The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-30 00:00:00

TR.E . t3U - 1 1.,e 0 NDON, • MONDAY EITZLING,, JMARCII. 8_2 2 _2 ti.e. , , ~. ~ , ~.._.____„,,...,;••,,. • .-.4...-„,,,--,.......„_...,,...,_,.......______ ..,„ Yolc , ~.,1 . ....• A , ae C. RN IMPORTATION 8 . 1 LL. Have you ever been on the Croydon line T-Not slime the LITERATURE. each event in this " Residence among the Types of the u- t „,ne CHANNEL FISHERIES BILL. ift, 4pr 1.17 iv comml TT E, Es. .. _ 4 , ..a V o Z ,la atmospheric tube was laid. as. re n oille following Bill has just been passed by the French THE BROAD A.ND THE NARROW GAUGE; Marquesas " doubly interesting, is the fact that all the u - 'nernber of Deputies:- (FRIDAY.) , Have you ever taken the trouble to go there ?-I have seen -or Remarks on the-Report of the Gauge Commissioners, circumstances transpired scarcely two years since. We .-....-. it from passing on the Brighton line. MAJORITY (INCLUDLNG TELLERS). can cordially recommend the bock as a most choice SUMMARY OF THE DIVISION. B 216 dtst g iia ( :, Art. 1 declares that "all infractions of the regulations of Ily _Henry Lushington, Esq. Id GROUP 19. Mr. John Winter called in , and examined by Mr. Coca- 102 e j ane 23,1843, relative to the Channel fisheries, committed Mr. Henry Luskin tonlate e Fellow • of Trinity Col- •b' e ireeze the Conservatives .. .t's ofr:Fax-I believe you were stationed to observe the working and delightful one :if we could possi *yr A .. _ . _ French a Fren h subject r any other individual on board a •. MXEilleeeeit, r."0.0Z- - MIADE, AVID E157,7.075T1•1 (ON lege, Cambridge, has published soma pungent remarks on 304 as vessel, shall be'tried by the correctional police of the Tails ATINICOSPUMTLXC 1 4 11.7.NC1PLE.) the atmospheric trains on the Croydon line ?-I was. 285 pages into, a single . column we would prove its ex. laberaLs cellence by transcribing the entire work. Mr. Murray - 110 arrondissement, in which is situated theport to which the Mr. Joseph D. Samuda, examined by Mr. MEalvALa :- When we r e you pl a ced there ?-On the 2d of February. the report of the Broad and Narrow Gauge Comniissiou. MINORITY (INCLUDING TELLEI:3). ri d • How long were you there?-Five weeks. lie vi armily depr.eates the relinquishment of the broad deserved well for its publication. Conservatives . boat of the offendingeparty beiongs."-Art. 2 states that " the You are an engineer ?-I am. h You were not employed by Mr. Locke ?-No. . gauge on the ground that its superiority over the narrow Liberals p r oceedings can only take place on the complaint of the You have heard the statements with respect to the character [heDid you observe each train?-Yes, for that time. stands confessed. Its comparative merits he . exhibits, COURT CIRCULAR, it? ~, ° romissary of the French maritime inscription, or of the of dee bridge crossing the canal?-1 have , Did you travel by each train ?-I travelled generally 24 and has enlarged upon, with great ability. He takes up Paired is. p r ejudice consular agent acting fur his countrymen, without Do you see any difficulty in the passage of the canal by a trains a dav The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, .. 29 tl e r hudice to the right of the civil party to bring forward the draw-bridge, with the adoption of the atmospheric apparatus ? •' . the report of the Commissioners, which he criticises the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic the How many trains a day were running or professed to run at matter by direct summons "-Art. 3. "All acts and proceed- -I see no difficulty in the passage of trains across ; there is with considerable ability, and gives his reason for dis- ADbitsteon(t (Liberals) ) vatives) en,that time.-28. household, attended Divine service yesterday in the pi- Speaker glishall be on unstamPed paper, and the assignations and . no difficulty watever. It may be managed so as to leave it en-senting from the opinions they have arrived at, and im is-And you checked them for five weeks?-Yes.vale chapel, Buckingham Palace. The sermon was is Seats Vacant -Sudbury '2t 3 rth a tte shall be delivered free of cost."-Art. 4. " The annloy- firstly free from all objections. During that time, what was the total number of delays and Pugns the . notion . of the abandoning by the Legislature preached by the 'Bishop of Oxford. Prayers were read Richmond 1 a g ee- meat of nets or other implements of fishing, the dimensions, Do you agree entirely with Mr. Brunel that it might be stoppages ? did you take a note of each that happened2-Yes. of the principle to which he inclines, anewhich he elm- - by the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. - g weight or meshes of which shall he in contravention to the re- done as at other intersections ?-The plan Mr. Brunel speaks By the Committe-What year was this ?-1846. re c: ei i, us as a step backward, a step taken without ne- 658 a a d- Nations established forieach kind of fishing, shall warrant the of for t er mi na ting th e t u bes o n e a c h side of the canal, sad Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their accus tomed early walk yesterday. b By Mr. Cocesuart-From February the 2d to the 25th, cessity and in what may be called faintness of heart, a 4 t izure of such articles, and render the offending party liable passing th e t ra in o v e r by the momentum, would be an easyPAIRED. v since the Croydon line was opened?-Yes, there were 50 trains most vexatious interference with private enterprise, a i ° a fine of f rom lof. to 75f. and an imprisonment of from mode of doing it; the communication between the two tubes taken by the locomotive engine. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince most chilling discouragement to inventive genius, a Ackers, J. Ferguson, Sir R. 'we to ten da " A t r " All persons contravening the thus disjointed, would be, by a close tube, taken under the days - r . o. How many delays were there altogether?-84. Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were deliberate re-establishment of a lower standard for taken airings yesterday in the rot al gardens. Alexander, N. Boyd, J. (Con.) hat m e to of precaution and interdiction expressed in the canal ; or it might be made without any interruption in the <I Ile general regulations, relative to the numbers and names to be t u b e w h a t e v er • a n d the tube is so arranged as to join with the What was the total number of trains stopped and delayed on every benefit which railways confer on society, coupled Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on Archdall, M. Corbally, M. E. ee• the line during that tiroe, quite independently of locomotives? Egerton, Lord F. a with the declaration that that standard is henceforth to Attwood, hl. • Bradshaw, 1 ,3 1 . 1 . . Mated on each boat, the distances to be observed in fishing, other tubes at the time the bridge was not open. -154. Saturday. Philip:4 M. a the casting of spillers or nets, the lights displayed, &c., shall . How would you arrange it in a general way ?-As a general h be the ne plus ulra, a sacrifice at once of a great reality In how many instances, during the time you were there o - The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace en 13arnabv, J. Ponson ' by, lion. C. a it- be liable to a fine of from 10f. to 125 E, or to an imprisonment thing I s h o uld terminate the tube on each aide of the bridge, serving, were the trains stopped or delayed on the line?-184. and a greater possibility for most insufficient reasons. Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Smollett, A. (Con.) c acts of from five to fifteen days."-Art. 6. " Other infractions • and pass it over by momentum. The entire pamphlet will be found worthy of perusaL fi When you say stopped or delayed, what do you mean by that Kent, their Hopi Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Bruen, Colonel Damer, Colonel U. (Con.) 43 . a , 1 l be punished :-1. By the seizure and destruction of the If you do take the tubes across, how would you do it ?- _you include both the locomotives and atmospheric 2-I aus =eseeeose Cambridge, the Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, Codrington Sir W. Howard, J. 9 11 ,;, L8 and fishing implements, improperly used; 2. By a fine Under the bed of the canal. including the mere fact of stoppages; I include both in that SEVEN YEARS' CAM PAIGIVING IN THE the Marquis of Northarepten, the Marquis of Abercorn, Conolly, Colonel' - O'Ferrall, R. M. I- , ~,- fro 10f. to 250 , and an imprisonment of two days to a Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN-C FF,o i so i etr, I , 5,::. 1. , . , 8 .. . l number which were delayed and taken by locomotives. PENINSULA .AND THE NE7 HERL ANDS, L a dy Augusta Bru es, Baroness de Ablefeldt, Earl and Standish, C. Clib."-Art. 7. "'ln case of recidive, the punishment shall Is your Croydon an atmospheric line only ?-It is. You say they were 184 instances of stoppages-in how many from 1808 to 1815. By Sir Richard D. Hens an. Barron, Sir I-1. W. Het se doubled. The case will be considered one of recidive, Open to the public?-Yes. Countess de Grey, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Captain of those instances were you obliged to have recourse to locomo- 2 va s. I l Il io n ; i , i ti n K:\... G. 11.11ki: : Duniias, J. C. e at- VI, ea the person so offending shall have been condemned And trains running on it?-Yes. the Hon. James P. Murray, Sir Henry Willock, end t motive power in order to get tke atmospheric train on to its • e leuribury, T. (Con.) Within the preceding two years."-Art. 8. " Whenever Since when ?-Since the 19th of January. The author of this work was fermerly head of the Baron Knesebeck. i lied place of destination ?-84. Redington, T. N. ties "Carm en shall have committed at sea acts of violence How often ?-We have now thirty. two trains every day Eighty-four times they were obliged to have recourse to lo- field- train department, under the Duke of Wellington, The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend- • Power, J. 1 the 1 / 4 , 1 ainst other fishermen, or shall have wilfully caused them running. comotive power?-Yes. had performed a part in most of the great battles and ante during dinner. Johnson, General I eers il aa uße or loss, the tribunal can condemn such offenders You mean thirty-two trains including both ways, going and of . James W. veut „an imprisonment not exceeding twenty days, or a fine coming ?-Yes. that eighty-four instances necessarily arose in the month sieges in Spain, and witnessed the close of the grand Her Majesty's private bare_ afterwards attended at ad- mot e o i_ ‘ , .6 obe d 125 f. Should there be, at the same time, You haee met with some little difficulties?-None. of February ?-Yes. struggle on the field of Waterloo. One who had thus the Palace, and performed the eemeinder . of the evening. Leader, J. T. Drax, ' J. W. S. , e you ln the other instances, when they did not have recourse to mixed in such numerous a n d va rious scenes, so full of His Royal Highness Prince /Men visited his Serene Lefroy, A. Esmonde, Sir T. see travention to the regulations respecting fishing, the fine Do you mean that the trains have inn without any accident locomotive power, what was the nature of the delay - how long stirring events and so honourable to the British army, Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen at Liddell, H. Newry, Lord (Con.) j e r ,, imprisonment inflicted for such offence may be cumu- whatever?-No ;I do not mean that the trains have run with- was it generally for ?-The delay was up to thirty minutes, and 0011 1 14 l ilted on the punishment of the other offence."-Art. 9. out any accident whatever-I mean that we have met with no had opportunities of collecting facts and furnishing de- Marlborough House, at two o'clock on Saturday after- Lindsy, HLT as low as ten, three, and two minutes.Marton U. . . ieet, t he .the case is brought before the correctional police, difficulties. In some instances up to thirty ?-Yes. e tails of which few men can boast. Many of the facts re- neon. The Hereditary Prince, aitended by Colonel Nicholl' J. ,_e, amount of damages civilly claimed must also be stated." Ido not know exactly what you mean by saying that the lated are very painful, they point out the horrors of war Cornwall and Baron de Reit e ..nste;n, visited and in-andln some instances did you find up to thirty minutes ?-Four. • Oswald, A. damages brought on account trains have not run without accidents, but you have met with no 'tn. 10. " All civil actions for 11118 - of 9 Y I h It varied from that down to nothing in fact .- es, hate , Trevor, G. R. Dundas, F. and ~e -o ntravention of the general regulations not proceeded difficulties. Occasionally you have had to get your passengers had one as high as thirty-five minutes. many brave men should have submitted to the most griev on Saturday morning. ltis Serene Highness honours Vesee-, T. O'Brien, C. haul i'ili in virtue of Art. 2, or for acts relative to fishing between out of the carriages, you not being able to complete this jour- Did "t h you make any observations with reference o t e expense • ous sufferings With patient endurance, and sacrificed the performance of the Italian Opere ssi-Ir his presence Whitmore, T. C. Chapman, A. (Cone-) ,e s r ench fishermen or between French and English fishermen, nay-that has happened more than once ?