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

April 25, 1844, ITER MAJESTY'S TH TO-MORROW, TUESDAY, EATRE. APRIL 23. VW be performed (for the first time this Season), BeMel Opera, entitled, NOR MA, signor Corelli ; A roveso, Norma, Madame Grisi ; AdalgiFa, 3fadlle. Cerb ar i ; I ollione, Signor Lablache. After which will be presented a PAS DE DEUX, b Taglioni and M. P errot. y 3fdlle. L. To conclude with the admired Ballet of EOLTNE ; ou, LA DRYADE. Arranged by M. Perrot, in Three Tableaux. Eoline, Lucile Grahn ; Rubezahl, M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, Macllle. Petit Stephan ; Prince of Silesia, DI Mattis.. In the course of the ballet, Waltze Silessienne by the coryphees of the corps de ballet. Pas de la Fiancee, Madde. Lucille Grahn, supported by 3ladlle. Moncelet and Madlle. Cossan. Mazourka d'Extase, 31adlle. Ladle Gratin and M. Perrot. Grand Pas de Dryades, by Madlle. Lucile Gratin and the corps de ballet. 7' II tia.T.d. z.; Roy AL, ii,,,ErAl . THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Origin a l C omedy ' . called, A 'BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cy coon Fox,tll, Mr. Webster ; More craftoverdale, Mr. W. Mr. ar Frel Si l; r John Co ver d a l e, Mr. Til , mry; Ernest C, IL Holl; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei. /ermarm, Ur. J Bland ; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Sirs. Glover; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perrerm the Overture, " La Symphonie," the '•'antasie, " Fra Diavolo;" the " Post Horn Galop," • Antoinette," ' 'ellarius Waltz ; tha '` Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow 'olka." After which, an experiment will he tried upon THE DiRDS OF \RISTOPILISES on which occasion they will be presented to 1e public with new came.•, new Feathers, new Sons, and new ales. Principal characters by Messrs James Bland, !Judson, ilhury, Ftrindal, Caulfield. T. F. "athews and Miss P. Horton. To conclude ais h a New entWC Drama. calied THE IRISH POST. haracters by Messrs. J. Marti, Tilbury. Mrs. Flnmhy, &C. rti F: TRR-RoYA L. LYCEUM ITNPER TfTE I(A VAC:EATEN:I' OF MRS. KEELEY 4St Six Nights of the justly , elobratert •leneral TOM THUMB THIS E VEN ING The Performances will c•anmence with a New and Original Farce, atttled A FRIEND INDEED After which, the Comely of HONOURS ANT) TRICKS. Thin characters by Messrs. F. Matth,ws. F. Vinl,g, Wigan, " (6°l °' ; NiNe ;Tillers. Sir.. A. and airs. N'et•ley. __t'iUo he Bond (for th e last Six Niceits) by the Burlesque, en "'..)P 0 MY THUMB • or, The Ogre and h's Seren-Le.sgue --•.• Hen '.t Thutrib Cioneral Tom Thornh. To Hen with a New'ExtraTaganza. emitted THE MARBLE 4Ail)KasT.: Cliarr. Mr. Keeley , Mr. A. 'Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, , les Miss L-.1,11,,,, - .:: te ter. bY 1tiZ41,,, itgy gt TUTS EVE:ft Will be Presented a New D '-... 4.,\., Tilreei, d'tS. Called, IN. itTSTRY AND iNDOLENCErrio, Amour, :qr. Paul Redford ; Romn, NI, r e ,. •An 4; ' s , g o? . fir. ~ rright ; dons. Del mare, Nir. Per ; P.atVol,, misTwooetl,l,:: rini, Miss Webster; Cecile, Madame Celeste , Atter which, a New Burle,rytte. entitled, PETER WlLiults ; or, he Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters . Bedford, leMasses Woo M lgar,Munya EmmadH,&e.arding, Chaplin, B rooks, Taylor; Mr. aul To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND 'OUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Ilir. fright; Isaac Crank, Mr. O. Smith ; 3frs. Crank, Mrs. F. Itatthews, r.rs. Honeybun, 3fiss Emma Harding. PRDIVESSI3 TT; EATRE, OXFORD-STI THIS EVENING Will be ertormed Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Ir. Macready ; Macduff, Mr. Wallack ; Bancino, Mr. Cooper ; He ate, Mr. Leiner ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Ternan. T 9 conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY , ODIVA AN!) PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In which ressrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Granby, Oxberry ; Miss Taylor, las E. Stanley, Mrs. Fosbroke Miss Honner, &c., will appear. Ilf , Y L AMPHITHEATZE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. itronised by her moat gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Prixcesq Royal. Unparalleled attraction. Mr. Leman Redc'a New Equestrian Spectacle of " The Arab and his Steed." THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB 'ND HfS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. 't which the who'e resources of the Establishment will be brought el. requisition. New atid popular Scenes in the Circle. Double stud, &c. To conclude with the favourite Drama of the POST BOY OF ST. .ITSTLE ; or, The Fatal Snowdrift. Clowns to the Circle, Barry, Wallet, and Roches. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six , d commence at seven o'clock. DAVADOr, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. intense Novelty! R oars o f laughter at "O n th e Tiles . " Second . Week of iho Virginian Harmonists. with entirely new Eonga THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAS!" KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. J ''llason. Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, llesloP. Mesdnrs. Vinng and M ar ti n w i ll aracters. i support the principal To be followed by WHERE DID TUE MONEY COME FROM ? anchette, Miss Lydia Pearce. liter which, a E TILES ; or, A N Newight Fa at Greerce by nwich.E Mr. . Stirling, entitled, ON 'o conclude with THE MAID AND TUE MAGPIE. ROYAL VICTORIA" THEATI4E. eat Success of the New Drama of " Laid up in Pert," and " Th. Immense attraction and xc,, re i ty Bride's Journey." THIS EVENING Will be perform.] an entirely new Drama, entitled LA iD ,‘ PORT ; (T. Sharks along Shore. Principal chara c t ers by 34 ijrP • edericks, Saville, Raymond, Tindell, Higgie , Searl e , B el a n-. tirtO tkyincent, Miss E. Terry, &c. i .. _- "i'Mfprhich, THE BRIDE' 4 JOURNF:T ; or, the Escap es of --., ,"-- - ..elarie Ott esclen. In which Miss Vincent will perform. , r , Id a New Drama, entitled THE FAuTORY LADS; ...' , U.* . Saturday Night, In which the whole Company catle. / rails I:t . ' l' ;' 7 ' - ' 4 - fit ' >-'-- ~,' 1 ' 0 It Eln 3 vol post BTo., S T HILL A TALE OF SOCIAL LIF E IN 1830 -1831, li NOW READY AT ALL TILE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. THE NEW WORK ON RUSSIA Now reedy, in 1 vols., with a Full-length Portrait of the Emperor 21s. R USSIA UNDER THE AUTOCRAT, BY I NIC VAN HOLAS I. GOLO A RUSSIAN SUBJECTVINE,. " The Government t mos t authentic and copious exposition of Russia hat has yet been given to the world.—Britannla.and her " A work of an extremely interesting nature, emanating from the pf the Czar'en ef a Russian, noble by bi rth, who has escaped beyond the reach os power. It throws a new light on the state of the em pire ; its aspect, political and domestic ; its manners ; the employes about the palace, court, and capital ; its police, its spies, its depraved society, &c. The duals on all these subjects will be found peculiarly valuable."--Sanday Times. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. VISCNow ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, OUNT FIELDING, and CAP rAil KENNEDY'S TRAVELS in ALGERIA and TUNIS, in 1845. " Captain Kennedy and Lord Fielding, appear to have visited every place of note In _Northern Africa ; and the gallant authorgives a most graphic and picturesque account of their anventares, including those :anew; the wild Arabs and Bedouins of the Desert. At the pre,•ent dm,, when the recent unhappy events in Africa have attracted so 'ouch attention, we feel special pleasure in recommending this in eresti in and entertaining wort as (me which throws much light on lie customs awl condition of a brave but unfirtunate people and al lords much valuable Infonpution as to all that is remarkable in the . ountry they inhabit. -H„ Henryd's Magazine. _.------ ry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. IRISH GRE AT L S ' AT WESTERN RAILWAY. Parties w DUBLIN TO 0 1. LWAY. a are ho s Pled the last subscription contract, and holders of loth rmed, that p et i t i ons to both Houses of Parliament, " To f the Progress of the Bill, to cancel the liability of the su b scr ib ers ' 0 the contract, and return to the shareholders the unspent deposits," fur s:.,•mature 'at the Shareholders' Committee-room, Founders' Lothbury, from 11 to 4 o'clock ea^h day. April 21, (846. R . THO PSON, Secretary. IPSI9ICICNOAWICFI AND YARMOUTH RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the sessional ord er and the Bill recently introduced into Parliament, the Directors have determined to POSTPONE the GENERAL MEETING, convened for the 30th inst., until some future day, when the Proprietors will have the opportunity of legally deciding what course shall be adopted. The Report which the Directors had intended to submit to the Meeting, will opr be ieto r. forwarded in the coarse of a f ew days, to every registered Pr By order, FREDERICK BIGG, Secretary. 12, Old Jewry Chambers, April 27, 1846. RAILWAY SIIAREg B y p um ---.-- '77 - - , —.--..—.._ sALE. • WSSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND L.A.MOND, 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 TuEsDAir and FRTDAT, at One o'clock, at the Ilan of Commerce, rareadneedle,treet, London, to which place all qsvours, contsining instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. Ali Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for ma _ablation at least one day previously to their being offered ; and tdvices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, sad t ees . Rail he proceedi imme diately disposed o f according to instructions. Offi of Commerce, Threadneedit -street, London. THE DISSENTERS' AND GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE AS - SURANCE COMPANY. me t RI Zill pOwered by Special Act of Parliament, 3 Vie., e. 20. RING 'WIL LIAM -STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, LONDON ; 21, Sr. DAVID -STREET, EDINBURGH ; and 6, ZING-STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL. Capital—One Million. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. r;eorge Bensfleld, Esq. Thomas Piper, Esq. Thomas Chsllis, Esq., Alderman Thomas B. Simp son , E sq. Jacob G. Cope, Esq. Edward Smith, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Hon. Charles P. Villiers, M.P. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Xichard Hollier, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. Charles Hindley. Esq., M.P. The Directors give Notice-- lat. That the ANNAIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO .PRIETORS will be held, at Twelve o'clock precisely, on SATURDAY, the 16th day of Mai next, at the Offices of the Company, 62, King William street, in the City if London. 