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NE IV NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " MOUNT SOREL." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. EMILIA WYNICHAM. Ey the Author of " TWO OLD MEN'S TALES," " MOUNT SOREL," &e. Renry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY MRS. GORE. Just ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., SKETCHES of ENGLISH CHARACTER. By Mrs. GORE. Author of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Dowager," Btc. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MR. SCOTT'S NEW TRAGEDY. Now Ready, in Bvo., price as. &L, B E L I S A R I U S. ATragedy. In Five Acts. By WILLIAM R. SCOTT. Saunders and Otley, Publishers, Conduit-street. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXVIII., will be published next week. CONTENTS :- 1. THE LORD CHANCELLORS of ENGLAND. 2. LADY DALMENY'S " SPANISH LADY'S LOVE." 3. THE CORN-LAWS of ATHENS and ROME. 4. HOOD'S POEMS. 5. THE CHEVALIER BUNSEN'S ANTIENT EGYPT. 6. WILKES'S UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 7. DUYEYRIER'S POLITICAL VIEWS of FRENCH AFFAIRS. S. ADMINISTRATION of CHARITABLE TRUSTS. 9. 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Patronised by her most gra•zinus Majesty the Queen, Pt ince Albert, and tha Royal Family. Easter Enteitainment extraordinary for the holidty visitors. The Public are most respectfully apprised that the Summer sea-on wil: commence on EASTER. MONDAY, APR L 13, With an entire7y new Equestrian Oriental ticeetaele, rep'ete with gorgeous pa:,:eantry, intense ineldents, splendid SC,IIIC effeet4, corn biztiog the whole resoure,s of the Dramatic and Equastrian Corn- pan:es, aided oy the bei:tital Situ i. New sceLes in the Circle ; wit!► other Entertainments, which will be ini:y expressed in the bilis of the day. llox-otti.:e open from eleven till live o'clock.—Tuition in the art o riding daily. THE WEATHEII.—Suti OFFICE. APRIL 8. TdERMOMETER, Lowest, 40; Highest. 50; Noon, 53, BAROMETER, 29 25.—WIND N.; fine. U,•rntn+e .111 WATER AT LONDO\-1:1t11►GE TIII6 IJAY. .- 0 ?ninutea after 12. I Eveninx .. 5 minutes after 12. 4 19_, "w ') IA, i t k Oß • ~):,, - 4'. Ls. A, A C _......:.,7j,a:;3777, ft l t:k , ) _ ri; W754Z;,..f ' . — : 1,;;A t : ,4 1 . 7 . , 4 4, , i r lL44 a' g" : ' ` 5.1 ‘..,,, ~, '''.‘ 7.' '-#'• Ai 0 ' .1: 1 -16 4 L -.-- - 1. , r:plT - 4t. ..,-,./rClr'2sl,-., SECOND EDITION. eftrertiog .ttiz LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1846. I The Lords met at Five o'clock, and shortly afterwards The Earl of DALHOUSIE rose to detail to their Lordships the course which it was the intention of the Government to pursue with regard to railway legislation. After going into the past history of railway legislation, the Noble Earl pro ceeded to state the plan proposed by the Government. The statement made by the Noble Earl did not at all differ from that made by Sir ROBERT PEEL last evening on this subject in the House of Commons. He concluded by stating that he should introduce a Bill on the subject shortly after Easter, when the matter would be fully discussed. Lord MONTEAQ LE was glad to find that the attention of the Government had bean at length aroused to the impor tance of the subject. He only regretted that the Govern ment had not adopted this course at an earlier period ; and he thought that long since, in the House of Commons, some classification of Bills, with a view to priority, ought to have been adopted; and surely some such proposition as this might have been brought forward at an earlier period of the session, so that it might have had something tangible in the shape of a printed Bill, and not have been left during the whole of the recess without any definite document to which parties in• terested could appeal, so that they might know what they were about. He therefore urged upon the Noble Earl the necessity of at once giving his plan in extenso to the public. Certain limits should be placed upon the powers proposed to be given to shareholders, for parties having a disposition to barruss a competing line, might by purchase obtain an interest in the rival company, and dissolve it. He hoped all the railway Bills would be stopped for the pre sent. He, for one, would not consent to proceed with a single railway Bill until the Government measure should have been introduced and decided on. Sueh he understood to be the intention of the Government, and if it were not, he should certainly call upon their Lordships not to take any further steps at present with regard to any particular railway Bill. Great care should be taken so to modify that part of the proposition relating to the consent of the shareholders to dissolve as to secure that those persons petitioning for the dissolution should be bond, fide shareholders. Lord KINNAIRD thought the Government had acted wisely in hitherto abstaining from interference with railway com panies. He could, however, have wished that the proposition of the Government had been made a few days earlier,in order that it might have been discussed before the holidays. He suggested whether they might not pass. even before the re cess, a standi❑g order extending the standing order now ap plicable to existing railway companies applying, for fresh powers to railway companies applying for new Bills. After a few observations from Lord WHARNCLIFFE the Marquis of LONDONDIRRY, and a reply from the Earl of DaLuousiz, the subject dropped. Their Lordships, on the motion of the Duke of WELLING TON, adjourned to Tuesday, the 21st instant. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Oa the motion of Mr. TUFNELL, a new writ was ordered for Malton, in the room of Mr. elm") Ens; who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. On the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET, it was agreed that all proceedings on Railway Bills should, after Thursday next, be postponed until Monday, the 27th inst., and that no Railway Bill should be read a third time before that day. On the motion for the consideration of the report on the General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Bill, Mr. HOME moved as an amendment that the evidence taken before the Committee on that Bill, be printed, and on a division the amendment WAS carried by a majority of S ; there being for the motion 74, and for the amendment 82. Sir R. PEEL gave notice that he should to-morrow, if it met with the approval of the House, move the adjournment for the Easter holidays till Friday week, on which day he proposed to proceed wi•li the Protection of Life and Pro pt.,rty (Ireland) Bill, and on the Monday following with the 'Cora Bill, provided the Irish Bid Wail disposed of on Friday; however, it was not, he Proposed to give it precedence Oft • momla• r. WYSE then moved for a Select Committee to inquire i nto .the present state of legal education in Ireland, and the so c a ta for it 3 further improvement and extension. At the conclusion of the Right- am. Gentleman's address, I he Mouse was counted out. Throughout the speeches made on Monday night, d wring the resumed discussion upon the Bill for the Pro .ction of Life in Ireland, search is unavailing for any is ngible reason against its propriety, or necessity. On ti e contrary, we find the atrungest confirmation of the 4 ews we have felt it our duty to put forward ujjon this subject. Lord MORPETII, one of the most ardent well-wishers to Ireland, one whose philanthropy would not suffer by a comparison with that of any other person—a statesman, too, whose experience in the conduct of the political affairs of that country qualifies him to speak with peculiar weight upon any question affecting its interests, for good or for evil —declared that he would be no party to augmenting the difficulties of the Government with respect to Ireland, or in refusing to them the extensive powers they de manded, which, as it seemed to him, were for a limited time indispensable for the safety of human existence. He successfully combated the speciousness of Mr. DILLON BROWNE'S argument, drawn from a capitulation of the fearful crimes that have been committed in England, by pointing to the distinguishing feature between the most serious offences in either country. In the former, they are isolated acts, which meet with no sympathy, and which are promptly dealt with by the healthy and vigorous administration of the law. In the latter. they result from an organised system, and are coun tenanced as justifiable acts of retribution by a large number of an excited and misguided population, and, unhappily, are seldom overtaken by the vindicating arm of justice. Lord MORPETIf expressed the alarm he felt at the criminal statistics and their adjuncts, adduced by the Ministry, and, with that sincerity and candour which have ever marked his Lordship's public career, declared that he was too cognizant, from the past, of the diffi culties that environed the duty of those charged with the governance of Ireland, to allow him, except upon rea• sons of the utmost cogency, to take any course calcu lated to compromise or defeat the benevolent efforts o' the Executive, in order to bring the assassin and hi: abettors to an exemplary punishment. And thus we have the valuable testimony of the most influential speaker on Monday night afforded to the merit and necessity of the course recommended by the Govern ment. It must be borne in mind that these are not the times when any Minister would dream of curtailing the liberty and constitutional privileges of the subject, except when an irresistible sensa of tilt duty incident to his position left him no alternative. Above all, would the Premier willingly press for legisla tion upon this subject, and hazard the delay its discus sion is so likely to produce in the progress of the grew measure for the free introduction of corn into the country, and with respect to which he has given such convincing proofs of his sincerity, unless he felt the imperious ne cessity, as well for the honour of human nature as tht *ostentation of the dignity of the law, that her MA JESTY'S loyal, though humble subjects, shall not, wit} irai unity, be hourly the victims of the banded assassin , who have already extended the red hand of violence eves five of the counties of Ireland? We do not blame th. Irish Members for rendering this Bill a fit occasion fui eliciting- the grievous disadvantages, political or other wise, under which their country may be prevented fron rising in the scale of nations—far from it, we hold then. fully justified. But we think they have not chosen th, most seasonable time for this purpose. The sicord reading, and the subsequent stages of the Bill, as indicate by the Minister, would have amply sufficed fo enlarging upon such matters, though, as we noticed some days ago, they are not strictly relevant to the mea sure, coY.sidering the admission by men of all parties. that the blood which has been so wantonly shed was i; no wise the result of political disaffection. But it a strange mockery of patriotism, that whilst they tender their warmest thanks to the Premier fur the ex traordi nary measures of relief he either has, or is about to secure teL eland, and in which he had no hope of succeeding shod; of the greatest personal political sacrifice ever made Le any public man—the Irish MerniKra should thus eagerly, hopelessly, and unm ces,urily use their clia.rtert.