The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-24 00:00:00

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Parties who signed the last subscription contract, and holders of scrip, are informed, that petitions to both Houses of Parliament. " To stay the progress of the Bill, to cancel the liability of the subscribers to the contract, and return to the shareholders the utvpeut deposits." lie for signature Tat the Shareholders' Committee-room. Founders Hall-court, Lothbury, from 11 to 4 o'clock each day. Aprll 21, 1546. R. THOMPSON, Secretary. RAILWAY SHARF.S BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND , SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, 84c., take place every Vixen/or and Firms's. at shwa' S at the Hall of Commerce, Threadne,,,us-street, London, to which place all e,vcurs, ennobling instructions, are respectfully requested t• be _ _ addressed. crip and Share Certificates roust be deposited for exa- All S mination at least one day pre viously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale ' and the proceeds im mediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Ilan of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. WILSON'S OPENING NIGHT• MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, at Eight o'clock. Mr. WILSON begs to announce his FIRST ENTERTAINMENT the SEASON, in the Music Hail, Store-street, when he will variety of the SONGS OF SCOTLAND, Some of them for the first time. Pianoforte—Mr. LAND. Part 1.-0 weel may the Boatie row—Of a' the lifts the Wind can blavr —Whs.% buy Caller Herring ?-11,une cam our gudeman at e'en—Ower the Water to Charlie—Bonnie Bessie Lee—The Married Man's Lament—Pibroch o' Donald Dhu. Part ll.—The Flowers o' the Forest —The Auld School —Woo'd an' Married an' a'—A.uld Joe Nicolsou's Bonny Nannie—Get up and bar the Door. Private Boxes for Six, 15s. ; for Eight, IL HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Man!. LUCILE GRATIN respectfully informs the Nobility, Sub scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL 30, When will be performed (for the first time this season), Donizetti's Opera, entitled DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grist ; Dr. Mala:esta, Sienor Fornasari ; Ernesto, Signor Mario ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. In the course of the Evening will be revived the Ballet Diver tisseme .t, by M. Perrot, entitled, LE DELI RE D'UN PEINTRE. Stephan, M. Perrot ; Blanche d'Oviedo, 3fallle. L. Grahn. Together with a Selection from the admired Ballet, CATARINA; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. During the Evening various Dances and Pas de Caracteres by Madlle. L. Grahn, Madlle. Taglioni. and M. Perrot. To be followed by the last Act of INO VerdPs celebrated Opera, entitled, N, Nu l ls, Signor Fornasari 7 • Idaspe, Signor Corelli; O ro t as ph e , Si gnor Botelli ; Fenena, Mdlle. Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioli. To conclude with Se'ections, including the Dryade Scene from the admired Ballet of EOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADE. Eoline, 31.111 e. Lucile Grahn. 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'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, APRIL 25, Will be performed Rossies celebrated Opera, entitled, IL BARRIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Bosina, Madame Grisi ; 11 Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Mario ; Eartolo, Signor Lablache ; Basilic>, Signor F. Lablache ; Figaro, Signor Fornasari. To conclude with the admired Ballet, by M. Perrot, In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pupil, entitled, CATARINA ; on, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and Madame L. Taglioni; SL3I. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattia, and Perrot. THEATRE ROTA L, DltUktf-LA THIS EVE NING Will be performed an Opera, entitled THE CROWN JEWELS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss ; Don Ilenrique, Mr. Harrison ; Don Sebastian D'Aveyro, Mr. D. W. King; Rebolledo, Mr. Borrani ; Li Catarina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Miss Poole. After which will be produced a New and Original Ballet, entitled I3IELDA. The Duke, Mons. Adrien ; Count Alberti, M. Mathis ; Governor, Mr. T. Matthews ; Fabric'o, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Imelda, Madlle:Sali. THE,ATRE ROYAL, HA YMARK.JC.T. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy. called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. C) mon Foxe'', Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farren: Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilnury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. 11. Moll; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei dermann, Mr. J. Bland; Thomas, Mr. Br:ndal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overture, "La Symphonle," the Fantasia, " Era Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," • Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz ; the "Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow Polka." After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF kILISTOPHANES • ou which occasion they will be presented to the public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. 31 athews, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Hamby, &c. THEATRE ROYAL. LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Unprecedented Attraction for the Easter Holidays. Re-engagement of GENERAL TOM THUMB 1 Great success of the New Comic Drama I THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New rnd Original Comic Drama, in Three Acts, called HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Diddear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mr 3. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a Navy Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Kteley, and Miss Laidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Semi-League Boots. Hop 'o My Thumb, General Tom Thumb. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Charactes by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Mines Ante% Villas, and Howard. Stalls. ss. ; Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 20. ; Gallery, 6d. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELFIII. 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 ; Sansonet, Mr. Wright ; lions. DelAmare, Mr. Perkini • Batifole, Miss Woolgar ; Nini, Miss Webster ; Cecile, Madame Celeste. After which, a New Burlesque, entitled, PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Munyard, Re. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Iloneybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma "larding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STIMEr. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready ; Edgar, Mr. Wallack ; Earl •f Kent, Mr. Cooper ; Cordelia, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In which Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Granby, Oxberry ; Miss Taylor, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. Fos'roke, Miss Donner, &c., will appear. ASTLEY'A ROYAL AMPHITIrc:ATZE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal —Extraordinary hit of Mr. Leman Redes New Equestrian Spectacle, which has been pronounced by the public press to surp :89 all former orodu , tierts. THIS EVENING be performed the Original Asiatic Drama of THE A BAB AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Magnificent effdets, grand equestrian tableaus, &c. The Scenes in the Circle will, th:s present week, prove more than or:Ili/tray b:llliant, pr,seritln4 the whole troop of British and Foreiln Professors, aided by the inimitable Clowns, Barry, Wallet, and Rochez. To conclude with a novel At,erpiece. P.ox-olllce open irom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. )AVIDGE'S KOYAL MIRE I'l AT HE. • More Yorelty! A New Drama. Great success. Crowded houses, THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAS I' KISS ; or, the Soldier's Crave. le.srs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, neelop, Wil laramm, Mesdms. Vining and Martin will support the principal characters. After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, ON TILES;THK or, A Night at Greenwich. To be followed by a Grand Ballet of Enchantment, called, DER crTAMOIS YAGER ; or, The Fiend on Earth. By the Deulin y. To conclude with a New Melodrama, called, THE RATS OF RAT CASTLE. ROYAL Great Success of the N ew VICTORIA THEATIZE. Drama of " Laid up in Port." THIS ENG 'Will b e performed an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID - CP IN PORT ; yr, Sharkv a l ong Shore. Principal characters by Jlessrs. Fredericks, &wine, Raymond. 'Mitten, niggle, Searle, Burton ; Hiss Vincent, Miss E. Terry, Rte. After which, THE RltibE' JOURNEY • or, the Escapes of Adelaide of I, resden. In which bliss Yin ent . will perfor To conelude with a New Drama, entitledTHE FACTOm.RY LADS; or, The 'Workman's Saturd a y N ight. In which the whole Company will appear. NEW 8' it&ND ENTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La gatete est la sante de rams, La tristesse en eat le poison." M. PIIILLIPPE begs leave to announce that, in consequence of the Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER ENTER TAI MENTS, they will be repeated on every M onday, Wednesday, and Saturday Morning. and HIS EN every.E}' NenilNO vng until further notice. T , 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 Ills GRA.7.‘.;DMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Trans formAtions. The Entertainments will be varied by the Dancing of the CIIIARINI FAMILY, and the Olympic Gambol] of the ANIE RICAN 11E01'11ER-4. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock; the Evening at a quarter to Eight. Stalls, 35.; BOZOS, 29. Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Pevate Boxes, _ll. Is., and I Os. Gd, THE WEATHER.--Bus OFFICE, APRIL 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest. 54; Noon, 5 BAROMETER, 29.81. WIND E.; last night, rain; this afternoon, showery. WATER AT LONDON-BRID(IP. THIS DAY. Mott:lnt 31 minutes sr:all. I Evening! .. 1 , .1 minutes after 12. 070,, Oki) it • . . ' ,7,:› 1 si- I 'l o - 4 ,ilikP s • •cc ten. 4., LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1846. The LOAD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the W oo l sack At Five o'clock The Earl of DALHOL:SIE then rose to introduce h* Bill, concerning the dissolution of railway companie 4 notice of which he bad given before Easter, and also to propose a series of resolutions identical with those proposed by Sir K. PEEL in the House of C. mons, which will be found in another column. The Noble Earl, in his speech, recapitulated the arguments used by Sir PEEL, and concluded by proposing his resolutions as a see' Oional order. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of their Lordships to the enormous powers of interference with private property given to the different companies by these railway Bills, and contended that such Bills should be entrusted for adjudication to a tribunal of a totally different nature from such an one as a Committee of the House of Commons. The Earl of WICKLOW thought that the proposed order would affect in a different manner those companies whose Bills originated in their Lordships' House from those which originated in the House of Commons. He thought this a point deserving of consideration. ht be as The Marquis of SALISBCRY thought there m i g much reason to dread the winding-up mania, as there se been to dread the railway mania. He thoug ht the propo measure gave, in some instances, power to a minority to control a majority. This ought to be remedied. The Marquis of CLANRICABDE thought the Govern ment should take up the subject , and not leave thecisim; bee es decided es lv, b2e ot the the e s t stock propriety market. of W i constructingth regard r a i t l o w l a r 3 e . s l a n o d afford every facility for ought to be constructed, and should thought the Government should point out the p lines - that their construction. bl order, app Ica eon y to sessionalSaYWished to know whether it was proposed The a t r ol ofsnake o s t x B h the present session, or a standing order, applicable to future years? Lord ASIIBLETON considered the proposed measures were b e best that could be p ro p osed for enablin g p arties to the themselves from those difficulties which they had imprudently brought upon themselves. Lord CAMPBELL entirely approved of the measure proposed, because it left everything to private enterprise. The rail. way system had been carried on in this country more ad vantageously than it would have been had the Government taken its management into their own hands. He wished to know whether there was any provision in the Bill for providing indemnity for those at present liable for the debts incurred by railway companies. Lord WHARNCLIFFE considered that the power of winding up was given to too small a portion of the whole pro prietary. Lord KINNAIRD asked if the standing order was to be con sidered to-morrow? The Earl of DALHOUSIE said no, Monday. The Noble Earl then expressed his satisfaction at the general approval which had been expressed of the measure, and replied to various objections. He thought the power of winding up was not given to too small a number. Three-fifths was a minimum, and if the consent of a greater number was re quired, it would be requiring almost an impossibility. He thought, too, that if the promoters of Bills could not get the consent of one-fifth of the proprietary, Parliament would be justified in postponing the Bills. The order was meant to be purely a sessional order, to expire with the present session. He could assure the Noble Marquis that no delay should be thrown in the way of the Irish Bills now standing for a third reading by this order, and on the 27th he should propose the third reading of those Irish Bills which now stood for a third reading. With regard to the question put by the Noble and Learned Lord (CAMPBELL) be understood that no alteration would be made in the legal liabilities of any parties by this Bill. After a few words from the Earl of EGLINGTON, the Bill was read a first time. On the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the consul era tion of the sessional order was fixed for Monday. Their Lordships then adjourned. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. After the presentation of several petitions, Sir R. PEEL moved the resolutions of which he had given notice, with respect to railways. He thought a case had arisen for Parliament to interfere to prevent the capital of the country being employed in useless rail way speculations. The total amonast of capital required for railways would, he felt convinced, be much greater than the Legislature ought to sancti o n, a n d un d er these circumstances he thought Parliament ought to have the opinion of the parties themselves as to the expediency of carrying on the different lines with which they were connected. He believed that there was a sincere desire on the part of many persona connected with railways to relieve themselves from the responsibilities under which they had involuntarily placed themselves. He was not surprised at this, considering the present state of the law with respect to inchoate com panies —a state which, in his opinion, ought not longer to exist. He thought, considering the state of many innocent and helpless subscribers to railway companies, the Legislature was called upon to interfere, and if, after Parliament had re lieved them from the obligation they at present laboured under, parties still continued to speculate is railways, they would be no longer objects of sympathy and pity. 'the Go vernment had felt it to be their duty to interfere to put an cud to the improvident speculation that was taking place in the country with respect to railways; and for that purpose he trusted that the House would adopt the resolutions he had laid on the table, in order to further the operations of a Bill which would be introduced, giving power to all scripholders of inchoate rail way companies to dissolve them if they thought it necessary. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded by moving the res lo tion of which he had given notice (which appeared in The Sun of Wednesday.) Mr. F. FRENCH said if these resolutions were carried, the effect of them would be materially to delay all Irish Railway Bills. He trusted that something would be done to expedite Irish Railway Bills. Mr. BERNAL thought that these measures ought to be put a stop to long before they came to a third reading. He was perfectly sure that resolutions like those proposed would not remedy the evils intended to be removed. Immense expense would have to be incurred, and all the evils inflicted before the cure could be applied. The Sotacrros-GEsurtar, supported the resolutions. He believed that the Government, in bringing forward these resolutions, had done all they could to prevent improper spe culation. Mr. Lisoucnuna thought the course proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government was the best that under all circumstances could be adopted. He could not, however, agree that the present was the best time for the interference of the Government. He thought that the Go vernment ought to have interfered at a much earlier period of the session, if they wished their measure to be effective. He, however, thought the proposition was replete with so much good that he should give it his cordial support. He thought many parts of the resolutions were defective, especially that with respect to the meetings of shareholders. According to the resolutions as they stood, an Irish company might meet iu London, and an * English one in Edinburgh. Mr. HUDSON agreed with the Government that the present was the best time to bring this measure forward. lie be lieved if it had been brought forward at an earlier period of the session it would not have met with that general support which it would at the present moment He was sure that, notwithstanding these resolutions, railway measures good in themselves would be introduced. He trusted that the measure would be received and fairly treated by the directors of every railway, but that no needless hasty would be adopted in dissolving companies. Mr. M. Pinups cordially supported the resolutions, and in doing so, expressed a hope that no legitimate undertaking would receive a check, in consequence of their adoption by the House. Mr. NEWDIGATE supported the resolutions. Mr. Warm supported the resolutions. Mr. F. BARING also supported the resolutions. Mr. Bacxim DENISON, although he thought the - proposed interference late, considered it better than no interference at all. He was sure that all directors of railway companies who were anxious to do their duty would avail themselves of these resolutions, call their proprietary together, and take their opinions as to the carrying on of the undertaking. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in supporting the resolutions, denied that the Government could have selected a better time than the present for bringing forward their present proposition. Mr. G►bson, Lord Sandon, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Packe, Lord G. Bentinck, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr. Milnes, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. B:ight supported the motion. The resolution was then agreed to. Mr. T. DuiscomßE then prop( sod the resolutions to which he had referred in the earlier part of the evening. The resolutions were agreed to after a short discussion, and a few verbal amendments. Mr. THORNILY gave notice fur Mr. WATSON of his inten tion on the 7th of May to move fur a Select Committee to inquire into the Fees and Compensations in the Courts of Law and Equity. Lord SANDON moved for the production of copies of all memorials addressed to the First Lord of the Treasury, and the President of the Board of Trade, praying fur a reduction of the duty on tea. After a short discussion the motion was agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Oae o'clock. The Earl of DALHOUSIE in the Lords, and Sir R. PEEL in the Commons, last night brought forward the resolutions of which notices were given on Tuesday evening, and in each case they were received with the most perfect unanimity. Every one seemed to feel the imperative necessity for their adoption, and to acquiesce in the justice of the reasons on which they were Founded. As we stated in The Sun of Wednesday evening, the re• solutions to be adopted as sessional orders are quite distinct from the Bill of which notice was given previous to the re • cess. The latter provided for the winding-up the affairs of the company and returning the amount of the deposits, less the l a i r expenses, to the parties entitled thereto. 