The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-28 00:00:00

TTLEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM uNDET: •'i'TIE MANAGEMENT OF MKS. KEELEY. GrNERAI, TOM THUMB having, on each Evening of his ap- I•3nr,:nce, been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap plause, and excited the astonishment and approbation of nn and delighted auditory, by his almost Incredible Dimi nutive Person and his equally Incredible Mind, the Management Has much pleasure in announcing his Performance for every Evening till further notice. _____ pitltivES.:4'S THEATRE, OXFORD-sTM FAO' Last Week but One of the celebrated Artistes, Madame VESTRIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. :THIS EVENIN , 4 • Will 11 verfo:lned the VaudeviLe, entitled ONE HOUR ; or, A Caruival Ball.' Mr. Charles - Swiftly, Mr. C. Mathews ; O'Leary, Mr. Collins; Miss Dalton, Madame Vestris, To be followed by a Serb Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEAKING LIKENE:',S. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. Jams Vining; Ceco, Mr. Comptbu ; Manette, Madame Vestris. AIM' which (fifth time) a New Comic Drama, entitled, THE DREAMER. Count de Florville, Mr. James Vining; Sir George Dormer, Mr. Charles Mathews; Col. Sheldrake, Mr. Wynn; Charles Red iey, Mr. Harris ; C age, Mr. Oxberry ; Lady Bolton, Mrs. Stirling. To which will be added, the popular Farce of TEDDY THE TILER. Teddy Mullowney, Ur. Collins. -To contluds with a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Adrien, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdl:e. 7.dalani..: Duval wilLappear. REW STRAND THEATRE. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. M. PifILLIPPE'S LOIREES and MATINEES MYSTERIEUsEs. Two Moniing Performances during the Week. the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many dlstlmquished fainiel, and in order to accommodate the crowds who flock to his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPE will give his Wan.' Juvenilo Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Alotiiry, a - Two o'clock. At. Philiippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will he repc.ated every Evening, 'varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chlarinl Family, and the astounding Feats of tho American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Seven, to com mence o,t a quarter before Eight. Stalls, es. ; Boxes, 2s, ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Pr'vate Boxes, 11. Is.. and 11. Ils. Cd: Itt)1A1. A M I'IaIt.ATILE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. .I.lst Week but One before the Holidays, and of the present at tractive Entertainrnent, which have proved far more sum-sat - 0 l!tn any Novelty yet presented. Thu Performing Elephants Iva Eh the grand Elephantine Ascnit up the Giant Staircase. TIIIS EVENING win tr. rerformed the Grand Spectacle, entitled THE RAJA OF ▪ ; , 11'01tE; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the • resturees of the i stablishment will be introduced. 2.1 igniticent Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of !h.! British and Foreign Artistes. To cone:tide with a Favourite Atlerpiece. DA V 11)(11 ROYAL SURREY IIIEATRE. Ent re changC. Two Nen , Pieces. Four Dramas every Evening. l:e-eug•4;euiert of Mr. IL W. Pelham, the celebrated Ethiopian Stre_naLl,r. TII EVENINeI WEI he I . o;t9ralcd a New Drama, entitled JULIE LEDTM ; or, 1; - ,c - C;tv Sapported by Messrs. Mulles, Maynard, Coweit, Lewis, Morrison, Williamson; Mesdins. &c. • After which, a New Farco by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, TEA Wiirll MY AUNT. To us followed by THE MASQUERADE BALL. Sainbo lIIt eM-h:ird, Mr. W. Pelham. To conclude with THE VAMPIRE, and THE BLIND BOY. TUF.A'rkE ROYAL, ADELPILL TILTS EVENING Will be performed a New Petite Drama, In Two Acts, called, THE CAVAN 130 Y. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, lir. Paul Budiord: Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Mies ool.gar. After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wri4ht ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews Mrs. Honcybun, Miss Woolgar. To he followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma makapl-a.bia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss IV.2oli,ar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM PPE AI:FA.FIT. Sunported by Mr. Paul Bedford. Mr. Wright - , Miss Woo!gar, Miss Harding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. ARM WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 31%rntaa .. 26 minutts after 2. I Erening .. 46 minutes after 2, titig 11 ,tr•-fO4, ---- • • - Litliariii4. + 4 fa t i i 2 -4 i t it B It T S E S. ON THEIR TRAVELS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE, Authoress of " The Ba.rnabys in America," " The Attractive Man," " The Vicar of Wrexhill," &c. henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vole ., 21e. b oun d, F OURTH EDITION of THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT W.ARBORTON, Esq. Remarkable far its colouring power and play of fancy ; its use fta and interesting information."— Quarterly Review. " Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour, are to be found in these volumes."—Spectator. henry Colhurn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHESTER. AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. ll I An EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the Shareholders f this Company will be held at the Company's Offices, 61, Moor gate-street, London, on WIDNISDAX, the Bth day of April next, to ratify the terms entered Into with her Majesty's Government for the immediate formation oL q Earbour of Refuge and Railway Pier ai The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. 61, Moorgate-street., March 28, 1846. RAILV,AY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. LAMOND, SMALE, AND • LTL LAM r JND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Frzitas awl the Public tbr their continued support and patronage, and to arrsennce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Sec., take plfwe every TULSDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock„ at the Ball of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested t• be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa lialnatlort at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advice of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Oakes }lull of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and thePubACare respeokfully Informed that an EXTRA NIGHT, not included in the Subscription, wilt take place, on THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, When will be perierrned (for tist!s occasion only), Donizettil cele- braited Opera, entitled - BELISARIO. Bellsario, Ng. Tommie ; Giustinlano, Sig. F. Lablache ; Alamiro, Sig. Corelli ; Irene, 31dme. Castellan ; Antonin, Mdlle. Sanchioli. To Do lollowel by the Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS IMUIS XIV. In which Mdllts. Lucile Grahn and Louise Taglioni Aill) appear. In the course of the Evening, a New Pas de Deux, by 3fdlles Louise Taglioni and Petit Stephan ; and a favourite Pas de Carac tere, by Mdllo. L. Grahn. After which, the Last Scene of LA SONNAMBULA. 4mina, Madame Castellan. With other Entertainments, in which Mdlle. Gaetanina Brambilla, M. Perrot, &c., w:11 perform. _ . To conclude with (for the first time this Season), EOLINE ; ou, La Drya3e. Arranged by M. Perrot, in Three Tableaux. Principal characters by MUlie. Lucile Grahn, M. Perrot, Mdme. Petit Stephan, 11. DI Mattia, &c. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed (for the first time this season) Donizetti's cele brated Opera, entitled LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. _ . . Linda, Madame Castellon (her first appearance this season) ; Plerotto, Mdlle. GActanina Brambilla 'her first appearance in this country) ; Carlo, Signor Corelli , Il Marchese di Boisfieury, Signor F. Lablache ; Il Prefetto del Villagio, Signor Botelli ; Antonio, Signor Vornasari. T 3 conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugui. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CATA.RINA ; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Moncelet, Ca.ssan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglinni 11.51. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di %Latta. and Perrot. Verdi's highly successful Opera, " Nino," will be repeated as soon as otker arrangements w.ll allow. 111E.A.IttE ROYALIOC-LAN.E. THIS EVIhING • Will he performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. Tlie princtpal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar rison, Iturdinl, Hornca.stle, S. Jones, Weiss, Estretton, D. W. King, Miss Rotn:,r, and Miss Rainforth. Ar.er which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. lu which Mons. Desplaccs, Neodot, li.ouise, Adele, Mdme. Ciu!ael, &c., will appear. TU. ATitiC ROYAL, RAY.ISTARIS.ET, TI HS EVENING %VA: be performed a New and Or*Mal Comed3 - , called, A BEC.G AR ON ID iRSEBACK. C 3 mon Yoxail, Mr. Webster; More (Tan , Mr. W. F.irren Sir John Cove dale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest o.verda7c, Mr. H. Hon ; Horace Iyale,grave, Mr. Hudson ; J !,land; Thomas, Mr. Brindat ; Lady Coverdale, 11 rs. t ;lover ; Salina Coverdale, bass Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, rs. Seyinuar. 'Pit, liana will perform the nvertures, " La Symphonie," and " 1..1 Neige ;" a Fantasia, " Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," a:;.1 'Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz. Allcr which a New Colnic Drains, called THE IRISH POST. Cbaracteri by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Ilumby, &c. T., conclule with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL- I Mr. Golightiy, Mr. Buek.Aone ; Capt. l'hobbs, Mr. Tilbury ; C ‘.;4•:S.,,ruce, Mr. Itt.ndal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. THIS EVENING TA , performances will commence with PETER JENKINS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARIiILE Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, an I Miss Uiidlaw. TO be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en tire-1 HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and lilts Seven-League Boots. In which General Tom Thmhb, who is engaged expresly for this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arde'i, Vitiate, and Iloward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23.; Gallery, 6d. THE WEATHER.--SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 28. TE.REOMETRII, Lowest, 36; Highest, 57; Noon, 46. BA ROVETER, 29.68.—W1ND W., foggy. 4 -*". ' ;4'...1 t.• . ;ti.t , j f y 4,7:1 4 - ,, , ,a,-- 4 -z ,- , 4.. -, .4 ~.s , Dv T i-i - . ire ~ , 7 r 4 1 SECOND EDITION. f 41, k r :i'HCC l Ttn i al Atilt LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1846 The Loan Crum:mu-on took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. Various petitions having been presented, The LORD CILINCKLLOR moved the second reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill. L •rd BRIUGIIAM suggested the propriety of postponing the further consideration of the Bill until after Easter. The LORD CHANCELLOR considered it would be most de sirable to proceed w h the Bill, the principle of which he at slmt tength procee dto vindicate. Lord CoTri4:xtrAm complained that the Bill proposed to sive to the Commissioners powers which the Crown itsa 110-Sts'. UltilTllt66 : it N 424 agreed to postpone the second readin, of the Bin, au►d their Lordships adjourned. The SreAKEr. took the chair at four &dock ,Sever3l railway Bill 3 were read a second time, and order°. to i)e committed. - - R. PEEL presented petitions in favour of the Govern went measure., with respect to corn and the tariff'. Lord DuNcAN postponed his motion with respect to the yriviiovr-tax till after Easter. 