-I think not. of the line ?-Yes. their lives apparently without regret in these in the evening, att•ended by Baron de Reitzenistein. Wyndham, Col. C. O'Connell, M. J. 3 the 'all be •' h t the amount, before the jugs You think not?-Not more than once. lam not speaking d e . carried, w a everHavethe details,the the number of great contests with the enemy. They at the Her Majesty the Queen Dowager atteirded Divine you got tine, Pala of the residence of the defendant."--Art. 11. "Every with great certainty about it, but I think not. e ABSENTS-LIBERALS. tssodemployed, and tie quantity of coal consumed?-Yes, there are same time, however, do imperishable honour service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James s. Pi s e .. g • mr t oi l e l o i et v rrf e : Iltc,(Dlo(or.ndel Con.c 0. n . ) Da' cos whether relating to the offences provided for by the How much of your line is open?-We have five miles open. six men employed in the first instance at the Croydon. to the British name, for this country was then The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Ripan, who Armstrong, Sir A. Martin, T. B. or of fron t or to civil disputes relative to fishing, shall be We have a distance open from Forest-hill to Croydon. We What would that be per man per day ?-Six shillings and six- fighting for her very existence, and nothing could save took his text from Hebre ;vs, chap. ix., verses 11 and 12. Arundel, Lord prescribed • i ßell, J. Norreys, Sir D. s ,runs, A nbed after the lapse of three months, dating feo4 the 1 1 1 . ave had . interruptiens to the worhing of our traffic on that pence per mann. 19s. per day ; then there are six stokers, 4s.O'Brien, WS. in -Art. 12 very me-partial interruptions, but no difficulties. I will explain her against the grasping power of Buonaparte but the Prayers were read by the R. J. C. Haden, the Lessons hie when the Act shall. have taleen plece.' per man, 1/. 4s. a day; then there are six cleaners or helpers, most determined devotion and unconquerable bravery of by the Rev. J. V. Puvah and the Communion service by Bellew, R. M. O'Connell, D. aline • `` e dividual on board a French fishing-boat, accused of having to you what those interruptions have arisen from. l was min e d, against an Englishman or a Frenchinan, in the What were the interruptions ?-The interruptions we have 2e. 6d. a day, that is 15s. ; four entrance valve men-three are her gallant defenders. Many traits are given in these the Rev. 1)r. Sleath. The anthem was " Awake, awake, Bl3l3oluadlkiecn:vij,r V. Berkeley, Hon. w Grantley O'Connell, M. flatlyemployed continual' and one i 3 moving about to release the volumes which do full justice to the soldiers as well as put on (Wise). Mr. Turle presided at the organ. _ O'Conor, Don e a- '.lying between- the coast of France and those of the United had, then, have mainly been occasioned he the breaking of others from time to Y' time-at 3s. 6d per day,' 145.; twelve r the Zalgdom of Great Britain and Ireland, an act qualified as some of the principal parts of the steam•engines, the crank longitudinal valve men-that is, the long valve that runs along officers of the British army. They are brought out, as The Queen Dowager was attended hy the Countess of Ogle, C. S. Philipps, Sir R. B. ig the i . une by the French law, shall be tried in the ordinary forms axles of the steam engines ; they are an important part, which, it were, by accident, and seem rather specimens of count- Sheffield and Earle Howe. Among the nobility presence Butler, sides the line-at 3s. per day • two men at piston carriage, at 3s. 6d. Colonel J. Ogle, Pry se, P. tea of Assizes of the department in which is si- when they break, cause the engines to be disabled till it is re- per day ; two men at heater carriage, 3s. 6d. per day; four less deeds of fame thrown in the way ot' the author than were the Marquis of Anglesey, Earl and Countess St. Callaghan, D. Rice, E. R.. 'e not '4 ,,,, L ed th e p or t to w hich the vessel belongs."-Art , . 13. placed. Every one of the branch axles of the engines were switch met- men, for shoving across, 3s. per day. a regular account even of the most remarkable which fell Germans, Lords Delaware, Cawdor, Sheffield, Canter- Clements, Lord Ricardo, J. L. , and I , ' 'y hen an E ng li s h subject shall be arrested and taken to a broken, the engines having been made without a due regard Are those extra men the switch men ?-They are extra men, under his notice. They are described in an easy, light bury, Cantalupe, Hawarden, De Mauley, and Paget, Dawson, T. V. Roche, E. B. noon -1.1 / 4 " l a port in execution of Arts. 64, 65, and 66 of the ge- to the strength we require for the work ; though more than id- that would not be used on a locomotive line. There are more style, without affectation or pretensions, and without a The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Paulet, and Sir Duff, J. Roebuck, J. A. sions . 11e till re gu l a tions, the infraction shall be ascertained by the ficient in power parts of the engine are unequal to the strain switch met. used than these, but these are only more than those particle of ill nature, jealousy, or partiality to any country, Frederic Trench attended the early service yesterday. sVielden, J. Sheil, R. L. gnity j r ,„ 4 ge de - paix of the canton ;this magistrate shall proceed, in whihk is put on them; that is one portion of the reason. Another ,iced on a locomotive line. Cost of coal and coke together, at faaformite it the provisions of Art. 49 of the Code of portion of the interruption has been caused by the air-rump each engine d house, per day, 4i tons, at 18s 2/. 3s. or to any department of the public service. We are glad The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the Feench, F. Shelburne, Lord dots- Grattan, H. Stanley, W. 0. , hail 'l:ucion "-Art. 14. "When an English subject valves which have been introduced into these engines being to find occasionally same errors corrected, and justice sermon. salad w o you get" at thatlB.... ? hat is as " smiled, is it not? done to gallant men, whom Wellingto, in the hurry The Archbishop of Canterbury will preach the sermon Halieburton, Lord F. Stuart, W. V. 1, and ~i e il be arrested and Carried into a French port, in conformity of a different character from that which was practically found -It is. I could not ascertain what they really paid for the Talbot, C. R. e e t u Art. 89 of the general regulations, for contravention of to be effective; these were alight wooden valve, and were found coal, but I believe it is more; they travelled fourteen trains of the moment, and amidst his numerous avocations, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on Sunday next. Heren,. Sir R Howard, Captain Toile t H. M. i ti - "e . , 7 6 . and the following of the said regulations, he shall be in practice to be inefficient; the consequence is they are being had overlooked. The case of Colonel Hepburn, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Jervis, 3 ,- .. per day.lhenlyss, Captain j 4 '.' . by the Tribunal ofCorrectional Police, within the changed for the ordinary iron valve used at Dalkey. is a striking instance. " This officer's name," Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough By the COMMITTEE-. -Yes, stituted t i r i . s t c h o e c a lc m ß o u u ß n il t _fo r the coal ?-12/. 3s . Langton, G. Westenra, J. C. ihhadiction of which is situated the port to which he has They are being changed 2,-eThey have not been changed says Sir Richard, " was omitted by the Duke in reference House. M'Donnelle J. • White, H. r ti a carried, and shall be punished, if found guilty, by a but they are being changed. In one instance they have been to the defence of Hougoumont, in his dispatch, of the Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Maitland, T. Wilde, Sir T. Mr. e not exceeding 250 f. II l case of non-payment, or in changed. place . What is the aggre g a te of all those sums, 191. 17s. per day? battle of Waterloo, and the name of a junior officer sub- Prince George attended Divine service, yesterday morn Maher, N. h e of this fine, the Court can order the vessel to be detained Altogether there have been a good many interruptions ?- ;EAT stituted for it. The mistake was never rectified, and in in g, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. • t i r a Space of time not exceeding three months. The forms Altogether there have been but very few interruptions. ABSENT.-CONSERVATIVES. e p Proeeeding in this case, shall be the same as in respect to How many 2-I think, putting aside the breakage of the For what distance ?-That is the five miles they run four • teen trains per day ; that makes twenty-eight trains • five times consequence every writer upon Waterloo, resting securely Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan Minister, was pre coo" Hepburn, Sir T. mall: French suliects, and the dispositions of Arts. 2,3, 9, and 11 crank axles- • Of ~.. J Bill that makes 140,miles travelled per day ; cost per mile 2s. lod., firm on the authority of the Duke himself, has failed to sent on Friday night in the liouse•of Commons during whichof t he. esent shall be applicable." -Art 15. "In case Ido not want you to put that aside •; lam speaking of the ren3er justice to the memory of a gallant officer and ho- the debate, and remained until the division. Acton, Colonel Ashley, Hon. H. Hussey, A. for cost of level and labour only, exclusive of repairs. The nourable man, by mentioning him as the officer in com- The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for En land had a BBernkard,sLo. A. Ker, D. S. They e e ._ art ap p p r eal to the Court of Cessation, the fine to be marked interruptions, taking them altogether.-Then I should suppose 1 8 r oia e' s?d .1 , Alderman at the ;''' h shall be reduced to half the amount fixed by Art. 419 the inte eruptions which have taken place may have amounted average weight Of trains is 42 tons. mend on that memorable occasion." We give this Committee -meeting on Saturday, at the offices g in White- Lascelles E. to twelve or fourteen, probably twelve or fourteen occasions, Cross-examined by Mr. MERIVALE-Who employed you to spy the nakedness of the land ?-111r. Cabry. as a proof the author's impartiality, and we subjoin an- hall place. There were present the Bishops of Ely, Lindsay, !leriti ' - the Code of Instruction."orthland, Lord would tinatee"''''''''setasseet when the traffic was interrupted ; I should think so. He is an engineer ?-Yes. • other extract to show the playful and fascinating man- Hereford, Lichfield, Oxford, and Ripon, the Earl of Eaton, R. J. Polhill, F. e ither SUICIDE OF TWO LOVERS. And what has been het time for which it has been inter- He sent you to watch this?-It was by Mr. Cabry and Mr. ner in which he relates an incident of war. Ile is the Bessborough, the Right Hon, H. Islobhouse, and the Might rupted?-The very first day we opened to the public two of Egerton, P. Praed, atr. °a Saturday, rig. Baker held an inquest at the Edinburgh Hadson's order I went there. hero of the tale, and he acted his part well. The event Dean of Westminster. Ferrand, S i W. B. Price, R. these crank axles broke in the same engine-house, and ren caokshtie, R egent Mile-end Old town, on the body of King Hudson ?-The Chairman of the York and North Mid- occurred while the British and Prussian armies were Godson, R. Pusey, P. these 's Canal, dered an interruption of course necessary till they could be re- , ~...,. .._ , _ Land. marching on Paris, and Prince Augustus of Prussia was Hamilton, B. Somerset, Lord uld be 1,1 4 11 Warren, jun., aged twenty, a young man of respects- aired. That occupied I think two days. Now I want to guard c ause, ,- connexioes, residing in the neighbourhood, alio com• Did you say you came from those gentlemen ?-Yes. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Vivian, J. E. sashed sett e e 4 ,._1 self-destruction by drowning himself in the Regent's you, or to guard myself, against conveying an impression that Whe to ?-To several. I cannot generally describe the engaged in reducing the fortresses of Maubeuge, Rocroy, Hampden, R. The first appearance for the season of Madame Hardy, J. Welby, G. E. 'stressthis was an accident to be expected. If these engines had been gentlemen I said it to, but I said it to a good many. and other strong places in the east of France, with a Wyndham, J. C. afe to di u '',. 4l . The melancholy catastrophe created mere than or made as they should have been made, with suitable materials You told the people that you came for the purpose of spying? strong Prussian division, to which Sir Richard Henegan Castellon, and the first appearance in this country of Hayes, Sir E. e con- ti s grY interest and sympathy, owing to the circumstance of for the work they had to perform, that is an accident that -I told the people there I came down for general information. was attached :- Mademoiselle Gaetanina Brambilia, were the attractions Heneage, G. W. ge li° ii: sweetheart of the deceased, a young . woman of considers-would not have occurred ; or, if the accident had occurred to which on Saturday night crowded her Majesty's Thea- h ' For second reading , lino :Personal attractions, named Carolineßeale, aged eighteen, For going into only one engine, the traffic would not have been stopped, be- For those gentlemen?