart" 'de. . :,tatistiVallAteTial thi Ent' tr.tliti C T of,r4e 'nch reasons as have been alluded to, and if your Lord ships continue receiving these objections, you will never have a road from London to York. Such objections may be continually brought forward, and the Bill may never pass in consequence of the delays which may take place. The petitions were ordered to lie on the table. THE GREAT WESTERN AND PORT DARLING- TON RAILWAY. Lord BEAUMONT then presented a petition from t e high sheriff and gentry of the county of Mayo, in favour of the above-mentioned undertaking. Viscount CANNING said that in pursuance of a notice he had given on Monday last, he now moved for the second reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Pill. The House would remember that the sessions before last an Act was passed, the effect of which was to repeal the old Building Act of 1774, which had been found very insufficient, and to establish a well digested and well regulated code of rules for the purpose of se curing to the community at large as much safety and accommodation in houses as was dependent on a well (ordered and well regulated system of building. The Bill passed the session before last, and of which the country might be said now to have had the experience of more than a year was now to be agitated. He admitted that in some parts the defects of the Bill became apparent, and it,would be the duty of her Majesty's Government to find some remedy for them. It was not to be expected that it could be otherwise with a measure so minute in its details, and affecting so many conflicting interest of so many various kinds. The consequence was that many recommendations of different sorts had been addressed to Government, stating the real or supposed difficulties of the measure, and many suggestions had been made (some of them ridiculous enough) from various quarters, pointing out what would be the most proper and the safest course which the Government could pursue.—(Hear.) The Government had taken this matter into considera tion. with a view to make certain corrections, in order to obviate mistakes in future ; and it would be his duty to bring those corrections under the notice of the House on a future day. In the Act :passed in the year 1844, certain clauses were passed empowering the appoint. ment of district surveyors and referees, and to the latter all matters of dispute were to be referred. Another clause warranted the appointment of a registrar, who was to be a barrister, and his duty would be to make de cisions and awards in all disputed matters; in fact, he was to act as a sort of legal assessor. But the expe rience of this working of the Act had shown that many questions had arisen of great importance, and upon which the referees could not be got to come to one opinion ; and on which it would be difficult for the registrar to say which party was right.—(Hear.) The object of the Bill was to appoint a third referee, two being already appointed, but the third would give an opportunity of coining to a decision upon the matters brought before them. This appointment would, how ever, make no difference in the charges borne by the public. By the former Bill the referees were not al lowed to exercise their calling as surveyors, but by the present Bill they were allowed to do so. This, how ever, it was apprehended, would lead to no public in jury, for if they should have to refer to their own works, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests would be em powered to call in temporary referees.—(Hear, heir.) The salaries of the officers who would be appointed raider the Bill would be paid out of the Consolidated The Noble Lord then went on to state the minor , Luses of the Bill, and concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill, and expressing his intention of pro posing its committal to-morrow. Lord COLBORNE said the Bill proposed by the '.le Viscaunt was still open to innumerable objections, • d v - oul'l not remedy the evils intended. It was but improvement on the Act of last 3 car, which was open to every obj , .•ction. That Act was oppressive, anti those who came within its operation bitterly complained )t' the expnies entailed by the official referee s a n d o th er • officers appointed under the Act. Lord CAMPBELL would rot Oppose the sceond reading of the Bill, but he must join with his •ohle _Friend in saying that the Bill passed last sear had failed He reminded their hordship3 that when i was under their considera tion, lie asked them th. delay of another session. Ile and those who had oppoied the Bill foretold the mischief it would inflict, but in vain ; however, all their prophecies had been more than fulfilled, and his Nolde Friend had given but a faint idea of its oppressive and defctive operation. Not only were the clauses of the Nubia Visci,unt open to objection, but all the clauses. sli‘v, it was beyond his power to nialie the old Metro politan Buil:iings Act a fined one, and he therefore hoped that he would remodel the Act which he introduce:l, and make it an Act to supersede the old one, or to commence de iv,ro. That would be a better system to rely upon until a new measure could be framed. - The Dolt of BUCCLEUelrsi:id,that with regard to the measure of 1814, it wa a considerable time before the second reading was moved. It was a very long and very heavy Bill. and no person seemed to wish t 3 take the tr.:able of it.—(Rear, hear ) With regard to the particular measure of official referees, he found that in several cases one had given one reason, and another haul given another, but as it was quite impossible to hope for any measure, with regard to the buildings of this metropolis, which was nut open to objection, he be lieved that the amendment introduced by his Noble Friend was well worthy of consideration. Lord ASHBURTON was quite ready to meet the difficulties of this qu,stion, and among the first of the obieets which this board had to consider was the subject ofsrunke. He knew that in the large towns in the north, -for the expenditure of a few pounds, the great manufac turers had been enabled to obviate this serious evil, whereas it was well known that it was only by a mere accident that the inhabitants of the metropolis ever suc ceeded in seeing the sun. Now, thi s was a diffi cu l ty, and a mischief that might very easily be obviated, and he trusted the mischief would be attended to. Lord CAMPBELL was ready ti bear his testimony to what had fallen from the Noble Lord. When he had the honour of filling the office of Attorney-General, he had found it necessary to grant patents for the con sumption of smoke. It was well known that the parti oles of smoke were merAy inconsumed particles of fuel, and he should be ready to accede to my motion which stopped such an evil. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. To-Morrow Evening, SATURDAY, 21Lacu 21, will be performed Verdi's highly successful Opera of NINO. With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Ninus, King of Assyria, Signor Foniasari ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli , Orotasphe (High Priest of the Temple of Isis), Signor Botelli ; Ab dallo (an Officer of the King pf Assyria), Signor Dalficri ; Fcnena (daughter of Ninus), Madlle. Corbari ; Anna (sister of Orotaspbc), Madame Bellini ; Abigail (a slaNe, supposed to be the eldest daughter of Ninus), Madlle. Sanchioli. To conclude with tha highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CATARLNI ; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by 31(1lie. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Moncelet, Cassan, Delticlisse, and .Madame Louise Taglioni ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattia, and Perrot. Madame Castellan is daily expected in town, and will shortly appear. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRT:SAD - F:I2S. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. IV. liar rison, Burdini, llorncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, Miss Rower, and Miss ltainfortli. After which will be produced the popular Ballet, called LA TA RENTITLE. In which Mons. Barrez, Mr. A. Webster, Mr. Marks, Mons. DeAplaees, Mtllles. Maria, Neutlot, K. St. Louth, Mrs. Payne, anal Mi:s Hicks will apcear. THEATR4 ROYAL, lIA.YhIARKET. TIIIS EVENING Will be per:brined the Comely, called LONDON' ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Mr.'W. Farren ; Charles Courtly, Mr. D. 11011 ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Webster ; Cool, Mr. Brindal ; Mr. Spanker, Mr. Buckstone; Dazzle, Mr. Hudson, Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Seymour; Grace Harkaway, Miss Julia Bennett; Pert, Mrs. Humby. 'J he Band will pertbrin the Overture, " La Reine dun Jour," "Antoinette," Cellaritts Waltz, and the Quadrille, "Le Rot d'Yvetot." After which a New Comic _Drama, called THE 1111511 POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Eland, Tilbury - , Mrs. liumby, &c. To conclinfe with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SIM NGS. Mr. Golightly, 3.1r.1111A-tone ; Capt. l'hobbs, Mr. Tilbury ; Capt. Spruce, sir. Itrindal ; MN. IThljor l'hnlihs, Miss I'. H. rton. ROYAL, LYCEUM - UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Mils. =LET, FirA Appe,irance in the Regular Drama or the celebrated GENERAL 1031 T 111731 I 1 I 'curs EVENING fhe perfonnanee , tiglnuteneci with IV I.TC II ANT) WAIN), After which, a New ExtraTaganza, entitled Tun 1i.V111;1E MAIDEN_ Cliarw,lers by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Lt id To be followed by an entirely Nov and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0. MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and s Seven ',MU(' hoots. Iu which General Tom Thumb, who is engaged e•pressly ior this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOll. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Tallier, Bellingham; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Gd. THFATItE ROYAL, ADELI'LIJ. Wondrous success and hearty shouts of laughter at he New Farce of " Did you ever send your Wife to Camberwell ?" Tli IS E Will be performed a New Petite Drama, In Two Acts, ealled, TILE CABIN BOY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, Mr. Paul Bee ford : Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield lloneybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Iloneybun, Miss Woolgar. To be folloWed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic uad Ma zom kaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss W - oolgar, Mat!ame Celeste, &c. will perform. 'l , O conclude with a New Farce, entitled TILE NTOM RI:EA K FAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Wcolgar, ROYAL OL YM PIC THEATRE, Herr Keller has much pleasure in announcing the engagement of M Tournalre and his troupe, together with the finest Stud of Horses in the world, for one week only. On Monday, and dcring the week, a GRAND VOCAL and IN STRUMENTAL CONCERT, with Solos by eminent Artistes. After which Professor Keller's POSES PLASTIQUES, Flying Zephyr, Tableaux Vivans. Concluding with a new Pantomimic Spectacle, called THE CRU SADERS; or, the Siege of Jerusalem, introducing M. Tournaire's celebrated Dramatic and Equestrian Corns. Private Boxes, 11. Is. Dress Circle, 3s. Boxes, 2s. Pit, Is. Gal lery, 6cl. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STnEET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr. J. Vining; Count tie Brissae, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre Palliot, Mr. C. Mathews; Mdlle. Duval, Miss E. Honner ; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEAKING LIKENESS. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. James Vining ; Coco, Mr. Compton ; Mauette, Madame Vestris. After which, the favourite Farce, called, HZ WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Griffith Morgan, Mr. Granby ; Dickey Darling, Mr. Oxberry ; Mr. Currant, Mr. S. Smith ; Edward Sinclair, Mr. A. Harris; Becky Morgan, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with Shakspeare's Play of KATHERINE AND PETRUCIIIO. Petruchio, Mr. Wallstek ; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling ; Bianca, Miss E. Bonner. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. I'HILLIPPE'S SOIREES and 3I.AIINEES AIYSTEttIEUSES Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order N accommodate the crowds who do ik to attend his Morning Performances, 3f. PHILLIPPE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, at Two o'clock. 3f. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Sea en, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. 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BILLS and ADVERTISEMENTS intended for insertion in the APRIL Number should be forwarded to the Publisher's before the 25th instant. Books, Prints, &c., for the Editor, to be trans mitted to the care of Mr. B^ntley. I RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. 1 ESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE , AND M LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every Tuzsnat and FRIDAY, at One o'clock„ at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AIIiriIITELEATICE OF MOS. Proprietor, Mr. INTiTaTtiT. — --- Last Week but Three of the Winter Season, and of the present brilliant Spectacle, which is acknowledged by the countless throngs of admiring Spectators to surpass all previous efforts, in gorgeous tableaux. and magnificence of effect.—Splendid Double Band, Stu •penclous Performing Elephants, &c. THIS EVENING 11l be performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJA OF NAG YORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In, which the whole Of the Company and beautiful Stud will appear. unique' Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats at the Britistt And Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with a Grand MILITARY BALLET. - OAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Enormous hit. Unparalleled attraction. The New Grand Spectacle and the Army of Women received with Thunders of Applause. The New Drama highly successful. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE SEA KING'S VOW; fir, n Struggle for Liberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May ard, Johnson, Lewis, Heslop, Monson; Mesdms. Vining, Daly, Martin, Miss Glover, and One Hundred Female Warriors. After which the, New Drama, entlgi, TIIE PASTOR'S DAUGHTER. To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF THE GLEN. THE WEATHER.—SAN OFFICE, MARCH 20. - THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 41; Noon, 38, BAROMETER, 29.66. WIND E.; last night, heavy snow; this morning, cloudy HIGh WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 20 minutes after 6. 1 Evening .. 45 minutes after 6. .) v 3 -. ' 4,44-‘-z1 R . - ~„:,T elitlett :in $1 ',-'Z-sl,llt LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 184 6. FivTehe L oa Cita.xcELLort took his seat on the WoOlsack at Various o' cloekietitions having been presented, Lord KINN man gave notice of a motion for Thursday on the subject of' railways. Lord Lord Baoutatast complained of the con d uc t o f Mr. GUN ' S TON in refusing to produce. before a committee of their lordships cert Lin docutnents relAt,tto the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners. lie then' h like the Poor-law Commissioners were pro duce papers. The subject then dropped. that no public body justified Compan y u . s o in f g to , Th e presentation cf a petition, complaining o f t h e subst:- tution by the London and York Railway cpa in ef amended 4!onfract-deed for the one before the House - last year, gave rise to a lengthened conversation, which led to no result. Viscount CA NNIN( moved the second reading of the Metro. politan Buit,liugs Bill. Various amendments were now under conside - .!ation, and it would hereafter be his duty' to submit them 1 ri thoir Lordships in another Bill. The present measure was i.;teuded to remedy the deficiency of the present law, so far as it relk:ted to the jurisdiction of the registrars and referees. The object was to appoint all additional re feree in additio n to the two already appointed, so as always to secure that !the decision of the board of referees should take place by i ; majority, and that thus the registrar should be relieved of tthe responsibility of being called on to give a decision on questions about which he could have no know ledge. This appointment would not involve any increase of expense to th e, public, but the referees were to be permitted to practise in their private capacity as surveyors; and, in, i case they sip fuld have to refer their own worgs to the board the Commissioners of Woods and Forests were empowered to appoint temporary referees, to which such cases might be re ferred. The salaries of these officers were to be paid out of the consolidated fund, and the treasurers of counties were to contribute to that fund their respective quotas. Lord COLBORNE objected to the referees being permitted to practise as surveyors. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, the motion was agreed to, and their Lordships adjourned. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'cloek. Several Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to 1.” committed, Mr. GREENE, in moving the recommital of a Bill, took occasion to complain of the great delay that took place info public office in sending in their clauses to Bills, whereby great expense and inconvenience was occasioned. Sir GEORGE CLERK believed that such delay did not take place in the office of the Board of Trade, and would take care that, in future, the occurrence complained of should be avoided in all the Government offices. The Chichester and Bognor Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed, on tke motion of Mr. ESTCOURT, who moved the suspension of the standing order 110 for that purpose. Mr. WILSON PATTEN called the attention of the House to the sixth report of the Railways Classification Committee, and moved an address to her Majesty for the appointment of a Committee to investigate and report upon the various rail way projects of which the termini are proposed to be esta blished within, or in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis. Sir R. PEEL doubted the propriety of the House adopting the motion upon a mere verbal statement. He should pro pose the debate be adjourned to Monday, when he would state the course her Majesty's Government would propose to be taken. Mr. F. Manx hoped the Government would follow the course proposed by the Committee, and address her Majesty to appoint a Royal Commission. After some observations from Sir G. GREY, Sir R. INGus, and Mr. LAROUCIIERE, Sir R. PEEL said that notice should be given this day of the motion intended to be made by the Government on the subject on Monday. After a short discussion, the debate was adjourned till Monday. Lord EBRUNZGTON gave notice of his intention on Tuesday next to move for papers relative to the letting out paupers to hire in the Honiton Union. Mr. P. SCROPE gave notice of his intention, on Tuesday, to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the better protection of life and property in Ireland, by more effectually pro viding for the improvement of the condition of the poor of that coantry. Mr. MActuxxoN gave notice of his intention to move, on Tuesday next, for leave to bring in a Bill to prevert inter ments in large towns. Sir G. GREY wished to know whether it was the intention of the Admiralty to institute any inquiry into the loss of the Great Liverpool ? Mr. CORRY thought it would be an objectionable precedent to institute any such inquiry, especially after the directors of the company had instituted an inquiry upon the subject. Mr. P. M. STEWART, as chairman of the Committee, said that every care had been taken to prevent accidents, and that this was the first serious one that had occurred in the company's service. Three nautical gentlemen connected with the company had been appointed to inquire into the subject. themselves and the townspeople, and who plume them selves upon being sure to escape with impunity, by rea son of their high connexions, and the injury any parti cular college would receive were the gentlemen of their importance to retire and