6;: , ft. Ixcus asked, pursuant to notice, when it was the i li textitm of the Government to introduce the Bills, prepared by the Treasury, for carrying out the recommendations of the 4th and sth reports of her Majesty's Commissioners for the improvement of the metropolis. Sir R. PEEL said the Bills were prepared, but his Noble Friend (she Secretary for Ireland) feeling desirous to see them before they were introduced, they had been sent to him in aeland, and they would be introduced immediately on their return. Mr. COBDIN presented petitions from the tenantry of Sir JAMAS GRAHAM, at lietherhy, in favour of the Government measure with respect to the corn-laws. The petitioners stated, however, that they would have preferred the imme diate and total repeal of the corn-laws. Sir J GRAHAM, in resuming the debate on the second • 1.414., r.rw. .../ -, evading at the Corn Imrnrtatlnn Bill, assured the House, with reference to the petition that had just been presented, that he had never interfered in the slightest degree with his tenants, upon the subject on which the petition had been presented. He was prepared on public grounds, notwith standing all the obloquy that had been attempted to be cast upon him, to support the present measure, which, he felt as sured, would receive the sanction of Parliament. He was convinced that there was no ground for the alarm that had been expressed by several members for the results if the present measure was carried ; the value of land would not be decreased, the rents would be kept up, and the public mind would be set at rest upon the question. He was one of the trustees of land in Essex. and it Wa3 not until within the last three weeks that he awl his co-trustees had been offered that rent for it which they thought it was worth. If it was to be supposed that the measure would have the effect of throwing land in the country out of cultivation, why, he would ask, should such individuals as Lord Gaoacn BaNTINCK be found foremost in a project to recover land from the ocean ? He denied the assertion that had been made that the famine in Ireland was totally without foundation, and that the greatest misrepresentation had been made with respect to it. The report of the Government Commissioners was not the first thing that alarmed him with respect to the state of Ireland, for his attention had been called to it.by a letter of the 21st of October, from the secretary of the Agricultural Society of Ireland. Immediately up - in receiving the infor mation the Government thought it their duty to revise the laws with respect to the importation of food, and the result of their revision was the introduction of the measure now before the House. The Right Hon Gentleman then read several letters for the purpose of showing that the state ments that had been made by the Government relative to the disease in the potato crop had not been exaggerated, and from which it appeared that one-fourth of the crop was totally unfit for human food. Added to this, a deputation from Limerick had waited on the Lord Lieutenant at Dublin but a few days ago, to repre4ent to him the alarming state of destitution and want of food that existed in that part of the country. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded by warmly supporting the Bill, and assuring the Recorder of Dunux that he preferred his open hostility to his smoaldering re sentment. The Right Hon. Gentleman had cast the horo scope of the Government, had stated that he found they were falling, and he sat behind them in order to kick them because they were falling. Mr. STRUTT, the Marquis of WORCESTER, Mr. D. GARD • REA, and Mr. MILDMAY, opposed the Bill, 'Which was sup ported by : Mr. BouVERIE. The House was subsequently addressed by Sir R. Pm Mr S. O'Bantst, and Lord PALMZRSTON ; after which the House divided, when the second reading was carried by a majority of 88, there being 302 for it, and 214 against it. The House then adjourned. Our satisfaction at the Ministerial introduction of free trade, earnest as it then was, is, if possible, at the present moment tenfold. Early this morning the Corn Bill passed a second reading, with a majority of eighty eight 1 A majority which, though actually inferior to the ninety-seven votes which gave a Parliamentary accordance to the first reading, is, in fact, positively greater than the previous majority, when the numbers of both divisions are respectively submitted to the right arithmetical test, and brought into immediate juxta position. The deduction to be drawn from this is ab stractly significant—to us it is an extension of victory. In addition, however, to this most important and it.- disputable fact, the other proceedings coincident with last night's discussion cannot but afford the sincerest pleasure to every lover of liberality, to every one, in short, interested in the welfare of humanity. As Sir ROBERT PEEL'S reason is now attached wholly and emphatically to those principles which have been advo cated by men hitherto distinguished as his political antagonists, w e feel assured that the hearts of those quondam-antagonists are now wholly and emphatically attached to a statesman so honourably and valorously actuated as himself. His address of last evening was eminently worthy of his present position—a posi tion which we hesitate not to characterise as the most dignified, the most exalted, and the most enviable Prime Minister ever occupied. Ordi narily regarded, his arguments here might be aspersed as mere reduplications of previous inferences. Not so— his remarks as to the causes and effects of the proposed measure upon the social system of England, of Ireland, indeed of the world at large, if not altogether novel, were at least advanced in a new way, and accompanied with fresh illustrations. To that speech we commend the so-called country party, and we do so, we must confess, with just a trifle of malice prepense—they will find their personalities upon the Premier so dissected, and analysed, and torn as it were to ribbons by the quiet sarcasm and withering corollaries of Sir ROBERT. Nor was Sir JAMES GRAILI,3I less fortunate in the materiel or in the influence of his very practical and ingenuous address. Assuredly it must have afforded Lord GEORGE BENTINCH any thing but feelings of gratification to witness the casualty—(as we may call it)—by which the observations of the Home Secretary were preceded—a casualty most apropos to the purpose of the Right Honourable Baronet, but most ill• timed and calamitous for the sprouting statesmanship and youngling oratory of his Lordship. This casualty was no other than the presentation by Mr. COBDEN of a petition from the tenantry of Sir JAMES GRAHAM himself, expressing their extreme satisfaction at the course of policy now pursued by her MAJESTY'S Government, and at the same time distiectly and positively asserting " that the assertion made by Lord GEORGE RENTINCH, that the whole of the farmers on the Netherby estate, with one exception, bad signed the petition from East Cumberland in favour of protec tion to agriculture, is erroneous and unfounded in fact !" Be it observed, moreover, that the Right Hon. the Secretary for the Home Department, denied having any cognizance whatever of the existence or even the inten tion of such a petition from his tenantry until the moment before he rose to address the House, when the Honourable Member for Stock port laid that document before the representatives. It is not irrelevant, neither is it superfluous to reiterate a circumstance to which, if we recollect right, we have already on a former occasion referred. We allude to the fact of Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S revenue being exclusively derivable from his landed possessions, and a great por tion of which land proves remarkably unproduc tive, even under the moat sedulous cultiva tion. Hence every rational person cannot but perceive that the Right Honourable Baronet would be naturally averse to any measure likely to deteriorate his property, and therefore ceuld scarcely be supposed to advocate a Bill with one quarter the zeal which he has testified upon the present occasion, unless he were either actuated by a most noble and scarcely paralleled act of magnanimity, by sacrificing his own individual interest for the benefit of his less elevated countrymen, jeopar dizing. in short, the very life-blood of his fortunes, solely for the public good, or, unless he were convinced—fully and thoroughly convinced—tha the proposed measure could inflict no injury whatever upon agriculture. Under either of which reasons Sir JAMES GRAHAM stands in a healthy and solid position. If he believes that evil must result to agriculture by the passing of this Bill, he claims our warmest adiniration-s—he claims our reverence for a noble act of self forgetfulness. If, on the other hand, he knows that no evil can result to agriculture from its acceptance, his Parliamentary proceedings are geed ar.d valid —ho acts as an upright and sagacious • statesman. Precisely the same arguments, though possibly to a different extent, apply to Sir R. PEEL On this very account it was that the Premier asked, in allusion to the agricultural interest, " Why, what pos sible interest can I have to injure that interest ?" Surely every interest, on the contrary, to render its prosperity permanent, its rights intact, its capabilitie s for improvement more numerous. That such would actually be 'the consequence of the proposed policy is maintained by the mo t eminent, the most experienced, and the most sagacious of our legislators. It is maintained by Mr. COBDEN, the most practical mercantile thinker in the kingdom. It is maintained by Sir ROBERT PEEL, a man to whose judgment the destinies of England are consigned by the bulk of the people. It is maintained by Lord PALMERSTON in its beneficial relation with foreign countries, than wham a more competent autho rity upon this division of its consequences could not be discovered. It is maintained by Lord JOHN Russene, Mr. GLADSTONE, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Mr. HUME (with whose very name political economy has become identified); and by a host of others whose talents would alone guaran tee the soundness of a principle. And besides all this, it is maintained by the most interested portion cf the agriculturists themselves—the tenant-farmers—a fact placed beyond dispute by the respectable petitions pre— sented in Parliament, as well as by the a'-ray of circum stantial evidence adduced to that effect by the Right Hon. the Secretary for the Home Department. A sense of confidence in the benefit which must accrue to all parties, without distinction, by the operation of this free trade measure, is beginning to ex tend among the farming population ; fresh lease s are taken, and extreme satisfac tion is very generally expressed amongst those classes at the prospects now held out by the reclamation of waste land. Of the paltry mis statements of the Recorder of Dublin, in reference to the maladies which afflict Ire ;and, Sir JAMES GRAHAM made little less than mince meat. liowbeit, we have now merely to congratulate 1 the lovers of liberality on last night's division. Already the predictions to which we gave utterance :n our observations on the the case of WooLmga v. rosy are becoming verified. A new life has sprung up in the offices of many of the defunct railway companies. Secretaries are now again busily engaged in filling up letters to the several allottees, calling their attention to that case, which they are pleased to say has settled the question of their liability, and informing them that if the sums thereby demanded (with, in some instances) an additional sum of ss. for cost of the letter of applica tion, be not paid within a certain limited time, immediate steps will be taken to enforce the payment of the entire deposit. Now those gentlemen must be perfectly aware that the very important_question to which they allude .., z~, ~~ T_fl E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2s, 1846. has not been by any means settled by that verdict. Our non-professional readers should be informed, that where a point of much importance—particularly if it be a bad one, and that the decision of the full court thereon is desirable—is raised before a judge at nisi prius, it is usual for him, even though his opinion should be with the defendant, to rule it in favour of the plaintiff, reserving to the defendant liberty to move for judgment as in case of a nonsuit. And it i s just and reasonable that it should be so, because if the defendant be right he can sustain no damage by such a course having been adopted. No judgment has ever been marked ag•ainst him. The questions raised are calmly discussed before the full court ; the argu ments are prepared with full opportunity for the counsel on each side to examine every authority at all bearing on the point at issue, which it is often (indeed almost always) impossible for them to do on circuit, not having hooks to refer to, even if sufficient time were allowed for the purpose ; the decision is arrived at with that delibe ration which should ever characterise legal pro ceedings ; and it is that of all the judges of the court, and not of a single one, and therefore generally is conclusive on the question. On the other hand, great hardship would be inflicted on the plaintiff if a point was wrongfully decided against him on the trial. Even, if successful in setting aside the nonsuit, he should under any circumstances again go to trial, all the expenses of such a new hearing would be rendered necessary, and he would be subject to the con • tingency of his witness( s being absent, and if he finally succeeded in getting his judgment it would be at a later period, and perhaps rendered less valuable, if not totally inoperative, by reason of new incumbrances affect ing the defendant, incurred subsequently to the time when he would have been entitled to recover if a proper conclusion had been arrived at in the first instance. Such was the course in the present instance : the Learned Baron heard the various objections urged by the defendant's counsel, and without offering an opinion on them himself, he reserved them for the decision of all the judges ; there has, therefore, as yet, been no valid decision on the question ; it has been placed in train for solemn argument, and we sincerely trust that such a result will be arrived at as to settle speedily this very important question. We cannot agree in the truth of the proposition, now advo cated by many of our Contemporaries, that parties applying for shares should bear their propor tion of the expenses of an abandoned project. It might be just, if the parties, on putting down their names, or writing their letters of application, thereby insured to themselves the possession of a certain number of shares in the undertaking ; but their case is very dif ferent from that of the provisional committeemen. In one instance, the party, before putting down his name, is admitted behind the scenes; he has the fullest opportu nity of examining the ground on which the undertaking is commenced, with its prospects of success, and he owes it, not only to himself, but to the public, many of whom may be influenced by the additional sanction the authority of his name and influence may confer on the project to join therein. He has also the certainty of being connected with it, and having a large allotment of shares in the undertaking, which may be a source of considerable profit to himself. Such, how ever, was not the case with the applicant for shares ; he could have no opportunity of krowing in what state the project was, or wbether competent persons wet e engaged in taking all the preliminary steps ; he made his appli cation solely on seeing the names of the parties who came forward as managers. If they were men of property, cf respectability, and of character, he had `air grounds for supposing that the undertaking was good in itself, and that it would be carried on with vi gour and with every reasonable prospect of success. He had no certainty of having any number of shares what ever allotted to him ; on the contrary, if the undertaking was a prosperous one, if the scrip came out at a premium, no matter what might be his respectability and sol vency, unless he had some interest with the alloting committee, he had very little chance of receiving any answer whatever to his application. It is a well-known fact, that it required considerable canvassing to get any allotment of shares, even the tenth part of those applied for in the early part of last year, when every project good or bad was corning out at a premium ; that the general rule was that a small number of shares was allotted to persons who might be useful in bringing the scheme favourably before the public, and that the great majority of the shares were kept, and from time to time sparingly distributed to members of the com mittee or their personal friends, and in too many in stances the deposits actually paid were employed in purchasing up the shares issued to members of the com mittee themselves ; but if, on the other hand, it appeared likely to end dis istrously, then, indeed, all the shares were allotted to the persons who would not otherwise have heard of them. We have ourselves known an in tince (and we believe it not to be a solitary one) where a gentleman had applied for shares, and no answer was given to his application, although the shares were allotted, and in the market realising a high premium. After a time the project shared the fate of many others, the panic arose, and what had been selling at two or three pounds premium got below par, and could not be disposed of save at a heavy loss, and then a letter of allotment was sent, giving the full number of shares demanded, and calling on him to pay the deposit within a few days, —an application, which of course failed to be complied with. Would it not be monstrous if that gentleman could now be called on to bear any part of the expenses of that undertaking, which (it is almost unnecessary to :ay) was shortly afterwards dropped? when, from the course of proceeding, it is quite manifest that he would have had no share if the project had been successful—in other words, he (and it may be so predicated of appli cants in general) was to have a partnership in the losses to be incurred, if such there should be, but none what ever in the profits, if any. We therefore agree in the justice of the rule, that where persons set a scheme on foot, and assume to be the managers of it, all the expenses incurred before the scheme is in actual oper ation must be sustained by them, if that scheme should afterwards be abandoned. The question is one of very general interest, and we think we are only discharging our duty in putting the public on their guard, that they may not be induced, through misapprehension of the real state of facts, to lend too ready a credence to the statements made to them from interested quarters ; and to satisfy demand., the very urgency of which may fairly raiso the presump tion that the demandants know the weak foundation on which their claims rest, and are anxious to extort from fear that which they could not hope to obtain from reason or justice. We have accounts from Madrid to the 20th instant, but they add little to the previous intelligence. The capital remained quiet. On the 20th General MAZZ&- REDO held a review of the troops in the garrison, amounting to upwards of 7,000 men under arms, to make an impression on the inhabitants. The editors of 1.11 he Opposition journals, with the exception of the Tiempo, had announced their intention to suspend pub lication so long as the present state of things lasted. The Espectad,or, published on the 20th, consisted of only a half sheet, printed on one side, and the whole of the contents were the manifesto of the Government, and the decrees against the press, headed by the following two articles of the Constitution in large type:— " Art. 2d. All Spaniards are at liberty to publisi their ideas without previous censorship, and subject only to the laws. " Art. 12th. The power of making laws resides in the Cortes, with the concurrence of the Monarch." Several Carlists had been appointed to important offices, and a considerable number of Deputies had left Madrid for the provinces. The funds continued to rise. On the 20th the Three per Cents. closed at 32 3-16 for cash, and 32} at 30 days; arid the five per Cents. at 22 for cash; the shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 255; and those of Isabel at 136. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the affairs of Spain. The Journal des Debats contains an article vindicating the French Government against the charge in the Con,titutionnel, that it abetted this new coup d'etat of NARVAEZ. It thus concludes:—" What we know, and what the Comtitutionnel knows as well as us, is, that our Government will always support iu Spain, by its counsels, the cause which it defends in France, that of moderation and temperate liberty." According to tho Covrricr Francais, several of the Moderado leaders had precipitately left Madrid and taken refuge in Bayonne. On Wednesday evening the Dukcs of NEmouns and MONTPENSIER left Paris for Tours, to be present at the opening of the Orleans and Tours Railway. _ _ The Universal German Gazette contain; the following from Cracow, March 18 : " Five companies of Austrian troops set out to-day for Si lesia. Letters from Gallicia still speak of commotiona among the peasantry, which are renewed without ceasing, but which are attended with little danger. The circle of Sandoz is in particular exceedingly agitated. Several of the National Guards of Cracow have passed over to the insurgents. Count de Potulicki, who was made prisoner, has returned to his estate at Bobrek, on the Cracow territory. Arrests are multiplied beyond measure, for all kinds of denunciations are listened to." _ Paris was visited on Wednesday afternoon by a vio lent thunder-storm, accompanied with a heavy fall of hail, which was followed by torrents of rain. The Funds were less firm on Thursday. The Three pei CentP. closed at 83f. 95e.; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 80e. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,305 f.; Rouen, 1,055 f. ; Havre, 757f..50e.; Great Northern, 785 f. ; Avignon, 9551. ; Yierzon, 707 f. 50e.; Bordeaux, 6CBf. 75c.; Boulogne, 320 f.; Basle, Dieppe, 458 f. 75e; Paris and Strasbtugh, 540 f.; Tours and Nantes, 563 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons lletinitives, 601 f. 25e. ; *punish Three per Cents., 37. The following are the quotations for other linos:— Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 508 E; ditto (Le cointe), 5011.; ditto (Compagnie Meridional.), 502 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 6021. 50c.; ditto (Espe lets), 509 f.; Charleroi, 490 f. BUSINESS 1:0N1 IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE • LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Xleacu 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Dutch Rhenish, 5% --East Indian, %--Great Northern of Franco Constituted, 14% Italian a! d Aus trian, 2—Louvain and Jemappe, 11, —Luxentbourg. I%—Nainur and Liege, 1, 3 i —Orleans and Vierzon, 16% Orleans and Bordeaux, 11% —Paris and Orleans, 50—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 6% —West Flanders, 3. THE Two DIVISIONS ON TUE CORN ,BILL.—The division of this morning shows that the majority in favour f Mini.ters is greater, in proportion, than that .41 the grad division which tot,k place on the 28th of February. The " ayes" on the 28th of February were 337, on the 28. h of March 302, showing a falling off in ;he numbets of 35—one-ninth six-tenths of the v.hole. The •• pots" respectively were 240 and 214, shi,wing that they had fallen off 26. or one-ninth two-tenths, and that the minority this mottling., to keep pace with the majori , y, t.h;.tild have been 215. EXPRESS TIGAINS.—An additional express• train for the conveyance of first and second-class passengers, we are glad to learn, will run daily from the Great Western station, at Paddington, to Exeter, on and after the Ist of April, per forming in four hours and a half a distance of snore than 190 miles. Why might not the Birmingham and some other hues follow the example ? If a similar express train, for instance, were to run to Liverpool, the whole distance of 200 miles between the metropolis and that town might be accomplished in five•houra, to the great convenience of the public and the dispatch of business. AONBY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTIR TO TARE'!. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 4,000 bales. The market is steady. market fur Railway Shares was gloomy, and prices were lower, with very little demand. Messrs. Lomond and Co.'s public sale of Railway Shares yesterday excited articular attention, as from the indisposi tion of the " house" to make any prices, or buy shares at all., the public were unaware of the real state of things. There was a full attendance, and prices of most lines must again be quoted lower. They sold more of the established lines, as Brighton, Croydon, Chester, and Holyhead, London and South- Western, Richmond, Northern and Eastern Quarters, Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, &c. &c., for which the fair market price was readily obtained. The following are a few of the sales :-Reading and Rei gate, 95.-Essex and Suffolk, Bs. 6d.-North Devon, 58.- Nom haropton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, 11.-Oxford, New bury, Andover, and Southampton, 175.-Eastern Counties, No. 2 (5 per cent.), 61. 165.-Madrid and Valencia, 18s. 6d. -Eastern Counties, York Extension, 11.-Cornwall, Half Shares, 10s. 6d.-Louvain and Jemappes, 11. 6s. 6d.-Lon don and Manchester (Rastrick), 21. 193. 6d.-Vale of Neath, 11. Os. Gd.-Hull and Barnsley, 11. Os. 6d.-London, Oxford, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Hereford, 45.-Welsh Midland, 165.-Shropshire Mineral, 165.-Shrewsbury and Hereford shire, 75.-Great Grimsby, Louth, and Horneastle 18s.-So mersetskire Midland, 15s. 6d.-Oxford, Gosport, Yortsmouth, and Southampton, 155.-Shropshire Union and Canal, 12s. -Whitehaven and Furness, 21.-Ely and Huntingdon, 21. 10s.-Chester and Holyhead, 16/. 7s. 6d.-Orleat.s, Tours, and Bordeaux, 11/. 18s.-Richmond, 14/. 55.-London sled South-Western, 731.-London and Brighton, GOI. 17s. 6d.- Northern and Eastern, Quarters, 151. 125.-Rugby, War wick, and Worcester, 10s. 6d. The Bank returns for the week, up to the 21st inst., show the following result as compared with its predecessor :- An increase in the circulation of 146,6701., or to 27,264,475/. An increase in the rest of 12,386/., or to 3,780,00. N. An increase in the Public Deposits of 260,0001., or to 7,065,422/. An increase in the seven day's Bills of 34,400/, or to 921,887/. A decrease in the other securities of 117,L93/., or to 21,806,195/. An increase in the notes (banking department) of 321,5454 or to 8,033,6651. A decrease in the silver coin of 17,063/., or to 700,2221. An increase in the bullion of 129,607/., or to 13,964,69/. There has been an improvement in the Funds this morning, :mounting at one time to from 96% to 96% fur the Account, and for Money from 96 to 96 8 . At the present moment the prices are, IA to IA per cent. lower. Still the market looks tirm. The premium on Exchequer bills has remained at 275. to 30s. Bank Stock is at 210%. Business was flat in the Foreign Stock Market , to-day. Brazilian Bends, have been sold at 82%; Grenada, at 21%; Mexican Deferred, at 16%; Portuguese Four per Cents. at 57; Spanish Three per Cents. at 36% ; and the Dutch Four per Cents., at The Shares of the established lines of Railways, as well as the prices of several of the scrips of new projects are looking rather snore buoyant this morning, as our qoutations an nexed will show. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Three por Cent. Consols Annuities • . • • 9G % % Lon; inanities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. - Ditto, 30 years, Jan 5, 1860 .. 10% Bank Stock for Account 210% Consols for Account •.• .. • • .. 96%%34 Exel.equer Mlle. I%d. 1 y i tl. 1,0001. - .. • . 27 30 - - pm. 5001. - .... 27 30 - - pm. Ditto, Small •• - .... 27 20 - - pin. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. - Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • ••• - Ditto, New. .Bonds, 1829 and 1839 82% Granada, 1 per Cent. .. • • .. 21% Mexican Runde, 1837, 5 per Cent • • - Ditto, Deferred .. .. • . .. 16% 16 16% Portuguese Four per Cent .. 57 Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • 37 36% , Dividends on the above payable hi London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. - Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% 1( BUSINESS DOXE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PEa SHARE. Ant,ber., Notting., Boston, &EastmJn. 2% % .... to 1% col^ roman •• •• •• 10 .... 8U 7% to 8%},( Dttte Half Shares • . • • • • •• 234 •• • • 1%, 3 ,4 .. to - Chebasford and Bury • • .. • • • • 1% • • % .... to - 3)irec...;altincltceter Remington's) • • 2% .... to Dirac Manchester (Rastriek's) • • • • 514 31,E „ t o 3 Di nee' Northern • • • • • • • • 2% •- •• l y .... to - Dt.l , l2ti and Galway • • • • • - • • 4 •• • • 17' s 4.. to - Easte •n Counties • • •• .. 141. les. Od ..... 20%%.. to - Litt.), York Extension .. • • • • 105..... 1% .... to - Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth.. 425, .... dis. to par Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1% %.... to - Great Western • • • • • • •• • • 85 •• • • - •• • • to - Ditto. Quarter Shares • • • • • • 5 .... 14% .... to 1 5 Hull and Selby • • • • • • • • • 5 0 •• • • 99 .. • . to - Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth • • 2 ...• % to - I,l4easter and Carlisle • • • • • • 35 .... 47 „ Leicerder and Beilturd .. • • • • 225. ...• dis. to - Leicat., Tam., Bir., &Trent Ye. Junc. 425. .... 1% We... to - Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. • • 2% ... • 2 .. • • to - Lezato and Birmingham • • • • • .100 -218 • • to Ditto, Thirds • • •• • • • • •• 1 6 • • 5014 .... to - , )Itto. Quarter Shares .. . • • • 2 .... 25% .• .. to - ' Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • • • • • 2 •• 23%.... to 22% London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. .... 8 .... to I . •o'..den and Brighton • • • • • • • • 50 ... 62 to 61% Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • • • 40 .... - •• .. to - Ditto ditto Fifths .• •• • • 20 •••• 27% to 28 London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d..... 214. i .... to 20 London and South-Western— 411. 63. 10d. .... 75 . to London and York •• • • • 2% .... 11 4 %n to Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • • • 2%.... 1;4.... to Atatieh,sier and Leeds •• •• 82 ..•• to -- Ditto, Fifths •• • • .. •• .• 2 101 A .... to 31aneliester and Birmingham •• 40 .... 75 .. • • to 7414 Ditto, Quarter Shares (It) • • .. 2 Vi ••.. to 8% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .... 6%14 .. to Do., Coatis. and Welsh Junction.. 1%.... % • to - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 42e. .... '. p.. to 1 A p 2tlidland .. • . . • .. 100 .• .. 140 •• • to 139 Ditto, New •• • • •• • • 18 .• •• 27k'.... to 28 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • •100 —.lll .• ••to :Newcastle and Darlington Junction .. 29 .... 42 .... to Ditto. New • • • • • • 1 •• • • 6 % •• • • to 7 % 173 F Newcastle and Ber . w . ick .. 2 10 0 ........ 2 18 334 t t o o INT C a ark, Sheffield, and Boston • - • • 2%..., 1 t o North British Ditto, llalf Shares • • .. • • • • 6 •• • • 8% %•• to Ditto, Carlisle Extension - • • • 1% •• • • 1%. to North Devon • • • • • • • • • • 2 •• •• > y •to Northern and Eastern .. • • •• 50 •• • • 6.5 •• • • to :..N.Zottli Kent sod Direct Dover • • • . .... 1% % to • North Staffordshire • • • • • • 425. .. 1% pto 2 p Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltnam. 2 ..• u •• to Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% .... 10% .to 10% Portsmouth 16rect • • • • •• • • 3% •• • 1% •••• to l.'s zston and Wyre • • • • •• • • •• 2 5 •• -- • • to Ditto. Half Sl.arc3 • • • • • • • • 2 •••• 334•••• to s,lci Ltish Central .. • • • • • • •• 10 •• 144 to Shrewsbury and Birmingham • • • • 2%.... .• .. to 2 Shr ,pshlre Union . • - • • • • 425.• •• • 1% dis to South Midland • • .. • • • • 425. .... par .... to % its Son Eastern anti Dover • • • • • • 33% 35 •••• to _I iittc, New, No. 1 •• •• • 16 . 16%.... to Ditto, New, No. 2 .. • • • • 10 •• • 10% .. • • to Ditto, New, No. 3 .. .. • • •• 15 • • 14% •••• to ;• Ditto, New, No. 4 .. • • • • • • 2%e... 2 .... to Staines and Richmond .. • • • • 1 .. • • %••• to t• louth Wales .. .. • • • • • • 5 .. • • 2%•• • • to 'I 'rent Valley • • •• • • • 8 .. .. 27 .... to 0 'rent Valley and Holyhead Junction 2% • • 1% ••.. to Vale of Neath .. • • • • • • 2 .. • • 1% •• • • to Welsh Midland •• .• 2% • 1% .. •• to —•••• West Riding Union .. .. • • • • 425..... 1%r4 pto Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth • • 2%. • • %•.• • v, 1 York and Carlisle ••• • • 2% • 1 •••• to York and Lancaster .. • . •• • • 2% .• 1% .. •• to York and North Midland .. 50 .... 96 .... to 95 Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 7 3 4 •... to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • • .. 12 .... 12 .. .. to lord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 •.• to Ditto. ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 2 .... to Dutch Rhenish • • .. • • .. .. 5 .. • . 5% %..to East Lunn • • .. ss. .... 3 3 4 to Great crtheru of France Constituted 5 .. .. 15%34.. to Croat Western Canada .. 314 - 4 .... to Lyons and Avignon 2 2 to Madrid and Vulentia • . ..• % to Namur and Liege .. 4 1 3 4 .... to Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 12%.. to Real del Monte. Unregistered MINES— ...• 3 1 4 .. to United Mexican • • .. .. 2812 s B%d •• } g tO LLOYD'S SHIPPING-{THIS DAY.) LONDON, 'Maseru 28. - -Wfuci light airs and hazy. I)zat, Mance 27.—e 14. Wind S W., squally.—Arrd Caledonia, Berbice ; Pallas, Lukle, New Orleans, and sailed for Hull.. Arrd. front the River, City of Poonah, Nelson, _Madras; Madras, Kilbere, New Zealand; Slaviana, Visconich, Rio Janeiro; Zion, Coleinati,"Quebee ; Prince George, Coils, ditto ; Princess Victoria, Mainland, ditto ; Favourite, Leitch, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Archimedes, Stark, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Lord Metcalfe, Grey, Saguinay - ; Hymen, Howell, Wallace, United States. LivEaroot., Maacu 26.—Wind W.S.W., flesh.