-Mr. Cabry, Mr. Hudson, and myself. "On the morning that preceded the capitulation of Rocroy, ire to the ceiling with the elite of rank, beauty, and ivy by i Vi ng only a few days previously committed a similar act cause the other engine would perform, and has performed the And you saw all ?-Yes. I was returning from a mortar battery to the park of artil fashion. The opera was Linda di Chamoupi, Madame i waslery, to forward fresh supplies of ammunition, when per- Ayes, 339. (Tellers included). K ith 4 ti a e el` e ci destruction was -found. near to the spot where the body of the de work. So of those between the 22d and 2.5 th of February, am I - if i! What is the period during which those interruptions took right in . saying that those fifty all occurred in two days?-No ; p j :.. r e d x e e n d n b e y s, the many cross roads that intersect the forest of the Castellon sustaining the part of the heroine, and Made- Committee, Feb. 27. THE MAJORITY of 13 , 1; , , e5 31 , 3 a 0 re 4 1 . 1 27. 1 r, '' the d I chanced, inost inopportunely, to take one that moiselle Gaetanina Brambilla appearing as Pierot. d '''' • , ..... !,.. --; that 4, d r i nk eceased and the young female, Caroline Beale, agreed place ?-The trains ran the next day. I thought it was two they did not. --- :: ,., 8 rise of th _ur ni s tea on Sunday week last, with . aa acquaintance of days. I recollect they ran the next day. The other interrup- Just give us the dates the 6th there is one, 3d, seven, and 4th, six.. ' led me to a French piquet. The surprise of amen French Such being the cast, it is almost a work of supereroga- ih o 0 - ' soldiers at the appearance of an English officer g them E i=i s= , ise aaordlion to state that the voice of the fair debutante is a con- •-• E-4 t- ' 1 b LYoung woman, named Amelia Bane,living in Rhodewell- eh-a --- t was tions I spoke of, with regard to the air-pump valves, never That makes thrteen in those two days?-Yes; the 3d, two ; was great ; but my chagrin was greater still at being taken i ' o „,_ i Limehouse , , where the deceased west, according to his tralto. Her personal appearance is very prepos esion, caused delays of more than half an hour. As to the other acct- 13 12 25 .. English Counties • • 11 12 23 prisoner at that eleventh hour. Chagrin arid regrets were, sessing ; she is exceedingly young, her figure is 143 68 211 .. English Boroughs .. 1., 1 4 65 199 nc tion anent. Caroline Beale d di h d not arrive till some time the 10th, five. dents to the engines, I think there was one other accident to the however, alike unavailing, and I was marched off into the 2 2 ,t 0 1, 1 7 , when, on seeing decease ,s c remarked to that she if him, - perfect, her large dark lustrous eyes beam with ex- -2 2 - English Universities - these he he had taken tea with Amelia, and that he preferred rods of two engines break ?-One broke, and one was cracked. Does nut that account for those five accidents at once?- fortress, with many . a . mauvaise plaisardeqe to beguile me on pression, and her features are beautiful, exceedingly, i 4 5 .. Welsh Counties .. • • 4 4 How many engines have you at work in the five miles that is 3 7 t ry would have nothing to do with him. She was in a the wey. The interior of the garrison showed the feelings and vary in their expression with every passing thought. 7 3 10 .. Welsh Boroughs.... 4 1, rag! excited state and left the house, but was induced to turn open?-We have three pairs of engines ; one pair fixed at That accident accounts for those five. of the French military at that moment. The capitulation of kir either eatremity, and one at a station not quite, but nearly half u - a part of the way with deceased. She, however, again i Does not that single breakage account for thirty-three of this last fortress, on whose walls still proudly waved the tri- 20 424 .. Irish Counties .• .. .. 11 516 Her voice is rich, mellow, and of great compass and 21 7 28 .. Irish Boroughs . 5 l3 .• Scotch Counties.... 5 hs .... 17 3 20 G 11 41)0,1colore, was hourly expected, and the excitement of the sol- power. Her intonation is very fine, and her histrionic 20 te. a waY, and was seen no more alive. The deceased re- wa y' Do you mean at each extremity of the five miles ?-Yes. the stoppages ?-Yes, it allows for thirty-three taken by the diets, at the necessity of surrendering to the Prussians the powers are of a high order. She appeared suffering ----, , p r ued t o the other female, and said he had no doubt And the other is at an intermediate spot ?-Not exactly in- locomotive, on account of the connecting-rod. banner under which they had fought and conquered at Jena, dreadfully from nervous agitation when she came upon ' 230 7 - 0 1 9 I, l ?line would come back when she became ,more collected. • That . you speak of is four-and-a-half tons a day, that is your Totals 3 2 3, 1 .. Scotch Boroughs. .. 21 1 22 termediate. It is three miles from one end, and two from the amounted to savage frenzy. the stage • but the applause of the audience reassured Minority • • • • 242 Minority l ....• 216 , ni 17; i ll ; body was found in the canal about nine . o'clock other. It is fixed there for the convenience of the station. estimate -Yes. her and she gave the beautiful opening aria, "Per sua --- ion. night. The deceased, on hearing of the What is the extreme length at which you propose to have Do you know Mr. Samuda consumes . two tons a day 2-No, I am lt not aware of that. . " . 3 . 1y reception, as I passed through a crowd of half drun Jee r a . soldiers, was none of the most friendly. Execrations on Ene majority •• •• 97 'Majority .... SS ZecilattacaPOely sulcide of his sweetheart, .wasinconsolable,madra" with such sweetness and pati.os that her success ied to your engines from every station ?-The extreme length we are land and the English greeted me on every side, and it was was at once secured. Her gifted namesake, to whom, For Protection on For Protection XI t on seeing the body he clasped it in his arms, and putting them down-on the general length we are laying them . you spoke of 17s. for coal, do you know that Mr. Samuda only when I found myself in the presence of the commandant Feb. 27. THE MINORITY March 27. :claimed er that he wished he had followed her, so as to have down-is three miles asunder, the same distance as exists be- is actually paying 12s. ?-I am not aware of that at all. that I considered my life in security from the inflamed however, we believe she is not in the remotest degree Noes, 242. (Tellers included). Noes, 216. ii„ e s V erited her self-destruction. From that time he fell into a You took Mr. Locke's calculations ?-Yes.related, could not have given it more exquisitely in the . . hse n 4' tvveen Norwood and Forest Hill. e 'aid f ortu _- , despondency, and daily visited the corpse of the un- Jo,ep Locke, Esq. called ;examined hy M. Comesua And is the whole of your estimate as loose as that ?-No, the P- assions of the soldie - ry. At an early hour - the officers of the zeisith of her power. At the end cf the first act both hi 13 -, e e . to o , a m ittee he . nate female. The previous night (Friday)Ze: l aill at , _l l 7 are the engineer to the Exeter and Exmouth line ?- other is taken froin ficts. garrison sat down to dinner, and I was invited to join this - '"4 o stozi. tlenlother's to see it, being in company with m laved Bane Re-examined by Mr. COCKBURN-My friend took you meeting, that was looked upon as the last in which they Mademoiselle Brambille. and Madame Caatellan were g y ; e el g Ea L e down that list, to a certain extent, and stopped on the 10th of were to be assembled in the brotherhood of arms. The tur- called for, and again at the conclusion of the opera. b o u t t a Young man named Frederick Cook, who was directed 3 And you are acquainted with the whole of the line ?-I am.- - - Le liltebulence of that party can only find an excuse in the conflict- Having thus recorded the triumph of the fair debutante, 4 104 108 .. English Counties - . 4 99 1() dinner h on ° leave him. Deceased afterwards called at a publicd (Mr. Locks here gave detailed evidence as to the line, esti- February, when you had five stoppages-give me the residue.- On the 21st , one - is taken by lecovri otie. ing feelings that waged fiercely in the breasts of men, pe- it is our pleasing duty to congratulate Madame Castel- 6 77 83 .. English Boroughs .c 2 7- 7% ere li° It - e " a r , Where he said he had to meet a person. _ Cook an mates, &c.] By Mr. MERIVALE-Do not you know all those accidents 2 2 .. English Universities as - only 1 i , wer e in the parlour, when the former fell asleep. De - I believe you have turned a good deal of your attention to cnliarly susceptible by their national character, to the hurl - 1i- lan on her rerun to the scene of her former glories, and - returned only to achieve fresh triumphs. She appeared _7 1 1.. Isle of Wight.. -.• \ 1 1 slightoccurred from defects in the engines -Not all of them. 'ration of defeat. The room was crowded beyond what it -eased tre k the opportunity to leave, and went, it is sup ' - Posed, to t: he question' of the atmospheric principle of traction ?-1 have. State may one of them that did not.-On the 9th a train out could hold with any degree of ease, and . wine flowed with ain the third scene of the first aet, looking even more - 2 8 2 :: .Welsh Counties ii=ss:s. :... --__ 8 8 ,1. was of he Regent's anal, as shortly after his hat and coat t .. Have you been carefully attending to the progress of the ex. of London was stopped for want of vacuum at Forest-hill. freeness that soon took effect upon imaginations already lovely than ever, notwithstanding her recent illness. She to the Dort found upon the same stone on which the shawl and per i ireehts on the Croydon line ?-I have.l 21 22 ~. Irish Counties ....- I I 1 , 0 11 ,ction. , hhet of Caroline Beale were placed, by the same police- I believe you have had some one constantly watching the For how lone-Fifteen minutes-that was from the longi- over-heated. d‘' It from outline setae, became literally maxi, was welcomed with an t nthusiasm seldom exhibited - 2 21 .. Irish Boroughs .... - 2 2 a ire, Ilan, who instantly obtaining the drags gut the body out. Mr_ progress of the trains there since the line was opened ?-I Eave. -t u din al vaiv• ' th e me. had not had time enough to pant along- an - d n" e" ' • • ' • , . within these wells; and in the exquisitely beautiful _ 2 2' .. Irish Universities •• - 1 1 r oduc - "Mi ss urgeon, attended. who tried to restore animation, but to seat it. shouts and oaths, mingled in one furious uproar with it 11 .. Scotch Counties.. •• - 10 10 Have you got the results ?-I have some of them, as far as I uncorking of bottles, and smashing of glasses against each aria, " Oh! luce di quest' anima," which she sings almost - 1 1 •.. Scotch Boroughs ... - _-- n Mae- l 'ithou effect. Verdict-" Found drowned." Any more?-I think that is all. miles I _ can get the fact from inquiry and from observation. , Out of eightfive, eighty-four were the result of defects of other, to the health of the Emperor Napoleon. Spurred on immediatelyarter she appears on the sta4e, she exhibited by the uncontrollable frenzy of the moment, the tom- such an intensity of feeling, such a delicacy of expression, 11 231 242 Totals ................ 216 thirty i NINTH 'REPORT F tiOM THE Is the result of that inquiry :satisfactory with reference to the practicability of the applica , ion of that principle ?- It is to the engines ?- No, there were a great many more ; of those mandant turned suddenly and fiercely upon me, insisting s uch a power of voice, and such a degree of high c onfer I CLASSIFICATION OMITTEE. satisfactory as to the application of it, nor is it satisfactory in being stopped from the snow and the frost there were eleven. that I should drink to ' L'Empereur: I declined the honour, musical science, that the audience were perfectly asto- ve e m e tn ir. Lindsay and Lord Liz:towel are both in favour of the Go ,-,,a to ' R , ‘ "roar committee recommend that the Ashburton, Newton, and Do sou know there were eleven one day from the snow and ent measure, but have paired on the Continent. - "atit Devon Railway be removed from Group No. 2, and be placed hs a commercial point of view, as to the expense of it ; neither in its the frost2-Yes ; I have them from the party who has ob- as in duty bound, when this qffleier superieur, no longer able nished, and carried away by their enthusiasm. It. wcs u nder- '' croup No. 19. application, considering the number of delays that have oc set served the line. to-Withsiand the dictates of hatred that were urging him on 1 carce y possible to believe that it was the Madame RAILWAY SH -IRE MARKETS tevag. , Your Committee haling considered the various Railway Bills w hich curred on thc line dur . ing . the_ last three m?nths, or as a corn . You do not know about the eleven ?