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Just ready, in vsl3. p t 3'►o,, ECOND LOVE A Novel, FROM THE NOTE-BOOK OF A TRAVELLER. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE OCCULT SCIENCES. be had of all Booltslier 7 ;, iu Two Vets. gvo. ' ready, and may ow HE PHILOSOPHY OF MAGIC, PRO. DIGIES, and APPARENT MIRACLES. From the French. Edited, with Notes and Illustrations, By A. T. THOMPSON, M.D. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) LORD BROUGHAM'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in royal Svo., with Portraits, 21s. bound, The SECOND VOLUME of LORD BROUGHAM'S LIVES of MEN of LETTERS and SCIENCE, Who flourished during the Reign of George 111. ; WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS. Comprising Dr. Johnson, Adam Smith (with an analytical view of his great work), Lavoieier, Gibbon, Sir J. Banks, and D'Alembert. " Every lover of literature will feel gratified by this employment of Lord Brougham's active research and of his vigorous pen."— Blackwood's Magazine. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND L.:U[OND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, fice., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing Instructions► (with a reference), are respectftilly requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post {after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully In. formed that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT TO-MORROW. d THURSDAY, When will be performe Beliini cele TANI. ra j t il ed N Opera,entitled pHRI Elvira, Madame Grist ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Art uro, Si gnor Mario ; Riccardo, Signor Fornasariil After which, the last Scene of ell . s Opera, LA SONNAM IRMA. Amine, Madame Castellan. To conclude with the highly successful new Grand Oriental Ballet, by M. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Felicien David's Ode Symplionique of " The Desert," by Sig. Pugni, entitled, LALLA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglioni, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas Symbolique, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le chthouck, Pas Seta, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbeils, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half -past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. The Last Week but One of the Engagement of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisl. TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, Will be performed the celebrated Opera of STRADELLA. Ales sandro Stradella, Mr. Harrison ; Signor Bassi, Mr. Weiss ; Barba rino, Mr. Burdini ; Malvolio, Mr. Stretton ; Leonora, Miss Rainforth. After which, Madame Montenegro will appear in the Grand Scena of NORMA ; and will also sing two Spanish Romances. To conclude with the popular Ballet of PAQUITA; Lucien d'Hervilly, M. Silvain ; (*Rime, M. Adrien ; Paqulta, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi. In which also will appear Madame Giubilei, Madlles. Sall, kdele, Louise, Les Sceurs St. Lenin ; M. Mathis, N. H. Payne, and the most numerous and effective corps de ballet ever introduced upon the English stage. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Anber's celebrated Opera, entitled THE BLACK DOMINO ; or, A Night's . Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thillon ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. After which a Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Messrs. Webster, Brindal, J. Bland, Howe, and Miss Julia Bennett will sustain the principal characters. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Caulfield, &c., will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Last Night of " Robin Hood," THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Farce, called SISTER ANT) I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Kinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, 114 Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Principal characters by /Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, Meadows, F. Vining, Kinloch ; Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St:rill:l , g and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN 1100 D AND RICHARD C(ELTR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrothcr, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. Lambert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, Re., will perform. After which a New Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN OF THE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Ryan, Boyce, &c. To conclude with the interesting Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Monsieur Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith ; Largarcette, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste ; Madlle. Laroche, Miss W9olgar. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Six Nights of Mr. CHARLES MATTHEWS and Madame VESTRIS. MORE NOVELTY AND ATTRACTION. WELCH GlRL—Madame Vests's. MATTHEWS AND CO.—Mr. Charles Matthews. LOAN OF A LOVER. WHY DON'T SHE 3IARRY ? RAVENS OF ORLEANS. By Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Cowell, Rogers ; Mrs. H. Vining, lira. Hughes, Miss Martin, and Mrs. Daly. HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. M. PHILLIPPE feels happy to announce, that the extraordinary Performances of the MONKEYS and DOGS have been received with the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued every Evening at the above Theatre. Doors open at a Quarter before Eight ; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. Is. and 10s. 6d. M. PHILLIPPE will give his Performances EVERY EVENING at the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch. NOTICE.—M. PHILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the management of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the large Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of - 6001. will he required. For Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between the hours of Eleven and One o'clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Re-engagement of Mr. MACREADir, for this Week only, and the Last Night but One of his Performance in London this Season. THIS EVENINa Will be performed a new Historical Play, in five Acts, entitled THE KING OF TILE COMMONS. James V. of Scotland, Mr. Macready ; Sir Adam Weir, Mr. Ryder ; George Weir, Mr. Cooper ; Malcolm Young. Mr. Murray ; Laird Small, Mr. Compton ; Mungo Small. Mr. Oxberry ; Lord Kilmaurs, Mr. Roxby ; Madeline Weir, 3lrs. Stirling ; Widow Barton, Mrs. Fostroke. After which, the Comedietta entitled THE BRIGADIER. Bras • defer, Mr. Wallack ; Pomade, Mr. Compton ; Louise, Miss Stanley. To con Jude with a Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE SPIRIT OF AIR. Principal characters by Miss Hodson, Mr. Flexmore, Miss Faucit, Miss Bailin, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. and Miss Marshall, &c. ASTLEY'i 4 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Glorious success of the new Military Spec tacle of our Asiatic Conquests. Second and Last Week of the veritable General Tom Thumb, in his popular Drama. THIS EVENING Will be performed the New Asiatic Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought forward. Splendid SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French and English Artistes. The whole concluding with the laughable Extravanga of HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven League Boots. In which General Tom Thumb will appear, and introduce his Nigger melodies, dances, &c. Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to announce, that the THIRD 31ORNING REPRESENTATION, for the accommodation of the Juvenile Branches of the Nobility, Gentry, &e. will take place on FRIDAY, June 19, commencing at two o'clock. Box-offlce open from eleven till five O'clock.—Doors open at six . And commence at seven o'clock. tinder the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii took place : produced under the direction of Mr. Danson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. t. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi niatm CALYPSO'S G FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Ilium!. relating gothic : 4v ß e rii t age, representing in the Interior Telemachus The pynoTE Z i tm to Calypso. most complete and effe C ctis DISPLAYS,r e by Mr. Senthby, are on the Volcanic Di Preceding the duced, representing the Descent of a ph %ov b e til l e i xhi n th b e it e io h n ar Ti o l t l of b i e he in s t u r n o : Mons. Farineln wtn deace height, to the surface or the I, Z a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in hi. eL where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Wm, and bear hint to The Glass Conservatory is spieru t t,,, h ome. o rnamented with festoons o f lamps, enabling t visitors to vie.,„ the f by gas-light. he matchleas collection of Carnivore F e eding of the Carnivora at half-past five; th e six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Mraption d &c., at Admission. One Shilling. ualL THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, JcxF i 7, THERMOMETER, Lowest, 58; Highest. 79 NPoi t , 77 BAROMETER, 30.31.—"W1ND S.W., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning •• 51 minutes after 7. f Evening .. 24 minutes after 8. ,• .i. s : . 2. , L, _ 4, CIIC,R ._ I 'l, , It 4 1 k ,,,• *4 0 . 11t. ..,'', -•-•-•.. •V" '''' ' - . 7 ) qi -,- , .4,.. 6 - S A ' •- • ,_.'''....?:., . ,-7- . • •-_, ,-;,*...,- . ...., m ....._, , , -m b •,- • ) .2 " i : .' . • 5t , ),... . lipc>rr ' -- 4.9"- ' • SW ,- • ~,, •NagSkte 2 ,. -,-, SECOND EDITION. 41t1t, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1846. Another majority of thirty-three, by which Lord WicK-Low's amendment of a fixed duty of five shillings in lieu of the proposed sliding-scale was quashed, gives an additional assurance to the country that our congratulations as to the final settlement of - these measures are neither injudicious or precipitate. Slowly, it is true, but steadily, the principles of free trade are winning their way to the statute-book. A pure metal has been cast into the machinery of Par liament, and despite the casual disarrangement of that machinery and its occasional clashing and entangle ment, the golden metal will ultimately come forth :stamped with the signet of legislative accordance. As we have repeatedly taken opportunities to remark, discussion upon these extraordinary innovations -tapas our commercial policy, though em bellieked with the tropes of rhetoric and enforced by the inferences deducible from ltatistic,s, have twverthetr,s displayed a more remark able discursiveness than possibly any previous debate in the records of the Imperial Parliament. Some amongst the antagonists of the measure have shirked evory consideration bearing upon its intrinsic merits : they have sedulously avoided any direct allusion to a given point of its application, and have contented themselves with certain vague inuendoes or rambling references to colonial disaffection and other extraneous matters. These orators, and these alone, have been the utterers of what Mr. DISRAELI most happily de signated; as " damnable iterations of stale sophistries?' They have showered upon the Ministerialists and upon the nominal Oppositionist3 an appalling shower of globular missiles—but these missiles have invariably proved to be nothing more than the bubbles of a specious and pretended logic. Others have strayed still further from the question of impor tation and exportation duties by indulging in a strain of vituperative bitterness upon personages whose poli tical judgment they had previouslyfollowed as infallible. But their revulsion of feeling has especially expended itself upon one whom they had heretofore scarcely neglected apotheosising. Inflamed with chagrin, and debilitated by an irreparable defeat, their voices have mingled tones of reproach and lamentation ; they oscillated between personal invective and self-com miseration ; they directed their ejaculations almost exclusively to the Prime Minister, and have almost addressed him, in the very phrases of CATULLUS-.-. " Nullane res potuit cru delis flectere mentis Consilium ? . . . • . At non hzec quondam nobis promisse dedisti Voce : mihi non hoc miser sperare jubebas !" Only anxious to avoid any decisive collision upon the real bearings of free trade, whether upon commerce or agriculture, and at the same time to ensure, if pos sible, the discomfiture of those whom their morbid imaginations pictured to them as their deadliest ene mies, they have snatched at anything likely to prove a stalking-horse for the ebullition of their excite ment—no matter to them if it were as garbled as the statistics they selected as their first weapons of attack, or as decrepid as their last weapon of attack —the language used upon the Catholic Question, no less than seventeen years ago, by Sir R. PEEL. S uch has been the behaviour of the advocates for a perpetuation of the corn-laws in the House of Com mons. And, saving the avoidance of anything like individual recrimination, the Peers have displayed no inferior versatility. As Lord BROUGHAM jo cosely, but truthfully, observed, their speeches reminded one of " choral symphonies," various in their modulation, but " attuned to the same gamut." If we required any demonstration of the accuracy of this statement, the discussion which ensued upon the Earl of WICKLOW'S amendment would illustrate its correctness. What shall be said, for in stance, of a debate upon the taxation or non taxation of the food of the people degenerating into a mere theme for quoting from VOLTAIRE, for quibbling upon a text from " Paradise Lost," or for jesting at the absence of physiognomical beauty in the ex-Chancellor, Lord BROUGHAM ? Do these mere frivolities of boarding- school chit-chat accord well with the solid and thoughtful reputation which Lord STANLEY has acquired as a Parliamentary speaker ? Are they not, 011 the contrary, the:indications of an incapacity to battle with a solemn and sober earnest ness when the tide of defeat has set in ? Neverthe less, distressing as is this ill-timed exhibition of pleasantry upon a question of such infinite importance, we cannot but regard it as auguring well, and congratu late the country upon it accordingly. It is manifest without question, that after the triumphant majorities which each division upon the Corn Bill has given in favour of free trade, both in the Upper and the Lower House—it is manifest, we say, that this very display of merriment among the protection ists proceeds from the very hopelessness and helplessness of their position. Seeing that their ultimate overthrow is inevitable, they appear to be partially reconciled to their destiny, and prepared to take the defeat in good part. Conscious that all arguments upon the mercantile benefits or in juries which must follow the adoption of the proposed policy would be altogether so much useless exercise of their lungs, they disdain the ancient admonition of " sparing their breath to cool their porrage," and digress upon all kinds of subjects saving and ex cepting alone the subject under discussion. From this very insousciance we may perceive the certainty there is of shortly beholding free trade the law of the land, and of beholding, moreover, the most in veterate protectionists bowing down in acquiescence to the doctrines of their antagonists, when time and experience shall have proved to them that freedom of commerce is the surest means of promoting agricul tural welfare. Sir G. Cr.auK last night brought forward in the House of Commons five resolutions founded on the recommendations contained in the minute of the Lords of the Privy Council of Trade, of the 6th June inst., and the greater part of-the evening was devoted to the discussion. We have already alluded at some length to these recommendations, and approved of the spirit in which they were framed, preferring them to those contained in the report of the Gauge Commissioners. The two first resolutions were only disposed of last night, and the further con sideration of the other three was adjourned until this day. There is no doubt that considerable evil resulted from the break of gauge, and that consider able inconvenience was occasioned thereby; but the great question seems to be, is that inconvenience so serious in amount, and productive of so much injury to the public, as to make it worth the while of that public to devote a large sum of money, amounting at least to 1,000,0001. sterling, for its removal ? We have already shown that if the change is to be at all effected, it can only be made at the public expense. Any other course would be so totally inequitable and unjust that there would be little prospect of its re ceiving the sanction of a British Parliament; indeed, we doubt if a single supporter could be found in either House to so monstrous a proposition as that the great expense of altering the gauge should be thrown on the par ticular company whose line was to be so altered for the public convenience. Before, then, we come to a conclusion on this question, it is necessary to con sider whether the evil is wholly unmixed, and whether there is no advantage to the public in the existing difference. There is little doubt, that in consequence of the jealousy that has hitherto existed between the London and Birmingham and the Great Western—the representatives of the rival systems—each of those great companies has been stimulated to the utmost degree of exertion to increase the accommodation afforded to the public, and to diminish the expense as much as possible, for the purpose of securing the public suffrages in favour of their own particular gauge. By this means the great evil which would otherwise have resulted from the monopoly exercised by the compan i es has b een i n a great d egree avo i ded, and the weak have had the benefit of a certain degree of competition the only one to which rail way mana gement has ' hitherto been exposed, and the great advant age o f W hi ch is so well known and fully appreciated. Again, a d m itted that we are r ailway exper i ence; vast it is al improvements as yet but ' in every year, a nd it is q uite im possible to say how f a r these improve ments ma y be extended, what new o f the advantageresources that aotf scientific outar aye maybe e Should ud led. It applications is n o triflin g h av e an opportunity o f observing the workings of the s p ta r e n s e e e n s t , a s o y d s t e i m t a fl u .o n r d d e s N n 'r aariaedddiatinodnadlio.fihearenncet o c i f rc e u a r m l ; discoveriesbeing therefore,in s m om a de p o e and ints c o a f r r v i i e e d w : desirableo e x e c u that It is, . there should still exist a difference in gauges, and at least, quite sufficient to warrant their Lordships is i r; not at present recommending a reduction of t l li t e i b s broad to the narrow gauge at the public expen se. impossible to say that some simple and cheap plan may not speedily be discovered for doing away with, or at least considerably reducing, the evils at present at tendant on a break of gauge. Many mechanical contrivances, stated by their Lordships to be of great ingenuity, have already been submitted for that pur pose ; and although none of them may be quite suffi cient altogether to do away with the evil, yet it is clear that the inventive genius of the country is at work: on the question ; and it is impossible to say how soon the problem may be solved. This great expenditure would then become worse than useless, and there is therefore strong reason to pause before a step of the kind is irrevo cably t a k en , Tt ". bei ng then admitted that the exist ing br,sad gauge lines are not to be disturbed, the next question is, what course can be adopted to re duce the inconvenience to the minimum—so that the public should suffer as little as possible ? The reccm mendation of the Commissioners seems well calculated to effect the object. It appears reasonable that all new lines should be constructed on that gauge which is in the most ge neral use throughout the country, unless they are so closely connected with existing lines on the broad gauge as to cause a great inconvenience by a differ ence therefrom. We, however, fully concur in the justice of the reasoning which sanctions the construction of the South Wales line on the gauge originally approved of and sanctioned by Parliament. The importance of a second continuous line of railway to Ireland cannot be overrated; besides the direct communication from London with the Government dock-yards, near Pembroke, and with Milford Haven and Fishguard, will be a great public benefit. It cannot be forgotten that the speediest route to the whole of the southern district of Ireland will be thereby effected. The sea voyage from Fishguard may be made in little more than four hours, and if a railway be carried on to Valentia, the distance from London may be regularly travelled in about twenty-four hours. By this means our communication with America will be • greatly expedited ; and it is scarcely too much to say that, ere long it will become the high road for all travellers to the western hemisphere, not only from England, but from the entire of Europe. The first resolution was agreed to without a division, with the addition of the words " and