(. privih-gr:s as legislators for arresting the pro reds 0! the most importtait measure which can at this moment be possibly passed for the welfare of the empire at large. The Government will not be held responsible for thi: unreasonable consumption of the public tiro, and tie serious stagnation it causes to the commerce of the country. Were the opponents of the measure but nu radically large, in place of beiag but a small minority. there then might be some palliaiiun for the courst they are now pursuing. But, not only ate they limited in number, but there are want irg to them the chiefs of the Liberal party, Peer: and Commoners, who have heretofore on all the pro minent que,)tioni of Irish policy so steadfastly and uni formly stood in the same ranks with themselves. Amongst those to whom we refer, there occur to us at once the names of MELBOURNE, LANSDOWNE, CLANRI CARDF., GREY, Lord J. RUSSELL, MoRPETH, &C., SL,.. We must repeat, too, our deprecation of the line of ar gument adopted by Mr. O'CoNm.u. and his colleagues, namely, that temyelial meas.ures should in the first in stance be originated—the one principally required 0: this character, and especially for the eradication of the chief incentive to crime, has reference to the reLtion ship of landlord and tenant. Of all questions the mosl difficult to be handled, and the most liable to be encoun. tend by a considerable opposition, none other could well be indicated. It naturally fellows that no question is likely to take up more time in delib•ration before it can he shaped into a law, unless the. Government should be singularly felicitous in framing a measure for the end desired. Supposing, then, that a long period must elapse before this consummation can be attained, or supposing the Parliament should be unable to unite in their councils, is murder still to stalk unmolested across the land ? Assuredly not. More over, as far as the debate has as yet progressed, it has not been demonstrated that former Acts of coercion have been unfruitful of salutary effects. And until this be done, or until we can discover any valid answer to the arguments we have formerly urged upon this topic, as well as to the tendency of the remarks we have now made, we shall net cease to laud the Government for the irksome and painful, but necessary and merciful mea sure, which they have proposed for the preservation o: life and the security of property is Ireland. One more allusion to the recent trial at Rouen, and the acquittal of M. BEAIIVALLON by a jury of his coun trymen, and our commentaries upon that melancholy in , vestigation shall cease. On a former occasion we ad duced this duel for two reasons—as another and start ling exemplar of the fallacy, not to say cruelty of our so called code of honour, and especially for the purpose of directing attention to a most ad mirable arrangement in the administration of the law in France, whereby the survivor, though acquitted of the charge of criminality, is compelled tc offer the only other substantial species of compensation to the relatives of his antagonist, by the disbursement of an equitable fine, as well as by becoming individually responsible for all legal expenses. While we endea voured to render these deductions manifest, we likewise detailed the circumstances attendant upon this particular rencontre, and drew such other inferences from the trans actions as presented themselves from the heinous character of the revealed facts, and the suspicious ob scurity in which others were enveloped. It becomes, therefore, no small source of satisfaction to us to observe the condemnatory language with which this editorial combat in particular, and the vice of duelling in general, are treated by the most influential portion of the French press, and the accordance of their own sentiments upon the matter with those already expressed by ourselves. Our readers may remember that before an action could be instituted against M. BEAIIVALLON, a grievous delay arose from the contradictory explanations of the tribu nals as to the articles of the penal code. They may remember that considerable opposition was vi.ible in one quarter, when the law officers of the Crown endeavoured to render duelling synonymous with murder, and conse quently liable to the same inflictions. Nor can it assuredly be forgotten that the four articles of the penal code upon the application of which to te duellist the Avocat-General placed his principle reliance as a means of eliciting 'retribution, were 295, 296, 297, 302. Now it is not uninteresting to notice the merely inferen tial manner in which the gentlemanly vice is linked with the operation of these articles. They are couched in ' the following comprehensive terms:— " Art. 295. Homicide committed voluntarily is murder. " Art, 296. Every murder committed with premeditation, or pat it peas (lying in wait), is an assassination. " Art. 297. Premeditation consists in the design formed before the act to attack a particular person, or even the de sign which may arise (qai sera trona ou rencontre), even although this design should be dependent on some circum stance or condition. " Art. 302. Every person guilty of assassination shall Le punished with death. From the wording of these statutes it must be evident that other clauses, cr possibly other epithets, are want ing to reader thew directly applicable to the crime of duelling. .And that the detestation of our neighbours is not wanting to encourage such an interpolation in their system of jurisprudence, is wost apparen t from the expres sions employed by their most important political organs. Commenting upon. duelling, Gailguani's Messenger says— " And a great mom/ crime it is, whatever our modern ret . fine,, or even those who fight under false notions of That is a s suming the roost sensible, honour, may say the only sensible view of this egregious anomaly in civilization. It is but just and rational to seize every opportunity of stigmatising it as a relic of barba rism in the days of enlightenment. And on this account it is that the National reviews the Rouen trial in a spirit of remarkable acerbity. It inveighs against duellists as the spawn of " moral debauchery and poli tical debauchery," and passes sentence upon divers of the parties implicated in the ufair in tones of especial and virulent disgust. Upon this, however, the Quoti dienne passes a kind of negative approbation It is all very well," it exclaims, "to cover the systems with reprobation, but why not go up to- the principle of corruption ? " True ; but that is to be an after labour : the disease must be ascertained and acknowledged by the consulting physicians—the public —before the remedies can be applied, or the operation for its removal be commenced. Probe the wound to the very bottom, then pour in the balsams. A better, a more healthy, and more hopeful tone has the Courrier Francais. It is more sanguine of the effect of popular opinion. It observes : "The afflicting spectacle which this world of roues of fine fellows living by the Ministry and by lansquenet, has just offered to the country, must not discourage us and cause us to despair of our generation." In that wholesome mode of regarding malady of the most civilised systems in the world, the Journal des Debats lifts up an emphatic voice, while at the same time it regards the issue of the re cent trial at Rouen as a triumph in the cause of out raged morality, and possibly as a forerunner of better things. May that aspiration be realised ! We cannot but coincide—perhaps because we wish to do so—in that remark of a Parisian contemporary, that, according to an old saying, the disclosure of an evil is the commencement of its cure, and that consequently a recurrence of such expositions as those in the case of M. BEAUVALLON would conduce to the speedy eradication of duelling. It is especially in one particular that the French papers are so unanimous, namely, in the licentiousness lurking in secret as well as visible portions of the community, and the demoralizing influence of gaming, and similar ille galities. In this opinion, we fear, there is unhappily too much reality. 