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This Ifobnity, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that *a EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 7, When will be performed (for the first time this Season), Rossini's Opera, entitled, LA GAZZ.k LADRA. ; Lucia, Madame Bellini; Pippo, Madlle. r3r ine bius ta, 7" Gionetto, Signor Mario ; Fodesta, Signor Labla c h e ; Isaac, Si g nor Dia Fiori; Fabrizi Vingradito, Signor A. ; gunan do Villabello, Signor Fornasari. with a Selection from a favourite OPERA. In whi c h M a d ame C as t e llon, Madlle. Sanchioli, and Mollie. Corbari will appear. Also, various Entertainments in the BALLET Department. In which will appear Mdlles. Cerito, Louise Tagllont, Lucile Grahn ; MM. St. Leon, Gosselin, Di Mattis, 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.. HER MAJESTY' TO-MORROW EVENING,S SATURDAY, MAY 2, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled, DON PASQUALE. Norma, Madame Grisi ; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fomasari ; Ernesto, Signor Mario ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. Between the Acts of the Opera, the Dryad° Scene Prom the ad mired Ballet of EOLLNE ; on, LA DRYADE. Eollne, Lucile Grahn. To conclude with the revived Ballet Divertissernatt, by M. Perrot, entitled, LE DELIRE D'UN PEINTRE. Stephen°, M. Perrot ; Blanche d'Oviedo, Ma.dlle. L. Grahn ; Mar garet:4 Mdme. Copere. In which will be introduced a New Pas de Trois, by Madlks. L. Taglioni, Demelisse, and Moncelet (composed by it Gosselin); Castilliana Bolero, by Madlle. L. Grahn and M. Perrot. TIiZATRE THIS ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. EVENING WM be performed a jevrOpera, entitled THE. CRUSADERS. The principal charaoters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Rorrani, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. Rim Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which will be produced a New and Original Ballet, entitled IMELDA. The Duke, Mons. Adrien ; Count Alberti, M. Mathis ; Governor, Mr. T. Matthews ; Fabricio, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Imelda, Madlle. Sall. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farrell Sir John Covers e, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. M. Holl ; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei clermann, Mr. J Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, M r s.: Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overture, "Edourdo e Christine," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," " Antoinette," Cellarins Waltz ; the " Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " B runow Polka." After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHA.N ES 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, Benda), Caulfield, T. F. M athews, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Glover will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Last Night bat One of General TOM THUMB'S Engagement, THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin• cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Diddear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, 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 (for the last Six Nights) by the Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boots. Hop 'o My Thumb, General Tom Thumb. To INDE ED conclude with a New a n d Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND THEATISER,OyAL, THIS EVENING Will be presented a New Drama, in Three Acts, called, IN DUSTRY AND INDOLENCE ; or, The Orphan's Legacy. St. Amour, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rollin, Mr. 0. Smith ; Sansenet, Mr. Wright ; Mons. Delsmare, Mr. Perkins ; Batifole, Miss Woolgar ; WM, Miss Webster; Cecile, Mrs. E. Yarnold. After which 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, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybnn, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OxFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be rerformed Sbakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. Macready; Macduff, Mr. Wallack ; Banquo, Mr. Cooper; He cate, Mr. Leftist ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Tertian. Te be followed by a DIVERTISSE3IENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, and Flexmore ; Miss Bailin and Miss Marshall will appear. To conclude with a Petite Comedy, called THE NERVOUS MAN M'Shane, Mr. Collins ; Mr. Aspen, Mr. Granby ; Vivian, Mr. Hon. ner ; Lord Lounge, Mr. Harris ; Emily Vivian, Miss E. Honner ASTLEI 'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal. Unparalleled attraction. Mr. Leman Rede's New Equestrian Spectacle of " The Arab and his Steed." THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Li which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought bate requisition. New and popular Scenes in the Circle. Double stud, &c. To conclude with the favourite Drama of the POST BOY OF ST. A.IISTLE ; or, The Fatal Snowdrift. Clowns to the Circle, Barry, Wallet, and Rochez. Box-office open from eleven till rive o'clock.--Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. _ DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Immense Novelty! Roars of laughter at "On the Tiles." Second Weck of the Virginian Harmonists, with entirely new Songs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE LAS t KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Heslop, Mesdms. Vining and Martin will support the principal cmaracters. To be followed by WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM ? lanckette, Miss Lydia Pearce. After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, ON THE TILES ; or, A Night at Greenwich. To conclude with THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. ROYAL VICTOR IA TH EATI4.E. Great Success of the New Drama of " Laid up in Port," and " The Bride's Journey." Immense attraction and Novelty 1 THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID L'P IN PORT ; or, Sharks along Shore. Principal characters by Messrs. F •edericks. Saville, Raymond, Tindell, niggle, Searle, Burton ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terry, &c. After which, THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD. Characters by Messrs. Tindell, A. Raymond, Saville, Miss Terry, and 3lrs. Lee. To conclude with the Melodramatic Spectacle, entitled A TALE OF MYS 1 ERY. Supported by the whole of the Company. NEW STRAND THEATRE. ENTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La gaiete est la sante de I'ame, La tristesse en est le poison." THIS EVENING M. PIIILLIPPE begs leave to announce that, in consequence of the Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER ENTER TAI LAMENTS, they will be repeated every Wednesday and Sa turday Morning. and every Evening until further notice. M. PHILLIPPE 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 Mons. Philippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. M. Philippe will also have the honour of introducing HIS GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Trans forwitions. The Entertainments will be varied by the Dancing of the CHIARINI FAMILY, and the Olympic Gambols of the AME RICAN BROTHERS. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the ILvening at a quarter to Eight. Buns, an.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, Gd. ; Private Boxes, h_27_2,31.1 10s. 6d. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, MAY 1. TIZZILIIO7CETRit, Lowest, 47; Highest, 60; 'oon, 56. BAROMETER., 30.39.—W1ND W.; fine. fil(121 WATER j\iL ol. lllB DA.Y. mornin g .. 17 minutes atter 3.1 Evening .• 37 minutes after 5. z o, _ ix 7 7t7j. : 2 , l i tg olo N.N _ 0 , \ 2rpt S 6' "1' • ~,arA'‘'lrl*ttt-O, SECOND EDITION. triminn .7=111,1t LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1846. The torn) CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE presented a petition from the authorities of the Foundling Hospital against the Charitable Trusts' Bill. The Duke of WELLLNGTON, Lord CAMPBELL, and several ether Noble Lords, presented petitions to a similar effect from the governing bodies of several charities. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition in favour of the Bill from dr. HENRY WALKER, who, he contended was in the right, while the petitioners against it were in the wrong. Lord Ertouolux introduced a Bill to amend the Insolven Debtors' Act. The LORD CHANCELLOR then moved the second reading of the Religious Opinions Relief Bill, The Bill was for the re peal of many Acts imposing certain disabilities upon persons on account of their religious belief. There could be no doubt of the propriety of repealing many of those laws which had become obsolete, and which inflicted punishments and penalties on persons on account of their religious I;elief. z ie ce, ••eze some Acts which it was proposed to repeal, about ____: • ' tilej..4.l4ky of repealing which there might be some !-- - - 'differtioca .. . opinion ; but those were matters which might •-: b e di- ' ~... in Committee, and therefore he trusted their I 0 . : - Litidshio: *.uld consent to the second readin g of the B i ll . r .. '"2l l* -.• . - COitiA - : ,Gaam supported the second reading of the Bill. Cd-c:,.:1-‘ '''sllilie,,ittilt of LONDON would n ot o pp ose the second read ' ' tl 7 i: ' ;el* ill, but he thought man y of its clauses ought to ..........," .r._- k- • ed. , a ` " - I LoA CA.moys supported the second reading of the Bill, but :thought it did not go far enough, inasmuch as it did not sPeal those statutes that prevented Catholics from presenting to livings. He trusted the Noble Lord on the Woolsack would take that question into his consideration, as he felt confident there was no danger to be ap rehended from the repeal of those statutes. ,The Bishop of EXETER supported the second reading of the Bill, but trusted that the suggestions of the Noble Baron (CAMoYs) would not be adopted by the Noble Lord on the Woolsack. He thought the concessions made to the Roman Catholics by the measure of 1829, and of the present Bill, ought to satisfy them. He believed if it was allowed at the present day that the supremacy of the Pope was to be extolled, without penalty, the result would be another reli gious war.