The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. At a most numerous and influential Meeting of Scriphelders and Mold •re of Bankers' Receipts in the Manchester and Southampton Railway Company, held at the Offices of the Company, 19, (ii eat George-street, Westminster, on Saturday, the 9tb day of May, 1846, and constituted conformably to the sessional orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons, upwards of 44,000 shares having been regis tered and represented thereat, Sir JOHN BARBER MILL, Bart., of Mottisfent Abbey, Hants. Chairman of the Company, in the Chair, a draft of the Bill new before Parliament for incorporating the said Company baying been read, it was resolved, with one dissentient vote representing twenty shares:— On the motion of the Bight Hon. the Earl of WILTON; seconded by Josarn LOBE, Esq., Mayor of Southampton : That this meeting of holders of scrip and of bankers' receipts, re presenting scrip in the proposed Manchester and Southampton Rail way Company, convened and constituted conformably to the sessional orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons, having had submitted to thea a copy of the Bill now before Parliament for incorporating the said company, do approve thereof, and do authorise and request the directors to prosecute the same in the present session, and to in troduce, or submit to the introduction therein of such alteration, mo difieatiens, and additional provisions as they shall deem expedient or conducive to the success of the undertaking and the interests of the Shareholders. On the motion of the Right Hon. Viscount DIINCANNON, M.P. ; seconded by DAVID WADDINGTON, Esq (Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway Company) : That the chairman of this meeting and the solicitors of the Com pany be authorised and requested to affix their respective signatures to the said Bill, and to any certificate of the due holding of this meeting which the forms of Parliament may require. On the motion of J. P. Warriman, Esq., (Chairman of the Man chester and Birmingham Railway Company) seconded by W. MacDowaLL Taarr, Esq., (Cheltenham) : That the thanks of the shareholders are eminently due to the Chairman and Committee of Management of this undertaking, for the seal, ability, and perseverance, with which they have prosecuted it. and which premise to realise its early and complete success. On the motion of Witaaats Jacitaort, Esq. (Chairman of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company): seconded by J. Gamic% Itsq Romney : That the marked and particular thanks of the parties promoting this undertaking be tendered to James Walkinshaw, Esq., the deputy chairman of the managing committee, for the unceasing activity with which he has devoted himself to its prosecution. (Signed) J. B. MILL, Bart. It was also unanimously resolved, on the motion of the Hon. Col. Amon. M.P.. seconded by JOSEPH PAXTON, Esq. (Chatsworth) : That the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to the chairman tie services to-day. (Signed) JAMES WALKINSHAW. I JOHN WHEELER, Sec. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits, 21s. bound, LETTERS OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND. Now FIRST COLLECTED, from the Originals in Royal Archives, and from other authentic sources, private as well as public. Edited, with an Historical Introduction and Notes, By J. 0. HALLIWELL, Esq., F R.S., Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Frleads and we name tbr Well - continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, See., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hail of Commente, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all ntvours, containing instructions, are respectfull y requested to be addressed. _ - Al! Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and Idvices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Mall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame GRIST has the honour to acquaint the Nobility, Sub sartbers, and the Public, thstt her BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 14, When will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, I LO3iBARDI : ALLA PRIMA CROCIA rA. With new scenery, dresses, &c. ; the scenery by Mr. Marshall. tlr:selda, Madame Grist; Sofia, Madame Bellini ; Viclinda, Mdlle. Corbart; Oronte, Signor Mario ; Arvino, Signor Corellt ; Pirre. gig. Botelli ; Acetone, Sig. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig Fornasari. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which will appear Mdlleg. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Lucile Gratin, Moncelet, Casson, De melisse ; MM. St. Leon and M. Perrot. After which (for this occasion only), Cnecco's Opera &Ifni, LA PROVA D'UN OPERA SERIA. Campanonc, Signor Lablache ; Pedrice, Signor Corelli ; Griletto, Signor F. Lablache ; Violante, lladame Bellini; Corilla, Madame Grist. To conclude with the admired Ballet of ONDINE. Ondine, Mdlle. Cerito ; Matte°, M. Perrot ; Giannina, Mdlle. Louise Taglloni. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the. box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors ope❑ at Seven, the Opera to com- j mence at half-past Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, MAT 12, Will be produced (for the first time in this country), Verdi's cele brated Opera, entitled, I LOMBARDI : ALLA PRIMA CROCIATA. Griselda, Madame Grief ; Arvino, Signor Corelli ; Pagano, ignor Fornasarl ; Vicliuda, Mdlle. Corhari ; Pirro, Signor Boleti' ; Oronte, sl,gnor Mario. To conclude with the grand Ballet, by M. Deshayes, re arranged in Three Tableaux, by 31. Perrot, the Music by M. Costa, entitled ALMA; ou, LA FILLS DU FEU. Perephite, M. Perrot ; Balfegor, M. Gosselin ; Emk.zor, M. St. Leon ; Alms, Mdlle. Cerito. In which will be introduced the admired Pas de Fascination (composed by M. Perrot), by Mesdlles. Cerito, De melisse, Moncelet, Cassan, and M. Perrot ; the celebrated Pas de Trois, by Madlie. Carito, M. St. Leon, assisted by 31.4111 e. Demelisse; also, a Pas de Trois, by Madlle. L. Taglionl, supported by 3ldlles. Demelisse and Moncelet (composed by M. Gosselin). A New Grand Ballet is in active preparation, and will shortly be produced. TT-Iv:ATTIE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS RAINFORTH, TEIIS EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arriltelin, Yr. /torrent; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshouf, Mr. Stratton; Arline, Miss Rainforth. ,it the end of the second Act of the Opera, the celebrated Pas de Trois, from the Ballet of IMELDA, by Madlle. Sall, Madame Giubilel, and M. Mathis. After the Opera, a Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, in which the following eminent Artistes will appear :—Madame Thillon, Mrs. k. Newton, Miss Missent, Madame Knispel, Herr I'ischek, Herr Gustav Holzel, &c. Madame Inticken and Mr. Benedict will perform a grand Duet on two Pianofortes ; a Fantasia and Quititette, executed on the Sax-Horns, by the Messieurs Distin ; M. Lavigne will perform a Fantasia on the Oboe; Flute Obligato and 'Variations on " Rule Britannia," by Mr. Richardson ; Solo, Bassoon, Mr. C. Keating. To conclude with the second Act of the original Opera, entitled DON QUIXOTE. Don Quixote, Mr. Weiss ; Sancho Farms, Mr. Strettort ; Camacho, Mr. King; P.ovedos, Mr. S. Jones; Basilitts, Mr. Allen ; Qulteria. 3liss Rainforth. TIIKSTRX ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Mr. Buckstone's original Comedy of MARRIED LIFE. Mr. Coddle, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Dove, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Coddle, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Lynx, Miss J. Bennett ; Mrs. Younghusband, Mrs. Hamby. The Band will perform the Overture, "Edourdo e Christine," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " l'ost Horn Galop," " Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz; the "Chatsworth Quadrilles;" and the " Brunow Polka." To be succeeded by an Original Farce, called THE IRISH TIGER. Sir Charles Lavender, Mr. Howe ; Paddy Ryan, Mr. Hudsbn ; Alderman Marrowfat, Mr. Tilbury ; Bilbury, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Julia, Miss Telbin ; Nancy, Mrs. Caulfield. After which, a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL I•INGS. Mr. Golightiy, Mr. Buckstone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. In which Messrs. Brindal, Tilbury, Buckstone, and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. ♦nother brilliant Triumph ! " Robin Hood and Richard Cceur de Lion" every Evening; and (by express desire) " The Cricket on the Hearth." THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THR HEARTH. In which Mrs. Keeley, Miss Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Vining, and Mr. Keeley will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St riling 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 Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will be performed a popular Comedy, entitled EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY ; or, Who's to Father Me ? Sam Swipes, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Swipes, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Miss Melrose, Miss Chaplin , Lady Cranberry, Miss Harding. Alter which a new and Original Farce, called, WHO DID IT ? or, WHAT'S IN THE WIND ? Vandyke Brown, Mr. W right ; Ramona Peewit, Miss Woolgar. To be (allowed by the Burlesque, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Peal Bedford, Mr. Munyard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, Hiss Harding. Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. LADY BLESSINTOTOIN NEW NOVEL, MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CHAMBRE, NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, In 3 vols. post 13vo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakapeare's Tragedy of KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready; Earl of Kent, Mr. Cooper; Edgar, Mr. Wallack ; Regan, Mrs. Tertian ; Cordelia, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The principal characters supported by Messrs. Cooper, Wallack, Leigh Murray; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, &c. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priacess Alice. Uninterrupted career of success of Mr. Leman de's popular Asiatic Spectacle of " The Arab and his Steed," which is nightly hailed with the most enthusiastic applause. THIS EVENING Win be perfOrmed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB ARD HIS DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Introducing the double stud, &c. drNew and popular Scenes of t h e Hippodrome—additional talent— at appearances—tratned steeds. Pint Week of a "Novel Grotesque BALLET. In which the prin cipal Pa of the Est a bli shment will appear. Box-oflice open trout eleven till live o'clock. —Doors at six Val commence at seven o'clock. DA.VIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY MilitantT>iEATsE, success of the new Play of " Blanca." First ap p earance o f Miss Brentnall, from the Theatre Royal, Rath. Now ready, in 2 vole., with Illustrations, 210. bound, VISCOUNT FIELDING, and CAPTAIN KENNEDY'S TRAVELS in ALGERIA and TUNIS, in 1845. " Captain Kennedy and Lord Fielding, appear to have visited every place of note in Northern Africa ; and the gallant author gives a most graphic and picturesque account of their adventures, including those among the wild Arabs and Bedouins of the Desert. We feel special pleasure in recommending this interesting and entertaining work as one which throws much light onthe customs and condition of a brave but unfortnnatepeople, and affords much valuable information as to all that is remarkable in tbecountry they inhabit."