-Yes, I do. to wreak his vengeance on anEnglishman arose, and with ` Castellan of lact year, so u.stonishing has been the pro- MANCHESTER, Maid's 28. ceding i h ralierly come under the head of "Amalgamation" Bills, have divided mercial question, considering the nature of it. his sword unsheathed, swore with a tremendous ' Sue , -e nom gress she has made in her art. In the duet which fol- Have you got there a list of the various instances of delay 2- You . have got it from other parties ?-It is not my own ob- STOcK EXcuernas.-The sales are-Blackbum and Preston, 2% ern into three classes, viz.:- de Dieu,' that I should not leave the table until I had com hewed, with Corelli, " Quel dover ccelar nel core," she p.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 1% dia. -Derby and Crewe, 1% et t'' ~ The amalgamation by purchase or otherwise :-1. Of existing rail- Yes, I have. servation, but lam yerfectly sure the party is correct. plied with his demand. to bo iaY companies with each other. 2. Of new existing railway coin,. Just state the result ?-I have not them here, but I have the By Mr. COCKBURN- "Ifit be true that 'in vino veritas,' the French character was equally great, and, at its conclusion, both artistes p.-East Lancashire, No. 2, 1‘ p. Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., % dia.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, % p.--• 441 ,, ei• 3 Of railways with canals. Who is the party ?-A gentleman in Croydon. . s our Co . mittee accordingly have placed the following Bills in the principal. W ha i. t , is n h T is nsme ?-Mr. Bree. was nobly redeemed by what followed. A simultaneous were called for. Indeed, throughout the opera she sue- Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 2 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 3% dis. .ust class. m Mr. MERIVALE objected to this line of examination, con- rush was made towards me by a phalanx of brave fellows, passed the most sanguine expectations of her -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 3-16 p. -Manchester, Buxton No. 7 . By her. iselaiveea e Chess I. Bl ac kburn Preston, and East Lancashire-Caledo , iati , tending it was upon matter which ought to have been gonewhose countenances spoke eloquently their indignation at most ardent admirers, and her Linda may and Mattock, 1-16 p.-Manchester and Birmingham. 7414 -Ditto Quarters (A), 6% p.-Ditto,ditto (C), 5% p.- Manchester and Leeds i d air• poll an .- d Govan and Clydesdale Junction-Chichester, Ports- into on the examination of Mr. Hamilton. Is he an engineer ?-He is not. conduct so unchivalrous and ungenerous towards a prisoner. )`(asuth, and Fatn-Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Wishaw and 13y Mr. CocKBURN- be considered as a perfect performance. Co- Fifths, 7% p.-llitto, Extension, 1% p.-North Staffordshire, 2 1-11 relli, as Carlo, afforded her admirable support. Of iTIL Mr. COCKBURN was heard in answer to the objection.. Nor was their example lost upon the aggressor, for throwing at,'ltness-Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Scottish Central -Edinburgh Have you known several instances where the delay has been 1, 3 , , -- i -Z i teg ji t a3 nn a d nd t aii r lw er, di, Q . u_art so e Ell. A The COMMITTEE were of opinion that it was competent for his hostile weapon at a distance from him, he rushed to (I t „ Glasgow, and Kirkintilloch-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Ballot occasioned by something connected with the valve?-By the the Anthony of Fornasari, it is as superfluous to speak u rs t b ( E N ' Eastern t e 3 n ) l :Lions,Mr . . Cockburn to examine any witnesses to contest the applies- embrace me, at the risk of excoriating the sides of my face as it would be of the Richard of Kean. It is one of a ,q ,i and slamannan-Huddersfield and Sheffield, and Manchester longitudinal valve and the valves of the engines preventing the with a stubble beard of at least a ten days' growth. The. Ditto, Consol (No. 3), par-West Riding Union, Lan- Leed s Liverpool and Bury, and Manchester and Leeds- batty of the atmospheric system. The weight the CommitteeLEEDS, Maacu 28. d , R , ---„, R • m gharn, Grand Junction, and Manchester and would ahach to the results produced by Mr. Locke would de- valve acting as it ought to do--several nave occurred from remainder of the day was passed in riot and uproar, and on the most intensely impass i o ne d, soul•harrowing pieces STOCK EXCHA 1 m par - Shropshire 1, ove. ICOE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex , ' iirtni,,,i. an- ; -I ,, r ,,,,i t a n t, and Brighton, and London and Croydon-- pen onthe aut on y . w h ic h . . .e . y were ,..___ d h 't f rom t h e derived.that, and several from the longitudinal valve. There were a the following morning terms of capitulation were sent in by of acting on the lyrical stage. F. Lablache, as ti . le tension, bs. p.-Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 1% p.-Eas Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), par, cash-Great Grimsby an , ~ ~,,,..: 1 great number delayed for want of vacuum. the commandant to Prince Augustus." Marchese, exhibited a rich and mellow humour, that snetticla Extensions, 18s. dia. -Huddersfield and Manchester, 101 ..,,,..1,1 4..... 1•,,,,,,,, nnt unworthy of his father. His axe- di s . T Hudd ! .:r!field , ,nd S ; l4.effield, i,, 2p.-Leeds and Bradford, 20 1 . i g and Thirak. New. 70s. dis.- ;oath -0 1-- s od • Are esent. 3rani" Ile0; A n' the were uz th e .1)i O4 ;Oa t, Sir Yr. sdirr cO ract" eh i g lare4 way. Do you mean at each extremity of the five miles ?—Yes. And the other is at an intermediate spot ?—Not exactly in- , 1 termediate. It is three miles from one end, and two from the other. It is fixed there for the convenience of the station. What is the extreme length at which you propose to have your engines from every station ?—The extreme length we are • putting them down—on the general length we are laying them down—is three miles asunder, the same distance as exists be Norwood and Forest Hill. Joseph Locke, Esq. , called ; examined by Mr. Coexeuarr— You are the engineer to the Exeter and Exmouth line ? I am. And you are acquainted with the whole of the line ?—I am. [Mr. Locke here gave detailed evidence as to the line, esti mates, &c.] I believe you have turned a gond deal of your attention to the question of the atmospheric principle of traction have. Have you been carefully attending to the progress of the ex periments on the Croydon line ?—I have. I believe you have had some one constantly watching the progress of the trains there since the line was opened ?--I have. Have you got the results ?—I have some of them, as far as I can get the fact from inquiry and from observation. Is the result of that inquiry satisfactory with reference to the practicability of the applica , ion of that principle ? It is neither satisfactory as to the application of it, nor is it satisfactory in a commercial point of view, as to the expense of it; neither in its app li ca tion, considering he number of delays that have oc curred on the line during the last three months, or as a com mercial question, considering the nature of it. Have you got there a list of the various instances of delay ? Yes, I have. Just state the result ?--I have not them here, but I have the principal. Mr. MERIVALE objected to this line of examination, con tending it was upon matter which ought to have been gone into on the examination of Mr. Hamilton. Mr. COCKBURN was heard in answer to the objection.. The COMMITTEE were of opinion that it was competent for Mr. Cockburn to examine any witnesses to contest the applica bility of the atmospheric system. The weight the Committee would at'ach to the results produced by Mr. Locke would de pend on the authority from which they were derived. By Mr. COCKBURN—Without taking you into great detail on the subject, you were about to say you thought with refe rence to the question of experience, the atmospheric principle I was one not properly applicable to the subject of railroads? — I That is my opinion. Will you give any grounds for that opinion ?—I already 1 _ formed that opinion some time ago, that the first cost of the atmospheric system cost as much in interest of money as the 4' entire cost of locomotive power, and I entertain that opinion NINTH REPORT FROM THE CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE. jour Committee recommend th at the Ashburton, Newton, am, Zhth Devon Railway be removed from Group No. 2, and be placed Group No. 19. I,rleur Committee haiing considered t h e various Railway Bills which PetlY come under the head of "Amalgamation" Bills, have divided The into three classes, viz. amalgamation by purchase or otherwise :-1. Of existing ran k% companies with each other. 2. Of new existing railway. corn , es. 3. Of railways with canals. s. ▪ rC omm itt e e accordingly have placed the followin g Bills in the wet class. 4,Lkas I.Blackburn, Preston, and East Lancashire--Caledcrian, s a ,,,‘ ° e. and Govan and Clydesdale Junction-Chichester, Ports coluth, and Fareham-Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Wishaw and k o tn egs -Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Scottish Central -Edinburgh Glasgow, and Kirkintilloch-Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Leeds - Liverpool ▪ and Slamannan -Huddersfield and Sheffield, and Manchester 4. Leeds-Liverpool and Bury, and Manchester and Leeds lii,„den and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and Manchester and ''utilham-London and Brighton, and London and Croydon raternd Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and and Govan and Leeds, and Leeds and Uradford-Pollee and Govan, and fiPlesdalo J unctio i-Shetlield, Ashton, and Manthester-Shrewsbury, i'reerestry and Chester Junction, and North Wales Mineral -Glasgow, kirk , , and Coltbridge Purchase by the Caledonian-Great North t i ,„E s pgland Purchase -Hull and Selby Purchase-London and tlO-"lnitham, Aylesbury Purchase-Newcastle and Darlington June kt:p Pontop and South Shields Purchase-Bristol and Birmingham e,tsteAtidlands-Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham and Glou 4L,tes 11.-In this class are p laced all those Bills, the object of to _ce is to enable new c om p anies to unite themselves with existing co mpanies by sale, purchase, lease, or otherwise. 8i Your Committee have reason to believe that many of the railway 4 . before Parliament , in the p resent session, contain clauses s,„ Do gteh would bring them within this class ; but inasmuch as the the sought for by such clauses are not specified in the titles ot t : Bilis, your Committee are unable to enumerate them. Your i t ' r elaittee are not prepared to recommend any immediate inter pece ith the progress of these Bills through the House, but they to "time that the principle involved in the clauses referred to will t if , 4 te 4 under the cons ideration of the Railways and Canal Amalgams "nLess Committee. II -London and Birmingham Canal Arrangements-Mid "'l'd Purchase of Oakham Canal-Gravesend and Rochester Railway t l k Canal ?archive by South Eastern-She ald and Manchester, ci ' 44 m Canal Purchase -Sheffield, Ashton, aud Manchester, Mac :field and Peak Forest Canals-Rochdale Canal, and Manchester 1,.d Leeds-Leeds and Macclesfield, and Manchester and Leeds (7ancliester and Lincoln Union, and Chesterfield and Gainsborough :likl-The Chard Canal - Bridgewater and Taunton Canal, Bail -1,4Y, and Harbour -Edinburgh and Glas g ow, and Forth and Clyde a Zlgation -Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Union Canal gow. Paisley, and Johnstone Canal Sale. Your Committee have reason to believe that there are other Bills R h l ch might properly be included in this class, but as they are nu 's.? to specify them, for t he same reasons as they have already in Class 11., they cannot recommend their suspension. Year Committee, in conclusion, recommend that all Bills specially Kned in Class I. and 111. be net suffered for the present to advance Z___Yend their second reading , and instruct their Chairman to move -wordingly. other is taken froin ficts. Re-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—My friend took you down that list, to a certain extent, and stopped on the 10th of February, when you had five stoppages—give me the residue. — On the 21st one is taken by locomotive. By Mr. MERIVALE—Do not you know all those accidents occurred from defects in the engines ?—Not all of them. State say one of them that did not.—On the 9th a trt6l out of London was stopped for want of vacuum at Forest-hill. For how long?—Fifteen minutes—that was from the longi tudinal vale p th• men had not had time ennngh to pass along" to seat it. Any more?—l think that is aII. Out of eighty-five, eighty-four were the result of defects of the engines?—No, there were a great many more ; of those being stopped frcm the snow and the frost there were eleven. Do on know there were eleven one day from the snow and the frost?