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classes,' and he felt that their interests were at stake in the pro posed change. Lerd .1. RUSSELL said that what he had stated was, not that the reduction of the hours of labour from twelve to ele ven, or ten hours, would cause wag's to be the same, but that the demand would perhaps cause wages to, if not advance, at least to uphold the present scale.—(Hear.) Mr. M TIN Z would not detain the House more than a few minutes at that time in the morning, but he could not allow the debate to rice without making a few remarks. - What did it matte . to foreigners how they manufactured their goods—the change ceu!d make no dfference to them. That, however, was not the question—the truth was let out by the Hon. Member for Durham. The Hon. Member said this measure would compel the manufacturers to expend more capital. ( Hear, hear, from the protectionists.) The Hon. Member for Sheffield,t who vc as, no doubt, an amateur manufacturer, had made a quota tion from Adam Smith, to bear out his views in opposition to this measure ; but the Honourable Member might have quoted further, and he would have found arguments directly opposite to that which he had used. He tierer made his men work without a proportionate amount of remuneration. But he would say that it wrs intended to compete with foreign manufactures. He would say let everything take i , s natural course. With regard to the Taestioa now before the House, it had been said, that if a party would aid in carrying it out, that party would join the whers in demanding a repeal of the corn-laws.— ( Hear, hear.) Well, then, there was the Government measure upon the subject of re, e trade. How were they to regard that measure?—( Hear, hear.) They had seen that the Govern ment had done as they liked in regard to the measure,lethe and why should not the manufacturers do as they liked? yewr 1844, the Government were in suelidifficulties upon this question, that a Wernher of the Government, whom he did not think it necessary to name, but he would name the Bight Hon. Bironet if they wished—(Laughterj—asked _him hi; advice, but he said tha t as be was not a cotton manufac turer, he would beg leave to decline giving a would information —(Laughter.) He give his whatever upon the subject . cordial suiwort to this Bill. Mr. FIELDEN replied. Mr. BRIG /IT rose, and was met by such a storm of cries of every description that he relinquished the attempt. The gallery was then cleared for a division. On our re-ad mi,sion we found — For the second reading A gninst, it Majority against the second reading.........., The other orders of the day were then disposed of. The House adjourned at a quarter to Three o'clock. HER, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will he performed Verdi's celerated Opera, In Four Parts, entitled, I LOMBAI:Df : ALLA PRIMA cuociarA. c% tth new scenery, dresses, &c. ; the scenery by Mr. Marshall. Cr sc:da, Madame Grisi; Sofia, Madame Bellini ; Viclinda, Mdlle. (urban; Oronte, Signor M ar i o; Arvino, Signor ; Pirro, Sig. Botelli; Acciar.o, Sig. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig. Foniasari. . conclude with the admired Ballet of ONDINE. Ondine, Mdlle. Ce::to ; Matt o, M. Perrot; Giannina, Louise Tagliont In the course of the Ballet will be introduced the admired Fete de la )111Alili, and ; rand Tarantella, by the carps de ballet; Vie celebrated Pas de Quarte, from " Le Lac des Fees," by Mille. Cerito and M. St. Lcon, supported by ;Mlles. Demelisse and Moncelet ; a Pas, by 31i111;:. Taglicmi ; and the Pas de L'Ombre, by Millie. Cerito. IIEl; MAJESTY'S THEATRE, Siznor LABLACIIE has the honour to iniorrn his Friends, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Fublle, that his BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 28, When will be perforuid(for the first time these two years), Cima- rosa's Chef d'tEuvro, in Two Acts. entitled, IL 3IATIMIONIO SEGRETO. Carolina, l‘ladame Grsi ; Fklalma, Madame Swichioll (her first ap pearance in that character) Elisetta. Madame Castellon ; Paolino Signor Mario; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. Lli val ions Entertainments in the BALLET Department. Comprising the talent of 3ldlics. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Moncelet, De mellsse, Cassan, and Lucile Grahn ; M.M. Perrot, Gosselin, Di ,tattia. and St. Leon. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office. Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. lIIEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING _ _ Will be performed THE EOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Be,rrani ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, Miss Rainforth. A.tter which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of Silesia, M. Mathis; Bilarion, Mr. W. 11. Payne ; Prince of Cour and, Mr. Howell ; M. Adrien; Giselle, Mdlle. Sall; Mirtha, Lou!so ; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin ; Bertha, Mrs. Payne; Principal Willis, 3fesdames Adele and Giubilei. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Mr. nutsass, Box Book-keeper, :espeetfuily announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that his BENEFIT is fixed for _ MONDAY NEXT, MAY 25, When will be performed Benedict's Grand Opera of THE CRU SADERS. One Act of 'the popular Ballet of CASELLE ; in which Madame Sall and Mons. Mathis will-appear. To conclude with (last time this season) the two first Acts of DER FREISCHUTZ. Private !loxes, Stalls, and Places may be secured on application at the Box-office. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING WEI be performed a New Comedy, called MR. PETER PIPER ; or, Feund Out at Home. Mr. Peter Piper, Mr. Farren ; Sir C. F..i-sex, Mr. Tilbury ; Major Garry Owen, Mr. Hudson ; Facias, Mr. Bu kstone ; Mrs: P. Piper, Mrs. Glover ; Busk, 2lrs. llumby. Land will perform the Overtures, "Cenerentola," and " Duc d'Olonn ,- 2,” the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Waizer," and the " Chtisworth Quadrilles." Af.er which, the Comedy of MY WIFE'S !MOTHER. Uncle Foozie, Mr. W. FArren ; Mr. Budd, Mr. Roll ; Mrs. Qulekfldget, Mrs. Clover ; Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed by the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Glover, &c., will appear. To :conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE MIL TIN OS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buck.3tone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Cart. spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major I'hobbs, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Another brilliant Triumph ! " Robin Hood and Richard Coeur de Lion" every Evening. THIS EVENING - Will be performed a New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED! _ . Altar which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by 31essrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Dlddear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St , rtling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Rdelcy, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Kee:ey, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UM :IRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. La nber, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford. Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which a new and Original Farce, called, WHO DID I r ? or, W HAT'S IN THE WIND ? Vandyke Brown, Mr. Wright ; Laniona Peewit, Miss Woolgar. To ac followed by the Burlesque, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The I oads:one Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Pau; lledicrd, Mr. Mull:, ard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. l'lt'.:A_Ez;S'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING WIN be pei funned Shakspere's Comedy of AS YOU LIKE IT, Jacques, Air. Walla& ; Orlando, Mr. Murray ; Adam, Mr. Cooper ; Tottch , done, Mr. Compton; William, Mr. Oxherry; Rosalind, Mrs. Stirling ; Audrey, Miss Emma Stanley. To be followed by an Original Comedietta, entitled THE COLO EL'S lIELLE ; or, the Non-Marriables. Count de Ruse, Mr. J. Msjor Vitiate, Mr. Murray ; Capt. Fonfaron, Mr. RoxbY ; (-11 e, Miss E. Stanley. To coliciale with a New Ballet, entitle: LES CONSCRITS DU V I I.LAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Flexmore, Harris; Miss Ilallin, Miss Marshall, &;c., will appear. AsTLEY'A ROYAL AMMITHEA; rroprictor, Mr. W. Batty. Untkr the tiFp,cial patronage of her most gracious Majesty, and their Royal ii glinesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rrimcess Alke. Glorious triumph of the present attractive novelties. First Week of the celebrated equestrian, Mr. Selim Ist idge., and the highly popular artiste, Mons. Leonard Houck. THIS EVENING Will ie performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AN i 1 11;S DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Wit!; 1:1 ; u:101 ent effect-i, and introducing the double stud, &c. :••( ; !.N:7 ,, cat tho CIR!._;LE will he of tie mist varied and dt•:;rrip' introducing the whole of the equestrian troupe. En:i•rtt:timenlA will terminate with a laughable AFTER- PIECE. Pox rpen Irorn eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six cc:i.n)zi:re at seven o'clock. P. STI:.t.:.I)IIIEATRE. 'IIIF INENING M. Pll if.LTI'PE will repeat his display of Scientific Skill and Modern Ma :c. M. ihi 1.1,p aLxions to procure fo: his friends and supporters in general an en,crla)Ling and gratify - 1w; diversion, has the honour to annonnee that he has engaged, at great expense, Signor CORY', from Mi :in, V. hit his most extraordinary Monkeys and Dogs, who have oty , ah ed in Paris and other larga cities unbounded success, and Which canwt t ii to create the most interesting amusement ever witness .1. While tack novelties are exhibited in the STRAND THEATRE, M. Phillip w give his Magical Performances In the STANDARD Trig •t• t 1 , „ where they will commence on MONDAY, June 1. 1,4,0 rs open at a Quarter past Seven ; to commence at a Quarter before El•ght weteck. 1 to y t . 1 , .. , t.,u Patronage tlt __ of r her Most Gracious Majesty. Under - F.VF.RY MONDAY, TUP.IsDAY wEDN'-E:..3DA.7.. EY ZOOLOGICAL C kl'I)EN' TIII_TRSDAY AND Vlr.'.V of NAPLES, ERUPTION eiz l spvius, DEsTntic intheye 110 N of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, year 79. 79. This Istati!fleent speetaae is revived in an unprecedented tran.leur, the picture being more than twice he size of th: c fo ale of , a t t represent*, :IS accurately as can possibly be done, the Great er Erupt:4li of Vetivius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her eili:tne;!:ll and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction of 3i r. Dauseif. • A ?lob::: ornamented GOTII IC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constraet,cl, wirch will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. Tin , PROMENADE CON . ..:ERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. ':he Band is most complete in all Its departments, and includes • - eminent frill— and foreign musicians. ufal,.. •• •-• 'I he PYROTECII NIG DISPLAYS, by Mr• Southby, are on the mJs. complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced, represaitin the Descent of Phcehus in the Chariot of the Sun. g Atolls. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the suratee of the lake, where a Natatfs Car will rise to receive him, and hear him to his chrystal home. . An Illuminated Mantle Cave, and the Glass COnservatOrn sPien dk:iy .r. narnented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view thi matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeling of the Carnivora at live ; the Pelicans, Bcc., at half-past Svc ; C. , neert at six ; aa.l: Ile Eruption at dusk. Admission. 15. SOCIETY FOR THE IMPRO4E.MENT OF THE LABOURING CLAsssc.—Yesterday, the Rain& 411nual meeting of this society was held at the Queen's Concert Room's; Hanover-square, Lord Ashley presiding. A letter was read fromdkis,ltoyal Highness Prince Albert, who hid sed 100/, as his contribution tcfwards the funds. The Chair matt explained that the society was established for preparing models, &c., by which poor men would benefit, and from which those who Invested their capital would reap no small advan' age. The r e p or t , which was r, ad h, the Secretary, stated that the Bishop of London had presented 103/., Mr. Samuel Gurney It Of., the Bishop of Nor wich 201., and that ninny other donations had been received. The Socis ty had expended its funds in the erection of its dwellings,the in the Bagnlgge Wells-toad. Sir Digby Mackworth, in movingre adop t of the re:oft, r e ferr e d at some length to the allotment system, winch he had tried on I.is own land. He had found it to work ex ce,lingty welt, wadi the exception of some apprehension our the part of the farmers, who thou ht that their labourers might become too in'ep,mient. The Lord II:shop of Norwich. the Rev. Thomas Dale, ntiary of St. 'NM's, and other gentlemen, addressed the .veeting, tore testimony to the disorklers occasioned by bad drol.age, ventilatian, add narrow donticiies. Feveral gentlemen s uhstrairtit'y addressed the meeting, and resolutions ex prei 4s ire of comic in the operations of the society were unani mi tiny atiO:PeC,l. THE ('LOGIC AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE. —The which is th e ti me regulattir at tire eloek th , .. General I . 4,st"ilize, several po.it-oille-.s throughout the country, has just been renovated outside :111 Ceased within, it being now Jour yuar, since it was simil trly elf ansed. This extraordinary piece of mechanism has not varied one minute :dace it was put up eleven y ears s i nce. The curious in sue.nuatters will be interested to learn that the diameter of the tare is six feet, and that the Roman numerals denoting the hours aye twelve inch's in length. The bob of the pendulum weighs, as the Inscription states upon it, 4 cwt. 1 qr., 7.45., and the bar of the pen dulum, is Pilbs. 12oz. in weight—total, 4 cwt., I qr., 191bs. 12 oz. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE READERS' A:SSOCIA VON. - Ye.sterday the annual general meeting of tire members and frienis of this Institution, established two years since under the auspices of the Bi s h op of Condon and the Bishop of Winchester, was held at willies ROOMS. The Bishop of Winchester presided, and was supported by the Marquis of Cholmondeley, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Bandon, M.P. ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. ; the Hon. W. Cowper, Arland, Sir ir H. R. Dukinfleld, Bart.; Sir Thomas Dyke R. TI. Inglis, &e. I ..M.,rin4r. zepgiandarlearoyD_:!icltcens (Roz) an d f am i ly are about zerlatul for twelve months. MR. MAXWELL'S NEW WORK, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CAPTAIN O'SULLIVAN'; Or, ADVENTURES, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND MATRIMONIAL, OF . A GENTLEMAN ON HALF'-PAT. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, COMPLETION OF THE STANHOPE MEMOIRS. Now ready, In 3 vols., post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, 31s. 6d. boUndi ; T RAVELS of LADY HESTER STANHOPE. Forming, THE COMPLETION OF HER MEMOIRS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough - street. To be had of all Booksellers. 1. The PROTECTIONIST COTTON PEERS and ST the MOTIVE PEOPLE, by TWI. 2. EXTRAORDINARY POSITION of the GOVERNMENT; Its MINORITIES AND PROSPECTS. 3. THE INDIAN MAIL AND THE IN. lAN POLICY. 4. THE SPLIT in Conciliation-hall, with all the News of the Weeh, IN THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE of SA TURDAY and SUNDAY, the 232 and 24th of May instant. THE NEWSPAPER PRESS DIRECTORY characterises this journal as the " Ablest" of the " Popular Papers." It says there is no " Paper conducted with more talent or success," and that " It is especially remarkable, not only for the great quantity of news It affords, and the admirable arrangement of its matter—well illustrated by accompanying observations—but for the ability and variety of its original articles, in the form of leaders and letters. 'I he advantage of this ability is enhanced by its being displayed on other than mere political questions, so that the range of topics is snore large and gene rally interesting. Thus it is worth mentioning, that it was the only paper which, during the late controversy between the Press and the Bar, took up the case of the latter, in a series of letters marked by great talent." Office, 337, Strand. EPSOM RACES.-LIGHT WATERPROOF SUMMER OVER-COATS, PALETOTS, &c., from 18s. to 305., made in the best manner, and well adapted for the present season, being cut and finished by BURCH and LUCAS, who, being TAILORS, can answer for their superiority over the slop goods sold by puffing slop-sellers and hosiers, who know nothing of the trade. A great variety of every garment kept ready for immediate wear. _ _ Burch and Lucas, Tailors, 52, King William-street, 'London bridge, opposite the statue of William IV. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW CASTLE-ON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. At a Meeting of the Scripholders of the above Company, held at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, on Thursday, the 21st May instant, duly convened and constituted in pursuance of the Sessional Orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons ; THOMAS RORER!' WILSON FIRANCE, Esq , of Rawcliffe Hall, in the chair; It was moved by ALEXANDER GEORGE GRAY, Esq., of Newcastle on-Tyne ; seconded by RALPH NATERS, Esq., of Sandiford, near Newcastle-on-Tyne : That this meeting of holders of scrip, and banker's receipts repre senting scrip, in the original Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle en-Tyne Junction Railway Company, convened and constituted con formably to the sessional orders of the Houses of Lords and.,Com mons, having had submitted to it a copy of the Bill new before Par liament for constructing a railway from the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway to the Richmond Branch of the Great North of England Railway, and for incorpo rating the shareholders in the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, and the shareholders in the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Corn • pany, into one Company for carrying out such undertaking, do ap prove thereof, and de authorise and request the Directors to prosecute the same in the present session, and to introduce or submit to the in troduction therein, of such alterations, modifications, and additional provisions, as they may deem expedient or conducive to the success of the undertaking, and to the interests of the shareholders. It was moved by SALIS SCHWABE, EFq., seconded by CHARLES WILSON, Esq., and carried unanimously;:— That the Chairman of this meeting and the solicitors of the Com pany be authorised and requested to affix their respective signatures to the said Bill, and to any certificate of the holding of this meeting which the forms of Parliament may require. It was moved by DAVID LAMBE, Esq., seconded by JOHN MONT- GO3IEBY, Esq., and carried unanimously:— That this meeting having had submitted to it the arrangement for the amalgamation of the Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle upon-Tyne Junction Railway, and the Lancashire and North York shire .Rail way Companies, does approve thereof, considering the same to be conducive to the interests of the shareholders in this Company, and in acco: dance with the powers vested in the Directors. THOMAg ROBERT WILSON FFRANCE; Chairman. It was moved by ALEXANDER GEORGE GRAY, Esq., seconded by JOHN MONTGOMERY Esq., and carried unanimously:— That a vote of thanks be given to the Chairman for his able con duct in the chair. 22, Parliament-street, Westminster, May 22, 1846. L ANCASHIRE AND NORTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. At a meeting of the scripholders in the above Company, held at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, on Thursday, May 21st instant, duly convened, and constituted in pursuance of the Sessional Orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons ; JOSEPH ST. JOUN YATES, Esq., in the Chair; It was moved. by JOSEPH ST. JOAN YATES, Esq., and seconded by JA)IEs .Aunis,Esq., and resolved := . .. That this meeting of holders of scrip, and bankers' receipts representing scrip, in the original Lancashire and . North Yorkshire Railway Company, convened and constituted ac cording to the Sessional Orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons, having had submitted to it a copy of the Bill now be fore Parliament, for constructing a railway from the Leeds and Brad ford Extension Railway to the Richmond branch of the Great North of England Railway, and for incorporating the shareholders in the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle. upon-Tyne Junction Rail way Company, and the shareholders in the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Company into one one Company for carry ing out such undertaking, does approve thereof, and does authorise and request the Directors to prosecute the same in the present session, and to introduce or submit to the introduction therein of such alterations, modifications, and addi tional provisions as they may deem expedient or conducive to the success of the undertaking, and to the interest of the shareholders. For further proceeding ........ 29,318 shares 1 Against it ....... ...... ....... 300 „ It was moved by WILLIAM Gums, Esq., seconded by B. RAND, Esq.. and carried unanimously : ___ . .. .__. . That the Chairman of this meeting and the solicitors of the Com pany be authorised and requested to affix their respective signatures to the said Bill, and to any certificate of the holding of this meeting which the forms of Parliament may require. 1 It was moved by JOSEPH ST. JOHN YATES, Esq., seconded by W. BEVAN, Esq., and carried unanimously : That this meeting having had submitted to it the arrangement for the Amalgamation of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle upon-Tyne Junction Railway, and the Lancashire and North York shire Railway Companies, does approve thereof, considering the same to be conducive to the Interest of the shareholders in this Com pany, and in accordance with the powers vested in the Directors. It was moved by CHRISTOPHER CROFT, Esq., seconded by Timatas Tonn, Esq., both of Richmond, and carried unanimously That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Committee of Ma nagement for their valuable services. JOSEPH ST. JOHN YATES, Chairman. 31, Princess-street, Manchester, May 22, 1846. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION, and LANCASHIRE and NORTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANIES. At a Meeting of the Scripholders of the above Companies, held at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, on Thursday, the 21st of May inst., (Italy convened and constituted in pursuance of the Sessional Orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons ; HENRY HOULDSAVORTH, Esq., in the chair; It was moved ,by HENRY HOULDSWORTU, Esq., seconded by JOSEPH ST. JOHN YATES, Esq., and carried unanimously : That this meeting of holders of scrip and' bankers' receipts, re presenting scrip, in the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Railway, and the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, convened and constituted conformably to the sessional orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons, having had submitted to it a copy of a Bill now before Par liament, for constructing a railway from the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway to the Richmond Branch of the Great North of England Railway, and for incorporating the shareholders of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, and the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Com pany, into one Company for carrying out such undertaking, does approve thereof, and does authorise and request the Directors to pro secute the same in the present session, and to introduce or submit to the introduction therein, of such alterations, modifications, and ad ditional provisions as they may deem expedient or conducive to the iRCCCSS of the undertaking, and to the interest of the shareholders. It was moved by Thomas It. WILSON IFRANCE, Esq., seconded by THOMAS BROADBENT, Esq., and carried unanimously : That the Chairman of this meeting and the solicitors of the Corn lany be authorised and requested to affix their respective signatures to the said Pall, and to any certificate of the holding of this meeting which the forms of Parliament may require. H. 116CILDSWORTH, Chairman. The Chairman having vacated the chair, and the same having been taken by Christian Alihusen, Esq., It was moved by J. ST. Joari YATES, Esq., and seconded by Tuostas itormaz WILSON FFasatcu, Esq., and carried unanimously : That a vote of thanks be given to Henry llouldsworth, Esq., for his able and impartial conduct in the chair. CHRISTIAN ALLHUSEN, Chairman. Parliamentry Offices, 22, Parliament-street, Westminster, May 22, 1846. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. NIE LA S m SR oN S; ;, Rai L lw A u ld s o h ND Au , ction S ee M rs, A be L g E t: thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Comlueree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination et least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, an t the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Mall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE. THE WEATIIER.—Butt Orrioz, MAi 23. NERMOMETE/t, Lowest, 42; Highest, 70; Nova, 64. BAROMETER, 30.24.—W1ND W.; fine. HI 11:1 WATER AT LONDON-IIIIDGE!TIIIS DAY. Horning ..' 37 minutes after 11. I Evening .. 0 minutes after 12. . A, , f , ..:.g 4 : l mod, A • ''' , r-fNA,' ,'7 Nt 7 . , .-.4.F. - - ~,, .- .. 7 -7-... i . : , j , i .,_- ..,,0,,, ~. ;',, If Ti * 11M), Niwige . _ 91 T _,;;.‘44 corn-laws under whatever circumstances might arise. From these facts, then, we say that Sir R. PEEL'S early majorities in the present Parliament were not constituted upon the ex clusive principle, as is now, for party purples, alleged by the protectionists. Again, we do not see that Sir R. PEEL should have appealed to the country last November any more than he should now. The Parliament once elected, is, by the Constitution, considered competent to decide, free and unfettered by the electoral body at large, upon all matters affecting Church and State, except when the Crown, of its own especial prerogative—which is generally exercised under the advice of its Ministers—chooses to remit the Members to their several constituencies by a dissolution. Such is the theory of the Constitution. To depart from it would be to convert the 1-14 use of Commons flan being a eliberative assembly into a cha:aber of mere delega,es. The present House of Commons wa:: not convened ut t .e in stance of Sir ROBERT FEEL Looking to th- , disruption of political ties of some standing certain to follow the i..tro ducti n f tra measures which, in November, he had decided to be imperatively called for by the exigencies of ti4e empire —to the storm of invective with which his former agricul tural adherent; threatened to assail him—w e can readily imagine that, if the stf , te of public affairs had not been im minent, and personal feeli gs h.d alone been consulted, the Minister would not hwe been loath to have re commended a dissolution towards the close t f the pas! year. But as this wc.s not done, as the P. rliament was not his own, we cannot conceive a greater triumph of reaso4 than that, under such circumstances, the House of Commons should have passed his measures by an over whelming majority. The argument of no appeal having been made to the country comes with a very bad grace from the landed mo nopolists. Between the resignation and re-instatement in office of Sir R. PEEL the protectionists had the opportunity of forming a Government. They declined the responsibility. Had they embraced the opportunity they would have had the power in their own hands of effecting a dissolution. The truth is, they little expected that Lord JOHN RussELL and his party would give the honourable support they have to the Government. We consider, therefore, the argument for a dissolution cannot come with any force from the agriculturists—they are, in fact, out of court. Should the House of Peers by their vote unhappily precipitate an appeal to the country, the Government will assuredly accept the challenge, and will do so with every advantage derivable from the masterly expositiim that has been given in Parliament to the principles they have advo cated, advantages which they would not have possessed. had the advice of the Duke of RICHMOND been adopted in November. But we believe the House of Lords will hold discretion to be the better part of valour, and that this ses sion will yield to us the incalculable benefits of commerce, liberated from the shackles which have so long impeded its healthy action. Yesterday, at the second anniversary of the Society for the Improvement of the Condition of the Labouring Classes, the Noble Chairman, Lord AsithEv, characterised the filthiness, the dilapidation, and the confinement of the dwelling-houses inhabited by the poor as " the great and crying monster evil of the day." Within the limits of that brief sentence are comprised, according to our thinking, the woful degra dation, both physical and moral, of many thousands amongst our countrymen. Viewing the matter in its simplest light, let us ask ourselves,whether the bodily abasement of the poverty stricken does not constitute in itself an almost irresistible in citement to a proportionate degeneracy of their more elevated and spiritualised attributes as men? "Whether squalor, and nakedness, and habitual hunger, are not generative of the most demoralizing impulses? Whether a human being so far steeped in wretchedness as to lead a life of sullen de spondency must not, in due course of time, im bibe from those very feelings of despondency a spirit of reckless depravity? Our answer is in the rags and drunkenness, the nauseous odours, and the blas phemous ribaldry which are common to so many dens in our metropolis, at the very moment these words are being scanned. Born in these loathsome scenes, nurtured in them from a sickly childhood to an emasculated maturity (though this too literal epithet looks like a paradox), the population of these districts become naturalised as it were in vice. They have sucked in the germs of immorality almost with the maternal milk, they are ever sur rounded—not from the cradle to the grave—but from their first squalid covering to the workhouse death-pit, by contamination of the most depraved and insidious character. These are literally the unfortunate race mentioned by the romancer as " Sodden in steaming courts, And drunken, hungry dens!" Never breathing the pure atmosphere of nature, never in haling the hopeful and elevating truths of religion, without the warnings of good precept or the allurements of good example, it becomes no matter of astonishment that criminality should become, so to speak, the actuating principles of their existence. A hereafter, is, if ever dreamed of amongst them, merely a theme for deri sion; a hope of better times, seeing that they have never experienced anything but want and misery, ap pears to them an impossibility; even the GODHEAD is a name to swear by—nothing else! These are facts which may be proved any day for the trouble of a walk; they are the dark truisms of London life, the fillers of our police-courts, the visitors of our peniten tiaries. Now it requires no very extraordinary capacity to demonstrate from all circumstances that these effects, though flowing undoubtedly from divers causes, are mainly attri butable to ONE; and that predominant cause is no less an one than the nature of the scene in which these vile spectacles are evolved. Houses crowded together in dense numbers, and with little regard either to order or ventilation ; rooms scarcely twelve feet square, and yet harbouring sometimes nineteen persons, men, women, and children, huddled together without any care for decency or any distaste for dirt :—thess are the description of dwellings is which the poor lose every natural feeling of self-respect. Good and evil, right and wrong, are here tither confused with each other, or actually inverted; and the necessary consequences of this diseased state of society are that the progess from petty larceny to more heinous offences is rapid beyond conception—almost as rapid as the spread of fever and other contagious maladies among them. The statistics of these parishes are of them selves incontrovertible arguments as to the' accu racy of our conclusion ; as from them it appears that where 202 square yards may be calculated as the area appropriated to each individual, the annual mortality is one in forty-nine, whereas, in quarters of the metropolis, where thirty-two square yards can he alone estimated for each inha bitant, the mortality is absolutely one in thirty-six. It is, however, needless to resort to Arabic figures for an enforcement of our argument, since the most ordinary intellect must be conscious on reflection that no elevation of thought, no purity of principle, nothing immaculate and nothing peculiarly exalted in the shape of moral excellence, can be looked for by any rational man amidst incessant privation, indolence, intoxication, sic, and uncleanliness. Such an ex pectation would be in defiance of all possibility—it would be contrary to the assurances of experience. Be holding these things, and knowing their actuality, it be comes a solemn duty, imperative upon every citizen, to strive individually and collectively for their cor- By encouraging such institutions as the one ever which Lord ASHLEY yesterday presided, and by divulging the real fountain from which all these abominations flow, the evil may be purged away, and a wholesome system substituted. Asphalte pavements, wooden pavements, shop-fronts, and