—Hood's Magazine. Merry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. .11 ik sr---h! '5,-):::_ _ • :141 , 6 : .'".... 4,ti,,.. , A , •,:i7 , - ' ' 7,At- THIS EVENING Three mil be performed a New Play, entitled, BIANCA ; or , on The Trials. Characters by Messrs . Hu g he s , Maynard , Johns, Cowell, Hestop, Edgar ; 3fesdms. H. Vining, Martin, Daly, &c. Lewis , After which, GYMNASTIC EXERCISES by Herr Deulin and Herr Nicola, as Les Deux Chi uns. To be followed by a New Ballet, called LA STATUE BLANCHE. Le Tonneau Roulant ; or, Running Tub, by Herr Nicolo. To conclude with CLAEI, THE MAID OF MILAN. Curl, Miss Brentnall. NEW STRAND THEATRE. ENTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. "La gaiete est la sante de Fame, La tristesse en est Is poison." TIS EVENING M. PIffILLIPPE begs leave to announce that, in consequence of the Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER E.N TER TAINMENTS, they will be repeated every Wednesday and Sa turday Morning. and every Evening until further notice. M. PIIILLIPPE will commence the Entertainment by Lighting Two Hundred and Fifty Wax Candles by a single Pistol Shot! This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by Mona. Philltppe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. Philippe will also have the honour of introducing HIS GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Trans /W=olons. TM Entertainments will be varied by the Dancing of the CHIARINI FAMILY, and the Olympic Gambols of the AME "MAN BROTHERS. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Byer:tins at a quarter to Eight. Stag, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery. 6, - 1. ; Private Boxes, I/. Is., and 10q. - Under the Patronace of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAItDEN. MONDAY, MAY 11. VIEW of 'NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESITYLUS, DESTRUC TION of HE RCULA.NEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented seale of grandeur, this picture being more than twice the se of the former, and will represent as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Deatruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii tee—ix place; produced Imelda the direction cf Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES 1203 been constructed, which will be brilliantly illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. 00:1- frey. The Band is most complete in all Its departments, and includes marry eminent native and foreign musicians. This PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the Most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of ?Nelms in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet ix height, on to the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him and bear him to his chrystal home. An Illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, splen didly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchlees collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at five; the Pelicans, Ste., at half-past euneert at six ; and the Eruption at dust. .lion, Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Kerning .. 45 minute, after 1. I Evening .. 3 minutes after 2. Just published. price Is. 6d.. flow TO SPEAK AND WRITE FRENCH CORRECTLY. By D. M. AIRD, author of " The Student's self-Instructing French Grammar," the Fourth Edition of which has Just appeared, price Is. id. "We have never seen elementary works better worth their names."—Atlas. " French teachers whe have the interest of their pupils at heart would do well to consult this admirable little guide."—Mirror of Literature. London: Slynpkin, Marshall, and Co. N EW CLUB.—The number of original Members of the BRITISH and FOREIGN CLUB being new nearly completed, it is requested that all who desire to be included in that number, and avail themselves of the privilege of being admitted at the rate of subscription fixed for them, will make their applications on or before the 15th of MAT, previous to the opening. Lists of the Committee and Members, and full particulars, may be obtained at the British and Foreign Institute, 13, George-street, Hanover-square. LO ND ON AND YORK RAILWAY. AM AT GAMATION WITH THE DIRECT NORTHERN. In accordance with the Circular already issued to the Shareholders who have signed the Deeds, the Directors take this means of giving notice to those parties who have become Shai eholders since the date of the Deeds, that on the transmission of their Scrip to the offices of the Company, in a letter in the form subjoined, such Scrip will be endorsed and become negotiable on the basis of the AMAL GAMATION with the DIRECT NORTHERN. By order, J. R. MOWATT, Secretary. Offices, 7, Lothbnry, London, May $, 1846. ORM OF LETTER TO BE ADDRESSED TO J. R. MOWATT, ESQ., SECRETARY OF THE LONDON AND YORK RAIL WAY COMPANY, 7, LOTHEURY. LONDON. May, 1846. Sts,--I bold* and I now inclose. - . London and York Shares of 501., Extension Shares of 251. ; the Scrip for which I APPROVE of the AMALGAMATION of the LONDON and YORK and the DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANIES, as publicly announced under the signature of the Chairman of the Board of each Company, under data of sth of May, instant. Name and Address of the Shareholder. t Mars.—Copies of this form may be bad at the offices, 7, Lothbury. * Insert the Number. L ONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. The Directors of the London and York Railway beg leave to an nounce that the London and York Bill will go into Committee in the House of Lords on Wednesday, the 13th Instant. Terms of amalga mation having been arranged with the Direct Northern Company, the Parliamentary contest will be reduced to a comparison between a new independent line on the one hand, and an Eastern Counties and Midland line (twenty-three miles longer than the London and York) on the other, and under such circumstances little doubt can be entertained that the contest will he short, and their Lordships' de cision speedily given in favour of an independent London and York line. The arrangements with the Direct Northern will be satisfactory to the London and York shareholders, as augmenting the resources of the Company without any further calls, whilst the reduction of the nominal amount of the original London and York shares from 501. to 25/. will not diminish their market value, the deposit already paid being upon such 25/. shares equal to 101. per cent. The Directors consider it their duty to warn the Shareholders against the practices of the Sise-lane Committee, resorted to for the purpose of misleading them and serving the Eastern Counties' interests. The Directors believe the Sise-lane Committee to he nothing snore than a mere instrument in the hands of the Eastern Counties' Com pany. Mr. La'Mert, the Chairman, Is known to have been a large holler of Eastern Counties' shares. At a meeting of the Eastern Counties Company, reported in the " Railway Times" of the 30th August, 1845, Mr. La'Mert stated that " he held 1,000 shares in the Eastern Counties Railway as well as Mr. Scott," who proposed that Mr. Hudson, M.P., should be chair man of the Eastern Counties Company. At another meeting of that Company, reported In the " Railway Record" and other papers of the Bth February, 1845, Mr. La'M ert is stated to have spoken of the London and York as their " common enemy," and added, " he thought they should be in a better position to do that (viz., give remuneration to the:Eastern Counties' Directors) when they had sent the London and York Line to the Devil." Whether Mr. La'Mert has become the chairman of the Sise-lane Committee in order to accomplish this benevolent mission, or trout a real anxiety for the Interests of the London and York Shareholders, must be matter of inference. But the Directors would observe that the very fact he alleges of his becoming the holder of 2,000 London and York shares in November last, when coupled with the further fact that he never executed the London and York deed (which was signed in December), leads to the suspicion that his object was rather to use the shares to embarrass than to help the London and York project. It is also remarkable that In November and December last a series of abusive letters appeared, addressed to the London anti York Share holders, signed " One of Yourselves," which letters were evidently intended to create dissatisfaction with the London and York Board, and to sow disunion anion; the Shareholders, in order to prevent par ties from sioding the London and York deed. Within the last week another letter of the same character Las appeared in the papers with the same signature and manifestly , from the same parties. It is possible, under the specious language adopted by the Com mittee, that many Shareholders may have answered their circulars from the mistaken idea that the Committee was honestly seeking the good of the London and York Shareholders. But, instead of attend ing to their interests, the influence of the Committee has not only been used to press upon your Directors the acceptance of unreason able proposals from the Eastern Counties, but also in an unsuccessful attempt to induce the Direct Northern Board to abstain from amal gamation by representing the London and York Company as up , in the eve of dissolution : though these efforts have been unsuccessful, they fully disclose the wishes of the parties. The letters from the London and - York shareholder., received by the Sise-lane Committee, were made use of in order to convince the Direct Northern Board that the London and York Railway was en tirely- in the power of that Committee, and would certainly be broken up by them. A letter was received on the 6th instant by the Directors from Mr. La'3fert, requesting them to call a meeting of the London and York shareholders, with a view to the dissolution of the Company. The Directors now observe, by advertisement in the public papers, dated the 7th May, only the day following, that the Sise-lane Com mittee have taken upon themselves to " arrange terms of amalga mation with the Eastern Counties Company" by which any London and York Shareholder sending to Sise-lane his scrip is promised, that if " the Extension Line to York of the Eastern Counties Company Ye sanctioned by Parliament in the present or next session," he shall ri ceive one Eastern Counties York Extension share of 151. for a London and York 501. share, or for two London and York 251. Extension shares, and is further promised that each such 151. share shall, when so issued, be credited with 105. deposit. If proof were wanting of the combination between the Eastern Counties Company and the Sise-lane Committee, this advertisement amply supplies it. e The Directors can only express their surprise at the effrontery of the Sise-lane Committee in attempting to impose upon the Share holders a stock now selling below the price of the London and York shares, and which would therefore be much more profitably obtained on the Stock Exchange than through the medium of the Size-lane Committee. The Directors must also express their extreme regret that the Eastern Counties Board should lend itself to so unworthy a mode of attack, instead of meeting the case before the proper tribunal, and proving, If they can, the superiority of their scheme. The Directors, however, feel that it is the very want of substantive merits on the part of the Eastern Counties schemes which induces them to resort to so unusual a mode of warfare ; and the London and York Shareholders will not fail to infer the superior value of their own scheme from the incessant and unscrupulous attempts of the Eastern Counties Company to destroy it. The pretence, however, Is too apparent to deceive, and the Direc tors rely upon the support of their Shareholders in the arrangements with the Direct Northern, confident in the hope that within a few weeks an independent trunk line from London to York will be sanc tioned under an Act of the Legislature. Early notice will be given for a general meeting of the London and York Shareholders, pursnant to the resolutions of Parliament, when their opinion will be taken by vote, and the Bill will be submitted for their approval ; and in the meanwhile the Directors request that the scrip may be forwarded to the offices of the Company in the manner explained in a separate advertisement, accompanied by an expression of their wishes. By order, J. R. MOWATT, Secretary. Company's Oftices, '7, Lothbury, London, Bth May, 1846. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 10. MERMOMETZB, Lowest, 50; Highest. 70; Noon, 70. BAROMETER, 29.90.-WIND, W.N.W. MAY 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45; Highest, 70; Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 30.13.—W1ND S.W.; fine. iv itt b-, tux' \.:, L ONDON. MONDAY, MAY 11, 1846. froTmhetha:ctionanitLesdfrsotmateMs z r o o p a rought by th e l ast packet and leave scarcely a n y hope thalterpyeaale alarming n Icianng ca, ra e l n te e e r :, maintained between the t wo repu bli cs. Ever sincoethe accession of PAREDES to the Presidency no, secret what ever has been made by the Mexican . Government of its and unprincipled hostility Americans,totuhoeinplcdoccupation itsooon ofofindignationTexas, a a nd t the deceitful of importance and so its wish to recover a territory o f suc h long united to Mexico. For these reasons the President refused to receive Mr. SLIDDELL, the American Minister E xtraordinary, sent to complete the settlem ent of the Texan question , as we ll as to enter upon negotiati ons respecting California, or some other province that had attracted the cupidity of these friends of peace, liberty, .and justice. PAREDES had enough of pub lic spirit to reject such a negotiator. SLID DELL, of cot Erse, was obliged to return to Wash ington without having been allowed even to open his dispatches or show his credentials, and this is regarded as a grievous insult to the majesty of the great republic. The American President must, as a matter of course, view this contemptuous treatment of his Ambassador as a serious offence, to be expiated only by some new concession, some strip of territory that lies convenient for annexation to Texas, or some portion. of California, er perhaps the port of Vera Cruz, as it security that, the Mexicans will know better for the future how to conduct themselves to wards Mr. SLIDDELL or General GREEN, now plottii ig at Mexico, or any other great General that , may be appointed as representative of PoLK. Preparations have evidently been made for some display of the _kind. The American army sent to protect Texas ;had been ordered to advance to the Rio del Norte; the Mexicans were, of course, compelled to take the sat as course, and the consequence is that these two hostile forces are arranged against each other on the opposite banks of the river, and the slightest accident se Oficiisot to cause a collision. Povsibly thu THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ETENING, MAY ll, 1846.11 Mexicans might have the advantage should a battle ensue, but they have not the means, we fear, to maintain their ground. They unfortunately, too, are divided among themselves. There are Ame rican agents at the capital for the very purpose of sow ing divisions and creating anarchy in the Government. They have no fleet, they are sadly deficient in the ma nagement of state affairs, and altogether Mexico at pre sent appears totally incapable of defending herself against a fifth-rate power. On the other hand, the Arne- Jicans are of one mind—at all events they will act as a people of one mind ; the army on the Rio del Norte will be speedily increased, plenty of emigrants from other states will be found to offer themselves as volunteers, on the security that they are to be remune rated by large grants of land in Texas, and not a few, too, may join their ranks under the conviction that in a few years the Americans may encamp under the very walls of Mexico itself. The American fleet is powerful and active, and could, if left at full liberty to carry on its operations, bombard or occupy every seaport of Mexico, for even the ports in the Pacific are open to the attacks of the ships cruising at present in that quarter, and in a very few weeks every vessel belonging to Mexico, whether armed or engaged in trade, would be cap tured, or shut up in some creek. Mexico—for the fact cannot be disputed—is totally unable to cope with her powerful and encroaching antagonist. When the last i accounts left Washington, it was understood that the President would forthwith send a message to Congress complaining of the insult offered to Mr. SLIDDELL, the hostile spirit displayed by PARESES in his last proclamation, his abuse of the Americans, and especially of those who consummated the annexa tion of Texas, and the general tone of hostility displayed by the Mexican Government ever since the new Presi dent was elected almost by acclamation. The Congress, no doubt, would willingly recommend the most active and warlike measures, provided POLE. could have induced England and France to concur with him in his beautiful theory of non-interference, but against that these two powers have expressed themselves in the most decided language, and they will not suffer Mexico, though weak and helpless, and divided against itself, to be devoured by her unprincipled and avaricious neigh bour. We must wait for more precise intelligence from those parts in order to form any conclusive opinion, but as far as can be judged from a concurrence of circum stances, war between the two countries is certain, and Mexico can be saved only by the interference of European powers. We insert elsewhere a letter from Mr. WILLIAM LE MARCHANT in reference to the article contained in The Sun of Saturday, respecting the Channel Islands. Mr. LE MARCHANT impeaches the accuracy of our statement on two grounds. He says, "it is there as serted that the most valuable prerogative of the Crown, that of mercy, is practically abolished ;" and his answer is, _that the sentence of a man named NICOLLE had, within the last six weeks, been commuted from death to trans portation for life. Such may have been the case, and our statement be true and correct in every particular. That statement in substance was —" That no appeal lay from the decision of the Court in criminal cases, that the majority decided as to the guilt and its punish ment; no matter how erroneous it might be in point of law, there was no power of revision ; that no power existed in the island to stay the execution; none to mitigate the punishement ; and we drew the natural consequence of such a state of facts by adding—thus the most valuable prerogative of the Crown, that of mercy, is practically a')olished." If be read further, he would see that we said " True it is, the Quitzx in Council may pardon or lessen the punishment." Does our correspondent venture a denial of any one of the statements? Does he show to what tribunal the appeal lies, or in what manner the sentence, if erroneous, can be revised? or does he refer to the authority existing in the island by which the execution can be stayed or the punishment mitigated? No, he well knows that he cannot do so with truth, and he therefore attempts to infer that we have stated what was not the fact by showing that a sentence has re cently been commuted from death to banishment. Does he not know that the exception proves the rule, that a total silence is better than a bad defence? Our argument was against the extraordinary accumulation of powers vested in the Court. Does he attempt to show that the sentence might not have been carried into execution, without time having been afforded to the criminal to apply for an extension of mercy? Far from it. On the contrary, by his silence be prac tically admits the truth of those statements, which he has not ventured to contradict. The second ground on which Mr. LE MARCHANT im pugns our statement is, that we say, " that no record of any of the proceedings of the Court is kept; or, if kept, it is net open to public in spection." We added, " All they condescend to announce in any case, civil or criminal, is the con clusion they have arrived at, the sentence they have pronounced." In answer to this, Mr. LE MARCHANT says—" That a full record is kept of every proceeding, and that these records are open to public inspection, at least as much as those of any court in England." We shall merely say that our informant is a gentle man of the highest character and respectability, and that we place the most implicit confidence in the truth of his assertion, and it will require something more than . the uncorroborated statement of Mr. LE MARCHANT to shake oar faith in his cre dibility ; the result of the Commission just appointed will satisfy the public as to which is the most trust worthy. We again re -assert on that authority the truth and accuracy of the statements we have made. Having thus disposed of the points on which a contradiction has been attempted, let us see what remains untouched. Has anything been said of the mode of election of the jurats, the corrupt influences brought to bear during such election, of the limited number of the electors, and the total want of any qualification on the part of the newly-elected jurat, of his prejudice in favour of his friends and in opposition to his enemies; that there is no legal education of any kind—no knowledge of the law necessary for this expounder and administrator of the law? What answer is given to the extraordinary accumulation of powers, executive, legislative, and judi cial? What to the magisterial capacity, the acting as a police-court, and the secret investigation, we should rather say inquisition, which takes place previous to the public criminal trial? What to the assumed right of making ordinances, by which laws may be enacted and taxation imposed without reference to any other body whatever? No, the champion is silent on each and every one of these points. " Save me from my friends," is an old and true adage, and the Royal Court of Guernsey may justly deprecate the continued advocacy on their behalf of Mr. WILLIAM H. LE MARCHANT. Seldom, if ever, has an announcement been made in The Sun of such incalculable importance, or one which augurs such beneficent consequences both to*the present and to all after generations, as the one which we have at length the happiness of making.—This evening the Ministerial Bill for the total abolition of the Corn-laws will be submitted to the House of Commons for a third reading.