The Sun. — London, England, 1846-06-05 00:00:00

price 31s. 6d. bound, HL R. _MAJESTY'S THEATRE. CERITO iris the honour to inform her Friend, Sub scribers to the Opera, anti the Yitblic, that her BENEFIT will take phice on THURSDAY NEXT, JUNE 11, When will be performed Cirnarosa's Chef d'(Euvre, Ia Two Acts, entitled, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Carolina, Madame Grist ; Fidaima, Madame Sanchioll ; Ellsetta. Madame Castellon ; Paolino, Signor Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with a n entirely new Grand Oriental Ballet, composed by 31. Perrot, the Music arranged by Signor Pogni, entitled, LALLA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by 31(111e. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglioni, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. AppileAtions for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box °dice. Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to conl reep:;e at halt -past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DIIITRY-LA THIS EVENING be performed the popular Opera, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar de Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Stretton ; Maritana, Miss tuner ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. after which will be produced the popular Ballet of PAQUITA. Lucien d'Hervilly, M. Silviin ; (sitane, 31. Adrien ; Paquita, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist. In which also will appear Madame Ginbilei, Manes. Sall, Adele, Louise, Les Scent's St. Louin ; M. Mathis, ;V. H. Payne, and the mos t numerous and effective corps de ballet ever introduced upon the English stage. To-morrow Evening will be performed (first time in this country), the celebrated Opera of S PRADELLA. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Fill performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hard ckstiP. Mr. W. Farren ; Young Marlow, Mr. 11. Holt Tony Lump sln, Mr. litickstone ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardeastle, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Air. W. Farren ; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Seymour ; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. The Band will perform the Overtures, " Cenerentola," and " Due d'Olonno," the " St. James's Polka," " Phitomel Walzer," and the " Chatsworth Quadrilles." After which (by desire), a Comic Drama, entitled USED CF. Messrs. Webster, Brindal, J. Bland, Howe; Miss Bennett and Mrs. Humby will sustain the principal characters. To conclude with Mr. Buckstone's Farce of A KISS IN THE DARK. Pettibone, Mr. Buckstone; Frank Fathom, Mr. Howe ; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. Clifford. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. TINDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Three New Pieces for Whitson Holidays. Another brilliant Triumph ! " Robin hood and Richard Coeur de Lion" every Evening. THIS EVENING 'lll be performed a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Kiuloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, la 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. K eeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St-rtiing and hitherto Unrevealed Pas- Pages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD CIRUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, bliss Fairhrother, Miss M. Reeky, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, M. Neeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. La. /bort, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby; Miss Wor,lgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &e., will perform. Aftc• which, the interesting Drams, entitled THE CABIN BOY. In which Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, &c., will appear. To Ia faowed by the Burle:que, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, Tito T.cridstonc Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Ennaut Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Vaal Bertiorl, Mr. Man; ard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. Pit • N.' THEAIItE, OXFORD-b. Last Week but One of Mr. MACREADY performing In London. TILTS E'VEN ING Will be performed a new historical Play, In five Acts, entitled TAE KING OF THE COMMONS. James V. of Scotland, Mr. Macready ; Sir Adam Weir, Mr. Ryder • George Weir, Mr. Cooper ; Malcolm Young. Mr. Murray ; Laird Slnall, Mr. Coinpton ; Mango Small, Mr. Oxberry ; Lord Kilmanrs, Mr. Roxby ; Madeline Weir, Mrs. Stirling ; Widow Barton, Mrs. I. oebroke. After which, a New Ballet, entitled LES CONSCRITS DU VI WAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, rlexmore, Dorris; Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, &c., will appear. To conclude with an Original Comedietta, entitled TIIE COLO NEL'S BELLE ; or, the Non-Marriables. Count de Ruse, Mr. J. Vining ; Major Vidette, Mr. Murray ; Capt. Fonfaron, Mr. Roxby ; Midwife, Miss E. Stanley. ASTLEY'3 ROYAL AIiPHITHRATR Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Inkier the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and utcir Royal IPghnesses Puree Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Grand routine of Holiday Entertainments, THIS EVF—NLNG Will be performed the New Military Spectacle, realising our recent Triumphs, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, The War in India. New and popular SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the numerous troupe of British and Foreign Artistes ; double stud, &C. 31r. BATTY has much pleasure in stating, that in obedience to the wishes of several of his patrons and heads of families, he has made arrangements to give, during the ensuing holidays, four mid day Performances, the second of which will take place on Thumper, June ii, and each succeeding THURSDAY until the number are c9mPlete; on which occasion the Entertainments will be precisely ti!e sante as those so recently performed by royal command, and so highly eulogised by her most Vein each day eommence twgroaco'ir k Majesty. The representations Mr. Platt --ba to announce, that oc . he has entered into an en gagement with the celebrated GENERAL TOM THUMB, who will appear in the Dr aof " Hop o' my Thumb" at this Theatre, on Monday, June 8, and duri ng Box-office open the Week. eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at si x , and commence at seven o'clock. Great attraction. The celebrated artirtVrAPEAT". C. Mathews for a limited number or mih t . a dame Vestris and Mr. Lute, with new scenery, dresses, and real . W A n aw Grand spec_ THIS EVENING er * Will be performed THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathe ws will a ppear. -a which After which, Mr. C. Mathews' Farce of PATTER v. CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with THE DARK FALCON OF THE ATTRUCK ; or, The prince Diver and the Shah's Goblet. Characters by Messrs. Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, Heslop ; Mesdames H. Vining, Martin, Hughes, Daly, &c. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Varied and attractive Novelties for the whiteuntide Holidays. - • be THIS EVENING, will performed a New Domestic Drama , called THE FLIT- TiNti DAY ; o r , Th e Tr i als of an Engl i sh F arme r. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, niggle, F:edericks. Tindell,R aymond, Searle, Biwton , Howard ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terry, After which the Interesting Drama, entitled THE WIFE ; or, The One Witness. The Wife, Miss Vincent. To conclude with a new laughable Burletta, entitled LITTLE AN NOX;NCk:S ; or, The Miseries of Ilum in Life. Supported by Mefors'.7. - roward, Frzder:cks, Miss 'Terry, and Miss Treble. tinder the Pntrona4e of ber Muxt Gracioudiestv " ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRTJC -7 lON of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, hi the year 79. This ►ragnincent spectacle Is rerPrect in an unprecedented scale of grausieur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and rrpresents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruptlon of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her ems cciirn and Pompeii took place: produced tinder the direction ut Mr. Danson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been conatiu,:ted, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. 'III,: PROMENADE CoNi:ERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Land it 1110 A 'corn :.lete in all IN departments, and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. In' addition to the other attractions of the Gardens will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Ca4pso. at The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are o n th e ysl; emr.p!ete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will he intro duced, representing the Descent of Phrebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car win rise t o receive idra, and bear him to his chrystal home. An Illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, spien. ally ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivera at five; the Pelicans, &c., at half -past ye ;, Coicert at ; aalt he Eruption at dusk. Adaliaalon, la. SECOND SEAIES OF THE STANIIOPE MEMOIRS. Comprising, THE SEVEN YEARS' STANIIOPE TRAVEI:S or LADY FLUTER Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL. -31 RS. GOR.E'S NEW NOVEL• THE DEBUTANTE, or, THE LONDON SEASON. Is published this day, and may be had at all the Libraries. In 3 vols., post Svo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 8, New Burlington-street, June 4. OTICE.-BOURRIENNE' S MEMOIRS OF ' N NAPOLEON. Subscribers to this work are requested to take notice, that on and niter July 1, the Parts will be no longer issued. All persons wishing ly. to complete sets should give th e i r orders immediate PERTH and INVERNESS RAILWAY. Temporary Office, Colonnade Hotel, Haymarket, London. The Committee of Management of the above undertaking beg to inform the Shareholders that, preliminary to winding up the affairs of the existing Company, they have determined to RETURN THIRTY SHILLINGS PER SHARE Immediately, and the re maining balance se soon as the liabilities of the Company shall have been ascertained and discharged. The Scripholders are requested to forward their Scrip to the Secre tary. who Will 7lve a receipt tor the same, at the Office of the Com- PanY, Colonnade Hotel, Haymarket, any day from FRIDAY, the sth, to SATURDAY, the l3th Jane, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. The Scrip Certificates must be erdefeed with the name, business, and residence of the holder, anu accompanied with the subjoined Form, properly filled up and sinned, printed copies of which may be obt.tined at the Office on and 'after Friday next. So soon as the Scrip 117.3 been examined and registered, cheques will be delivered at the fnlice of the Company, or forwarded by post, if required, to patties residing at a distance. Due notice will be given of the time er payment. Scripholders sending their Certificates by post, are recommended, fix: security, to send them in registered letters. By order, PETER ANDERSON, Secretary. Company's Rooms, Colonnade Hotel, Haymarket, London, June 3, 1846. Form to be Delivered or sent with Scrip. To the Secretary of the Perth and Inverness Railway. Sir— I enclose Scrip Certificates, representing Shares in the above undertaking, numbered as underneath, and thereby assent to the Dissolution of the said Comp Any, and authorise the Committee of Management to take such steps as they may deem necessary for that purpose, and to cancel the Scrip Certificates sent herewith; and I also agree to receive Thirty Shillings per Share on each of such Shares, and such further sum as the Committee of Management shall declare payable after the final settlement of all claims upon the Company and Directors, in full of all my share and int erest what soever in the said undertaking, and thereupon to execute such deed of release as they may deem requisite in raj:ea of said Shares, Number of Shares Tens from to Fives from to • Ones from Total number of Shares Name in full ....• • • Business.... • . ****** ••• • • • • ..... Address in full Date •• •• •• •• • .... ••• • • • ... Witness to Signature • • • • • Address of Witness • • • •• • RAILWAY SILA.RES BY PUBLIC SALE. 11,1rESSRS. LA.MOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, 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, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FAIDAT, at One o'clock, at the Hail of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. AL 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, ani the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Ott;ces. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. TI EU MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled, DON PASQUALE. .Norma, Madame Grisi ; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fcrnasari ; Ern sto, Zlignor Mario ; Don Pasvale, Signor Labladie. Between the Acts,. a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which will be to roduced a Grand Pas, by Madlle. L. Grahn (composed by her- Iselt), assisted by Italics. Cassan, Moncelet, and Dernelisse. A l'as, by Mdlle. L. Tagileai ; and La Cracovienne, by Mdlle. L. GrAi. To conclude with the admired Ballet of ONDINE. Matteo, 31. Perrot ; Ondine, Male. Clerito Gitnulna, 31d - le. L. Taglioni. In the course of the Ballet Emit() will execute the celebr , .ted Pa, ..a l'Ombre. Also, a Grand Pas, by N!dlle. C rito end M. St. Leon ; a Pas, by 31d1:e. L. Taglioni; and the admired Fete de la Illationne, and Grand Tarantella, by the corps de ballet. ST H E MO DERNY. ORLANDO. Orders received by all Booksellers. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MRS. PRY. Under the Patronage o.— Ear Most SiretfoU MAJESTY, Ills Royal Rishr.ttS PRINCE ALBERT, K.G., &c., Hitt* Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, Ills Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA, Her Majesty the QUEEN of the FRENCH, Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of ORLEANS. At a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen assembled at the Man s!on-honse, under the presidency of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, to consider the most appropriate means of perpetuating the remem brance of the late Mrs. Elizabeth FIT, it was resolved that a subscri:,i tion should be opened for the foundation and partial endowment of an institution, to be called " The Elizabeth Fry Refuge," for the tempo rafy reeeptikin of females discharged from the metropolitan :prisons and police-offices, who are anxious to reform their lives; thus com memorating the name and character of this distinguished lady, in COISMEXP4II with an establishmont of permanent utility, and in further ance of the ben evo l ent o bj ects to which she devoted her us eful life. The following noblem en an d gent l emen were a pp o inted a Committee to superintend the execution of the proposed object : The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR Chairman. His Excelleney Chevalier Bunsen Cornelius Hanbury, tr i o . The Right Hon. Viscount Dior - Rev. Robert E. Ilan msn peth, hi.P. Charles }Hadley, Eaq.. M.P. Tim Lord Ashl e y Rev. G. 11. Hine, Chaplain of the House of Correction, Westmin- The Lord Henry Cbolmoneeley The Eon. William Cowper, M.P. ster The Right Hon. Fox .Mule, M.P. J. Gurney Hoare, Esq. Sir W lie- 11. Farquhar, Bart. Rev. E. A. lining- Chaplains of Sir Edward N. Buxton, Bart. worth, Co:db a th - Sir John Fide, Bart. Rev. J. Williams, fields Prise Mr. Sheriff Laurie Rev. Peter Latrobe William Ball, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P. Mr. Alderman Challis Rev. Robert Monro, Chaplain ( Henry Christy, Esq. Bridewell I. E. Cooper, Esq. Henry Roberts, Esq. The Rev. Dr. Cumming David Salo:nails, Esq. Rev. J. Davis, Ordinary of New- Henry Smith, Esq. gate Rev. Wm. Streatfeild William Evans, Esq., M.P. Joseph Tritton Esq. Thomas Farmer, Esq, R ev. Samuel Charles Wills Robert Forster, Esq. D. W. Wire, Esq. Thomas Fowler, Esq. Josh. Carter Wood, Esq. Francis Fox, Esq. Treasurer--Joseph Gurney Barclay, Esq., 64, Lombard-street. New street, ; Waller Clifton, Esq., Spring -gardens ; Charles Pearson, Esq., Honorary Secretaries—Captain Sir W. E. Parry, R.N , 22, New- Guildhall CitySolicitor, 6, Thurloe place, Brompton. In furtherance of the objectsof the Committee, a PUBLIC MEET ING will be held at the Egrptian-hall, Mansion-house, on WEDNES DAY, the 17th of June. The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR will take the chair at two o'clock precisely. THE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 5. UPER3IO2IETER, Lowest, 62; Highest, 74; Noon, 75. BAROMETER, 30.22.—W1ND S.; fine. lit =ll WATER AT LoNmON-ritmor. THIS DAY. vrTrntnir • • 6 aa:rintea after 10. Evening .. 36 minutes after 10. A "'• ' •yi. N . , 6(Lta )1 Z "Th' '4 . 0 - S4 \ 1 4. .).*P;.4 • - , IF;fi , - r . 3( CI r• kp q!Sts elitenino LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1846. The House of lords met to-day for the first time after the Whitsuntide recess. Numerous petitions were presented in favour of and ag,ainst the repeal of the norn-laws. Lord STANLEY, in Presenting several petitions from Wilts and Cornwall against the repeal of the corn-laws, gave notice of his intention to-morrow to move ft)] copies of the addresses that had been received from the Legislative Assemblies of Canada on the subject of the corn-laws. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then defended himself agains the attack that had been made upon him in the Hoes. of Commons by Lord George Bentinck with respect t , the addresses from Canada, which led to a short bill animated debate. Earl FITZWILLIAM gave notice of his intention to morrow to move certain resolutions with respect to Rail way Bills. The Earl of DALHOUSIS then moved the second read ing of the Customs' Duties (Tariff) Bill. The NOW.. Earl entered at considerable length into the duties that at present existed, and those which it was proposed t( reduce by the present measure. The Duke of RICH3IOND opposed the Bill. The Earl of WICKLOW opposed the Bill, as being prejudicial to the linen trade of Ireland. Earl GREY, although he deprecated continual changes accepted the present measure as a step in the right direction. Lord ASHBURTON opposed the Bill, and expressed hi surprise that the commerce of the country WiLS able t. stand up against the continual changes that had beet. made and proposed of late years. Lord MONTEACLE supported the second reading oi .he The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday week, The Explosive Substances Bill went through Com mitten, and their Lordships adjourned. 'hatever apprehensions were formed as to the pertinacity of opposition with which the Protectionist Lords might endeavour to clog the passage of Sit ROBERT PEEL'S policy, by objections or emenda tions, they must now be fully exonerated from all further suspicion. We believe we have already broached the opinion (and we must be permitted to broach it again), that the behaviour of those amongst our aristocracy who uphold the doctrine of protection to agriculture forms a very agree. able antithesis to that which regulated the dis cussion of their colleagues in the Lower house of Parliament. Where one has evidenced an almost interminable glibness of hostility, the other has re stricted itself to the most epigrammatic antagonism Night after night, week after week, month after month, the deba!e lagged through the Commons, the arguments (if with such an epithet they could be dignified) drawn out to the most squeamish tenuity and yet oration following oration with the same undeviating and unflagging perseverance. The progress, however, which these same measures have already made through the Upper House has been sig nalised by a conciseness as remarkable as the preced ing procrastination of the representatives. Pre cipitation and superfluous objections have been equally avoided ; and, casting aside all those extraneous allusions which had elsewhere in terfered with the Parliamentary proceedings, their Lordships have confined themselves within the extremest limits of the question. Both the Corn Importation Bill and the Customs' Duties Bill were immediately allowed to pass the first reading without any attempt whatever at a division, and with scarcely a dissentient voice. For the second reading of the former three nights alone sufficed, while for the second reading of the latter a few hours on the very first night of their meeting after Whit suntide proved sufficient. Such a conscien tious and sensible subservience to the dictates of prudence may be variously attributed—to the exhaustion of debate upon the subject—to the warn ing impotence of the fierce and almost spasmodic labours of their associates in the Commons—to a truckling spirit in the majority and a sense of hope lessness in the minority ; but to whichever of these conclusions we may arrive the public will entertain sentiments of enduring thank fulness to the Peers for the reasonable mode of opposition they have adopted in the consi deration of these momentous alterations. There is one other difference observable between the manner in which both peculiarityn eid to Douses f o f s t a arrny, have e treated the matter a t i ssue, publica then d more character upon in c i the which difference w e are sze i i n n e g nt th m at e i mh it ienrvolovfes thethe aristocracy, and wllehe un an i mous was a ju e s r i s tfi . cat O io u n r p pronounced overnigh t o n° by plause of his peers and of his co mpeer s . allu sion cannot be extremely problematic to any one who has glanced through the discussion which pre ceded the second r o ea f d li inz ic o h f dtihsecuCssuiosntomthse' EDaurtligos Bill, of the opportunity of D A W L: t i o n u s t t h E e course most distinctly himselfavailed him in the House of Comm on F, tly repudiating the: iimmpmutedatiiaotneslycaasnttuerpioonr T tO iN t c h K e .WThihtsousentiimdepuNt-aactaiotinosn: wlyieLhoarmd amounted d GE voluntary and temporary suppression of official papers from Canada of a disposition inimical to free trade, were proved by the Noble Earl to have been altogether with out f,undation, to have been totally illusory, to have been egregiously fallacious—and he proved this, more over, by a simple comparison of dates and calcu lation of distances. The difference, therefore, which wo here perceive between the conduct of the representative protectionist and hereditary protec tionist, and the existence of which we are endeavour ing to illustrate, is simply a predisposition in the former for the detection of some personality by which the character of his antagonist may be placed in an invidious light ; and in the l atter, a careful suppression of all tendencies Amongst the more remarkable improvements of recent days, there are scarcely any of so great im por:ance as the increased facilities given to travellers, the comparative speed with which journeys are per formed, intelligence communicated, and time and space practically annihilated by :the various disco veries of modern science. The more valuable have been the results of the improvements already effected, the greater the demand on the part of the public for an extension of similar accomodation ; and that public will not rest satisfied with things remaining in statu quo under the old and exploded system when it is made perfectly manifest that great amelioration is still practicable. We now, without hesitation, un dertake a journey, perhaps, fur a few days pleasure, at which our forefathers would have shuddered, and would only have been induced to attempt on the mast urgent reasons—the most pressing con siderations. Within a short period the en terprise and judgment of an individual have effected a reduction in the time consumed in communication with our Eastern dominions to less than one-third of that formerly required for the same purpose. And all connected with that vast empire, either commercially, or from having friends or re lations therein, will bear testimony to the great benefit thereby conferred on the nation. Had it not been for that improvement we should still be ignorant of the happy termination of hostilities in India, and the minds of thousands of our countrymen would be Agitated and disturbed or: account of some near and dear friends. The same intelligent and active person is now busily engaged in effecting a similar improve ment in the intercourse with our Australian colonies; and, judging from the success which has hitherto attended his exertions, we feel every confidence that they will now be rewarded with an equally happy result. While so much has been done in an Easterly direction, it is really astonishing that so little has hitherto been attempted for the amelioration of our intercourse with the Western Hemisphere, where we are in possession of vast and important colonies, and with a neighbour, so powerful for good or evil, as America, with mercantile and commercial relations of such magnitude, and with a dark cloud lowering in the political horizon, threatening war and the inter ruption of that peace, so highly prized, so justly valued; but which, we trust, may be preserved by mutual forbearance, and mutual concessions, honour able to all parties. It is little to be wondered at, if the public mind should be impressed with the absolute necessity of immediate steps being taken to effect that amelioration. The KNIGHT or ICEnar, a Gentleman of considerable talent and experience, who formerly re presented his native county in Parliament, and was one of the Lords of the Admiralty, has recently pub lished a letter to the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, setting forth the great advantages of Valentia Harbour as a packet station, and citing the authorities of many and distinguished persons for that opinion. Indeed, we can scarcely conceive that the question admits of argu ment, and yet it has been stated that the First Lord has pronounced a decided opinion in favour of Cork, giving it the preference over Valentia or Bantry. The Right Hon. Gentleman desires, and we think with justice, that the question should receive that delibera tion and impartial investigation which its importance deserves. There are two points of view in which the question must be regarded before a sound conclusion can be arrived at; first, in its peaceful character as a packe station, as giving the greatest rapidity to intercourse a every kind; and the second, and not less important one, of a defensive naval station—a preferable point for the embarkation of troops, whether for general or colonial service. And in each of these respects, there are great advantages on the side of Valentia. It would appear almost a self evident proposition —an axiom in geographical science—that the most favourable position for intercourse with the west should be from the most westerly port within our own territory with which easy intercourse could be established. That principle has long been admitted and acted on, and it is owing to its adoption that Falmouth has been selected, and the Government establishment transferred thereto. If one degree of westering entitled Falmouth to this ad vantage, an additional five and a half degrees west of Falmouth, and two degrees west of Cork, is surely no inconsiderable advantage, and should form an important element in the calculation. In respect to the time consumed in receiving intel ligence, there is little doubt that there would be a saving of at least four or five days. The same class of vessels now employed for transatlantic communi cation would easily effect the passage from America to Valentia in six or seven days; from thence ime portant news might be transmitted to this metro polis, to the seat of Government, by means of the electric telegraph, in an incredibly short space of time ; but the general correspondence of the country might, on the construction of a railway, easily be conveyed, in twenty-four hours, to London, thus enabling letters from America to be delivered in little more than a week, or about half the time now required for the purpose, the great im portance of which must be at once obvious to every man of business in the kingdom ; but, secondly, and if possible more important, is the great addi tional safety to life and property which would be at tained by the selection. Every person in the slightest degree acquainted with shipping affairs must be well aware of the great additional risk incurred by the neighbourhood of the land; a very large proportion of the casualties, which unfortuately take place, are owing to the dangerous character of our own coast, or to the crowded state of navigation in narrow seas. We have recently had a melancholy instance of the effects of a collision, by which many lives were lost, and much property destroyed. Indeed, one of the best tests of the increased dangers of channel navigation, is to be found in the higher rates de manded by the underwriters, when about to effect an insurance on a vessel. Probably the most dangerous coast in the British domi nions is that lying between Cork harbour and Cape Clear; and there is no place of equal length in which so many wrecks have taken place. By the selection of Cork harbour as the packet station, a vessel starting therefrom would have to work against the prevailing winds and currents, along a lee shore, of the most dangerous character, for more than seventy miles; when, with the same wind, from Valentia, it would be in the open ocean in less than half-an-hour, without any lee-shore whatsoever. The sa r me vue p ts Prevailing Valentia o r wind Cork h;a harbour, which ri,n w i t V ho o eu ll l l wd d obsrhestitat possible free es i t bv h l ie e n cd s a s a f i ne l should there be a necessity for the a id o f a steam tug, it w ou ld , i n threemiles from Valentia, place a vessel so as to enable it to take its northern or south ern course in the free ocean ; while no less than sixty miles would be necessary from Cork to effect the sumo purpose. These are considerations of immense magnitude;authorities and scarcely requires ires the imposi ng array of names it andseal quoted by the Right Hon. Knight to con v i nce the public mind of its great ad v a nta g es--of its vast superi or it y. We ca nnot, however, refrain from bringing for war d the testimony a gentleman to whose sound u gment and oincial e ofr skill judgment and experience much ght • justly attached in this country. We allude to Mr. i COBDEN, who, in his valuable pamphlet, " En g l an d , commercial weight states t . hat a decided opinion favour of Valentia, ls in the United States p l r r e e v la ai nd, and America," and who powerfully recommends the selection of that harbour, and the formation of a railway to th• point ; Ito aspersive bittertesb, and a cordiality i n the Acceptance of an explanation. In the present in -1 stance, for example, we behold the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn irritated by the utter powerless ness of his oratory, and showering the acidity of his disappointment upon the Earl of DALHOUSIE. On the other hand, we perceive the acknowledged leader of the agriculturists in the Upper House volun tarily affording the Noble Earl the earliest opportunity of exculpating himself from the charge, as far as the public were concerned, by asking for the production of the Canadian documents, upon the arri val or non-arrival of which, within a specific interval, the whole of the imputation rested. As a mutual example to each other, the possession of two legislative assemblies would alone be of inestimable advantage to the community ; and as it would be desirable fur the Commons to imi tate the rational brevity of the Lords upon any sub sequent discussion, so are we proportionately san guine that the Lords will vie with the majority of the Commons in their final division upon the com mercial policy of the Prime Minister. In the month of February M. RONGE was cited before the Criminal Tribunal at Breslau, for having outraged the principles of the various creeds autho rised in Prussia, in a work published by him at Breslau, under the title of " Nene (loch alte Feinde" (" New Enemies and yet Old Ones"). This suit caused much uneasiness to M. RONGE'S friends, but the result has been a complete acquittal The sentence declares that, " though M. RONGE does speak in most severe terms of the various reli gious communities legally established in Prussia, still there is not anything that falls . under the action of the criminal law. In consequence the tribunal de clares M. RozsGE to be acquitted, and places all the costs at the charge of the State." A number of houses in Breslau were illuminated the same evening to celebrate this decision. By the Pacha steamer intelligence has been re ceived from Lisbon to the 30th ult. At that date the new Ministry had been definitively constituted as follows: President of the Council and Finance Minister— Duke de PALMELLA. Minister of War—Marquis DE SALDANLIA. Interior—L. S. M. ()'ALBUQUERQUE. Foreign Affairs—Conde DE LAVRADIO. Justice—J. F. DE SOURE. Marine—J. J. LOUREIRO. Lisbon had been the scene of most extraor dinary events between the 20th and the 30th of May. On the 20th Almada, Carilhas, and several places on the south side of the Tagus opposite to Lisbon, pronounced. On the 21st, which was a saint's day, troops were paraded in the streets of Lisbon, and the people were prevented crossing the Tagus or promenading in the square of Terceiro do Paco, facing the river. A collision, in which many were wounded and some killed, took place between the troops and the people ; and in the night the guardhouses of the different stations were set fire to. This collision had in a great measure been occasioned by the irritating conduct of the CABRALS, who rode openly about Lisbon, as if to provoke the people. The Duke of PALMELLA was sent for to form a Ministry ; but the intrigues of the CABRALS, backed as their influence was by that of the KING-CONSORT and the personal wishes of the QUEEN, rendered his efforts for a time abortive. On the night of the 21st the following proclamation, signed by the QUEEN, and countersigned by the Dukes of PALMELLA and TERCEIRA, was issued : PROCLAMATION OF Tnic QUERN. "The evils which afflict the Pcrtuguese nation, so worthy of being free and happy, deeply afflict my heart. "The complaints of the people cannot be otherwise than listened to by me, when they are made k nown t o me . "The state of the nation imperiously demands the applies !ion of immediate and efficacious remedies with which my Government is about to occupy itself incessantly. " The ordinary session of the Cortes will be immediately closed. " The sanitary laws, and those for the reform of the system of taxation, are going to be aboli s h e d b y a royal decree, which the Cortes will in due time l m madeacquainted with. " The eminent public opinion, the best counsellor in re presentative Governments, will serve as a beacon light to my Government, and the freedom of the press is already in force. " Portuguese--The establishment of order and respect to the laws is at the present moment the primary necessity, and my greatest desire consists in the cessation of the disastrous effects of the public inquietude. This state is indispensable in order that the Government may occupy itself with urgency, and, at the same time, with confidence, in whatever be ne cessary for the people really to enjoy the benefit and effects of the constitutional charter. My actual Ministers are commissioned by me to form the projects of law which may most tend to the furtherance of economy in the public finance, and the satisfying the prin cipa; necessities of administration and justice. " The national representation will be convoked the mo ment the tranquillity of the country permits, for only then can this representation be real and competent to transact the public affairs. " Portuguese, confide in me, as I equally confide in the honour of this nation, which, with so much valour and loyalty restored to me my crown, and the liberty of the country, the keeping and preservation of which are objects of my greatest solicitude. " TIIE QUEEN. " DUKE " DUKE OF PALMELLA. OF TERCEIRA. A run "Court of onthe Belem, may 21, 1846." Bank of Lisbon h a d commenced on he 18th, and had continued to the 20th, when the officials made a representation to the Government, in consequence of which a decree was issued authorising the suspension of cash payments for three months. also gr an t e d t o th e Con fiance Union similarAfianceC a o u m t p h a o n ri y s . atio ri n he A c ' Com pany, although shut up for two days, had not suspended cash payments, and its credit consequently remained unimpaired. On the 22d the Civil Governor of Lisbon, the Marquis DE FRONTEIRO, was dismissed, and l'l. POLYCARPIO Jon MACHADO was appointed in his place. On the same day the liberty of the press and the guaran tees were granted, and Viscount DE BEIRE was ap pointed Governor of Oporto. The appointment of the Duke of TERCEIRA, who had for years been acting in concert with the CABRALS, and had held office under them, gave great umbrage to the people, more especially as it was understood that he prevented the Ministry from appointing any but supporters of the CABRALS to command in the army, and that it was owing to his influence that the QUEEN refused to appoint any Septembrist to the Ministry. The CABRALS, meanwhile, had taken refuge with GONZALES BRAVO, the Spanish Minister, and ultimately they embarked on board the Pacha and landed at Cadiz, where they were received with great distinction by the Spanish authorities. The QUEEN, on the 24th, reluctantly consented to the appointment of Senhor ALBUQUERQUE to the Ministry; he, however, refused to join a Cabinet of which the Duke of TERCEIRA was a member, and the latter was compelled to give way, and resign. On the 24th the Archduke CONSTANTINE of Rus sia arrived, but no attention was paid to him, and he drove about Lisbon in a hackney car riage. On the 25th the Cortes were dissolved, and the new Cortes convoked for the Ist September. On the 26th the new Ministry was definitively formed, and on the 30th the QUEEN was, after much difficulty, induced to sign a decree granting a general amnesty to the Almeida insurgents, and re-establish ing them in their ranks and places. In Lisbon, owing to the judicious and conciliatory measures of the Duke of PALMELLA and his colleagues, tranquillity had been restored; but in the pro vinces the people still continued in arms, and with the exception of Lisbon, Oporto, Elvas, and the towns in the Algarve, were in possession of nearly all the principal places. PASSOS MANOEL, who was a Minister in 1836, had joined the movement. The people ar e i n possession of the towns and forts on the Tagus opposite Lisbon, and the country is swarming with guerillas. Madrid journals to the 29th have arrived. According to the Herald°, should the approaching and states his conviction that such a project, if corn pleted, would secure the preference of voyagers to all parts of North America, not only from Britain, but from every quarter of Europe, and would confer incalculable advantages upon Ireland, by introducing capital, and stimulating industry and enterprise. We have only here adverted to its advantages in the peace ful character—the others are not less remarkable, but our space forbids a further reference at present. Letters from Constantinople of the 21st ult. state that several regulations favourable to Turkish com merce had been promulgated, and that a new mer chant flag had been inaugurated and saluted with 21 guns. " This change," says the writer, "is not without importance. The other flag, with the crescent and the star, is a religious emblem in hostility to Christians, who are, however, the most capable and active agents of commerce and manufactures. The idea of uniting all the races of the empire, without any exception of creed, under the same flag, is a first step towards the equality to desirable of all subjects in presence of civil law, and a e )mmencement of political rights accorded to Christians." Intelligence from Athens of the 17th ult. states that the Russian Charge d'Affaires, M. PERSIANI, had presented to the Greek Government a note on the subject of the loan, couched in analagous terms to that of Lord ABERDEEN. It was also stated that for the future M. PERSIANI was to receive his instruc tions from the Russian AmbassAdor in England, M. BRUNNow. A correspondent at Hamburgh writes, 28th ult., to the Augsburg Gazette:—." A commissary of police has arrived here from Berlin, to make inquiries as to the author and the truth of the contents of a letter sent, a short time ago, to M. DE CANITZ, informing him that a person of Hamburgh was about to proceed to Berlin with the intention of killing the KING, but refusing to give any particulars." We have received the Paris papers o ,Ldnesday. We give in another column a full report of the conversation which took place in the Chamber of Peers, on the day preceding, on the subject of the massacre of the French prisoners by ABD-EL KADER. This conversation is commented on in all the journals. The Dehats and the Epoque repeat the arguments used by M. GUIZOT, which they consider a triumphant answer to the attacks made on the Government. The Presse condemns the Government for relying too implicitly on the representations of Marshal BUGEAUD, and can find no excuse for the refusal to accept the offer of an ex change of prisoners made by ADD EL-KADER. The Constitutiounel condemns M. GUIZOT for seek ing to make a scape-goat of Marshal BUGEAUD, in order to shift the responsibility from the shoulders of the Ministers. To this extent the National goes with the Constitutionnel, but in blaming the Govern ment it also censures severely the conduct of Mar shal BUGEAUD. "If the Cabinet," says the Nation .1, "is the complaisant instrument of Marshal BUGEAUD, it must bear the consequence of his acts." The National regards the excuse that is brought forward by the Ministry, when it says that it would have been unreasonable to impose a different line of con duct upon the Marshal, as perfectly ridiculous. "Of what use," it asks, " are a central Government, an executive power, and legislative chambers, if the Government is to have no other guide for its con duct than the will of one of its agents ?" This is excellent reasoning, and when next the writer in the National feels inclined to condemn the Government for dismissing an officer (in Oceanie, for instance) for disobedience of orders, it would be well that he should recollect his own question—" Of what use are a central Government, an executive power, and legislative chambers, if the Governnient is to have no other guide for its conduct than the will of one of its own agents ?" " Whilst M. DE LAGRENEE is detained at Marseilles by the quarantine regulations," says the Presse," M. CALLERY, Secretary-Interpreter of the Embassy, ar rived yesterday in Paris, having been prudent enough to come by the way of England. He is the bearer cf diplomatic papers of importance." Surely this will open the eyes of the French Go vernment to the absurdity of the quarantine regulations. The Constitutionnel says—" Questions are about to be put in the Chamber of Deputies to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Marine on the sub ject of the political and commercial relations between France and the two Republics of St. Domingo. Since 1842, M. GuzzoT has eluded, by deceptive promises, the reiterated applica tions for redress from the 37,000 creditors, who have claims founded on their holding shares in the Haytian Loans, or for indemnities. They cannot even obtain their interest, although reduced to 3 par cent., and this credit has been acknowledged by several treaties previous to the formation of the Dominican State, in 1844, to amount to more than 63,000,000 f." Both Chambers sat on Wednesday. In the Peers the - Bordeaux and Cette Railway Bill was under discussion; and in the Deputies the budget of the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture. Neither of the discussions had concluded when the post left. PARIS BOURSE, ArrtE 3.—The rise in the English market has had a reactionary effect here, and both Threes and Fives have improved, the former closing at 84f. 25c., and the latter at 1194 8.5 c. for the end of the month. The market closed as follows :—Five per Cents., for cash, 119 f. 60c., for account, 119 f. 85c. ; Three per Cents., for cash, 84f. 25c., for account, 84f. 25c.; Bank of France Shares, 3,470 f.; Neapolitan, 102; Spanish Threes, 38%; Spanish Fives and New Loan not quoted. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. •• .• 16Mi •• 52 .0 •• - 24 PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. RAILWAYS _The heaviness which has for the last few days weighed on the Share Market has been somewhat removed to-day, and many of the leading lines show better quotations. For Cash—Paris and Orleans left off at 1,237 f. 50c.; Paris and Rouen, I,olof. ; Rouen and Havre, 737 f. 50c. • Avignon, 865 f.; Vierzon, 615 f. ; Strasb urg an d B a l e, 2171 : 50c.; Boulogne, 4804 ; Northern, 730 f. ; Bordea ux , 592 f. 50c.; Mont ereau , 350 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 535 f.; Nantes, 5121. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 5021. 50e.; Fampoux and Dieppe not quoted. There was a fair share of business done to-day fur account, at prices somewhat better than the above cash quotations. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 4. Boulogne and Amiens, ll—Central of Spain, 2 %—Great Western Bengal, 3e-Lou va i n and Jemappo , I % — LuXernbourg, 1% Northern of France Constituted, 13 %—Orleans and Bordeaux, 9% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6 , 4—Parris and Strasbourg Con stituted, 5 —Sambre and Meuse, 5% • RAILWAY COMMITTEES (Tills DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP I. LOND3N "urn 70:2Z, (TIM EASTE72,7I COITIVT:LES). Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM proceeded this morning with his reply on behalf of the London and York Railway. his first remarks went to prove that it was a very grave obec tion to the Eastern Counties line that it was under the same management as the lines which afforded accommodation to the Midland Counties. He did not, of course, wish to cast any personal reflections on the shoulders of those connected with him in the management of that line. He considered it absolutely necessary that there should be an independent line to London and York. He would not enter into the ge neral question of competition ; their Lordships would be able to form a much better opinion on that subject than he was. The Eastern Counties line proposed to make use of certain pieces of the Midland line, for the purpose of completing the line to York. At present there was the greatest harmony of feeling between the Eastern Counties and the Midland Counties Companies. It might not, how ever, be always so; and when this harmony of feeling was destroyed, he contended that the character which should ever attend an independent line would be completely de stroyed, and the interests of the public most seriously de ranged. The London and York line would go as near as possible in the direction of the old road, and accommodate the towns ard villages which had grown up on the sides of the road ; whereas by the opposing lines the inhabitants of these towns and districts would have to migrate to those places through which the Eastern Counties line would pass. ills Learned Friend Mr. Austin stated that he had a right and title to the country line between London and York. The Learned Counsel contended that they had not the slightest ground for making this claim ; as, by an Act which they obtained in the year 1840, they proposed to abandon that portion of their line between Bishop's Stortford and Cambridge. It had been stated by his Learned Friend, with a great deal of that virtue which was sometimes called effrontery, and even known sometimes by a harsher name, that if the London and York Bill was passed the line would never be made. He (Sergeant Wrangham) considered that such an assertion came with a bad grace from those who were obliged to plead to a writ of mandamus, which was issued against them for not completing their line beyond Col chester, that they had not the means of doing so, and they sould not, therefore, complete the work assigned to them in their Act. FOREIGN ILAILWATS. • • Boulogne and Amiens .. .• .. 12 .I I ....... Central of Spain ... • • . 2 .. • . .......... Dutch Rhenish •• . 6 .... """'••• East In .. •• • ss. ... Great Western Canada .. ..... .. Louvain and .Teineppe .. •.4 .. . . ........ .. Madrid and Valentia • . • • 2 .. • • 1 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux . 6 .... 914 .. .... Paris and Lyons Constituted .• 5..• • 6 ....... ... Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .... 5% . ..... MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered 311. MARKS iT NE WS.---(THIS DAY. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats Flour. 1,940 qrs. 1,270 qrs. 1,880 qrs. 2,540 sks -- 60 0 - 3,550 --- 470 English ...... Irish ........ Foreign ...... Malt, 3.730 ore. SIVIZTEPIELD. The supply of Beasts on offer was but moderate, yet the Beef trade was in a very inactive state, at about Monday's quotations. From Holland we received 6 Cows and 100 Sheeps; from Prussia, 20 Oxen; from Germany, 21 Oxen and 180 Sheep; and from 'Scotland, 80 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep being on the increase, 'the Mutton trade ruled dull, at previous quotations. From the Isle of Wight 200 Lambs came fresh to hand ; from other parts the receipts were extensive. All kinds moved off slowly, and prices we re w i t h di ffi cu l ty supported. In Calves a good business was doing, at,iin advance af 2d per 81bs. Pigs dull, at our quotations. Milch Cows were selling at from 161 to 181 each. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; and quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s each. Beasts 51 8; Cows, 133; Sheep and Lamb s , 10 , 350 ; Calves, 375; Pigs, 296. NENVGATEI AND LEADENELLIA.L. We had a very inactive demand. BOROUGH NOP BIA.7itHET. The accounts from the plantations not being to say fa vourable, an increase in fly being apparent in most districts, the demand here is steady at full prices. The duty is called 95;0001. to 100,Ci00/. Mid Kent bags Si. 10s. to 81.8 s.; ditto Kent pockets Si. ss. to 81.155. ; ditto Sussex pockets, Si. ss. to 71. se. UNITED YACHT CLUB (LONDON).—A dinner will take place at the Club-house, No. 87, St. James's-street, on Tuesday next, the 9th instant, to celebrate her Majesty's birthday and the opening of the club. Meinbers and yachts. men wishing to attend must apply at the Club-house on or before Saturday noon, the 6th inst., as the number of tickets will be limited. We understand that the Royal Har wich Yacht Club has sent up a list of thirty candidates for admission into the United Yacht Club, and that several members from each of the Channel Clubs have been recently elected. DELIBERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AT THAXTED, EssEx.—The inhabitants of the town of Thaxted were on Wednesday morning alarmed by a most premeditated at tempt at assassin a ti on , w hi c h, f rom the circumstances pre ceding the act itself, has only been equalled by those of late perpetrated in the metropolis. About two months age Mr. T. W. Warner, tiuworker and ironmonger, of Thaxted, dis charged an apprentice for some misconduct, whose name is George May Smith, under 19 years of age. A few days ago Smith applied for work at a shop in London, and being pressed for a reference as to character, gave the name of his late master, Mr. Warner, who replied to the application in no recommendatory terms, and on Smith calling at the shop again he was told that his former master had been written to, and the answer was so unsatisfactory that he was desired to go about his business. Smith, it appears, was now deter mined on revenge; he came down to Bishop's Stortford on Tuesday, that night broke into his own father's house there, stole a double-barrelled gun, powder-flask, and shot-bag, walked immediately over to Thaxted, a distance of 12 miles, and scaling the wall of Mr. Warner's pren ises, coolly waited till he should be up. About eight o'clock Smith saw him com ing out into the working-yard, and being but a few yards asunder, presented the gun and fired ; Providence, however, averted the deadly effect, the right barrel burst, and the assassin's left hand was dreadfully shattered. Mr. Warner received the spent shot on his arm and hand, but not so as to raise the skin, except in a very slight degree. The fellow, although thus self-mutilated, attempted to escape, but po liceman Dunn seeing him going along the street of Thaxted with a bloody hand, concluded something serious must be the matter, and took him into custody. Shortly afterwards the prisoner was brought to the Dunmow police-station, where his band was examined by Mr. Grice, surgeon. It at first was judged that amputation of the hand must be resorted to, but subsequently it was determined that it was only necessary to remove two of the fingers at the second joint, and this operation Mr. Grice, with the assistance of Mr. Salt, immediately performed. Smith was the same day examined before the Rev. G. Leapingwell, and by him remanded for further examination till Monday next. NORWAY POTATOES.—Yesterday a sale by auction ss of about fifty tons of Norway potatoes was offered by lVtl-3anT e . r. auction-room, and Hunt, at their auction-roo, Monument-yard, o men which attracted a large attenda nce of i speculators and dealers, the same having been exhi bited at the Horticultural Society. The quality upon examination and trial was considered to approach nearer to English growth than any other of foreign importation ; but, there being little dispo sition manifested to purchase them, they were bought in at .50s. per ton. FIRE INSURANCE.—From a return just issued by order of the House of Commons, relative to fire insurances, it appears that the following are the sums insured in the fire offices in England in farming stock, exempt from duty, for the different quarters in 1845. In the quarter ending March 25th, 15,931,660/. ; ending 24 a t ad h Jttne,endin g 5, 2 2 5 9 940 De 31 . ending 29th September, 7,880,761/. ; amber : 26,746,81 A Tots), 5;858,6374 AL. St/GAR.—This having been COLON X a partial holiday, we cannot report a very active market for West Indian samples, but the market is not weak. At auction 94 hhds. 6 trca. new Barbadoes sold at 503 6d per cwt. EAST INDIAN.-1,752 bags Bengal realised 51s to 535, for mid and good whit e , 47 s to 47s Gd for low yellow, and at 52s 6d to 55s 6d for good and fine white, damp 47a to 54a 6d per cwt; 5,378 bags 68:casks Mauritius went at 47a to 49s Gd for low and mid yellow, at 50s to 52s for good and fine, at 46s to 50s for washed, and at 41s Gd to 47s ter brown. Ma nilla, 2,405 bags were nearly all taken in at 55s to 57s Gd for mid and good yellow, at 51s to 528 for low, and at 51s to 56s for damp and washed, FonElGN.—Alaccio bas been sold at 18s per cwt for brown. COFFEE.—There has been very little doing in British Plan tation, or, in fact, in auy other description. Singapore Java has been taken in at 21s Gd to 255. 6d for sea damaged. COCOA.—Grenada has been sold at 35s to 40s 6d per cwt. SricEs.—Jamaica Gin ger h as rea li se d 21. 1 2s to 61. per cwt. Black Pepper 30 per lb., and Nutmegs 2s 10d to Ss 3d per lb. _ - - - RlCE.—About 2,400 bags and 2,500 pockets Bengal sold at 95 6d to 12s 6d per cwt; and 1,750 bags Madras at 105 6d to lls 6d for sound. SALTPETRE.-800 bags Calcutta were taken in at 25s to 25s 6d for 9lbs to 7-!,.( 2 1b5 refraction. TEA.—The deliveries aro good, but there is not a very active market. TALLow.—p. Y.Y.C. is 42s 6d per cwt. on the spot, and Town 43s 6d per cwt. The market has been comparatively quiet as rel..ards new Tallow, the Russians being desiro us o f obtain ing the whole benefit of the reduced duty, which our mer chants and manufacturers are not inclined to allow. TOBACCO.—The sales during last month were extremely limited, not having exceeded in purchase 500 Ithds and the market has scarcely presented any feature deserving com ment. Under circumstances, the trade purchase very spar ingly at this period of the year, but business g.nerally has been more limited than usual. The market closed at the end s o a f l t e h s e h r , e n month tWithout e a d ny wh b alterationd. pi ices. I n Vi rginia, In Kentucky leaf and beeps leaf, 3d. to 3 3 4 d. M ar yl and, a few limited sales have at 5%d. to 9d. Havannah Segars have been in fair de mand, and sales of good quality, eligible in size for home trade, have been made to some extent. We read in the illemorid of Pau :—" The news of the approaching visit of the Duke and Duchess de Nemours seems to be confirmed. The arrival at Paul of M. La Personne, controller of their household, who has been ordered to give instructions relative to their visit, and to engage apartments at Luz. leaves no doubt on the subject. They will arrive about the 15th of June, and will pass a month at Pp, and in excursion in the ?rem% Is oid Oat tkeimill b 0 Acciimmid.bY b ca,e" _ . elections prove favourable to the cause of conEtitu- Atoms Y and, COMMERCIAL NEWS. tional monarchy, it i s p ro b a bl e t h at a political am- CITY, QVARTER Td THREE. The Cotton Market at Llv , Sip'%.:6ll Yeaterday,*as ateadY; nesty will be granted by the Government. the sales comprising 7,000 bales, incluciii4 ,nOOO American MADRID BOLSA, MAY 29.—Three per 1 7310. at on speculation, and 500 for export. American sarnA2 sesaire 33-t• rather dearer, but other sorts were without alteration. Astittistleal detail, made public this morning, connected with the rapid advance of the plate and ether glass trades, attracts much attention here, showing clearly, if any other demon stration of the feet were requited, that the removal of re strictions, and lowering of duties, is of incalculable advantage, not only to manufacturers, but to constmers. It appears that, in the year 1827 lien the pri ce o f p l ate glass, made .ben in this count r y, was .: , Sr fodt, thi wee kl y sales, by the whole trade, were o i , t.- feet. In the following year, the price was reduced to Bs. and 9s. per foot, and the weekly sales were 7,000 feet. The year before last plate glass (some of the Excise restrictions being removed) sold for 6s. and 7s. per foot, and the weekly sales rose up to 23,000 feet. In the present year the price is ss. to 6s. per foot, and the weekly sales now are from 40,000 to 45,000 feet. This is eleluelve of foreign glass. The compiler of these interesting details says :-- "Looking at the extraordinary increase that has taken place, notwithstanding the severity of Excise restrictions,"and seeing that the demand now progresses more rapidly than ever, even at ss. or 61. per foot, if the prices were reduced to 4s. or 3s. 6d. per foot (which, free as the trade now is from Excise interference, weitld afford ample profit), what must then be the demand !!!' By a report which appears in another column of The Sun, it will be seen that the - Mexican Bondholders, at a meeting held yesterday afternoon, agreed to the new terms offered by the republic. In this, no doubt, they did wisely, as, with the present difficulties encountered by the Government, arising from the war with the United States, had a contrary course been adopted, it is very probable that a handle would have been made of the circumstance to postpone for an indefinite period the payment of any dividends to the Bondholders. The Stock Market is very firm again, this being the last transfer day on the securities, which will shortly pay a dividend. The reverse at present is the case as respects the English market in periods of mistrust, when parties often sell out in apprehension of some untoward event prior to the re-opening. Consols have been 96% to 97 for present transfer, and 97 1 e 8 14 for account. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 225. and 17s. again, being very firm. The New Three -and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 97 3 A l e i, and the Three per Cents. 95% 3 4. The Foreign Bonds are well supported. Mexican have im proved to :30Y e V I for the Actives, and to 161 1 / i for the Deferred. Equaoor Stock has realised 3%. Portuguese Bonds have been 50 to 52 for the Four per Cents., a fall that is quite natural, considering the tenor of the news received from Lisbon. Dutch Two-and- a-Half per cents. have receded to 60% and 59 7 t. Shares have been exceedingly quiet, and are not buoyant in price. CLOSING Bank -- PRICES. Stock .. • • • • Three per Cent. R e d uced A nnuities .. .. 95% 14 95% Three per Cent. Co nso l s Annuities .. .. 96% 97 96% 9674 New Three-and-a-Quart er p er Cent. Anus. 97% 3 ,4% 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-1 G 10 34 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 1-16 10 1-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 10 7-16 10 7-16 Consols for Opening • • • • .. .. .. 97 14 N 97 Exchequer Bills. 1% d. 1 , 4 d. 1,0901... .. .... 20 22 17 pm. 17 • ONE CLOS LNGI O'CLOCK. PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Chllian Bonds, G per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent .. Equador Bonds .. .• • • .. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 30% % Ditto, for the Account Ditto, Deßirred Portuguese Four per Cent Ditto, for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39,40, div.lB4o 23 Vitus Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for. the Account .. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. CO% 597, Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 92 BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. 4 3 .......• . • 4% Aberdeen .. .. • • .. .. 10 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% • • Bll;AingbaMShir3 425. .... par Derby end Crewe .. .. • . .... .. Direct Manchester (Remington's) Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .... 3s ..... Direct Northern .. .. • . 2% Eastern Counties 141. 165... 23% % Ditto New .. .. • Do. l'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61 . 13 s. 4d . .. Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. % p .. . Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... 1% East Lincolnshire 114 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 ....••• Ditto % Shares .. .. • • .. 10 .... 17 ... • l7 IA Ditto New Shares.. .. 12%.... 18 17% Gode, Doncast., and qietlleld,&c. 425..... % • • % d:s. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) % Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... .. •• •• •• •• •• • • 23% Greet North of England . ..100 .... Ditto, New . . • • • .. 10 .... Ditto, New , . • • .. 1 .. •. Great Weitern • B5 .• .. 145 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... 16% 17 16% Ditto, Fifths • • 2O .... 33 Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 5 .... Ilan and Selby . .. • . .. 50 .... ........ Ditto, Half .. 15 .... Leicester and Bedford 225. .... p.. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. .. 425. hi dis London ant Birmingham . • .100 Ditto Quarters .. 2 28 29% .... Ditto Fifths .. 2 .... 25 % % London and Blackwell .. 16/. 13s. 4d. ... Ditto, New , . • • 2% .... . ..... . .... . . . London and Croydon • .13/. ISt 9d... 22% London and York .. .. • • . 2% .... 24 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil . .... Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 • • ... Ditto, Fifths 3 13 12% Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . • • Ditto, Quarter Sha res (A) • • 4 14 •• 13% Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 4 .... 13% • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • 1 •• • • 9 % •:•••• • • • • Blanchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • Y. P• •••• • • • ..100,.151 149% Ditto, New Newcastle and DarlingtonYunit . . 25 18 3 - 1% Ditto, New . .. • • • • 1 •• • • 9 % ...... • • Ditto, New, Brandling 25 .... 43%.... Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 North British .. . • .. • • 22% • • 301,4 30 Ditto, Carlisla Extension .. 1% .... .• .• North Kent and Direct Dover .... •• ••• . • North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. • • 3%% p..... Preston and •• • • 25 .... 3034 •.. South Devon .. 35 34% ..... South Midland .. .. • . 425..... .... Welsh Midland .. .... 1 West Riding Union • • • • .. 425. .. .. 2%% p... . • 2% p Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .... 3% •• •• ...... York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... _ Ditto, Extension .. • • .. 15 .... 33% . Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.— 1 •- 11 3% 30% 31 dis CORN 11XCHANGE.—FRIDAN'. The present week's arrivals of English Wheat up to our market have been very limited, con sequen tl y t h e stan d s to nay exhibited a small - number of samples. Still, however, owing to the prevailing fine weather, the demand for that article was h€avy, and in some instances the quotations had a downward tendency. In Foreign Wheat, free as well as in bond, so little was doing that the currencies were almost no minal. Batley moved off slowly at barely late rates. We had a full average supply of Malt on offer, and which sold at barely previous prices. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour, ruled excessively dull at Monday's quotations. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BROWN V. BULLP IT. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England took unopposed Caus e petitions, short causes, cause petitions, and motions to -day: but no case of any interest came before the Court during the whole morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.---(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) WESLY V. KRAAIIIEDI. In this case the defendant had taken out a patent for % new mode of stereotyping, and employed the plaintiff to negotiate the sale of the invention to certain partiea, for which he was to have a commission of 1001. Plaintiff alleged that he had negotiated the sale, which defendant denied, and plaintiff took an action for the recovery of his commission, and the jury found a verdict for the full amount. An application was made in the following term for a rule to set aside that verdict, and the rule was granted, and the' present application was made, on the part of defendant, to have that rule discharged, upon the ground that the demand of the plaintiff could not have been for 1004 as the commis sion, if the negotiation had been effected, would have!• amounted to a much larger sum. Counsel then went into ,2:, long statement of the facts, and the te r m s u p o n whic.bg d. sale was to have been e ff ec t e d, b u t w hi c h it was a ll e ged not been done. The COURT gave judgment in favour of the defendant- BAIL 'COURT.-(THIS DAY.) 0 There was no case in this Court to-day of the least pudic interest. SECON RIES%-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) TIIE QUEEN V. StALIN. • This was a writ of extent, and the jury were called upert to inquire of what property the defendant was possessed ill the bailiwick of the Sheriff's of the city of London. The defendant is the widow of an officer of the East India Com pany, and it was now attempted to be proved that she was r entitled to a pension of 2001. 3d. from a fund called "the Royal Bengal Military Fund," founded by Lord Clive, and of which the Board of Calcutta are trustees, and the Hon. the ! East India Company are the agents in London for the par merit. It was now shown by Mr. Lowe, clerk to Major Duff, the agent to the fund,-. that the defendant 105 entitled to the pension. It was customary for the amount of the annuities to be transmitted to the East India Company, by whom it was paid to the parties entitled or • having a certificate from Major Duff, but the parties could ty power of attorney delegate others to receive it. It " 11 : next proved that th e d e f en d ant res i ded at Calais, an d that: she had been outhiwed, or technically (being a widow) waived, and that sh e had given a power of attorney to Messr:. Richards, Little, an d C o ., E ast I n di a agents, of )3ishopgat° street. Mr. Little was called and proved that his firm had a pow er l of attorney to receive th e amount— i t was a fund from w hic grants were made in India and the money was sent over to England, but if the party resided in India they could receive . it, there in person or by agent. They nuity up to January, but the last quarter had had a stop put, upon it. had received the all" The SECONDARY said that the first important point Was to see whether this was a boon, as had been insinuated ; next, whether the East India Company were legally liable • to pay the money in the City of London. Mr. Little said he could not decide whether it came to the hands of the East India Company as a matter of conve nience ; but there was no doubt they had it, as they com pelled their officers to subscribe to the fund. The SECONDARY said, that if a person could receive the money in India, they could appoint an agent in England to take it. It must be shown to the jury, at all events, that the money was actually in the hands of the company before they could give a verdict, and suggested that the case should stand over till Wednesday next, to give an opportu- • nity for the Secretary to attend without inconvenience, as the writ had to run till the 12th June.—This was granted. 13 OW-STREET.—(THIS DAY) Charles Simpson was charged with defrauding James w e Leonard of Is. The complainant had me t the p ris oner (till then unknown to him) in Leather lane , a nd ha d accidently fallen into conversation with him. I n the cour se of the con versation the prisoner offered to sell him two ticket?, one of a ' ne coat pawned for ss. and another of awaistco at for 3 5., which he the p ticketsa nb r pawnbroker's, werer s, in ve li r m ro a a d d e out there, but had been stolen f r om the counter s b t o r u e g e t h , bought t f . or Ls. Giles's, h O e n fo g u goin g that these when blank, and had been since filled in. Mr. Bowstead, the cleik, here observed that Leather-lane was out of the district. Policeman F 11, who had taken the said that he had first brought him t o c prisoner in charge, i ns pector there said that as the pawnbr erkenwell, but the ok trict the case must come to this court. er lived in this dis Mr.JARDINE said that as the pr' . stealing the tickets, hut with money was not charged with must be taken to , the defrauding the complainant, he district mitted.where the fraud was coin- The case was accordi court. ngly taken t o th e C lerkenwell P o lice. (The prisoner denied that h de frauded the 1 •—a was the sa me who comp complainant.) person L.' I _AND RECLAIIS -------------..-------."'"'."..."-nIED (IRELAND).—It appears from $ finished, e 4,75 6. return on Saturday,• Com mons, In the co p u r n es t gal,l that.s.ncthere have been reclaimed in the county of Dona' I 1836, in the parishes where the revision survey i s acres at are, however,. . n acres of land. There 42,7 33 y e n o t f u li n r e e r c r l y a: m sinceed an dth e l 9 s B u ,r v4 9 e ly un of d e i r t ci in 1 I tr B v 4 t 4 o 3 : for publication ; and there are altogether 351 there have been reclaimed 8.373 acres in the parishes pre paredat present under cultivation, and 362,413 still unreclaimed. CAUTION TO PanENTs.--Yesterday evening an in quest was held at Mr. Morgan's, the Gloucester Army Rochester-row, on the body of Hannah Clack, a very fi ne child, four years and a half old, the daughter of a respectable tradesman in the neighbourhood. The child had been IFft on Tuesday afternoon for a moment in the next room to its mother, who was suddenly alarmed by its screams. The child having stated that she had put something in her mouth , ,876 acres some rhubarb and magnesia was administered, and the child appeared to recover, and played about during the evening, when it suddenly b ecame speec hl ess an d co nvulsed. An emetic was administered by a me di ca l ma n in the neighbour hood, and the child was subsequently conveyed to a surgeon, who made an opening in the child's throat. The operationa n was skilful and p er f ec t, b u t th e c hild, w h o w as exhausted a_ senseless, died. On a p os t- mortem examination a piece of walnut-shell was found wedged in the windpipe, whicn was __. the cause of death. Verdi c t, "Died from convulsion and c•Ais baustion, caused by a piece cif Trauut-shell illTiOg b e/9121 Wedgtil IA 01 iriioPiPe CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat at Westminster to-day, and after citspoging of the unopposed lunatic petitions on the paper, proceeded to ilea?' the further arguments in the part-heard case of Mtn - WO:TX v. oatTGAM This am same before his Lordship on Wednesday lasts upon an appeal from the decree of the Vi ce -Chancellor Ws gram ; and although the f ac t s are no t o f a na t ure mash into' resting to the public, the question raised in the case is Ole 9 g considerable importance to the legal profession and the public at That question is, whether ail equitable mortgagee of land is entitled in equity to enforce his charge in priority to a creditor of the m or t gagor , w h o h a d , w ith ou t notice of the equitable mortgage, recovered judgment against the mortgagor, obtained posse ss i on o f t h e l an d s by writ. of elegit and attednments of tenants, such proceedings be ing subsequent to the equitable mortgage. The Vice" Chancellor Wigram decided that the equitable mortgage!' bad the right to enforce his charge in priority, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. The plaintiffs are eminent banker s at N orthampton; and in 1839, Mr. George Cooke, a solicitor of that place, was largei,v indebted to th em on his banking accounts. In April of that iear he obtaine d a further adv a nc e o f upwards of 3,0001., *n i l gave his PIT _ illusory note for paym e nt o f th at amount w i th : interest. also deposited with the petitioners the title-clods of two d lse closes otland situated on the manor o f Kingsthorpe, cest the title-deeds o f certa i n h ouses and lands in the parish e• Sepulchre, in No r th amp t on , accompanied with a memorandOrn, in which he engaged, ifrequi re d, t o execute any l ega l mortge r or other security o f th e prem i ses and land that the plow. tiffs might hereafter require. In the month of Novo:0 04 ' 1840, two action s o f assumps i t were commenced a ga i n '. Cooke, one by a Mr. Mayer, and the other by o ne of the present defendants, a person name d P e ll . N o defence was m ide to those actions, judgment was signed in each of thV 7 e , and subsequently writs o f e l eg i t were sued out. Inquie l ; tient were had of th e goo d s , c h attels, and lands of Cooke, 111?" on the 30th of December, 1840, Mayer obtained legal sez ul of the lands In Kingeth orpe, and Pell of the lands and houses in the parish of St. Sepulchre and the tenants attorned to them. In February, 1841, fiat s o f b an k ruptcy wer e issue d against Coo ke sv and Mayer, and th e d e f en d ant G auga inasaP" pointed assignee of the latter. In March of the same Y eltr ,.., the present Bill was filed, c h arging that the here di ta mee.'9 premises, and securities held by the plaintiff were inadequate to satisfy the am oun t d ue t o th em b y v i rtue of t h e i r equit able lien, and praying an account of what was due to theta in respect thereof ; and also that they might be declared to have an equitable mortgage on the her iditaments and pre; mises, and entitl e d t o pr i or i ty over t h e eleg i t an d j u dgmen t s of Mayer and Pell and that if the proceeds of the sa le 0 . 1 their securities s h ou ld prove i nsu ff i c i ent, that t h e y admitted to prove for the defi c i e n c y aga i ns t the estate . :a Cooke, under th e fi a t o f b an k ruptcy i ssue d aga i ns t him. In the answer of th e def en d an t P e ll, he denied that t. e had notice of the plainti ff 's equitable lien at time the legal sezin of th e p rem i ses was d e li vere d to Mel under the elegit, and he i ns i s t e d t h at as a purchaser f or v altv , able consideration without n oti ce , h e was ent i tled to t h e f u ll benefit at law of that w r it. m ight 3 (The arguments had concluded when our Evening Edition went to press.) Mr. TURNER said he appeared on the part of Mrs. Celia Brown, the wift of the plaintiff. The object of his client was to obtain the benefit of a leass for 21 years of a house which had been granted to her husband by the defendant, who had subsequently served and carried into execution nu ejectment. The answer alleged that there had been a neg lect on the part of the plaintiff to fulfil certain terms ,in the covenant of the lease. Mr. Hamar, for the defendant, said that the ejectment had not been served until the ;,remises in question were in a state of utt er ru i n . Th e e j ectment b ad not b een serv ed fm several months after the judgment had been obtained• Besides, the plaintiff had not paid the insurance money d on the h ouses , an d h a d i n other ways v iolated the terms of the covenant between him and the defendant. Th e case o f the unfortunate plaintiff had been taken up by severa l respectable persons, at various periods, between whom and the solicitor of. the defendant 0' gotiat ions passed, which terminated in their relinquishing utbe. t,. ,."! cause they had undertaken flora a conviction t" defendant h a d no t, un d er the circumstances in the particam . - of the ejectment, exceeded his duty. - • Mr. Brown, the plaintiff, made a lon statement, fr°"" which it appe are d th at t h e money by which the lease had heel purchased, was the property of his wife, anti that there bad' been some mon e y t ransact i ons b etween him mid t h e defend ant, by whom he stated he had sustained severe injuries. . Lord Lal4onarz was of opinion that the case of the plate , tiff had been ma d e out, and therefore dismissed t h e caul . without, however, any prejudice to the filing of another hi° THE ATTORNEY•GENERAL. V. ROOSE. Mr. Twtss (who appeared on the part. °r;.,, the Crown) """' that this was as i n f ormat i on fil e d by the Attorney General against the defendant Lady Jane Elizabeth noose- The defendant was the widow of Sir David Charles 11 ° °s ?, who was the agent resid en t i n I re l an d o f t h e N orw i c h Ifof ai Insurance Company, and in th a t capac i ty, as t h e perse t a he representative of the com p any, h a d b ecome i n d e bt e d to Crown for certain dutia not included in the returns. , e d • Mr. KINDERSLEY, on the part of the defendant, CO ntenaie that the Norwich Union Insurance Company should be n 3 °? parties in the defence, with the view that his Client might have access to the papers of her husband, which were . in t he hands of the same company. Mr. CALVERT followed on the same side, an d c ontendsd that as there were no returns f urn i s h e d to s h o w the asscr itia Sir D. C. loos e , th e C rown was not in a position to °as the present inf orma ti on . tilts aq Lord LAN GDALE sa id h e wou ld reserve hi s d ec i s ion,. case required s ome cons id era ti on . oi 50% 3% 29% 29% 7p 35% l ik P % dls rs I) 139 X 32% 45 9 1 ,6 43% 2535, THE RAILWAY SUN IS NO W PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE.