The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-27 00:00:00

In 3 vols., post Bvo., ()REST A TALE OF SOCIAL LIFE IN 1830-1811, 13 NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard /Sentley, New Burlington street. THE NEW WORK ON RUSSIA Now ready, in 2 vols., with a Fall-length Portrait of the Emperor 21s. bound, RUSSIA UNDER THE AUTOCRAT, NICHOLAS I. BY IVAN GOLOVINE, A RUSSIAN SUBJECT. " The most authentic and copious exposition of Russia and her Government that has yet been given to the world.—Britannia. " A work of an extremely interesting nature, emanating fmre the pen of a Russian, noble by birth, who has escaped beyond the reach of the Czar's power. It throws a new light on the state of the em pire ; its aspect, political and domestic ; its manners ; the employes about the palace, court, and capital ; its police, its spies, its depraved society, &c. The details on all these subjects will be foand peculiarly Valnable."—Sunday Times. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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Parties who signed the last subscription contract, and holders of scrip, are informed, that petitions to both Houses of Parliament, " To stay the progress of the Bill, to cancel the liability of the subscribers to the contract, and return to the shareholders the unspent deposits," lie for signature [at the Shareholders' Committee-room, Founders' Hall -court, Lothbury, from 11 to 4 o'clock each day. April 21, 1846. R. THOMPSON, Secretary. IPSWICH NORW ICH AND , RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice I s h ere by g iven, that in conse q u ence o f the sessional order and the Bill recently introduced into Parliament, the Di rec t ors have determined to POSTPONE the GENERAL 3 fEETING, convened for the 30th inst., until some future day, when the Proprietws will have t h e opportunity of legally deciding what course shall be adopted. The Report which the Directors had intended to submit to the Meeting, will be forwarded in the course of a few days, to eve ry registered Proprietor. By order, FREDERICK BIGG, Secretary. 12, Old Jewry Chambers, April 27, 1846. YARMOUTH RAILWAYBY PIIBLIC SAL E. MESSRS. LAIIOND, SNIAL E, AND LAMO.ND, Railway Sh are Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Bte., take place every TITUDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, T hreadneedle -street, London, to which place all amours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested is be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for a ex:td mination at least one d ay previously to their being offeredtdvices of results will be forwarded by the first post t aftero Instructions.thesale J the proceed s i mmed i ately Offices, H a ll c f Commerce, Thdreadeedosnedofle- according street, London. THE DISSENTERS' AND GENERAL . LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 3 Vie., e. 20. 2, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, LONDON ; EDINBURGH ; and 6, KING-ST 21, ST. DAVID-STREET, EDINBURGH QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL. Capital—One Million. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. George Bousteld, Esq. Thomas Piper, Es q . Thomas Ch a lli s , Esq., Alderman Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Jacob G. Cope, Esq. Edward Smith, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Ron. Charles P. Villi ers, M . P . Joseph Fletcher, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Richard Bonier, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. The Directors give Notice -Ist. That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS will be held, at Twelve o'clock precisely, on SATURDAY, the 16th day of May next, at the Offices of the Company, 62, King William street, in the City of London. 2d. That at such meeting, the Proprietors, who then hold ten or more Shares, which they have possessed six calendar months, may attend and vote. 3d. That three Directors, Thomas Piper, Esq., Edward Wilson, Esy., and Edward Smith, Esq., and one Auditor, George Meek, Esq., retire, all of whom are re-eligible to their respective appointments, for which they will be accordingly proposed. 4th. That there will also be an Election to supply the vacancy oc casioned by the death of Peter Ellis, Esq., which vacancy was de clared by the Board on the 24th of December last. sth. That any Proprietors, duly qualified, who shall be desirous of becoming Candidates for any of these situations, must give written notice of thei - intention at the Offices to the Secretary, at least ten days previous to the time of such meeting. By order of the Directors, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. April 25, 1846, LIT IL SON'S OPENING NIGHT. THIS EVENING, APRIL 27, at Eight o'clock. Mr. WILSON begs to announce his FIRST ENTERTAINMENT for the SEASON, in the Music Hail, Store-street, when he will Sing a variety of the SONGS OF SCOTLAND, Some of them for the first time. Planoforte—Mr. LAND. ?art weel may the Boatie row —Of a' the Airts the Wind can blaw—Wha'll buy Caller Herring ?—name earn our gudeman at e.ea_ower buy Call to Charlie—Bonnie Bessie Lee—The Married Man's Lament—Pibroch o' Donald Dhu. Part IL—The Flowers o' the Forest—Tne Auld School —Woo'd an' Married an' a' --Auld Joe Nicolson's Bonny Nannie—Get up and bar the Door. Private Boxes for Six, 15s. ; for Eight, ii, HER MAJESTY'S THEATR. Madlb. LUCILE GRAHN respectfully informs E the Nobility, Sub scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL When will be performed (for the first time thisseason), Donizetti's Opera. entitled DO N PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grist ; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fomasari ; Ernesto, Signor Mario ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. In the course of the Evening will be revived the Ballet Diver tissement, by M. Perrot, entitled, LE DELIRE D'UN PEINTRE. Stephan, M. Perrot ; Blanche d'Oviedo, Madile. L. Grahn. Together with a Selection from the admired Ballet, CATARINA ; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. During the Evening various Dances and Pas de Caracteres by Madlle. L. Grahn, Madlle. TagliOni, and M. Perrot. To be followed by the last Act of Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, N NO, Maus, Signor Fornasari ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor Boteili ; Fenena, Mdlle. Corbati ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioli. To conclude with Se'ections, including the Dryade Scene from the admired Ballet of EOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADE. Eoline, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW, TUESDAY, APRIL 2s. Will be performed (for the first time this Season), Bellini's Opera, entitled, NOR MA, Norma, Madame Grisi ; Adalgisa, Madlle. Corbari ; Tollione, Signor Coreill ; Aroveso, signor Lablache. After which will be presented a PAS DE DEUX, by Mdlla. L. Taglioni and M. Perrot. To conclude with the admired Ballet of EOLTNE ; on, LA DRYADE. Arranged by M. Perrot, in Three Tableaux. Eoline, Madlle. Lucile Grahn ; Rubezahl, M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, Madlle. Petit Stephan ; Prince of Silesia, Di Mattia. In the course of the ballet, Waltze Silessienne by the coryphees of the corps de ballet. Pas de la Fiancee, Mad.le. Lucille Grahn, supported by Moncelet and Madlle. Cossan. Mazourka d'Extase, 3ladlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Perrot. Grand Pas de Dryades, by Madlle. Lucile Grahn and the corps de ballet. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. FOR rHE BENEFIT OF MR. BUNN. THIS EVENING WIN be performed the popular Opera, called MARTTANA, Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cmsar de Bazars, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Stretton ; Maritana, Miss Romer; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. In the course of the Evening will be introduced a variety of songs and favourite Pieces of Music, by Madlle. Rummel, Madame Anna Thillon, Madame Pasini, Miss Rainrortb, %HIS Romer, Signor Pasini, Mr. W. herr:son, and Mr. Bitraini. The Ethiopian Sere naders will perform " The Railroad Overture," and " Lucy Neal." Violoncello, Herr Kellerman. harp, M. Ondefroid. To conclude with a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Glubilei, Vladlles. Louise, Adele, and Sall ; Mr. A. Webeter, AIM. Mathis and Adrien will appear. THEATRZ ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Rill he performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr, Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farren Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. M. Moll; Horace Wahlgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei !errnann, Ar. J. Bland; Thomas, Mr. Briudal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overtine, " La Symphonie," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," " Antoinette," tlellarius Waltz ; tha "Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow Polka." After which, an experiment will be tried upon VIE BIRDS OF ARISTOPII.A NES on which occasion they will be presented to the public with new Name , , new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Rrthdal, Caulfield, T. F. 3i athews, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland Tilbury, M rs. Hmuby, Fr • • —, THEATRE ROYAL, „ TINDER THE 3fAffAGEM LYCEUM. ENT OF MRS. KEELEY. . +Last Six Night s of the Justly celebrated General TOM THUMB. THIS RVF.,NING The Perfo rmances win commence with a New and Original Farce, *titled A FRIEND INDEED 1 After which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, P. Vining, Wigan, DideLear, and Keeley ; MissVillars. Mrs. A. wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed (for the last Rix Nights) by the Itarleenne, en titled Imp 0. MY THlThrn ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boors. Hop 'o My Thumb, General Tom Thumb. To conclude with a New Extravaganza, entitled TEE MARISLE and MMAID iss Laidlw. EN. Char an Acters by Mr. K ee l ey, Mr. A. Wig, Mrs. Keeley, THEATRE THIS EVENING WM be presented a New Drama, tu Three Acts' DUSTRY AND INDOLENCE ; or, The orphn.. Legacy. Amour, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rollin, Mr. O. Smith; Sa gat Zt,; Wright ; Mons. Delamare, Mr. Perkins ; Batifole, 2,11 A, w Dlr. Go gar Nini, Miss Webster ; Cecile, Madame Celeste. Alter which, a New Burlesque, entitled, PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Vaal Bedford, Mr. Munrard, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybnn, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeyban, Miss Emma [larding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STITEET. THIS EVENING Will be ; erformed Shakspere's Tragedy orMACBETIL Macbeth, Mr. Macready ; Maoduff, Mr. Wallack ; Banque., Mr. Cooper ; iie ,•,dte, Mr. Leffler ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Ternan. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In which Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Granby, Oxberry ; Miss Taylor, Miss D. Stanley, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss Honner, &c., will appear. ..S.STLEr% ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Uatronised by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the I'riscess Royal. ilnoaralleled attraction. Mr. Leman Reties New Equestrian Spectr.eie of " The Arab and his Steed." THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARA.B AND MS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. whict the whote resources of the Establishment will be brought :ate requisition. -New and popular Scenes in the Circle. Donbie stud, .tc. To conclude with the favourite Drama of the POST BOY Ole ST. AUSTLE ; or, The Fatal Snowdrift. clowns to the Circle, Barry, Wallet, and Rochez. Box-office open from eleven till Rya o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVinGt'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. immenge Novelty! Roan of laughter at "On the Tiles," Second Week of the Virginian Harmouists. with entirely new Songs. THIS EVENiNt". Will Ne performed THE LAS KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. preiAsrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, C owe n , He3lop, Mesdms. Vining and Martin will support the principal aaracters. To be followed by WHERE. DID THE MONEY COME FROM ? anchette, Miss Lydia Pearce. After which, a Yew Farce by :lir. E. Stirli ng , entitled, ON LIE TILES ; or, A. Sight at Greenwich. To coneude with THE 31AID AND THE MAGPIE IIC TOW THEATRE. ------ areat Success of the New Drama of "Laid up in Port," and The Bride's Journey." Imm ense attraction and Novelty! THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID UP 3 t PORT ; 'r, Sharks along Shore. Principal characters by Messrs. I , rederieks. Saville, Raymond, Uncle], Iliggie, Searle, Burton ; Ise Vincent, Miss E. Terry, &C. After which, THE BRIDE'S JOURNEY ; or, the Escapes of lelaide o 2 n . esden. In which Miss Vincent will perform. 51 „he conelude with a New Drama, entitled THE FACTORY LADS ; ,The Worluitent% Stgurday 11Iglit t which Vaq wbole Company. 'A ill appear. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Arm 26. TIIER3IO3II3TER, Lowest, 44; Highest, 59; Noon, 50. BAROMETER, 29.78. WIND N.; rainy squally weather. APRIL 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 50; Noon, 48, BAROMETER, 29.97.—W1ND N.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 45 minutes after 2. 1 Evening .. 4 minutes after 3. THE Su-N, LONDON, MONDAY _RVE'NENd, APRIL - (27, 1846. of this free-trade grain into England, be prevented, since the mercantile intercourse be tween this island and her sister Ireland was unres tricted ? While supposing this secondary introduction were obviated by obstructing that traffic across St. George's Channel, how would the millions of people, subsisting on the millions of Irish provisions, which were acknowledged by the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn, to be exported annually from Ireland for home consumption—how were those millions to dispense aith their accustomed supply? The proposition was thus analysed by reason, and its delusive character most logically divulged. The question then arose, what was the next proceeding to be taken in order to remove the different embarassments of the Legislature, and to bring the great difficulties of Government to a satisfactory issue ? Food, not money, was the most fitting remedy for Ireland—that was obvious enough in itself : but the Hon. Member for Stockport placed it beyond the possibility of contra diction, when he remarked that " if the people of Ire land had gold in equal proportion to their perishing potatoes, it would not supply them with provisions 1" With England, on the other hand, impediments must be removed from her commerce ; a state of pernicious stagnation and incertitude must give way to activity and animation if a revival of her prosperity were required. Both these very desirable, and, indeed, absolutely necessary things, might be assured and achieved by expediting the final acceptance of the free trade measure ; and by enrolling the free-trade princi ples on the statute-book as among the most prominent features of the constitution. By acting thus, the Legislature would realise its two most ardent wishes—a restoration of peace and plenty to Ireland, a revival of commercial activity and confidence in England ! In endeavouring, by such argu ments, to infuse a greater celerity into the movements of Parliament, Mr. COBDEN gave an additional evidence of his statesmanship, and of his capacity for legislation ; while he demonstrated in the same breath his unceasing anxiety for the happiness and comfort of his fellow men. This is, indeed, a noble spirit of philan thropy with which to be actuated, in aiding the political operations of a great empire ; and even during the Easter recess the Hon. Member for Stockport has given evidence that such a spirit of phi lanthropy is undeviating in his instance. "During that recess," said he, "I was called upon repeatedly to hold great public meetings in Manchester and in London, in order to remonstrate upon the delay occasioned by this debate, but the question I asked myself was— Who shall we remonstrate with ? I did not know who to blame, nor do I now ; I can't blame the Government, because if 1 were disposed to do so, I see they are already blamed so much that I cannot add to the load the weight of my censure. Then again, 1 have no right to blame the Members for Ireland, for it is not for me to judge as to the extent to which they deem it to be their duty to oppose the first reading of this Bill. I leave them to be the sole judges, because I should claim the same right myself, of the course and policy which they ought to adopt." That is a view of the actors in the present sessional interlude most creditable to the disposition of Mr. COBDEN, and fully in accordance with his lofty reputation. There is no acerbity in his nature ; he hopes that, notwithstand ing all the bickerings and squabbles going forward in the Commons, gentlemen on his side of the House " may manage to preserve good humour." lie cannot precisely discover the motives by which certain Members are influenced in certain proceedings, and, though he deplores the consequences of those proceedings, he cannot arrogate to himself the privilege of uttering their condemnation. Those are, in fact, the only rational lights in which the still pending dis cussions ought to be regarded. We must, perforce, lament the procrastination which is goading Ireland on possibly to fresh outrages, and certainly to more ex cessive privations ; but we must also endeavour to believe in the thorough integrity of the various par ties concerned until time and circumstances shall more fully divulge their unseen influences and latent motives. Such moderate and lucid speeches as the one delivered by the Hon. Member for Stockport, we welcome with extreme pleasure, because we see in them arguments cal culated to spur our legislators on in their Parliamentary efforts, and language eminently suited for smoothing some of the asperities of debate. Marine, and brother-in-law of the Sultan, was fixed for the 7th. "The departure of the Sultan for Romelia has been fixed for the Ist of May definitively. The Sultan is to embark for Varna on board a ship of the line, which will be taken in tow by two steamere." Madrid journals of the 18th and 19th have arrived. The Gazette of the 18th describes the insurrection in Galicia as nearly at an end, General CONCHA having arrived before Lugo on the 14th. But the Gazette of the next day pub lishes a dispatch from this very General CONCHA, dated Be cerra, the 15th instant, announcing that, " being convinced the insurgents of Lugo only intended to gain time by making unacceptable propositions; that being, moreover, unprovided with artillery, and considering the trifling importance of the place, which must of necessity surrender in consequence of the operations he was about to undertake against the insur gents of the province of Pontevedra, he had ordered the bat- talion of Malaga to march to Coruuna, and had himself pro ceeded to Becerra to place himself at the head of the division of troops concentrated there, and advanced, on the 16th, upon Sarria and Chantada." The fact appears to be that General CONCHA cannot trust his troops. He arrived before Lugo on the afternoon of the 14th, and summoned the insurgents to surrender, promising a free pardon to all the private soldiers, but, finding they were determined to hold out, and that there was a tendency on the part of a portion of his troops, particularly the bat talion of Malaga, to fraternise with them, he suddenly ordered that corps to march for Corunna, and himself pre pared with the rest of his division to retire from before Lugo upon Vigo, the garrison of that place having pronounced on the 10th. The insurgent garrison of Santiago, which was occupied on the 11th by General PIIIG-SAPPER, evacuated the town on the night of the 10th, and retired, in good order, under the command of Brigadier Runix DE CELIS, to Vigo and Pon tevedra. With regard to the insurgents taken prisoners at Astorga it has been determined that none but the commissioned and non-commissioned officers shall be put upon trial, and that none shall be punished capitally without the express sanc tion of the Government. EGANA assumed his functions of Intendiente of the Palace on the 18th. General SANZ has taken the oaths of office as Minister of War, and General RowcAu, his successor in the Captaincy- General of Grenada, was to leave Madrid on th 20th to enter on the duties of his office. El Clamor Publico says, " The reports of a Ministerial crisis yesterday assumed stronger grounds. It was asserted that the resignations of Senors ISTURITZ and CANEJA had been accepted. CASTRO Y OROZCO had been summoned by the QUEEN, and had a long conference with her MAJESTY. It seems he had made certain conditions the grounds of his forming a new Cabinet." El Heraldo declares that " rumours of a Ministerial modifi cation are at least premature ; but it was generally believed that the affaris could not long exist as they are. In order to confirm themselues in power, a Ministry is required com posed of the leaders of the different sections of the Conser vative party, which can rely on a strong arm to put a bridle on the efforts at revolution." In order that there may be no doubt as to the possession of this strong arm, the Heraldo in another article, speaking of NARVAEZ, says— "lt is his absence which has emboldened revolt. Brigadier Rubin de Celis, who is at the bead of the revolutionary forces, would never have betrayed his trust so long as he saw that strong and invincible arm beside the throne. If, how ever, it should be deemed a duty to appeal to the patriotic de votion of the Duke of Valencia, he would assuredly consent to return to Spain to complete his task, viz., the destruction of the enemies of the throne and institutions. The intrigue which has overthrown General Narvaez has nearly hurried the country into the abyss of ruin ; in order to save it, we must have a strong Government representing the great Con servative party." . _ NARVAL, in the meanwhile, remains at Bayonne, watch. ing the course of events. Several arrests of well-known Progessistas took place in Madrid on the night of the 17th, by order of SABATER, the Political Chief. It is st: ted that the Cortes will be assembled as soon as the revolt in Galicia shall have been put down. Several of the journals have been again seized. The Gazette contains a decree of the Minister of Finance direct ing that the 9-12ths of the deferred foreign debt correspond ing with the present year should be drawn on the Ist of May. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 18.—Three per Cents., 311 ,4 for money ; Five per Cents., not quoted ; Bank of St. Ferdi- nand, 286 ; Bank of Isabella, 176 ; Company of Probity, 192 ; Company of Iris, 130 ; General Assurance, 85 ; Alli ance, 169 ; Anchor, 168 ; Gas Company, 680. Exchanges : Dublin, 37% ; Paris, 16 3. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. On Friday LECOMTE underwent an examination before the President and Commissioners of the Court of Peers. The Armorican, of Brest, contains the following strange story : " The news of the attempt at Fontainbleau has been at tended with a singular coincidence, which has awakened the attention of the authorities. In the morning of the same day, Thursday, 16th, M. 8., who is employed on the staff of the garrison returned here with his wife from Morlaix, in a dili gence of the Messageries Generales. Seated with them was another passenger, who, in conversation, stated, in positive terms, that the King had just been assassinated. On M. B.'s replying that such a thing was not credible, and that the journals had not made any mention of it, the passenger re plied, that it was too recent for that, and could ocly be known through the teleg ra ph. At th a t moment even the telegraph could not have communicated an event which did not take place at Fontainbleau till the afternoon. However, (2n . the following day, the 17th, arrived the dispatch confirm ing the prediction of the day before. M. 8., struck with the singularity of this connexion, decided upon informing the magistrates, who deemed it proper to institute an immediate judicial inquiry. A warrant was issued for the arrest of the prophetic traveller, who had again set cut from Brest, but whose trace there is little doubt of finding." On Thursday, M. DEMESMAY'S Bill for reducing the duty on salt was carried in the Chamber of Deputies by a majo rity of 240 to 26. The question of the concession of the pro jected railway from Bordeaux to Cette was then entered upon, and continued on Friday. The direct concession of this railway, which the Ministry and Committee of the Deputies propose substituting for the public ad judication proposed last year, was vigorously at tacked by M.M. L'llEnnErrE, LUNEA, and CRE mneux, and the last-named gentleman moved an amend ment in favour of a public adjudication. On a division taking place the Chamber proved in insufficient numbers, and the vote was adjourned to next day, when it was rejected by a majority of 143 to 110. At the commencement of the sitting the Minister of Public Works introduced a Bill rela tive to the construction of a railway between Bordeaux and Bayonne. Informers have ever been the Pariahs of society They are tolerated, and barely tolerated, as a sort of moral nightmare —disgusting, but occasionally useful. An amateur thief-taker is a very extraordinary cha racter, but an amateur informer may be considered almost unique. There is, however, one specimen at least extant in the person of Mr. HENRY JtANSAI FOSTER alias THORNE, who calls himself the fashionable reporter for the Morning Post, and who, moreover, practises not unfrequently as a penny-a-lin er , i n w hi c h ca pacity h e has sent occasional communicati ons t o Th e S un , w hi c h for reasons, into which it boots not now to enter, have of late been uniformly rejected. On the summons of this gentleman, one of The Sun messengers was brought up this morning at the Guildhall, to answer a charge of cruelty to a horse; and Mr. FOSTER, alias THORNE, swore that he saw the horse proceed at a rapid rate up Fleet-street upon three legs for more than 200 yards!!! Well might the magistrate's clerk ask how he could proceed on three legs. "I could not believe that the animal could so proceed unless I had seen it myself," re plied Mr. FosTER. It is not the first time that Mr. FOSTER has represented himself as having seen strange things , He saw strange things, doubtless, and underwent strange adventures, too, when he accompanied, or rather at tempted accompany an ill ustr i ous personage, ona certain memorable occasion, t o th e I s l e o f Wi g h t. t o However, we will not go into the antecedents of Mr. FOSTER, alias THORNE. The magistrate dismissed thecase, and the gentleman who rejoices in an alias, we beg his pardon, a nom de gwerre (he styles it so himself, and it is certainly more Jenkiasian), was left to pay the expenses, which we hope will be a warning to all rejected penny-a-liners not to assume the character of humanity-mongers, and intrude upon that province which has hitherto been sacred to STOWELL and his associates —or, if they should do so, let them take care to conduct their proceedings in a less slovenly manner than the " fashionable reporter " to the Morning Post. Slip -slop may be supposed to be natural to one who rejoices in such an affair, and in such a slip-slop slow nly way was the summons drawn up, that had we chosen to refuse to appear to it, the " fashionable reporter" could never have compelled our ap pearance. We however, determined to meet him on the me rits, and on the merits we beat him. That excellent magis trate, Sir GEORGE CARROLL, who was on the bench, took infinite pains to ascertain the true state of facts, and, having done so, he, without hesitation, dismissed the summons. IBRAHIM PACHA arrived at Paris on Friday morning, and took up his residence at the Elysee Bourbon, in the apart ments which NAPOLEON occupied on his return from Water loo. All the young Egyptian students in Paris had met him at Orleans. Court carriages, with the KING'S livery, and a cortege composed of high functionaries, awaited the Prince at the station of the Orleans Railroad. The PACHA on his arrival took his seat in one of the royal carriages, and drove to the palace of the Elysee Bourbon, where he was received by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and several officers of the households of the KING and Princes. The Royal Family goes to Neuilly for the summer, on the 4th of May. Marshal SOULT goes for the summer to Soultberg. The 11Lmitcur states, that by an agreement recently con cluded between the states of the Zollverein, the transit duties on merchandise forwarded by the Rhine from Mayence and Bieberich, or from points above those towns, from Neuburg to Saarbruck inclusive, had been reduced from 154 kreutzers to 81 per quintal (If. 12c. to 62c. per 100 kilogrammes). The .3foniteur publishes the returns of the merchandise im ported into France in March last, from which it appears that the taxes levied thereon amounted in that month to 12,355,628 f., or 885,400 f. more than in the corresponding month of 1845. The proceeds of the first quarter of 1846 were 36,221,037 f., exceeding by about two millions the receipts of the corresponding quarters of 1844 and 1845. The following appears in the Gazette de France :- " Reports relative to the illness of the Count de Chambord (Duke de Bordeaux) were current yesterday in Paris. We think it right to tranquillise those who are uneasy on this subject. The Count de Chambord left Frohsdorft for Gratz on the 14th. An attack of fever induced him to stop at Brock, a town on the road. The physicians, who were called in immediately, ascertained that the illness was serious ; and the letters of the 17th, which arrived this evening, state the fever had ceased, and the Prince had already recovered." The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 60e. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. Sc.; the Orleans Relined shares, 1,240 f. ; Rosen, 1,047 f. 50c • Havre, 760 f. ; Great Northern, 770 f. ; Avignon, 930 Vierzon, 685 f.; Bordeaux, 632 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 805 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 420 f. ; Basle, 232 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 465 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 522 f. 50e. ; Tours and Nantes, 546 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 577 f. 50e.; Spanish Actives, 32% ; Ditto Three per Cents., 36%, The following are the quotations for other lines :- Lyons and Avignon Deflnitives, 533 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 510 f. ; ditto, Deflnitives, 530 f. ; Charleroi, 495 f. MARSEILLES, APRIL 21 . -Marseilles and Avignon, 892 f. 50e. ; Northern, 7521. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 575 f. LYONS, APRIL 23.