The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-23 00:00:00

EXHIBITION OF TABLEAUX, OIL PAINTED and in RELIEF.-2.'9, REGENT-STREET. To Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed thatijkle above Exhibition will be opened on THURSDAY text, the 26IhissWt., and will comprise Models of FRUIT, BIRDS, FISH, &c. These Tableaux have already attracted much attention on the Con tinent, as well from the intrinsic beaulrof the colours and grouping, AS from their overcoming the most difficult question of art, viz., the combining distant perspective on a flat surface, with a foreground modelled in relief, preserving at the same time unity of composition. Admission, One Shilling, which will also admit to the Anatomical Gallery.—Open from Ten to Six. Air USEUM of PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY, v ce:ltaining upwards of One Thousand MODELS, cast from amt cob wed after Nature ; comprising every part of the Ilutnaa Frame in every state of Disease. Atlrnbsion, One Shilling, which will also admit to the Gallery of Tableaux. Open from Ten till Six.-209, Regent-Atreet To be had at all the Libraries THE NEW NOVELS. JUST PUBLISHED BY M. COLBURN. THE ROBERTSES ON THEIR TRAVELS. By Mrs. TROL LOPE. PEERS AND PARVENUS. By Mrs. GGRE. SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, A Tale of the Court of Charles H. By the Author of " Maids of Honour." THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE. Edited by MARY HOWITT, Second Edition. THE WHITE SLAVE an! THE RITSSIAN PRINCE. By the ♦uthor of " Reveladons of Ituai!,t." Second Ettai,n. THE QUEEN OF DEN NI ARK (Caroline Matilda, Sister of George ill.) ; an Histo h al Rotnaoce, founded on the private com munications of her Majesty's Chamberlain. Henry Colbum, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINUTON. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo , MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CHAMBRE. By the Countess of BLESSINGTO Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC: SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, anti to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDA:f and ' , away. at One o'clock„ at the Hall of Commerce, Ft-readneedle-strect, London, to which place all favours, cent tininz instructions, are respectfully requested to be •iddrwsed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at, - least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, mid. the proceeds immediately dispo'ed of according to instructions. Offices. gall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, MARCH 24. Will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled NINO. With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Mims, King of Assyria, Signor Fornasari; Idaspe, Signer Corelli , Orotasphe (High Priest of the Temple of Isis), Signor Botelll ; Ab dallo (an Officer of the King of Assyria), Signor D,ailicri ; Fenena (daughter of Ninus), Madile. Corbari ; Anna Oster of Orotasphe), Madame Bellini ; Abigail (a slave, supposed to be the eldest daughter of Ninus), Madlle. Sanchioli. TO conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, - CATARINA ; ou, LA FILLB DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, )411les. Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di itlattia, and Perrot. Madame Castellan is daily expected in town, and will shortly appear. THEATRE ROYAL, DICURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled TIIE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar rison, Iturdini, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. To conclude with a new grand comic Pantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin, Mr. Wieland ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. FOR TILE BENEFIT OF M. BENEDICT. M. BENEDICT begs respectfully to announce that his BENEFIT, and the Last Performance but Three before the Holidays, will take place on THURSDAY. APRIL 2, on which occasion the New Opera of THE CRUSADERS will be performed, with a variety of Enter tainments ; full particulars of which will be duly advertised. Tickets and places may be procured of Mr. Parsons, at the Box office, from Ten till Six daily. THEATRE ROYAL, RAY3IARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farren; dir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. Holl ; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei dermann, Mr. J. Bland ; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Heine d'un Jour," "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz, and the Quadrille, "Le Roi d'Tvetot." After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buckztone ; Capt. l'hobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major rhobbs, Miss I'. Horton. TUB ATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Night of a New Drama ! GENERAL TOM THUMB having, on each Evening of his ap pearance, been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap plause, and excited the astonishment and approbation of an elegant and delighted auditory, by his almost Incredible Dimi nutive Person and his equally Incredible Mind, the Management has much pleasure in announcing his Performance for every Evening till farther notice. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with PETER JENKINS. In whiell Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Laidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boots. In which General Tom Thumb, who is engaged expressly for this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, ss. ;Boxes, 44. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 61 THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPILI. THIS EVENING Will bo _perconnecLa.New Pitite Dri m i vuw Aft giftd ij YOUR WIFE T O CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybnn, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Crank, Mrs.F. Matthews ; Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wrigh,, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STeEir.T. Last Week but One of the celebrated ♦rtistes, Madame VESTEIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled, THE DREAMER. Count de Florville, Mr. James Vining; Sir George Dormer, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Col. Sheldrake, Mr. Wynn; Charles Sedley, Mr. Harris ; Gage, Mr. Oxberry ; Lady Belton, Mrs. Stirling. To be succeeded by a New Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr.J. Vining; Count de Brivier, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre Palliot, Mr. C. Mathews; Mdlle. Duval, Miss E. Honner ; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestris. After which, the Serie Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEAKING LIKENESS. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby ; Alfred, Mr. James Vining ; Ceco, Mr. Compton ; Manette, Madame Vestria. To conclude with the Romantic Drama, called, THE BRIG XND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wallach, L. Murray, J. Vining, Granby, Honner ; Miss Honner and Mrs. Brougham. NEW STRAND THEATRE, LAST WEEK BUT ONE. M. PHILLIPPE'S iiOIREES and MAIII43ES MYSTERIEUSES, Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distingu!shed families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who tie At to attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLiPPE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, ar Two o'clouL. 21. Pgilippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiment: will he repeated every Evening, varied by the Amu'nig Pern tormances of the Chiarini Family, and the utoundlag Feats of tia American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter p 'At Seen, to eon:- thence at a quarter before Eight. Malls, 35.; Boxes, 25.; tit, Is. • Gallery, 6d. ; l'r vac lioxe, 11. Is., and 11. Its. 6d. THE WEATHEK.--Stir► th , rtcx, MARCII 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest. 51; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, 20.28.—W1ND W., fine. MARCH 23, THER3It,METER, Lowe,r, 37; IligheF;t. 54; Noon, 51 BARON ETER, 29.29. Wrxn IV.S.W.; morning, cloudy: afternoon, fine. G:t WATEit. A 1./.1"1 ~,~r~~i: i¢ 2 illirutfe atter 10. I Ecenta 4G minutes atie . ; 10, Lt,„ 6 rc .p, ;Fr IGt; 0 LON: n IN, MONDAY, NIARCH 23, 1846. The telvgraphie dispatch from Marseilles, which ap pears in another part of The Sun, will afford great satis faction to the public. The intelligence from the Punjaub and the British army on the banks of the Sutlej, has ever since the arrival of the last mail been anxious') expected, partly on account of the desperate resistance anticipated on the part of the Seikbs, the dreadful loss of life in the late battles, the report of the defeat of the division under Sir 11Exav SMITH, at Loodianah, and the total uncertainty as to the pin's of the Governor -Gene 1. All this anxiety has been completely removed by favourable news just received. According to the statements in some of the Indian papers, Sir HENRY SMITH, on the 21st, moved his brigade up the Sutlej, driving the enemy before him, when h e came upon one of their fortified positions which fired grape shot among the British troops. Some of the t t . tive regiments, it was said, threw down their are while another account stated they had gone over to the Seikhs, and left the battle to two European regiments, and the commander of the division under such circum stances withdrew his troops. The Agra Uhbar called this retirement a defeat, and the rumour of the defeat in creased in strength on its way to Bombay. We at tached no credit whatever to the report, partly from the manner in which it was given, and from a full conviction of the loyalty of the Sapoys so remarkably displayed on the 21st and 22d of December. We were correct in the view taken of this af fair; Not the slightest allusion is made to it in the French telegraphic dispatch, and had there been any details unfavourable, we may take it for granted that they would not have been omitted. On the con trary, it is admitted that a great victory has been ob tained by this very division, that the Seikhs, at a place called Alivert (near the bridge over the river at Philoor, we presume, though it is not given in the best maps), were driven across the Sutlej, leaving behind them, all their artillery, and losing a great number of their troops. We have here only another proof that this law. less horde of robbers, who are said to be disciplined, cannot stand More regular troops, and that a few Bri tish regiments, supported by the brave Sepoys, can put twice their number to flight whenever they come fairly into contact. The result, as well as the dispatch altogether, affords great ground of satisfaction with regard to future operations. The battle took place on the 29th of January, more than five weeks after the victories at Moodkee and Ferozeshah, thereby showing that Sir HENRY HARDINGE is resolved not to commence the in vasion of :1 - w Punjaub tilt he bas his who!e force con centrated, and tilt Sir CHARLES NAPIER has reached the scene of warfare. He is evidently maturing his plans, and making preparations for taking vengeance in a manner that cannot be mistaken for this wanton, criel, and unexpected attack upon peaceable neigh bours. Looking. therefore, at the present position of affairs, at the large force under his command, the strong batteries forming, and the powerful Snide division under its gallant leader, we may, therefore, anticipate by the next mail the most important and favourable intel- ligence. Our columns of Saturday contained the mport of the ease of "WooLmER and otheri v. TOBY," which illustrates most forcibly th' proverbial uncertainty of the law, ana promises a goodly crop of litigation ; so that, if the numerous schemes which came before the public in the course of the last autumn did not prove very profitable to the parties embarking therein, there is at least every prospect of their doing so to the gentlemen of the long robe. It has been the first attempt to recover, by legal process, the deposit on shares allotted in pur►uance of a letter of application, and seems to be in direct orpo sition to the principle of the case of HODGSON V. SPOTTIS WOODE, some:few weeks since reported in 4.ur columns. The present case was an action by the directors of the Direet Exeter and Plymouth Railway Company against a gentleman to whom forty shares had been all. tied ; it appeared that his application was made on the 13th of October, and that the allotment was not made until the 15th of December, more than two months afterwards, and long subsequent to the occurrence of the panic, which nipped so many promising schemes in the bud. Shortly after the date of the letter of allotment a new circular is issued, calling upon the allottees to pay a sum of three shillings per share on the amount of their re spective shares on which they would be indemnified from all further liability thereon. All the elements of the former case of HODG SCN V. SPOTTISWOODE, in which the allottee was held entitled to recover back from a member of the committee of management the entire sum paid by her as deposit, where the scheme was not carried into execution, existed in the present one. There had been a change in the committee of management, two gentle. men having retired subsequent to the application, and I previous to the allotment the full number of the shares trod not been allotted, no scrip was ever issued, no share was in existence, and yet the defendant has been held liable to pay the full amount of the deposit claimed, 2/. 12s. 6d. per share, when three shillings only was demanded from him, and which sum he can of course on the authority of HODGSON V. SPOTTISWOODE recover back from the company (with costs) when paid. We cannot believe it possible that this ver dict can be allowed to stand, that this litigation in a circle can be continued. To what extent can the doctrine be carried? If once it is at all recog nised, we shall have the projectors of the numerous defunct schemes turning with new vigour upon the various allottees ; persons, who had the shares come out at a premium, or had the undertaking proved a prosperous ore, would probably never have had an answer to their applications, and whose request was complied with at the twelfth hour, will now be compelled to share in the amount of the expenses (in many instances most reck lessly) incurred. We did not at that time see allotments of 500 or 1,000 shares to the solicitor, or secretary, or others of the earlier promoters. No, the public indeed get the full, benefit of the scheme such as it was, and we may, per haps, yet see promoters of bubble schemes realising a considerable profit to themselves and their friends out of lines which it was never contemplated should be carried further than the allotment of the shares. We sincerely trust that a satisfactory conclusion may be come to, and that the decision of the full Court, de liberately arrived at after solemn argument, and not with the hurry which inevitably attends all nisi prius decisions, will settle the law on this interesting and important question. As we have so repeatedly taken occasion to comment upon the general character which the great commercial revolution of 1846 will obtain in history, and the con sequent blessings which it will entail upon posterity, any additional observations may at first sight appear Qo spwafh—t.9.. LErnyr i ncwiLV•lst kind could persuade us to utter once more those generalised views upon the free-trade victory entertained by ourselves, and with which our readers must be now tolerably well acquainted. Nevertheless, t is impossible to avoid some allusion, however momen tary, to the expressions employed by a Contemporary, when analysing the present " State of Parties." Those expressions are so terse, so happily grouped, so discri minating, and so suggestive of thoughts to the peruser. Our epithets bear reference to a paper published in the recent number of the Westnthtster Review, and, if merely in commemoration for the twentieth or the hundredth time of men whose mea sures have rendered them tor ever illustrious, or, if simply as illustrative of much candour in a political essayist, some especial mention of that disquisition ap peared to us as absolutely necessary. Never did a no bl•• r theme for the philosopher present itself than the an nihilation of all restrictions upon commerce, viewing that annihilation (the commencement of which will date fr o m the opening of the present session), as generative of principle, to quote the language used by Mr. COBDEN on January 17, " which shall act on the moral world as the law of gravitation in the universe; drawing men to gether, thrusting aside the antagonism of race, and creed and language, and unitingus in the bonds of eternal peace This is the most comet, us it is the most stupendous. -ivect of free trade and its effects 'lron after genera tions ; and, considering the matter precisely in this aspect, the timL, the words, and the men leading .0 its realisation, are surely not altogether unworthy of scru :nay and of a repetition of scrutiny. "We have iipened another page of human history," says the estminster Review ; " with the new year we see the inauguration of a change in the policy of nations the greatest perhaps on record ; a change differing ' from all the occurrences of the past, and, as it will he se. nin the future, momentous in its results. At length, bond-fide sen se , we ai,aildon and for the first titne, in he principle of aggression and retaliation. A moral revolution is accomplishing. In the present state of parties we see signs of the progress of opinion, as incon testible and as marvellous as a direct revelation of the Divine will. A great victory has been won ; but when we look back upon the obstacles over come, old-world traditions, class-privileges, public apathy, the impression made upon the mind is one less of exultation than the thankfulness of devo tional feeling." The consequences to be deduced by time from the operation of the Ministerial measures are net in this paragraph over-estimated or exaggerated to a single tittle —nu, not one jot. Not only is the pre sent a great " moral revolution," but it is, without the moat shadowy question, the greatest moral revolu tion (strictly of human origin) which has hitherto transpired in the records of the most remote or the most civilised nations. As the French revolution, par excellence, was nurtured in a loathing for bodily sub • jtction, and matured from a sheer concupiscence of cruelty and lust and power, so has this revolution against a vile system of monopoly, by which incalculable evils have been showered upon our forefathers and upon our selves, germinated in an instinctive reverence fur the laws of nature, and the preJ , pts of OMNIPOTENCE ; and by-en conducted to its pre.ent prosperous issue by a zealous love of justice and brotherhood amongst mankind. What MIRABEAU and FOUQUIER TINVILLE and DANTosr, were to the former half-glorioua, but wholly diabolical revolution, COBDEN, and BRIGHT, and Vitaanns have been to a glorious, and a beneficent re volution. Nobly have they deserved of their fellow countrymen, and nobly will they be eulogised as worthy instruments to a grand end, by after times. In the panegyric upon RICHARD COBDEN, at page 226 of the Review, and which our readers may remember, as transcribed a few days since in our columns, we recognise one g l eam of the honour which will be co up led with his name in f uture ages. And this, because the principles, towards the acknowledgment and aceP tation of which his energies hav e b een in such a remarkablee degree conducive, are, in the strictest sense of the word, cosmopolitan. Of Sir ROBERT PEEL, whose name, from circumstances partially fortuitous and partially neces sary, will be mainly and illustriously identified wi , h the triumph of free-trade, our reviewer speaks, if possible, with double emphasis and with double propriety. " Sir ROBERT PEEL stands upon high ground. Ilia present measures are wholly free from the imputation of party tactics. As a Minister he gains nothing and risks everything, by his determination to carry out a prin- ciple. He knows that, to attain that one object, be alienates friends and creates enemies, who may at any moment combine with -his old opponents against him. To see this without recognising honesty of inttn• tion (now at least, if not before), and moral courage sustaining that honesty of intention, would be to convict ourselves of moral blindness." " Pos terity will not occupy itself with the vascillations and defects