The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. More Novelty! A New Drama. Great success. Crowded houses, TIIIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAS i KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Heslop, Wil liamson, Mesdirt.s. 'Tilling and Martin will support the principal characters. After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, ON THE TILES ; or, A Night at Greenwich. To be followed by a Grand Ballet of Enchantment, called, PER CHAMOIS YAGER ; or, The Fiend on Earth. By the DeWitt Family. To Conelade with a New Melodrama, called, THE RATS OF EAT CASTLE. Now ready,vols. small Bvo., 21s. bound, SIR RICHARD HENEGAN'S SEVEN ARS' CAM G. /N 'ME PENINSULA AND VAIGN THE N IN ETHERLANDS. " This book will take its place among the best works on the Penin sula war."—Britannia. " These volumes combine a world of diversified amusement, excite sunk and interest. Teeming with adventures of love and of war. and many a hair-breadth 'scape ; it is impossible to open them without encountering some touch of pathos or of humour—some trait of des perate valour or of heroic sacrifice."—Naval and Military Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. BURKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY. A GENEALOGICAL and HERALDIC DICTIONARY of the whole of the LANDED GENTRY, or untitled aristocracy of Eng land, Se oll and, and Ireland. Printed uniformly with the author's popular "PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE." Thtce Parts of this important national work are now published, price lOs. 6d. each, and the Fourth and concluding part is in the pre: 1. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, (To whops all communications for the Author are requested tote addressed.) NEW EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. Now ready, New and Revised Edition, with Additions, and upwards Tof Forty Illustrations by Leech, price 28. 6d., HE PHYSIOLOGY of EVE NIN G PARTIES. By ALBERT SMIT E. " The treat men t of the subject is worthyH, sq of Bunn, all the details being in a.ltnirable keeping, while interspersed among the lighter matter we stumble now and then upoa a passage betraying the mas ter's hand, In which grave subjects are playfully and delicately handled, and a kindly moral lies concealed beneath the smiling ant' face."—Moruing Herald. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *** To be had also of all Booksellers. IRISHNOTICE. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. DUBLIN TO GALWAY. Parties who signed the last subscription contract, and holders of scrip, are informed, that petitions to both Houses of Parliament. " To stay the progress of the Bill, to cancel the liability of the subscribers to the contract, and return to the shareholders the un'pent deposits," lie for signature tat the Shareholders' Committee-room, Founders' Hall -court, Lothbury, from 11 to 4 o'clock each day. April 21, 1846. R. THOMPSON, Secretary. GREAT NORTH AND SOUTH WALES RAILWAY COMPANY. The Shareholders in this Company are hereby Informed that the PAYMENT of the DIVIDEND in London will close on SarCaDar neat, the 25th instant, after which day some arrangement will be made to suite the convenience of the Shareholders resident in the country. 8, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, W. WEST, Acting Secretary. April 23, 1846. w EXFORD, CARLOW, AND DUBLIN, JUNCTION RAILWAY CO3IPANY, Notice 14 hereby given, that a 3 fEETING of the SCRIPROLDERS of this Company will be held, pursuant to the sessbnal order ofPar liament, at the Company's London Offices, 9, Whitehall-place, on AIONDAY, May the 4th next, at One o'clock precisely In the after noon, and that at such meeting a copy of the Bill now pending in Parliament, to empower the Company to construct their proposed railway, will be submitted for consideration. And notice is hereby further given, that all Scripholders attending the said meeting will be required to PRODUCE their SCRIP, and to allow the numbers thereof and their names to be registered By order of the Provisional Committee, April 23, 1846. CADWR. WILSON, Secretary. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ]MESSRS. Railway L AMOND, SMALE, AND p b o e r ri a to nt ri p a a t t i t k on t ag he e ir Friends and the Public forte h ir co are A nt u l e n t u i Tl ee s r u s t; and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and k'atuair. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all fztvottrs, containing instructions, are respectfully requested is be addressed. . _ _ All Scrip and• Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Otilces. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. • NEW ciauß.—Candidafes desir ous o f b e i ng included among the original members of the BRITIMIAND FOREIGN CLUB, now formed, under the auspices of the Earl of Devon, Lord Metcalfe, Sir George Larpent, Mr. Benjamin Bond C'abbell, and others anxious to facilitate the intercourse of foreigners of distinction with English society, and to afford to country gentlemen and their families visiting London the advantages of an agreeable home, are informed that the CLUB will be OPENED early in MAY and that a List of the Comm'ttee and of the Members at present en rolled, may be obtained at the British cn 1 Fore'gn Institute; 13, George-street, Hanover-square. IL SON'S OPENING NIGHT. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, at Eight o'clock. Mr. WILSON bops to announce his FIRST ENTERTAINMENT for the SEASON, in the Music Rail, Storc-strcct, when he will sing a variety of the SONGS OF SCOTLAND, Some of them for the first time. Flanoforie—Mr. LAND. Part 1.-0 weel may the Boatie row—Of a' the Airts the Wind can blaw—Whall buy Caller Herring?—game cam our gudeman at e'en—Ower the Water to Charlie—Bonnie Bessie Lee—The Married Man's Lament—Pibroch o' Donald Dhu. Part ll.—The Flowers o' the Forest—Tne Auld School—Woo'd an' Married an' a'—Auld Joe Nicolson's Bonny NAnnie—Get up and bar the Door. Private Boxes for Six, 13s. ; for Eight, U. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, When will be performed (for the first time this season), Rossini's celebrated Opera, entitled IL lIIRRIF.RE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisi ; II Conte d'Almairiva, Signor Mario ; Ilartolo, Signor Lablache ; Basilic., Signor F. Lablache ; Figaro, Signor Foniasari. — liter which, a PAS DE DEUX, by Madlle. L. Tagliont and M. Perrot. In the course of the Evening, Selections from Donizetti's Opera, LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. In which Madame Castellani, Madlle. C. Brambilia, and Signor Corelit will appear. To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot, in Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni, entitled, CATARINA ; cm, LA FILLE DU BANDIT, The principal parts Eustalned by Millie. Lucile Grahn and Madame L. Taglioni ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mettle. and Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. TREATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS, The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, llorrani, Ilorncamile, S. Jones, Weiss. Stretton, D. W. Riag, lifs.t Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which will be protred a New and Original Ballet, entitled IMELDA. The Duke, Mons. Mrien ; Count - Alberti, M. Mathis ; Governor, Mr. T. Matthews ; Fabrie . o, Mr. W. 13. Payne ; Madlle. Sail. THEATRE: ROYAL, HAYMARKET, THIS' EVENING Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A lIEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Etas:l, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farrell: Slr John Covvrtiale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. Hull ; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnel dermarn, Mr. J Bland ; Thomas, Mr. Brlndal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overture, "La Symphonic," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " l'ost Horn Galop," Antoinette," Cellarina Waltz ; the " Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the Brunow Polka." After which, an experiment will he tried upon TIIE BIRDS OF ARISTOPIUNES ! on which occasion they will be presented to the public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulteld, T. F. Mathews, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude wish a New Comic Drama, called TIIE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Hamby, &e. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Ants. KEELEY. rnprecedented Attraction for the Easter Holidays. Re-engagement of GENERAL TOM THUMB ! Great success of the New Comic Drama! THIS EVENING Th e performances will commence with a New and Original Comic Drama, in Three Acts, called HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Dldviear, and Keeley ; Miss ViPars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Laidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled 1101' 0' MY TIIUMB : or, Tho Ogre and h:s Seven-League Boots. Hop 'o My Thumb, General Tom Thumb. To conclude with NEXT DOOll. Charactes by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, Cs.; Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, bd. TIMAT.KE itOYAL. THIS EVENING Will be presented a New Drama, in Three Act. 3, called, IN DUSTRY AND INDOLENCE; or, The Orphan's Legacy. St. Anitir, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rollin, Mr. 0. Smith ; S ;illSonet, Mr. Wright ; Hone. Del-mare. Mr. Perkin - , ; Batifole, Miss Woolgar ; NMI, Miss Webster; Ceciie, Madame Celeste. After which, a New Burlesque, 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. MurrYard, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND TOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chcstertleld Honeybnn, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Iloneybun, Miss Emma Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-b Tr./. El. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The principal characters supported by Messrs. Cooper, Wallack, Leigh Murray; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, &c. After which, TM: VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack ; Trin quet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray; Blanche, Miss May ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling, To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY 4 10DiVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In which Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Granby, Oaherry ; Mi ss T ay l or, Miss E. Stanley Mrs.osbroke, Miss Ilonner, &c., will anear. ASTLEY's ROYAL AM PIIITHEATLE. Proprietor. Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her most gracious Mtkiesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Priacess lloyal.—Fattraordlnary htt of M. Lem an Rede's New Equestrian Spece, which has been pronounced by the public press to surpass alt former oroduetiens. THIS EVENING win he performed the Original As Drama of "rut AnAal AND HIS DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Magnificent effects, grand equestrian tableaux, ite, The Scenes in the Circle will, this present week, prove more than ordinarily - brilliant, presenting the whole troop of British and aided by the inimitable Cl owns, Barry, Wallet, Foreign Professors, and Rochez. To conclude with a novel Afterpiece. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA TiIEATI:E. Great Suw:ess of the New Drama of " Laid up in Port." THIS EVENING - Will be_.. per an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID UP IN PORT ; cr, Shariti along Shore. Principal characters by Mews. Fredericks. Saville, Raymond, Tindell, Higgie, Sc'arte, Burton ; Miss Vincent, `.Miss E. Terry, g:c. After which, TUE BITIOE'.3 JOURNEY; or, the Escapes of Adclaule u; Vitr,?nt will p er f, :m . To cone:nil,: with a Ncw Drama, c.ntßT.od TIIE FACTORY LADS; or, The Workman's Saturlty Night, In which the whole Company will appe:.r. NEW STIZAND THEATRE. ENTIRE CHANGE.-NOWELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La galet.".i est Lt sane de rann., La tristesi..e en est le poison." M. PIIIT.LIPPE begs leave to annonm:e that, the Triumphant Success that has often ,-. •••• • d v li ,. col!equenee of TAI MFNTA, they will be repeated oa every IfoiulaY , enel 1 1 4 1 , t ,TE l R ve E dn N ea TF.f . : and Saturday v ----°r o ing, mid every Evening until further notice. )1. PHILLIPPE will comm iA en EVENING, ce tho Entertainment by LIP Mill' Two Eland and Fifty Wax Candles by a Ringla Pistol Shot ! This unique and brilliant Experiment ` cu originally performed by mons. Phillippe for upwards of 700 consetive nights in Paris. 31. Phillippe will also have the honour of introducing HIS GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all its langhabto and rapid Trans. form itiellS. ic by Ga t m he bols of the MF.- Balscing of the The Entert y ar rr eAt_s , w an i d ll t b li e e O va la r ,m ied p CHIARINI RCA ti BROTHERS. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Evening at a quarter to Eight. Fit, Is. ; ...G . all, 6d.; Pr'vate Ilexes, Stalls, 3a. ; Boxes, 23.; 1/. Is., an t lus• t d. ..... Immense quantities of trout' have been captured with the rod within the past week in almost all the Cumberland rivers.— Cumberland Pacques. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 21. THERMuMETXR, Lowest, 3S; Highest. .53; soon, 52. BARWIETER, 29.86 —WIND E., fine. 6f.i WATER AT I . o Nliutti-111(11/GE THIS DAY. .. 0 minutes after 12. I Evening .. 4 minutes after 12. measures sent up by the Commons ; but then these were mea ures not of the first magnitude (with the exception of that which provided for the ap propriation of ecclesiastical revenues to secular pur poses), and one and al had only been passed by ma jorities far below the number of piacemen having seats in the popular branch of the Legislature. The corn law is a measure second to none in its importance. Its necessity is felt to be so great, that it has effected a revolution in the sentiments of the Premier—a man whose mind is of . the highest order, and whose individual interests are bound up with the proprietors of the soil. A similar change has been wrought upon the minds of many oth'er senators. And the conviction is the more valuable from having been arrived at free from the excitement of , candidates upon the hustings. The Duke of WEL LINGTON is a similar convert. His Grace stands aloof from any other influence save that of a patristic desire to act for the good of his country. Other Peers, like Lord ESSEX, &c., are daily swelling the ranks of the disciples of free trade. The country at large, as stated by the Minister, has within the last twelve months raised its Voice in the same cause. That vast associa tion—the League—already confident in the . speedy triumph of the great principle it embodied, seems con tent to remain passive - . On the other :land, their oppo nents have tried every means, and tried them in vain, to turn the scales of public, opinion by any counter-de monstration. These are matters the House of Peers will not heedle ' sly refl.:et upon, and are to us assurances that their judgment will unite with that of the House of Commons. What the Whigs will do in the month of July, and after the Corn-law Bill shall be enrolled on the statute-book, it is not perhaps so easy to predict, though this also has been made subject of speculation. Considering, however, the honourable support they are now giving the Ministry, in opposition to the banded supporters of monopoly, it argues the improbability of their hereafter taking a line of policy tending politically to strengthen those whose discomfiture is as marked as their views are selfish and narrow. If these and -uch hairbrained speculations are the only vouchers for a dissolution, its rumour is a ricketty abortion indeed. Such Members, also, of the House of Peers, as might desire a continuance of the corn-laws, must feel uneasy under the weight of the cumbersome and spurious ar -;uments by which their cause is thus wantonly upheld. If ever they have felt themselves coaxed, flattered, and ,raised by their auxiliary of the press, and, in turn, have lent their approving smiles, they must already be ;in to be sensible that zeal may degenerate into indis cretion, and recognise the full force of the adage— " Pessimum genus inim'corum laudkintes.", It has been said, as a proof of the keen, plodding, and wary habits of the Scotch, that a Jew is a very rare sight north of the Tweed, and that the huekstering Hebrew, if he chances to cross the river, hurries back with the most inconceivable speed, in order to escape death from starvation. On the cause of this singular phenomenon we will not venture any suppositions, but about the paucity of the Jews in the north there can be no doubt—the very small numbers of that industrious race found in Scotland forming only exceptions to the general rule. There is another point, however, in which a similarity of manners and customs are infinitely more striking, and which has excited the wonder of an tiquarians as well as learned philosophers. In their ob servauce of one day of the week as a day of rest a considerable portion of the Scotch follow the example set by the Jews, and consider it a heinous crime to do my work on that day. They forget altogether the new dispensation, they disregard the precepts of the great FOUNDER of our Religion, who was persecuted to death by Sabbath-worshippers, and perversely consider it one of the great objects of Christianity to render the first day of the week, which ought to be observed with loy and gladness, a day of sorrow and punishment. Our readers will remember the heaps of petitions that were poured into Parliament during the days of Sir ANDREW AGNEW, praying for the better observance of the 'abbath in Scotland, a countey where all foreigners, yen the Jews themselves, consider it would be im tossible to make the observance mare strict. Some of hem will also remember that wh n the first important ine of railroad, that between Eainburgh and Glasgow, vas opened, the most strenuous and unfair means were ulopted by the Agnewites to influence the directors alio shareholders, and compel them to stop the trains on iunday. We look back with satisfaction to that period, because The Sun took an • active part in defeating a , theme which, if established in that instance, might have peen math applicable to all the lines throughout that 'cingdom. We showed from the best of all authority, he New Testament, that the Jewish observance of the .irst day of the week was at direct variance a ith its pre :epts, as well as the example of the Apostles, and the more rational portion of the directors, we are glad to say an overwhelming majority, took the same view of the question. A Glasgow clergyman, after a silence of three months, attempted to refute our arguments, but he could not refute matters of fact, nor language plain to the commonest understanding, nor the direct injunctions !aid down by divine authority. But still this party interferes with the more liberal habits of the great body of the people, and have fallen upon a new scheme to effect their purpose. They now pour petitions into Parliament praying that the license granted to toll. bar houses to furnish refreshment for travellers may all be withdrawn by an Act of the Legislature ; and one of their most weighty arguments for this harsh step is, that the Sabbath is desecrated at these places by drinking spirituous liquors. We find, however, from a number of petitions presented to the House of Lords on Tuesday evening, by Lord CAMPBELL, that this step will not sa tisfy them, and that all houses licensed for the sale of spirituous liquors on Sunday must be forthwith closed. We cannot say that it is an electioneering scheme, bat cer tainly it has all the appearance of a trick of thatdescription The Earl of MINTO was the determined supporter of a Bill to abolish licenses for toll-houses, which the Com mons manfully rejected. It was brought forward by Mr. Fox MAULE, and mainly supported by Mr. P. M. STEWART, two pillars of the Free Church ; and the parties who are bent on a still further encroachment on the liberty of the subject entrust their petitions to such Whig Lords as BREADALBANE, MINTO, and CAMPBELL. The Tory peers seemed to take little interest in the matter, and the Bill was allowed quietly to pass. But in the other House that party acted a more noble part. The Scotch Tory Members, though few in propel tion to their opponents, mustered strongly, and threw out the Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM and the Lord Advo cate, who ought to know something about the interne] Government of the country, voted against it, and could see no reason for believing that there was any truth in the arguments urged by Mr. Fox MAPLE, or that the Sabbath could be desecrated more at occasional toll-bar houses on the high road than at the thousands of places open for the same purpose in large towns. To meet this difficulty, these meddlers with the rights of private emscience—those men who are eternally seeing motes in their brother's eye, but consider not the beam in their own eyes, have adopted a more comprehensive scheme, and are determined to forbid refreshments on Sundays to all parties except those who have well-stocked cellars at home, or can afford to pay the high charges of a hotel. This is an abominable attempt to tyrannise over the lower classes ; it is one of the most glaring instances of class legislation, and we consider it therefore our bounden duty to the unrepresented classes to do all in our power to protect their rights, and put down bare• feoed schemes of oppression, which never would have been broached by Whig Lords or Whig Commoners, under a more extended system of representation. Genera CONCHA'S treatment of the prisoners taken in the battle with IMARTE, at Ostorga. MM. MON and PIDAL condemn CoxcnA fur not at once shooting the prisoners ; ISTU HITZ and CANELIA, on the contrary, approve of his humanity. There have been also, it is said, differences in the Cabinet on the question of the law of the press, and it was also rumoured that the Presidency of the Senate had been offered to NAR VAEZ. It is, however, to be recollected that all these ru mours appear only in the Herald, the organ of NARTAE; and that, therefore, they cannot be implicitly reied on. Letters from Madrid, dated the 15th, treat them as entirely unworty of credit, and state that the question of the press had not even been mooted at the recent meetings of the Cabinet The iladrid Gazette, of the 15th, states that the whole of Galicia is tranquil, with the exception of Lugo and Santiago. CONCHA, however, has demanded reinforcements ; and, on the 15th, the regiment of Asturias and a company of artil lery had left Madrid to join him. This looks as if Galicia was not quite so tranquil as the Government represent it to be. These reinforcements are to be commanded by Briga dier BLAMER, who is promoted to the rank of General. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 15.—Three per Cents., - 31% for Money ; Five per Cents., not quoted ; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 280; Bank of Isabella, 170; Company of P ro bi ty, 185; Company of Iris, 130 ; General Assur a n ce , 84 ; Alliance, 170; Anchor, 168 ; Gas Company, 600. Excha nges --L on d un, 37 i 3; Paris, 16 3. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Court of Peers assembled on Monday at one o'clock to consider the course to be adopted to carry out the ordon nance of the 17th inst., constituting them a Court for the trial of LECOMTE. There were. 229 Peers present, and constituting the Court, be,ides BOYER, the President of the Court of Cassation, and Lieutenant-General Count MULL; who were excused further attendance on the ground of ill-health, and Count MONTALIVET, who was also excused attendance, as he would have to be examined as a witness. The Chancellor having taken the chair, the Court was addressod by M. HEBERT, the Procureur General, who described the circumstances attending the attempt of LECOMTE to assassinate the KING. The Court then deliberated, and eveutaally came to the following de cision : " The Court of Peers, taking into consideration the royal ordinance of April 17—taking into consideration, mereovi r. Article 28 of the Constitutional Charter—having beard the requisitory of the Procureur-General, and having deliberated thereon, acknowledges the presentation by the said func tionary of a copy of his complaint against the perpetrator and accomplices of the attempt against the King's person. committed at Fontainebleau on the 16th of the present month—does hereby order, that by the President of the court, and by such Peerias he may designate to replace him in case of absence, there shall be forthwith proceeded to the previous examinations required for carrying en the prosecution; does moreover, order, that in the course of such examinations the functions attributed to the Council-Chamber by Art. 128 of the Code of Criminal Instruction, shall be filled by the Pre sident of the Court, Count d'Argout, Baron de Barante, Count de Pontecoulant, Count de Bondy, Baron de Fraville, M. Laplange Barris, M. Persil, President de Gascq, Presi dent Bonnet, Baron de Ciouseilles, President Legagneux, and M. Mesnard, which aforesaid Peers shall draw up the report : does also order that the rules and proceedings of the criminal instruction, in such cases laid down, shall not be departed from ; does further order that the letters, gun, and all other articles relating to the present case, be without delay lodged with the Regritrar of the Court: does further order that the citations and other acts performed by ushers of the ordinary courts of justice shall be performed by the ushers of the Chamber;, and, finally, does order that the present decision shall, with all diligence, be carried into effect by the Procureur - General.—Deliberated on, and ordered at the Court of Peers, at Paris, this 20th day of April, in the Coun cil-chamb,r, by us, the undersigned."—(Here follow the names of the Peers present, 229 in number.) It would appear that the journals were in error in announc ing the arrival of LECOMTE in Paris on Saturday. He was not taken to the Conciergerie until Monday. "It was only thin morning," says the Constitutimmel, " that Pierre Lecomte arrived at Paris at ten o'clock; the prison van, in which he was conveyed from Fontainbleau, under% strong escort of gendarmes, reached the Court of the Conciergerie, and. he was immediately lodged in one of the cells adjoining the female ward. He is guarded by two keepers, who never lose sight of him an instant. That pre caution was deemed the more necessary as Lecomte is a man of a sombre and energetic character. At Fontainbleau some of his expressions induced a belief that he would contrive by a voluntary death to avoid the pain of the trial and the consequences of the sentence. The King's At torney at Fontainbleau, M. Aignan Desaix, was the first to interrogate him, and he underwent a second examination on the arrival of Chancellor Pa,quier and the Attorney-Gene ral Hebert. A minute search was made in the swell park of Avon, and on the different points of the forest which Le comte mentioned having visited. The particulars of the in quiry are unknown, but we do not hesitate to affirm, from what has transpired, that it is fully proved that the assassin had no accomplices. Lecomte evinces still the same tirm ness. He is extremely rese ved, has a wild, staring coun tenance; and his livid complexion, sharp profile, and hasty movements denote boldness and resolution. It is thought that his trial will cone on during the first fbrtnight of May. Our read rs may recollect that the attempt of Alibauil was committed on the Ist of June. and that fifteen days after wards he was tried and executed." The Constitationnel adds the following strange anecdote:— ' A curious circumstance has been rwated to us, as having happened almost at the moment when LECOMTE fire.l at the KING. MILES, the groom, who was preceding the royal carriage on horseback, saw LECOMTE taking aim, and think ing that the Comte DE M9NTALIVET (who sat nearest the assassin) was the person who would be shot, cried out, almost involuntarily, Ah ! M. Le Comte!' The assassin, hearing this exclamation, fancied that MILES had recognised him, and this circumstance, among others, tended to derange his aim, and thus aided in saving the life u f the KING. MILES has, by his promotion to the place of piqueur, a large increase of wages. He has now 4,0001. a year, whereas, as groom, he had wily 1,200 f. The following account of the conduct of LECOMTE imme diately after his arrest, is given by the Journal de Fontaine bleau : "To the first questions addressed to him, Lecomte replied proudly that he wad the author of the attempt, and ttn.t he did not wish either to escape or to conceal himself. It is since known that when he said so he thought he had struck his Majesty. When, subsequently, he discovered his mistake, he expressed his deep regret at not having effected his ob ject. Since his capture, Lecomte has refused to taste any description of food. He merely drinki pure water, and passes his entire time lying on his bed, his bead covered with the skirts of his frock coat. He asked for a razor, and ap peared much disappointed that he was refused. Oa Satur day he was taken from his prison and conducted to the spot where he committed the crime, and he there described his preparations with the most imperturbable coolness. He had even taken the precaution to cover the barrel of his gun with leather, to prevent the reflection of the sun from betraying his position." " During the journey of Lecomte to Paris," sa3 , s the Presse, "he exhibited the greatest sang froid. Ile conversed with the officer of gendarmery respecting the details and preparatives of the crime. He attribntes his missing to the precipitation with which he got up on the heap of faggots when he hoard the royal carriage coining sooner than he ex pected. Fir three days be refused all food, and it was only in the carriage on his way to Paris that ha consented to eat a morsel, and drink a glass of beer." Immediately on his arrest he underwent a preliminary examination, which was conducted by M. AIGNAN DEsatx, Procurour du Roi, and M. BANDELAIRE, Juge d'lnstruction. On the arrival of Duke PASQUIER and M. HEriEnT, the in closure in which LECONITE had stood when he made the attack, and the different points which it appeared from his answers he bad passed over, were most minutely examined, but although the exact details of that examination have not been reported, the Constitutionnel affirms that the result has been to show that he had no accomplices. He is at present confined in the Conciergerie, as the prison in the Luxembourg is not yet completed. The KING was every day receiving numerous congratu latory deputations from the various public bodies of the kingdom. The officers of the National Guard of Paris, being at the muster on- Sunday last, got up impromptu a dinner, to cele brate the KING'S happy escape from assassination. The most loyal toasts and speeches were given, and received with the greatest enthusiasm. According to the Constitutionnel a proposition for a general review of the National Guard of Paris had been discussed in the Council of Ministers, but had been rejected in conse quence of the opposition of M. GUIZOT and M. Duct! ITEL. The same paper announces, that no change has taken place in the projected journey of the Duke and Duchess de NEMOURS to England. They intend to leave Paris a few days after the accourhement of' Queen VlcTontA. A report of Marshal BUGEAUD, dated Algiers, March 13, enclosing another from General LAMORICIERE, has been re ceived by the Minister of War. On the 6th, General Jous- SOUI, after a forced march of fourteen hours, overto.,k a large column of Ouled Nayl emigrants, and captured an immense booty. " The demoralisation," says the General Constantinople papers to the 6th, and Athens papers to the 9th, have been received. Everything was tranquil at Con stantinople. The Ministry bad paid up a considerable por• lion of the arrears due to the troops, and were progressing in their measures of reform. At Athens the Minister, COLETTI, had obtained from the Chamber a vote for a provisional credit for four months, by a majority of 69 to 33. A motion for an address, praying the KING to dismiss his Ministers, was lost by a similar ma. joritv. On the 6th the anniversary of Greek independence was observed with all the usual solemnities and rejoicings. On the 7th a curious scene took place in the Chamber. The Deputy for Syra, M. DAR S, informed the President that he had just been assaulted in the Chamber itself, by General Ginziorri. M. GRIVAS said that the General intended only to inflict a little corporal discipline upon M. DARAS, b u t that he bad interfered and prevented any blows being given. M. DAttAs wished to make a speech on the occasion, but the President informed him that he could not allow hint to do so until the affair should have been regularly inquired into. Several of