statuary, are not the only improvements desirable in London : a moral sewerage is, if possible, more requisite than an actual sewerage. rection. Accounts from Lisbon have been received to the 10th instant. The Government were in the greatest alarm. For three days the soldiers of the garrison had been under arms. Several arrests had taken place—among those arrested are Baron DE VILLARNOVA DE FoscoA, late Minis ter of Finances, and M. LEONZI. TAVARNs, ex- Deputy and editor of the Patriot. Orders had been given for the arrest of Viscount SA DA BAN-. DEIRA and of Count LAvnAnio, but they had timely notice, and were enabled to effect their escape. The latest date from Oporto is the sth. On the preceding day the in surgents entered the town, and disarmed the guard at the Library, but were driven back after an engagement, in which several were killed. A new battalion of the Muni cipal Guard, formed by CABRAL, refused on the sth to march —they would not give up their arms—they were at tacked, and when the mail came off there had been fighting for two hours. There is every probability that by the next packet we shall receive accounts of the pronunciamiento of Oporto. The directors of the Bank of Oporto having declined ad vancing 10 contos (60,000 f.) to the Dictator Curran, he cast them into prison, and took by force 80 contos (480,0000 and deposited them in the Savings' Bank (caisse economique). All the telegraphs of the north, as far as Coimbra, are de stroyed. Lieutenant-Colonel TABOADA, who caused the inoffensive inhabitants of Villa do Conde, as well as the prisoners, to be murdered, has paid dearly for his sanguinary acts. A party of the insurgents has entrapped him and his column into an ambuscade, and shot them every one. Madrid papers of the 15th have arrived. The Herald() declares that General NARVAEZ, has at the urgent request of the QUEEN', accepted the Embassy to Naples. The papers announce the appointment of Senor ANTONIO GIL DE ZURATE to the office of Director-General of Public Instruction. The Madrid Bolsa was closed on the 15th. --ms. We have r ece i ved the Paris papers of Thursday. The Chamber of Deputies were engaged during the whole of the sitting of Wednesday in the discussion of the Budget. The Courrier Francais says :—" ACouncil of l‘li n i s ters was held y es t erday. It sat fora long time, and was exclusiv el y engaged i n th e consideration arising out of the application made by Marshal 13noxAun an d which was introduced by General AIA GNAN. No fi n al decision was come to, and the Council adj ourned till the 25th, by which ti me im p ortant dispatches from th e Duke D'Au mAL E are expected to arrive." It was supp ose d that the trial of LECOMTE would com mence about the 26th of this month. According to the C onstitutionnel, the Emperor of MOROCCO is anxious to discipline his infantry and artillery after the European manner, and that he has applied to the Govern- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1846. SECOND EDITION. timillai Oitait LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1846. The House of Commons were last night occupied for a considerable time in the discussion of the notable poi nt raised by Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, viz., that the appointment of the Committee of Selection in the present session Tres in formal and void, and that consequently they had no allth 0- rity to require his attendance, or any of the Committee, and that he was justified in his refusal to comply with their re quest. As may easily be imagined, the motion was negatil - ed by a very large majority, the numbers being 108 to 36; a nd of the small number who voted in the minority many were influenced by a pity for the fate sf the refractory Member, and an anxiety to Le enable( I to restore him to liberty which it was feared his obstinacy would prevent him from obtaining by any other means. They, therefore, readily caught at a point however trivia/ and unimportant in itself, in order that, by giving him the benefit of a doubt, they might be enabled to give effect to their kind and benevolent feelings. How much, soever, we 1 ' may respect this feeling, we think it would be much below the dignity of the Legislature had they suffered it to prevail. It would exhibit the House in a very humiliating light indeed if they permitted it to :go forth to the world that they had conducted their own affairs in so slovenly and negligent a manner, that their authority might be set at nought, their orders despised, and the solemn decision of the House itself disobeyed ; and that when the offender was at length brought to punishment, after every possible opportunity having been afforded to him of recon sidering the line of conduct he had determined on, he should escape from the consequences of his folly by showing the error of their proceedings. It would indeed have been an un worthy means of escaping from the difficulty, if any such really existed, to enter into such a compromise as that suggested by Mr. WAKLEY, to say, we have both been in fault, we'll now discharge you from custody, let bygones be bygones—let us shake hands and be friends for the future. The House were either right or wrong in the course they adopted ; if right, and that they were anxious to save the Hon. Member from suffering the natural conse quences of his own obstinacy, the far more dignified course for them to pursue would be to say, we consider you have been sufficiently punished in the three weeks' incarceration you have already undergone, and we now discharge you, having sufficiently vindicated our authority; and we trust that the lesson may not be thrown away, but that for the future you will act in a wiser and more becoming manner; on the other hand, if they were wrong, and that the Hon. Member had been unjustly punished, it would not be becom ing on either side that they should sneak out of their acts and cover their injustice by such a paltry compromise. No; they should acknowledge their fault, and as far as in them lay take steps to repair the injustice of which they had been guilty. We cannot, however, conceive that there was any error in the proceedings The arguments of Mr. EsTcoußr, Sir G. GREY, and Mr. STRCTT, distinctly proved that the Committee were duly and properly appointed by the standing order of the House, and that it was not competent to the House itself to alter the constitution of that Committee until they had in the first instance repealed that standing order. It is ma nifest, therefore, that if there was any irregularity, it was that which took place in the session of 1845, when the Rouse came to a resolution that such a Committee should be appointed, and thereby exceeded their powers, as it had been already constituted by the standing order, and the very persons indicated who, by virtue of their situations as chair men of the Standing Orders' Committee and of the several Sub-Committees, should constitute the Com mittee of Selection ; besides, had the original ap pointment been bad in itself, the Committee were sanctioned and recognised by the House, who had remitted to it the transaction of business, and by their own resolution required them to choose the persons to serve on the various railway Committees; but the broad and dignified ground was that takeel by Sir GEORGE GREY, who contended that the authority exercised by the Committee was not material _to the real question; that Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN was not confined for violating any order of any Committee of the House, but simply because he had refused to obey an order made by the House that he should attend a railway Committee which had been appointed by the House. Ii there had been no Committee of Selection in existence, the House had made an order which one of its Members refused to obey. That was clearly a contempt, and it was in fact for that of fence, and not for disobeying the orders of the Committee of Selection, that Mr. O'BRIEN was confined. This is the true point in which to consider the question, and as such we stated it in our columns yesterday, some time before the able speech of Sir GEORGE GREY was delivered. ,We can not now conceive why Mr. O'BRIEN should longer refrain from making his submission to the House; he stood formerly on the broad question of principle, that he as an Irish Member could not, and ought not, to be required to take a part in any proceeding in which Ireland was not in some manner in terested. For the sake of that principle, he avowed himself ready to undergo any penalty the House might choose to in flict ; and by bringing forward another, and totally different ground on .which he might obtain his freedom, he has vir tually abandoned his former position. He bas`not abided by that which lie avowed to be his ample and sufficient justifi cation. We do hope that he will not now permit a mere dogged obstinacy to prevent his bowing to the authority of that House, which he himself, as one of its members, is as much interested as any one in maintaining. We perceive that the Committee on which he was appointed to act' will terminate their sittings on Monday, and we think that there may then be an opportunity for the House, without any sacrifice of dignity, to release the Honourable Member from that custody in which he was detained during the entire labours of the Committee in which he refused to bear a part. The preliminary skirmishing that took place in the House of Peers on Monday and Tuesday, upon the introduction of the Corn and Customs' Bills respectively, gives us a faint outline of the conflict upon which their Lordships will have to enter early in the ensuing week. As far as these glim merings can guide us, we do not feel much apprehension respecting the ultimate decision to be come to upon the Ministerial measures. On both of these occasions the Duke of RICHMOND, as was to be anticipated, rushed to the onslaught. On one of them only—the presentation of the Customs' Bill—did Lord ASHBURTON offer any remarks. The above-named Noble Lords were the only speakers of any weight who intimated their continued opposition to the commercial policy of the Government. Lord ASHBURTON'S speech in Hants, delivered some time since, upon the new measures, which were then shadowed forth as likely to emanate from the Ministry, was freely commented upon at that period. The impression it left upon our minds was only to strengthen the opinions we had previously entertained in favour of the principle of free trade in grain, and of the ad visability of relaxing our duties upon a variety of foreign products. We are far from participating in his Lordship's fears, slightly sketched as they were on Tuesday night, respecting our colonies. His views strike us as being meagre and selfish, quite unworthy the adoption of this great and free country. We believe that when this branch of the subject comes under full discussion Lord ASHBURTON will find his match in the luminous and powerful mind of Earl GREY. Parties are said to be generally the best judges of their own interests, and it is worthy of recollection that, so far as the Canadas are concerned, the latest accounts show that those important colonists do not share in the appre hensions of Lord ASHBURTON. We rejoice to have already observed some abatement of the violence of the Duke of RXCLJMOND. Early in the ses sion his Grace threatened to