of the present generation of statesmen. It will remember, as we remember of the past, great names only as connected with great deeds ; and the greatest achievement of this age is that which destroys the 'food power' of a banded oligarchy, breaks up monopolies, and proclaims the rights of peaceful industry. With this the name of Sir ROBERT PEEL must , now be inseparably connected, and it is a great honour ; there can be no higher reward for personal ambition." In the utmost limit of these expressions the vast bulk of Englishmen now living and yet unborn will ac quiesce ;—a thought pregnant with incitement to one labour4 for a great achievement amidst the debris of many gigantic factions, and fraught with consolation to one subjected to incessant vituperations! It is in this utter dismemberment and assimilation of parties that one of the chief benefits of the movement consists. " There can be no more exclusively Tory or exclusively Whig Cabinets," says the reviewer; this is an inference too manifestly correct to require the authorit, of further argument; and in its veracity is centred the welfare of future It is in the consideration of the character of Lord PALMERSTON that we cannot induce ourselves for a single moment to coincide with the Westminster Review, otherwise its strictures are dictated with much discrimination ant impartiality. The fact of the vic tory, however, will constitute its noblest history; the enumeration of those statesmen who have shared in its achievement will form their truest, and surest, and most imperishable eulogium. Accounts from Madrid of the 16th announce the for m-Ilion of a new Ministry. NARVAEZ, it is thus seen, constructs a Cabinent with wonderful dispatch. On the 12th ITIRAFLORES and his temporary collea pies were told they w. re no longer wanted. and three days after their places were supplied from a list most probably drawn up before their dismissal. Of this new Cabinet NARVAEZ is the chief and at the same time acts as Mi nister for Foreign Affairs. Senor ORLANDO, a devoted adherent of the Captain. General, is Minister of Finance, BURGOS, who filled that department in the reign of FER DINAND, succeeds IsTuarrz as Minister of the Interior, D'Easris, formerly editor of the Cerra) _National, is ap pointed Minister of Grace and Justice, and General PENZUELA, a Carlist, Minister of the Marine. All the members of Ross's Cabinet are excluded, and NARVAEZ has so far attained his object. On the 14th the Three ,per Cents. closed at 29 for cash, and 28 15-16 for the 30th of April ; the Five per Cents. at 21 for cash, and 21i for the 30th of April ; the shares of the Bank of San Fernando, 255 ; ditto oi Isabel, 168, &c. In the French Chamber of Peers the discussion on the Secret Service Money Bill was brought to a close on Friday evening, and on a division the numbers were for the Bill 106, against it 22; majority for Ministers 84. The speech of VICTOR HuGo, on the Polish insurrection, was listened to with great attention, and is much praised for its noble sentiments, as well as moderation. " Two nations," he said, "for the last four centuries, had played a disinterested part in European civilisation— France and Poland. The former had shed light on all sides; the latter had kept back the incursions of barbarism. France had been the missionary of civilisation, and Poland its knight-errant. When a people had done well to humanity, it resembled a man who has done good service to his fellow- men. Gratitude was due to it ; and if, in the course of time, it by chance fell away from its lofty position, it still remained surrounded with that halo of glory which memory shed around it ! Such was the case with Poland ! She was still great and noble, notwithstanding her partition. And why was she so? Because she had been always most useful to European civilisation—because she had bravely defended it when threatened eighty years back; when she was struck from the list of nations, a universal regret was manifested. The remorse of FREDERICK was caused by his having mutilated that kingdom, and the regret of NAPOLEON by not having restored it to its former rank. He (M. V. Him)) was not one of those who counselled an European conflagration. Writers, thinkers, philosophers, were men of peace. If he raised his voice at present in favour of this unfortunate nation, it was not to urge ether na tions to war, but to protest against the late attack on European civilisation. He could see nothing more odi ously inimical to peace and civilisation than the fact of the Austrian Government having excited the lower classes in Gallicia against the nobles. What, then, was it he asked from the Chamber? Not to furnish fleets, or armies, or wealth, but to nobly put forward their great moral ascendancy. A protest ought to proceed from that as that their voices should reach abroad, and that this truth should be heard—that a nation could not be effaced with Impunity from the map of the world. In such a mani festation every party could join. The influence of France was great. France had inherited the power of Rome in the middle ages, and possessed at present the same authority in civilisation as Rome had done in re. ligious matters ! Let, then, France speak, and much would be done ! That was the intervention which he demanded, and the Chamber might rest satisfied that it would be of powerful effect." These sentiments were loudly cheered. On Saturday, in the Chamber of Depu ties, General JACQUEMINOT brought forward a motion to increase the number of officers in the National Guard of the Seine, when M. ODILON BARROT took the opportunity of blaming the Government for disbanding the National Guards in several of the provincial towns. The motion of General JACQUEMINt,T, it was understood, would be carried. The following dis patch, received by the French Government, brings news fr.ire Algiers up to the 16th instant. It will be seen from it that ABD-EL-KADER has again escaped from his pursuers, probably to surprise th‘m in some other quarter:— " PznploNAisr, MARCH B.—The Montezuma, which left Algiers the day before yesterday, arrived to-day at Port Vendre. General De Bar writes to me from Algiers on the 16th. On tie 7th Colonel Cirnon retook from Abd-el- Kailer, on the south of Boghar, the booty he had carried oft irom our allies. General Jussef attacked the Emir on the 13, eighteen leagues to the south of Zahzz, and captured his baggage and mules, which were on their way to Boucada. Abd-el-Kader saved himself with great difficulty. Lieutenant Lacoste and tha interpreter Levy were rescued, both severely wounded. Marshal Bugeaud was expected at Algiers on the 17th or 18th." We regret to find that on Saturday a fatal railway accident occurred on the Paris and Rouen line. A special train, which left Paris on Saturday morning, *WI the Government Commissioners sent to inspect the fortifications at llavre, ran against a diligence mounted II a truck, which bad been carelessly left on the railt, £he diligence, which contained twenty-two passengers, was completely destroyed ; three persons in it were killed and four wounded. We have accounts from Berne to the 16th inst. The Constituent Assembly was opened on that day by a speech from the Avoyer M. DE TAVEL, which he con cluded by a pray er to the ALMIGHTY to bless its labours. The Assembly afterwards proceeded to instal its provi sional board, and Messrs. SCHNEIDER and FUNK, the, Radical candidates, were elected—the first President, .end the second, Vice-President. M. NENHA US only obtained eight votes; and M. BLOESCU three. The Com. mittee charged with drawing up the project of regula• noes for the Constituent censisted of Messrs. SCHNEIDER, FUNK, STCEMPFLI, and KOHLER. " On the 18th," writes the correspondent of the Journal des Debars, " Divine service will be celebrated in the Catholic and Protestantfchurches, previous to the opening of the ses sion. A solemn sermon will afterwards be preached in the cathedral by the Protestant minister WEYERMANN, who has acquired a great reputation for sanctity in Switzerland by heading a free corps in the expedition against Lucerne." On Saturday the Funds and Share-market was very firm on the Paris Bourse. The following are the prices of the Funds:— Five per Cents., I2of. 45c. 30c. ex. div. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 113 f. ; Four per Cents., 106 f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 84E 20c. 10c. ;:Bank Actions, 3,4101. ; Rente de Naples (Rothschild's), 1011. 25c. , Romans, 191 U % ; Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 102% ; ditto, 1842, 105% ; Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cents., 101; ditto, Two-and .11-Half per Cents., 57 ; Spanish Passives, 3%; Belgian Bank, 1835, 955 f. 9501. ; ditto, 1841, I,loof. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 60c. ; three months, money, 25f. 45c. Railway shares for the Account—Settling of April 2—St. Germain have risen 141: 59c., Versailles (Left Bank) and Rouen to Havre, 101. each ; Paris to Orleans, 71. 50c. ; Orleans to Vierzon, :.f. ; Orleans to Bordeaux, Avignon to Marseilles, and Northern, 2t 50c. ; Paris to Strasburg, lt. 25e.; Nantes, Versailles (Right Bank), Dieppe, Rouen, and Strasburg to Bale, are all utivaried. For money, Versailles (Left Bank), have risen 1 lf. 25c. ; Paris to Orleans, 71. 50c. ; Boulogne, .51. ; Northern, Paris to Strasburg, and Versailles (Right Bank), 2f. I,oc. each, Nantes, 11. 25c. ; Avignon to Marseilles and Orleans to Vierzon not quoted. Five per Cents. ' 120 f. 50c. 55c. ; Fou r p er C ents., 126 f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 84f. ; Bank Actions, 3,400 f.; Reate de Naples (Roths child, 101 f. 50c. ; Romans, 101 ; Belgian Bank, 945 f : Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 102% ; ditto, 1842, 10 5 % ; Spanish Passives, 5% ; Spanish Three per Cents., 1845, 37% . Exchange on London, one month, money, 251.60 c. ; three months, money, 25f. 45c. ; paper, 25f. 42%c. IiVSINESS DONE TN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Kama 21. Barbadoes, % —Boulogne and An - liens, 12%—Bordeaux, Tou louse, and Cette (Espelota), 2 %—Dutch Rhenish, 6 —Great Nortkere of France Constituted, MA —Great Western Canada, 3A —Lyons and Avignon, 2 —Luxembourg, lAi —Madrid and Valentia, A —Na mart ur and 29 Liege, 2%—Orleatis and lierdeaux, 12A—Rouen and Ile, . Sir Robert P . eel had a din ner party on Saturday at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. The Low Moor bon Company are busily engaged in casting cannon of considerable calibre. THE LATX JOHN LANo.a.N.