2d. That at such meeting, the Proprietors, who then hold ten or more Shares, which they have possessed six calendar months, may attend and vote. 3d. That three Directors, Thomas Piper, Esq., Edward Wilson, Esq., and Edward Smith, Esq,, and one Auditor, George Meek, Esq., retire, all of whom are re-eligible to their respective appointments, for Which they will he accordingly proposed. 4th. That there will also be an Election to supply the vacancy oc casioned by the death of Peter Ellis. Esq., which vacancy was de clared by the Board on the 24th of DecentNer last. sth. That any Proprietors, duly qualified, who shall be desirous of becoming Candidates for any of these situations, must give written notice of their intention at the Offices to the Secretary, at least ten days previous to the time of such meeting. By order of the Directors, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. I, SON'S OPENING .N !GUT. Mr. TFUS EVENING, APRIL 27 , at Eight lock. fo r t IVILSoti begs to annou nce his FIRST ENTERTALtiMENT he SEA-;0.N", the in the 3lusic Hall, S tore-street, when he will &lOngvariety ot SONGS OF SCOTLAND, • Some of them for the first time. Part I. Pi nu fnrte— r. LAND. —0 weol may th, Bo ttle row —Of a' the Airts the Wind can blow—Whall bus' Caller Herring ?-11.une cam our gudeman at A'en--Ower the Water to Charlie—Bonnie Bess:. Lee—The Married Man's Lament —Pibroch o' Donald Dhu. Part R.—The Flowers o' the Forest —To- Auld School —Woo'd an' Married an' a' — Auld Joe NicoLson's Bonny N ,nnie—t,et up and bar the Door. Prirate P.O`V•R for Six, 15s. ; for Eight, 1/. HER M tJESTIP S THEATRE. uccu.F. GRA.IIN respectfully informs the Nobility, Sub scribras, and the Public, t tat h<r n NEFIT will take place on TtiURSDAY NEx e, APRIL 30, When, will be performed (fo- the that time this season), Donizßti's Opera, entitled DON PASQUALE . iNorina, Aradatne Grisi ; Dr. Mala esta, Sl:rnor Fornasart; Ernesto, Signor Mario ; Lion Pasquale, Signor ' abia,he. In the course of the Evening will he rewir e d the Ballet Diver sisseme t, by M. Perrot, entitled, LE DELI RE 1) U N PEINTRE. Steolkano, M. Perrot ; BlanThe d'Oviedo, Madile. L. Gratin Together with a selection from the admired Ballet, CATARINA ; on, LA FLUE DU BANDIT. During the Evening various Dances and Pas de ...laracteres by Idadle. L. Gratin. Taglionl, and M. Perrot. TO be followed by the last Act of Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, N I N nuns, Signor Fornasari ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor Botelli ; ienena. Mdlie. Corbari _• Abigail. Mdlle. Sanchioli. au,aileu batter Or 1:0LINE ; ou, LA. DRYADE. Eoline, Mane. Lucile Gratin. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Op bhpolonnade. Doom op en at Seven, the Opera to corn „mence at past Seveq o'clock. THEArng ROYAL, DRIIKY-T,ANE. roa rIIE BENEFIT or MR. BITN:s.7. THIS EVENING Charles be performed the popular Opera, called MARITANA, Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cmsar . Bazan, Mr. W. ilarrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Stretton ; Maritana, Miss Romer; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. In the course of the Evening will be introduced a variety of songs and favourite Pieces of Music, by Madlle. Rummel, Madame Anna Thillon, Madame Pasinl, Miss Rainforth, Miss R omer, S i gnor Pasinl, Mr. W. P arr son, and Mr. Burdini. The Ethiopian Sere naders will perform "The Railroad Overture," and "Lucy Neal." Violoncello, Herr Kellerman. Tarp, 31. Oodefroid. To conclude with a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Mdme. Giubilei, Vtadlles. Loulie, Adele, and Sali ; Mr. A. Webster, MM. Mathis and Adrien will appear. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _EVENENG, APRIL 27, 1846. to run the chance of the general body again paying up their deposits; they will prefer retaining the control of the funds, although their so doing, in many c ases , may have the ofto t avecarried into destroy ing the effect —many project they are anxious shareholders who, feeling the utmost degree of confi dence in the soundness and eventual success of the pro ject would be rejoiced if it could be suspended for a given time, and an opportunity then afforded them of deciding whether the scheme should be abandoned or carried into execution, and in the meantime the amount of money which could not possibly be required in the interval be placed at their disposal, but who from having no such option afforded to them will now vote for the dissolution of the company in order to get back a sum, important to them at the present crisis. With this fei-lieg, on the first statement of the intended legislative enactments, we suggested, in The Sun of the 9th April, " that it would be desirable if a sim i larcooflnpaaonsnypue,moadbnei and getti n g o f f or s h t a h re eb h , : pc i l kr d e e a r ae s ot t w otr e hi c r e e e ( g a, e v p e r: n ratmi t : h )in e power s f the of the depo.its, leaving a sUtlHent sum to meet all the liabilities of the company, and a small sum in nand for the trivial (xpenses x hich might be necessar) hetween th.. present time and the next session of Per Lament." There is little doubt that such an opportunit would be hailed with the greatest delight in the cases o• many of the pro'ected lines. A large sum would be at once released, brought into circulation, and rt n dered applicable to tne general purposes 0 the country. In the event of a ruction in the money-market, the schemes which have alread3 stood the test of Parliamentary inquiry will probably be revived. Vast expenses have already been incurred in the engineering and other departments, w hi2h, in the event of a dissolution, will be wholly lost, or which ma . ) he made use of by parties who have already derived a considerable profit, without the shareholders, by whom they were sustained, reaping any benefit therefrom. This would not be just or equitable. Was there any prospect of ultimate success, the „t Ivantage should be retained to those who et present are heavy pecuniary sufferers, and aho would, by the keeping alive of the company, have a chance, however alight it might be, of obtaining some return hereafter. We trust that some of our legis lators who have interested themselves in railway affairs Bill turn their attention to this subject, and that when the Government Bill comes before the House such an addition will be engrafted thereon as to give the scrip holders such a power of suspension as we have here advocated. of this free-trade grain into England, be prevented, since the mercantile intercourse be tween this island and her sister Ireland was unres tricted ? While supposing this secondary introduction were obviated by obstructing that traffic across St. George's Channel, how would the millions of people, subsisting on the millions of Irish provisions, which were acknowledged by the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn, to be exported annually from Ireland for home consumption—how were those millions to dispense with their accustomed supply? The proposition was thus analysed by reason. a d its delusive character most logically divulged. The question then arose, what was the next proceeding to be taken in order to remove the different embarassments of the Legislature, and to bring the great difficultits. of Government to a satisfactory issue ? Food, not money, was the most fitting remedy fur Ireland—that was obvious enough in itself : but the Hon. Memb. for Stockport placed it beyond the possibility of contra diction, when he remarked that " if the people of Ire. land had gold in equal proportion to their perishiea potatoes, it would not supply them with provisions With England, on the other hand, impediments must b. removed from her commerce ; a state of perniciote s agnation and incertitude must give way to activit, end animation if a revival of her prosperit were required. Both these very desirable, and. indee. , b, lute ly ft cessary e might be assursd and expediting the final acceptance of the free . !rade measure ; and by enrol'in g the free-trade princi ales on the s acute-book as among the most prominer features of the constitution. By acting thus, th Legislature would realise its two most ruder, wishes—a restoration of peace and plenty t. Ireland, a revival of commercial activity are confidence in England ! In endeavouring, by such argil. :rents, to infuse a greater celerity into the movemen:, of Parliament, Mr. COBDEN gave an additional evidence of his statesmanship, and of his capacity for legislation ; while he demonstrated in the same breath his unceasing anxiety for the happiness and comfort of his fellow men. This is, indeed, a noble spirit of philan thropy with which to be actuated, in aiding the political operations of a great empire ; any even during the Easter recess the Hon. Member for Stockport has given evidence that such a spirit of phi lanthropy is undeviating in his instance. "During that recess," said he, "I was called upon repeatedly to hold great public meetings in Manchester and in London, in order to remonstrate upon the delay occasioned by this debate, but the question I asked myself was— Who shall we remonstrate with ? I did ne know who to blame, nor do I now ; 1 can't blame the Government, because if I were disposed to do so, I see they are already blamed so much that I cannot add to the load the weight of my censure. Then again, I have no right to blame the Members for Ireland, for it is net for me to judge as to the extent to which they deem it to be their duty to oppose the first reading of this Bill. I leave them to be the sole judges, because I should claim the same right myself, of the course and policy which they ought to adopt." That is a view of the actors in the present sessional interlude most creditable to the disposition of Mr. COBDEN, and ully in accordance with his lofty reputation. There is no acerbity in his nature ; he hopes that, notwithstand ing all the bickering; and squabbles going forward it the Commons, gentlemen on his side of the House " may manage to preserve good humour." He canner precisely discover the motives by which certai. Members are influenced in certain proceedings and, though he deplores the consequences of thus proceedings, he cannot arrogate to himself the privilee of uttering their condemnation. Those arc, in fact the only rational lights in which the still pending dis cussions ought to be regarded. We must, perfurce lament the procrastireatie n which is goading Ireland en possibly to fresh outrages, and certainly to more ex ces•ive privations ; tut we must also endeaveu to believe in the thorough integrity of the various par ties concerned until time and circumstances shall mot fully divulge their unseen influences and latent motive. Such moderate and lucid speeches as the erne deliveree by the Hon. Member for Stockport, we welcome wit. xtreine pleasure, leecause we see in them arguments cal. eulated to spur our legislators