The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-26 00:00:00

B ELGIAN EASTERN JUNCTION 1 RAILWAY. The Committee of Shareholders for the Dissolution of the above Company beg to congratulate the Proprietors at the result of their labours at the meeting held en the 25th instant, when the resolution to DISSOLVE was not only carried by an overwhelming majority, but, finally, the Directors honourably expressed their full concur rence in the same, subject to some financial arrangements. The Committee beg to assure the Proprietors that nothing shall in duce them to relax their exertions until the above object be obtained, and also that it is their intention forthwith to prepare a second share holders' petition to the Belg ian Government, praying the return of the 30,0001. paid as caution money. Due notice will be given when and where the petition will lle for iirsature. 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LAAIOND, 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, &the c., take place every Tummy and FRIDAY, at One o'clock„ at Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, Loudon, to which place to be all favours, coat Lining instructions, are respectfully requested uldressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of 'results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribnrs, and the Pub:ic are respectfully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT, not inc:nded in the Subscription, will take place, on THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, When will be performed (for this occasion only), Donizetti's cele brated °nem, entitled BELISA.RIO. BelisariO, Sig. Fornasiri ; Giustiniano, Sig. F. Lablacbe ; Alamiro, Sig. Corclli ; Irene, Mdme. Castellan ; Antonina, Mdlle. Sanchioll. To be followed by the Divertissement of UN BAL SOL;ii LOUIS XIV. In which 31d11cs. Lucile Grahn and Louise Taglioni will appear. In the course of the Evening, a New Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Louise Taglioni and Petit Stephan ; and the admired Cracovienne, by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn. After which, the Last Scene of LA SONNAMBULA. Amine, Madame Castellan. With other Emertainments, in which Mdlle. Gaetardna Brambilla, M. Perrot, &c., will perform. To conclude with (for the first time this Season), EOLINE ; on, La Dryade. Arranged by M. Perrot, in Three Tableaux. Principal characters by Mills. Lucile Grahn, M. Perrot, Mime. Petit Stephan, M. Di Mattis, &c. HER 31AJESTY'S THEATRE. ON SATURDAY NEXT, MARCH 28, Will be performed (fur the first time this season) Donizetti's cele brated Opera, entitled LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Madame Castellan (her first appearance this season) ; Pierotto, Mdlle. Gaetanina Brambilla first appearance in this country) ; Carlo, Signor Coreill , II Marchese di Boisdeury, Signor F. Lsblache ; 11 Prefetto del Villagio, Signor Botelli ; Antonio, Signor Fornasari. To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaus. The music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CATARINA ; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, DI Mattia, and Perrot. virtual or actual co-operation of other nations, the re storation of freedom to the Poles is totally chimerical. It is an impossibility. The seeds of regeneration must be sown, they must be tended and nourished, and com mence of themselves a secret germination before they can burst from the soil and flourish. A trite philosopher has said " Rome was not built in a day." On the same principle, if the population of Poland aspire to better things, their plans must be gradual and systematic. Otherwise, the hour of their emancipation will not merely be deferred, but more in tolerable miseries will acrue from the failure of each insurrection. On these accounts, and on these accounts alone, we have deeply mourned the recent struggles in Gallicia ; we consider the instigators of the outbreak as unwise and incompetent in the last degree. They pos sessed enthusiasm and patriotism, hut they wanted pru dence and tact. Nevertheless, though present suffering may result from these proceedings, we are sanguine that their ultimate effect will prove beneficial. A new victory for Austria, Russia, and Prussia, will only serve to enhance the commiseration of Europe and America towards Poland; the effort alone of her people will revive—it has already revived, and will continue to do so—the ano malous position of a territory situated in the centre of the civilised world being a prey to the avarice of three adjacent states, her constitution dismembered, her cities the spoliation of invaders. A sense of this anomaly, a persuasion of its injustice, will never die away among the nations of the earth, until the error is rectified, until Poland is restored to her original place in the chart of Europe. As among the first indications of this consequence of the late doings at Cracow, we hail with real satisfaction a meeting of the friends of Poland, held yesterday evening in the Crown and Anchor Tavern, a report of which meeting a great press of matter unfor tunately obliges us to postpone. That two thousand persons were present, that a working man filled the chair, and that all the speeches were characterised by a fierce hatred of oppression and a cordial sympathy with the Polish insurgents, will be sufficient to show that the assembly was precisely what it should have been, especially as being the representative of the sentiments entertained in this vast metropolis. Occa sionally, perhaps, the holiness of the cause, for the advo cacy of which the parties present had been convened, was tarnished by language too virulent and sweeping ; a blemish in the speakers, which we the more particularly regret, as it was derogatory to the dignity of their theme. For example, the Chairman was rather injudi cious, if not actually blind to propriety, in declaring that the aristocracy of England, en masse, sym pathised in no manner with the grievances of Po land : it was a wholesale condemnation, the inaccu racy of which there are many living witnesses to prove. The vituperation, in like manner, uttered by Mr. FEA.RGUS O'CONNOR upon the newspaper press of Great Britain for its " baseness, servility, truckling, cor ruption, and perfidy," was much too comprehensive and violent to forward the cause of liberality in any one particular. But enough of this demonstration in favour of Poland ; it has afforded us much satisfaction, as we confidently regard it merely in the light of a prelimi nary movement. The civil rights of many millions of our fellow-men are too holy, and are too intimately blended by association with our own, to become a matter of indifference or neglect. Poland, in fact, demands the sympathy of every European race in her present hour of tribulation, and the voice that issues this mandate is the solemn voice of history. That voice tells us, that the gratitude, the succour, the hearts, and the hands of Europe, belong by right to Po land, whenever by her distresses she requires assistance. Never should that glorious achievement of the Polish troops, by which this right has been entailed upon their posterity, be forgotten or disregarded ; never should that memorable day be lost sight of, when, in 1683, the auxiliary forces of Poland, under their monarch JOHN SOI3IESKI (amounting, with a few German regiments, to merely 70,000 men),routed an army of 200,000 Turks upon the plains of Vienna, and by so doing preserved Austria and the rest of Europe from becoming the dominion of barbarians and infidels. And this victory, be it recollected, was attributable exclusively to the ,:onsum mate tact of the Polish Sovereign and the dauntless bearing of his troops ; a fact the more re markable from the simultaneous pusillanimity of the Austrian Emperor. Within five days Vienna would have been compelled to capitulate, when the continent would have beea wholly exposed to the depredations of a lawless body of conquerors: from this calamity were Austria and her sister kingdoms rescued by the genius of SOLIESKI and the valour of his soldiers. Have not the Poles therefore a claim—a won derful and deathless claim—upon the sympathy and succour of every European empire ? And has not ungrateful Austria a dire and unpa ralleled crime to answer for ? had NAPOLEON but accomplished his views upon the Autocrat, Russia would have been driven into a compromise, Austria and Prussia would have been compelled to concede, and Poland would have been again numbered among the nations of the earth. An issue most emphatically diverse prevented the accomplishment of this grand design, and. Poland remains in servitude. The day of retribution must, hoe ever, come at last. Patriotism must predominate over tyranny. EXP RE. `S FROM PARIS SAFET Y of the OVERLAND MAIL. (From the Times) We have received by Extraordinary Express the Paris papers of Wednesday, with a letter from our cor respondent. The latter announces the safe arrival of the Indian Mail, and consequently of the Virago steamer. There is no news in the Paris papers. A Radical journal, lEsprit Public, states that an express from Madrid, dated 20:h instant, bad been received, announc ing the commencement of insurrectionary movements, but our Paris correspondent contradicts it formally, with however, this qualification, that fears for the conse quences of the late coup d'etat of General Narvaez were entertained in the highest quarters in the French capital. The statement above referred to, added to the in genious and alarming inferences of the Bears on the Paris Bourse, from the lea:ling article of the Times of Monday, depressed the Paris Money Market on Wed nesday. Our readers will apyreciatl the sagacity of the part' es duped by those false rumours and inferences The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 841. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 40c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,297 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,045 f.; Havre, 757 f. 50e.; Great Northern, 780 f.; Avignon, 9561. ; Vierzon, 700 f. ; Bordeaux, 6721. 50c. ; lieu• logne, 525 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 430 f.; Basle, 240 f. ; Dieppe, 470 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 538 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 5571. 50e. ; Paris and Lyons, 602 f. 50c. ; Spanish Actives, 33%; ditto Pas sive, 5 Vz• The following are the quotations in the new lines : -Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot). 512 f. ; DIU° (Leconte), 504 f. ; Ditto (Compagnie Me idionale), 5021, 50c. ; Ditto (definitives), 552 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. 75c. ; Ditto (Espeleta), 509 f. ; ' Charleroy, 4901. LYONS, Mallen 23.