'By imposing some onerous penalties, pecuniary or what not, upon the duellists, we feel satis ied, however, that a great step in advance will have been taken, and that the bulk of the dark system will have been sapped to its foundations. We have received Madridjournals of tile 31st ult. It vould appear that Count BRESSON, the French Ambas ,ador at the Court of Madrid, had taken the new Ministry under his pro'ection. All the Members of the cabinet dined with him on the 31st, at the French Embassy. We have no doubt that the QUEEN and her sister will, in due time, be married to parties selected n. approved by the Court of France. In Spain no neasure of importance can be done in a straightforward Nay. A plot, a conspiracy, an edict of the Camarilla, te a coup detut is absolutely necessary to carry a reso ution of the Cabinet, or rather its chief, into effect. But little business was done on the Madrid Bourse. Chree per Cents., for cash, 32; for time, 32k; Five per gents., for time, 211. The Journal des Debats gives long extracts from the Indian dispatches, describing the battles of Aliwal and iabraon, and the succeeding operations, and in the fol 'owing brief remarks does full justice to the bravery of •.he British forces and the moderation of the Governor 3eneral :—" The war in the Punjaub is at an end. Joel courage and firmness gain battles, but moderation n success produces still more advantageous treaties than victories. Such is the glorious example set by Sir lENRY HARDINGE for his SUCCeSSOrg in the government India. We resume our account of the events which ,ave occurred in four memorable weeks, from the 19th f January to the 1911 of February, a period signalised )y two victories, by the partial destruction of the Sikh wmy, by its expulsion from the British territory, and, inally, by the submission of the Seikh Government." Che moderation and impartiality displayed by this Go fisrnment journal are entitled to great praise, and it is leeply to be regretted that its bright example is not letter followed by certain of the London papers, as well s mo.,t of the organs of the Opposition in France. rho Constitidionnel begins to consider that the Unit& d - states are, after all, not the best friends of France. It :ontains a long article on the proposed new Customs' luty laid ly2fme C ingress, awl shows thAt it will most njuriously affect the interests of Finance. The Courrier :ran‘pis says:—" There is some idea of joining to the ,qu.i.dron of evolution now collected at Toulon a division ,1 sit amers. 'file squadron has taken on board five , nontlis' provisions, and everything leads to the supposi ion that the squadron put to sea in the second Ortnight in April. If the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE shculd visit that port with his division, the Prince DE JOINVILLE will accompany him to the coast of Italy.' The following remarks respecting the Empress of RUSSIA appear in the Courrier de Marseilles : "We receive fresh details relative to the residence of the Empress of Russia at Naples. Our correspondent writes as follows :—' Amongst the eccentricities which the Empress of Russia exhibits at the Court of Naples several are named, as denoting what superiority this august traveller assumes ever all that surround her. King Ferdinand is remarkable fur his courtesy towards strangers, and for his delicate attentions. Nobody can carry further his desire to be agreeatle to the illustrious travellers whom the salubrity of the Neapolitan climate induces to make some stay in his capital, and no bcdv better understands the slight shades and distinctions of high siciety. On the arrival of the Empress, the King went out to the vessel to receive her; on the shore, the Queen and royal family were assembled to meet her. The lauding wok place in the Darce, which is always reserved for the royal use. The Queen had a magnificent apartment prepared for the Empress in his own palace, that of Chiatumone, usually appropriated to visitors of princely station, not ap• pearing to him splendid enough. He invited the Empress to his table, and here a strange eccentricity takes place. Every day that the Empress is to dine with the King, she never fails to send, in the morning, one of her officers to invite the King to dine with her at his own table. If that be Russian etiquette, the politeness of it is not understood here; or rather, the following meaning is attributed to it—that the Czarina would not permit a king to sit down, even in his own palace, by her side, without giving him permission.' " Most of the Paris journals contain articles on the petitions lately prest.nted to the Chamber of Deputies, enumerating certain grievances to which Protestants are subjected in France. The Journal des Deka, with some truth, contends that the law as regards religious liberty is more just and lenient than in most other coun tries. We give the remarks which apply to England:— "We know not how M. de Gasparin can quote to us the examples of foreign countries—of Prussia or of England. Switzerland, in fact, presents to us very encouraging ex amples, and without speaking of the sanguinary war which we have recently seen break out in that country, let us only consider what is now passing in the canton of Vaud, a state democratic par excellence. As to England, It is certain that a liberty almost unbounded reigns there ; but liberty is not equality. In England you are free to preach what doctrine you, choose ; but only endeavour to get into any public office, into Parliament, or into the Universities, and you will then be asked what religion you profess. It is not twenty years since Catholics and Dissenters saw in that free country every public career close to them, and even now a seat in Parliament is interdicted to certain sects; and last year they were also ex cluded from the exercise of municipal functions. Would those who here claim absolute freedom of religious worship exchange French equality for English liberty ? The truth is, that there is no country in the world where the principle of liberty of conscience forms so intimate and essential a part of its institutions as France, where so many complaints are raised on the subject. Between those four walls which can not be opened in our country without the authorisation of the State, the conscience is more at its ease, and breathes more freely than it can do in any of the open-air conventicles in Great Britain." The Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha incurred some danger, on the 31st ult., when out-driving at Marseilles. His horses having run away, the Prince jumped out of the carriage, and fell on the road. Fortunately he escaped with only a contusion on the leg. The Sud of Marseilles states, that his Royal Highness is to embark in the Amsterdam steamer for Malaga, whence he intends visiting the Alhambra, on his way to Lisbon. • On the Paris Bourse, on Monday, the Stock and Share Markets were both depressed. The Stock Market closed as follows :—The Three per Cents., for cash, 83f. 45c. ; for account, 83f. 45c. Five per Coats., for cash, 119 f. 70e.; for account, 119 f. 75c. Bank of France Shares, 3,4001. Neapolitan, IOU: 25c. Spanish and New Loan not quoted. In the Share Market, Paris and Orleans left off at 1,212 f. boc. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,0251. ; Rouen and Ravi's, 740 f.; Avignon, 9001. ; Vierzon, 660 f.; Strasburg and Bale, 2281. 75c.; Northern, 755 E ; Bordeaux, rainpo. 4 6 6 2 0 0 1 1 : ;; Dieppe, 547f. 455f. ; 50e r ox . ; is Paaurids Strasburg, 5 1 71 . 5 57 1 7 2 1 1 . . 5 5 0e 0e : ;; Boulogne, not quoted. Northern Flanders,C lolfl France :De A u P ct. e x : h i n t s it 7 ti 4t . BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE Ea C s ai t Indian, , LONDON j{,—Great v STOCKe t u e t al e d a h , 1 5 4 1 0, Great Western Canada, 4—Luxembourg, 114—Namur and Liege, Ij—Orleans and Vierzen, 17 —Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, sj4—Sambre and Meuse, 3—Tours and Naantes Constituted, 634. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the royal children, were expected to leave Buckingham Palace for 'Windsor Ca-tle, at three o'clock, this after noon, travelling by s special train on the Great Western Railway. The Court will remain at the Castle during the Eater recess. REPRESENTATION OF MALToN.—A new writ was moved last night for the borough of Malton, in the room of Mr. Childers, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. It is understood that Lord Milton will succeed him. The borough is under the influence of his father, Lord Fitzwilliam. THE QUEEN. —We learn that her Majesty and his Royal Iliglimas Prince Albert will, at tho commencement of the autumn, again repair to Scotland, to pass some weeks In the High lands. It is said that while in that portion of her dominions the Queen and the Prince Consort intend to visit several of the resident aristo cracy. We believe that the Queen will priucipally reside at Blair Atholl, the beautiful seat of the Duke of Atholl. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We are in formed that it is the intention of the Queen Dowager, attended by a limited retinue, to go on a visit to their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, and her Majesty's other illustrious relatives in Germany, in the course of the approaching summer, and that hr Majesty will prolong her sejour abroad for about thr. e months at furthest. It is said that his Serene Highness the Heredi tary Prince of Saxe Meiningen purposes to remain in this country nt til the period of Queen Adelaide's departure, when the Prince will return to his patrimonial domains, in company with his illus trious aunt. OLYMPIC THEATRE.—This howl has been taken by Mr. G. Bolton, with the intention of opening it for the legitimate drama in the course of the ensuing winter. lie intends, however, to have a short experimental season, which will commence on Monday next. LONGEST DAYS.—At Berlin and London the longest day has sixteen hours and a half. At Stockholm and Upsal the longest has eighteen and a half hours, and the shortest five and a half. At Hamburgh, - Dantzie, and Stettin, the longest day has nineteen, and the shortest seven. At St. Fetersburgh and Tobolsk the longest has nineteen and the shortest five hours. At Torneo, in Finland, the longest day has twenty-one hours and a half, and the shortest two and a half. At Wardorbus, In Norway, the day lasts from the list sf May to the 22d of July without interruption; and in Spitabergen the longest day lasts three mouths and a half. PRE St N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 184&' MONEY anal COMMERCIAL. NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was firm, and full prices were realised for 6,000 bales that were sold, 1,500 being on speculation. Shares were much the same. At Messrs. Lamond's public sale of Railway Shares, yes terday afternoon, there was a fuller attendance, and the Government declaration, inspiring confidence, led to larger sales, more than 3,000 shares being taken. The principal lots sold as follows :-Calcutta and St. George's Point, 4s. 6d. -Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton, 10s.-Leicester, Tam worth, Coventry, Birmingham, and Trent Valley, 155.- Leicester and Bedford, Bs.-Madrid and Valentia, 19s. 6d.-. North Kent, 11. ft-Essex and Suffolk, 12s. 6d.-Waveney Valley, 155.-Great Eastern and Western, lis.-Warwick and Worcester, 155.-Trent Valley Continuation and Holy head Junction, 11. 175.-Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford, 11. 14s. 6d -Louvain and Jemeppes, 1/. Es.