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RAILWAY SUN. We have many applications for copies of the RAILWAY SUN, and parties who have inclosed postage stamps for sd. are informed that the RAILWAY MAP was only intended for our SUBSCRIBERS, as a com pliment. Each copy having cost us about DOUBLE the PRICE of the PAPER, the price to non-subscribers is NINE PENCE. To be ready in a few days, in 3 vols. MRS. MABERLY'S NEW " LEONTLNE." NOVEL Orders received by all boooksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. 31ESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Fr.ends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and !o announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., t,L - 0 place every TUESDAY and FICIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Conuncree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all f tv , .urs, cent lining instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. Al; Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for ex, minaton at least one day previously to their being offered; and advfces of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, an I the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions, Offices, Mall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully in. formed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on TO-MORROW EVENING, MAY 21, When will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, in. Four Parts, entitled, I LOMBARDI : ALLA PRIMA cßocrA rA. With new scenery, dresses, &c. ; the scenery by Mr. Marshall. Gr selda, Madame Grist; Sofia, Madame Bellini ; Viclinda, Mdlle. Corbari ; Oronte, Signor Mario ; Arvind, Signor Corelli ; Pirro, Sig. Botelli ; Acciano, Sig. Ginbilei ; Pagano, Sig. Fonmsari. After which, the DIVERTISSEMENT of UN BAL SOUS LOUIS XIV. In which Mdlle. L. Grahn will dance with Mdlle. Cerito the celebrated Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte, in the Costume of the Court of Louis XIV. Pas de Deux, by Mdlle. L. Taglioni and M. Perrot. Pas de Quatre, by Mdlle. L. Grahn (comp osed by her self), and supported by Mdlles. Moncelet, Detnells-e , and Cassan. La Manola, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. T 3 be followed by amizetti's Opera, entitled,.nor Corelli ; L'ELTSIR D'..4.MORE. Adina, Madame Cast e ll an ; Nm Signor Belcore, Signor F. Lablache ; Dr. Dalcamarea, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the admired Ballet Div^rtissement (composed by Mdlle. Cerito), entitled LA VIVANDIERE. Introducing the Redowa, or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mille. Cerito and M. St. Leon. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors 013 ea at Seven, the Opera to com mences at half-Pa4t Sev en o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING IVill be. performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. . Berr ani; Florestein, Mr. H ar ley ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretten ' • Arline, Miss Rainforth. B enreen the first and second Acts of the Opera, will be intro clnced the popular Allemand, by twenty of the celebrated Danseuses ; between the second and third Acts, twenty-four Danseuses Viennoises will execute the famous Pas flongrols; and at the end of the Opera, the Standard Galop will be performed by forty-eight of the Pupils of Madame Weiss. After which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of Silesia, M. Mathis; Hilarion, Mr. W. 11. Payne ; Prince of Cour and. Mr. Howell ; M. Adrien; Giselle, Mdlle. Sall; Mirtha, Mdlle. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Lorin; Bertha, Mrs. Payne; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Glubilei. During the Ballet will be introduced Les Pas des Fleurs, by thirty. six Pupils of Madame Weiss. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Mr. PARSONS, Box Book-keeper, respectfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that his BENEFIT is fixed for MONDAY NEXT, MAY 25, When will be performed Benedict's Grand Opera of THE CRU SADERS. One Act of the popular Ballet of GISELLE ; in which Ma4ame Sall and Mons. Mathis will appear. To conclude with (last time this season) the two first Acts of DER FREISCHUTZ. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be secured on application at the Box-office. TIMATRE ROYAL, HAYM 4 RK . FT. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comedy, called MR. PETER PIPER ; or, Found Out at Home. Mr. Peter Piper, Mr. Farren ; Sir C. Fnirsex, Mr. Tilbury ; Major Garry Owen, Mr. Hudson ; Facies, Mr. Bu.kstene ; Mrs. P. Piper, Mrs. Glover ; Busk, Mrs. liumby. 