encounter the Government measures with every obstacle of which the forms of Parlia ment would admit. Nevertheless the first reading of the Corn Bill has been permitted to pass under the flourish of a simple protest. We rejoice, moreover, to have his Grace's assurance that, on his part, the dignity of debate will not be compromised by any further indulgence in personality against the Ministry; and particularly against the Chief of the Cabinet. Abstinence from this line of argument, and confining themselves solely to the real merits of the Bills before them, will best serve to secure the continuance of the respect with which a great portion of the people are inclined to regard the hereditary branch of the Legislature. We have our misgivings that, however laudable may be the ex ample hereafter set by his Grace in this respect, it will not be emulated by his new political ally, Lord STANLEY. To place this nobleman under a similar restraint will be like call ing upon him to play in Hamlet, with the part of Hamlet omitted by particular desire. As a rhetorical display, we can readily imagine that his Lordship's coming speech will gratify his audience to the full. Lord STANLEY is, as it were, by instinct, an accomplished orator. In all the essential characteristics of a statesman he is lamentably deficient. He has weakened, in stead of strengthening, every Cabinet of which he has been a member. Lord JOIIN RUSSELL once told the House of Commons, that of all his colleagues the services he could dis pense with, with the least regret, were those of Lord STANLEY. The last measure of significance which Lord STANLEY, when in opposition, took under his own special protection, was one for the registration of voters in Ireland. The majorities, though narrow, by which it was supported, unhappily tended to hasten the fall of Lord MELBOURNE'S Government. The measure was, however, manfully resisted by Lord JOHN RussELL, as its operation would manifestly have been to stint the limited franchise of the oppressed and suffering Irish ; and Lord STANLEY had shortly afterwards the unenviable satisfaction of filling, till within the last few months, an im portant post in the succeeding Cabinet, which not only never revived the pet offspring of his mind, but actually admitted in Parliament, through Sir Jamas GRAHAM, that the statis tical inquiries, officially instituted in their Governmental ca pacity, fully bore out the view taken of the measure by Lord itura Russim. This is but one of many instances that establishes the incompetency of Lord STANLEY to be a fit guide or counsellor upon any great measure of national import. It is clear from what has recently fallen from the Duke of RICHMOND that the protectionists will stoutly labour to argue that an appeal ought to havebeen made to the country in November last, and ought to be made now, before the measures they object to be permitted to become the law of the land. They will ground their argument by asserting that the country returned a Conservative majority to Par liament for the especial purpose of resisting the principles of free trade. This assertion is easily rebutted; it is a gra tuitous assumption. Lord MELBOURNE went to the country because the House of Commons, convoked under his own auspices in 1837, had declared his Government not entitled to their confidence. Sir R. PEEL, in moving the vote of want of confidence, recommended it (rightly or wrongly) upon the grounds, that year after year there had been a falling revenue, the expenditure largely exceeding the in come of the country ; that our foreign relations were, in dif ferent parts of the globe, in an unsatisfactory state; that, fur a long period the Ministers had been unable to carry through certain measures which they had declared to Le essential to the welfare of the nation ; and that, therefore, Parliament ought not to allow them to aced with those vast interests which, for good or fur evil, were involved in the budget they had brought forward, when their Strength as a Government was completely exhausted. The House of Commons adopted this view. The country was !ail e d upon to decide whether representativestheir,iaffirmative. It is futile tldexercised fle l wi t s o allude to casual spe eches di scre tion, and it decilee t ci in tie f made here and there upo n th e it: counties and boroughs are , ly f i t i r i t s h t t h i n t e h g e s b . most de inv ri c : h h s p ie e o a sn r w t i , nt n h s sa t divided u t. s el lc Stephen's. i e hs n s ie w great ne,sss. a n dTheparties,u upon on n a solemn g iEnglish corresponding areilntel ligent, eniand business, separates the Treasury from the Op positionligent, practical men of u n il g iov e o n ekr e ,e r j a w l ue a p o p r e p ap e e a t ah l te, b np e i lo n at i i nc t p. i us c l s a aps l re rd o se p :i. i ein n oe i utc o ihs n i ee , tsow t ; d i hl e el y es. of the Senate and led to the dissolution. g t f s o orn r n ma l du a ec s hf t o o tro l t ‘ h • t h he a s ei o t r i l lh pa t r a:s o tl e cd that dissolutionoflare h l 8e would ,S id no Sir R. PEEL pledge PELf himselfrequentl Q up y to dd p is o t r i t nctly dthe ment of Algiers for the assistance of French officers. His Application has been favourably received. The Minister of War received on Wednesday a report from Marshal BUGEAUD, dated from the Oued• Rouina the 11th. 'e merely incloscs a repot from Colonel PELISSIER, dated the 6th, giving an account of some slight successes in the Dahra. Colonel PELISSIER states that Bou-Maza, who was still very ill, bad left the Dahra for the Ouarensenis. The Minister has also received a report from General DE BAR, dated Algiers, the 15th. It states that things were going on favourably for the French in the Dahra, and that YArtra- BEN-I - Aura, who has replaced Bou-MAzA in command, had ;wide an unfortunate debut by attacking a party under Colo nel CAUROBERT. The Arab chief had 20 of his men killed, and the rest of his force was dispersed. The Duke D'AUMALE vas at Sorn-Ghouzelam on the 9th, organizing the arrange ments for his campaign. Thursday (Ascension) was observed on the Paris Bourse AS a close holiday. The Three per Cents. were done at Ton- TONI'S at 81f. 15c. The following are the quotations in the new lines : LYONS, MAY 19.—Marseilles and Avignon, 918 f. 75c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,250 f. ; Roues, 1,032 f. 50c. ; Lyons, .552 f. 50e. ; Vierzon, GG5f. ; Northern, 7Glf. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Central of Spain, —Dutch Rhenish, 7%—East —Louvain and Jemappe, g, —Lux embourg, 2—Namur and Liege, 4—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6,4—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, s—Sambre and Meuse, 5. AFFAIRS OF LA PLATA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.—We have received, vid Rio de Janeiro, important Monte Vi lean dates to the 3d of March. General Urquiza had been compelled to retreat from the pro vince of Corrientes before the combined forces of Corrientes and Paraguay, under General Paz, with loss of baggage and horses. Since the above was written, we have received the fol lowing : " Accounts have been received, by way of Per nambuco, to the 14th •of March from Rio Grande, and the 6th of March from Monte Video. At this latter place they had received official dis patches from General Paz, in Entrerios, dated the 14th of February, stating that General Urquiza, with Rosas' army, had been in front of the combined Corrientes aad Pa raguayan army for some days; that he had succeeded in capturing Urquiza's horses and carts ; and that the latter was then retreating before him in disorder ; and he had no doubt his forces would be completely dispersed. The im pression at Monte Video was, that General Paz's army amounted to 17,000 men—an overwhelming force for that country; and if this be correct, he must soon dispossess Rosas' adherents of all Entrerios, and render General Oribe's position in the Monte Videan territory very hazardous." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, was not very active, only 3,000 to 4,000 bales being sold, of which 500 were on speculation. The sales of the week have been 29,340 bales. Shares have been dull. Messrs. Lamond's auction of Railway shares yesterday was rather dull. The following are a few of the sales :—Great Indian Peninsular, 7s.—Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 10s. 6d.—Cornwall, 11. 18s.—Oxford and Cambridge, 15s.— Over Yssels, 1/. 2s. 6d.— Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia, 7s. 6d.—Cornwall and Devon Central, IL 9s. 6d.—North Staffordshire, Churnet, and Potteries, Si. 14s.—East Indian, 16s. 6d.—Paris and Lyons, 61. 13s.—Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil, 1 ls. 6d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junc tion, 3L—London and Manchester (Remington's), 17s. 6d.—. Goole and Doncaster, 1/. 12s. 6d.—Shrewsbury and Birming ham, 21. 18s.—Vale of Neath, 1/. 10s. There are no later arrivals to• day from any quarter. The chief movements of the Bank of England during the week to May 16, were as follows : Notes issued Increase ..... 275,220 Rest, increase 11,988 Public deposits, increase Other deposits Increase Seven• day and other Bills, decrease ... 18,289 Other securities, increase Bullion 14,184;676 Increase _ The issues of notes it may be presumed have been increased by the payment of the Sycee silver purchased from Govern ment, and may be justified too upon the ground of the weekly increasing amounts to the credit of the public trea sury,. T y, ibuen tbusiness locked keeps until very next steady. dividend and salary day The arrangement which has been attempted by a few of the bondholders of the Active and Deferred debt of Mexico, seems to have assumed a substantive shape, but we hope the Committee has been duly consulted in the matter, as in fairness and courtesy they ought to be. The proposal now is to convert Active and Deferred Debt into a new Five per Cent. Stock, to bear interest from July next; the present Actives being converted at 77%, and the De ferred at 65 per cent. In the Funds there is very little doing. Consols have been marked 96 1 and 96 1 4 for Transfer next week, and 96% 1 / 4 for Account. Exchequer-bills have been flat at 17s. to 21s. premium. Bank Stuck has been at 205 1 4 to 206. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 97 1 / a to 97%. There is a higher market for Mexican Bonds, which are about 32% nominally for the Actives, and 17 to 17 1 4 for the Deferred. Spanish Stock has been quoted 24% for the Five per Cents., and 37 1 % for the Three per Cents. Portu guese Old Stock is at 81. For Railway Shares the market is dull again. The bargains in Scrip and Shares are again mostly at favourable rates for the buyers. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock • • • • .. - • .. .. 206 205% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95 1 / 8 % Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 9614 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. AIMS. 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 India Stock • • .. .. • • • . .. 267 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. under 1,0001. . .. 20 Consols for Account .• • .. 96% % Exchequer Bills. d. I%d. 1,000/. .. 21 17 pm. 5001. .• • ... 17 -- pm. Ditto. Small • • .... 