-North Staf fordshire, Churnet and Potteries, 31. s.-London and York, 11. Bs. 61-Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds, SL-Ipswich and Bury St. Edmonds, Norwich Extension, 11. 155.-Bor deaux and Mediterranean,_ 175 .- Midland and Eastern Counties, 17s. 6d.-Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorset, IL 2s. 6d.- London and Manchester (Remington's), 18s.-Armagh , Cole ' rain and Portrush, 135.-Manchester , Buxton, and Mat lock, 21. 6s. 6d.-Chelmsford and Bury, Bs. 6d. We have no accounts yet of the West India steamer. In the City, most parties are preparing to enjoy the holi days, and business generally is dull. The uncertainty relative to the Oregon dispute causes the next intelligence from the United States to be anxiously awaited, and some disappointment is experienced, that tip to the present time we have no news of the packets due. The Funds have been very steady, but the chief attraction to• day is, of course, the Bank of England, where the divi. dends are being paid. Consols have realised 96 1 ,E 1 4 for pre sent transfer, and 96% for Account. On Exchequer-bills the premium has been 235. to 265. New Three-and-a. Quarter per Cents. have been quoted at 96% to 97, The Foreign Bonds are steady. Sanish Five per Cents. 25, and the Three per Cents. 36 '4 to 4 ; Mexican, 31 3 4 ; and Brazilian, 81 ; Dutch Four per Cents. have realised 92 to 4. Railway Shares are generally more saleable on account of the extensive " wind up " which Lord Dalhousie's measure will favour, and which to avoid the interference and scrutiny of the official assignee, and the lodgment of the funds in his hands, is likely to become voluntary and immediate. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) _ _ Bank Stock • • • • .. 206 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95%% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 9 6 I A New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 96% 97 Consols for Account • • • • .. 96M, Exchequer Bills. I%eL I%d. 1,0001. • • • • •• .... 23 26 —•— pm. 5001. • . • • 27 pm. Ditto. Small •• .... 24 27 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds,s per Cent • • .. 81 Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 79% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 31% Ditto, Deferred .. • • .. .. 16% Russian Bonds .. .. • . 109% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • • Date, for the Account • • 25 Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • .. 36% Ditto. for the Account • • • • 35 ! b Dividends on the above payable In London. Belgian Four-and-a-half per Cent. 99 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen • • • .. .. 10 Amber., Notting., Boston, & EastrnJn. ••• I k4• • • •. to Armagh, Coleraine, and Fortrush .• 1 % •• • • % • to Bristol and Exeter 75 .• 84 .... to Caledonian • .. 10 • • 6't .. ••to 7 Ditto Extension .. • 2 /3 •• • • I% •• ••tO Cork and Waterford .. .. .. • • % .... to Cornwall • . .. 5 •• • • 1 14 •• • • to Cornwall and Central Devon 2% • • • . .... to Derby and Crewe .. .; 2% •• • • 3% •• .. to Direct Manchester (Remington's) • • 2N •• • . 1 .. to Direct Manchester (itastrick's) .. • • 5 4 ' • 31, •••• to Direct Northern .. .. 2% •• • • 1M •• .. to Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 • • and Galway .. .. 4 .• 1 34•• .. to — Eastern Counties .. .. 14/. 16s. Od. • • 20% ••..to 21 Ditto, New • • .. .. 8/. 16s. Od. •• • - p.... to Do., Ferpetual,s per Ct. No. I, 61 13s. 4d. •• • . %% pto Ditto, ditto • • .. N 0.2, Cl. 13s. 4d.• • p x.d. to Ditto, York Extension . 10s. •• • • 1 •••• to Edili'ourgh and Glasgow .. 50 • • Ditto, New Quarter Shares .• .. 10 .• • • 14% • .. to EYeter, Yeovil and Dorchester .. 2% •••• to to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 .. • • 20%...• — Great Ditto , tteQl,ivroi .. 5 E 1181 a 10 8 0 5 .... 50 .... to— -6 Ditto Ilalf Shares .. ,„ . 50 ••• • 85 ••.. to Gu j il i tr , d l ; l l l : ! a h rehan . i, an . d . Fo . r . tsin . o . utl; Liverpool sad Leeds Direct 2% •• • • 2 V2 •• • • to Liverpool, Manch, mid Newc. J unct. 2% •• • • 1 • . Lundon and Birmingham _lOO .. • • 2±o •• .• to 221 Ditto, Thirds • • 16 .• 52 1 ,4 •• 1,o) I)itto. Quarter Shares • • .. 2 ••.. ES •••• to 1.0..d0n and Ltrighton no .• 62% .. ••to Liudon and Croydon . • .. 131. 158. 9.1. .. • • 20! , 2 .. to Ditto, Guaranteed Five per Cent. • • 9 •• • 9% • • to Wc::,te• - 411.6;.100. •• •• . to 1. 3 - 42 oo London and South extern - Ditto, New • . • • • • • 1 2 %... 20% ... to London and York .... 1 %• • to Ditto, half Shares • • • • .. 2% •• • • 1% •• .. to London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% •• • • I% •• .. to London, Salisbury, Mid Ytovll • • • • 2% •• ** Stanch slur and Leeds ......... • • • to -- Ditto, Fifths • • .. •• 2 10% to .Maneliester and Firmingliam .. 40 •• .• 74% • • . to Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 4 .• • • to Ditto, Quar..er shares (It) .• .. 2 .. • • 9 .• .. to Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .• 1 •• •• 6% .... to . 31anches1er, Box on, and Matlock .. 425. .• par. •••to Stanch stet' and Southampton .. 2 •• • 1 1 , 4 to Midland Now .. t 0144 to _ 143 Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 •• .• 43 .... to 42% Ditto, New .• .. 1 .... S .• .. to Ditto, New, Brandllng .• 25 .... 42 •• .• to Newcastle and Berwick • • .. .. 10 .... 17% ••• to North British •• .• •• 20 .• 23%.. •• to Ditto, llalf Shares • • .. 6 .• .. .. • • to Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 114.... 1% .... to Ditto, Dalkeith .• •• •. .. 25 .••• •• .• to Ditto, ditto • • .. • • • • .. 5 .... .... to North Kent and Direct Dover • • .. 2%.. • • 1 1 A.... to — North Staffordshire • • .• .. 425. •• .. 113, Pto Norwich and Brandon .. .. 18 •• .. .... to Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 5 .• 7 .... to Nor Liamplon, Banbury, & Cheltnain. 2 ... 1 •••• to Oxlord, Wore,,ter, & IVolverhatuptun 12% • • 8% scil,‘% to Perth and Inverness • • • • • • • • 2% .• • . 1% .• .. to Razby and Huntingdon • • •• •• 2 .. • . %•••• to % it:outs:l Central .. • • •• •• •• 10 .... 13% 4.. to Shrewsbury and Birminghain •• 2%.... t u y %.. to Shropshire Union • • • • • •• •• 425..... 1% dis to South ItliillAnd • •• •• •• 425..... i dis ••to South and Mid:ands Junction •• • • 425..... 1 1 ,4 dis to South Eastern and Dover • • •• •• 33% .... 34 .... to Ditto, Ntr.Y, No. l •• •• •• •16 14%.... to 15% Ditto, New, No. 2 •• •• •• 10 ... 8y„•... to Ditto, New, No. 3 • • • • •• • • 15 •• • • 13 •• • • to Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • • • • •• 2% •• .. 2 .... to 1% South Wales .. • • • • •"• ••• 5 •• •• 1% 4 % to Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia -4 . • • to West Riding Union .• • • • • •• 425 • •• .. 1 % p.. to .. 520% 96 to 14 t -- - -- I. l V ,o i r tt:, ,,,, So d a N ie o rr a t i , Ditto, Scarborough Branch • • .. 25 45 % .... to a t n i d dl l a V tid eymo . uth .. Ditto, Selby .. •• •• •• 30 •• •• 71% 72% to 71% Ditto. Extension •• • • •• •• 15 •• •• 31 to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 I •• .. to Dutch Rhenish • • • • '• •• '• 5 •• • 5% to East Indian • • • • •• •• •' • • s s• •• • • % .. to Great Nurthent of France Constituted 5 .... 14% .. to - • Orleans and Vierzon . •• •• •• 10 •• 16% %..to Orleans and Bordeaux • • •• •• 6 •••• 11 is.. to 10% Paris and Oilcans •• • • •• • • 20 •• •• 491 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 5%%•• to Sambre and Meuse • • • • • • • • 6 •• • - 3 .. to Tours and Nantes Constituted • • 5 •• • • 6%.... to -- MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered • • COURSE OF EXCIIA: Amsterdam .. C.F. 19 9% Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 10 Antwerp • • • • 26 15 M a mburgh . • ....M.B. 13 15% Altona • • ........ ..... . Paris, 3 days' sight D'tto, 3 months.. • • 26 10 M a r s eilles ............26 15 Bourdeaux •• • ....• 26 15 Frankfort on Ma1m0.... 12231 Petersburgh, 3 Us. • • • • • Berlin • • .• • • • • • • • • " • • Vienna, etre°. flo ••• • • • 16 1 1 Trieste, ditto .•• • • • .... 10 11% 36 Madrid • • . • ...... • • 36 Cadiz • • ... : • • • • Barcelona • • • • • • • • • • • • Seville... ..... • • • • • • • • •• 334 .... to iGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar .• . Leghorn 3O 75 Genoa 26 15 Venice..., „... Palermo, per oz. Lisbon. 39% 119% 62% 52% .. • • • Oporto ....... • , HieJaneir• • • •• • , Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... ...... PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars .. .£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ... 0 0 0 New Dollars ........ 0 4 9% Silver in bars 0 4 11 4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 8. —Wind at noon S.S.W., light breeze Atli fine. DEAL, Aram 7.—Wind 7 A.B. N.N.E. fresh and squally ; P.M. N. to N.N.E. mod.—Arrd. 6th, Susanna Crlstina, Hockstra, Amsterdam, and sailed for Batavia. DUBLIN, Aram 6.—Arrd. Margaret, Jackson, Demerara. SM. Transit, Ferguson, Quebec. C ASTLETOWN (BEARHAVEN).—Anci. Triumph, Royeroft, Baltimore, for St. John's, New Brunswick. CORK, APRIL s.—t-ld. Albion,Tardiff, St. John's, New Brunswick; Princess, Vaughan, ditto ; Pallas, Hall, ditto; Mary, Dunbar, ditto. DOVER, APRIL 7.—The Charles, of New York, from Charleston to Liverpool, was passed on the Bth ult. near . Baltimore, going in in distress, by the Marianne, Wieting, arrived off this port. BIDEFORD, APRIL 7.—The Kitty Darv, of Dunbar, from Glasgow to Dunkirk, has been towed in here disntasted. HARWICII, APRIL 6.—A French brig is said to be ashore on the Shipwash. LOWESTOFT, APRIL I.—The Liberty, Anderson, from Newcastle, was in contact yesterday off Winterton, with the William, of Myth, and lost bulwarks, &c. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following is posted at Lloyd's : " NEW LIGHT ON ALS ISLAND, NEAR KIKENESS, DEN MARK. " For the benefit of navigation, a new light will be exhibited, from the 15th of April next, on the south side of Ale Island, near Kike ness. The !Wit will be furnished with a caladioptrisk reflecting ap paratus of the fourth order, which will be placed in a tower, about seventy-six feet above the level of the sea ; and will be visible at the distance of about three (Danish) miles, in the direction E%. N., wille present year, and a be marked differently round by the S. to W. by N. N. per compas. " This light will be k e pt burning. e very night, as long as the other lights. " Royal Board of Tr a d e , Copenhagen, March 1 2 , 1846 . " "NEW SEA BEA CONS ON TILE COAST OF DENMARK. Several new beacons are intended to be laid down by the Royal th Boarl of Trade at C openhagen, as ea rly as possible in the course of y gr t e h a a t ii t i lu t i p n r b e e: en o t. c, This latter th o se already laid down document is too long for insertio n, but can be seen at Lloyd's, upon application t o Mr. Dobson, secretary. MARKET MEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE WEDNESDAY. Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat for our markets, coastwise, as well as b y l au d ca rriage and sample, have been - but moderate. To-day we had a fair show of that descrip tion of produce. The finest qualities moved off steadily, at very full prices, but all other kinds were a dull sale. In Foreign Wheat, free as well as in bond, so little was doing that the quotations must be considered almost nominal. The best milting* Barley was scarce, and fully as dear, but grinding and distillingsorts were a mere drug. The supply of Malt buinef on the heavy, at barely stationary prices. In Oats , a full avera g e amount of business was transacted; but B eans, Peas, and Flour were a d u ll i nquiry. i nc rease, that article was _ _ ARRIVALS. Wheat. B a rley. Oats Flour. 910 sks. 730 qrs. 620 qrs. 1,590 qrs. 6,740 250 360 - Ma1t,,530 arc WEirrEcHAPEL. The supplies of each k nd of Meat being on the increase, the demand was throughout in a sluggish state, end prices were pot supported. Beef, from 23 4d to ns 641; Mutton, 30 4d to 43 4d ; Veal, 40 to 53; and Pork, 35 4d to 5s per Sits by the carcase. English ...... Irish Foreign ...... 12,760 THE QUARTER. OF A MILLION LEACUE FUND.- BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY. —The friends of free trade here, having at length bestirred themselves, a sum -which already amounts to 3,0001. has been subscribed towards the fund now raising by the Anti-Corn. law League. The resolution to start a subscription having eriginated with a meeting all but private in its character, the fact has scarcely yet become generally kmewn. So soon, however, as active measures are taken to collect subscriptions, there is no doubt but that there will be a very considerable augmentation to the already subscribed amount; lit all probability the League Fund will receive an augmen tation from ltirtninginun falling little short of front eight to ten thousand pounds. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Sir ROBERT PEEL moved that the House at its rising do adjourn till Friday, the 17th inst. The motion was put from the Chair and agreed to. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from the retail brewers of Birmingham, praying that they might have the sa me privileges as the licensed victuallers. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed, viz.:— Surrey Grand Junction Railway. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway. South Staffordshire Junction Railway with Branches (No. 1). South Staffordshire Junction Railway (No. 2—Bilston and Priestfield Branch). South Staffordshire Junction Railway (No. 3 Showhill and Portobello Branch). South Staffordshire Junction Railway (No. 4—Willenhall - and Bloxwich Branch). Leeds and Thirsk Railway North Eastern Extension (Wath to Hartleol). Caledonian Railway (Dumfries Branch). Caledonian Railway (Dundyvan Branch). Caledonian Railway (Mid Lothian Branches). Caledonian Railway (Leith Junction). Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Branches). Lesmahagow, Wised, and Coatbridge Mineral Junction Rail way. Scottish Southern Railway. East of Fife Railway. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation ar.d Rail way, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation. Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway. Buckinghamshire Railway (Oxford and Bletchley Junction). Bristol Waterworks (by order). Vale of Neath Railway (by order). REPORTS. . The following reports were brought up, the amendments and alterations agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be en grossed, viz. Liverpool Docks. Southport Improvement. Plymouth Cemetery. Taunton Gas. London and South-Western Railway (Farnham and Alton Branch.) Edinburgh and Peebles Railway. Weston-super-Mare Pier. London and Oxford Railway. Exeter and Exmouth Railway. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. Sir R. PRICE moved—" That the report of the Standing Orders' Committee on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, 'that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with,' be referred back to the Standing Orders' Committee for re consideration." In making this motion he wished it to be understood that he had no intention of casting any imputa tion on any of the Hon. Gentlemen who were members of the Standing Orders' Committee. He thought, however, that several circumstances in the case of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway had not 'received that consideration at the hands of the Committee which perhaps they were entitled to. The objections and errors urged against the promoters by the Standing Orders' Committee were really so trifling that he thought the House would not consider them of sufficient importance to impede the progress of the Bill. One of the objections urged was respecting some cross sections, but there was nothing stated positively in the standing orders as to cross sections.—(Hear, hear.) The Railway Consolidation Act would provide for any deficiencies in the Bill. No pub 7 lic or private injury could happen to any one if the Bill were suffered to proceed. He hoped, therefore, that the House would permit the case of the promoters to be referred to the Standing Orders' Committee for reconsideration, on whose justice he reposed the greatest reliance. The promoters were perfectly willing to abide by the decision which they might come to on reconsideration. The present was a very hard case. Several Bills with far worse gradients,' and much more violently opposed, had been allowed to pass, although the promoters had not, in several instances, complied with the standing orders. He could adduce an instance—the March and Lincoln Railway—where a course had been permitted similar to that which he now prayed for on behalf of the pro moters in this case. The promoters fully expected that they should pass the standing orders, because the objections were so trifling. He hoped, therefore. that the House would accede to the motion; by acting otherwise, they would in• flict both a public and a private injury. Tite motion having been seconded by an HON. MEMBER, Mr. ESTCOURT said that the motion was of so unusual a character, that he felt himself constrained to oppose it. If the motion were passed, the members of the Standing Orders' Committee would feel that the House reposed no confidence in their decisions, which would ever be subject to reversal. 11' by did not the Hon. Member take the course adopted by the promoters of other Bills during the present session ? Why did he not move that the case be referred to the considera tion of the Sub-Committee ? His Hon. Friend had at some length detailed the several non-compliances, and argued that they were of a very trivial character. Ile found that there were not less than 50 of these. " Sir R. PRICE—Forty-three. Mr. ESCOURT—Not le7s than fifty, and some of these of a most important kind. The public would not be benefited by the recommittal of this Bill ; they would be more benefited by the postponement of the measure till another session, when the promoters would be able to correct these fifty errors in their length of fifty-one miles. If this motion were conceded the House could not with any propriety refuse in any similar case, and he should therefore oppose the appli cation. Mr. CHRISTIE recommended the Hon. Member to with draw his motion. Sir: R. PEEL was prepared to reject this vote on the ground that it implied a want of confidence in the decision of the Standing Orders' Committee. Mr. STRUTT, having been chairman of the Sub-Com mittee who considered the petition in question, had prepared himself with details of the objections urged against it, but after what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, he did not now think it necessary to go into them. He could, however, assure the Hon. Member who had made the motion that he had been deceived as to the notice of the non compliance of the standing orders, for instead of their being of a trivial character, they were omissions and defects of the most glaring and fatal description. The motion was then withdrawn. THE CORN BILL. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition, numerously signed by merchants, manufacturers, and others of Staleybridge, in the county of Lancaster, praying the House to pass the Corn and Customs Bill without any further delay. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented several petitions from York shire in favour of a ten hours Bill. The Hon. Member also presented a petition agreed to at a public meeting held at the Crown and Anchor, in the Strand, on the 25th of March last, praying the House to take into their consideration the present state of Eastern Europe, with the view of devising some means for the restoration of Poland. The honourable Member presented another petition from Mr. Richard John.. son, bookseller, of Hull, complaining that he had been fined 201. under the Corresponding Act for taking money at the door of a lecture-room, where a gentleman by whom he was employed was delivering a lecture on the evi- dences of the Christian religion. The petition stated that the information was laid against the petitioner by s police officer who attended the lecture, which was deli vered at the Hull Mechanics' Institution, in plain :clothes, and afterwards turned informer, and prayed the House to repeal the Act under which the information was laid, or every person attending the institution would be liable to the same penalty which bad been inflicted upon the petitioner. The Hon. Member presented a second petition to the same effect from the inhabitants of Hull, who agreed to the petition while assembled in public meeting. THE REVENUE. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that he would,,on Tuesday, the 21st of April instant, move for copies of the evidence on which the First Lord of the Treasury grounded his anticipations of the amount of the surplus revenue which he expected would be received in the present year. BUILDING SOCIETIES. Mr. EWART wished to know whether the Government intended to make any alteration in the Stamp Duties in fa vour of building societies? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that although the Government had determined to abolish the duties on the transfer of shares in building societies, they did not intend to propose that the duties should be altered with respect to the conveyance of property by such societies—the duties in which cases pressed less heavily upon the members than upon individual parties. Mr. EWART said the reverse was the fact ; the duties pressed much more heavily upon the members of building societies than upon individuals.—(Hear, hear.) THE POOR LAWS. Mr. CHRISTIE asked Sir James Graham whether the at tention of the Poor-law Commissioners had been directed to the case of Elizabeth Butcher, tried at Salisbury on the 12th day of March, for the murder of her infant child, and ac quitted, the child having been stripped of its clothing on the mother's leaving the Cricklade and Wootton Bassett work house ; and to the case of Harriett Bowkett, tried at Here ford on the 30th of March, for the exposure of her infant child with intent to murder, and acquitted of the intention to murder, the child having been stripped of its clothing on the mother's leaving the Ledbury workhouse ; and whether the stripping infants of the clothes which have been supplied in the workhouses, where the mothers have no other clothing for them, when they are taken out of the workhouses, is or dered or sanctioned by the Poor-law Commissioners Sir J. GRAHAM said that the cases to which the Hon. Member had referred had attracted the immediate attention of the Poor-law Commissioners; and he held in his band a letter, dated the sth of February last, which showed clearly that the children of Butcher and Bowkett had not been stripped of their clothing on their leaving the workhouses in ques= tion. If they had been so stripped, the regulations which the Poor-law Commissioners had issued to the dif ferent boards of guardians throughout the country would have been openly violated, as there was an express direc tion given by the Commissioners that all bastard children should be suffered to leave the workhouse in the clothin ' given to them by the bo ar d s o f guar di ans. —(H ear , hear.) In every case clothing w as or d ere d to b e f urn i s h e d by the guardians to children born in workhouses, and they had no authority to deprive them of it on their being removed from the precincts of the unions. No impediment whatever was offered against mothers taking their to childrenthem from the workhouses, and every facility was given to obtain clothing for them. Whatev er had a risen existingin relfearw. ence to these two cases did not spring from any or regulation approving of the ha which the Hon. Member appeared to suppose had been inflicted on the two individuals in question. He woula take this opportunity of stating that he was very g lad to find that the poor - law was being carried out very beneficially in Ireland. — (Hear, hear.) The Government were continually receiving intelligence of the feelings of the people of that country, changing ma t e rially in favour of the poor - la w.—( Hear, hear.) Indeed,he then held in his hand two reports to that effect from the Poor-law Commissioners in Ireland, which he would take the liberty of moving to be laid on the table of the House, and subsequently proved, and after Hon. Mem bers had read, he felt convinced that they would arrive at the same conclusion to which he had, viz., that the poor in Ire land were now receiving great benefits from the operatioh of the laws relatirg to the poor in that eountry.—(Hear, hear.) The reports in question were then brought up by the Right Hon. Baronet, and ordered to be printed. INDIAN CORN. Mr. MCARTIIY wished to ask of the Government under what regulations the Indian corn would be distributed to the people of Ireland ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM stated that general regulations upon the subject had been laid upon the table of the House ; in some particular districts, however, the distribution would take place under different regulations, suited to varying circumstances. Sir R. PEEL would 'say ene word with reference to this introduction. It was found already that persons who bad been subsisting upon that article were able to do their work better, and to work for a longer time than they could upon their former article of diet. All prejudices against Indian corn was now fast disappearing in that country. Tbe people found it both palateable and nutritious. This article, however, Honourable Members would recollect, was now only admitted duty free by an order from the Treasury. public road. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary It would greatly increase the confidence of those per- they declared the standing orders not complied with. sons who were introducing or speculating in that article Mr. J. PARKE, on the part of the promoters of the Bill, in the United States, if they found that there was an Act of said it was very hard upon them to be called on to give evi- Parliament authorising its admission free of duty. In the deuce of its being a private road when it was' the practice of present state there is still considerable uncertainty hanging all Committees to lay the onus of proof upon the petitioners. over the subject in the minds of those who could import large The CHAIRMAN said he could not help it. The Committee quantities into that icountry. If this uncertainty were re • were resolved. moved, there woqld, no doubt, be a considerable increase in The remaining allegations of the petition were then pro the importation of that article. Foreign wheat was also ceeded with, some being admitted by the promoters, and very much required in Eagland for the purpose of others not being proved, and at about a quarter past one mixing with some of our inferior wheat. That ar- o'clock the Committee adjourned till the 21st of April. tide was, however, now subject to the high duty The Cnantsrast, before leaving the room, gave notice to of 18s. per quarter, whereas if the proposed corn-law were the promoters of Bills, that the motion of Lord Dalhousie, in in operation that duty would now be but ls. A large quan- the House of Lords last night, had no reference to Select tity of oatmeal could also be imported into this country at Committees. the nominal duty of ls., if these measures were passed into a law. Oatmeal was an article of great consumption in many parts of Ireland. There was no Treasury order to admit that article duty free, and he hoped, therefore, that Hon. Members connected with Ireland would read carefully those returns which had been just laid upon the table of the House by his Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State. They must, he was sure, know the extent of the distress in that country. They must also know that the measure now before the Parliament, if passed into law, would greatly in crease the importation of valuable and nutritious food into that country. He hoped, therefore, that if they could re concile it with their sense of public duty, that they would allow the first reading of the Protection of Life and Property in Ireland Bill to be taken at the earliest possible period, and with as little delay as possible; by so doing they will enable the House to give a speedy effect to the measures pro posed by her Majesty's Government for the introduction of foreign corn. Mr. HAWES 'stated that great anxiety pervaded all classes of the people with reference to a speedy settlement of the Government measures. In many cases excessive rail way speculations had produced a fearful reaction upon the people ; they had been compelled to curtail their expenditure, and a large amount of surplus labour was thereby thrown upon the market, producing, in some districts, an almost complete stagnation of trade and commerce.— (Hear.) He was opposed to all coercive measures. He thought they had always proved failures. But he really hoped that Hon. Gentlemen would look to the present commercial state of the country, the great stagnation which existed, and the public anxiety, and that they would, if they could do so consistently with their sense of public duty, allow the first reading of the Coercion Bill to be got over, which would be conferring a great benefit on the country. He really hoped that they would, as much as possible, curtail the debates upon the question. Mr. P. BORTHWICK thought it was a politic and just measure to introduce Indian corn into Ireland in order to re move the present exigencies of that country. He was sorry however to see the present question mixed up with the great question of the removal of protection to agriculture. Sir R. PEEL said, he did not deny one single word upon the general merits of the Corn Bill, he only wished to call the attention of the House to the documents which had been laid upon the table, in order to show that the impression with respect to the decline in Irish distress had been ex tremely false—and he only expressed a hope that those who were opposed to the first reading of the Irish Coercion Bill would, in permitting the first reading to take place, facilitate the progress of the Corn Bill, but he had not said one word as to the general principle of the measure, or attached the slightest blame to, these from whom it had received oppo sition. M:. S. O'BRIEN said that it was in the power of the Government to facilitate the reading of the Corn Bill, by postponing the Coercion Bill, and he considered that the Irish Members would not be disposed to waive their privilege of discussing most minutely the principles and provisions of that Bill. In the meantime he felt himself bound to state that Indian meal had been found most valuable in alleviating the existing dis tresses. He would take that opportunity of asking the Hon. Baronet whether he would be disposed to lay on the table of the House a return, showing the extent of aid sought for under the Public Works and Companies Works Presentments Bill. He understood that there was an indisposition to avail themselves of the benefits which those Bills were supposed to convey. Sir 'JAMES GRAHAM was glad to say that applications to the Board of Works were very numirous—glad, because the relief offered was the most legitimate, and was not a graJ tuity from Parliament. With regard to the county works —he was sorry to say there was an indisposition on the part of some of the grand juries to carry out the provisions of the Bill. Mr. FINCH wished to observe, that lie did not under stand the Hon. Baronet, the Fir s t Lord of the Treasury, as casting any imputation or reflection upon those who had op posed the Corn Bill, Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE said that he did not consider the Irish Members had been fairly treated by having these appeals made to them, it was like an attempt on the part of the Government to throw the onus of the delay of the Corn Bill on the Irish Members, whereas it lay at their own doors. But the public would attach the fault to the right quarter. He was not aware that this House was indebted to the Lords for any great courtesy in matters of the same nature, and therefore he could not conceive why public business should be embarrassed in order to do an act of courtesy to the House of Lords.