the Deputies complained of this conduct of the President as partial, and demanded that M. DARAS should be heard. Great confusion ensued, and eventually the sitting broke up in most admired disorder. has reached the highest of Tittery. The occupies a very large portion of the Desert excercise a blow we have just inflicted upon them must. of . . rs sunlit's salutary influence. Notwithstanding the olle to •;ion which are sent in from every quarter, I continue desert, country,becatise iatnliyasso they l()ng s w u h p o por i t n e N d ite a d nd Abd pursue and chastise the Arabs or that part of the . pitch amongst that trite, which means of invading the Tell, and descending into the valley of the Isser." The point where General Joussouf attacked furnishedelh atle him r with t t t i l t te h i e r the °tiled Nayls is fifteen leagues to the south of Ksar Zaccar, or a b out a hundred leagues from the sea coast. Letters from Algiers, dated the 15th, state that Marshal BUGEAUD, who hal been confined to his bed by illness, had o tl n te received i nstructions from the Government to resume his ne gotiations with M orocco, and that hi s proposed excursion to the west w ou l d probably be abandoned in consequence. The Senti ne ll e of Toulon, of the 17th, says : " The Rus s i an squadron is making its preparations for d eparture. It i s probable that if the slightest wind succeeds towards FranceTitioe Prince appears to carry away with him an exalted idea of our marl rince appear, time power ; and in this point of view, as perhaps in other night. In quitting our port, the Grand Duke Constantine t c h a e l :::this afternoon, it will sail this evening or to respects, the two nations ought to congratulate themselves he seemed so much the ea an si d ly more touched with the reception given him, that it was stripped of all the ceremonial used on such occasions. The officers of the fleet are animated with the same feeling. allowed his sympathies Their voyage to France appears to have excited in them only sympathetic sentiments and all desired, so to speak, to carry away a remembrance of the country. Surprise is felt here at the facility with which the Russian officers speak our lan guage, at th e manner in which they are acquaLited with our liter ature, i and a t t h eir appreciation of our manufactures. The Prince gave orders that the men should be paid, and almost all the money that the received was laid out in ar ticles of Fr enc h produce. The Grand Duke, before quitting our town d es i red to leave it a mark of his sati sfaction, and in doing so he exhibited as much delicacy as generosity. In handing to the Sub-Prefect a sum of 5,000 f. for the poor and the several benevolent institutions of the town, he ap peared to excuse himstlf fur supposing that it \VtIA possible to find unfort unate persans t o ass i s t, in the m id s t o f so many ha ppy fac es , testifyin g to the genera l comfort, ' but,' said he, human misery cm ; zomputations'" A letter from St. Petersburgh, of March 25, states that a deputation of the nobility of Livonia has been summoned to that city to draw up a new set of regulations between the nobles and peasants of Livonia. Some high functionaries have been joined to them to direct their labours. The disturbances in Austrian Galicia still continue. The Universal German Gazette sa3 s that the cholera had entered Russia from Persia, and bad broken out at Casan and Orenburgh. Madrid papers to the 15th inst. have arrived. The lle raldn, the organ of NAR VAL; says that it is not improbable that another change of Ministry may take place, inasmuch as differences !lave arisen in the Cabinet on the subject of to Paris. THE sry:sr, LOW DON, THITRSnAY_ EVENIN4 I APRt IL 23, IP4B, gilt always to Imre its glare :It cur . . M. KISSEL EFF, the R:issian Charge d'Affaires, who pro ceeded to Tuition to receive the Grand Duke, has returned Lord and Lady Palmerston dined on Monday with the Duc de Broglie. The report of Colonel Allard on the two Bills for the ma ritime improvements, and the fortifications of the port and town of Havre, has been distributed to the Deputies. The Bill has been entirely approved of by the Committee, into which it has introduced only one amendment, increasing the grant for the fortification cf Havre by 2,500,000 f. This amendment was made upon the recommendation of the Com mittee of Fortifications, with the assent of the Minister of War. The Bill would thus cox.plise 16,000,000 f. for the maritime improvements, and 24,000,000 f. for the fortifica tions of Havre. The Courrier de St. Etienne of the 17th says At the moment of going to press, we learn that several mine rs were arrested in the nigh: bef o r e last, an d clove t more yesterday morning. It is certain that some o f t h e m i ners were armed,and it was among them the p r i soners were made. They d i d not attempt any resistance to the soldiery, whose officers con ducted themselves with great f or b earance. Yesterday, at Outre Furens, a man in the middle of an assemblage of miners, fired two pistols at a detachment headed by a Com missary of Police, but as there were at least sixy yards be tween him and them, it was probably a mere bravado. We have now in the arrondissement of St. Etienne 600 infantry and about 110 cavalry soldiers. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday at 83f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 119 f. 95c.; the Orleans Railr tad shares, 1.2231.75 c ; Rouen, 1,035 f. ; Havre, 745 f. ; Great Northern, 760 f. ; Avignod, 915 f. ; Vierzon, 670 f. ; Bordeaux, 620 f. ; Boulogne, 505 f. ; Bole, 2351.; Dieppe, 4571. 50c ; P.ris and Strasbur , 515 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 5451.; Paris and Lyons, 5701.; Spa nish three per Cents., 36% ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 30%. The tbllowing are the quotations for other lines:— Lyons and Avignon Definitive, 5331. 75c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 501 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 509 f. ; Charleroi, 475 f. BUSINESS I , ONE LN FOREIGN RAIL WA YS AT 'lli LONDON STOCK EACHANGE, Aram 22. Boulogne and Amiens, I2',—Dutch Rhenish, Sze—East In dian, %—Loitvain and Jemappe, ltd—Lyons and Avignon, 2- Namur and Liege, 1 1 .4 —Orleans and Vlerson, 164 Orkans and Bordeaux, 101—Paris and Rotten, 404 —Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 5% —Rouen and Havre, 2 9%—Tours and Nantes Con stituted, 6%—West Flanders, 2%. ILWAY COMM ITTEES. (THIS 1A1.) GROUP XXXIV. There not being a sufficient number of Members present to make a quorum. the Committee was a tjourned till to-morrow. , Sul , committee No. 1. This Committee met again at twelve, in Room No. 7, when there were present Mr. Strutt (Chaliman), Mr. Beckett, and Mr. It. Clive. The only Bill upon the Est was the YORX AND LANCAST k.R. The evidence in support of the allega:ions of the petition before the Cominitttee was resumed. The remahalng alhgations of the several petitions against the Bill having been discussed at great length, the Committee finally de clared the standhig orders not complied with. They then adjourned at about quarter-past one till twelve to morrow. Sub-Committee No. 2. The members assembled at twelve precisely, Sir J. Y. Buller in the chair. There were but two Bills on the list, namely, the Thames Haven, Dock ' and Railway (No. 2), an d th e Bid eford and Tavistock, both of which stood over from yesterday. TECAIVIES E AVER', Docz, AND niumwAy. The refractory witness, whose absence caused this Bill to be ad journed yesterday, having been brought to his senses by a summons, the case was proceeded with, and the standing orders declared com plied with. xsznErortm AND TAVISTOCIE. The case for the opposition was resumed. The evidence and discussions as to the allegations against the Bill occupied the Committee up to a quarter past two o'clock, at which hour they adjourned till to-morrow at three o'clock, in order to give time for an arrangement to be made between the parties concerned, as to which of the allegations should and which shuuld not be ad mitted. Upon some of the all gations the standing orders were de clared not complied with. Sub-Committee No. 5. This Commitee was to have met this day, but at twelve o'clock Mr. T. Egerton was the only Member present, and the Committee stood adjourned till Tuesday, the 28th inst. Sub-Committee No. C. The Committee met shortly after twelve, Capt. Jones in the Chair. There were three Bills on the list, viz.: 1. Trent Valley, Mi.:- lands, .nd Grand Junction. "2. Warwiek and Worcester (both which Bills stood over from yesterday), and 3, Birkenhead and Llangollen. TX ENT VALLEY, MIDI, aNDS, AND GIZAND .71TaCTION. The formal proofs, the deficiency of which caused the case to stand over, were now completed, and the standing orders were declared complied with. WA ILWICH AND WO NC ESTER. aLThis ions Bill was again culled en. i:d the evidence for and against the egat of the petitioners again a st the Bill was giv: nat great length. Mr. Fitzgerald, civil engineer, from the office of Mr. Hughes, was examined to disprove the allegation. of the petition, and the Com mittee declared sever. I of the allegations proved and others not proved. The discussions on the points raised occupied them up to the time we went to press. BLACKWALL RAILWAY. • (THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the directors and proprietors of this railway was held at twelve o'clock this day, at th,• London Tavern, for confirming the draft of a Bill for widen - leg the line from Stepney to Fenchurch-street, and titr amending the Acts relaing to the 'ailway, J. A. Daniell. Esti , in the chair. A considerable number of proprietors were present. The SEC R ETA RY read the Bill for widening the line, from which it appeared that a capital of 240,000/. was required, of which 60.000/. is to be rai,ed by new shares, and the re mander by loan. A IIIAREIIOI-DEl{ considered that it was quite unnecessary to widen the line, as the traffic was dinnishing instead of in cre ;sing. At the present time they were losing about I,OOU a month. He moved as an amendment, that the project bt. deferred until the increased traffic on the line rendered it necessary. The amendment having been seconded, The CHAILIAL'IN defended the directors, •tvho were large propriet,rs themselves, fn.m any desire to widen the line, ii totally unnece&ary. There could be no question - that a great accession of traffic would take place if the line was widened. Besides, they were simply asked to contirni a re solution passed at a previous meeting. II they did it adopt this plan now, they would perhaps not have another opportunity. Dr. Bowntrw, M.P., also defended the directors, and in doing so drew attention to the fact that the line was barely sufficient to accommodate their present traffic. How then could they accommodate the increase which would take place when the junctions and extensions which they were empowered to make were carried out ? Mr LEA considered that they ought not to raise any addi tional money by mortgage until they had completed the line to the Eastern Counties.