on in their Parliementsr . ff.rts. and lene user. a minently suited ror smootlong SOD: of tho asperities of cf. bate. Marine, and brother-in-law of the Sultan„ was fixed for the 7th. " The departure of the Sultan for Romelia has been fixed for the Ist of May definitively. The Sultan is to embark for Varna on board a ship of the line, which will be taken in tow by two steamere." Madrid journals of the 18th and 19th have arrived. The Gazette of the 18th describes the insurrection in Galicia as nearly at an end, General CONCHA having arrived before Lugo on the 14th. But the Gazette of the next day pub lishes a dispatch from this very General CONCHA, dated Be cerra, the 15th instant, announcing that, " being convinced 'he insurgents of Lugo only intended to gain time by making unacceptable propositions ; that being, moreover, unprovided with artillery, and considering the trifling importance of the olace, which must of necesity surrender in consequence of the operations he was about to undertake against the insur :,,ents of the province of Pontevedra, he had ordered the bat , Anon of Malaga to march to Corunna. and had himself pr , - -eeded to Becerra to place himself at the head of the divisirn ,f troops concentrated there, and advanced, on the 16th, upon Sarria and Chantada." The fact appears to be that General CONCHA cannot trust ds troops. lie arrived before Lugo on the afternoon of the l4tb, and summoned the insurgents to surrender, promising .t free pardon to all the private soldiers, but, finding they were determined to hold out, and that there was a tendency 41 the part of a portion of his tro , ips, particularly the hat • - .llion of Malaga, to fraternise with them, he suddenly , rdered that corps to march for G,runna, and himself pre ,ared with the rest of his division to retire from before Lugo Ton Vigo, the garrison of that place having pronounced on he 10th. The insurgent garrison of Santiago, which wag occ u pi e d . . _ _ n the I Ith by General Pula-SA:urtr.n, evacuated the town .n the night of the 10th, and retired, in good order, under the 'in - nand of Brigadier RUBIN DE CELIS, to Vigo and Pon- evedr a. With regard to the insurgents taken prisoners at Astorga t has been determined that none but the commissioned and ton-commissioned officers shall be put upon trial, and that lone shall be punished capitally without the express sane ion of the Government. EGANA assumed his functions of Intendiente of the Palace rn the 18th. General SANZ has taken the oaths of office as Minister of War, and General RONCALI, his successor in the Captaincy- General of Grenada, was to leave Madrid on th 20th to enter on the duties of his office. El Clamor Publico says, "The reports of a Ministerial crisis yesterday assumed stronger grounds. It was asserted that the resignations of Senors INTURITZ and CANEJA had been accepted. CASTRO Y ONOZCO had been summoned by the QUEEN, and had a long conference with her MAJESTY. It seems he had made certain conditions the grounds of his forming a new Cabinet." El Heraldo declares that " rumours of a Ministerial modifi 'ation are at least premature; but it was generally believed .hat the affaris could not long exist as they are. In order to confirm themselues in power, a Ministry is required com posed of the leaders of the different sections of the Conser vative party, which can rely on a strong arm to put a bridle on the efforts at revolution." In order that there may be no loubt as to the possession of this strong arm, the Herald() in another article, speaking of NAavarz, says— "lt is his absence which has emboldened revolt. Brigadier Rubin de Cells, who is at the head of the revolutionary 'orces, would never have betrayed his trust so long as he saw hat strong and invincible arm beside the throne. If, how ever, it should be deemed a duty to appeal to the patriotic de votion of the Duke of Valencia, he would assuredly consent to return to Spain to complete his tusk, viz., the destruction .f the enemies of the throne and institutions. The intrigue ~ hich has overthrown General Narvaez has nearly hurried he country into the abyss of ruin ; in order to save it, we nust have a strong Government representing the great Con servative party." NARVAEZ, in the meanwhile, remains at Bayonne, watch ng the course of events. Judging from every circumstance that may enable he mind to form an idea of the result of appearances in such a country as Spain, we can only come to the con clusion that the country is agaia on the eve of a revolu tion. Probably it will be a very short one, and attended with little suffering ; but in whatever way it may end, the people are not to blame. Ever since the return of CHRISTINA from Paris they have displayed the greatest patience and forbearance towards her rule—Ministry after Ministry has been dissolved through her intrigues— the constitution has been destroyed—a military system adopted—the military system again abandoned with the banishment of NARVAEZ, and a sort of heterogeneous Government formed, in which no one can tell whether the influence of France, or this restless and unprincipled woman, or the Camarilla, or ISTURITZ prevails. Never cas there a Government so undefined, or the army so little under the control of any General respected fur nilitary talents and decision. The Spaniards have sub mitted now for some four years to these violent and un constitutional changes, hoping that every week or month eimething like 4 rational mode of government would be teeelnped, but they have waited in vain, and affairs now appear more complicated and mv-terieus than ever. \To surprise. therefore, can he felt at the manifestations .f discontent an l insurrection in Galicia, or at the con. :iction entertained by well-infermed parties, that the .pirit of disaffection will extend over the whole country' ['he army as well a,: the people have been treated with mpercilieus contempt. NARVAEZ, so lung their fa .ourite, and apparently attached to their interests, has eeen hurried out of the country Lice a felon ; they ire left without a chief, and are at the mercy e• an intriguing woman. guided by a cuncla , e if priests and the least respectable of her sex. .'he discontent of the lead'ng m n among the Nlede etoes and the Progressistas, so long represse I, can be el longer restrained. They have all been used as mere utomatons, and were kept down chiefly by NARVAEZ tnd the army. They were afraid of irnprisenmeet, ianishment, and death, end submitted till the power of - he oppressor was weakened. Their eyes are now , pened, and they find that they had been made the victims of a policy concocted in a foreign capital, and carried into effect by a single her own interests; who is resolve to sacrifice to these the young QUEEN, marry her to her uncle, against the will of the Cortes, of every respectable statesman, and of the people in general, and thereby prolong the dominion of foreigners over a proud and brave people. The latest accounts from Madrid lead to the belief that the insurrection in Galicia becomes every day more serious. Santiago was in the hands of the disaffected troops and national guards, General Coucite had been obliged to raise the siege of Lugo, and it was firmly anticipated that Vigo and Corunna would give in their adherence to the insurrection. We should not wonder to see it spread like wildfire through the country, for there is really no Government, the army is under no control, the regular troops, in fact, commenced the revolt ; and the provinces, after so many Ministerial changes at Madrid, which have made the country a bye-word, can place no confidence whatever in the QUEEN-MOTHER and her satellites, who seem bent on making the Cortes and constitutional government ridiculous, in order to pave the way for pure absolutism. It is hazardous to make any conjec ture as to political movements in Spain; but we believe a despotic Government can be maintained there only by a powerful army, well paid and attached to a skilful commander. Neither of these circumstances exists at present. The field is open for any party that knows how to seize the opportunity. There is no hand sufficiently strong, nor any authority at Madrid suf ficiently dreaded, to keep down insurrectien ; and in a few weeks, perhaps a few days, we may hear of general risings, with the watchwords, " The QUEEN and the Constitution," " Death to CHRISTINA and TIZA, PANI," which will probably end in the second expulsion ''rorn Spain of a mischievous and selfish woman, the , nain cause of the present confusion and the determined enemy of good government. Several arrests of well-known Progessistas took place in ladrid on the night of the 17th, by order of SABATER, the .'olitical Chief. It is st: ted that the Cortes will be assembled as soon as the evolt in Galicia shall have been put clown. Several of the journals have been again seized. The 3azeit, contains a decree of the Minister of Finance dinict ,ig that the 9-12ths of the deferred foreign debt correspond• •ig with the present year should he drawn on the Ist of May MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 18.—Three per Cents., 314 , coney ; Five per Cents., not voted ; Bank of St Feriii• and, 286 ; B ink of Isabella, 176 ; Company of Probity. 92 ; Company of Iris. 130 ; General Assurance, 85 ; Alli. :nce,l69 ; Anchor, 168 ; Gas Company, 680. Exchanges: hiblin, 371 ; Paris, 16 3. We have received the PerisTmpers of Friday and Saturday. On Friday LEcosITE underwent an examination before he l'resident and Qommissioners of the Court of Peers. The Armorican, of Brest, contains the following strange ory The news of the attempt at Fontein')frau has been at -tided with a singular coincidence, which has awakened the t'ention of the authorities. In the morning of the same day. 