'this can only be done by active measures to be adopted by the shareholders, expressive of their desire of such a result ; but it wa s man if est that mush opposition might be given, and time consumed, before the signatures of the number of persons required by the Bill could be procured, and consequently, though a strong feeling might exist on the part of the shareholders to avail themselves of the provisions o f th e proposed Bill, the project might still be actively pressed on, and actually receive the final assent of the Legislature before the feelings of the scrip holders could receive an adequate expression. The governing body might, and frequently have, in terests other than, and distinct from, those of the scrip holders. As Lord DALHOUSIE well stated, " there were local interests which influenced them ; there were means of profit during the pa ss i ng of the Bill, which were not without their weight. Be sides, there was the point of honour, which made them unwilling to give way to rival schemes. The go.werning bodies, therefore, had often a sensible interest and a benefit in getting their Bill passed through both Houses of Parliament. It relieved them from a certain weight of responsibility, and em.bled them to get the deposits, which, up to that time, remained in the hands o f th e Accountant-General. It was obvious, therefore, that the governing body had a direct interest in forcing on these Bills, and there could be no doubt that they were doing this contrary to the general wish of the greet mass of the shareholders." llt is impossible to doubt the truth of this statement, and there can scarcely be a second opinion but that the wish for the dissolution of the several companies is much more universal amongst the scripholdcrs than lit the managing committees. The former, too, are scattered in divers and, in many instances, remote parts of the kingdom, and frequently their interests are so trivial as not to make it worth their while to take the trouble of attending a meeting or sending their proxies ; and they may also be un willing to have it known that they have dabbled in and mixed themselves up in railway speculations, of which so holy a horror now exists, and by which, if generally known, their credit might be seriously injured. For all these reasons the Bill alone might prove insufficient for attaining the end proposed ; and it was wisely consi dered that some active step on the part of the general body of the proprietary should be taken to show that they were still convinced of the prudence, of the advantages of the undertaking, and expressive of their desire for its continued progress. Hence the reso lutions now proposed as sessional orders, and few means could have been devised more equitable, or better cal culated to attain the desired object. They provide for a meeting taking place, of which due notice shall be circulated, wafted on the wings of the press, through all parts of our empire, and that full and sufficient time shall be given to every party interested to appear, either in person or by deputy, and express his opinion; that such a number shall be present at such a meeting as that the general feeling of the shareholders may be fairly ascertained on the one hand, while on the other it is not so great as to offer any insuperable difficulty to the further progress of any well-digested and desirable project. The proposed Bill varies in some respects from, and is, in our opinion, an improvement on, the plan brought forward before Easter ; it provides that the provisional directors, cr governing body, may call a meeting for the purpose of taking into censideration the propriety of dissolving the company. In the event of their neglecting so t o d o t h ey were compe ll e d to t a k e such a course, on receiving a requisition, signed by a small body of shareholders fur that purpose. Precau tions, similar to those in the resolutions, are to be adopted, for the purpose of securing full publicity to the intended meeting, and a rea sonable time to enable all parties interested to be represented thereat. At this meeting no ques tion but that of the dissolution of the company can be entertained ; there are minor details as to the manner of the election of the chairman, and the taking the sense of the meeting en the question, the constituency to con sist of the actual holders of the shares, and the produc tion of the scrip certificate to be evidence of the right to vote. A further provision is given to enable those who may wish to vote by proxy to deliver their votes before a Master Extraordinary of the Court of Chancery, or a justice of the peace—a very proper regulation, as there may be many persons unwilling to undertake a journey to the place of meet ing, and who might be unwilling to entrust their scrip to parties who could attend, of whom they might have little knowledge. Should a clear majority of the stock be represented at that meeting, and that a majority thereof voted in favour of a proposition for winding up the affairs of the company, then the concern should be ipso facto dissolved. The scale of voting is to be in con formity with the provisions of the Joint-Stock Companies Regulations Acts of last session—viz., every share under five should each confer a vote; every five shares above ten, and less than 100, should confer an additional vote, and every ten shares above 100 an additional vote. Our readers will recollect that when the measure was first brought forward we strongly urged in The : Sun the necessity of having the right of voting given according to this rule, which had been adopted on mature consideration as the most equitable, as giving their due weight to the small holders, and preventing their wishes from being overruled by those who may have ether interests to consider besides those of the share holders —as, for instance, an existing company to whose lines the proposed one might act as a feeder ; or, on the other hand, might possibly prove a rival. A clear ma jority of the whole stock should give the power of disso lution, but as it might be impossible to procure such a declaration of opinion, there is a further provision, that in the event of one-third of the whole stock being re presented at a meeting the question of dissolution may be entertained ; and if three fifths of the stock repre sented at the meeting should be in favour of the dissolu tion, that should be sufficient, and the company dissolved. Both plans appear to have been well matured, and we are convinced that they will be received by the country at large with the same unanimity and approbation with which their introduction was last night hailed in both Houses. We know not whether there are many such priests in Ireland as the Rev. J. SAVAGE, of Mullingar, the patron of the murdered martyr and the sainted SEERY ; but if only a few such firebrands are scattered throughout each county, all the mystery of the numerous assassinations that degrade the Irish people may be easily cleared up. This SEERY, it will be remembered, was con victed of attempting to assassinate Sir FRANCIS HOPKINS, and convicted on evidence about which there cannot be the possibility of a doubt. He was well known to his intended victim, he had lived with him as a sort of land steward, and afterwards rented a farm belonging to Sir FRANCIS, who, on being fired at on a moonlight night, seized the assassin by the collar, held up his face to the light to see if he was known,:and distinctly recognised his old tenant. There could be no mistake as to the identity in a case of this kind; Sir FRANCIS HOPKINS could have no interest in swearing away the life of an innocent man, and he in the most solemn manner, and with the fullest conviction of the truth of his statement, distinctly de clared on oath that SEERY was the assassin. Ilia evi dence was firmly believed by almost every respectable person in the neighbourhood, and no one whose opinion was unbiassed had any doubt whatever of the man's guilt. The priest SAVAGE, however, took a different view of the case, raised this assassin to the rank of a martyr (without the slightest intention, of course, to encourage other assassins), and has been engaged ever since in collecting subscriptions " for the protec tion and support of the afflicted widow and helpless orphans of the late martyred BRIAN SEERY." These are the terms used by this parish priest in a letter addressed to a Mr. DEVITT, of Limerick, thanking him for the receipt of 6/. 3s. 3d. towards this patriotic pespose. But that is the least striking part of the letter, and we therefore give what follows, to show the dangerous spirit which animates certain of the lower Irish clergy, and the determi nation to destroy all community and all friendship between Protestants and Catholics. The letter is published in a Dublin paper of Liberal politics, with the words marked in italics as we give them, the underlining, we presume, having been made by SAVAGE himself:—" SEERY was a man of the best character. Six respectable Catholic witnesses proved at the trial that he aas nine miles from Rochefort at the hour the attack was made on Sir FRANCIS HoPtaNs. The man who actually fired the shot at Sir FRANCIS openly declared his own guilt, but a Protestant baronet having sworn—no doubt conscientiously—that SEERY was the man, a Protestant jury believed the Protestant baronet, an outcry is raised, hang him, hang him,' and he was hanged, having declared with his dying breath that he had neither act, nor part, nor hnowledge of the crime." Here we have the loose and unauthenticated saying of the " man who actually fired the shot," according to this priest, placed in the balance with the oath of a gentle man highly respected in the neighbourhood, and the solemn verdict of Welt e jurors. It is a well known fact, that ninety-nine out of a hundred of these self-accusa tions of murder are without the slightest foundation, and put forth solely for some temporary purpose, and it is equally well known that one-half of the persons con victed of capital offences on the clearest evidence deqlare their innocence to the last. But that is a matter of trivial importance compared with the awful consequences of the principles upheld by this Catholic priest, for he distinctly tells the people that SEERY was innocent, that the Protestant baronet had declared a falsehood on oath, and that the Protestant jury were guilty of murder, in condernnihg a man of the " best character," on the evidence of one Protestant, distinctly contradicted by " six respectable Catholic witnesses." According to SAVAGE, no Protestant witness and no Protestant jury ought ever to be believed or trusted when a Catholic is tried. Need we wonder that so many assassins escape, or that so many Protestants are mur dered, when we find such doctrines laid down by a teacher of the people, who, it appears from the accounts of the execution, had the :lower classes of the district around Mullingar so completely under his control, that the whole of them stayed away in order to mark their conviction that this assassin was a "martyr?" A martyr to what cause ? A martyr to the pa triotic and Christian principle of expelling Pro testants from Tipperary by assassination. Need we wonder that Catholic peasants when murder is committed in broad daylight " stand laughing b ye " and that not one o f th em w i ll bear evidence against t another for crimes the most disgraceful to human na ture, perpetrated against a fellow-creature, merely be cause he is a Protestant, and claims the privil eg • • oecup)ing Lis own land? I s t h e important business o ot the session to be stopped because a few Irish Members are opposed to any legislative Act fur abating such a ruinous and barbarous system? A correspondence, which is just now published Mayor of NOTTINGHAM, and which consists of b y the halH oz en communications between himself', as aotne chair man of Lord LINCOLN'S election committee, and M T. B. T. HILDYARD , ind uc e s u s to make some retro spective remarks concerning the recent contest for the representation of South Nottingham. The circum stances to which this correspondence bears refe rence, and to which our observations ar e h ere applied, are simple enough in tb.wselves ; and the deductions which must necessarily be drawn from them are so obvious, that we shall content ourselves with a mere narration of them, unaccompanied by any indig THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,_ APRIIZ:24, 1e46. mint or irate commentaries. We do this solely becaus we are desirous of presenting our readers with a speci men of the kind of moral (?) force with which a rotten cause is attempted to be bolstered up, and because, more • over, we conceive the facts themselves are the most bitter reproof which can be pronounced against the culpable. A brief but significant episode in the electioneer ing contest of South Nottinghamshire will possibly be remembered by most parties ; it transpired upon the declaration of the state of the poll at Newark, and bore reference more particularly to the opposite candidates. Lord LINCOLN taxed his antagonist with having accused himself or his committee of bribery in canvassing ; he stigmatised this accusation as "a deliberate falsehood," though he did not apply that expression of rebuttal to Mr. HILDYARD personally, seeing that that gentleman must "of course have stated it on the authority of another ;" he required the announcement of that authority from his opponent as a gentleman and as a Member for the county ; or, at the least, he re minded him that the enactments against bribery were still open, and inquired if he intended a prosecution ? Mr. HILDYARD in reply, acknowledged having charged (not his Lordship, but) the free-trade committee of Nottingham with the grossest species of corruption; that charge he wished again most distinctly to asse verate ; he was prepared, in fact, to prove by the most incontestible evidence that those free traders had tendered a bribe of 23/. to two of his own constituents, for the purpose of engaging their votes for the opposite interest; at the same time, however, he declined divulging his authority, while he cautiously ab stained from pledging himself to a prosecution of the accused committee. This latter evidence of prudence on the part of the newly-elected legislator, nevertheless elicited from the mob of his supporters a valiant decla ration of their resolve to carry out the prosecution. Since that period, up to the present moment, nothing whatever has been heard of any proceedings, however small, having been taken to substantiate so sweeping and damning an accusation against a large body of re spectable gentlemen. Nothing whatever. Not a single whisper of elucidation ; not one solitary indi:ation of the proofs which had been so loudly and ostentatiously I vaunted 1 The accusation, however, hxd been uttered ! A gross, a most heinous, and most despicable crime had been imputed to the free-trade committee oF Nottingham. They stood before their fellow men branded with a supposed guilt. Silence, under these peculiar circumstances, was of course impossible; the members of Lord LINCOLN'S committee had characters individually to defend, and a character collectively to maintain. These considerations im pelled their chairman, Mr. THOMAS HERBERT, Mayor of Nottingham, to address a communication on the 12th of March to Mr. HILDYARD, inquiring therein if the parti culars of the election proceedings at Newark, above enu merated, and published in the Nottingham Journal, were accurately reported, and if so, requiring Mr. HILDYARD either " to substantiate the same, or openly to ackowledge that he had been misinformed on the matter," accompany ing this requisition with a most absolute repudiation of the charge as false, both on his own part as chairman, and his colleagues, as members of the free-trade committee. To this letter the lion. Member fur Nottingham returns a laconic answer on the 14th March, stating the " re port" in question to be " substantially correct," and declaring that he can perceive no reason for altering his opinions as therein expressed. Two other letters were thereon forwarded by Mr. HERBERT at different tines to Mr. HILDYARD, " once more emphatically denying the truth of the charge," and requiring from him that he " will at once either endeavour to substantiate that charge, or have the manliness to retract it." To the last of these very justly imperative epistles the Hon. Member at length sends a tardy and unwilling reply, on the Bth of the present month, simply referring the Mayor of Nottingham to his former communication as " the only explanation it was his intention to make," and which amounts in fact to no explanation whatever. One other letter terminates this epistolary squabble—a letter from the chairman of the free-trade committee, ad dressed to Mr. T. B. T. HILDYARD, and couched in the following langaage "In bringing to a close this correspondence, and sub mitting it to the public, in vindication of myself and those who acted w ith me during the late election, it only remains for me to express my deep regret that you should be so far mistaken in what is due to your recently acquired elevation, to say nothing of your personal character, az to commence your public career with a wretched libel on a respectable portion of your constituents." True to our original announcement, we shall not add to this narrative the addenda of our disgust, or the ap pendix of our indignation. Such additions are super fluous ; the moral is already so pointed in itself, and the tale so adorned with its divers characteristics, that any exposition of the inferences which are alone to be drawn from it would be in literal truth a matter of the most complete supererogation. The fair name of our fellow-men are surely not to be trifled away with every idle or partizan whim ; even Taco esteemed it as more precious than lucre or other mundane riches ; and it is not surprising that the mem bers of the free-trade committee of Nottingham are aroused at the ruthlessness of such an attempt They may feel satisfied, however, that in the eyes of their dispassionate countrymen they are fully exonerated from the charge by the correspondence just published. The Commissioners of the Woods and Forests have at length, we are rejoiced to find, turned their attention to the important subject of the embankment of the Thames. Among the notices given last night in the House of Commons, we find the following, by Mr. J. YOUNG, the Secretary to the Treasury A Bill to empower the Commissioners of her Majesty's IN oods to form a royal park in Battersea-flelds, in the county of Surrey." . 4 A 11111 to enable the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods to construct an embankment and roadway on the north shore of the river Thames, from Battersea-bridge to Vauxhall-bridge, and to build a suspension-bridge over the said river, at or near Chelsea Hospital, with suitable approaches thereto, including a street from Lower Sloane-street to the northern extremity of the bridge." This is excellent as far as it goes. As to the advan tages to be derived from the formation of a park in Bat tersea, we presume there can be but one opinion ; and the embankment of the Thames from Battersea-bridge to Vauxhall -bridge is a plan which, as the com mencement of a grand series of embanktnents, is deserving of every support. But why do the Commissioners stop at Vauxhall-bridge ? Surely, if the public accommodation requires the em bankment of the Thames from Battersea to Vauxhall, still more urgently does the public accommodation re quire the embankment of the Thames from Vauxhall to Westminster ; and most of all is an embankment re quired from Westminster to London-bridge. Such an embankment would act as an easement to the great tho roughfare from the \Vest-end to the City, via the Strand, Fleet-street, and Cheapside; and let those who entertain the least doubt as to the absolute necessity of some such easement, attempt to pass through Fleet-street or Cheapside, at any time of the day between the hours of eleven in the morning and six in the even ing, and their doubts will have vanished before they shall have persevered in their attempt halt an hour. Some months since a scheme was propounded for the formation of a company for making such an em bankment, which should at the same time afford rail way accommodation to the inhabitants of the metropolis. It was stated at the time that the proposed plans met with the approval of the Government, but the November panic affected this, as it did several other less worthy proposals. It was a plan, however, which, if carried out, would have conduced largely to the public accommodation, ani it ought not to be abandoned. Madrid papers and letters to the 16th instant have been received, They state that the differ ences amon g the new Ministers still continued unadjusted. In addition to the other differences, it is said that the Ministry are disagreed Santia go as to the p o li cy to be pursue d w ith regard to the Court of oc ßome. It w as rumoured t h a t an intrigue was on foot to set Gene ra l S ERRANO at the head o f t h e n e w Ministry, in which 31 . SALAMANCA wou ld h ave the portfolio of finances. M. I sTunrrz had b een sen t for several times by the QUEE N , on the 15th and 16th. Th e E speranza announces that Gen era l V ILLALOSGA, the C ap t a i n -G enera l o f G a l ac i a, entered c u pied th on placethe l h l a l ti s e, fled thato Vigo th e a i r t i l d s u p rg e e n n t t e s N,e vr ti .l a s r o had , both yr • inch places were in their possession. It is stated that the Portuguese Government have adopted measures to pre vent them from receiving succours from that country. El Tiempo publishes a letter from M. EGANA, in which the worthy nominee of Cmusysta denies that he is an Abso lutist, and takes credit to himself for having for the last twenty years rendered essential service to the Liberal party. The Eco (LI Comereio says, " It is reported that the whole Ministry has resigned, and an old Minister of Queen Clams- TiNa., sent for to form a new Cabinet refused that honour." There was a-report of a Ministry under GONZALES BRAVO, whilst others talk of PacisEco, and rumours are afloat that the powers in the highest places were at a loss what course to take. NAnvalz haa left Bayonne for Paris, where he was ex pected to arrived on Wednesday. Dun ENRIQUE was still at Bayonne. MADRID BOL SA , Arno. 16.—Three per Cents. , 301%, for 31°11 eY ; Five per Cents. , not quoted; Bank of St. Ferdinand , 280 ; B an k of Isabella , 170; Company of Probity, 185 ; Company of Iris, 130 ; General Assurance, 85 ; Alliance, 160 ; Anchor, lcs ; G C , 600. k:Achanges--London, 37% ; Paris,l6 3 . 