• Lord Brutrmoyr supported the secon d reading of the Bill : Lord COLCHESTER supported the s econd reading of inthe but trusted that some alteration w ould be made in it Com mittee. Lord CAMPBELL cordially supported the Bill. He trusted the Noble Lord on the Woolsack would introduce, without delay, the other Bill, to make the present measure complete. After some observations from the LORD CHANCELLOR in reply, The Bill was read a second time and ordered to be com mitted. The House then adjourned. The SPEAKER took the cLair at Four o'clock, Mr. E. LASCELLES took the oaths and his seat for the borough of Ripon. On the question for proceeding with the adjourned debate on the question for the committal of Mr. S. O'BRIEN, Mr. E. B. ROCHE trusted that Mr. S. O'BRIEN would be allowed to appear at the bar and explain the course he had pursued and intended to adopt. The Honourable Mem ber concluded by moving that Mr. S. O'BRIEN be heard at the bar. Mr. O'CoNNELL seconded the motion. Mr. Hums thought the request ought to be granted. Mr. R. YORKE thought that the strict rule of the House ought not to be relaxed. Sir R. PEEL said that Mr. SSIITH 013 airs having re fused to attend the order of the House must be considered in contempt. If there was any precedent for the motion he would at once accede to it. The SPEAKER said there were no precedent for the motion. Mr. E. IS. Rocas bowed to the decision of the Chair, and asked if Mr. SMITII O'BRIIM might not appear at the bar ? The SPEAKER said there was no precedent for such a course, unless the Hon. Member appeared at the bar as a criminal. Mr. MorrcE:row 3111.2 as then moved that the debate should be adjourned for six months, but finding the House against him withdrew his motion. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, the motion for the committal of Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN being agreed to without a division. The SPEAKER was then ordered to issue his warrant for the apprehension of the Hon. Member. Mr. HawEs.then rose to bring forward the subject of the Danish Claims. After a few introductory observations, in the course of which the Hon. Gentleman reminded the House that the rights of these claimants had been repeatedly admitted by successive majorities of the House, he proceeded to give the history of the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807, an expedition got up with the greatest secresy. The expedition went not for the purpose of hostile aggresion, but for the purpose of enforcing negotiations. The fleet of Den mark was seized, and then Denmark made reprisals by seizing British property. Great Britain made reprisals and seized Danish property to nearly double the amount of the property seized by the Danish Government. Negotiations, however, still continued. On the 24th of November the Danish Government declared war, and it was not until the 24th of December that England declared war. It had been contended on a former occasion that those de clarations had a retrospective operation, but looking at the convention which had been made at the time the seizure of the Danish fleet toek place, he found that it was agreed that private property should be respected ; that convention must have been a farce until the declaration of war, and therefore he had a right to assume that all the seizures of property which had been made in the interval had been made as reprisals and not as prizes ; and he was borne out in this assumption by a declaration, which had been made by Mr. CANNING at the time these transactions took place. The claims had been of three kinds, Ist, those for book debts, 2d, those for goods seized on shore, and 3d, those for ships at sea and goods seized on board. In 1835 and 1836, the first and second classes of claimants had their claims settled. In 1838 the third class of claimants urged their claims, on the ground that the Government had funds out of which to pay them, for the Government had seized more than sufficient Danish property to liquidate all these claims. In 1839 these claims were again brought for ward by that accomplished lawyer, Mr. Justice CRESWELL, and although they were opposed by the Government of the day, it was determined that the claims should be inquired into, and adjudicated upon. A com mission was appointed, a judicial examination took place, and claims, amounting to 225,000/., were admitted. This judicial report was again disregarded by the Government, and in 1841, Mr. Cresswell again urged their claims upon the attention of the House, and again the rights of claimants were affirmed in opposition to the Government. If these claims were to be resisted on technical greunds, he had the authority of Mr. Justice CRESSWELL for saying that they had a right in law; but it was not on such narrow grounds that such a question should be argued. The expedition had been organized secretly, for a great national object which object had been accomplished, and be would ask if it was right that the merchant should be sacrificed, when it was proved that the Government had seized more property than sufficient to liquidate their claims. The Govern ment could not have given these merchants and shipowners proper notice, and when on this occasion shipowners and mer chants applied to the Government authorities of the day they were led to believe that they only ran the ordinary sea risks in going to the Baltic. Under these circumstances he thought the merchants had a perfect right to come to the Government and ask for a Committee of the House to investigate and settle these claims. The Hon. Member concluded by moving for a Committee. At the conclusion of Mr. HAWES'S speech the Sergeant at-Arms announced that he had taken Mr. S. O'BRIEN into custody. Sir J. ll,corEn, who presented a petition from Hull in favour of the claims, expressed a hope that the question would new receive a final decision. He thought that after the strong expression of the opinion of Parliament which had taken place already, the Government should have propproposeda grant for their liquidation. He understood that the distinc tion drawn between the first two classes of claimants whose claims had been allowed, and those whose claims were at present under consideration was this—that the claimants of the first two classes could not have withdrawn, but other claimants could have withdrawn. This was exceedingly fallacious. Until the 2d of September these claimants could have no possible notice. The fact that a warning had been issued on the 2d of September, was a proof that before that date no warning had been given, and he thought it would be well to draw a line between those losses accruing from the loss of ships sailing before September 2, and those sailing after. Lord Sinseou'rss had said, that if they compensated the two first classes of claimants, they ought to compensate all, and for these reasons he should second the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured the House, that it was most painful to him to have again to repeat those arguments which he had so frequently stated as his reasons for opposing these claims. It would be impolitic to grant them, and he considered that it was most inconvenient to place the Crown in the invidious posi tion of refusing a grant recommended by the House of Commons. His opposition to these claims had never bzen of a financial character, but it was an objection upon principle, and rested solely on the great principles of national law, which had been frequently laid down by the highest legal ' authorities whenever these claims had come under discussion. The former claims were granted, because they were excepted cases from general internal international law, as was admitted by Sir James Mackintosh and all the high legal authorities Who took part in that debate. Although he attached the highest authority to the opinion of Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, and although he could have little doubt as to the result if the question were to be argued before him, yet he could not but r e co ll ec t th a t Mr. CRESSWELL, at the time he brought f orwar d t h ese c l a i ms , represente d Li verpoo l, an d that his constituents were many of them interested in the re sult.was bound of these capture s y te once k laid down the principle that this en w m e ar re k made w in August, ft s e t, The declaration of war by D tral , p a er n i d o . d . 11 1 f o X country had no. notice from In e good all losses when merchants Government of the • probandity of hos tilities, they would i mpose such a burden might prevent u s f rom going t upon th e nation as tional rights. Th e Hon. M embe r or w a r i n d e f ence of our na those whose c l a i ms accrue d s i nce Septembe r Hull admitted that had no right t o compensation, and lO, 18 07, the number of claimants f r om that would reduc e the . 80 down to 10 e Such a difference of opinion was sufficient to prove the . ex treme difficulty of the subj ect. The Right Hon. Gentleman then alluded to the minutes which, as he contended, exp ress ly of 1834, of Lord ALTHORPE, made according to the law of declared that captives same category as book debts and n ations , did not come in the International law always respected roperty captured on shore. but never property afloat. The the property on shore, con sideration was property afloat. propertynonow under property was seized as reprisals. Nowhe theseit was said this either restored to the owners, or made prizes reprisals are the result of negotiations. If they resulted according to reprisals were restored ; if they resulted in wor m peace, the declared prizes, but never before had any merc hants ,te were situated thought of coming to the Ho so for compensation, and he warned the House of the " ex e t danger of setting such a precedent as was sought to be s r e e t n in e the present instance. It was only the danger he foresaw that must arise from the granting these claims that had induced him to oppose the granting them on so many occasions. Mr. WATSON trusted he should be able to show the House that these claipts must succeed in point of law, because they were reprisals made before any declaration of war. A fleet sailed secretly for Copenhagen. The trade continued with the Baltic; and when the merchnats asked the Admiral in the Baltic if they might safely continue their trade, they were told they might. The proclamation of, the Admiral issued to the Danes in August declared ex pressly we came not as enemies. The fleet was captured and there was no declaration of war until November. The Danish declaration of August 16 was not a declaration of war, and he stated this on the authority of Lord STOWELL, who had determined that there was no declaration of war until the 4th of November, in a case which came on for trial in the Admiralty Court, and on that ground decided on that a capture made before that date was a droit of the Crown , and not of the Admiralty. Then with regard to grounds of public policy. Was it politic to stop all trade with any nation, whenever there should arise the slightest proba bility of a rupture ? Certainly not. There was no diffe rence between goods afloat and goods ashore; the dis tinction was—were they captures or reprisals? This was a simple debt due from the Treasury to the claimants, which ought to be liquidated. Now, with regard to the opinion of Mr. Justice CRESWELL, he would ask, was it probable that he would risk his character as a lawyer, or misstate the law, becauee he was Member for Liverpool. Neither the Attorney nor the Solicitor-General were present to-night, because they had both formerly voted in favour of the motion, so that he had the authority of the law officers of the Crown in favour of these claims, and in answer to Sir T. WILDE, Mr. CRESS WELL had quoted VATTEL and GROTIUS, who both expressly declare that a nation is bound to make compensation for re prisals, made before a declaration of war. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then quoted voluminously from writers on international law, for the purpose of showing that sovereigns were bound to compensate those of their subjects upon whom reprisals felL On the grounds of public justice, of public policy, and of international law, these claim ants were entitled to compensation. Mr. CARDWELL would endeavour to deal with the legal argument which had now for the first time been brought forward in the course of these dis cussions. s t t co e l d atihme h an i l s atws waedasfv,otchaactyt nations;hoo f s ea n t s h edi e z ut hr fi e se r y s t hcaad t u w ti oo beenu s c l y l m a s a s de es cussions. The ground upon which Sir JAMES DIACYDZ 'roc contrary i ra ab stained from having anything to do with the present class of claims. Now, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had stated that if this were a reprisal before the declaration of war, they were entitled to a compensation ; if a seizure after the declaration of war, they were not so entitled ; but the real distinction was if re prisals were made and there was no declaration of war the Government was bound to compensate its subjects, but if there was a declaration of war then it had a retro-active effect, and they were not reprisals bat prizes. The declara tion of the 16th of August was clearly a declaration of war, for it expressly said the war had broken out, so that there was an express declaration of war before these captures were made. As between England and Denmark there was a state of hostility before the 4th November, so between England and the captures of prizes, the declaration of the 4th of November wag the first declaration of war. He contended that the distinction sought to be drawn by his Hon. and Learned Friend was erroneous, and he sub mitted what he had stated as a complete answer to the novel argument of his Hon. and Learned Friend. Then with regard to the grounds of policy and justice. This was not a party question. It had been submitted to Lord AIMIORPE, who, while granting other claims, repudiated the grounds upon which it was sought to establish their claims. They were first made in 1838, and had been rejected by every Government since, because it would be contrary to public policy to grant them. These claims were more than thirty years old before they had been submitted to Parliament. They might have claims made from losses accruing from any war in which the country might at any time have been en- gaged. Mr. Hut thought there was no fear of any such claims occurring again, because he did not think that 'England would again act in such a disgraceful way as she had done towards Denmark. 11 - If , three classes of claims were origin ally in the same boat, and ;:ad all been equally rejected by successive Governments, as equally unjust ; and it was only of late years that this division into &I-saes had been made. It was one of the most important duties of th e House of Commons to see that justice was done to the subject, and in this case they were only asked for a small portion of that which was justly due. The Government ought not to suffer losses ac cruing from the commencement of hostilities to fall upon individuals ; those losses should fall equally upon all alike. The merchants were deceived by answers given by the Ad miralty, the authorities at the time knowing those answers to be erroneous. Not one of the arguments by the Hon. Gentleman, who had just sat down, had invalidated the position of the Hon. and Learned Member for Kinsale, and on grouni s of justice and of good policy, these claims ought to be liquidated. He only wished that he could add to the principal claimed the interest due from the day the claim accrued. Mr. F. BARING admitted that if the' claim was a just one it ought to be granted independently of financial con siderations_ He denied that there had ever been any division on the other two classes of claims. The Government gave way upon those two classes, but resisted these claims. On the advice of Lord DENMAN and Lord CorrrxnAsi, then the law officers of the Crown, in this opinion, Lord CAMPBELL, and Sir T. WILDE, and Sir H. JENNER concurred; and Sir W. FOLLETT, who had given formerly an opinion in favour of the claims, declared that on a re-consideration of the case he felt they were unfounded. He thought the Honour able Gentleman would agree that a declaration of war was not wanting to constitute war— a state of war was sufficient without any declaration whatever. But the Danish declaration of August was most assuredly a declaration of war, and if that were proved the whole of the Hon. Gentleman's case fell to the ground. The declaration of the two British commanders issued in August, also expressly declared that the island of Zetland was about to become the theatre of war; and the English declaration, in allusion to the Danish declaration of the 16th of August, says, " Whereas his Majesty the King of Den mark has declared war against England," and therefore lie thought it clear that the declaration of August was a declara tion of war. Mr. MILNER GIBSON said he had, after some considera tion given to the subject, come to the determi nation of supporting those claims. With regard to the question of the declaration of war, he believed that it had been admitted, that by granting the other claims that question had been given up. He would rather take the opi nion of a legal gentleman out of office than of one in office ; and as he found that out of office these legal gentlemen de cided in favour of the claims, and that in this case the law officers of the Crown shrunk from appearing in the House on the present occasion, he felt the case was so strong that he was bound to support the motion. Mr. WAKLEY asked if the Chancellor of the Exchequer would pay the money if the motion were agreed to? It was a contempt of the House, on the part of the successive Governments, to refuse to carry into effect the decision of the House, and the Hon. Gentleman below ought not to be left in solitary confinement. It was absurd to discuss these parts of international law—the question was, whether the claim was just or not; if just, it ought to be liquidated. Colonel SIBTHORP always had, and always would, vote in favour of these claims. Mr. HAWES, in reply, repeated the history of the negotia tions which had taken place at Copenhagen, and reminded the House that, in September, a convention had been signed between Great Britain and Denmark, which put an end to the declaration of war of the 16th of August. The mer chants, in consequence of the policy of the Government, had lost their property. The Government had money to pay these claimants, and in justice they ought to pay. Sir W. FoLLErr had given it as his opinion, that these claims had quite as good a foundation as those which had been already admitted. Lord ALTHORP'S Treasury minute left the de cision of all these classes of claimants to the decision of Par liament. Time after time these claimants had made their claims. Mr. WILBERFORCE had taken up the cause of the claimants, and these very claims had been investigated by the Government and cut down, and now they were re fused. Why, this investigation was a mockery of justice if the payment of these claims was now to be refused. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority in faveur of the claims... ......... On our return to the galle r y, we f oun d M r . H AWE S on his legs, expressing a hope that the Government would give way, to the repeatedly expressed declaration of opinion on the part of the House, and take measures to liquidate their claims. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he should to-morrow move that Mr. Smith O'Brien be discharged from custody. Mr. BoUVERIE then moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the condition of the labourers employed on railways. Sir J. GRAHAM 1 , 4 CA much obliged to the Hon. Gentleman for bringing the subject before the House, and would not oppose the application of the Committee. The House was then addressed by Mr. HUME and Mr. HUDSON who said there existed no indisposition on the part of railway companies to provide for the religious and moral instruction of those employed in their works, but denied that there was any necessity for inquiry. The motion was agreed to. _ _ Sir R. PEEL stated that circumstances had come to his knowledge which rendered it desirable that the House should come to a decision on a motion which he begged to propose; and he therefore moved, that that House de give leave to Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN to attend and give evidence in the Lords' Committee, now inquiring into the operation of the poor-law in Ireland, as he himself was desirous of doing. —Agreed to. The House rose at Ten o'clock. The House of Commons has, for the fifth time, re corded its opinion in favour of the justice of the Danish claims. The guardians of the public purse have, for a fifth time, admitted that the debt which these claimants demand as due to them from the State is a just debt, and one which ought to be liquidated. Will the Government, under these circumstances, continue to refuse to take the necessary steps to carry into effect the repeatedly expressed wishes of the House of Com mons ? Sir ROBERT PEEL has always expressed himself as entertaining - the greatest respect for the well-ascer tained opinion of the House of Commons—as willing, nay anxious, as far as possible, to defer to the opinion of that House. In this case the opinion of the House of Commons has been well ascertained, In 1841, the last House of Commons, in spite of the o th p a p t o d si a t 3 i . o , n de o c f the ided l i V n hi f g av C o h u a r n o c f ell t o h r es o e f t c h la e i Ex ma chequ nts.L er a o st f night another House of Commons, in spite of the oppo sition of the Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer of the present day, also decided in favour of these claimants. How is it possible to ascertain the opinion of the House of Commons if it has not been effectually ascertained in the present instance ? And, we trust, therefore, that Sir ROBERT PEEL, the Minister who possesses the confidence of the House of Commons, and who has declared over and over again that he would not retain office an hour after he lost that confidence, will see the propriety of at once carrying into effect