—Yes ; I have them from the party who has ob served the line. You do not know about the eleven ?—Yes, I do. You have got it from other parties?—lt is not my own ob servation, but I am perfectly sure the party is correct. By Mr. COCKBURN— Who is the party ?—A gentleman in Croydon. What is his name?—Mr. Bree. By Mr. MBRIVALE---. Is he an engineer ?—He is not. By Mr. COCKBORN•—• Have you known several instances where the de l ay has been occasioned by something connected with the valve?—By the longitudinal valve and the valves of the engines preventing the valve acting as it ought to do--several nave occurred from that, and several from the longitudinal valve. There were a great number delayed for want of vacuum. By Mr. MERIVALE— They were delayed from defects of the longitudinal valve, or defects in the engine•house?—They are defects in the valve in general belonging to the system. We want to know how muck of these happened from de• fects in the apparatus and the engines?—The valves are all connected; one valve acts in a-anther ; if one will not act an other will not. How many of these acts happened from defects to the longi tudinal valve itself?—l should imagine better than half of them. From defects of the longitudinal valve itself?—The men not having time to pass along. By Mr. COCKBURN—When you say that, do you mean any thing that happened to the valve, or from the men not being able to get it in proper order ?—They bad not time to pass along the line to seal it to prevent the leakage. I believe you are in the employment of Mr. Cabry ?—I am. I have been for the last five prat s. How many instances have you of the stoppage taking place in consequence of something at. the valve have got a great sun. Have you any evidence with reference to the cost which has been occasioned on the Croydon line ?—I have. Does that throw any light on the subject?—lt has enlightened me very much. That is the matter of recent fact?—Up to the present time, locomotive power has been considered as from 1 s to 10d. a mile, and it is at this moment averaging, in the metropolitan lines something like 10d. a mile. The South-Western, for instance, two years ago, was is. The contest which then arose was whether locomotive power was cheaper at Is. per mile than the atmospheric. I believe the atmospheric now, by the new experiments which have been tried, instead of costing Is. cost 2s. 10d. per mile for labour and coal only, saying no thing either of wear and tear of the machinery, the interest of capital, the supplying of the grease and materials, of which I have no means of forming judgment. What enables you to come to that conclusion?—Because I have had men who have ascertained the quantity of coal con sumed at each engine, and there are persons in this roost pre pared to give evidence of these facts ; that:in point of fact it is three times as much as the cost of locomotive power ; the mere cost of labour and coals, independently of the other expenses in curred on that line of which I have no means of giving the facts. You have heard of accidents with the engines; can you ex plain to us those accidents which have taken place ?—The fact is, that the engines have broken, and it may be attempted to be explained that they are not properly adapted for the work they have to perform, but I believe the engines to be very good ones. Is it your opinion that the engine power, as first tried on that line, was adequate to the work it was put to?—I believe it was necessary to overstrain the engines in order to get a certain amount of power. If it was necessary to have a more powerful engine, would it cost more ?—lt would. As to that paper of delays, you say there is somebody here who has taken a note of diem ?—Yes. Cross-examined by Mr. Fools—ln the construction of bridges, I believe the foundations form a very considerable por tion of the expense ?—Yes they do very often. And that expense is increased in great proportion by the character of the soil you have to go through?—No doubt. It makes a very considerable difference ?—Yes. Whether it is on a rock, or on mad, or on silting substance ? —No doubt. Can you give us the difference between the relative facility of checking the speed of trains on the atmospheric principle, and on the ordinary locomotive principle ?—Tnat is the sub ject of dispute again, on which it is impossible to give an opinion. My opinion is, you can stop a train with a locomotive quicker than you can with the atmospheric ; it is a matter of opinion. Should it be necessary to construct two swing bridges on the Exe and the canal, the danger you apprehend will be very con siderably increased—two bridges, one over the Exe, and, over the canal. Supposing it to be necessary, for the purpose of facilitating the navigation, that there should also be a swing bridge there, for the purposes of the navigation, the danger to be apprehended will be considerably increased ?—No doubt. Can you give us, as a matter of opinion, whether 1,400/. for the construction of the bridge over the canal is a reasonable and proper sum?—l have already said, Ido not think it is. It is intended, we hear, to carry the tube of the atmospheric line under the canal, and then to shoot the train over thebridge bpi is own momentum? —Yes• Do you see any inconvenience in that " ) —Yes, I do; it is a a very pretty thing to talk of, but it is not a good practicable thing. We have heard of accidents and delays, which you are always liable to ; suppose any accident should occur while the train is on the bridge, while it is separated from the top of the pipe, which is passing under the river at the time, what will become of the train?—lt will be fixed to the bridge. It will depend on whether they had power on the bridge to stop it, in order to prevent an accident; if they have, they would stop it, and it cannot start again ? -They have no power; they must keep a horse, or a locomotive engine if they like it better, to take the train. That might occasion considerable delay and inconvenience ? —Certainly ; and a great certain expense. They must have some means of traction then, or else they would be liable to considerable delay ?—lt is subject to that in convenience certainly. Cross-examined by Mr. MERIVALE—That is, if they were to stop on a transit of thirty feet ?—Wherever they stop. This being a transit of thirty-three feet only ?—Wherever the stoppage may be. They are not very likely to stop in passing thirty feet ?—I cannot Ea). You are aware that an intersection of the passage of the tube is in operation already on the Croydon line, not under a canal but under a road ?—I do not know the fact. tralto. Her personal appearance is very prepos sessing ; she is exceedingly young, her figure is perfect, her large dark lustrous eyes beam with ex pression, and her features are beautiful, exceedingly, and vary in their expression with every passing thought. Her voice is rich, mellow, and of great compass and power. Her intonation is very fine, and her histrionic powers are of a high order. She appeared suffering dreadfully from nervous agitation when she came upon the stage ; but the applause of the audience reassured her and she gave the beautiful opening aria, "Per sua madra" with such sweetness and patt os that her success was at once secured. Her gifted namesake, to whom, however, we believe she is not in the remotest degree related, could not have given it more exquisitely in the zenith of her power. At the end of the first act both Mademoiselle Brambills. and Madame Castellan were called for, and again at the conclusion of the opera. Having thus recorded the triumph of the fair debutante, it is our pleasing duty to congratulate Madame Castel lan on her rerun to the scene of her former glories, and returned only to achieve fresh triumphs. She appeared in the third scene of the first act, looking even more lovely than ever, notwithstanding her recent illness. She was welcomed with an t ntlimaasm seldom exhibited within these walls; and in the exquisitely beautiful aria, " Oh! lute di quest' anima," which she- sings almost immediatelyarter she appears on the stage, she exhibited such an intensity of feeling, such a delicacy of expression, such a power of voice, and such a degree of high ;nusical science, that the audience were perfectly asto nished, and carried away by their enthusiasm. It. was scarcely possible to believe that it was the Madame Castellan of last year, so astonishing has been the pro gress she has made in her art. In the duet which fol lawed, with Corelli, " Quel dover ccelar nel core," she was equally great, and, at its conclusion, both artistes were called for. Indeed, throughout the opera she sur passed the most sanguine expectations of her most ardent admirers, and her Linda may be considered as a perfect performance. Co relli, as Carlo, afforded her admirable support. Of the Anthony of Fornasari, it is as superfluous to speak as it would be of the Richard of Kean. It is one of the most intensely impassioned, soul•harrowing pieces of acting on the lyrical stage. V. Lablache, as the Marchese, exhibited a rich and mellow humour, that would have been not unworthy of his father. His exe cution of the music, too, was most artistical. The several artiAtes were called for at the conclusion, and were received with deserved applause ; and bouquets innumerable were showered on the ladies. The ballet of La Caterina, with Lucile Grahn as the heroine, fol lowed ; and by far the greater portion of the audience (one of the most crowded and fashionable of the season) remained to its conclusion. A RESIDENCE IN THE MARQUESAS, Murray's Home and Colonial Library. iVos. XXX, and XXXI. One of the most delightful narratives of adventure ever published. This book divulges the cant, humbug, and glaring inaccuracy of the nonsense respecting Pole nysia which has at intervals been palmed upon the English public as the experience of trustworthy tra lers. Swallowing, with all the voracity of marvel lovers, every absurd " yarn" spun by a jocular tar over his grog in the forecastle, and noting them down as likely to sell excellently among the credulous readers at home, the majority of " writers of travel " accumulate their information from hearsay, and retail such fallacies with whatever additions may tend to heighten their at tractiveness. With very few exceptions indeed, these assertions hold good. Among the mass of " Voyages and Travels " already printed an enormous library of fiction might be collected, and that fiction the most ex travagant and improbable. The writer of this work, an American sailor, star di however totally apart from those scribblers ; he is the eyewitness of every circum stance he relates ; and, from having lived (during a captivity of four months) among the Typea inhabitants of Nukuheva Island, he had assuredly sufficient oppor tunities of becoming acquainted with the customs, dis position. social relations, and mode of life as visible among the so-called " savages " of the South Sea archi pelago. From the first moment of his desertion from the whaler at Nukuheva harbour, to his escape from the 1 Typea valley ; or, to speak plainer, from the first line in the first page to the last in the last, interest, informa tion, and the most genial freshness of description, per vades the whole volume. It is all but visiting the Mar quesas ourselves. Poce-Poee becomes a familiar dish, tapper is tinctured round your loins ; you are samai tied by the Taboos and ttlamber up the long shaft of the cocoa nut, while reading this singular production. Throughout it there are snatches of drollery that are occasionally irresistibly comic ; drollery of observation ; and s.,metinovs reflections of the most unstrained and winning path s. If alone as likely to correct the popu lar notion regarding the character of savages, this book will psrferm a high mission, and is deserving of every possible praise. The Typees, to whom the writer's re marks are especially referable, are a nation of Indians, totally ignorant of any intercourse with white men ; Europeans have never ventured to anchor on their shores ; civilization has never insinuated itself among their bamboo huts ; they have the reputation of being the most sanguinary barbarians, and the most ruthless cannibals in the Marquesas. And yet, after a familiar intercourse with them during the period already men tioned, the author describes these same Typees as a set of the most harmless, the most peaceable, the most affectionate, the most virtuous and generous-hearted beings ; though pagans withal, and even cannibals withal I How cannibalism can be reconciled with such tender qualities is judiciously proved by the writer. We repeat the declaration proved, and refer every sceptic to the work itself. It he does not acquire a love for that beautiful valley of Typee ; if he does not esteem the whole tribe of naked and tatoocd savages as worthy of sincere attachment, from the munificent King Mehevi to Kory-Key himself ; if he does not especially extend his reverence to Marheyo and Tinor, and his whole heart to the lovely maiden Fayaway ; even when she is devouring raw fish, or blowing the nose-flute ; we will wager, to use an old but expressive country phrase, that his heart is not in the right place. Better than the generality of novels, because so true as well os so strange, is this narrative, with its pure and sustained actuality. Every chapter has its separate picture, and every picture is glowing with life ; from the golden lizards among the spear-grass, to the dumb birds with their dazzling plumage ; from the battle of pop guns to the feast at the Ti ; from the cooking of bread fruit to the frequent bathing in the lake ; everything is seen with a keen eye, and recorded with a faithful psncil. Nor do the savages appear, n closer view, to be so utterly barbarous in their style of living as might have been conjectured. They are housed comfortaaly and elegantly ; they enjoy their siestas after meals ; they revel in the perfume of tobacco ; they anoint their bo dies with the most exquisite cosmetics ; they adorn themselves with trinkets, and flowers, and feathers—they are absolute epicureans in their own way. Besides which. Recording; to our author, they are perfect speci mens t f manly and female beauty, in evidence of which, the elaborate portraits, as sketched by him, of Marnoo and of Fayaway, may be pointed out. What renders many. About how many ?