South Wales Railway" after the words " Great Western Railway," by which the inconvenience of short lines of a few miles, emanating from the South Wales line being constructed on a different gauge from the parent line, will be avoided. The second resolution was altered in its terms, the House having no power to bind parties by their mere resolution. It would appear ridiculous to vote that which they had not power to enforce. It was therefore, in place thereof, re solved, " That it is the opinion of the House that provision should be made by law to prevent the direc tors of railways from altering their gauge." This is perfectly just, and we doubt not a Bill will speedily be introduced to give effect to the resolution of the House. The remaining three resolutions respect the different lines that should be made on the different gauges, and we have already expressed our approba tion of the manner in which they have been selected. Intelligence from Portugal of the 10th inst. has been received. The PALMELLA Ministry was still in power; but it was considered not improbable that they would have to give way to SA DA. BANDEIRA and his friends. The juntas were dissolving themselves throughout the country, except at Santarem, where the junta, headed by MANOEL PASSOS, had under their control a force of from fbur to five thousand armed men. His proceed ings, however, were sanctioned by the QUEEN, who had expressed her approval by a royal decree. There were a thousand men under arms at Villa Franca. The peoplehad retired from before Oporto, and had in most of the districts returned to their homes. The Augsburgh Gazette states that the Sardinian Go vernment had proposed to Austria to submit the ques tions in dispute between them, on the subject of the wine and salt duties, to the arbitration of some third Power, to be chosen by Austria. The same paper an nounces the arrival in the port of Ancona of two Aus trian men-of-war, and states that the city itself is guarded by Austrian troops. The Emperor and Empress of Russia arrived at Cra cow on the 4th instant. Madrid papers of the 10th have been received. The arrival of GONZALES BRAVO in Madrid, from Lisbon, is announced by El Clamor Publico. This is the only article of intelligence in these papers. MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 10.—The Three per Cents. closed on the 10th of June at 33 9-16 cash, 331 paper; Five per Cents., 20:1 cash. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The opening of the Great Northern Railway took place on Sunday. The papers state that the announcement of disturbances in the Pontifical States, published in the Marseilles journals, was premature. A rumour was, however, prevalent that two Cardinals had died, and chat a third had been murdered. The Presse says—" The Central League, which de sired to establish itself at Paris for the furtherance of free trade, having demanded permission from the Minister of the Interior to constitute itself, has been for the present refused such authorisation." General LAMORICIERE has arrived at Port Vendres from Algiers. A courier from Madrid passed through Paris for London, with the funds necessary to pay the half-year's interest on the Spanish Three per Cents., due at the end of the month. The approaching recal of M. BRUAT from Oceanid is announced in the Armoricain of Brest. The Three per Cents., closed en the Paris Bourse on Monday at 83f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 30c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,245 f. ; Rouen, 1,0151. ; Havre, 742 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 7351. ; Avignon, 8801. ; Vierzon, 6221.50 c. ; Bordeaux, 600 f. ; Boulogne, 4871. 50c. ; Dieppe, 415 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 503 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 517 f. 50c ; Paris and Lyons, 538 f. 75c. Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 5151. ; Bordeaux and Cette Definitives, su9f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 16. Central of Spain, 159—Dutch Rhenish, 6 —East Indian, —Lou. vain and Jeinappe, lie ex d.—Luxembourg, I% —Orleans and Bor deaux, 1014—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 614—Paris and Rouen, 39 —Tours and Nantes Constituted, 5 . Rouen and Havre, 23. EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) A quarterly General Court of this Company was held at the Company's House, in Leadenball•street. Mr. Hoca took the chair at twelve o'clock, and reported that the company had taken proper measures to secure that the pension granted to Lord Hardinge should be paid.irrespec tive of his salary as Governor-General of India. The former directors were then re- elected. An Hoer. PROPRIETOR. rose to bring under the attention of the Court a motion of which he had given notice, namely : —" That adverting to the charge of the Lord Bishop of Cal cutta on his recent departure from Bengal, and now re printed in England ; and also to the printed statements of the Rev. James Peggs, late a missionary in Orissa, it be re ferred to the Honourable Court of Directors to consider whether the time is not arrived when such rites and usages as contradict the law of nature and overthrow the first prin ciple of our common humanity, may not be terminated con istently with the amelioration of the natives and the security of our Indian empire." The sacrifice of human life which took place in India, and the idolatrous worship which existed there, ought, in his opinion, now to be put down. Such was the opinion of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, and such, he conceived, would be the opinion of every Christian in the country. lle would, however, withdraw the motion, as he did not conceive that he had sufficient information from India to lay before the Court. A letter was read by the CHAIRMAN, from Mr. Thompson, stating that his health would not permit hlm to attend the Court, and begging leave to postpone his motion in reference to the case of the deposed Raja of Sattara. Leave having been granted, k.J • The CHAIRMAN declared that the business of the Court having been concluded, it stood adjourned. Some disappointment was manifested that the notice re specting Lieut. Waghorn's services was not brought forward. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Justice PATTFSON.) Mr. PRENDERGAST applied to have the case of Dr. Ellis, who is indicted for manslaughter in a case of hydropathic treatment, post poned till Saturday, which the Court allowed. Louisa Baptiste, a'decently-dressed young woman, 23 years of age, was indicted for feloniously coining a half-crown. William Binney, inspector of the G division of police, said, he went to a house in New-court, Duck-lane, Westminster, on May 23, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon. On going up stairs to the front room second floor, he found the door fastened outside and in. The door was fastened inside by an upright plank, and a bar barricading that from the floor, and similar obstructions were used on the outside, giving the house the appearance of ht ing unoccupied. When the police went in they saw the prisoner stand ing by a large clear fire, having a plaster of Paris mould in her right hand, and a large iron spoon, containing white metal in a fluid state, in her left. When she saw them she laid down the spoon on the hearth, took half-a-crown from a "get" on the chimney-piece, and threw it Into the spoon, and then dashed the mould in her right hand into pieces, stamping on it with her feet. When they had secured her they found three Britannia metal spoons on the chimney piece, one of which had been partly minewitedth,earnoodni pp a 11 4 1 r e o ,t . he teeth of which were filled with w hi te metal. On being s ecure d , she said, " You b-, you thought to have me to r tn l g i g h h t I, l l= eyo hadu have me not yo u; oughtif you t had a n d a c v o e m b e e e Iniasi searched a a r n e h ed hour he f b o e r f e o re eoinh , coming w h et g with as you enter." C onetable so G produced lying on the tat bhlien Some fluid, and a pi ece o f silver leaf co.ndh had fluid in tli i eni n the n e i g hb ourhood of two galvanic attached,batteries of plaster of P ar i s in the eupboad. " ,trretime. He fou n d a l so powder mould which sh e h a d i n her hand was hot. Th e batteries were produced w in Court, t ogether with a pot of silver sand, t wo plate brushes which had been used on plaster of Paris, and several other articles. Mr. Field, inspector of the Mint, examined the pieces of metal pro duced, and the half-cr own , an d said they were Britannia metal. The batteries used were Slime's batteries; the liquid contained in cne bottle was a solution of salt of silver, and another bottle produced was full of a weak dilution of sulphuric acid taken from the batter i e s. He said the silver sand was used to give a polish to the coin after being taken from the mo u ld, and the " get " spoken of by the officers was the superfluous metal, which must be detached from the edge of it. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Ellis conducted the prosecution, and Mr. T. ND • L summed the evidence, and Chief Justice Ti : ` D against returned a verdict the prisoner of aiding and consultation personally present. abetting, and being ea her to seven years' transportation. The Court sentenced to have the Post-office cases fixed to come day would best suit the convenience of the Payne defended the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON applie d lication. The Court agreed to the app a t the bar, indicted for the wilful murder Joseph Carter was placed . the belly, on the 19th of May, in A ° 1 i t t o o r n n ey Frid ay, er'e r a a l s . legate. the parish of St. Giles's, Cripp the case to the jury, and called Mr. lII7DOLEsToNE introduced inter, who stated that he was at that of John Oddy, by stabbing him in Henry Mathews, a copper-plate pr, There were several othe rs present; and Carter, after the witness had been there some when witness entered. time, Caine in. Oddy was ther- ,, drinkQf a pot pf the Crown public-house at the corner of Union-street, about nine o'clock on the evening of t Carter, 04 cotiiin in, wialuct to TEE SITN, LONDOW, WEDNESDAY _EVENING, JUWI 17 3 is 4a: beer standing on the counter which belonged to Gad; and his companion. Oddy said to him, he was a spongy beggar, and he should have no beer from him, and Carter thereupon appealed to a shoemaker with a wooden leg standing by, as to whether he was a spungy beggar. This man replied that he did not know, he never saw him spend any money. This produced a laugh. Four or five of them after that stood chaff ing and wrangling together, but Carter in a few minutes attempted to get up the pot again, and Oddy removed the pot with his one hand, keeping Carter off with the other, without, however, striking any blow. Carter stood for about a minute, muttered something to himself; gave a stamp with his foot, and went out. He returned in about a quarter of an hour, pushed the door open and looked In, upon which the wooden-leg man went towards the door and said, "Do you want me, Joe ?" Carter said something which witness did n , ,t hear, and nodded his head to Oddy. Oddy rose to go towards the door, and as he was making thither, another said to him, "he has got a stick or a poker behind him." Oddy said, In reply to this, as he passed, " I'll stick him." The people, and witness among them, followed Oddy out to the door, and saw Carter back away from the door till he got within a foot or two from the corner of the street, which might be five or six yards from the door. Oddy put his left hand on Carter's shoulder, and lowered his right hand towards his skirt, as if with a view of disarming Carter of whatever he had in his hand, and said, " Give it no, Joe, like a man," or something to that effect. Oddy was calm. Carter on this punched Oddy, as witness thought, two or three times, and Oddy bent double, saying he had gotten a severe blow, and was stabbed. Carter was tripped up by some other person, and the knife fell out of his hands through the grating. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWT. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 to 5,000 bales, including 1,000 bales American, at sd. to 6d. per lb., for export to Russia, 800 Egyptian at 5 4d., and the rest American at former rates. The market closed heavily, though prices on the whole were unchanged. Shares were dull. At the Court of Proprietors of the East India Company, held this morning, the subject of some public manifestation towards Lieutenant Waghorn by the general body of the East India proprietors was fixed to be brought forward, and no donbt a most unanimous vote would have been come to upon the merits of this gentleman. In what form, however, the resolution will ultimately be proposed, was not known at the meeting of the Court, as the proprietor who gave notice of the motion was not present to day. We believe that the directors have already subscribed 3001. to the fund now raising for the gallant and persevering Lieutenant. The subject is one which excites a great deal of interest among all parties interested in the East India, the China, and the Australian trades. In reference to this sub ject it may be stated that some disappointment has been expressed at the formal reply of Mr. Gladstone to the Lieutenant, upon the subject of shortening the communica tion between Singapore and Port Jackson, the expense being at present the objection to the making of a trial. In a great commercial country like this, surely the "stingy" principle cannot be the best policy. There are no later Colonial arrivals in the City this morning. The Consol Market has been very firm this morning at 9514% for the Account. The Three per Cents. Reduced have been just quoted at 95 1 / 8 %; and in the New Three-and a- Quarter per Cents. there has been an improvement from 96% 8 to 9715. Exchequer-bills have risen to 15s. premium, but they are now a shade cheaper. India bonds from 275. have receded to 21s. premium. The additional success of the Ministerial Corn• law project in the House of Lords last night has given much satisfaction in mercantile circles this morning. The only bargains in the Foreign Market to-day have been a rise in Portuguese Four per Cents. for the Account from 48 to 49%, and a slight reaction in Spanish to 24; in the Three per Cents. to 37 1 4, and in the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. to 59 3 4. The Railway Shares and Scrips have been steady, without any material change in the quotations. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 9 5 %% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 96% 97q, Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 3 4 India Bonds, 1,0001. • . .. • • .. 27 21 Ditto, under 1,0001. . .. 21 27 Consols for Opening .. •• • • • • • • 9 5 % 1 A Exchequer Bills. I%d. 134 d. 1,0001. .. - 11 15 11 - pm. 500/. - • . 11 15 16 - pin. Ditto, Small •• - .... 15 16 - - pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 28 !‘ Ditto, for the Account .. 28 1 ,4 Ditto, Deferred • • • . 16!,i Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. - Ditto, for the Account .. 48 4911 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 1093 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. 24344 Ditto, for the Account .. 2434 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. - Ditto, for the Account .. 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. - Ditto, for the Account • • .. 39% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAW. PER SHARE, Aberdeen .. . .. 10 .... to - Bristol and Exeter .. .• 75 .... 843,E .. to Caledonian .. .. 10 .... - .. • • to - Ditto Half Shares .. .. 234 .... •. to --- Derby and Crewe .. .... 6% •• • • to - Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 5 1 A .... 3 98.. • • to - Direct Northern .. .. • • 2% •• • • 1% .. • • to - Dublin and Galway .. .. • • • • 4 •• • • 2% ... •to - Eastern Counties .. .. 14/. 16s. 0d... • • 21%14 .. to - Ditto, New .. .. 10/. 16s, 0d....• 8 pto - Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61 13s. 4d..... 'y'4 p.. to 1 p Ditto, York Extension • • • • 10s. •• • • 1 .. • • to - Edinburgh and Glasgow • • • • •• 50 .• - .... to - Ditto, Half Shares .. .• • • • • 10 .... 17%.... to - Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 20 .... 22% .... to - Great North of England • . ..100 - .... to - Ditto, New .. •. .. 138 1431 .... to - Hull and Selby 50 - to - Ditto, Half Shares .. 15 .... 3534.... to - Leicester and Bedfurd .. 225. .... par • • . to 3f, P London and Birmingham .. •• ..100 ....225 .... to Ditto. Fifths .. 2 .... 2534 .... to - London and lilackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. •• .. 8 .... to - London and lirighton .. 50 .... 65% .. • • to - London and Greenwich .. 121. 15e. 4d. .• • • - .. • • to - Do., Preference or Privilege, 181. 17s. 2d. .... 22 .. to - London and South-Western 411. 6a. 10d. .. • • 77 to - Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .... 81% .... to - Ditto, Quar..er Shares (11) .. 4 .... 13!8...- to - Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 .... .... to - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425. .. .... •.n p.• to - Manclb?ster and Southampton .. .. 2 .... 114 .... to - Midland Ditto, New .. 18 .... 31 1 A .. to - Ditto, Birmingham and Derby ..100 .... to - Newcastle and Darlington Junction .. 25 .... 45% ... to - Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 1 .... 9 .... to - Ditto, New, Brandling .. • • •• 25 .. •• 44 to - North British • • • • • • • • • • 22% •. • • - .... to - Ditto, Half Shares • • .. • • • • 8% •. 11% to - .. • • 50 to - Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. • • 114 .... .... to -- North Staffordshire • • • • • • • • 425. 4 p.... to - Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltnam. 2 ..• 1 ••.. to - P o rtsm o uth Direct • • • • •• • -3% •• • • 33 •.•. to - South Midland • • • • • • • • • 425. % d 13.• to - South Eastern and Dover • • 33 Ditto, New, No. 2 ........10 13 %3838 Ditto, New , No. Tring, Beading, and Basingstoke 5 34 234. .. to - West Riding Union • • • • • • 425..... pto - Wisbeach and St. Ives •• • • • • 2 .. • • 134 .... to 2 York and Lancaster • • • • • • • • 2% 1% to -- 11Y, .... to - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens •• • • 12 113 4 •.... to - d Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • •• • • 6 Ditto York Eastan North tdh iv 3 e i st idl it an id d ing . E . Extension 1 .... - 734 .... to - East Indian • • • • • • • • • • • • s s• •• • • to - Louvain and Jemeppo •• • • • . 4 .... .. to - Namur and Liege • • • • • • •• 6 tt to Orleans and Bordeaux • . 6 10 1 4 .. to 10 10 Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 •• •• to - MINES • • - 3.% .... to COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) 2 .. U ...• 12 10 Genoa.... .. .. .. .. •• . - Ditto, at sight • • • • • • Real del Monte, Unregiste2rles2dB6o%•:llorn : * .. .. .. Amsterdam .. —.C.F. 12 9% IG,,aliberunalntoar, . p . e .. ri . .. • • : : ::: : .....111.8. 13 15 Venice .... .... — 30 50 2G 10 26 15 Milan ... • — Naples ..... .. •• • • 39 % HA, Rotterdam ialmtb.eurpr g.i, Paris, 3 days' sight • • • • Ditto, 3 months.'.. •.. 26 5 Lisbon ........ ... Marseilles ............26 10 Oporto .... .... .: •.: : • A 3 Bourdeaux ... ••••• • • • • 26 10 Rio Janeiro Frankfort on Maine.... 12 2 % Bahia ...... P e tersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • Buen os Ayres ........ New York, 21 days' sight Vienna, effec. tio ••• • • • 10 10 Philadelphia .. —••• • • • Trieste, ditto.. •••• • • • • 10 11 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid •• .. ..... .•• . • 36 Foreign Gold in bars ..X3 17 9 Cadiz • • ... : ........ 361 i Portugal Gold Coin ••3 17 5 Bilbao.. •. • • ..... ••• • • New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 Barcelona .• • • ........ • New Dollars ........ 0 4 9% Seville.••••••• •••••••• S liv er in bars .......• 0 411 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 17.—Wind E., light airs, and hot sultry weather. DEAL, JUNE 16.--Wind E.N.E.—SId. Adolph von Nassau, Prandt, i t Il i , river, i ali fa and Halifax ; Batavia; Irene, Franzen, St. Thomas; Lucretia,J ama i ca ; Johanna, Roper, New York ; Prince Carl, St. Thomas ; . Racer, M ro elpomene, Buenos Arrdf g. Ayres ; Ranger, Dring, Caps Coast Castle, s il l da.r,mlo6,tiyh: Sutherland,lVscales, Sproul, abra ,to Port r. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 16.—The Mary Ann, Cassidy, f rom Sierra Philip; Leone, which put into this port 14th ult. leaky, has been condemned, and will be sold by auction, 19th inst.. PADSTOW, Jura 13.—The Matilda Birch, which put in here leaky, is discharging. GLOUCESTER, JUNE 16.—The Alexander Hooper, which arrived here 14th'inst. from Cardiff, has sunk in the basin at Sharpness; it is expected she will be raised to-day. BELFAST, JUNE 15.—The Rambler steamer, M'Alister, from Liver pool to Sligo, ran ashore on the Maiden Rocks during a dense fog yesterday morning, and filled ; crew and passengers saved, a por tion of the carg) landed, partly in a damaged state. LEITH, JUNE 16.—The sloop Mary, of Perth, Loring, from Wemyss to Inverkeithing (in ballast), struck on a sunken rock yesterday morning, and sunk in about sixteen fathoms ; crew saved. _ _ YARNIOCTII, JrNE 16.—The Ruby, Metcalf, of Sunderland, came into the Roads this morning, leaky, and shipped more hands to pro ceed to London. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The present week's arrivals of English Wheat having been on an unusually limited scale, the stands were scantily filled with sam ples. On the whole the demand for that article was firm at, in most instances, Monday's advanced (urrencles. In Foreign Wheat very little business was transacted, yet the holders were firm, and would not sell except at extreme figures. Bonded Grain was a mere dra almost nominal in value. The sale for Barley was tolerably firm, and previous rates were well supported ; but Malt commanded very little attention. Oats moved off firmly at rather more money, while Beans and Peas were held at extreme rates. ARRIVALS. English • • Irish • • -• Foreign ...... Wheat. 850 qrs. BarlPy. GO qrs. Oats I Flour. 360 qrs. I 1,440 As. 800 1 - 8,410 I - 3,240 Malt. 920 ars. WHITECHAPEL. Although the supply of Meat here was small, the general demand was In a very sluggish state, at barely previous quotations. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 55 2d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 49 to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY CITN NINGIIAME, BART.—We have to announce the demise of the above baronet, who died on Monday week at Skaldon, Ayrshire. Ile was son of the sixth baronet, whom he succeeded In 1837. The late baronet was one of the claimants to the dormant earldom of Glencairn. His brother, now %ir Thomas Cunninghame, succeeds to the family ho nours and estates. THE Asti AND THE OAK.—A correspondent, who last year anticipated a wet summer, because the usual prognosticator of such a season had appeared in the ash opening its leaf before the oak, expresses confidence In the prevalence of dry weather generally throughout the slimmer, because he has this year, as on many similar occasions, observed the oak to be considerably in advance of the ash. —Eastern Counties Heraid. FIRE AT DEvONPORT.—At half -past three A.M. on Sunday, a fire broke broke out in the malt-house of Mr. Thomas Ilnsband's brewery, at Morice Town. Engines from the dockyard, Caledonia, and belonging to the town and fire-offices, were soon in attendance, and the suction hose of the dockyard engine having been placed in a large tank on the premises, the delivery was so powerful that the slates were driven off the roof by the concentrated body of water, and the flames were speedily extinguished, the damage, which might have been most extensive, being only between 300/. and 400/. REPRESENTATION OF IPSWICH.—Mr. Rigby Was? who some ti me s i nce retired from the representation of Ipswich,hea has again add ressed the electors, soliciting their votes at t P• preaching election. SCARCITY OF LABOURERS.—Farmers obliged to mak e a considerable advance in the rate per ac e repaid for hear that mowing, owin g t o the difficulty of obtaining mowers. in some parts of Mi ddlesex 7s. per acre is being P aid for cutting tl, a meadow grips, whi c h it 25. 6bOYe the average rate pa id last year. are this year RAILWAY CO MMITTEES. ( DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. DIRECT LONDON AND 1 2 0:ZTSZY/OUTE.. GUILDFORD, CIiXCHEST R , PORTIWOUTII, AND rarzEuAryz. Their Lordships met this morning in Room A (New Hones of Parliament) at the usual hour. Lord Beaumont in the chair. All the Members were present. The case on the part of the promoters of the Guildford and Chi chester was proceeded with. The Duke of Richmond was called by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIUM to give evidence in favour of this line, which his Grace declared to be far superior to the Direct London and Portsmouth, not only on account of its being shorter (by two miles), but also as it gave ac commodation to more important places. Chichester was by far a nitre important place than Petersfleld, and he thought it would be much better to have Chichester on the main line and Peterstield on a branch, as they would be on this line, than to have Pe' ers field on the main line and Chichester on a branch, as proposed by the Direct London and Portsmouth. It would be a great t.dvantage to the rich agricultural Cistricts through which this line would pass, to have the direct communication it would afford to London and other important places. The Direct London and Portsmouth would certainly r o considerable damage to his pro petty, but he was not the person to oppose a railway Bill on such a ground as that. He denied that he had entered into an agreement with the London and Portsmouth, by which he became an interested party ; " and indeed," observed his Grace, " I never yet was con nected in any way with any railway, and I never intend to be." Ills Grace was not cross-examined by counsel on the other side. Other NV ithe., , es were then called, and gave similar evidence. LONDON' AND YORK. THE noweasTExa, Nt7A.TELEPIELD, AND LEEDS. The Committee on this Bill met again this day at eleven o'clock ; Lord Somers in the chair. The case for the promoters having closed, Mr. Alexander, Q. C., opened for Mr. Fountain Wilson and other landowners opposing the line. The Learned Counsel contended that the line was unneces , ary - to the population of the districts - which it proposed to accommodate ; and that the injnry it would do to property would be much more than the good which would result. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XIII. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; Sir William Clay in the chair. Other 'members present, Earl Jermyn, Mr. Curteis, and Mr. I'. Ainsworth. The clauses ( f the Gths,gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway Bill were postponed till to-morrow. CALEDONIAN EXTENSION. This line was then proceeded with. The formal proofs wcre then put in, in conformity with Mr. Dun combe's resolutions. The line is opposed by the Duke of Portland and several petition ing landowners, for whom Mr. Austin, Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, _3lr. Deedes, and Mr. Denison appeared. The Ayr and Glasgow Railway al o petitioned, and was represented by Mr. Andrews. Counsel in favour of the Bill are Mr. Talbot, Mr. Sergeant Wrang ham, Mr. Hope, Sir Wm. Rt 'dell, Mr. Richards, and ➢ir. Boyle. Mr. COCKBURN opened the proceedings on behalf of the Bill. The line for which he appeared, he said, was proposed to run from Ayr to a point on the Caledonian line, about two miles from Lanark, called Ravenstruther, with two branches north and south, the former the Lesmahagow branch, and the other went on to Abingdon on the Caledonian line. The great object of tie main line was to connect Ayr with Edinburgh, so that the traffic from the former might be carried forward on the Edinburgh, York, and the Caledonian line. It passed through the important mineral fields of Enterkin, Muirkirk, Glenbuck, and Douglas. The object of the south, or Abingdon branch, was to open those extensive coal fields to Annandale and Dumfries-shire • and the north branch was intended to open up the valuable coal field of Lesmahagow, which at present was locked altogether. The Lesmahagow was a most extensive and valuable coal field, containing an abundant sup ply of gas coal, which would command through the railway a ready market in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The line, with the branches also, would be of the greatest service in accommodating the agricultural traffic of the three counties that would be connected v ith the line. With regard to the accommodation of passengers passing from Ayr to Edinburgh, he believed that at present by the coast route the dis• tance was fifteen or sixteen miles more than it would be by the pre sent line, independent of the break of two miles at Glasgow, which would occasion a material delay. Even were the Barrhead and Kil marnock line formed, the distance would still be ten miles in favour of the Caledonian Extension. This advantage was indepen dent of the great mineral fields that would be opened up. The whole scheme was 76 miles in length ; the main line being 45 miles, the Lesmahagow branch 17 miles, and the .Abingdon branch 12 miles. Tile main line was estimated to cost 782236/., the Lesma hagow branch 302,862/., and the Abingdon branch 193,264/. ; making the total capital 1,330,0001. He would support the scheme by wit nesses of the highest respectability, and though the sclicine Wile op posed by several proprietors, 11, did not think they could make out a case that would justify the rejection of such an important line. The Learned Gentleman th,n proceeded to call his w,tnesses. Mr. Bell Telfer, shipper, of Ayr, examined—He saql he was in the habit of shipping the iron of the Muirkirk Company. He had three ships of his own, and exported about 2,000 tons of that iron yearly. The iron was brought twenty miles by carts, at a charge of about 10s. a ton. That was a low charge. He also exported a consider able portion of wool that Caine from the Muirkirk district. The line passed through an important agricultural and mineral di's - net. The principal return cargoes were silt, guano, and oil cakes, which were sent up into the interior. There were large cotton works at Online, with which there was considerable traffic front Ayr. There were considerable beds of freestone along the line that would find art outlet to Liverpool by this line. There were 100,000 tons of coal exported from Ayr at present, which came from ports between Ayr and Mauchline on the route of the line; the supplies were mainly on the Auchincruive estate. A considerable amount of grain and flour was shipped into Ayi from Ireland, a great portion of which went into the interior. At _present the largest ships that entered were '250 tons register, but the harbour might be mt.ch Im proved, and the line would tend to that object. The harbour trustees were in favour of the line arid he belived such was the general feeling of the inhabitants. The Town Council bad petitioned to its favour. GROUP XII'. LIVERPOOL, ORDIESIEXELII, AND PRESTON. The Committee met at twelve o'clock The case on the part of the promoters was opened by Mr. TALBOT, who briefly stated that this line was one which must evidently have considerable advantage over the others which were under the consi deration of the Committo, as it would only cost 750,0001., while the others would cost 1,600,0001., and would by no means afford the same accommodation as the one for which he appeared. The Imagth of the main line was 23% miles ; the Liverpool and Bury branch was three miles; the Southport branch was 12 miles, making the length of the entire line 38% miles, showing a considerable difference in favour of the line over the Canal Company. The Learned Counsel then called Mr. Eccles, who proved that the line would be of considerable benefit to the country, by the exten sive accommodation it would afford. Dr. Williams stated that along the intended course of the line there was a great wait of accommodation for the passage of goods, and that evil would be removed by the formation of the line. Mr. Samuel Cherey proved that the terminus of the line was so situated as to afford the greatest possible accommodation to the district. Mr. Smith, examined IT Mr. BRANDT (who appeared on the part of the promoters), stated that there was great want of accommoda tion for goods at the station of the North Union line ever since the station had been enlarged. The rates en the line were still high, though th. y had lately unde-gone a reduction. There was et cry necessity for the formation of this line. GROUP XX. The Committee on this (the Windsor) Group met to , day, at twelve, in Room No. 31, present Mr. Sotheron (chairman), Mr. Pigott, Sir William Ilentinck, Mr. Tancred, and Mr. Ross. They proceeded to hear the arguments of counsel on the point in part reserved from yesterday, in the ease of the LONDO tY AND WINDSOR. It will be remembered that the continued evidence in favour of this line was Interrupted by the Chairman stating that it wss, in the opinion of the Committee, fatal to this Bill that the consent of the Commissioners of Metropolitan Roads had not been obtained by the promoters, to cross those roads on a level. According to the ar rangements then agreed to, 3lr. DIEREWETHEN, for the promoters, now addressed the Com mittee. He said that the present plans were such as the Metropolitan Roads Commissioners would assent to. Mr. Cockauaw, on the other hand, contended that the ecthsent of the Commissioners would be now of no avail, as the alteration of the plans was such as to bring the Bill under the fifteenth standing order. The promoters would require to build a bridge, whereby their limits of deviation would extend into lands not laid down in the plans de posited, and of which the owners were not named in the book of reference. . After some discussion upon this point, from which it appears i that in some cases the standing order in question had been dispensed with, The CIIAIRMAN said the Committee had heard nothing to induce them to proceed further with this case. Whatever might be the cir cumstances under which the standing order had been elsewhere dis pensed with, they must hold it to be fatal to the Bill. The bill was ac,ordidgly thrown out, and the Committee took the RICHMOND (KEW BRANCH). Mr. CHAMBERS stated the case of the promoters. The proposed line was Intended to be connected with the Richmond line about to be very shortly opened. It would extbnd from Mortlake to Kew, the length being little more than a mile and a half, and the cost was estimated at between twenty-five and twenty-seven thoxisand pounds. There would ultimately be a continuous Brie from the York-road to Kew, an accommodation of great advantage not only to the pleasure traffic, but to the scientific traffic of the metropolis. The Learned Gentlemen then went into a detailed statistical enume ration of the numbers and various classes of visitors for pleasure or science to the Botanical Gardens at Kew, and the other points of attraction in that neighbourhood. He quoted largely from the re ports of Sir W. J. Hoooker, in the years 1845 and 1846, on the Royal Botanic Gardens and the proposed new Palm-houses, at Kew, to show the importance of this railway in a popular as well as scientific view. GROUP XXXII!. The Committee met to-day at iwelve o'clock, in Room ico. 24, (Grand Corridor) ; present, Sir Robert Ferguson (Chairman), the 31a.quis of Worcester, Viscount Newry, Mr. Smollett, and Air. Fellows. They proceeded with the LONDON AND WAP-V7ICIZSHIIIM (THREE EinANCHES The traffic evidence in favour of these branches, as against the Great Western projects, occupied the whole morning. GROUP XLVI This Committee re• assembled to-day at twelve o'clock ; present, Mr. Bramston (chairman) and the other members. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE (EXTENSION AND _ BRANCHES). The evidence in relation to this Bill was resumed. Mr. Hudson was examined to show that the apprehensions enter tained respecting level crossings were not well founi . ed, as the neces sary precautions could be taken to prevent accidents. After some further evidence the Committee adjourned. GROUP LVI. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, ➢lr. Ewart in the chair. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS AND incrawlNGLEArd JUNCTION. The time of the Committee was taken up this morning in settling the question relating to the crossing of the Blackwall Railway on a level. It was eventually agreed between the parties that Vis part of the scheme should not be carried out if the Board of Trade be of opinion that it was incompatible Kith the convenient and proper working of the traffic of the Blackwell line. The Committee then pronounced the preamble of the Bill to be proved. _ _ The remainder of the day was occupied in discussing and settling the clauses of the Bill. The Committee adjourned at the usual hour. GROUP LVII The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morally, Mr. F. Baring in the chair. LONDON AND nnarativan.tuvz RAIL WAY CANAL ARRANGEMENT'S, AND DUDLEY AND lIIILMINGHABI CANAL AMALGA MATION. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day in settling and arranging the clauses and details of this Bill. The Committee adjourned at an early hour. GROUP LVIII. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, and went through to clauses of the Hull and Selby Railway Purchase 13i11. The Committee adjourned early. GROUP LXI. SCOTTISH CONSOLIDATIONS. The Committee assembled at twelve o'clock ; Sir J. Duckworth in the chair. It will be remembered that the business of this Committee was begun by hearing the case of the Monklands and KirkintillOch Company, who by their Bill hold a power to pur chase the Garnkirk, Morikland, and Kirkintilloch line on the deposit of 30,0001. The power was now resisted on the ground Of an alteration of circumstances, and the Caledonian Company, Who ap peared by Mr. Sergeant Wraugham, resist the transf er, on the pleati e that it will city, rethe traffic from their line, and do so .01 injuriously to the country, as it would instead of passing directly f north and south have to go round by the Glasgow and Edinburgh line, and thus give to that company a monopoly of the district between those two places. There were also several other purchases which have to be made, and the real question is as into whose hands the management shall fall. Alter hearing counsel in continuation this morning, the Committee adjourned until twelve o'clock to-morrow, when it is understood their decision will be given. This Committee re-asseGROU P LXIV. mbled swzed the consideration of the to-day at twelve o' c l oc k, an d re- IZZALTI - 4 f irEAT WiESTEEN (MII7LLZN• GAR AND ATHLONE). Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, on the part of the competing line, suggested that in the list of the company there had been an omission of several 'nausea. This was admitted by the counsel for the Bill. The room was cleared, and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had come to the determi nation of suggesting to the counsel for the projectors of the Irish Great Western Company to specify the corporation purchasing the linc. Mr. Sergoant MnarriT said that he had no objection to adopting the proposed amendment in the preamble. After a technical discussion of some length, the Committee adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY). HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at twelve o'clock. REPORTS. The following reports were brought up, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed :—Allhallows Tithes; East Lanca shire Railway (Deviation and Branches); London az_d Bir mingham Railway (Weedon and Northampton) ; North Wales Railway ; Sheffield General Cemetery ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, and North Wales Mineral Railway Amalgamation; South-Eastern Railway (Chislet to Margate). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third iime and passed : Glasgow Municipal, Police and Statute Labour; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Huddersfield Diversion and Cooper Bridge Branch) ; Kennington-lane, &c., Light ing, &c. ; Newmarket and Chesterford Railway:; Newport and Pillgwenlly Waterworks ; St. Helen's Canal and Rail way; Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Rail way (Whaley-bridge and Hayfield Branches) ; Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Dukinfield, Worsborough, and Glossop Branches, and Sheffield Station Enlargement) ; Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Newton to Crewe, with Branches); Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway (Methley, Askern, and Oakenshaw Branches). WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT AND GOOLE RAIL WAY BILL, Sir J. Y. BULLER moved the further proceeding on the third reading of this Bill, which was read a t nird tima and passed. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY BILL. The Lords' amendments on this Bill were read, and agreed to. SITES IN SCOTLAND. Mr. BOYD presented petitions from the ministers and con gregations of various places in Scotland, praying the House to Meditate the obtaining of sites for building places of worship. . _ _ SMALL TENEMENTS BILL. Various petitions from places in England were presented in favour of and against this Bill. UNIVERSITY TESTS (SCOTLAND). Mr. LOCKHART presented several petitions against any Bill that might have for its object the alteration of the ex isting tests in the Universities of Scotland. M — r. FOX MAULE presented several petitions in favour of the Bill for obtaining sites for churches in Scotland. Mr. P. M. STEIVAIT presented several petitions to a similar effect. RAILWAY GAUGE. Sir G. CLERK announced that he wa3 not disposed to make any otjection to the amendments which had been made to sonic of the resolutions he had proposed in the debate last night. Mr. DENISON was about to address the House, when he was interrupted by Mr. FOX MAULE, who rose to order. He wished to know whether that order of the day had precedence over the other orders ? The SPEAKER said that in matters of public business such ordershad precedence. Mr. HAWES wished to know whether the resolutions could not be pressed forward to-morrow, at the time of pri• vate business. A conversation then ensued, in which Mr. Fox MAtn...E", Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and other Hon. Members joined, as to which of the orders should have the precedence, but the discussion was put an end to by Sir GEORGE CLERK con senting to postpone the further debate on his resolutions until to-morrow. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY BILL, Mr. MILNER GIBSON moved, " That it he an instruc tion to the Committee on Group 18, to hear the petition from the Directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, relative to their Yeovil and Taunton Branch." Atter a few words trom Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET, the motion was withdrawn. BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY BILL, Mr. STANTON moved that the evidence taken before the Committee last year on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway be referred to the Committee on Group 58, now sitting. The motion was agreed to. A short discussion then ensued as to the gauges, which was put a stop to by Sir JAMES GRAHAM interposing, and saying that his Right Hon. Friend, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, had left the House under the impression that the debate on the question had been adjourned until to-morrow. NAVAL CIVIL DEPARTMENT BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this B. being read, _ _ Sir C. NAPIER addressed the House at some length as to the impropriety of appointing men to the care and manage ment of the dockyards who understood nothing about them, and who were utterly ignorant of ship-building, &c. He also entered into a lengthy statement as to the sailing qualities of the various vessels in the squadron. After several hun dred pounds had been expended in the construction of ships, when they were sent out it was found that they were not tit for sea. He instanced in support of his argument :the St. Vincent ; the Albion, the Vanguard, &c. HE then gave a detailed statement of the sums which had been expended in the repair of these ill-constructed vessels. He quoted from the returns made by the officers of the dock yards, but he was afraid that, great as the expense appeared to be by these returns, it was in fact much greater, if the truth was known.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that the House of Commons had a right to insist that, when they ordered returns to be made, those returns should be accurate in every respect. It had been said by the Secretary of the Admiralty that it would be improper to make proper returns on this subject, because, if they did, foreign nations woulu know the exact condition of our fleet, which might be in- jurious to this country. But the truth was, that the Frencl knew much more abont our navy than we did ourselves. The returns which the Admiralty had furnished were ver .. incorrect, in as far as the condition of the steam ships wen concerned. He would instance the Vulture steamer, th. returns respecting which were most inaccurate, and if tht returns resiectinithe others were of the same character, IF must say they were most objectionable. Ha be lieved there was not one of the steam-boats belong ing to the Government that was fit to b. called a ship of war. A great portion of them carrie( their paddle-boxes five or six feet above the level of thi deck, and if they were to go into war the first shots would, he was persuaded, carry them away. If a war took place to morrow, a steam fleet might be sent out with 10,000 of 15,000 men. If that were the case, then, from these high paddle-boxes and engines, the first shot would de stroy all the men in any one of these steamers— the only safety with such vessels was to place the boilers below the water. The Admiralty ought to confess their error, and if these vessels were inefficient, take measures to put them in a proper state for the service of the country There were many other vessels named in the catalogue which were liable to similar objections. A great number of the steam gun-boats, he believed, would prove to be of no use whatever. They were called gun-boats, but he felt certain they would be found totally useless in case of being employed in war-service. He found, on looking over the returns, that a great number of three and twc deckers were cut down. He did not object to the first two that were cut down, but they had been so numerous that he must now refer to them. Thirteen two-deckers had been cut duwn to make bad frigates. It would have been better to have worn them out as they were originally. If a war were to arise, involving, a war in the Baltic or the Mediterranean, they would have no ships to employ but these bad frigates. But so great was the mania for cutting down in the Admiralty that a large number of the large friga: es built at the end of the last war in order to compete with the large frigates of the Americans, were now in process of being cut down to corvettes. Forty five large frigates had been built, and this was the process now employed towards them. The Hon. and Gal lant Member then referred to the magazine ships, the condi tion of which he represented to be equally objectionable. With the enormous, number of ships they had built, and what they were building, he thought the nays ought to be more efficient. One great objection he had to those ships was, that many of them were too large in size. He believed that before many years large ships would be given up altogether, and small ship s be employed in their stead. He believed a great deal of the neglect of the Admiralty was from leaving the management of building the ships in the hands of one officer. He) felt certain that no one man could attend to these matters; as they ought to be. He knew from his experience that such must be the case. The ship-builders of Glasgow, Liverpool, or on the river, could produce far better steamers than any the Admiralty had built. (LEFT SPEAKING.) COLONIAL AND EMIGRATION COMMISSION_ The following are extracts from the sixth general report of the Colonial and Emigration Commissioners (just presented to Parliament by command of her Ma jesty) : NEW SOUTH WAXES : ITS FINANCIAL STATE. In our last report we noticed the gradual improvement which has taken place in the general state of the colony, and we are happy to perceive that each account since re ceived tends to confirm our expectations that we should soon hear of its returning prosperity. The Gover nor, in a dispatch transmitting the abstract of the revenue and expenditure for 1844 and the esti mate for 1846, says, that he considered the finances of the colony to be in a very satisfactory state. The ordinary revenue, which in 1843 of the expenditure by 11,8951. 19s. id. in d although 184 ex ceeded the expenditure by 8,933/, Bs. Ild., an their was not in either of these years any contribution towards tribution towards the ordinary revenue from felltslort h the Treasury about 70,60 01 , t at the commencement of June last,t Crown revenue, tshr e of which something is, however, a than 20,000/. was Crown reven ue. there was sng then moren e interest of six per cent. This debt was lion, bearing an debt on the Crown revenue i of 100,000/. for immigra in 1843, before the dep ressed state ar rangement sanctioned . o f t h e -colony had . rendered it necessary t o put an incurred to pay for the last immigrants sent out, under state g u ra t ti th ort e acitut:ie public expense. quantity of land so ld was SOUTH AUSTRALIA. enD tir u e ri a n to g pp th a e ge y t e o ar ern l lB 3,428 acres, and the amount o d realise - / ,6 66 13s. The extent of land surv e3c d was 6,680 * acres, at a cost of about qd. an acre. This is considerably higher than the the average of the preceding Frome explains that the whole of the sisted of detacht.d block s o f land, lying6,6Boinacdrieffsecronen; parts of th e settled districts ; and that tthe excess of expanse is accounted for by the small size of many of the blocks, and the incessant movement of the I surveying parties from one part of the colony to another. The total quantity of land surveyed and open for settlement on tne 31st of December, 1844, was 663,553 acres. Further accounts, however, have been received of sales effected in the colony up to the 31st of May. 1845, amounting to 1241. 12s. ; and we have every reason to believe that much more considerable sales have since occurred. In this country, also, as much as 20,000/. was deposited during the past year in the pur chase of land by the Australian Mining Company, be sides 1,1001. by other depositors. Subsequent accounts, we are glad to report, fully con firm the at4tement4 We mentioned last of the discovery of valuable mines of lead and copper. We place 15 1 Appendix an extract from Governor Grey's Annual Re` port for 1844, containing some interesting observations both on the mines and on the generally favourable pros' pects of the colony. The source of wealth thus unexpectedly opened to the . colonists appeared to offer a favourable opportunity et providing for a revenue, which, without being onerous, might keep pace with the growth of prosperity in the colony. Accordingly, in compliance with Lord Stanley's directions to consider the subject, we consulted wit h different gentlemen connected with. the management oi, mines in England, and with others desirous of embark/13g capital in mining operations in South Australia ; and ice submitted our views to his Lordship in a report, the 14th of May last. His Lordship referred the whole matter to the Governor, authorising him to establish , with the advice of the Executive Council, such rules es might appear best adapted to the circumstances of the colony, subject, however, to their being c o n fi r med, dis• allowed, or modified by her Majesty's Go v e rnm ent. By the latest accounts the d e m a nd f or l a b ou r onti• dated nued, particularly fur agricultural labourers, shepherds; mechanics, miners, and female domestic servants ; an d notwithstanding a considerable; influx of labourers (amounting in the year 1804 to 809, and in the first quarter of 1825 to 613), the previous high rates of wage s were maintained. CANADA. The following particulars of sales have been gathered from the Land returns for 1844:—Form (or country) lots, 381 ; town lots, 838 ; park (or suburban) lots, 70: total, 1,289. Producing 26,0744 18s. 7d. The number of immigrants lanled at the ports of Quebec and Montreal in 1845 was 25,375, of whom 63 3 were cabin passengers. A compar:son of this avregat e, with the return of 1844, shows an increase of 5, 233 ' equal to 26 per cent. It is not practicable to ascertain precisely the number of departures from the province to the United States. Mr. Buchanan estimates the number at about 4,000, which is more by 2,800 than went in the preceding yea r s while the number of arrivals by way of th e United States does not appear to exceed 2,600, making the accession to the population consequent to the year's immigration,. to be between 23,000 and 24,000 persons. Several or them were possessed of moderate capital, and pro ceeded at once to purchase partially improved pro' perties, or to enter into trade. A larger proportion were small fanners, with sufficient means to enable them to establish themselves advantageously on wild lands; but the great bulk were agricultural labourers , many of whom had nothing even for their immediate support. The total expenditure on the relief of destitute immigrants, including the cost of agency, was 6,9441. 4s. 2d. currency, being an increase of 2,0001. Bs. 51 oil that of the preceding year. The charges for agency ill the two years was nearly equal. The disbursements for buildings and repairs amounted to 732/. Bs. 2d. in 184 4 , and only 961. ss. 6d. in 1845. The increase, th e refore:. for direct assistance to emigrant families was upwards or 2,6004 Some allowance must be made for there baying been a larger emigration, but the chief cause of the creased expenditure last par was the enhanced rates ° f transport on the routes between Montreal and lung: ston, the passage having been raised from 4s. to 10$. for an adult. We are sorry to notice, that although the averag e length of the voyage was so mew h a t l ess than ill ru ts preceding year there was an increase in the mortally both during the voy age an d i n h osp i ta l a f te r etrriV_ Many cases of feve r an d small-pox were sent to hosf ar '7 and the medical superintendent has mainly attributed ti' origin of the disease to the crowded, filthy, and ill-Yen' tilated lodgings occupi e d by th e em i grants p re viously tO their embarkation. The number of passenger vessels during the Pa g : season was 256. Of th ese no t more t h an 147 ' llll° within the regulations of the Passengers' Act, and c I,T, sequently a very con s id era bl e number sailed from country without any previous inspection by Governme° officers. IMMIGRATION INTO THE MAURITIUS. It is desirable to begin by referring very briefly to th history of emigration from India to this colony. , The first emigration commenced in 1834 and ende d 1839. It was carried on en ti re ly by p r i va te enterPr! s e ms . e, Uhe labourers were introduced un d er con t rac ts of serr lc which after 1837 were limit e d i n d ura ti on to fi v e years' ens the emigrants were entitled a t th e en d o f t h at period free passage back to India. Th e a b uses to w hi c h this sYst woo was found to give rise were f orm id a bl e; amongs t the e v ,..„ proved to have been inflicted on the emigrants, it gel', suffice to enumerate kidnapping, actual confinement of Calcutta itsa, and compulsory embarkation, b 5 7 contracts on disadvantageous terms, which neverthestof 0 were seldom, if ever, strictly fulfilled. The numb! r _ d i s persons introduced in this first emigration from Au was 25,468, of whom 24,566 were male labourers. At the end of 1842, the emigration was re-open_ l 7 under the direct superintendence of Government off icers ' and a bounty was made payable in Mauritius on LT; immigrants. No contract for service could be rallu o out of the colony, and none within the colony f or longer period than one year. This mode of enaignr don happily proved exempt from the former Olt!: It continued throughout 1843, and for the first fe7, months of 1844, when it was succee d e d by the thiT" and present system, under which the whole rac e :. sures for the selection and conveyance o f t h e em i gr ao67 . are devolved exclusively o n a respons ibl e Goverment officer. This change was made partly with a view 01 lessening the expenses, and partly of obtaining a better, Selection of emigrants, includi ng a l arger proport i on o f women, in both of which respects it would appear frOm the reports to have bee n attended with success. The whole number introduced under the renewed emigration. from the commencement of 1843 to the end of 18 44 ,.' appears to have been 46,014, of who m 39,244 were ini!'" labourers. From these statements it follows that, in the cour s e . 10 , ten years, 71,482 people were introduced from Indi a I wo the island of Mauritius, of whom no l ess than 63,8 16 W male labourers or servants. nom.k.• IMMIGRATION INTO THE WEST OM inti On this important service, the s t e ps to be taken to with some country last year formed at fi rs t a q uestion difficulty ; we issued, in th e mo nth of May , pn the approval of the S ecre t ar y o f State, shiP advertisement, calli ng f or ten d er s of an y of ping which the owners wo u ld o ff e r on the chan ce the Indian agents being able to supply them w ith 0 pld grants. It was found, however, that shipowners sr o _ mot offer ships on these terms, except at rates which deemed higher than it was expedient to pay. Seel"' therefore, that in the meanwhile much more encourag ing accounts had arrived from Madrid (the port wher e the collection of emi gran t s h a d a t fi rst seeme d mos t doubtful) and taking into consideration the express desk& of the West India committee in this country, we w ere authorised, in the month of June, to issue a second :at vertisement for tenders, under which a complement, of emigrants was guaranteed to the shipowner. The consequence of the advertisement issued on thci.• terms, and another of a similar nature that followed was the engagement of thirty-one vessels, capable;l: conveying about 8,000 coolies. The rates at whir . : I they were t a k en up vary i ng f rom 14/ to 15s. 10s . adult for the voyage from India to the West Indies. Turning now from the measures taken in Engle 11 we proceed to the information which has been receilri from India. Both at Calcutta and Madras, office ; have been formed, including on the establisl:nien t 4 each station, a surgeon for the examination of FA A, ; emigrants, paid at th e ra t e o f 2001. per a nnum. Madras, Captain Wilson has contracted for the svkl. ply of clothi ng requ i re d by coolies on the voy sl 4; and also for provisions during their maintenan ce depot, previ ous t o t h e i r embarkation. The clothing cind each adult emigr an t w ill cost a b out 21s. for males, 15s. for females, and the maintenance in depot will ci ao 34d. per di em f or eac h a d ult. Captain Wilson has 140 entered into a contract with a native for the collecttoof of such emigrant s as may b e require d , at a charg t about 10s. p er s t atute a d u l t. A ll the emigr le ants sent by , 4, Captain Wilson in the seasons o f 1844-5 appea r to 6 ' been procured by this individual. • By dispatches recently received we are glad to 166112 _ that the Indian Act has been altered, so that emigra*; may commence at Madras at an earlier period, viz.* I the Ist of September, instead o f th e Ist o f October; I each year. This will be a v er y use f u l a l tera tion, wh ic h was much called for by th e na t ure o f t h e seasons 6g Madras. In the season of 1845-6, there were introduced itt" Jamaica, British Guian a , an d T r i n id a d, 8,131 emigrat . t rom India. tha A PETITION FROM H AM .—A t the French Opera, - ,„ other night, a deputy de c l are d h e h a d see n a petition, signed 317 number of citizens of the town of Ham, demanding steps to be tt 'lE O ' with the English Government to reinstate frince Louis Napolec at ill Prince Louis might make another attemp t, and cause the shed, iti4 his prison. The reasons stated are, that on the death of the It :la* 1 of French blood. The petition concludes by the ingenious rem Or that since the nep v i s it the town. In case of Abd-el-Kader hew of Napoleo n is no longer within the w tals. taken, they claim his inca rceration in the fortress of Ha ta. , I ea l very few strangers BURIED ALIVE.—About ten o clock yesterday morn" ing some workmen were engaged pulling down some old house. at the east end of t he Tower, when the roof fell in, and buried livo „ rom an was kilted by her husband, Richard Virl y gt T h o mas's Hospital, where, on examination b men under the ruins. They were got out in about half ho ur so ar Tower Stairs t ._ the accident, and taken in a boat from the T , an 0 st• severe injuries. they were found to have received some very joiner ; and it is said, that being reproved by hb; li d- Toxteth-park. Wignall was at once takenaiinotno l t al h i e , i h n ou Go se r s e U .s r::: 311JEDER IN LIVERPOOL. 0 Job which he pro all day, and neglectingtodwoith n IN his anger was roused, and he a The Count rented with the Annual Gold cim it a tel y sstfeoo ddr e ab v ..e e nin n eig i lig n i g repw. : : : : u ru n c d k er a w nd med kic a k l ed of h t e h r e , en ß :htg yai 6.7.A 1" heavy blow upon her head Fsnt upon the spot, i,e.r P. E. De Strzelecki has just been irr e _ a piece of wood, which kilted A-- graphical Society, t body of Count Strzela mark the high sense entertained by that learl , `,",i physical ecki's distinguished services in the departmerla " geography and discovery. __L........ BIRTS. On the 14th of A pr i l, at Table Ba y, on board the Prince of iir' 4ll , e4 the lady of C a p ta i n Henry William Leacock, 74th ILN 1., of a sore On the sth in s t., at G ur li tt - strasse, Hamburgh, the wife o f 11l • It. Forrest, of a son. On the 12th inst., in Great George-street, Mrs. H. M. Clark, ° f daughter. On the 13th inst., at Herne-hlll, Mrs. J. D. Welch, of a daug hfcit. of On the 13th inst., the wife of Charles Rich Tyerman, F• s q' Gresham-street, of a son. On the 13th inst., at Upton, Essex, the l a dy o f Charles Pell.Y, 14544 of the Madras Civil Service, of twins. On the 14th inst., at Sidney C o t tage , Brixton-hill, the w ife of /I° " Gill= Booty, Esry. of a son. MARED. At Valparaiso, Lieutenant Barri ßl 3 "phiP Bare, B.N , of her Majes , Daphne, to Dolores, eldest dau g ht er of Colonel Wood, of the Army. On the 11th inst , at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, C harlei L u i;:n r°- ei E,q., to Sophia Lionel, youngest daughter of the late Colonel Hook, of the 16th Regiment. DIED. On the 7th inst. ' at Florrissant Renens, near Lausanne, in .witzer- land, CommafiderJohn Seager, R.N. On the 11th inst., Emma, w if e o f F . F . Whit e h e ad, Esq.. of 13°61 hill, Saddleworth, Yorkthire. On the 11th inst., at North Town, Maidenhead, Esq., aged 83. of the On the 13th inst., Frances C ramer Roberts, only 'laughter late T. C. Roberts, Esq., of Brantold, Kent, aged 2t. 02, London: Printed and Published by ??IXRDO YOV Na, of 2.l „teileg Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Stn. , Ad, in the r" A y JP a the Savoy, the County of 21,fichlleies gt wednes.oo 17, 1846, I