—Arrd. °ilia, Chris tian, froia Bombay ; Coronation, Savannah ; Elizabeth Hall, MyeA, 1:4111091T, Off Prt, Iris, Alexandria; Lahore, Joshua Bates. Cons, Maacir £s.—Arrd. Louisa, I'allot, Valparaiso ; Wilsons, Campbell, Trinidad. SHIELDS, Mancu 26.—Acrd. Britannia, Irvine, Quebec. PWLLDLLT, MARCU 26.—The smack John, from Holyhead to Port Madoe, which came on shore here, 21st inst., came off yesterday, niaklog a little water, and sailed for her destination. S'neAsoronn, Maßun 25.--The Britannia, 31'311113n, from T roon to Dublin, on shore on Lallyquenton Beach, has just been wog off making a great deal of wat er , an d b roug ht into Portaferry. , GRANGEMOUTH, Mason 25.—Sld. Henry Porcher, Quebee. PORTSMOUTH, Meaux 27.--Rid, Emerald Isle, Palmer, Sydna y ; Pauline Houghton, Antoyl, 3l aur iti us ; L ou i sa Munro, Aden ; Zealous, Douglas, QUElbeo - MAECII 27.—Wind W.S.W., moderato.—fild. Alm-- ander, Newfoundland. Pat back, 26th, Marmion, he/1, Ceylon, CLYDE, MARcu 26.—S1d. Paetket, Steele, Jamaica; Auld, ilalifax. DUBLIN, MARCII 26.—Sld. Wave, ttmallman, New Tork. KiNsaLE, MARCH 2i.--And. Ann, Nicholson, St. John's, .Icew Brunswick, for Sligo, very leaky, and with loss of bulwarks, 84c. SHIELDS, MARCH 26.—S1d. Tom Bowline, Hunter; Lilburu, Ellison; Isabella, Iteay ; Harvey, Cunningham ; and 27th, llerrit.gs, Taylor, Quebec. WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVE/47'240.—U is now expected, I from instructions which were received at The Castle this morning from town, that an important change has taken place in the arrange— ments which had been previously determined upon with reference to the accouchement of her Majesty. It is now stated, however. to be the general impression that her Majesty has resolved upon remabolng at Buckingham Palace, instead of Wiridsor, during that period- ANDOVER.—Lord William Paget, it is reported, does not intend again to put up for the borough. Beaumont Coles, of Long Parish, has consented to stavd on the Conservative si de.. 1' MARKET N EWS -' THIS DAY.) CO':7TUZIC-c.ar,xllmp;. Owing to the abundant supplios of most articles an sale, the demand ruled heavy, at our quotat rens —Potatoes from 4s to bs per cwt ; Turnips, 10d to 2s ; Carrots, 3s Gd to 5s 6d ; spring Onions, Is to 2s; Greens, Is Gd to 2s 6d ' • and Leeks, 64 to Is 2tl per duzen bunches Apples, Is Gd to 5s ; and spinach, 4d to 10d per half sieve. New Potatoes, 2d to 6d per lb ; Savoys, Gd to 10d; and Cauliflowers, Is 6d to 5s per dozen. Celery, 8d to 2s ; Horseradish, is Gd to 4s Gd ; forced Asparagus, in to 6s ; and Rhubarb, 4d to is 2d per bundle ; Oranges, 7s to 16s ; and Lemons, 7s to 108 per hundred ; Sea-kale, is 3d to 3s Gd per punnet ; Turnip Greens, Id to 2d ; and Brocoli Sprouts, 4d to 84 per bushel; Radishes, 4d to Sd par dozen hands. NEIATGATM AND LEADENTIAXG. We had a very dull trade here on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s Gd; Mutton, 3s 4,1 to 4s Gd; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d.; and Pork, as 4d to 5s per Elbs. by the carcase. Turkeys, 4s to fis Gd ; Geese, 4s to Gs Gd ; Ducks, Is Gd to 2s Gd ; Tease Rabbits, Is Gd to is 5d ; Pigeons, Gd to 10d ; ?toasting Figs, Gs to as ; and Guinea Fowls, 2s Gd to 3s 6d each; Fowls, 5s to 108 ; and Chickens, 4s. to 7s per couple. In Game next to nothing was doing. NE'67P 0 ILT. Beef from 28 Sd to 3s Gd ; Mutton; 3s 4d to 4s ; Teal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per 81bs. HUN GE7irOl2.D. The supplies of most articles on sale to-day being large, the general demand was in a very depressed sta' e, and prices had a downward tendency. _ STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The following resolutions were reported from this Committee:— I. That, in the case of the Dunblane, Donne, and Caßandar Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the exception of the provisions giving the Company power to sell their undertaking. 2. That, in the case of the Helms Reservoir petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the exception of the clauses giving power to construct new works. 3. That, iu the case of the Lesmahagow, Dalserf, and Coatbridge Mineral Junction Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on forthwith inserting, for three successive weeks, notices in the " Gazette" and newspapers, that powers are proposed to be taken by the parties promoting the present Bill, to sell their undertaking to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company. 4. That, in the case of the British Guarantee Association petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties be pe mitted to proceed with their Bill on fofthwith inserting. for three successive weeks, the notices in the " London" and " Edinburgh Gazettes," and depositing in the Private Bill-office a copy of the deed of partnership and the declaration requiring by the standing orders. That the Committees on this and the preceding Bills do examine, in the first place, bow far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 5. That, in the case of the Surrey Grand Junction Railway peti tion, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties he permitted to proceed with their Bill. G. That, in the case of the Inverness and Elgin - Railway petition, the standing order ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 7. That, in the case of the Scottish Southern Terminal Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 8. That, in the case of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway petition, the stunting orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 9. That, in tile case of the Bedford and Cambridge Railway peti tion, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 10. That, in the case of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with„their Bill, First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and tenth resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. Joint Stock Banks (Scotland and Ireland) Bill —Committee de ferred till Friday next. Custbms Duties Bill—Committee deferred till Thursday next. ORDERS OF THE DAY—MoNDAY, MAacu 30. Poor Removal Bill;—Second Reading. Coal-Whippers (Port of London) Bill;—Committee. Art-Unions Bill ;—Second Reading. Corn Importation Bill ; —Conitnittce. Supply ;—Committee. Ways and Means; —Committee. Indemuity Bill ;—Third Reading. Sir James Oraham,—The First Reading of the Protection of Life Ireland) Bill, at Five o'clock. NOTICE OF MOTION. _ _ _ Mr. O'Cennell,—Amendment on First Reading of Protection of Life (Ireland) Bill : —That, while this House deplores the existence of outrage in Ireland, and is sincerely anxious fbr its repression, it is of opinion that such outrage will be aggravated, not removed, by the arbitrary, unjust, and unconstitutional enactments of this Bill ; and that it is the duty of Parliament to adopt such measures as will tend to eradicate the causes which produce these crimes, instead of resort ing to laws which will harass and oppress the innocent without re straining the guilty ; and which being restrictive of pubic liberty, cannot fail to augment national discontent. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes end Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MARCH 27. CORN IMPORTATION BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 302. Acheson, Viscount Evans, William Muntz, G. F. Acland, T. D. Evans, Sir De Lae Napier, Sir C. A'Court, Captain Ewart, William Neville, Ralph A glionby, H. A. Feilden, William O'Brien, J. Ainsworth, Peter Ferguson, Colonel O'Brien, Timothy Ahiam, W. Fitzgerald, R. A. O'Connell, John Anson, Colonel Fitzroy, Henry Ord, William • At twood, John Fitzroy, Lord C. Osborne, Ralph Baillle, Colonel Fitzwiniam, G. W. Oswald, James Buillie, 11. J Fleetwood, Sir I'. Owen, Sir John Baine, Walter Flower, Sir J. Paget, Colonel Baird, William Forster, Matthew Paget, Lord W. Baldwin, Barry Fox, C. R. Paget, Lord A. Bannerman, A Gibson, T. M. Palmerston, Viscount Barclay, David Gill, Thomas Parker, John Darkly, Henry Gisborne,Thoma.l Patten, J. W. Baring, F. T. Glynne, Sir S. Pattison, James Baring, W. B. Gore, Montague Pechell, Captain Barnard, E. G. Gore, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Beckett, William Goulburn, Henry Peel, Jonathan Benbow, John Graham, Sir J. Pendarves, Edward Berkeley, Craven Granger, T. C. Pennant, Colonel Berkeley, Captain Greene,..Themas ; Philips. G. R. i Berkeley, H. F. Grey, Sir George Philpotts, John Bernal, Ralph Grimsditch, Thomas Plumridge, Captain Blake, M. J. Grosvenor, Lord R. Powell, Caleb Blewitt, Reginald Guest, Sir John Price, Sir It. Bodkin, W. H. Hall, Sir Benjamin Protheroe, Edward Botfleld, Beriah Hamilton, W. J. Pulaford, Hebert Bouverie, E. P. Hamilton, Lord C. Raw don, Colonel Bowes, John Hanmer, Sir J. Reid, Sir John Bowles, Admiral Hastie, Archibald Reid, Colonel B owring, Dr. -Hatton, Captain Ross, D. R. Bridgeman, Hewitt Hawes, Benjamin Rumbold, C. E. Bright; John Hay, Sir A. L. Russell, Lord John Brocklehurst, J. Hayter, W. G. Russell, Lord E. Bretherton, J. Heathcoat, John Russell, J. D. Browne, R. D. Herbert, Sidney Rutherfurd, A. Browne, ,W. Hervey, Lord A. Sandon, Viscount Bruce, Lord E. Hill, Lord Marcus • Scott, It. Buckley, Edmund Hindley, Charles Scrope, G. P. Buller, Charles Hobhouse, Sir J. Seymour, Lord Buller, Edward Ilogg, J. W. Seymour, Sir 11. B. Busfelll, W. Holland, Robert Smith, Benjamin Butler, I'. S. Hope, G. W. Smith, J. A. Byng, George Hanby, John Smith, Vernon Byrig, G. S. Herman, Edward Ssnythe4Gearge Cardwell, Edward Howard, C. W. G. Somers, J.y. Carew, It. 5; Howard, E. G. Somerset, Lord G. Carnegie, Captain Howard, P. 11. Somerville, Sir W. Cavendish, C. C. Howard, Sir It. Stanstield, W. R. Cavendish, G. 11. Hughes, W. B. Stanton, W. H. Chapman, B. Hume, Joseph Staunton, Sir G. Chichester, Lord J. Ilumphery, Ald. Stewart, P. M. Childers, .1. W. Butt, William Stewart, John 1 Christie, W. D. James, Sir W. Stuart, Lord J. Clay, Sir W. Jermyn, Earl Stuart, Henry Clerk Sir George Jocelyn, Viscount Strickland, Sir G. Clive, R. H. Johnstone, Sir J. Strstt, Edward Cobden, Richard Johnstone, Hope Sutton, Henry Cochrane, A. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Tancred, H. W. Cockburn, Sir G. Kelly, James Thesiger; Sir F. Colebrooke, Sir T. Kirk, Peter Thornely, T. Collett, John Labouchere, Henry Tollemache, F. J. Collins, William Lambton, H. Totnllne, G. Corry, H. Langston, J. 11. Townely, John Cowper, W. F. Lascelles, W. S. Traill, George Craig, W. G. Layer d, Captain Trela wily, J. S. Crawford, W. S. Legh, G. C.; Trench, sir F. Cripps, William Lemon, Sir C. Troubridge, Sir E. Currie, R. Loch, James Tufnell, Henry Cartels, H. B. Lockhart, A. E. Turner, Edmund Dalmeny, Lord Lyall, George Vane, Lord ii. Dalrymple, Captain Macaulay, T. B. Vernon, G. 11. Dashwood, G. H. Mackinnon, W. A. Villiers, Charles Denison, J. E. Memel - tiara, Major Villiers, Viscount Denuistotm, J. M'Carthy, Alex. Vivian, J. H. D'Eyncourt, C. T. M'Geachy, F. A. Vivian, Captain Dickinson, F. 11. M'Neill, Duncan Wakley, Thomas Divett, Edward M'Taggart, Sir J. Walker, Richard Douglas, Sir C. E. Mahon, Lord Wall, C. B. Douro, Marquis of Mainwaring, T. Warburton, Henry Drummond, 11. Mangles, R. D. Ward, H. G. Dugdale, W. S. 3larjoribaidts, S. Watson, Henry Duke, Sir J. Marshall, William Wawn, J. T. Duncan, Lord' 31arsland, Henry Wellesley, Lord C. Duncan, George Martin, John White, Samuel Duncannon, Lord Martin, C. W. Williams, W. Duncombe, T. Mastennan, John Wiishere, W. Dundas, Admiral Matheson, J. Winnington, Sir T. Dundas, David Maule, Fox Wood, Charles Easthope, Sir John Ileynell, Captain Wood, Colonel Eastuor, Viscount Maims, R Monckton Wood, Colonel T. Ebrington, Viscount Alitealfe, Henry Wortley, J. S. Egerton, Sir P. Mitchell, T. A. Wrightson, W. B. Ellice, Edward Moffatt, George Wynn, C. W. Ellice, E., jun. Molesworth, Sir W. Wyse, Thomas Ellis, Wynn Morpeth, Viscount Yorke, 11. R. Elphinstone, H. Morris, David Escott, Biekhaut Morison, General Estcourt, T. G. Morrison, James Etwall, Ralph Mostyn, E. M. TZLLERS. Young, John Baring, ilenry MINORITY-NOES, 214. Acland, Sir T. buncombe, A. March, Earl of Adore, Viscount buncombe, 0. Maunsell, T. B. Adderley, C. B. Do Pre, C G. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Alford, Viscount East, J. B. Mildmay, 11. St. John Allix, J. P. Einlyn, Viscount Miles, Philip W. S. Aiitrobus, Edmund 'Entwisle, W. Miles, William Arbuthaott, Hugh Farnham, E. B. Morgan, 0. Archbold, Robert Fellowes, E. Meagan, C. A rkwright, U. Filiner, Sir E. Mundy, E. M. Astell, William Finch, George Neeld, Joseph Austen, Colonel Fitzmaurice; C. • Neeld, John Bagge, William Floyer, John Newport, Visct. Bagot, William Forbes, Wm. Norreys, Lord Bailey, Joseph Forman, T. S. O'Brien, A. S. • Bailey; Joseph, jun. Fox, S. L. Ossulton, Lord Baillie, William Frewen, C. H. Macke, C. W. Bankes, George Fuller, A. E. Pakington, J. S.' Baring, Thomas Gardner, J. D. Palmer, Robert Barrington, Lord Gaskell, J. M. Palmer, G. itaskerville, T. B. Gladstone, Captain Pigot, Sir Robert Bateson, Thomas Gooch, E. S. Plumptre, J. P. Bell, Matthew Gordon, Hon. Capt. Pollington, Viscount Benett, John Gore, W. 0. Powell, Colonel Bennett, Philip Gore, W. R. 0. Rashleigh, W. Bentinek, Lord G. Goring, Charles Rendlesham, Lord Benthick, Lord 11. Granby, Marquis of Repton, G. W. Blackburne, J. I. Grogan; E. Richards, Richard Blackstone, W. S. Hale, R. B. Relleston, Colonel Blakemore, R. Raiford, Sir Henry Round, C. G. Bolder°, H. G. Hall, Colonel ' Round, John berthwick, Peter Halsey, T. P. Russell, C. L'rainston, T. W. Harcourt ,G. G. Ryder, Granville D. 1;1 'ecu, M. Harris, lion. Capt. Sanderson, R. Bro. ulley, Henry Heatlicote, G. J. Scott, F. Broa. t wood, ID Ileatheote, Sir W. SeYnser, H. K. 'Brook e, Lord Ileneage, E. Shaw, F. Brown, igge ' J. S. Henley, J. W. Sheppard, T. Bruges, W. H. Ilililyard, T. B. Sheridan, R. B. Buck, Le Iris W. Hill, Lord E. Shirley, E. J. Buller, Sir J. Y. Ilinde, J. H. Shirley, E. P. Buller, Sir - ST. Hodgson, F. Sibthorp, Colonel Burroughes,..H. N. Hodgson, It. Smith, Abel Campbell, Srl ii. Holmes, W. A'C. Smyth, Sir H. Carew, W. U. 1 . 015 Hope, Sir J. Sotherou, T. 11. S. Castlereagh, Visa'. Hope, Alexander Spooner, Richard Cayley, E. S. Hotham, Lord Spry, Sir S. Chandos, Marq. of Houldswerth, T. Stanley, E. Chelsea, Vise. Hudson, G. Stuart, J. Chohnondeley, W. Hurst, R. H. Taylor, Captain Christopher, R. A.. Hussey, Thomas Taylor, J. A. Chu, chill, Lord A.. A. ingestre, Viscount Thompson, Ald. Chute, W. L. W. Inglis, Sir It. Thornhill, G. Clayton, R. R. Jollitle, Sir W. H. Tollemaclie, J, Clifton, J. T. Jones, Captain Tower, C. Clive, Vise. • Kemble, 11. Trollope, Sir J. Cole, 11. A. Kerrison, Sir E. Trotter, John Collett, W. R. Knight, F. W. Tyrrell, Sir J. Colquhoun; John Knightley, Sir C. Vyse, R. 11. R. H. Colvlle, C. R. Law, lion. C. E. Vyvyan, Sir R. R. Compton, 11. C. Lawson, Andrew Waddington, H. S. Cade, Sir C. M. Lennox, Lord G. 11. Walpole, S. H. Courtenay, Lord Leslie, C. I'. Walsh, Sir J. H. Davies, D. A. S. Lockhart, W. Williams, T. P. Deedes, W. Long, W. Wodebouse, E. DeillsOn, W. J. Lopez, Sir R. Worcester, Marquis Denison, E. B. Lowther, Sir J. A. Wersley, Lord Dick, Q. Lowther, lion. Col. Wynn, Sir W. Disraeli, B. Lygon, GeLeral Yorke, E. T. Dodd, George Mackenzie; T. TELLERS. Douglas, Sir H. Mackenzie, W. F. Douglas, J. D. S. Manners, Lord C. Beresford, Major Dowdeswell, W. Maclean, Donald Newdegate, N. Duckworth, Sir J,, Manners, Lord John PREPARATIO; VEI FOR TILE EXECUTION OF WICKS.— This morning works. nen commenced putting up the barriers in front of Newgate for the execution of the unfortunate young man Wicks. Almost opposite whe ye the drop will be placed a large house is being rebuilt, so that, unless'. some strong precautions are taken, it is highly probable seriotts acciLteuts may occur from persons getting on the scaffolding. MILrrARy LEGrEa.A.Tons.—ln thelllouie or Commons there are two Admirals, one General, one Lieutenant-General seven Major-Generals, twenty-two Colonels, thirty-two Lieutenant-Colonels, seven Majors, sixty-seven Captains of the Army and Navy, twelve Lieragnanur, and two Cornets. lie all, one hundred and fifty-Wee, law-makers with a direct interest in the consumption of gunpowder. FRESH BEAR'S G R.EASE.—Yesterday; a large bear was dravrn through the streets of the metropolis, which it was announced WAS about to be slaughtered, and the public invited to purchase the grease at is. per COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady In took an airing yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and 1 " 0 Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting. ht attendance on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided, yesterday afternooni't highpromoting meeting of the Commission for promoig and encouraging Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. His Roya l -“„'°, B ness arrived at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, at a guar , sr before lw o'clock, atnded by Major-General Sir Edward The Comm Commissioners present were Viscount ßowater Canning Y i t e° ,. °lt . Mahon, -Lord Aidaburton, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bait Hawes, M.P. ; Mr. Henry Hallam, and Mr. T. Wyse. The tart', Mr. C. L. Eastlake was in attendance. the Meeting broke up at half-past five o'ock. 'I heir Royal Highnesses the Prince Wof ales, Prince Alfr e Princess Royal, and the Princess Mice, were taken an airinf 1 ;:d . terday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dow Lady Ly ttelton. Their Serene Highnesses the Heriditary Prince of Saxe Meln igel and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, visited his Royal Llig hn Prince Albert yesterday at Buckingham Palace. of Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the performance French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. The M ot suite consisted of the Viscount Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Devereu x, if o r Rivers, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Sir Edward ilovrater• sto ess Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Aul u ,,.r. Bruce, Sir George Couper, Bart., and Captain the Hon. Ja n ' s " Murray, also honoured the performance with their presence. u f Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess Gloucester, and Prince George, visited her Majesty the Q uccii Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. llsP r His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by in Stephens, honoured the exhibition of the Society of British Artisisopj Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, yesterday, with a visit. His Highness was attended through :he rooms by Messrs. IlurieTt-h, Hassell, and Stevens, the President, Secretary, and Treasurer, Society. W ell Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, transacted bus yesterday at the Foreign-office. Serj r The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Mr. tary Gladstone, yesterday, at the Coloniol-office. 00 0 Lord Dunsandie had au interview with the Earl of Dal yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Turkish Chargé' d'Affaires was present yesterday a t tl" private view of Mr. Burford's Panorama of Constantinople. g r . Lord Petre, and Mr. A. J. B. Hope, M.P., had interviews wi th , Secretary Gladstone yesterday. EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIET Y OF BRITISH ARTISTS, SUFFOLK-STRE E " PALL-MALL EAST.—(THIS DAY). This, the twenty-third annual Exhibition of the . he ciety of British Artists, exhibits, as far es r, progress of art is concerned, most assuredly a st e p advance. There is, with one exception only, net hiljb . outre or exaggerated—all is artistical; and although, ant °/ ' ° , 602 pictures, there must be necessarily many of me diocr" merit, yet there are none which offend the eye of th e connoiseur by absolute bad drawing or bad taste, "„ there are several which are of a very high order of Landscape is, as usual, the great feature of the exhibit:: 'and here Pyne and Tennant are • most successful. Menai Straits" of Pyne is a large picture, most elaborew finished, the aerial effect of which is marvelle ° The air seems absolutely tremulous with heat. 309. " The Ferry at Port Madoc, in Wales," is another er quisite picture by the same master. In this picture a rh ea 6 11 .; bow is introduced, arching the sky. The subject is veer - in a most artistical manner, and the effects remind one o f 5 1 of the best of Turner's. Perhaps, however, the most e' liant picture in the exhibition is lAA 3M. " f-Ar Guyon and the Palmer arrived at the Idle gyp' meet with immodest Merth in her Gondelay, * * * " Bedecked, trim, With boughs and arbours woven cunningly. * * * * * Ry this time was the worthy Guyon brought Unto the other side of that wide stroud Where she was rowing, and for passage sought; Him needed not long call ; she soon to hond Her ferry brought, where she him byding fond With his sad guide."—Vide Spenser's Faerie Que ene " Canto VI. tbe The painter has entered fully into the description to poet, and has admirably translated Spenser's imagininv i el canvass. Never has poetry been more beautifully lain . by painting. At this late hour it is impossible to do more than to cate a few of the best pictures. Herring gives us-- . 334. " The Oaks, 1845—A False Start," a picture t he ' e s be almost worshipped by every sportsman. He also eV some admirable cattle pieces. t c 470., " St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, low water , stl nse is a beautiful piece of effect, by Lancaster. There is a "Cupid" by Hurlestone, which is very be ll° by and among the portraits is one of " Mr. Payne Collie r' Baxter (354), the most striking likeness that we lisle seen. e r We hope to return to this exhibition at an earl/ op - tunity. wen t " JERSEY.—A recruiting party, of the 81st Reg,' r cire; is actively engaged In enlisting recruits for her MajestY 'B ,; e d t l ', Several stout fellows, in sailor's jackets, who had aoc e E h. es''.' bounty, were seen parading the town with cockades in the, ter apparently delighted at the prospect of soon exchanging their going garb for a uniform a la militaire. 0 04 THE ARMY.—The augmentation of the 10th ..- O f _A tO ~,, has been completed, and the gallant regiment will proceee lts ow Oriental dominions wlth'a considerable additional strength. ,„"tosso' Dragoons arrived at York on Wednesday, relieving the 10th P o rY.r who proceeded to Canterbury en route to Gravesend, for ei n ni t it i t s , tion. The 17th Lancers relieved the sth at NottinghaM, e' d, el, understood that the 11th Hussars, on their arrival in Englreisr.° move to the latter town, when the 17th will proceed t e . re a 107 The Earl ofCaledon, on account of his late marriage, has eet..40104. the Coldstream Guards, which he oined in 1833. Lord D u " ~ 1 1 ' eldest son of the Marquis of Clanricarde , has joined this corps' is but nineteen years of age. .. g 5. CONDUCT OF THE CONDEMNED PRISONER W IC 1 ,1( Within the last few days the manner of the tuifortunate te eli ori i ll under sentence of death has undergone a complete chang e, ,,„ eet hope of the extreme penalty of the law not being put 19 fl i y VP from the circumstances of the execution not taking place 00 P I inst., buoyed him up, but which, now that the determination d els James Graham has been made known, has completely rh e ,' lg e e y 1 his former apparent firmness. Yesterday he was visl te „g eh ' friends, and the meeting was of e more than usually distress to ile' ratter. The wretched young man has addressed a letteirt,o,o pro tout ~„, t widow of his late master, in which, after expressing his crime, he earnestly implores her forgiveness, and ITV' , see her. HULL POST-OFFICE.--On Wednesday, the Ist c r ' evta ai!,, sundry important alterations Neill take place both in the T.0 .1 , 1f; departure of the mails. The box, which now closes et "„ d st t j a close at half-past four o'clock, and no letters can be reed' , • ..,itti sew, window after ten minutes past five o'clock. The morning ,! tt 'ile-P• o i be due at twenty-three minutes past seven o'clock, instead t",, 0 tin'', six, but scarcely any perceptible difference will take place in t" arr og t ` o delivery. The minor mails will all be influenced by these expect s ments. The only advantage to the public will be the dispatch of letters to the north, which, leaving HUB 4 !.,, te ° o , minutes past five o'clock, will meet at Normanton the se", I, front London which the coach at 1 P.M. used to meet at Ye sia r d 0 i r object of the change is solely to secure greater regularity' ..t . 0' it will be an advantage. -hull Advertiser. of I n no' CORN FOR EUROPE.—Several shipments - +d in . with r .ig o o corn having been made from this country for various P° 1 :7,,,,s r'; ‘ ,r land, the impression prevails that on corn at least the clui,l" ) ,. ory,d, or will be taken off. The shipments, as already stated, st r :,, ars sett ,` of the British Government, for the aid of the poor Irish wn to ive` ,o l faring from the injury to the potato crop. Indian cor li .' ce rtOoc will be included in the tariff of bread.sluffs, if it shall he ";i tt lise o ,' 0 ; that Sir Robert Peel is strong enough in both houses 0 1. L t d do o il to reform the corn-laws according to the principle he h , " ot iptY 'O , but it is certain that recent experience having shown th e e a bi t of economy of our Indian corn, and as it cannot be Pr °dnc hend re corn-growing countries of Europe, oar west will have th e o f OP e it• an extensive sale of this valuable product, as every hin d b oitifolt , ment will be made in England to improve the manne r of the o if In other bread-stuffs it is possible that grain from ~.,r 13 , could be sold in England as cheaply as from this couen' n d ‘l_ s )l we look at the Importations of our bread-stuffs into Eng'7Liven;: c e. the months of December and January, say in the port ?, w iti_f,, l) , 6l,! alone, we are doing a heavy business even with the corn ,. igt' 0, Of flour there was entered in those months 133,6 33 I t'sis, p role' bushels of wheat, 188,012 bushels of corn, besides Wien r h y. 0 ,,,r0'' &c. It is a doubtful policy for us to tie ourselves 11 1 , ao 'of mereial arrangement of reciprocal duties In relation t° rer eic,,,e'ple• We reduce our tariff as a national policy, and Englan d , t he 7,, It' s duties on the corn-law in conformity with the wi-hes „c"' ittly to The change is mutually beneficial, and operating e ue tio ns. OP' benefit of both. There is no necessity for treaty stipul e '," ' r ies ° t ee° pendent of the double crop of corn produced in the P r ,T o lore.o# west, we can grow to the north several millions of bushe ls il'elo we did in 1845; and we learn that our farmers at the P re o rn. -- are preparing to plant many additional acres of Indian ee l: York Sun. thi s'l ol l , te ! A HINT TO OLD BACHELORS.—There died,.o,oe , In the union poor-house three patriarchs, whose united ag o `i tbe r ` cs or to 301 years. Each of these "fine Irish gentlemen , e ll . 0, 4 0 0 time," were married, it is stated, no less than four time op" stance to which, no doubt, is attributable their lengthen A S the land of the living.-Waterford Freeman. scilld, 2 6 o o SIR C. NAPIER'S ARMY.—From Lower an d i e. learn that the 12th Bombay Infantry, with Forster ' s a - re eco o l I' batteries, and some European Sappers and Miners, n ' d a pe' 00' Wyderabad on the morning of the 16th of January, a nd 400 serr disP - 05 'lt reach Roree about the Ist of February. , Important t wit „, I , j the Governor-general to Sir Charles Napier passed to r ,. ° ol t",iiit' i bad ou the night of the 14th. , Her Majesty's 17th F° ° „,'";d the t aro; Bombay Infantry, had marched from Kurraehee ; " - _, e rg 000 1 1 4th regiments were hourly expected there. The stsseToref_,,,,p , to Bombay without even putting their fires out. The la ' - o's , :oilo, force, now on the move upwards, consist of Capt. rtow 9 and 6 ,,,0 Horse Artillery, with Brett's, Forster's, and Giberne ' t fl ders , ,d 6 1 6 , 0 der batteries, besides the heavy guns (10 and 16-Pe" "D 0 1 ' i ji ~ 11 IV t d inch howitiers, with mortars, &c.), her MajestY „ate , tor s Foot, and the 7th, 12th, 13th, 17th, and 18th g ds ' v io i , s , Native Infantry, to which it is said the 60th Ithi, e : wen• "• Fusileers will shortly be added. It is now Prel a ronoae r i : at Sekkur that the 6th and 7th Light Cavalry the 2o 0i e1,,,,, L t0 , A j , e ,. d ).,'' tl , 15th and 69th Native Infantry. with all the r' ~,,. all Tee , e j will join the Lower Sinde force at Rome from Sna„Th i eu. ~,teet t pore, and make the army nearer 15,000 than 10,t ei d P;ote A , Light Cavalry reached in one day from Shikarpore„, 151 11 ,. e bea t . k at once to cross the river on the 20th of January. .Vid, acre ' e t , cross on the 21st, aud the 2d Europeans on th e ta w) , 1 ;0 11 ,0 quarters of her Majesty's 86th Foot (moving 11 1 ) h Y b i e r° of,`,clt r o petted about the 28th (this day).* Alisjor Peat, the ~,. Se x so,,, has been appointed field engineer to the Sinde t O . I ',4s als ° 6o ll o ' e s Napier was net to leave Kurrachee till the 25th. It co pra ' B tu V ,1 , at Sukkur, that the 4th Bengal Native Infantry and n to l' o pti' Battery were still halted at Subzulkote, and had 0 ~, to le , cd . ille joined by Captain Jacob's Sinde Horse. We are hePP j atts c '' OK it was not an European officer who was killed et , , th po e y. , l a v ' per i' d . ta " baggage boats of the 14th, but a Subadar, wit h 3 - F e Ur WA s t ,e ber of boats captured is stated to have been six. ~,,a d v,i n I, ' - o rtlr" report prevailed at Sukkur that the Governor 0 1 -,___t f n tie offers of submission, but we are inclined not to M , lice y.-Delhi Gazette, Jan. 28. _----- o f • —___ BIRTHS. CoP er ' d ) I ' 9' On the 24th inst., in Stanhope-street, the Co unte s s daughter. Iligg in° ' On the 21st hist., in Paris, the lady of Ch arles fA S O ' , eb ° A that city, of a son. IS' is beg A re, °l )0 * On the 224 Inst., the wife of W. Gay, solicitor. m it; r x. . . On the 23d inst., Mrs. J. F. Jeaffresen , Can" burr in s tufl o ". On the 24th inst., at Ladbroke-place W est, liens o 'rf Henry William Field, of a son, still-born. W .. 4. i ps, On the 25th inst., at Kent-terrace, Regent's-PDX' Waithman, of a daughter. A l ' ' Mir' i lle' a daughter. dog-. p 1 Reads bf a of On the 22d inst., at Orton Longuevillo, the Countess 0 On the 22d inst., at Birkenhead, Mrs. C. ._ . ~,d ) , On the 23d inst., iii Old Burlington-street, tli '" Lankester, Esq., MARRIED. 3fr' f tO e A bbeY ilte r `) • On the 23d inst., at the parish church, Waltha m . ~,,, p M.D., of a daughter. joo orr 'r e f. Ashcombe, l a t e J o hn Asitcombe, Esq.,. of Sewardstone, Esse.X. ~ nr0 ve11•.,.01. , of Winchester, Hants, to Maria, fourth ~.. to Ilarriet, second daughter of John }fi b . On the 2.1111 inst., at Brixton, Mr. W. Phelps, o p l ic 'i tt oroo, ••• t i Camberwell, sr Norwood, Surrey. Newmarket, to Catherine Anne Goss, r.,: Ke.'"pevo" 07 On the 24 h lust., at St. Botolph, the Rev. Joli_ .il e T t s i a_; . ° ,„ Saints', Is c ode a oe, 0 ter of the late John Weston Goss, Esq ,of Te'.gnin r _terr L iter On the 25th inst., John Mocatta, Esc), of Glou ceste t bird d ' a , 1: 14 park, third son of Daniel Mocatta, ;, s q., to Merle , pill. o see' ' the late Alexander Golds Mid, En On the 19th inst., at the Ver -n° CO Royal Engineers, to Mar , ,aret, eldest daughter 0 , vio o o s Esq., of Londonderry, Jolln d ogn On the 24th ins' , Bloonisburf, west fl'atheciral of Derr'' , ~ Isaac 0 Graves, Esq., M.A.. '" at St. George s„ ___, l ,e of William Took e , to Aw e ' Esq., of Russell-square. 9 4 0 "elleens.see..... _ .,0%, _ i.E.S., of Gray's Inn, DIED. Award S' C ur• J°9 On the 17th inst., at Brallsford, Derbyshlr.rt-ou of - On the 20th lust., at Islington, James, el"`"' age d 61. ilsO Hart, aro! 21.noper, _ p a. o f - Walter On the 21st inst., at Durham , M- -. jg. Whittater,vojef On the 23d inst., Catherine, the wife of Blenee w. ' ...P e On the 23d inst., at Dawlish, Penelope 13 44°-. 't late It. W. Illencowe Esq., aged 74. ' the wire cd. j $20 6.13 On the 24th inst., Mary - Pearson, ~A , or of Bushley Lodge, Hants. taint of the -,,u On the 25th inst., John Carney, senior r..ei , ijo , Royal Regiment, aged 46. ___- of ______ ----------- --- f OW 4 4 ' 00 li alv- London : Printed and Published 'by lit nv'' Strand, Printer, at The Stirs Office, lii . o • cox. 104000 i r 4 w of the Savoy, in the COnlity of 28, 1845. n l 2, °Strand.-..f 21XLIANGS GATE. Turbots, Ss to IGs ; Brills, 25 Gd to 5s ; Cod Fish, 31 to 9s ; Whitings, 4d to S(.l ; Mackard, Gd to 10(1; Lobsters, Is to 3s ; and Crabs ad to 2s each ; Soles, Gd to 3s 3d per pair ; Smelts, Is Gd to 2s Gd. and Thames Flounders, Is Gd to 2s per dozen ; Salmon, 104 to is 44 ; Eels, 4d to 1, ; and Crimped Scate, id to 9tl per lb. 1177rIXTECHAP El:. Beef, from 2s Gd toTis clTAlutton, 3s 64 to 4s Ed ; Veal, 44 2d 10 ba 2d; and Pork 3s 84 to 5s per Sibs. BRE El. _ _ _ The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 934 d; of Household do., 7d to 834 d p,r 4lbs loaf. 1/213M MARKET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 24d to 3d ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3tld; do. 72th to 801 b, 3IAel to 3y2d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 34d to 3Nd: do. 8811, to 961 b, 34d to 4d; do. 961 b t 3 1041 b, 4d to 41Ad; eaft Skins (each), 4s to 7s ; Horn Hides, 133 ; rolled sheep, 43 8d to Gs 6d ; Half lireds, 48 to 5s 6d ; Downs, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lambs, 2s 9d to 4s ; kohearllngs, Gd to 8d each. 73.f1.V 2VI ItiZX MTI3. gILITIIFIELD —Meadow Ray, 31 3s to 41$s ; Clover ditto, 41 is to 61; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 141; Wheat Straw, 1114 a to 11 165 per load. A full average supply and a dull trade. CIIMBESLAND. --Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 lOs ; Clover ditto, 41 is to 51 lhs ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 145; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade rather dull. • Wumenamr..—Meadow flay, 313 s to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 41 105 to 61 Gs ; Oat straw, 1/ 12s to 11 145 ; Wheat Straw, 11 145 to 1/ 161 per load. Both Hay and Straw sold heavily, at barely late rates. TESTIMONIAL to MR. SHERIFF LAURIE.