— ( Hear, hear.) Here was the House of Commons called upon, on the one hand, to take up this Irish Coercion Bill to please the House of Lords, while upon the other hand this House was told that the passing of the measure was to produce a great moral ffect. Now, he should say that so far as the moral eflect was concerned, there could scarcely be any hope of that, for the great majority of the Irish people now saw that those Irish Members in whom they had confidence were opposing this Bill, and giving it every opposition in their power, and even the first reading, which plainly proved that it was an opposition to the principle of the Bill. Therefore, the fault lay entirely with the Government that the passing of the Corn Bill should be delayed and he would ask them, was it worth t heir while to continue to press this Coercion Bill on, while here was not the least chance of its passing this session, and hus delay the Corn Bill ? (urr tornica.) Sub-Committee No. 6. This Committee assembled to-day at half-past one o'clock. Captain Jones in the chair. The Committee resumed the consideration of the petition against the vrawarscnsrunE AND LONDON (RAMP" TON AND 72ANIIIIRY LINE). The CHAIRMAN said that it was the determination of the Committee to report that the standing orders had not been complied with, with respect to the property marked 31 in the parish of Chesterton. The report would run thus : That the standing orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as the property, which consisted of a stable, &c., in question was omitted, although such existed; and also that on the books of reference the said property was described as a private carriage -road, which in addition con tained a cowshed, stack-yard, &c. The next allegation was that a free board in the parishes of Bishopton and Chesterton, the.property of Lord Willoughby, was omitted. Evidence was adduced to support this allegation, which, however, was not sustained. SECONDARIES-(THIS DAY.) ' (Before Mr. Secondary Porrun.) EVE O. HAWKINS. AN AWKWARD MISTAKE IN A BANKEK'S ACCOUNT. The plaintiffs in this action are cattle salesmen in Smithfield market. The defendant is a butcher in a large way of business. The claim was for 41. 101. for some lambs sold ,to the defendant. Mr. Thomas appeared for the defendant, who pleaded pay ment. It was admitted by him that the lambs had beensolcl, and to prove the payment he called Hawkins, the defendant's son, who gave evidence that on the 11th of August, 1843, he was with his father in Smith field-market when he bought five lambs, at 18s each, of the plaintiff, and went to the bank of Jones and Co., in Smith field and paid 4/. 10s. In the after part of the day he bought four more lambs at 235.0 f another party, and also paid 41. 12s. into the came bank. It was the custom of the market to pay into the bankers, and for the "penman" of the salesman to ascertain that the money was paid before he allowed the sheep to be delivered. The lambs were taken by the drover; but a week afterwards a demand was made of the money for them, on the ground that it had not been paid; the dispute led to defendant leav ing off dealing. After that Mr. Eve one day called to de fendant, and asked how it was they did not deal ; and de fendant asked him how it was possible they could after suds a mistake about the lambs ? Mr. Eve replied, " Oh, I hive nothing to do with that, I have had my money from Jones. Cross-examined—Could not be at all mistaken as to the payment of the two sums, and could point out the clerk to whom he paid it. The person present was the one. He could not so distinctly remember the second party, as there was no dispute, and he did n e t ca ll it t o hi s memor y. Every salesman had a book at the bank, and the entry of payment ought to be made at the time. Mr. THOMAS said he could call many witnesses to show the custom of the market, and that many similar mistakes had occurred. The SECONDARY said he could not take evidence on the last point. Mr. Smrrn, the plaintiff's attorney, said he would admit the general custom. He would then call witnesses to prove that occasionally credit was given, and also the clerk to whom the money was alleged to be paid, who would swear he did not receive it. William S. Stride was then called—Was clerk to Messrs- Jones and Co. Did not think Le saw defendant on the 11th of August, 1843, but was certain he did not receive any money. Mr. THOMAS said he should not ask the witness a question after he said he could not remember whether he saw the de fendant or not. Walker, "penman" , to the plaintiff, proved th e de livery of the lamb s . H e did ne t inquire whether the money was paid or not. Stride (brother of the first witness), proved the entry of 41. 125., received from defendant by him, but knew nothing of the 41. les. Cross-examined—There were six clerks. He did not know, and would not swear, whether -receipts had been re' fused to defendant and others, but receipts never were given. The entry was made to the credit of the party paying. 41 10s. stood on the book to the debit of defendant. The debitg were taken from the salesmen's account at night. Could nOl say whether Jones had paid plaintiff's. Another clerk was called—He did not remember about thi transaction ; he believed, however, the money was not paid Defendant was a ready money customer, except when bg was short of the amount, and then the difference stood over . - This closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. THOMAS—Gentlemen of the jury, is it necessary fog me to address you ? Several of the jury —No, no ! The SEcortnAny—Gentlemen of the jury, it is a questior entirely for you. The defendant's witness swears positively as to a perfect recollection, and that the plaintiff, Eve, sal t he had the money. The jury immediately gave a verdict for the defendant. The Court then adjourned till to-morrow morning, to tri a case specially appointed. BANKRUPTCY. -(THIS DAY) Only two - of the Commissioners were sitting, and th' business was not of the slightest interest. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) IVI ARLBRO - STREET.-(THIS DAY) James Readiman, a person of very shabby appearance, vit charged with uttering a banker's cheque for the sum 0f.2. 1 35., supposed to have been stolen from the person of al! Clay, of Basingstoke, Devon, or accidentally dropped b. him in the street, in the neighbourhood of Covent-garde n The following are briefly the facts of the case : On the 2d of February last Mr. Clay received a cher!'" for the above amount, on Messrs. Twining and Co., Strap' bankers, drawn by Mr. Moseley, of Bedford-street, Covliat garden. Shortly afterwards Mr. Clay discovered that b had lost his pocket-b oo k, i n w hi c h t h e c h eque was p l ac ed Information of it s l oss was i mmediately given at t"' bankers, and on the following day the prisoner presented tb cheque to Mr. Louis Exerton, baker, of No. 5, Earl-stree! Seven-dials, stating that he had received it from 11j employer, and requesting cash for it. Mr. Exerton, knowlfl him as a customer, gave him the amount, and in the course 6 business paid it away to his miller, and in seven days after he received notice of payment being refused. Search . 11 , 11 then made for the prisoner, but h e a b scon d ed from the ne i g h bourhood. Information was given to the police, and Sergi John Wells, No. 1, of the G division, succeeded in tracing e v and apprehending the prisoner at a lodging he had taken , No. 28, King-street, St. Giles's. On being at first c hore, with being the party who had uttered the cheque to lit Exerton, he flatly denied it, but afterwards admitted tf . fact, and said his 'wife had picked it up in the street in to neighbourhood of Covent-garden. The prisoner is a Ger a tailor. GROUP XIV. SOUTH-MAST ERN. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; present Mr. Protheroe (Chairman), Lord Emlyn, General Lygon, Mr. J. O'Connell, and Mr. Grogan. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee were so strongly of opinion that the business should be proceeded with at as early a period as possible, that he would go into the House to give notice that on Friday week, when the House of Commons re-assembled, he should move for leave for the Committee to sit on the Tuesday following, instead of ad journing to the 27th, as was originally intended. On his re turn the Chairman said that he had given notice of his in tention, but he had received an intimation from Sir George Clerk that it would not be in his power to do so, unless the shareholders gave a written notice that they were desirous of proceeding at that time, and did not wish to wind up the affairs of the Company by a mutual arrangement. Mr. MALTBY asked the prisoner what statement he wig' . to make now on the subject ?—The prisoner said it was trie his wife picked up the cheque in the street. Sergeant Wells said that there had not been time to cell' municate with Mr. Clay, who is at present at Basingstoke. , Mr. MALTBY (ordered the prisoner to be remanded lln Tuesday next. Lady Peel and family have gone to Drayton-mtl and to-morrow Sir Rob er t P eel also leaves for his seat, whe re select party is to assemble for the brief recess. JUDGES CHAMBERS. —The chambers of Mr. Jus ti ,„ 4 re , esw Judges se l i n i, s t e h r e ge v a a n c t a s t , vacation Judge , bees closed also those for r of the eho t l h id e seaysvoenranil O t is' Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday next. ST. CLEMENT DANES.