'hursday, 16th, M. 8., who is employed on the staff of Ili, arrison returned here with his wife from Morlaix, in a dili fence of the Messageries Generales. Seated with them wa, mother passenger, who, in conversation, stated, in positive erms, that the King had just been assassinated. On M. B.', eplying that such a thing was not credible, and that the .urnals bad not made any mention of it, the passenger d, that it was too recent for that, and could orly be mown through the telegraph. At that moment even the ?legraph could not have communicated an event which did rot take place at Fontainbleau till the aftera,,on. However, ..,,,,, a Lic 1 1.11 ai I VCu 1 1 , U UiBPa(Cli ng the prediction of th e day before. M. 8., struck with the singularity of this connexion decided upon informing the - nagistrates, who deemed it proper to institute an immediate udicial inquiry. A warrant was issued for the arrest of the :irophetic traveller, who bad again set out from Brest, but whose trace there is little doubt of finding." On Thursday, M. DEMESMAT'S Bill for reducing the duty on salt was carried in the Chamber of Deputies by a majo rity of 240 to 26. The question of the concession of the pto ;ected railway from Bordeaux to Cette was then entered upon, Ind continued on Friday. The direct concession of this railway, which the Ministry and Committee of the Deputies propose substituting for the public ad judication proposed last year, was vigorously at .acked by M.M. L'H ERBETTE, LUNEA, and CRE - miznx, and the last-named gentleman moved an amend ment in favour of a public adjudication. On a division taking place the Chamber proved in insufficient numbers, and the vote was adjourned to next day, when it was rejected by a majority of 143 to 110. At the commencement of the sitting the Minister of Public 'Works introduced a Bill rela tive to the construction of a railway between Bordeaux and Bayonne. Informers have ever been the Pariahs of societ: hey are tolerated, and barely ;oltrat,d, as a sort moral nightmare—disgusting, but occasionally usefu Au amateur thief-taker is a very extraordinary the racter, but an amateur informer may be considers, almost unique. There is, however, one specimen at leas extant in the person of Mr. HENRY IRABISAY FOSTE alias THORNE, Hho calls h:mself the fashiumble rt port for the Morning Post. and who. moreover, practises n L_..l. ”onarity has sent occasional communications to The Sun, whiel for reasons, into which it boots not now to enter, have o late been uniformly rejected. On the summons of thi: gentleman, one of The Sun messengers was brought u) this morning at the Guildhall, to answer a charge re cruelty to a horse; and Mr. FOSTER, alias THORNE, swore that he saw the horse proceed at a rapid ra.r. up Fleet-street upon three legs for more than 200 yards!!: Well might the magistrate's clerk ask how he cool, proceed on three legs. "I could not believe that the animal could so proceed unless I had seen it myself," re. plied Mr. FOSTER. It is not the first time that Mr. FOSTER has represented himself as having seen strange things. He saw strange things, doubtless, and underwent strange adventures, too, when he accompanied, or rather at tempted to accompany an illustrious personage, on a certain memorable occasion, to the Isle of Wight. However, we will not go into the antecedents of Mr. FOSTER, alias THORNE. The magistrate dismissed thecase. and the gentleman who rejoices in an alias, we beg his pardon, a nom de guerre (he styles it so himself. and it is certainly more Jenkinsian), was left to pay the expenses, which we hope will be a warning to all rejected penny-a -liners not to assume the character o 4 humanity -mongers, and intrude upon that province which has hitherto been sacred to STOWELL and his associates—or, if they should do so. let them take care to conduct their proceedings in a less slovenly manner than the " fashionable reporter " to the Morning Post. Slip-slop may be suppose( to be natural to one who rejoices in such an affair, and ii such a slip-slop slovenly way was the summonsdrawn up that bad we chosen to refuse to appear to it, the " fashionable reporter" could never have com pelled our ap pearance. We however, determined to me et him on the me rite, and on the merits we beat him. That excellent magis trate. Sir GEORGE CARROLL, who Was on the bench, toot infinite pains to a%certain the true state of facts, alai having done so, Iw, without hesitation, dismissed th Summons. BRAHIM PACHA arrived at Paris on Friday morning, and ook up his residence at the Elysee Bourbon, in the apart ments which NAPOLEON occupied on his return from Water loo. All the young Egyptian students in Paris had met him at Orleans. Court carriages, with the KING'S livery, and a cortege composed of high functionaries, awaited the Prince at the station of the Orleans Railniad. The PACHA on his arrival took his seat in one of the royal carriages, and drove to the palace of the Elysee Bourbon, where he was received by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and several officers of the households of the KING and Princes. The Royal Family goes to Neuilly for the summer, on the ith of May. Marshal SOULT goes for the summer to ;oultberg. The Moniteur states, that by an agreement recently con luded between the states of the Zollverein, the transit duties an merchandise forwarded by the Rhine from Mayence and lieberich, or from points above those towns, from Neuburg o Saarbruck inclusive, had been reduced from 15i- kreutzers o 81- per quintal (If. 12c. to 62c. per 100 kilogrammes). The /1/intiten- publishes the returns of the merchandise im .orted into France in March last, from which it appears that he taxes levied thereon amounted in that month to 1 2,355,628 f., or 885,400 f. more than in the corresponding nonth of 1845. The proceeds of the first quarter of 1846 vere 36,221,0371., exceeding by about two millions the •eceipts of the corresponding quarters of 1844 and 1845. The following appears in the Gazette de France:- " Reports relative to the illness of the Count de Chambord Duke de Bordeaux) were current yesterday in Paris. We hi ,k it right to tranquillise those who are uneasy on this object. The Count de Chambord left Frohs lorft for Gratz in the 14th. An attack of fever induced him to stop at Brock, a town on the road. The physicians, who were called in immediately, ascertained that the illness was serious ; and the letters of the 17th, which arrived this evening, state the '.yer had ceased, and the Prince had already recovered." The Three per Cents. closed at 831. 60c ; the Five per Cents., 20f. sc. ; the Orleans Relic ,ad shares, 1.240 f. ; Rouen, 1,047 E 50c. ; levee, 7601. ; Great Northern, 7701.; Avignon, 9301. ; Vierzon, ;ssf.; Bordeaux, 6321. 50c. ; Boulogne, 3051. 50c. ; Tr yes and , fontereau, 420 f. ; Basle, 2321. 50c. ; Dieppe, 4651. ; P.,ris and , trasbur , 522 f. 50c ; Tours and Nantes, 546 f. 25c. ; Paris and .yens, 577 f. 50c.; Spanish Actives, 32%; Ditto Three percents., 36%. The following are the quotations for other lines:- Lyons and Avignon Deflnitives, 533 E ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. 50c. ; ditto (hspelete), 510 f.; ditto, Definitives, I 5301. ; Charleroi, 495 f. MansztLLEs, APRIL 21 . -Marseilles and Avignon, 892 f. 50c. Northern, 7521. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 575 f. LYONS, APRIL 23 . -Marseilles and Avignon, 920 f.; Paris and Orleans, 1,228 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,035 f. ; Lyons, 573 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK E CHANGE, APRIL 25. Dutch Rhenish, 6% East Indian, 14-Great Northern of France Constituted, 15%-Louvain and Jemappe, I % -Madrid and Valentia, I-Namur and Liege, 1% -Paris and Orleans, 48%-Bens an d Havre, 30. With his charaeterizaie p , rspicacity, Mr. COBDEN, on Friday night, unravelled, in a few simples observations, nany ideas wnich had become entangled in the cotme , f the pres• nt prot•acted discussion. He interposed etween parties who were on the eve of coalescing, or • .f quarrelling amo,Tst themselves without reflecting p , n the rationality of their behaviour ; he c4rried .laek the wandering attention of the d• bitters to their :riginal starting point, and rev,rted to the grand I u-.tion of this se.sion, the commercial a lt ers lo', and the effect uh'ch the Corn Bill u ell as the Coercion Bill would h ave u p on . reland. Above all, however, he remind. d Pro. It is announced from Rome that the Empress of Russ" will not visit that capital, in consequence of the prevalent of the measles there. /According to the German papers., the insurrection i Austrian Galicia is neatly a t en d. The Atigsburgh G azeti rf the 21st says th a t p er f ec t t ranqu illi ty b as been restored it that province, and that ZALA, th e l ea d er of the insurger peasants has fled, with only ten o r t we l ve f o l lowers, to tho forest of Neopoloniree. Austria, it would appear, intends t. adopt measures to relieve the peasants of Galicia from main of their burdens. The Rhenish Observer of the 22d says-- " The conferences at Vienna on the measures to be adopter in Galicia have come to a close The antic chancellor, Baro de Pillersdorf, was reporter. The resolutions come to have been adopted by the Emperor. The corvee of carts ant vehicles has been suppressed. with the promise of abolishin t the other conies by redemption money. The imp"rial pro clamations we. e issued on the 15th April. and sent off at once. so a s t o be published in the different districts by the 19t1 April, the anniversary of the birth tf the Emperor." According to the Swabian Mercury, the authorities at Jassy had surrendered two refugee Polish noblemen to the Austrian Government. , ctionists, Mini-aerialists, Free-traders, quondam Opp°. itionists, and representatives generally, of the relative noiition in which they stood with regard to each other. That point, indeed, appeared for the moment to be al most forgotten by some Honourable Gentlemen, particu larly when the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn and the Honourable Member for Limerick seemed about to join issue, With a thorough oblivion of the abyss of opposite sympathies which otherwise prevented the coalition of their principles. For that timely inter position on the part of the representativ e of Stockport all sections of politicians should entertain towards him a feeling of thankfulness, as in the event of such an unna tural compact having been consummated, confusion must have become even " worse confounded." Mr. COBDEN seized the difficulty just at the critical moment ; he re minded the gentlemen from Ireland, that the legislators on their own side of the House were as anxious for the welfare of Ireland as the Noble Lord opposite (Lord G. BENTINCK) and his colleagues could possibly be—a reminder which we feel had merely to be uttered to be acquiesced in by those to whom it was addressed. Ile insisted that many Hon. Representatives who had spoken that evening had deviated considerably from the necessary line of the matter then under the consideration of Parliam ent —viz., the policy to b e a d opted in our commercial relations with each other and with our neighbours. It was absolutely incumbent upon the Legislature to impinge its faculties upon this point, as in it was visible, not only the permanent welfare of the British isles generally, but the amelioration of the deplorable scarcity in Ireland. Nothing, he maintained, could be more fallacious than the notion of the opening of the Irish ports for three months, while the English ports remained as hitherto, closed. This, he said, was a most illusory scheme, and he fully demonstrates its insufficiency, even if it were capable of being accomplished, and its impracticability, if it were attempted. Suppose, continued the Hon. Mem ber, that this project were realised—that :he ports of Ireland were free to import the coin nod provisions of foreign countries, and those of England denied th a t game importatitna.bow could a gecv udar Y introductiou The following letter, dated Berlin, April 16, appears in the Weser Gazette : " It is certain that the Governments of Austria and . of Prussia ha ve a d dressed notes to the Cabinets of the Tuilerirs relative to the intrigues of the Polish propaganda in Paris. and respecting the conduct of the Journal des Dehats. It is known that th e J ournal des Debats receives its inspirations from a higher personage than M. Guizet." The Bremen Gazette publishes a letter from Berlin, which states that th e o ffi cers of the Austrian Guard have taken such off ence at the subscriptions entered into in France for the insu rgent Poles, that, i n revenge, t h ey h ave broached a proposition f or entering into a subscription to purchase a handsome sabre as a present for ABD-EL. HADER. The Cologne Gazette states, "that a meeting will be held at Mavence on the 28th of Apnl, relative to the duties on the Rhine." It is said that all the States, without except ing Holland, ar e f avourable to a diminution of the existing duties. TEE CABINET.