7 - ,3 Band will perform the Overtures, "Cenerentola," and " Due d'Olonne," the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Walzer," and the "Chatsworth Quadrilles." To be followed by th 43 laughable Farce of UNCLE JOHN. Uncle John, Mr. W. Farren; Friend Thomas, Mr. Tilbury; Mrs. Hawk, Mrs. W. Clifford; Eliza, Miss Telbin. Alter which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF A R I STOPH.A.NES : on which occasion they will be presented to tn.' public with new Namee, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Caulfield, T. F. M athews, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with an Original Farce, called TIIE IRISH TIGER. Sir Charles Lavender, Mr. Caulfield ; Paddy liyai, Mr. Hudson A! icnnan Marrowfat, Mr. Tilbury ; Bilbury, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Julia, Miss Telbin ; Nancy, Mrs. Caulfield. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Mother brilliant Triumph ! " Robin Hood and Richard Coeur de Lion" every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED! Alter which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Diddear, and Keeley; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec- tacle, founded upon certain St Ttling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, M.. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE , ADLPIII. FOR THE BENEFIT ROYAL OF MISS E WOOLGAR. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new Drama, in three acts, entitled, THE ADVENTURES OF AN UMBRELLA. The principal characters by 3fessrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Miss Wooigar, Mrs. Matthews, and Mrs. Yarnold. After which, the Burletta of THE BRITISH LEGION. Maria (with the Song of "The Queen, God bless her"), Miss Woolgar; Timothy, Mr. Wright. To ae followed by the Burlesque, entitled PETER WILKI.NS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Pa& Bedford, Mr. Munyard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. Tickets and Boxes may be secured at the Box•oliice of the Theatre, ani-I of Miss Woolgar, 17, Tavistock-street, Covent•garden. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Historical Play, in five Acts, entitled THE KING OF THE COMMONS. James V. of Scotland, Mr. Macready; Sir Adam Weir, Mr. Ryder ; George Weir, Mr. Cooper ; Malcolm Young, Mr. Murray ; Laird Small, Mr. Compton ; Mungo Small. Mr. Oxbtrry ; Lord Kilmaurs, Mr. Roxby ; Madeline Weir, Mrs. Stirling ; Widow Barton, Mrs. Fosbroke. To cotWude with an Original Comedietta, entitled THE COLO NEL'S LELLE ; or, the Non-Marrtables. Count de Ruse, Mr. J. Vinir,g ; Major Vid e tt e , M r . M urray ; C apt. Fonfaron, Mr. Roxby ; MKbelle, Miss E. 'Manley. ASTLEYN ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. thitler the especial patronage of her most gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priacess Alice. Glorious triumph of the present attractive novelties. First Week of the celebrated equestrian, Mr. &Urn Bridges, and the highly popular artiste, Mons. Leonard Houck. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. With magnifLent effects, and introducing the double stud, &c. The SCENES of the CI ICLE will be of the most varied and pleasing description, introducing the whole of the equestrian troupe. The Entertainments will terminate with a laughable AFTER PIECE. Box-otlice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. NEW STRAND THEATRE. THE LAST NIGHT BUT THREE. The last GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE will take place TO-MORROW, MAY 21. THIS EVENING M. PHILLIPPE will repeat his display of Scientific Skill and 1104 ern Magic. M. Phillippe, anxious to procure for his friends and supporters in general an entertaining and gratifying diversion, has the honour to announce that he has engaged, at great expense, Signor CORN'', from Milan, witk his most extraordinary Monkeys and Dogs, who have obtained in Paris and other largo cities unbounded success, and which cannot fail to create the most interesting amusement ever Witriesie I. While these novelties are exhibited in the STRAND THEATRE, M. Phillippe will give his Magical Performances in the STANDARD THEATRE, where they will commence on MONDAY, June 1. Doors open at a Quarter past Seven ; to commence at a Quarter before Eight o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of lIERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This rna•;niticent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great rruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her cuianeum and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction of Mr. Danson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. The PYROTEcIINIc DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the tnos, complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro &Aced, representing the Descent of Phoebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mous. larinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive lain, and bear him to his chrystal home. Al Illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, splen ditily xnamenteAl with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. TO-MORROW, May 21, the Royal South London Floricultural so ciety will hold their GRAND SPRING FLOWER SIIONV. In ad dition to which the whole of the unprecedented attractions of the Gardens will take place. . _ Feeling of the Carnivora at five ; the Pelicans, &c., at half-past five ; Concert at six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission, Is. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, MAY 19. TIIERMONETER, Lowest, 40; Highest, 61; Noon, 62, BAROMETER, 29.59.—W1ND S. W.; variable. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-PRIDGE THIS D.Y. Nornmg Minutes after V. I Evening .. 59 minutes after 9, . I 0,i,7 1 „..,... ;,.':? 1 ,,,, ' i .,..i•Ai ‘:; '.-,-,.. ,, , ' c r. V dicr,,, 1"(:0 t.. 1 . -:: , ,, , . " okv ~. ..;" ''''. ' ~ "*.—• 4y, 47 ..-4-,,,, ~..,.-u,.,.- -,-.0,..4-0, ~ ~-,;-„,,-; -.-- ~,4 .., 'z'Norgltlki.,,,,, ~, • • . - -,-; gib,* lilt e g / trit-:nt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1846. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the 'Woolsack at Fivo o'clock. Tho Tariff Bill was brought up from the Commons, and on the motion that the Bill be read a first time, the Duke of Rtcumosp protested against the principle of the measure, which he contended was inconsistent with the Corn-law Bill, inasmuch as it retained duties upon many articles of manufacture while protection was altogether removed from agricultural produce. A discussion followed, in the course of which, Lord BEAUMONT suggested that the Corn Bill should be disposed of before the tariff was considered, and Lord BROUGHAM reminded the Noble Lords who were in favour of protection, that there was a vast difference between duties imposed for the sake of revenue and duties imposed for the sake of protection, and that the doctrine of free trade by no means contemplated the removal of duties imposed for the purposes of revenue. The Earl of - 15 Ara l-- mu; Eul Gam', Lord AloxisAQu, and Lord ASHBURTON also addressed the House, after which the Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday the 28th inst. The Marquis of NORMANS; postponed his motion on the subject of outrages in Ireland to Friday. The Western Australia Bill was read a third time and passed, and the Insolvent Debtors' Bill passed through Com mittee, after which their Lordships adjourned to Friday. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Mr. CAMPBELL, from the East India House, presen ',ed papers with respect to the pensions granted to Viscount HAEDINQE and Lord Gotion. Mr. FERRAND postponed the questions which he had given notice of putting to the First Lord of the Treasury, relative to the Bingley Union, to Thursday next. Mr. Fox MA= then moved, pursuant to notice, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Christian congregations in Scotland to obtain sites for places of worship, manses, and school-houseL• He had intended to have gone at some length into the ob jects of the measure, but as he did not see the Lord Advocate of Scotland, or the Home Secretary, in their places, he supposed the proposition he had to bring forward was not objected to; he should content himself with making the motion of which he bad given notice. The motion having been seconded, After some observations from Sir R. Nous and Sir JAMES GRAHAM. who came into the House in a few momenta after M. Fox MA CLE had made his motion for leave to bring in the Bill—leave was given to bring in the measure. After some observations from Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Sir G. Clerk, Sir R. Ingli s , L ord G. Bentinck, Mr. Blight, and Mr. W. Mies, the Custom,' Duties Bill was read a third time and passed. Dr. BOIVRING then moved, pursuant to notice, that an humble address be presented to her MAJESTY, that the would be gaeiously pleased to direct such correspondence, or extracts on the subject of the quarantine law 3, as had taken place Cth foreign Govetarnents since the last retutns to Parliament, to be laid on the table of the House. After some discussion the mction was agreed to. Mr. CHRISTIE withdrew his motion relative to supplying clothes to new-born children in workhouses. Mr. BANKF3 then moved that Wm. RocKarr have leave to state his case at the bar of the House with reference to the Bridport election. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the mction. Mr. CHRT.TIE then moved his amendment, which was to the effect that the petition of WILLIAM ROCKETT Should be referred to a Select Committee. Some considerable discussion took place, the original mo tion was withdrawn, Mr. CHRISTIE'S amendment was put as a substantive motion, to which an amend- ment was moved by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL; and upon a division the amendment w 23 carricd, the SPEAKER giving his casting vote in its favour. The debate on the original motion was then adjourned till Thursday. The Railv,ay Companies Dissolution Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to be received to- morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. When all the seceders from Sir ROBEET PEEL'S Cabinet, in November, resumed their places with one exception, the public very generally believed that Lord STANLEY had been the original and main cause of the dissensions in the Minis terial camp; and those who pretend to some knowledge in pelitical changes, foresaw that he was destined to be the leader in the House of Lords to that party who had resolved to oppose the new measures. Several reasons justified such a conclusion. The most care less observer could see, that though Lord STANLEY had joined the PEEL Cabinet, and professed him self a warm supporter of the Conservative Government, he and the Premier never worked cordially together; there seemed to be a mutual want of confidence, the Colonial Secretary seldom spoke in the House, and wnen he did speak, a sort of apprehension seemed to prevail on the Treasury bench that he might exceed the bounds of prudence, and thereby complicate a Ministry of a hete rogeneous character. Lord STANLEY, finding himself thus hampered, and compelled to play a very inferior part in the Commons, was not at all averse to a seat in the Lords, where he might act as a leader, and in a very brief time assume those functions for which the age and infirmities of the Duke daily rendered him less fit. Even then, however, he was still hampered, for the veteran chief seemed not at all inclined to abate his authority or re sign a post which he had so long filled. The corn-law question, therefore, came very opportunely, and in the eyes of the discontented Minister, warranted him in setting up as the leader of a hostile party. In that character he now ap pears, and it will be for the House of Lords to judge whether he possesses those qualities which suit their staid and Conservative principles ; and also whether the very circumstances under which he takes his place can recommend him to their favour. A rebel to his late chief, a sort of mutinous pacha, collecting to his camp all the discontented and slighted and obstinate of a community to which he never could claim kindred, animated perhaps as much by personal as political motives, and from the ardour of his temperament disposed to go all lengths to denounce his late friends as cordially as he de nounced his older friends, the " thimble-rigging " Whigs, he cannot be much trusted by men who will forgive the occasional backsliding of the Duke of WEL LINGrox (because they know he is the best friend of their order), but who will be slow to place confidence in a juvenile Tory, who is surpassed by few in his political gyrations. He was an ardent and useful sup porter of the Reform Bill—he beautifully described the party that he would now lead as the " remnants of a broken faction." He mutilated the Irish Church by cutting off some ten or twelve bishoprics ; and he was a distinguished member of a party who would either conquer the House of Lords, or swamp them by the creatioa of new Peers to an extent unheard of even in the most dangerous and cor rupt times. What proofs of repentance or capability for office has he given since, or indeed during his whole political career ? He excited the most dire hostility to himself and his colleagues in Ireland by his conduct as Irish Secretary ; as Secretary for the Colonies he gave universal dissatisfaction. He was the bane of every Cabinet in which he sat, and quarrelled with a very respect able Conservative leader, though ostensibly a Whig--Lord MELarounNE—in fact, broke up his Cabinet for a time; and in November he performed the same kind offices to his friend, Sir ROSEET PEEL. We put these circumstances forward as matters of fact which form part of history, and cannot be disputed—they are facts which it becomes the Conservative Peers well to consider before they desert a long tried leader and enlist themselves under a new general. They may not find it inappropriate also to inquire who are to be Lord STANLEY'S colleagues, should he, by an adventure of a very hazardous character, be able to upset the PEEL Mi nistry. In a new House of Commons possibly there might