patronise some other as yet less favoured college —were these insurrectionary tyros to be promptly expelled and finally excluded from par ticipating in the advantages (such as they are) of a uni versity degree —we should soon have a cessation of those disgusting practices, anti the authorities would free themselves from a stigma and scandal for which they are at present so much to blame. For the simple and candid manner in which, yesterday evening, the Marquis of LONDONDERRY ealled the atten tion of Government to the helpless condition of the Irish tenantry, he deserves every possible credit. And, although we make some allowance for the exaggeration with which circumstances of peculiar cruelty are usually coloured in the course of their dissemination, we cannot but deem the occurrence which the Noble Marquis adduced as one demanding the strictest scrutiny. Ac cording to his Lordship's authority, no less than four hundred tenants were ♦ery recently dispossessed in the vicinity of Roscommon, and in addi tion to this, it was asserted that upwards of two thousand human beings have suffered eviction within the last two years upon the same estate. Philosophers have not unfrequently observed that a deli cate and sensitive female can peruse, with scarcely a shudder, the lists of killed and wounded, dated, together with the bulletin, upon the battle-field ; whereas, could each of those mangled bodies be brought under our actual inspection, could each broken limb be seen, and each death-groan be heard, the most callous would recoil froth the spectacle with horror. In like manner, their Lordships might listen with merely a casual or evanescent pang when the voice of the Most Noble the Marquis of LONDONDERRY informed them that four hun dred of their fellow-countrymen were, by this ruthless eviction, " plunged into the greatest distress, without the slightest means of shelter." Could they, however, be come cognisant of the privations to which those ousted labourers are subjected, and behold the total abandon ment of so many houseless creatures, we might be assured of an instant and strenuous effort in behalf of the sufferers on the part of our legisla tive aristocracy. In speaking thus, we are far from wishing to impute any individual or remark able indifference towards misery to the House of Peers : we are merely reverting to an abstract quality in the temperament of man ; and we do this for the pur pose of enforcing the necessity of interposition on the Legislature by repetition upon repetition of the general grievance, so as to compensate in some measure for our incapacity to present a vivid picture of the details. By the mere utterance of a sarcasm upon the fictions con tained in Irish newspapers, the Marquis of WESTMEATH endeavoured to throw discredit upon the statement regarding the proceedings in Roscommon. This, we conceive, was scarcely fair. Declarations are not to be overthrown by inuendoes, but by counter declarations. And hence, in the present precarious position of the multitude in Ireland, the Noble Marquis might, with more propriety, have suppressed his doubts as to the authenticity of the rumour until he could have con firmed his supposition with facts. A corroboration, indeed, of these reports as to the continuation of evictions transpired as recently as Saturday at an anti-famine meeting, convened in Mal low. One of the victims of this cruel system, a working farmer, addressed the assembly upon the spread of destitution among his countrymen, stating that he hires, if had been dispossessed by a landlord of Annakissy, although he had duly paid up his rent to the moment of ejection. And in answer to the inquiry of a clergyman as to how many had been subjected to similar treatment upon the same property during the last ten years, he supposed from fifty to sixty families. It is folly indeed to question the contineance of this greet social es il among the Irish peasantry. Eviction is persisted in, and will be persisted in, until Govern ment, by some stringent and comprehensive measure, forces its cesation upon the landed proprietors. At all times and seasons the sudden dispossession of an Irish labourer is fraught with wretchedness. Driven from his cabin during periods of absolute abundance, the colleen is subjected, ipso facto, to the most bitter penury. How much more extreme must this penury become at a moment when the commonest description of human food is almost entirely beyond the reach of even the most flourishing of his class. And that this last circumstance is be coming more and more apparent, the most indisputable documents are witness. "It is unnecessary for me,'' says the Mayor of Cork in a letter to Lord HEYTESBURY, "to go into the numerous and most painful details of the deep distress of the poor of Cork, and of its alarming progress : " another account informs us that typhus fever has been actually traced to the use of diseased potatoes ; while, as if to afford a climax to this catalogue of suffering, the Code .Reporter mentions eve❑ the possibility of an outbreak of— (and the writer hesitates for an instant, in the very ern plc)) meat of the dread word)—cholera So malignant are the cholics produced by eating decayed vegetable mat ter. It is from a consideration of these occurrences, and the prevalence of so many miseries among the population of Ireland, that every sane individual must acknowledge that the matter introduced last night by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY required no apology whatever. We are only anxious that the substance of the remarks uttered by the Noble Marquis may not be overlooked by Go vernment or by our legislators generally. By remem bering this vile system of eviction, the measures adopted by Parliament for the alleviation of famine and con tagious diseases would be conducive to the more lasting welfare of the peasantry ; and by shielding the te nantry from such arbitrary acts on the part of their landlords, Ribbonism might be soon numbered among the bygone, the Whiteboys would be forgotten, and Coercion Bills would be no longer applicable to the peaceful inhabitants of Ireland. Sir. SIDNEY HERBERT, in answer to a question from Cap tain LAYARD, stated that he was not prepared, without fur ther inquiry, to make any alterations in the circular which had been issued, by which officers' servants, and other de serving and meritorious soldiers were not allowed to benefit to the full extent of the new warrant. The report on the Fever (Ireland) Bill was agreed to, with certain amendments, the Bill was ordered to be en grossed, and read a third time this day. Mr. ELPIIINSTONE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to limit the duration of polls in counties at contested elections of Members to serve in Parliament. Mr. MoßnisoN then moved, in pursuance to notice, for a Special Committee to inquire whether, without discouraging legitimate enterprise, conditions might not be embodied in railway Acts better fitted than those hitherto inserted in them, to promote and secure the interests of the public. He had at first intended to have gone at considerable length into this subject. but, as he understood his motion was not to be opposed, he would not now do so. Mr. MANGLES, though he would not oppose the motion, thought the French system objectionable, and the Hon. Member for Inverness had admitted that by the course he had adop.ed. Mr. PARKEa thought that many of the railways ought to be postponed for six, twelve, or eighteen months, in order that capital might not be locked up in the way it was likely to be. Mr. HUDSON denied that any alarm need be entertained with respect to the amount of money about to be expended in railways. Mr. LABOUCHERE thought some check ought to be put upon the extraordinary powers that railways were exercisin, otherwise it would be found difficult hereafter to dsal with them. Sir G. CLERK assented to the proposition of the lion. Member for Inverness, and assured him that every facility would be given by the Government to the fullest inquiry be fore the Committee. Mr. HAYTER opposed the motion. After some observations from Lord EnniNcrrox and Mr. AGLIONBY, Mr. ENTWISLE supported the motion. lie believed that it was the fault of the Legislature that speculation had ex isted to the extent it did last year in railways, and he hoped that the Committee, if appointed, would lay down some rules by which legislation would be more certain and stringent than it had hitherto been. Mr. llumE was glad the Government had agreed to the Committee, because he was satisfied that great good would come out of it. Mr. P. M. STEWART opposed the Committee. He c6nsi dered that the course of legislation hitherto had been any thing but wise and proper; but he thought such a proposi tion as the present ought to have come from the Govern ment, and not an italividual Member. If the Committee was not constituted in a superior manner, it would do more harm than good. _- Lord OESLEY thought there would be great advantage derived from the appointment of the Committee. After some observations from Sir G. GnEr, Sir R. PEEL, on giving his consent to the Committee, thought that some early report ought to be made, advising Parliament as to the course it should pursue with respect to proposed and future railways. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought, if the Committee was neces sary, it should have been proposed by the Government. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcmcQuEn supported the Com mittee, and would be ready at all times, as far as lay in his power, to aid their deliberations. After some discussion, in which Mr. F. BARINO, Mr. HORSMAN, and Mr. Wawm took part, Mr. Mottnisox replied, and the motion was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. IlumE, certain reports were ordered with respect to the receipt and expenditure of the Post offices of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. The Burghs (Scotland) Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported on Monday. The report on the Consolidated Fund (8,000,000/.) Bill was received, the Bill ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. The Mutiny Bill, and the Marine Mutiny Bill, went threugh committee. The Fever (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed, and the House adjourned. It was but a few days since that we felt it our painful duty to offer some commentaries upon the lax system of guardianship exercised over the minds of the youth who enter the Universities of Oxford and Cam bridge. Those remarks sprung from a consideration of the recent trial of a doctor of divinity for the crime of adultery, in which the jury had returned a verdict con firmatory of his guilt. Another disgraceful instance has just been elicited in support of the general observations we then made, as will be seen by referring to our assize intelligence of yesterday, which contained a report of a trial at Cambridge before Mr. Baron PARKE, developing a fearful scene of riot and bloodshed, occasioned in that town during this present month, by what is familiarly known by the expression, " A town md gown row." The eldest son of Sir JOHN WALSH preferred an indictment against a policeman for a vio lent assault, committed during the excitement of the scene alluded to. The jury found the charge proved, and the prosecutor recommended a lenient sentence, as it was only from a strong sense of public duty that he had in that instance had recourse to a court of justice. Nothing could be fairer than the way in which the Learned Judge put the case to the jury in his summing up, viz. —whether, the assault being proved, there was evidence to show that the defendant committed it in order to quell a riot. Every ono knows how great are the aristocratical influences that prevail in the precincts of the Universities, and how dependent are the trades men and townspeople upon yielding a pliant obedience to the dogmatical tyranny of the members of the col leges, of all grades, and hence we can easily conceive that there was the greatest difficulty on the part of this poor and unprotected policeman in producing satisfactory evidence to show that what he did was necessary to check the outrageous disturbance created by the disgraceful conflict, in which he was called upon to act as a conser vator of the public peace. The evidence discloses that she "flower of our youth" had armed themselves with weapons of a formidable description, amongst which were pokers, one of which was produced by a police constable, who had been felled to the ground by it by one of the alumni. On the other hand, testimony was freely given by tutors and other academical gentlemen to overwhelm the almost friendless policeman in his attempt to prove that the circumstances of the case justified him in striving to suppress the riot. One thing is clear, that so long as these annual displays of brute force (unpro voked as they generally are) find an arena within the jurisdiction of the Universities, the authorities must be held highly culpablei and most wanting in the discharge of one of the first duties they owe to the public. To such a pitch does this unpardonable spirit of insubordi nation seem to have attained, that we find one of the tutors remonstrating with the police, and urging them not to interfere with the youthful disturbers of the public peace, as it was next to useless. Thus, it would appear, that even with those, from whose position and years we might I Jok for better things, a species of prescriptive right is autho ritatively recognised for their pupils to sport with the very lives of their fellow-countrymen whenever they find themselves in,the humour. We call upon the heads of the colleges, who assume the province of giving the beg education to our future clergy, magistrates, and members igorouss o teps fth eforothpreervelinbteinrg a repetition ofh professions, to takeose d s om is e . orderly and shocking occurrences. It is notorious that the undergraduates sally forth for the indul gence of then- pugnacious propensities whenever it is expected that a town and gown row will take place. Were the authorities to be but ordinarily vigilant, and to make a few salutary exam- Pies of those scions of the nobility and aristocracy, who are generally the foremost to court a rupture betweeu In the account we gave yesterday of the funeral of the Rev. J. T. GUYER, we have another painful instance of the unfeeling and bigoted prejudice of some of the clergy of the Established Church, which at once enlists our warmest sympathies with the deceased, and arouses our indignation at the conduct of the Rector of Binstead. For twenty-eight years had Mr. GUYER exercised his ministry in an exemplary and irreproachable manner, beloved by all who knew him, and shared in the benefits of his exertions. Simultaneously with the depositing of his remains in a vault at the foot of that pul pit be had so long adorned, were the shops of the neighbourhood generally closed, and every outward token of respect paid to his memory. It was his dying request to be deposited in the ground at Bin stead that contained the bodies of his children, and for what reason was this refusal by the rector? Simply, forsooth, because the deceased was a Dissenter, and worshipped his CREA.TOR in the manner which in his conscience he believed to be most proper. Can the Church of England expect to retain any hold of the affections of the people if this deplorable and unchristian conduct is practised and sanctioned by their functionaries, and what greater stimulus can be given to the growth of Dissent if this cruel enforce ment of legal right is to be made at the expense of every noble and enlarged sentiment? We rejoice to observe that a numerous body of members of the Church of England signed a lettetr of condolence, upon the above circumstances, to his bereaved family, and thus marked their opinion of the outrage that had been offered to every feeling of humanity. Such a document carries with it the strongest commentary upon the proceeding, and we sincerely hope its moral will not be lost upon the heads of the Church, whose duty it is to take the initiative, and, by their influence and authority, to save us for the future from the pain of any similar occur rence; or, if they shotad fail in this, that the circum stance will not escape the attention of our Legislature. Madrid papers and letters of the 12th have arrived. The MIR kFLORES Labint t was in a state of dissolution, and the return of NARV.AEZ to power was anticipated with alarm by all part ies. These pipers contain no news whatever. MADRID BOLSA, MA RCH 12.—The Three per Cents, are 1 per cent lower to.-day, closing at 281 for the 31st inst., and 2811 for the ;30th of April; 37 millions done. The other funds are not: quoted. The Paris papers of V iedtiesday have arrived. They all eulogist; the speech of M. TRIERS on the previous day in support of M. REMVS AT'S motion fur the exclusion of the paid servants of t'tae public from the Chamber of Deputies, as a masteirpiece of eloquence, although the Journal des Debuts art d L'Epoque consider M. DUCHA TEL'S reply afforded a 'complete answer to all the reason ings of M. TRIERS. The latter journal says— " The speech of M. T - biers was animated, brilliant, and charming. It is his beet - piece of oratory, but his most de testable political productio u. The speech of M. Duchatel was measured, wise, and practical. He did as much to secure the vote of the Chamber the other did for the gratification of the galleries. We and many others have often said that M. niers was desirous .of again becoming Minister; but after having heard hisspet ch of yesterday, we are convinced he has no such thought; when a man treats the Chamber with disdain and monarcihy with levity, it is impossible for him to believe that he cat I over obtain the support of one, or the confidence of the othe r." All parties seem to agree that by this remarkable speech M. THIERS has completely closed against him sels the doors of office, On this subject the National says .—_, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY TEr,ENING, MARCH 20, 1 1546. "We acknowledge that he spoke bold truths. TLis bold ness must deprive him of office for a long time to come. He declared it himself when he uttered ti.ese words,—' I v ,11 place my vessel on the highest point of the shore, and will wait until the approaching tide shall sot it afloat.' Let him not labour under an illasion. When the tide rise* it will be in stormy weather, and M. Thiers's vessel is too fragile to resist the waves of the ocean." The discussion on M. REMITSAT'S motion was re sumed by the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday. The proposition was rejected by a majority of 48. The num bers being—For the motion, 184 ; against it, 232 ; Majority for Ministers, 48. There were 416 Deputies present. We extract the following from the Courrier Francais:— " An extraordinary courier has passed threugh France for England, from Egypt. It is said that he was sent by the English Chargé d'Affaires at Alexandria, with the intel ligence that he had just obtained from the Paella the autho risation to carry through Egypt the reinforcemects that are to be sent to India." These papers contain but little news from Poland. The latest accounts from Cracow are of the 10th. The town was then tranquil, but nothing had bee* determined by the protecting powers as to the course to be pursued for the permanent maintenance of tranquillity. We learn from Posen, the 12th, that- after having pro claimed martial law, a proclamation was issued declaring that tranquillity was restored, and that the persons who had attempted to create an insurrection, and who were in custody, would receive the punishment decreed for such an offence. The Augsburg Gazette says it has learned, from a good source, that the statement of- the Austrians having set a price upon the heads of nobles delivered up by the peasants, was utterly unfounded. The Reforme gives the following account of the pro gress of the insurrection : " The movement in Samogitia and its Courland is confirmed. At Prague,' says the Augsburg Gazette, the Poles who were studying in that city all disappeared, with the exception of two.' A letter from Breslau, dated the 10th inst., relates that during an engagement which took place on the frontiers of Russia, several soldiers of Polish origin quitted theßussian ranks and joined the insurgents. 