-Marseilles and Avignon, 920 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,228 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,035 f. ; Lyons; 573 f. 75c. THE BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT T LONDON STOCK E &CHANGE, R 2 • Dutch Rhenish, 6%-East Indian, s- Grea t North ern ndearnolief,aFrance Constituted, 15 %-Lonvain and Jemappe, 11 .6 - 1-Namur and Liege, Is-Paris and Orleans, -M adr id -Rouen and • Havre, 30. It is announced from Rome that the Empress of RtTssrA will not visit that capital, in consequence of the prevalence of the measles there. According to the German papers, the insurrection in Austrian Galicia is nearly at end. The Augsburgh Gazette of the 21st says that perfect tranquillity has been restored in that province, and that ZALA, the leader of the insurgent peasants, has fled, with only ten or twelve followers, to the forest of Neopoloniree. Austria, it would appear, intends to adopt measures to relieve the peasants of Galicia from many of their burdens. The Rhenish Observer of the 22d says— " Th e conferences at 'Vienna on the measures to be adopted in Galicia have come to a close. The aulic chancellor, Baron de Pillersdorf, was reporter. The resolutions come to have been adopted by the Emperor. The core& of carts and vehicles has been suppressed, with the promise of abolishing the other co rr e es b y redemption money. The imperial f n G o pro clamations w ere i ssued on the 15th April, and sent off at once, so as to be publi s h ed in the different districts by t h e 1 9 t h April, the anni versary of the birth of the Emperor. " According to th e Swabian .Mercury, the author i t i es at Jassy had sur ren d ered two refugee Polish noblemen to the Au Weser G azette Government. The following le 'deed Berlin, April 16, appears in the _ - " It is certain that the Governments of Austria and of Prussia have addressed notes to the Cabinets of the Tuileries relative to the intrigues of the Polish propaganda in Paris, and respecting the conduct of the Journal des Debats. It is known that the Journal des Debuts receives its inspirations from a higher personage than M. Guizot." The Bremen Gazette publishes a letter from Berlin, which states that the officers of the Austrian Guard have taken such offence at the subscriptions entered into in France fur at br a the insurg en t P oles, that, in revenge, they have broached a proposition for e n t er i ng into a subscr i pt i on to purc h ase a handsome sabre as a present for A BD-EL- KADErt. The Colo gne G azette states, " that a meeting will be held the Rhin at on th e 28 th of April, e." It is said that all the States, without except ing Holland, are favourable • tion of the existing duties.relative to the duties on to a diminution THE CABINET.--A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock this afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and most of the Ministers attended. THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN DRURY LANE.--John Braham, the accused, was brought up before Mr. Henry,. at Bow-street, this day, charged with shooting at and wounding John lilewitt, and endangering his life. The prisoner was under examination when we went to press. We shall give full particulars in our Third Edition. It is stated, date ,„ of Be r li n, April 15 that " the constitution of the in the C orrespon d ent o f N urem b ur g, under the States-General o f Prussia ;ill be shortly published, the Council of Ministers and the State Council having terminated their deliberations." Letters from Constantinople of the Bth and 9 th announce the ar rest of MAI-131011D PAcmt, the Paymaster-General of the army. He is charged with having embezzled 160,000/, HASSAN EFFENDI, a lieutenant of Schamyl, who had been taken by the Russians, had been given up to the Turkish au_ thorities at Erzeroum, to be sent to Constantinople for trial. He has, however, escaped, and the Russian Minister had ad dressed a note to the Porte on the subject. " The marriage of Mehemet Bey, the eldest son of Rechid Packs, with the sister of P,Aoha, Minister of The marriage of the Lady Mary Campb e ll, y ounges t daughter of the Earl and Countess Cawdor, with Mr. George Gran ville Leveson Gower, is definitely fixed to take place on Wednesday next. The marriage will be solemnised, by special licence, at St. George's Church, at six o'clock in the evening. The venerable Archbishop of York has consented to officiate on the occasion. FAMINE SIGNALS IN CLARE.—On Wednesday morn ing three black flags were hoisted on poles at the Cross of Cratlae, county Clare, to indicate the prevailing distress in the neighbour hood. The accounts from the provinces this morning, represent the sufferings and destitution of the people as rapidly on the increase. The Conservative journals are sti,l labouring hard to mislead the Government and the public, as to the extent of privation to which the poor are subjtcted.—Dub!in paper. The funeral of the late Princess William of Prussia took place at Berlin, on the 11th. After a funeral sermon by M. Ehrenberg, first preacher of the Court, in the throne room, and at which the King and Queen were present, the King walked before the coffin to the church, and then acco m p an i ed i t to the altar,— Galignani. ie) , •'- OR 41 i , Y' ), fi - ~,s. '.,. • - ' - ' i 2 i : l ' i-- 4 ,.. 5 7k,ri; • ' ~.- , 4 • ;:i . r-V' - t"' - ' ' .'•?, s \„.gs • ''f - ,i•t" , N, , • w . 4.• , . ~ -. . .. .. ' , L., Eu ~ - ~ •litOr` / „ . 4,a ' -- s, piT 'K SECOND EDITION. _,.4\‘))ltll; LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1846. Godfathers and Godmothers, in the naming of chil dren, frequently seem to have a prescience of the acts of their nominees. Odd names foretel odd characters, and strange prefixture of words to surnames, prepares us for strange deeds in the individuals associated with them. That phenomenon, a fighting Attorney-General, rejoiced in a multitude of names, which procured him the appel lation of ALPHABET SMITH ; and the immaculate gen tleman, who last week was Member of Parliament for the Borough of Bridport, Mr. ALEXANDER DIINDAS Ross WISHART BAILLIE Cocuswas., might have shared the alphabetical honours with him. Addition to such a collection of names was useless, and the Bridport Elec tion Committee, accordingly, deprived him of the M.P. which encumbered them. It is not solely to the names borne by Mr. CoCIIRANE, it is to the Parliamentary entrance and exit of that gentleman, and to the loss which the Legislature of the country has sustained, that we would direct attention. In the year 1841 a compromise, which will be found de tailed in the report of the Select Committee on Election Proceedings, gave him introduction into the House of Commons. His own conduct at the election, out of which that compromise arose, may be judged of from the following questions and answers, printed in that re port : • " 2418. During the general election of June, 1841, were you personally cognizant (I have put this question to every wit ness and begged them not to be offended at it) of any act of bribery committed by yourself or your agents for the purpose of obtaining votes for you ?—I o bj ect to answer that. "2419. Were you pe rsona ll y cognizant of any treating at the Plection ?—I equally object to answer that question. " 2420. Were you personally cognizant of any illegal prac tices at that election ?—That also rests on the same principle ; I object to answer it, " 2422. Have you any objection to state the sum of money spent by you in the election ?—I decidedly refuse to state it. " 2423. From that, I am to conclude that you decidedly refuse to state to the Committee the mode in which that money was expended ?--Most assuredly." These are the answers of Mr. ALEXANDER DIINDAS Ross WISHART BAILLIE COCHRANE, as printed in the report; and it is further stated, that " Mr. TEMPLER, the agent of Mr. COCHRANE, elaimed his privilege as the attorney of Mr. COCHRANE, and refused his evidence because not released by his client from the necessity of claiming his privilege." Such were the circumstances attendant upon Mr. COC.HRANE'S entry into the House of Commons. Purity itself must have hailed the advent of such an addition to the pure occupants of St. Stephen's, where bribery is put down by statute, treating is suppressed by Acts of Par liament, illegal practices are punished by positive enact ments, and where Committees are sworn well and truly to try the matter of the petition referred to them—where, in short, no precaution is omitted to make the House of Commons appear to be an assembly of the iepresenta tives of the people, freely, impartially, and honestly chosen. The high principle which prevented Mr. COCHRANE from answering any questions relative to bribery, or money expended, followed him throughout his Parlia mentary career—and, having come into the House of Commons a protectionist, he felt bound to resign his seat when, having changed his opinions, he became a free-trader. That he changed his opinions conscien tiously, no doubt can exist, and although a peerage in abeyance, and at the disposal of the Premier, gave rea sons strong enough to warrant any alteration in Mr. COCHRANE'S views, we believe that nothing but a chi valrous sense of honour and a patriotic desire to sup port Sir B. PEEL'S measures, induced him to return the trust which had been confided to him, and to seek re-election. For, although he had made assurance of no opposition to his return, and had secured the ground before hand, a journey to Bridport and back, the making of divers election speeches, and the compli mentary fatigues of an uncontested return, had all to be undergone, and were, in themselves, no easy task to a gentleman of Mr. COCHRANE'S habits. But Mr. Coca- Itioe was deceived in his powers of management ;_ he forced an opposition upon the truly liberal party in Brid port, by an uncalled-for attack upon their principles, and on the day of polling a majority of ONE was all that Mr. COCHRANE could show. A petition against that ma jority, alleging bribery, treating, and illegal practices, came on for trial last Saturday, and the result has been to deprive the country of his services in Parliament. We think further inquiry ought to be made into this matter. We trust the House of Commons, which on Friday night last was appealed to by Mr. COCHRANE himself for protection, will not allow that appeal to pass unheeded by. In little more than twelve hours after wards Mr. COCHRANE was no longer in Parliament. 1 Let inquiry be made, how and why that happened. It is rumoured that arrangements were made to prevent ex• p(xsures, and that the fear of bribery, treating, and other illegal practices coming to light, drove Mr. COCHRANE out of the field. The House of Commons is bound in justice to him to pursue this inquiry —the imputation must be removed; for if it could be conceived that a Member who got into Parliament by a compromise, crept out of it without conviction of bribery, by compro 'nig; the entrance and the exit ought alike to be re corded, and Mr. COCHRANE'S Parliamentary dying speech ought to be accompanied by his confession. Already many meetings have been held of scrip holders in several of the railway companies, in which it is manifest either that a Bill cannot be obtained during the present session, or that, if obtained, it would inflict a severe injury on the parties whose shares, on a new call being made, would become either wholly valueless, or, perhaps, in some instances, still worse, requiring a further sacrifice to have their owners relieved from fur ther responsibility, in order that " the affairs may be wound up, and the balance, if any, distributed amongst the parties entitled thereto. When we consider thela ccountane large .Geneeel,e amount of capit a l now d epos i te d i n the h ands of the p i h at e e ld rata amounting in rou n d terms, for Great Britain and Ireland,ioton. of f earl 15, 000,0001. e h : ea e n r dt l l i aa n gt g rei , nt b on y tteh f d a e r agme t h no e enrg greater which owritt might now t m t o h n e et seri ary hhtgreat country,ad- such we cannot wo n d er at an anxious wish existing on the part of those interest ed only fear an that toobtain immediateoeh return thereof , and we an a nxie ty ma y be p s o oi gr nts ea o t t a se s v t e o r i a n l d o u f ee th m e any undertakings, parties t overlook the good and the fair prospects of ultimate success with an a mp l e equivalent in th e way of profit for the inconveniences, expenses, and annoyances, to which the shareholders may now be subjected.. The Government pr opositions al though excellent so far as th ey go, still appea r defec tive in one respect ; for whil e , on the ono hand, nd the resolutions which are about t o become ,by ses sional orders, no Bill can be obtain e d until there has bean the clearly expressed opinion of a majority consisting of three-fifths of the scripholders, assembled at a meeting duly convened, with full notice to all par ties interested, and a reasonable time to enable them to avail themselves of that notice, so that it must be through sheer negligence that any person should remain unrepre s2nted thereat; and at which meeting there must be present the holders of one-third of the entire stock, and thus no further liability can be incurred without the express assent of the parties to be charged therewith— yet, in the event of no such meeting taking place, or even if the further progress of the Bill for the present session should be negatived thereat, there would be no means, in consequence thereof, of a return of a portion of the deposits being obtained; the resolutions are therefore merely protective in their nature, but no active step can be taken under them. On the other band, the Bill proposed affords no alternative but the total abandonment of the project, or its continuance under the present system ; there is no intermediatecourse. The one, the only question which can be entertained at the meeting, is the dissolution of the company; if that be carried the concern is, ipso facto, dissolved; if not carried it remains, with all its objectionable features, as at present, money being retained, for which there cannot be the slightest use. It is quite clear that directors, who have now in their hands a large sum of money, will not be willing to surrender the possession of it, and to run the chance of the general body again paying up their deposits; they will prefer retaining the control of the funds, although their so doing, in many cases, may have the effect of destroying the project they are anxious to have carried into effeet—many shareholders who, feeling the utmost degree of confi dence in the soundness and eventual success of the pro- ject would be rejoiced if it could be suspended for a given time, and an opportunity then afforded them of deciding whether the scheme should be abandoned or carried into execution, and in the meantime the amount of money which could not possibly be required in the interval be placed at their disposal, but who from having no such option afforded to them will now vote for the dissolution of the company in order to get back a sum, important to them at the present crisis. With this feeling, on the first statement of the intended legislative enactments, we suggested, in The Sun of the 9th April, " that it would be desirable if a similar number of shareholders were given the power 'of suspending for the present the operations of the company, and getting back at once a portion of the deposits, leaving a sufficient sum to meet all the liabilities of the company, and a small sum in hand for the trivial expenses which might be necessary between the present time and the next session of Par liament." There is little doubt that such an opportunity would be hailed with the greatest delight in the cases of many of the projected lines. A large sum would be at once released, brought into circulation, and ren dered applicable to the general purposes of the country. In the event of a reaction in the money-market, the schemes which have already stood the test of Parliamentary inquiry will probably be revived. Vast expenses have already been incurred in the engineering and other departments, which, in the event of a dissolution, will be wholly lost, or which may be made use of by parties who have already derived a considerable profit, without the shareholders, by whom ' they were sustained, reaping any benefit therefrom- This would not be just or equitable. Was there any prospect of ultimate success, the advantage should be retained to those who at present are heavy pecuniary sufferers, and who would, by the keeping alive of the company, have a chance, however slight it might be, of obtaining some return hereafter. We trust that some of our legis lators who have interested themselves in railway affairs will turn their attention to this subject, and that when the Government Bill comes before the House such an addition will be engrafted thereon as to give the scrip holders such a power of suspension as we have here advocated. Judging from every circumstance that may enable he mind to form an idea of the result of appearances in such a country as Spain, we can only come to the con clusion that the country is again on the eve of a revolu tion. Probably it will be a very short one, and attended with little suffering ; but in whatever way it may end, the people are not to blame. Ever since the return of CHRISTINA from Paris they have displayed the greatest patience and forbearance towards her rule—Ministry after Ministry has been dissolved through her intrigues— the constitution has been destroyed—a military system adopted—the military system again abandoned with the banishment of NARVAEZ, and a sort of heterogeneous Government formed, in which no one can tell whether the influence of France, or this restless and unprincipled woman, or the Camarilla, or ISTURITZ prevails. Never was there a Government so undefined, or the army so little under the control of any General respected for military talents and decision. The Spaniards have sub mitted now for some four years to these violent and un constitutional changes, hoping that every week or month something like a rational mode of government would be developed, but they have waited in vain, and affairs now appear more complicated and mysterious than ever. No surprise, therefore, can be felt at the manifestations of discontent and insurrection in Galicia, or at the con viction entertained by well-informed parties, that the spirit of disaffection will extend over the whole country. The army as well as the people have been treated with supercilious contempt. NARVAEZ, so long their fa vourite, and apparently attached to their interests, has been hurried out of the country like a felon ; they are left without a chief, and are at the mercy of an intriguing woman, guided by a conclave of priests and the least respectable of her sex. The discontent of the leading men among the Mode redoes and the Progressiatas, so long repressed, can be no longer restrained. They have all been used as mere automatons, and were kept down chiefly by NARVAEZ and the army. They were :afraid of imprisonment, banishment, and death, and submitted till the power of the oppressor was weakened. Their eyes are now opened, and they find that they had been made the victims of a policy concocted in a foreign capital, and carried into effect by a single woman, who thinks only of her own family and her own interests; who is resolved to sacrifice to these the young QUEEN, marry her to her uncle, against the will of the Cortes, of every respectable statesman, and of the people in general, and thereby prolong the dominion of foreigners over a proud and brave people. The latest accounts from Madrid lead to the belief that the insurrection in Galicia becomes every day more serious. Santiago was in the hands of the disaffected troops and national guards, General CONCHA. had been obliged to raise the siege of Lugo, and it was firmly anticipated that Vigo and Corunna would give in their adherence to the insurrection. We should not wonder to see it spread like wildfire through the country, for there is really no Government, the army is under no control, the regular troops, in fact, commenced the revolt ; and the provinces, after so many Ministerial changes at Madrid, which have made the country a bye-word, can place no confidence whatever in the QUEEN-MOTHER and her satellites, who seem bent on making the Cortes and constitutional government ridiculous, in order to pave the way for pure absolutism. It is hazardous to make any conjec ture as to political movements in Spain; but we believe a despotic Government can be maintained there only by a powerful army, well paid and attached to a skilful commander. Neither of those circumstances exists at present. The field is open for any party that knows how to seize the opportunity. There is no hand sufficiently strong, nor any authority at Madrid suf ficiently dreaded, to keep down insurrection ; and in a few weeks, perhaps a few days, we may hear of general risings, with the watchwords, " The QUEEN and the Constitution," "Death to CHRISTINA and TRA PANI," which will probably end in the second expulsion from Spain of a mischievous and selfish woman, the main cause of the present confusion and the determined enemy of good government. With his characteristic perspicacity, Mr. COBDEN, on Friday night, unravelled, in a few simple observations, many ideas which had become entangled in the course of the present protracted discussion. lie interposed between parties alio were on the eve of coalescing, or of quarrelling amongst themselves without reflecting upon the rationality of their behaviour ; he carried back the wandering attention of the debaters to their original starting point, and reverted to the grand question of this session, the commercial altera tions, and the effect which the Corn Bill es well as the Coercion Bill would have upon Ireland. Above all, however, he reminded Pro tectionists, Ministerialists, Free-traders, quondam Oppo • sitionists, and representatives generally, of the relative position in which they stood with regard to each other. That point, indeed, appeared for the moment to be al most forgotten by some Honourable Gentlemen, particu larly when the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn and the Honourable Member for Limerick seemed about to join issue, with a thorough oblivion of the abyss of opposite sympathies which otherwise prevented the coalition of their principles. For that timely inter. position on the part of the representative of Stockport all sections of politicians should entertain towards him a feeling of thankfulness, as in the event of such an unna tural compact having been consummated, confusion must have become even " worse con f oun d ed. " Mr. COBDEN seized the difficulty just at the critical moment ; he re- I m hawesieg i s u rti shce d loe e al d tiNoeaaros:b t ul h ee e on gentlemen ow n f r o m s ide lre o l a f n d , t h e t h a t Houset e as Lordn c x o i u o l u a s p o forss ipossibly oppositel y thebe_ (Lordwelfare G.reminder B ENT o Nw chi which h e a a wn n ed d feel had merely to be uttered to be acquiesced in by s Ee t d .e necessary He en thaty insisted eveningedltnhe of hamanyd deviated thad dl t h ie o o v ni s a e . t ei t l o d ne p w er h ej o s e m s dt i ae t tr ives sy a w d fhdre h o had s pok e c o r n a matter then under th e cons id erat i on of Parliament—viz e the policy to he adopt e d i n our commercial relation's' with each other and with our neighbours. It was absolutely incumbent upon the Legislature to impinge its faculties upon this point, as in it was visible, not only the permanent welfare of the British isles generally, b u t the amelioration of the deplorable scarcity in Ireland. Nothing, he maintained, could be more fallacious than the notion of the opening of the Irish ports for three months, while the English ports remained as hitherto, closed. This, he said, was a most illusory scheme, and he fully demonstrates its insufficiency, even if it were capable of being accomplished, and its impracticability, if it were attempted. Suppose, continued the Hon. Mem ber, that this project were realised—that the ports of Ireland were free to import the corn and provisions of foreign countries, and those of England . denied that same importation—how could a secondary Introduction MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were from 4,000 to 5,000 bales. The market was steady, without altera tion of prices. The accounts from the various parts of the country, re ceived this morning, and for several days past, refer to an increased demand for all descriptions of agricultural produce, especially for horses, lambs, sheep, and cattle. The grain markets, also, are represented as being firm. The mercantile letters received this morning from the United States are, upon the whole, o f a more favourable character. The following extract from papers before us are well worth attentive perusal, as indicating the extent of trade that might be carried on were the corn tariff passed into law:— " The trade between this country and Great Britain, both in regard to imports and exports, exceeds those from, or to, all the rest of the world. About two-thirds of our aggregate exports go to Great Britain and her dependencies, and more than one-half of our aggregate imports come from Great Britain and her dependencies. There are no other two coun tries in the world so intimately connected in their commer cial relations, or by ties of consanguinity, as England and America, and a rupture between the United States and Great Britain would ! therefore, be more unnatural, and attended with more serious consequences, than between any other two nations in existence." Sydney accounts have reached us to the 2d January last. The wool trade was brisk there, and the markets very well supplied with all sorts of farming produce. The Council had been further prorogued to the 17th February by Sir G. Gipps. From New Zealand we are informed that the natives were tranquil at 'Wellington, and matters in other respects looked more favourable. At Manawuta the cultivation of flax was going on with considerable activity. The Funds have been rather firm this morning. Consols for Money are steady at 96%, and for Account at 96M. Ex chequer-bills have improved a trifle upon Saturday's pre mium, as also has India Bonds. Not much business, how ever, is going on. Bank Stock opened at 204 3 /, but is now at 205. The New Three•and-a-Quarter per Cents. are heavy at 96%. Portuguese Four per Cents. have just been sold at 57 1 ,1 —a rise on Saturday's rates of % per cent. The only other bargains this morning have been in Brazilian, now at 80 ; in Grenada, at 22; in Spanish Th ree p er C ents., at 86 3 4 ; in Dutch wo-and-a-Half per Cents., a t 591 %; and in the Four per Cents., at a fall from 92 1 4 to 91%. Ths Railway Share Market is not very animated this morning. The prices are annexed, as usual. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • .. • • • • • • .. 204 N 54 205 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuiti es .. 95% 95 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 963 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 97 % 96% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 3-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. - Ditto, under 1,0001. Consols for Account . Exchequer Bills. 1,000/. • . •• •• 5001. .• Ditto, Small •• •• •• .. 96 1 4 I%d. 134 d. ~.• 25 27 pm. .• •• 27 Pm. .... 25 251 Pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent •• .• Ditto, Small .• • • • 82 Ditto, New, 1843 .. .• • • .. 80 Granada, 1 per Cent. • • 22 Portuguese Four per Cent • • • . 573 Ditto, for the Account •• 57 Russian Bonds • • • • • • • • 11034 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. • • 5% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. • • 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 984 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59%34 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 924 91% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS, PAID. PEA SHARE. Aberdeen • • • • • • • •• 10 .. .• . • 3% •.•• to 3 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush • • 1% • • %%•. to Binnirighant and Gloucester . - • .100 .• • .124% .. ••to Birmingham and Oxford Junction .• 2.•. • 1% to Bristol and Exeter .. • • • • .. 75 .. • • 84 .. • • to Caledonian • • .. • • • • •• 10 .. 6 1 4 .... to Ditto Half Shares .. •• • • 234 ... •1%•• • • to Ditto Extension •• • • 234 ... • 1%% ••to Direct Manchester (Remington's) • • 2% ...• 1 .•.. to Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. • . 3% .. •• to Direct Northern •••••• • • . • 2% l4 to Dublin and Galway .• • . •• • • 4 2 • to Eastern Counties • • • . 141. 16s. 0d... • • 23% 3d , . t p 21 Ditto, New .. .. • • .. Si. 16s, Od.. ••• 7% p•. to 8 p Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61 135. 4d .. to Ditto, ditto .. No. 2,6/. 13s. 4d p— to Ditto, York Extension . • • • .. 10s. .• • • 1% %%to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 Great Eastern and Western • • • . 23g ...• 1 36. ••• to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 20 .. • • 22% . • to 2334 Great North of England .. • • • • 100 •• • .213% • • to -- Great Western • • • • • • .. 85 l4B •• • • to 149 Ditto Half Shares •• • • • 50 ...• 86 to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • • • 5 Hull and Selby .. • • . 50 10134 ...• to 10034 London and Birmingham • • • • ..100 •• • 225 .. to 224 Ditto. Fifths • • • • • • 2 ...• 25 .. ••t o London and Blackwall • •, 16/. 13s. 4d. •• 8 ... to London and Brighton • • • • • • .• 50 644 %, . to London and Croydon .. .. 13/. 15s. 9d... • • 22% .. • • to London, Hounslow, and Western .. 2 .... .to London and South-Westerns • 411. 63, 10d. .. • • 78 .... to 79 Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths • . 34 .... 52 .. • . to Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 12% .... 23% .... to Ditto, New .. .. • • • • •• 10 London and York .. • • • •• 2% %..to Ditto, Half Shares •••• • • 2% ... to Lynn and Ely .. .. •. 10 Lynn and Dcreliam .. • • •. 10 .. • 5% . ••to Ditto Manchester and Leeds • ••.. 82 to -- Ditto, Half shares .. • . • . 38 .. • • 56 .... to Ditto, Quarter s • • • • .. •• 2 .... 9% .... to 9 Ditto, Sixteenths .• Ditto, Fifths •..••• • • . 3 12 .... to 11% .. • • • • 64 .... 94 .... to Ditto, Extension • • • .. 425. .... 1%34 pto -- Manchester and Birmingham .. ••40.. • • 78% •to Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) ••4.. • • 1234.. •.to Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • . • • 1 •• • • 8% • to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425. ... % p.. to Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .. 114 .. •.to Midland .• ••• • • • 100 ....143 .... to 150 Ditto, New .. .. • • • • •- 18 ...• 3134 .. •• to 32% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • • 100 .• • • 120 .. ••to Newcastle and Darlington Junction . • 25 .• • • 46 .... to Ditto. New •• .. ..• • .. 1 ... 9•.. to Newcastle and Berwick •• • • • • • 10 ... 19 3 4 20 to 19% North British .. .. • • .. •.20..•26.. • • to Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • • . 14 ,• 2 .... to Northern and Eastern .. • • •• 50 •••• 7034 ... •to • D tto, New .. • • • • .. 1 1934 .... to -- North Kent and Direct, Dover 234 1% to North Staffordshire .• • • .. 425..... 2343¢ pto Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 123 8% • to: — Portsmouth Direct .. .. • • • . .. • - .. to Scottish Midland .• • • • • • • 10 •• • • 61 .. ••to Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. . • 2 34. •• • 24 .... to Shropshire Union . .. • • • • 428. •• • • % •• to 1 dia. South Midland • .. .. • • • . 425. .... par.. ••to South Eastern and Dover .. .. • • 333/ .. • • 37 3 ,4 .. • . to Ditto, New, Nc. 1 • • • • • 16 •• • 18 % " to Ditto, New, No. 2 • . .• 10 •• • 12 .... to 11% Ditto, New, No. 4 .. • 2% ...• 2%4 • • to Vale of Neath ••.. 2 .... 114 ...• to West Riding Union .. • • • • 425. •• .. 134% pto Wilts, Somerset, an d W eymouth .. 5 .... 2% .. ••to York and Lancaster .. 2% 1% .. to York and North Midland .. .. Sc) 98 .... to 973 Ditto, Scarboro ug h Branch .• .. 25 .... 48 .. • • to 49 Ditto, Selby •• • • 3O .... 73 .. ••to Ditto. Extension •... 15 .... 34 .to 3334 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish .. .. • . .. ••5.. • • 64% .. to Great Wcstern Bengal • • • ••• • 5. ...• % t o _ Lyons fu , d Avignon .. .• • • • • 2 .. • • 2 .. .• to Luxemboarg .. • • • • • • .. • • 4 • • 1% .... to Orleans and Bordeaux • • • • • 6 •• 11 • • to Paris and Strasbourg Constituted •• 5 • • 5%. ••• to Tours and Nantes Constituted • • • • 5 •• • • 6% •• • . to MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered •• • . 3 3 ,4 .. • • to LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Ann. 27.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W., moderate breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL, APRIL 26.—Wind variable. —Arrived Currency, Wainwright, Calcutta; 25th, Edmundsbury, Stuart, Calcutta ; Nelson, La mond, ditto ; Clipper, Fertile, Bathurst, R.G. ; Vanguard,: Norris, Bahia ; Gratitude, Faith, Miramichi. FORTSIHOUTH ' APRIL M.—Wind S.E. ; 26th, N . N . E . to N.N.W.— Arrived, 26th, H.M.S. Serpent, Singapore. Sailed, 26th, Duke of Cornwall, Whitehead, Bombay. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 2 4.—Louisa, yacht, Cowes for Cherbourg, with loss of bowsprit, and sailing master washed overboard. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 26.—Wind N.E. to N.—Arrd. Rio Packet, Parry, Savanillo ; Roscius, New York, sld. sth inst. 25. Sid. Mag nificent, Verrill, New Orleans; Lady Colings, Martin, Nassau; Sarah Sheafe, Sands, Apalachicola; Union, Rose, Minndie, N.S.; Lady Milton, Hayes, Quebec ; Eleutheria, M'Donogh, ditto ; Rock shire, Evans, Montreal. 26. Lahore, Burt, Calcutta; Bangalore, Parsons, Bombay;- Franklield, Mitchell, New Orleans; Colossus, BPDonald, Charleston • Lehigh, Young, Philadelphi a ; B rown, White, New Yo r k ; Helen Thompson, Stevenson, Staten Island ; Golden Eagle, lifftdeira. 25. Off port, Viscount Sandon, Calcutta. Wleir, APRIL 23.—Arrd. Dart, Stewart, from Miramichi, with fore tepnaast broken, and other damage. SHIELDS, APRIL 24.—TrIton, Alexandria ; Caroline, Alexandria. 25, Valhalla, Boston, United States. DEAL, APRIL 26.—The Maria, of Arbroath, from Limerick to Antwerp, struck on the Goodwin Sands, but got off without assist ance or apparent damage, and has proceeded. The Gipsey, Brown, from Cardiff to London, got In contact with the Margaret, from Laguna and Crookhaven, at anchor in the Downs. The Margaret lest jibboom, and sustained other damage. MUMBLES, Aram 23.--The Hope, Davies, from Port Talbot to Porthcawl, which was on shore here yesterday, has floated off. CAHPBELTOWN, APRIL 24.—The Saucy Jack, McKay, of and from Isla, for the Clyde, foundered off the Mull of Kintyre yesterday, during a severe squall—crew saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The past week's arrival of English Wheat and Oats have been moderately good, those of Malt extensive, but those of all other kinds of grain of home produce, including Flour, have been trifling. From Ireland and Scotland the receipts of grain have been limited ; but es from abroad upwards of 19,000 quarters of Wheat and 20,000harr im i . of Flour have been landed in bond—the latter being the largest y of English Wheat present year. Fresh up only a moderate hued carriage and sample ; yet port we hare had to report in any one week during the whole of the came to hand coastwise, as well as by rather scantil y Kent. The stands parcels received from Essex and its general quality was tolerably of both town and country millers good, especially beingas relates to the filled with samples, and the attendance E„, this s m d e a w y active,h s a e t tnni g iit currencies o at an improvement In the and at which a good clearance was effected by on the increase, the demand for of fully Is per quarter, currencies obtained w on as th s show of free Foreign Wheat was extremely limited, the factors. re firm, and would sell, not except at arise in the quota the holders we owing to whielh'h,easnhdo the numerous inquiries made for that article, tions of is per quarter, and which amount of improvement was Obtained in some few instances. Rather a large quantity of Foreign Wheat bond was on show, yet, as the importers wer e d eman di ng extrava- I n an ttyhigh rates for certificates, the tra nsac ti ons were on a limited scale, at very full prices. The bonded stocks of Wheat, Flour, and most other articles are still on the Increase. From most quarters our accounts respecting the appearance of the growing Wheats are very favourable. Notwithstanding the quantity of Barley on show was small, the Barley trade was somewhat inactive. However, most of the fine malting parcels sold on full terms. The supply of Malt being extensive, that article moved off slowly at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath last week's price s . With Oats we were again very scantily supplied. Selected parcels were in good request, and the torts dearer. In all other kinds a steady business was transacted, at full currencies. In Beans next to nothing was doing, but Peas had an upward tendency. Flour ad vanced 3e per 2801bs, with a steady inquiry. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt — Chevalier —— • • 64s to G5B lied, New.... 548 to 66s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, Old.. 60s 70s Lincoinsh., Feed. 24s 27s Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe coin, Red.— • • 503 58s •• • • 26 8 28s Youghar and Cork Ditto, White —— • • 56s 65 s , Black . ... •• • 23s 24s Irish, Red...... •—e _ s Cork, Whit e . .. • • 24 s 26s Ditto, White .. .. ••—3 s Scotch, Feed. —• • 275 28 tiye—OY, -•.••. • • • • • • 34s 38s Beans —Tick —• • 34s 38: 283 314 Pease—Grey. ........ 353 368 New. •••••• • • • • • • 389 40s Pigeons ..... ... • . 35s 39s Barley—Grindin g...,, Malting . ... • .... aas 35, Maple. • . ..... ... 352 36a Chevalier ....... 356 •- 6 White ..• •••• • • • • 38s 423 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 40s 44s 6 6 0 3 : riellsr—Town e...... 4 4 0 6 : 5 42 3 : Br f o o i l vn k • .. : : :: :: :: .... Z: Kingston and Ware 59s COs Stocktn & Norfolk 403 418 FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat — Dantzic..... • 52s to COs 1 Beans • • Ilamburgh Barley •- ...... ••. • • 20s 25s Flour—American . • . 288 30s Oats--New • • 22a 246 Baltic •. ... ... —23 —a Feed ...... ••• • . • 198 203 SIVIITEPIEL. Amongst the importations of live stock which have taken place into London during the past week, we have to notice the first arrival of a small cargo of Beasts from Prussia. These aninala —thirty in number —were on sale here to-day, and, as might be expected, at tracted Eli little attention from the butchers present. Considering the distance they travelled on foot and by steam conveyance, they came to hand in most excellent condition ; hence, were in fair de man 4, at prices varying from 191 to 211 each, at which the whole were disposed of. Although the stock in question was by no means symmetrical, the hind lege being very long and badly shaped, it was .4' f~ well fed, and will no doubt die well. Considering the prime 0 tamed, it is by no means improbable that similar imports will tat place during the present year to some extent. From Hamburg Rotterdam, and Seheidam, about 100 Oxen and Cows were on offe but which moved off slowly, at barely late rates. For the time of yea the receipts of home-fed beasts, fresh up this morning, were tolerab] good, and of excellent quality—the actual weight appearing to if crease every week. On the whole, the beef trade was inactive, y 4 the quotations obtained on this day se'enight were pretty general] supported, the primest lots producing 4s 2d per Sibs. The drove from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire consisted about 1,800 Scots, home breds, and short horns ; from IL Western and Midland districts, 600 Devon, Hereford Runts, &c. ; &Om other parts of England, 200 of varice breeds ; and from Holland, 300 horned and polled Scot The supply of Sheep was again somewhat on the increase, and excellent weight. Although the Mutton trade was not quite I active as on Monday last, prime old Downs moved off steadily, full prices ; but most other kinds were a slow inquiry. At the close c the market a fair clearance was effected. About 300 Sheep came t hand from Scotland. From the Isle of Wight 185 Lambs were re eelved per railway ; while the receipts from Essex, Kent, Sussex Hampshire, &c., were liberal. The very finest Down qualities sup ported with difficulty last week's figures, all other kinds being mere drug. Calves and Pigs, the supply of which was moderate moved off slowly at barely stationary prices. Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. to 9. 1 Inferior Beasts •••• 2 6 210 Second quality - ditto 4 4 4 I Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 6 Coarse-woolleddittco 4 6 4 I Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 SouthdownWethers 410 b I Prime Scots ...... 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Large Hogs ...• .. 3 6 4 Prime small ditto .. 5015 4 Small Porkers 4 8 5 Inferio r S Suckling Calves • .18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 ( heep • • • 3 6 4 2 Lambs •••••• ••• • 5 4 7 ( SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 21,330 82 250 ItTEIXTGATE AND X.E.A.IDETCHALL. We have to report the arrival of a fair average quantity of coun try-slaughtered meat up to these markets during the past week, chiefly - by railway conveyance, and which has come to hand in tole rably good condition. With meat killed in the metropolis we have been moderately, but not to say heavily supplied. Prime mullnn and Lamb have commanded a steady sale, and previous rates are well supported. In all other kinds of meat only a moderate business has been transacted at late currencies. ' About 400 carcases of Lambs have reached us from the eastern and western parts of Eng land, but which have sold on very easy terms. Beasts. 3,100 At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to 5. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior—. 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 8 middling ••• • 2 2 8 ---- middling— 310 4 2 prime large 210 3 2 prime .. •. 4 4 4 6 prime small •• 3 4 3 Pork, 1arge........ 3 4 4 4 Veal. ••••• • • • . Lamb. Sc 4d to 6s Bd. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. .•••• • • • • • 45 500 400 •.••• • • • • • 55 400 600 ••••• • • • • 80 150 120 ••••• • • • • 30 90 80 ••••• . • • • 50 80 100 ••••• • • • • GO 100 200 ••••• • • • , 40 120 60 180 33 200 80 300 100 40 170 70 120 80 200 100 300 Scotland ............. Yorkshire Lincolnshire ......... Norfolk Suffolk .. Cambridgeshire Essex... ........ Surrey ...... Devonshire ......... Wiltshire Other parts ....... - - - - Total .•••.... • • • • • . 510 2.010 310 ,460 Previous week's arrival ...... 570 2,450 490 2,440 Difference since our last .... 60 440 180 10 B M Notwithstandin OßOUGH g the supply of HOP really fine Hops on offer is small, the demand has become exceedingly inactive, at late rates. in the middling and inferior kinds, several large parcels of which are pressing on the market, very little is doing, and the quotations have, in some Instances, a downward tendency. - BOROUGH AND SPIT.A.LFIETAXIS. The arrivals of Potatoes from Scotland and most parts of England have been tolerably good since this day se'nnight, and of fair average quality. Selected parcels are in steady request at late currencies, but all other kinds are a mere drag, and may be purchased on easier terms. OL. The imports of Wool into WLondOon during the past week have been on a very moderate scale. Still, however, the market has been abundantly supplied with most descriptions. English Wool is very dull, and prices have receded %d per lb. Low Foreign Wool is tolerably steady, but all other kinds command very little attention. TALLOW. This market, as to prices on the spot, sin an unsettled state. The quotation this morning is 42s 3d. In new Tallow there are buyers at 435, duty paid. Town Tallow is plentiful at 4ls 6d net cash. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) The Committee appointed GROUP VII. upon this Group met this morning in one of the new Committee-rooms of the new Houses of Parliament. The Committee consisted of Mr. R. Palmer, chairman, Mr. Stanton. Lord John Chichester, Mr. Seymer, and Colonel Powell. The following Bills have been referred by the Committee of Seleo tion to this Committee—namely, East of Fife ; Glasgow and Dundee Junction ; Scottish Central (Alloa Branch) ; Edinburgh and Northern (Newport Railway and St. Andrew's Branch); Edinburgh and Northern (Kinross, Woodmill, and Newburgh Branch) ; Edinburgh and Northern (Lochgelly and Leslie Extension); Edinburgh and Northern (Dunfermline Branch); Edinburgh and Northern (Strath erne Deviation) ; Kinross Junction (1 and 2); Stirling and Dun fermline, Edinburgh and Perth; Scottish Central (Denny Branch) ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Junction. rc.xNness JUNCTION. It was announced that the two Bills which had been introduced under this title had been withdrawn. EDINDUnGIX AND NORTHERN (STRATHERN DEVIATION). This Bill, for which Mr. Sergeant Bellasis appeared, was taken first. Before, however, it was proceeded with a discussion arose upon the construction of one of the resolutions proposed by Mr. Duncombe last week. The resolution in question was th• one which requires that a return shall be made by the parties promoting a railway Bill of the past and present provisional committee, and all officers con nected with the company. Now the present line sought for was branch of an existing railway, consequently there were no previ sional directors, and it was argued by the promoters that Parliament never cotild require the company to make a return of all their past directors, officers, solicitors, and all other parties that had been con nected with the company. By the opponents it was argued that the directors of the old com pany of course were provisional directors for carrying out the neW line. The point was reserved, with the understanding that it should be referred to the Speaker. The resolutions are evidently most loosely drawn up, and much inconvenience and delay will be experienced in consequence. GROUP IX. This Committee met to-day at one o'clock. Members present— Mr. Henley (chairman), the Hon. W. 0. Stanley, Lord Alford, and Viscount Eastnor. Absent, Mr Smith O'Brien. The following Bills have bean referred to this group Siamannan (Bathgate and Jawcraig Branches). Wilsontown, Merningside, and Coltness (Bathgate Branch). Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness (Improvement and Branches). Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness (Caledonian Railway Junc tion). Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness (Knowtou Branch). Airdrie and Bathgathe Junction. Edinburgh and Bathgate. • Edinburgh and Hamilton Direct. Lanarkshire and Lothians. Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction. Stirlingshire Midland Junction. Slamannan and Borrowstouness. Wishaw and Coltness (Greenhill Branch). The list of Bills having been read over, and none of the parties being in a position 'to go on, the Committee, after waiting till two o'clock, adjourned till Thursday next. Several of the Bills, it was intimated, would not be proceeded with, and none of the others would be ready till the day on which the Committee agreed to adjourn to. GROUP XIV. SOUTH—EASTERN AND BRANCHES. The Committee to which this Group is referred met to-day at twelve o'clock, in room No. 30. Present Mr. Protheroe (Chairman), Lord Emlyn, Mr. J. O'Connell, and Mr. Grogan. The CHAIRMAN expressed his regret at the absence of General Lygon, who was absent in consequence of the death of Lady Beau champ. Mr. Stephenson re - examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—Has made bor ings in the neighbourhood of Otteram Creek, and the results of those borings show that the soil is favourable for the formation of a railway. The borings were made near the creek, in order that the most unfavourable ground might be at once ascer tained, a 3 the vicinity of the creek would naturally cause the ground to be softer and of a mere muddy texture. The gra dients between Faversham and London, or rather the levels between those points, are much better on the S out h-E astern line than on the North Kent line. The South-Eastern line enters the Dockyard and Arsenal at Woolwich at a lower level than the yard itself. So that all kinds of stores, such as shot, guns, &c., could be lowered by cranes on to the waggons, and dispatched without any inconvenience. The CHAIRMAN asked if the South-Eastern Company intended to bring forward any evidence to show that the Government had de cided to give any opinion in favour of either of these liues,or was the Government indifferent on the subject. V GROUP XIX The select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this Group, resumed its sitting this morning for the first time since the Easter recess. Lord Harry Vane in the Chair. BRIDGEWATZIR AND IVIAZDENREAR. The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble to this Bill had not been proved. IBRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON RAILWAY - - - AND Bums OUR. The next case taken was that of the promoters of the Bridgwater and Taunton Railway and Canal, which was opposed by the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, who were represented by Messrs. Talbot and Orbin, and several navigation proprietors and landholders in the vicinity of the proposed line. The CHAIRMAN wished to be informed, before going into the case, if the Admiralty gave their consent to the construction of the pro posed harbour at Taunton. The parties were aware that it would be useless for the Committee to sanction the scheme without suoh consent. a s T.e k aer Lords na of the . ' and l,l W r. e S l e la rrant W appeared nAN fur r n t A h m e , promoters,w h who, together replie d w tbh i y t a h tp 3 th ie e s u srs. from the Secretary of the Admiralty, stat g at The CHAIRMAN said then they would proceed once With the case. t WRANGHAm, in opening the ease, said there were Mr. Sergeant some very peculiar circumstances connected With the promotion of Admiralty approved of toll' the line and the harbour. this project, which entitled it to the favourable consideration of Par liament, and, with the permission of the Committee, he would go into a detail of these circumstances. So long ago as 1811 an Act was passed for enabling a Company to make a canal from Bristol to Taunton ; but it being subsequently found that the traffic would not justify the compl e ti on of so extensive a project, another Act was passed ill 1824, limiting the undertaking between Bridgwater and Taunton; and the present Bill was for converting that canal Into a railway. About the same time the Canal Company ex pended 22,0001. in the improvement of the river Tone, and in 1842 they obtained an Act to make the Chard canal and docks ; and, in the end, the Company laid out 100,0001. in construct ing works for the public benefit. This money was raised by shares and loans, and up to 1842, the Company flourishing beyond all pre vious expectation, they were enabled to pay the interest on their debts, and a fair dividend to their proprietary. In 1842, however, the Bristol and Exeter Railway opened from Bridgwater to Taunton, and put a period to their sucoess ; and, instead of now being able to pay interest and dividends, they could hardly receive a sufficient amount of traffic to enable them to maintain the canal. They therefore de termined to apply for an Act to convert their canal into a rail way, and thus enable them to fight in the same armour used by their rival. They proposed to convert the canal Into a railway, ex tending the line from Taunton on to Stoliord, and to make a harbour of refuge there, accessible at all times and under all circumstances. The cost of these works was estimated at 390,0061., and to raise thls money under their existing Acts of Parliament, which gave them power to raise in various ways 570,000/. ; but they hadhitherto onlyb n e c x e e w r c o t u s e l d d c t e h v o s e e r p t o h w e e e r s s t i t mo a t h t e e o e f x t theen t o p f r l 0 7 1, 1 0 ,2 a e d OOl. , e and oa r e h r s e i n o c a e a t i h i d o the construction of the other works attendant thereupon. GROUP xxxiv. The Committee met at twelve o'clock. Present, Hon. William► Cowper (Chairman), Hon. Montague Gore, Viscount Duncan, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. Sanders Davies. GREAT Giurivzsztv AND SEEPPIELD (BtrparsEß TERRIES). Some doubt was entertained whether this Bill, which respected the ferries over the Humber cuanecting the railway, was affected by Mr. Duncombe's resolutions ; and Viscount Duncan left the room to consult the Speaker of the House. The Speaker was of opinion that they affected all Bills brought before the Railway Committees. As parties were not ready, this Bill was adjourned till to-morrow. It was stated that the returns required by the resolutions lately adopted in the House, would be ready, in the case of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield (2) Extension, and the Hull and Lincoln Rail way, by to-morrow. Application was made to the Committee to have the consideration of the Great Grimsby, Louth, llorneastle, and Midland Junction, postponed till the 18th of May, that time might be given for compli ance with the resolutions of the House, which was granted. The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. Sub-Committee No. 6. The members of this Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, in No. 11 Room. Present, Captain Jones (Chairman), Philips, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Pakington. The lines before this Committee are —the Warwick and Worcester , Birkenhead and Llangollen, and the Kent Atmospheric. The Committee proceeded with the Warwick and Worcester line. The formal process having been gone through, the Committee wit into the allegations contained in a petition against the Pill, surface of the ground was not cortectly shown on the section- Several witnesses were called on behalf of the promoters, who stated , the error arose onl • from am that thi, MUSIC HALL, STORE-STREET , B EDFORD-SQUARE. R. MOODY respectfully announces to his friends and the public that his CONCERT will take place at the above Hall To-morrow Evening, Trilsnav, Apr.l 28th. Principal vocalists—Misses A. and 31. Williams, Miss Cubitt, bliss Thornton, Miss L. Lewis ; Messrs. G. Robinson, Turner, G. Ga: ge, Taylor, F. Smith, Kenny, C. West, Master Johnson, and Moody. Tickets, 3s. each, reserved seats, ss. ; to be had at the Hall, and of Mr. Moody, 10, iidmontli-street, Regent-square.