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ASTLAT'tii ROYAL AIKIMITHZATItZ. Unifier the especial patronage Pr oprietor , 3 ? l l l ,; T W. L att r„:„..., wm tisctr Royal Highnesses Prinke Modesty, and the Prhicess Alice. Glorious triumph of e Princepres ef ent attrileti — ve novelties. First Week of the celebrated the Bridges, and the highly popular artiste, Mons?Zeesoturial, Mr. Seum THIS EVENING ar mill be perfbrMed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AIM HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. With ma,gnith:ent effects, and introducing the double stud, &c. The S CENES of the CI RCLE will be of the most varied and piing &ascription, introducing the whole of the equestrian troupe. The Entertainments will terminate with a laughable AFTER .2IECU. il ox . o niee open from e l e ven till five O'clock.—Doolll open at six ant commenee at sevezclock. NEW STRAND THEATRE. NO PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING. The last GRAND MOR NING PERFORMANCE will take place THIS DAY. To commence at Two o'clock . . M. Pint - LIPPE will repeat his display of Scientific Skill and Modern Magic. M. Pa, anxious to procure for his friends and supporters in general en entertaining and ' , ratifying diversion, has the honour to an nounce that he has engaged, at great expense, Signor CORVI, from Milan, with his moat extraordinary Monkey s and Dogs, who have obtainen Pari and other large cities unbounded success, and which cannot d i ttil to s create the most interesting amusement ever witnesse I. While these novelties are exhibited in the STRAND THEATRE, Phi l ippell will give his Magical Performances in the STANDARD 111EARE, where they will commence on MONDAY, June 1. Doors open at a Quarter past Aeven ; to commence at a Quarter beibre Eight o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL lIRREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. BTERY MONDAY, TUE USDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THRSDAY. - ,VIEW of N f APLES. ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC COI,: of HERCULANEUM and POMPE II, in the year 79. This macan:ent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandam-, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represects, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption o f y,..,uVtus in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her enian.nun and Y,ompeit took place : produced under the direction el Mr. Damson. A richly ornamemsd GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES hag been construted, which wit; be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CVNCERTS are again confided to Mr. God- The Band is most complete in all departments, and includes saany eminent native and foreign musicians. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the complete and effective scale. rrecedlng the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced,repreeenting the Descent of Plice h b ir u ke s s i e n r. th ag e o4 Ch a, ar se io v t e e n f t t y ll f e ee S t un in . M on a. Yarinelli will descend from a C height; to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to ire bfm, and bear him to his chrystal home. An Illuminated Marine Cave, aid the Glass Coruiervatery, splen didly znamentod with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matehless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Tins DAY, May 21, the Royal South London Floricultural 50.4116eY . 4116 eY will hold their GRAND SPRING FLOWER SHOW. In ad wiltiee to which the whole of the gnprocedented attractions of the fordens will take plaint. Yfzzaing of the Carnivore at five ; the Pelicans, &c., at half-past 'neat at siz ; an* he Sruption at dusk. Adinblidon , le. .~::►_. TMPORT.aIorT NEW HISTORICAL WORK. Yew Ready, Printed and Illustrated uniformly with Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens. Vol. 1., Price lOs. 6d., bound (to be com pleted in about 5 vols.) of L IVES OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, From the Norman Conquest. By THOMAS ROSCOE„Esq. 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The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respeettlilly in formed that an EXTRA PERFORMANCE will take place THIS EVENING, When will be performed Verdi's residedcelebrated Opera, in Four Parts, , I LOIIBARDI : ALLA PRIMA CROCIA With new scenery, dresses, &c. ' • the scenery by Mr. Marshall. Gnseida, Madame Grisi; Soda, Madame Bellini ; Viclinda, Mdlle. Corbari; Oronte, Signor Mario ; Arvino, Signor Corelli ; Pirro, Big. Itoteill ; Acciano, Sig. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig. Fornasari. After which, the DIVERTISSEMENT of UN BAL SOUS LOUIS gI V. In which Mdlle. L. Grahn will dance with Mdlle. Cerito the celebrated Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte, in the Costume of the Court of Louis XIV. Pas de Deux, by Mdlle. L. Taglioni and M. Perrot. Pas de Quatre, by Mdlle. L. Grahn (composed by herself), all supported by Mdlles. Moncelet, Demelisee, and Cassan. La Manola, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. T.) be followed by Dunizettf's Opera, entitled, L'ELISIR D'A3IORE. Adina, Madame Castellan ; Nemorino, Signor Corelli ; Beicore, Signor F. Lablache ; Dr. Dulcamara, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement (composed by Mdlle. Cerito), entitled LA VIVANDIERE. Introducing the ltedowa, or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. _ . _ . Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to corn mown at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MADAME ANNA. THILLON, AND NEE LAST APPEARANCE THIS SEASON. THIS EVENING Win be performed an Opera, entitled THE CROWN JEWELS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss ; Don Henriquez, llr. Harrison ; Don Sebastian D'Aveyro, Mr. D. W. King; Rebolledo, Mr. Borrani; La Catarina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Mrs. Hughes. After which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of Silesia, M. Mathis; Hilarion, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Prince of Cour and, Mr. Howell ; Wilfrid, 31. Adrien ; Giselle, Mdlle. Sall; Mirtha, Mdlie. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin ; Bertha, Mrs. Payne ; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Giubilel. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, TO-MORROW, May 22d, being the BENEFIT NIGHT of MR. CARTAR, the Inspector, he solicits the support of his Friends and the Public, and invites them to obtain his Cards of AdmiSsion for at Evening, by application at the Stage-door of the Theatre, or at No. 8, Moleswerth-place, Kentish Town. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRY7LANE, Mr. PARSONS, Box Book-keeper, respectfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that his BENEFIT is fixed for MONDAY NEXT, MAY 25, When will he performed Benedict's Grand Opera of THE CULT SADERi. One Act of the popular Ballet of GISELLE ; in which Madame Sall and Mons. Mathis will appear. To conclude with (last time this season) the two first Acts of DER FREISCHUTZ. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be secured on application at the Box-ofilce. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Wril be performed a New Comedy, called MR. PETER PIPER ; or, Found Out at Home. Mr. Peter Piper, Mr. Farren ; Sir C. Ft;irsex, Mr. Tilbury ; Major Garry Owen, Mr. Hudson ; Facias, Mr. Buckstene ; Mrs. P. Piper, Mrs. Glover ; Busk, Mrs. Humby. The Band will perform the Overtures, " Cenerentola," and " Duc d'Olonne," the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Walzer," and the "Chatsworth Quadrilles." To be followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Seymour ; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. After which, the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Glover, &e., will appear. To e LI GS. Unclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SEM- Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buckatone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr.Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobias, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UYDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Another brilliant Triumph ! " Robin Hood and Richard Comr de Lion" every Evening. THIS EVENING Win be performed A New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED! .titer which, the Comedy of HONOS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters br 3iessrs. F. Mat UR thews, F. Vining, Wigan, Diddear, and Keeley ; Miss Pillars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclpde with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St irtling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Pillars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Kesley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. h. Wright, R. Bedford, Lambert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smit Selby ; MiSS Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold. Miss EChapl i n Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which a new and Original Farce, called, WHO DID IT ? or. WHAT'S IN THE WIND ? Yfuhlyke Brown, Mr. Wright ; llabiona Peewit, Miss Woolgar. To .e followed by the Burlesque, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooke, Taylor ; Mr. Vaal Bedford, Mr. Munyard, Mr. Mlichenson, 0.1.11111•••••••••.••••••••• PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be presented an original Comedietta, called ADVICE TO HUSBANDS. General Leslie, Mr. Granby; Frank Trevor, Mr. J. Vining; Mrs. Trevor, Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by an Original Comedietta, entitled THE COLO NEL'S BELLE • or, the Non-Marriables. Count de Ruse, Mr. J. Yining ; Major Vidette, Mr. Murray ; Capt. Fonfaron, Mr. Roxby ; Mabelle, Miss E. Stanley. Atter which, Shakapere's Comedy of KATHERINE AND PE TRUCHIO. Petruchto, Mr. Wallack ; Grumio, Mr. Compton; Tailor, Mr. Oaberry ; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling. To which will be added a New Ballet, entitled LES CONSCRITS IX, VILLAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Flesmore, *lards; Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, &c., will appear. Mr. A Toco vi nclu.de with a New Comedietta, called THE LOST LETTER. est, Mr. Roxby ; Mr. Le Bean, Mr. Oxberry ; Draft, Mr. llonagr; Virginia Mordaunt, Miss Somers. RAILWAY SUN IS NOW PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE. THE WEATHER—Sirs OFFICE, MAY 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41; Highest, 58; Noon, 62. BAROMETER, 29.78.—W1ND S.; variable. TULIN WATER AT LON - DON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .• 35 minutes after 10. I Evening .. 8 minutes after 11. • 1 ~ 4V ),f, 4 7TA! 4 ‘. - .- •' ° I. '7 , 0, +. o ,..„''':' ,- -• ~-,,, ( 3 , .:5 v'Al.\ k "... -- -440! \ i 10 - ,r,, ......... IN N • 6 LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1846. The settlement of the Punjaub has more the appearance of a dramatic performance than a reality. Towards the end of autumn last year the Governor-General of India left Cal cutta, and proceeded by slow marches towards the banks of the Sutlej, rather with a view to inspect the different mili tary stations formed in that quarter, and to ascertain in per son the state of Lahore, than to act either on the offensive or defensive. Neither of these alternatives seemed at all to influence his operations; his heavy artillery was allowed to remain in the interior, the forces that could be assembled in a short time were fit only to repel a sudden and isolated in vasion from a portion of the lawless Seikh army ; he had neither battering guns, nor a sufficient body of cavalry, not even in fantry, to fight eighty thousand fierce and well-disciplined soldiers, to: invade the Punjaub, or besiege Umritser and Lahore. Nothing was less expected than a great battle, yet when he arrived at Umballah he found the scene totally changed, and before he could reach Ferozepore the small body of troops in that station were completely cut off from the main body, and he and his men, who had hurried to the spot, had time neither for food or rest—they were en gaged in one of the most bloody and hazardous con tests of modern times. Only two battles more finished the work, and thus the Punjaub was conquered in the short space of two months. The winding up of the affair too has all the semblance of dramatic effect. Corps after corps of the hitherto unmanageable Seikhs surrendered their guns to the British, quietly dispersed without the slightest attempt at resistance, the authorities of Lahore and a mountain chief, more powerful than they, came and im plored the clemency and forgiveness of the Governor-General, or offered him hearty support, the capital was delivered up to British troops, the kingdom of the Old Lien of the Punjaub was rent in twain, and English dominion was established in less than ten weeks over the extensive district of the Five Rivers. Such fierce and bloody battles, such a sudden conquest and peaceful settlement, have rarely occurred in modern times, and can be compared only to those rapid movements of BUONAPARTE in his first Italian campaign, which, to the astonishment of other nations as well as the French, appeared miraculous for their decision and the im portance of their results. The latest accoants from Lahore state that the work of peace is still going on with fai r prospects of success, that the British troops, with the ex. ception of the small army of occupation, were quietly retir ing from the country, and that the native inhabitants, so far from viewing with jealousy or hatred their new allies and new masters, were highly grateful for Bri tish protection. It is probable that the people generally will . continue quiet under the new system. They have, in fact, the same reasons as the people of Sinde, whose conduct has falsified all the malignant prognostications of the Indian press—they will, at least those under British dominion, be allowed to trade and carry on their usual avocations with security, they will have no reason to fear the plundering inroads of the Seikh soldiery, or the extortions of despotic Sirdars, and what holds out a splendid and peaceful prospect for those between the Sutlej and the Beas, and furnishes a vast scope for British trade and commerce, the newly :acquired country is fertile in the extreme, admirably adapted for the pro duction of cotton and sugar, and many other articles in request in the United Kingdom. Nor is this rich spot isolated or beyond the reach of British enterprise, though it is a thousand miles from Calcutta, and a still greater distance—perhaps fifteen hundred miles—from Bom bay. The conquest of Sinde, for which Lord ELLENBOROUGH and Sir CHARLES NAPIER were calumniated by the ignorant and the bigoted of this country, by so many civilians in India, and by the whole of the servile India newspapers, has opened up a short and easy course to this fertile terri. tory. We have already the entire command of the Indus ; we have bargained with the rulers of Lahore by the late treaty for undivided control over the Sutlej to its junction with the main stream, and thus a free intercourse is established by means of steam-boats and other river craft between Kurrachee and the vast countries washed by the Indus and its tributary branches. It is said, and the circumstance is entitled to credit, that GHOOIAB SINGH*, not satisfied with his new title and a large kingdom, aims at the sovereignty of the whole. We should regard the accomplishment of his wishes as no loss to England, because there is no hope whatever of good government under the RANEE and her young son. They are entirely under the influence of her favourite paramour, a man of very ordinary abilities and totally with out influence over either the chiefs or the people. This king dom cannot last long. By the end of the present year the British troops will leave Lahore, and then, if not before, cir cumstances may arise which, with a view to preserve order and peace, may render it advisable to give GHOOLAB &watt command over the whole Punjaub. He has as much right to it as RUNJZET SINGH, and the great object of the Indian Government should be to establish a power in that quarter, not only able to repel any inroads of the Affghans, but to form an outpost to check invasion from any of the western states. The British power alone restrains AKBAR Kish and his desperate followers, and when they are removed, the present Government of Lahore will be found totally incapable to repel an attack upon Peshawur. GROOLAB SINGH, with the addition of a few British troops to his hardy and brave mountaineers, would be found the only useful ally. But a very short time will be sufficient to test the new scheme, and before the end of the year it is extremely probable that a new arrangement must be formed. Incidentally a very important principle was broached yes terday by Mr. P. SCROPZ, and one which present circum stances tend to enforce rather remarkably; we mean the one involving the imposition of a temporary land-tax during periods of scarcity and destitution—both tax and scarcity being, as a matter of course , relatively localized. Upon the es t a blishment of this principle as judicious, rests the revival of a system which was acted u p on in 1783, and by which con temporary distress might receive the succour then accorded to ancestral privations. The manner in which this question was introduced by the Honourable Member for Birmingham was pertinent and forcible, though in the absence of all offi cial guarantees upon the circumstances adduced, the Home Secretary, without doubt, acted with genuine ministerial caution in procrastinating the decision of Government. It would be the very acme of insane innovation to expect a Cabinet to propound measures of such an individual appli cation upon the first hint of their advisability, though, at the same time, it would be the very acme of stubbornness in a Ministry to refuse concession to an emergency, when the necessity of some active interference was ostensible beyond denial. The position of the details of the present emer gency lies precisely.between these two extremes : there are instances of the most callousmathy on the part of landlords towards their destitute tenantry—this no one will be fool hardy contradict—nevertheless unanimityt heset admit instancesitof an ar e scarcely attested with sufficient enough to instant interposition of the Legislature. Still, there is ample acceptance or the an re d f ene t e w is neither upon that investigation ic tl i ie proposition cause for en officialluveati would rest the for a levy of the nature mentioned. The meagre or overwhelming—it lies between those and though the recommendation of HORACE may be olits ; applica ble to poetry, it is scarcely of the hue of wisdom to plu e in medics res upon a contested political renovation. The disease must be fully and thoroughly comprehended in all its ramifications and intensity before a very stringent remedy, like the one reoobimended by Mr. Pout,Krr SCROPE can be administered with any safety. Now, as to the existence of scarcity in Ireland during several months past, no mortal inge nuity could devise any ar g uments showin g the matt er to be con - an y endeavour in this direction would be no more verisimilitude o f than urth oll er e proo th fstesartiefyutthte:ly Im Perfidous, but r t a r t black irionw faa n d a ; t w t e h ri: t p e t . F supposin g such to be requ isite, the facts adduced b y the Member for Birmingham would of themselves be most moreover, so in horriblythose t i ma t e ly upon the principle o compulsory conclusive. They lhinge,f. to them levies of alms , that a succ in ct reference r iling to the circum cannot but be advan ta g eous. Acco stantial evidence of Mr. ScROPE, the inhabitants of Mallow, a ggregate nearly 12,000 cou nty of Cork, numbering in the dire s ouls, are reduced to su ch a condition that 6,000 of are plunged into the most them, literally one entire moiety, helpless destitution. One-half of the population of enance ! a town without any means w hatever of obtaining sust Surely the scarcity cry cannot revive any recollection of the parturient montes, nor can the occurrence by which that cry has been enforced call to mind the sequel of that jewel of Latinity, naseitur ridiculus mus—at least as far as any resem blance is traceable between the two events. What, however, are the efforts made by the wealthy estate proprietors for the alleviation of the pangs of these six thousand help less persons, looking up to them, as the latter naturally do, for those crumbs of charity by which their hunger might be satisfied, without dim inishin g , to any appreciable gree, tha luxuries of the banquetings of the donors ? Why it actually appears that a paltry sum of 5001. has been alone collected throughout aus opulent district of Mallow ; nor is the i ns i gn ifi c ance o f the whole =opt the only damn ing feature of the case. A still more miserable sign of the las ' situde into which thephihmthropy °Mese zicalandowners has - • THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENINTr, MAY 21, 18467 degenerated is visible is the poverty of their individual sub scriptions, six pounds and seven pounds having, according to the assertion of Mr. SeflorE, been tendered and accepted as adequate contributions from gentlemen drawing their 10,0001. and 12,000/. per annum from Irish land and Irish labour. Lapped in a superfluity of fortune, these people persuade themselves that a cheque for seven pounds will balance their account at in tervals with their starving neighbours, forgetting altogether that celestial and terrestrial eyes are vigilant. Their crumbs of largess have fallen, but they are microscopic, and in their very minuteness involve an awful responsibility. If there be not sufficient evidence, however, of the prevalence of this apathy to human sufferings amongst those whose bounden duty it is to ofer assistance, there nevertheless, quite enough to show that a canker is spreading in that section of tha social system, and enough also to authorise an immediate and rigid inquiry on the part of Government. That movement in behalf of our impotent countrymen we shall anticipate, and we shall look to Sir DENHAM NORREYS for further particulars as to the position of the borough of Mallow, of which he is the representative. There is no part of the state machine with which the com forts, the independence, the liberties of the people at large are so closely and intimately connected, as with the police department of the country. Much authority is necessarily entrusted to their hands, and the greatest difficulty has ever been found in establishing a check sufficient to restrain the abuse of that power, to keep its exercise within such bounds, that while it may be sufficient, on the one hand, for the preservation of the public peace, it may not, on the other, be found unduly to press on, or interfere with, the full enjoy ment of the public rights and liberties. Wherever there is not a sufficient controlling power to prevent the arbitrary, unjust, or unreasonable exercise of that authority, the natural result most undoubtedly will follow. The man, perhaps of low origin, of deficient education— " Clad in a little brief authority," will become vain and arrogant, will demand a slavish sub serviency, a profound respect, from those whom he can at his mere will and pleasure subject to much annoyance, to great personal inconvenience. He will, in his own small way, become the patron, the supporter of those who con descend to curry favour, to flatter and fawn on him, and the unrelenting persecutor and oppressor of those who have sufficient manliness or inde pendence to scorn his assumptions, and to treat him with the contempt he merits. He will let slip no opportunity of ex tending his protection to the former, of wreaking his vengeance on the latter, until the petty and vexatious tyranny becomes almost insupportable. In our own country, although the strictest discipline is established, and it is well known that any improper conduct, any abuse of power on the part of the police will most un doubtedly be punished with the utmost severity, and that the offender will immediately be removed from the force for which he has proved himself to be unfit, yet numerous and well-founded complaints are of almost daily occurrence. The Commissioners of Police, who have the appointment in their own hands, summarily dismiss for any breach of their regulations. The Magistrates, who have nothing to say to their appointment, visit with increased severity any illegal or unwarrantable act, justly conceiving that its magnitude is greatly increased by the fact of its having been committed by one who was appointed as the conservator of the public peace, and who must from his position be well aware of its impropriety. The courts of justice are open for the redress of any wrongs which may have been indicted by them ; and should there, unfortunately, be no adequate legal remedy able and fearless men may be found in both branches of our Legislature who will not hesitate to denounce the wrong, and to call for the enactment of such measures of precaution as will be sufficient to prevent the possibility of the recurrence of a similar offence or injury. Thus, there are many and independent means for the control and restraint of the constabulary, In Guernsey, the Royal Court assumes to itself the entire control and command of the constables and assistant constables throughout the island. Should they com mit an error, there is no other tribunal before which a complaint against them can be exhibited, or re dress obtained. As may be readily imagined, many of those constables are entirely subservient to the individual mem bers of the Court, become the ready tools and instruments of oppression, willing, nay, eager to carry into execution any work that may be indicated to them, to act upon the slightest hint, nay, on the fancied wish of one of the jurats. In return, a wide license is afforded to them—no matter how unjust, how atrocious their conduct may be, it is charitably ascribed to an excess of zeal, an anxiety to discharge their duty. Thus they are encouraged and supported by the Court, which alone has authority over them, until their recklessness, their violence, their cruelty have become proverbial. The Court has accorded to them powers far beyond those entrusted to our magistrates. For the inhabitants of Guernsey there is neither security of house or person. The constable or assistant-constable hesitates not to violate either at his plea sure—he assumes the right of domiciliary visits, the most objectionable, probably, that could be found to exist in any country—we had almost said free country, but that country can not be free where such an intolerable proceeding is for a moment sanctioned. Within a short period all Eng land has rung with the indignant remonstrances of legislators and of the press at an outrage committed on a respectable and honourable gentleman, the sanctity of whose dwelling had been invaded, whose domestic circle had been intruded on, upon an unfounded and malignant accusation contained in an anonymous letter. But still, atro cious as this outrage most undoubtedly was, and just as was the public indignation it excited, there was some little colour, something, trifling though it was, to induce the proceeding. There was an accusation, albeit, an anonymous one, and an excise officer was found who could bring himself, on such an insufficient ground, to swear that he had reason to suspect, and did suspect, that a private still was concealed on the premises of this respect able gentleman, and, beyond all, a magistrate was discovered so ignorant, or as forgetful of his duty, as to grant a search warrant on such a paltry foundation. All these concurrent circumstances were necessary, and still the Legis lature are loudly called upon to prevent the possibility of a continuance of a similar outrage, and most fervently do we hope they will do so ; but in Guernsey there is no such protection, no precaution necessary. An ignorant or mali cious constable may enter into and search the private dwel ling of any person, ransack his papers, seize his person, im prison him, order him into irons, into gaol, and this without information, charge, or warrant of any description, without even thinking it necessary to report the proceed ing; nay, they arrogate to themselves the power of banishment. In Guernsey the law enacts that, any person not a native of the island, who has or may be come chargeable to the public, may be exported therefrom. The constables and assistant-constables are charged with carrying this law into execution ; they do so on their own responsibility, in many instances on the most frivolous and insufficient pretences, and with the most heartless and cold blooded atrocity. No matter how unjust, how illegal their conduct may be, it is sanctioned and protected, and generally applauded by the Court. Our English readers could scarcely credit the extraordinary lengths to which they go. In one instance an assistant-constable took into custody an English lad for being intoxicated and noisy in the street. The poor lad was thrown into an underground cell, where he was detained for six days, without fire or comfort of any kind, in the depth of winter, on the mere authority of the assistant-constable, without conviction, without warrant, without trial, nay, without his case having been mentioned to the Court, or to any authority. At the end of six days a note was written to the gaoler by the assistant-constable, telling him that the lad might then be discharged, and he was thereupon permitted to return to freedom, this DOOBERRY having decided on the quantum of his punishment. An English servant girl of excellent character, who had always conducted herself in the most exemplary manner in the various families in whose service she had been, unfortu nately for herself, went into the service of one of the faultless natives, a married man. Her person was fair, and unhappily attracted the attention and excited the illicit desires of her master. She fell a victim to his arts, and the seducer triumphed in the destruction of her virtue. She became pregnant ; her shame could no longer be concealed ; bribes were in vain offered to induce her not tobetray the name 6f the father of her child, they were indignantly rejected. !, She was seized upon by constables, who treated her with their accustomed brutality, and the consequence, as might have been expected, was a premature confinement. This child of sin and shame died within a few hours of its birth. When recovering, a doctor called to see her; his visit was not desired or needed by her—nay, on the contrary, it was strongly objected to. He was sent by the constables, the object being to ascertain whether she had sufficiently recovered to be enabled to undertake a sea voyage; he reported that she might be moved. Although a week had not elapsed since her confinement, she was about to be put on board a sailing-vessel, to be landed pennyless, less, and destitute on some part of the English coast, far from her native home. Her case, however, had excited at tention, had been heard of—sufficient influence was used to stay her banishment—to compel the Court, though unwill ingly,egeaml et lh t l ae o dt i n tt q ho u e i r s e af yo i r ri ct t eh o da t t v h it e shi te c a ins. ntsht en T b h ld e e o y s: t o d e ur i d n wd s tai o cs , t anno wasclt swiuleleer: as en de r j ed to justify ify h aamerneldiset' were t theevriuteinaxp?u—lsiwonh.at punishmentt inflicted on the constables, the illegality of whose conduct was so apparent? She was placed under the surveillance of ind theythe po werew e r ap of p l h a n e rd ecrueland a e n o d m u p n l e m l e e ta n t t e i n d g f p o r e rtshe the manifested. E ng li s h men, father, brothers c z t c u m n e t o l Pr they e c a y a n , can the'systetn be tolerated under the sanction of whichsucl: tearful enormities are countenanced and supported? opera of Les 1-fuquenots in the theatre of Carlsaac, in con sequence of the excited state of the public mind. Madrid papers of the 13th have arrived, but their contents are destitute of interest. A letter which has been received, dated Madrid, May 13th, says— " General Concha has arrived here, and has met with a distinguished reception from the Queen. It is said that he will be created a Grandee of Spain for the eminent services that he has just rendered to the Government. There are still rumours of dissensions in the Cabinet, arising, it is said, chiefly from the opposition of M. Mon to some of the measures proposed by M. Isturitz. It is worthy of remark, however, that M. Mon . has for some days past been in so bad a state of health that he could not at tend the Cabinet Councils, and, therefore, cannot have taken the active part in public Afire which is attributed to him. Don Francisco de Paula held a grand reception to-day, it being the anniversary of his birth. All the Ministers at tended to pay their respects to him. It is said that the sister of the Duke de Rianzares has just been married to the Duke de San Carlos." The price of the Funds continued unaltered. Bank Stock had, however, risen in price. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. In the Chamber of Peers on Monday the Bill relative to mineral waters was rejected by 62 to 57. The discussion on the Budget of Expenses for 1847 was commenced in the Chamber of Deputies. The French mission to China arrived at Cairo on May 7. The edict of the Emperor of CHINA, which orders, besides the liberty of conscience obtained antecedently, the restitu tion of the churches, except those converted since their con fixation into pagodas or private dwellings—the punishment of the non-complying mandarins, &c., was published at Can ton on March 18. The original was handed to M. CALLERY on March 20. That gentleman is the bearer of this docu ment to Paris, and he was to leave Alexandria by the next English packet. The KING of the FRENCH bas presented Captain PosTLE, of 11. M. steamer Flamer, with a brace of valuable pistols, as a testimony of his admiration for his noble conduct towards the shipwrecked crew of the French steamer Papin. Captain PesTLE, who was in Paris last week, was feted by M. G tnzoT• and Admiral MACK AU, the Minister of Marine. The latter informed him that the pistols were the personal gift of his MAJESTY. The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. sc. ' • the Five per Cents., 120 f . ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,2481 .75c. ; Rouen, 1,03 21 . 50c4; Havre, 756 f. 25c ; Great Northern, 7571. 50c. ; Avignon, 910 f. ; Vierzon, 650 f.; Bordeaux, 621 f. 250.; Boulogne, 500 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 392 f. 50c. ; Basle, 2171. 50c. ; Paris and Srasburg, 5081. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 4271. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 546 f. 25c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 5634 ; Spanish Three por Cents., 3734 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 31 4. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dul, and American and Surat were lower. In other kinds there was no alteration, and holders of those were firm. The sales wero 4,500 bales. Shares have been dull. There were later advices received yesterday afternoon from Sydssey, viz., to January 31. It is gratifying to find that up to that period the revenue of the colony was steadily im proving, and that the increase in the year 1845 was very con siderable, viz., 20,0004 upon 269,000/. The colony of Port Phillip was progressing in the same proportion. Tha Money Market is considered to be rather tighter, and the non-return of railway deposits, has a decided effect in inducing mistrust, because of the contingency which the prosecution of railway schemes must bring with it, having " calls," and a severe drain upon the Money Market. The Bill for dissolving new companies is expected even now to be made more stringent by the Solicitor-General when it leaves the Committee, as it is the general opinion that the sessional orders are a failure. The speculations relative to the fate of the Corn Bill in the House of Lords is a topic of deep reflection in the City circles, and which, without question, is participated in throughout all the manufacturing and other portions of the country. Still, with all the demonstrations already made against the comprehensive plans of Sir Robert, the current of opinion runs stronly in favour of the foal adoption of the Corn Bill, without any very essential or important alteration. There is scarcely any business doing in the English, Foreign, or in the Railway Share Ma r k e t s this morning. Consols for the Account have been quoted at 96 1 4 I A, for Money at 96 1 4 %, and the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 96 j 8 97 , , R . Exchequer-bills are very heavy at. 15s. premium, and East India Bonds at 28s. premium. Bank Stock has been offered at 205, and India Stock at 264. Ail the prices are heavy. The Foreign Funds are also dull. Peruvian Stock has declined to 39N ; the Spanish Five per Cents. to 24 1 /0 %; the Three per Cents. to 37% ; the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. to 59% 3 4 ; and the Four per Cents. to The prices of Shares and Railway Scrips have varied but a little to-day. The prices of actual business done are annexed BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 205% 204 206 205 205 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9514 1 4 951 $ Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 14 14 96 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 971 4 96% 97% 56 % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 3-16 10 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 .. 10 1-16 10 1-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10 7-16 % 10% India Stock .. . 264 264 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 28 28 Consols for Account .• • • .. 96% 1 4% 9614 Exchequer Bills, I%d. 114 d. 1,0001... .. - .... 18 15 - - pm. 15 5001. - .. 19 20 - - pm. 20 Ditto. Small - .... 19 20 15 - pm. 15 Ditto, Advertised - .... 15 10 - - pm. 10 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 82 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. - Ditto, Deferred - 16% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. - Ditto, for the Account .. 40 39% 39% Portuguese Four per Cent .. - Ditto, for the Account .. - 56% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. - 24% Ditto, for the Account • • .. 24% % 24% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. - Ditto, for the Account 37% 37 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59%% b 9% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 91% PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. .. 10 .... 5% •. .. 5 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% Bristol and Exeter .. 75 . . Ditto New .. .. 5 .. • • 10 Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... par 14 p.. •• •• % p Caledonian .. .. 10 .... 11% ••••• • .. • • 11 Ditto, Extension .. 214 .... 1%14 Cambridge and Oxford.. .. 1% - Chester and Holyhead .. • .. 22% .... 22 1 ,E • • Derby and Crewe .. 2%.... 5% , Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 51,4 % % 3% Direct Northern .. .. 2%.... 2 2 Dublin and Belfast Junction 10 .... - Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... - .. 3% Eastern Counties .. 41. 165..... 231( 1 %% 23 Ditto New .........Si. 165..... p p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. - - Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. 14 p• . • ... • • 19 Ditto, York Extension 105..... 1% 1 4 ..... •• • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 Enniskillen and Sligo .. 2%.... % .......... 14 Glotte., Aberyst., & Cent. of Wales 1%.... 1,4.......... ik Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425..... % dis... • • 34 die. Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 .... 414 4% Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .... 103% .......... / 03% Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 40 .... - . ...... • • - Ditto, New .. 5 .... 10 „... 10 Leicester and Birmingham .. 225. .... di5....... 14 dis Leicester and Bedford .......... 225..... 104 11• .•• • • 'A P Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425..... 1 % die. % dli London an Birmingham . ..100 .... 227 .......... 227 Ditto Thirds 24 .... 62% 62 62 Ditto Fifths .. 2 .... 25 25 London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8 8 London aed Brighton .. 50 .... 6414 %........ 64% London And Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9d. 22% 2214 London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 ...... Loudon and South-Western.. 41/. 6s. 10d. - - Ditto, New . 1714 28% 29 29 London and York .. 2 14.... 2 1 •• 2 % Lynn and Ely .. .. 16 .... 13 1314 Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 .... - .......... - Ditto, Quarters .. .. 2 .... 10% 10% Ditto Extension .. 425..... 234 p 214 p Manchester and llirmingham .. 40 . - - Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 1214 % 12% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .. • • 8% .. •••. • • • • 8 % Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... 114 1p • • Midland .. ..100 ....150 Ditto, New ~ .. 18 .... 31 31 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 44 14• •..... 44 y 4 Ditto, New . •1 .... .......... 914 Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 .... 24%14 25 .... 25 Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. % . Norfolk .. 20 .... 26 ..... 2G Ditto, Extension • • • • .. 2 1% ••• • • • .... North British .. 2 . 2%.... 30% 30 . 30 Ditto, Half Shares .. 8%.... 11% 11% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 114 .... •• .. 254 North Devon .. .. 2 .... 1 1 North Kent and Direct Dover •• 214 .... 13434........134 North Staffordshire .. • . 425. .... 3%,%% p•• .. 3Ys p Nortlimpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 .... 1 Oxld.,Worcester, & Wolverlunp tn. 12% .... 8 ...... • • Portsmouth liirect .. .... 3% •• • • Preston and Wyre .. 25 .... 30% ••.•• • • • • 3014 Scottish Central .. . .. 10 .... 15% ...... • ... 15% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... ..... 2% Shropshire Union .. 425. ....j 4 1 die ...... 1 dis. South Midland .. 425..... % p•• •• 1 p South Staffordshire Junction .. 214 - .......... 2 1 / South Eastern and Dover 33% - .......... 39 South Wales .. 5 .... 2% 2........ Vale of ' , Teeth 2 .... 1% Warwickshire and London 425. - Waterford and Kilkenny .. g 4 West Riding Union • . • • .. 425. • ... 2%7414 p•• •• 234 p York and North Midland .. 50 - - Ditto. Extension .. .. 15 .... 33 1 4 3234 •• • • 3214 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 .... 1114 11 ...... 11 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 12 .... 12 ........ . 11% Bordeaux and Mediterranean .. 2 .... - ~......., Central of Spain .. .. 2 .... 134 4 ..... 1 34 Dutch Rhenish .. 5 .... %.. • • .... 732 East Indian . ss. .... %•• ........ Great Western Bengal .. ss. - ......... 34 Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 154 Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 14% .• ........ 14% Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 1054 % 10% Over Yssel .. 4/. 3s. 4d.... 3 dis ........ 3 dis Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 6 %........ 6y4 Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .... 5% ••••• • • • • • 5 % West Flanders . 4 . , 214 ...... 214 MINES. Brazilian Imperial (Issued at 51. p.) 20 .. • • -..........- Ditto Macaubas and Cocaes .... 25 •• .. - ••••• • • • • • 9 Real del Moute, Unregistered .. -3% ••• • • • •• • - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 21.—Wind S.E., light breeze and fine. OFF MARGATE, MAY 20.—Thomas Lowry, Graham, Sydney, New South Wales. WHITSTABLE, MAY 20.—The Alfred, Wilson, Swansea to London, got on the middle sand this morning, during a thick squall of rain ; she was assisted off without injury, and proceeded. PLYMOUTH, MAY 20.—1 t has blown a gale from S.W. since G P fa. yesterday, and continues. YARMOUTH, MAY 20.—The Hawk, Burnett, of and from Montrose, for London, has come in here to-day leaky, having been on the Scrub) , Sand, and assisted off, and is discharging her cargo. IlAnwicif, MAY 20.—The Alert. Eskdale, of Whitby, from Oporto to London, struck on the Longsandhead last night and capsized; eight passengers and one of the crew drowned; master and remainder of the crew saved. , WiVENIIOE, MAY 20.—A sloop (supposed Danish) laden with oats, was discovered on her broadside in the Swin, 18th inst., and was taken in tow by some smacks, but in endeavouring to get over the Ounficet Sand she struck, and shortly went to pieces. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, 3IAY 20.—Although the supplies of each kind of fat stock here were but moderate, the general demand ruled heavy, and hi some instances the quotations had an upward tendency. Beef from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 43 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per iilbs, to sink the offal. Rom Pow), MAY 20.—We had a very slow Inquiry this morning, and last week's prices were not supported. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 4s to 43 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 183 ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 16l to 18/ each. LEWES, MAY 19.—Beef, from 2s 16d to 48 2d ; Mutton, N to 4s Gd; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 45: 8d ; and Pork, 43 to 4s 8d per Blbs. A moderate supply and a dull trade. NEIVGATE AND LEADENRALL. _ _ Prime Beef and Veal commanded a steady sale at full prices, other- wise the demand was in a very inactive state. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s Gti ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 48 ; Lamb, 5s to 63 ; Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 16, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. I EYE. I ZEA NS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 57s Od 29s 4d 24s Id 33s 5d 353 lid 34s Ild DUTY... 16s Od 9s Od 53 Od 9s 6d 7s 6d $s Gd RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GROUP X. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, in Eoom No. 1 (House of Commons) ; present, Mr. Deedes (chairman), Mr. Ark wright, Mr. Farnham, Mr. Stanley, and Mr. Vivian. Immediately after their assembling, _ _ Mr. Sergeant BELLISIS Informed them that in the case of the MONELANDS AND ICIRRINTILLOCH (CHAPEL-HALL BRANCH), which had stood over to this day, the promoters had come to terms with the opposing petitioners, the Messrs. Baird, of the Gartsherrie iron -works, hi respect to "way leaves" and other compensation. There was, therefore, no longer any opposition to the Bill. The CHAIRMAN having intimated the satisfaction of the Committee, the preamble was declared to be proved. The clauses were severally gone through, and the Bill was passed. GLASGOW, AID.DR,XE, AND MONKLANDS XUNCTION. _ _ Mr. ANDREWS, Q. C., for the promoters, stated that he would not, after what had fallen from the Committee yesterday, go at any length into further evidence of the advantages of the line in itself; but he would show immediately the comparative disadvantages of the two competing lines. He then called Mr. Wilson, provost of Airdrie, and proprietor of the Dundyvan iron works, who gave evidence very strongly in favour of tha line, n respect to the beiseiltS it would confer on the proprietors of mine rals and iron works, and on the public which it gener al would ly, inpass the towns it would connect and the districts through . In cross-examination by Mr. Wurrmoux, for the Dundyvan Branch, the witness said that he did not think it was of any im ) p rtattc• whatever that in sen din g his metals to the p ort of Glasgow i:y- this railway, he would have to use the line of another company for part of the distance. It was of no advantage whatever to the traffic that the whole of a route should be upon lines all in the hands of one company instead of several. In fact, it was sometimes otherwise. To speak from experience, he had been sending his mineral traffic for the last ten years by a route which was lately in the hands of three se p a rate companies. They had since become ama l gamated, and he found the treatment all the worse for it.—,(A laugh.)Mr. Wilson, iu other answers, gave evidence favourable to the competing lines on their own merits, but adhered on the whole to a preference for this Bill, Mr. Addle, of the firm of Addle, Millar, and Co., ironmasters on the line, was neat examined by Mr, AN/MN In favour of tile Ulle. in the Cologne Gazett e , over with A letter from Carlsruhe, of April 13, candidate says:-- "Our Opposition Member, M. Welcker, wa being assassinated for political motives. He went atelv near U. Hein:welch, a friend of his, to Schonan, a little to three hours' journey from Heidelberg, to ta k e art i a n baut election of a Deputy. Some warm remarks too K place a t the polling-place, and eventually the Opposition was elected. A fanatic of the other party, no doubt, con ceived the idea of taking revenge, and as the carriage of M. Welcker descended a little hill outside the town, a shot was fired, and a quantity of slugs entere4 the wood-work 'of the carriage. On arriving at Lleidelberg M. Welcker lodged in- formations, but the perpetrator of the attempt has not been yet discovered." The aatliorities hays forbidde n the p erformance of the The following are the quotations in the new lines:— Lyons and Avignon, Definitives, 518 f. 75e; Bordeaux and Cette, Danitives, 507 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 12—Central of Spain, I%—Dutch Rhenish, 7% —East Indian, —Luxembourg, 2—Northern of France Con stituted, 14% —Namur and Liege, 4'A—Orleans and Bordeaux, 10% —Over Yssel, 3 dis.—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6%—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, s—West Flanders, 2 IMPORTANT. DRESDEN. —An official notification has been received from Berlin, that all further discussion respecting the German Customs Union (Zollverein) will be postponed until the de cision of the British Parliament on the repeal of the CJria. laws and the new commercial tariff be known, MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The total number of deaths registered in the metropolitan district for the week ending May 16, 1846, was 838 ; of these 46 were deaths from violence, leaving 792 as the total number of deaths from other causes during the week. This shows a decrease from the preceding week of 35, the number for the week ending May 9 having been 827. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.; WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. The following Railway Bills were withdrawn : London, Bristol, and South Wales. Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke (Tring to Saunderton). PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Hause of Commons ) WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. LACE FACTORIES BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question pro posed, " That the Bilit he now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided - • --- - MINORITY-AYES, 66. Adderley, C. B. Fellowes, E. Muntz, G. F. Allis, J. P. Ferrand, W. B• Newdegatc, C. N. Ilaillie, William Fleetwood, Sir P. Norreys, Lord Bankes, George French, F. O'Brien, A. S. Bennet, Philip Fuller, A. E. Plumptre, J. P. Ilentinck, Lord G. Gore, W. 0. Plumridge, Captain Bentieck, Lord 11. Raiford, Sir Henry Pollington, Viscount Beresford, Major Halsey, T. P. Repton, G. W. J. Borthwick, Peter Henley, J. W. Russell, J. D. Brisco, M. Hildyard, T. B. T. Sheppard, T. Broadley, H. 11111, Lord E. Sihthorp, Colonel Browne, W. Irton, S. Spooner, Richard Cayley, Edward S. Kimble, H. Stuart, Lord J. Christie, W. D. Knight, F. W. Stuart, John Christopher, R. Law, Hon. C. E. Verner, Colonel Clifton, J. T. Lennox, Lord 11. Vyse, R. Cole, Hon. H. A. Long, W. Waddington, R. S. Crawford, W. S. Lswther Colonel Wakley, Thomas Douglas, J. D. S. Manners, Lord J. Williams, W. Duncembe, 0. March, Earl of Yorke, R.:H. Etwall, Ralph Miles, P. W. S. TELLERS. Farnham, E. Miles, W. Duncombe, T. Fielden, John Morris, David Itolleston, Colonel MAJORITY-NOES, 151. Adare, Viscount Fitzrsy, Henry Morrison, James An trobus, E. Flower, Sir J. Mostyn, E. M. L. Arundel, Earl of Forman, T. S. Mundy, Edw. Miller Bantle, Col. Forster, Mathew Napier, Sir Charles Baillie, H. J. Gisborne, Thomas Northland, Viscount itaine, Walter Godson, R. O'Connell, M. J. Baring, F. T. Gordon, Hon. Capt. Ogle, S. C. Baring, W. B. Goulburn Henry Ord, William Barrington, Viscount Graham, Sir James Pakington, J. S. Beckett, W. Greene, Thomas Palmer, G. Bellew, R. M. Hamilton, Lord C. Pell, Sir R. Itenbow, John Hanmer, Sir Joha Peel, Jonathan Bernard, Viscount Hastie, Archibald Philips, G. IL Bodkin, W. H. Hawes, Benjamin Philips, Mark Bouverie, Edward P. Hay, Sir A. L. Powell, Caleb Bowles, Admiral Hayes, Sir E. Reid, Colonel Bowring, Dr. lleneage, G. Romilly, John Bridgeman, Hewitt Herbert, Sydney Round, C. Hobhouse, Sir J o h n R ussell, L or d John Bright, John Hindley, C. Round, John Holmes, W. A'Co ur t S eymour, L or d I B lr r o u t c h e e , rt L o o n rd , J t e : s . eph Buller, Sir J. Y. Hope, Sir .J. Seymour, Sir 11. Cardwell, E. Hope, G. W.' Smith, J. A. Carew, W. P. Howard, P. H. Smythe, George Carnegie, Captain Howard, Henry Srnollett, Alexander Cavendish, G. H. James, William Somerset, Lord G. Chichester, Lord J. Jenny'', Earl Stansfleld, W. It. C. Clerk Sir George Jervis, John Stanton, W. H. Clive, R. 11. Jocelyn, Viscount Stuart, Henry Cobden, Richard Jones, Captain Strutt, Edward Colebrooke, Sir T. Labouchere, Henry Sutton, Henry Coote, Sir C. M. Langston, J. H. Thesiger, Sir F. Corry, H. Lascelles, E. Thornely, T. Cowper, W. F. Lascelles, W. S. Trench, Sir F. W. Cripps, William Legh, G. C. Vane, Lord H. Dalrymple, Captain Lindsay, H. H. Vernon, G. Darner, Colonel Lockhart, A. E. Villiers, Charles Dawson, T. V. Lockhart, W. Walker, Richard Denison, J. E. Lygon, Gen. Walpole, S. H. Dennistoun, John Mackenzie, W. F. Ward, H. G. Douglas, Sir C. E. Mackhnion, W. A. W e ll es l ey, L or d C . Winnington, Sir T. P Do r u ° r n In' Marquis Mahon, Viscount W oo d , Charles Duckworth, Sir J. Maitland, T. Wood, Colonel Dugdale, W. S. o i id, .of M'Neill, Duncan Manners, Lord C. Wood, Colonel T. Duncan, Viscount Marslan'i, Henry Wrightson, W. B. Duncan, George Martin, John Wyndham, Colonel Egerton, W. T. Maude, Fox Escott, Bickham Meynell, Captain TELLER!. Esmonde, Sir T. Mitchell, T. A. Young, John Estcourt, T. G. Moffatt, George Baring, Henry Evans, William Morpeth, Viscount THAMES OFFICE-(THIS DAY.) Joseph Ady, of "something to advantage" notoriety, was brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with fraud. Mr. Pelham attended for the prisoner. Samuel Smith Hill, of Vine-street, Regent-street, deposed that he received a letter on the let of January, 1546, signed Joseph -A.dY, stating that he could inform him of something to his advantage, on the payment of 20s. There was a postscript annexed, as follows : —lOOOl. In the public funds, references to the Lord Mayor and Sir Peter Laurie. A long correspondence took place between the witness and Ady. In one of the letters Mr. Hill expressed an opinion, that his references were all fudge. Ady re plied that the references were not fudge ; that he had taken a bull by the horns and made him roar all over the world, while St. Dunstan only made the devil roar at Temple-bar. At last the prosecutor for warded the prisoner ss. worth of postage stamps, and Ady sent back a receipt, promising to return the ss. if nothing resulted from the in formation he had to give him. The money, of course, was never re turned, and no "advantage" resulted from the information. In the cross-examination by Mr. Pelham, Mr. Hill said he was a merchant and a shareholder in the London Joint-stock Bank, and generally resided abroad. William Argent, 126 11, said he took the prisoner into custody on a charge of obtaining 60 postage stamps, and found upon him a post office order, dated Hull, for 11. It was signed John Beadle, the re ceipt was to it " Joseph Ady." Mr. EISODERIP—Let that be taken care of. After some father evidence of no importance, The prisoner on being called on for his defence said he would leave it to his attorney. • Mr. BRODERIP said there was a prima facie case made ont, and he should commit him for trial. • SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The third and final performance this season of Haydn's Oratorio, The Creation, is advertised for Friday, the 22nd inst. SERIOUS AFFRAY AT BIRD HILL.—(From the Cor respondent of the Evening Packet.)—"A serious a ffra y , a ttended by loss of life, to o k pl ace at Bird Hill on Saturday last, in consequence of opposition given by a person named Maunsell to the sheriff of the county (Tipperary), who came with a large party of p olice t o deliver Possession (under a writ of habere) of a farm from which Maunsell had been ejected for non -p aymen t o f rent. Doctor Twiss attended in his magisterial capacity, a n d assisted the under - sheriff in remon strating with Maunsell against the preposterous course which he had adopted, but without e ff e ct. He had filled the housewith peasantry, and fortified it i n suc h a w ay as to render it almost impregnable. The party within were furnished with large stones and bo ilinshowered on t t h t e ose he m ad is s sile o s f those gwhwoastehrOuldinatpepnrdoesLh to ohe be b w uild s i h n o g. Some were flung at the bailiffs. The doctor and sub-sheriff offered Mann sell, who was on the outside of the building, to allow him a week, or more If necessary, to keep possession, as caretaker, provided he would give quiet possession, but the offer was rejected. While this parley was going on, the crowd was accumulating at a rapid rate, and it be came necessary to command them to disperse by reading the Riot Act, which was done, but proved alike ineffectual. The police were ordered to fire blank cartridges in the direction of the house, but this experiment also failed. Ultimately the police were ordered to use balls. which struck a man and a woman in one of the windows, whereupon Maunsell ordered the people inside to open the doors. The sheriff then delivered possession, and arrested five of the leaders of the opposing party, who have been duly committed for trial. The persons shot were servants to Maunsell. They have died of their wounds. An inquest will be held on them next Monday." REFUSAL TO BURY A SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on the 15th inst. at the Plough Inn, Piecombe, Sussex, on the body of Richard Riddhs, aged 63, who committed suicide by hanging him self. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." The relations took measures to bury deceased at Newtunber, where ho resided ; but on Sunday afternoor, when they went to the burial place, the curate, Mr. Brigsden, refused to bury the body or read the funeral service, there having been a doubt about self-murder. Mr. Winter produced the coroner's order for burial, and the curate, in reply, said he had written to the bishop on the subject, and if they would wait the bishop's answer he would provide an extra shell to or covercle orcomay n and keep In the effluvia, which was getting very rk, offensive. TIM: could not b e a cce d e d t o , an d h e then said they might ' get another slergyman to bury him, for he would not ; but a llowed the clerk to hav e a grave dug, and the body was interred between five and six o' c l oc k i n the evening ; but they h a d ne ith e r clergyman, .49 1 15 e at Paris. The performance of the ceremony of the A statue of°Romeisalsiwnilstrazdto—ainperbt.gedrviincetwhase Orepade.ra inaugura tion of the statue, which is trornthe afrlier of M. Etex, Will take place on Saturday next, whenTsimburint, Duprez, and Barrolhet will appear In Cutltau Tell • eartetia qrlei will dance La Per 1. In cross-examination by Mr. Fortsrm, the Witness stated that he had petitioned against the Bill, but two or three days ago he with drew the petition, the Company having abandoned those parts or their alternative line which would have come too near to his lu/tam. The cross-examination was lengthened and minute. GROUP XX. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Sotheron in the chair. LONDON, HOUNSLOW AND WESTERN. The case on behalf of this Bill was regained. Mr. T 3 son ' of Staines, gave general evidence as to the advantages the proposed line would confer on that town and neighbourhood, in which a great depreciation of property had taken place from the want of railway accommodation. George Beesley, landlord of the Windsor Castle, Hammersmith, deposed as to the benefit the line would confer in that locality. Mr. Charles lirown, builder, of Hammersmith, gave evidence to the same effect. Evidence of the same character was given by Mr. Beck and Mr. Brown, of Staines. GROUP XXVII, This Committee met this morning at the usual hour ; Sir C. Lemon in the chair. SOUTH MIDLAND, AND LEICESTER AND BEDFORD (COMPETING) LINES. Mr. PAGET replied on behalf of the promoters of the Leicester and Bedford Railway, upon the supplemental engineering evidence ad duced yesterday. Mr. MACAULEY replied on behalf of the promoters of the South Midland scheme, and addressed the Committee upon the general case. GROUP XXXI. SOUTH WALES (AMENDMENTS AND DE- VIATIONS). The Committee met this morning at the usual hour ; Mr. Round in the chair. The opponents of the . hfargem deviation proceeded to call evidence against the project. _ . Mr. Whateley and Mr. Venables appeared for ➢fr. Talbot, a large landowner in the vicinity of the line. _ Several witnesses were examined, who agreed in opinion that the proposed deviation from the line as passed last session would injure the trade of Bridgend, Cowbridge, &c., as it would create a new line at the commencement of the deviation, which would withdraw the trade from Bridgend, which now supplied the inhabitants of the val ley of Glamorganshire with the materials used in their avocations, and also the necessaries of life. One stated that at the point of junc tion there were a number of old pits, now unworked, and that there had been two sinkings on the Perth Canal Railway in consequence of some of these pits being below it, but they were not of a serious nature. GROUP XXXII. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, present Mr. J. E. Denison (in the chair), Sir E. Hayes, Sir R. it. Vyvlan, and Mr. Talbot Clifton. CHELTENHAM AND OXFORD. Evidence was continued this morning to show that the private wells in the town of Cheltenham would sustain little or no injury from the cuttings of the railway where it passes through the sand. Mr. Andrew Paul, surveyor, stated that where the Bir mingham and Gloucester Railway. passes the High-street, Cheltenham, by a cutting through the private wells in the vicinity, they contained from four to eleven feet of water above the bottom of the railway ; and that in the wells along the proposed line from Duke-street to the intended station the water stands now about the same level as the bottom of the projected cuttings, so that there was no probability of their being at all affected. Ile believed that the cuttings near New-street, where the clay was nearer the surface, could be so managed, by puddling and by underground construction, as to prevent the escape or the cutting off the water from the town. These facts were affirmed, and the evidence corroborated by other witnesses --by Messrs. Onley, Wright, Millar, and Simpson. At this point Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the line, should have been produced for examination, but he was under examination in another room, and Mr. Austin applied to have an adjournment till to-morrow, at twelve. The Committee adjourned accordingly. GROU? XXXVI. The members of this Committeee met at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Mon gan John O'Connell in the chair. LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX. The cross-examination of Mr. Locke, the engineer to the line, was resumed this morning. The cross •examination was on the part of the commissioners of the. river Lea navigation, who objected to the line on the ground that the bridges by which it proposed to cross the river would very seriously and injuriously interfere with the naviga tion. ➢ir. Locke was, however, of opinion that no danger or even inconvenience would arise, and that the line was free from all engi neering difficulties whatever. GROUP LIV. This Committee re-assembled to-day at the usual hour; present Mr. Bannerman (chairman) and the other members. MIDLAND, BURTON-ON-TRENT TO NUNEATON, AND BRANCH. The CIIAIRMAN said he wished to call the attention of the counsel for the petitioners against the Bill to a eertain regulation that had been agreed to by Committees, namely, that counsel should set forth some of the general grounds on which they objected to the Bill. The Committee, however, would not on all occasions adhere too rigidly to this regulation. The evidence for the Bill was then resumed. Mr. J. Steene, examined by Mr. Macaux,nr —Was a corn and coal dealer In Oxford, where he had resided for thirty years. From 50,000 to 00,000 tons of coal were consumed annually in Oxford, of which 30,000 tons came from the Moira collieries. They suffered consider ably in Oxford from the canal by which the coal was at present conveyed. For one ton of Bedford coal there were 200 tons of Moira coal consumed in Oxford. The cost of bringing coal from Moi•a to Oxford was at present 13d. per hundred ; but by the pro posed railway there would, according to the calculation that had been made, be a saving of 15,0001. annually. The railway would be desirable for Abingdon and several other towns, where Moira coal was consumed in large quantities. There was no doubt that the pro posed railway would be of the greatest advantage to Oxford. Mr. J. Nadon, of Stapenhill, examined —The proposed railway would be very desirable to his neighbourhood, as regarded the coal pits there. A large trade was carried on in the neighbourhood of the railway in clay for earthenware, and a species of fine clay, which was sent to Sheffield for the purpose of making crucibles. It would be very desirable to have the southern communication which this rail way would afford. Cross-examined—The proposed railway would be very beneficial to Lord Hastings' property and the coal pits on the same side. The principal traffic to the south upon which they relied must go to Rugby. Mr. Thomas Gray examined—Was an earthenware manufacturer at Greasley. There were three manufactories there for a coarser kind of ware. There were also eighteen manu• factories for yellow ware, which article was used chiefly by the poorer classes. The trade in both articles might be considerably increased. Their ware was sent to Canada, and there were strong expectations that a trade in the same would be opened with France. There was a trade in clay for bricks carried on there also to the extent of 150 tons a week. Mr. W. W. Abney, of Masham-hall, was examined as to the gene ral benefits of this line, which he stated would be very advantageous to his neighbourhood. WISBEACH, ST. IVES, AND CAM BRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY. A meeting of the holders of scrip and shares in this scheme was held yesterday, in the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie- street, Fleet-street, for the purpose, agreeably to the recent reso lutions of the House of Commons, of receiving a copy of the Bill, and to decide as to whether they should approve of and authorise its further progress through Parliament or not. The chair was taken shortly before two o'clock by Mr. J. Fryer. The CHAIRMAN explained the object of the meeting, and observed that the capital of the Company was 475,3601., issued in 23,768 shares, a third of which—namely, 7,922, must be represented at the present meeting, in order to authorise the further prosecution of the project. He was happy to state that the number of shares represented on the present occasion amounted to not only one-third, but to no less than 17,959 shares in approval of the Bill. The Solicitor then read the draft of the Bill, and The SECRETARY announced the present state of the finances of the Company to be as follows :—The receipts by deposits on shares, 47,0001., of which there were deposited with the Accountant-General 30,3001.; while in the hands of the Company's bankers there remained, after payment of expenses, 6,933L—(Hear, hear.) A resolution, approving of the Bill, and authorising the directors to proceed with it through Parliammt, was then put and agreed to. A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, who ac knowledged the compliment, and the meeting separated. NORFOLK RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders of the above COmpany was held yesterday, at the office in Guildhall-buildings, for the purpose of deciding upon the further progress of the follow ing Bills, in conformity with the sessional orders A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway_ Company to make _ the Norfolk Railway a railway communicationandthbeettowwenens o t t he vv ll el e i r s eti a a nd m B n i r a a k n e c n h ey ef , in the county of Norfolk. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a railway from the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway at Stowmarket, to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wymondham. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a railway from the Norfolk Railway at Thetford to the Lowestoft Railway at Reedham. A Bill for extending the Norfolk Railway to the Jetty at Great Yarmouth, and to enable the Norfolk Railway Com pany to purchase a lease of the Lowestoft Railway Harbour and Navigation. A Bill for making a railway from Norwich to Aylsham, with a branch to North Walsham. A Bill for making a railway from East Dereham, in the county of Norfolk, to the city of Norwich. A Bill for makinit a branch railway from the East Dere ham and Norwich Railway to the Norfolk Railway. Mr. Duff (the Chairman of the Company) presided. The advertisement by which the meeting had been con vened having been read by the secretary (Mr. Till), resolu tions assenting to the further prosecutions of the Bills were carried unanimously. Upon the termination of the proceedings, a meeting was held of the scripholders interested in the progress of the first two Bills above mentioned. The Bills were unanimously sanctioned. A vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meet ing, which lasted a few minutes only, broke up. THE WATERFORD and KILKENN RAILWAY. The half-yearly meetingoF the above Company was held yesterday at the London Tavern. The Hon. P. Butler, M.P., in the chair. The SECA ETARY read the report, which stated that the directors felt increased confidence in the value of the under taking, and that some progress had been made in the works. The money in the hands of the bankers and that lent out at interest amounted to 31,453/., and the sum still due on un paid calls was about 26,0001. The directors had felt it ne cessary to take an interest in the Galway and Kilkenny Railway, which would become an important feeder to the Waterford and Kilkenny line. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at some length, and moved that the report and balance-sheet be adopted, and printed for circulation amongst the shareholders. This resolution was carried; and it was understood that all books and accounts of the company would be open for the shareholders' examination. The next resolution put was, that the present directors be re-elected, which was also carried. The general meeting then assumed the character chit meeting, to determine what course was to be adopted in of a se• p reference to carrying out th e woo d en intended this line should be formed. ers agreedsh should that be a fo c r o m m e m d tttoeeof railway, on which principle it was originally in ten as four directors an After some dis d cu fi ss ve ioi s t a i r t eh w o f thanks having been given to the Chairman, the A vote o in quire into and report u p on the matter. meeting separated. NEWSVENDERB BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT USTI TUTION.—..,e se venth annual general meeti ng o f t he above institu- GOD, established for the granting pensions and affording temporary relief to decayed members of the newspaper publishing trade, was held last evening, at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, James Harmer, Esq., president, in the chair. The report showed that the society was steadily advancing, that the subscriptions of the past year were four times greater than the preceding, and that the funded property was now upwards of 8001. Thanks were unanimously awarded to the press, and 31r. Terry stated that no less than 2001. of the subscrip tions had been contributed by the proprietors of various journals. The officers for the ensuing year having been elected, the cordial thanks of the meeting were awarded to the president and other officers, and the meeting, which was very numerously attended, was dissolved. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. = Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, as his Grace the Duke of Wellington was crossing the western entrance into Hyde park on his way home, a hack cab, which was driven very rapidly from the Knightsbridge-road, ran against him, and but for the presence of mind of a gentleman who pulled his Grace suddenly back, he must have inevitably been knocked down and run ever. The driver, who was greatly to blame, proceeded at the same rapid pace into the Park. Ills Grace acknowledged the kindness of the gentleman in assisting him, and pursued his way apparently unconcerned. His hand ap peared slightly touched by the wheel. het é Cottereau, alias Cliottan, the last of the four brothers who gave their n a m es t o th e f amous i nsurgen t s o f the rig bank of the Loire of '93, di e d l a t e l y a t St. O uen des Teas (3 a7Oll pe .), at the age of 92. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. NORTH-WEST PROVINCES. Regarding the movements of the Governor-General and his Excellency's return to oar provinces, to which we wel come him with great satisfaction, we have the following ac count, which we give as we received it : " LOODIANATI, MARCH 24.—The Governor-General left us at Dukkun-i-Serai, and went off to Jellundhur to inspect the cantonment proposed for the troops which are to be left in the Dos!), in support of the British force in garrison at La hore. The Jullendhur force will be 10 regiments of native Infantry, 6 regiments of cavalry, and 24 guns. " The Governor-General this morning held a durbar, at which the Seikh chief, the Raja of Allowaila, was received, but distinctly told by the Governor-General that, although the circumstances in which the Reja was placed during the period of hostilities were difficult, still it would be incumbent on the Raja to afford certain explanations of his conduct, and that it would give the Governor-General great satisfac tion to find such an explanation sufficient, and in that hope he had received the Raja. " The chief seemed to look quite convinced that he could vindicate his conduct, but Mr. Currie's translation of his answer did not reach me. Next came a chief who is the descendant of the great Seikh Saint, who had nothing re markable in his appearance or manner. He said the Seikhs no longer attended to prudent counsels, and had brought all that had happened on themselves. The Sirdar Runjoor Singh was the last who appeared at the durbar to take hie leave. He is the brother of Lena Sing!' Majeteea, now at Calcutta, and commanded the Seikh forces at Alliwal against Sir Harry Smith ; he is about twenty-five years old, small, rather dull in his expression of countenance, and is not a person of any ability. He has attended the Governor-Gene ral's camp from Lahore to Umritsir, and through the Jul lendhur, to facilitate any communications, I believe, between the Seikh garrisons in the Doab, and the British authorities. He received presents. and seemed pleased when he took his leave. Hp probably felt iil at ease amongst the British, against whom his operations were not marked by anything like decision or talent. _ . " In the afternoon the Governor-General crossed the river by the bridge of boats to Loodianah, and within a mile of the fort was met by the Maharaja of Patialah, the Raja of Jeend, and all the Sirdars and chiefs, a splendid sight, about 70 elephants richly caparisoned, and a great variety of horse• men in fine costumes. a Having escorted the Governor-General to his tent, they withdrew, and this morning at ten o'clock all the rajas and chiefs came to the Governor-General's durbar, the avenue lined by troops, the 50th Regiment under the Semiana up to the great durbar tent; the officers of garrison and the staff attended, and two native officers from every corps had seats to witness the ceremony. "The Governor-General complimented the Maharaja of Patialah on his fidelity, and the readiness with which he had sent in his supplies, and as a mark of his friendly feeling towards him ordered one of the staff to have 15 guns fired as his salute instead of 11 guns. " I could not hear distinctly, but the Governor-General told him he would mark his sense of his good conduct by some land, and would be glad to see him at all times. " The Raja of Ludwa's treason was alluded to, and the chiefs told that those who were not faithful would meet with his fate. " The Raja of Nabba is in or near Loodianah, but the Go vernor-General would not allow him to attend the durbar. Ills conduct is to be investigated. This is all right. And subsequently the chief of Fureedkote was made a raja for the decidedly friendly manner in which he has acted; and other chiefs were also distinguished by marks of favour, but some received very coldly. " The durbar lasted for three hour', and an immense quantity of presents were given. "These durbars are well managed by Mr. Edwards, the under secretary. The whole ceremony went of well. "The Governor-General looked in excellent health, and leaves us the day after to-morrow for the tills. Major Mackeson remains in charge of the whole of the protected Seikh territory. "I have jet heard that a regiment of native infantry is ordered to Noorpoor, beyond the Beas, and another to KangrB, in the hills."—Delhi Gazette, March 28. KALKA, MARCH 25.—Lady Gough passed up to Kusr sowlee this morning, and th e Governor-General is expected to be at Buddea, in progress from Kooper to Simla, on the 27th iast. Captain Napier, executive engineer, is now at Kussowlee, making arrangements for the construction of temporary barracks for her Majesty's 53d Foot. One hundred and fifty of the wounded men ()flier Majesty's 29th Foot were carried up by this to Kussowlee yesterday, to gether with nine or ten wounded officers, among whom I saw Colonel Congrevo, Captain Stepney, and Lieutenant Scuda more.—Delhi Gazette, April 1. The very considerable part of the army of the Sutlej, which had remained in camp at Lahore until the British garrison should have been supplied with the required amount of provisions, crossed the Sutlej at Nuggar Ghaut on the morning of the 28th ult., under the command of his Excellency Sir Hugh Gough. A cautious correspondent says, "1 believe all the troops filed before the chief on this side of the bridge; but, as I can only speak of what I saw myself, I have made use of the above-mentioned cautious phrase. I know that her Ma jesty's 9th Foot and the 26th Light infantry were halted and drawn up in quarter-distance column, and that they were harangued by the Chief. His Excellency's language was unmeasured. To the 9th he gave lots of butter, and to the 26th (in consideration of their prejudices of caste) an equal quantity of ghee ; a large supply of their favourite mettoye is, I hear, to be issued to all the native por tion of the army, and after a halt to-morrow we all proceed to our respective destinations." Thus the dis persion of one of the largest and best appointed armies ever assembled in India is complete, aril we may now look forward to at least a few months' trerquilit the result of their achievements, which it is not bait f alit if have not borne the full measure of fruit which 42 ~a s generally be lieved would have been reaped wl en :hey first took the fi. From Ferozepore we learn thit Lictotcpat-Colonel Lane's and Major Campbell's troops el HONe Artillery reached that station from Lahore , n he 28th March. Captain I)uncan's troop left it on 'II 27th for Mttttra. Colonel Frushard's brigade arrived tit, hp 'Wth from Sinde, and our letters speak in warm terms of 0 ofi le order and soldierlike appearance of the 2d European Legiluent. The 7th cavalry were expected on the Ist instant. A large instalment of the , captured guns bad left in progress to Delhi. The left wing of the 2d Irregular Cavalry is posted at Tal w undee.—Deini Gazette, April 4. DELIII.-We had the pleasure to see the 10th Irregular Cavalry quit their late encampment on Thursday morning. and are happy in the opportunity of bearing our testimony to the wonderful exertions which Major Mayne, their dis tinguished commandant, must have made to raise, arm, fully equip, and discipline so large a body of men in so short time, three months and some few days only having elapsed between the receipt of the order to raise the corps and their actual march from Delhi, fully prepared, to all appearance, for any service which they might be called on to perforrn• The rapid formation of this regiment speaks well for the popularity of the service, and shows what the zeal and ac tivity of a thorough soldier can accomplish, when his heart and soul are devoted to the work before him. We wish the gallant major all success, and we have no doubt he will not be long in earning further distinctions.—lbiti. The Governor-General was to leave Loodianah for Simla en the 26th ult , marching. The 48th N. I. were to march to Delhi, starting on the 26th, with about 40 lakhs of rupees, of foreign coin and bullion, and to embark there. Mr. Green way, of our Assay-office, proceeds dawk to Delhi, to test and report on the specie. The 41st N. I. was under orders to march on the 24th towards Noorpoor, about six miles from Jullendhur, in the bills. The 2d N. I. had just received the order to canton in the Jullendhur Doab for the coming year* —Agra Chronic'e, April 2. On Sunday last the corner-stone of a new European Fe male Orphanage was laid down in the compound adjoining the Agra convent. The b u ildi ng w ill b e 144 f ee t i n length , by 68 in breadth, and surrounded by an extensive and beau tiful garden. All measures have been taken to render the place quite comfortable for the future inmates, whose tuition will be confided to the French and English religious ladies of the congregation of Jesus and Mary. An appeal was made by Bishop Borghi to public liberality, and a subscrip tion will be circulated through all the stations and army of India in support of the new institution. We have been fa voured with a copy of a parchment tbat was knclosed in a tube, and deposited under the corner stone of the - new edifice, and which is as follows : "D.O.M.—In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun E . - dred and forty-six, the fourth of the calends of the month of April, under the Pontificate of Gregory the Sixteentn during the reign of Victoria the Fir s t, Queen of England, India being governed by his Excellency Sir IL Hardinge, the Anglo-I n di an t ro ops being commanded by his Excellency Sir Hugh Gough. the North Western Provinces being ruled by th e Honourable J. Thomason, Esq., in the presence of tliis Right Rev. Dr. J. A. Borghi and of the clergy and congre gation of Agra, the corner-stone of this European Female Orphanage, io be erected for the reception and education of the military orphan:4, and chiefly for those of the gallant and victorious army of the Punjaub, was laid down by Madam . . left Meerut yesterday morn- J S e t s . u T s h a e n r d e s A a 1 , a r p y ro . Lin i c b ia id. l superioress of the Congregation of Her Majesty's 16th Lancers ing for Gurmukteesur Ghau a brilliant one in India, and Th e y carry away with them th T is h s e t i a r ti c o a n r , e w er i t h h as w b h e o e na n well worthy of ot d )t. men. The 16th Lancers have whi c h been ~ staggered ban thegin " hanging n b e y m y a when n at the good wishes of the . r es f i a d c e e n rsi t a s iartnis close was Colonel hoel:naeclqu Cureton acquired a deserved ,d h iso p . to sillte April 3 DINNER To coi °f C. ‘ 3l3 , llETON AIND OFFICERS OF Indiah e e n l u p a e helped ewtdoats:trrie trulyak d e ~_s thati said blow HER MAJESIY'S 16TH LANCERS. MitsßuT, MAncir 31.—The banqueting -room was taste fully decorated with blue anti silver drapery and wreaths of flowers. At one end of the room there was a large trap 8p Heroes arkC y of , Adoirivynatil7, inscribed c a e n n d t ( r ) e n o e f a w e l h iic s h id w e a w s ere groups ` ( : f W c e o l r ou ni rff : on which were insjdnribyftehhdeithe names of the many continental , Indian ist i ri g battles uisil sparency there was a wreathine thistle, About forty persons intertwined. nobly distinguished d h thelve of gallant s tA h At the t hr l oe 6 s t be h : ss L eb a ao n Enf c e rot r h s cek h ,t a r di d ! cellent one, andthe down. The dinner sat was se ex of enthusiasm and loyalty, General Wodehouse, wines good and cool. After " The , Queen" had been proposed, and drank with a proper display of quest of Sir J. Grey, who was present on the occasion, Pr_ posed the health of Colonel Cureton and the officers of her 'Majesty's 16th Lancers. The gallant general, in a neat andc. uvaffected little speech, expressed his inability to do just_i c . . e am this distinguished regiment, or to describe, in proper ter th e their gallantry and services in many battles in winch , ° ll be d Continent and in India, they had so nobly distingins,b, themselves. Their deeds of arms were inscribed. in es ' 25 annals of a grateful country; and their social quah t t w o g kind and hospitable members of the comnaunity weef',,, a nd at the re: be affectionately remembered by their numerous friends his admirers in India. The gallant general, speech, paid a handsome compliment to the chara,! .. , w i t h services of the gallant 14th Dragoons, and conchlu e o u fl i ce is proposing "The Health of Colonel Cureton and e th [Tient of of her Majesty's Nth Lancers, as the pride and orna dr , ;:ak the British army." The toast was enthusiastical l y... ~, ,h e with nine times nine and a fire of " one cheer 1110P=. 1 excitement and applause were deafening. sect!. Colonel Cureton returned thanks in ar...hppropriate FP arta The gallant veteran was much aff , : e t e d, and spoke in w ers of in the course of and and affectionate terms of t). Meerut—of their kintiess and hospitality—of his feeibfor regret at parting from them, and of his warm wishesallant their future prosperity, welfare, and happiness. The(gieneia "e civil and military of%„ o f colonel concluded by proposing " The health of f the W4xlehouse, and the Civil an d Milit ar y Members 0 Eleolety of Meerut." General Wodehouse returned thanks. - --, J • . That fi4low4d "The health of the Right Eon. the GOd THE I r