—(Hear.) Mr. CuAwLEY was .4 - opinion that the directors had made out a good case for widening the line. He wished to know whatarrangement had been made with respect to the stations if the project was carried out. _ The CiummAN slid any alterations which would be ren dered necessary were included in the estimates. After ob taining the consent of Parliament to the Bill a meeting of the proprietors would be called, in order te obtain their sanc tion to its construction. At the present moment the direc tors had no intention of calling on the proprieturs to contri bute money towards the object which the meeting had been called to confirm. Independent of the traffic which they could not fail to obtain from the Eastern Counties, they con fidently anticipated a great increase . of traffic from Bow and the neighbourhood of Stratford. The amendment having been withdrawn, at the request of the proprietors, a motion, confirming the one passed at a pre • vious meeting, for widening the line, was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting separated SOUTH LONDnN FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.— [he first exhibition of this thriving and highly interesting Society took place on Wednesday, in the large room of the Horns Tavern, Kennington. This season has beets remarkably favourable to the growth of lair Flora's gifts; so at least no one could doubt who viewed the gorgeous exhibition of the South London Association, " a It ilderness of sweets " redolent of a thousand penhines. The prizes awarded were of a very liberal character, riz., —the Royal Adelaide Cup. value five guineas, presented by her Majesty the Queen-Dowager for the best collection of miscellaneous plants in the room, in lieu of the medal offered by the Society gained by Mr. Bruce. A silver cup, value five guliieas, offered by Mr. James Dickson, for the best four auriculas, namely, green, grey, white-edged, and se'f-coloured, obtained by W. Sandilans, Esq Gold Adelaide Medal, by W. Trailer, to J. Dickson, for the best collection of auriculas. By J. Betham, Esq., a large sliver Linnx.tit medal for the best six asaleas. Large silver Victoria medal by Mr. Ivery to Mr. Young, for the best twelVe elnerarlas. The prizes to the first and second classes were—large silver Adelaide medal to Mr. Trahar, for the best pair of aurictilas ; small silver Victoria medal to Mr. Chapman, for second best ditto: small silver Unman medal to Mr. Ginger, for third best ditto; gold medal to Mr. Ayres. for the best collection of the us plants ; large silver Litinmitit medal to Mr. Young, for second best ditto ; small silver Victoria medal to Mr. Kaye. for the third best ditto ; small slyer Victoria medal to Mr. Dickson. for the best pair of auriculas; small silv, r Lintivean merle to Mr. Gaines, fir second best ditto ; large silver Victo:ia toed :1 to Mr. Pampliti, for the leaf Collection of miscellaneous plants; aod srnali silver Victoria medal 7ind small silver Linerean medal to Messrs. F . :dawn, for the first and second hest specitnen plant. The extra prizes given were :—Victoria medal to Mr. Dickson, fur a collection of our colas ; Adelaide medals to Messr-. Thompson and Brown, for heartsett,t s ; Linnrean medal to Br. Stamp, for miscellaneous plants; Adelaide metal to Mr. l'amplin, for single specimen ; Adelaide medals to Messrs Cuth:ll and Allituft, for cuctimbera ; Lintiman medal to Mr. Wood, fir alpine plants ; Victoria medal to Mr. Chap man, for collection of auriculas. Certificates were also given to Messrs. Dickson and Chapman for see. ling auriculas, and to Mr. Ivery for seedling cinerarias. Several very fine specimens of heath were exhibited, among the principal of which were erica vestila, growls by Messrs. Fairbairn ; erica intermedia, by Mr. l'amplin, &c The show was highly satisfactory, and gave tokens of g eat improve ment. During the exhibition an excellent band performed several well-known and popular pieces. The room was crowded to excess by a very fashionable company. FRESCZIBING BY TELEGRAPH.— ThP (-kettle tele , grnd aph is far more extensively difffised in Am er i ca than with us, ais commonly applied to the purposos of the every -day Business of life ; but we wee not prepared to hear that the personal visits of physicians are dispensed with, electricity answering every end. The Lockport Daily Courier says, early in the thienoott yesterday a gen tleman stepped into the Telegraph office at Buffalo, and desired to have Dr Stevens, who resides in this village, called Into the office, as he wished to have some conversation with hint. The Doctor was summoned, when the gentleman at Buffalo said his with was ill, and desired Dr. Stevens to prescribe for her. The physician obtained a . full and accurate stat ement of the patient's symptoms and i zndl Bons, and then telegraph e d his prescription. It is presum a e s d i,. havepa tient did well, as the local journll stated the Doctor been consulted again in th e afternoon if the morning'a prescriptions were were not effectual. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY.—We Inesday nearly twenty houses in Great Saffron-hill, Saffron-street, and Lilly-street, on the line intended for the new-street Rona Farris, don-street to the back of the Sessions-house, clerkenwell, were disposed of by auction, by order of the Clerkenwell Improvement Commissioners, and are to be removed for the contemplated alterations. During the last twelve months the commissioners have been in treaty with the Bishop of Ely and Sir 11. Englefleld, Bart., who have estates between the above rites and the Sessions-house, to purchase the property, fOr which th-y have borrowed funds to the amount of ab..ve 60,0001.; but they have not succeeded, and it is expected that a jury will have to decide upon the respective claims. Some houses have been bought by the Commissioners to form a new street into Charles-street, Ilatton-garden, by !mans of which vehicles will be able to pass and avoid the declivity of Ilolborn hill, as it is intended to continue the line into Cow-cross. An effort h bc , en made to restore John Day, jun , the hor e jockey, to his duties on the course, by presenting a memo rial, slaied by Lord Palmerston and Lord John Fitzroy, and many gentlemen, to the stewards of the Jockey Club for a remission of the sentence passed by Mein. An answer has been returned that the stewards of the Jockey Club cannot rescind the sentence pronounced by them on John Day. SUDDEN DEATH IN AN OMNIBUS.—Last evening, at eight o'clock, an inquest was taken before Mr. W. Payne, the City Coroner, at the Ship, Stones'•end, Borough, on . the body of Mr. James Langley, aged thirty-nine, lately filling the situation of a confidential clerk in the firm of Messrs. Teasdales, Symes, and Co., solicitors, Fenehurch-street, who died under the following circum stances:—About nine o'clock yesterday morning, the deceased entered a Camberwell omnibus at the Elephant anti Castle. When the vehicle reached Stones'-end, deceased was suddenly taken ill. He was immediately attended by Mr. Alcourt, shipowner. Coal Harbour-lane, who stoved the omnibus, when he was conve)ed to the surgery of Mr. Olding, where he died in a few 'ninnies. The brother of the deceased was passing at the time, and Identified him as he was being conveyed in. Deceased had been attached to the above firm from his boyhood. Ver4lo., "'Visitation of God." avid CO NI itCl CITY. QUARTER TO ThREE. The sales of Cotton at;Uvorpool yesterday were about 6,000 bales, including 2,5 4 :;0 on spec elation. The market was quiet, but prices were without any change. There was a fair do mend fOr Railway Sit ides 3 estet day, but almost exclusively fur good divilend paying stock. There are no ship arrivals to-clay. It is pleasing to observe that the gallantry of some of our countrymen has been ree.ignised in a recent instance, as well as their humanity. The South Li.,lland Mercantile Associa tion, in consequence of the assistance rendered to the Dutch East Indiaman Twee Cornelissei, on the 28th December last, in Pevency Bay, under circumstances of pecular danger, has awarded to the intrepid men of East bourne concerned in the salvage various rewards propor tioned to their merit, to be forwarded through Mr. May. Consul for the Netherlands in London. Lieutenant J. H. receives a gold medal and a vote of thanks, and his companions have silver medals and a written acknowledg ment of their humane exertions, with a gratuity in money also. Tile widows of such of the crew as lost their lives on the occasion will be provided for. Instances of recipnical good feeling like this, whether in rendering aid or acknow ledging it, are alike creditable to all parties. There is some doubt apparently whether Sir Robert Peel's resolutions upon new railway schemes will be adopted in Parliament. because, as is contended, they are contrary to the usual spirit of legislation, and throw overboard even those companies which have complied with all the onerous regula titms imposed last year, and by showing theirsubscript lon deed. properly signed, have already made out a proof of" assents." Ills is of course true as far as it goes, but the only alternative now is to do somelhing that will prevent set iousetnbarrassmetit in the money market, even at the risk of a certain degree of injustice towards the railway companies, and if it were even necessity to postpone all Bills till next session, that extreme measure would doubtless be adopted by Parliament, which frequently has had to step in with some appearance of arbi trary, and even unconstitutional power, in order to remedy an urgent evil. The Funds have been very buoyant to-day, and there is a dkposition to invest. The Government broker buys now for unclaimed dividends, as well as for the savings banks. Consols have been 95% to 93 1 / s for present transfer, and 96 1 / i to 1 4 for time, being an advance cif a gum-ter per cent, on the quotations of yesterday morning. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 235. to 26*. premium. Bank Stock has been tirm at 205 1 %. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 96 3 / 97. There has been a slight increase of business in the Foreign Market, and the quotations have been more firmly supported. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 36 3 4 to 37, and the Pas sive, 5% to 1 ,4. Poriu g u se F our per C ents. have been Tr. at ked 57. Mexican Five per Cents. have been quoted at 31- 5 A 34, and Grenada, 21 3 / to %. Dutch TWO-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59%. Shares are rather firmer in some instances, and the French =trips seem likely to benefit by the breaking up of so many English companies, for the calls upon the former wit be comparatively light for the next twelve months. The Bide• t)rd and Tmistock Company, which has called fur the extra 5 per cent. to go to the Lords, has not had its call responded to by a dozen shareholders, it is said. What a prospect for due payment of " calls." BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY ATONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. •• • • • • • • • • • • 20514 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 94% 95% Three pvr Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96 953, 96% 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 96 73 b 97 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .• 9 15-16 10 South Sea Stock .. • • • • • • • • • • Ditto, New Annuities . • .. 95 Consols for Account .. • • 96% g Excl.equer Bills. 134 d. I%d. 1,0001. • • .. •• .. • • 26 23 pm. 5001. • • .• • • •• • • 26 23 pm. Ditto. Small •• 26 23 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Granada, 1 per Cent. .. • • • • 21 71, Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account Portuguese Four per Cent Sluttish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. Ditto, Passive Bonds .. • • • • Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. Ditto. for the Account .. • • 37 Dividends on the above payable M London. Dutch Two-and•a-lialf per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certincates .. 92 •• •• 31%% •• 57 5%% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE o'cLocr: RAILWAYS. PAID • PER SHARE Aberdeen • • • Birmingham and Gloucester • • • • 100 ....123 .• .. to • Bristol and Exeter .. 75 82 to 1115% to 6 t.,aledonlan Chester and Holyhead • • . • • • 22% .. • . 21% to - Direct Manchester (Remington's) .. 2% ... to Direct Manchester (Itastrick's) .. • • 5 1 % ...• 3% . .. • • to - Dublin and Galway . 4 •• to ~astern Counties .• •• 14/. 16s. 0d...•• 22% ... to 23 Ditto, New • • .. •• .• 8/. 16s. 0d... • 7 34 % pto Ditto, York Extension 10s. •• • • 1 %% • • to EdiliburAh and Glasgow -. •• •• 50 •... to Ditto, Halt Shares • • • • • • 10 .... le% • • ... to 'ireat North of England •• • • 100 ... •_ to Ditto, New • • • • • • •• • • 154 •• .. 1336 .. •• to .. 85 .... .... to Great Western Ditto Half Shares •• - • • • 50 .... 86 _ to 8534 Harwich & East. Crunties Junction • • 2 .. . 1% .... to liull and Selby , • • • • • •• • Ditto, Half Shares •• •• • • • • 7 •• 25 .... to Lailesster and Carlisle • • • • •• 35 ... _to Idtto, New •• • ' • . •• 5 9% .. • • to Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. 2%.... 1%,, _t o I.*.ndon and Birmingham .. -100 .. -223% .. to 222% Mit°. Thirds .. • • .. 24 .. 61 .. Ditto, Firths •• •• " 2 •• 24 .. • • to London and Bl ac k % all • • 161. 13s. 4d. • • 8 .... to mu , Brighton •• •• •• •• • • 63% .... to 04% Ditto ditto Fifths 20 .. • • 28% %i to London awl Cloydon •• 131. 15s. 9d. • • 22% 21% to 22% London and South .Western . 41/. 6., 10d. •• Idtto, New Consolidated Eighths. 34 .... 50 . . ... to Ditto, New •• •• •• 12% .. • 21% .•• to Ditto, New .. .. 10 .... 17 .... to Ditto,Lointoti and York .. .. • •• 2% .... 15494 .. to half Shares •• .• •• •• 2% ...• 11( 2 .... to Lynn and Ely .. •• •• •• •• 10 .. •• 6% •• to Lynn and In.rel.am •• •• 10 .. •• 6 . •• to Niaintesier and Leeds • .. •. •• 82 •• •.- to Ditto, Firths •• •• • •• 3 ..•• .. to -- Manchester and Virmingtam •• 40 77 .• •to Ditto, Quar.er Shares (It) •• 4.. •• 12% to Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) •• •• -1 •• •• 8% •••to Midland •••.. • • • • • -160 .• -145% .... to Ditto, New •• •• •• 18 •• • 30 ..•• to Midland Great Western (Irish) .. 10 .... .... to eweastie and Darlington Ju nc ti on .• 25 .. • • 44 •• .. •,o 45 Newcastle and Bet wick • . • . • • 10 ... ,19 .•• to 18% Ye,. ark, Sheffield, and Boston .. • • 2% .... 1 •.to North British • • • • •• 20 .• 25% , ..• to Ditto, Half Shares .. . • • • 6 .. • • 8% .. ••to Ditto, Carlisle Extension .• . 1% .• .. ••to North Staffordshire • • • • 425...., 2 1 ,4 p.. to 2 p Norwich and Brandon •• 18 t o Ditto, New.. .. • • • • 5 .... to 8 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% •• •• to l'erth and Inv erness •• •• •• • • 2% .... 1 %.• •• to Scottish Midland • .• •• •• '•• 10 •• 6 •• to slirewsbury and Birmingham • 2% .. to 2 Shropshire Union .• .. •• • • 425....• 1 dis .• to Shiewsbury and llereford •• •• 2% ...• 1 •• to .4outh Devon .. •'••35•• •• 30 .... to South Midland • •• •• •• •• 421. .. •• dis- to South Eastern and Dover .. . " 33 %•• • • 37% %• • to Ditto, New, No.l .. •• •16 . . 10%.. •• to Ditto, New, No. 2 .. ••••10 .. • 11%.- •• to Ditto, New, No. 3....•• • • 15 •• • 14A, •••• to Ditto, New, No. 4 .. •• .. • - • 2 Yi •• • • 2 % %•• South Wales .. .• .. • • •• •• 5 • • 11, , t, West Riding Union .. .. • • • . 425..... • p Worcester, Herefd., Ross, & Gloucester 425. .. •• 1 dis. York and North Ilidland .. 50 .• . Ditto, Extension .. • .. 15 .. • • 33 .. . to.• Ditto East and West Ridi ng E xtens i on 1 .... 834% • to ,„ to 8•011EIGN RAILWAYS. - Boulogne and Amiens .. • • .. 12 .. •. 12 .... to Dutch ',hellish .. •-• • • • • • 5 .• • 6% •• to 6 Great ertheni of France Constit u t e d 5 .. •• 15 14%• to 15% Lyons and Avignon .. .. • • • • 2 .. • • 2 .. ••to Over Yssel .• • • • • 4/. 3s. 4d... 3% dis to Paris and Strasbourg Constituted .. 5 .. • • 5% ••to Sambre and Meuse .• • • .. .• 8 .. •• 5 .. ••to Tours and Nantes Constituted •• • • 5 • • 6% •••• to West Flanders .. • • • • • • 4 • • 2 ••to MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered .. • • • • • 3N —• • to LLOYD'S SHIPPIN+.•-(THIS DAY.) I L , o o R N T o s o m m o , IT A T H P 1:11. p 2 1, 3 1 .- 1,2 W 2. i_n d s 1 11 : E s ' . a , m l i a g r h a t n b g r . e s e i z a e u , r a a n s d a fin nd e. Calcutta. 1 LTIVOUTH, APRIL 22.—Wind S.--Sld. her Majesty's ship Wan • derer, 'terra Leone. GUERNSEY.—Arrd. Sorcerie, Jansserand, from London, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact, 18th insta• t. SHIELDS, APRIL '52 —sld. Adeline, Downing, Quebec. STOCKTON, APRIL 15.—Std. Friends, Addison, Quebec; Saphiras, Brown. aitto. IS. Teasdale, storey, Quebec. I ENZANCE, APRIL 21.—The Lady of the Lake, of Bideford, broke her warp, and went on the sand at Chyandour, but will be ,tot off next tide with little damage. BALLINA, APRIL 21.-1 he Caroline, of Sunderland, from Slim to Quebec, put into Killala Harbour yesterday morning, making 17 inches waver per hour. DEAL, APRIL 22.—Wind A M., Sto 5.., P.m., E. flne.—Arrd. Margaret Ha, ward, Lagu , a for St Petersburgh; Hettriette, Pajaken, Puerto Cabello, and old. for Bremen ; Louisa 11115 s, Crichton, New Orleans ; Virginia, Janssen, New Orleans, mid sld. for Gothenbers: ; Genzie, Christotr Laguna. and ski. for Bremen ; Kronprinssesan, Schloss, New York, and aid. for Gothenburg •; WeßefTeden, Batavia, and sld. for Rotterdam. Ski. "Eneas, Townsend, Calcutta; Bangrna, Yare, Harding, BarbadoeS. OFF DOVER, APRIL 21.—Juniata, Child, 11081011 for Antwerp; Email Doane, Charleston for Hamburg!' ; Thirak pack& t, Jainalci. DUNGENESS ROADS, APRIL 20 .—Arid. Sir Robert Campbell, Beard, Pernambuco for Antwerp. for OStockholm.FF DutistENEss, APRIL 19.—Mathilds, Cederberg, Rio Janeiro OFF BEACH!' HEAD, APRIL 17.—Humboldt, Wahrten, Mobile, and sld. for Amsterdam. MARKET NE (T HIS DA ,' MEATn AiaiLETE .) SOUTH ra ALL, APRIL. 22—W e had a full average sup of ac kind of tat stock on sae to-day. Generally speaking th p e d ly em e md h ruled inactive at but little variation in pr me. !leer from 2s 10(1 to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 35, Gd to ss; Lamb, 5s 8d to Gs 8,1; Veal, 4s 4d to 58 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s iOd per Sibs. ROMFORD, APRIL 22 .—Although the supplies of stock were not to say extensive, the trade was in a sluggish state at previous quota tions. Beef, from 2 s 10d to 4 s 2d, M u tt on , 3 s 8,1 to 58 ; L ahmlbsbt: • 5s Gd to 7s ; V ea l , 4 s 4d to ss;aitirte d so and Pork, 4s to 1440. 16, 20s , 103 per Suckling Calves, 188 to 308 ; Q demand. to 5 )(1 and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 I .llttoi 3se t t aeh t; I.EwEs, APRIL 21.—Beet, trout 2s 1( 3s 8,1 to 5s ; Lamb, 6s to 6,8 d ; Blbs. A moderate supply, and a slug..ish dems Veal, 4s 4d to ; and . Pork, 4s to 4s ad per k - ',`• * 7 4 1..• r 0 .Z,;(.., ,6 • 'l'4 fri&P .4. ‘ . ..., 1 , s y'. --7••,,0-s .., 4. k, ' , O ki; •,', - -,... % SECOND EDITION. binding LONDON, THURSDAY. APRIL 23, 1846. The House of Commons met at Twelve. The order of the day for the further consideration of the report on the Friendly Societies Bill was read. A long discussion ensued, and eventually clauses up to 16 ' were agreed to, with amendments, and the further con sideration of the report was postponed to Friday. A new writ was ordered for Falkirk, in the room of Mr. BAIRD, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. ELPHINSTONE moved the second reading of the County Eletions Bill, which limit the time of polling in elections for counties to one day. Colonel WOOD moved as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. The Bill was supported by Lord WORSLEY, Mr BRIGHT, and Mr. BICKRAH ESCOTT, and opposed by Div NEWDIGATE, Mr. BECKETT DENISON, Sir JAMES Gus!'Amr, Colonel SIDTHORP, and Lord G. BENTINCK, and on a division it was rejected by a majority of 23 ; there being for the second reading, 32, against it, 55. The Railway Deposits Bill, and the Commons En closure Bill were respectively read a third time and passed, and the House adjourned. r The Earl of ABERDEEN, some weeks ago, made some brief remarks in the Lords, expressing, with more warmth than he usually displays, his disapprobation of the conduct pursued by the Greek Government towards England in regard to the interest of the loan, and an nounced that it was the determination of the British Government, as well as the Emperor of Russia, to take some strong measures to enforce payment, in case the present Minister, Cox,Ern, should per sist in refusing redress. The subject was ad verted to in the French Chamber of Deputies, when M. GUIZOT took part with COLETTI, blamed the lan guage of Lord ABERDEEN, the Members approving of M. Guzzor's remarks, and a few days afterwards the amount required to meet the interest was voted unani mously. A wide difference has thus sprung up between England and France about this small bankrupt state, though it may be regarded rather as a personal than a national feeling, the two eoreign Secretaries having their respective favourites at Athens ; and the Greek 'Minister seems resolved to make it • still wider by setting the British Govern ment at defiance. After a great many shuffling promises of payment, either by setting apart a portion of the revenue, or including the Interest in the budget, or some other equally improbable step for meeting the debt, the budget, according to the last accounts, had just been presented to the Chamber, without any provision what ever for meeting the demands of Lord ABERDEEN. The foreign loan is not even alluded to in it, and care is taken, in exhibiting the income and expenditure, to show that payment at present is utterly hopeless, as the revenue falls short of the amount absolutely necessary to carry on the affairs of Government. What step, then, will Lord ABERDEEN adopt to enforce payment ? Will he seize upon some of the more thriving seaports and collect the customs' duty, or lay an embargo on the shipping, or threaten to put: an execution into the royal exchequer at Athens ? We fear he would be opposed, in ever efficient attempt to enforce British rights, by the French Minister, backed by the Chamber, for Greece, ins dvent and ungrateful Greece, is a great fesourit, there at present. COLETTI is devoted to French inte rests, and he will make his devotion more conspicuou> by insulting both England and Russia under the wing 0 , France. It iv, however, at best a contemptible quarrel and the interests at least of two of the powers require that it should be settled without delay. Greece is not worth contending for ; she could render no assistanet whatever to either of the two countries, shell!, they unfortunately be brought into collision. Sht is bankrupt, her KING remains what he was whet be was first placed on the threme, there is no Minister that really takes an interest in the welfare of the state ; COLETTI, and MAVROCORDATO, and METAX" are en gaged respectively, when, out of office, in devising schemes for supplanting a rival, and Greece, whose emancipation from Turkish dominion was so ardent!) desired by the enthusiastic admirers of her former clJeds, and, which has now existed as an inde pendent kingdom, for eighteen years, is, per haps, next to Spain, the worst governed country in the world. Does it become the dignit) of England and France to embroil themselves with her affairs, and to rouse old national antipathies in their re spective Houses of Parliament for a people so lost to all sense of gratitude and honour ? Looking at the cast impartially, a e can make excuse for Lord ABERDEEN'S irritation. Greece owes her independence to England. Englishmen left their country and devoted themselves and their property to her service. Loans were raised and battles fought to release her from the yoke of Turkey ; and all these services are repaid by refusing to acknowledge her just claims, and by treating England with contempt. These are just causes of annoyance to the British Minister, but they furnish no sufficient reason for quarrelling with France, or adopting any strong measures that might call forth a national display. Two men so little pugna cious as ABERDEEN and GUIZOT, and generally so much guided by sound discretion, might settle the differences by official negotiations without at all involving the sus ceptibilities of two rival nations. We have read in one of the essayists of the last cen tury, that where two politicians of opposite views have been fur some time discussir.g the character and stabi lity of a Government, if the disputant, nho is unfavour able to its continuance, should feel that his different views and arguments have been well challenged and re futed, his dernier resort is, not unfrequently, to take a familiar hold of one of the buttons of his adversary's coat, and sinking his voice into a confidential whisper, to assure him that he has good information of the Pre mier's health being in a most unsatisfactory state. It such a conversation should happen whilst Parliament is not sitting, a tew days suffice to set aside the gratuitous assumption ; if it should occur during the session, a few hours establish the same thing. In the mean while the discontented politician has beaten his retreat, rejoicing that whilst his own mind i 3 rank ling with his failure in not having cAnbined another's with his own prejudices, he has, at least, started a presumption, calcu lated to disturb for the moment the triumphant composure of his antagonist. Much in the same way has a morning Contemporary been driven to a miserable expedient. After beating the air for several m aurp o m n eo t hvuesrr armoury fp t with ancienteei e v s e every conceivable andinvective, exploded a weapon d e p a hr p ; drawn j o ra n rdthiege sit,s missiles afterf r o m u a it using gn e every direction against the overnm t, to t sump it with the degrading marks of incompeteennc an immediate , n u:pu 0: t o ) : a e a u r d i: national suicide, it confidently announc e s t li o am be en a t n eall n y, ca i s f e n s o o t dis so l ution that there is generally what is known to be a "lightening before death"--the surest sign of the patient being near his enhear dis the sudden i mpress i on he is under, that his h e e ad alottvhis.: takes s e it delusion into his has h fast take n re o t u u r rn c in o g nte t m o p h o i r in a;y. The He ta sa a state physician can be found to uphold a worn-out cor:stitution by the power o f t h e corn -laws ;Wthatthuet House of Lords will. still find means to prolong life by the continuance of the same st i mu l at i ng regimen in which it has so long indulged, and without which it is fancied existence must immediately close. Such is the tenacity with which he clings to his own opinion, that be astenishea everybody by the strength of his hopes when they can only recognise the elements of devair. The dying monopolist builds his chance of recovery first upon his belief that after I July the Whigs will be strong enough to check the 1 further progress of Sir H. PEEL as Prime Minister, and 1 next upon the assurance he gives us that the Peers wil l reject the Corn-law Bid. We look in vain for any suffi cient grounds for the latter opinion, and, without some specific reasons, we cannot cAtcede the likelihood that the prophecy of a speedy dissolution comes from a quarter better enabled than others to judge of such a contingency. On the contrary, we confess that the vaticinations upon which ho ven tured during the past year do not inspire us with suffi cient confidence to receive implicitly the augury pro mulgated for the future. These are not the times when the House of Lords would willingly repudiate any great measure passed by a powerful majority in the Commons. Th an ey t, tr a i n e d d s: , :h re al l u ig r ed se u t n o de r r ec L oa Lord frni GoßEY';sheGosvheorenk rathat emanated from their inconsiderate policy. Sub sequeatly they refused their consent to several NEWGATE AND Lk.ADENBALL. The supplies of each kind of Neat were moderately extensive, yet the dennuct was steady, at our quotation , . Beef trom 25 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6cl ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 64 ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d.; and Pork, 3s 6cl to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. f..,,c.a.T aIICT . SMITHFIELD —Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 41 8s; Clover ditto, 418 s to 51 16s ; Oat straw, I/ 128 to 11 14s ; Wheat straw, I/ 14s to 1/ 16s per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND. -- Meadow Flay, 31 5s to 41 lOs ; Clover ditto, 4/ Os to 51 15s; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s; Wheat Straw, 1114 s to 11 Its per load. Supply good, and trade rAther dull. WIRITECIIAPEL.—AIeadow Hay, 31 3s to 418 s ; Clover ditto, 4/ 8s to 61; Oat straw, 11 12s to I/ 143 ; Wheat Straw, 1114 s to 1116+ per load. Both flay and straw moved off slowly, at barely late rates. CORN AVERAGES, GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For . the Week ended April 18, 1 , 446, made up from the Returns of tl e Inspebtors in the different Cities and Towns La Englund and Wait s per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BAXLEY.' OAI& RTE. I BEANS. I PAS. PRICE .. 553 lCd 30s 5d 22s 9d 35 3 5d 34s 9d 34s 5d DUTY ~. ,7s Od 8 3 Od 6s Od 9s 6d 8$ 6d 9s Gd ............................—. The remains of the late Sir John Saunders Sebright I one of the oldest baronets in the empire, who expired on the 15th Inst., were removed yesterday forenoon from his temporary resi dence at Turnharn-green, for Interment at Boecliwood, the deceased Baronet's seat in Herts. SUSPECTED MURDER AT MANCHESTEII.—INQUEST.-- The Inquest on view of the body of Daniel Drinkwater, which was adjourned on Tue day se'ennight. was resumed on Tueseay last, when the jury, after a short deliberation, tbund that the deceased was taken out of the 'Rochdale Canal dead, with several marks of violence upon blin, but how those marks were produced, or what was the cause of death, there was no evidence to show. PARLIAMENTARY FURLOUGHS. —Several lletnbt•rs of Parliament have availed themselves of the debate on the corn -laws for the purpose of travelling. One Hon. Gentleman, who has a taste for military adventures, has gone over to India, having left direc tions with his servant that he is to be sent for as soon as there Is the most distant prospect of a division on the third reading. - Punch. T,,e othc••rs .it th.- National Gusrd of Pa.ri, b .ing at the muster on Sunday last, got up Impromptu a dinner, to cele brate the ii , tig's happy escape from assassination. The most loyal toasts and speeches were giveu and received with the greatest en thus mut. - - CHAN CLICk' -(THiS DA Y.) The Lord Chancellor, after disposing of the case in re Vansandor, proceeded to hoar appeal motions. GRAY V. THE LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY. The SOLICIT. R-GENEICAL ooened this case, which came before his 1.-1-thliip upon motion to discharge an order of the Maser of the Rolls, granting an injunction restraining the defendants kiln carrying their railway over certain land belonging to the plaintiff. The case appears likely to occur) , the Court for a day or two. ROLLS' COuR 1%-(THIS DAY.) Lord Langdale was occupi.d during the day hi hearing m, , tions which were of interest only to the parties con cerned. V ICE-CHANi .-(THIS DAY) (Before the VICE f.:HANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) RUSSELL V. SMITH. The arguments in t his motion were resumed and concluded to-day. The plaintiff is Mr. Henry Russell. the celebrated musical composer and singer, and the defendant is Mr. Smith, who has lately 1 ivett a nund•er of concerts, at which he has sung, as ('as allf•ged by the plaintiff in his bill and affidavits, various songs, some 'of which were comp, sed and olters written by the ylaintiff. During the Easter recess an appli cation was made to his Honour on - behalf of the plaintiff for •an injunction to t restrain the defendant from violating, pirating, publicly singing or reciting the words or music of the songs called "Little fools or great ones," "Some love to twain o'er the dark sea foam, "The ship on fire," "1 he dream creveller," f he "T oe sea ki ng ' s b urial, " " The gambler's wile," Man the life-boat," or the oilier songs comprised in an assignment of January 19, 1846, to the plaintiff; from a Mr. Mackay, of Glasgow. When the ap plication was originally made ex parte, his Honour directed notice to be given, which was served at half-past eight o'clock on the Ist of April, in the theatre, a circumstance which induced the defendant to believe it was a hoax, and he did not, therefore, appear, and the injunction was granted; to dissolve which was the object of the present motion. Mr. Stuart and Mr. Chan,less appeared in support of the dissolution ;. and, _ Mr. Bethel! and Mr. G. M. Matthews supported its con tinuance. Mr. Stuart finished by replying to-day; after which, His HONOUR gave judgment, dissolving the injunction; but giving leave to the plaintiff to bring an action against the defendant, if he should be so advised. QUELN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco at liretrninster Hall. ) THE QUEEN AT THE PROSECUTION OF THE DUKE OF BRUNS. WICK V. GREGORY. In this case the traverser was called up for judgment. The affidavits of the traverser in mitigation of punishment were read, as were als'o those of the prosecutor. Mr. COCKBURN, Q.C., said he wished to call the attention of the Court to the affidavits of the traverser. It did appear that unfortunately a very bitter warfare had been going on for some time between th ose part i es; and though he could defend the conduct of the defendant, still he should say that the Duke of Brunswick was by no means blameless in the case. He then read a posting bill which had been circu- Wed, describing the traverser in a manner calculated to hold ldin np to public ridicule and contempt. He then went on to say that the defendant had already suffered a great deal, and had been severely punished ; and had made an ample apology ; since which tims nothing whatever offensive to the prosecutor had appeared in the Satirist, or anything whatever, directly or indirectly, had appeared in allusion to the Luke of Bruns wick. It was true that an aftlavit had been put in, in which the prosecutor had alleged that something had been done to annoy him at the Strand Theatre, at the instigation or hire of the defendant, but he (Mr Cockburn) should say he had never heard of that affidavit until he had heard it read in Court now Lord DENMAN said that if what the affidavit alleged were true, it would look like keeping up the offensive matter. The traverser said that nothing of the sort ever took place. He had the proprietor of the theatre in the Court to prove it. Lord DENMAN said it would be well if defendant's counsel took time to look into the affidavit. Mr. COCKBURN said he would avail himself of that offer. Lord DENMAN said that if the allegation were true it fin - ined the very essence of the offence, and that justice re quited that the affidavit should be 1, oked into. If the a!le g:tt ion were true, the offence must have been conveyed in the hearing if many hundreds of people. Any answering affi davits that should be put in should apply st.lely to what wa.i alleged to have occurred in the Strand Theatre. The case was then adjourned to this day week. THE QUEEN AT THE PRO:;ECUTION OF JAMES LEES AND CO. V. JOHN MINT. This was an application for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be granted against the de fendant. It appeared, from the statement of the Attorney-General, that the plaintiffs were extensive cotton-mill owners, in the town of Oldham, and th e d e f en d ant was a printer liVing in the same town; the plaintiffs had carried on the business of cotton-spinners for about forty years, and had given ontit.ual employment to a large number of men. That defendart bad printed and published a pamphlet in which the plaintiffs were held up to public odium as belonging to a class of emp:oyers, who gave work to their men which regular workmen ought not to do, and that thine who did accept it were designated by the soubriquet of "Nobstick." The consequences of the circulation of this pamphlet were, that the plaintiffs were deprived of many of their workmen and had found it very difficult to carry on their business.—Rule granted. BAIL COURT.—('isillS DAY.) , (Sittings in Banco, b e f ore M r. J ust i ce COLERIDG E.) The Court was occupied during the early part of the morning in disposing of motions, nene of which presented any feature of public interest. The Court afterwards sat at Nisi Prius, but there was no case of sufficient importance to call for a report. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) BOWLIIy V. BELL. Serjegnt CIIANN••Li. moved for a rule for a new trial in this case, which .was tried at the last York Assizes, before Mr. Justice Coleridge. The action arose out of the sale of railway shares. The plaintiff' is a sharebroker at Hull, and the defendant a merchant of Liverpool, both of them mem bers of the Stock Exchange at Hull. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant to sell five shares in the Grimsby and Sheffield Railway. They were in consequence sold to one Richardson. ,The defendant neglected to transfer the shares, and the plaintiff was unable to complete the contract to the purchaser. In consequence of the purclnve not being com pleted, Richardson bought other shares, at a higher price, and in pursuance of a rule of the Stock Exchange, came upon the plaintiff for the eiffefence in price, H hich was paid. Subsequently the plaintiff brought the action for money paid for the defendant's use, and a verdict was obtained for 811.10 s. Previous to the money being paid to Richardson, a letter was written by defendant in which he said, " I caution you not to pay any money on my account." Several points were reserved at the trial on which to move. A rule was moved :for in the Exchequer, and granted ; but it being dis cover2d to be the wrong Court the rule was annulled, and the rule now sought for in the present Court. —Rule nisi granted. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) NEWMAN V. JOHNSTONE. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 13/. Bs. 3d. f or money had and received by the defendant, to and for the use of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was formerly the landlord of the City Arm,,, Mill-wall, Stepney-, and the defendant is an appraiser. The defendant pleaded a set-off itl sp t the th t .l i aaeiwsi, .:liu ;esAii ltffaallifniliailiiilceeeoaetgiutieln, alleged , t 3ea,i foss o f:l t ti ilui l i it, ,n 4 e: / ded . scee t taid)l 2 eiaae s tor . (tt:v: re tained the stun of 23/. to meet any demand for rates, but it etu e erh r f te e ‘ptr, eeitjarhespweepsenaeirsasi.o—nlin)etnlit.inffn) named January Vince, wholast ther e _ defendant. wa s9namedl.ll6 su 'n cleric dteu re t : o wa t hn h o : A pers.n named Gray, who described himself as a process-server, was called to prove an admission. He deposed that he never saw the defendant but when he served the writ, on which occasion defendant said he had had the tre•ney, but had a set-off to a larger amount, and would-defettd the action. On the part of the defendant it was elicited from Hunter, that he was originally employed by the plaintiff, hut has he had not taken out his license, he had called in the defendant to complete the busi ness. Witness had been employed on a previous occasion, and on the present plaintiff said he was so well 'atistied a b i tL i in g es a s ve had him b e e a n n I t;a o n . sa U Cte fo d r , 5 t that l A i e ft w e r ou the ld g w i I N; t e , l l e i i of n i I t t h L e , plaintiff sent witness to receive the balance for him, and he witness stopped the 101. and offered the difference. The He (witness) had commenced an action to recover • defendant never had anything t o do with the money. the lid., anddelenthint had also brought an action for the amount now claimed, as a set-off for negotiating with the th e ro w brer s,ihto Mess Chars. Reid and Co.-the affairs ha v i ng b eea wnncery. Mr. "frioatAs addressed the jury for the defendant, con tendingihat it was not in the least probable that the defendant who had brought au action fur his claim could have admitted that he had received the money, especially after Hunter had ri so positively admitted th a t he had kept the mon e y u p t o t h e present time. The Learned UND ER -S HERIFF , i n summ i ng up, said the jury were bound to take su c h a d m i ss i ons with great caution. never The I w n i a t ( n ie ess ai G iy ra n y ot w e as of in co t n t rhsaitbiiotns. T of serh‘eintiestion: therefore, he r a li s a n d ob n ryt o not ih r me e received i ia v t in e l d d e sttehhHee then eg o t n ae e v i .e * 'which a was, whet her he had imported the words as to the defendant's having received the money into the conversation ? To a certain extent he was confirmed by the set-oif pleaded, but which it had not attempted to be made out, the defendant plea. re I , 3 rh e n v e g a j s o u n r le supported ple a consulted tprincipallyiafte ver dict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. "'''''''.............i.-__ mARLBRAY-SIItELT-( fifteen A nn andF o/P s y i x , t a t, e w n e . l l l , - e d a rrsesos se d a g a e n , d ‘i , ---- 7 -- ----- THIS DAY) i g t i h rl a , ss b a e u tw it e in e g n and seriously injuring Wm. Brtom, police-constable No. . g a ° s °d ch - a l° r t g l e i d ng w 155, of the re ivision, i n th e execution of his duty, and at tempting tocu e a prisoner, charged with uttering coun terfeit m oney, from his custody. • It appeared that between six and seven o'clock last even ing the complainant was on his way to the station-house in Bow street with the priSoner in question, a female, in his charge, when i was assailed n passing along Tottenham-court -road, he by the p r k oner, who clung to him, and used every effort to make him let go of the woman; lie, how ever, retained his bold, and the prisoner then kicked him repeatedly in the lower part of his person. Another con stable coming up at the instant, she was secured. The com plainant has since suffered the roost acute pain, and on his obtaining surgical assistance, it was discovered that he had sustained a most s , rious rupture. Inspector Clements, of the E division, said, that no dmibt the prisOner was an accomplice of the otha. female., Prisoner —Pm sure I'm not. Mr. HARDWICK ••••• Why did you molest the constable ? Pri soner —Because I thought he was ill-treating the woman; he was holding her very roughly. Mr. Ihrinwicx said he should fine the prisoner 51, or two months' imprisonment. The prisoner., on hearing her sentence, began crying , and screaming very violently. 11l h: - _orahim Paeha has left Toulouse, on his way to Paris, where he has been received with every mark of respect and honour. die left 3,000 francs for the poor of that city, and 300 francs to those on the road from Perpignan. There are et preunt forty- two paupers residing in Cartinel district, whose united ages amount to 3,362 years, being an average of 80 years each . The oldest of these venerable paupers is 88 years of age, an d the youngest 75 years old,—Cumberland Pacqu. THE BIRDS IN ST. JANES'S PARK.—This interesting collection, which, through the 111.erality of the Ornithological So ciety, affords daily gratification to many hundreds; is, through the scientific treatment pursued, much .n the b.crea,e the present see eon Amongst other novel species which have already been reared are three cygnets from the black swans of Australia, eight Egyptian gets,,, and two oilmen ducks, whilst several other varieties are now eightsit. tin g of. g ' e t' e li s e e, c ti o 1 1 tieeeentloonfadtueptrse,seoiliite csoliteitictrainasteth, three o sp g e ulls cies , an of 4 s iey wa e n nt tau other individual specilqug water birds.