-Marseilles and Avignon, 9801. ; Paris and Or leans, 1,318 f. 75e. ; Rouen, 1,0571. 50c. ; Vierzon, 7321. Sec, HOUSE OF LORDS -(THIS DAY.) Their Lordship's sat at ten o'clock this morning to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. THE EARL OF lIOPETOWN V. RAMSAY. The arguments in this appeal from the judgment of the Court of Session were commenced, and occupied their Lord ships the whole morning. V ICE-CITANCERY.-(f HIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in the Ohl Hall, Lincoln's-inn to day, and heard lunatic and cause petitions. ARCHER V. HUDSON—INJUNCTION. His LORDSHIP gave judgment to-day iu this case, which was argued before him about a week since, upon an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls. Upon the hearing of the case we fully stated the Lets, and it is there fore, unnecessary to repeat them. His Lordship, after going at considerable length into the case, dismissed the appeal with costs. IV THE MATTER OF DICE SOMBRE, LUNATIC. Upon this case, which stands on the paper for hearing, upon the petition of Ir. Dyce Sombre, to supersede the com mission of lunacy. Mr. WAKEFIELD, who appeared for the petitioner, stated that he felt that he could not properly occupy the time of the Court by opening the petition, as Mr. Dyes Sombre had not come within the jurisdiction of the Court, he would rather that the petition should be discussed, than proceed with it under such circumsrances. Mr. CALVERT trusted that the Court would dismiss the petition. The LORD CII,kNCELLOR declined to do so, considering the circumstances of the case; and after a short conversation, Mr. WAKEFIELD obtained leave to amend the petition. The LORD CHANCELLOR, said an application had been made to him to hear a petition connected with the case in his private room. Looking at the circumstances of the case he had determined to hear nothing with respect to the lunacy in private. Ultimately it was arranged that the petition of the Committee of the estate to which his Lordship referred, and which related to certain jewels, should be hears the first to-morrow. We have received Madrid journals of the 18th, but their principal contents have been anticipated by the telegraphic dispatches. The Chamber of Deputies met on that day for the last time, according to all appear ances, when Senor NOCEDAL, one of the Secretaries, rose and said :—" The President has directed me to in form the assembly, as his ill state of health will not allow him to address it, that at a late hour in the night he received a communication from the President of the Council of the Ministers, signifying that the Con gress should meet to hear the organisation of the Cabi net and other important communications." The names of the new Ministers were then announced, and after that the following royal decree was read : " In virtue of the prerogative conferred upon me by Article 26 of the Constitution, and by the advice of my Council of 111inistenz, I have decreed and do decree as fol lows :—The sittings of the Cortes of the present Legislature are prorogued." M. NCCEDAL, then, in the name of the President, declared that the sitting was closed. The deputies then retired. The Gazette, of the same date, publishes a royal degree superseding General CONCHA in the ge neral command of the Basque provinces, by General URBISTONDO, formerly an officer in the Carlist army. General ConTEs, one of the chiefs of the War depart ment, had resigned, and ARETA, the pclitical Chief of Madrid, had been dismissed, and replaced by General BILBOA. All the troops in garrison in Madrid had re ceived orders to be night and day under arms, and ready to march out at a moment's notice, in case of any attempt at disturbance. We have given, in another part of The Sun, the manifesto issued by the new Cabinet, and it is quite in keeping with the character of the man who has assumed the dictatorship of Spain. The Funds had risen nearly three per cent. On the 18th the Three per Cents. closed at 31 for cash, and 31-i at thirty days ; the Five per Cents. at 22 at thirty days ; the shares of the Bank of San Fernando, 255 ; of Isabel, 168. With the exception of an article on the affairs of Spain, in the Journal des Debats, the Paris papers contain little news of importance. That journal and the Messager appear to ba the only papers that had received detailed accounts of the suspension of the Cortes, and the de struction of the freedom of the press, and the manifesto of the new Government] establishing arbitrary power. The great press of other important matter prevents us from giving the article at length, and we therefore con fine ourselves to a brief extract, which shows that this Government paper declares strongly against this new 5) stem of despotism. We only hope the Court of France and the GuIZOT Ministry will evince a similar spirit:— " The new Ministry formed under the auspices of General Narvaez has inaugurated its accession to power by two acts of the greatest importance, and which show in what a dis astrous path it wishes to lead the country and the young Queen. By a decree of March 17, the Ministry has ordered the indefinite prorogation of the Cortes. This measure will be followed, no person can doubt, by the dissolution of the Congress, which, compcsed almost entirely of memLers of the Moderado party, has given so many pledges of prudence and devotedness to the throne and the constitution. This suspension of the Cortes is so much the more inexplicable that it has been pronounced before the, vote of the budget for the present year, and before the present Cabinet has ob tained a vote of confidence to collect taxes and contribu tions. The second decree of the new Ministry has an awk ward analogy with the ordinances of July, 1830. It pro nounces in reality the suspensioa of the liberty of the press. The new Ministry has, in consequence, been looked on with a general sentiment of uneasiness. and even terror. Madrid, on the evening c.f . the 19th, was tranquil, and order had not been troubled, but there reigned a great agitation in the public mind. The measures which the Government have adopted betray its own disquietudes; the garrison remains day an d night under arms, and seve ral g enerals and colonels have been already replaced or dismissed. The situa tion is grave for Spain. The Ministry is placed at the head of an ultra and turbulent minority of 40 members, all per sonal friends of General Narvaez, or declared enemies of the constitutional Government. Its first acts have been a fla grant violation of the constitution, and one may say an insult to the convictions and good sense of the country. There is no possible safety for Spain but in the maintenance of the constitution, and with the concurrence of the whole Moderado party, which for four years has shown so much devotedness to the throne, and 30 much attachment to the constitutional institutions. We hope that this party, so powerful by its number and by its position in the state, will know how, under actual circumstances, to remain united and firm in its prin ciples, and consistent in its condut.t." Accounts fr3m Algiers announce the arrival at that place of the Duke D'AUMALE and the Prince of SAxE COBURG on the evening of the 17th. Their arrival had just been preceded by the return of Marshal BUOZAUD, whom they visited immediately after landing. A vielent 1 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS storm had been raging on the coast, awl in some parts 1 CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. of the interior o f Al g eria, for two da y s. I The Cotton market. at L'Yerprol, yesterday, wee Vet's' in j animate, and the hildra:26 W::.3 (iC,:idedh , is faVolli of . the A telegraphic dispatch Lom Milionah announced on . buyers, although not at a further decline than 1 / / d. per lb. on the 17th that General JOSUF had fallen suddenly en the rates of Friday last. The sales were 4,000 bales, inelud- ABD-EL-KADERS camp, not far from IlJusmia. The ing 500 American, for export; 200 Pernatn and Maranham, • t 53id. to 7d.; 50 Egyptian, at 6:3:01 to 814 d. ; and 50 Sea ex-Emir bad hardly time to escape with a few regular Island, at 12d. to 15d. per lb. Shares were again dull and troops. The details are wanting. declining. The Sicle states, that the son of the celebrated It is much to be regretted that our Contemporary, the Thnes, should continue the line of policy which it thought THOMAS MOORE, who was serving in the French Fa proper in the first instance to adopt of exciting alarm among reign Legion in Africa, died lately in that country, to the moneyed interests on account of calls upon railways, the universal regret of his regiment. the plans fur which are now under the ordeal of Parlia- Mme. DE SALVANDY mother of the Minister of Public mentary scrutiny. It ought not to be forgotten that the , point taken up in the first instance by the leading instruction, died on Sunday, at Paris, after a long and jaurnal was, that as much as from twenty-five to painful illness. thirty millions sterling would be locked up as deposits course of last in year. The Tito B4f. 25, T , 1 ; 1 Three e per l Five her eluded Cents., o n l t 2 h o e t.. Paris lioc ;hoarse Orleans i T s u l e t s ,, d u tz a a a t u f fact n turns new out rai l to w 23 b . se projectedtia that from ten n iil illions have shares, 1,315 f. ; Rouen, 1,0571 430 c. ; Havre, 765 f. ; Great Northern, thus been absorbed as yet, which 'was quietly drawn out of 785 f. ; Avignon, 975 r. ; Viezron, 715 f.; Eordeaux, 682 f. 75e. ; circulation, and lodged with the Accountant General, Boulogne, 523 f. ; Basle, 241 f. 25e. ; Fampoux, 465 f. ; Dieppe, 470 f. ; without any apparent pressure. This fact is admitted. P,kris and Strasburr, 542 f. 50e. ; Tours and !finites, 572 f. 50e.; P Bat ~u,_ no, . . , r ,i , f a:5,8 our Contemporary, considering What and Lyons, definitive, 161 E; Spanish Three per Cents , 3714 ; Sp n4ll Passives, 534. au .y happen hereafter, tits u e calls pon shares tote will pris Parliament :. threaten a . mere formi- The following are th e q uotations for other lines :- dablo evil, since they will not be confined to a few Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot). 512 f; ditto (Lecointe), weeks, hut will spraad over years, as a continued drain on m 505 f. ; ditto (Copa:,,nie Meridionale), 502 f. 50e. ; diao (Definitive), the monetary resources of the country., ' The fallacy of this 557 f. 50e. ; 'Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie). 502 f, 75e.; ditto, Es peleta, 559 f. ; Charleroy hypothesis has over and over again been demonstrated. It BUSINESS DO ,45 if. NE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE is notorious with those who usefully comment upon correct LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 27. information, that the expenditure upon railways hithert? Boulogne and Amiens, 121j-I.l:,rdeaux, Toalouse, and Cette in this country 1.15 tended to iil fpre - ee - Vila cou (Espel:ta), 2--Ditch Rh enish, 55 i -East Indian, ~,'; i 1 ion -Great North- l't • of the ' laborarer, ani - 1 all otter grades above eni of Franco Constituted, 15%--Great Western Canada, 4-Lou- T ait' and Jemappe, 114 -Luxembourg, Iri -Madrid and Valtlitia, him in connexion With railway extension. Tie millions of T t ; -Namur and Liege, 2% -Orleans and Bordeaux, 12 1 / -Sambre motley that have already been expended in the fo rmation of and Meuse, 4. railways were brought into operation, and without prcduc ing the slightest panic in the money market. INinateen twentieths of the existing lines rive profitable invast rnents, and how a continuation of so good a system can damage the circulation, or impose difficulties in the way of conducting ether branches of industry or of commerce, is a point which we leave the journal referred to to prove to the satisfaction of well-informed men, whq hold a directly contrary opinion. No feet can be more clearly demonstrated than that when new railways have been commenced the circulation of money is immediately extended, and cluing benefit not only to the county through which each pastes ; but also adding to the comforts of the lower classes. It may be true that the prices of the shares of existing lines have been mainly elevated, but this was the natural result of strict confidence in the Andertakings, and not a little to by ascribed to the circumstance that a higher rate of interest was obtained for money advanced in their c,nstrucion than that yielded by the Public Securities. Further accounts have come to hand this morning from the seat of war on the Sutlsj, but only in the 1111110 eoi;tirmetery of those before obtained; 'Pere is every reasen to imp that the missing steamer the Virago is safe, though no authenti cated statement has reached the City to-dry. The Consul Market hat 14'011 almost neglected this morn ing. For the Account the current price is 96, and for money from 95'Y' to 96. Exchequer-bills have been taken at from 28s. to 255. premium this morning. Bank Stock for the acceunt has fallen from 2114 to 210, The Foreign Funds have not been dealt 'in much to-day. The chief changes are a fall in Russian Five per Cents. from 109 to 103. SFanish Five per Cents. for the Account have been offered at i g,l/a for the Account, and the Three per Cents. at 363. The Batch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 591 A, and the Four per Cents, at 94I 1 !„ The Grenada One per Cent, Bonds have Just been taken at 22. The prices of Railway Shares have varied but in a trifling degree from those of yesterday. BRITISH EUN.DS. ONE O'CLOCK. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. U 5 3,4 96 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 Bank Stock for Account .. .. 210 'ionscls for Account .. • • Exchequer Bills. 1).6d. 1,0001. 5001. . Ditto, Small . CLOSING PRICES. 9141 / I%d. 24 2S 25 pm. 2; pm. 29 27 29 T pm. 29 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 22 22 FOREICIN FUNDS. Grenada, 1 per Cent .. Russian Bonds .. Epanisll Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account Ditto, Passive Bonds INa , , Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. 36% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 41 Dividends on the above payable in London, Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 593 1 ,4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 911:i .. 109 103 201 .. .. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. RUST-NESS CLOSING PAID. 1)0N EAT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . • .. 2 5 8 •• • • 1 1 A 1% Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham. 225. .... die... % dis. Birm igh am and Gloucester .. 100 125 Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 . •• Ditto New .. .. 5 .... 9 Buckinghamshire 425. dis ye dis Caledonian . . . . . . . 1 0 . . 712 14, ••• • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. 212.... Ditto, Extension 2 1 4 .... 1% Chester and Holyhead .. 20 .... 16% 1712 Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 5M 3 IA Direct Northern 2 1%%....•• l4, Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... 5 1 4 . Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 1 1 Eastern Counties ~ 141. 201 , 19% .. 19% Ditto New .. 8/. Hs— ... 4% 51/., p sl} p Ditto, York Extension 10s. .... % 1...... • . 1 East Lincolnshire 1 1 4 • • East and West of England .. 1% .... ;8 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... 72 Ditto % Shares .. .. 5 .... 12 _ Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1214 173/ 13 ...... 18 Goole, Doneast., and ,liefllehl,&c. 425..... dis • . dis. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% ......... 12 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... 1612 15/ .... 16 Great North of England . ..100 ....215 .......... 215 Great Western .. .. 85 ....140 ..... 141 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 14% 14 ...... - 14 Hull and Selby .. ....100 59 •• • ..... 99 Ditto 1 /, Shares .. . 12 1 /, .......... 20 Ditto, Halt Shares .. • . .. 7 .... 23 Lancaster and Carlisle . .... . • Ditto, /New 5 .... 8 Leicester and Bedford .......... 225. ...... • • Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. 2 3 / s .... 2% Iy, .. . . London an t Birmingham . .100 .... 217 216 216 Ditto Thirds .. 16 .... 49% ••.. • • 49% Ditto Quarters .. .. 2 .... 25% 26% 26 Ditto Fifths 2 .... 22% 23% 23 London and Blackwall 161. 136. 4d. 7N 7% Ditto New .. .... 3%...... London and Brighton .. .. 50 .... 61 1 4 % 60% Ditto, Consul. Eighths • • .. 40 .... Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. 20 .... 27 26 London and Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9tl. 19% % London and Greenwich .. 121. 151. 41. London and Sonth-Wcs'ern.. 41/. 6s. 10d. 73 74 London and York .. .. • • • • 234 •• • • 1 % %•••• • • • • London, Warwick, & Kiddermins. 2% .... Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .... Ditto, Fifths .. .. 2 . Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 75 Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 4 • 10% 11 Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 2 .... % Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... 1 , % p par.. Manchester and Southampton .. 2 ... Midland ..100 141 140 Ditto, New 18 26% % 27% 26% 27 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 105 .... li3 11 . 2........ Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 15% 16 North British .. 20 .... 24 23 Ditto, Half Shares .. 6 .... 8% 7........ Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 1 ,E .... 1% % ..... North Kent and Direct Dover • • .. • • North Staffordshire .. 425. •• .. 2% 1% p . Norwich and Brandon .. 18 .... 22 Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptn. 121 Perth and Inverness 2 .... 1 ..... Portsmouth Direct .. • . .. .... 2% Rugby and Huntingdon .. 2 .... % % ........ Scottish Central .. . .. 10 .... 13 13 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 1% South Midland .. • • .. 425. dis ... • % dis South Staffordshire Junction .. .... 2 •• • • •• • • South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33%.... 3412 34 ...... Do., Nevi (do. 331.6 x. 8c1.) No. 2. 10 10% Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% .. % Trent Valley and Holyhead Junc. 2%.... .......... Vale of Neath .• .. 2 .... 1% • • ..... Warwickshire and London • . .. 425..... 1 dis. ••• • .. Welsh Midland .. .... 1% 1 West Riding Union • • 425. • • 1% p. Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. 20 .... 24% York and North Midland .. 10 .... 94 .... Ditto, 5e1hy........30 .... 71% ........ • • Ditto. Extension .. .. 15 .... .. •••• • • • • Do. E. and W. Riding Exton... 1 71/, 6% .• • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 .... 12% .. • • Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... ly s 2........ Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 2 .......... Dutch Rhenish .. 5 . East Indian .. . ss. .... ...... • • GM North. of France Constituted 5 .... 15 . ..... Luxembourg 4 .... 1% .. • • .... Femur and Liege .. .. 4 .... 2% 2........ Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 •• • • 12 % %•••• • - • • Over Yssel 4/. 3s. 3 Sambre and Meuse 6 .... Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 •• • • 6 % ••••• • • • • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. .. 20 .... 26% . ..... MINES. British Iron .. .. 10 .... 191. .. • ....... Heal del Nolte, Unregistered .. 31/ LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, MARCH 26.—Wind this day at noon, S.W., moderate breeze and cloudy. DEAL, Mason 25.—Wind S.W., fresh and squally.—Arrd. Lady of the Lake, Bombay; Matthew Plummer, Bombay; Woodlark, Mauritius; Washington, Mauritius; Janet, Rio Janeiro; H. M. S. Radamanthus, and proceeded for Chatham. Arrd. from the River, Lord Auckland, Brown, Hobart Town ; Mary Stewart, Renneck, Cape of Good Hope ; British Monarch, Prance, Jamaica ; Joseph Henna, Foster, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. 18th, Plaudits, Java. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Wind W.S.W., squally.—North Star, Crouch, Princes Island. Off port, Emerald, Rio Janeiro. OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, MARCH 22.—Norma, Vallison, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh. BRISTOL, Marten 25.—Arrd. Wennian, Peters, Buenos Ayres. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 25.—Wind moderate.—Sid. Hamilton, Black, Calcutta ; Denison, King, Antigua ; Alecto, Anroyl, Barbadoes ; Murray, Hughes Jamaica; Agnes, Dulker, Nassau; Lapland, Simpson, New Orleans; Avon, Kenny, Halifax; Jantha, Porter, ditto ; Mersey, Machesh, Quebec ; Britannia, Hamilton, Montreal. TENBY, Maacn 23. —The Friendship, Fisher, which was on shore at miter, is now in the road apparently without damage. PORT TALBOT, MARCH 24.—The Tinteru (st.)ifromßristol, on shore on the bar, has been got oft' without damage. STRANGFORD, MARCH 23. —The Britannia, M`Millan, from Troon to Dublin, and not Naples, as previously reported, on shore near Ballyquenton Point, is discharging her cargo. DUBLIN, MARCH 23.—Arrd. Xarifa, Barrett, Barbadoes. I)DUNGAAVON, MAIICn 22.—Arrd. lanthe, Hunter, Mauritius. BALLYCOTTON, MARCH 22.—Arrd, Canada, Williams, Batavia. MARK]T NEWS--(THIS DAY. IYZAU,NETa. gMITIIPIELD —MeatTow Hay, 31 38 to 41 Bs ; Clover ditto, 41 E 8 to 61; Oat straw, 11 123 to 11 148; Wheat straw, 11 14s to 11 lis per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 31 be to 41 lOs ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 41 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 173 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECIIAYEL.-11eadow May, 31 3 s to 41 Ss ; Clover ditto, 41 108 to 61; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 168 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. 3C11:1! ZYLEI 11: X,MT S. SOUTUALL, MAIM 25.—We had only a moderate supply of Fat Stock on offer to-day yet the demand ruled heavy, and prices were with difficulty supported.— Beef from 2s Sd to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s to 5e 6d ; Veal, 5s to 5s 6.1 ; and Pork, 4s to 4s Bd per 6ths. itomfonn, Mancu 25.—There was a very sluggish inquiry here this morning, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 841 t• 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s Sd to 5s 6d; Veal, Sc. to 5s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, lSs to 30s ; Quarter-old Store-pigs, les to 21s ; and Milch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to al each. _ . LEWES, MARCH 24.—Beet, from 3s td to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 48 to bs Bd. ; Veal, 5s to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s GLI per Sibs. Moderate supply, and a sluggish trade. NEWG.&TZ AND ZEADENNAIM. Although the supplies of ➢feat were by no means large, the general demand was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 6d to Es 6d ; Mutton, 33 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s 8d to 5s Ed; and Pork, 34 10d to 5s per Bibs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF I3RITISIII CORN For the Week ended March 21,1546, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHZAT. BAELEY.I 04\19. RYE. 1 BEANS. YEAS. PRICE .. .55s Id 29s 10d 223 Od 33s 1 0 d 34 s 4d 33s 4d DVTI... 18. Od 83 Od 63 Od 93 6d C 4 6d 83 WI , v 1 Ilvi ,g + --"-. -;-, '.' kt•,, - N 4 , - .• ~, i u 0 , -. e . li[ orz 510 ..; D 7: ofr • , ' , lffo t ii t , • ..-;T W4C,...--''..., ' 11 - IEATI It: ROYAL, DU UR Y-LA E. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled TIIE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar rison, Burdini, llorncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, B, W. Klug, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. To conclude with a new grand comic Pantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKIAT. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. (.1.) mon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farrel' ; Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. 11. Boll; Horace Waidgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei derman'', Ur. J. Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overtures, " La Symphonic," and " La Neige ;" a Fantasia, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," and "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz. After which, Sheridan's Comedy of TILE RIVALS. Sir Anthony Absolute, Mr. W. Farren ; Capt. Absolute, Mr. 11. Holl ; Acrea, Mr. Webster ; Sir Lucius 0"f rigger, Mr. Hudson ; Fag, Mr. Brlndal ; David, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Grover; Lydia Lan guish, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Night of a New Drama ! GENERAL TOM THUMB having, ou each Evening of his ap pearance, been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap plause, and excited the astonishment and approbatio an elecant and delighted auditory , by his almost Incredible Dimi nutive Person and his equally Incredible Mind, the Manajement bag much pleasure in announcing his Performance for every Evening till further notice. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with PETER JENKLIS. In Which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, cud Miss Laidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre an h"s Seven-Lesgue Loots. In a Lich General Torn Thumb, who is engaged e,:pressly for this occasion, will have the honour of making his appear once. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Gd. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPILI. HIS EVENING Will be perfirmod a New Petite Drama, in Two Acts, called, THE CABIN BOY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER. SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAAIBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeyhun, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Mrs. lioneybun, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zunrkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wrig ht, Mias Wi,olgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To co::cludii with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bcdford,'Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STAEET Last Week but One of the celebrated Artistes, Madame VESTRIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. THIS EV E NIN 3 Will be performed a New Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr.J. Vining; Count de Brissac, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre Palliot, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mi lie. Duval, Miss E. Homier ; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a Serio Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEARING LIKENE.S. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. James Vining ; Coco, Mr. Compton ; Marlette, Madame Vestris. After which (fourth time) a New Comic Drama, entitled, THE DREAMER. Count de Florville, Mr. James Vining ; Si;: George Dormer, Mr. Charles Mathews; Col. Sheldrake, Mr. Wynn; Charles SedleY, Mr. Harris; G age, Mr. Oxberry ; Lady Belton, Mrs. To be succeeded by a Comic Scene, called, TWO IN IHE MORNING. By Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Compton. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Achim, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle. Melanie Duval will appear. NEW STRAND THEATRE. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. M. runxirrE's SOIREES and MAIINEES MYSTEILIEUSES. _ _ _ TWO Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and In order to accommodate the crowds who flock to attend his 3lorning P erformances, M. PIIILLIPPE will give his Gmad Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, a! Two o'clock. 31. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feats of the A mer i can Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter Past Seven, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 33.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit , Is. ; Gallery, Gd. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is., and it. its. fat ASTLEY'A ROYAL AMPIIITHRA Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but One before the Holidays, and of the present a trac tiv e Entertainments, which ha ve p roved far more successful than any Novelty yet presented. The Performing El ep h ants with the grand Elephantine Ascent up the Giant Staircase. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Spectacle, entitled THE RAJA OF NAGPORE or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole re9.,urees of the Establishment will be introduced. Magnificent Scenes of the Circle , combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Artistes. The whole to conclude with the Novel Military Ballet, entitled THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. oa.VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Entire Osage. Two New Pieces. Four Dr.:lnas every Evening. Re-engavineßt of Mr. R. W. Pelham, the celebrated Ethiopian SereLuar. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled JULIE LEDAU ; or, the City Coldsmith. Supported by Messrs. Ilugbes, Maynard, Cowell, Lewis, Hodop, Morrison, Williamson; 31esdins. Vining, Daly, &c. After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, TEA WITH MY AUNT. To he followed by THE MASQUERADE BALL. &mho Kit em-hard, Mr. W. Pelham. To conchae with THE VAMPIRE, and THE BLIND BOY. r= - DREADFUL ACCIDENT—FOUR PERSONS DROWNED. —On the evening of the 11th instant, as a party of people from Knoydart were returning from Airsaig (where they had been making purchases), their boat struck on a sunk rock. There were nine per -80.19 on board, and the shrieks of the party on discovering their (Putgerous situation were fortunately heard by a lady at Morar Homo, in Airsaig. A boat was instantly launched, and the servants Proceeded to render assistance, but before they had reached the spot liar persons—two men and two women—had forma a watery grave. Other two men had succeeded in effecting a landing, but three more were drifting with the boat, sometimes clinging 'to the keel, and at Ltner times getting into it when the boat righted, and sitting up to thc neck in water with the waves every moment dashing over them. nese men were quite exhausted, but being carried to Morar Mouse, and proper restoratives applied, they recovered.—lnverness Courier. The execution of Hubbard, the man convicted of the murder of his wife at Leicester, is fixed for Uri Ist of April. tHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1846, triening LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1846. The Lords did not sit yesterday. The Commons met at twelve. S2veral Railway Bills were read a second time without opposition. On the motion that the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scot tish Central Junction Railway Bill be read a second time, Mr. F. MAIULE moved that it be read a second time that day six months. After a lengthened discussion, the motion for the second reading was carried by a majority of six; the numbers being 40 in favour of the motion, and 36 against it. Mr. F. MAULS then moved the order of the day for going into Committee on the Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Bill . _ . .... S:r J. M4TAGGART opposed the motion. The House was subsequently addressed by Mr. FORBES, Mr. P. M. STEWART. Mr. B. DENISON, Mr. Honcsort, Mr. F. MACKE N ZIE, and Mr, H. DRUMMOND. After which a division took place, when there appeared — For the motion, 30; against it 18 ; majority for the motion, 12. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill, and several of the clauses were carried by very narrow majorities. Ultimately, ➢lr. Fox M4I3LE intimated that it was not his intention to proceed further with the Bill, and the House resumed. Mr. F. MAcxeNzig gave notice that on Friday he should move for a Select Committee to inquire into the mode of granting licenses to public houses in Scotland. The House adjourned at Half-past Four o'clock. The Indian mail, put on board the steamer Virago, se Alexandria, on the 9th inst., we regret to state has not yet arrived, and no satisfactory accounts of that vessel had reached Marseilles by the latest intelligence from that quarter. Much anxiety , therefore, prevails for the safety of the passengers and crew, but strong hopes are entertained that the steamer sent out by the Gover nor of Malta to the relief of the Virago, would reach her in time. The news expected by the mail has, how ever, fortunately been anticipated by the Bombay Times, published on the 15th of February, which contains a general order by the Governor-General of India, announc ing the important victory gained by the British forces over the Seikhs at Aliwal, on the 28th January, together with the dispatch of Sir 11. SMITH, describing the battle, its results, and the judicious arrangements made for rendering it decisive, and decisive it has been to the fullest expectation. One dispatch, however, is still want ing, namely, that relative to the attack made by the Seikhs on the British troops while Sir HARRY SMITH was forming a junction with Colonel GODBY ; but from all accounts the loss was very small, and the General acted with great prudence in avoiding a general engage ment before the proper opportunity had arrived. Indeed, throughout the whole of the military proceedings, from the 21st to the 28th, he appears to have acted with con summate skill as a commander. He did not rush into battle without preparation or foresight; he submitted to the trifling loss of some baggage, but kept the main object in view—the certain mei utter defeat of the troops opposed to him. The result, when all the circumstances became known, fully justified this prudent conduct, for he had opposed to him the very best troops in the Seikh army—namely, those which had been so thoroughly drilled and disciplined under the immediate eye of General AVITABILE, and which were called the " Avitabiles," in honour of this Neapoli tan officer. The General deserves praise, also, for the wise and humane provision made for the relief of the wounded. Owing, says he, to the judicious arrangements of Dr. MUR RAY, field. surgeon, every wounded officer and soldier was placed under cover, and provided for soon after dark, and on the 29th, the day after the battle, the whole of the wounded were moved to Loodianah, for the sake of accommodation and comforts which could not be given them in the field. What will strike:the reader most, next to this humane conduct, is the admirable order in which the British force was arrayed. They were all properly organised and brigaded on the morning of the 28th, so as to render them manageable in action, and they started for the contest alike prepared to march or fight the enemy at a minute's notice. "The ad vance," says the General, " was steady, my troops well in hand, and if the enemy had anticipated me on the Jugraon road, I could have fallen upon his centre with advantage." Fortunately, for good generals are also fortunate if we are to believe the Romans, both the ground and the weather were most favourable for his purpose. The scene just previous to the onset is well drawn, and the orderly manner in which the advance was made exhibits in the most striking manner the con fidence of the troops under his command. "As I neared the enemy, the ground became most favourable for the troops to manoeuvre, being open and hard grass land. I ordered the cavalry to take ground to the right and left by brigades, thus displaying the heads of the in fantry columns, and as they reached the hard ground I directed them to deploy into line. Brigadier GODBY'S brigade was in direct echellon to the rear of the right, the Shekawattee Infantry in like manner to the rear of my left, the cavalry in direct echellon on, and well to the rear of both flanks of the infantry. The artillery massed on the right, and centre, and left. After deployment I ob served the enemy's left to outflank me, I therefore broke into open columns and took ground to my right ; when I had gained sufficient ground, the troops wheeled into line ; there was no dust, the 61111 shone brightly. The manoeuvres were performed with the celerity and pre cision of the most correct field day. The glistening of the bayonets and swords of this order of battle was most imposirg, and the line advanced. Searce'y had it moved forward 150 yards when at ten o'clock the enemy opened a fierce cannonade from his whole line." And to the honour of the native troops, we ought not to omit to state, that, in almost every instance, they rivalled the European regiments, and had, with the assistance only of one regiment, the glory of defeating the " Avita biles." Upon the left, Brigadier WILSON, with her MAJESTY'S 53d and 30th Native Infantry, equalled in celerity and regularity their comrades on the right, and this brigade was apposed to the " Aieen" troops, called Avitabiles, when the battle was fiercely raging ; and, is another attack, a native corps nobly obeyed orders, rushed among the Avitabile troops, drove them under a bank, and thus exposed them to the deadly fire of twelve guns within 300 yards. But it is needless to give more details. The battle was in every part favourable to the British forces, and that owing as much to the prudence and skill of the General as to the marked superiority of the troops under his command. Sir HARRY SMITH has well merited the thanks of Parliament and other more substantial honours for one of t=ie most decided victories on record, and gained, too, with comparatively small loss of life. Since the above was in type, we have learned with great satisfaction the safe arrival of the India mail and the Virago steamer at Marseilles. Every heart capable of sympathising in a reverence for liberty—that handmaid of civilisation !—but a few weeks since was stirred to its innermost depths at the news that Poland had once more risen to assert its in. dependence ; that Cracow was taken, and that the troops of its foreign government were driven back in conster nation. Erglishnien, generally, could not but sympa thise in this movement ; cognisant of their own felicity in possessing a political constitution essentially free, they could not but commiserate the des tiny of a great nation, and of an illus trious race, subjected to ,the domination of three separate powers of a most despotic character. It is indeed from the inhabitants of Great Britain that the Poles have experienced the most substantial and ser viceable signs of esteem ; daring the time of their ap parent reconciliation to the authority of their triple rulers, English oratory, English poetry, and English money have been regularly, if not lavishly, devoted to the solace of the refugees from Poland. Hence it was that on the arrival of the intelligence from Gallicia vas t ma jos ity of the people of this country participated in the feeling of patriotism by which the insurgents were actuated ; and among that majority we confess that we ourselves felt earnestly. Our sympathy how ever was imbued rather with sadness than with hope, we could not but perceive the unfortunate abruptness of the outbreak. The scheme was so crude, there was such a manifest lack of preparation, that we saw only in that premature ebullition a certainty of greater hardships than had hitherto been inflicted upon that lan n d of m artyrs. We appreciated the glorious sentiments i which that revolution had originated, but we mourned the calamitous consequences which must ensue. It would d indeed be cruelty to as sert that the present is not right time for the emancipation of Poland. Abstractedly not, it is the right time ; but p racticall y speaking, it is . Without the most perfect unanimity on their own part in action, as well as in thought, and without either the RAIP. - ;‘I7AY COMMITTEES. (THIS DA Y.) e:,- ROUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships' Committee met this day at twelve o'clock in the Lord Chancellor's Court. Present—Lord Auckland (chairman), Lord Kinnaird, Lord Sidney, Lord Rossie, and Lord Colville. DUBLIN, nulvinsuivz, AND MaTN/SnalTeal,W. In respect to this Bill an agreement was entered into by the counsel for the Bill, Mr. Alexander, Q.C., Mr. Butt, and Mr. Percival Bankes, and the counsel for the Waterford, Wicklow, Wexford, and Dublin Bill (Mr. Cockburn, Q.C.), and . that the former Company should make the line to Dundrum; the other Company to have the use of it on such term§ as the Board of Trade may dictate. The line from Dundrum to Enniskerry to be abandoned, and the Company to pledge themselves to come before Parliament next year for an Act to make an extension to the south side,of Stephen's Green. The case of Mr. Reid, - an opposino• landowner, was put off till Monday--that of Lord Palmerston, to-mcrrow. DUBLIN AND SAINZTIVEGUNT. Their Lordships then proceeded to take evidence in support of the preamble of this Bill. Mr. HATCRELL, for the promoters examined Mr. Rey. nolds, Town Counsellor of Dublin, to prove the advantages of the line to the inhabitants of the city. After hearing some further evidence, of the same tendency, It was arranged between the parties to the several Bills in this Group, namely, the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin, the Dublin and Carlow, the Dublin and Enniskerry, and the Dublin and Sandymonn, that the claus , s in the re spective Bills should be amended, and prepared for the Com mittee on Monday. Their Lordships adjourned at two o'clock, till to-morrow, when the case of Lord Palmerston will be gone into. No. 6 Committee assembled for the first time this morn ing, present Loid Kenyon, in the chair, Lord Gage, the Ear] of Suffolk. The Committee bad before them the Ennis, Limerick, and Killaloo Junction, the Nenagh and Templemore, and the Great Munster Railway. Mr. Sergeant Aluttrity, i o appeared for the Great Mun ster, stated that these Bills were unopposed. The first Lill taken was T 1 ENNIS, LIME/LICE, AND ,E.X/ALA.LOL JUNCTION. The capital for this line is 300,0001., upon which a deposit of 25,0001. had been paid. The line will be 23 miles from Ennis tl? Limerick, and 12i miles frome Limerick to Killaloe. The landowners were all favourably disposed to the hue. The line is to be a single line of railway, butpowers are taken to make it a double line should the traffic require it. The Bill was passed. 1V.7.114ViG11 awn TEMPLE/WORE. The Committee then took this case. Mr. Hor4 appeared for the promoters. The line was 20 Miles in length, and the estimated cost 140,000/. It passed through a coal and mineral district and would open up a communication with the south of Ireland. Mr. John Kempster, the secretary, was examined in favour of theline, and he proved the advantage that it would be to the district through which it is intended to pass. The Bill was passed. GI AT wrowsTEn, Mr. MAIGHER appeared for this Bill. There was no opposition, and 'one formal proofs having been gone through, the 8111 v *" . ...s passed. Th e Committee then -...:ijourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XII. GLASGOW AND WEST or SCOTLAND DmST Z.T. The Committee sat at twelve o'clock, in the Common Pleas. Members present—Mr. V. Smith (chairman), Mr. Hamilton, hl r. Langston, Mr. D'Eyncourt, and the Hon. W. Fitzmaurice. GL A SG® VT, naLIVEILUNCCE, AND aminzossaar. The consideration of this Bill was resumed. Mr. John Williamson, examined by Mr. Sergeant BEL LASIS—Witness lived at Edinburgh, and had been employed as mining engineer for thirty-six years. He had been exten sively engaged in making mining surveys, and was well acquainted with this district. The whole course of the line was onemineral field of coal and iron, with the exception of two interruptions, where trap rock intervened. • Coal, lime, and iron stone appeared in regular rotation, as the line pro ceeded westward. He had no doubt that iron works would be built, if the proposed line were once opened. Some smelt ing furnaces were then in process of construction at Eglinton, and no doubt lime works and coal-pits would be soon in existence. A ready market would be found for the coal in the valley of the Lavern, as the coal-seams in the neighbour hood of Barrhead were nearly exhausted. Cross-examined by Sir T. Piimeirs—There were a few coals left at Hurlet, but Mr. Coates's pit was at present drowned, in consequence of the late fire in it, and he ques tioned if it would be ever worked again. The Barrhead dis trict was at present supplied from the Busby pits. Glasgow was built upon a continued coal field, but all was required to meet the demand. The iron stone leased on the proposed line by Mr. Dixon, and others, were then being proved, and it was stated to be 45 per cent. of iron. The witness proved certain coal sections, the seams of which varied in depth from twenty inches to six feet. Colonel Mair, of Coldwell, examined by Mr. HILDYARD— The acreage of his estate was about 1,000 acres. Lugton Bridge was in the centre of his estate, and the railway would pass through five or six miles of his property. He was a director and vice-chairman, and he became so from a conviction that it would confer great benefits upon the district. It bad been recently discovered that valuable minerals lay below the surface near Lugton Bridge. He or his agents had ap plications from Mr. Baird, of Gartsherrie ; Mr. Dixon, of Govan ; Messrs. Cunningham and Murray, and the Portland Company, to leave the minerals on the district. Other pro prietors had also similar offers to himself. He had seen specimens of the ore, which yielded from 40 to GO per cent. ''i 'di s 134 140 lg I% p 31 18 2 % 1 3 6 1 dis. fop 21,i, 12% 3 dis GROUP XIV. NORTH KENT. Of iron. Mr. John Mann, nephew to Mr. Dixon, of Govan, and ma nager of his iron works, said that his uncle had leased 700 acres on the Lugton Water for the sake of its minerals. They had tested the quality of the ore, and found it of an excellent quality. They found near the surface about three feet of workable ironstone. He considered that this railway was required to develop the mineral rssources of the county. Mr. Chapman, partner in the Portland Company, knew that the leases had; been taken of some grounds on the Lug ton Water. Mr. W. M'Janett spoke to the great benefit to the town and neighbourhood of Irvine from the construction of the proposed hue. The Glasgow and Ayr was, as respected Irvine, most disadvantageous. Mr. Moffat, engineer, and manager of the Androssan rail way and harbour, proved that the harbour was an excellent one, inasmuch as it could accommodate six steam-vessels of the first class with quayage, and forty vessels of from 500 to 1,000 tons, in a wet dock, having twenty feet of water. If the proposed line were constructed it would add greatly to the traffic of the harbour. The witness also corroborated the evidence of previous witnesses, as to the mineral qualities of the district. The Committee on thin group of railways met at twelve o'clock. Mr. BIEIsEWETHIR, after briefly addressing the - Com mittee, proceeded to adduce evidence in support of a petition presented against the proposed line by Messrs. Hall, iron founders and machinists in Dartford. Mr. Loftus stated that he is a surveyor, and has surveyed the property and premises of Messrs. Hall. The proposed railway would run quite through Messrs. Hall's premises. Mr. James Snowden stated that he is draughtsman to Messrs. Hall, at Dartforl Has prepared a plan and drawing of the premises. The North Kent line would pass through the found!) , attached to them. The moulding-room would also be injured. Cannot say whether, in the event of the moulding-house being destroyed, the Messrs. Hall would be enabled to rebuild it without pulling down some other part of their premises. A long discussion here ensued concerning the correctness of the datum line, as laid down on the plan of Messrs. Hall's foundry, the promoters maintaining that the line would only interfere with a few feet of the outer portion of the foundry, and the counsel for the petitioners maintaining that the line would encroach so far as to materially interfere with the ope rations of the foundry. TheCittiastax at length intimated that the question would bo set at rest by a re-examination of Mr. Vignoles. Mr. Vignoles stated that the line, as it was to be laid down, would make very trifling encroachment, and the p: e seut road to the foundry would •be very little diverted from its present position. d r Mr. Cornelius Day, a draughtsman employed by Messrs. Hall, stated that he had been employed 22 years in the fac tory. The new foundry was built in 1825. The works have been continually increasing since he has been there. If one part of the building were removed, the whole of the building would be useless. Messrs. Hall employ from 150 to 200 men. If one of these buildings was removed, there is no other place where it could be rebuilt, so as to be of any use. The proposed viaduct along the lane would interfere with the free access to the foundry. The lane is already too narrow. By Mr. Tax.ncer—Cannot say whether the lane belongs to Messrs. Hall. Believes that it is a public road. The build ing of the viaduct would be a considerable inconvenience, but would not have such an effect as to cause the workmen to be turned out of employ. Mr. Hawter stated that he was an iron-founder, and has been in the business forty years. Had known Messrs. Hall's premises forty-five years. They have gone on increasing for that period. The line as it is proposed would interfere very materially with the carrying on the works. By Mr. TALBOT—Does not know the course of the in tended line, but cutting away part of the foundry would in terfere with the business. The business could be carried on under a viaduct, but it would be a great interference. Mr. Callow also proved the injury that the line would be to the foundry. The factory is beneficial to Dartford, as it employs a great number of hands. The feeling of the in habitants of Dartford is against the proposed line. By Mr. Tar sor—Hasbeen employed for theSouth-Eastern Railway. Did net give any evidence in favour of the pre sent line last year. Gave it as his opinion that a railway was necessary in Dartford, but did not give any preference to any particular line. Mr. Locke, an engineer, stated that he had made viaducts through foundries in cases similar to the present one, and in each case the premises had not only sustained no damage, but had been improved. By Mr. MEREWETHER—BeIieved that the space given under the arches of the viaduct will counterbalance any in convenience that might be caused. By Mr. TALBOT—It is the " most unmitigated moonshine that was ever uttered " to say that the viaduct would stop the operations of the foundry. Mr. Suravvie,wbo appeared in support ofa petition presented against the proposed line by Mr. Stevens, of Peckham, who possessed 290 acres of land, all of which would be af fected by the line, then briefly addressed the Committee, and characterised the estimates for the line as insufficient. Mr. Wreakin, a surveyor, produced a plan of Mr. Stevens's property. The formation of the railway would materially in terfere with this property, which is good building land. Mr. Stone, the district surveyor of Camberw ansell,b proved that there had been 500 houses built withi n the p the last year. of t h The Rev. Mr. Dailey, the incumb ent of St. Mary Mag dalen, at Camberwell, proved tha t the embankment of e l withrail a t 3 h , e p ‘ r , o i cpaorsaecide -house n b u e s a e , r a e n c d d alaant darken Peckham the would win dn interfere church. It would also interfere w ith t h e road to the church. By Mr. Tar.sot —The site of the railway is not between the road and the church. Re-examined by Mr. SELWYN—The line of deviation would be within two or three yards of the churchyard. The height of the embankment would be 40 feet. Mr. Driver, a surveyor, stated that the railway would totally ruin the property in the neighbourhood of Hanover park, near which he lives. IN THIS MATTER OF THE PRINCESS 131.11IATINSKI, This case came before the Court upon petition praying that certain jewellery belonging to the Princess, which was- now deposited in the Bank of England in the name of the Ac countant-General of the Court of Chancery, might be re moved to the office of Mr. Commissioner Barlow, for the convenience of inspection, in order to have a value put upon them by competent judges previous to their sale, if such sale should be approved of by the officer of the Court. His LonDsmr, after a short discussion, made the order. VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY). His ABefore the VICE CHANCELLOR cf ENGLAND.) oNourt took motions and cause petitions to-day, none of which possessed any feature of interest. MERCHANTS' AND TRADERS' ASSOCIATION, FOR THE PROSECUTION OF SWINDLERS, AND OTHER PURPOSES, FOR *THE PRO TECTION OF TRADE, 101, WOOD -STREET, CREAPSIDE.—A large par ty evening,h Committee, reo b as y pi ne t r h g oe. settingu President, hefseel condition,rpet proceedings n to t ct , ieiSda advan tagesl linicidgtstoh the of influential gentlemen, Members of this Association, dined together at the London Tavern yesterday. Sir James Duke, M.P., the Pre sident of the Society, was in the chair. Several excellent addresses which the subscribers derived from the working of the Associa wSeecrree Secretary, a i n n d t he e c m o s r s e of t the th e t s i e o c n i . ety T w he as fu r t e id p s re w ee e n r t e e s d ta to ted h o de b il e y in in a the evening appeared to be highly satisfactory to the members, and there was some excellent singing by Mr. Taylor and his party. The company separated about eleven o'clock. FANCY FAIR UNDER THE RIVER THAMES.—On Mon day, and every day since, these has been the novel and interesting scene of a fancy fair in the Thames Tunnel, to commemorate the third anniversar of the opening of this wonderful thoroughfare. On the first day no less than 12,994 persons visited the fair, being 5,000 more than on the first day of last year's fair. The booths and other attractions exhibit taste and spirit on the part of the owners. MUTILATED LETTELS. WRECK OF THE GREAT LIVERPOOL.—So saturated and mutilated were the letters and news papers washed from the wreck of the Great Liverpool, that it was with the greatest difficulty the executive officers of the General Post office could make out any of the addresses upon them, and even up to last evening (Wednesday) the whole of them had not been disposed of. As a precautionary measure, and for the purpose of preventing complaints from parties to whom the letters might in any case be delivered, the authorities have had a special stamp struck upon such letters, notifying that such letter or newspaper was "saved from the wreck of the Great Liverpool." LAUNCH OF A NEW IRON STEAM VESSEL.—Yester day, a new iron steam-vessel was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, at Blackwell. It was built by those gentlemen for the Norfolk Steam Navigation Company, a proprietary composed of the principal shippers, merchants, and tradesmen resi dent in Yarmouth and Norwich, and their respectives vicinities, be tween which places and London she is intended to Pb', in place of the Ailsa Craig, which vessel has, in conjunction with the General Steam Navigation Company's vessels, hitherto occupied that station. She is a very handsome vessel, her length overall is 165 feet, extreme breadth 22 feet, the present draught of water only three feet six inches, and when fully laden with cargo, computed to be less than seven feet, so that she will have the advantage of entering and leav ing Yarmouth harbour at any time of tide. LLOYD'S —At a general meeting of the members of Lloyd's, held yesterday, March 25, G. R. Robinson, Esq., in the chair, after the subject of the internal arrangements of the establish ment was disposed of, a vote of 251. towards the testimonial to Lieut. Waghorn, R.N., to record the sense entertained by the subscribers of the important services rendered to the mercantile interest by the re gular and early receipt of the shipping intelligence frem India effected by the energetic and persevering exertions of Mr. Waghorn in originating and establishing the overland communication with that extensive portion of the British empire, was proposed, and unani mously carried. BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE TABLES.—In a few days. a part of an Act of last session (8 and 9 Victoria, c. 109), relating to games and wagers, will take effect in respect to billiard and bagatelle tables in other titan put.U..h.oulpg. It is provided by the I lth section that from the sth of April next, in the counties of Mid dlesex and Surrey, every house, room, or place kept for public billiard playing, or where a public billiard table, or bagatelle board, or instrument used in toy game of the like kind is kept, at which persons arc adinittesi to play, not being under a victualler's license, shall be licensed under this kit. That every person keeping any such billiard or bagatelle table without being licensed for the house where it is so kept, and also every person licensed under this Act who shall not, during the continuance of such billiard license, put and keep up the words, " Licensed for billiards," legibly printed, in some conspicuous place near the door and on the outside of the house specified in the license, shall be liable to be proceeded ngainst as the keeper of a common gaining-house ; and be sides any penalty or punishment to which he ma) be liable, if convicted, of keeping a common gaining -house, shall, on conviction of keeping such unlicensed billiard table, bagatelle board, or other instrument before a magistrate or two justices, be liable to pay such penalty, net more than 101., for every day on which such table or board shail be used, or on the discretion of the magistrate or justices may be committed to the House of Correction, with or with out ha , rd labour, for any time not more than one calendar month, and in default of payment of a fine or costs, the good s of a defendant may be sold. By the 13th section, persons licensed must not allow any person to play at billiards or bagatelle after 1 and before 8 o'clock in the morning, or at any time on Sundays, Christmas-day, or Good Friday, or any public fast or thanksgiving day; and by anoti:er sec tion (the 14th) constables and police-officers are empowered to enter the premises as often as they think proper, and if refused, such refusal to be deemed an offence against the tenor of the license. The charge for an annual license is, by the 10th section, fixed at 65., which li cense is granted by justices in session assem!sled to such persons as in their discretion are fit and proper to keep billiard tables or baga telle boards. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received Gene ral Espartero and the Duchess of Victoria and Madn moiselle E. Es partero, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, Viscount Morpeth, Lcrd Gleuelg, Lord Harry Vane, Lord and Lady Kinnaird, Lady Ashley, Lord Dunkellen, Colonel Fox, 31r. Rogers, and a select party, to dinner yesterday, at their mansion in Carlton-house-terrace. A small party assembled in the evening, in cluding his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Clanricarde, Lord Ashley, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, the Hon. Mr. Stanley, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Malinesbury, his Excellency Count Paden, Mr. R. Milnes, Mr. S. O'Brien, Mr. C. B. Sheridan, Sir John Cam liobhouse, Re. Lord Brougham received at dinner, on Wednesday, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Earl of Auckland, and Miss Eden, Viscount Goderich, time Vice-Chancellor of England,- air. and Mrs. A. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley and Lady Dillon, and Mrs. J. Townley. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry had a dinner party on Wednesday, after which the Marchioness had a dansante at Holdernesse House. The circle invited was very limited. NATIONAL LAND AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION. — Last night a public meeting was held in the National Hall, Holborn, T. Wailley, Esq., M.P., in the chair, for the purpose of forming an association having for it objects a "National Land Association," and a "National Building Association." The Chairman described the physical, political, moral, anu social benefits that would accrue to the working classes by acquiring, through associations similar to the one proposed that evening, land and a home for themselves and families. Messrs. It. Moore, Hill, Bainbridge, Ireland, and other gentlemen, explained the objects of the Association; and resolutions favourable to those objects and the formation of the Society having been carsipd, tisanist, Were voted to the Chatrattol, and the ineetio4; ' Separated. PARLIAM U SINES S. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Tr.ouse of Coannons.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25. Rellwa3 - s and Canals Amalgamation,— Committee nominated: — Sir George Clerk, Si: George Grey, Mr. Palangton, Mr. E. Denison, Mr. G. Hope, Mr. Craig, and Mr. Patten. The following Petitions for Railways were repbrted, and the Bills ordered to be brought in By the undernamed Hon. Members : Leeds Central Railway Station—Mr. B. Denison, Mr. Beckett, and Mr. Aldam. Kilmarnock and Troon—Lord G. Bentick and Mr. Oswald. Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct—Lord J. Stuart and Mr. Bouverie. STANDING ORDEILS' COMMITTEE. The following resolutions were reported from this Committee:- 1. That, in the case of the Wakefield Improvement petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. "" • ' 2.At, in the case of the BirkLihead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be die' penned; with :—That the parties he permitted to proceed with their Bi 3. That, in the case of the Hull and Lincoln Railway petition. the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed,: with their Bill on amending [the plans end sections deposited with the clerks of the peace for the county of the city o! Lincoln, so as to make them accord with the plans and sec tions deposited with the clerk of the peace for the parts of Lindsey And on inserting In figures on the cross sections the present rates er inclination of the pubic carriage roads passed by the railway. 4. That, in the case of the Newport and l'illgwenly Waterworlie petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the, parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on procuring addl.' tional subscribers, duly' bound according to the provisions of the standing orders, tb the amount of 150 i. at the least. That the Committees on this and the preceding Bill do mares :131e , in the first place, how far such order has been complied 'Wit h " and do report the same to the House on the report of the BilL. Second, third, and fourth resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie 0 . the table. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1. rreston and Wyre Harbour and Dock (New Deck and P.ailvf2Y). Preston and Wyre Harbour and Dock (Longridge Jturztion). PARLIAMEN TAR Y DI VISIONS• :From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Onnmons; EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW A.ND SCOTTISH CENTRAL, RAILWAYS JUNCTION" BILL. - reo Motion made, and Question proposed, '• That the Bill be now a . a second time :"—Amendment prop ose d, to leave out t h e word' " now," and at the end of the Questi on t o a dd th e wor d s " after Committee on the Amalgamation of Railways and Canals shall 114 .2 reported to the House :"—Question put, " That the word 11 Q" stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 40. A'Court, Captain Ewart, William Mundy, E. M. Ainsworth, Peter Forbes, Wm. O'Brien, A. Stara' Arkwright, G. Fos, S. L. O'Brien, J. Baillie, William Fuller, A. E. Patten, J. W. Baird, William Gladstone, Captain Polhill, Frederick Bateson, Thomas Gordon, lion. Capt. nolleston, Colonel Bodkin, William H. Greene, Thomas Sotheron, T. H. S.• Bridgeman, 11. Halsey, T. P. Trollope, Sir J. Buckley, Edmund liorsman, Edward Wood, Colonel Busfeild, William Jolliffe, Sir W. G. H. Wortley, J. S. Christopher, R. A. Kelly, James Cripps, W. Loch, James ' TELLERS. Dennistoun, J. Mackenzie, T% Duncan, Lord Drummond, H. Mackenzie, W. F. Egerton, W. T. Esmonde, Sir T. APTallnrt, Sir J. !: - INORITY-NOES, 34. Arbratlmott, ugh Ebrington, Viscount Pakington, 3 . 3- Baine, wp• , er Ellice, Edward Palmer, G. Baru , - ' s, F. T. Elphlnstone, H. Stewart, P. NI- Lackburne, J. I. Escott, Bickham Strickland, Sir G . Boldero, H. G. Goulburn Henry Tancred, H. W. Bourerie, Edward P. Grey, Sir George Thornely, T. Carew, W. P. Hastie, Archibald Trelawny, J. S. Clerk, Sir G. Hawes, Beojamin Wawn, J. T. Colquhoun, John Hope, Sir J. Coote, Sir C. H. Howard, P. H. TELwar.S. Cowper, W. F. Johnstone, Hope Maude, Fox Dickinson, F. H. Lockhart, A. E. Hodgson, K. Duncombe, A. Lockhart, W. TURNPIKE ROADS (SCOTLAND) BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Second Clause (Not to he lawful for justices of the peace to to the tacksman of tolls or toll gatherer, or other person situst or any toll bar, any license to sell any wine, ale, spiritous liquoi provisions) : —Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause CO:y,l the words, " at any toll bar within such shire, b.tewartrY, o r ';,14: burgh respectively :"—Amendment proposed to the proposed Air ment, to add the words, " Provided such toll bar shall be withil i t: miles of a house regularly licensed by the justices of any such 11,) —Question put, " That the proposed words be added to the P r°.r Amendment." The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 16. Bowring, Dr. Hawes, B. Walker, RicWl Buller, Sir J. Y. Henley, J.I . W. Wawn, J. T. Denison, J. E. Hodgson, Richard Denison, E. B. Labouchere, Henry TELISSO. Dickinson, F. H. O'Brien, A. S. Manic, Fos Ebrington, Viscount Parker, John Stewart, P. 3. Grey, Sir G. - Thornely, Thomas MAJORITY-NOES, 18. Arbuthnott, H. Hope, Sir J. Trotter, John Baillie, W. Lockhart, A. E. 'Williams, W. Baird, William Lockhart, W. Wood. Colonel Buckley, Edmund Mackenzie, T. Wortley, J. 9. Dennistoun, J. M'Neill, Duncan zr.1.1331.4, it Duncan, Viscount Patten, J. W. Drummond, Forbes, W. Trelawny, J. S. Mackenzie, IV- A , el Proposed words added to the proposed Amendment merit, as amended, added to the Clause :—Question put, " Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill." The Committee W. MINORITY—AYES, 18. Acland, Sir T. Ebrington, Lord Patten, J. li r . Bowrlng, Dr. Grey, Sir G. Thornely, T. ....„ Buller, Sir J. Y. Hawes, Benjamin Walker, Iti ch4 " . Dalmeney, Lord Hodgson, R. Wiwi', J T. Denison, J. E. Labouchere, Henry TELLES,. Denison, E. B. O'Brien, A. S. Mattis, Fo:c. .., Dickinson, F. F. Parker, John Stewart, P. o''' MAJORITY-NOES, 19. Arbuthnott, H. Hope, Sir J. Williams, W.. Baillie, William Lockhart, A. E. Wood, Co lonel. Baird, William Lockhart, W. Wortley, J. 5 • Buckley, Edmund Mackenzie, T. Dennistoun, John M`Neill, Duncan TELL'. Duncan, Viscount Rolleston, Colonel Drummond, $f Eatcourt, T. G. Trelawny, J, S. Mackenzie, w • Forbes, William Trotter, John FATAL SHIPWRECK. difi BRIGHTON, MARCH 25,—The papers of Mends,' r e •le e the loss of a sloop which had foundered about three it;g? - 4 Shoreham harbour during the night of Saturday , leall orr mast above water; and added an expression of apprelloot that the whole of the crew had been lost, un l es s taken t do' o the Menai steamer, which left the harbour for Diepp e break on Sunday Morning. The Menai returned to 1; 1 1 this morning, and we now learn that five lives lvDnif, when the vessel foundered, and that only one of theA escaped, being taken off the rigging, as was conjectunote vessel turns out to be the Bee, of Goole, bound trillion! land to London, with stone for the British 3 05 She was a sloop, or " billy-boy," and had on boario4 Johnson, of Nottingly, Yorkshire (the captain), his Allic,,t their son, a fine boy of eight years of age, Will iam . s o-, (the mate), James Allen Cole (seaman), and France - e ,.44N o r (an apprentice). The vessel left Portland on night, and was off Littlehampton at two o'clocs- oa , day. The wind was then blowing a brisk gale, w: ; , 1 0:4 creased in strength up to ten o'clock, when the esPttl,4 ing himself to the eastward of Newhaven stood ll'-orj in order to make Shoreham harbour. On arriviege Pro harbour at half-past one o'clock in the morning,:i S OO that there was not enough water to admit the Tees ' o af , therefore cast anchor, with an intention of ridiek, storm till day-break. Soon after this, however, m il di t y that the vessel was making water vary fast, and h e , o ny remarked that he must either slip the chain or ge',cl boat, when the vessel veered, fell broadside over, aa gradually filled and went down. The captain 3 :a 11 1 : 0 0 were all engaged with the sails at the moment, a nd them, except the *mate, together with the 0 3 P o sp 1 101 0 and child, perished. The mate was at the fU o scar" the moment, clearing the jib, and hearing the w o T.`ibe 'll l and feeling the ship to be sinking, he let go ,001'0°, sprit, and as the vessel grounded in six fathomif 5 4 oy was carried into the rigging, and secured hit t liv crosstrees. The scream of the wife was the °,l,o 4 ' b eo' that met his ears, except the roaring of the win" ; 0 , l pa For two hours he remained in his perilous situel!" 004 the tide rising, the sea began to break over 1 . 10 : le 1 1 0 then mounted to the topsail yard, till the Mews: , °l i r o o 11 1 the harbour, sent out her boat and released bi °l tieri, perilous situation in a state of the utmost elch e° " o o l ,, c r( was treated with the greatest kindness by Ca,P . , s alroir t , man durind the voyage to Dieppe and back, and orli" Cure tion is now being raised to send him home t ° From him we learn that the captain had anotherivoi, years of age, with its grandmother at Nottingly' owner of the vessel. THE BELGIAN EASTERI 4 TION RAILWAY. SO I , TO THE EDITOR OF THE - b e SIR.—In the report of the meeting held at lo tP o r Tavern yesterday, which appeared in The Sun ° f s ee d I; it is stated that " The meeting shortly aft e ' to od7o havin come to no determination ; but the uncle,,r s e al/r peared to be that the work should go on, a s t r e e lf; to be no legal mode of dissolving the CompanY: too k C Now, Sir, this is the very reverse of that wiv e th e )l e it is true there was some discussion as to whetb.,,er 1,11 ,10 . 4 ' l'any could be dissolved legally, but at length n'be Ly ' the chairman of the committee appointed di<sooe holders, proposed a resolution for the immecliatebiso of which was seconded by Mr. Field, and carrie d whelming majority, ye- I trust you will insert this contradiction in aot, this evening, and remain, Sir. your obedient sg o e.g HENRY FIIILIP -r ,voio l to V S o li c it o r to the k,,,e0 P.S. I refer you for a corroboration of the fiw report in the Morning Herald of this day. No. 4, Sise-lane, March 26, 1846. for . 5 it' . 00 ~ J o DARING ROBBERY.—Yesterday warded to the police of a most daring robbery, C O31 „. eP O , P io!, Haresford's, 21, High-street, Marylebone, the thie v 7r. 0 0 , 0 ,0 entrance early in the evening, and carrying ofithirteee,,irVe pocket of one there being four 51. Bank of England not e,, o.s . 0 0; coats, and about twenty-eight pair of trowsers ; W o f desk, containing cash, jewellery, diamond rings, 8 "' r GROWTH OF CORN IN KIISSIA.—Th er porn eio tingencies against the growth of heavy crops of 1,0„A amongst them the severity of the drought, yr-Web 111 )° ;i0, ',415 at times spring,mp the plough and prevents a t o th erle e t c; until the and then the season is so short, y e. ot fr o e':, operates against the yield. Of this, in coeJunctioini. rnevej change the grain itself undergoes, from a greed a fe foi l j 1" 7,1 that of a hard and ripened one, I could hardly to e motest idea, had I not witnessed the fact in MY i c eo Petersburgh to Moscow, by examining many of the 0 ) 0 straw was then perfectly green and the grain in a t . 7e Sf i - ceisi i o , so satisfied did I feel that I should quit that Pa r _OO-rer,ce harvest, that I wrete to England regretting the etre osio s . ever, to my utter astonishment, on returning 1 )1° re :',oPee r days afterwards (14th of August, 1542), thousands toe.n.z, and some carted and thrashed for seeding the land at . 4 — gi rr icu h i e tur i a b l l l o Vu w r i . t o rat l 3 sl 6 % o f i _which should be put in before the latter end of tbs , r eell n g Notes of a Farmer dlcinAgua THE SLAvn from a letter received from an officer, dated SaT v ei, D e ry January 23:—" The mixed commission is hel', 00 0 ,0 vessels have been condemned, among which is a . PL. 0 4 the ground that she had, too much water on boa',lre be.. ? , - 1 1 t F o e believed to have been altogether illegal, but Yeu " sy n l ,l it when the captain and crew arrive in England, 0 1 0 e c eil'S been scut to take their trial. A large steain-ves-oe 030 1 ,0 1 ' time ago from Congo, with the enormous numbe, 0 2 ell 4 , escaped,bO a. S b l y ie r w m as on tit o t f ei h o e u r t s : ed a slaver tier m w in e t s i t i y e, o l l a leer s ' ort el " D. O traSOLAR S de Is, however, fast declining." P o , I) ots 14 .00 POTS.—A group of large 6P ,re the sun's eastern I;mb on the 15th inst.; they e t ro t e,entra. —Glasgow Saturday Post. „ e de t o f THE GRAIN TRRDE LIVERPOOL. d int e fr e le of Indian corn have been released from beeo_ de 4Ol tiPiytßC the past week. Several additional carg._e!, shortly. The corn merchants now treatcle, pricer grain in their transactions as a free articl dutyi Pre, tioned being understood to include the 16 * t i 110) pcte bei b to able importations of buckwheat are e. , cF - r i c e ertifi c ‘g tje ti s f°l. the d0e 1193613 b eil r i ce fr ic 6 htiaosnsbaereeninapgroregartesadefornragnrdinldaitneglyit at the • A te' may be necessary to explain, are th t 0 f 0 t,,4 bakers when they lodge flour for expor t, t ,co C 0.0 , ic aP: 4 mitted to release a eOrresponding go ldq uanl 7 o ' l 'lo7 o j o u l e duty. The certificates are generally f o r t_ . o pt somewhat below the duty. The ct r eto,_ : s ".,, gra in declining stocks, and a necessity fo tas-LPIP for consumption. —Limpool Aaiun. We have February t extracts. have not S i the rnik sing The stew the 14th, o evening of 1 to the Oral ing of the 1 and did not hour last ni to lay beft official disp In contin Iltb inst., ti Satisfaction following Governor-t With an ex 'Commando report fror timed the signal vietc troops und; Seikh fore , ujethett. By on OENERA The Goi the people lency the ( Major -Get] 4 0th ultimi brined by the Major geikh forei kujethea. In this Pantry we: they Eaten] the bayon Part of the riot valow ennspieuot tamed cele fire with p *torts of Pantry, in 'Were happ 4 1 been t across the and fifty -t of the yid These ti Utd Mood Utillery tish army bnprovehE To Maj troops he the tribut( Ito gmenta The servi( teroplishe Valour of The Gc Wheeler, received : t xmaposed Nativ e 11 'Praise is With the her lelaje, faritry, s t, from it, a Thq Gi serving t Major -G( talions, al Penny, corps no t bunts of In she Xative s field an I did its di Her IV added t( Melds of in every its squa d captain Infantry su littjor ator nirt b Itself pay:y e t a te c th 1 a a ef 1 8th of casion 1 akirrnisi twin Be( itg of tl The tial mai tavftlry, the in ,s an this avalry , The gratefu kedal East Ir Jiwal Mande for thw PAT RA COM =colt. ititere OF Tit been, batta the g vas of th time of ii Mai, bhu advi brig rnor refl( gua Th, th e vel ste hii