—A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock this afternoon, at the Foreign-office, DoWning-street. The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and most of the Ministers attended. THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN DRURY• LANE.—John Braham, the accused, was brought up before Mr. Henry, at Bow-street, this day, charged with shooting at and wounding John Blewitt, and endangering his life. The prisoner was under examination when we went to press. We shall give full particulars in our Third Edition. It is stated, in the Corres p ondent of Nuremturg, under the date , of B er li n, April 15. that " the constitution of the States-General ofPrussia will be shortly published, the Council of Ministers and the State Council having terminated their deliberations." The marriage of the Lady Mary Campbell, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess Cawdor, with Mr. George Gran ville Leveson Gower, is definitely fixed to take place on Wednesday next. The marriage will be solemnised, by special licence, at St. George's Church, at six •'clock in the evening. The venerable Archbishop of York has consented to officiate en the occasion. • Letters from Constantinople of the Bth and 9th announce tilhoritANies Eatr:rzicelmrOuam the arrest of 31Amstouu PACHA, the Pa master-General of the army. He is charged with having embezzled 160,000/. tree , ted a note to the taken by the Russians, had been given up to the Turkish au- He has, however, es caped, and the Russian Mini‘ter 13-sd ad ,lietuotebneansetntotfoSccohnaorntaynl,l who had been Port, On the b uhket. P "The ittarria ge of Slehoutt Jutr. tuu eldest bon a we h id ath, with th e e w e , of 4044a;,..ku..e,eae, mifliate; of FAMINE SIGNALS IN CLARE.—On WedneAdaymorn ing three black flags were hoisted on poles at the Cross of Cratloe, county Clare, to indicate the prevailing distress in the neighbour hood. The accounts from the provinces this morning, represent the sufferings and destitution of the people as rapidly on the increase. The Conservative journals are still labouring hard to mislead the Government and the public, as to the extent of privation to,which the poor are subjected. —Dublin paper. The funeral of the late Princess William of Prnqsi a took place at Rerl n. on the 11th. After a funeral se mon byk Ehrenberg, first preacher of the Court, in th e t h rone r,x)a). anti at which the King and Queen were present. the Kin; walked befor u th e co ffi n to the church, and then accompanied it to the GGlifnani• 41" r•—• MUSIC HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. M R. MOODY respectfully announces to his friends and the public that his CONCERT will take place at the above Hall To-morrow Evening, TrsSDAY, il 2Sth. Principal vocalists—Misses A. and M. Williams, Mhos Cnbitt, Miss Thornton, Miss L. Lewis ; Messrs. G. Robinson, Turner, G. Gei:ge, Taylor, F. Smith, Kenny, C. West, Master Johnson, and Moody. Tickets, 3s. each, reserved seats, ss. ; to be had at the Hall, and of Mr. Moody, 10, Sidmouth-street, Regent-square. • THE WEATHER.—StrN OFFICE, Amu. 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Highest. 59; Noon. 50 . BAROMETER, 29.78. WIND N.; rainy squally weather. APRIL 27. NER m° 3I ErER, Lowest, 33; Highest. 50; Noon, 48 . BAROMETER, 29.97.—W1ND N.; fine. 113 i 1 WATER AT LONDOS-BILIDGEUS DAY. ' ‘" 1 " •• 45 minutes after 2. I Eventno .. 4 minnrea after 3. 405 , ff:';,,A-vx,* riU I , ',' • • 1 7 -::) , -:"N , `•• 4i--4' E. ,ff; r: A „ , '' 3, 6 :".“. .i. , • or, r - F.,''& -- Ae'.7 , SECOND EDITION. eb.eninnr LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1846. Godfathers and Godmothers, in the naming; of c the pure occupant., of St. Stephen's, where bribery is pu down by statute, treating is suppressed by Acts of Pat liamont, illegal practices are punished by positive enact meats, and where Committees are sworn well and trul. o trs the matter of the petition referred to them—where. in short, no precaution is omitted to make the House . n- Commons appear to be an assembly of the representa tives of the pe.ple, freely, impartially, aad honesty chosen. The high principle which prevented Mr. COCHRAN} from answering any questions relative to bribery, o money expended, followed him throughout his Parli:, rnentary career—and, having come into the Hou e o Commons a protectionist, he felt bound to resign hi_ s'at when, having changed his opinions, he became L frrc-trader. Taal he changed his opinions conscien tiously, no doubt can exist, and although a peerage in ab-yance, and at the disposal of the Premier, gave rea sons strong enough to warrant any alteration in Mr. COCHRANE'S views, we believe that nothing but a chi ' Wort ". IL -- .l 2 E'L'i s 'ilieaties;, incrii6a tinto'ie GI the trust which had been confided to him, and to seek re-election. For, although he had made assurance of no opposition to his return, and had secured the ground before hand, a journey to Bridport and back, the making of divers election speeches, and the compli , mentary fatigues of an uncontested return, had all to be undergone, and were, in themselves, no easy task to a gentleman of Mr. COCHRANE'S habits. But Mr. CocH RANE was deceived in his powers of management ; he forced an opposition upon the truly liberal party in Brid port, by an uncalled-for attack upon their principles, and on the day of polling a majority of ONE was all that Mr. COCHRANE could show. A petition against that ma- I jority, alleging bribery, treating, and illegal practices, came on for trial last Saturday, and the result has been is deprive the country of his services in Parliament. We think further inquiry ought to be made into this matter. We trust the House of Commons, which on Friday night last was appealed to by Mr. COCHRANE himself for protection, will not allow that appeal to pass unheeded by. In little more than twelve hours after wards Mr. COCHRANE was no longer in Parliament. Let irquiry be made, how and why that happened. It is rumoured that arrangements were made to prevent ex• posures, and that the fear of bribery, treating, and other illegal practices coming to light, drove Mr. COCHRANE out of the field. The House of Commons is bound in justice to him to pursue this inquiry --the imputation roust be removed; for if it could be conceived that a Member who got into Parliament by a compromise, crept out of it wi/hout conviction of bribery, by compro mis,, the entrance and the exit ought alike to be re corded, and Mr. COCHRANE'S Parliamentary dying speed. ought to be accompanied by his confession. Already many meetings have been held of scrip holders in several of the railway companies, in which i is manitt•st either that a Bill cannot be obtained durio t the present session, or that, if obtained, it would inflie severe injury on the parties whose shares, on a nov call being made, would become either wholly valueless or, perhaps, in some instances, still worse, requiring !iirther sac:rifle* , to have their owners relieved from fur ther respon4blity, in ord-r that the nff.irg may wound up, and the b &lane... if any, distrihute amongst th, parties entitled thereto. When we con.id the large amount of capital now de posited in thy harp, of the Accountant •General, amounting in round terms for Great Britain and Ireland, to nearly 15,000,000/ sterling,. by Lr the great, , r pt.rtion of which might nor be distributed amongst the scripholders with great ad vantage to the general monetary interests of the country. we cannot wonder at an anxious wish existing cm: the part of those interested to obtain an irnmedi return thereof, and we only fear that such an anxiety may be so great as to induce many parties to overlook the good points of several of the undertakings, and the fair prospects of ultimate success, with an ample equivalent in the way of profit for the inconveniences, expenses, and annoyances, to which the shareholders may now be subjected. The Government propositiens, al though excellent so far as they go, still appear defec tive in one respect ; for while, on the one hand, by the resolutions which are about to become ses sional orders, no Bill can be obtained until there has been the clearly expressed opinion of a majority consisting of three-fifths of the scripholders, assembled at a meeting duly convened, with full notice to all par ti€ s interested, and a reasonable time to enable them to avail themselves of that notice, so that it must be through sheer negligence that any person should remain unrepre sented thereat ; and at which meeting there must be present holders the of one-third of the e n ti re stoc k , and .hus no further liability can be incurred without the express assent of the parties to be charged therewith— et, in the event of no such meeting taking place, o► _ . . even if the further progress of the Bill for the present session should be negatived thereat, there would be no means, in consequence thereof, of a return of a portion of the deposits being obtained; the resolutions are therefore merely protective in their nature, but no active step can be taken under them. On the other / hand, the Bill proposed affords no alternative but the total abandonment of the project, or its continuance under the present system ; there is no intermediatecourse. The one, the only question which can be entertained at the meeting, is the dissolution of the company; if that be carried the concern is, ipso facto, dissolved; if not carried it remains, with all its objectionable features, as at present, money being retained, for which there cannot be the slightest use. It is quite clear that directors, who have now in their hands a large sum of money, will not be willing to eurreuder the posseetion of it, snd 1 dren, frequently seem to have a prescience of the acts ()I their nominees. Odd names foretel odd characters, ano strange prefixture of words to surnames, prepares us for strange deeds in the individuals associated with them. That phenomenon, a fighting Atto rney - General, rejoiced in a multitude of names, which procured him the appel lation of ALPHABET SMITH ; and the immaculate gen tleman, who last week was Member of Parliament for the Borough of Bridport, Mr. ALEXANDER DuNDAs R ,ss WISHART BAILLIE COCHRANE, might have shared the alphabetical honours with him. Addition to such a collection of names was useless, and the Bridport Elec tion Committee, accordingly, deprived him of the M.P. which encumbered them. It is not solely to the names borne by Mr. COCHRANE, it is to the Parliamentary entrance and exit of that gentleman, and to the loss which the Legislature of the country has sustained, that we would direct attention. In the year 1841 a compromise, which will be found de tailed in the report of the Select Committee on Election Proceedings, gave him introduction into the House of Commons. His own conduct at the election, out of which that compromise arose, may be judged of from the following questions and answers, printed in that re port : " 2418. During the general election of Jttne,lB4l, were you personally cognizant (I have put this question to every wit ness and begged them not to be offended at it) of any act of bribery committed by yourself or your agents for the purpose of obtaining votes for you ?