The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-22 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, MAY 23, Will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, in Foar Parts, entitled I LOMBARDI: ALLA PRIMA CROCIA rA. With new scenery, dresses, &c. ; the scenery by Mr. Marshall. Gr,selda, Madame Grisl; Sofia, Madame Benin! ; Viclinda, Mdlle. Corbari; Oronte, Signor Mario ; Arvino, Signor Corelli ; Pirro, gig. Botelll; Aeciano, Sig. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig. Fornasari. To conclude with a favourite BALLET. ELEGANT PR.EAENT. Now 'ready, ,rice 215., eleganly hnttn 1, lIE BOOKh ()F COSTUME; OR. ANNALS OF FASIII , ),y, ru NUMEROUS ILL UST.I2.IT 10 BY El F i RST ARTISTS. " A tools which caninA rail to have more tli,! ordinary at ti.etion tftr readers of both sexes. We have reason to believe it to he the first general history of costume in all nation , e. er puh:ished. From the beauty of the numerous engravings, and the great care taken with the text, there can be little doubt ti at the volume will become a standard book of reference on all gdestions connected with fashion In dress." —Globe. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongh-street. 1. The PROTECTIONIST PEERS and the MOTIVE PEOPLE, by CO ['TON TWIST. 2. EXTRAORDINARY POSITION of the GOVERNMENT; its MINORITIES AND PROSPECTS. 3. THP: INDIAN MAIL AND THE IN lAN POLICY. 4. THE SPLIT in Conciliation-hall, with all the News of the Week, IN THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE of SA TURDAY'and SUNDAY. ttr=23.l sad 24th of May instant. THE NEWSPAPER PRESS DIRECTORY characterises this jottmel as the " Ablest" of the " P , ,,puLtr Papers." It says there is no Paper conducted with more talent or success," and that " it is especially remarkable, not only for the great quantity of news it affords, and the admirable arrangement of its 'matter --well illustrated by accompany log observattons—but for the ability and variety of its original articles, in the form of leaders awl letters 'I he advantage of this ability is enhanc-d by its being displayed on other than mere political questions, so that the range of topics is more large and gene rally interesting. Thus it is worth mentioning, that it was the only paper which, during the fate controversy between the Press and the Bar, took up the case Of the latter, In a series of letters marked by great talent." Office, 337, Strand. HO 0 D'S AI AGA Z A Monthly Organ of Thought, in Prose and Verse, contains —The Antigone of Sophocies, at Covent garden—Sonnets for the Times, No. 11. For June, in a new cover, it ill ive Sonnets, O. 1 IL—Act I. of Ighez de Castro, a Tragedy —Twalcs— g Gems—Mrs. Caudle Smells Tin.ler, &c &c. To Advertisers—An extra supply of copies issued on the 31st. To Publishers—Books, &c., will be noticed. " Sonnets extend his popularity—a delicious innovation, this gar land."—Sun. Hurst, King William-street, WRADMORE, having P URCHASED the • GLOBE HOTEL, at PLYMOUTH, thinks it advisable to announce the same to his numerous Commercial and other Friends, and to thank them for the kind support and attachment they have always evineed towards him. Plymouth, May 21, 1846. THE ANNUAL GRAND POLISH FANCY or FULL DRESS BALL, in AID of the FUNDS of the LITERARY ASSOCIATION of the FRIENDS of POLAND, will t a ke place at Willis's Rooms, on MONDAY. June 8. The von,hers to be obtained from the Ladles Patronesses only, a list of whom may be had at the Chambers of the Association, Sussex Chambers, 10, Duke street, St. James's-square; and also at Willis's Rooms IWEFORD and TAVISTOCK RAILWAY. The Direct ors regret to state that the Bill to empower the construction of the above line has been lost by tile decision of the Committee on Standing Orders. The Directors are anxiously engaged in collecting, examining, and adjusting the accounts, and will return the deposit, less the necessary expenses, on the earliest day possible. By urder, FRANCIS CLONES, Secretary. 44, Finsbury-circus, May 19, 1846. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LA.NIOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Feends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales - of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUZSDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree. Threadneedle-street, London, to which place favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested t• be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, anl the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. gall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor LABLACHE has the honour to intorm his Friends, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 2S, When will be performed (for the first time these two years), Cima- rosa's Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Carolina, Madame Grist ; Fidalma, Madame Sauchioll (her first ap pearance in that character); Elisetta. Madame Castellon ; Paolino Signor Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. .Lablache ; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. With various Entertainments in the BALLET Department. Comprising the talent of Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Moucelet, De melisse, Cassan, and Lucie Grahn ; M.M. Perrot, Gosselin, Di Xattia, and St. Leon. 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. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING _ _ Will be performed Rossini's celebrated Opera of the BARBER OF SEVILLE. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Harrison, Horncastle, Weiss, Borrani, &c. ; Miss Rainforth, and Miss Collett. After which, the Ballet d'Action, entitled PEROUSE ; or, The Desolate Island. Principal characters by Aladlle. Louise, Madame 6iubilei, Mr.W. H. Payne, Mr. Howell, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Wieland, and Master F. Payne. To conclude with a New and Original Ballet, in four Tableaux, entitled IMELDA. The Duke, Mons. Adrien ; Count Alberti, M. Mathis ; Governor, Mr. T. Matthews ; Fabricio, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Imelda, Madlle. Sall. THE WEATHLE.—Sus OFFICE, MAY 22. TergliMONETEit, Lowest, 47; Highest, 63; Noon, 67. BAROMETER, 30.17.—W1ND S.; fine. HI WArEtt AT LONDON-13RO )Ge'THl4 DAY. •• 37 , ninutes after 11. I Evenin:• minutes atter 12. . e..!%40A, —" t * • >/` r • Ai o • , I 1; I: =,,A,1,...#,e412341r''''.4. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Mr. PARSONS, Box Book-keeper, respectfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that his BENEFIT is fixed for MONDAY NEXT, MAY 25, When will be performed Benedict's Grand Opera of THE CRU SADERS. One Act of the popular Ballet of GISELLE ; in which BD:Warne Sall and Mons. Mathis will appear. To conclude with (last time this season) the two first Acts of DER FREISCHUTZ. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be secured on application at the Box-office. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET, THIS' EVENING Will be performed a New Comedy, called MR. PETER PIPER ; or, Found Out at Home. Mr. Peter Piper, Mr. Farren ; Sir C. Fairsex, Mr. Tilbury ; Major Garry Owen, Mr. Hudson ; Facias, Mr. Bu. kstone ; Mrs. P. Piper, Mrs. Glover ; Busk, Mrs. Ilumby. The Band will perform the Overtures, "Cenerentola," and " Due d'Olonne," the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Walzer," and the "Chatsworth Quadrilles." To be followed by the laughable Farce of UNCLE JOHN. Uncle John, Mr. W. Farren ; Friend Thomas, Mr. Tilbury; Mrs. Hawk, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Eliza, Miss Telbin. Atter which, an experiment will be tried upon TILE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHINES : on which occasion they will be presented to to public with new Namet., new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. Is athews, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with an Original Farce, called TIIE IRISH TIGER. Sir Charles Lavender, Mr. Howe ; Paddy Ryan, Mr. Hudson ; Alderman Marrowtat, Mr. Tilbury ; Itlibury, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Julia,, Miss Telbin ; Nancy, Mrs. Caulfield. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Anotuer brilliant Triumph ! " Robin Hood and Richard Co3ur de Lion" every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED! Alter which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Didelear, and Keeley; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New lrand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St rtling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas- Rage(' in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. TfIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIL Ting EVEI,.;ING Will be performed a new Draisa, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. La nbert, Howe. Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, It. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &e., will perform. After which a new and Original Farce, called, WHO DID I t ? or, WHAT'S IN THE WIND ? Vandyke Brown, Mr. Af right ; .Eamoila Peewit, Miss Woolgar. To ae followed by the Binge:quo, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The lANuistone hock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters JV mi ss es w(.olgse, Etnnin Harding., Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. P:LC Bed!ord, Mr. Manyard, Mr. Mitchenson. --------- - PRINCESS'S TiIEATRE. OXFOI:D-STAE ET. TUN EVENING Will be performed a new Historical in five Acts, entitled TILE RING OF THE COMMONS. James V. of Scotland, Mr. Xacready ; Sir Adam Weir, Mr. Ryder ; George Weir, Mr. Cooper ; Malcolm Young Mr. Murray; Laird Small, Mr. Compton ; Mungo Small, Mr. Oxherry ; Lord liFmaurs, Mr. Roxby ; Madeline Weir, Mrs. Stilling; Widow Barton, Mrs. r osbroke. To be followed by an Original Comedietta, entitled THE COLO NEL'S BELLE ; or, the Non-Marriables. Count de Buse, Mr. J. Vining Major Vldette, Mr. Murray ; Capt. Fonfaron, Mr. Roxby ; Mahelle. Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a xew Baget, entitled LES CONSCRITS DU VILLAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Flexmore, Harris; Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, &c., will appear. ASTLEY'S 'ROYAL AMPHITHEXIBE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial pltronage of her most gracious Majesty, and their Royal H glines,es Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Prikeees Alice. fllorious triumph of the present attractive novelties. First Week of the celebrated equestrian, Mr. Selint Bridges, and the highly popular artiste, Ntons. Leonard Houck. TRId EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAD AN!) lIIS DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. with melanin ent effects, and introducing the double stud, &c. The SCENES of the s'IWZLIS will be of the meat varied and description, introducing the whole of the equestrian troupe. 'The En . erta.ll n enis will terminate wi t h a l aug h a bl e ArTEll . PIEc E. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence lit seven o'clock. NEW STRAND THEATRE. THE L kST NIGHT FAIT ONE. THIS EVE:SING M. PIIILLIPPE wll repeat his display of Scientific Skill and Modern Magic. M. Philllppe, anxious to procure fob his friends and supporters in general an entertaining and gratifying diversion, has the honour to announce that he has engaged, at great expense, Signor Dogs, who CORVI, from Milan, with his most extraordinary MoLkeys and have obtained in t•ars and other larg , cities unbounded success, and which cannot r:.11 to create the most interesting aniuiement ever witnessa 1. While these novelties are exhihited in the STRAND THEATRE, M./111111pp° w.ll give his Magical Performances in tit,: STA ••• DARD THEITRE, where they will commence on MONDAY, June 1. Doers open at a Quarter past Seven; to commence at a Quarter before Eight o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, THUR TUESDAYSDA, WEDNESDAY, AND • Y. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii took place ; produced under the direction ct Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CO'NERTS are again confided to Mr. God freY. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes =any eminent native and foreign musicians. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing t Descent of Phoebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Nome. Farinelli will ascend from a Chinese Pagoda,seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, whe re a Naiad's Car will rise to receive !rim, and bear him to his chrystal home. An Illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, splen namented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at Ave ; the Pelicans, &C., at half-past Ave ; Concert at six ; an;S: he Eruption at dusk. Admission. is. FASHION.—In many respects, says a French journal, we are now as prone to copy the English examples of dress, as they were formerly to imitate us. The English hat, from its greater durability, is fast becoming a favourite with our countrymen ; and the registered paletot of Nicoll is no longer confined to Regent-street, and the other fashionable lounges -of London, but may be here seen on the back of royalty itself, .and clothing the most fastidious of our beaux. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER. RAlLWAY.—Traffic re ti _ma y( ter the week ending allt ea, 2141. Its. ed. May 16 :—Taisengers, ; ALUtallt re- ~,....rte= THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW 'PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUB,SUEIBEMS) SIXPNCE. OXltning LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1846. The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock. On the question of the second reading of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company's Bill some discussion took place, which ended in the debate being adjourned till this day. Mr. Strew gave notice, that as soon as Group 11 had terminated its labours and given in its final report to the House, he should move that Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN should . be discharged from custody. Sir R. PEEL in answer to a question from Mr. Mc:ismEzoN Mir.NEs, said that upon its being stated to her Majesty's Ministers that IBRAHIM PACHA was anxious to visit this country, it was intimated to the proper authorities that if his Highness came to England, every attention would be paid by the Government to his comfort. Mr. J. Cowcrr, in answer to a question from Mr. CRAVE): BERKELY, said that he had forwarded to the Home Secretary the affidavits with respect to the accusation against Sir C. TAYLOR, and he trusted that he would cause the requisite inquiry to be made. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that after reading the affiiavits, he was confirmed in the opinion he first entertained, that they could not be made the ground-work of a judicial inquiry. If there was any ,truth in the statement, the proper course would be a criminal proceeding against Sir C. Taylor. .Ir. C. BULLER. postponed his motion with respect to the state of New Zealand to a future day. The SPEAKER. called the attention of the House to certain letters that had passed between Mr. W. SMITH O'BRIEN and Mr. JOHN HENRY LEY, the clerk of the House, which were ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow. Viscount EBRINOTON then proceeded With the motion of which he had given notice, with respect to the re-appoint ment of the Real Property Commissioners, in the course of which an HON. MEMBER moved, that the House be counted' and there not being forty Members present the House ad journed till to-morrow. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN begins to weary of the honours of martyrdom. He has hitherto absolutely refused his consent to any attempt being made on the part of his friends to seek for the clemency of the House; he would be a martyr, and he has attained the object of his desire; but, alas, " Man never is, but always to be blest." We are seldom so happy in the full enjoyment of our wishes as we had supposed we should have been, when hugging ourselves in pleasing anticipations. It is little to be wondered at that the Hon. Gentleman should have found the calm and seclusion of the cellar less agreeable than he had hoped, and that he sheuld find the monotony of his position, the forced seclusion, the abstinence from political excitement, and the impossibility of joining in the debates, disagreeable in the extreme to a man of his excitable and energetic dispo sition. Besides, there was not that unanimity of feeling on his behalf exhibited amongst his colleagues at Conciliation Hall, which he had probably calculated on. The Irish are a generous people, and will not readily abandon the cause of a friend with whom they have worked in unison, and with whom they have entertained feelings in common ; a very general doubt, however, appeared to prevail amongst the most sensible and discreet Members of his own party as to the prudence of the course be had adopted. We believe there is little doubt that the Irish members of similar opinions to himself, had, in the strongest manner, urged on him the folly of the conduct he was about to pursue, and had earnestly advised him not to permit matters to be carried to an extremity, but, if necessary, to bow to the opinion of the House, and to perform the duties allotted to him, and which he must have known, when taking on himself the position of a representative of the people, he would have been required to discharge ; but Mr. O'Beirne was obstinate, and resolutely refused to act according to the ad• vice so given, but to persevere in his headlong and reckless determination. Accordingly, when the matter was first brought before the House, on the 28th of April, Mr. O'BRIEN positively refused to enter into any explanation to the House, alleging that he had already stated his views fully and finally in the correspondence which had taken place between himself and the Committee of Selection, and that he did not wish to add anything to the mat ters contained in those letters, nor was he de sirous of withdrawing anything from their substance. Mr. O'BRIEN then rested his case on those documents, and the reasons contained therein, and we do not find that he there sought to justify himself on any alleged informality in the appointment of the Committee of Selection, or the want of power en their part to choose the number who should form the Committee of Inquiry into the merits of the different Railway Bills. No, the ground on which he then justified his refusal was, that so long as he continued to serve in the House, as one of the Irish representatives, he would not, until Ireland was placed on a footing of political equality with England, think of devoting his time to the business of this country, and that he had no wish to interfere with the affairs of England or Scotland, unless those affairs were in some way connected with his own country. The Committ , es having, of course, considered the reasons so advanced as quite i -sufficient to justify his exemption from an onerous and fatiguing duty, informed him thereof, but, in the spirit of kindliness and good feeling, added, that they would be happy to delay his attendance to a later period, if it would be any accommodation to him to do so. But this offer he declined, stating that his objection to serv ing on those Committees was founded on the relation which then existed between Great Britain and Ireland, and was ill no way connected with personal convenience. No course then remained fur the Committee, thus bearded and set at defiance, but to bring the matter before the House, and to demand of them by what sanction their authority was to be enforced. If Mr. O'Bnize's defence was to be considered a sufficient one, the entire business of the country would be brought to a stand ; few gentlemen would be found willing to undertake such arduous and thankless duties, if they might escape it by a mere refusal. On the occasion of the first debate, two grounds were put forward as a justification; the first, that under the Act of Union the House had no power to enforce the at tendance, in fact, had not the authority claimed over the Irish Members ; and secondly, that the vio lation of a power delegated to the Committee was not punishable as a contempt. It was urged that there was a special statute for compelling the attendance of English Members which had not been extended to Irish Members. The House very fully discussed the question, and by a large majority decided that the reasons urged were not sufficient excuse for his refusal, and that a cAtempt had been committed. The House, however, tempering mercy with justice, afforded a " locus penitentice," an opportunity to the Honourable Member of re-considering his decision, and obeying the strongly-expressed feeling of the House by ad- 1 journing the debate for two nights, although Mr. 1 O'BRIEN, through kis friend, Mr. ROCHE, stated convintedelayof ttutti. that he thought it quite unnecessary that any fur theruxibe . o i o f t t e h r . p od, course that hree soh a:: t l'. e was adopted, and s o so impressed with its propriety, that hi s unchanged. On the following Thursday the Ho i n on G r e e n rn l ain remain ed was committed, the House having refused to h ear i i :i m ema l n being unprepared to purge his contempt by obeying ;heir order. Since then Mr. O'BRIEN has on different occasions peremptorily requested the withdrawal of notices of motion which had been given for his discharge, being determined to owe nothing to the mercy or pity of the House. We hail his present appeal as exhibiting the first glimmering of return ing sense, although we think it would have been still wiser if the Hon. Gentleman had apologised for his folly, and promised future submission, in which case we doubt not the House would have been delighted to have remitted a punish ment wi.ich they always inflict with regret, more especially when the person punished is one of themselves. Mr. t ground of defence is that there is no evi- O'ButEses present ground of the House that Mr. Fsr evi dence in the authentic n who had acted as the C - O - COURT and the other gentleme due authority from