94 "aPan,, aid - e ,--s ra pers of Wednesday The P aris Journ ats publishes the 0 first ex • ' emulation of LECOMTE f i l i i o a w v e hi b g e been particulars of The the " At 12 o'clock this day Lecomte was conveyed in a hack ney -coach from the Coneiergeri,?, to the prison of the Lux ellibourto Ti ; -..e has been interrogated by the ChancelloY and the s`-" Daki3sioners appciuted by the Court. At 5 o'clock Lecomte was brought back to the Conciergerie, the prison of the Luxembourg not being yet completed, notwithstand ing the exertions of the operatives, who labour night and day. It is believed, however, that the prison will be ready for his reception to-morrow. Lecomte affects a tranquillity which his features belie, whilst, on the contrary, he appears to be internally agitated in no small degree. The gun with which the crime was effected was likewise brought to Paris yesterday. Lecomte, in the examination which he under went at Fontainbleau,is said to have exhibited a degree of de jection, which is not in accordance with the energetic character attributed to him. It is now certain that Lecomte, a sports man by profession, when committing the crime did not use his own gun, which was found at his lodgings. He procured the gun, which he tired on the day of the crime, by means which will be revealed during the course of the trial." The Journal de Tou'ouse, of the 18th, subjoins the follow ing to the publication of the telegraphic dispatch, dated Paris, April 17th, announcing the attempt of the previona day : " The following fact, which appeared at first as insignifi cant, acquires some importance in consequence of the at tempt mentioned in the foregoing telegraphic dispatch. An elevated functionary of our City received three days since a letter dated Pari;, the 17th of April, and signed with a fictitious name. In this letter the death of the King was announced." LordPacailiatsrox has recived an autograph letter from the KING, in reply to the one he had addressed to his MAJESTY on the occasion of the attempt of I. ECOMTE. His Lordship on Wednesday presided over a meeting of the English resi dents in Paris, assembled for the purpose of drawing up an address to the Kura, on his escape. The meeting, which was very fully attended, was held at Lawson's Hotel. IBRAHIM PACH.I was expected in Paris on Friday. He will reside in the Elyshe Bourbon, and during his stay there will give a series of reviews, on a large scale, The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, appointed to examine the Bill for extending the law relating to foreign refugees, bare made their report, which gives numerous sta tistical details as to the number and state of the refugees at present in France. The Committee adds, that it availed it self of the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to de mand some explanations relative to the occupation of tin free town of Cracow by the troops of Austria, Fruoil §, And Russia. The Minister replied that he was assured the ck : - cupation was merely a military measure induced by neces sity, and that it would cease with the necessity which gave rise to it. The Epoque, the Ministerial paper, publishes a long ac count of a conspiracy which had been discovered in Greece, to dethrone King Onto, and assassinate Comm, which conspiracy it attributes to the machinations of Russia. The conspiracy was to have broken out, according to the Epoque, which probably speaks from the inspiration of M. PISCATORY, on the 6th of April. As to the reliance which is to be placed on this story, we leave our readers to judge when they shall have perused the following extract from the arti cle in question : " This Government was informed of all that was preparing, but, having no proof, it could not proceed against the con spirators." The Funds remained stationary en the Paris Bourse on Wednes day, and but little business was transacted. The 1 bree per Cents. closed at 113 f. 55c. ; the Fin per Cents 119 f. 90c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1;228f. 75c.; Rouen, 1,037 f. 50c.; Havre, 750 f. ; Great Northern, 763 f. 75c.; Avignon, 916 f. 25c.; Yierzon, 680 f. • Bordeaux, 625 f. 50e. ; Boulogne, 505 f.; Troyes and Montereau, 426 f. ; Basle, 230 f.; Dieppe, 457 f. 50c.; Paris and Stras burg, 511 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, MU. 25p. ; Paris and Lyons, 570 f. ; Spanish Tree per Cents., 36% ; ditto Domestic Debt, 30%. The following are the quotations in the new lines :- Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 510 f. ; ditto (Le cointe), bof. ; ditto (Compagnle Meridionale), 503 f. ; Charleroi, 495 f. LvoNs, APRIL 20.-Marseilles and Avignon, 898 f. 75c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,203 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,026 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 561 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 12 Bordeaux, Toulouse, aad Cette (Espleta), 2% -Dutch Rhenish, 6-Great Northern of France Con stituted, 1 b !i-Lyons and Avignon, 2-Luxembourg, 1% -Over Yssel, 3 dis.-Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 5% -Sambre and Meuse, 6-Tours and Nantes Constituted, 6%-West Flanders, 2. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a fair business doing in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, and the sales reached nearly 7,000 bags, nearly all to the trade. Prices were steady. Shares continued to im prove, and a good business was done. The sale of Railway Shares by Messrs. Wickham was well attended yesterday, and very good prices were obtained, 2,700 shares being purchased :—Cornwall and Central Devon, 30s 6d—South Midland, 39s—North Staffordshire, 85s— Bridgewater and Minehead, 19s—Eastern Counties York Extension. 31s 6d—Ditto, 30s—East Indian, lie—London and Manchester ( Remington), 18s—Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries, 13s 6d—Goole and Doncaster, 30s—North Kent, 26s—Oxford and Salisbury Direct, 7s—Great Kent Atmospheric, 33s—Midland and Eastern Counties, 19s— Metropolitan Railways Junction, Bs—Louvain and Jemeppe, 25s 6d—South Eastern and Dover, No. 4. 46s—Warwick and Worcester, 15s—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 41s—London and York, 35s—Waveney Valley , 15s—Northumberland and Lancashire, 23s 6d—Northern and Southern Connecting, 17s —Cornwall and Central Devon, 303 6d. There has been an arrival from Hobart Town, with ad vices of January 10. The colony was still annoyed in par ticular districts, Prosser's Plain's, for instance, with small bands of bushrangers, but we are glad to find that the police were more on the alert, and that captures were more frequent. The war steamer Driver had arrived, en route for New Zea land. The Stock Market has not undergone much variation, and the quotations are maintained at the advance of yesterday afternoon. Consols realise 96 to 96% for present transfer, and 964 to 98% for time. The premium on Exchequer bills has been up to 255. and 275., and money is certainly easier already on account of the Railway Relief Bill. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 96% to 97%. Bank Stock is steady, at 2042 to 205. The Foreign Stock Market, has been very quiescent. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 36% t 0.36% ; Brazil Stock is marked 81 to 82; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59%. The Share Market has been very firm. The new and old lines are all likely to benefit, it is thought, by the " weed ing," and are certainly much more buoyant this week. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSINO O'CLOCK. PRICES. Rank Stock .. • . 204% 205 205 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95 96k Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% 96 96 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 97% 96% 97% 967% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 % 10% India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto, under 1,000/. Consols for Account • • 96U % Exchequer Bills. 130. 1 34 d. 1,0001. .... 27 25 27 pm. 27 5001. -.— .... 27 24 pm. 24 Ditto. Small 27 24 pm. 24 ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 82 Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 81 Danish, 3 per Cent -• • • • • • • 87 % Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Passive Bonds Ditto), Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account 36N% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% CLOSING PRICES. •• •• ...-- PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. MISTRESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES' Aberdeen .. 10 .... 3 3 Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 ..125 ...... • • 125 Bridgewater and Minehead .. 425. - I% dis. Caledonian 10 .... 634 6 6 543634 6 34 Ditto, Half Shares .. 1 Ditto, Extension .. • • .. 214 - .• •••• • • • • 1 4 Chester and Holyhead . • .. 2234 -•••• • • • • • 21 34 Cork and Waterford .. . • • • 114.... 34 ••••• • • • • .42 Derby, Gainsboro', & Gt. Grimsby 1% %.•• • .. Direct Manchester (Rcniington's) 2% % 1 Direct Manchester (Rastri c k' s ) .. •3% • • • • • • • ••• • • 3 34 Direct Northern 2% •. . • .• • . Dublin and Belfast Jun c ti on .. 1 0 .... - ••• . • • Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... 2 Eastern Counties .. .. 14!. 165..... 2334 )6 23 23% Ditto New .. 8/. 165..... 7 3t % p.. Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. I. Gt. 13s. 4d. - Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. p Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... 1 )06 Edinburgh and Glasgovr .. 50 .... 72% Ditto 36 Shares .. .• .. 10 .... 16% ..... . Ely and Huntingdon . 734 Great North of England . ...100 - Ditto, New .. . .• .. 136 .. - Great Western .. 85 - Ditto, Quarter Shares • .. 5 .... 17)6 172.... Hull and Selby .. 50 .... 100%. London an Birmingham . • . 100 ....223% 225 Ditto Thirds .. .. 24 .... 61% Ditto Quarters 2 .... 2834 28 Ditto Fifth5........2 .... - London and Blackwell .. 16!. 13s. 4d. 8 .... Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 2% . .... 3% 3 4 . London and Brighton .. .. 50 .... 6438 )6 Ditto ditto Fifths .. 20 .... 29% .......... London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 22% .• Ditto, Guaraut. Five per Cent. 9 .... . . London and Greenwich .. 12/. 155. 40. - Do. Prefer. or Privilege .. 181. 17s. 2d.. London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 % .......... London and South-Western 41/. Gs. 10d. 77 78 .... Ditto, New . 1254 .... 22% London and York .. .. • • 2 % •• • • 1 %34 •• • Ditto, Half Shares .• .• • • 2 % • • • 1 4 %%••• • •• • Lynn and Ely .. .. 10 .... 6 x ...... Lynn and Dereham .. 10 .... 6 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .... Ditto, Quarters .. ••••2 • • • • 8%.. .• 8% Ditto, Fifths .. 3 •••• H AYs•••••••• 11% Manchester and Birmingham •. 40 . 7 . 44 78 Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) ••4 .. • • 12% % .... 12% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) I ... 8% ....... • ; 8 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425.... • • par ...• . • ar Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 14 . . • P I% Midland .• ••••• • • • ..100 .. • • 145 147.: 147 Ditto, New .. .• .• • 18 .. • • 30% 31% •• • 31 4 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 -118% ...... 118 'X Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 9.5 44)6 ...... •••• 45 :4 Newcastle and Berwick .. 10 18% 19 18% 18)6 North British .. • 20 .. 253 4 26 ...... 26 .. Ditto, Half Shares 6 8 4 Ditto, Carlisle Extension ▪ • .. 1 34 .. ••• 1 % ••••' • ' • • • 1% Northern and Eastern •. ..50 70 ••• • .. 73 North Staffordshire - 425..... 254 IA 2p• • • • 2% P Norwich and Brandon .. lB • • •.• 25 _ '6" •• ...... 