the well elinnljdowyo . i s n T f i o o h r u e o c t f h l t a e h i m s a e n a w s t ares t h e o r s l ye u c o r an n da fienrdnegreat i n t o i b s wl h ihg i i s ae b ht i o o a hn s es t a t t h o s c a m e t r h r t e a . brought the subject before the House. His speech was replied to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who commenced his speech by assuring the House " that it was very painful to him to have again to repeat those opinions and those sentiments which he had s potl o onri erhs. ats often Ghivoieons lb particular ur a tß d ri ceNug, slr o ae c hrt c i a gs s ohu i n c ba n jnet dch subject." We honourable a a r d t dress to the House o f believe ffe re.linGg os t u h tL i o s m jfießnxNd heilsla t iom m ffis u e aw t h b di e cuht easiantrofeu come oftomouean founded d a w n a or o nd f hasimstehlet c o o p m p n o p n e a l e i l:e c d t er b 0 ; 1 justice ; and it wai to this feelingad of the ou uthnastwnedantetsrsibutoefhis ju c d a g u e s d e , an h d e ill w .ti a m s d v o u ca n j ti u n s g t attack upon Mr. Justice CRESWELL—an attack,.more:. over, infinitely m ore d amaging to thespreakGeo Erß r himself than to the h satt object he t CR o fc LtrRN Of believed mr. Justice i n t u ; ate f cl or aifs m to the motivesiEnsiSSWELL in advocating the wu e cause of the Danish claimants, most assuredly Mr. GOULBURN himself was very culpable for advising, as a Minister of the Crown, the elevation of that learned person to the bench. The legal question was argued on behalf of the claimants with great learning by Mr. WATSON. As laymen, it is not for u s to sit in judgment on the legal arguments of men learned in the law, but, judging from appearances, we opine that the these claimants is clear and undenigb i le e gal ln rtighhetfiroof TiiE SUN, LoNnoN, PRIMAY ,EVENING, place, neither the Attorney nor the Solicitor-General were present either during the debate or the division. They had characters as lawyers to lose, and they did not like to risk those characters by arguing against the legality of these claims ; although the Judge-Advo cate, Mr. STUART WORTLEY, was present and voted in the minority, he, too, felt that it would not be quite safe to argue against Mr. WATSON'S view of inter national law, and therefore it was left to the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. CARDWELL, to reply to Mr. WATSON. Mr. CARDWELL made the best fight he could, but in order to support anything like a show of argument, he was obliged to assume many things contrary to fact (such, for instance, as that the claimants had suffered their claims to remain dormant for thirty years, when a reference to the records of his own office would have shown him that, year after year, these unfortunate persons had urged this claim at the Treasury from the time when it first ac crued up to the present moment) to leave out of view entirely many known and public transactions (such, for instance, as the convention with Denmark of September over-riding, as it does, the previous declaration of Den mark in August), and after all it was evident he argued the question solely as a point of official duty, and that he would have been glad to have been spared the task imposed upon him. Not so, how ever, Mr. F. BARING, the only Member not connected with office, who, in the course of the debate, spoke against the claims. It was evident from the eager manner of the Right Honourable Gentleman, that he had not forgotten that the prelude to the downfal of his Ad ministration was the majority against him on this very question in 1841, and it appeared almost as if he had never forgiven the claimants for having beaten him on that occasion. Mr. F. BARING came for ward as a volunteer to the assistance of Mr. CARD WELL, and officiating as a sort of amateur and very un learned Solicitor-General, by his argument— if Made that darker Which was dark enough without." When it is recollected that both the ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR-GENERAL had, on former occasions, given opinions favourable to the claimants, and that they were both absent on the present occa sion, we think it must be admitted that the silence of the law officers of the Crown is much more effective than the eloquence of Mr. F. BARING, and that there can be no doubt that these claims are as wall founded in law as they are in equity and in justice The last Ministry refused to carry into effect the clearly expressed opinions of the last House of Commons in favour of these claimants. In three months that Ministry was out of office. We hope the present Ministry will not follow their example. This is indeed a remarkable session of Parliament, distinguished for the sound principles of commercial policy, which, broughtforward by the Government, have been received with the greatest delight by the large majority of our legislators, and of the country at large, distinguished too for the enlightened spirit of liberality and tolerance which has directed the attention of Mem bers of our Senate to the removal of the last remnants of intolerance, the abominable and vexatious penal laws by which our statute-book has so long been defaced, and the existence of which has even been the great blot on the British escutcheon, and also for the impious spirit manifested by the general body in the reception of, and the tone in which, the several measures have been discussed on their introduction. The LORD CHANCELLOR last night moved the second reading of the Religious Opinions Relief Bill, a measure which may be termed an Act of universal toleration, sweeping away no less than thirty different statutes, by which persons of every shade, variety, and sect were oppressed, by which the member of the Established Church, the Dissenter, the Roman Catholic, and the Jew, is affected, and it is impossible to say which is deserving of the highest praise—the intrinsic excellence of the mea sure itself, or the tone of high-minded liberality which ran through the entire speech in which it was intro duced to the notice of the House. The existence of such atrocious and pernicious enactments in the nineteenth century is scarcely credible ; true it is, that they had been suffered to slumber for many years, and might be considered as almost obsolete. Yet, as Lord BROUGHAM well remarked, " they were not with out a pernicious vitality, and might be put into activity at any moment."; A remarkable in stance of this was mentioned as having occurred so late as the year 1841, and in which we are at a loss to express our wonder at the audacity of the magistrates by whom such a law was attempted to be enforced, and how they contrived to escape the consequences of the overwhelming flood of popular indignation to which the outrage on every principle of justice, of which they had been guilty, must have given rise. According to the statement of the Noble and Learned Lord (Baoticuem), in that year, certain persons were taken up and brought before those most excellent justices on a charge of poaching, which could not be substantiated; the men were therefore acquitted, and about to be discharged, when a brilliant thought flashed on the mind of one of their judges. He asks, Were you at church last Sunday? No, answered the defendants, or the Sunday be fore that either, and forthwith they are convicted on their own admission, and punished, not for the crime for which they had been apprehended, and with which they were charged, not as poachers, but as recusants. The case is scarcely conceivabl e , an d yet, were i t not the fact, it would hardly be mentioned gravely in the House of Lords as one which had actually occurred. Most assuredly truth is stronger than fiction ; the only parallel we have heard is a story, some time since facetiously told by Mr. O'CONNELL, of an Irish jury, who, shortly after the insurrection of 1798, and when an amn esty had been proclaimed for every offence, save that of murder, were trying a prisoner charged with that offence ; a strong case had been made out, and all were look ing for a conviction, when the prisoner pro duced, as his witness, the man alleged to have been murdered, and for whose assassination he was then actually on. trial. The proceeding was, of course, in stantly stopped. The judge said it is unnecessary to say one word ; the prisoner has rebutted the charge in the most satisfactory manner; the issue paper was handed up, and, to the astonishment of all, a verdict of guilty was returned. The judge was astounded, asked was it possible they could understand the decision they had come to—was it not a mistake ? No, my Lord, said the foreman, with a self-satisfied smile, it is quite correct ; he might not have murdered that particular man, but I can assure your Lordship that he stole a very handsome bay mare from myself, and we all knew that he most richly deserved to be hanged, and we, therefore, find him guilty. And this good story, at which many a hearty laugh was provoked at the ex pense of the blundering of our Irish brethren, is actually equalled, if not surpassed, by educated gentle. men magistrates in England, who more than forty years afterwards adopted a similar course, and with this in addition, that they were filling the situation both of judge and jury, and that there was no presiding officer to correct their error. The earliest of these statutes now proposed to be re pealed was passed so far back as the reign of HENRY and, as well as other of the earlier enactments, was levied exclusively against the Jews. By it no mem ber of the Jewish persuasion was permitted to hold lands within the realm. It is true that doubts existed, that many eminent lawyers con ceived that there was nothing in the law which in • capacitated Jews from hold in g land ; but why should any obscurity exist on such a sub j ect ? The law should ever be c l ea r and explicit, to be und erstood b y the meanest capacity, that "he who runs ma y read ;" and no questio n s h ou ld b e permitted for the refinement of legal su b t l et i es,where the same cou ld so easily be amended; above all, no remnan t of bigotry and intolerance should be per m i tted to rema i n a par t o f our law. Another sta tute requires the wearing of a badge denoting Judaism, and prescribes the form of that badge for males as well as f emales. Such an Act might suit the times when a Jew could not appear in public without being subjected to the grossest indignities—being spat upon, and buf feted, and his beard plucked—but is not suited to the present era. By some statutes any person attending any place of worship different from the Established Church was subjected, for the first offence, to six months' imprisonment, and for the second to twelve months', and for the third, to imprisonment for life. Any mem ber even of the Eastablished Church, who attended any other form of religious worship, was subjected to severe pecuniary penalties and to ecclesiastical censure; nay, though his parish clergyman was a man of a character so depraved that he could not c onscientiously sit under his ministry—although he attended religious worship according to the forms of the Established religion twice, nay thrice, on every Sunday, if he did not , attend hi s own par i s h church, he was liable to the Penalty. Again, see the penalties to w hich our Roman Catholi c b ret h ren are su bj ec t e d. Whoever maintains the spiritual authority of the see of Rome , fo rfeits for the first offence his entire personal proper t y ; for the se cond, incurs the penalties of pree m i nure , shall be placed out of th e pro tection of the law ; and for the third is wilt of hi treason ! ! They most conscientiou s ly g h this gh opinion. A declaration, OT y old rathe r an oath, against it, has been long abolished, in order to permit them to sit in Parliament, and yet the penalties are still permitted to remain to MArY ?i s 1846. encumber our statute-book. Well might the LORD CHANCELLOR terns it " the abominable statute of recu sancy." Any person importing a bull or document in writing, or any instrument from the POPE, is guilty of high treason, and subject to be executed as a traitor, and to all the fearful consequences following such a convic tion, and yet we tolerate the religion. The bishops and priests are recognised, who cannot carry on the duties of their offices, the details of their Church esta blishment, without communication with the POPE, who cannot be consecrated or appointed save by the same authority. Various other similar statutes still exist, but we are now happy to say they have been grappled with in a spirit of true liberality and enlightenment, and we shall shortly be enabled to utter the proud boast, that no vestige remains of bigotry, intolerance, and super stition, and that our statute-book will be as : roe from the reproach, will evidence universal tcleration, as that of 4137 afttiolt In the universe. The accounts from Madrid are of the 23d ult. In the Gazette of that day we find a dispatch from Gene ral CONCHA, dated Orense, April 19th, in which he states that he had, while marching to the relief of that town, heard that the insurgents had retirad from bcfora it; that he should await there the reinforcements and artillery which he ex pected would arrive from Monforte on the 20th; and that on their arrival he should commence offensive operations against the insurgents. The political chief of the province of Orense, ILDEFONSO FLOREZ DE FARAH°, writes to the Minister of the Interior, on the 19th inst., in these terms:—" From a confidential communication I have received, the column of insurgents left, on returning to Vigo, a troop in Ridavaria, for the pur pose of selling the stock of salt, and levying a money-tax The rest of the province is tranquil." A column of infantry, under the command of Brigadier SOLA, and 150 earbineers, commanded by Colonel Mitaxs, had arrived at Orense, to reinforce CoNcita. Brigadier MATRON has replaced General PUIG SAMPER in the ccm mand of the Corunna expedition. Pura SAMPER, who has resigned, has retired to Betanzos. A captain and a drum major have been arrested at Logrono, for conspiring to at tempt an insurrection. The authorities, who were apprised in time of the plan, preserved tranquillity undisturbed. In consequence of this attempt the Captain .General has de clared-the whole province in a state of siege, and has issued a proclamation, decreeing "that all persons, having reached their eighteenth year, no matter what rank, class, condition, or sex they belonged to, who by word or deed should con spire, or cause to conspire, against the Government of her Majesty the QUEEN, should be put to death without any pre vious trial or inquiry." BANDERTO, an officer of carbineers who had joined IRIARTE, has been taken prisoner. While such is the state of things in the north of Spain, the southern provinces are far from tranquil, and it was confidently anticipated in Madrid that ere long the Sierra Ronda, in southern Andalusia, would become the theatre of an insurrectionary movement. The Government have suspended the publication of El Clamor Publico and of the Eco del Commercio. According to the Espanol several arrests of Progre&istas have taken place at Saragossa. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 23.—Three per Cents., 31%. Ex , change on London, 371 A. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Bordeaux and Cette Railway Bill, without any clause compelling the company to form a branch line to Castres, passed the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 219 to 45. The general discussion on the Western Railroad Bill closed on Wednesday. The debate on the budget would, it was expected, come on about the 20th of May. A Bill for the extension of the fortifications of Toulon had been presented to the Chamber by the Minister of War. LECOMTE hag refused to engage counsel, and the Court has consequently directed M. DUVERGIER, the batonnier of the order of Advocates, to conduct his defence. There was a grand review on Tuesday morning at St. Maur, in the Bois de Vincennes. At twelve, the Duke DE NEMOURS and the Prince DE JOINVILLE arrived with a numerous staff. Very shortly afterwards appeared IBRAHIM PACEA and his suite, in the Court carriages. In 1841, IBRAHIM PAGLIA sent over to the KING of the FRENCH, as a present, eight or ten remarkably fine Arab horses, and among them the one the Pacha rode at the battle of Nezib. On Tuesday, on the field at St. Maur, the Prince found his old war-horse ready caparisoned for him. lie mounted his steed with evideat gratification, expressing, in animated terms, his gratitude for this mark of attention to him. The Duke DE MONTPENSIER was at the head of the sth Regiment of Artillery, to which he has lately been appointed colonel. At five o'clock a grand dinner was given to the Egyptian Prince in the apartments of the Duke DE MONTPINSIER in the fortress of Vincennes. The Courrier des Etats Unis states that the French Minis try has revoked its determination not to allow American vessels to bring tobacco to France for the supply of the Government. The Courrier says that Mr. KING, the Ame rican Minister in Paris, had protested against the first deci sion, and convinced the Ministry that, however natural it was to desire to give exclusive favour to French vessels, the doing so in the present ease would be a violation of existing treaties between France and the United States. The Presbc utnuMents upon *lda atztternent in the following terms : " We are still willing to believe that there is no truth in this news. If it be, however, proved to the contrary we shall not know how to condemn sufficiently the weakness, and we might add, the ignorance displayed by the French Go vernment in the affair. What is the position of the Go vernment when it purchases tobacco in America to work it up in its own manufactories and' afterwards sells it? It acts in the quality of a merchant ; it manufactures as any pri vate individual might do. If it suits a private trader better to import his merchandise in French vessels, at a great ex pense, no one has a right to complain. It may be said that he makes a bad bargain, but he cannot be reproached with a vi olation of engagement, for there has been no contract on his part that the cheapness of freight by American vessels shall be a decisive reason why they shall have the preference. Every one acts in this respect as he thinks fit, and if he thinks proper to make a pecuniary sacrifice by employing French - vessels in preference to those of any other nation, no one has any right to interfere. So much the worse for him if he makes a bad speculation. There are no treaties in ex istence which can deprive him of the right of se doing. Let the treaty of 1822 be reperused, and it will be seen how ex orbitant are the pretensions put forward by the American Government. For our parts we cannot believe that our Go vernment can have allowed itself to be so easily persuaded that it has been to blame in acting as it has done. This question will doubtless be cleared up, as it requires to be, for if the concession has been really made what will be the consequence? The same right has been enforced with regard to England as concerns the transport of coal for our steam-packets and the use of the arsenals. Although England was certainly injured by this measure, she made no remonstrance, judging with reason that there was nothing in it contrary to either the letter or the spirit of the treaty of January 26th, 1826, which was founded on the treaty concluded June 4, 1822, with the United States. The moment, however, that it shall become known that the claim of the United States has been admitted, Eng land will in her turn remonstrate, and what reason can be given for refusing to the latter what has been granted to the former ? _None whatever. The French Government will, therefore, deprive our flag of the transport of coals as well as of that of tobacco. It will aggravate the consequences of the treaties of 1822 and 1826, which were previously so disastrous to our maritime interest. It will consent to destroy with its own hands, on an ill-founded claim, the only repa ratory act of which the national flag has been the object since 1830. Such cannot be the fact. We, however, re• member that the n ews g i ven by the Courrier des Etats'Unis was mentioned by M. Levavasseur in a recent discussion on the credits for the navy, and yet neither of the Ministers present contradicted it. It cannot, therefore, be deied, that a great de gree of probability is attached to it. It is very desirable that a candid explanation should be given,• in order to remove all uncertainty and inform our maritime commerce what it really has to dread or to hope for on the subject." The Albatross, which arrived on Sunday at Toulon from Algiers, brought 111014 AMED-BEN-ABDALLAH, brother of the famous Bou-MAZA, who is sentenced to perpetual imprison ment in France, to which the KING has commuted his punishment from the capital sentence passed upon him by the council of war of the Algiers division. His Royal Highness the Prince of SAxE Com,Eci left Algiers on the 23d instant, on board the Labrador, and reached Toulon on the 25th instant. The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE left Algiers on the morning of the 23d. Nothing authentic was known as to the where abouts of ABD-EL-KADER. The French Funds were a shade better on Wednesday. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 70c. ; the Five per Cents., 119 f. 95c. ; the Orleans Railroad s h ares, 1 ,237 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,037 f ., 50c. ; Havre, 760 f. ; Great Northern, 765 f. ; Avignon, 920 f. ; Vier zon, 672 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux, 625 f. ; Boulogne, 497 f. 50e. ; Troyes alai Montereau, 415 f. ; Basle, 227 f. ; Dieppe, 465 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 518 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 5421'. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 572 f. 50c. ; Spanish Actives, 32% ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 30% . The following are the quotations in the new lines :- Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 537 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. 50c. ' • Ditto (Espeleta), 509 f. ; Charler o i, 490 f. LYONS, APRIL 2 7.-Marseilles and Avignon, 927 f. 50c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,243 f. 75e. ; Rosen, 1,040 f. ; Lyons, 576 f. 25c. iBUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS .AT Tim LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 30. Dutch Boulogne :and Amiens, 12%-Central of Spain, -Dutch Rhenish, 6N -East Indian, %-Great Northern of Franc e jrg,2% _ Con stituted, 15%-Louvain and Jemappe, 1%-Luxembourg, and Bor deaux, and Liege, 2-Orleans and Yierson, 11 h -Over Vase', 3 dis.-Paris and Lyonsl7Bonn and Havre, 30% -° Constituted, 8 -Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 5% - -Sambre and Meuse, 5% -West Flanders , 23i• NEWMARKET RACES (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) BY THE EASTERN COUNTIES ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Handicap ; A.F. Duke of Richmond's Peasant Mr. Payne's C(.llingwood Mr. W. S. Stanley's Leaconfield Match.—Alamode beat Sorella. Match.—The Cob beat Corranna. The Newmarket Stakes of 50 Sovs. each, &c. Mr. Gulley's Pyrrhus the First Col. Anson's lago Lord Exeter's Galata colt STATUE OF THE LATE KING CHARLES JOHN OF SWEDEN . —A letter from Munich states that the bronze statue of the late King Charles J.hn of Sweden was cast in the morning of the 23d inst., with every appearance of complete success. It Is believed to be destined for the city of Norrkoping, and that it will be erected In the course of the summer. Lord and Lady Palmerston left Paris on Tuesday morning for England. Marshal Soult caged upon thent on Monday to pay 4 fa,IMI4 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Wick ham and Co., was exceedingly well attended, and the prices realised showed the improvement that has taken place in this description of security; almost all the lots in their ample catalogue found ready purchasers, and above 3,000 shares were disposed of. We select a few quotations. London and Manchester, Rastrick, 715 .—Manchester, Buxton, and Mat lock, 60s.—Goole and Doncaster, 50 5. - -Manchester, Midland,' and Great Grimsby, 12s. 6d.—East Lincolnshire, 85s. 6d Welsh Midlands, 28s.—Goole and Doncaster, Staffordshire, 109 s. 6d —Dutch .Rhenish, 1325. e " La chester, Buxton, and Matlock, 635. - —unerland and Lancashire, —London and York, 50s.—Northi—• ,uth Midland, 745. Low.Th erry, 6 * " • and , Cambridge, 255. 6d.- 265. 6d.—Northampton, London and Man,l . —ester, Remington s, 20 s. —Newry, Armagh, an n d d 15- 6 I 1 berg Was a considerable busk: ess done in Cotton, at Liver ;tool, yesterday. Sales 6,000 to 7,000 bales. Shares were firm. The following remarks on the dried fruit market, by Mr. R. Witherby, are interesting :—The arrivals of currants since the 28th ult., have been by three vessels 164 butts, 97 carro teels, 164 barrels, and 156 boxes, making the total quantity imported this season into London about 5,700 tons, against 6,050 tons to 30th April, 1845, and 5,500 tons and 6,200 tons to the same period of 1844 and 1843. There have not been any arrivals at Liverpool. The clearances at London from the 23d ult. to the 23d instant, amounting to 590 tons, against 730 tons in the same period of 1845, and 450 tons and 550 tons in 1844 and 1843. At Liverpool they have reached regularly 110 tons per week, against 75 tons per week in April 1845, and 60 tons in 1844 and 1843 respectively. The stock in bond 23d of February last was esti mated at 2,000 Tons. Since which date we have received here 717 butts, 600 carroteels, and 428 barrels, or 2,700 Tons. The deliveries in the same period having been 1,020 tons fin. home consumption, and 80 tons for shipment, together The Stock in bond 23d inst. may be estimated at 1,600 Tons against 2,800 tons on 30th April, 1845, an 2,400 tons on 30th April, 1844. 'This article is one of the very few, indeed almost the only one with the exception of raw sugar, which has maintained its ground, and for which there has been a fair demand amidst the general stagnation and depression of trade. Zante and Gulph fruit have been selling at 465. to 475., and fine Patras slowly at 48s. ' • but the operations of the month ha v e not been extensive. The wholesale houses, notwithstanding the reduced stock, do not seem to have confidence in the article, and buy only for their immediat e wan t s . The Stock Exchange is closed to-day, 4..." are also the trans fer and dividend offices at the Bank of England. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAT I.—Wind this day at noon S.W., light breeze. DEAL, APRIL 30.—Wind N. to S.S.W., light.—Arrd. Ocean, China, and sailed for Antwerp ; Enterprise, Leufstachius, Bahia, and sailed for Hamburgh; Commodore, Wright, Jamaica. Sld. Pieter Floritz, Lietzes, Batavia ; Carl and Therese, Schutt, St. Domingo ; Norma, Vallesen, Port Elizabeth ; Juno, Bendixen, New York. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Dryope, Moffatt, Quebec. Sid. Her Majesty's ship Raleigh, westward. OFF SEAFORD, APRIL 29.—Ocean, Canton, for Hamburgh. PORTsMOUTIL APRIL 30.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Anne Armstrong, Bradley, Bombay ; her Majesty's ship Apollo, Monte Video. POOLE, Anat. 30.—Wind W.—Sld.Nym ph, Thorner, Newfoundland. OFF PLYMOUTH, APRIL 28.—Mary, T. Rundlett, Boston, for Ant werp ; 29, Duke of Bronte, Bradley, China ; Euphrates, Madras. FALmouTH, APRIL 30.—Wind variable and light. Ore' 1 ALmouTH, APRIL 29.—Galatea, Huektield, Bahia, for Stet tin • Vistula, Havannah ; George, New York, for St e tti n . OFF PENZANCE, APRIL 29.—Nordpolen, Soderberg, Bahia. JERSEY, APRIL 29.—Arrd. Rollo, Defaye, Labrador. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 30.—Wind S.W. to N.W.—Arrd. 29th, Wm. Sorlic, Primrose, Cuba, and not from the Spanish Main as reported ; 30th, Speed, Laguna ; Leander, Phelan, New Orleans. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, APRIL 29.—The Nancy packet from Southampton to Weymouth got. on shore on the Shingles to-day, but is expected off after throwing ballast overboard. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 22.—The brig Sleepless, hence to St. Peters burgh, has returned leaky, having struck the ground in proceeding. BRIDLINGTON, APRIL 30.—The Helen, Leighton, from Sunderland to Stettin, which sunk in the Bay 27th instant, has been towed on to the beach, the cargo having washed out. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCH AN — G.U.;.--FRIDAY. The present week's arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been on a fair average scale, yet the show of samples of that article here was small. Selected qualities commanded a steady sale, at full prices ; but all other kinds were a dull inquiry, at barely late rates. Of Foreign Wheat the imports have been trifling. Fine dry samples released under certificates were in steady request, and prices were well supported. The middling and inferior samples, as well as bonded sorts, were very dull. Barley was in a very sluggish state, both for malting and grinding parcels, at late currencies. The quan tity of Malt on offer was not large, yet the Malt trade was in a very Inactive state. In prices we have no alteration to notice. There was a steady sale for Oats, at about Monday's quotations. Beans, Peas, and Flour, as last advised. English • • • • • • Irish ...... • • Foreign ...... ARRIVALS. Barley. 1,300 qrs. Wheat. 4,720 qrs. 1,750 Halt, 4,570 gra: SMITHFIELD. Oats I Flour. 2,790 qrs. I 2,870 sks, 2,970 I - 1,010 The supply of Beasts on offer here to-day exceeding the wants of the buyers, whose attendance was by no means numerous. fhe Beef trade was in a very inactive state, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, Monday's prices, at which a total clearance was not effected. From Holland and Germany we received 84 Oxen and Cows, and one Calf. From Scotland 200 horned and polled Scots, together with 180 Sheep in good condition. Although the numbers of Sheep from our own districts were somewhat on the increase, the sale for them was steady, at fully previous quotations. The arrival of Lambs from the Isle of Wight embraced 239 head. That from other quarters being larger, the Lamb trade was excessively dull, at a depression in value of from 6d to 8d per 81bs—the highest figure being 6s 4€l per Sibs. Calves and Pigs were in moderate supply, and sluggish inquiry, at late rates. Mulch Cows were selling at from 161 to 181 each. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ; and Quarter-old Store Pigs, las to 20s each. Beasts, 747 ; Cows, 150 ; Sheep and Lambs, 6.000; Calves, 182 ; Pigs. 290. EVTGATE AND LEADENNALL. We had a very inactive general demand, and prices were not supported. BOROUGH HOP 21ELARICE7r. For the finest parcels of Bops in pockets there is rather more in quiry, yet proyious rates ars with difficulty supported. In all other qualities so litte is doing that the quotations are almost nominal. The supply of Hops on offer is moderate. ADMIRALTY.-(THIS DAY.) This day was especially appointed to hear two important cases. Trinity masters were in attendance, but it was an nounced that the Learned Judge (Dr. Lushington) had met with an accident by being thrown off his horse, but it is satisfactory to state that the injury is but slight. Dr. Adams sat as Surrogate, and disposed of assignations. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) POWELL V. LOWE. This was an action for assault. The facts of the case were these :—The plaintiff is a cowkeeper, and the defendant is a cattle salesman, in Smithfield Market. A short time since an action was rought by plaintiff against defendant to re cover the sum of 13/. 10s., for a cow bought of defendant, but the defendant having got the money set up a previous account, and refused to give up the cow, but said he would stick to both the cow and the money; and after several applications by Mr. Bucbannan, plaintiff's attorney, the action was brought, when plaintiff recovered the 13/. 10s., and 61. for the loss of the milk by the detention of the cow. On the day this action was tried the parties met in Smithfield Market, when de fendant seized plaintiff by the collar and shook him violently, and pushed him against a lot of beasts. Mr. RYLAND addressed the jury for the defendant, suggest:- ing he was labouring under excited feelings, and that no serious injury had ensued. The juil'y returned a verdict for nominal damages. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) • (Before Mr. Secondary PorrEn.) PARRY V. JOHNSON. This was an action to recover the sum of 201. the balance of an account for a steam engine sold to defendant, who paid 31. 6s. into Court, and pleackd that he was not further in debted. The case lasted a considerable time, the evidence as to value being very contradictory. On the part of the plaintiff an engineer was called, who made the engine for plaintiff, and sold it for him ; it was an eight-horse high-pressure table engine. It was not perfect at the time it was sold, but 95/. was asked for it, or 1201. if completed. It was, however, ultimately agreed that the price as it stood should be 75/. ; the defendant had only paid 50/. ; but the plaintiff had reduced his claim in order t o b r i ng it into this Court. For the defendant, it was contended, that the engine was warranted perfect, but, that on the contrary, it required 161. 14s. worth of labour before it was capable of being worked—all the interior, or, as the witnes s t erme d i t , the constitution" was bad, and it never would be a good engine. One of defendant's witnesses (both being engineers) valued it at present worth 1001.—the other 60/. The jury, without hesitation, found for the amount claimed. This was the only case tried. The Marquis of Lansdowne left Paris on Wednesday morning for London. His Lordship had the honour of dining with the King of the French on Tuesday. STRANGE STORY.—On the 7th inst., Joseph Bailey, a youth about sixteen years of age, son of Henry Bailey, of Shadow Moss, in Northern Etchells, near Liverpool, vomited a living reptile, of the lizard tribe, the body of which was about seven inches. It was the consequence of drinking at a brook, in a field in which he was at work as plough-driver, in the autumn of 1844, about eighteen months since. He was aware at the time that while he was hastily drinking he swallowed some object which made him sick, but had no idea that it was anything like what it has ultimately proveclto bs t n e. From that time his health has gradually retro g raded, and he has to follow his and worse. About two months ago he became unable d subject to fits of vomiting, almost constantly, and growing worse called in two eminent rapidly went worse, upon which his parents the prescribed medicines he employment, and was compelled to quit servicean return home. He surgeons of Wilmslow. While taking t in e ue.ing ; appeared daily to go wors e, Upon being seized at this time he was scarcely able to walk across h for three times successively, a vomiting, he threw no, time, the reptile made its with a fit of and at the his sicknesste room. and fourth thick glutinous matter. h i m aking a desperate attempt to return down appearance in his mon 1, , ig his finger, he laid hold of it and threw it the throat ; but, apply then ran into the grid hole. In the hurry of th e on the floor ; and It moment, his s i s ter so much crushed and mangled it, th a t all further inspec ti o n was impossible. Since this he has gra d ua lly recovered doubt of his ultimate r es t ora ti on t o soun d h ealth , and few d a ys ago there appeals no lie was much improved.—M anc h es t er C our i er. - - LON DON - YACHT CLUB.—The monthly meeting of he above club was held last evening at Wright's Hotel, Strand. The first match of the season, for yachts not exceeeing seven tons, was fixed to be sailed for on the 18th June next. Prize, a hand some silver cup and cover. Several gentlemen were ballotted for and elected. A PRECEDENT.—Some short time since two 74. gun ships, the Bellerophon and Calcutta, were ordered to be fitted out in as expeditious a manner as possible, for the purpose of ascertaining in how short a time it could be done. They were both ready for sea In less than three days. British sailors must feel proud they have not degenerated since 1701, as about that time Daniel Defoe (a well-known name), in the second letter of his tour through Great Britain (published in 1714), in which are set down his journeyings and seeings along the sea-coast of Kent, notes the following instance of the remarkable dispatch with which our seamen got a ship at Chatham ready for sea :—" The expedition that has been sometimes used here in fitting out men-of war is very great, and, as the work men relate it, 'tis indeed incredible ; particularly they told us that the Royal Sovereign, a first-rate of 106 guns, was riding at her moorings entirely unrigged, and nothing but her three masts stand ing, as is usual when a ship is laid tip, and that she was completely rigged, all her masts up, her yards put to, her sails bent, anchors and cables on board. and the ship sailed down to Black Stakes in three days, Sir Cloudesley Shovel being then her captain.—Times. LIMERICK. —For many years past there have not been such numbers emigrating as during the present spring. On Saturday i the Stadacona sailed for Quebec, as also the Ellen Forrestell—the former with about 420, and the latter with 120 passengers. It is thought that no less than 5,000 persons have sailed from Limerick up to the present period, for America. The 13th Light Dragoons went out from Limerick garrison, on Monday, to suppress an intended meeting of the peasantry at Cratloe Woods. We are happy to say there was no occasion for their services. GRAVESEND, APRIL 30.—THE 10TH HUSSARS.—The detachment of this regiment, which arrived here on Monday from Herne Bay, by steamer, for embarkation on board the Brahmin, and which were then billeted in the town in consequence of the objection taken by their commanding officer to embark them in this vessel until certain alterations should be made in the accommodations prepared for the troops on board, were, this day embarked, the re quired alterations being made, and she this afternoon sailed for Bombay. The Duke of Wellington will complete his 77th year this day, having been born Way 1, 1769, RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) The Select Committee app GROUP IV. ointed to colllilder the merits of the Bi comprised in this group, r e - assembled at the usu a l hour this mornillg Mr. B. Hope in the chair. .~ A .yr THE GRE43.7! NORTH OP SCOTLAND. The fi timony rst ..ence gone into this morning was the engineering tes ,, f ev i ‘ ;- avour of the Great North of Scotland line. Gibb, the acting engineer of the line, was employed by the promoters in 1844 to examine the country through which the railway passed—namely, front Aberdeen to Irtveraess. His instructions were to get the best line for through and local traffic, and affording the most accommodation to the greatest amount of population, while at flu same time he was so to connect it with the Aberdeen Railway as to avoid a change of carriage and locomotive power. The Great North of Scotland line combined these advantages. He surveyed font lines. but the best he found to be the one running In the preseLt route of the Great North of Scotland line. At the tiuie he made his survey there was no other company in the field, and the country was open to him to choose what route he likcd. The length of the main, which was the double lint WU 107 ; of the branch to Bamff, 16 miles , of the branch to Porltioy, three miles and a-half; of the branch to Darmouth, six. miles , and of the branch to Binghead, five miles. The line followed. the natural channels of the traffic. He inferred this from the fact,, that along this tract of the country the tolls, with the same: number of barriers, were double those of ally other route. Tire ruling gradient on the line was 1 in 242, and the severest 1 in 100 1 - There were no tunnels nor plains requiring stationarlr or assistant power. The curves generally throughout OA line were favourable. The estimated cost, in round nut,- bers was 1,500,0001., and the working expenses 331, per cent. The line crossed 12 turnpike and 66 statute labour roads. There were no objections to the mode of crossing. The line creased the Spey by a viaduct 1,490 yards long, and from 80 to 90 feet higit• It would be executed with stone piers and timber arches. The ex treme height was 109 feet above the water, and the length of the broadest span was 200 feet. The viaduct was upon a gradient of 1 in 100, and there was a curve near with a radius of half a mile. He had had considerable experience in the construction of bridges and viaducts, and lie had no doubt whatever this one could be made without difficulty. He estimated its cost at 97,8191. The witness in the course of his examination in chief having stator that one of the rejected lines corresponded with the Aberdeen, Banff' ' and Elgin, he was cross-examined by Mr. Johnson at some length , on behalf of the latter company, with a view of showing that he MO mistaken in supposing the rejected line was similar to the Aberdeen* Banff and Elgin. Before coining to the Spey viaduct, there was an i embankment 400 yards long, and 92 feet high on a curve of 4 fug longs radius, and on a gradient of 1 in 100. GROUP VII. The Committee having adjourned to this day, Nan Wednesdath met at twelve precisely, in Room No. 24 (New Houses of Parlhi ment). Mr. Palmer in the chair. The ether Hon. Members were the same as on the former day. They proceeded immediately to a discussion on the merits of the* 7th clause of the EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (STRA THEARNE DEVIATION). _ Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the Scottish Central line, ;spoke at great length in favour of a clause which he proposed to nave intro— duced into the Bill, and the object of which was to prevent the Edin , burgh and Northern Companies from entering upon the North Inch of Perth. The Learned Counsel urged the fact that In Sir John Hobhouse's Committee, it was decided, atter a long investigation or, the merits of the case, that part of the plans of the Dundee and PeJth line, which gave powers to enter upon the south Inch, was rejected. The Learned Counsel's speech occupied the COmmittee for more than an hour. GROUP XI. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Henley in thdo chair. Other Members present, Hon. W. 0, Stanley, Lord Alford.. • and Viscount Eastnor. Absent, Mr. Smith O'Brien. The clauses that were postponed yesterday were submitted thl, • morning, and agreed to. WXLSONTOWN, MORNINGSIDE, and COLT" NESS (IMPROVEMENT and 33R.A.NCEES). This Bill, which is unopposed, was then proceeded with. GRAHAM briefly stated the objects of the Bill, which .was to change the existing Wilsontown, Mo rn i ugs id e, and Coltness, IYora ~ single into a double line, and to make two small branches to iron works for their accommodation. Proofs having been given of conformity with Mr. T. Duncombe'N resolutions, _ _ Mr. Collinson, civil engineer, was called, and shortly examins- -; to the necessity of the change proposed and the two branciteit; in order to accommodate the mineral traffic. The gradieD and curves were generall, favourable, and there were no othn engineering difficulties. One branch was 4% miles lo ng , and vioT,, cost 40,000/.; and the other, to Shone ironworks, un d er a Milo "- length, would cost 5,0001. The whole capital was 50,1801. Air. Forman corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. The Committee immediately declared the preamble proved. The clauses were then gone into and agreed to. GROUP XXXVI. WAREFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND Gool# o , (IVIETELEY, ASKERN, AND OAKENSHAW JUNCTION), MALTON AND DRIFFIEZO" JUNCTION. The Committee to whom these Bills had been referred, met fli tg morning in Committee-room No. 25, Mr. Bernal in the chair. The preamble of the Newcastle and Darlington, and York :1:. North Midland branches, which were originally referred to Committee, but subsequently- assigned by them to Mr. Greene, Is declared proved yesterday. The Committee first proceeded with the clauses in the first-11 4 1, tinned Bill, which was p a ssed at t h e i r last meeting, and having i'd sented to the whole of them, th e Ch a i rman intimated that he W' report the favourable decision of the Committee to the House evening. MALTON AND DRIFFIELD. The usual formal process having been given, Mr. BAINES proceeded to explain the nature of the project. • GROUP XXXVII. The Committee met to-day at t we l ve o ' c l oc k, i n No. 21 or the nef Committee Rooms. Present, Lord Seymour (chairman), Lord B/O w ton, Mr. F. French, Lord Edwin Hill, and Sir J. Lopez. They immediately resumed the consideration of the ssErriELD, ROTHERHAM, EARNSIA WAKEFIELD, HUDDERSFIELD, .A GOOLE. Mr. James Walker, of Wakefield, engineer and mine surveyor, AO tr o examined at much length by Mr. ROBERT HALL in support Of Bill. Witness was well acquainted with the mineral district throl, which the proposed line would pass, as far south as Wersborel t o He had agencies for and other professi ona l b us i ness with mos t ol oir coal mines and other works along the line, and he c „, ° ,ols borated, with some additional particulars, the evidence 5' 0 by the previous witnesses, as to the advantages to 0 expected to the West Biding generally, and especially . w il Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield, and the adjacent counties conec'oi with the Silkstone and Barnsley coal beds. That field cents _ o ld two seams of coal, of which the p ro d uc ti veness amoun t e d, in ro u e numbers, to 300,000,000 tons of coal, of good quality. Witliet7,lo not think that an y ot h er line—any of those that he had knovila npo projected—would afford Such convenient and beneficial aCCOII4 i° ' large body of coal. In cross-examination by M r . S ergeant Wrangham, Mr. rfcir—ertab of and Mr. Lee, for the different opponents, the answers of the wig' were merely explanations in detail of his chief evidence. Sub-Committee, No. 1. fr The Committee met to-day at Twelve o'clock, In room rj o Mr. Strutt in the chair, and resumed the consideration of the WEST RIDING on which the standing orders were declared not complied with. . 00 . STIRLINGSHIRE MIDLAND ZITNCTIO Iv (PETITION FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS)• Ord irl The Bill was sent up to the Standing Orders Committee. not complied with in Committee to purchase. nv ERUPTIONS OF MOUNT IiEc LA .—A l etter from w fioo' __,--s, et e i hagen of the 16th of April, says :—" Th e packet which arrive" "tr terday from Reikavik, in Iceland, h as b rought us letters from town of the Bth of March (four days later), which give curil e "lol tails respecting the malady un d er w hi ch the cattle were so, if from having eaten grass, & c. , covered with the ashes vomit'n, Mount Hecla. These ashes ( say t h e letters) act more Par ticu' 4 # on the bones of the animals whi c h have swallowed them. T hy „ the bones of the feet there are f orme d , i n less than twenty- or hours, osseous excrescences, of an oblong form, which graduaLl d d surne .so formidable a development, that they prevent the „` ti; from walking ; the same ph enomenon i s then man i fes ted lower jaw, which is at the same time enlarged, and extenclo,',','o directions so considerably that it eventually splits in several PL,I, of , whilst on the teeth of the upper jaw there is formed a spec osseous needles, very long and pointed, which take root in the t' e tor jaw, and even traverse it —a phase of the malady which always f it mines a fatal issu e . A s hi g h winds had prevailed for some time, pet canic ashes were scattered throughout the island, and a great ny t $l l of cattle, especially oxen, cows, and sheep, had perished. eruption of Hecla (says the letters from Reikavik) is prolong two months more, all the rural proprietors who have not enougtie to feed their herds—and the majority are in this situation-1" obliged either to slau g ht er t h e i r cattle, or to abandon them to c it death on the pastures thus poisoned by the volcanic ashes. .. d e eruption of Mount Hecla was extremely violent. The flames_,,"oo issued from the three great craters attained a height of 14,00 v," and their breadth exceeded the greatest breadth of the river 1" 1 ,.c'" , the most considerable river in Iceland. The lava had alreadY !, ° ,,ADY lofty hiountains, and amongst the masses of pumicestone voin!!10 the volcano, and which have been found at a distance of three - t o _ol o i of a mile (a French league and a h a lf), th ere were s ome :0 t . weighed half a ton (480 kilogrammes French). By the erulo w st alr Hecla, the enormous quantities of snow and ice which had ac c , pallo lated for several years on the sides of th a t mountain Ilan over; melted, and partly fallen into the river Rangen, which 1 13 .00 flowed its banks several times. The waters of that river, wb i Ce per almost at the foot of Mount Hecla, and which receives a largZoos: tion of the burning lava, were so hot that every day they gas_ 01, the banks numbers of dead trout, almost half b a k e d! Every vivid streaks of the aurora borealis illumined the sky." te tote AN UNEXPECTED BLESSING.--The fog was so inof one day last month, that the whole of Trafalgar-square Iva S d pletely concealed from view from 10 A.M . to 3 r.34.—Atntana4 Month. ,beedi EDUCATION BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPR.—It ba g ., - do l l announced that a Submarine El ec t r i c T e l egraph is to b e A A from Dover to Calais. If this great feat is accomplished, , : e es. s he have, in addition to electrical ee l s , a quant i ty of galvan i c S ' • perhaps, an immense assortm en t o f s h ock i ng herrings. livoir have salmon amusing themsel ves by go i ng through a ser ies o ber , = derful evolutions on the slack wire, and oth er f ace ti ous mew cOOrt the finny tribe, hurrying to and fro upon the great medium munication between France and England. It would be aWi' some mischievous old shark should snap t h e w i re i n two, itt.lstoiteli might be in the act of conveying som e very i mportant p i ec e o genes. He might cut short a royal s p eec h w i t h a slight._ tDo , S of his jaw ; or, with a wa g o f hi s t a il , a bb re viate most interesting announcement. Our obj ec t, howev er ' tr i alluding to the Submarine Electric T e l egra ph, is fo r tjsTe% purpose of recommending that it should b e d evo t e d to educe purposes. We are aware that professors already advertin t readiness to teach "French, comparatively in no time;" 1 -1:1105 language may be acquired In that wonderfully brief space a, sr: distinguished as - the twinkling of a bed-post" by the vvonderw, of the Electric Telegraph. Supposing branch w i res to be connoc rl w ah i nie t ing:td h h,ch, t t emiTp h ri l isress m titiisrr ueac a ianiue i cmcidd ri i taryoeioo: line, fsnlyttthtsa. hhtebee t atel h h,tivul e neitt y rhrveesetoat c huert o oelii, u odnru d ndt:oe: b sdinh: e i ethrcmielesooa.: schools t t lrs l si itisioeesF, coast t , o all allmlob r eue e sil n gsdeoh cf iusoballmmmeamycosantuwpgenareitblchislaeetaat communicate 0,4 - to r e; other studies.—Punch. 'Ol in Two curi ous sa l es have lately taken place eo the first was of four shrubs, being of as many different vari r Cyad camellias, sold for the suns of 10,000 f. (4001.) at the mere InT i ssei of the drawing representing them ; the other was by M. 0 1 syrss tine, who h as sold to the Presse the copyright of a volusise °,, of . thirty pages, b e i ng the Youthful Memoirs and Confidences" illustrious poet. A small g r an it e pyram id i s a b out to b e erected °,onoti4 spot where Lecomte fired at the King of the French, as a o so silo; of his Majesty's providential escape from the hands of the si s We understand the Government has signified do . ,(so proval of the plans which have been submitted for laying ...4s , , e 0 electric communication between the British arid French co.'„,twol of the inventors of the plan has lately inspected the coast VI , Portland and this vicinity, with a view of ascertaining its u oi for the trial of the experiment.—Poole Herald. , a pc. EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND.—It is calculat e h er 30,500 persons will have emigrated from Ireland In the prey;„", Many of them are known to have considerable sums of 1 1 1',A 0,00 at only 201. a head, they will withdraw from the small Rs' impoverished country DO less an amount than 600,0001 Weekly Register. • BIRTHS, On the 29th ult., the wife of Samuel N a yl or , E sq ., of 08 141 4,9 ,00 Temple, barrister-at-law, of a son. Ol e On the 29th ult., at Cornwall-place, New Camden-toW O, ls• of the Rev. John Hobart Caunter, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., at Gleugall-place, Old Kent-road, Morris, of a son. 0 MARRIED. of Ou the 29th ult., at St. George's Church, George E g ert . o o n f .01 11, Lady Mary Louisa Campbell, fourth daughter of the Earl 10 00 0 ' On the 30th ult., at St. Alphage, Greenwich, the 1 "ucll i tlO Frederic Douglas, Chaplain to her Royal Highness the.do Gloucester, to Christiana Fanshawe, eldest daughter of ." Hon. Sir H. Stopford, Governor of Greenwich Hospital DIED. va= Dra per, e iv aper, youngest Holborn, aged 21. V 4.' On the 19th ult., at Leghorn, Thomas A. Carmichael, BP son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Carmichael, aged 22. le wd On the 26th ult., at Macloneigh Rectory, the Re/. ti+ o 'CO son Rothe, Hector of Kilmichael,Cork. W ife o On the 28th ult., at Dover, Jane Dalrymple, Luke Smithett, of her Majesty's packet service. Henry Geode R.N., the 28th ult., at Grove-place, Brompton, R.N., late of her Majesty's yacht William and Mary. the 8.00, Charles Dra' son of Mr. IV 1$ London : Printed and Published by MITI:DO YOUNG , iiie 061 Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand , in ri * of the Savoy, 111/ ttheCcin t iddleeea, xiddlesea, F y o 1, 1846. r~ I