t ra il: mittee of Selection had received . the preseut session, and House to act in that capacity during . dings which have led to that, therefore, all the procee his imprisonment have been void an d informal, ab initio, immediate discharge. and he, therefore , claims his . Mr O'BRIEN'S We cannot think that there is much force in i . isdic objection; we have no recollection of a plea to the jur -F d . tion of any tribunal having been entertained, unless it .a been brought forward in the first instance, and we do con sider that Mr. O'BatEx has let slip. the time within w hich he could have questioned the authority of the Committee. On the contrary, he tacitly admitted it, by resting his de fence on totally different grounds; he treated them as re gularly appointed, and his correspondence with them was ehend be now on that footing; he would, therefore, we app estopped from setting up any argument founded on their absence of qualification ; but were it even otherwise, we do not think that there would be any validity in the objec tion. By the resolutions of the 12th February last, the House resolved that the Committee of Selection should form Committees of Inquiry on Railway Bills, and directed a cer tain notice to be given to the Members whom they might choose to select. Their existence and power was thereby fully recognised and adopted by the House, and it is futile after that to urge the want of authority on their part, that they had not been duly selected. Besides, the contempt fbr which Ur. 013hazi was committed was one to the THE SIJN, LOYDON, FRIDAY EVENING,` MAY 22, 1846. entire House ; the House itself, by a majority of no less than 124, the numbers being 139 to 15, decided that Mr. SMITH O'BIUEN was in contempt. He got an opportu nity of purging that contempt, of whi"h he did not chooie to a~ ail himself, and it is idle for him now to allege that the House had not the power of punishing that contempt. If it was competent for them to do so in any instance, it was surely in the present case. We will, however, hope that Mr. O'Bzwur will see the absolute necessity of acting with greater discretion, and withdrawing from a contest in which ' he must be the only sufftTer, and that the House will there upon restore him to freedom and his privileges as a Member of the Legislature. We cannot remember the country ever to have been so passive and tranquil, during an important political conjunc ture, as it is at this moment. The mind of the nation is fixed almost exclusively upon the House of Lords. Never since the Reform Bill has this august branch of the Legis lature filled so large a space in the eyes of the country. The national intellect is absorbed in weighing the respective probabilities of the success or failure, in the Upper House, of the great measure sent up by the Commons for the abolition of the corn-laws. Short of any question affecting the funda mentals of the Constitution, none could be devised so in tensely calculated to interest, not only the United Empire at large, but likewise its vast dependencies, as this great scheme of commercial reform. Yet the contrast between the state of the country in 1830 and 1846 is most striking. At the former period it was literally convulsed. We stood upon the brink of a volcano; the minds of men of ail classes were stirred to their inmost depths. The Constitution was rocked to its very foundation. The House of Peers happily shrank from the fierce contest of popular tumult, engendered by their prejudiced resist ance to reasonable and long-coveted changes in the repre sentative system, and England came out of the ordeal free from the disastrous consequences of physical commotion, which must have resulted, had the painful crisis been pro tracted. At the present hour order and tranquillity prevail throughout the land. Were a stranger to visit us it would be difficult to make him believe that this state of national repose was co-existent with a doubt whether a mea /sure of vital importance to the happiness of millions, and which has just been sanctioned, atnidstripging plaudits, by one branch of the Legislature, would be suffered to pass the other. Yet such is the case. Before the end of next week the problem will be solved. We shall then know the division upon the second reading, which will pro bably be conclusive, one way or the other, of the fate of the Bill. To ourselves, this remarkable state of things is fraught with matter of which we have reason to be proud, and assures us that the hopes - of the people will be speedily accomplished. Strongly as our affections are set upon having the privilege of enjoying freedom of commerce with all the world, the patient endurance of our countrymen demonstrates, under the circumstances, a confidence in the collective wisdom of their public men, and valuable institutions, such as no other country could, we believe, at this time, furnish us with a parallel. The dignity of their conduct, and soberness of their views, is the strongest proof of the admirable use the people make of the enlarged franchises conferred upon them by the Reform Bill. There are those, however, who regard the present posture of affairs very dif ferently, and draw conclusions the reverse of those to which we deem the premises entitled. The Protec tionists assume the absence of all outward excitement to be a proof thaterthe country is not desirous of seeing the Corn Bill imbedded in our statute book. Do they flatter themselves that they will fail to be reminded of the numerous petitions sent to both Houses from all the great corporate bodies of the kingdom since the enunciation of the measure by the first Minister of the Crown ? Do they conceive that the accredited influence of the League is to be disposed of by a sneer and a taunt? Have they read history to so little purpose—are they so ignorant of the workings of the constitution—as to be unaware that so gigantic an Association could have been formed, including amongst its members persons of the highest rank and greatest wealth in the State, and have gone on for years, strengthening with its strength, without the certainty of ultimately accomplishing the object that summoned it into existence? Do they forget that it is before this pyramidal guardian of the rights of commerce, to its acknowledged enlightenment and embodied experience, to the startling facts it has brought forward, and to the cogent arguments it has adduced, that the first and ablest men of the day have bowed their heads in submission ? Whilst the Anti- Corn-law League exists, it is idle to talk of the country being apathetic or indifferent to a measure which owes its birth to this powerful organisation. The League is passive now, because it is conscious of the righteousness of its cause, and of its own inherent strength—is satisfied, from the political history of the last few years, that its efforts are on the eve of being crowned with success, and not the less so, from the House of Commons having legislated in favour of their wishes by the commanding majority of 98. Their confidence is moreover increased by the knowledge that their cause has been ushered into the House of Lords by the Duke of WELLING TON, who, more than any other man, felt the rebound of popular disappointment in the memorable year of 1830, and whose influence amongst his compeers, from his straightforwardness of character, and his moderation and foresight, the fruits of experience, is greater than ever was possessed by any single individual. Their confidence is, besides, the greater from the indispu;able fact that, Lord STANLEY excepted, all the distinguished men who have of late years formed successive Governments, have been, and will be, their ardent and eloquent advocates. Should it, however, eventu ate that these powerful elements of hope should be dissolved, and the Minister driven to appeal to the country through the rejection of the Corn Bill by the Lords, the League, and the other great bodies who are associated with them in feelings, would then be seen arising from their slumbering strength, and calling forth such a national demonstration, as would effectually secure, in the new Parliament, the due reflection of their irresistible will; and the three years grace, at present accorded to the Pro tectionists, would then be deservedly withdrawn. We admire the private character and chivalrous bearing of the Duke of RICHMOND, but we detest the tyrannical ar gument, that public men are to be debarred in politics—which is strictly an experimental science—from taking advantage of reason and experience combined, and declaring that they are wiser to-day than they were yesterday. Those who hold this doctrine necessarily announce themselves to be infallible, an arrogance from which all reasonable men turn with contempt. It is a doctrine from which, if con ceded, no public man could escape without censure. It is a bigoted dictum, which, like chaff, would be scattered by the slightest breath of reason. Would the Duke of Rim- MOND be content to be forced to cultivate his land as his ancestors did, and to be deprived of the va rious improved processes of agriculture since established by our enlarged knowledge of chemistry and mechanism? We suspect not. And yet, if his argument hold good, he ought not to reap she advantages derivable either from his own experience or that of others, in this or any other science. We submit that confidence in public men should be measured by the succors of their measures. Sir ROBERT PEEL says he has for more than three years tried a great commercial experiment, the result of which has exceeded his most sanguine expectations, and is satisfied that national prosperity is greatly enhanced by commercial relaxation. The protectionists cannot deny the first part of this statement, but insist that the second ought not to be considered, because they contend a bargain was struck by which the tide of prosperity was not to be suffered to cover a particular water-mark. Such reas fling will not satisfy the country. Sir R. PErA, empliatieally denied he was ever a patty to such a bargain. Nothing can be more unconstitutional than such a surmise, and the Minister is too sound and practical a statesman ever to have countenanced so glaring an absurdity. The more we reflect upon the great question of the day, in all its bearings, the wore we e satisfied that the enlightened policy of the Ministry will prevail, and that the advocates of mono . )Iy and restriction will be completely discomfited. No little stir has been created among the senior officers of the navy by the appc,intment of two captains to the rank of commodore for a temporary and experimental purpose. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, it is said, denies all participation in theact, and the denial is SO probable,so much in keeping with the old worn-out system religiously observed at the Admi ralty, that it may be taken as a matter of fact. The junior Lords of course cculd have nothing to do with it, and the blame therefore falls on the shoulders of that restless innovator, the ex-Governor-General of India, who, by lis sweeping reforms, attempted while he held his brief appointment, made all the sinecurists in Hindostan tremble, and threw the Conservative and venerable Directors of the India House into the utmost consternation. When his Lordship was appointed to the Admiralty, and a good naval reformer was associated with him at the board, in the person of Captain boys, we anticipated some material changes, some modification of the rule established by the wisdom of our ancestors ; but which, in place of showing any thing like wisdom or benefiting the country, has been the greatest curse on both the naval and military services. Accord ing to this wise regulation, either all the officers in the service are considered equal in professional skill, activity, and genius, or the interests of the country are sacrificed for the personal interests of individuals. A young admiral or ge neral, however superior in every respect to most, or even all, his colleagues, is not to be appointed to a command, I ow ever dangerous the crisis, while a senior officer remains on the list. An aged admiral, though naval tactics may have changed, or however necessary may be personal ac tivity and the prudent daring of a man in the prime of life, must have the command of an expedition both hazardous and of - vital importance to the instance, last comman d p e e d rl t i h perhaps, was that who Syrian ex pedition. Ps, e interests of the cou ntr y , becau s e it would he an affront to p a ss him over and se lect ono in e very respect superior f or ofsuchT S I Fo d in We have no w ish to sa y on e word of disparage merit reflecting o n the • skill and ability of this vene ra bl e officer, but it is Sir 11 -known fact that he was lon g past E e a rt a Togt: Thet o, we the prime of life when he undertook a service lequ iring the utmost energy and dispatch—a service, the success of which, in fact, depended on rapid accomplishment, which to the stormy would have failed had it been protracted involved the peace of season, and in that failure might have speaking, was not Europe. But that expedition, properlyp, but by Sir CHARLES conducted by Sir ROBERT STOPFOR d to him Also every NArtEa. This all the world knows ; an man gives the entire merit. It is said that this gallant and daring officer had not only to contend with the enemy, with the strong forts of St. Jean d' Acre, the long line of fortifica tions on the coast, and the difficulties of the season then corn inencing, but with the dilatory and undecided resolves of his own admiral. The capture of Copenhagen would have been a failure but for the glowing and youthful genius of NELSON ; the most glorious opportunity‘of destroying an enemy's fleet was lost in the Basque Roads because GAMBIER was placed over COCHRANE, and the earns might have been the fate of the Syrian expedition had not NAPIER, like NEL SON, quietly carried on the work in his own way. But even in this very instance is a glowing proof of the ruinous system. Sir CHARLES NAPIER, who has acquired not European, but universal, fame for conducting an expedition unexampled in the rapidiry of its movements, the spirit with which the attacks were made and sustained, and the astonishing results—the security of Con stantinople, and probably the very existence of the Ottoman dynasty —was, on his return, as a reward for his labour*, " laid on the shelf," and is now spending the prime of his life in professional idlent ss. He is only a captain ; and what an insult it would be to admirals, and vice-admirals, and rear-admirals, to give him a command while they remained on the retired list! Nay, even the result of experience, the most indubitable facts, the primary cause of all our glorious victories by sea and land, during the most awful contest in which England ever was engaged, are entirely forgotten by Sir GEORGE COCKBURN and those sages who maintain the sacred rights of seniority. When the public danger became too powerful for etiquette,. :nd the safety of the State set the authority of the Horse Guards and Admiralty at defiance, merit was preferred to age, and the wisdom of our ancestors treated with the most supercilious contempt. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY was made Commander-in-Chief of the army of Portugal while only thirty-eight years of age, and was not more than forty. six when he concluded the sanguinary scene by the battle of Waterloo. NELSON, in like manner, was placed over the heads of his seniors. He was little more than forty when he gained the battle of the Nile, and ended his glorious career at the age of forty-seven. The Govern. went and the Admiralty cannot despise such striking proofs of the absurdity of tke present system, and we therefore re joice that the Earl of ELLENBOROUGII has made a move in the right direction, and has resolved to follow examples which have been productive of immortal services to the country. Quietly and patiently the promoters of Free Trade have watched the proceedings of Parliament in relation to the Ministerial measures. During the seventeen weeks which have now elapsed since the Prime Minister of England first announced his conversion to the principles of unrestrictive commerce, those great associated powers, throuele whose instrumentality the Legislature has obtained an accurate knowledge of the opinions entertained by the multitude, and through whose interference many of our legislators have been driven into just views of political economy, have maintained an extraordinary quiescence. Anything that might savour of intimidation has been scrupulously avoided : even the Anti Corn-law League, previously so untiring in its assemblies, has lapsed into a most imperturbable silence. Whatever de monstrations have been made during the present session in favour of the popular policy have invariably been of an in cidental nature, they have transpired, as it were, accidentially upon the hustings of any casual elections. But a systematic agitation of the question at issue has been, as we have already observed, most sedulously avoided. Even during the small gap in the discussion caused by the Easter holidays, Mr. ConnEet sanctioned, in a particular manner, the continuance of this tranquillity, by refusing to attend certain meetings proposed to be convened in the provinces by the rasher amongst his admirers, and which meetings were in cense-. quence of this refusal altogether suppressed. The anta gonists of the Corn and Customs' Bill would fain have per suaded themselves that this quietude implied the displeasure of the public and the impotence of the free-traders; never theless, despite of these insinuations, it has remained os tensible to every individual blessed with a mere crumb of common sense that the associative powers which were thus either scorned or traduced, still possessed all their original strength, though, for honourable and judicious reasons, that strength was for the time being lying dormant. We cannot too forcibly commend the wisdom of this course : the great leaders of the . movement having in it shown a total abnegation of self, by avoiding that publicity which could only have ensured for them the acclamations of their countrymen, satisfied as they were with the victory which appeared to be accomplishing. Besides this, it was the most dignified attitude which the people themselves could have assumed. Whatever procrastination was visible in the Commons was so evidently attributable to the pertina cious zeal of a hopeless and helpless minority, that any popular demonstration in favour of the measure, besides being wholly superfluous, would have attached an undue im portance to the exertions of that minority. Everybody re cognised this, and hence the League persevered in its appa rent indolence, all the principal mercantile associations in the empire remained silent as heretofore—and the measures of Sir ROBERT PEEL, he due course of -time; passed with a triumphant majority through the House of Commons. The approved Bills are sub sequently carried to the bar of the Lords, and submitted to the decision of the aristocracy ; curiosity is redoubled ; there is a manifest accession of impatience in all quarters of the community; rumours get abroad; and, in the opinion of many, the affair takes a novel and somewhat questionable aspect. As a matter of necessity, this com motion in the mind cf the population evinces itself in an overt manner; the excitement gradually resolves itself into an appreciable form, and those who are really desirous fir the ac ceptance of a f. ce-trade policy speak out calmly, but very plainly, notwithstanding. The inferences to be drawn from that kind of demonstration cannot be misconstrued : it is the involuntary welling forth of the popular emotions. And such a demonstration was the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday at Manchester. Influential in the mercantile character of its members, and influen tial also in the number of persons collected together upon the occasion, it is impossible not to view the assembly with some interest, and equally impossible to treat the sentiments expressed by the speakers with reference to the position of the commercial measures now awaiting the sanction of the Peers. Nevertheless, we cannot induce ourselves to regard the ultimate decision of their Lordships as of such a dubious character as was occasionally insinuated during the pro ceedings sf this meeting. Undoubtedly the juncture is of such peculiar difficulty as to render it very advisable to be prepared, if possible, for any emergency. The debilitated condition of trade renders some such movement as the above almost the bounden duty of mercantile men, and that such is actually the condition of trade no one can for a moment dis pute, after the observations uttered by the President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. If we•may place im plicit reliance upon his authority, the operatives are in many instances being paid not out of the profits of their employers, not out of the proceeds of any ordinary contract, " but clearly out of the capital," and that capital, as a matter of course, de creasing quickly. On the same assurances, it appears that various print-houses "of the first importance and respect ability," have deemed it advisable, from the paucity of customers, "to suspend their operations altogether." Again, the President informs us that " some most respect able and extensive shippers are standing almost totally still," and in another portion of his very practical address, that " the hand-loom weavers unemployed to a very great extent." From all these areer circumstances, um stances, frem the general stagnation in the markets, and the consequent increase of artizans without employment, he augurs the most lamentable consequences, unless by the approval of the Ministerial measure!, the Peers render the proposed policy the law of the land, open the ports for the importation of provisions and the exportation of manufactures, enable the bonded corn to be made accessible to the people, and revive that mercantile activity which forms the very life-blood of Great Britain. Unless this step be taken by the Upper House, with the view of supplying the wants of those people, I see nothing almost," he continues, " but annihila tion fur them." Influenced by these feelings as to the imminence of the juncture, a petition sues proposed, secondsd, and adopted by this great assembly at Manchester, praying of the Lords to take the measure into their instant and conscientious consideration, and to follow the example already given by their Parliamentary colleagues in the Commons by passing the Bills unaltered—convinced that on the incorporation of the principles contained in the Bills in the statute-bock rests the actual existence of many thousands of their con temporaries, as well as the happiness and prosperity of the British Isles generally, and the world at large. The gloom of the picture of commercial lassitude visible in our manufacturing and sea-port towns was only enhanced by the evidence of subsequent speakers; and everything the petition included tended to show the necessity that exists for a speedy settlement of the longepending question. The Iwarning has been given, the prayer has been breathed; let the Lords, as wise men, and as humane legislators, accede! Madrid papers of the 14th have arrived. The system of Post-office espionage appears to be in full forn in that city. The Clamor Publico states that its letters from Paris had arrived with the seals broken. M. MON had recovered sufficiently from his recent illness to enable him to attend to public business. General MArturo, of Bergara celebrity, bad arrived at Cadiz, from whence lie was to embark for Chili. MADRID BmsA, MAY 14.