—(THIS DAY ) A meeting Was held this day at the London Tavern, Bishopegate-street, of the friends of Mr. Sheriff Laurie, for the purpose of making arrangements to present him with a testimony of the estimation of his fellow-citizens, for his exertions in endeavouring to procure refuge fur destitute prisoners discharged from custody. Henry T. Richardson, Esq., presided, and John Lilley, Esq., proposed, and Lieutenant Colonel Moody, seconded the following resolution, which was carried unanimously:— " That the conduct of Mr. Sheriff Laurie in the discharge of his liivh office offers an example which it is for the benefit of mankind to hold up to imitation—that his benevolent anxiety on behalf of the most destitute of human beings, con victed prisoners, forced, by the absence of all possible refuge, to continue in a curse of guilt which they are earnestly de sirous to renounce, reflects equal honour on his judg ment and hies philantrophy, while the use he makes of his official opportunities and experience in this behalf happily distinguish his shrievalty in public benefit in value far above the most magnificent display—that his fellow-citizens assembled at this meeting are able fully to carry out such, his benevolent efforts, are yet proud to avail themselves of the means of manifesting their sympathy with his object, therefore propose to present Mr. Sheriff Laurie a fitting testimonial, whereby they may record his endeavours, and their own appreciation of them." A Committee was then appointed, and a vote of thanks passed to Mr. Iliehardson, and the meeting adjourned. ADJOURNED GENERAL LICENS ING DAY FOR THE CITY. This morning .an adjourned annual licensing day foi the City of Londun vats held at Guildhall, before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, to grant billiard licenses, &c., ou which doubts had arisen at the last meeting. Mr. D. Wing appeared on behalf of Mr. Stabbing, of Sherborne-lane, fo r a license to two houses, in that place and in Cannon-street. The magistrates, however, considered that they could es aly grant a license to one house. Mr. Wire now conte ad ed that the magistrates were not restricted, but that it was en tirely discretionary on their part, and the applicant was ri tc )mmended by the ward authorities. The application was gi antsd. The other appdi cations for licenses were granted in all the cases recomtne , ad ed by the ward authorities. They were, however, prohi bi ted against allowing playing en Sundays, which had here tc , fore been the case. Mr. WlREapiilied for a license for Mrs. Davis, the widow of Mr. Cyrus I) srvis, a licensed victualler in Giltspur-street, who died suddt oily without making a will, and the time had not expired for o 'ataining letters of administration. The Court gi anted the license to the public-house, but held that they could_ snot grant the billiard license. CITY IPOLICE COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY). OBSTRUCTIONS , ' :BY RAILWAY WAGGONS. —Henry Thompso n, driver of one of P .ckford and Co's. waggons, attended on a summons for catnsi ng an obstruction in Wood-street, at eight o'clock in the e - % rea ling of the IGth inst. From the evklevice of two police-constables, it appeared that the defendant was engaged in covering the‘goods in the waggon, and re fn sed to go on, causing a delay of five minutes. The ALDERMAN - said that ought to have been done in the yard. He said thi d the great number of waggons now 'sent out to the differeirt railroads rendered it necessary that the .ifficers should be at rict in the performance of their duty in preventing obtru , 3t. ions. He would only place a small tine, in the hope that iii , sis. Pickford and Co. would give orders to prevent a recurre ice of the complaint. A Clerk from the firm, who was in attendance, said their men were ordered tc go on without delay. The defendant Iv is fined ss. SPOR TANG IN TELLIGENCE. BRIGH TON SPRING RACES—FRIDAY. The Trial Stakes.: .of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and 50 added. One as Nie and a quarter. (5 Subs.) Mr. E. Haworth's: John Davis. 4yrs, 7st 111 b ( Brown, jun.) 1 Mr. C. Dorrien's ;Sensation, 4 yrs, 8$ 101 b Mr. Davis' Pitnrat to, &yrs, 8$ 61b Mr. G. Dodson's Vhe Rejected, 4 yrs, 7st Illb (Bst) Won cleverly by a length. The Hunters' St a es of 3 soya. each, and 40 added ; the second to receive 1 0/. Heats ' nearly two miles. (6 Subs.) Mr. Brown ndJ Lc: k, 6 yrs,llst 41b.. (Mr. E. Haworth) 1 1 Mr. Coppard's Agility, lOst Illb ,. 2 2 Mr. Matthews' lcu, ihhght, lOst 111 b..... .............. 3dr Mr. Taylor's Flors. Fabbri, lOst I llb ........ 0 dis Mr. C. 'Bates's The , _Baron, lOst 111 b Lord Paget's emit a, lost 111 b First heat won. ea. and second heat won cleverly by a length. The Hurdle Stakes et 2 soy& each, and 20 added, for all horses, list :lb each., gentlemen riders; winner to be sold for 100/. Three-quam era-of a-mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. llornsby's Donald Ortird (Mr. Haworth) 1 Lord A. Lennox's Barna,' - iy Rudge Mr. Bates' The Baron .. The following also star te d, but were not placed :—Mr. Ricardo's The Orphan ; Mr. Y. Thomas's The Ugly Buck, 4 lbs. over; and two others. The Hack Stakes, of 2 s, ws. each, and 15 added ; llst. Three-quarters of a mile ; san p., were wen in tw o heats by Mr. Matthew's Rushlight, 11 gat 71b; beating Mr. Draw bridge's Rob Roy, easy. The Hurdle Sweeps, of 1 soy. e sch,and 10 added; list 71b each. Two mile; 6 subs; wer 5 won easily by Mr. Jen kins's Bob Booty ; beating The Re j kscted, The Orphan, Crisis, and Cereto. MANCHESTER BETT. Qv G.—FRIDAY. CIUCHESTER toC ir. a — gs l t 3 M to iss l ß a u g rn st s, S t ws lo ee to tm l ea ag t, st l F 8 it t z o aii l en a , agst to 1 agst Best Bower, 25 to 1 agst L lope, 40 to I agst Whin stone (t), 40 to 1 agst Inheritress, 50 ;to 1 agst Weatherbit, 50 to 1 agst Rose of Cashmere (t). Nothing done upon the other stieSeS. HUNTING APPOINTMEANTS• Her Majesty's stag hds, Mon., Kniepl, ill, near Woking Station • Wed., Twyford Station; Sa ' -lthill-11%. Bedale hds., Mon., Studley Park; Wed„, Oak Tree Inn, Lecening-lane; Fri., Hawkwell Inn-11. • Cleveland Lids., Mon., Newthorpe; Thurs., Court Green —lO%. Norfolk stag lids., Wed., King's Arms Inn, Rn.plaam. 7th Hussars' stag hds., Men., Chardeld ; Thus ••••, Otley. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Tempsford; Agden Green. F. B. hds., Mon., Constantine Cross; Thurs., F. B.- Kennel. —lO4. Oakley hds., Mon., Dungee Corner ; Sat., Colworth. —10 3 4. Pytchley hds., Mon., Cransley ; Wed., Brixworth Kt %nal ; Fri., Boughton House, Kettering; Sat., Sudborough. • Sinnington hds., Tues., Ashberry ; Fri., Morton-9. Prudhoe and Derwent hds., Mon., Stanley Hall, near Shield Row; Fri., Scotawood Bridge-10. Baron Rothschild's stag hds., Mon., Culverton ; •i Hockliffe-11. Lord Southampton's hds , Mon., Wicken Park ; Fri., castle Thorpe. Mr. Watson's hdi., Mon., Chevington Moor; Wed., Ul glum Village; Fri., Nevrriding-10i. Tindale hds., Mon., Stag3haw Bank toll-bar ; Thurs., Shafto-10i. York and Ainsty Ii ds , Wed., Copgrove; Saturday, Owls ton-10 Mr. Trel•Awny's hds., Tues., Blisland Village, at 11; Fri., 01 Shaugh Fridge—loi. .Norf' )1k harrs., Wed., Holt (a deer.) sk.ropshire hds., Wed., Chipnel Wood-10i. - • PEDESTRIANISM.—FOOT-RACE AT MANCHF.STRIZ.' Polt 100/. 4-sum—William Howarth (ef lir.olton) and Thomas Brian (of Bradford) ran 200 yards, on Tuesday, it the Bellevue-ground, Man chester, for the above largo stake. She a.semblage was unusually large, and the Yorkshire division backed their champion at 5 to 3, at . which Price an immense . deal of mon e y was ,risked against Brian by the Lancashire people. At starting Howarth took the lead, but was passed about the 50th yard by Brian ; he again, however, showed foremost when 100 yards had been covered. He could not, however, hold his ground, the Bradford man outpaced him, and ran in a trinmpliant winner by live yards, amid the shouts of his partisans. Introod and Rawlings's rase of one mile, for 251. a-side, fixed for Tuesday, did not mite off, Rawlings forfeiting 151., his health not permitting him to contend. Died on the 27th instant, at I,cnightsbridge, Miss Daw, who - with Mrs. Langford, was the originator of preparatory schools in Phillmore-place, Kensington, nearly GO years ago, and from thence she centinued (soaring high amid all her een tem p rarics) at Turnham green, during a period of 40 years. She retired from her labours 11:: years sine. Her health bus been throughout very dcllcate ; and: after sojourning in this world of trial until she attained her 90th year, has been called to a better world, leaving behind her a cha racter full of the milk of human kindness, and greatly lamented by all who knew her. l'eace to her manes. TERRIFIC THUNDER STORM AT SOUTHAMPTON.— About half past one o'clock on Thursday, a fearful thunder storm burst with great violence over Southampton, and neighbourhood, con tinuing for about half au hour. Several p eals followed each other in rapid succession, shaking the strongest warehouses and buildings; the flashes of lightnlng were awfully grand, and as vivid as those witnessed during the hottest months of the year. Hailstones fell of great size, and were then succeeded by snow and rain, conthming ,vith but short intervals till after sunset We are happy to hear no ag..rious accidents occurred, The Earl of Aberdeen has resigned the Presidency o r the Royal Society of Antiquaries, and it is rumoured that his L ordship's successor will be Prince Albert, Dr. Pra3torius, or Viscount 31 :ahon, the latter of whom, it is understood, would thus have an of Tertnnity of vacating his seat, under Lord Jocelyn, at the iloard of Control..-Post. 711 E BATTLE or AuwAL.—A letter received from in aflicer engaged in the .111wal affair observes that it was a superb sight to see the 16th Lancers with the Native Cavalry breaking through the Khalsa square the former cutting up like fury. Shawls and gold bracelets without end fell into the hands of the ',dors.— Bombay Times. DEATH OF SIR CHARLES J. ANDERSON, PART.- The above venerable Baronet expired on Tuesday last, at Lea Hall, near Gainsboreugh, Lincolnshire, at the advanced age of J 8 years. The deceased was hi holy orders. PARLIAMENTARY EU SINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the Horse of Commons.) FRIDAY, MARC . H 27. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in by the undernamed Hon. Members : Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe—Mr. Adderley, Mr. W. Russell, and Mr. Brocklehurst. llalesworth and Norwich—Lord Rendlesham, Lord A. Hervey, and Mr. Gooch. Inverness and Elgin—Mr. H. Baillle, Mr. Morrison, & Mr. Matheson. Dunblane, Donne, and Callander—Mr. C. Bruce and Mr. Forbes. EAS7 The I will be made T RAINS, on 7 o Th, cl e oe T k r , a an in , at 7 o'clock, . The Train 3 o'clock. The Ilertfo at 2 o ' clock. The Brent' *tart at 2.154 The Train The 2'30 r The Train , i' A at., a; 30 2forwl,;ll. The Train I '3o p .M. An adlitic days, at 6 P.l The Train 14) no A.M. On and aft Cambridge, died, and wi gent, particu zany's time s tations, or c after the 27t General of (;i r R E On and at T rain, for tl run daily, el Past i o'elo; ehippenham to t• arter at Stations, and In COTiSfaqi Will leave 1 kaidenhead Further r Monday ne% SO U The Dire( to re , eeive L 3,IOIITUA.] Der Cent. pe it tp w p a ll y c . a on r t io Railway. Fiobr ~~,~il Thi s cages with 11 le assured 1 ? 4,1 8e or for (sse table); of hi, intent tor terms of The Ulo Direct.° N orms, car; sack Polley I§l Pre 1000 • etral , ,er of •! U The attar the HALF Which tan January, r r a t half the at ' sum insurez • the life insu Mowed to • half Prernit Party beim by conirnet aecaPted. .nand peen] Whet it ws are still in kale of the Bum A! 4.5,t 5,C . Prospect to the Rest , 4 c1., at tb TI E Th LLIAI g aily purit or imments ' character': *hee the d lu.d other th e Muir Table gp, doted . P t ssert (11 i;,tr7.‘ ditto intro, 1 , 1 and Ittyß- I tinglOo ai to sterling blentally. terial itsel 'DWI , ' Lai by hin, ol tan I'. stli they be di prices. Dessert u l : a e e t b i a ; : r sent (per WILL] 'n genera its varlet 39 , Oxfor street, 18 Consort, This peculiar against t' 66 -T. t ,___ 1) 42.1 C`afta b'e)r Ot ft 14 11, Ibtr tichi k ni ai i ,, c tr in „, st th. th• l'ri, do t , Lk kw