—Abcfut half as many as what I have down l cannot tell to one or twa.. The witness withdrew. The Committee adjourn ed till Monday at twelve o'clock. QUACKERY IN FRA.NCE —ln a recent lecture de livered by Monsieur Magendie, the celebrated French physiologist, on the value of medical treatment, after men tioning various pseudo-medical delusions, he observed as follows :—" It is with regret that I have laid before you this melancholy picture of the deplorable abuses which exist in the medical world. I am afraid no laws on the practice of medicine will be able to eradicate them. The quack will always contrive to elude the wisest regulations, for he knows that patients want to be deceived. Yes, gentlemen, we love error, and often refuse to yield to evidence, even when it is proved to us that our good faith and credulity have been imposed upon. Of this fact I will give yen the following proof : A lady, a fervent believer in mesmerism, asked her niece, who was poorly, for a lock of her hair, in order to consult a somnambulist. The niece, wishing to try the credulity of her aunt, gave her the hair of her maid instead of her own. A renowned somnam bulist was consulted, and at once recognised, by the hair Of the maid, all the symptoms presented by the niece, whose sufferings he minutely described, to the great edification of the lady. The latter was then informed of the trick that had been played. You would naturally have thought that she would have recognised the imposture of the somnambulist. Not at all ; she preferred cencluding that the maid-servant had the same disease as her niece, and obliged her to submit to a regular treatment, as if she had been poorly, although at that time in the best possible health." GLOUCESTIR, MARCEL 25.—The following address was yesterday unanimously adopted by the corporation of this city on the motion of Councillor Kimberly, seconded by Ald. Taylor : " TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR. ROBERT PEEL, BART., HER MAJESTY'S MANC RESTER, Meacti 28. STOOL Excuairox.-The sales are-Blackburn and Preston, 2% p.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 1% dis. -Derby and . Crewe, 1% p.-East Lancashire, co. 2, % p.-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., % dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, % p.- - Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 2 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 3dls. -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 3-16 p. -Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1-16 p.-Manchester and Birmingham, 74% -Ditto, Quarters (A), 6% p.-Ditto,ditto (C), 5% p.- Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 7% p.-Ditto, Extension, 1% p.-North Staffordshire, 2 1-16 p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 3), par - Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1% dis.-South Eastern and Dover, 33- Ditto, Consol (No. 3), par -West Riding Union, 1 p. LEEDS, Maacu 28. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, bs. p.-Manchester and Leeds Extensions, I % p.-East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), par, cash -Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extensions, 185. dia. -Huddersfield and Manchester, 10s. dis.-Iluddersfteld and Sheffield, 2 p.-Leeds and Bradford, 20 p. -Leeds and Dewsbury, 15s. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, New, 70s. dis.- Newcastle and Berwick, 163( -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 15s. p. -West Riding Union, 33i-Birkenhead, Chester, and Mold, 30s. dis.-Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 225. dis.-Clitheroe Junction, 255. dis.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 30s. dis.- Leeds and York, 305. dia.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 7s. 6d. p.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 296. dia.-North Staffordshire, 3 p.-North Western, par. HULL, Mutat 28. STocir EXCHANGE.-The tone of the market has undergone no perceptible change since yesterday. At a meeting of the Trent Valley Continuation proprietors in this town, held this day, resolu tions were unanimously adopted condemnatory of the course pursued by the directors, and calling upon them to dissolve the company. The sales are-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 7-North British, Car lisle, 315.-Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 285.-Hull and Barns ley Junction, 225. 6d.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 41s. 6d.- North Staffordshire, 31. 185.-South Midand, dis.-West Riding Union, 3. There were present at her Majesty's Theatre on Sa t urday, the 28th of March—His Royal Highness Prince George of Meiningen, the . Duke of Wellington, his Excel lency the Russian Ambassador and the Baroness Brunnow, his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Duke of Devon shire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worces ter, the Countess of Dalhousie, the Earl and Countess Howe, the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Lady S. Horroyd, the Baron Reitzenstein, the Marquis of Titchfield, Lord Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley, the Earl of Lonsdrle, the Viscount Cantalupe, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Suffield, the Viscount Beresford, the Viscount Duncannon, Lord and Lady Macdonald, the Baron and Baronesi de Lagos, Lord Aylmer, Lady Bentinck, Lord Sandys, the Countess of Suffolk, Sir Wm. and Lady Fremantle, the Marquis of Palavacina, the Count and Countess de Salis, Lady Pollington, Lady Glent worth, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Lady R. Greville, Sir Henry Webster, Sir John and Lady Anne Beckett, Lady Eli zabeth Dawson, Lady Boyer Smith, Sir H. Willoughby, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Charles Kent, Sir Henry Webb, Sir John Lowther, Lady Carrell, Hon. 0. Toler, Ike Hon. James Macdonald, Sir Lionel Goldsmidt and Lady Goldsmidt, the Hon. K. T. Hope, Sir Frederic Trench, Sir Wm. Abdy, Major Buckley, &c. &c. Dimity LANE THEATRE.—The success which the gorgeous opera of the Crusaders is enjoying continues un abated, the house being literally crowded every night it is performed. Its representations must, however, cease; we understand, after the present week—for an entire change of performances takes place at Easter; the first of which will be Les Diamans de la Couronne (Auber's celebrated opera), for the debilt of the charining Madame Anna Thillon, who has just arrived in town, to commencs rehearsals. Mn. F. WEBSTER'S BENEFIT.—On Tuesday next Mr. F. Webster, the stage director of the Haymarket theatre takes his benefit at that, the only theatre remaining devoted exclusively to the representation of the legitimate drama. In addition to the new comedy of The Beggar on Horseback, which is nightly increasing in attraction, Madame Celeste, supported by the elite of the Adelphi company, will appear in The Cabin Boy, one of the most popular dramas that has been produced of late years. There are to be a variety of other entertainments, and certainly Mr. F. Web ster has shown himself an admirable caterer. That the house will be a bumper there cannot be a doubt, more especially when it is recollected that Mr. F.Webster is oneof the ancient order of Freemasons,- an order, the peculiar characteristic of which is, to rally on all occasions round a brother. ANOTHER "WANDERING FENALE.”—On the afternoon of Friday, the 6th March, a lads- wanderer came to the farm of Glenays, in the parish of Maybole. Though lame and pennyless, and destitute of a change of clothes, she had walked all the way from Aberdeen in the course of three weeks. From the style of her conversation and manners, the farmer and his wife were convinced that she had been accustomed to move in superior society. Under this impres sion, they felt it to be their duty to communicate with her friends. After consulting with a neighb iur, who concurred in their opinion, the lady's law agent in Edinburgh was written to on that evening, and by return of post an answer was received, confirming the statements the lady had made, and expressing great thankfulness for the kind attention shown to her' by the family at Gle nays; A brother-in-law had been in search of her for the last fortnight; and, after having traced her to Ayr, he bad learned that she was desirous of proceeding southwards, and, consequently, went on to Dumfries, at which place received the letter which had been sent to the agent in Edin burgh; and with his mind relieved (though in the mean time his relative had been removed by a friend to Glasgow), he hastened to Glenays, to express personally the thanks due to Mr. and Mrs. M'Colm. They bad for sev eral days treated the poor wanderer with the greatest kindness, pro viding her with changes of clothes, and with everything ne cessary flir her comfort. —Avg' Observer. AGRICULTURAL FACTS.—It would appear from what, is passing around us in the district of Bassetlaw, that the agri culturists here are not much ala rmed at ;he great and compre hensive scheme of Sir Robert Peel. At a sale of the land be longing to the late Mr. Robert Draper, of Laneham, most of the grass land sold for 100/. per acre and upwards, and the arable land, which was not fii st-rate, realised from 601. to 65/. per acre. At another sale recently held at Edwinstowe, of poor forest land, valued at 261. per acre, the biddings rose up to 43/. per acre, at which sum the whole was sold. At the sale of farming stock,lthe property of Richard Milward, Esq. at Babworth, on Tuesday last, nineteen cart horses realized an average of WI. 12s. each.—Doncaster Gazette. r r in° Ira/ EDUCATION IN WALES.—A meeting of gentlemen connected with Wales, and interested in its social advancement, was i',e , (l on Thursday evening, at the C i ty of London Literary and Scien -14 Institution, Aldersgate - stree t, for the p ur p ose of maturing plans which have been for some time under consideration, for ex lending popular education throughout that country. It was resolved I f fi form a society, to he called " The Cambrian Educational Society, Promotint. the Establishment of Day-schools in Wales, on the P rinciples of the British and Foreign School Society." It was stated toat the society, althugh wholly distinct from the British and r t ( )reign School Society owas not intended to oppose that noble Insti -I,4ttoli, but to relieveit from all care about Wales, and to take out of hands all that pertains t the establishment of schools in that —nil trY- It was also stated that the "Cambrian" would seek the patronae of the Lords of Cambria's soil, and possibly that of her P riece. g That it would be her endeavour to raise a large fund (by * °luntary m eans), for the purpose of empl o y in g a g eets throughout the Principality, to guide the people in the establishment of schools; ~ "" Providing school plans suitable to all localities ; of assisting hi go curing grants from the Government, where such grants may be de sired ; of emp l o ying persons of experience to organise schools, or to s et them in motion w hen they are established ; of assisting com 41iite,,s in procuring suitable teachers ; of aiding promising but poor t' u og men to undergo the necessary training at a normal schote, lamed to or Brecon; of preparing and publishing school-books _ - `alned to Wales, in the two languages, English and Welsh ; of —"` king grants of school-books, &c., &c. The schools, it was re harked, would be schools for all, and not for a sect, and would be not name only, but truly and emphatically National Schools. The Indian papers allude to an attempt about to be IDs -de to introduce an insolvency law among the Straits traders. The s ubject was mooted some y ears a g e at Singapore, but the public ding was so ii2u,h against it, that after a few feeble endeavours to o t otaln the consent of the chief mercantile houses to a petition, •, • thing further was done, and the question died a natural death. becember last the Chamber of Commerce, by a majority of five, Ad opted a series of resol u t ions in favour of the introduction of a law f or,. the relief of insolvent d ebtors, and these being solanitted to the uovernor, the lion. Colonel J. W. Butterworth, au answer was re- Z,l,ved, stating that he would forward them with his recommends in favour of the measure. There is a party in Singapore who th e tine extension of the in solvent law on the ground that Chinese are especially given to double-dealing, and can e.,aily send away their property to China and other ;wes th rou gh their own countryme n, and thus elude the demands ?