--1 he mortal remains of John Langan, celebrated in England for his pugilistic en counters with Spring, the English champion, arrived in Dublin on Friday night, and were interred on Saturday in GlgeSovin Cemetery. .. 59%% 59M BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSINGPAID. ONE,O'CLOCIC. PRICES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. • • .. 2% •• • • 1%.. Bideford and Tavistock .. 1% % Birmingham and Gloucester, • .. 100 .. 125 .. Ditto New (iss'd at 734 dis.) .. 17% Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2 Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham. 225. ... • % dis... Caledonian .. • •• .. 10 9% %8% Ditto, Half Shares .. . • • • 2% .... . Ditto, Extension . • .. 2%.... Chester and Holyhead .. . • .. 20 .... 18 .... Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) Direct Northern • • • • • • • • 2% 2 11. i Dublin and Galway .. • • • • 4 .... 11 4 / X Eastern Counties .• .. 141. 165... 20% %%• • • • Ditto New Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. 34 Ditto, ditto, .. • • No. 2. 61. 13s. 44. p Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... ........ East Lincolnshire .. • • • • • • 134 •• .• 1% Edinburgh and Glasgow • • • • 50 .... 72% 73% Ditto % Shares . • • • • • • 5 13% % Goole, Doneast., and ihefileld, Sze. 425. .... pa r Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1%.... ...... Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... 16% % Great Western • • • • • • •• 85 ••• • - •••• ..... Ditto Half Shares • • • • .. 50 _ 80 ....... Hull and Selby ........80 • • ..101 ..... Ditto, Halt hares .. • • • • 7 ....... Lancaster and Carlisle .. 35 .... 50 48 .. ... . Leicester and Bed:ord ••• • • • • • .. 225. . ........ .. Liverpool and Leeds Direct. 2%... London an Birmingham . .100 .. • .217% 219...... Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • 2 .• • . 22 .. London and Brighton .......50 .. 62% 62 ' Ditto, Consol. Eighths • • .. 40 ...... Ditto ditto Fifths .. • • • 20 .... 29 28 London and Croydon • • • • 131. 15s. 9d. 20% 21 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .......... London and South- Wes`ern- 411. 6s. 10d. - Ditto, New . . • • • .. 1234 • 2134 .......... Ditto, New .. • • .• • . 10 _ • .......... London and York .. • • • • • • 2% .... 2%74% London, Warwick, & Kiddermins. 2% .... 1% Manchester and Leeds • . • • .. 82 .... - Ditto, !toff Shares .• • • .. 38 .. - .... Ditto Extension • • • • • • 425..... p ........ Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . _ 76 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • 1 •• • • 6% 7%...•., Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • • 1% Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% 2 .... Midland • . ..100 .. • .145 144% Ditto, New . .. 18 .... 30 29% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. •t 5 .. • • 4314 43. .. Ditto, New . • • • • • • • 1 •• • • 8% 9 Ditto, New, Branding .. • . 20 Newcastle and Berwick .. 10 18% North British .. .. 20 .... 25% Ditto, Carlisle Extension' • • 1%,. 2 2 North Devon • • • • • • • • 2 •• • • 3i %•• • • North Kent and Direct Dover • • 234 .% • • North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. .... 3%34 p Oxfd.,Worcester, & WOlverhmptn. 12% ...... Perth and Inverness • • • • • • 2.4 •• • • - Rugby and Huntingdon • • • • 2 .• .. 1 _ Scottish Central .. . .. 10 .... 15% .......... 5% Shrewebary and Birmingham .. 234 1 24 Shropshire Union .. 425. % die- % South Midland 42s .... 0% %p • ..... 3fi p South and Midlands Junction .. 425. •• • - •••• • • • 1 dis South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. '35% 36 .. • - 36 Do., New (do 331. 6s. Bd.) No. 2. 10 .... - ....... 1034 Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .. ........ 5 ho., New (do. 151.) .. NO. 4. 234 2 3 4% South Wiles . • .• • • 5 .... 3% 3% Teat, and Dove Valley.. .. • • 1% •• • • . Tring, Reading, and lia , ingstoke.. 5%.... 2 2% West Riding Union .. 425..... 2P.••• • • • • • 174 p Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 234.... 21% _ 1% Yarmouth and Norwich • .. 20 .... 24% ••• . • ..... 2434 York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... - .......... Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 .... 9 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens _ 12 12% 'lord., Toni., & Cette tMackenzie) 2 .... - • Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 2% • • ........ Dutch Rhenish , _ 5 _ 5% 6 East Indian .. . bs. % • . Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 16% Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4 .. . 1%34., .. Luxembourg • • .. 4 .... Iji 2 Madrid and Valentia ••2 OX . • ........ Namui and Liege ▪ 4 2% 3.. Orleans and Bordeaux _ 6 12% 13 Sambre and Meuse 6 _ 4 3%.......• Tours and Nantes Constitute▪ d .. 5 .... 734.. •••• • • • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster 20 .. 27 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered -•• • • 354%•• • • • • • •.. % dii 8% 2% . _ LLOYD'S SHIPPINti-(THIS D.A.Y.) LONDON, MARCH 23.—Wind this day at noon, .9.NV , light breeze and flue, but cloudy at times. D'er., Meilen 22. - It blew hard with severe squall from S.S.W. an-I S.W. throughout the night. The schooner Emma, Jones, of Cardiff, from Limerick to London, got in contact last night off the South Foreland, with the Quebec, from New York for oadon, was a' , andonerl, drove on shore near No. 1, Battery, but was got off by Capta,n Newenham, of the Coast Guard Service, and taken into Ram 'gate very leaky, loss of rudder, etc. The Quebec sustained but trifling damage. FALMOUTH, MARCH 2 1. —Wind S.W. to W.S.W., fresh and squally. 22d, wind W.S.W., strong and squally.—Arrd. 21st, Manchester, Tear, Pernambuco. Nd. Eliza Leithman, Dickson, Mauritius; John Stewart, Martin, Santa Alartha; Tropic, Clark, Barbados. LivErtroor., Maacu 21. --Wind S.S W., fresh. 2A, wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Dumfries, '1 hompson, China, left St. Helena 9th ult.: Hindoo, Ward, Calcutta; Panama, M'Leod, Bombay ; Marchioness of Clydesdale, Charleston ; 22d, Princess Royal, China. FRASERHURG, MARCH 17.--The Northern Maid broke from her moorings to-day, and is stranded at the back of the quay. The James an d Mary, of Peterhead,. for Antwerp, lying at Roseheartz, broke adrift from her moorings, and drove on to the beach, apparently much injured. WATERFORD, MAR CH 20.--Sid. Mary Walsh, Newfoundland ; h er MajestY's ship:Prospero, ACCIDENT TO COUNT RODOLPHE KINSKY.—WO re gret to hear that Count Rodolphe Kinsk v, who has been visiting the Duke o f R utland , at Belvoir Castle, while hunt ing a few days back, at Croxton- park, with the fox hounds. was thrown from his horse, and in his fall dislocated his collar-bone. The Count was conveyed to Melton Mowbray, where medical assistance was instantly obtained, and though confined to his room, he is doing well. -in GAOL DESOLATION.— There has not been a prisoner Buckingham b oroug h gaol Aim UP 14th of February. INDIA. DEFEAT OF THE SEIKHS. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH FROM MAR. SEILLES:- "CAIRO, MARCH 8. "MARSEILLES, MARCH 2 " On the 29th of January a division of the Seikh army was attacked by the English forces under the command of Sir 11. J. Smith, at Alivert. The Seikhs were forced to er.ss the Sutlej, leaving behind them all their artillery, amounting to about sixty nine pieces of cannon. " The loss of the English has been four officers killed, fourteen wounded, and about 400 soldiers killed and wounded. The loss of the Seiks appears to have been very considerable. " A salute of twenty-one guns had been fired at Bombay to celebrate this victory." MONEY anti COMM P.M lAL NEWS CJ'TY, QUARTER Tip THRL:F. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were only about 1,500 bales. The market was quiet, and prices were nominally the same, but buyers bad an advantage in choice. In Shares, but little business was . doing, and prices were declining Much satisfaction has been expressed in all circles here this morning, at the character of the news received by spe cial express of a further victory (it may be conside ed a deci sive one, and which, ere long, must place British rule all over the Punjaub) by the British and native forces, over the Seiklis. The intelligence is the more gratifying, as for the last few days rumours have been in-cir culation that Government had obtained official accounts not only of a serious reverse on the part of our forces, but that the Governor-General had been taken prisoner. We gave no credit to the report, and, therefore, retrained from noticing it. The question as to whether our forces will push on to Lahore is set at rest entirel y by the nature of . the news obtained front the banks of theSutlej this morning. The private letters by the West India mails do not contain any important information beyond that already made public. The planters were generally in better spirits, owing to tf , e railways and immigration. The crops were not very pro mising. _ _ Tbe - state of the money market is at the present moment watched with rather more than ordinary anxiety. The re cent fall in the value of the Unfunded Debt clearly indicates that the pressure for cash is on the increase, and the question is asked in some quarters, " How does this state of things arise ?" The reply is obvious. Merchants and traders. who have held back from making purchases of produce for some time past, are now coding into the markets as buyers, under the full conviction that the Premier will be enabled to carry out, with entire success, his com mercial measures, not even excepting the all-important question of the cem duties. It is very probable that before the Quarterly dividend s a r e paid that Exchequer-bills will recede below their comparatively low figure. The deposits upon projected railways are slowly returning back into circulation, and ere a very few weeks have passed, the fate of most of the applications for Bills will have been decided by the Committees appointed to test their merits, and if failure in the results, the scrip holders ought to demand a return of their deposits. The Consol Market has been, upon the whole, pretty firm, but not much business has as yet been transacted. The intelligence from the East Indies did not have much effect upon the prices, although it is considered to most satisfactory. Consols for the Account have been at 96 1 A %, but for Money the price has receded from 96 1 ,4 to 95 %. The premium on Exchequer-bills is higher than on Saturday afternoon, being now at 255. For India Bonds the price is given at 28s. to 30s. The Foreign Stock market is rather more firm this morning. Spanish Actives have been sold at 26 ; the Three per Cents. at a rise to 37. The Portugnese Four per Cents. have advanced from 56 1 ,4 to 57 1 4 ; the Russian Metalliques are at 109 ; the Dutch Four per Cents. at 94 1 4 ; Danish at 89 ; and Mexican at 30 1 4. The Share Market is rather steady, with an inconsiderable amount if business doing. Late accounts have come to hand just now from the Cape of Good Hope. The dates from Port Natal are of the 24th January. The Lieutenant-Governor had arrived there, and had been received extremely well by the inhabitants Many reforms were in progress. There were 4 vessels in port, and as the import duties had been abolished, a considerable in crease of business was looked upon as a certainty. BRITISII FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96% 95% India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. .. .. Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. .. .. `.7onseds for Account • • 30 . 8 96 , 4% 1 A CLOSING PRICES. Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... .. 5001. .. .. Ditto, Small I)4d. 25 22 25 -- pm. 25 25 22 26 -- pm. 26 25 pm. 25 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 99% FOREIGN FUND& Chilian Bonds, G per Cent .. Danish, 3 per Cent - . • • • • Mexican Bonds, 1637, 5 per Cant .. .. 31 31u . 56 57 1 4 57% 57% 57% 0,)(3 Ditto. for the Account Portuguese Four per Cents Ditto, for the Account Ditto, 3 per Cent Russian Bonds . Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account Ditto, Passive Bonds Ditto, Three per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. 36U 37 Dividends on the above payable in London. .. .. .. 109 .. ... .. 26 Dutch Two-awl-a-Half per Cent Ditto, O. A.Q.swaAt PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. During the past week up to Saturday evening the arrivals of Eng lish Wheat were on a very moderate scale and of middling quality. Ot Barley, Malt, Beans, Peas, and Flour of home produce, the re ceipts were rather limited, but those of Oats were seasonably larger. From Scotland very little grain of any description came to hand, but from Ireland upwards of 17,000 quarters of Oats were received. The Import of Foreign Wheat was large, viz., 27,000 quarters, but that of most other articles was small. Coastwise, as well as by land car riage and sample, the supply of Wheat fresh up this morning was again dull, consequently the stands were by no means heavily filled with samples. The attendance of both town and country buyers was moderately extensive, however the finest qualities of both Red and White Wheat moved off freely at fully, but at no thing quotable, beyond the prices obtained on this day sennight. In the middling and inferior kinds only a limited business was doing, and the quutations were with difficulty supported. At the close of the market a total clearance of the samples had not been effected. From most quarters the accounts which have come to hand to-day, from this morning's post, respect ing the appearance of the growing wheat, are satisfactory. Notwith standing the increased arrivals of foreign wheat last week, the show of fine samples of that article to-day was very small. Although the amount of business actually transacted in it was limited, last week's prices were supported in every instance. Several parcels of foreign Wheat, in bulk,' were on offer. Several , speculators being in the market, the importers asked most extrava gantly high prices for that article, and which entitely prevented the transaction of any business of magnitude. The show of Barley, but • English and foreign, being small, and many of the large brewers short of stock, the finest malting parcels com manded a brisk sale, and the quotations were considered the turn higher. In grinding and distilling sorts a fair average amount of business was doing at full prices. Superfine White Malt, the supply of which was rather limited, commanded a firm inquiry at very full currencies. In the middling and inferior kinds comparatively lithe was doing, at late rates. Although the number of Oat samples was on the increase, that description of grain, arising from the limited quantities held by the principal. dealers, was again firm, and last week's currencies were firmly supported in every instance. The show of Beans was moderate ; for the best kinds we had a fair de mand at full prices, but other qualities hung on hand. Peas, espe cially white, moved off steadily at our quotations. The flour trade was steady, and prices were steadily maintained. CURRENCY PER IMP Wheat—Essex & Kent, _ _ 'ERIAL - MEASURE Malt—Chevalier 64. to 65► Red, New.... 51s to 65s Ditto,White, Old.. 87s 70s Norfblk and Lin coln, Red..... 52s 65s Ditto, White • ..... 558 685 Irish, Red........ 51s 54s Ditto, White.. •• .. 538 57s stye—Old ............ sas 38s New. . • ... 38s 40s Barley—Grinding . 24s 25s Malting . ........ 3ls 34s Chevalier •.•• • • • • 37s 38s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Oats— Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed. 22s 26s Potatoe .. • ••• .. 30s 32s Youghaf and Cork, 81ack....... 23s 25s Cork, White .•• • . 245 29s Scotch, Feed. •• • . 26s 305 Beans—Tick • ... 34s 41s Pigeons .... 43s 495 Pease—Grey. •••• • • • • 38s 41s Maple .••••• • • • • • 41s 44s White ... •••• • • • • 485 535 Boilers .•.• • • • 546 56s f01k............ 58s 62s Brown ........... 57s 60s Kingston and Ware 638 65s FOREIGN GRAIN A 7 Wheat—Dantzie...... 57s to 63s llamburgh .. 56s 628 Barley .. 22s gas Flour—Town-made ... 55s 578 Suffolk . Stocktu & Norfolk 46s 48s - 1) FLOUR IN BOND. Beans ..... • ... 39s to 44s Pease • • Flour—American ..... —8 —s , ata•LNew . • ... 25s 27s Baltic ..• .•••.• • • —s --s eed 22s 23s 1 SMITH: :FIELD. The importations of live stock m abroad into the port of London since Monday last have been small; viz., 70 Beasts and 80 Sheep from Rotterdam, in, comparatively speaking, middling condition. At Hull, the arrivals ftom Holland have comprised 48 Beasts and 70 Sheep, of fair average quality. In to• day's market we had on sale 80 Beasts and 70 Sheep derived from the Continent, and which met a verb• sluggish demand, at barely last week's quotations. Until the new tariff comes into operation—and which will admit foreign stock free of duty —very limited supplies can be expected, but from that period they will no doubt be considerably on the increase. Since the passing of the new tariff the following supplies of foreign stock Lave been imported : _ _ _ 1842. 1843. 1844. Oxen ........ • • ........ 3,165 .. 1,114 .. 3,710 Cows . ..... 1.046 • • Calves .............• • • Sheep and Lambs .. •• • • 76 .. 64it Pigs .. The above gives the annexed totals. 1342 .. 1843 • • 1844 .. 1845 .. Grand total • • 368 .. 1,156 . 1845. 9,782 6,502 40 .. 55 217 .. 2,1417 361 . 2G9 .. Head. .. 5,350 .. 2,100 .. 8,007 .. 34.426 Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d inferior Beasts 210 3 2 second quality ditto. 3 4 3 6 Prime large Oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 * 5 4 Prime small ditto .. 5 6 5 10 itickling Calves .18 0 30 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 8 4 2 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. Calves. I I 17,070 68 NEXIMATZ AND LEA.DENNALL. 49,883 Beasts. 2,745 l Pigs. 320 At per stone, by the Carcase. '31.1 Wiltshire • • • • • • • 80 120 70 140 Other parts ........ 100 350 100 300 Total ...... .. • ..... 481 2,570 310 2,340 Previous week's arrival...... 312 2,150 250 2,315 20 .1 2; 5% 36. p P Difference since oar last .. .. 169 420 60 25 ZOROUGIi NOP IMILiZZET. A steady business has been transacted since our last in East and Mid Kent, as well as Sussex pockets, at very inn prices. In all other kinds of Hops but little is uoing, at low rates. BOROUGH .A.: ND SPITALFZELDS. Fair average supplies of Potatoes have arrived at the Water-side during the past week, The best qualities have sold stearliy at full prices, but other kinds have hung heavily on hand. Woolls. Since our last the imports have been but moderate, viz., 371 bales from New South Wales, 20 ditto from Antwerp, 212 ditto from Spain, 81 ditto from Smyrna, 84 ditto from Hamburgh, and 23 ditto from Oassa. Although the stocks held by the manufacturers are compa r4ively small, the private contract trade is in a sluggish state, and prices are barely supported. _ % 219 _ TALLOW. The Tallow market is firm, and the prices for Tallow fully main tained, although the new duty of is 6d per cwt. on tbreign Tallow is now in operation We believe purchasers have held back expecting the prices to decline nearly equal to the reduction in the duty ; but the stock being so limited, and the prospect of the supply in the autumn rather deficient, prevent a fall. On the spot Y. C. is 42s 9d for fine quality, and for the autumn 415 6d to 42s in bond for the last three months. Town Tallow 42s 6d to 43s net cash. LICENSING MEETING for the CITY. (THIS DAY.) This morning a special session for the City of London, was held by adjournment at Guildhall, before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Laurie, Sir James Duke, Moon, Wilson, Challis, and Hooper, for the purpose of granting licenses to new houses. There were 12 applications for licenses, or extension of li censes to public-houses, and 26 applications for licenses for playing billiards. James I /ickens Saltner applied for a license for No. 4, Guild hall Chambers, and 33, Basinghall-street. The premises were formerly the White Bear Inn, and it was intended to carry OD the business without a sign. It was supported by all the Ward authorities—Granted. Thomas Stephen Taylor applied for the extension of the license at a house called the Dark House, Dark House-lane, to a house, No. 16, Upper Thames-street. It was opposed by the ward authorities, the Rector, and several inhabitants, on the ground that there was no necessity for the extension by which the license would be brought up in Thames -street, although here were three other houses in Dark-house-lane. One of the ALDERMEN said all those houses were City pro perty. ' Mr. CLARKSON, for the applicant, said this house was the only one kept open at night for the accommodation of the market people and persons going by late and early steam boats.—License granted. WM. DUNN, CROWN AND SCEPTRE, 19; ow CHANGE. Mr. LAURIE appeared against this application on the part of the ward authorities, and fifty-five of the inhabitants. There are only 220 houses in the ward, and twelve licensed houses; three others had been shut up within the last twelve months in consequence of business in the neighbourhood having fallen off through several inns haying been given up, and the business carried nearer to the different railway termini. Mr. CLARKSON showed that this was formerly a licensed house, and now kept as a beer shop, the petitioner not having had the means to take out his license, his house having been robbed an'l his cash-box stolen.—Granted. James I'. Cuthbert applied for a license to a house No. 14, Great Distaff-lane.—Granted. James Pickivorth applied for a license to dining-room Ne. 38, Throgmorton-street, exactly opposite the Auction-room Coffee - house.—Refused. John Hartley Butterworth applied fur a license to houses No. 39 and 40, King-street, Cheapside. Mr. Unfits opposed, and stated that the applicant had been bankrupt in 1838, obtained his certificate in 1840, and took the benefit of the Insolvent Act in 1844. Yet he now stated that he had laid out 3,0001. on it. He (the Learned Counsel) considered it highly improbable that the money had been laid out, but that the lease had been mortgaged-- at all events his property was subjected to the claims of his creditors. r 7u N P l' 3 14 p 10% 114 Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Court, and the license was granted. George Edward Healey applied fir a license to a house, No 18, Old 'Change ; it was in another ward, but exactly opposite to the Crown and Sceptre, granted above and within three doors of another, licensed hou se .. —Tire license was refused. Messrs. Ring and Bryman applied for a spirit license to "Birch's," on Cornhill.—lt was granted without oppositiom. Joseph May applied for a licens e to a ho use at the corner of New -street, to be called Victo ria -street. It was strongly opposed. Mr. BODKIN supported the petition, and stated that the house had been built by Messrs. Calvert and Co., the brewers, on ground leased to them by the Corporation; the ground had been taken with a view of inducing others to purchase also, as without that being don e , th e C orporation could not carry into effect the i mprovements; they desir e d t o open a direct road from FFringden-street to the northward —some difficulties had existed but were likely to be overcome.— Granted. James Ramsden obtained a license to dining •rootne, No. 6, Clement's-lane. John Benjamin applied fors license to a house, No. 20, New street, Gravel-lane, Hinindsditch. One house bad been licensed last year near the spot, but that had not been opened:—Refused. William Dainei, for a house, King's Head and Lamb, Thames-street, transferred from No. 59 to No. 49.—Granted. The licenses suspended at the last meeting were renewed. The other business was of no interest. 586 15,958 1,598 Although the numbers of both Beasts and Cheep on offer to-day were somewhat 'less than those exhibited at the corresponding date in 1845, the actual weight of meat (from the improvt d condition of the animals) was a fair average one. This circumstance, together with the mildness of the weather and the heaviness in the demand in the dead markets, caused the Beef trade to rule inactive, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath last week's prices, at which a clear ance was with difficulty effected. From .Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,100 Scots homebreds and short horns ; from the northern counties, 200 short horns ; iron; the western and midland counties, 500 Herefords, Devons, runts, &c.; from other parts of England, 400 of various kinds, and from Scotland there were 120 horned and polled Scots. Uthough the numbers of Sheep were tar from extensive, the sale for them was heavy. However, the primest old Downs sold at previous currencies, but the middling and inferior qualities declined 2d per Sibs. About 4,000 of the Sheep were out of their wool, and which sold at 8d per Sibs beneath ‘hose in the fleece. About 60 Lambs were re ceived from the Isle of Wight. Prime Essex qualities produced full prices, but other kinds full 2d per Sibs. In Calves very little was doing, and the prices were somewhat in favour of the butchers. rigs moved off steadily at late rates. s. d. to s. d second quality ditto 4 4 4 6 coarse-woofed ditto 4 $ 5 0 Southdown Wethers 5 2 5 6 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs .....• 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 8 2 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Lambs • • 5 6 7 0 Since this day se'nnight, the arrivals of slaughtered Meat from Scotland and different parts or England have been somewhat on the increase, and of fair average quality. The supply of Meat killed in the metropolis has• been moderately good ; hence the general demand has been in a sluggish state, and in some instances the quotations have had a downward tendency. Very few carcases of either foreign Beasts or Sheep have appeared on sate. s. - 4;1. to s. d. - s. d. to s. ; :'.eef, inferior.— 2 4 2 6 Mutton, interior •. 3 6 3 8 middling .... 2 8 3 0 middling• •3 10 4 2 prime large .. 3 2 3 4 prime .... 4 4 4 E; prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork. 1arge........ 3 6 4 6 Veal....... Atikr _4— VALS B DI.I.6IG THE s TAST .. iirE " E " Ii. 4 5 5 2 Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. dcotland .. .. • . ......... ..... .. . • 4' 460 400 Yorkshire •..•••.••.•• • • • • • • • • • 50 540 sbo Llecolnahlre 38 180 150 Norfolk ........................ 25 100 90 Suffolk •••••.•.•.•• • • • • • • • • • • • 30 120 80 Cambridgeshire •••••••• • • • • • • • • 44 200 200 Essex , 20 200 60 100 Surrey ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 60 300 80 300 Devonshire ......... ....... .... fan RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) --4 t GROUP IX . - This Committee met to-day ;t twelve o'clock, Lord Wars ley in the chair, when the further consideration of evidence was resumed in favour of the GLASGOW 11.11.2.130/11Z. MINEXIAL TLRMINUS. Mr. Bold, civil engineer, was called and re-examined by Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, on behalf of the General Terminus. The whole land for the line was about nine and a half acres. From his knowledge of the strata, the slopes were quite sufficient when the soil was drained. The borings had been made by a Mr. Stiopp, but witness was satisfied they were quite correct from his know ledge of the strata. The deep( at boring that had been made was 28 feet. The centre of the tidal flwee would be 34i feet. The frontage of the dock or tidal basin was to-be built on piles 42 feet in length. The excavation of the line of railway would amount to 100,000 cubic yards; of the tidal basin to 227,451 cubic yards The expense of these cuttings he estimated at 14d. a cubic yard, which was rather a high estimate. Supposing the whole of the spoil of the cuttings laid down on one spot at two yards deep, it would require about 40 acres surface. Cross-examined by Mr. HILL, on the pert of the Grand Junction terminus. The tidal basin would load about 1,000 tons a-day, and fur this traffic he thought about 1,000 wag : gons would be required.. He could not say how many trains would be required, as he bad not directed attention to that point.. He had not surveyed the line himself. The plans had been put into his bards by Mr. Dreghorn, a director, and the solicitor, Mr. Kyle. The depth of the basin would be, at high water, 17 feet ; at low water, 10 feet. Vessels of 150 tons could float at low water. GROUP XII. OLASqOIA7 AND WEST OF SCOTLAND DXSTitICT. Members present—Mr. V. :Smith (chairman), Mr. Langston, Mr. D'Eyncourt, Marquis of Granby, and lion. Vir. Fitz- THE GLASGOW, Z1A7.71t D, AND NLIL STON ix cECT (wrra aiit A Ig - CII7,L'S TO T:tiOR.NLLO AIVI) was the first Bill called on. The petitioners against it were certain shareholders in a line which had not yet passed the standing orders. Mr. HILDTARD, for the promoters, reserved his objection against the adtui,sion of the petitioners until the proper un'mer.t. TRIM GLASGOW, 33A.E1U EIID, AND NEIL STON DIRECT (WITH PAISLEY) was oppos&:d by the Glasgow, Paisley, and Kilmarnock and Ayr Companies. ' The other Bills before the group were also opposed. The first Bill taken was an unopposed one. ILE GLAISGa XXX.IITAXCNOCX, IND 19.3 M, No. X., (WITH BE.azicicizs LIN WOOD). Sir THOMAS PHILLIPS called Mr. Adam Ferguson, an assistant to Air. John Miller, who proved the several small branches, which were proposed to be made, as well as an extensi, nof the main line to Cunmock. One was to Lin wood Mills, another to a place called Swindlers, and a third to connect the Kilmarnock and Ayr with the Trout' Railway. The engineering character of the country was easy, and they had, in consequence, no difficulties to contend with. The formal proofs, as assents, dissents, &c., were handed in and the case for the promoters closed. The clauses were afterwards read seriatim and agreed to. The preamble was declared proved. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, EXLVIAENOCIE, AND AYI?. (No. 2—IRVINE BiIANCHLS.) Mr. Talbot, Q.C., with Sir Thomas Phillips, appeared for the promoters; Mr. Wheatley. Q.C., for Mr. Guthrie, a land owner; and Mr. GI egg for the Ardrossan Company. Mr. TALBOT objected to the admissibility of• the last-named pttition,rs, en the ground that they represented only two gentlemen, Messrs. Graham and Ferneese, and not the Ardrossan Railway Company, of which they were only individual members. The objection was not persevered in. The present scheme was fi , r the purpose of connect• ing Busby with the harbour of Irvine, - a place of some importance on the western side of Scotland. GROUP XIV. The Select Committee app: int ed to conaer the merits of the Bills comprised in this group assembled' his morning at the usual hour, in the Court of Exchequer, Westminster Hall, Mr. Protheroe in the chair. The other Members pre -ent were General Lygon, Mr. Grogan, Lord Eml,yn, and Mr. John O'Connell. in Yorkshire, with Liyerpocl, Bolton. Chorlev, lion 11 „0. Wigan, &c., and joins the N : th-W,•s!ern Railway :It ut i i reston. co:lnectin7 Carlisle. &c., with B lek' ..o and the neighbou r i ng d is t r i c t s , giint!, outlets to the C oate of the extensive lime fields near Clit her, e, &e. d The leng , h of the proposed main lift•)3 miles, Al , branches 8 1 /s. The estimated cost is 600,000'. Chief engineer, Charles Vignoles ' Esq., F.S.A ; i pd gineer, John Watson, E sq . ; Solicitors, Messrs. Robin" - V Perfect; Blackurn ; Pa r li amen t ar y agents, Mesers. 1311 r and Co. The standing orders were complied with. 00 40 ZIMACILBURX, DARWEN, AND 21 - - (BURY AILANcII). cis The object of the promoters of this Bill is 0 Con lll ,, ril bo ro. line of railway whi c h s h a ll commence at the 13 14 p5O Darwen, and Bolton Rail wa y a t Ch ape l T o wn. a nd oo through Tothington t o th e Liverpo .1, Wigan, and Railway, at Bury, which it joins. „..fbt The length of the line w ill b e s i x an d a half r":-'016 estimated cost, 150,0001. Engineer in chief, Charles Vi n gT o ft. Esq. ; acting engi ne e r , J o h n W atson, E sq. ; so licitors, P o ts Robinson and Perfect, Blackburn ; and ParliamentarY Messrs. Burke and o. The standing orders were complied with. g „ rt g' RUDDERSPIELD AND SHEFFIELD TION (BARFIELD BRANCO). 1 ;1 3. The object of thi s Bill i s to ma k e a b ranch f ro m the I derstield Railway to airfield. be 4P The length is a littl e more t h an f i fteen m il es, and - t mated cost :i5a,000/. 116° Engineer, Walt er J o h n M a ll or i e, Esq.; sol i c it o rs, ' OO O Fenton and Jones; and Parliamentary agents, 31e- , - 46. Pritt, and Co. corDPIi" The Committee declared that the promoters had wit h the standing orders. STANDING ORDERS' COMAIITTEV S ' HOUSE OF LORDS. 11 44 The ComMittee on s t an di ng or d ers met aga i n this (110 Shaftsbury, Chairman. THE SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE J--- Tk e This Bill was unopp ose d, an d t h e ttancibig orders were dared complied with. Mit ECT NORTH ERN BURY (LONDON TO - ' The oppositi.in to thi s Bill h av i ng been con fi n ed to cot .,o jection against th e l eve l s , w h c h were foun d t o the opposing parties withdrew their petition. and the „ } ,lito man decided that the standing orders had been e 0 b ~A with. Out of 260 allegations against the Bill, u"t' e to the been sustained, and they would report accurdingli House. HOUSE OF COMMONS. üb-Committee, No 3. t# 1 0 1 This CommitteeS reassembled this i'llorning ‘lll. hour. Mr. A ld am . Ch a i rman. Mr. Thornely an d ley in attendance. - - EXETER GREAT WESTERN RAILWA Y ;.,IO The Committee resumed' the cons:deralion of tul.- which was p, :51 poned from Friday last. ett i „i ° Mr. THOMAS, Parliamentary agent, pre ent , ..d I. p s a ll e gni to from Mr. Townsend, opposing the line, and lio notice of the intantion of the promoters to spplS 06 4 1 liament had been inserted for three succes-ive wee l t s isiF t io the months of October and November last, in the n e- ,tet , , ? published in the counties of' Somerset and Giallo": tD which the works were to be constructed, agreetit 4 requirements of 'the standing orders. -0 5 ' ace Ai:other petiti on was presente d f rom five Per o f Bridport, M r . Hi gg i ns , t wo gent l emen of t h e nams.°4l''' kills, and Mr. Sparks, alleging omissions in the &solo plans with regard to curves, and other non cOmPlis il PRIVATE COMM ITTEES.—(I II IS GLASGOW W ATER-W ORKS. l og V The Committee on thi s Bill recommence d its morning in room 14. . i f r VP" The Committee consisted of Mr. Mackenzie, toun, Mr. Bouverie, and other Mambers. i .10 Mr Hope appeared f or t h e opponents o f the Bill.„,ortiitile The Committee were engage d t h e w h o l e o f the ;a 05 1 S hearing evidence in f avour o f t h e Bill . The proo cY . works are intended especially to serve the distil Gorbals. CE' if SPORTING IN TELLlGEN 4er pisi; e i THE CHESTEE Cur.—L or d H owt h h as sold 51ef, SirJoim Gerard, who has sen t h er t o J one s's sf tfrt s Marlborough, to be trained. G oer, 0!' WINDSOR, STEEPLE CHASES.—The Handicap f thP t riO of 25 soya. each. with 100 a dd e d , c l oses at Seits'od co and the Household Brigade Cup to-morrow. G ° are expected. het ° til l The Warwick Meeting last week gave satisfac b t e eisl u e; except in one respect, viz., that no cards were t'' t he pti4 evening prior to the races at Leamington, wher° 'ea O s men took up their quarters. It is a most on, bfe that so much incenvenience should be experiene, roof patrons of racing on account of the jealousy 7 e ' 4 61 , The racing calls tr no particular comment. N r . Aro her race in a trots and her form did infinite credit tesi o f In the- Handl*, the fivourtte's defeat rather STl: i .el° as he was by far the m os t f avoura bl y we i g hted T veri ttl' r e race, and ought, from hi s p rev i ous runni-g at4freigii4 have defeated Godf re y w i t h great ease. Of tl formance I shall merely observe, that good ! s ea lirt! of him has always been, I did not conce i ve with I,,ce weight. Bst. 121 b., he c ou ld h ave occepie.d the l ) s et eat race he did; and in conclusion remark that, to ult .. e ts it ral phrase, "he neve r a p peare d to a greater adYtai if he did on the present occasion. to 4 O! The Northampton Spring with a stronger programme than usual. and, f r o m ~ so „ meeting commences r ties of access aff , rded by the Birmingham R""'' 0 , er no doubt, strongly patronised by London sportsine f Seven races are set down in th e list, the first ° Of 0 0 the Trial Stakes, to which four horses are mned. ', en t l' c d accv; . , st , pi should old Discord have recovered from the with at the Eastern Counties Railway, at the ,:b e st . ,ck October meeting, he ought most assuredly to be ttr s4 ,o`,Y 4 next to be decided is a Two-Year Old Stake of 5( ,, s ith seven subscribers. Of the lot Mr. For , v) „, „ or . . Lim P ' . W i tt Deception (an Oalcs and all bet a Derby winner) i s d otey bred, but from the superior condition in which le vr n id youn e stock are brought to the post, I 7 • 11 “, - i ll eol' i itt, standing upon one of them. For the Great N °r " ; be d shire Stakes I do not think we shall hol ve flis yje l f large field at the post, Godfrey and Miss 4 ,oet f ots so very favourably weighted as hardly to give the thee chance. It will -be, we imagine, a tine race bet w!;„ st ,0 but after Godfrey winning with Bst. 121 b. so etts l v ii . ds' i o wick, on Wednesday, with his lasting qualities, 14 ' st , less upon him, I must say I think his chance the , oft tress will, no do u b t , tats uggle and obtain a good P h - o rtor" thus and Y ar dl ey b ot h l i ke courses half a mile it this one. , In the Open Stak es , if I stem d upon any sin% 029,0 would be upon Lo r d G eorge B ent i nck ' a C oa l Bla c f ooa' whose doings at Goodwood last year I have recollection. heCi e d titi t Nineteen horses are na me d f or t h e C u p, but Vredo conceive, will b e ne i ther numerous or select. osgocof,, 9st. 1011)", since he has within the last two year s o f f s ;0!] emerge from th e ran k o f a " trial horse " to 04"e"o:' horse," his length b e i ng i n general a mile and acl,,°ol 10 1 0 0 having now increased it to two miles, under t o fle to r managemeut ought, I thi n k, t o di spose o f the 1° , 4 , this i sle • meet at the pos t w i t h li tt l e opposition. I com e elusion by the easy manner in which he won the e Ville tonshire Stakes l as t year at th i s meeting. and tee for I'd Handicap and th e t o l d Cup at Croxton k Granby he carried list. 101 b., and for the Gold `-`" weight on this occasi on w ill not, I conjecture, I.oc°ll eo f him. as c°ll4l Of the nine nominations to the Althorps Stake s t in joli l yo` them have yet mad e their debut in public any' qtbe fe their merits m ust b e a matter of con jecture. con jecture. ) , I have previously given my favourite would be ta,%esa London, March 21. 1846. TEL sff' "VISIT OF TIIE ROYAL FAMILY TO AB. -E tr e,' SI William Batty, the lessee of Astley's Amphitheeooc4e received the L royal command," a private Pe rtb f , r ar ° a ` is take place to-morrow (Tuesday) afterno,in, „.‘„' ol'thr, which will be honoured by the presence of his "A b e- 01 ness the Prinee of Wales, the Princese.Roval, Ili io ti~ cess Alice. This is the first visit of the Ronal s h rl i eo f theatre or place of p u bli c amusement, an d it 15 ;I pated that her M a j esty t h e Queen and his RoY cite d Prince Albert will accompany their illustri,esd tell; e stt Mr. Batty, fully appreciating the honour, ha s „ r tsiV that nothing shall be wanting to render the e'"; ) , which will b e con d ucted w i th the strictest Pr iv-c " ' 1 0; of Astley's. . 60 0 ej t it RAILWAY ACCIDENT CODIPENSITION%-nit i s the Edinburgh an d GI sgow ompany have coniP - o fth - vo action fbr damages at the instance of the children ios P oo s ceased Mr. Coelley, horse dealer in Glasgow, vitt r ate in a railway carriage on that line in May last, , t ist of 2,000/ 0 1 , with all expenses.—Pathehire-CrestrieL, .1„40 By the abolition of the auction and g'"" b r ae salaries to the amount o f 52,6361. annually have.„alor by the disconti nuance o f the army of officers e"` collect those taxes. WS tlii‘ j ARRIVAL OF INDIAN C ORN IN DUE111 4 : 0 ;0 V highly gratified t o announce the arrival of A st k e , - re city from C or k, l a d en w i th Indian meal. ir"e;e Stacks of this excellent and nutricious corn, bY ' t es "„, ' "110 One half, by the orders, is to be dispatched bS... It and the other by the Grand Canal, to the interi ° '_ t o re P be acknowledged that her Nlas'; Governmen,,pie cuting their duty promptly a n d with elie r g )• d ot! , Evening Pod. ;ije, ' i cY Tn. cutter Espiegle, stationed at Grat o 'lio9 o3 and brought into port., a few nights ago, six " tto which were fishing within the French limits. we' Th.