—The Three per Cents. were not quoted. The shares of the I3ank of San Fernando sold at 370, and those of Isabel at 200. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Greek Loan 13111 passed the Chamber of Peers by a majority of 125 to 4, after a speech front M. GUIZOT, in which he admitted the disagreement between the English and French Cabinets on this subject, reiterated his expres sions of confidence in the integrity of the Greek Minister CoLErri, and repeated his opinion that the English Govern ment was not in possession of accurate information on the subject. In the Chamber of Deputies, the discussion on the Budget was continued, and M. GAEMIEB. PAGES contrasted the Budget of Expenses of the Restoration with the present one. To this, the reply of M.LACAVE LA PLAGNE, the Finance Minister, was unanswerabl e. The Restorat ion had not Algeria to maintain, neither had they undertaken the great public works which had been undertaken by the Ministry of July, and which, from the improvements to which they had given rise in the internal c ommunications of the country, had proved the most beneficial speculation the country could have engaged in. The discussion bad not concluded when the post left. In allusion to the fears which were entertained that the Peers might postpone certain of the Railway Bills to next session, tneDe.bats says : " The Ipprehensions which were indulged in on this oc casion have not been realized, the Bills have been voted, and all the railways except that of Avignon have been adjudi cated. The public credit has not experienced the slightest depreciation, and the commercial and financial movement has precisely. since the moment these great measures of public utility were voted, received the greatest development that in France had, up to this day, ever been attained. The adjournment of the Railway Bills which remain to be conceded or voted would not, moreover, produce. in a financial . point of view, the result anticipated. The Lyons anti Avignon Railroad, which is to be adjudged in the beginning of June, has given rise to 18 companies ; after the adjudication of this line there will be paid back more than 50,000,000 f. to the subscribersof the companies not accepted, or included in the fusion. The Chamber of Peers will no more rest behind in the g.'neral movement this session than in the preceding one ; it would not desire to adjourn measures to which so many interests are attached, and which definitively form the essential laws that the Chamber of Deputies has to vote in the course of the present session." The Prince DE JoiNvILLE inspected the iron works of Mr. BENNETT, at La Ciotato, on the 15th, and seemed much in terested in the progress of the construction of the iron steam ship Pl.ilippe Auguste. His Royal Highness also inspected the floating breakwater. Algiers papers of the 15th state that Marshal BuGEAUD was still pursuing his march hi the Ouransenis. The Akbar states that Count PAJot, aide-de-camp to the KING, had arrived at Algiers. It is reported that Marshal BUGKAUD is to return immediately and to be succeeded by the Duke VA UMALE. All traces of Ann- EL •KADER are lost. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday, at 84f. 15c. ; the Five per Cents., at 120 f. sc. ; the Orleans Rail road shares, 1,247 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,032 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 757 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 906 f. 25c; Vierzon, 650 f. ; Bordeaux, 6221. 50e. ; Boulogne, 500 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 390 f. ; Fampoux, 4251. ; Dieppe 430 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 508 f. 75c. • Tours and Nantes, 527 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 547 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 31U . The following are the quotations in the new lines : Lyons and Avignon, Definitivei, 5201.; Bordeaux and Cette, Delinitives, 5101. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 21. . Boulogne and Amiens, 11 —Bordeaux and"Medlterranean, 1% Central of Spain, 114—Dutch Rhenish, 7%—East Indian, % —Great Western Bengal, %—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 1 1 4 Northern of France Constituted, 14%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 10% —Over Yssel, 3 dis.—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6%—Tours and Nantes Constituted, s%—West Flanders, 2%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE: The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet, owing to the unfavourable report from the Manchester mar ket. 4,000 to 5,000 bales, chiefly American, at 4%d. to 5 1 4 d. per lb. Shares were heavy. Shares are in fair demand at the auctions, and buyers are found for almost every description of Railway. stock. At the public sale by Messrs. Wickham, and Co., at the Hall of Commerce, a vast amount of business was done, and the prices (of which we quote a few) were well maintained throughout. Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 325. 6d. —East Indian, 16s.—Buckinghamshire, 44s.—London and Blackwall Extension, 20s.—Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford, 32s.—London and York, 52s.—Boston, Newark, and Shef field, 15s. 6d.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 255. 6d. The advices from New York by the Great Western notice an easier state of things in the money market, and appa rently a more tranquil feeling in reference to political mattes. The commerce between this country . and the United States has however already suffered materially this year, and what is lost can scarcely be regarded. The value of merchandise exported from New York, for the month of April, 1846, was as annexed Commerce of the Port of New York.—Value of Exports, April, 1846. Dollars. Domestic ineichUndiso .. Foreign merchandise, free 114,927 Foreign merchandise, dutiable 195,518 • 2,309,181 Specie exported.... Total Export Z828,780 It will be perceived that the value of merchandise exported was very limited, and that the shipments of specie have reached a very fair amount. The position of the English Stock Market has certainly not improved within the last day or two, and by their indis position to do business, as well as by their inclination to Bear, the dealers are assisting a decline. Consols have been 96 1 4 to 96% for present Transfer, and 96 1 4 for Account. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been down to 18s. and 135., and, if money becomes much scarcer, no doubt the speculators will force it still lower. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 97 to 97%, and the Three per Cents. 95 to 95 1 4. Bank Stock keeps very firm at 206. The Foreign Bonds have been very steady, but there is no speculation going on. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 57 1 4 ; Mexican Five per Cents. 32 1 4 ; and the De ferred, 16%. These are improved rates, because the leading bondholders are endeavouring to frame a plan in concert with the Mexican Minister and agents for a more equitable compromise of the debt and ar rears of interest, and which it is hoped may lead to a suc cessful issue-77 1 per cent. in a new stock being offered, it is said, for the Active, and 65 for the Deferred, by the Mexi can Ambassador. There have been no bargains in Spanish. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59%. For Shares the demand has been limited again, and prices aresgenerijly flat: BRITISH FUNDS. ' ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Rank Stock .. 206 206 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities %% 95 95% 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 96% % 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97% 97 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 3-16 South Sea Stock .. Ditto Old Annuities .. .. .. 93% 93% Consols for Account .• • • .. .. .. 9614 96% Exchequer Bills. I 3 ,4 d. Iji I. Load. .. .. .. .. 15 13 18 pm. 18 5001. .. .. •• • • 18 —— pm. 15 Ditto. Small .... 18 —— pm. - .18 . Ditto, Advertised •• 71510 pm. 15 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 109% 109 1 % Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. —.— Ditto, Small .. • • .. • • • • 8414 Danish, 3 per Cent - - • • • • • • 87% 14 874 Equador Bonds .. .. .. .. .. —3% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for, the Account .. .. .. 3214 . 31% Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. 16% 16% Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. 57 ~, 57 1 4 Russian Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 110 , 4 189% 109% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 961% 961 A Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91%% 91% PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. .. .. • • • • • • 10 .... • • ........ 4% Amber., Notting., Bosto and Eastern Junction ... .. .. 2%.... ...... „.. 1% Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. .. .. .... .... 124 Birmingham and Oxford-Junction 2 .... 234 .......... 2% Bristol and Exeter .. .. .. 75 .... ... ..... . 83 Bristol and Gloucester .. 30 .... 50% 50% Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... % dis. par •• •• par Caledonian .. 10 .... 11 . 10% •..... 10% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 2% ...• 1 %14 -• • • • • • • • 1 3 / 4 Ditto, Extension .. .. .. 2% .... 1% .• • • ...• • • 1% Cambridge and Oxford.. .. .. I% • . li Chesterand Holyhead .. .. .. 22% • • 21% Cornwall .. .. ~. • • .. .. 5 .... 