20 17 20 pm. Ditto, Advertised .. '2O 17 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds .. • • • .• Granada, 1 per Cent. .. • • • • 22% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .• Ditto, Deferred .. • • . • 1714 17 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent • • 39% Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent... • • 81 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 109% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent.....— Ditto, for the Account .. • • 24% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. • • 37M Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen .. . .. 10 .... 4%%'y to Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. to Birmingham add Oxford Junction • . 2 .... 2%.... to Buckinghamshire • . .. • . 425. .... par •• .. to Caledonian • • .. .. 10 .... .... to Ditto Half Shares .. • . .. • • 2% •• • . 1% ••.. to Cambridge and Oxford .. • • .. •• n•• .. to 1 Direct Manchester (Remington's) • • 2% •• • • N .... to Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. • • 5 1 A •• • . 3% •.. to Direct Northern .• • • • • .. • • 2% •• • . 1% •• .. to Dublin and Galway .• .. • • • • 4 -• • • 3% ••.. to Eastern Counties • . • • 141. 16s. Od.• •• • 23 .... to 22% Ditto, York Extension 10s. .• • • 1% •• • • to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • • •• 50 •• • ••.. to Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .• .. 10 .... 17 1 A .... to Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester • • .. 2%.... 2 .. .. to Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, &c... 428. }. 2 dis. to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 20 .... 23 to Great Western .. • • • • • . 85 .. • • •• • • to Ditto, Quarter Shares • . .. • . 5 .... 16 1 ,E .. to Guildford, Fareham, and Portsmouth 5 • • 4M •••• to Leicester and Bedford 225. .... % pto London and Birmingham .• • • .. 100 ••• • •• .. to Ditto. Thirds .. • • • • • • .. 24 •• - 62 .... to London and Croydon .. • • 131. 15s. 9d. •• •• .. • • to Ditto, Guaranteed Five per Cent... 9 .• • 9 7 /.. ••to London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. • • 9% .. ••to London and South-Western 411. 6a. 10d. -- •• .. to Ditto, New .. • . .. • • .. 1714 .... 28 3 4 to London and York .. • • • • 2% 21/ to Ditto, Half Shares .. 214 .... 29 8 .. • • to 2 Manchester and Leeds • • . •• 82 .... ••..to -- Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • 38 .... 57 .... to Ditto, Quarters .• .. • • • • 2 .. • • 12% 3 4 .• to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425. •••• % p.. to Manchester and Southampton .. .. 2 .. • • I% •• • • to Midland Ditto, New .. .. • • • • •• 18 .... 30% .. •• to 311,4 Newcastle and Darlington Junction .. 25 .... Dltto. New • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 •• .. 9 .. • • to 8% Newcastle and Berwick • • • . •. 15 .. • • 24%.. ••to 24 North British • • • • • • .. 22% to Ditto, Carlisle Extension I 214 .. • • to -- North Staffordshire • • • • • • • • 425. •• • . 3%% pto Preston and Wyre • • • • • • • • • • 25 .... 30% • • • to Scottish Midland • . • • • • • • • • 10 .• • • 6% •. • • to Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. • • 2% •••• 2% .. to South Midland • • • • • • • • • 425. %14 dis to South Wales .. • • • • • • 5 .... .... to West Riding Union .. .. • • • • 425..... 214 p.. to Wisbeach and St. Ives .. • • •• 2 .... 1% .. • • to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth • • 5 •• 3 1 4 •••• to York and North Midland .. • . 50 •• .. • • ... to Ditto East and West Riding Extension I .... 11 .... to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish .. • • .. • • 6 .. , • 7%54.. to Jamaica South Midland Junc• ion .. 1 .. • • 1% .. • . to Northern of France Constituted • • 5 14% .... to Paris and Lyons Constituted • • • • 5 •• • • 674 •• • • to Paris and Rouen .. 20 .. • • 39%...• to MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered • . •• .. .. • • to COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam C.F. 12 10% Gibraltar.. •• . ..... Ditto, at sight ...... 12 714 Leghorn • ..... 30 75 Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 11 Genoa 26 15 Antwerp .............. 26 20 Milan ...... ........ Hamburgh ......M.B. 13 15% Venice ........ ........ Altona.• ........ ••• • • • Naples 3914 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 85 Palermo, per oa. . 1194 Ditto, 3 months .• 26 10 Lisbon • ........ 52;4 Marseilles •... • • ..... • 26 15 Oporto.. 8214 80urdeaux.......... • • 26 15 Rio Janeiro 24 Frankfort on Maine.... 123 Bahia Petersburgh, 3 U 5......— Buenos Ayres .. .. • Berlin ..... • • • • New York, 2l days' sight Vienna, effec.flo• • • • .. 10 11 Philadelphia .... • • .... Trieste, ditto.. .. . • .... 10 12 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid 36% Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Cadiz .. ........ 36 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 . New Doubloons . 0 0 0 Barcelona New Dollars ........ 0 4 9% 5evi11e................ Silver In bars ........ 0 4 11 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) C °VENT...GARDEN. Immense supplies of both fruit and vegetables were on sale, yet a good business was transacted, at full prices. Pines, 75 to lOs per pound ; Strawberries, Is to is 6d per ounce-; Hothouse Grapes, 5s to 6s per pound ; Apples, 2s to 7s per bushel ; Oranges, 4s 6d to 125 ; and Lemons, 6s to lOs per hundred ; Rhubarb, 6s to 9s per dozen bundles ; Aspa - agus, 2s 6d t(47s per bundle ; Katt, is to 2s 6d per punnet ; French Beans, 2s per hundred ; New Potatoes, 4d to is is per pound; Brocoli, 3s to 9s ; Red Cabbages, 9d to is per dozen; Greens, Is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches ; Celery, Is ; and Horse radish, 2s to 38 per bundle; Mushrooms, 9d per pottle ; Spinach, 6d to 8d per junk ; Cauliflowers, is Gd to 2s per dozen ; Cucumbers, is to 3s 6d each ; Carrots, 3s; and Turnips, I s to 2s per dozen bunches ; Gooseberries, is Gd to 2s per gallon. NEVJGATZ AND LEADEN!!! Alas. Prime Beef and Mutton moved off steadily at full prices. In all other kinds of meat very little was doing. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 5s to 6a; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 3s 84 to 5s per Sibs by the carcase. Turkey ,4s to 8s; Goslings, 5s to 7s ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 3d ; Ducklings, 3s to 3s 6d; Tame Rabbits, is 3d to 2s; Pigeons, 9d to Is; Guinea Fowls, 4s to 5s each; Surrey Fowls, Os to lls ; and Chickens, 4s to 7s per couple. Fresh Butter, Is to is 6d per lb. - NEWP OEM. Beef from 2a 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 4s 2d tchss ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per 81bs. HUNGERPOUD. The supplies of most articles on sale were a g ain abundant, while the general demand ruled heavy, and prices had a downward ten dency. BILLINGSGATE. We had an abundant supply of fish on sale, and which moved off slowly, at but little Variation in prices. WHITECHAPELI. Beef from 2s- 6d to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 3s to 4s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to Gs ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; imd Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per 81bs. LLOYD'S SHIPPI q G.-(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 23.—Wind S.W., light breeze, and fine. DEAL, MAY 22.—Wind S.E., light.—Arrd. Abbotsford, Buckland, Pomba) , ; Victoria, Antwerp, and sid: for New York. Sid. India, Batavia. Arrd. from the River, Competitor, Hyde, Adelaide, South Australia. Ski. Tweed, Williams, Cape Coast Castle. FALMOUTII, MAY 22.—The Janet, Henderson, from the Clyde to Marseilles, which put in here yesterday, leaky, and with cargo shifted, has been surveyed, and commenced discharging her cargo. LIVERPOOL, MAY 22.—The Ocean Queen, Van Zuilecom, from Quebec to this port, in towing down the St. Lawrence, May 1, caught the ground, knocked off her false keel, and was hogged about eight inches on the larboard side. The Crusader, Maria, Jane, Ceylon, and Sir Robert Peel, which were stranded in the St. Lawrence last fall, have been taken back to Quebec. CORK, MAY 20.—A1l yesterday it blew nearly a gale from S., but moderat ed towards nightfall. WisnzAen, MAY 21.—Sarah Ann, Weare, Newport; passed on the 20th, Lynnwell Float'; bearin; W.S.W., distant seven miles, a qua ntity of wreck, with topsails loose , and topgallant sails furled, supposed to belong to a brig. A brig's maintop, lowermast head, and part of maintop - mast , have been picked up and r la at i;d e ed her LEIT MAY 22.—The Alma, Christiansen, Grangemouth . Hamburgh, has put in here with cargo shifted, and must g ni°Jl. for discharge. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, MAY 22,-- We have li m it e d supplies of all grain this week. The renewed state of un certainty as to the ultimate fate of the Corn Bill, and the very light stocks held by our millers, caused to-day a better inquiry for fresh wheats, and best qualities sold freely at a slight improvement on last week's prices. Fine barley moved off readily at farmer rates. Beans fully as dear. Oats and Shelling each dull rale and a trifle dearer. Malt in request. _ The Duke of Beaufort arrived in town last evening, tirom Bristol. Week ending BREAD The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis :are from 8d to 836 d ; of Household do, 534 d to 73% d per 4lbs loaf. BIDE ivxmazET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d ; do. 64113i0 721 b, 3d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3Md; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3Md to 3)0 ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 3%d to 4d; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to ‘*¢d; do. 1041 b to 1121 b, 4%d to sd. Calf Skins, 3s to Gs Gd ; Horn Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 7s 6d ; Bents and Half Breds, 4s 8d to Gs 9d ; Downs, 4s to 5s 3d ; Lambs, 2s 9d to 4s ; Shearlings, 6d to Bd. EAT MiIIiZIKZTEI. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; Clover ditto, 41 4s to 5/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 4/ 4s ; Clover ditto, 41 53 to 5l 12s ; Oat Straw, 11 12s toll 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1114 s to 11 16s per load. Supply moderate, and trade heavy. WHITIECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 41 89 to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1116 s per load. A full average supply, and a dull trade. C 0 URT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Commissioners for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts, in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by the Hon. Captain Gordon. The Commissioners present were the Right Hon. the Speaker Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Lord Mahon, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Hallam, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Wyse.' The Secre tary, Mr. Eastlake was in attendance. ' • Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their usual exercise yesterday, in the garden of the Palace . The three Highland Dwarfs, accompanied by Mr. Mc Kenzie, had the honour of performing their national dances and songs, on Thurs day evening, at Buckingham Palace, in the presence of the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and a select circle. Her Ma jesty was graciously pleased to express her approbation. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took au airing, yesterday, in an open carriage. - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, Bart„ honoured the per formance of the French 'plays with her presence yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at tended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Buccieuch with their company at dinner yesterday evening, at Montagu-house, Whitehall-gardens. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with Sir Robert Peel at his re sidence in Whitehall Gardens yesterday. The Metropolitan Railway Termini Commission had a meeting yesterday. The Commissioners present were Viscount Canning, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, and Sir Frederick Smith. Ihe Earl of Westmoreland arrived in town on 1 hursday night. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governor of Van Dieman's Land. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROX OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. Another splendid cutter yacht, built by Ratsey, was launched from his yard on Tuesday last, in the presence of a number of fasnionables. The sponsor on the occiision was the amiable daughter of Captain Paget, R.N., who named the yacht " Gonlola." She measures 76% tons, and has been built for W. H. Woodhouse, Esq., of Liverpool. The Eudora, belonging to Nat. Anderson, Esq., is on Ratsey's slip, undergoing a thorough overhaul, and will be newly coppered. The Ganymede cutter arrived here on Tuesday from the Mediter ranean, and is to be refitted for the season. The Talisman is all ataut. The Camilla, T. Halifax, jun., Esq., and the S)arrowhawk, Thos. Halifax, Esq., will ship hands and be commissioned on Monday. ARRIVALS. MAT 15. Nymph cutter, Sir John Bayley, Bart., from Ports mouth. 16. Medina cutter, Sir B. H. Graham, Bart., from Lymington ; Frisk cutter, Richard Frankland, Esq., from Lymington.; 19. Ganymede cutter, G. 11. W. P. Smith Pigott, Esq., from Me diterranean and Plymouth. SAILINGS. MAY 16. Medina cutter, Sir B. R. Graham, Bart., for London. 19. Hawk schooner, William Moore, Esq., for Ryde and London. 22. Frisk cutter, Richard Frankland, Esq., for Cherbourgh ; Kes trel brigantine; Commodore Earl of Yarborough, on a cruise. AT AND ABOUT THE STATION, Cutters—Nymph, Caprice, Turquoise, Eudora, Whim, Apsarah, St. Margaret, Iris, Ganymede. Thu Commodore's health is very much improved since he has em barked. The Hon. Captain Dudley Pelham proceeded with him on a cruise to the westward this day. The weather has set in fine and warm—ther. 63., bar. 29.95. THE CROPS.—The corn is looking up, and in a few more such days will have put on an appearance of health it has long needed ; the cold and wet have given it a yellow and sickly look. The crops of clover, vetches, and grasses generally, are very tine and forward. The potatoes look well. The wetness of the season has prevented the lands being got ready for mangold wurzel, and very little has been sown : it has also prevented the sowing of barley ; many farmers have not got in more than half the quantity they would have done had the weather been more favourable. The hay harvest has com menced, and is likely to be the heaviest known for some years. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail• ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year NAME OF RAILWAY. Arbroath and Forfar ......... May 16 Bristol and Birmingham.. Chester and Birkenhead . ............ Dublin and Drogheda.. • • •• • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown .... • • •• • • •• • • Dundee and Arbroath . • . •• • • Durham and Sunderland . .• • • • . • - • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • ••• • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern• • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and. Ayr • • • • . • Glasgow and Greenock•. •• • . • •• Grand Junction • • • • • • Gravesend and Rochester.. ....•• .. . Great North of England ••-- • •• •• • Great Western . • ..... •. • •••• •• . Hartlepool .. London and Birmingham, &c..•• •.-. London and Blackwall.• • • • • London and Brighton •• London and Croydon .• • . • .• • • • • London and Greenwich ....... ...... London and South Western .•.•..•.. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Manchester and Birmlngham........ Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc— Midland Counties ................. Newcastle and Darlington •• •••• •• •• Newcastle and Carlisle.. .• •• •• •... Newcastle and North Shields.• •••• •• N0rf01k...........• .• ........ ...... North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and 0r1ean5.......... _ _ Paris and Rouen 731 831 988 262 629 3,486 8,574 2,717 960 Preston and Wyre..:::: '' Sheffield and Manchester South Eastern Taff Vale .. . Ulster . Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland 214 19,651 1,011 37,711 1,105 4,539 1,478 7,262 1,081 4,431 6,084 16,341 2,964 1,958 459 1,231 1,026 1,002 277 500 3,001 5,431 2,373 1,004 294 6,859 5,653 19,915 683 1,710 7,102 1,284 41,594 1,448 5,573 1,754 4,944 2,827 FATAL ACCIDENT TO MR. F. HILDYARD, BARRISTER. —Last night Mr. William Payne held an inquest at the Feathers Tavern, Whitefriars, on the body of Mr. Francis Hildyard, aged forty, a barrister, whose death occurred under the following melancholy circumstances :—Mr. David Wilson, surgeon, said that on Thursday evening, about a quarter-past six o'clock, he was in St. James's-park, within twenty yards of the Palace lodge, when he saw the deceased riding on horseback towards Constitution hill. After proceeding about two-thirds across the turning, the animal suddenly turned to the left, and whilst deceased was endeavouring to pull up the reins, his foot slipped out of the right stirrup, and losing his balance he hung,on for some time by the left leg. The animal continued its course towards the Palace, but previous to reaching the gate, deceased fell. Wit ness went to his assistance, and found him senseless and bleed ing profusely from the left ear. Witness conveyed deceased into the Palace lodge, untied his cravat, and upon examination he found only a slight cut at the back of the head. He procured a cabriolet, and accompanied him to his chambers in the Inner Temple-lane. Find ing that it was impossible to do anything for the deceased, he sent for Dr. Fergusson, who concurred with witness, that all that could be done, would be to watch the case. Witness, therefore, continued with the deceased until one o'clock that day (Friday), when he died. The cause of death was concussion of the brain. James Pullen, of Stanhope-street, Strand, said that the deceased formerly belonged to the Home Circuit, but during the last twelve months he had prac tised on the Northern Circuit. The animal had been in deceased's possession about four years. He had twice before fallen from the same animal. Verdict—" Accidental death." _ _ ..,......... ....---................ CIRCULATION OF FORGED .. CriEQuEs.—Yesterday the police of the city and metropolitan forces received additional in iormation of the ell culation of forged cheques of the house of Mulkey and Co. It appears that a man about twenty•eight years of age, five feet seven inches high, fair complexion, small whiskers, and pale face, in a black dress coat, grey trousers, light waistcoat, and gentle manly appearance, has been rather successful in passing them. The same individual got rid of two in one day at the shops of Mr. Smith, Linen-draper, Shaftesbury-terrace, and Mr. Gunter, Lowndes-street. Both spurious documents were drawn for the sum of 121. 15s. cacti, and at each of the above-named places he made purchases to the amount of 51., and received the difference in change. Yesterdayavairy barracks et near2d Llvi at the cavalry inaisftaettiodnebd G th r e en 3 t lar par qu k i! of Londonderry, the Colonel of the regiment, in Windsor Windsor, so r, Guards,were on l e i ntht the s body erce ooff W,an M of o a nd fe a i y na A Infant, n the t u t t e e s g t i o w m a a s t e h off el s d p r o l n n g Nesham, Esq., surgeorno,oomf , N i e t w h c i a t s s t t le h , ro a a n t d cu ric A h vheadrdiebr Of W fo i u lf n ui d under the bed in her returned. ROYAL lETY OF ENGLAND,-- m Ye s terday the annual members of thisE society' wa s Murder Ro yA a against in st the AGRICULTURAL omtheeertiwi, meeting s o r f e t t u sh , heeldupaitedthiehoofflociaei,r,llanover-square. LordbyPcor:mtohnaeenlE, actrhhleapuupodirleieesrLdetonhrted an d was supported by the Duke of Richmond, occupied entered Just at the close of the procecdings, president for the year camoys, Viscount Torrington, Colonel Challoner, Sir John Ogilvy, Sir R. Joddrell, Mr. Archibald, M.P., and several others. On the en suing. udseitcoocrnisid,oesdednirectors and other officers n sEn t ri l lg i n .. a f t TE i nomination fineteL.. wasop r r d e 8 unanimouslyedei l r m . ts o , y s e , were then formally re-elected. The report, read ' by Mr. Hudson, the secretary, stated, that since thedleasr:tiegnenveariralnmusesentiblgeeitns Dineechelemnbetart t o the o T i le invested capit a l of ti.e society con sists of the council had under their co the current bal ance at the last monthly .7 .l ,o e oo cts L o s f tn theestock, , society. altd meeting amounted to 1,4821. The society now consists of 6,971 mem bers. The report next stated that the arrears ofsubscription due by defaulting members amounted to no less than 6,7261. The council a h t a v N e e t e c a id t l s e d e . t t h i pantnt.hTeyanz hausalcllount ry meeting, to be h e ld thi s year take pl t a : c hat ein ntn t e he t z eh e b kco t mn the 13th of July, Thur s d ay gthelenperiinng cipal day of the show. ' the 16th o It is reported that a distinguished M.P., of liberal opinions, Is about t o ret i re from Parliament, wherehis exertions have always been used for the benefit of the people, whose faithful advocate lie has for several years proved himself to be. Mr. Justice Coleridge still remains at Brighton. He is improving in health, but it is not expected that his Lordship will be able to resume his judicial duties during the present term. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will entertain a distinguished circle at dinner this evening, after which her Ladyship will have an assembly. It is expected that the Court of Peers will sit on Tuesday next, to hear the requisitory of the Procureur-General, in the prosecution of Lecomte. All the documents, the examinations of the regicide and the witnesses, will be printed and distributed to the Peers.— Galignani. Our readers will be rejoiced to learn that the Earl of Shrewsbury's next heir Is a Catholic, and a fine healthy boy.— Beacon. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MAY 22. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The following resolutions were reported from this Committee:- 1. That, in the case of the Midland Railway Bills petition to read the Bills a third time, the sessional order ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to read the Bills mentioned • in the certificate deposited in the Private Bill-office a third - time. • 2. That, in the case of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Exten sions Bill, clause on consideration of report, the clause is of such a nature as may be adopted without the re-commitment of the Bill, if the House shall think fit. 3. That, in the case of the Dundee and Perth Railway amendment Bill, clause on consideration of report, the clause is of such a nature as may be adopted without the re-commitment of the Bill, if the House shall think fit. 4. That, in the case of the Hartlepool Gas Bill, Amendment'on consideration of report, the amendment Is of such a nature as nuts be adopted without the re-commitment of the Bill, if the House shall think fit. 5. That, in the case of the Scottish Central Railway (Perth Ter mini and Stations) Bill, clause on consideration of report, the clause is of such a nature as may be adopted without the re-commitment of the Bill, if the House shall think tit. ........ 6. That, in the case of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, report on petition for addlional provision , the standing orders ought not to be disposed with. 7. That, in the case of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway Extensions, petition for additional provision, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. First resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons•) FRIDAY, MAY 22. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN, ESQ. Motion made, and Question put, " That the order made upon the 27th day of April last, " That William Smith O'Brien, E sq ., do attend the said Committee (Group 41) to-morrow,' be discharged• The House divided : MINORITY-AYES, 36. Archbold, Robert Ferrand, W. B. Paget, Colonel Attwood, M. Fleetwood, Sir P. Pollington, Viscount Barron, Sir H. W. Hindley, C. Powell, Caleb Bridgeman, Hewitt James, Sir W. 5he11,...R. L. Browne, R. D. Johnson, General Somers, J. P. Carew, R. S. • M'Carthy, Alex. Somerville. Sir W. Collett, John M`Donnell, J. M. Strickland, Sir G. Crawford, W. S. Milnes, R. Monckton Wakley, Thon U Dawson, T. V. Muntz, G. F. Warburton, H. Escott, Bickham Norreys, Sir D. Watson, W. Esmonde, Sir T. O'Connell, Daniel TELLERS. Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, John French, F. ' Fielden, John O'Conor, Don O'Connell, M. J. IAJORITY-NOES, 180. FACTORIES BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate upon Amendment pro posed to be made to the Question, " That the Bill be now read a second time," and which Amendment was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question again proposed, " That the word now stand part of the Question:"—Debate resumed : Question put. The House divided : t MINORITY-AYES, 193. Acland, Sir T. Entwisle, W. Mostyn, E. M. L. Acland T. D. Etwall, Ralph Muntz, G F. Acton, Colonel . Evans, Sir De Lacy Napier, Sir Charles Adderley, C. B. Ewart, William Neeld, Joseph Aglionby, H. A. Farnham, E. Neeld, John Ainsworth, Peter Fellowes, E. Newdegatc, C. N. Alford, Viscount Ferran& W. B. Newry, Viscount Archdall, Captain Finch, George Norreys, Lord Arundel, Earl of Fitzroy, Lord C. O'Brien, A. S. Austen, Colonel Fox, S. L. O'Connell, Daniel Bagge, William Frewen, C. H. O'Connell, J. Bailey, Joseph Fuller, A. E. Ossulston, Lord Baillie, William Gardner, J. D. Paget, Colonel Bankes, George Gaskell, J. M. Paget, Lord A. Bannerman, A. Gooch. E. S. Palmer, Robert Barnard, Edward G. Gore, W. 0. Palmerston, Vis. Baskerville, T. B. Gore, W. R. 0. Plumptre, J. P. _ Beckett, W. Goring, Charles • Plumridge, CaPia'', Bell, John Granby, Marquis of Pollington, Vlscou n. Benett, John Granger, T. C. Rashleigh, W. Bennet, Philip Grey, Sir G. Repton, G. W. J . . Bentinck, Lord G. Grimsditch, Thomas Rich, Henry Bentinek, Lord H. Grogan, Edward Richards, Richard Beresford, Major Grosvenor, Lord R. Rolleston, Colonel Berkeley, Craven Halford, Sir Henry Russell, Lord Jolin Bernal, Ralph Mall, Sir Benjamin Ryder, Granville P. Blackburife, J. I. Hall, Colonel Sandon, Viscount Blackstone, W. S. Halsey, T. P. Scott, F. Borthwick, Peter Hamilton, G. A. Shaw, F. Bradshaw, James Harcourt, G. Shell, R. L. Bramston, T. W. Harris, lion. Capt. Sheppard, T. Bridgeman, H. Hatton, Captain Sheridan, R. B. Brisco, M. Heathcote, G. J. Sibthorp, Colonel Broadley, 11. Henley, J. W. Smith, A. Broadwood, H. Hervey, Lord A. Smith, Vernon Brocklehurst, J. Hildyard, T. B. T. Spooner, Richard Brooke, Lord Hill, Lord E. Staunton, Sir G. Brotherton, J. Hindley Charles Stuart, Lord J. Browne, W. Hollond, Robert Stuart, John Buller, Charles oward, C. W. Strickland, Sir G. Buller, Edward Howard, E. G. Taylor, E. Burrell, Sir C. Hudson, George Taylor, J. A. Busfeild, W. Ingestre, Visct. Tollemacho, J. Cayley, Edward S. Inglis, Sir R. H. Tower, C. Chandos, Marquis of Jervis, John Townely, John Christie, W. D. Johnson, General Troubridge, Slir E. Christopher, R. Kemble, H. Tumor, C.: Churchill, Lord A. S. Knight, F. W. Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Clifton, J. T. Lambton, IL Vane, Lord H. Cole, Hon. H. A. Law, Hon. C. E. Verner, Colonel Colquhoun, J. C. Lawson, A. Vyse, R. Cowper, W. F. Lefroy, A. Waddington, IL S. Crawford, W. S. Lennox, Lord G. H. Walker, Richard Curteis, H. B. Leslie, C. P. Watson, Henry Denison, E. B. Liddell, H. T. Wawn, J T. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Lowther, Hon. Col. Welby, G. E. Disraeli, B. Macaulay, T. B. Williams, W. Douglas, Sir H. Maclean, Donald Wodehouse, E. ~ Douglas, J. D. S. M•Carthy, - . Alexander Worcester, Mart Ill" Dun, James Il`Donnell, J. M. Wyndham, J. IL. Duke, Sir James Manners, Lord J. Yorke, R.H. Duncombo, T. March, Earl of Duncembe, 0. Miles, P. W. S. TELLERS— Dundas, David Miles, W. Wakley, T. East, J. B. Miloes, R. M. Fielders, John Ebrington, Viscount Morris, David MAJORITY—NOES, 203. A'Court, Captain Filmer, Sir E. Marde, Fox Alexander, N. Fitzmaurice, W. Meynell, Captain Begot, William Fitzroy, Henry Mildmay, 11. St.. John Baillie, Col. Flower, Sir J. Mitcalfe, H. Baine, Walter Forbes, W. Mitchell, T. A. Baldwin, Barry Forman, T. S. Moffatt, George, Balfour, J. M. Forster, Mathew Morgan, C. Barclay, David Gibson, T. M. Morpeth, VisoMIA Barkly, Henry Gill, Thomas Mundy, E. M. Baring, F. T. Gisborne, Thomas Norreys, Sir D. Baring, W. B. Godson, R. Northland, VLscip olo Barrington, Viscount Gordon, Hon. Capt. Ogle, S. C. Bell, Matthew Gore, Montague Oswald, James/ Bellew, R. M. Goulburn, Henry Owen, Sir John'. Benbow, John Graham, Sir James Paget, Lord W.. Bodkin, W. H. Greene, Thomas Parker, John Boldero, H. G. Hallyburton, Lord Patten, J. W. Botfleld, Beriah Hamilton, J. H. Pattlson, JaMeg Bouverie, Edward P. Hamilton, W. J. Peel, Sir R. Bowes, John Hanmer, Sir John Peel, Jonatham Bowles, Admiral Hastie, Archibald Philips, G. R. Bowring, Dr. Hawes, Benjamin Philips, Mart. Boyd, John Hay, Sir A. L. Price, Sir R. Bright, John Hayes, Sir E. Protheroe, Wig aro Bruce, Lord E. Hayter, W. G. Reid, Sir John Cardwell, E. Heneage, G. Reid, Colonel Carew, W. P. Hepburn, Sir T. Ricardo, J. L. Carnegie, Captain Herbert, Sydney Rorrilly, John Cavendish, C. C. Hinde, J. H. Round, John Cavendish, G. H. Hodgson, F. Rumbold, C. B. Cholmondeley, It. Hodgson, R. Russell, C. Chute, W. L. W. Hogg. J. W. Sanderson, R. Clay, Sir W. Holmes, W. A'Court Scott, Robert Clerk Sir G. ~ Hope, Sir .T. Seymour, Lord Clive, R. H. Hope, G. W. Seymour, Sir 'll. Cobden, Richard Houldsworth, T. Shelburne, Earl of Cockburn, Sir G. Howard, J. K. Smith, B en j : Amin Colebrooke, Sir T. Hume, Joseph Smyth, Sir H. Collett, W. R. Hutt, William Smythe, (I eerge Coote, Sir C. IL James, William Somerset, Lord .G• Corry, H. James, Sir W. C. Soth eron, T. H. S. Craig, W. G. Jermyn, Earl Starageid, W. il. C. Cripps, William Jocelyn, Viscount Stutt, Edward Currie, Raikes Jones, Captain PAnton, Herary Dalmeny, Lord Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Tancred, H. IV. Darner, Colonel Ker, D. S. Thesiger, Sir F. Dawson, T. V. Labouchere, Henry Thornely, T. Deedes, W. Langston, J. H. Tollemache, F •• 1 ; Denison, J. E. Lascelles, E.: Traill, George* Dennistoun, John Lascelles, W. S. Trelawny, J. S. ~ Dlvett, Edward Legh, G. C. Trench, Sir Ft. ' wv • Dodd, George Lemon, Sir C. Trevor, G. Douglas, Sir C. E. Lindsay, Captain Vernon, G. Douro, Marquis of Lockhart, A. E. Villiers, Char lel ; Dowdeswell, W. Lockhart, W. Vivian, J. E. Drummond, H. Lyall, Georgo Walpole, S. N. Duckworth, Sir J. Lygon, Gen. Warburton, H.. Dugdale, W. S. Mackenzie, T. Ward, H. G. Duncan, Viscount Mackenzie, W. F. Wellesley, Lo al C. Duncan, George Mackinnon, W. A. Wood, Charles Duncannon, Lord M`Neill, Duncan Wood, Colonel Dundas, F. Mahon, Viscount Wood, Colonel 1. Dundas, J. C. Maitland, T. Wortley, J. S.. 1 Egerton, W. T. Manners, Lord C. Wyndham, C ob ln e Escott, Bickham Marshall, William Wynn, Sir W.. Estcourt, T. G. Marsiand, Henry Evans, William Martin, John TELLY!! 0. Feilden, William Martin, C. W. Young, John Ferguson, Colonel Masterman, John Baring, Haw' PAIRS. AGAINST TUX BILL. Acheson, Viscount Attwood, J. FOR. Wrightson, W. B. Colvile, C. R. 31F A i t ,o t Gy w eea e:d eb J.y , Baillie, H. M. Brooke, Sir A. 'Brownrigg, Grattan, H. Bruges, W. H. L. Mangles, R. R. Codrington, Sir W. Gladstone, Captain Compton, H. C. Aillton, Lord Cresswell, B. Hothouse, Sir J. Blake, M. J. Hughes, W. B. Allix, P. Kirk, P. ratite, C. W. Bateson, T. Mackinnon, W. A. Fleetwood, Sir P. H. 114oleswortb. Sir W. Vyvyan, Sir K. Morgan, 0. Ac kers, J. Neville, R. Spry, Sir S. Ord, W. Somerton, Viscount Campbell, Sir H . Villiers. Viscount Seymer, H. K WWinallniCnitßoii, Sir T.l rs included)... ...! E t : u a . s t : s o e n l:l, H J . , j iv: ' . 205 AyerNo e (Tellers ee 195. Majority .... ..., 10 r. _________. abe r s it is rumoured that the Rev. Frederick Wilfore 131i' z it" M.A., late Fellow of University College, Oxford and rector • ft er og Huntingdonshire, is about to b ecome the founder of a new . K.- lio vtlit religion, the special principl e of which is to be submission to tm 00 Ar e of God, as expressed in its motto, Voluntas Dell The Pat : 2 id ther believed to be St. Thomas of Canterbury and St. Wilford, I" rote' brothers of the order. will be instructed to exhibit Christian ci A. 10 1 . - 41 principally In its aspect of cheerfulness, and will be employe i O t it tti the to laymen. It Is also stated that Mr. F. W. Faber sisting parish priests in all the duties which may be properlY , to ), celebrated Protestant controversialist, the Rev. George lot J •dge Faber, Master of Sherburn Hospital, Durham, and that he ri returned from Italy, after an absence of some months. — C e " . of Advertiser. Reim( 9 VIENNA, MAY 9. —Her Majesty the --. ......' . ---- Russia arrived here yesterday. ■••••••..................- Is nephev .1 oduest 1 - BIRTHS On the 20th i ns t ., at Wilton-crescent, the Countess of Root ai :Y , °f a daughter. soci. , On the 6th ult., at Solapore, the lady of Alexander Gray'. Bombay Civil Service, of a son. 40 0 ' On the 15th inst., at Paris, the lady of F. W. Affix, Esq., of a , i , Car On the 17th inst., at Woodhouse, near Halifax, the wido w 0. taM Atherton, of a son. of a On the 19th inst., the lady o f C a pt a i n J ames A. Murray,aY, B S ., Duch, daughter, at Reading. OP On the 19th inst., at Elth am , K en t, th e l a d y o f G e orge ,„ 0 Wollaston, Esq., of a son, still-born. f T• l ' On the 21st inst., at Cuckfleld Vicarage, Sussex, the wife ° Rev. T. A. Maberly, of a son. a Viol - On the 21st inst., the lady of John George Maclean, EEL' ...----"' pole-street, of a daughter. A On the `4oth inst., at Great Yarmouth, Captain Spankie , 48 , MARRIED. 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