—ln the estimation of too many sceptics, a pre diction to this effect uttered only three years previous to its actual fulfilment, would have been scouted as the very insanity of hopefulness. Nevertheless, as expe rience has repeatedly shown, principles originally re garded as chimerical, and ruinous, and revolutionary, are ultimately sanctioned by the unanimous voice of the Legislature. Never was this extraordinary fact more glaringly attested than upon the present occasion ; never did its demonstration give promises more glorious of in creased happiness, and security, and tranquillity to the entire human family. What so many popular advocates have striven for, earnestly, manfully, and perseveringly, during so many years of disparagement, and contumely, and discomfiture, is now rapidly drawing to its realisation. The convic tions which the eloquent associates of the League have been so long fructifying in the popular mind, amidst a torrent of mingled ridicule and vituperation, have re ceived the acquiescence of the representatives in a British Parliament. The spontaneouslabours of COBDEN, and VILLIERs, and BRIGHT have been eminently vic torious, while the counter-labours of their antagonists have been eminently futile, for, in all human likeli hood, before the termination of this very week the obnoxious enactments which have hitherto restricted the importation of foreign provisions, whether grain or ca t tle, will h ave rece i ved their final condemnation froman overwhelming majority of the Commons. Of this occur rence there is now no vestige of scepticism ; the accepta tion of a free-trade poli c y b y Government is as certain as it was once considered impossible. And yet, with that invariable quiescence which is the accompaniment of a knowledge of assured conquest, the public contents itself with a noiseless though an earnest sense of satis faction ; it entertains one general sentiment of gladness at the boon, but that boon is already so certainly its own that any violent jubilation at its possession becomes su trfaeenlqinugillitiys, Re some rea l cmpaeanrkflniuonotgu su perfluous. Natural, alboookve au h np o no l o s n . u e v n e co r eu , mr , eansot withoutwtihiis in astonishment. The most sanguine worshipper of free trade could not possibly have anticipated a triumph so wonderfully facile, nor one so marvellously rapid, as that which is just reaching its conclusion in the Lower House. Although the frivolous and intolerable postpone. ments, which have solely originated in the obstinacy of the Protectionists, have retarded this great measure in a man ner absolutely unconscionable, those who remember—and whose memory is so unretentive as to be incapable of the reminiscence ?—the incessant and almost contemp tuous rejection of the motion of the Honourable CHARLES PELEcem VILLIERS session after session, cannot but feel a considerable amount of amazement when they couple that recollection with the progress which principles tallying in every particular with those inculcated in that motion of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton have at this moment made in Parliament. As we have already observed, the acceptation of those principles is now so perfectly secure that any ovation or any conspi cuous complacency on that very account becomes an unnecessary exhibition of enthusiasm. We are reduced to the happy necessity of quietly subsiding into a con templation of the consequences likely to result from so thorough an alteration in the commercial system. Bearing in, recollection, however, the influence which the majority on the Corn and Customs' Bill will un doubtedly have upon the House ofPeers, on its being for warded thither for their sanction, it becomes not altogether uninteresting to notice the proportion which that ma jority will bear in its relation to the aggregate number of representatives. It would be almost frivolous to anti cipate a division this evening, because of the habitual propriety observable under similar circumstances among our legislators. Something indicative of deliberation in the settlement of a question of so much importance is but naturally to be expected in every national assembly, if only in deference to the extent of their responsibility, the comprehensiveness of the proposed change, and the abstract welfare of the empire. Some such evidence of caution is indeed for these reasons almost requisite. Hence we may naturally look fur one adjournment of the debate, though we earnestly pray that such an adjournment may meet with no repetition. Nothing, we conceive, is necessary to prove that no actual necessity exists, as far as argument is con cerned, for further procrastination. The whole debate has so manifestly dwindled away in energy and bulk, and illustration. Protectionists and Free-traders, Conser vatives and Liberals, Mmisterialists and Opposition, have severally elucidated or obscured the matter under dis cussion, and have absolutely exhausted the vocabulary of their different opinions —a more indubitable sign pf which could not possibly have presented itself than the so-called debate of Friday evening, which, under the appearance of being devoted to the corn ques tion, was composed principally of the most irre levant personalities. A small, an insignificantly small, amplification of the tcedium vita, in listening to thrice-repeated platitudes from the gentleman seated behind the front row of the Ministerial benches, is now all that is expected from the supporters of this gigantic measure, so as to terminate for ever those " impolitic and unjust" restrictions which have ground down the multitude for the emolument of a paltry faction of mo nopolists. This additional annoyance—but one which however irksome in itself is as nothing in comparison with the abrogation which it will ensure—this additional annoyance, we repeat it, is all that is now expected by the people from those legislators who have already battled for the general interest on so many previous occasions. It is a sacred duty, incum bent upon those lion. Members inalvidually : nothing except of ,the most extraordinary importance should be regarded by them as having superior claims upon their attendance. By enrolling their names in the majority catalogue, they will moreover be inscribing them in letters of light upon one amongst the brightest pages in our national records— they will be associating themselves with an epoch and an achievement the remembrance of which can never fade. Personal ambition, but above all, the good of their country, of mankind, and of posterity, call upon each of those Members to deliver in his vote upon the final reading of this glorious Bill. The division list will be the third and the most momentous blow ever struck at an infamous and pernicious monopoly; let the increase of the majority infuse into that blow an additional and irresistible energy! The state of affairs in the Austrian dominions appear to be anything but satisfactory to the Government. From a Bo hemian correspondent of the Swabian Mercury, whose letter is dated April 26, we learn that the disturbances in Austrian Galicia had produced a great agitation among the popula-. tion of Bohemia, who were beginning to suffer from want of food. "A slight cause," says this writer, " would be sail dent to induce the peasants to rise against the nobles." . Letters from Constantinople of the 22d ult. announce the arrival in that city of Vice-Admiral Sir W. PaRKEn. He had gone as far as Gallipoli in the Hibernia, of 120 guns, from whence he proceeded to Constantinople in the Virago steamer. The greatest attention has been paid to him by the SULTAN and his Ministers. In consequence of the mediation of the Russian Minister the differences be tween the Greek Patriarch and the Porte Lad been arranged. In Austrian Galicia the people are suffering from the want of food, and a letter from Lemberg, of the 30th ult., published in the Augsburgh Gazette, states that many of the peasants refuse to perform the duties they are bound to perform to their landlords, and declare that the land ought to be equally divided among all the inhabitants. The Go vernment both in Galicia and Bohemia were endeavouring, to the utmost of their power, by providing food, to alleviate the sufferings of the people. Madrid papers to •,the 3d have been received. In the Gazette of the 2d we find the °facial announcement of the execution of Sous and eleven (not fifteen, as at first stated) of his companions, followed by a decree, ordering that the lives of the other prisoners should be spared. The; Gazette of the 3d contains a royal ordon nance, abrogating the ordonnance of the 18th March, relative to the offences of the public press. MM. BERROGIX, YEW, EscutasTs, and SAGASTI, who had been arrested in Madrid at the commencement of the Galician insurrection, were liberated on the Ist of May. It was supposed that the Government would suppress the provincial battalions. A letter from Vallado lid, of the 20th, says : " The sergeants .of a company of the regiment of infantry of Zamora were brought before a court-martial in this city on a charge of haw, ing taken part in the rebellion of Galicia, under General Irian te. The accused, in their defence, said, that they had pasiively obeyed the orders of their chief, and that not kno wing General Iriarte personally, they imagined with the other insurgents that he was legally invested with the functions of Captain -General. The court martial, considering that title facts did not involve capital punishment, and disregardi rig the requisitory of the judge advocate, who called for IQ years' transportation to the Pre sidios, merely condemned t'ae sergeants to four years' trans portation. The Captain-Greneral, to whom this sentence was submitted, refused to ratifj, it, ou the ground that it was in violation of the law, and ordered that not only the president and the judges, but also the judge-advocate—for not having demanded capital punishrmint—should be suspended from their functions, and imprisoned until the decision of the Queen should be known o■ the subject. Another court-martial was summoned, and this also declared that the ofence was not punishable with death, and had given a sentence of ten years' transportation to the Presodias; the members of the court and the assessor have been suspended from their functions and shut up in a fortreiis." We have reclived the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. On Friday the fin3t article of the Central Railway Bill, au thorising the constriction oaf tbte section between Chaleauroux and Limoges, was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 232 to 6. The Gray and St. Dicier Railway Bill, as amended by the Committee, was adopted, and it was ordered that, if within six months no company should offer to m idertake the construction of the road the Government sbouli i commence the works forthwith. Among the addresses of congratulation received by the Km' on Friday was one fro et the Lord Provost, magistrates, and Town Council of Ediubut gh. The Epoqut says that Duke t h, nb „. perfectly astunlalaed at the cool ness and intelligence exhibited by LECOMM in answering his interrogatories, the Chao ,cellor has been heard to say of him, "He has an intelligent head, with a heart of iron." The compliment has not bees t thrown away on Lncomm, who declares that if Duke Resc 'UIEB should be removed by death, he can never be replaced. Happy Duke PASQUIER, thus to possess at the sime time a .e confidence of the KING and the regicide, and to be able to I 'eciprocate compliments with both. On Friday, the colours I taken from the Buenos Ayrean troops in the engagement of the Obligado were presented to the KING by the Minister• 3f Marine. On Thursday, according to the Courtier Francais, an ex press was sent off by the 3 linister of Foreign Affairs to the French Ambassador in L o radon, with copies of dispatches from Admiral LAINE anc L other documents relating to the affairs of La Plata, which ere to be communicated by Count DE ST. Aucazaz to the 1 3ritish Cabinet. The success of the attempt to bring the Indian overland mail to England, via Tri€ ate, has had the effect of putting the French authorities on . the qui vive, and the Journal des Debats has an article sho raving the necessity of reforming the whole of the Leval at service, so as to facilitate the communication 1 Jetween Alexandria and Mar seilles, and also of abolishing, or, at all events, materially an aeliorating the present vexatious system of quarantine. For years past scientific and commer cial men have been urn ing the necessity of these reforms As long as France thou ght she possessed a monopoly these suggestions remained unattended to. Now the vexations will probably be remo ved, and for their removal we shall, have to thank the 3 zrao.h•-abu.ed principle of competition, which brings Govern ment s as well as individuals to reason. The Three per Cents i. eIOZ :x1 on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 83f. 95c. ; the Five per .