2 ...... •• • • 2 Derby ktid Crewe .. .. .. .. 2% .... 5%% •••• • • • • 5 % Derby, tittoxeter, and Stafford .. 2%.... 1% .. .• ••• • • • 1% Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2%.... % Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .: 5%...: r.% .. .... •• • Direct Northern .. .. .. .. 2%.... 1% ••.••• • • • • 1% Dublin and Belfast Junction ... 10 .... .... • • Dublin and Galway .. .. .. 4 .... 3% 3.••• • • • • 3 16 Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165..... 23% 22% Ditto New .. .. .. .. 81. 165..... 7 p.. ••-• • • • 6% P Do. I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. 74 p.. •• • • Ditto, York Extension .. .. 10s. .. . • I % A•• • • 1 14 Eastern Union .. .. .. .. 25_ .... ••••• • . • • • —: Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Eamunds 6% 5 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 75 .. • • •... 75 Ditto y 6, Shares .. .. 10 .... 17 ••••• • • • • • 17 Ely and Huntingdon .... Aberyst., & Cent. of Wales 1% Goole, Doncast., and ,heffield,&c. 425..... di5...., • • 14 4ts. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 23 ..... 23 % Great Western .. 85 ....140 . ...... 140 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 16 •• • • •• .. 16 Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 5 .... 4%.......... 4 Harwich & Eastern Count. Juliet. 2 ••—•••• • • • • „ . 1 y s , Bull and Selby .. • • • • 50 •• • • Ditto, Half stares 15 ..... 34% Lancaster anti Carlisle .. .. 40 .... ......... Ditto, New .. 9%...... a,. --••.• Leicester and 8edt0rd.......... 225. ...• % p .. Leicester, Tamworth, &e. ...... 425. •• •• %%% dls. di Liverp., Manch., & Newc. 'Juliet. 2% 2 London an liinuinginun . •.100 .. • . 22614 •• • • 225 Ditto Thirds .. • . • . 24 .... 62y4...... G2y4 Ditto Quarters .. 2 .... 23% 28 Ditto Fifths •• .• 2 ~• • . • Loudon and glack wall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 7% 7 London and Briglttoi, •. .. 50 .... 64 ...... • • Ditto ditto Fifths .. 30 .... 40% 40% London and South-Western.. 411. Gs. 10d. 78 79 •• • • .„. 78 'Ditto; New Consol. Eighths .. 34 .... Ditto, New . 17%.... 28% Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 23 .. 23 London and York .. .. • • • • 2 . ?4 •• •• "%% "•• • • 2!6 .... LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 22.—Wind this day at noon, S., light air, and line Clear weather. -DEAL, MAY 24,—Wind:E.S.E.—Arrd. the Vectis, Baker, Zanzibar ; Calypso, Eltringliam, Jamaica ; Black River packet, ditto. Arrd. from the river an 4 sld. for. Java, Parker, Sydney and Cape ofGood Hope and Zonlie, Savery, ditto. SWANAGE, MAT 21.—The Auriga, Wronkmore, from Hobart Town, arrived off Swauage, passed on the 6th instant, in lat. 34 lon. 47, a vessel of about 300 tons, coppered, keel up. TEIGNMOUTH, MAT 21.—The Dart, Perryman. from Neath, which grounded outside the harbour on the,l7th instant, got oft to-day with out damage, after discharging part of her cargo. FALMOUTH, MAY 21. —The Janet, Henderson, from Glasgow to Marseilles, put in here this day leaky, with cargo shifted, having been struck by a heavy sea 18th inst. in let. 47, lon. IL DUMFAIES, MAT 20.—The Sisters, Ill'Allister, from Glasgow to the Port of Annan, got on shore on a weir in that river 19th inst., and failed; she is discharging into a flat, and is expected to be got off when lightened; with little damage. DINGLE, MAY 19.—The Amnon, Edwards, from Port Madock to Sligo, has been put on shore at Smerwick, in a leaky state. SHEERNESS, MAY 20.—The Margaret and Rachel, Thomas, from Liverpool to London, got on the Nore Sand this morning, ar.d still remains. _ BRIDPORT, MAT 20.—ThelArdjcena, Eeltjes, 'which came ashore in the bay on the 18th inst., is now a total wreck. MUMBLES, MAY 19. The John and William, Owen, arrived here from Sw& - isea for Llanelly, was struck by a heavy sea 14 miles south of I'orteynon Point, which carried away jilaboom and tbretopma.st ; mate drowned. LLANsta.v, ➢IAY 20.—The John and Mary, Channon, got on shore this morning near Pembrey, during a heavy gale ; materials saved. lutwicu, MAY 21.--The Alert, Eskdale, of Whitby. which was on shore on the Jonq Sand Head yesterday, has been towed into this harbour to-day. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The present week's arrivals of Wheat of home produce have been on a very limited scale; nevertheless, the show of sa.r,ples of that article was fully adequate to meet the wants of the dealers, all kinds being a very slow sale, at barely Monday's reduced fi;ures. In Foreign Wheat, bcth free and in bond, next to nothing was doing, and previous rates were with difficulty snpported. Certificates were held at 10s. per quarter. There was very little doing in Barley, yet prices were mostly maintained. Malt ready for delivery went off at previous rates, but other parcels were a slow inquiry. The Oat trade was dull, and prices had a downward tendency. Beans, Peas, and Flour heavy, but not cheaper. Upwards of 10.000 barrels of the latter have arrived from the United States this week. ARRIVALS. Barley. 560 qrs. English ...• .• Wheat. 1,720 qrs. Irish •• •• •• .• - Foreign ...... 15,320 Matt, 2,730 gra: SMITHFIELD. Oats Flour. 80 qrs. I 1,750 sks 4,290 - 2,770 I The supply of Beasts here was but limited, and, comparatively speaking, of middling quality ; still, however, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at barely Monday's quotations. There was on sale 76 Oxen and Cows, together with 50 Sheep, from Holland, 38 Beasts from Prussia, and 100 Scots from Aberdeen. The numbers of Sheep were not large, yet the inquiry for them was inactive, at. late rates. From the Isle of Wight 350 Lambs were received per railway; while, from other parts, the arrivals were extensive. The Lamb trade ruled dull, yet prices were mostly supported. In Calves, the supply of which was good, next to nothing was doing, and the quotations had, in some instances, a downward tendency. The Pork trade was very heavy, at about previous currencies. Mulch Cows were selling at from 151. 0 . 181. 103. each, Including their small Calf. Per Sibs. to sirk the offal. s. d. s. Inferior Beasts • • 2 6 2 Second quality ditto. 2 10 3 Prime large Omen.. 3 6 3 Prime Scots • . • . . 3 10 4 Large coarse Calves 3 10 4 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5 Suckling Calves ..18 0 30 Inferior Sheep .. • 3 0 3 s. d to s. d Second quality ditto 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 310 4 0 Southdown Wethsrs 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs ...... 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 5 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 Lambs ..... 5 0 6 0 I PIEs. 290 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I 666 7,700 270 NEWGATE 21,.ND LEADENHEI.X.X. We had a very dull trade, and prices were barely supported. At per stone, by the Carcase. .s. d. to's. d. s. d. to s. d Beef, inferior.• •• •. 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 8 - middling •• •• 2 6 2 8 middling .. 3 8 310 - prime large .. 210 3 2 prime .• .. 310 4 0 - prime small •• 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ 3 4 4 4 Veal•• •••••••• • • • • 3 10 410 , - 5ma11........ 4 6 5 0 Lamb. 5s Od to 6s Od. BOROUGH HOP MATZIEET. The accounts from the plantations not being considered very satis factory, arising from an Increase in fly, the demand here Is tolerably firm, and previous rates are well supported, The show of Hops is very small. Mid and East Kent pockets, 51 12s to 9/; Weald of Kent pockets, Si 5s to 61 10s ; Susesx pockets, 515 s to 6165. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. SCOTT V. LETnEm. The arguments in this part-heard appeal were resumed and concluded to-day, and Their LORDSHIPS gave judgment, affirming the decision of the Court below. WISHART V. WILSON. The arguments in this appeal from the judge of the Court 01 Session occupied their Lordships the remainder of the day. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Trinity Term, the Lord Chan cellor sat in his Court at Westminster, at eleven o'clock. his Lordship heard appeal motions. 000DBODY V. SUTER. The arguments in this part-heard appeal motion were concluded to• day, and The LORD CHANCELLOR reserved his judgment. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat at Westminster, to-day, it being the first day of Trinity Term. His Lordship took motions. KINDER V. LORD ASHBURTON. This case came before his Lordship upon motion for leave to enlarge publication to the end of the present term, the Master having declined to make the order upon an applica tion for that purpose being made to him. The case is totally devoid of interest except to the parties concerned. His Lordship, in the course of the motion, inquired whe ther the affidavit upon which the application was made had been filed, and upon its being stated that it was not, as it came out of the Master's office, he observid that he would receive no affidavit unless it was filed. It was intolerable that the Court should be continually put to inconvenience in consequence of its being the interest of the Masters' clerks to keep the affi davits in their offices. He had had frequent occasion to complain of the delay caused by such proceedngs, and if he met with it again he would make an order which he rather thought the clerks of the Masters would not find it to their interest to disobey. He would mentioned also for the consideration of the Masters' clerks, and perhaps for their own interest they would take care that it did not occur again in future, that by the orders of the Court no report of the Masters ought tobe made except upon affidavits that were filed. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VicE•CHANCELLOIt of ENGLAND.) His Horioua heard motions to -day, but in consequence of the absence of Mr. Stuart, who was engaged in the House of Lords, the Court rose at an early hour. His Honour stated, at the sitting of the Court, that he would to-morrow take cause petitions, on Monday he would hear the argu ments in the Tiverton School case, and after that had been disposed of, he would renew the hearing of cause petitions. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His Honour heard motions to-day, but no case of interest came before him. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) His Honour, after disposing of the case of Jones v. Rose, heard motions. EXCHEQUEtt.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) Their Lordships entered the Court in full-bottomed wigs; the Queen's Counsel also wore wigs of a similar description. After their Lordships had gone through the bar the peremptory paper was called on. Mr. MARTIN begged to be allowed to mention the case of Stockdale and Benn, and Benn and Stockdale, the Learned Counsel having on his ordinary wig at the time. The LORD CIIIEF BARON-4' Mr. Martin, I question whether you are visible to-day." Mr. MARTIN said that he was about to state to their Lord ships that he found it a considerable inconvenience to wear the heavy full-bottomed wig. The LORD CHIEF BARON—" I fear, Mr. Martin, that you must app. ar in costume." Mr. MARTIN—I really cannot wear these wigs, my Lord. I am sensible of the ill effects of it for a week after. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—YOU should bear the inconveni ence, on account of the increased dignity, Mr. Martin.—(A laugh.) It may appear to you a custom more honoured in the breach than in the observance. Mr. MARTIN—It really does, my Lord. Mr. Baron ALDERSO4—Iint you cannot appear without having ordered your marriage garment.—(A laugh.) Mr. CHAMBERS said that they had been misled by the Judges in the Queen's Bench having come into Court in the ordinary small wig. Mr. Martin here bowed, and retired. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE LEMAN AND BRYAN. An application was made in this case for the Learned Commissioner to stay the dividend declared. The bankrupts had carried on business as merchants in the City They had failed to the amount of about 8,0001., 6,000/. of which was on spurious bills accepted by Bryan in the name of the firm. The assignees had taken the opinion of counsel, and it was to the effect that bond fide holders of the bills were entitled to prove, and that nothing could legally prevent their receiv ing the dividends, but suggested taat the Commissioner should be applied to for his advice and opinion. The as,ig nees now wished for the dividends on those bills to be re tained until a decision could be obtained on a bill filed in Chancery against the drawers of the bill, for if the money could be obtained from them, the dividend to the bond fide creditors would be nearly twenty shillings in tie pound in stead of three or four. Mr. Goodey, of Colchester, contended that the bond fide holders ought not to be thrown upon the risk of obtaining the money from the drawer. After a long discussion, The Learned COMMISSIONER said that he had no power to stay the dividend, and in this opinion he was confirmed by two other Commissioners. There did not aypear to be any reasonable ground to refuse it to the bond fide holders. on thehe solicitorsafe side to; theythe a s couldsi r n n ee o s t petition I they the on the subject, as they represe nted both classes of creditors, said ° C our tl wis a l d Review to be with adverse interests. —The matter then dropped. PALACE COURT.—(THIS DAY,) ece sq. Were fifteen cases G Silo WORK MAKIN disposed of in forty minutes, set down for hearing, less than three minutes for each case. There being a fraction (Before W. In one case one of the officers of the court, d name were also upwards of fifty sammonses under the Small Debts Act. Herring, was the only witness, and his evidence was this . « I called two or three times on defendant and asked him for 5L 7s. 6d., but he has not paid it." On his evidence a ver c.lll3Oi were Bi rR:7I% ver dict was given for the plaintiff. ORGEAIt V. BARTON. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 11/.155. Gd. for rent. It appeared from the evidence that the action was for eight months' rent of a house. The defendant had taken posses sion on the 18th of August last. Mr. LOCKE said that 1/. 10s. must be taken off for a debt due to the defendant, who had commenced proceedings for it. Plaintiff must pay the costs of them up to this time, and would take a verdict for the difference. Verdict for plaintiff, In a case set down, which was said to be an o'xiinary case, the defendant had removed it by habeas into the court above, at the expense of 201. SECONDARIES'. —(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAmEa.) • ARM-WIELD v. ROGERS. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 91. 10s. Id., the balance of an account for goods sold and tle livered 114 x defendant pleaded that the wax not indebted. The facts were rather of a peculiar nature. It was alleged by the evidence that in 1844 the plaintiff, who is a wholesale dealer, had dealings with the defendant. Part of the goods supplied were ordered by a female named Lyons, and it was now contended that the present claim ought to have been against her. Mrs. Lyons was called, and proved that she was a married woman, but that she was obligeC, to .separate from her bus • band, and being anxious to open a shop, got permission of the defendant to use her name over the door, and took out the licenses for tea, tobacco, &c., in defendant's name, and dealt with the plaintiff ; that the plaintiff was fully aware of the object of her going under the name of the defendant, in order to protect the property against her (witness's) hus band, and that through fear of him she had been obliged to remove the goods to another place. Some doubtful evidence was tendered to show that plaintiff had said he should hold defendant liable, but other evidence was adduced to the contrary. The bills had been made out " Mrs. Rogers Dr. by Mrs.tyon3." The Learned SECONDARY said, that the jury must dismiss from their minds all question as to whether the plaintiff had chosen to proceed against defendant, knowing that Mrs. Lyons was a married woman ; the question was to whom had the credit been given, for it was quite consistent that it had been given to Mrs. Lyons, both the plaintiff and de fendant out of kindness allowing the business to be osten sibly carried on by the defendant, though in fact it was for Mrs. Lyons, who certainly considered herself or her husband to be liable, and had treated the goods as her own. The SECONDARY gave a verdict for the defendant. i!L AY CONIMITIEFN. (THIS DAY.) London, Salisbury, and Yeovil . Lynn and Ely l s— .... 13 •• ..... 13% Lynn and })crehain .. 10 .... 6 .• . 6 Manchester and Leeds 82 .... 123% •••• • • • 123% Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .:.• •• •• •• •• • • 12 L A Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . • • -- —• •••.. • • 80 Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .... 12% •• •• •• • 12% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 •• • • 8% I t .. 8% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... 34 p ..... . 1 p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1 • • Midiand ..100 ....149 150........ 150 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 ........ 120 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... Ditto, New . •. • • 1 .... 9% 814 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .... 25 24U ...... 24% Norfolk .. •• 20 •• .. ..... Ditto, Half Shares •• .• •• 5 . .. 7% •• • • 7% Ditto, Tenths .. •• ••• • • 2 •• •• 2 1 ,( .... • •• • • 2;4 Ditto, Extension . • . • .. 2 •• .. 1 .... • • • • North British .. 22 .. . . 29 14 ... • • • 29S Ditto, Half Shares .. Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 1 4 . 2% Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 — Ditto, Quarter Shares • . 12 14 .... 17 .. North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2 16 .... 1% % North Staffordshire .. .. 425..... 3 3 4% p•• •• • • 3 % p Portsmouth Direct .. • • • • 3 31 •• • • 3 % • • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. ••..•• • • .. 1 cis Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... 2°% 5 34.. • • .... 2 34 Shropshire Union .. 425. dis % dis. Smith Midland .. • • .. 425..... par 14 p•• .. % P South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33g.... 3816 39 Do., New (do 33/. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 12% ..•• - 12 ;4 Do., New (do. 15/.) .. No. 4. 214 2%%••••••'• 2% Warwicksliire and London •. 425. Water/IL, Wexfd., Wick., & Dub. 1 % .. % West Riding Union • • .. 425. •• .. p• •••• • • • 1 21 ,bl ie York and Lancaster 2% •••• • • • . •qg York mid North Midland .. 1 , 0 .• •• • • ..... •• 10% Ditto. Extension • • .. .. 1 5 .• •• ••••• • • • • • Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.. • 1 •••• 19% •••••• FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 12 .... 12 111£ ...• . 11% % Central of Spain • • .. .. • . 2 ••• • . Dutch Rhenish .. 5 .... • 7% East In Ita .. • •. •• • L o uvain and demeppe • • • • Luxembourg •• •• •• •• 4 •••• 1 5( ••••.... 2 Namur and Liege • • • • •• 4 Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 6% % ........ Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .• .. 5 •• r 's g S. t mbre and Meuse .. 8 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered PERAMBULATION OF THE PARISHES. Thursday being Ascension-day, the charity children of St. Martin's-In -the- Fields, St. daises s, and St. George's, Hanover-square, perambulate 4 the bounds of their respective parishes, according to annual custom. The same ceremony was gone through in some of the suburban dis tricts; but the majority of the metropolitan poxiiines mo te th e i r boundar7 visits triennially. GROUP XIII. This Committee met at twelve o'clock. Sir W. Clay in the chair. Other Members present, Earl Jermyn, Mr. P. Ainsworth, and Mr. Curteis. NORTN 132EITISEE (CARLatraLE EXTENSION). Evidence on behalf of this line of railway was resumed. Mr. Sault, of Burnstock, in the county ofCumberland, and a justice of peace for that district, generally agreed In the evidence given yes terday by Sir James Graham. He thought the line in question would be used to a great extent for the conveyance of coal as well as for the transmission of sheep and cattle. The feeling in Carlisle he be lieved was very generally in favour of the line. Both Cumberland and the county of Roxburgh would be benefited by a through com munication. Cross-examined Mien the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail way was opened that would give a good communi cati , n with Liverpool. Liverpool and Newcastle were the great markets for fat cattle, and that line, with the Carlisle and New castle Railway, would give direct communications from Cumberland to these markets. He thought the North British Extension would be mainly beneficial in bringing lean stock to Carlisle and Cumber land. There were large fairs in Roxburghshire, from which sheep and cattle were brought for Cumberland. There was a large fair at Langholtn, and another at Moss Paul, from which sheep would, he thought, be brought in large rumbers. . . Mr. Robert Cowen, a consulting engineer, residing in Carlisle, de posed that the opening of the line would be highly beneficial on account of the deficient supply of coal at present at Carlisle. The opening of the Newcastle line had been of great benefit in reducing the price of coal and in increasing the manufacturing power, and the same results would, he thought, follow the open ing of the present line. He thought 40,000 tons of Canobie coal would be brought to Carlisle, and that this coal would go as far south as Kendal, and compete with the Wigan coal. Cross-examined—There were about 60,000 tons of coal annually consumed in Carlisle, of which, about 20,000 he thought would be the produce of Canobie. He thought other 20,600 would be exported. The exports from Carlisle would take place in small vessels ; those from Annan in large vessels. The 20,000 he believed would all go down the canal and be exported from the port of Carlisle. He ex pected small vessels would come up the canal and take the coals for reland. He was not aware that the rates were very high. GROUP XVIII. The Committee met at the usual hour; Air. B. Denison, chairman. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER, AND LONDON, smasnumr, AND YEOVIL• Mr. Locke, the engineer of the line, was examined—The station at Exeter was proposed to be made in an open space at the end of Queen-street, and would be in close proximity to all the principal buildings in the city, and would proceed on to Yeovil with easY gradients. There would be a branch railway from the station at Exeter, on which there would be two short tunnels to join the Bristol and Exeter station. It was agreed by the Committee that, as they had traffic evidenco for the whole line between Exeter and Salisbury, they would also take the engineering evidence for the same length. Mr. Locke was then examined with reference to the line Vora Yeovil to Basingstoke. GROUP XXXII. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; Mr. J. E. Denison in the chair. CHELTENHAM AND OXFORD. Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the line, stated in his evidence he dill not think there would be any diminution in the water caused by the cuttings from Duke-street to the proposed station, or at other sec tions, fir the railway might be made water tight by walls and invests. Mr. AUSTIN here interposed to inform the Committee that it had being discovered that the engineering costs would be more than the deposited estimate, and the promoters were for a time undecided as to the course which they ought to adopt. Last night th e y sent a proposal to those opposing 6n the part of the town of Cheltenham, offering to stop short of the town, opposite to Grosvenor-street, for this session, and next session to come to Parliament for a Bill for the rest of the proposed line, or for a line projected ac cording to the original plan, as the opposing Committee and the promoters might agree. An answer, however, bad been sent back, which virtually rejected the proposal. Mr. Austin, in these circumstances, proposed to conduct his case for this altered line, and leave it with the Committee to say whether they would alter the preamble of the present Bill to 'meet the new arrangement. Mr. IVEssrEa, on the part of the town committee, could net be consenting party to the proposal made en the other side. The Committee ordered the room to be cleared, that they might consider whether they would allow the evidence to go on and accede to the new proposal. On being readmitted, parties were told that the Committee could not consent to the proposal to alter the preamble. Mr. AUSTIN then said that no other course was left him but, with the permission of the Committee, to withdraw the Bill. GROUP XXVII. This Committee met this morning at the usual hour ; Sir Chales Lemon in the chair. SOUTH MIDLAND AND BEDFORD AND LIIIOESTER (COMPETING). The CHAIRMAN officialy announeeki the decision which we gave in our evening impression yesterday, That the preamble of the South Midland Railway was not proved, and that the preamble of the Bed ford and Leicester was proved." , The Committee then adjourned for an hour, as the Chairman ' as about to be examined before another Committee. Business was resumed at a quarter before two, and the remainder of the day was occupied In going through the clauses of the Leicester and Bedford Bill. The Committee then broke up. GROUP XXXI. SOUTH WALES. The Committee met' this morning at the usual hour; Mr. Bound in the chair. M r. CROWDER, Q. C., continued his address in support of the opPe sition of the Severn and Wye Canal Railway. He contended that the Forest of Dean and the Severn and Wye Railway were pro tected from interference by any other company by the Acts of 1809 ; that the line was not a direct line to Bristol or Gloucester. and that it d.d not, consequently, traverse the passenger route to those districts ; that a tunnel under the Severn was a thing unheard of in the annals of railways ;- that it would involve the expenditure of au immense sum of money, and require a number of years to construct, if it could be constructed at all, which was very doubtful. on account of the uncertain bottom of the river. Mr. Brunel gave his eviolence in an extremely off-hand manner with respect to such an immense undertaking, a project of greater extent than the Thames Tunnel, only 500 yards of which was under the bed of the river, whereas the proposed tunnel would be 700 yards under tho water. Then let the Committee imagine the desperate nature of any casualty which might occur in the event of the tunnel breaking in. Ample communication between the opposite shores of •the Severn would be effected by a bridge to be constructed at Aust Passage, and besides eligible communication between the districts to be traversed by the South Wales Railway mad . Gloucester was in existence. Ile apprehended the undertaking was not required by the wants of the city, and called upon the Committee to reject the preamble of the Bill. Mr. Bigg, secretary to the Severn and Wye, produced the Act of Parliament relating to the railway, and stated that it had been im proved from time to time to meet the increased wants of the district. This closed the case of the Severn and Nye. GROUP XL. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr.B. O'Brien in the chair. The Committee went through the clauses of the Lancashire end Yorkshire (North-Eastern) Railway Bill, and deferred their report till Monday. raonEcontEE rztaznoun AND ILAIXLIEVAIG This was a Bill for making a harbour and docks at Heysham. 00 liforecombe Bay, and a railway in connexion with them. The peti tions in opposition were withdrawn. Messrs. Hartley, Sharpe, and Captain Washington, were examined in favour of the Bill. The Committee reported the preamble proved, and went through the clauses of the 8111. GROUP LW. This Committee re-assembled today at twelve o'clock. Present' Mr. Bannerman (chairman) and the other members. MIDLAND (BURTON-ON-TRENT TO WOW" EATON, AND BRANCH). The evidence was i esumed dchoeihisvii:case. Ills client's Pr°Pertl. Mr. John Thomas aWoodhouse,up in bas c ti r ihaof o ewt s o s itae - mte e le,:i Na alisesloyell,mr ln ntrhforn hl „itrsii e h d itinattethtehe b *ne y ,oyou Mr tilbhdlud, . ,dw C_ l;e A b_r , ' , l ied '* VERT—Understood the railway to commence at the sixth mu!' from Burton, and to run to Nuneaton. At the sixth rail ° they came to the property of Lord Hastings ; his Lord ship consented to the railway. Could not state through bow' much of his Lordship's property they went, but believed it to be about a mile and a half. lisis took them half way between the seventh and eighth miles. The next property they came to was, he believed, a small freehold, the owner of which was a consenting party to the railway. The next property they came to was Mr., Greave's, and then to Sir John Cave's. The length 0, the latter property affected by the railway was some. where about half a mile. The owner was a dissentient They then came to the eighth mile and a half. (The witness was t t h b e cil u e b xx i i n ii c t e ed of re w sp h e ic c h thi h g as th al e re o a th dy ar ai i 3 ) p n e ) a p i e .e r d tie i s n al ti le e ct e e v d m b tel y niec t e b A e l l i i it z bi l i e ye , e preceding r e w t i h t m e e t s: s es t jud a v t, d te:e a s that would judges of o t r h d a ,i t v. tr i Mr. DAMELLS , on the part of anti Colonel w re o s u u l l d t l i l s m e .r insert l a i e cl a r tis o p e os i e n d t a h n c t ir a I I g i a iu m t a i t i aiotennuao they y_ i f t wairutdstlidai:oleotwitreatatl exercisehi s y . clients cci Wo ua ll p a uis sto o n ry . , t h e se petitioners was then withdrawn. The objection on the part of the part of Mr. Hemini ( li Ils ore of t a powers without the ar t Mr. Sergeant WILEINS, olen ' ( I pray fur a little delay in bringing, this railway sthan 2,000 acres, affected by cut , 1 revolution petitioners) said, that on ttibrpwart of his client, he had t -..Y on the estate. Atvollicalli, woul d be The ground up_ their l h v e o od a.s t the l eve l s o f the waN that he would be enabled to show the company were quite wrong. 150 men, who refused to allow then to proceed until th w e would have been prepared to establish They ,tu w n g le r lt . prevented from levels, eying been driven or the line V had these circumstances, permit the case to he would be prepared with that evidence , stand over till Monday. l ,., they would be unable to to corn tattled an order t t r a o k ru in ~ in the absence of welt': e to an equitable decision with res Per, to the line. He would be able then to 1 levels, and the Committee should remember that that the Lincoln and Cambridge it was en the same gr uu Mr DANIELLE • on the part had been rejected last year. ~..,d of the prom teobjected to the PrePup— delay on the grdind that theobjection o rs, Mr. non. now set forth by mings was not alleged in his taterne ut petition, but, grew out of the s he had made respecting the other petitioners. Ile trusted, thereforn that the Committee would not accede to. the request f his Leare u "' o Friend. The room was then cleared, and 0n,..0 . tir re-admission, ea tG The CutinuAN announced that the Committee had deterinln— adjourn till Monday next, at - twelve 'clock. The Committee then adjourned at tivcio'clock... . haedmielir delay . The Sun newspaper came colt the other day wit h p a r n admirable railway map, in which the proposed new railwaYs "'" -e laid down in red lines. It was attoher instance of the g and ability with which its enterprising praprietor, Murdo ont* Esq., has ever conducted the paper since it has been in his han d ''' . Piymouth Weekly Journal. „ nt i THE TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY.—The meeting of this society was held yesterday at the Hanover-stiu-e. Rooms, but the attendance was so very small that doubts wer e ,,, e t , - 0 pressed from the platform as to whether the society would live; proceedings were almost entirely confined to a discussion of the (nt ferences between this society and the British and Foreign Bible “:". ciety. from which it ltaa seceded. With respect to these dittercucerd the speakers were not perfectly unanimous, but from what vie gather the chief ground of complaint against the original ancl e t 3 ::„.. encrositf that, adopting a utilitarian spirit, it has admitted into its mein ship Socinians in this country, and Romanisin abroad. 3lr. t. bouchere presided, and the meeting was addressed by the Rev- 1_ Bennet, the Rev. Mr. Robinson, the Rev, CI. W. Phillips, t he Harris, the Re'. Mr. Cummins, and other clergymen. By the re o po7 it appeared that the expactiture of the society has exceeded c derably its receipts, that THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.---We are informed t the gentleman who happily prevented a serious accident baPPenr., to the Duke of Wellington, when crossing the western e ntrance 11; de Park on Wednesday, was Lieutenant Robert Thomas of t w ilu a Royal Navy, an officer of long standing, on halt-pay, and who ' are assured, felt a peculiar pride and satisfaction, as an old sailor, having averted a calamity befalling so distinguished a character 0 the sistee Nerytca. !