'The Gazette of Voss con tains a letter, dated Kcenigeburg, the 7th inst., which an nounces that the Polish insurgents crossed the Prussian frontier near Ortelsbourg, and captured 700 muskets in that town. This fact proves that the ireurrection was making progress in Poland." The National states that the subscriptions received for the Polish insurgents by the Paris journals, together with 43 provincial journals, amou at to a sum of 88,528 f. 55c. The Univers publishes a long reply to the note of M. DE BOUTINIEFF on the subject o f the nuns of Minsk, in which many of the statements of M. DE BOUTINIEFF are absolutely denied, and others dbsignated as explana tions supported only by sophistry.. The accounts from Algeria state Chat ARD•EL-KADER is retiring, but still the preparatiom of the Government to meet unfavourable events continued. The Ministerial crisis in Belgium still continued. The Three per Cents. closed on the Fairil Bourse on Wednesday at 84f. 35c. ; the Five per Cents., I 20f. 701:. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,330 f. • Rouen, 1,670 f. ; H avre , 7571 '. 50e. ; Great .Northern, 793 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 9851. ; Vierzen, 750 f .; Bordeaux, 6901. ; Bou logne,s3sf. ; 'Troyes and Itiontereau, 425 f. ; , Basle, 245 f. • Fampoux, 467 f. 50c. ; Di e p pe , 475 f. ; Paris and arse burg, 543 f. '7sc. ; Tours and Nantes, 578 f. The.; I'aris and Lyons , definitive, 621 f. 25c.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 57' ; Spanish Three per Cents., 37% The following were the quotations 17 Jr other lines : Lyoits and Avignon Railroad (Tal.ahot), 510 f. ; ditto (Le sointe), 504 f. 50e. ; ditto (Compagnie T(eildionale), 502 f. 50c. • per deaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 503 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), ' so9f. ; Charleroi, 496 f. 75c. IJSINESS DONS IN FOREIGN' ItAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOC E NGE, aan 1. Boulogne anN O d Amiens, K M 1 —Bonk tux, Toal s ouse, 9 and Cette (Mackenzie), 2—Ditto (Espelota), :—Dutch Rhenisik, 6 —East Indian, %--great Northern et France t ;oestituted, 16—Great West ern Canada, 3% —Lyons and Avignon, 2—Namur and Liege, 3 Orleans and Isordeaux, 12%—Sambre and Meuse, 4—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 7% West Flanders„3%. THE MAIL OF THE GREAT LI VERPOOL STEAMER.— The mails saved from the wreck ( f the Great Liverpool steam-packet, have arrived this :tfternoon at the Ge neral Post-office. Many of the h Ite•rs and papers have been destroyed by the sea-water, vent'l the remainder are so damaged and defaced, that it cvVil be impossible to deliver them before to-morrow. MONEY and COMMEitCIA.L NEWS CITY, QUARTER' To 711 REE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday amounted to 3,000 bales, including 500 America .n for export ; 150 Marauham, at 51-“ I. to 5 3 / i d. ; 130 Egyptian, at 5 3 ,4 d. to 6 , Ad.; 400 Surat, at 2%d. to 234 d. per lb. The remainder Americans to the trade. The market wn as rather more quiet, and prices rather easier. Shares were: heavy We regret to hear, by accounts which have come to hand this morning, that Captain Al‘Leod has. lestroyed himself at Corunna. It will be recollected that. this ill fated gentle man was commanding officer of the Gm At Liverpool, which recently had been totally lost. The an .ident, no doubt, has preyed upon the mind of this gallant dicer, and led to the fatal result above stated. There are not any late arrivals in tin,' City from the British Colonies this morning. The only bargains in Consols made up to the present hour were at 954 % for immediate tr as .sfer, and at 96% for the Account. The premium on Excib equer.bills is on the decline, a pretty evident proof tb at cash is getting scarce. Some sales have been just, made of the 1,0001. Bills at 235. premium. In Bank Stock, for the Account, a fall has occurred from 213 -to 211. Thee .e were many of the proprietors of the Stock of the Corpotration, who expected that the dividend would have been. ii.Licreased yesterday at the meeting. The report inserted in: The Sun, yesterday afternoon, shows that no such det ierm ia xat i on h ad b een come to by the Court of Directors. N'ot half-a-dozen bargains have been made this morning* in the Foreign Funds. Grenada Stoc k is quoted at 21:4 ; the Deferred at 4 1 4, ' • Spanish Three per-C ents. f or t h e A ccount at 36 1 4 ; the DutchTwo-and-a,Half per (';eats. at 591 4 ; and the Four per Cents. at 9414. For the Railway Shares and Scrips: to a demand continues very slack. The latest prices are annexed. BRITI‘II FUNDS. ON E O'CLO CR. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 s% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. b, 1868 .. Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% India Bonds, 1,000/. .. sank Stock for Account .. •• • .. 213 211 Consols for Account •• • • .. 96% Exchequer Bills. 13.0. 19141. 1,0001. 24 .27 23 26 23 pm. 27 5001. •• • • 28 28 — pas. 27 Ditto, Small - - •• •• 28 24 pm. 27 toNIT CLOSING O'CLOC'K. PRICES. 21 3 4 4, CLOSING PRICES. 95% raztEraN FUNDS. Grenada, 1 per Cent Ditto, Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Coat Ditto, Deferred .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, 3 per Cent .. Russian Bonds Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Deferred .. Ditto, Three per Cent Ditto, for the Account .• • • 716% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Ceat • • '59 1 4 Ditto, for the Account Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates • . 9 434 PAID. 2 D U C tl B Si r N E E A S TS CLOSING PIICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. 10 .... G ..... • ... Amber., Notting., Boston, • and Eastern Junction ..., , 1% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1% - ...... Birmingham and Gloucester.. 100 In .• 126 Birmingham and Oxford Juncti on 2 .... ..... Bridgewater and Minehead .. 425. .... dis I dis. Buckinghamshire.. • . 425. .... :34 dis 34 die Caledonian .. • . .. 10 .... 10% 10 14 Ditto, Half Shares . 2% ........ 234 Ditto, Extension .. 234 .... 1 34 Chester and Holyhead .. 20 .... 30 19% .... • • 19 Cork and Waterford .. 1;4 . . . . 34 Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% . 1 I Direct Manchester (Rastri c k' s ) .. ... % .• . Direct Northern 234 2.... . 2 Eastern Counties . 141. 165••.,. 20% % ..... . 20% Ditto New .. • • . 81. 16s. - • • Do. Perpet., per Cent. No. 1.61. 13 s . 4d. 34 • p p p Ditto, ditto, .. •.. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. p.. •• •• % Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. ...... .1 IA .. • • 1 1 4 East Lincolnshire .. • • . 1% 6 1 34 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 72% 73 73 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 1% 1% Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% ..... % .. Great Eastern and Western .. 234 - i • Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... 163 2 17 .. 16% Great North of England . -100 . Ditto, New . 1434 13% 14% 14 1 % Great Western .. 85 - Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 165 Hull and Selby .. SO • - - Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • 7 .... 2532 -1 4 Lancaster and Carlisle .. 35 5134 52 Leeds and Carlisle .. 2% 54 Leicester and Bedford 22s. % dls.• • • • • • d 3 Liverpool and Leeds Direct London an i Birmingham . lOO 219 217 218.... 218 Ditto Thirds .. London and Blackwell .. 161. 13 ft. 4d. 8% • • ........ 814 London and Brighton .. * 50 62% 63 .... • • 63 Ditto, ConsoL Eighths .. Ditto ditto Fifths .. .: 20 .... 28% .. . London and Croydon .. 131. 12s. 9d. 21 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... - ......... London and south-W es ' ern . 41/. 6a. 10d. 76 .......... Dttto, New Consol. Eighths Ditto, New . .• • • London and York .. • 21 ,1 3% . London, Warwick, & Eiddermins. Lynn and Dereham 10 8 Manchester and Leeds .. .• 82 - ... - Ditto, Ilalf Shares .. . • Ditto Extension • • 423....... p......„ p Manchester and Birmingham Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) •• 4 .... 11% 34 . . 1134 Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 2 .... 9 1 % .. • . ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1..•• 7% • ••• • • • 7% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 42 5. - • .. 1% P Manchester and Southampton 2 - .......... 1% Midland .. • • • • -100 ....145% 145. 144% Ditto, New .. 18 _ 30 30% Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 43 .... •• .. 43 Ditto, Now . • • • . 1 .... 9% • ..... Ditto, New, Brandling 20 .... 36 54 36 ...... 36 Newcastle and Berwick .. 10 _ 18% • .... 18 ;4 Newcastle and Carlisle • .. 100 -.• • • • ..... 115% North British .. .••• .. 20 ... - •. . • 25% Ditto, Half Shares .. .• •. 6 ..., .•••.• • • • . 834 North Staffordshire .. • • • • 42 5. .... 3% %I 4 p 3% p Norwich and Brandon . • .. 18 .... 23 22% .. 2214 Perth and Inverness • • . • • • 234,.., 134 1 32 Rugby and Huntingdon .. 2 - Scottish Central .. .. • .. 10 .... 16 15% ...... 15% South Midland .. •• .. 425. .... 1 p • • 1 p South and Midlands Junction .. 425..... 1 dis. ..... 1 dis South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% . , 36 Do., New (do. 331. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .. . • 11% . • ..... 11% lie., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 .... 2% • Tean and Dove Valley.. .. • . 1% Trent Valley and Holyhead June. 2% 1% .. Vale of Neath .. • • 2 „.. Waterfd., Wexfd., Wick., & Dub. 1% ...„ % Wexford, Waterford; & Valenta 1% ••..... West Riding Union •• • . 425. .... 2% p. • • 2% p Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. 20 .. .. 25 _ • •.. 25 York and Lancaster .. .••• 2% . • 1 1 4 •• • • I York awl North Midland .. • . tO Ditto, Ralf Shares .. • • 25 .... • • Do. E. and W. Riding Exton. I 934% •• , FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .• .. 10 .... 10% .. Bord., Tout., & Cette (M ac k enz i e) 2 Ditto, ditto (Espciete) .. 2 .. Central of Spain .. 9 Dutch Rhenish , „ East Indian .. 5 2. Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 16 Treat Western Canada .. - . .... . Louvain and Jemeppe _ 4 .. Luxembourg .. .. 4 - .... 94 . • . . Namur and Liege .. 4 .... . • • PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. 10~ 5914 59% 94% 28 21% 9% 76 42j Orlearns and Bordeaux Over Ys6el .. .. .. 41.3e.4d.... Real del Monte, Unregistered United Mexican .. 28/.25.830.. 414 .. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAuca 20.—Wind N.W., light airs and hazy. There has been a heavy fall of snow during the night. DEAL, Miaca 19.—Arrd. James Holmes, Head, Demerara ; Sphe roid,' Bailie, St. Vincent; Manado, Batavia, for Rotterdam; De Goode Verwakting, Batavia. for Arnsttrdarn ; Tell, Diereks, La Guayra, for Bremen. Arrived from the River and sailed, 1 ith, Isle of Whitbread, Mauritius; Zealous, Douglas, Montreal; Pearl, Chalmers, Montreal; Caton, Havannah. Winratiavan, Macs 18.-81 d. Thomas, Hargrave, St. John's, New Brunswick, WUITSTABLE, - MARCH 19. —Part of the cargo of the Richard has been savod aad landed hero. LYNN, MARCH 18.—The Maria, Lundt, arrived here from Hens bury, picked up. on the 4th instant in the Steine, a flaking coble, named the " Success of Whitby, No. 5, John Barrett, master." MARYPORT, MARCH 17.—A large vessel is repored to be capsized on the Scotch Bank, near this port. FAtsfouyn, MARCH 19.—Wind N.E., fresh breezes.—Sld. William Mitchell, M'Lochlan, China; Essex, Howard, Madras; Emerald, Pavey, Antigua.; Leander, Phillipps, Santander ; ariou, Bell, Ceylon. Off port, 15th, Dorothea and Wilhelmina, outward bound, with damage, bore up for Plymouth. HULL, MARCH 18.—S1d. Abram Couldrey, Davis' Straits ; Wel come Home, Deck, St. John's; Woodhouse, Tale, do. ; Tremont, Taylor, Charlsten ; Venerable, Martin, St. John's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat for oar market have been on a very moderate scale. Although the attendance of buyers today was by no means large, the demand for that article was steady at fully previous quotations. In free foreign Wheat rather more business was transacted at very full prices, while Corn under lock was more inquired for. We have a short supply of Barley this week. The trade was firm at late rates. Superfine White Malt was in quired for ; such goes off as it comes to hanil at full prices. The arrivals of Oats are on the increase, yet the Oat trade ruled steady at extreme currencies. In Beans, Peas, and Flour, but little was doing. ARRIVALS. Barley. 1 1 Oats Flour. 970 qrs. 2,470 qrs. I 1,020 ski. 11,590 - 690 I ---- English . • • • • • Foreign .... Wheat. 2,160 qrs. 25,000 AWL 3,240 ars: SMITHFIELD. In to-day's market the supply of Beasts was moderately extensive, owing to which the Beef trade was heavy, at barely Monday's prices. We had on sale 30 beasts and 40 sheep from Holland, to gether with 90 Scots from Scotland. The numbers of sheep were not large, yet the inquiry for them ruled dull, and the quotations had in some instances a downward tendency. From the Isle of Wight 66 lambs came to baud per railway. Prime qualities sold steadily, at full currencies ; otherwise the Lamb trade was dull. In calves, only a moderate business was transacted, at late rates. The Pork trade was steady, at full prices. Mitch Cows were a slow sale, at from 141. to 18/. each. Suckling Calves, 18s. to 30s. ; and quarter-old store pigs 16s to 20s. each. Beasts, 705 ; Cows, 130 ; Sheep and Lambs, 2,590 ; Calves, 119; Pigs, 310. NEVIGATE AND LEA.DZNIIALL. The trade here to- day was very dull, and prices were somewhal in favour of the buyers. 30KoUGH HOP MARKET. Selected parcels of Hops in pockets, of last year's growth, command a ready sale, at very full prices. In all other qualities exceedingly little is doing at late rates. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP IX. THZ GLASGOW HARBOUR. rinerznaL The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Lord Wersley is the chair, when the evidence on behalf of this scheme was pro ceeded with. Captain Washington, one of the Royal Tidal Commmissioners, was called and examined—He had been engaged some time ago in making investigations into the state of Glasgow harbour. Last year a great number of witnesses of the first respectability, merchants, manufacturers, engineers, and magistrates were examined, and they all bore out the fact of the great pressure of shipping and the want of accommodation. He considered that even the proposed docks at Stob•croes would not give all the accommodation required. It was most important that the general traffic and the minerals should be separated as far as possible. The point selected by the General Ter minus Company was decidedly objectionable, as it was opposite to the steam-boat quay, and if eight or nine tiers of colliers lay there, as he expected should that scheme be carried out, the large Liver pool steamers would not be able to turn in the river. Looking at the map, and oalculating the almost certain increase of trade down the river, and the extension of the quays, he considered the Harbour Mineral scheme better than the other two. He took no exception to the tidal basin except that it was too small. Still it would do something towards relieving the pres sure of the shipping in the river. Indepentent of the idea et a rail was this place had been pointed out some time ago as a good pleat for a dock or tidal basin. It would also have another advantage ; the vessels would not be liable to suffer from floods and high tides as they were in the river. Others had confirmed the evidence he gave in a similar question last year before a Select Committee, that it was highly objectionable to lay down rails along such crowded quays as those of Glasgow. In the cross-examination to which the witness was subjected, the witness reiterated substantially all the points he maintained in his examination in chief. He most emphatically dissented from any plan to bring themineral traffic up the quays to interfere with the general traffic. GROUP XIV. The Committee appointed to ascertain the merits of the lines corn prised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr. Protheroe in the chair, when the case for the NORTH RENT LINE was resumed Mr. Vignolos was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Calvert, on behalf of a number of landholders residing between Gravesend and Rochester, who were averse to the railway intersecting their property. They alleged that the South-Eastern line was the best of the two, which would do the least injury to their property. flub-Committee No. 1 The Committee met at twelve o'clock in Room No. 7. Members present—Mr. Strutt (Chairman), Mr. Clive, Mr. Becket Mr. Cavendish, and Mr. Forbes. Mr. RICHARDSON appeared to promote the first Bill, which was one for improving the srmnizir PASSAGE. The projectors took powers to compel the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Company to purchase or lease their undertaking. Unopposed. Standing enters complied with. StrILREY GIUIND ZUNCTZON. _ - - The object of this Bill is to effect a junction between the London and Birmingham and Great Western, by an extension of the West London Line, also with the South-Western Railway at Battersea. Length, three and a half miles ; estimated cost, 170,0001. Agents, Messrs. Dyson, Hull, Parkes, and Coates ; engineer, Mr. Laxton. Unopposed. Standing orders not complied with, inasmuch as no fixed point had been taken for the datum line near either of the proposed termini, it having brew drawn from the surface of the London and Brighton rails at a distance of six miles. The projectors stated that it had been originally intended to effect a junction with the latter Company, but this portion of their Bill had been after wards abandoned. RAILWAY GUATLELIZTFaI CORPORATION. The promoters of this Bill sought to establish a Corporation for the purpose of guaranteeing the capital of proprietors Invested In railways, and also to enter into arrangements with Companies in their collective capacities. The Corporation proposed that the capital should be half a million, in shares of V. 10s. each. The Committee decided upon the following clause :—" And be it enacted, that it be lawful for all railway companies to enter into ar rangements with the said Corporation, and to accept the guarantee of the Corporation for a stipulated yearly dividend, to be mutually agreed on, and in consideration thereot to transfer to and entitle the said Corporation to all the profits derivable from the railways of the companies so agreeing to accept such guarantee, beyond the amount of such dividend," that the standing orders had not been agreed to, inasmuch as they had not published their notices in all the counties in which the works of all the railways in the empire were situated ! XIMOTZTAA.NE, DOUNE, AND cA.LLArnomn. This Bill sought powers to construct a railway from the City of Dumblane, by Donne, to the town of Callender, in the county et' Perth. Length of line 10 miles ; estimated cost 80,0001. Agents, Messrs. Graham and Weems, London ; Mr. Arcbd. Reid, Perth. Engineer, Mr. Mitchell, Perth. The Bill took powers to lease or sell the line to the Scottish Can. tral Company. Unopposed. Standing orders not compiled with, as no notice of their intention to apply lo Parhament tor powers " to sell " to the Central Company had been published in the Edinburgh Gazette, or the county newspapers, The Comniitiee then adjourned, (Sub-Committee, No. 2.) This Committee met to-day at one o'clock; present, Sir J. Y. Buller ;Chairman), Mr. Bell, Mr. E. Yorke, Mr. Kemble. CLIELIVISVOILD AND nulty. The consideration of the remaining petitions againSt this Bill was resumed. Mr. GarßlE appeared in support of the petition of Messrs. Sted man and Jones, owners of property a'ong the line, complaining of non-compliance with the standing orders. Mr. WEBSTER supported the Bill. The petition alleged that in No. A, in the parish of Gemsthorpo, within the limits of deviation, was not marked on the plans deposited with the clerks of the pease for the counties of Suffolk and Essex, which was sustained. Some similar allegations were abandoned. The next allegation was, that a brook in the parish of