` a creditor, who, it is supp osed, would lose all hope of payment if 1 were deprived of the power of incarc eration. But it is said that many "Undoes in Calcutta are no t less sli pp ery in their transactions than the Chinese at Singapore; yet there has for a long time been ."`"•,.. Insolvent Court in the City of Palaces, and the toss sustained by it t ive bankruptcy has borne no comparison to that occasioned by insolvency of Europeans. In Si n g a p ore, moreover, it has been ~"4. _ o und that of the whole num ber of p ersons consigned to imprison ent for debt, only one-fourth a re Chinese. As the old system of le aving the debtor to die or starve in a gaol is so repugnant to all ,° tions of civilised life, the Ind ian p a p ers seem to think that the proposal, hacked as it is by t h e recommendation of the Governor, induce the Legislative Co uncil to give it their hearty concur ?ee, and speedily to pass me asures for rendering the process ef -1 %live. THE POPE AND THE PIISEYITES.—The feast of St. Gre g ley was celebrated at Rome on the 12th with great pomp in the c hurch 'of Monte Cello, in the convent of the Benedictines. A tridtto ' a d be, n ordered en the occasion, to demand from the Almighty the r',hverei, 'n of England. A number of English Catholics had joined the 4 0, Ai ceremony, and the remainder of the month of March a a3 to be d evoted to prayer for that intention. The Pope has made - ere 4mt a splendid crucifix to Mr. Newnan. DARI NG AND SUCCESSFUL ACT OF POCKET-PICIL -1,1ift,:t7edn...., - a y ; a bout two o'clock, a gentleman got his pocket 1 -"AlOiri l a s t ° t — he It 'Aft t," 1. in the . neighbourhood of the Royal Exchange. Ile Bank, lifting a considerable sum of mon,y, and lea d e parcel leS loose into his great-coat pocket. The gentle _ stat es intend, that he never stopped between the Bank "q "' Lc- mid that he did not observe a n y p erson near L, tb Icrum „ alma wing taw the money.--(dote Cfronicie. FIRST LORD OF TIIE TREASURY. SHEFFIELD, hlxach 28. SToci Exciwicix.—The sales are—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, scrip, 2% —Grimsby and Sheffield, 5 —Ditto, Extension, 11. 2s.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 12s. 6d.—Goole and Don caster, 06 —Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 1/. 3s.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 11. la.—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, its. 6d. " The address of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the city a Gloucester in council assembled.—We, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the city of Gloucester in council assembled, impressed with a deep sense of the importance of the Government measm es now before Parliament, for relaxing the duties on corn and provi sions with a view to their eventual abolition, as well involving, a general reduction in our commercial tariff, avail ourselves of these means respectinlly to tender to you, as their respon,ible projector, our cordial and entire approbation of the principle en which those measures are founded. Comprising as this corporation does, indi viduals of various shades of political opinion, we are, nevertheless, unanimous in our admiration of the boldness, justice, and equity of the proposed changes, and of their complete adaptation to the spirit of the age and to the ends thereby proposed—riamely, the increased happiness and comfort of all classes of her Majesty's subjects. body, are to i occasions dentlfy lit as th a ere It tta e i l s f not with t h g e e t p te r r a a e l ti c p e eh o t f teal th I s at e: e r a p t t o o r h a s t , io ! h i which seem to justify a departure from the usual course ; and we deem the present an opportunity which our strong sense of the im mense importance of the Government proposals will scarcely allow us to forego, of testifying our high approval of them, and of cheering on the first Minister of the Crown in his glorious yet difficult career of carrying them forward to a successful issue. We are fully sensible of the many painful struggles which must have preceded the proposal of measures involving principles in direct opposition to the views of a large and influential section of the Government supporters; but we offer our respectful homage to the moral courage and independence which could disregard that support, and appeal to the higher tribunal of public opinion dispassionately expressed through its representa tives in Parliament. It is our anxious hope that these measures may speedily become the law of the Land ; we believe their tendency to be—to secure at home social and political contentment, active em ployment, health, and wealth—abroad, to, ann ihilate prejudices, to i ncre ase goodwill towards this country, to remove the barriers to a free exchange of labour and natural prodeicts ;--and thus, by pro meting an universal treaty of amity and commerce, to secure that which trust almost inevitably flow from it— the blessing of universal penes." The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Com mons gave his customary grand Parliamentary entertainment on eaturday evening to a numerous circle of Members of the Lower House, among whom were Viscount Acheson, Mr. Warburton, the Hon. Captain Berkeley, Sir George Staunton, Mr. Tancred, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Dennistoun, Mr. Morris, Mr. Pattison, Mr. Washer°, Mr. Duncan, Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. Ititz.aephen French, Mr. Wyse, Mr. Carew, the lion. Craven Berkeley, Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. Bowes, Mr. J. ,1.1. Vivian, Mr. Ewart, Oupeete Dalrymple, Mr. B. Sheridan, and Mr. 11. Lanibtou. YORK, 1111 CH 28. SToca EXCIUNGI.-The sales are-Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 10s. 6d.-London and York, 1 -Manchester, Buxton, Mat lock, and Midland, 21. 75.-Newcastle and Berwick, WA-North British, Carlisle Extension, 11. 145.-Welsh Midland, 11. 19s. 6d. EDINBURGH, Maims 27. STOCK EXCHANGI.-The sales are -Aberdeen, IL-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 11. Ms.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 21.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281. 51.-Ditto, Half Shares, 161. -Armagh and tortrush, 155.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. MI.-Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir, 11. Bs. W.-Banffshire, U.-Belfast and County Down, 21.-British and Irish Union, 11. 10s.-Caledonian, ex new, 71. IN.-Ditto, New, li. 195.-Caledonian Extension, 11. 55.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 11. 10s.--Caledonian and Northern Direct, 11. 121.-Carnwath and West Linton, Is.-Chelmsford and Bury, 155.-Clydesdale Junc tion, 15/. IN.-Cornwall and Deven Central, 11. Is. 64.-Dee- Bids Railway, 41. 411.-Direct Northern, 11. 18s.-Dublin and Ennis killen, W. 10s.-Dundee and Arbroath, al. es. -Ditto, New, 221.- 1 Dundee and Forfar Junction, 11. 165.-Duudeo and Ferth, 9/. 17s. 6i, -Ditto, Kinross Extension, 21. 21. 6d.-Eastern Counties Extenslot 2s. 65.-East Indian Railway, 103.-East of Fife, 11. 103.- East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 11. Gs.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 1/. 19s. W.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721. 10s-Ditto, Halt Shares, 131. 7s. Gd.- Ditto, Quarters, 171. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, 151. 10s.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton. 18s.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 11. Is. W.-Edinburgh. Leith, and Granton, 171. I Os.-Ditto, Ditto, Preference, 121.10x.-Edinburgh and Northern, 21. 15s-Newport, 10s. 35.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 14s. IL -Edinburgh and Peebles, 11. 2s. -Edinburgh and Perth, 21. 2s. 65.- - -Bdinburgh, Porto bello, and 3dusselburgh, 11. 135.-Forth and Clyde Junction, IL 103.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 701. IN.-Ditto, New Stock, 241.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 111.-Glasgow Belfast Union, 11. 2s. W.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11.8 s. -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 10s. GC-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401.-Glasgow and Greenock, 121.- Ditto, New stock, 101.-Ditto, Preference, it. IN.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 11. IN.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 21. 53.-Gia.s -gow, Kilmarnock, and Irdrossan ' 1/. 103.-Glasgow, Strathavcn , an d Lesmahagew, 11., 125.-Granton Junction, 11.-Great County Down, 11. 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 11. 155.-Great North and South Wales, Ss. 6d.-Inverness and Elgin, 175.-Lanark and Lothians, 11. 193.-Larnt,Belfast, and Ballymena, 11. So.-London and Hounslow, 11.-London and Manchester (Rastrick), 21. 155.-London and Man chester (Rem.), 11. 2s. 6d.-London aid York, 21.-Ditto, Bah Shares, 21.55.-Midland and Easter. Counties, 11. Bs.-Morayshire, 21.-Newcastle and Berwick, 191 103.-Newry and Londonderry, it. 173.-North British, 251. 163.-Ditto, Halves, 111.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 11. 16c-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 61. 2.. W.-North Wales Mineral, 141. 10s.-Ditto, New, 3/. IN.-Perth and Crieft Direct, 11. 9s. -Perth and Inverness, 11. 55.-Scottish Central, 131.- Ditto, New, 61.-Scottish Central and Caled o nian Junction, 11. 6s -Scottish Grand Junction, IL 2s. 6c1.-Scottish Midland, 71.- Scottish Southern, 11. 153. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.- Sh ewabury, Oswcstry, and Chester, 31.-South Midland, 1/. 17s 6d.- Stirling and Dunfermline, U. 9s. 6d. -Stirling and 2,L.llantl, 2/. 43._ Strathern Junction, 11. 10s.- Surrey Grand Junction, 95. 6d.-Taan and Dove Valley, 153.-Wishaw and Coltness. 471. 15s. GLASGOW, idaacn 28. STOCK Excasuoz.-The sales arc - Airdrie and Bathgate, 30s. -Bridge of Weir, 295.-British and Irish Union, 295.-Caledonian, New, Viis.-Caledonian Extension, 265.-Direct Northern, 355.-East Indian Railway, 4s. W.-Glasgow General Terminus, 8% -Glasgow and Belfast Union, 205.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 701.- Glasgow, Kilmarnock,and Ardrossan, 213.-Glasgow Harbour Mine ral. 218.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 323.-Lanark and Lo thians, 361.-Perth and Inverness, 255.-Perth and Crieff, 245.- he , Scottish Central , 12 % - South Midland, 30s. I THE FRENCH IN CH/NL—The Journal des Debats publishes letters from Macao of the 29th of December. The French mist-ion to China had returned to Macao on the sth of December, after having visited the four northern ports. The Alcmene was to have sailed on the sth of January from Macao to bring back the commercial delegates to b rance. All the persona attached to the mission were to have em barked on board the frigate Archimede on the Bth or 10th of January, to sail from Calcutta, and they are expected to arrive at Suez in the commencement of the month of April, and comequently they may reach Paris in about five weeks. The annual grand Polihh fancy and f u ll dress ball is appointed to take place at Willis's Rooms (Almack's), in the first ~tieek of June, under a numerous and distinguhdied patronage, and on its usual scale of splendour. Mr. MoscnELEn —This distinguished pianist has an nounced a series of matinees musicales, similar to those which he gave last season. The first is to tale place on Thursday next, and the performance will consist of several okotce specimens of the genius of ➢ach, Handel, and Beethoven. AMERICAN APPAIRIik- Nem Yosir, FED. 28.