—In this parish 500 wart for distress, to recover poor-rates, have been issued. MIDDLE TEMPLE.—The Middle Temple Church l l been hung in mourning since the death of Mr. Sheperd, who w• - •r Bencher of the Temple. EFFECTS OF SIR R. PEEL'S TARIFF. —The fears the graziers as to the effects of the free admission of live stock gO the recent Customs' regulations, operated but f a i n tl y at th e 0 1 _ 4 ,, auction, a few days since. of the stock of Mr. H o ll an d , of CaTo ton-house, Boston. The average price of ho gge t s of ordinary g u m, being 495. ; ewes and lambs (pairs) fetched as high as 31. 17s. yearling beasts, 81. ; and other articles in proportion.--IPP" . Express. WALTHAM ABBEY, APRIL 6.—Last night, about 13 ,1 past eleven o'clock, a powder-mill, situated in Town Mead, bloc' fortunately no person was there, it being Sunday night, and the f, turday night's charge of powder taken off. The cause appsars to the following :—There having been much rain fallen on the Satt and Sunday, occasioning a push or swell of water, the tumbl ing ve gates not being drawn up, the mill was set in motion by the i e d g inundating t them the were propelled ppraorptelio.fdthroeumndill, withl velocity as to cause ignition of what powder was under them, blow lot, roof away and causing other damage. The spot where this oce7:l stones tiown goft havinghe water,nothin and i fired no one can tell what would have been the co other null had nuence. (")/ is about 606 or 700 yards from the back part of the town, THE MAILS.--SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 7.-- The .0 ental Company's steam-ship the Duke of Cornwall, Captain 3 ' 9 , 1 arrived this morning at the Motherbank, with the East India , China mails from Alexandria, which were landed here in a , T c ," steamer, and will be forwarded to L ondon by the mail-train to,"i) row morning. Her dates are—Al exandria, March 21; , r g ari an d d u Gi e br tb al ll ta ow r, in A g pr p i a. l s l s . eng T e h rs eC . o p rn r w ß a a li ke h ras, Bishop Whelan, Mr. Woolaston, Mr. Lowry, Mr. Warden, a? 7VI Mar. very valuable e : 3 : 1 1 and servants ; Captain Tohnin, Mr. Ireland, Mr. Heckle ; the 31/ of Longford and servant ; Mrs. Leckie, children, and servants ;10e Brown, child, and serva n t s; M. Templer, Mrs. Roberts, „e hl 13 1 and servants; Mrs. St ewart and servant, Mrs. Markham, liot son, Messrs. Henlip a n d Mi tchell, engineers ; Miss Spooner, rll Saunders, Master Wellesley, and Mr. Boswell. The Corn'o expected to be released f rom quarantine to-morrow or Til"1;10. morning. The same conipauy's steam-ship Madrid, C/O:11 , 1 0 11 ham, left the dock s a t three PAL this day, for Gibraltar, Ito/ usual mails, a full cargo, a n d twenty-five passengers. Th e CU West India homebound snail-packet the Avon is hourly e "' with the West India mail. She is due this da3 . Att From Paris, we hear of an artistic mission 1 1011 ,; e s' be undertaken by M. Papety in Greece ; and a commission g` ij r , M. Simart, to execute the model of a full-length st a t ue of the S! v iscey Napoleon, for a shrine, making part of the tomb which M• is erecting in the Church of the Invalides. On one hand it le "ol>" that the statue is to be of marble; on another we find bronze' s of, with incrustrations of ivory and precious stones.—Athena la vi - a re REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE.- 1-/ P,dreie l of 7,000 of the electors of this division of the county have s i ' affixed their signatures to the requisition to Messrs. Yin f Brown.—Liverpool Times. c 0 SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM IN LAMBETH.---L'' „ quence of three fires, all attended with con s id era bl e damagei sa S rfc; taken place in Stamford-street, La m b e th ; th e coro ner for 0 .,, : William Carter, Esq., has deemed it prudent to have a jurY for a thorough investigation into the circtunstances this fires alluded to occurred within ten days, and in all threatened not only the loss of property but of life. GROUP XIX. The Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour; present, Lord Harry Vane ( Chairman ), th e E ar l o f March, the H on . F ra ncis . 'cott, Mr. David Morris, and Mr, Philip Bennett. BRIDGEWATER. AND MINEHEAD RAIL , WAY AND PXEU. The consideration of this case was resumed (after a con versation arising from a motion made by Lord Granville Somerset, last night, in the House of Commons, that the sitting of all Committees on Railway Bills after Easter should be deferred until the 27th of April), by the further examination of Mr. Greene, an engineer. GROUP XXIX. This Committee re-assembled this morning in room Na 19 ; present, Right Hon. H. Labouchere, chairman ; Sir J Duckworth, Sir W. Molesworth, Mr. J. A. Smith, and Col Rawdon. IVIETGEM AND SZUNTINGD ON, The case for the promoters being closed yesterday, Mr. HILDYARD addressed the Committee this morning in opposition on the part of the promoters of the South Mid land (Huntingdon) Branch—the competing project. He re verted at great length to the evidence which had been ad duced in favour of the line under consideration, and con tended that no case had been made out for the construction of a line which would necessarily require so great an outlay of money—that the South Midland scheme would give all the advantages which it proposed to confer on the district, and at less expense. He denied that the London and Bir mingham line would be more crowded by the South Midland rival line, for the traffic from Stamford to Huntingdon would be continued at Market Harborough, and consequently Rugby would not be affected by this traffic. At Market Harborough a complete train would be formed from this traffic, which would proceed to London without stoppage, under the management of the London and Birming ham Company, whose excellent control and super intendence was testified by the witnesses for the pro posed line. The Learned Counsel further stated that the project now under consideration was an isolated one, and in the event of the London and York Railway not being carried into effect, the accommodation to the district would be very imperfect. Of 'the two schemes, therefore, he would without hesitation leave it to the Committee to say which was the more likely to afford the accommodation which the public required, and which of them was brought forward under the better auspices. The one had for its promoters a large, and solvent, and powerfulta company, whose respectability and wealth were incontesta ble; ; ble ; and the other was under the sanction ofaco which might never be able to raise the large capital which they proposed to embark in the undertak" could give an adequate return. Under dciwrchuitnehstnaenveeers proposed lines, they would he would leave the case in the hands of i t ae h n e Committee, pan t y he . line was then f t e h e e l i r e e f! e q e u n i t t l e v econmfi merits s t h .tolrctltileo7n, ts nd deliberate sane t o n consideration th e project of decide in favour of the A Southlistt. Midlandassents ( handed in, when the room was cleared. p his tin g dissents ) Co alongm On our re-admission, The CIIAIRMAN announced the decision of the C omm itt ee, that the preamble of the RUGISIY AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY was not proved. They also decided that the preambe of the SOUTH MIDLAND (HUNTINGDON BRANCri) was proved; but the Committee would require the insertion of a clause in this Bill, rendering the operation of the Act subject to the passing, in the present session, of the South Midland (Leicester and Bedford) line. The clauses of the Bill were then postponed till the next meeting of the Committee, which was adjourned till Monday, the 27th instant. The Committee then adjourned. Sub-Committee No. 2. This Committee met at twelve o'clock, Sir J. Y. Buller in the chair, and proceeeded with the case of the LONDON AND EIRIVLINGNAIVE (ST. ALBAN'S AND LUTON BRANCH). PETITION FOR ADDITIONAL POWERS. The case was now finally disposed orders not complied with. AXIIOLDTE, GAINSEOROUGH, GOOLE, AND YO X, AND No ''r DIM:OLAND ZoiTNCTZON. This Bill stood over till after Easter, and the agent for the Bill was informed that it would not be necessary to have his witnesses in attendance until after the 21st of April. WARWICKSHIRMI AND LONDON (RAMp, TON AND ASH anITIZCH LINE). This Bill was again called on, and the formal proofs being completed, the Committee proceeded to hear evidence in sup port of a petition against the line. One of the allegations of this petition (in support of which Mr. Burke appeared) was, that a certain public road had been described as a private road in the books of reference. It was shown that the road in question was treated as a public road by the promoters, a cross section being given, and the Committee took this pritnel facie evidence that it was a .D/ED. rater /I°or On the 3d inst., at Stourton, wilts, the Rev. Richard Alte r ' Rector of that parish. datii, On the 3d inst., In Argyll-street, Florence, the infan t be t John Harris, Esq. Oi ° On the 4th Inst., at Little Bowden, North am ptonshir e ; t .i. t o Alicia, wife of the Rev. George Fisher, of Greenwich IlosP"Thie f` On the sth inst., in llenrietta-street, Cavendish-500'14 ~..01 Catherine Lady Dallas, relict of the late Sir G. Dallas, n a ,„tts-l'" On the sth inst., in Loudon, Alfred Thomas, of Ctiar'" .1 ( 31- Park-street, Bristol. .. 04 ., of On the 6th inst., Alfred, youngest child of John Rees , ' bury-terrace, Dorset-square. 11l -....--........... ...MAIM... -.....-.-----•---------- . _ , 110.... a, London : Printed and Published by WIIIIDO YOITNOt u e ; tro•Toti Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand , _,„,i , "" 041 0 r . of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, We"' 8, 1846, MARRIED. Cl oll' On the ath inst., at St. Pancras Church, Euston-squi re ' Zia° Bathurst Woodman, Esq., of Edgbaston, Warwickshire. to uB only daughter of the late Lieutenant-General Corner. .„,13 0 On the 40 inst., at St. Mary's, Paddington, Colonel Perel_' , - t;sli'' Artillery, to Emily, youngest daughter of Barrett Wad den ' Kingston, Surrey.