—I object to answer that. "2419. Were you personally cognizant of any treating at the election ?— I equally object to answer that question. " 2120. Were you personally cognizant of any illegal prac tices at that election 2—That also rests on the same principle ; I object to answer it. " 2422. Have you any objection to state the sum of money Tent by you in the election 1-1 decidedly refuse to state it. "2423. From that, lam to conclude that you decidedl3 refuse to state to the Committee the mode in which that money was expended ?—Most assuredly." These are the answers of Mr. ALEXANDER DIINDAS Ross WISHART BAILLIE COCHRANE, as printed it the report; and it is further stated, that " Mr. TEMPLER the ag nt of Mr. COCHRANE, claimed his privilege a the attorney of Mr. COCHRANE, and refused his evidenc , because not released by his client from the necessity o , claiming his privilege." Such were the circumstances attendant upon Mr COCHRANE'S entry into the House of Commons. Purit• itself must have huiled the advert of such an addition r Sydney accounts have reached us to the 2d January last The wool trade was brisk there, and the markets very wel supplied with all sorts of farming produce. The C' until ha , ben further prorogued to the 17th February by Sir G. Gipps From New Zealand we are informed that the natives wer , tranquil at Vs elliugton, and matters in other respects looker more favourable. At 31anawuta the cultivation of flax wa: going on with considerable activity. - The Funds have been rather flriit this morning . . Congo! , for Alone\ are steady at 96%, and for Account at 96 1 4. Ex• chequer-bills have improved a trifle upon Saturday's pre mium, as also has India Bonds. Not much business, how ever, is going on Bank Stock opened at 204%, but is now at 205. The New Three -and-a-Quarter per Cents. art I.eavy at 96%. Portuguese Four per Cents. have just bee" sold at 57 1 ,E,_ —a rise on Saturday's rates of % pi-r cent. The only °ther nargains this morning have been in Brazilian, now at 80 ; in Grenada, at 22; in Scaiiish Three per Cents., at 86%; in Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at 59 1 4 ; and in the Four per Cents., at a fall from 92% to 91%. Tha Railway Share Market is not very animated this morning. The prices are annexed, as usual. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) - . - Bank Suva .. 204%34 205 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 95% 95 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • . 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 97% 96% Lone Annuities, Expire Jou. 3,1860 • • 10% 3-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 .. • . .• - Ditio, under 1,0001. . • • • • 33 Consols for Account .. • • .. 964 Exchequer Bills. 13(d. 1)44. 1,000/. .. •. - •. • • 25 27 - - pm . 5001. - .• • 27 -- - pm. Ditto, Small - ... • 25 28 - - pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • - Ditto, Small .. . • • 82 Ditto, New, 1843 .. .• • • .. 80 Granada, 1 per Cent. .. • • • . 22 Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. 573( Ditto. for the Account .. 57 Russian Bonds • . .• • • • • .. 110 34 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. • • - Ditto, Passive Bond' .. 5% Ditto, Three per Cent .. • 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 984 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 924 91% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen • • • • • • • •• 10 ••• • • • 3% ••• • to 3 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush • • 1% •• • • %%•• to - Birmingham and Gloucester • • -100 .. • .124% •••• to - Birmingham and Oxford Junction .. 2 .. • • 1 34 .... to - Bristol and Exeter • • • • • .. 75 ••• • 84 .. ••to - Caledonian •• .• • • • • •• 10 6 ) 4.... to - Ditto Half Shares .. • • • • • • 2% ...• 1% ••to - Ditto Extension • • • • • • . 2% •••• 1)1% ••to - Direct Manchester (Remington's) • • 2% . • 1 .... to % Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 514 •• •• 3%.. •• to - Direct Northern • • • • • • • • • • 2% •• • • 1% to - Dublin and Galway • • .• • • • • 4 •• • • 2 .... to - Eastern Counties • • • • • • 14/. 16s. 0d... • • 233434 .. to 21 Ditto, New • • .. • • • • 8/. 16s. 0d....• p. to 8 p Do., Perpetual, 5 per Ct. No. 1, 61 13s. 4d..... Ditto, ditto • • .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d.... • p Ditto, York Extension . • • • • 10s. .. •. • 1% %r, to - Edinburgh and Glasgow • • • • •• 50 ••• • 74 to - Great Eastern and Western . • • • 234 ... • 1 1 4.. •• to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 20 .. • • 22% .. • • to 234 Great North of England .. • • • • 100 •• • .2134 .• ••to - Great Western .• .. • • • • .. 85 .• • • 148 .• • • to 149 Ditto Half Shares • • . 50 ••• • 86 • • to - Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. - • 5 .• .. 18 .. • • to Hull and Selby • • • • • • 50 ..'• • 101 4•.• • to 10034 t.ninbni and Birmingham 100 •• • • 225 . .. to 224 Ditto. Fifths •• •• •• • • •• 2 •• •• 25 .... to - ,ondon and Illackwall • • 161. 13s. 44. •• • • 8 to am' Urigmmi O . , O . •• .. 641 ) m - .ondon •ind Croydon 13/. 15s. 9d. • • 22% .. •• to London, Hounslow, and Western .. 2 .... ...to - .ointot• 8,11,1 -4.0 f I) West, ro 1/. 6.. 10d. •- 78 .... to i 9 Unto, New Consolidated Eighth,- 34 .... 52 .... to - Ditto, New .. • • .. 12% •• • 23%.... to - Ditto, New • .. • • • •• 10 •... to 18 .ondot, and York „ •• • •• 1%.... to - Ditto, Half Shares .• • • • • • • 2% • 1% .•• to nr. and Ely „ 10 .... 6% to 7% Lynn and Durel.am .. 10 .... 5%, .• to - Mattel.ester and Leeds • • • • •• Ditto, Halt -hares •• •• 38 56 .... to - DIM., Quarters •• •• •• 2 •• •• 9 t %.... to 9 Ditto, Firths •• •• 3 .. • • 12 to 11% 5 ixteenth5........6.... 9t a .. - Ditto, Extension• • • • 425. -• .• Pto - ..tanelleater and • irininscha.n .. •• 40 .. . 78% .to - Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. - • 4 .. • • 12% .... to -- Ditto. Quarter shart-s (C) 1 . • . • • to - Manchester, Dux on, anti Matlock .. 425..... p.. to - ,tancb star and s , outtounoton .. • • 2 .. • . I .. • • to - ‘lidlatal ••••••••• • • • 00 • • .. 14 , .... to 150 Di:to, Now •••• • • 18 ... 31 to 32% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • .100 •• • • 120 •••• to - Newcastle and Darlington Junction 25 • .. • •• 46 t o Ditto, New .. .. •• • . 1 -... 9 .. to - Newcastle and Berwick • . •• • . 10 ... 19% 20 to 19% North British •• 20 .... 26 •• •• to - Ditto, Carlisle Extension •• • 1% •• • 2. ••to - Northern and Eastern .. • • ••50.. - 7 y . .... to - D tto, New .. 1 •••• i 9%.. . to - North Kent and Direct Dover .. 2i ...• 1% .... to eitutr.rd.alliro • . 42s. .... 2%)4 p to - Oxtord. Worcebter, & Wolverhampton 12% to - Portsmouth Inrect •• ••3% .• .... b• Scottish Midland • • •• • • • • • • 10 .. • • 64 ..•• to - :I.rewsbury and Birmingham .. • 2g ...• to - 'Shropshire Union • •• • • ... 425....• % •• to Idi &mai Midland • • • • • •• •• • • 425. .... par.. •• to - South Eastern and Dover . • • 33% .. • • 37% •• ••to - Ditto, New, NG. 1 • • • • • • .16 . 18% •. to - Ditto, New, No. 2 .• .. • • .. 10 ... 12 .... to 11% Ditto, New, No. 4 •• • • .. 2% 4 - to - Vale of Neath • • • • • • 2 •• •• 11 4 •• • to - West Riding Union .. • • •• 425..• .. %pto - Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .. 5 .. • • 2% •.to - York awl Lancaster .. • • • • 2% •• • • 1% ...• to - York and North Midl an d .. .. 50 98 .... to 97)4 Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. .. 25 .• 48 .... to 49 Ditto, Selby .. .. • . .. 30 .• •• 73 ..•• to - Ditto. Extension .. .. 15 .. •. 34 -• to 33% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish .. _ • • _ .. 5 .. 6U %.. to ilreat Western Bengal ss, .. to - - Lyons and Avignon .. .. • • 2 2 ••to - Luxembourg .. .• 4 •••• 1%...• to - Orleans and Bordeaux .• 6 .... 11 .... to Paris and Strasbourg Constituted .. 5 .... 5%.... to - - Tours and Nantes Constituted •• 5 ..•• •. to - MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .• - 3 •• to - LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 27.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W., moderate breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL, APRIL 26.—Wind variable. —Arrived Currency, Wainwright, Calcutta; 25th, Edmundsbury, Stuart, Calcutta ; Nelson, La mond, ditto ; Clipper, Perelle, Bathurst, R.G. ; Vanguard,, Norris, Bahia ; Gratitude, Faith, Miramichi. PORTSMOUTH, Aram 25.—Wind S.E. ; 26th, N.N.E. to N.N.W.— Arrived, 26th, H.M.S. Serpent, Singapore. Sailed, 26th, Duke of Cornwall, Whitehead, Bombay. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Louisa, yacht, Cowes for Cherbourg, with loss of bowsprit. and sailing master washed overboard. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 26.—Wind N.E. to N.— Arrd. Rio Packet, Parry, Savanilla ; Roscius, New York, sld. sth inst. 25. Sld. Mag nificent, Vern% New Orleans; Lady Colings, Martin, Nassau; Sarah Sheafe, Sands, Apalachicola; Union, Rose, Minndie, N.S. ; Lady Milton, Hayes, Quebec; Eleutheria, M`Donogh, ditto; Rock shire, Evans, Montreal. 26. Lahore, Burt, Calcutta; Bangalore, l'arsons, Bombay; Frankfield, Mitchell, New Orleans; Colossus, 51‘Donald, Charleston ; Lehigh, Young, Philadelphia ; Brown, white, New York ; Helen Thompson, Stevenson, staten Island ; Golden Eagle, Madeira. 25. Off port, Viscount Sandon, Calcutta. IVicit, APRIL 2 3.—Arrd. Dart, Stewart, from Miramichl, with fore topraast broken, and other damage. SHIELDS, APRIL 24.