—. The accounts received hare Is i\i'. days since, by the steamer Cambria, gave universal satlidae tion. They were esteemed of the most pacific character. Some apprehensions, however, are now entertained by the friends of peace, lest the British Government may decline any further attempts, for the present, to renew the negotia tion. lam not of the number who entertain this opinion. I presume that your Premier has made up his mind how far he will go to preserve the peace of the world, and, having come to that conclusion, no matter of etiquette will deter him from proceeding with the negotiation until he arrives at that point, whatever it may be. The war party are losing ground daily. The people are beginning to inquire why we should enter into a war? and whether it would not be better, admitting our title to be good, to make some sacrifice rather t h a n enter u p on a san guinary and desolating conflict? These common-sense ideas are floating in the masses, and they are greatly promoted by the conciliatory and pacific movements of the British Go vernment. The contemplated repeal of the British corn-laws is re ceived here by the advocates of free trade with a most cor dial welcome. There are those who believe that it will open an extensive market for our agricultural products ; while another class of statesmen hail the repeal as the harbinger of a triumph, in this country, of the free-trade doctrine. They conclude that it will necessarily lead to the downtal of the American tariff of 1842. There is yet another class of statesmen who entertain the opinion that a negotiation is in progress between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, in pursuance of which the corn-laws will be repealed, the American tariff uprooted, and the Oregon diffi culties arranged. Now without entering into any detail as to what portion of these speculative opinions I am a believer in, I may be permitted to say that the movement of Mr. Pule on this subject is calculated to promote the cause of peace, inasmuch as it weakens the American war party, by withdrawing from them a portion of the free. trade advocates and many of the agriculturists. The President is so hemmed in by the office-seekers, and therefore advocates of war, because they hope for commis sions, that he has not the firmness, whatever may be his wishes, to assume the responsibility of any measure of pacific character. It is confidently asserted that he has said, if the British Government offered to renew negotiations on the 491h . parallel of latitude, he would submit the offer to Congress for their opinion on the subject. This is probably true, for it is like the man. His great object is re-election to the Presidency. To that everything with him must bend ; and his chance to be chosen for life is just as good as to be chosen for four years. Nothing can now save him from s haring the doom of President rTyler, who has retired to a stute of complete obscurity. It is a matter of doubt whether the debate in the Senate Orr the Oregon question trill finally terminate before the mid dle of March, and not then if a motion to pospone the sub ject, which is now pending, should prevail. The Senate evince no disposition to hasten the decision ; on the con trary, they appear anxious to meet any and every pacific suggestion that may come from the British Government, provided they can do it without dishonour. On the whole, in my opinion, all that can be reasonably and rightfully asked of them, as American senators and patriots, they melt concede. More must not be expected. The feeling in the S,...nate, at present, is highly favourable to a state of peace. The Whig senators have done their duty. They have exhiLited great firmness in resisting the idle clamours an d anineani ;eg gascomade of such men as Senator Allen. The stand they have taken required more firmness than to enter the battle-field. They have met in a dignified manner the insinuation that tbey faltered and fell back whe'i the power of Great Britain w:as held up before them. Such contemptible taunts had no influonee where it was supposed they would have. No attachmeed to British men or British ieterests controlled their action. No fear or apprehension of the power of Great Britain planned them. Their feelings everts and are purely American. They had no object but to pr.e. serve unsullied the glory, the peace, and the prosperity of their native land; but evert that peace, which they so much **--, desired, they would not and 1'6.11 not purchase at the sacrifice of national honour. The friends of the tariff of 1842 have become alarmed, and probably with good reason. The most violent of the Polk men are anti-tariff men. So far as its repeal can be made subservient to the settlement of the Oregon difficulties, the " all of Oregon" men, and the friends of Mr. Calhoun, would readily and cordially unite, as they are alike hostile to the " black tariff." That portion of the community who have no prejudices to gratify, and no interest at stake, would pro bably unite in a surrender of the tariff, if it would tend to secure the peace of the country. If to these is added the agriculturists, who expect to be benefited by a repeal of sour corn-laws, &c., it makes a formidable array against the tariff. The only chance for its preservation is, that the combined powers may separate in the details, which, however, is not likely to be the case. The mail of this morning brought us a sketch of an interest ing debate in the :.'enate on the 26th on the Oregon subject. It will be recollected that the debate, thus far, has been con fined principally to the friends of the Administration. Nearly the whole strength of the Whig party, as yet, re mains to be called out. I cannot give you a better itlea of the feelings and wishes of the friends of peace, and of the country and talents of the respective parties, than by re ferring you to the speeches heretofore made by Senators Allen and Cass, and then to the brief remarks made on the 26th by Senators Crittenden and Webster. They fairly re present the parties of which they are severally members. MARCH 4.—1 learned yesterday that the steamer Cambria, from Boston, had sailed, leaving behind the greater part of all letters south of Boston. The captain of the steamer was not to blame. The southern mail bad not arrived, having been detained by the snow storm. Nothing has been done in Congress since my letter of the 28th ult. The Senate will pass a more pacific resolution in relation to Oregon than the House has sent them. Mr. Dayton, of New Jersey, a Whig, has presented to the United States Senate a motion, calling on the President to inform the Senate whether the state of the affairs between the United States:and foreign powers requires, in his opinion, an increase of the army and navy. It must eon the table one day.— Tintes. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER. GENERAL SIR IL SMITH. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times:— Sir,—Your admirable review of the battle of Aliwal, and the just encomiums bestowed on the skill and talent dis played by the commander, Sir Henry Smith, leads me to hope that the following sketch of the military life of that distinguished individual will not be unacceptable to the public : Sir Henry G. Smith is descended from an ancient family, that has been settled for the last two centuries at Whittlesea (Isle of Ely). In 1805 he was, under the auspices of the late General Sir William Stewart, appointed to a Second Lieutenancy in the Rifle Brigade (then the 95th). To enumerate his services would be to name almost every battle that has since been fought by British troops in every quarter of the globe, for he has had more practical experience in war, and passed through more file, perhaps, than any man living. His first campaign commenced in South America with the storming of Monte Video and attack on Buenos Ayres ; next at the capture of Copenhagen, under Lord Cathcart ; thence to the Peninsula, where he was present in every battle fought by the main army (Talavera excepted) from the beginning to the end of that war. We next find him at the capture of Washington, under General Ross, and for his distinguished conduct on that occasion he was honoured by being made the bearer of the dispatches to England. His next battle-field was in the capacity of military secre tary, in the attack on New Orleans, where the good, the gallant Pakenham died in his arms. And he returned to England in time to partake of the glories of his last Euro pean battle as Assistant Quartermaster- General of the 6th Division under Sir John Lambert, on the field of Waterloo. Sir Henry Smith's career as a staff-officer commenced in 1811 with his appointment as Brigade-Major in the cele brated Light Division, in which he was ever conspicuous alike for his dashing gallantry in the field, his frank warm hearted beiring to his brother officers, and his unwearied attention to the comforts and wants of the soldier. Those only who have served under a good and an indif ferent staff-officer can estimate the immense value of the former, and Smith was one of the very best, for his heart and soul were in his duty. His light wiry frame rendered him insensible to fatigue, and, no matter what battle or march might have occupied the day or night, or what elementary war might be raging, Smith was never to be found off his_ horse until he saw every man in his brigade housed, if cover could possibly be had. His devotion to their comforts was repaid by their affection, which was shown in a manner most gratifying to him when, in 1827, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, he was appointed Deputy-Adjutant-General in the West Indies ; the voluntary attendance of every officer and soldier, from the Governor downwards, made his embarkation triumphal. The following copy of a regimental order issued by the late Sir Amos Norcott on the occasion, speaks the feelings of all concerned, and does honour alike to the writer and the object of it : " Colonel Norcott feels himself bound by every principle of public and private duty to express to Lieutenant-Colonel Smith snd the officers and battalion at large his most sincere and deep regret for the loss of an officer who has served for 22 years with such indefatigable zeal, distinguished bravery and merit, and now retires from its active duties on promo tion and an appointment on the staff in Jamaica, but to re sume in that situation the same persevering devotion to his profession, his King, and country. "The Colonel knows how truly every officer in the bri gade participates his feelings and sentimen ts, and is aTired of the lively and warm wishes of ever y non-commissioned officer and soldier for the welfare of one who, with every at tribute of as good and as gallant an officer as ever lived, in variably united the most kind a n d peculiarinterest for the comfort and happiness of the soldier. "At the particular request of this officer it affords the • Colonel much pleasure to release from contineenent to bar racks, and punishments o f ever y description, all soldiers now under their sentences ; he only hopes, and he is ready to be lieve, that they will prove sensible and grateful for Colonel Smith's kindness, shown up to the very last moment he re mains amongst them, in addition to every noble and honour able feeling which all soldiers ought to show in the perform ance of their duty and conduct on every occasion, by a de termination to relinquish every habit tending to injure the hood of the service, their corps, and individual respectability, comfort, habits, and future welfare. " A. NORCOTT, Colonel "Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 4, 1827." To return to the Peninsula, that first of schools for prae• tical military study, possessing this advantage, that an officer of ordinary capacity, by simply obeying orders and steadily performing his duty, could not fail to arrive at some degree of eminence in the profession ; while others more highly gifted had only to make use of their observing and reflective powers to become masters in the art ; and no one who knew Harry Smith (his familiar name) in those days, could doubt for a moment that whenever he acquired the rank, and the opportunity ofl'ered, he would show himself a General worthy of his illustrious preceptor. The fates themselves seem to have conspired in urging him on in the path to glory ; for, though " the hero of a hundred tights," he has been only once wounded, which proved a singular advantage to him in more respects than one, for the chiefs of his brigade proving not so invulnerable, it brought him as commander, succes sively, to several of the most brilliant warriors of that age— Kempt, Barnard, Beckwith, Colburne, tic. ; for while he was honoured with their friendship, he profited largely by their experience. I have already stated that in 1827 he was appointed De puty Adjutant-General in the West Indies. In the year fol lowing lie was transferred in the same rank to the Cape of Good Hope, and in 1839 appointed Deputy Adjutant-Gene ral in India, where he has remained ever since, and was en gaged in that rank in 1844 in the battles of Gwalior and Ala harajpore. The distinguished services which he rer.dered the head of the Ist division, in the recent battles of Moodkee and Ferozeshab, will be better understood hereafter, when his dispatches on those occasions shall have been published. The battle of Aliwal speaks for itself; as the dispatch of Sir H. Smith would alone proclaim that he had been trained under Sir John Moore, and finished under the master-mind of Wellington. VETERAN. The movement in the large provincial towns to en deavour to stay the further proceedings of the bulk of Railway Bing in Parliament is extending to every district. In fact, opinion may be said to be unanimous on the subject, and the people in the provinces expect that their efforts will be warmly and vigorous)) , "WV wled by the London Stock Zuhange. I ~`