Barneham, be•tween the heath and field marked 76 and 78, was omitted on the said plans. _ _ E;idence having been heard pro and con., the Committee considered that the point was so trifling that it was not pressed. It was next alleged that a wood, marked 11 ,liaittle Henny, was not shown in.the plan, which was sustained. It was then alleged that the limits of a lateral deviation at 7 fur longs 5 chains, and 1 furlong 3 chains, on the 50th mile on the main line, was not shown. Evidence was adduced in support of this allegation, which the Corn. mittee found was not sustained. The next allegation was that a field in the parish of Halstead, between sections 117 and 118, was not marked on the plans, which was not sustained. Sab-Committee No 4 . The Committee met at twelve o'clock. Present, Sir W. Heath cote (chairman), Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Aclaud, and Mr. C. Legh. DIENZNNEAL, LANCASHIRE, AND CLIESLIIIZIS. The conslieration of this Bill was resumed, The Chairman said that the Committee had decided against the objection raised by Mr. Ellseombe, at the last;dtth ig of the Committee —that the service of notice upon two parties at Warrington, whose houses were within the limits of deviation, had been imperfect, in asmuch as the papers were only shown to them, and were at once taken away. The Committee were at first of opinion that this was a very irregular proceeding, and that if It were passed ever in these Instances, the door would be opened to an exceedingly dan gerous practice. however, upon considering the evidence of the parties themselves, it appeared that, in effect, they had sufficient notice. Mr. Pairr, on the part of the Company, said that he was now better able than he had been when the objection was first alleged to explain how it happened that the notices were taken away from the complaining persons. The Company bad nothing whatever to do with that proceeding. The fact was, that much of the property in Warrington, through which the projected line was to pass, belonged to Mr. Standish, ➢I.P., who had directed his agents to collect for him all the notices that might be left with his tenants, and the persons who served the notices were in some instances employed to get them back again. He thought it but justice to the Company to offer this explanation, which he wee prepared to prove if the Committee re quired it. The CHAIRMAW was glad to hear the explanation, as it removed a somewhat unfavourable impression from his mind. The Committee then shortly deliberated, and agreed to report that the standing orders'were not complied with. LONDON AND WINDSOR. The object of this Bill is to form a direct railway communica tion between London and Windsor. 'the length of the line is 21% miles, the estimated cost is 500,0001. The engineer is Sir J. M'Neill ; the agent, Mr. Domford; and the solicitor, Mr. G. Smith. The formal evidence having been gone through. Mr. WYATT appeared in support of a petition against the Bill, the chief allegation of which was, that the datum line was not cor rectly marked in the plans and sections deposited. Engineering evidence was given in support of the allegation. Mr. Doamroan called Mr. Thompson, one of the engineers of the line, to prove the correctness of the plans and sections impugned. SO-Committee No. 5, Thl Committee met at twelve precisely, in room No. 12 ; present, Mr. Home Drummond (chairman), Mr. Macke, and Mr. Walker. 711111t1WINGILAPIL ALM oxPorlD (zartrizzraG HAM ZXTENSZON), linaluriTGll.olllC ozoro 14D Z•172,::C In respect of the several points reserved es to these lines, the Com mittee gave their decision that the alleptions were not proved, and the standing orders were complied with. 331N3 ZINGEMBE AND ON-TOED 3uNcTrow. The point which was under consideration when the Committee rose yesterday, which was a question as to whether a certain road, described as a private road, was or was not a public carriage -way, was discussed at some length. A witness was called to prove that it was a public way, and that he la - mself had used it as such, by going over it in a gig ; and Mr. Carter, for the petitioner (Lord Warwick), said that he had several other witnesses to call if it was thought necessary. Mr, smuts acid he would not call any witnesses, It might be hift that there was a ' mistake, bid the promoters considered t— private road ; and in thotigbt, there was not snfile.ent eviderre scow tlit,t it was R. r,ublic riA,P Vin The COMMITTEE oectil;‘ithilt the allcgatimi wi proved. The next allegation was that the height a nd span of an arc h °Ce a canal were not marked. A witness was called to point out the arch in question. mark Mr. BURKE admitted th a t th e h e i ght and span were n ot Mar and the Committee declared the allegation proved. There was an allegation that the height and span of the arm Duet a turnpike-read, No. 11, leading to Birmingham, were not maraT,Z but as it was found that they were marked, the allegation was drawn. Several allegations, marring to the points argsted Plate r decided on the meeting of the Committee, were withdrawn. It was alleged that " the sections and eross-sections deputed with the Clerks of the Peac e , an d num b ered respect i ve ly, ot in accordanc:, with the standtng orders , inasmuch as they " 1 " A 0. 0, state the inclination of the ex i s ti ng roa d s, and of the prof;osed row' and did not describe the alt era ti ons proposed to be ma d e. ' at Mr. Buzau objected to this allegation, as it did not state _er,, sections were meant ; inst ea d of saying that the section , : 0 " numbered respectively," th ey oug h t to have stated tchal they w ere numbered respectively. Mr. CARTER said, that th e allegation eid not refer to any Partical° as sections, but to all the sections ; and that if he coulfi show that 11,0011 contained the necessary d es cripti on o f th e alteration, the al:aga u would be proved. Mr. Ituaxx —Then, if you f a il i n one, your a ll ega ti on f a lls tol ls , ground ; and we might to point out ore for you to begin upon. ost Burke then called M r . B rune l , the engineer to the line, to Panforr eat of the sections, but a w i tness called by Mr. Carter waa be ,„,, to hand with him, and p rocee d ed to point out one of the secv"'"'",, which, he said, there was no description of the proposed alterw ait i r It was found that the level of the present road and that of dl t y tended road were both marked on the section in question, and allegation fell to the ground. Mr. CARTER wished to call a c l er k of the peace, ' an d have l3o sealed plans opened, but -.net Mr BURKE objected. He refer re d t o th e p l ans which wer e orb, by the clerk of the peace for W orces t er yesterday, in wh i c h a° crepancy was found, and said that hi s f r i en d was fishing for Itio, Mr. CARTER thought he could sh ow th at the i nclines Were n ot marked on the sections. ocida 4 Mr. Bvaaa said he thought the C omm itt ee h a d alrea dy a - the point, and The CHAIRMAN said that the alleg a ti on had been disproved, an d — t o not be further entertained. Th e C omm i ttee would not sanctio n„ opening of the plans. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committee met this day at 12 o'clock. Present, 'the Shaftesbury (in the chair), Lords Reeeoiale and Hawarden. WISBECH, ST. IVES, AND CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY. de ide J The Committee, after hearing the usual formal e v idence, - -c that the objections urged against th e Bill h a d not been sustained. ° that the promoters had complied with the tanding orders. SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE EXTENSION RAIL n - This line, which was unopposed, occupied but a short time. a, Their Lordships decided that the C om p any h a d fulfilled the sta . o lug orders. The line ,is about fifteen miles long, and its estin la cost is 25 x,OOO/. Parliamentary agents, Burke and Company. . i 11) AXHOLME, GAINSBOROUGIL GOOL E, A ND YORK, ... NORTH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The length of the main li ne i s thi rty - two miles, with a branc h fr, Gainsborough to the Sbefflel.l and Lincolnshire of one mile a n quarter, and another branch to the river Treat, at the Trent-port - to of three-quarters of a mile. There was an error con f esse d in, la levels, but the landowners and o c c u pi ers h av i ng, w i t h out a sl°,,;„t exception, given their assent to the li ne , th e C omm it tee d ec ided tu" they would report favourably of it. The estimated cost is 350,0001. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Room No. 8. • The Com Mateo met at half-put twelve o'clock; present, l i r; Aldam and Mr. Thomely. Mr. Aglionby entered ab ou t h a lf - P ut °- o'clock. EETER GREAT RAILWAY. The projected line is proposed to WESTERN' proceed from the Bris tol fed „e s Exeter Railway near Exeter, to the Wilt s , S omerset, ai d Wey 1,1 °..1 4 . Railway at Yeovil and at B r idp or t, b ranc hi ng to Chare and de. mouth. Extent of the line 69 mil e s ; es ti mate d cost, 1,300,0001•.;eer, posit, 32,0001. Parliamentary agen t s , B ur k e and Co. Engi n I. K. Brunel, Esq. Seven petitions were ,*resented against the line from rop pr fetors 1 $ the district, exclusive of those on which no appearances were mad No. 9, Room. This Committee me*, as usual, this morning, at one o'clock. Pi p. Members present were':—.l. B. Estcourt, Chairman ; Mast's' darves, Aglionby, Miles, C. Bruce, and Strutt. The Committee decided in the cases of th e Ch es t er and 3 1. --ne h er - , e ,bo ter, Direct Boston, N e wark, and Sheffield Railway, and the Midland Railway, that the stauding orders ought not to be flisPe n ie with. That the parties s h o uld no t be allowed to proceed with tv — Bills. PRIVATE COMMITTEES-(THIS DAY -) HOLME RESERVOIRS. Wei This was a Bill to provide water for certain parishes In Riding of Yorkshire. _ die Unopposed. Standing orders not compli e d w ith , i nasmu ch fixed point for the datum line was declared Insufficient, being 11Y stake driven into a field, and quite unprotecte.d. METROPOLITAN SEWAGE BILL. D. The consideration of this Bill was t a k en thi s d ay, by the Su Cemmittec of Standing Orders, No. 4. Dir. Patxr, the agent for the Bill, st a t e d th e o bj ec t to he:, provide manure for agricultural p urposes, by draining °art sewage of London, and carrying it by pipes into the _f cultural districts. He did no t t hi nk that the Bill `, s it properly wi thin the s t an di ng orders requiring ,the deP e of plans and sections with the Board of Trade, or of to it with the Heceivcr-General ; but for the sake of security, 0 11 , t itz orders had bei-n complied with, as if th ey appl i ed to the Bilb tp,,t submitted, however, that he n ee d no t go i nto the proofs,to, d inf the orders did not extend to th e case. li e submitted tl,'";',o merely to avoid the setting up of a p rece d en t against partieit might be in the same position as the promoters of the lu• -- measure. Thu CHAIRMAN said that he thought the Bill came an d e r the e tane l ing orders referred to, as it propo se d t o g i ve power t o lay do , pipes and to construct a water-way across th e eountry. The . 