8% Oxfd.,Worcester,& Wolverhmptn , 1234 •. • 8 -.. .... •••• Perth and Inverness .. 2 34 •• • • ;ki; ;;• ; ; • . 2% Portsmouth Direct .• •• • • 3 %** .• ; 13% •• • • 13 % Scottish Central .. „ „10 • • 234 2 Shrewsbury and Birmingham • • ,U 4 ." • ▪ 1 dig .. 1 chi. Shropshire Union .. .- • • •••• ; 5 • • ... • • • • • South Devon . • • . 425. • • % clis• ••• • • • % dis. South Midland . • • ••• • . • ~„ - 37% „ ..... . 37 South Eastern and Decor I.?ya _ ....... 12 Do., New (d 0.33/. 68.8 d.) No. • " ▪ 14% 15 Do., New (do. 30/.) No. No 4. .2 , !i .... 2 Do., New (do. 151.) Won. Riding Union • • • • • • 42 ••• • • - ••••• • • • • • 1 54 , P Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .... 2J4.•.•.•.,, : 2A A York and-Lancaster .• • • • • 2 %. •• • - ••• • • . I% York and North Midland .. 50 .. .. 98 97 97 Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 463( 493 s Ditto. Extension .. .. 15 .... 33 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 .... 914 9 9 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 .... .. ••• • • • . Dutch Rhenish •• • • •• 5 •• •. • • East Indian .. • • • • • s s. .. • • % Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 15% .......... Namur and Liege • • .. 6 .... 10'A 11 •••••• Orleans and Bordeaux Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 5 34 Rouen and llavre . .. 20 .... 29% 3034 .... Sombre and Meuse' .. . • • • Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 ..... JUNES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 3% ...... LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAT.) LONDON, APRIL 24.—Wind at noon N.E., light breeze, and hazy. LIVERPOOL, Arm 23.—Wind E.S.E. Blorenge, Banks, Calcutta ; loss of bulwark, &c., in a gale. CLYDE, Anti, 22.—Wind N,E.—Arrd. St. Johu, Richardson, St. John's, New Brunswick; Helena, Morris, Halifax. Sid. Marquis of Hastings, Sabiston, Quebec ; Tay, Langwello, ditto. smero,,, Ailw 12:—.Wind DINS , la . LBO Wattke, Janeiro. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. Since Monday the arrivals of Wheat of home produce have been but moderate, though of fair average quality. The stands were by no means heavily supplied with samples of that grain, yet so Inactive was the demand for it, that prices were almost nominal, and a clear ance was not effected by the factors, Upwards of 18,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have arrived this week, and been landed in bond. Very few transactions took place, either in free or under-lock par cels, at late rates. The quantity of Barley was somewhat on the in crease. The first qualities were quite as dear, but all oth.: need were much neglected. The supply of Malt wee not large, yet it W 44 fully equal to the wants of the buyers. In prices we him 1 10 A lt era _ tiou to notice. Oats were very scarce, and selle+oi l l p o p e o s a trifle more money. Beans, Peas, W. tour st; laa: advised, MY* Whet. Barle y, gneish •• 4,690 qrs. NAM qr s . Trish ... .• . ••••••• •••••••• Foreign ...... !ciao Malt, 8,100 qrs. SMITHFIELD. Oats Flour. 3,520 qre. 4,670 sks. 6,6`,0 4,860 The arrivals of Beasts up to our market to-day being on the In crease, and the attendance of buyers by no means numerous, the Beef trade was somewhat inactive, yet Youtlay's quotations were sup ported in every instance. From Scotland we received 360 Beasts and 420 Sheep; and from ffolland 94 Oxen and Cows, together with 20 Sheep, the latter In very middling condition. With Sheep we were, the time of 3 ear considered, fairly supplied. Prime old Dow* were in steady request, at full prices. In other kinds, compathtlYely little business was transacted. From the Isle of Wight /Oa Lambs came to hand per railway ; while from other (playlet's, the receipts of that description of stock were tolerahlf pod. On the whole, the Lamb trade was firm, at tally preylima quotations. Calves were in short supply, and sttlaiqh tlgmand, at barely stationery prices. The Pork trade WaS 4411, at late rates. Milch Cows heavy, at from 151 151 to IV Its each, including their small Calf. Sucking Caicos, 18s to 30s; and Quarter•old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s each. Beasts, 752; Cows, 147; Sheep and Lambs, 5,400; Calves, 100; Pigs, 230. NEWGATE AND LE.A.DENIKAZIN Our markets were again %lily supplied with each kind of Meg, which moved off slowly, at but little variation in prices. 311032,017011 730 P IWILIZE3ns Notwithstanding our market during the wit* the prfr„ en t week has been very scantily supplied with fine Uops, both • pockets and bags, the demand for them h at f a ll en O ff , and . culty supported. The Me • several largo - with difli- Hops op offer, to effect sales of whir' with, The accounts from tb- , parcels ' of old and inferior rates must be complied greasing tolerably well. __e planuitions state that the bine is pro. 31 p 96% 5q 2 23% 7% p 'in iy, 72% 11.3 RAILWAY COMMIVIEES. .213 (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No. 1. This Committee met to-day, at twelve o'clock; Mr. Strutt, Chairman. THE. WEST RIDING UNION. Mr. Pritt appeared in support of this Bill. Mr. G. Webster and Mr. Gregory opposed. This was an adjourned ease, the Avonl proofs having been put in a few days prior to the recess. . ••- • - • Mr. Oita;Malt made several allegations against the plans and sections. A fey of a trifling character were sustained, while the more important were declared not to have been sustained. One allegation was, that the plan was not correct, inasmuch as it did not agree :with the scale on the plan. It was, however, admitted by the opponents that the plan itself was right if measured by a proper sale, the latter being incorrectly made out. 10034 225 6134 Mr.yairr called an engineer, who stated, that if the plan were to be measured by a scale correctly drawn, it would be found to be per fectly correct. The inaccuracy of the scale was occasioned by its having been drawn with the hand after the plan had been printed. The Committee decided that the allegation had not been sustained. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day for the that time since the Easter recess to hear appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cot tenhani and Lord Campbell. THE EARL OF STAIR v. RING. This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the Court of Session in Scotland. The question involved in the case is one of dry Scotch entail, as to whether or not A deed had been properly registered. Mr. Bethell and Mr. Rutherford appeared for the appellant; and Mr. Anderson and Mr. Robertson for the respondent. The case appears likely to occupy some days. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor, after disposing of the unopposed lunatic petitions hi his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part-heard appeal of Weeks v. Stanhope, which occupied his Lord ship the remaiuder of the morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England took unopposed petitions, short causes and petitions to day, none of which possessed any interest. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUGE.) WILSON V. STANHOPE—DEMURRER. This was a bill tiled by the plaintiff, a shareholder, on behalf of the other shareholders of the London and Manchester Direct Inde pendent Railway (Remington's line), against the Directors and Provisional Committee of that Company, and a ll ege d that the defendants have generally neglected the interests of the company, and frustrated the objects of it in favour of the Direct London and Man chester Railway (Rastrick's line), to which they handed over the plans and sections prepared for the rival scheme; and alleges fur ther, that this was done for a personal consideration ; and that the deposits paid in on the Remington line were laid out in the purchase of shares'ln the ether company, with a view to keeping up their price in the market, and adds some minor details bearing upon these charges. The ca , e was heard on demurrer, on the part of the Hon. Mr. Stanhope, one of the defendants, on whose behalf the demurrer was argued en a point of equity, arid on the question of parties, it was contended that in case a partnership was to be wound up, it could not he brought into Court but in presence of all parties concerned. The COURT decided that the point in equity failed, and overruled the demurrer on the question of parties, without prejudice to any question in the cause, and reserved costs. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings in Banco, Westminster Hall. OLWISON V. THE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. This was an action taken by Messrs. H. and It. Olwison, insurance brokers, nominal plaintiffs, who effected a policy of insurance on behalf of Messrs. Garrett and Co., in the Marine Insure ice Com pany, upon certain goods shipped on board the Penang, and destined for China. The action was tried at Liverpool Spring Assizes, 1844, and a verdict taken for the plaintiff, for 2,8791., subject to a special case. ' Mr. Maims*, in applying for the rule, stated the facts as they ap peared in evidence, which were in substance to this effect :—That the plaintiffs shipped their goods on board the Penang for Canton; that while on the voyage a storm arose, and the ♦easel and cargo were injured ; that the Penang put into Hong -Kong, and there transhipped the goods into tho James Lang, which the defendant■ eontendedlwas the final port of destination of the 200 bales of goods, but the plaintiffs contended that such could not be the case, inas much as that Hong-Kong was then (in June, 1341), but a barren rock, having no warehouses, and only a few sheds, and that the goods were only transhipped with a view to ascertain the extent of the damage they had sustained; and that Canton was the final port of destination, because it was the final port of sale. The case is one of rather a complicated nature, and involves the consideration of the question as to what was the actual understand standing between this country and China at the time, or whether England was at open hostilities with the Chinese theta. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, on behalf of the plaintiff, contended that England was then at open war with China, and that Canton was, at the time of the arrival of the Penang at Hong-Kong, in a state of actual siege by the British forces, and that therefore the party in charge of the goods did not deem it safe to take them there, and therefore he hired the James Lang as a receiv ing ship, and put the goods into her. He further contended that the policy was so generally worded as to leave optional the port in China at which the goods were to be landed ; and that the Penang was destined to return to England with tea, and not to go on te Canton. lie further contended that the James Lang was not hired as a re ceiving ship, which was to convey the goods to some other port, but as a warehouse for the goods. Mr. MARTIN proceeded to reply, and had not concluded when our report left. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice Wiwinatl.) Mr. UNTIIANK moved, on the part of a prisoner charged with man slaughter under a coroner's inquest, for a writ of certiorari to bring up the proceedings, and a rule nisi to show cause why he should not be admitted to bail. The names of the parties did not transpire, but It appeared from the affidavits produced by the Leurnel Counsel, that the deceased, being in a state of intoxication, went to the house of the prisoner and began to undress, as if he bad been at home. Whilst they were struggling the prisoner's wife ran for assistance, and the prisoner having succeeded in putting the deceased out of the door, shut X It was supposed that the shutting of the door caused the deceased to fall down the steps and fracture his skull. It did not appear that the act was malicious.—Application granted. MARLBRO%BTREET---(THIS DAY) George Castel', a remarkably fine-grown young man, was charged with being a deserter from the 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers). John Porteus, sergeant, Gth Dragoons, stated that in consequence of information he had received he apprehended the prisoner between eight and nine o'clock last evening, at the King's Arms public-house, in Bear-street, Leicester-square, as a deserter from the 12th Light Dragoons. Mr. IL►aiwtctt (to the brisoner)—Do you admit being a deserter from that regiment? Prisoner—l do. Edward Kelly, sergeant of the 3d Dragoon Guards, identifled the prisoner, having known him while in the regiment. 'I he prisoner admitted that he enlisted into the 12th Lancers about a year and ten months ago, at a public-house in Westminster, and deserted front Maidstone, on the sth instant, for the purpose of getting mar ried. He was committed, and his descriptive return forwarded to the War•office In the usual manner. :;3‘ 64 29 22% Mr. Baron Parke is improving in health, and will resume his seat on the bench some time in the present term. A monument has been ere:ted at Stoke Church, Berkshire, to the memory of the late Lord Montague. The Earl of Glengall is suffering from indisposition at his seat, Caher Castle, country Tipperary. Mr. C. B. Hamilton, M.P. for Aylesbury, has been detained at Nice, and prevented attending his Parliamentary duties in London, by a severe attack of fever, from which the honourable gentleman is at present slowly recovering.—Galignani's Messenger. The Right Honourable Richard Laior Sheil, will arrive at his mansion, Ecclestou-square, Pimlico, in the course of the ensuing week, from Madeira, where be has been staying for some months, Captain Sir James J. Gordon Bremer, KO 8., left town yesterday afternoon, for Portsmouth, to hoist A commodore's broad pendant on board the Queen, 110, as second in command of the Experimental Squadron. PUNISHMENT FOR CONJUGAL INFIDELITY.-A very novel and extraordinary procession took place on Thursday, the 2d instant, at King's Coed, in the parish of Llandenny, near Pontypool. On the morning of that day, Elizabeth, the wife of a farm labourer of the name of Cole, and a fanner residing near, had been found to sin against the seventh commandment. The husband Immediately communicated the knowledge of his rib's infidelity and of his own injury tO some Wends, who, upon due deliberation, advised him to seize the aggressor and his paramour, and bind them back to back. This being accotnplisked, they were placed upon a hurdle, and fas tened to a ladder. They were then mounted upon the shoulders of some lusty rustics, accompanied by about fifty persons, who appeared delighted with the fun. They visited every farm-house in the vil lage, thus elevated—" Sure such a pair was never seen." The farmer and his paramour seemed regardless of the degradation they were undergoing, and appeared quite at ease, the former smoking a pipe. The attendants in the procession imagining that he displayed too much levity and indifference in the situation he had by his indis cretion placed himself, insisted he should no longer indulge hi the pleasure he derived from the fumes of the weed, and he was reluc tantly compelled to relinquish use solace he experienced fren► its enloyment. From ten is the morning till darkness drew a veil over the proceedings were they thus publicly exposed b.l such Lynch law, —Monmouth Merlin. Sir ni M gl ° lt ses SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE'S ARRIVAL AT ST. PETERS v in al o the f an d Lady Hontedore and suite at the Russian capi tal, b ef or e BURGlL—Lettera are In town announcing the arrival two audiences granted by the Emperor to the noble the Ist of April. Thu paragraph, cop i ed from so m e foreign source, reported h w e l a ii r e t h edknight, was at least premature —Voice of Jacob. THE LONDON HOSPITAL.—The anniversary festival of this hospital took place last evening at the London Tavern, B;shopsgate-street. About one hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner, amongst whom were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge (in the chair), the Lord Bishop of Lichfield, Sir William Clay, 11. P., William Colton, Esq., David Salornons, Esq., William Davis, Esq., Robert Hanbury, Esq., and other munificent patrons of the lu. stitution. The amount of mbscriptions announced was the foll ow . log : His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, 201., the East and West India Dock Company, 1501. ; H. C. Deily, Esq., 30 guineas • William Colton, Esq., 101. 10s. ; the lAlicioll Dock Company, 1 001. : .51. P., 5/. ; Colonel roX. St. Katherlue Dock Company, 211. ; by It. Hanbury, Esq., treasurer, 1681. ; by J. Davis, Esq., 2711.; by the gentlemen of the Hebrew nation, 2281 . 12s. 101. • Sir William Clay, 51. P., 101. • 1 hernas Masterman , ' Esq., M.P., 30 g u lnea4i Tice total amount calm collection announced was 1,6544 ACCIDENT RELIEF SocIETy,-,-...The Right Hon. Lord Ashley will preside at the anniversary festival of the above excel, lent society, which is tuntounced for this evening at the Altflou Tavern. On Tuesday afterrioon an infuriated cow escaped from the Liverpool slaughter-houses, and in its krious progress through the streets, tossed b # boy front fifteen to t wenty feet in t 4, {lir. FO2lllll#Oly no ones were broken, and he is n o t dangerously luirt—Ai r cinchester Guardi an . OXFORD, APRIL 21.—A formal contradiction has ap peared of the statement that the Duke of Marlborough is about to let Blenheim Palace to the Queen Dowager, The Rev. Mr. Sibthorp is now here on a visit to some of his old college friends. It is said that he has imposed on him self a silence of' thiee year's frOin his usual pulpit minis trations, 4..4 a mark of penitential regret for having, in a moment of ill-judged excitement, joined the Romish cotn- Mullion. LONDON SOCIETY for TEACHING THE BLIND TO READ.—(THIS DAY.) Tilt sixth anniversary meeting of the above society vrass this day held at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-, square. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock precisely, by' the Rev. the Lord Bishop of Winchester. The room wa.s filled to overflowing 1 7 . ,, a most res p ec t a bl e audience, com-• posed almost 'exclusively of ladies, w h o appeared to take* great in . i .erest in the proceedings of the Society. lerom the report read by the Secretary, it appeared that the progress of the society was highly satisfactory. The* school-rooms had been enlarged, and the number of pupils at present in the schools had increased to 62. Of this nuntv tier 14 were adults. The total number of pupils re ceived at the society's schools since the commencem nt of the society had exceeded 500. The income of the society during the past year from all sow tee had been 1,876/. 12s. 4d.• The expenditure during the si one period amounted to 1,7421. Bs. 6d. At the commencemen tof the meeting, the children sung in excellent style an anti ism (84tli Psalm), and subs .(quently Mendelssohn's Hymr t of Praise. The Right Rev. Chairman then called upon som eof the scholars to read some portions of Scripture, the port ions selected were 1 John 3 verse, Mark 13. The manner• in which th e y performed their task was certainly most surprii ing, and bore out in some degree the truth of the assertion of one of the speakers namely, " that the intellects of the bi ind, when cultivated, had far outstripped their brethren in the race;" for many persons possessing the sense of sight, as.d who had even received what might be termed a libere, edu cation, would find themselves immeasurably distanced. - by these blind children in the art of reading correctly. The business of the meeting having been brought t xi a conclusion, thanks were voted to the Right Rev. Chain new, and the meeting broke up. ADDRESS OF THE BRITISII SIDENTS IN PARIS TO THE KING OF 77HE FRENCH. A most numerous meeting of British subjects took place, on Wed nesday, in the great room of Lawson's Bedford Hotel, in the R pe St. Honore, Paris, to vote a congratulatory address to King .Louis Philippe, on his late providential escape from assassination. Amongst the gentlemen present we perceived the Duke of 31on-• trose, Lord Gray of Gray, Lord Decies, Lord Cantalupe, V' ecount Dillon, the Earl of !Gifford, Barry Baldwin, M.P., Sir J. D , oveter„ Sir Denham Jephson Norreys, M.P., General Sir Phiueas Ry al, ti Right Hon. Henry Ellis, General Wright, General Sir Ale: fantder Duff, Admiral Honeyman, Lieutenant-Colonel Saunderson, of the Grenadier Guards; Culonel Hunter Blair, Captain Colleer, B .N., O'Gorman Mahon; Archdeacon Keating, Archdeacon War ain :ton, Rev. F. Saunderson, Captain Hankey, &c. On the proposition of the Right Honourable H. Ellis, seco nc! by Colonel Saunderson, the Duke of Montrose was unanimiusky re quested to take the chair. The Noble CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, observed that, he was deeply sensible of the honour of presiding over so ntlrnerc u s and respectable a meeting, on the occasion of voting an address •,„o the King on hie late miraculous escape. Ills Majesty was too dee ply be loved for his late danger not to call forth the sincere syi apathy not only of all French people, but of tte foreign residents in_ .Paris. He considered the preservation of his Majesty's life of the utmost importance, not only to France, but to the wholo of Europe, as pre senting the best guarantee of the continuance of peace. Lon g, there fore, might he held his present high position ! And whet tat last. in the course of nature, he was called on to depart from, this We, might he leave all in order and peace, ready and prepa - md ter his successor.