—Triton, Alexandria ; Caroline, Alexandria. 25, Valhalla, Boston, United Sttes. DEAL, APRIL 26 .—Tlie Maria, of Arbroath, from Limerick to Antwerp, struck on the Goodwin Sands, but got off without assist ance or apparent damage, and has proceeded. The Gipsey, Brown, from Cardiff to London, of in r ontact with the Margaret, from Lagutot and CrooKhaven, at anchor in the Downs. The Margaret lest jibboom, and sustained other damage. MUMBLES, APRIL 23. —The Hope, D ivies, from Port Tal!vt to Porthcawl, which was on shore here yesterday, has floated off. CAmmELTown, APRIL 24 The saucy Jack, McKay, o and from Isla, for the Clyde, foundered off tile Mull of KIM) re f yestezday, during a severe squall—crew saved. MARKET NEWS-.(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCH AN GE-310N DA V. The past week's arrival of English Wheat and Oats have been moderately good, th se of Malt extensive, but those 01 all other kinds of grain of home produce, including Flour, have been trifling. From Ireland and Scotland the receipts of grain 11ve been limited ; but from abroad upwards of 19,000 quarters of Wheat and 20,000 barrels of Flour have been landed in bond--the latter being the largest im port we have had to report in any one week dating thew hole of the present year. Fresh up only a moderate supply of English Wheat came to band coastwise, as well as by land carriage and sample ; yet its general quality was tolerably good, especially as relates to tit , parcels received from Essex and Kent. The stands belie; rather scantily filled wit h sanapies, and the a t tend ance of both town and country i a ti e t t it , e s , on the increase, the demand tor English Wheat was semewhx .,,,,., i . _, at an Improvement in the currencies obtained on this d a y .1!)13. the factors. The show of free Foreign Wheat s was tor that article, o fully Is per quarter, and at ,s hich a goad cleartr e cl,t,rveamsely.effectedlimited, owing owing to which, and the numerous inqui e r xc, rot at anise in the quota the holders were firm, and weal.) 110 ts II 1 .0 1 N t S a l i t i e led a t nit:e•ai Foreign in some few instances. Rather alarge oners were demanding extrava gantly et Is per quarter, and a hich amount e of q i u n a T i r tt v;i o n l e in bond was on show, yet, as the p The bonded stocks of Wheat, Flour, and scale, at very full prices. still on the increase. Front most quarters gantly high rates for certificates , ein t ' he transactions were on a limited must other artici a are our accoun•s resp ect i n g Notwithstanding the quantity a t B ar l ey on s h ow ect i n g the appearance of the growi ng Wh eats are very tay.,u• able. tine maid= parcels sold on all t erms . Th e sutply of Malt be was small, the Barley trade was somewhat inact ve. However, most ofti t i i ° lg barely, nut at nothing quotable beneath last week's prices. With Oats we were again very scantily supplied. Selected parcels were in good request, and the turn dearer. In all otner kinds a steady business was transacted, at full currencies. In Beans next to nothing was doing, hut Peas had an upward tendency. Flour ad. vanced 34 per 2801bs, with a steady inquiry. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE d . 268 Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Ch eva li er.... • • 648 to 658 Di tto,White, Old • • 608 Red, New.. s4s to C6s7os Oats Llncoln 1 -- ,ot Y a o to rk e s . l.ll.sh., r.e.. Fee t. Feed. 248 27 s Norfolk and Lin- . coln, Red... • • 503 58e Yougharand Cork. 284 Ditto, White.... • • 56s 658 Black ••••• • • 238 241 Irish, Red ...... • • --s —s C or k , White ... • • 245 268 Ditto, White.... •• —s —5 • Scotch, Feed. .. • • 27s 288 Rye—Old • • .... ••• • • • 348 38s Beans—Tick .. .... •• • 345 aBs New... .... ••• • • • 3ss 40s Pigeons ..... ..... 35 8 gq s Barley—Grinding... • • 28s 31s Pease —Grey. ........ as s 3' Malting ...•• • • • • 345 35s Maple. .• .. • • 3 68 Chevalier .••• • • • • 36 8 —8 •• • • h 36s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- 380 42s Boilers ......... folk 585 63s 408 44s Boilers .. • 468 53s Brown .•• • • • 5 8s 6 3e Suffolk .......... Kingston and Ware 59s 60s 4 03 42s Stocktn & Norfolk 408 415 FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzic.... • • 52s to 605 Beans llamburgh ..... • • 48 s 50s Peas e .. ... . • ........... 425 to 44 s OBarley ••..•• • • • • • 20s 265 Flour — American ••—••• ••• • • 445 475 ats- —New ...... ••• • • 22s 241 • • • • • 28.8 Ms Baltic .. 13s 20s MITHFIELD. Amongst the importations of live stock which haveinto taken place London during the past week, we have to notice the first arrival of a small cargo of Beasts from Prussia. These aninals—thirty in number —were on sale here to-day, and, as might be expected at tracted no little a tt ention from the butch a c ( Ts present. Considering the distance they travelled on foot and by steam conveyance, they came to bang iii most excellent condition ; hence, w ere i n fair de In we i re , Ciltst Prim; varying than 191 to 211 eac h , at which the whole posed of. Althouglt the stock In question was by no means q ini netrical, th. hind legs being very long and badly shaped, It was MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were from 4,000 to 5,000 bales. The market was steady, without altera tion of prices. The accounts from the various parts of the country, re ceived this morning, and for several days past, refer to an increased demand for all descriptions of agricultural produce, especially for horses, lambs, sheep, and cattle. The grain markets, also, are represented as being firm. The mercantile letters received this morning from the United States are, upon the whole, of a more favourable character. The following extract from papers before us are well worth attentive perusal, as indicating the extent of trade that might be carried en were the corn tariff passed into law:— " The trade between this country and Great Britain, both in regard to imports and exports, exceeds those from, or to, all the rest of the world. About two-thirds of our aggregate exports go to Great Britain and her dependencies, and more than one-half of our aggregate imports come from Great Britain and her dependencies. There are no oi her two coun tries in the work so intimately connected in their commer cial re.ation , , or by ties of consanguinity, as England and America, and a rupture between the United 'totes and Great Britain would, therefore, be more unnatural, and attend, ..d with more serious consequences, than between any other two nations in existence." _ _ well fed, and will no doubt die well. Considering the prices o tained, it is by no means improbable that similarimporte will take place during the present year to some extent. From Hamburg's Rotterdam, and Scheidam, about 100 Oxen and Cows were on offer but which moved,off slowly, at barely late rates. For the time of year, the receipts of home-fed beasts, fresh up this morning, wee tolerably good, and of excellent quality—the actual weight appearing to in, crease every week. On the whole, the beef trade was inactive, yet the quotations obtained en this day se'enight were pretty goneragy supported, the primest lots producing 4s 2d per 81bs. The drovAS irom Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire consisted oir about 1,800 Scots, home bre4s, and short horns; from the Western and Midland districts, 600 Devons, Herefords. Runts, &c. ; from other parts of England, 200 of 'various breeds ; and from &Maud, 300 horned and polled Sects. The supply of Sheep was again somewhat os the increase, and of excellent weight. Although the Mutton trade was not quite so active as on Monday last, prime old Downs moved off steadily, at full prices ; but most other kinds were a slow inquiry. At the close of the market a fair clearance was effected. About 300 Sheep came to han I from Scotland. From the Isle of Wight 185 Lambs were re ceived per railway while the receipts from Essex, Rent, Sussex, Hampshire, &c., were liberal. The very finest Down qualities sup ported with difficulty last week's figures, all other kinds being a mere drug. Calvcs and rigs, the supply of whirls was miderate, moved off :I,wly at b roily station,ry prices. Per 711 Le. Cu b ii.b - tho offal, s. 41. .1. s. s.d titterior Beasts .. •• 2 6 210 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 iticond quality ditto. 3 0 3 6 Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large uxen.. 3 8 310 sotithdown Wethers 410 6 , 0 Prime Scots • 4 0 4 2 bitto out ot the wool Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Large Hogs .• •• 3 6 4 6 small ditto .. 5 0 5 4 Small Porkers •• • 4 8 5 0 ;tickling Calves •18 0 30 0 quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 20 0 Entertor Sheep .. .3 6 4 2 Lambs •• •••• • • 5 4 7 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Reacts. I , zheep. Calves. I Pie's. 3,100 21,330 I 82 NEWGILTE AND LEAD ENHALL. We have to report the a rival of a fair average quantity of cons try-slaughtered meat up to these markets during the past week. chi. fly by railway conveyance, and which has come to hand in tole rably good coi.dtion. With meat killed in the metropolis we have been moderately, but not to say heavil, supplied. Prime Mutton ind Lamb I aye command. d at steady sale, an:l previous rates are well supportid. In all other ki As of m..at Gaily a moderate business has been transacted at late currencies. About 400 carcases of Lambs have reached us from the eastern and western parts of Eng land, but which have sold on very easy terms. At per stone, by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. S. d. to 0. d. :est; Inferior.• .• .. 2 4 2 6, Mutton, Interior .. 3 4 3$ middling .. •• 2 6 2 8 ; middling• •3 10 4 2 prime large •• 210 3 2 j prime •••• 4 4 4 6 prime small .. 3 4 3 5! Pork. large ••••• • • • 3 4 4 4 •• ••• • 4 6 b 4 swell ••••• • • • 4 6 b • Lamb. 5‘ 4d to 6s Bd. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 45 MB 409 55 400 500 80 150 120 30 90 SO 50 80 IWO 60 100 200 40 120 61 180 30 200 80 300 leo 40 170 70 120 80 200 100 300 icotland • • • • • • ..... Yorkshire •••• • • • • ............. Lincolnshire ..... • .............. \Torfolk .. • • .. •!tunbridgeshtre •• •• •• •• • • •• Devonshire .................... Wiltshire • • • • • . Other parts •• •• Total •• • 510 2,010 310 2,450 Previous Week's arrival.... • • 570 2,450 490 2,440 Difference since our last .... 60 410 180 10 BOROUGH BOP martswr. Notwithstanding the supply of really flue flops on offer is small. the demand has become exceedingly inactive, at late rates. In the middling and Jnferior kinds, several large parcels of which are pressing on the market, very little is doing, and the quotations have, in some instances, a downward tendency. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of Potatoes from Scotland and most parts of England have been tolerably good since this day se'nnight, and of fair average quality. Selected parcels are in steady request at late currencies, but all other kinds are a mere drag, and may be purchased ou easier terms. WOOL. EDINBURGH AND rironauzz law (STILATHER AV DEATIATION). Stirlingshlre Midland Junction. Siamannan and Borrowstouness. Wishaw and Coltness (Greetihil Branch). The list of Bills having been read over, and none of the parties being in a osition 'to go on, the Committee, after waiting till two o'clock, adjourned till Thursday neat. Several of the Bills, it was intimated, would not be proceeded with, and none of the others would be ready till the day on which the Committee agreed to adjourn to. GROUP XIV. SOUTH-EASTERN AND BRANCHES. The Committee to which this Group is referred met to-day at twelve o'clock, in room No. 30. Present Mr. Protheroe (Chairman), Lord Emlyn, Mr. J. O'Connell, and Mr. Grogan. The CHAIRMAN expressed his regret at the absence of General Lygon, who was absent in consequen<•.• of the death of Lady Beau champ. Mr. Stephenson re-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—Has made bor ings in the neighbourhood of Otteram Creek, and the results of those borings show that the soil is favourable for the formation of a railway. The borings were made near the creek, in order that the most unfavourable ground might be at once ascer tained, as the vicinity of the creek would naturally cause he ground to be softer and of a more muddy texture. The gra dients between Faversham and London, or rather the levels between those points, are much better on the South-Eastern line than en the North Kent line. The South-Eastern line enters the Dockyard and Arsenal at Woolwich at a lower level than the yard itself. So that all kinds of stores, such as shot, guns, &c., could be lowered by cranes on to the waggons, and dispatched without any inconvenience. The Cumamax asked if tl,•s South-Eastern Company intended to bring forward any evidence to show that the Government had de cided to give any opinion in favour ,f either of these lines,or was the Government indifferent on the subject. XIX.GOU The select Committ e e appoi R nte,l P to consider the merits of the Bills com rised in this Group, resumed its sitting this morning for the first time since the Easter recess. Lord harry Vane in the Chair. RXDGEWAT.ER AND MAIDENHEAD. The CHAIRMAN (=ounce,' that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble to this Bill had not been proved. BZIDGWATER. AND TAVNTON RAILWAY AND 11A.vt330T712.. The next case taken was that of the promoters of the Bridgwater and Taunton Railway and Canal, which was opposed by the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, who were represented by Messrs. Talbot and Orbit], and several navigation p• oprietors and landholders in the vicinity of the proposed line. The CIIAIRMAN Wie)..si to be informed, before going into the else. If the Admiralty :rave their ronsent to the coLstruction of the vro- Dosed harbour at Taunton. The parties were aware that it would •e usele.<s for the Committee to Banal n the scheme without Bud' consent. 3tr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, who, together with Messrs. Ilawkens and Wells, app, ared thr the promoters, replied by producing a letter from the Secretary or th Admiralty, stating that the Lords of the Admiralt) approved of Loth the line and the harbour. The CustituAN said V es they wonld pruc , eti at once ~ Rh the ow. Mr. Sergeant WitANGUAM. in open:ng the tiasw, said there were some very peculiar circumstances connected with the promotion of Me would not this project, which entitled it to the tavourable consideration of Par liament, and, with the permission of the Committee, he would go mattel4 l long I' converting ) e i B :l:lthat a ßridgwater Bristol a w na at I S p it as no . " d d t e o t r a e l ti o a f bi t i l i t i e w se . 6 t rc ,o u i z a ta „ t y lee t s .) . aaw:,dts iTl:l7ulBsll4.td2 'i t ' b t l : B y 2(4 o l l:t hi l en t,: i e .t PTe' gs e a i l i ti it' A e i c lu t i lil t ' o 'we I's make akin the T tunton ; but it being pubsequently round. that the tra justify the completion of so extensive a project, another Act l eotenapnaanly and a docks ; and, in the en.l, the Company laid eutofloo into a railway . About the Caine time the Ca , I ooo he I. irinCoeTon. pended 22,0001. in the improvement construct ing works fur the üblic benefit. This money was raised by shares and loan, and up to 1842, the Company flourishing beyond all pre they ‘Tetroe theta to lay the interest on their violet cxpe Cation, the Bristol and Exeter Railway pay interest and dividends, and put ofa period ttooetnitaebirles debts, and a lair dividen, determined to apply tor an ' way, and thus enabl them heir pre-, p etary. In 1842, howev‘ r, opened from Bridgwater to Taunton, ; anti, instead of now being able to ten ling the line proposedf y ro A t c h t ey to co c u o l n i v h ert ard t l h y ei r r ec c e a l u v a e l a int s o uM a c r i a e i n l. t of refugl there, h them to maintain the canal. They therefore their rival. Thee to fight in the same armour used by 'o convert the canal into a railway, allex esaeccemssiTbaletuatttoarillotntitno,sStoltioard,uannidertocircumstances. c make . lrcu m a The cost of t this works was estimated at 390 , 0001, and to raise money under them their existing Acts of Parliament, which gave Power to raise in various ways 570,0001. ; but they had hitherto only exercised those balance the Would Cover the estimateof the constructionofthe proposed conversion end other works attendant thereupon. XXXIV. Th e Committee met at GROUP twelve o'clock. Present, Hon. William Cowper (Chairman), Hon. Montague Gore, Viscount Duncan, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. Sanders Davies. GREAT GRIIYESIIY AND SHEFFIELD (11IIIVIBER PEIZRIES). Some doubt was entertained whether this Bill, which respected the ferries over the Ilumber connecting the railway, was affected by Mr. Duncombe's resolutions ; and Viscount Duncan left the room to consult the Speaker of the House. The Speaker was of opinion that they affected all Bills brought before the Railway Committees. As parties were not ready, this Bill was adjourned till to-morrow. It was stated that the returns required by the resolutions lately adopted in the House, would be ready, in the case of the Great Grimsby and Shefteld (2) Extension, and the Hull and Lincoln Rail way, by to-morrow. Application was made to the Committee to have the consideration of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horneastle, and Midland Junction, postponed till the 18th of May, that time might be given for compU once with the resolutions of the House, which was granted. The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. SuComee No. . The m b- embers of this Comm mi itte tt 6 e met this morning at twelve o'clock, in No. 11 Room. Present, Captain Jones (Chairman), Mr. Philips, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Pakington. The lines before this Committee are—the Warwick and WorceSta. Birkenhead and Llangollen, and the Kent Atmospheric. The Committee proceeded with the Warwick and Worcester line. The formal process having been gone through, the Counnittce went into the allegations contained in a petition ngadnst the klll. that tho surface of the groural w a s no t corteetls shooli the sections. Several witnesses were called on behalf of the promoters, who stated the error arose only from the shrinking of the paw. There was The imports of Wool into London during the past week have been on a very moderate scale. Still, however, the market has been abundantly supplied with most descriptions. English Wool is very dull, and prices have receded %d per lb. Low Foreign Wool is tolerably steady, but all other kinds command very little attention. TALLOW. This market, as to prices on the spot, is in an unsettled state. The quotation this morning is 42s 3d. In new Tallow there are buyers at 435, duty paid. Town Tallow is plentiful at 41s 6d net cash. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GROUP VII. The Committee appointed upon this Group met this morning ilk tr.e of the new Committee-rooms of the new Rouses of Parliament. i'h Committee consisted of Mr. R. Palmer, chairman, Mr. Stanton, Lord John Chichester, Mr. Seymer, end Colonel Powell. the following Bills have been referred by the Committee of Selec tion to this Committee namely, East of Fite ; Glasgow and Dundee Junction ; Scottish Central (Alloa Branch); Edinburgh and Northern ( Newport Railway and St. Andrew's Branch); Edinburgh and Northern (Kinross, Wondmill, and STewburgh - Branch) ; Edinburgh ni Northern (Lochgel;y and Le'lie Exo,sion); Eillohurib and Northers (Dunfermline Branch); Edinburgh and Northern (Strath -rile Deviation) ; Kinross Junction (1 and 2); Stirlitigmnd Dun ernil iie , and Perth; seo fish Central (Denny •itrstich); tod Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Junction. NINROSS ZUATCTION. It was announced that th. two Bilis which hid be n introauced ❑der this tale had been withdrawn. This 11111, for which Mr. Sergeant Bellasis appeared, was taken first. Before, however, it was pr.•ceeded with a discussion arose upon he construction of one of the resolu;ions proposed by Mr. Duncembe an week. 'l'ee resofution in question was the one which requires hat a return 611-11 he made by the parties promoting a ra lway Bill it the past and present provisional committee, and ail it con tected with the company. Now the present line sought for was a wench of an exisliug railway, c , .ttsequent•y there were no prey:- , °oat threctors, and it was argued ny the promoters that Parliament ever could require the company to make a return of all their past iirectors, officers, solicitors, and al. other parties that had been con iected with the coomany. By the op onents it was argued that the directors of the old coin my of course were provisional directors for carrying out the new The point was reserved, with the understanding that it should be reierred to the Speaker. The resolutions are evidently most loosely drawn up, and much inconvenience and delay will be experienced In consequence. GROUP IX. This Committee met to-day at one o'clock. Members present-- air. Henley (chairm,,n), the Hon. W. 0. Stanley, Lord Alford, tuld Viscount Eastnor. Abseil`, Mr Smith O'Brien. The following Bills have been reiern-d to this group :.- -damannan (Bathgate and Jawcraig Branches). wilsontown. M. , :rningside, and Coltness (Bathgate Branch). Aloriiingsbte, and Coitness (improvement and Kranches). Wilsontown, Momingside. and Colinas (Caledonian Railway Junc tion). Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coitness (Knowton Branch). Airdrie and liathgathe Junction. Edinburgh and Bathgate. Edinburgh and Hamilton Direct. Lanarkshire and Lothians. Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction.