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8, New Burlington-street. THE THIRD EDITION OF BOZ'S " MEMOIRS OF GRIMALDI" will be ready To-Kcal:low, May 9, at all the Libraries and Booksellers. MERCANTILE -A YOUNG MAN of considerable MERCANTILE EXPERIENCE, principally ac quired in Li.verpoo', is desirous of forming an engagement either at home or abroad. Address M. N. 0., Arundel Coffee-house, 267, Strand. it 11/1 ESlit I s LvitY L S A HAR ( FAB E I , Pußg, l lC A s i y. AND LASIOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., tate place every TrEsDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Fhreadnee,dle-street, London, to which place all Ivours, contiining instructions, are respectfully requested to be add reesed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and tdvi4es of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, sill the Iroceeds iumnediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Cklmmerce, Threadneedle-street, London. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. • Madame GRISI has the honour to acquaint the Nobility, Sub scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 14, When will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, I LOMBARDI ALLA PRIMA CROCIA L'A. Witk new scenery, dresses, &c. ; the scenery by Mr. Marshall. Gr selda, Madame Grisi; Sofia, Madame Bellinl ; Viehiuda, Mdlle. Corbari; Oronte, Signor Mario; Arveno, Slg,nor Corelli ; Pirro, Sig. Botelli; Acciano, Sig. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig. For:laser'. With various Entertainments in the BALLET department. In wh‘oh will appear Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Lucile Grahn ; MM. St. Leon, Gesselin, Bertrand, Di Mattia, and M. Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickels to be made at the box A office, Opera Colon n ade. Doors open at ven, the Opera to corn intrice at half-past Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Tr)-MORROW EVENING, SATURDAY, MAY 9, Will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, NINO, Mutts, Signor Fornasari ' • Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor Botelli ; Fenena. Mdlle.. Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioll. Between the Acts, a PAS DE TROIS, by Madlle. L. Taglionl, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse and Moncelet. To conclude with the grand Ballet, by M. Deshayes, re-arranged in Three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, the Music by M. Costa, entitled ALMA ; ou, LA FILLE DU FEU. Perephite. M. Perrot ; Balfegor, M. Gosselin ; Em.zor, M. St. Leon ; Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. In which will be introduced the admired Pis de Fascination (composed by M. Perrot), by Mesdlles Cerito, De melisse, Moncelet, Cassan, and M. Perrot ; the celebrated Pas d Trois, by Madlle. Cerito, M. St. Leon, assisted by Mile Demelisse.e Verdi's ceiebratecrOpota, " I Lou bard' all rfin • al ) a Crociata,” will be produced on Tuesday next, May 12. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Wilt be performed an Opera, entitled THE CROWN JEWELS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss ; Don Henriquez, Mr. Harrison ; Don Sebastian D'Aveyro, Mr. D. W. King; Rebolledo, Mr. Borrani ; La Catarina, Madame Anna Tbillon ; Diana, Miss Collett. Between the first and second Acts of the Opera, will be intro- Aced Les Pas des Fleurs, by thirty-six of the celebrated Danseuses ; and between the second and third Acts, twenty-four Danseuses Viennoises will execute the famous Pas Hongrois. After which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke 01 Silesia, M. Mathis; Hilarion, 3lr. W. H. Payne ; Prince of Cour- Mid, Mr. Howell ; M. Adrien; Giselle, Mdlle. Sall; Mirtha, :Mlle. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Lenin; Bertha, Mrs. Payne; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Glubilei. In the couite of the Ballet will be introduced Le Pas Oriental, by forty-eight of the Pupils of Madame Weiss. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of SPRING AND AUTUMN. Sir Simon Slack, Mr. W. Farren ; Major Osmond, Mr. Howe ; Rattle, Mr. 11. Holt ; Mrs. General Dartmouth, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Rattle, Mrs. W. Clifford. To be followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WIIITEIIEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley - , Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Seymour; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. The Band will perform the Overture, "Edourdo e Christine," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," " Antoinette," Celliustus Waltz ; tha "Chatsworth Quadrilles;" and the " Brunow Polka." _ _ To be succeeded 1.3 , an Original Farce, called THE IRISH TIGER. Plir Charles Lavender, Mr. Howe ; Paddy Ryan, 31r. Hudson; Alderman Marrowfat, Mr. Tilbtry ; Bilbury, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Julia, Miss Telbin ; Nancy, Mrs. Caulfield. Atte; which, an pxperiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES : on which occasion they will be presented to tie public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. Mathews, and Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEZD After which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by _Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Didelear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain Startling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD CCEUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley (her first appearance), Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a popular Comedy, entitled EXCIIANGE ROBBERY ; or, Who's to Father Me ? Sam Swipes, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Swipes, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Miss Melrose, Miss Chaplin , Lady Cranberry, Miss Aroolgar. After which a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield lloneybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding. To be followed by the Barle;ique, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor ; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Munyard, Mr. 3litchenson, &c. To conclude with a Farce, entitled THE UNFINISHED GEN TLEMAN, Bill Downey, Mr. Wright ; Louisa Bloomfield, Miss M. Taylotill Mary Chintz, Miss Woolgar. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be prformsd Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. Macready ; Macduff, Mr. Wallack ; Banque), Mr. Cooper ; He e de, Mr. Leffler ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Ternan. To be followl by a DIVERTISSEMENT. In w hi c h M essrs. (Albert, Marshall, and Flexmore ; Misa Bailin and Miss Marshall will appear. _ _ To eonclude with Shakspere's Comedy of KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr. Wallack ; Grumio, Mr. Compton; Tailor, Mr. Oxberry ; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her most gracious Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal. Triumphant career of Mr. Leman Rede's New Equeptrian Spectacle of " The Arab and his Steed," aided by the Dodble Stud, Beautiful Scenery, Original Effects, Ste. Second Week of the Domestic Equestrian Afterpiece, entit ed, " The Post-Boy of St. Aultle ; or, The Cornish Wreckers." THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Fl.itire Change in the Scenes of the Circle, and magnificent Feats of the Hippodrome, by the Foreign and British Professors. To conclude with the favourite Drama of the POST BOY OF ST. AUSTLE ; or, The Cornish Wreckers. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six Ind commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Constant novelty'. Continued attraction of the Virginian Ilar monists. Re-engagement of the Dentin Family. Wonderful effects by Herr 1 , 11co:o, from St. Petersburgh. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Play, entitled, BIANCA ; or, The Three Trials. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Maynard, Johnson, Lewis, (Rowell, Ileslop, Edgar ; Mesdms. 11. Vining, Martin, Daly, /cc. After which a N't w Ballet, called LA STATUE BLANCHE. Le Tonneau Roulant ; or, Running Tub, by Herr Nicolo. To conclude with THE LAS r KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Heclop, Wil liamson, Mesdms. Vining and Martin will support the principal s'har.ict ere. ROYAL VICTORIA THE_IT;;E. Triumphant Success ! Repetition of " The Bride's Journey." THIS EVENING IVA be dprformed a New Drama, entitled JARVIS, THE HONEST MAY ; or, a Ta!e of the Times of Judge Jefferies. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Sear.e, Burton, Tindell ; Miss Vincent, and Miss Jefferson. After whictt, A NIGIIT dF EXCITEMENT. Robert Le Grange, Mr. E. F. Saville; Marlette, Miss Vindent. To conclude with an Original Drama, called TIIE DOOM OF qutur ; or, The Norman Tiger. Supported by the entire strength a the Victoria Company. NEW STRAND THEATRE. ENTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La gaiete est la sante de l'ame, tristesse en est le poison." THIS EVENING M. PHILLIPPE bogs leave to announce that, in consequence of he Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER ENTER TAT • MENTS, they will he repeated every Wednesday and Sa tuiday Morning. and every Evening until further notice. M. PHILLIPP.E will commence the Entertainment by Light'," Tlyo Hundred and fifty Wax Candles by a sin g le Pistol Shot!. This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by dons. Phlllippe for upward,: of 700 consecuDve nights in Paris. 3331. Phißippe will also have the honotr of introducing HIS ORANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all Its laughable and rapid Trans ermstions. The Entetainments vrlll be varied by the Dancing of the 'PAM I I.T, and the Olympic Gambols of the AM E BROTHERS. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Evening at a quarter to Eight. 33.; Boxes, 23. L I'it, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Frivate•Boxes, It. Is.; and los. 6d; THE WEATHEIL—SUN OFFICE, MAY 8. TusAoitzTra, Lowest, 49; Highest, 66; Noon, 63. BAROMETER, 29.95.—W1ND W.; fine. 211(411 WATER AT LO)ON-ERIDOE TUTS DAY. .. 0 inmates after 12.1 Evening .. 2 minutes after 12. 4 _Lev' \ • 0 tninairn oz,) LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1846. The Lords met at Five o'clock. Lord ASHBURTON moved for returns relating to the im portation of foreign corn, which gave rise to a slight dis stission, in the course of which the Duke of RICHMOND pro tested against the corn- law question being considered as settled, and w,as replied to by Lord Bitouciram, who admitted that the question was not yet settled, but advised the farmers friends to recommend the farmers:to act as if the question were settled. After which the returns were agreed to. Abe Bishop of EXETER postponed his motion on the sub ject of the Religious Opinions Bill until Monday. Lord STANLEY then moved the second reading of the Western Australia Bill. Earl Gamic regretted that the Bill should have been brought forward, and felt bound to oppose it. Lord LiurrEuros supported the Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND gave notice that he would move !bra Select Committee to inquire into the affairs of the Australian colonies, unless the Government brought forward some mire to remedy the present dreadful state of affairs in Class Monies. Lord ',MELTON said that the matter was at present under the consideration of the Government. The Bill was then read a second time. The Railway Deposits Bill was read a third time and pawed. The Friendly Societies Bill was read a first time, and or dered to be read a second time en Monday. Lord REDESDALE moved that no Select Committee should be appointed to consider an opposed railway Bill after Mon day, tile 20th of July. The Earl of WICKLOW opposed the motion. The motion was then agreed to. The Abolition of Deodands Bill was read a third time an, passed. The Bills on the table were advanced a 51 age, and their Lordships adjourned. The SrzAKEI took the Chair at Four o'c' , ck. Sir JAMES GRAHAm, in answer to a question from Mr Roebuck, stated that he had advised her MAJESTY to issue a Commission.with respect to the state of the law in the Channel Islands, and that he should have no objection to lay on the table of the House the reasons for his doing so. Mr. WATSON then brought forward his motion fora Se lect Committee to inquire into the nature and extent of the taxation of suitors by the collection of fees in the Courts of Law and Equity. Mr. lIUME seconded the motion. The Arrow;Ey• GENERAL opposed the motion, Mr. IlintE and Mr. WILLIAMS supported the motion Sir J. GRAHAM objected to the motion, because it had been stated that the object was to impugn the conduct of the Lord Chancellor. If such had not been stated to be its ob ject he should have had no objection to the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the fees both of the Courts of Law and Equity. lir. F. BARING, in voting for the motion, did not consider that he was passing a censure upon the Lord Chancellor. Mr. C. BULLEa, Mr. Escorr, and Sir R. PEEL having ad. dressed the House, a division took place, when thcre ap• peared—For the 'notion, 65; against it, 80; majority against the motion, 15. The Leith Petty Customs Bill and the Railway Companys Bill were read a second time. The Salmon Fisheries Bill and the Election Notices (Ire land) Bill were also read a second time, and the reports ordered to be received. The House adjourned at Eleven o'clock. The Senate of the United States, after nine weeks of tedious discussion, have at last brought their deliberations on the Oregon question to a close, and adopted a resolution as mild and inoffensive, and, indeed, friendly, towards England, as the most sincere advocates of peace in both countries could desire. With a few exceptions, at least as far as our attention has been directed to the long speeches, the language throughout was conciliatory and prudent. It displayed but little of the animo sity which distinguished the harangues in the House of Representatives. The speakers in general showed that they were practical men, and resolved to follow a safe and peaceable line of conduct, in spite of the fiery denunciations of the mob orators and the no less fiery and warlike mes sages of the President. The resolution, adopted by a majo rity jof 40 to 14, is extremely short, and runs thus :—" Re solved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress as sembled, that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised, at his discretion, to give to the British Government the notice required by its said second article, for the abrogation of the convention of the Gth of August, 1827." The preamble to this resolution, however, displays more distinctly the sentiments entertained by the Senate, and these sentiments, we are bound to say, leave no doubt as to the honourable motives of that legislative body. England, as well as the United States, had the right to give notice of the termination of joint occupation. This is a matter regulated by treaty, and either party, therefore, could adopt such a course without incurring the slightest blame. The resolution and preamble adopted by the Lower House showed a spirit entirely different from that of the Senate; they were all imbued with warlike insinuations— they partook more of the bullying character of a decision adopted by an excited multitude, and led to the belief that the parties sanctioned the notice, not so much with a view to bring the disputed question to a fair and honourable settle ment, as to excite a war between the twe countries, unless America obtained, as the President says is her right, the " whole of Oregon." How different the language of the Senate, as seen in the two following paragraphs of the preamble : " And whereas it has now become desirable that the respective claims of the United States and Great Britain should be definitively settled, and that the said territory may no longer than need be remain subject to the evil consequences of the divided allegiance of its Ame rican and British population, and of the confusion and conflict of na tional jurisdictions, dangerous to the cherished peace and good un derstanding of the two countries ; " With a view, therefore, that steps be taken for the abrogation of the said convention of the 6th of August, 1827, in the mode prescribed in Its seconi article, and that the attention of the Governments of beth countries may be the more earnestly and immediately directed to renewed efforts for the amicable settlement of all their differences and disputes in respect to the said territory—" -- - Then follows the resolution which we have already given. We only regret that any discretion whatever is left to the Pre sident, for thabitter animosity which.he has displayed . towards England, we fear, will only make him use it for mischievous purposes, taking for granted that the House of Representa tives adopts the resolution of the Upper House. Possibly they will not, and the whole affair as regards notice will therefore fall to the ground. But a crisis has now arrived which absolutely prohibits further delay. The people on both sides of the Atlantic are bent on a final settlement, or its alternative—the American Government is encouraging emigration to Oregon, in order to outnumber the British settlers in that quarter, and when such a consummation takes place a collision would become inevitable. It is the bounden duty of both Governments to prevent such an unhappy result. Mr. CRITTENDEN'S remarks on that point deserve the most serious attention. " Postponement," said he, " only in creased the difficulties of settlement, and made the end worse than the beginning. He feared that if the notice were longer delayed collisions would ensue from it. If the ques tion could not be settled before the next meeting of Congress he greatly feared that there would be a conflct among the people of Oregon themselves. Confusion and anarchy would be the only results of delay." Should the President, who delights in mischief, therefore, refuse to givethe notice, it may become necessary on the part of the British Government to adopt a resolution to that effect, in order to bring the question to a speedyissue. Preparations are evidently made by our Govern ment for the worst, and it is not fair that the people of the United Kingdom should be put to great expense, and, at the same time, kept in a state of uncertainty, as well as intense anxiety, till it shall please such a reckless man as Mr. Pouc to take a decided course. That he will not do before he has made preparations for war. Is it right that England should look on idly till it shall please the President and his coad jutors in the West to begin the game? On Tuesday we alluded to the unsettled state of the law respecting the liability of provisional committeemen, and the allottees of shares, and urged the necessity of a speedy decision being arrived at in the two important cases of WOOLMEE V. TOBY and WALSTAD V. SPOTTISWOODE. Al ready hundreds of actions have actually been commenced, and thousands more are threatened, which it is to be hoped the directors will not be £0 mad as to proceed with until judgment is pronounced, which will enable all parties to form a sound opinion with respect to their rights and liabilities. Should the Court by their decision affirm the responsibility of allottees, in a very short time the great majority will be found ready to come forward and to pay the proportion of the expenses chargeable against them, and thus a fund will be realised, by general contribution, for the payment of the debts of the companies. This payment will not be expedited by actions being instituted while the law is doubtful as to the result. Englishmen are not easily frightened, or bullied into making payments to which they do not consider themselves responsible they will view the proceedings com- meneed with such unseemly haste as affording the strongest evidence that the parties are conscious of the weakness of their cause; defences will be taken ; heavy costs incurred, which must lessen the probability of payment, by increasing enormously the amount of the demand. There will always be costs as between solicitor and client exceeding that which can be recovered from the opposite party, which will, in the most favourable result, occasion a very heavy expense to the company, and, in many cases, where the amount of the verdict, or costs, cannot be reco vered, they will still be responsible to their attorney for their own costs, exceeding many times the amount of the claim. In the vast majority of cases the letters of applica tion were addressed to the provisional committee, exceed ing, perhaps,on m e us h t u n b d e re j d oin in ed nu as m p b l e ai r. nc E ffs v , ery as oinnethoef event those committeemen of the proper p ar ti es not being before the court, the action must fail. We do think that there will be some difficulty in procuring the assent of all to permittheir names in t to be used where a he av y li a b ility shape of costs may be incurred, whi c h may eventually prove to be more formidable and hard er t o be evadedt hn those which at present affect them. Besides, the creditors of the companies will be enabl e d t o se l ect t h e i r victim from amongst the goodly number of the plaintiffs. By the fiction • of law, they are supposed to be present in court, and in such a case a substitution of services would very probably be granted, so that a continental residen ce would not yield the protection it now affords. Sheuld they succeed in obtaining they must verdict for the full amount of the d epos i t, m ust well know that they will have t o refund the whole, less the proportion of the expenses fairly incurred ; there can therefore be no object at present in suing the allottees, as in the event of success no good would be obtained, while, on the other hand, should the result be different, and the former case of NOCKELS V. CROSBY con firmed by the courts, the consequences must be fearful in the extreme, as every one of those parties would be collectively and individually subject to the payment of the full costs on both sides. Some assert that, even though the allottees should escape at law, they would still be held responsible in equity. We donot think so. Many grounds of defence would be open to them in equity which cannot be relied on at law, and we scarcely think there is a single one of the companies which expired without coming before Parliament which would stand the ordeal of a court of equity. Besides, the difficulties of work ing such a cause with so large a number of parties would be nearly insuperable, so that very little probability exists of the allottees being compelled to pay through the interven tion of the Court of Chancery. If, in order to avoid the sad alternative of bankruptcy or insolvency, the person against whom a verdict has been ob tamed should pay the entire amount, he can only proceed against his brother committeemen to recover back a portion of the money so paid, by a bill in Chancery, for a contribu tion, and he can only recover from each the proportion of the amount which would fall on him if every one had paid; thus, if there were one hundred committeemen, each could only be called on to pay the one-hundredth part of the sum paid by the plaintiff, who would thus lose the contribution, which , life ! " So far, therefore, is the population in Ireland irom being blessed even with an ordinary proportion of nourish ment, that it becomes matter of astonishment to an assistant-barrister, while addressing a grand jury, that the people of a given district have had self control enough to pine with extreme destitution, and yet remain subservient to the judicature. Again,—The Cork Reporter of Tuesday declares that "the wants of the poorer classes are already become so pressing; that during the greater part of this morning the Mayor's residence was surrounded by men and women, cla morous for food or employment." Nevertheless, the Pro tectionists would insist upon the fact of these rumoured mi series being altogether fallacious—" and yet they are all, all honouraMe men." Surely, with so many incontrovertible facts all conspiring to testify the reality of this scarcity in Ireland, such conduct as that pertinaciously adopted by the so-called supporters of the agricultural interest, becomes nothing less than actual cruelty—it is like endeavouring to s are as the desirous iaug h o i f gn becoming .sto snatch the rope f r o m a d rown i ng wretch. Unless these ckbotthhoefobthjeechtioofusreeparnod- P ba r t 6 i t o e n cti al li w st eu of the country, they will forthwith terminate their present system of opposition. It is one thing to advance a principle —but it is another to stand between a starving multitude and their salvation. Two persons named PETER and Joey BUIILMANN, who belong to the corps franc, have been arrested at Lucerne, by orders of the Government, charged with firing at General DE SONNENBERG. They deny the charge, and, as we have before stated, it is very doubtful whether the General was fired at at all, as it.is suspected that the affair is "got up" by the Government to bring their opponents into discredit. areahßmo of st Wednesday. talented . e have received the Paris pa T s, h a e n o d ld L c e on ßa troz r e e rs gu y e et betweenyousoi regne et ne geuverne has been revived by the Journal des Debats and the Con ' t• s i tutzonnel, and from an supporters . argument about principles, the controversy have been expected, degenerated into has, as might between M. GLHZOT and M. TinEns,t a personal altercation of the Republicans and Royalists, who o se the h infinite delight likely to serve their cause as the contine uan t at nothing is so of this mise rable personal squabble betwe v e pe n arn7 th e of the constitutional throne. The treaty of Lahore T his also the subject of comment in most of these papers. Na tional, the Presse, the Quotidienne, as might have ex pected,beeen rail in good set terms at " the vast and craving a tite of England." The Constitutionnel is more just, P a P n e d merely observes that Lahore pays dearly for her defeat, while, at the same time, a compliment is paid to England for the "energy and cleverness" with which she is "extending and consolidating" her power in India. The grand r;:viow at Vincennes, in honour of IBRAMM PACHAN visit, took place on Tuesday, and went off with great eclat. Funeral services were performed on Tuesday in several THE SUN, LONDON, PRI DAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1846. should be borne by the defaulters, and there is little doubt that they would be numerous. There would be many other inconveniences in this course sufficient to deter many from venturing thereon; and to prove the remedy—a very inadequate one for the mischief—the person paying, on re turning to his home, would therefore suffer far more than those who are able to remain away. And many will not venture home, although their prospects may be ruined by the delay. What course then can be adopted by which safety can be secured, or, at least, the parties can ascertain a given sum, which shall be the outside, for which they shall be called on? We cannot conceive any, but a voluntary contribution on the part of the directors and provisional committee men, by which a fund may be raised sufficient to pay off the debts, and this should at once be done, in order to put an end to the further accumulation of costs. Any sums which may hereafter be obtained could be divided amongst those who now advanced money; the demands would be materially abated when it was known that there was cash in hand ready for their liquidation. Every expenditure might be scrutinised n the strictest manner, and nothing paid which was not justly and bona fide Cue. It is in such a course alone that there can be any safety for the provisional committeemen ; and each person should at once inform the solicitor and secretary of the company to which he belongs, that he will not consent to have his name used for the purpose of suing the allottees until final judgment shall be pronounced in W001.31E11 O. Tour; and also that he is willing to contribute to a fund for the purpose of paying off the debts affectirg the company. The sum to be paid by each, in the first in stance, could easily be settled ; a fair estimate may be formed of the amount required and the number of persons who will be ready to contribute to it. Should any sum after wards be recovered from the allottees, or the other com mitteemen who have sought safety in flight, it can be divided amongst the parties fairly entitled to it. By this means, all rash and hasty steps by which the responsibility can be increased will be avoided, and although the loss may be .heavy in many instances, still there will be a terminus beyond which it cannot go, and which will be far preferable to the present state of doubt and uncertainty in which they are involved. Notwithstanding a mass of evidence sufficient to satisfy the most leaden-headed disbeliever that an almost unparalleled scarcity of provisions had been imposed by an omniscient PROVIDENCE on Ireland, the Protectionists have 2614 pos sessed the audacity to jeer at the visitation as a shib boleth. While accounts were reaching this country inces santly that mobs of Irish peasantry, reduced by priva tion to a most ghastly spectacle of emaciation, were visible in certain villages, the pampered representatives of agricultural monopoly retained sufficient presumption, cruelty, and hardihood, to christen such rumours as mere indications of a " Government panic." For the con tinuance of a most contumacious opposition, for the bolster ing up of a most decrepid cause, these Honourable Gentle- men refrained not from misdoubting the genuineness of a famine cry, and endeavoured to stigmatise as hypocritical, the voice of national lamentation. Parliamentary returns stared Lord G. BENTINCK in the face, and yet, nevertheless, this newly-enlisted legislator, attempted with con summate nonchalance to disprove the existence of any scarcity whatever in Ireland. While the intelligence had scarcely subsided of the attacks made by a destitute rabble upon provision stores situated in different quarters of that kingdom, his Lordship spurned, as ridiculous, the no tion that food was difficult of being obtained. The whole mass of Dublin and provincial newspapers were altogether unworthy of credit ; the local magistracy, who in numerous instances had interfered to allay the sufferings of the popu lace in their vicinity, were equally labouring under a delu sion ; the various medical officers who had again and again given their opinion that divers malignant epidemics were fostered by the insufficiency, or the poisonous qualities, of the provisions, were incompetent to express any dispassionate ideas upon the subject. Everything of a similar nature was chimerical, and everybody leagued to gether in a conspiracy to frighten Parliament into some obnoxious concessions as to the abolition of the corn- laws. Such was the very probable version of Irish intelligence promulgated within the Commons House of Parliament, and such are the very credible things we are called upon to believe by the minority sqaad of Protectionists. We were not to consider the outcry of many hundred witnesses, of men who had wandered among this attenuated people, but we were to place implicit reliance upon the impossible statistics of Lord Gaosoa BEN TLNCK, which went very barely short of attempting the de monstration that black was white, namely, by endeavouring to argue that what a multitude of eye-witnesses were unani mous in calling ." starvation" was virtually nothing more nor less than "repletion." Never was subterfuge more wanton, never was one assumed with more inef fable hardihood. Yet, notwithstanding this, Sir Ro- BERT PEEL condescended to refute statement after state ment, and to expose fallacy after fallacy. In that there was nothing remarkable, for the refutation was easy enough ; but there was something really remarkable in the condescension which the Premier thereby displayed. We are desirous of avoiding anything like a repetition of facts already an nounced by ourselves; our readers are.unhappily familiarised long since with those wretched occurrences which have, from time to time, elucidated the existence of scarcity in Ireland, and consequently we shall sedulously abstain from reverting to circumstances already within their knowledge. It may not, however, be altogether irrelevant to the extra cn dinary declarations of the Country Party, as they gro tesquely style themselves, to state that prices of all kinds are still maintained, and that potatoes are now more scarce than they were during the preceding month; and this, be it especially remembered, notwithstanding the large quantities of foreign provisions imported through the instrumentality of Government I That is the veritable con dition of Ireland at this present moment, according to autho rities infinitely more competent to describe the appearance of that country than Lord GEORGE BENTiricE or all his valorous adherents. Although we generally coincide in the aphorism implied in Mrs. Malaprop's opinion that " com parisons are oderous," we cannot refrain from placing the Relief Committees and the Protectionist Mem bers in juxta-position--men striving earnestly for the alle viation of acute misery, and men throwing ridicule upon the sufferers. Such, indeed, we might say, without profanity. is the real presentation of the stone and the loaf to the hungry. But the declarations hitherto, and at present ut tered, respecting the scarcity of nutriment in Ireland, have unexpectedly received the corroboration of the Lord Chan cellor of that kingdom, namely, by an important order issued by him on May 5, 1846, bearing reference to the relief of the destitute upon estates under the Court of Chancery. If some unusual mendicancy did not exist upon such estates, why should Lord Chancellor SUGDEN resort to this extra ordinary mode of interference in a matter so peculiarly delicate? And is not the very publication of this order tantamount to a❑ injunction from the High Court of Chan cery, upon all guardians to such estates, to stay the on ward march of famine by their donations? Is it not a most solemn official guarantee that starvation does brood in all quarters of the island ? Every rational man, every dispassionate man, every conscientiously just man, would answer in the affirmative. What, again, are the views upon this subject as expressed by an assistant-barrister of Tipperary, when addressing the Thurles grand jury only this very day week, Friday, the Ist instant? Why, he ab solutely congratulates the district upon the subordination of its inhabitants ; and he utters the congratulation because, says he, "It is unfortunately so apparent that a great scarcity of food at present exists, that is not available to the people, and is so diseased as to be insufficient and unable to support churches in Paris, in commemoration of the anniversary of Narorarox's death, particularly in the chapel of the Inva lides. All the old soldiers whose infirmities did not prevent their moving, were present on this occasion. General PETIT replaced Marshal the Duke DE Rscaro, whose health did not permit him to leave his bed. The Duchess accom panied the Princess MazurLDE (married to the Prince LE DEMIDOFF), who had come to join her prayers to those of the old companions of her uncle. Amongst other persons present were observed General GOIJEGArD and the Marquis DE CRAMAYEL, formerly attached to the Imperial household. King Loima PHILIPPE has written an autograph letter to Sir R. PEEL, thanking him for the manner in which he proposed his MAJESTY'S health at the Lord Mayor's banquet. The Funds declined on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday, the 6th, in consequence of a report that unfavourable news had been received from America. The Three per Cents. were 84f. ;the Fl , re per Cents, Inf. 30c, Spanish Domestic Debt, 31%. The following are the quotations in railway shares . Orleans 1,257 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,045 f. ; Havre, 762 f. ; Vierzon, 50c.; Boulogne, 512 n .50c. ; Bordeaux, 623 f. 75c. ; Northern, 76ilf. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 517 f. .50e. ; 'fours and Nantes, 542 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 575 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, Deiluitives, 53'2f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, Deflnitives, 515 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 7. Boulogne and Atniens,l23—Central of Spain, 14—Dutch Rhenish ; 111%,—East Indian, % —Orleans and Vierzon, 17—Orleans and Bor• deaux, 11%—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 7%—Paris and Stras bourg Constituted, s%—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 6%. Madrid papers of the 30th have been received. The Ga zette publishes the dispatches of VILLALONGA, the Captain- General of Galicia, announcing the surrender of Vigo, Lugo, and Pontevedra, and the complete suppression of the insurrec tion. M. ISTURITZ seems to be treading in the footsteps of NARVAEZ, as far as proceedings against the press are con cerned. He ordered the Espanol of the 29th to be seized, because it contained an article blaming the lawless and sanguinary wholesale executions of the Galician prisoners, and recommending a more merci ful treatment of those unfortunate persons. While Santiago was in possession of the insurgents, the Junta published an official paper, entitled the Revolucion. The first number, which was published on the 16th of April, contained a decree, signed by the President, Don Pxo RODRIGUEZ TERRAZO, de claring all the acts of the Government of Madrid to be null and void, abolishing various taxes, diminishing the period of service for all soldiers embracing the cause of the Junta, and declaring traitors all who should directly or indirectly oppose the revolutionary movement. The same journal an nounced that the Junta was daily expecting 20,000 muskets from England. Three per Cents , 34%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was steady; about 6,000 bales were sold, including 1,000 on speculation. Prices were without alteration. The Share market was flat in the early part of the day, lait became more active, and closed with some improvement. The Share Market was rather dull to-day, but still a con siderable amount of business was done. At the auction sale of Messrs. Wickham and Co. a vast number of shares were disposed of, but the prices realised showed a great depres sion. We select a few quotations. North British, Half Shares, 178s.—Manehester and Southampton, 355. 6d.—West Riding Union, 102s.—London and South Essex, 30s. 6d.— London and Manchester, Rastrick's, 68s.—Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 36s.—Rugby, Warwick, and Wor cester, 17s. 6d.—Eastern Counties, New, 16s. 3d. An article appears in our Morning Conteraparary (the Times), which requires a remark or two, in order fairly to set a question at rest with respect to the probable influence upon the money market, by the Bills for new railways which will no doubt be sanctioned in the present session of Parliament. It is stated in a leader this morning that Bills are likely to pass, representing a capital of 40,000,0001. sterling, and an inference from this is drawn that of necessity the money market must be cramped, and the energies of the country impeded by so large a num ber of ills receiving Legislative reality, and, as a consequence, were the premises well founded, a strain upon the available capital of the country. To those who are interested in advancing new railway projects, it is a matter of certain calclation that long before millions are spent in new railways the labourers will receive due reward for their exertions, and all other branches connected therewith,l'absorb 'but temporarily large amounts of money, which in the ordinary course of things must tend to fructify and advance the interests of all. It is a pure bugbear to assume that public or private works within the country can be a disadvantage to the masses. The abstraction of British capital in subscribing for foreign loans and mining specula tions, have proved a real evil. Money expendedlin railways intended to be formed in this country must be of advantage to the labourer, the manufacturer, and all the connecting links of which the community is formed. A subject connected withjrailway scrip has been a matter of some conversation to-day. It appears forgeries have been committed to some extent, and that of one projected line not less than twe thousand shares, or thereabouts, have found their way into circulation. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have the matter under their consideration, and probably may be able to find a remedy against a repetition of so scandalous a fraud. We cannot, however, agree with re marks made in some quarters, that the public sales of scrip and shares, which now so frequently occur, facilitate the cir culation of spurious representatives of value. The share brokers of the Stock Exchange are naturally jealous of this great innovation upon what they think their vested rights, and hence a desire is entertained to throw obloquy upon the open sales of scrip and shares. There are no late arrivals from the British colonies to-day. Consols for the Account have ruled from 96% to % this morning. Exchequer-bills are extremely fi rm at 245. to 275. Bank Stock has advanced from 204 3 A to 205%; and the 1 hree-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been sold at 97% The Three per Cents. Reduced have been at 954 %. Money in the City, to-day, is worth three and a half per cent. In the Foreign market not much business has been done this morning. The principal quotations have been—Mexican at 31%; in the Old Portuguese, at 82; in Russian, at 110%; in Spanish, at 24%; in the Three per Cents., at 36% 7; and in the Dutch Four per Cents., at from 91 3 4 to 92%. The Railway Share-market is heavy to-day, but still a considerable amount of business has been transacted. ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. 204% 20514 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95% 1 4 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97.4% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 1014 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 South Sea Stock .. Ditto, Old Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... 5001. . Ditto. Small BRITISH FUNDS. CLOSING PRICES. 205% 95% 96% 97% 10% .. 93% i lid. • •• •• •• I%cl. 24 27 prn. 24 27 pm. 24 27 pm. ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 31% Ditto, for the Account .. Ditto, Deferred .. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. Ditto, for the Account .. 39 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cat 82 Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • • . • • 57 Russian Bends 110% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 5% Ditts, Three per Cent .. 36% Ditto, for the Account .. .. 37 v. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 92% 91% % 91% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES. Aberdeen .. ONE O'CLOCK. .. 10 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% • • 1 % Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 ....125 .. 125 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 3 2% 2% Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham. 225..... dis... dis. Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... 1% %p• • • • 1 5 6 t P Caledonian .. 10 .... .......... 12% Ditto, Half 110% 24% 36% 2 .- 1% 22% 5% 3% 2 23% P . Shares .. .... 2 Ditto, Extension .... 1%.% • .... Chester and Holyhe a d .. 22% .... 22% .• • .. •••• Cork and Waterford .. % %% . • Derby and Crewe .. 2% .... 6% ••• • .: Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .... .. • . Direct Northern .. .. 2% .... 234 2 Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... •• • • •• • • Eastern Counties 141. 165...., 23% % Ditto New .. .. 8/. it 5..... 7% %• • - Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 3l p Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... 1% Eastern Union .. .. • • • • 25 •• • • ••••• • • • • • Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edmunds 6% .... East Lincolnshire 1%.... 1% • • Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .... 753 4 75 •• .. Ditto 34 Shares .. 10 .... .......... Ely and Huntingdon .... Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 24% 24 Great North of England . ..100 Ditto, New . 114 .• .. 14 •• 14 Great Western .. .. 85 ....153 155 •• 155 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 173¢ • ..... 18 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 3534 .......... 351,4 Hull and Selby ........50 ....103% 104...... 104 Ditto, Half ,hares .. • • .. 7 •• .... 27 Lancaster and Carlisle .. 40 .... 59 Ditto New .. 5 .......•• 10 Leeds and Carlisle .. 2%.... 1%.......... 1 74 Leicester and Bedford 225. .......... % Leicester, Tamworth, &c. ...... 425. .... 1 di5......... 1 die Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% % ........ 2 34 London an 1 Birmingham . —lOO .... 229 227 ...... • • 227 Ditto Thirds .. 24 .... 6334 .......... 63% Ditto Quarters .. .. 2 .... 29 .......... 29 Ditto Fifths 2 .... 25 London and Brighton .. 50 .... 6514 U 65 34 London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. 9 .. 9 London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 .... . London and South-Western .. 41/. Gs. 10d. 78 80 ..... • Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 34 .... 52% Ditto, New . 12% .......... Ditto, New .. 10 .... 19 . • ........ London and York .. .. • . • • 2 % •• • • 2 34% •••• •• • • Lynn and Ely .. .. 10 .... 8 Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto, Quarters .. .. • • Ditto, Sixteenths .. 614 .. • • 9U ..... • .... Ditto Extension 425. .... p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . • •. Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 •• •• 9 •• .• •• •• •• 9 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425 . I%U %%p• • 15, p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2% 214 Midlatul ..100 ....155 153 154% .. 1 54 34 Ditto, New .. . • .. 18 .... 32% 33 32% 32 ',4 Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 95 .... 45% ••..•• • • .. 45 Ditto, New . . • • • 10 Ditto, New, Brandiing , .. 25 .... 44 .... 44 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 20 1 ,4 34 ••.•.• • • 20 34 Norfolk .. • • .. .. • • .. 20 .... • ........ 26% North British.. 22%...• 29% .... ••• • • • 29% Ditto, Half Shares .... 11% ..... 11 34 Ditto, Carlisle Extension 1% ........ North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% ...• 1% North Staffordshire .. • • 425..... 4%% p• • 4% p Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptu. 12% .... 9% 8% • 9 Perth and Inverness . • .. .... 1% Preston and Wyre .. • • • . 25 Richmond . • • • • • • • •• 10 .... 1634 IA Ituglsy and Huntingdon • • • . 2 .... 1% Scottish Central .. . 16 15% ...... Ditte New • .. • • • • " 2 •• • • 7 •-• • • • • • • • . 7 1 4 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... ... 3% South Midland .. 42a..... 21% p • ..... 1% p South Eastern and Dovor 33%.... 40% 40% Ditto. Now (lee. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 20 •• • • 20 Do., New (d 0.331. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 13% • ..... 13% De., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2%..,. ~ 3% Welsh Midland .. 2% .... 1 West Riding Union .. • • .. 428. .. 2% p 23 ,4 1 , Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .. • • 3% •• • • 3% York and Carlisle .. .... 1% . York wad North Midland .. .. 50 ....102 102 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 25 so Ditto. Extension .. • . .. 15 .... Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... 1 ...• 114 11 ... • • 11' FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 Central of Spain .. .. 2 .... 1% Dutch Rhenish •. • .. 5 .... 6% East Indian .. • • • .. ss. .„ Great Indian Peninsular .. ss. .... 4.„ Italian and Austrian .. . • • 3 .... 1 •. .... . . . -- Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 .... Namur and Liege .. • . 6 .... 44 Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... % ........ MINES. Brazilian Imperial (issued at 5/. p.) 2 I . Ditto 3lacaubas and Cocaes.... 25 ........ , Real del Monte, Unregistered .. —3% . LLOYD'SSHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, MAY B.—Wind W.S.W., light airs and one. DEAL, MAT 6.—Arrd. Philip Van Marin, Van Duyn, Java, sld. for Amsterdam ; Bernhard Hertog van Saxe Weimar, Hazeurnkle, Java, and for Rotterdam. 7th, Jane Geary, Beane, Austra lia ; Augustus, Carr, Adelaide; Elizabeth Buckharn, Bewley, Hobart Town. Ors DIINGENEII9.—Arrd. 26tk ult., Maria Johanna, Tullock, Batavia ; Marlborough, Russell, Jamaica ; Eleonore Henrietta, Wenker, (for Bremen), Porto Rico ; Pannier), Nyberg, Bahia, for Stockholm. P• 11 TEM OUTII, MAY 7..—Wind W.—Arid. Barretto, Bermuda. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat during the present week, coastwise as well as by land carriage and sample, hare been on the increase, and of somewhat improved quality. The quantity on offer to-day being large, the demand was very dull, at a decline on the quotations obtained on Monday of 2s per quarter. In Foreign Wheat, free as well as in bond, so little was doing, that the prices were almost nominal. The imports this week have amounted to 8,660 quarters. The show of Barley was small, yet the sale far that article was heavy, at barely stationary prices. For Malt, the inquiry was confined to retail parcels, yet prices were maintained, especially those of the finest qualities. The arrivals of Oats being on the increase, the Oat trade was very inactive, and the superior kinds might have been purchased on some what miler terms. Beans, Peas, and Flour as last quoted. English • • • • • • Irish •••• • • •• Foreign .• • • • • 6,660 QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY . WOOD V. TILE EARL OF PORTAILINOTON. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL applied to the Court in this case, which was an application to strike an attorney off the roll, and which had been referred to the Master, for a rule to the effect that It be an in struction to the Master to examine witnesses in the case rice roce. He hoped his Learned Friend the Attorney-General had no objection to this course. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that indeed he had. He objected to the course upon the ground that the application was not made at the time it was agreed upon to refer the case to the Master, at which time it was understood that the case was to go through the usual course ; and it would be extremely inconvenient to adopt any other now. Lord DENMAN said he quite agreed with the Attorney-General they were talking about their business, not doing it.—(Laughter.) SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) SCOTT V. JONES. The plaintiff in this action is a livery-stable keeper, and the defen dant is a stationer in Curzon-street, Mayfair. The claim was fur 141. 15s. for horse hire, &c. The defendant pleaded minority. Witnesses were called who proved the daily hiring of a saddle horse, and, occasiomally, of a horse and gig, by defendant. The fair charge per month for a saddle-horse, as agreed to by defendant was eight guineas, and from 10e. to 18s. a day for a horse and gig, accord ing to the time it was out. On the part of the defendant his mother was called, to prove that he was only 20 in February last. She said that she had had a certificate, and knew the date from that, but she had not got it now. On being cross-examined, she prevaricated in a most extraordinary manner. The plaintiff's Counsel said he thought the jury would be satis fied without his addressing them, for it would be painlid for him to make, and them to hear, the comments he should feel it his duty to make. The SECONDARY said the evidence had been given in a very un satisfactory manner to him ; but he thought that it must, on a point of lei', be rejected altogether, as the witness had stated that her memory had been brought to the point by a document which she had not now got. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 141. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) CHESTER RACES.—THUASDAY (coNcLuDzn). The Cheshire Welter Cup of 100 sovs., by subscribers of 20 sove. each, h.ft.; twice round and a distance. (22 Sub 3., 8 of whom paid.) Mr. W. H. Johnstone's The Roper's Daughter, aged, lOst 101 b (Mr. Osbaldeston) 1 Mr. Mostyn's Alvanley, 5 yrs, 9st 61b Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 6 yrs, I Ist 31b The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower, 5 yrs, lOst 61b; Captain Peyton's Magnet, 4 yrs, lOst 31b ; Mr. G. H. Moore's Finvaragh, 3 yrs, Bst 101b.—The favourite won cleverly by half a length. The Selling Stake of 5 sous. each, and 30 added. Heats, the Grosvenor Course. The winner to be sold for 1501. .., ..... Lord Chesterfield's New Brighton, 6 yrs, 981 61b 1.. 2 1 Mr. Dawson's Step-and-fetch-it, 4 yrs, 7st 71b 3 1 2 Mr. Wall's Zela, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b Won by a head. LATEST DERBY BETTING. sto 2 agst Sting-5 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes-10 to agst Tom Tullock-10 to 1 agst Fancy Boy. PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT SPRLNG RACES. WEDNESDAY. The Lyneham Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft. Heats, once round and a dis. (69 Subs.) Gentlemen riders. Captain Crofton's Laird.o' Cockpen, 4 yrs 0 2 2 1 1 Mr. Trelawney's Coldrenick, aged .... 0 4 1 2 2 Mr. R. Goldsworthy's St. George, 4 yrs Mr. F. Gregor's Tavistock, 6 yrs... 5 5 4 dis Mr. Willeford's Flirt, 5 yrs 3 3 dis. Two others ran. Handicap Plate of 501. Heats, once round. Captain Crofton's Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs, 7st 111bs 1 1 Mr. Goldsworthy's V oodberry,3 yrs Mr. Wesley's Judex, 6 yrs ........... ... 2 3 The llurdle Race was won in three heats, by Mr. Kins land's Blackhall ; and the Silver Cup in two heats, by Mr. Frost's Cavendish. MURDEROUS ATTACK. On Tue&day morning last, the village of Kirk Bramwith, about seven miles from this town, was thrown into a state of consternation and alarm by the report that an old man, named William Kuewlson, had been the victim of a - most savage attack by his son Robert, the result of which was that his life was in great danger. Mr. William Knowlson, who is about seventy years of age, was a wheelwright, and occupied a house close by the church yard of Kirk Bramwith. It is well known, that sonic years ago he was the victim of the Johanna; delusion, and that he removed with several members of his family to Ashton-under-Lyne, where he was speedily relieved of the burden of a considerable sum of money of which he was possessed previous to leaving Kirk Brainwith. Being thus reduced to poverty, the old man returned to the vill:.ge, where he has since resided. Hie family, at the early part of this week, consisting of himself, his wife, their son Robert, about 28 years of age ; Mrs. Chapman, their daughter, a widow ; and a little boy. Robert, the son, has for several years been in an unsound state of mind, and it is thought by some that this affliction was in a great measure increased by the misfortune which arose from the ill success of the family at Ashton. When the old man left that place, he left Robert there, being an apprentice at the time to his brother William, a plumber and glazier, and formerly an apprentice in this town. Robert's conduct, however, soon afterwards became so remarkable, that lie was sent bask to his father, with whom he has since remained, being considered in the vil lage as a harmless idiot. It was his habit to talk much to himself; and having been considered of a gentle rather than vicious disposition, lie was allowed generally to have his own way in the house, and to do almost as he liked. It was his custom frequently to sit tip at night after the family were gone to bed, and often he never went to bed at all. For some few months it has been observed that he has been more wild in his manner, and on one or two occasions the neigh bours have been called in to protect the old man from personal vio lence ; and the unfortunate young man has been heard to mutter threats against his father. On Tuesday morning last, about five o'clock, an ala.rm was given by Mrs. Chapman, calling trom the house that Robert was killing his father. A neighbour, named George Singleton, itnmediately got up and went to the house of William Knowlson. He there found the door open ; and on going in he discovered the old man lying upon the floor, at the stair foot, weltering in his blood. He was bleeding pro fusely from the head, and appeared to be nearly dead. His head was almost smashed to pieces, and the old man has never spoken since. Near him was laid a large clock weight, with which it is supposed the blows were given. Robert Knowlson, who had been up all night in the house, had run away Just previous to Singleton's entering the house, and had run up to his neck into a pond not far off. He almost immediately came back again, being naked with the exception of a portion of his shirt. On his entering the house ho immediately began to punch the bleeding body of his lather, who had been removed _ .., .... from the spot where he was at first found, and the young man betrayed not the least symptoms either of remorse or fear. Se veral persons were then called in to assist in taking him into custody. lie ran away from them, and went about from one room to another in a eomplete frenzy, making grimaces at the parties around him, ar:d conducting himself like a perfect mad man. He broke several windows with his hands ; and hav ing smashed the framework of a window up stairs endeavoured to leap from it to make his escape. He was, however tall hold of and overpowered. Ills violence was then so great that he was fastened with handcuffs and some irons used for agricultural purposes. It is supposed that when the old man came down stairs in the morning, he was instantly attacked by the son, in a state of frenzy, and beaten over the head with the clock weight which was found on the house floor. But of this, in consequence of no persons being present, we are in possession of no particulars. Ou the saute day the prisoner was taken, in the custody of Mr. Lane, the constable, to Askern, and before George Cooke Yar borough, Eel., of Campsmount, a West Biding magistrate. By that gentleman lie was reintinded until Wednesday. On the Tuesday night the poor fellow was lodged in a stable, where lie was fastened lu chains in order to prevent escape. On Wednesday he was again taken before Mr.Yarborough, and remanded until Wednesday next. Au application was made for his removal to some place for safe custody, but the poor fellow remains at present in the hands of the constable and his assistants. He has been examined by Mr. Lea, surgeon, of Thorne, aed by Mr. Oxley. sf Askern, both of whom certify to his unsoundness of mind. The appearance of the young man is that of a complete idiot ; and he appears quite unconscious of the deed he has committed, gazing about hint with a vacant stare, and appearing to take pleasure in showing the scars on his hands caused by his efforts K bi i l l i e ty w , lt w e o b u ; ld a r e e d tu h rn e a to escape from the chamber window. Since the above was written we learn that the unfortunate victim expired on Wednesday night. An inquest was appointed to be held yesterday at two o'clock in the afternoon. The jury, in all proba -erdbiect committed i w tted ill as a t g le a , in w st he ß r o e be b r e t wouldN "wilf u l mur d er " will undergo an examination by the medical practitioner, and either remain in confinement there, or be removed to the Lunatic Asylum, until the next ass:zes.—Doncaster Gazelle. MB. JUSTICE COLERIDGE.—We regret to state that Mr. Justice Coleridge, who has been suffering from indsposition for a short time past, is sloth/ unable to attend his official duties. The Learned Judge presided in the Bail Court on Wednesday, but by the advice of his medical attendants left town on Thursday morning for Brighton. THE OUTRAGE IN WESTMINSTER. Upon inquiry made at Westminster Hospital yesterday, relative to the state of the unfortunate female l'ullen, it appears that since the previous day she has been sinking fast, and unless a great change take place, it is not expected she can long survive. Although every means has been employed, the parties whe are connected with the establishment have been unable t o p ass any kind of food into th e s t omac h, nor h as s h e been able to make any statement relative to the outrage committed upon her. ARRIVAL Or T HREE O RIENTA L STRANGERS. On Saturday three you ng men from China arrived in this city, with the steamer, and d e p arted again on the same day by the Invermy coach, on their way t o ti nnily, where they are to be placed under the care of the Ind e p endent clergyman of that place, with the view of their being trained for the ministry, and afterwards sent out as missiona ries, The nov e lt y of their dress, attired AS they were in their native cos tume, gathered ro un d them a numerous s' along the streets. — Aberdeen Banner. GREEN Gnicim d r ay, a —Yest-sale of 74 casks of green ginger, i n a recent and even g rowing state, brought by the Severn steamer from Jamaica, took lace at Monument.yard, at the average price of 30 3 , as they passed percwt. The novelty of the article attracted a considerable attendance of buyers, as it was the first that had been introduced into this country, and the majority of lots were sold to wine makers, chemists, and some of the most eminent tavern-keepers in the City, as well as t o L„.,„ "`"utUltUriSta, in order to experimeut upon cultlution hum ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats Flour. 7,260 qrs. 1,630 qrs. 8,950 qrs. 3,920 sks - 14,130 790 , 590 Malt, 3,940 qrs. STVIITILPIEMED. In to day's market the supply of Beasts—a large portion of which was the influx of Monday -was tolerably good, and of fair average quality. The attendance of buyers being small, the Beef trade was very dull, at barely stationary prices. There were on sale 60 Beasts and 40 Sheep from abroad, and 220 Scots tl•om Aberdeen. The num bers of Sheep were again on the Increase, owing to which, the de mand tor that description of stock was inactive, at late rates. From the Isle of Wight, atout 250 Lambs came to hand per railway. On , the whole, the Lamb trade was steady, and previous quotations wer e I well supported. In Calves, exceedingly little was doing, at a de. dine in value of 2d per 81bs. The Pork trade was bevy, at late rates. Milch Cows dull, at from 161 to 18! Os each; Suckling CalVes, 30s;18a to and Quarter.old Store T'igs, 16s to 201 each. Beasts, 702 ; Cows, 135; Sheep and Lambs, 6,150 ; Calves, 155 ; Pigs, 280. NEWGATE LHADMIVILLILL. We had a very dull trade here, at barely previous quotations. BOILOUGH. HOP IV/13.1aXIIT, - • There Is rather more business doing in the finest Colony Hops of last year's growtk at full prices, All other kinds are a dull sale , q,nd the qietations are with dillie u lty supported , ne mply 91a 11 b 7119 WWI ritVnidri, • 1 ite , 4-.4 441 - RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GROUP VII. This Committee re -assembled to-day at twelve o'clock; present Mr. Palmer (chairniau), and the other members. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (LOCH GELLY AND LESLIE BRANCH). The Committee having heard some further evidence respecting this Bill decided upon rejecting the Leslie branch, and then proceeded to hear evidence In support of the LOCHGELLY, OR HIRRILIMY ERANC7:I OF THE EDINBURGH AISiD NORTHERNr. Mr. Grainger was examined, and stated that the proposed branch would greatly benefit Kirkaldy, at which they were several manufac tories and a large population, without inflicting any injury on the residential interest in the neighbourhood. Mr. Thomas Russell stated that he had been a ma%istrate of Kirkaldy, where he was an ironmonger. The population of Kirkaldy was 17,600, and the a►unual consumption of coal 50,000 ton, of which nearly 35,000 tons came from Lochgelly. GROW' IX. GLASGOW DISTRICT. The Committee appointed to consider the Bills contained in this group re-assembled this morning at eleven o'clock, Lord Worsley, Chairman. TH CALMDONEAN (GLASGOW TERMINI AND niz.z.NcH ES ). Mr. ANDREWS, Q.C., was heard against this Bill. He con tended that no sufficient case had been made out to justify the Committee in passing the preamble. The railway, if constructed in the manner proposed, would injure property to a very great extent, witlsout conferring any proportionate advantage; and as it was self evident that at some future time a junction mist be effected beta een the lines of railway entering Glasgow on the north side of the Clyde and those upon the south side, which could not be supplied by the proposed termini, he thought that that was a sufficient reason why the Committee should postpone the Bill far the present session. The Learned Counsel also argued against the passing of the connezting line with the Glasgow and Ayrshire Rail way, because it effected a junction at a gradient of lin O. This an favourable incline ought to be a fatal objection when the immense traffic was to be taken into consideration. He trusted that for these reasons the Committee would not sanction this Bill. Mr. FORSYTH replied. The room was then cleared, and when strangers were readmitted, The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee considered the branch over the canal so objectionable on account of the steepness of the gradient, that they could not think of sanctioning the scheme, but as they considered it of considerable importance they would grant the promoters till Monday, that they might enter, if possible, into some arrangement with the view of obviating this objection. With respect to the main line, they would allow the passing of the Clyde in the manner proposed, provided the sanction of the Bridge Trustees were obtained. If the Admiralty consented, they would then pass the preamble of the Bill, on condition that the promoters constructed a sufficient station on the south side of the river. GROUP XIII. This Committeemet to-day at twelve o'clock ; Sir William Clay In the chair ; other members present, Earl Jermyn, Lord Shelburne, Mr. Curtels, and Mr. P. Ainsworth. GLASGOW, ituivzprzxEs AND CAULISIM. On the opening of the proceedings, Mr. Rick.ians stated that the promoters of the Bill had, about an hour ago, supplied the tables required yesterday, only they con tained two important omissions in regard to details. The tables were arranged under twelve heads. Now, Nos. 11 and 12 were im portant heads, for which large credit was given in the general re. suit. These heads, respecting which no details were given, were the receipts for the small parcels carried by coaches, anti the passengers from the Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. He submitted that those returns ought to be amended. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be best to examine evidence on the several headS, and then if the COmmittee considered there was any defect in the tables, they would consider the propriety of having them amended. Mr. Anderson, traffic-taker, examined—He caused the returns to be made in last September and October, taking a for:night in each month. This he considered presented a fair average for the year. The heads were respectively—The passengers by the Kilmarnock and Carlisle coach, the Ayr and Dumfries coach, the Dumfries and Edin burgh coach, the Dumfries and Carlisle coach, the passengers con veyed by the various steamers plying from Ardrossan and Glasgow to Fleetwood and Liverpool on the west coast, carrying Ayrshire passengers, and the steamers from Dumfries, Annan, and Carlisle, on the Solway Firth, to Liverpool and Belfast, the roadside passengers, general merchandise, cattle, mails, &c. GROUP XVI. LONDON AND EILIGETON (DOWLING nicANcii). This Committee re-assembled at 12 o'clock, in Room No. 2, Sir C Douglas, Chairman. The whole morning was occupied In proving the compliance of the Company with the buncombe resolutions. Mr. Mu, Q.C., then opened the case for the Company. The branch was a very short one, commencing at a point called Red-hill, on the London and Brighton line, and passing by Reigate, it ended at Dorking, where a junction was effected with the Portsmouth Atmos pheric Railway. GROUP XIX. 23RIDGEWA.TER ANN TAUNTON CAMTAI., RAILWAY, AND HARBOUR. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock. Lci,l Harry Vane in the chair. Mr. Lee, a pilot, employed in the Bristol Channel, but particularly in the vicinity of Bridgewater, was called and examined at great length by the counsel of the opponents of the line and harbour (the Bristol and Exeter Company), with respect to the bottom of the Channel, but especially in that portion where the harbour is pro posed to be constructed. He stated that he had made soundings in several places, and found occasionally shallow water, where a secure foundation could not easily be obtained, but he was not cer tain that ships using the harbour would have to traverse that part of the Channel where he found shoals and shallow water. Mr. King, one of the conservators of the River Tone, was also examined with respect to its navigation, arid the amount of money which had been expended in improving it and the canal. The river offered good navigation, but it was now much out of order, and scarcely navigable, the goods traffic going by the canal. The river could have been made navigable by the expenditure of a considerable sum of money, but•he was not in a position to state the exact amount with anything like accuracy. A small portion of the river was now used by the Canal Company. The maintenance of the present water communication was much desired. Mr. Bunter, a banker at Taunton, and a conservator of the River Tone, said the inhabitants of Taunton, he believed, were most anxious to preserve the water communication between that town and Bridge water. The examination of this witness concluded the case on the part of the opponents of the project. Air. OSBORNE proceeded to address the Committee on behalf of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, in opposition to the project. He held that the evidence which had been adduced went to show that neither the extent of the navigation of the Bristol Channel, nor the traffic of the district, required the construction of the proposed harbour, or the conversion of the existing canal into a rail way. The object which Mr. Telford had in view in his plan for an harbour, which the promoters of the line had adopted, was to pro mote intercourse between Stolford and the South of Wales, on the opposite side of the channel, and could not be advantageously coupled with a railway. Besides, it was evident that the ex penditure of 390,0001. for the construction of a harbour and pier, and the conversion of the canal into a railway, was clearly not required by the wants of the district. Then the only parties who had given evidence in favour of these projects, were interested in so doing; whereas, on the other hand, their opponents had adduced evidence to show that the present water communication fully satisfied the wants of the whole of the district. Then let the Committee con sider the great expense which had been incurred by the Bristol and Exeter in offering nearly the same communication which their oppo nents now offered, and in fact it had not been shown that that k Coin pany did not offer all the communication which was required. After some further observations, lie concluded by calling on the Committee to reject the preamble of the Bill. GROUP XXX. This Committee re-assembled to-day at the usual hour; presen Lord Charles Wellesley (chairman) and the other Members. AYLESBURY AND THANE JUNCTION. The Committee proceeded with the hearing of the direct evidence In support of this Bill. Mr: Shripton, examined by Mr. WlLLS—Considered the railway before the Committee preferable to the Cambridge and Oxford line. Did not consider the latter line of any great advantage to Thame. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant CLaux—These were several chair manufactories at Thame, at which there were a great number of men employed. Would certainly send some barley from Thame to Oxford if there were a proper mode of conveyance. Mr. Howe, of Thame, examined by Mr. HlLLs—Was a carrier at Theme. It would be very important to have a communication be tween Thame and the London and Birmingham Railway, and it would be very injurious to Thame to have a railway proceeding to Oxford and Cambridge. There were from 3,000 to 4,000 tons of coal annually consumed at Thame. There would be a great increase in the consumption there if the Aylesbury and Thame Line were established, thott4h he could not say to what extent. 31 4 p Cross-examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—CouId not say what advan , tage would result from a railway to Oxford to the people on the Ox• ford-road. 30 1 ,i; 164 14, 15% 14 1% la q 44 GROUP XXXV. The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock, in Room 37 (grand corridor) ; Mr. George Bankes, in the ehair, and all the members present. Mr. DENtsort informed the Committee that the Northampton, Mansfield, and Midland Junction Railway Bill was withdrawn. They them proceeded with the EAST COAST. Mr. Coos, with Messrs. Austin, Cockburn, and Johnson, ap peared for the pr o m oters, and addressed the Committee at great length in support of the preamble, pointing out the ad vantages which the proposed line would confer upon the districts of which Wisbeach, Lynn. Ely, Boston, Lin coln, ice., are the principal towns. There was but one case of residentiary opposition ; and in respect to that, as well as to the opposition of Sir William Fowkes, and one or two other indi. viduals who had only claims to just compensations for passing through their lands, the company was willing to act with all due liberality. The Lynn and Ely Company Maimed to be admitted as a competing line ; but it had already been decided by the House of Lords that they could not be admitted to be heard in that character. There was also an opposition on the part of the Eastern Counties, who claimed to be heard in the character of landowners, through whose property this proposed line would pass. He (Mr. Cook) believed the Committee would be convinced that this claim of the Eastern Counties could not be sustained. In conclusion, Le called the attention of the Cumnittee to the fact that the trustees of Guy's Hospital, with Mr. Justice Patteson at their head, holding considerable estates in the district, were highly favourable to the line, and he trusted that the patronage of that im portant and disinterested body would outweigh the opposition which he had mentioned. The Learned Gentleman then put in the usual documentary evi dence, and called Mr. Skelton, steward to the trustees of Guy's Hospital, who stated his belief that the line would be of very great advantage to the district from Lynn to Boston, Wisbeach, Ambergate, &c., open ing the valuable markets of the north and west to the products of the rich lands through which it would pay, including the property of the trustees, which was under his care. There was a bonding yard at Sutton-bridge, and the railway would be of great benefit both to the trade of Sutton and to the west of England, by facilitating the tran sit of timber to the west, where it was much wanted. Mr. SLADE, on tile part of the Corporation of Wisbeach, rose to cross-examine the witness. Mr. COOK required, to know on what ground the corporation could have a locus standi? Mr. Seanz said that the corporation were, by charter and statute, the guardians of the port of Wisbeach. They were prepared to show that the railway would greatly tend fo obstruct the navigation of the port. Mr. COOK said that it had been ruled In the House of Commons, and had been provided for in the general Bill, that in such cases the consent of the Admiralty and of the Tidal Harbour Commissioners was sufficient, and that no persons in the condition of the corpora tion in this case, could offer such general opposition as was now pro posed to the preamble. It would be competent to the corporation to come in when the clause relating to the bridge at Wisbeach was . under conpideration. Mr. SLADE, in reply, referred to the case of the Corporation of Car narvon, who had succeeded in compelling an alteration in the site of Mr. Stepbeilson'a bridge across the Menai, although it did not come within nine miles dl' their pert. The Corporations of Liverpool, White haven, and other places had repeatedly been allowed to appear against measures which they deemed injurious to their ports. The COMMITTEE ultimately decided that the Learned Counsel should be heard on the part of the corporation against the preamble, so far as it was his object to prove that no corresponding public ad vantage would be gained by the obstruction of the path at WiSieftch, in consequence of a railway bridge being built across the river, Mr. SLADE then cross-examined Mr. Shelton, with a view tp st ow that the traffic in the east coast district is not suflicivoy eXtenatee to require a railway, GROUP XLIV. - Lord Palmerston took the chair iu this Committee at twelve o'clock, when the same Members as on former occasions were pre sent. The Committee still occupied Room 25, TORS. AND CARLISLE, AND yoracsantE AND GLASGOW UNION. AMALGAMATION OF THE COMPETING Tang, In opening the adjourned case of the York and Carlisle Rail way Bill, Mr. ATEiNsoN eald that he had been instructed to make a proposition, by which mush of the time of the Committee would be saved. He had to propose an amalgamation between this and the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, by which, from being competing lines, they would have a common interest. Mr. POLLEN, on the part of the Glasgow Union, accepted the .Ter of his ci-decant antagonist, and after a short diScnssi9 4 was agreed that the two Bills should proceed as one, There was, at first, some 'doubt as to bow the petition of one Mr. Pulling against the Glasgow Union should be got rid of, but a satisfactory arrangement was made tyltli the colinsel who represented the petitioner, and the Bills pro ceeded, unopposed. The evidence on the part of the Yet* end Ce t riislet Wing completed, that on the part of the lnufg.;34P.LP 4WP oxpascour vavr-j iv TrAs now opened, but the de c i s i on o f the tonna '^' and as not given, )I ' l ll tie reserved till the Committee deem' , - will be passed or rejected as A .Fulton, tb*-'"" .... upon the latter, when both tbMr ,v uole. ~.,gateer to the Glasgow Union, was called to give -..4.01,1 engineering evidence. The - whole of the works were of a Y I 7 light llesortplion. The level of the •lio• wee Ito Ant lower 64i1 WM Or the York and Coallslo. Tied Steer grigUen4 was 1 in 100. There were 79 bridges over roads and streams The heaviest work in the way of viaducts, was one of 106 feet in height. This would probably be made as an embankment, but with an arch over a certain stream. The average number of cubic yards of earth to ho removed was ninety-nine per mile. The estimate was 1,500,0001., in making which, a very liberal allowance had be.n made for each of the necessary contracts. Mr. Peter Buck, a millowner, of Danby-mills, near Midlam, WA3 examined as to the advantages to be derlVed from the making of the line, and other general matters. Mr. Melburn gave evidence as to the traffic anticipated by the promoters of the Bill. He put in the tree's-tables, which he himself had compiled. The case being now concluded, the Committee declared the pre ambles of both Bills proved. Mr. ATKINSON tlin proposed the three following resolutions for the adoption of the Committee : I. Resolved that the case made out on behalf of the company formed for the purpose of constructing the York and Carlisle Railway has established to the satisfaction of the Committee the expediency, on public grounds, of so much of that measure as forms a line froth JUshop Ackland to Tebay. 11. Resolved that the case made out, &c.—(as above but with re ference to the whole of the Glasgow Union Railway). 111. That the Chairman do report these resolutions, and apply to the House for powers to unite the two lines into one Bill. The CHAIRMAN put the question to the Committee, whether these resolutions should be adopted, and they wore adopted nem. con. The CHAIRMAN then said he would apply to the House for leave to amalgamate the lines to-night, and he had no doubt he would be able to get the permission itnmedlately, as he did last night in reference to two other Bills, the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle, and the North Yorkshire. The Committee then proceeded to the next Bill in order. FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION. Mr. CALVERT addressed the Committee at great length on the part of the promoters. He pointed out the advantages of a more direct communication with Ireland than the present mode by Liverpool, which was 140 miles from Belfast, whilst Fleetwood was but 120 miles from the same place. (The Learned Counsel then went through a series of comparisons between' Liverpool and Fleetwood, showing that the latter was much nears!to the most import an t parts of Ireland.) This line would afford a direct communication between the barracks at Burnley and various other military depots throughout the kingdom. Communications had been made with the authorities at the Horse Guards, who expressed their 'approbation of the scheme. The capital required was 600,0001., to be obtained on shares of 201. each, the amount required by the standing orders having been paid up. In conclusion, he (Mr. Calvert) had to apply to the Committee to adjourn till Monday, in order to give him time to recal his witnesses, who, expecting the eases of the York and Carlisle and the Glasgow Union to last the whole day, and not anticipating the piece of railway diplomacy, in the form of an amalgamation, which the Committee had this day witnessed, left town yesterday. The Committee agreed, but a discussion took place as to whether the Blackburn anti Clitheroe was a competing line, in the course of which, Mr.CALVERT expressed his intention of following the good ex ample which had been set by the parties to ether Bills this day, and forming an amicable arrangement if possible. The Committee reminded Mr. Calvert that on Monday the two sets of amalgamated lines would occupy them for some time, and he must take his chance of " coming on" after them, as they must have priority. Mr. CALVERT said he was prepared to run the risk, and the Com mittee rose at twenty minutes past two. ROYAL YACHT CLUB. (THIS DAY.) A general meeting of the, members of the Royal Yacht Club was held this day, at the Thatched -house Tavern, St. James's-street. The following members were present the Marquis of Donegal, J. Quintock, Esq., the Earl of Ilchester, H. Thorold, Esq., the Marquis of Blandford, The Duke of Marlt►orough, the Hon. W. B. Ponsonby, the Earl of Dysart, R. Mitchell, Esq., Sir John Bayley, Bart., R. W. Cooper, Esq., G. H. Ackers, Esq , G. Bentinck, Esq., T. Moss, Esq., Captain llerningham, R.N., T. W. Fleming, Esq., H. Hope, Esq., W. Delafield, Esq., Sir Joseph Copley, Sir A. Murray, the Marquis of Conyngbam, J. W. D. Radcliffe, Esq., J. Lyon, Esq., J. Sanderson, Esq., M. J. Higgins, Esq., W. Potts, Esq., N. N. Alexander, Esq., M.P., J. Reynolds, Esq., J. Hibbert, Esq., Colonel Bowers, Algernon Greville, Esq., Reverend Denis George, the Duke of Rutland, W, Peareth, Esq., S. De Hersy, Esq., E. Heneage, Esq., M.P., Almer Hill, Esq., Marquis of Or monde, E. N. Harvey, Esq., J. C. Ewart, Esq., Earl of Wilton, Sir W. P. Gallway, Bart., Sir B. R. Graham, Bart. , F. Halifax, jun., Esq., Duke of Beaufort, Sir R. G. Booth, J. Maxse,Esq., Earl of Orkney, J. P.Williams, Esq., M.P., R. Meiklam, Esq., Marquis of Anglesey, Earl of Tyrcennel, and J. Halifax, Esq. The following new members were elected :—George Miles, Esq., Viscount Seaham, tie Earl of Hardwicke, William Mure, Esq.; and Commander T. W. Horton, R.N., and Com• wander C. J. Pestle, R.N., were elected honorary members. The sum of 2001. was voted for cups, the particulars to be arranged by a committee specially appointed for that pur pose, and also to reconsider the rules of the Club, such Committee to nuke its report to the Club on the 6th June next, to which day the meeting was adjourlied. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELL IGENCE. MAT 7.—The R.Y.S, schooner Kestrel, the Earl of Tar borough, is ready for sea, and it is expected will join the Experi mental Squadron next week. The Ganymede arrived at Lisbon on the 29th ult., on her way to England. Her owner, Mr. Pigott, returned from Italy overland, and has since reached :.outhampton. The Reindeer, belonging to the Earl of Cardigan, arrived on Tuesday from Dublin. The schooner Magic, Lord Chetwynd, arrived on Wednesday from Lymington, and sails shortly for Plymouth, The following yachts are fitting out :—Sultana, R. C. Naylor, Esq.; Whim, C. Brett, Esq. ; Medina, Sir B. Graham, Bart. ; Talisman, R. Meiklam, Esq., (has received a new mast, and is preparing for Scotland) ; the schooner Gem, Mr. Fleming ; also the Apsara and the Corsair. The Gondola, building for Mr. Wodehonse in Ratsey's yard, will be launched next spring -tides. The Royal Thames Yacht Club schooner Kate, Robert Bell, Esq.. of Xorris Ca.stle, arrived from the Mediterranean on Tuesday evening. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde arrived at Egypt Houses this week. Lord Feversham, Sir Bellingham Graham, Sir Edward Paget, Mr. Bateman, and several other gentlemen, have takert houses at Cowes. , . . .... ...._ A young actr ess o f t h e T li e ltre des VarieteS, at lion. deans, who was a great favourite in the characters of soubrettes, poisoned herself on Friday last, when alone in her chamber. She was only twenty years of age, and the cause of her suicide is said to have been disappointed love.— Galignani. SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPT POEMS, &C.— Yesterday a sale by auction, Of autograph letters, and miscellaneous manuscripts of royal, noble, and illustrious personages, statesmen. Ste., together with a collection of published and unpublished manu scripts of George Crabbe, the poet, took place at Mr. Fletcher's auction-rooms, in Piccadilly. 'There were upwards of 200 lots for disposal, consisting of autographs and letters of George 1., George 11., George 111., William IV., the Duke of Wellington. Sir Robert Peel, Dr. Johnson, General Wolfe, Pope, Addison, Fielding, Lord Byron, Sir W. Scott, General Washington, &c. The sale was not well attended, and the lots realised but small sums. The rollow ing, however, are deserving of notice :—Lot 67. Debates of the House ol Commons from 1768 to 1774 (the unreported Parliament), taken In short-hand by the Right Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish, in manuscript and proof sheets, sold for 21. lie. Gd. The next lot, ts Letter from Dr. S. Johnson to his mother, dated January 26, 1755. in which he calls her " the best mother and the best woman in the world," sold for 10s. Lot 72. A characteristic Letter of the Duke of Wellington, dated June 8, 1837, in which he says that " he is in the habit of appointing to be warders of the Tower those non - Aammissioned officers and soldiers who have served his Majesty. and not young gentlemen who have been disappointed in their ex pectations of obtaining a commission," sold for 16s. A letter of General Wolfe, dated Bath, Dec. 24, 1758, sold for 193. ; and a letter of T. Moore, address d to Mr. Murray, and relating to George Crabbe, sold for 1/. 7s. Gd. Various unpublished works, In prose and poetry, by Crabbe, many of the pieces being equal to any of his works that have as yet appeared, sold for 151. Four memorandum books belonging to Crabbe, containing curious entries, religious opinions, &c., sold for 31. The original manuscript of " Tales of the Hall," considered his best work, sold for 11. 65., whilst the next lot, a volume of newspaper cuttings, consisting of reviews of Crabbe's worke, extracted from the London and provincial press, sold for I/. 7s. The other lots relating to Crabbe sold at equally low prices. In addition to the above there were large numbers of autograph letters of eminent artists, actors, singers, musicians, painters, &c , disposed of. LEITH.—CANINE GALLANTRY REWARDED.—it will be in the recollection of our readers that some time ago we noticed ' an instance of the sagacity of a dog belonging to Mr. Lawrence, which saved a female from drowning at Greaten Pier. It is with pleasure we observe that the Edinburgh and Leith Humane Society have presented the dog with a handsome collar, bearing the follow ing Inscription engraved on silver:—" Presented by the Edinburgh and Leith Htunane Society to the dog ' Bess,' the property of Mr. D. Lawrence, Granton, for having saved a female from drowning at Granton Pier, on the night of the 17th November, 1845."—Scotsmart. The University of Konigsberg has sustained a scvere loss by the death of the celebrated astronomer Bessel, who died, after long suffering, on the 17th 01 March, in the 62d year of his age. A SIMPLE MODE OF PROTECTING FROM LIGHTNING BUILDINGS WITH METALLIC Roo g•- lieuse.s covered with metallic roofs are more liable to be struck with lightning than those covered either with shingle or tile. Fortunately they can be perfectly pro tected by very simple means. To aocomptish this. the roof must be put in metallic connexion with the ground, by means of the tin or copper gutteis which conduct the water from the roof to the earth. For this purpose it is sufficient to solder to the lower end of the gutter a riband of sheet-copper, two or three inches wide, surround ing it with charcoal, and continuing it out front the house OU it ter minates in moist ground. The upper ends of these gutters should be joined to the roof by a slip of sheet-copper. The only part of the house retraining unprotected by this arrangement will be the chim neys ; and, to secure those, it is only necessary to erect a short rod against the chimney, soldered at its lower end to the metal of the roof, and extending fifteen or twenty inches above the top • ;he flue. The Minister of the Interior has presented to the Opera-house a statue of Rossini. It is to be placed in the vestibule. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CIRENCESTER.—A 'visit, which may lead to important results, has been recently paid to the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester, by Mons. Ouvrard, the celebrated Fs ouch financier. He has brought to notice a process for reducing farm and stable manure to a substaticeresemblieg guano for Tpohretabi: subjectity, bhuatssabiedeitio laid ex befo re ceediti the Council of the R o y a l Agricul s durability and fertilising qua li t i es. tura! Society, and the farm of the College has been selecnteldofc:regdivoinag the process a fair trial previous to Its being submitted to the public. uulpatiNr.ttrey{ill: o d f e S r o , a t b o o n u s t . clvto n ia s na tr l te l t g to tia n'e " ua d' bl l es 3 A sub-marine boat, of new invent3io3ltifisee, Saturday in front of the Qual d'Orsay. It is made Of sheet boa, in f t e n e e t it to f(o fi linl o a l 'u t eo e tr i e t nr h e, : wt r rle o yi t g i al ;l l l ll. e 'egg surface or u nder water, w i t h out any exterior agent. It has a screw p ropeller, by means of which the perscms our board are able to mak e it move in any direeiles two paddles 1. guided by A rudder. offo r a c i e r d in ou a t y la b v o On each side of the propeller are is made to sink or float at win, The y be of lead, ram). mde,aonrswarattiWr.hicah'lpiot weight necessary to sink It is about 40 tons of bauut, whi c h ma _ eunanintitoyr., —eans Of pumps. The boat re , quires eight men to work Jt, and it w w a a t t e e r r . is A tak g I"oolll7nr es r se l d nal in n a fo r u e r se h ri ° ' uft eir un to d arTh atmospheric degdree, proportioned to the depth to which the boat is to be sunk. lras also 411 apparatus which enables the hien or, board to leave her through an aperture 1 at the bottom,.rin';', work out- • side the boat with a supply ()fair tis lighted by hail's-eye glasses. similar to those used for cabins . trials in the Seine she is toln l arge shim After 7 /Li making some go to West fun' , .me employed in endea vouring to raise the Republi than 50 years—G I' C 4 Wii a ship '7:hich sunk in that port more a 1 94(fier, PROLIFIC Cow A 4 '''' .7. Benham, of Wickham, Kent, has a cow which dr,. ins taut ; two of ,' the 2_ gypped three full-grown and live calves on a - z . them are still alive, and p er f ec tl y healthy. -...e- ......................__ BIRTHS, On the Ist Inst., at Ilfracombe, North Devon, the lady of John <Vera Jun Esq., oat daughter. On the 4th inst., Ward e t Lodge, Edinburgh, the lady of the Hon. and Rev. John Sandilands, of a son. On a son the sth Inst ., at Clifton, the lady of Ed mun d Elton, Esq., of . On the 6th inst., IR Bishopsgate street, Mrs. Addlnell, of a daughter- On the 7th Inst., at the Grove, Highgate, the - wife of William Bowyer Morgan, Esq., of a kat. lE. On the 22d u lt ., at Oporto MAß , the R Rev D . Edward Whiteley, to Eliza* eldest datigkter of the late John Atkinson, Esq. On the sth inst., at St. Paul's Church, Southsea, (*bin Carde 74 th Highlanders, t o H arr i ett Anne Collier. eldest d aug ht er a Lieu tenant-Colonel Fenwick, Royal Engineers. re the On the 6th inst., at St. George's Clircb, Hanoverßea and Right Hon. James Stu4rt Wortley, Judge-Advoeate-Geueral, 31 . P ., to the lion. Jane Lawley, only daughter of Lord and 1,04 Y Wenloa, DIED. On the 2d inst., at D er b y, the Hon. Henry Red, aged 81. Curzon, Admiral oral* On the 29th ult., at Cavan, Ireland, Thomas Heslop, M.D., aged 4. * On — the 3d iust., Theme § T'',Wnshend, Esq., of Heath, near Birmini(7 barn. aged 74. On the 3d fr'• St '9 lfu ":. - givers, Essex. ~st., Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, wife of Mr. Robert AIR, of 'qu:nthe 4th i i s n . st., Robert, seoond son Or Mr. R. RoscOedronington re , aged the sth inst., a t Portland-place North, Clapha m . M r . J. Maack, aged 38. 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