4- sits and the services of notices to proprietors must be proved. Mr. Pritt put in accordingly the usual formal evidence. The consideration of the Bill was then adjourned to a Altura dal* NEWS FROM PORTUGAL. (From the Morning Herald) SUICIDE OF CAPT. 141‘LEOD, OF THE GREAT LIVERPOOL STEAMER. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEVEN 0%..L0t,.. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Que e t Captain Russell, arrived thi s morning at four o'clock, fr°'" the Peninsula, bringing the usual mails. Her dates of de parture are as follows :—Gibraltar, 10th March Cadiz, 11th ; Lisbon, 13th ; Oporto, -14th ; Vigo, 15th ; Corunn* 16th. The Quecn brings a full cargo of dates, orang th specie, eggs, &c. The schooner Brand, for Liverpool, with corn, struck Oporto Bar corning out ; she apparently sustained no damag e ' and proceeded on her voyage. The Queen experienced very strong S.W. gales outward!: and a succession of northerly gales h omewar d s , or s h e wou ‘‘' have performed the voyage two days sooner. The Queen brings home about 90 persons, passengers, 9: eluding the crew a n d p assengers o f th e G rea t Livere n . They are in a very distr esse d con diti on f or wan t o f clobtal° and many other necessaries. It is with extr e me regre t th a t I announce th e deat h Of Captain M‘Lerel, the late commander of the Great Live r ; pool, who died by hi s own h an d i mme di ate l y after the l as _ of the passengers had d e p ar t e d f or C orunna. H e had b een in a most desponding s t a t e o f m i n d ever s i nce t h e u nfortn t nate occurrence, and it is supposed could not bear up agar et misfortune. The m e l anc h o ly even t h as l e f t a gloomn v the whole town. He was a man universally beloved an respected. He has left a l arge y oung f am il y, w ith propee o of an early increase. There is nothing further saved from the wreck of the Gr eat Liverpool. The ship is entirely gone t o p and what /", luables floated ashore were principally purloined by the ra e cally natives. 11 1 The Queen brings home h er ma il s . I h ave p e rson*" inspected them ; but as they are in boxes it is impossibl!! a casual observer to state what damage they have receirt4. I regret to add, that Lieutenant Williamson, the Jt.,urit ralty agent of the Gr ea t Li verpoo l , li es dangerous tw,y; Corunna; se much so, th a t hi s lif e i s despaired of. 11 ' " 1 totally unable to come to England in the Queen. Too much praise cannot be given to Captain Russe l l his kind, humane, and p , ,lite attention in every respect ~, to, unfortunate passengers. Most of th e i r f r i en d s wer e tra 4lll .; at the various hotels in the town to receive them and it 0 ; be readily imagined the greeti ngs were o f a most cor dial racter. eS• Liaison, MARCH 13.—Baron Renduffe, the new Portugnfor Minister to the Court of Spain, set off on the 11th inst't to ) Madrid rite Cadiz. One chi e f o bj ect o f hi s mission i s sait t be, the negoti a ti on o f a match between the Spanish Clittegu, ' and Prince Leopold o f S axe C obu r g, brotherto the Consort of this country. His allowance has been raised ft" 5,300 to 8,000 m il re i s per annum ; besides which he has *P. furnished with c r edit t o th e amount o f 40,000 milreis fey tertaiaments and douceurs to those influential persons can aid him in his object. We have to report the loss of another English vessel , = th brig Vestal, which went on sh ore near Vienna on the s ' d inst. The master, m a t e , an d s i x seamen, were d row ned i eight seamen were saved. The vessel and cargo were to lost. te TROTTING MATCH FOR T WENTY P OUNDS . day afternoon, Mr. Manley and Mr. Soe t ro tt e d th e i r h orse s, the ..re mile match at Finchley. The former drove his horse in the win e under three minutes' time. / de:" FOUR THOUSAND MECHA NICS WANTED IN '"4. IDS - t o CRESTER.— Large posters were yesterday display ed throngha metropolis,iannouncing that so less th an 4,0 f 0 mechanics bel'"'*ted to the undermentioned branches of th e b u ildi ng trades we re „„ immediately, at the following wages, in Manchester and neiglin t ; hood :—Carpenters and joiners (good workmen), 28s. per 1 ":,;(1 bricklayers, 305.; plumbers, 276. ; slaters, 265. ; plaistererS '- painters, 265. ; labourers, 18s. THE LEG OF A FEMALE FOUND IN THE rip s ' - ; Yesterday morning, a man employed in clearing the mud so w embankment, now terming at the river side of the Isle of Mgt t o posite Greenwich, for the purpose of making wharfs, found i 0 , ' ,; the mud thewhole of a leg and foot ; it h a d on a woman ' s boot an d remains of a black worsted stocking. It h a d ev id en tly been 0 water for many months, as, on being taken en shore, it been ...- mass of crumbling dirt, leaving only the bones. „„q EXTRAORDINARY DISEASE.—There are reas. , - - fear an epidemic of a strange and malignant character has att the flocks of several farmers in the neighbourhood of Har dwick- o . appearance of the animals after death offers no symptoms of T 6 naeh mation ; the only part affected is the lungs, w hi c h appear 'eer and ready to fall in pieces. Mr. Fisher, of R ow th orne, has lost in e teen hogs out of a flock of sixty ; and several other farmers l i ' o C lest eight or ten. The sheep are seized with diflienFess• breathing, refusing their food, and di e i n a f ew days. The d. appears infectious.—Edinburgh Weekly Register. THE LATE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT C'..? n Of WELL.—The subscription raised for the wid ow an d two chil",,ref--iiig Phelarite Horcan, who, it wi Ihe remembered, destroyed tw o bag children and nearly deprived another of life about a month ag o ',,,,et enabled those gentlemen who have take n a mos t praisewortnYcjifeas in it, to place har in business in Mount-street, Walworth, as e ire maker. The poor lad Phelarite, whose th roa t was so seve re ly jured by his father in the kitchen, is now perfectly recovered. b e THE CARLTON CLUB.—The Carlton Club, as Ino° well supposed, is, like the Conservative p ar ty a t l arge , now sin" Gir two sections, who may be classed as Peelites and F ro tectioniats . , ace . Tuesday last the annual election of the h ouse comm ittee took P; ig itt and we hear that the occasi o n was seiz e d on as a tral of stre _ e re between the two parties. The result w as that the Peelit es beaten hollow, the Protectionist list being carried by a larg e jority.—Brighton Gazette., rt• ,sdsi EXECUTION OF JOIC EY, THE PARRICIDE . — 11- morning, at eight, Ralph Joicey underwent the extreme penal ty of the law in front of the county gaol at Morpeth, in the prese n ce some thousands of spectators, for the murder of his father. receiving his sentence he was very attentive to the spiritual incue"of t tions of the chaplain, the Rev. T. Finch. On the previous day, ned the prisoner's relatives wrote to him to the effect that they d e cl; seeing him unless it WAS his own wish and ne returned an nnot written in the most a ff ectionate and pen i t e nt style, taking 111!_:4,„. farewell. lie spent a great part of the night in reining the turnkey, and d a s n i d e p b t e b h u a t , little. tl with t ke d d ea to l o ti l 'e co% c i a p ff. os 'i l d i;e a . ssi lli e s d ai bt.' P e ,, nr ; ante on the scaffold caused no apparent excitement amongere'"es crowd, who behaved with great propriety, and niaintained a P silence while the chaplain, with considerable emotion, and 1 11 .0 " tue imp; cssivc accents, commended the soul of the unhappy taan_' flo or li tt e g w re L a d mercy of his Creator. The bolt was then loosened, aud wretch, with scarcely a struggle, ceastd to exist. During hte into 0. of cou rse with Jokey, the chaplain sug.iested to him the WW I e The making a lull confession of all the circumstances of his crluie , r • pr i sone r accordingly requested to be suppli e d w i t h pen , ink, and Pa ne. and committed to writing art ample confession. BIRTIIB On the 18th inst., at Ackworth Park, Yorkshire, Mrs. Gully. °f daughter. On the Ifith inst., at Lyndhurst. Mrs. R. Puiteney, Ora s lay, of On the 16th inst., Mrs. Revenden, of Crown•street, Fins On the 17th inst., the wife of Rickard Edward Arden, L' 4 " Bedford-square, of a daughter. Cs n• On the 18th inst., at Stratford-gr o v e , M r s. M. Hopkins, or a On the 16th Inst., at DarMfg / to g :: Joseph reuse, sen. , E" .. Feethams, aged 74. London: Printed and Pifulighc‘d by 10'11D0 TOUNG, et l : l : . ' c iset Strand, Printer, at The ,Sgm Vince, 0.112. strand, in the A-reuott of the Savvy, In the County of lladdloses, Friday ' 20, 1846. - CAI onteense ti lt s ROYAL, Pi i," 4l 'of LA.IIOI 14 4 . 1 . 441 44 darin g Sir R ob , ki e l tOiCOPE th tirre_ Ifo heroinLEgs( t g . T q ,, ftifencl ays il QbtL asre ri ki te Per ,TM= Tii„n,corno by vertißer rill li tt l ou ft . usities Itt itt 're q , With rei ~,...I. __ I\I N SL( • her late lo al Years, Arg rne n tat ail h d (.1 t,:. " t. ktilS- • ()fri(., . t,. ,_____ 4‘l44 :ll 20 I , 134+3 IV7I-571, ' ht ulistnlei x lti leS, IS' Franc= Fa, elk) on Sti No t , tNi n • ;+' , E. rt , oke, E, , OL ;-* . 4 Y 1)4 co,- - all etirtua C+Ell;.; k,1, 14 CON fltA, th q r educe.l r .11,A,k.oAtre,. 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