•.:!ents, 120 f. 20c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, 1,0 nor. ; B sure. 7 57 f. 50 c. ; Great Northern, 7651.; Avignon, 920 f. ; Vierzn a, 6701.; Bordeaux, 6251. • Boulogne, The following 3LtasEtraas, MAT 5. 506 f. 9, . --e. ; Troyes Dieppe, 450 ; Paris , 5 aito;trasbui g, 5151. ; Tours and Nantes, 5361. 25c. ; Paris and 1 mai Mont ereau, 4031 . 75c. ; Bas'e, ' 2171. .50c. ; -Yens, 5 s 7f. 50c ~ - Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 56% ; Spanish Domestic Deb t , 314. L yons and A vignon I letait Ives, 527 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette are the qr totations in railway shares .-- Definitives, 511 f. 25c. Northern, 767 f. 5 0c.- Pal 1.4 and Lyons, s72 f. 50e * I , YONS, MAY 7.- I mar s ill es ! and Avignon, 936 f. 25c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,262 f. 504. ; Vier go) - 1, 6861. 25c.; Northern, 7731'. 75e. -.7ldarseilles and Avignon, 927 f. 50c.: BUSINESS DONz IN ( ; FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON ST t)C IC EXCHANGE, MAT 9. Central of Spain, 1%- Da tchlthenish, 614-East Indian, %- Great Western Canape, 4_ -1 amaica South Midland Junction, 2- Luxembourg, Iyi - Namur ant 1 Liege, 4 -Orleans and Bor-deaux, 10 1 - Pada aud Lyons cum itt* ited, 7% -rubs and Stratibourg Om iltititted, 5%, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was quiet, ! ;-,ut a fair business was done. The sales were 5,000 to 6,000 pales, including 1,000 bales for exportation. Shares were dull. In mercantile and trading circles a considerable degree of interest is felt and expressed as to the result of the motion to be brought forward this evening for the third reading of the Corn Bill. Most earnestly is it hoped and expected that the majority in its favour will be so numerically influential that the Upper House will see that a real and determined opposition must be futile. The commercial interests are to a man anxious to have so important a matter settled promptly. Ample means are there for the employment or capital in fresh enterprises were the main points of the policy of the Premier conceded, i.e., the passing et the Corn Bill. A stimulus would by a such a most wished and de sired advent be given to trade generally, and in some re spects lost time in the spring trade recovered. There are not any later accounts from the British Colonies of importance. We regret to state that more than one firm has been an nounced to have been placed in difficulties this morning. It is not prudent to refer more particularly to the subject at the present moment, as in all probability some arrangement for the benefit of all parties may be accomplished. It is a fact worth noticing, that within one week, wheat at Mark- lane has fallen 6s. per quarter. Consols for the Account have been very firm at 967 to day, but for Money the price has ruled from 96 to 96 1 ,&, a few sales having just been made. Exchequer-bills have been quoted at 23s and at 275. premium, Bank Stock at 285%, and India Bonds at 325. premium. Russian Stock has gone back this morning from 110 1 ,( to 109%. Spanish Consols are at 24%, the Three per Cents. at 37, the Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 96, Mexican at 32 1 ,x, Grenada One per Cents. at 22% and Mexican at 32%. Railway Shares are rather looking up this morning. The transactions are to a moderate extent, and chiefly for money. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. • • • • .. • • 205% 206 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 953{ % 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% % 96% New Thiee-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 97%% 97% India Stock .. . Ditto, under 1,0001... .. 32 p Consols for Account 96%% Exchequer Bills. 1% d. 136 d. 1,0001. .... 24 27 23 26 pin. 26 5001. . • .... 24 27 23 26 pin. 26 Ditto. Small 24 27 23 26 pm. 26 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Grenada, 1 per Cent .. 22% 22% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 8 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 32% 32% Ditto, Dererred 15% Russian Bends .. 110% 109% 109% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24% 24% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. % Ditte, Three per Cent .. • . .. 37 -- Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 96 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% Ditto, for the Account .. 59% Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 92% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. 3/ p 96% 96 59% 594 92 Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% .... 11 1 ( .......... Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. .. 126 .. Ditto New (issod at 734 dis.) 1734 ... 31% Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% 3........ Bristol and Exeter .. 75 86 . Buckinghamshire 425. .... %%% p• • 'laledonian .. 10 .... 12% lEt to, Extension .... 2 .. • ... Chester and Holyhead .. 2234 .... 22% Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2%.... % Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .... .. • Direct Nor tnern 2% .... 2 1% ... . •. Dublin and Galway .. 4 .... 234 .......... Eastern Counties •. .. 141. 165... 14 23% 2436 .. Ditto New .. 8/. 168..... Do_ I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. I. 6/. 13s. 4d. - .......... Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. - .......... Ditto, York Extension .. 2........ Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .. • 77 .. • ....... Ditto 34 Shares .. . 1234 .... 1834 Doncast., and -lieffield, &c. 425..... 30 % p..... Great Eastern and Western 234 - Gt. Grimsby, Louth, Horn. ,&c... 425. - .......... Great North of England . ..100 .... 217 ...... 217 Great Western .. 85" ..,.151 .. 151 Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 884 884 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 17% 1834 .... 17% Ditto, Fifths .. • • .. 20 35 .......... Harwich & Eastern Count. Janet. 2 _ _ 2 .......... Hull and Selby .. .. • • .. 50 .... 102% .... Ditto, Half ,hares .. • • • • 7 .... 27% .. • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle .. 40 .... 5734 Leicester and Bedford .. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. Liverp., blanch., & Newc. Janet. 234 .... 234 %. • ...... London an Birmingham . • .100 - ••••• • • • • • Ditto Thirds .. • . 24 .... • • •• • • Diao Fifths .. 2 .... 26 ••••• • .• • - London and Black wall .. 161. 13s. 4d. ...... Ditto, New , . .. • • 234.... 334 •• • .... • • London and Brighton 50 .... 66 6534 .. London and Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9d. 22% London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 London and youth-Western.. 41L Os. 10d. 80 78 Ditto, New . . • .• 1734 - • • - London- and York .. • . 234 .... 2 %•••• • • • • London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 2% .. • • - .......... 1 34 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .. 127 .. 127 Ditto Extension .. 425. 336 p.. • • • • 3% p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 8134 81 • 81 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .... 8% 9 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 428. .. • • 134% % p.... p Manchester and Southampton 2 .... 2% 2,.. .. 2 -100 ....154 Ditto, New Newcastle and Darlington Janet: 25 .... 45 ..... 45 Ditto, New I .... 1014 .......... 10 4 Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 26 .... •• • • 25 Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% .... 1N 2 2 North British .. 2234 .. 29% 30 29% Ditto, Half Shares .. 854 .... 113 4 . 1134 Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 134.. 2x634..,...,, 2% North Devon .. 2 .... North Kent and Direct Dover .. 234 .... IN North Staffordshire .. • . 428. •• • • 4 36 % % • Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptn. 1234 - Perin and Inveniess .. 2)4 . - . Preston and Wyre .. • • •• 25 - ......... 31% Scot,ish Central .......10 .... - •••• .. • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 .... 334 3ti ...... Shropshire Union .. 425..... dis.. % dis. Shrewsbury and Hereford 2%.... 1-% Shrewsbury, Wolverhi mpton, and South Staffordshire Junction .. 234 ....... 33 4 South Midland 425. .... 1 21% 234 p 234 p South and Midlands Junction .. 425..... I % dis 134 dis South Eastern and Dovor •• • 33% • • 40% 4 Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. I. 16 - .... •• • • 2054 Do.. New (do. 33/. 6s. Bd.) No. 2. 10 .... - • • Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 18 ........ • • 18 De., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234.... 34 ....... •.. 334 Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's 2 .... 234 % ...... • • 2% Waterfd., Wexfd., Wick., & Dub. 1% % % Wexford, Waterford, & Valeatia 1% - West Riding Union •• • • • .. 425. .... 334 p.. ••• • • • 334 P West Cornwall .. _ 2 - .......... Wisbeach and St. Ives .. .. • • 2 _ 1%• 1% Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mou th 5 4 4 Worcestr., Herefd., Ross, & Giou. 425. -......... 1 34 dis York and Carlisle .. . 2N 1N . • . 1% York and North Midland .. 50 - ••• • • Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 .... 11%4 . •• •• • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 12 .... 12 ..... Datch Rhenish .. .. .. 5 .. • • 6% ...... • • East Indian . ss. .. • • .. .. • . Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4 .. . Luxembourg Namur and Liege .. 6 .... ... •••.. • . Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... Paris and Rouen .. .. 20 .... 404 .......... Sambre and Mouse t . .. 8 .......... MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. li P 12% 24% P P P 18% N P 102% 27% 57% Idle 2% 227 26 7% 3% 65% 22% 114 4% 1, !2 7% 40% LLOYD'S SHI PPING.-(T HIS DAY. LONDON, MAY 11.—Wind this day at noon, S.W., light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAT 9. Wind E.S.E. ; 10th, S.W., fresh.—Acrd..—Arrd. 10th, John Brewer, Brown, Bombay ; Benjamin Green, Dyet, St. Kitt's ; City of Rochester, Cuba ; Bohemia, New York ; Frankly n , Cum ming, Batavia and Cape of Good Hope; Standard, 31`31ullan, New Orleans; Glovanna„Maria, Pernambuco, and aid. for Hamburgh. Sid. Orwell, Quebec. Arrd. Ystroom, Detering, Batavia, and sld. for Amsterdam. Arrd. from the River, Enterprise, Webb, Ascension ; Arabian, Robertson, Halifax; Rapid, Scotland, Beyrout ; Horatio, Cork and Quebec. Arrd. from the River, and aid. 9th, Halifax packet, Smith, Launceston ; Carshalton Park Carter, Honduras ; St. Ann's, Richard, New York ; 10th, Post Boy, Madeira. LIVERPOOL, MAT 10.—Wind W., moderate.—Arrd. 9th, Munro, Munro, Sydney, New Southffales, sailed Nov. 12 ; St. Vincent, Shep herd, St. Vincent ; MathewlPearce, White, LlOuayra ; Olinda, Thomp son, Galveston • Cincinnatti, Peacock, B a l t i more ; New York, Cropper, New York, sailed 18th ult. 10th, Alveston, Clark, Singa pore ; Duchess of Argyle, Phillips, Calcutta and Trinidad ; Ellerslie. Pagan, Lisa; Rosa, Rio de la Ilache; Tamerlane, M'Leary, New Orleans ; ymmetry, M'Connell, Mobile. Hope;h, Ilindoo, Drake, Calcutta ; Douglas, Srnerdon, Cape of Good Merchant, Luke, Rio Janeiro; Lancashire Witch, Sutherland, Jamaica; William Murray, Grebow, Vera Cruz; Zante, Kearney, Tampico; Levant, Foulk, Philadelphia. PORTSMOUTH, MAT O.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W.—Sid. Wellington, Chadwick, New York ; Robert Small, Scott, Madras and Calcutta. Arrd. 10, Rosalind, Gate, Cuba. Off, 9, Sans Parelle, Adelaide. Cowes, MAT;lo.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Herman, Scheel, Sandwich Islands ; Boreas, Block, Jaquemel ; Cora, Young, New Bedford. OFF PORTLAND, MAT 8.--Chi mera, Hagball, Surinam. BRISTOL, MAT 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Growler, Newfound land. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) kinds ; and 'from Scotland 250 Scots. The numbers of Sheep were by no means extensive ; while the Mutton trade was arm, and pre vious rates were well supported. From the Isle of Wight 300 Lambs I came to hand ; whil e th e L am b trade was steady, at our quotations. I In Calves and Pigs, the supplies of which were rather limited, ex ceedingly little business was transacted. Per Sibs. to sir.k the offal. a. d. s. d Inferior Beasts .. • 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto. 2 10 3 4 Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 8 Prime small ditto Suckling Calves lB 0 99 0 Inferior Sheep .. s. d to s. d Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Southdown Vet era 410 5 0 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs .. 3 6 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 5 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 Lambs ••• • . 6 4 6 4 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 2,538 I 22,010 I 93 NZWGATE AND LEADENUALL. I Pigs. 290 The arrivals of slaughtered meat for our markets during the past week have been moderate, the time of year considered, and of full average quality. Although the supplies slaughtered in the metro polis have been tolerably extensive, the general demand this morn ing was steady, and previous rates were well supported. About 100 carcases of foreign Beasts, and 200 foreign Sheep, have been dis posed of, at fair quotations. At per 'stone, by the Carcase. I. IL to s. a. s. d. to s. d. Beef, Inferior-- 2 4 2 6 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8 -- middling ••• • 2 6 2 8 , middling.. 310 4 0 - prime large .. 210 3 2 prime .... 4 2 4 4 - prime small •• 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ 3 4 4 4 Vea1........ • • .... 4 0 5 0- small 4 6 5 0 Lamb. Is 4d to 6s 4d. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pits 32 400 350 40 510 400 co 100 100 30 60 120 20 80 160 30 100 30 40 60 70 SO 80 90 60 120 Scotland ........ Lincolnshire .................... Cambridgeshire ................ Essex ......... ............., Devonshire ... . Wiltshire ..... ....... •••• • • • . 20 80 40 50 Other parts ........... .. Total .............. 402 1,580 250 1,540 Previous week's arrival ...... 410 2,100 300 1,750 Difference since our last •. • . 8 520 50 BOROUGH AND SPITA.LPIELDS. On the whole the recel its of Potatoes at the water-side during the past week have been but moderate. The finest parcels have moved off steadily at rather more money, but all other kinds have hung heavily on band. BOROUGH HOP MAREET. The finest parcels of new Hops are in somewhat improved request, at rather more money. In all other kinds, however, next to nothing is passing. 210 WOOL. The past week's imports of foreign and colonial Wools have amounted to about 1,800 bales. In the private contract market the demand for all descriptions of Wecl, owing chiefly to the approach ing public sales, is heavy at barely late rates. TALLOW. There is no alteration in this market since our last. Yellow Candle of fine quality, on the spot, is firm, at 42s 6d ; and for the autumn, in bond. 413 3d to 41s 6d ; Town Tallow 41s, net cash. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) GROUP IV. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the schemes comprised in tit's group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr. B. W. Hope in the chair. PERTH AND INVERNESS. Mr. HILL appeared this morning to open a case for a landholder, who was opposed to the line, and who charged the promoters with fraud and willfully deluding the public and the Committee, but his opening address was interrupted by The CHAMMAN, who thought it was better to postpone these charges until the case for the promoters of the scheme had been brought to a close. After some discussion, this course was adopted, and the land holder's case postponed accordingly. _ _ _ . The engineering evidence of the - Perth and Inverness was then re sumed. Mr. Alfred Jee, the engineer in chief of the Sheffield end Manchcs ter line, was the first witness called this morning. The summit ot the Sheffield and Manchester line was 967 feet above the surface ot the sea The gradients were consequently as severe, itnot more severe, than those on the line under conslieration. Tho cost of locomotive power on the Sheffield and Manchester line was 6d. per mile, and ti r cost of rwfintenance of way, locomotives, carriages, &c., 2s. 6a. per nide more. Mr. Mitchell's estimate for working this line, namely, 3,0001. a year, was, in his opinion, more than sufficient for the traffic likely to come upon it. On cross-examination, the witness admitted that he had never been over the line, and formed his judgment from papers which had been put into his hands between eleven and twelve o'clock that morning. He assumed that the locomotive power in the case of this line would be ls. per mile. He estimated the cost of a locomotive line on his own line at about 1,0'.'0/. a year. This closed the engineering evidence. The room was then cleared, and the Committee, after a short con sultation, determined that they would consider the case as between the Great North of Scotland and the Perth and Inverness roads In the first instance upon the engineering merits. GROUP VII. This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock; present Mr. Palmer (chairman), and the other Members. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (STRATH• ERN DEVIATION BRANCH). The Committee having heard some further evidence, decided that the preamble of this Bill was proved. GROUP VIII. THE Ennirsunan, LEITH AND GRANTON EXTENSION. The Committee on this group resumed their sittings at twelve o'clock to-day, in Room 34, Mr. Hawes, chairman. Mr. Grainger was cross•examited as to the line crossing several streets at Leith, to the great injury of the public, inasmuch as it would have the effect of closing those streets altogether. The public opposed this interference with the thoroughfare. The Committee said that they considered it unnecessary to hear more evidence, and without clearing the root': they declared the preamble not proved. Mr. WIIATELEY was then heard as to the branches. He opposed the atmospheric line, on the grounds that the promoters had not got the sanction of the Admiralty to cross the harbour of Leith. Mr. Hopz would admit that consent had not been obtained, but he could inform his Learned Friend that the line could be constructed without crossing the pier, that part being a very subordinate one or their scheme. Mr. IVHATELEY resumed. lie opposed the atmospheric line as un. called for, because unnecessary to the convenience of the public. GROUP XXXV The Committee met to-day, at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 25; present, Mr. G. Bankes, chairman ; Sir A. L. Hay, Sir R. 11. W. Bulkeley, Sir T. Winnington, and Mr. W. Bruges. The case of the East Coast Union was to have been brought on at :he sitting of the Committee, but it was deferred in consequence of the absence of some of the witnesses. 'I he Committee then took the AMBERGATE,• NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON. The preamble of the Bill was proved on Thursday last. The clauses were then gone through seriatim, and after various amendments in detail, several were ordered to stand part of the Bill, the further consideration of a few having been postponed, by consent of the promoters aed the other parties to a proposed Amalgamation with another Company. With these exceptions and a few amend ments, the clauses were all agreed to. GROUP XLIII. The Committee to whom the Bills in this group are referred met this morning at twelve o'clock ; Mr. B. Denison, chairman. SOMERSETSNIEE MIDLAND. The cross-examination of Mr. Gregory, engineer, on the part of the opposition, was resumed this morning with reference to the diffi culty of working the line with such gradients as proposed. GROUP XLIV. The Committee on this group commenced their week's labour at twelve o'clock this day, in Room 25 (New Houses of Parliament), when Lord Palmerston took the Chair, the same Members being pre sent as on Friday. ravzsepoom, MANCHESTER, AND NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION. LANCASHIRE AND NORTH YORKSHIRE, YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION. YORIC AND CARLISLE. Mr. TALBOT applied to the Committee to postpone the above four Bills, or rather the above two Bills, for by the atrukamation of the first with the second, and of the third with the fourth, they are reduced to that number. The parties had to arrange some matters between themselves, and they could not go through the clauses with out having them settled. The fact was that for some distance be tween Leyburn and Hawes, the Yorkshire and Glasgow, and the Liverpool and Newcastle lines coincided, and it was necessary that some arrangement as to that part of the line should be made. He appeared for both parties. The Committee agreed to allow the cases to stand over. Sir JOHN BAILIE, who appeared as counsel for two petitioners against the Bill—Mis s 31. A . Pi erce and Mr. Henry Paul Beresford, applied to have the Yorkshire and Glasgow, and York and Carlisle lines postponed for a week. . .... The CosimirrEz said, ~ that having adjourned the Bills, they could hardly be said to be before them. The application must be made ou Friday. Another application was made by Mr. Wyvell, a petitioner against the line, but this was also postponed. Mr. Cockburn not being present, the case of Mr. Pulling also stood over. The Committee then called on the case of the PLEZTWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAV.) The Judicill Committee of the Privy Council mat in tha Com..cii Chamber, Whitehall, for the first time sine the The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, the Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, Sir Edward Ryan, Sir E. H. East, and Sir Alexander Johnstone. Their Lordships were occupied fir> whole morning with the arguments in an appeal from Madras. HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Petra in attendance were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. THE EARL OF MANSFIELD V. SIR W. D. STEWART....STEWART V. TEE SAME. These cases came before their Lordships on Tuesday last, upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Session. The short facts connected with the case may be thus stated :-- The appellant, the Earl of Mansfield, bought, in the year 1842, from Sir W. D. Stewart, the est ate of Logrealmond,for the sum of 203,000/., b u t some dou b ts afterwards occurring whether, accordin g t o th e t erms o f an anc i ent family en tail, the powers of Sir W. D. Stewart over the estate extended to the right to sell it, a suit was instituted in the Court of Session for the purpose of obtaining their decision on the point. The appellant in the second appeal was one of the line of entail. The Court of Session gave judgment in favour of the power of sale, and from that decision the present ap peal was brought. The arguments were resumed this morning, and appe likely to occupy the whole day. BANKRUPTCY. -(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) NOVEL QUESTION UNDER THE NAN/ERUPT LAW. An affidavit was tendered to the Learned UOIHMISSiOnfro on which to found a fiat of bankruptcy against J. Paine* architect and surve\ or. The fiat was sought to be issued et the instance of Mr. Payne, who gained the golden medal for th best design for the .New Royal Exchange, and was also connected with several railroads. lie had previously IV plied as an insolvent, but his petition was discharged. The Learned COMMISSIONER asked on what grounds the act of bankruptcy was tounded? The SOLICITOR said the party had bought copper, eln" ployed engravers, had the plates eng rave d, an d enemas& published them for his own profit. This he deemed to be * trading. The COMMISSIONER—What were the works published? The SOLICITOR—There was a design of the New Royal Exchange, and also a map of the parish, &c., &c. The ConsussioNEß—Surely he had a right to publish A design which was the work of his own imagination, and which he could not have displayed without drawing or en• graving, and yet not be liable as a bankrupt. The SOUCITOR—But lie bought the paper, and sold it at a profit. The COMMISSIONER —Yes ;in displaying a work of imagi nation, you might as well say that an author would be liable for selling the work of his own imagination. The SOLICITOR said, that in publishing the maps, the per son was evidently selling for profit. The COMMISSIONER said that he did not think that it was a working up of paper or copper as materials. The SOLICITOR said that the selling for profit could be maintained by the having sent out agents to solicit orders, and then selling the maps. The COMMISSIONER—StiII he was only selling the design. The SoLicrrou—That design was on a survey of the 'parish which he had been enaged to make. The CosistrssicasEtt—That makes no difference. The SOLICITOR—But he became a printer by employing printers to print the work. The Commi,SloNEß—All that was necessary; he could not sell hie design without paper and printers, and that is the very reason he is not subject to the bankruptcy laws. The SOLICITOR—But this is his own petition. The COMMISSIONER —That makes no difference. Mr Commissioner EVANS, who was called in to adviser expressed his opinion that no trading was proved in this case, but the acts of the petitioner were as free as an author, al l being works of imagination--(meaning the designs—query surveys). CRIMINAL COURI.-(THIS DAY•) OLD . COURT These sessioes, the seventh of the present Mayoralty were commenced to-day, before the Lord Mayor, the Re corder, and Aldermen Si r Ch apman Marshall, Mr. Hughes Hughes, the Sheriffs, &c. From the calendar it appears that thereare no less than 251 prisoners tor trial, and the following may be taken as a summary statement of the offences wit which the prison ers stan d c h arged :—Murder, 3 ; unnatural crimes, 2 ; manslaughter, 2 ; rape, 1 ; sheep-stealing, . 1 ; demanding money with m enaces , 1 ; burglary, " forgery and uttering forged instruments, 1 ; bezzelment by clerks and servants, 15 ; curtilage breaking and larcency, 1; cutting and wounding with intent, 12; unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin, 11 ,i unlawful possession an d utter i ng, 2; house breaking as`' larceny, 4; highway robbery with violence, 1; receiving stolen goods, 9 ; robbery, 7 ; larceny in a dwelling-house, 7; larceny from the perso n , 24 ; l arceny by servants, 3 9 rob; beries on the river Thames, 4 ; robbery in ports of entry su s !: discharge, 2; assaults w ith i n t ent to v i olate, 2; unlawm ' assault, 1; misdemeanours of divers descriptions, 13; lar cenies, grand and petite, 80. The committals are:—ls°, ‘ , ll , don, 41 ; Middlesex, 151 ; E ssex, 4 , K ent, 12; Surrey, 's -b' Total, 251. The grand jury having been sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to then ! ' It was not his intention to address them at any length, b e : cause, upon a careful pe rusa l o f t h e d epos i tions he found tils` they contained matters of fact, which it was purely the prtr . wince of the grand ju r y to deal with them according to la', He lamented to o b serve t h e num b er of prisoners fbr trial which the calendar presented, upwards of 250. That nut" her could not but be considered large when it was remem bered that the Central Criminal Court had been relieved of vast number of minor cases at Hick's Hall. He regretted to see that offencesagainst the p erson o f an aggravated charen ter were on the increase; there was in the calendar no lass than twenty cases of cutting and wounding, with intent t 4, murder or do some grievous bodily harm. There were three cases of murder, one for rape, seven cases of robbery with violence, and two cases of manslaughter. With regard to the charges of murder, one alone was like'," to be submitted to the consideration of the gran , " jury, because the other two persons charged with that offence whose names appeared in the calendar had been in" dieted in a former session, and true bills found against tbel by previous grand juries. The other case of murder was one in which the mother was charged with the death of her children by drowning ; he adverted to the case not from any doubt that by the act of the mother the children met thel s, death, but because som e d ou b t m i g h t arise from the act of ,° the mother as to wheth er or not h er m i nd was impaired. Im question of the sanity or i nsan i ty of the party was o ° o the grand jury co u ld not d i spose of: if they were clearly of o p in i on t h at death had been cause d by the act of th e mother, it was their d u ty t o put the 1 , v ia 7 15 in a course o f t r i a l, by finding a true bill aga i nst her. m was sorry to see that the offence of larceny from the person was on the i ncrease, there were no less than twenty-1,.°„,e - cases of that description in the present calendar. Judicious severity of punishment had apparently been Is : able to rest ra i n effectually this species of offen ce. which was ge nera ll y committed by thieves by Pr " ms fession. There were several charges in the calendar of u," lawfully uttering counter f e i t coin, and also uttering it fel°. niously ; and for the latter offence the parties were liable._ _t ° transportation or long impriso nment, according to the die' ere:ion of the Court. There was also a case in the calendar et a horrible description, on which the charge rested upon the evidence of two servants in the establishment of a gen' tleman. That charge related to an offence of which they were stated to be eye-witnesses. With respect to that he would oily say, that if, upon considerstion of the evidence , they were convinced that the case would succeed, or We ll likely to succeed be;'ere a jury, it was their duty to put it in a course for trial ; but if they were convinced that thei a Nils: not enough in the evidence to convict the party, then they would spare th e C ourt t h e d i sgusting details. Among to o e cases of cutting and woun di ng, h e was sorry to say the r e were souse of a most sh oc ki ng c h aracter, and ifa. tressing to contemplate. F or t h e sma ll est prov ag e cation resort was now had to such weapons spades, knives, and other weapons, instead of the more manly method that was formerly adopted. He was sorry to see Ors change in the state of society. Whether the lenity of t°' Legislature had caused this it was not for them to inqullY o but it was distressing t o see petty i n j uries resented in murderous a spirit, and by suc h murderous weapons. The Learned Judge, after remarkin g upon t h e i ncrease of larc eny committed by servants, remitt e d th e grand jury to the pa. formance of their duty. The Court then proceeded to swear in the petit jury. SHIM WSBUR Y and BIRMINGHA° RAIL WAY.—(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the proprietors of this 00 51 _1; papy was held, at one o ' c l oc k thi s d ay, i n the LoncionTaverhe for the purpose of g i v i ng th e i r sanct i on or otherwise to Bill now before Parli amen t t o construct a railway from 13 ir. mingham to Shrewsbury, with branches. Then- was a very numerous attendance of scripholders• W. 0. Gore, Eq., M.P., Chairman of the Company, Pr e ' sided. i n The C accordance nA ss x with texplainedhe sessional t that t ordersth emeeting ef iarl i h a a m d efn b t e l e i n n c io a vr l ia r eir; to ascertain their opinions as to the propriety e dm h me, o whicrt hscl, the Company or going on with the a l p r p a r d o_ e b . at s i c T on he o r f e t c h o e u h l i d o b u e se n o . : . success of the project if e I l n e do d e —n to se estimate railwayP doubt o l o r um e b a mt % on b fs e been and stamped o f the ultimate with o arr t c h eoost e fiehnnept per tsieovne,retdhe directors the line, the large mineral traffic one-thirdan d wit with theof theß iiii,lrlilpbtn:rshociinricH, d and r up f l o e r r ai whichla ( C tt oh h refs e r e eri r :aw i n da g sfb ) rea l etmn a p n d therefore, he repeated, that It 0 has no hesitation in characterising this scheme as decidedly one of the best in England. The directors had entered ink arrangements with the London and Bi rm i n i g ohbes h ewe a l Ildwo in uafl s C odr a ao nabuavt capitall authorised aooh C trnee t: sts m ievdhd p eeee a rt nnao n ebymßel considerable mention nsnit i ti t tr h iyon e nego e that xte t ; extent whiPcatihecl : f ini o : r xnrai (1 8:de : : :: :: passingeWa ie ' Nv n e p rl oo l n a f Wolverhampton, o ß a s less than 33,113 registered holders of scrip were in favour °f going before Parliament. Having thus - brie g fl h y am sta ß te gi d: objects of the meeting, he would leave it to them to decide whether they should proceed, or dissolv3 the Company. re . T he question h av i ng been put, it was unanimously Pro solved th at the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway P ceed to Parliament. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman and directeorei; The CII AIRMAN again rose, and after returning thank,, e r , the part of his colleagues and himself for the confidea r c e v o i s . posed in them, repeated that if this measure passed the Le no lature—and he entertained no doubt that it would—he bad hesitation in saying it would be one of the first in Eng__ 0.. The meeting (one of the most unanimous we have eve' tended) then broke up. or THE ASSASSINATION IN DRURY•LANE.—DEA ,g ;,, a t e BtEwirr.—This morning, soon a f ter one o ' clock, the nefo" - li e ct mau Blewitt expired, in the King's College Hospital, from th e trio of the injuries caused by the shot tired at him in Drury-lane,. "- n i evening of Satorday thrtnight, by the lad Graham, who' — Saturday remanded at Bow-street until next Wednesday. WO , ( told Lady Alice Pee! received Lord Bro u g,. en Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and a distinguished party at dinne r, .e, Saturday, at the Gallant Colonel's house, in Park-place, St. JaZico. THE LATE ATTEMPT ON THE KING OF THE F", - Fon . —Tiv , preliminary examinations relative to the late ettemPt a ', ter taintleau are nearly terminated, and should no new incident in z o vene, it is probable that the matter will be brought about . 34 °Y the before the Cerninission of the Court of Peers, which is to fulfil e functions of Chambre d'Acc usat i on. It is said ' that the fl rat cella Went, M. Frank Carre, h ad b een des i gnated by the Cit09 0n. .., to draw up the repo r t i n th e name of the examining Colcont'sl Galignani. ciOd' A UANDIDATE FOR THE MINISTRY. —Lately a - r pole in on.: of our northern counties applied to a magistratee2rthe license to preach. The worthy magistr a te, obs e rving nothing ID outer man that entitled hint to the office, addressing him, you read or write ?" Clodpole—" Nuth er , pl aze y o ur honour. - „led. lo gists ate— " Well, but my good fellow, h ow w ill y ou preach t' Cl pole (scratching his head)—" Mother reads, and me 'splains." Tho magistrate refused to gratify the ambition 0. aspirant, who went away loudly disappointed. Be COLONIAL Bietionnics.—Tiirce new epiaqopal arc forthwith to be created in our colonies ; one in our Chinese sessions at Bong-liong, the bishop to tek called the lotabop et Victv"' and twa in Australia. RIDING JUNCTION, Mr. Henry Smith, the agent of the North Lancashire Steam Navi gation Company, and a merchant at Fleetwood, gave general evi dence as to the advantages to the commerce of Fleetwood which would be derived from the proposed line. He gave, as the result of his experience, both as agent to the above-named company and as a merchant, that Fleetwood was the beet port for communication with Ireland, being by far more preferable to Liverpool for many reasons. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. BaENDT, who appeared for Mr. Shaw and several other petitioners against the Bill. The object of the Learned Counsel's cross-examination was to show that the East Lancashire Railway, the Bill for which had been passed during last session, and which was now in course of construction, was a superior line to that before the Committee. Mr. SMITH, who appeared (with Mr. Sergeant Bellasis and Mr. Talbot) on the part of the Fleetwood and Preston line, objected to the setting up of such a case. There was no doubt that a petitioner could set up a case that there existed, or was proposed, a line which would afford better communication than that before the Committee, if he did so on his own account, but another company could not make a tool of a petitioner and set up a case through him. He wished, therefore, to call a witness to prove that this v. as not a bona fide opposition on the part of the petitioner, but on the part of the y E : ast h: Lancashire Railway Company. He then called said that Mr. CunhdeYh' . d th b e ee s : l i i n ci s t t o ru r theetotedby 34 E:8. Shaw t hL.awnctoasohpirpeoseCotnihispaL An, companythat wad pay all the expenses incurred in opposing the he (Mr. Shaw) should agreement had been made between M r. S haw and the that all expenses incurred in opposing the Bill on the general line, on the particular question as to the injury to his property, but ques tion of its superiority or inferiority to the East Lancashire line, should be paid by the company. Mr. SMITH (the counsel) submitted that a rival company having passed its Bill, could not oppose any Bill, unless the line interfered with their property, and that they could not do that Indirectly, which they could not do directly, CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY. During last week the arrivals of Wheat of home produce for our market were on a full average scale, and of somewhat improved quality. Of English Oats the receipts were tolerably extensive ; but those of all other articles of grain, coastwise, were limited. From Scotland very few Oats came to hand ; but from Ireland, upwards of 16,000 quarters came to hand. The imports of Foreign Wheat and Flour were moderately extensive. Fresh up the arrivals of Wheat from our own coasts were not to say large 4 yet the number of sam ples on offer was good, owing to which, the continuance of fine wea ther for the growing wheats, and the comparatively thin attendance of buyers, the demand for that article was unusually heavy, at a declit e in the quotations obtained on Monday last of from five to six shillings per quarter, and a large quantity re mained unsold at the close of business. The advices which have reached us to-day from various parts of the country are tolerably favourable as respects the appearance of the wheats. The show of free foreign Wheat was by no means large, yet the sale for it was very depressed, and, to effect sales, the holders were compelled to give way in their demands fully 4s per quarter. In Corn under lock so little was doing that the currencies were almost nominal. The quantity of Barley on offer was small, yet the inquiry for it was heavy, at barely, but nothing quotable beneath, last week's prices. The transactions in Malt were wholly confined to retail parcels, at previous currencies. With Oats we were better su pplied than fo r some time past ; hence the Oat trade was dull, at an abatement in F value of 15 per quarter. Roth Bea ns an d P eas , th e supplie s _ of w were small, moved off slowly, at lat e ra t es . The sale forlour was dull, at a decline of from Is to 3s per 2801bs. In Seeds no transac tions were reported. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malty—Chevalier —64 s 65s Red, New .. .. 455 to 60s Oats — Yorks hire and RA3IBGATE, MAY 9.-(From a Corre s p on d ent ) .-The Lincolnsh., Feed. 24s 27s beautiful steam-vessel the Queen of the French hits sjeunstgebresenapmiaoened Ditto,White, Old.. 48s 64s Potatoe .• • 26s 281 here by theouth-Eastern and Continental Company, to run between Norfolk and Lin- Yougharand Cork, Ramsgate an d Ostend. This day she made heropra.Asssakgeewt:t,itch.i,.,ps.oitrtigl coin, Red..... 4.5 s 57s Black ....• .. 23e 241 Ditto, White .. . ••• • 50s 60a Cork, White . 245 26s w in h f o o m u r were ers Mr. Cu nn in g h am three - qua t o a rs n , d b ra t' i m n g i i i y n , g 3l 2 a 6 j Irish, Red •••• • • • • --s —8 Scotch, Feed..... 275 28s two carriages. A few dais sin, e this vessel made the qui kest Ditto, White ••• • • • —s s *Z2 transit ever known, having performed the vovage from hence to 34s 38s Beans—Tick 34s •• • • 358 ""' Ostend in four hours and nine minutes only. flu to the branch of the opened to Ramo ate , the ' Rye—Old .. ass 40s Pigeons as pass .e, engers htie,i3.cotrnotanotth fs South-Eastern Railway has been Barley—Grinding..... 28s 314 Pease—Grey......... 3 ., !s Maple •••••• • • • •• " 2 ' s ideation with Belgium has increased daily, Malting . • ..... .. 34s 35s that country in little more than seven hours after leaving London; White ..• •• •• —38 s Chevalier ——• • • • 365 —5 added to which embarkation and landing can take place at the pier Boilers ••••• • • • . 40s 44s Malt—Suffolk and Nor here at all times without the necessity of having boats. - folk ............ egs 631 Flour—Town-made ... 46s 53s Yesterday morning a sermon, Suffolk .. .. on behalf of the Hoe- Brown ... .... • . Ns 60s pital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, was preached Kingston and Ware 89s 60s Stocktn & Norfolk 40s 41s 425t0443 at the parish Church of St. Luke's, Chelsea, by the Rev. FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. .............. 445 475 Robert Montgomery, A.III. The text selected by the Wheat—Dantzic to lease • • Hamburgh .. ..... 483 50s .. 28 30 i Reverend Advocate was from Proverbs xxii , V. 2, " The Barley ....... .. .. 20s 2is Flour — Ame ric an ... s Baltic ••• •• •• " " —.4 --1 rich and the poor meet together, but the Lord . is the maker 22s 24. Oats--New • • • • • • • • • • • Feed •••••• • • • • • • les 20s of them all." In the course of ,a very eloquent addre,s, it STWITEFZELD. During the past week the imports of live stock into Lond on I rmo , was stated, a mong other statistical facts deaths from co nsumpt i on in the United Kingdom aline the annual been large, they having amounted to nearly 400 head of Beasts, ! amounted to 36,000. The last bills of mortaility for London and 350 ditto Sheep, chiefly from Holland. To-day we had on sale 300 Beasts, and 200 Sheep from Germany and Holland, together with , showed a frightful increase of pulmonary consumption. 40 from Prussia, which latter, the quality of which was good, were The Rev. Gentleman having concluded a very eloquent appeal shipped at Rotterdam. The demand for the foreign stock 'to the feelings of the benevolent, the collection was made, was tolerably steady ; yet, though offered at last Monday's quotations, the whole did not find purchasers. From our which amounted to the handsome sum of 80.. 95., exclusive grazing districts the arrival. of Beasts fresh up were tho. of the accession of several valuable subscribers. derately extensive ; yet, as the attendance of buyers was somewhat ! REPRESENTATION OF Oxronn.-h is currently re numerous, the Beef trade was ste a dy, at fully, but at nothing quot- netted Vast there is every probability that the Conservative Member able beyond, Friday's p r i ces . The d roves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Es- for this city, Donald Maclean, Esq., will, in the course of a few days, sex, and Cambridgeshire, comprised 1,500 Scots, Hoznebreds, and accept the Chiltern Hundreds. We have not heard any reason as- Shorthorns; from the Western and Midland districts, 400 Herefords, signed for the lion. Member's resignation, nor do we vouch fur the itlllllll, DaY7l9, &C. ; from otter parts of Eniiiim% 400 of vartoul accuracy ce the report.- Ce4hret Jimilfa• The Committee held that they had nothing to do with the manner in which the money with which a petitioner paid his expenses was raised. It was the same thing to them whether he paid himself or borrowed it from a frieud, or received it from a railway company. The opposition on the ground of the sufficiency of the East Lanca shire line must be admitted. NEW WORK BY DR. CROLY. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vc ls., or U A R S , T 0 N; THE SOLDIER AND S TATE SM AN. By the Rev. G. CROLY, LL.D. Author of " Salathiel," Br.o. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.