- Earl M Derby, we understand. fu ll Y ; leave Knowsley sh ort l y a f ter the Easter recess i ° ,,• r olis "sit ( object the N o bl e E ar l has for coming to the itte tr i ; to vote with the Government in the division on t a f .„' i iti measure. The Nobl e E ar l , f rom continued 10,.'"81cast();11 from imp a i re d h ea l t h , has not as vet taken tue,. t oaths as a M e mb er o f t h e H ouse of Peers s i nc e h er f to accession to the throne. part S 't i j IRE WEATHER.— The papers from 8-- , - v ge -11 0' -country notice the recent extraerdinary c" j t ,;" the e ia weather from the mild . a ss of advanced spring COa eh a gt and snows of winter. The railway trains and tb_ e _ w4 to the north have been impeded by the depth of st' u rsi tivo/y Newcastle correspondent states that OD the the North Shields, between which place and Newcas. the ft to lance is usually performed in twenty min ute '' l ,of gs were delayed th ree h ours. I n many p l ace s the 5 0 0 4 e, feet deep. OCIP ST. I_ LEMENT DANES BENEVOLENT PEN sl° 4ille j 'llA —On Saturday, Riet:ard Twining, jun., E-q t_u iet y. del treasurer, his annual report of the funds et this s7 tbe er e receipts tbr the year amounted to 247/. 125., an I.,4oo.,,iity property to 1,450/. During the year 180/, er . f e le given to the recipients of the society's wen op ! e4 . 0 eight male and female quabfied candidates De llit "' for admiseion to the alinsh_uses, or whom twenta elected. „ Do a ill SI! It is said that the last canto of Byron's , t h e n Da has been discovered at Geneva—that it is evidentiYabes author's manuscript, and equal to any of his P works. a t ) 4 1 1 e$ At the annual hop dinner at the New lon' as s tone, last week, the betting f o r th e prese nt year i , .. from 160,0001. to 170,0004 —Dover Chronicle. sppf* The Duke of Rich mon d' s sa l m e on n 0" selling at the high price of 2s. 6d. io as. a pound is bourhood of the fishi ng groun d s. the 1° • flif The cod fishery has been prosecuted d"r l ho . iet week with great success. The steam-Packe t O t is* each of the'two l ast trips, carried to the 'verre from twenty to thirty tons of fish. Our market ni%.„„j110"- been well supplied ; prices from 6d. to 9d. per heal.' sitti Sun. ante al F a! IRISH RAILWAY LABOURERS —At a 4 . 44 Fa! . 1 10 of shareholders of the Great e.zoui hern and West ri tr sei _ A Company, held on Friday, it was stated in SirJroebs : 01 0 0 0 7 report that there are upwards of 25,000 Jabot! e xcelfs, oil the works, who are as remarkable tier , 1 ; . , ne w co.alect as for the efficiency they exhibit. it t,t . " .. 7 0.1 Svriptitill of work. About 15,000 men are quiPiv) If ullirgar THE NORTH RENT LINE. The early part of the sitting was occupkl with Counsel cross• examining Mr. Vignoies, the engineer of the North, Kent lire, on behalf of several landholders who were averse to the railway passing through their property. Sub-Committee No. 1. ZILMADNOCIC AND AYE DIREC7 The Committee on standing orders, who have charge of the gr , up of which this line is the first on the list, are Mr. Strutt, chairman, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Cavendish, and Mr. Forbes. The other lines to come before the same Committee, ate, Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet ; Hamilton and Strath. haven; Kilmarnock and Troon ; Norayshire; Pool Harbour; Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and i'ortsmouth ; Ayrshire and Caledonian Junction; Forth and Clyde Junction; Wilts, 'Somerset, and ::southanipton ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edin burgh, and Direct Glasgow; Oxford, Coventry, and Burtm on-Trent; Glasgow and Dundee Junction; East Fife; Edin burgh and Perth ; Kinross Junction; Edinburgh and Mamil ton Direct; West Riding Union. TILE HIMINIARNOCK AND AYR. DIRECT LINE Sub-Committee, No. 2. This Committee met to-day shortly after twelve o'clock present Sir J. Y. Buller, (Chairman,) Mr. Bell, Mr. Brain ston, Mr. Kemble, and Mr. Walker. CHELMSFORD A D BURY. Mr. GRUBBE (agent for the petition, thecOnsideration of wt ich was commenced, but not concluded on Friday) s :id that as a question had arisen with reference to the manner in which the petitioners' engineers had checked the levelF, they (the petitioners) would consent to have the consideration of the remaining allegations postponed till !he line had been examined by one or two competent engineers, the expence of which they would defray. This course of proceeding had been sanctioned in a case before the House of Lords. The Committee were i.f opinion that the case had better be proceeded with, and the couside,ation of the temaioing allegations was then resumed. The first allegatit.n was, that there was an error of 8 feet at the sth mile, 7th furlong, and 6th chain, on the datum line at the surface. Evideuve %KS adduced in support of the allegation, and the room was cleared. The CHAIRMAN (on our re-admission) said that the Com mitteß were of opinion that in this case the standing orders had been complied with, the surface of the ground at toe point specified being shown on the plan in question. There was another allegation to the sauce effect with re ference to the sist mile 6th furlong and 4th chain, which was sustained. Some similar allegations were abandoned. The next class of alegations was that the radius of the curve at various points was not slmwn on the plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace fur Essex, one instance of which was adduced and sustained. There was another allegation to the same effect with re spect to the plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for Suffolk, one instance of which was sustained. It was next alleged that the change f gradient on the Stowmarket branch at the eighth mile, seventh furlong, and eighth chain, was riot shown on the said plans. Evidence was heard in support of this allegation, which was sustained. Another allegation to the rime effect was sustained. Sub-Committee No. 6. This Committee resumed its sittings at twelve o'clock t;) day, in Room No. 11. Present, Captain Jones (in the chair), Mr. Pakington, and others. The following additional Bills have been referred to them, viz. : Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction. Blackburn, Darwent, and Bolton. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction (Dar&ld Branch). Kiurcss Jurction (A). Southampton and Dorchester. Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal, and Swansea and Loughor. Scottish Southern Termini. Lesmahagow, Wised, and Coatbridge Mineral Junction. The.first called on was the DZACZBURN, cxaTzinzon, AND NORTH- WESTEILN aUNCTrozr, against which the petition of a Mr. William harper and two other parties had been lodged, but no parties appearing on their behalf, th e Ch a i rman directed the clerk to enter "no appearance" in respect those parties. rhe object 4 , f the Bill is an extotsi.,n of the Blackburn, Dar .ven, and Bolton Railway to the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway, and to the North Wes'ern Railway, This line will connect Blackburn, Clitheroe, Gisburne, t.etale, Bradford, and the ueigaouuriug ualumfacturiog tons The CHAIRMAN declared the standing orders to have Leen complied with. The length of the line is 12 miles; Cat esti mated cost 160,000/., or at an average of nearly 12,0001. per mile. Engineer, Mr. Gale; Solicitor, Mr. Lamont ; Parlia mentary agent, Messrs. Dein:s, Dunlop, and Hope. PAISTAZY, ,NARRIIMAD, AND NURIET LINZ. There were two petitions against this line, alleging non- . compliance with the standing orders; one from Sir J. Max well, which was withdrawn, and the other from Mr. P. M. Stewart, whose agent appear-d. The object of this line is to connect the village of Barrhead with Paisley and the mineral districts; the length of the line is 12 miles, and the estimated coat 195,0004, on an average of 14,0001. per mile, including branches. Engineer, John Mitten, Esq.; Parlia mentary agents, Messrs. Deans, Dunlop, and Hope. Mr. P. M. Stewart's agent, contended that there was dis crepancy between the datum line on the section and the actual mode in which the line would traverse a bridge, which cro,sed a river in Renfrewshire. A witness was called, who deposed as to a mien-description in the section. The parapet of the bridge was formed of iron railing, horizontal and up right ; but that it would be impossible to understand from the description in the section, whether the proposed railway was to run below the level of the railing of the bridge or upon a level of it. Mr. George Martin, the engineer, who prepared the section, deposed that he conceived the description in the section to be sufficient, and that the term "railing," as applied to a bridge, was such as ne Scotch engineer could mistake. The room was cleared for a division, and on re-admittance the Committee declared that the objection did not hold good, though they conceived that the description might have been better. The next objection was somewhat of a similar character, and the error was admitted by the agent to the Bill. The next allegation wasiliat the miles were not numbered on the map, but were distinguished by crosses, which was also admitted. The next allegation was that the plan and section differed, inasmuch as that the plan described a certain distance be tween two given points, as 5 miles 5 furlongs while in th e section the same distan ce was tiescribed as 7 miles 6 furlongs. The agent to the Bill said he admitted the allegation, but in the Bill he had limited the said distance to that marked in the plan. Standing order not complied with. Several other allegations of Llie same character were made, and declared by the Committee to have been proved, and the standing orders net complied with. The agent stated that all these discrepancies had been corrected in the plan deposited in the Private Bill- office ~: a k 0 0x• 1 e°4 nter 4 3 , b:tst `„suit"4ers . at G r "f AM I)zi rop lie tlinotias a t : l l , 6 vrib f e ',l ee rit ,000, Of h brt f at_iwlan any of t ir • I 4 gain k 4 * 1 1: "° Wio s g ? O r4 gtlt tli v I th,,,,ered PRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ETENING, MARCH 23, 1846 : S ~~ .~