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Honourable H. ELLIs then calved that the Mowing ad dress be adopted:— " May it please your Majesty, "We, the undersigned British subjects now in Paris, beg leave to approach your Majesty with the expression of bur sincere congra tulations on the providential escape of your Majesty from the atro cious attempt made by a reckless assassin on your sacred person. Most heartily do we unite with the people of' France in recognising, in the fortunate escape of your Majesty, the continued protection of Divine Providence ; and we trust that this expression of :sympathy and respect, coming from British subjects, may find a favourable ac ceptance with your Majesty, the preservation of whose life we, in common with your loyal and devoted people, feel to be moat impor tant tc the well-being of France and to the general peace of Europe." This address was then voted by acclamation, and a vote of thanks having been passed'to the Noble Chairman, the meeting separated. The address was in a few minutes signed by several hundred names. THE BRIDPORT ELECTION • COMMITTEE. The General Committee of Electiofia met yesterday► at three o'clock, in Room No. 3, present—Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Loch, and Mr. W. Patten, to fix the members of a Select Committee for examining the petition presented to the House= against the return of Mr. Baillie Cochrane for the borouglt. of Bridport. The Committee so appointed is to be constituted as follows —Mr. C. Wood (chairman), Mr. B. Escott, Sir W. Somer ville, Lerd C. Hamilton, and Lord Dalmeny. These Members will be sworn to-day, and will meet to morrow at eleven o'clock for the dispatch of business. Mr. B. Cochrane, it will be remembered, carried the repree sentation by the small majority of 1, and after the announce-- went of the Mayor it was very confidently stated among the:' friends of Mr. Romilly, the opposing candidate, that a mis— take had been made in the poll-books, which, if corrected,' would have turned the election. We observe that a second volume of Lord Brougham's' "Lives of Men o f L e t ters and Science, who flourished ' during the reign of George III.," is announced to appear in few days. It will be published by Mr. Colburn. The volume' will comprise the lives of Dr. Johnson, Adam Smith, (with an analytical view of his great work), Gibbon, Sir Joseph Banks, Lavoisier, and D'Alembert. Mr. Jones, carver and gilder, of this city, has in his possession a canary bird, gifted with the power of articulating clearly several words. Mr. Jones had the honour of presenting the bird to her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, on Wednesday week, when her Majesty expressed herself much pleased with the feathered curiosity.—Rath Chronicle. SutJoRN Ross. — lt is understood that this adventu rous voyager has been reinstated in his office of Consul at stock holm, for which place he left England yesterday. A short time 4) Mr. Buchanan, his solicitor, applied to the Court of Bankruptcy tha t a sword presented to the bankrupt by the King of Sweden might be given up to him. The Court could not make any order on the Point , but left it to the discretion of the assignees, who have acceded to the request. IRE " No HOUSE" or IfoxpAr.—The names of Mr' Lockhart and Lord John Chichester were by mistake omitted among the list of those present, which appeared in our TuesdaY's impression. • • Yesterday morning some thousands of brent geese passed this town, about a mile at sea. There was a continuoas stream of them for at least two hours ; and their course was focal east to west. Our fishermen say that their p assage i s indicative in f stormy weather. Porpoises were also seen planing about the Chain Pier at the saute tlme.—Brighton Gazette of Thursday. ANCIENT EIORNS.—A correspondent to a morning paper announces that in excavating the ground at Goulstone-squal Whitechapel, for the large tank for the tint model establishment of public baths and washh ouses , th e wor k men came to a stratum e _ the horns of cattle, covering an area o f at l east fifty feet square, an d varying from three to four feet in thickness. How, when, and wt.,' can this large deposit of horns have been made ? They are gene rally of a large size, and do not appear to have been broken when they were deposited. It m us t b e l ong s i nce, pro b a b ly centuries, tha t they can have been thrown aside in suck numbers as valueless. The' discovery is an unfortunate one for the committee who are construct ing the baths and washhouses, as it necessarily adds considerably to their expense in making the tank. A SMALL RATE.—On Thursday morning a vestry — meeting was held in the vestry-room of Christchurch, Blackfriars - • read, to make a Minister's rate ; the Rector, the Rev. Mr. Mapleton-0 in the chair. Mr. Churchw:rden Powell said, they were required ea pay the Rector the sum of 601, annually ; that last year the rate was made at three-eighths of a penny in the pound, 301. of whic.ll - to be collected. Besides this, there was a balance Dr hand ; therefore a rate of one farthing in the pound would be sum dent for the ensuing rate. Mr. Hobson then moved. that a farthing rate be made, which, being agreed to, teu of the Inhabitants then signed the deed, and the rate was declared to be duly made. COSIMESIOIIATIoN OF SIIAKSPERE'S The celebration of this interesting festival took place yesterday at Stratford-en -Avon. A meeting of th i e4 i t e o c yal Shaksperean Club was held in t o l f i e s m ac o r r ed nin in g 4 D ic r.Zho g in iv so e i n i 'tau hcaollriegiAattetwcheulvrecho'elfoecr. the benefit of the infirmary, and at three o'clock, a dinner got UP honour of the occasion by the old club, took place at the Falcon, 0° landlord of the hotel in the chair. But the great feature of the de/ over by Charles Wren Roskyns, Esq., and attended by upwards of a' was the dinner of the Royal Club at the Shakspere Rooms, presided - Phillips, Esq., hundred members, among whom were the Mayer of Stratford, i lf " M.P., W. li. Harding, Esq., J. it: West, Esq., F/ Granville, Esq., J. B. Freer, E sq., D. Galton, Esq., R. J. Alty, T. TN., homson, N.D., W. 1). Hunt, Esq.' It . Greaves Esq D. :AA' EW. C. Lucy, . W. p..na an, Esq., E. D. ord, Esq., Flower, Esq., &c., Ste. P. FISHMONGERS' AND POULTERERS' INSTITUTION. Yesterday evening a special general meeting of this charity was hea l ' at the London Coffee House, Ludgate-hill, Mr. Spriggins la the chair.' At the last audit of the accounts there remained to the Credit o f the' institution 3,0501. stock, and 681. 7s. cash. Sinc e th ee 1,0 341.35. 2 , 1- had been received from various sources—ineludlig subseriptieng 225/. 6s, 66., and donations 4571. Ss. 6d. The expenditure, however , had reduced this amount to—stock, 2,6601., cash, 2521. 6s. 2d, ; 2,9121. Os. 2d. The expenses included 5051. paid for the purchase O f ' a piece of freehold ground, on which it is intended to erect aLmr, houses for decayed fishm ongers an d pou l terers. This land is situ sag.a at Wood Green, near Hornsey ; and the almshouses, of which it Ikto' be the site, will accommodate twenty-four parties. It is intended/ tv expend ifl their erection 3,0001. DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A FEMA.i.E.—Yiesterlar afternoon, Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Brown Bear, row, Knightsbridge, on the body of Matilt t ' NI ildon, aged twenty-es " The deceased was the wife ola beottll9 l ker In Grosvenor-ma r k e t. For the last three weeks she bad liten very desponding, the cause of which she would Not divulge. Oa Satur lay afternoon last she called; on an intimate fr iend, Witt her baby in her arms, and in the course of conversation she slklded to a yoang man whom she knew, who had! drowned himie.". in the Serpentine on the day previous, and said she' thought It 'was a very good place to go and drown herself. About' half-past three o'clock she askec her to take care of her baby whit* she welt home some work. She left the house, and In about half We hour afterwards she was seen miming across the Serpentine-brid — lie in Hyde Park, followed by a police-constable, who, from he% manner, suspected she premedittted self-destruction, but hefted he could reach her she threw off her bonnet and shawl, ,ascended the parapet of the bridge, and flung herself into the water!' An ala.ra was instantly given, and the • boats of the Royal Hintiane Societf were quickly on the spot, and the body was found in about four minutes, and conveyed to the receiving -house, where every ineasiF were used to resuscitate her, but Ineffectually. Verdict, Temporal*/ insanity." EXTRAORDINARY SUZClDE.—Yesterday morning a' woman named Pike, res; te n h g ne a ri,n t aa N v o l oe . al,anGgderde despondinge n m - Satnr e w t, h S sot a t s e e p t e n b e or y ef k tot cn mind milted a very singular act of self-destruction. The deceased was the' ry widow of a captain of a merchant ship, Who died about three monthr , red by his daughter, missed her on coming 130"11 ever since her a w a Yesterday u, go. S u h a e l h y morning a p l r epa as stairs, and on making search for her he found her, in the waterbuw In the yard, quite d ea d . She had only her nlghtgown on. wife Rind On : ft7hsles.t2EGlitt h bebnyg o ,a f El F As e gr b :h r u y a , rl f a a at 0 11 I n I R . 0 s T s ff e 'S o 1 : e e , the lady bf Capt a I n N. 1 - On On the e e 1184:: ;ri m s: : at North Audley-streett trosvenor-squarep tb' the su tv rg if e e e e n t „ o t f he a 4 It so. . mat curate of Leytonstene, of a daughter. Henry H. Evans, perpetual On the 18th inst , in - Upper Uttrley-street, the l a d y o f E d m una re lls , Esti, of a ;on. On the 19th inst., a t Artillery-place, Finsbury, M rs . 3f . M e , verr of a son. oC On the 19th lust. , at Hanover-terrace, Regent's -park, th e wife Arth ur Powell, Esq., of a son. and Rev On the 19th in s t ., at North Creake Rectory, the lady of the 11(4 ' . Thomas A. Keppel, of a son. On the 20th lust a t Holly-terrace, Highgate, ~ a daughter, lust., at Atm. Beaumont, ____a.......uo,veLibltee2nOwthiczor as N en i . ghtingale-terrace, Woolwich-common, 05' MARRIED. t he On Thursday, the 16th inst., at St. M ar y' s Ch urc h , Leicester , by . Rev. Richard Fawssett, M.A., Captain Henry Butler, son ~ Colonel the Hon. Pierce Butler, M.P., to Clara, eldest daughter °` John Taylor, Esq., of the Newarke. On the 20th inst., at Olney, Bucks, Charles Talbot, Esq., to All O6 fifth daughter of Mr. Samuel Baker, all of that phase. DIED. On the 22d inst., in Old Bread-street, William Eccles, Es 4l "' surgeon, aged 46. On the 9th inst., at Leamington, Elizabeth Catherine, eldest datlZll - of Captain and Mrs. William Harris, of Ysaimpton, Devon. On the 18th inst., Ann, eldest daughter of Nicholas Robinson. Esq''' Merchant, Smiley. near Liverpool. On the 18th inst.' in Cloudesley-terrace, Islington, Fanny, relict oe the late T. Sartori, Esq. Can the 21st inst., at Brixton-rise, William Mason, Esq., aged 82- On the 21st inst., at Bedf or d-pl ace , Kensington, LadySweedlaW ► relict of the late Sir Christopher Sweedland. On the 22d inst., in Sudbury-park, near Harrow, William Attres , Esq., BALA., h'.R.C.S., &c. On the 22d inst., at Hastings, Frederick Richard, eldest surviving sox of the late Colonel Crewe, aged. 22. On the 22d inst., Alfred Byron Tem of Pembroke College, Oxford , youngest son of the late Thomas Tigg, Esq., of Cheapside, aged 90 On the 22d inst., at Highburpgrove, Harriet Foam relict offs. late John Fearn, Esq. On the 23.1 inst., at Ladbroke-villas, Notting-hill, Dandeson Coate& Esq., secretary of the Church Missionary Society, aged 6s. 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