be some changes, and he might find some little additional aid to the very scanty support which he could obtain at present; but the House of Lords re , mains the same—all the leading Members there are already engaged, and it wocild puzzle a politician to select even three practical men in whom the oonntrv—we may say the Peers themselves—could place more confidence than in Lord SrAmarhimself. RICHMOND, not overburdened with consistency or prudence, was faithfully described by Lord BROUGHAM last evening. ASHBURTON, notorious for speaking one way and voting another, has gone the whole round of the compass. But it is needless to make further selections. Lord STANLEY may annoy the Government by his violent speeches, but he will make little impression on the Peers, and the great measure sanctioned by the country and by a vast majority of their faithful representatives will, in a short time, become the law of the land. For a considerable period the great uncertainty which has engaged the popular attention has resolved itself into the simple but significant question, " What will the Lords do?" Of the acquiescence of the Commons there was a moral con- week the master, having b een a b sen t h a lf an h our, f ound viction ; of the behaviour of th e ar i s t ocracy t h ere was a ve t; that the lad had not done an y wor k i n t h e i nter i m ; on being general dubiousness. Thus, th e w h o l e pro b lem of commer• cial change has been j us tly regarded as hinging upon interrogated, he stated that he had b een a t b rea kf ast d ur i ng the period, and surely the time was not too great the il decision b of their Lordships, and the public seduced into this consideration from the posit'aive members of that for such a purpose. The master, not satisfied eatzlezi,oLindulged. animosity t august o gu t a h t e proposed assemblage measures in villictheprrnseormldeiofwith . the . excuse, seized a yard measure and with it inflicted a most violent chastisement on the poor boy, have at different veritable party continued in exi If any beating him for more than ten minutes, until he presented a most pitiable spectacle, his arms, sides, and legs being covered conscientiously directed against the acceptance of w e ere and Customs' Bill, it was evidently a party of Olf the Corn with wales and bruises. The worthy magistrate most pro and views t prietors, animated with false impressions and argu an i Pfl u o n n.i f y ort in u ti n yi a c t t e ed l a t d he m hi h g . hest pecuniary penalty in his power, But gwhthe delinquent 5/., which sum was immediately paid. rotten premises. Impressed, probably, with a g upon should . this person be permitted still to keep the rooted idea of the accuracy of their own to inflict on him a con upon political economy, and considering,possibly,'s tinued series of indignitiesisservice, and annoyances, which are so the mutations of opinion among the most anymaster, even without committing - statesmen of this generation as merely the express violation of the law, and evidencesby which the spirit may of indecision, it is not altogether surprising that be broken, the existence rendered ' • these .miserable? Why should a cherishers of the protective system should adhere with man who had proved himself so unfit to have the care of a the most pertinacious resolution to their original sentiments; per whatever, be permitted to retain one against whom nY vre re- peat that such a display of perseverance is not surprising • his most malignant feelings must have been s WI • o cancel and we are ready to acknowledge the non-existen ce o f suc h h ave not steps been taken t the excited? indentures, and to a party—of a party anxious for the conservation of Place the boy under • some kinder-hearted master? 'We trust the system for whose destruction the multitude that some steps may be taken with this object b y were struggling with ean unanimous acco r d ance— th e b enevolent institution w have would have been en anomaly in the history in loco parentis to the boy, and we doubt no t t h at they of revolutions, no matter whether those revolutions were will discharge th e i r duty as betchci,emes them. Th ere i s political, ecclesiastical, or commercial. The presence of a nothing of g rea t er consequence in anagernent of public institutions than that the strictest se tt : body anxious for the preservation of what is regarded by all over the actions of the persons to whomatintTl should be kept others as obnoxious is an invariable adjunct in such extraor- eleves; and that, on any violation of contraecyt,e o n r tr . ust their dinary junctures as the present ; in a human sense it appears behaviour on the part of such persons, their cenduelnajhr°oPer to constitute a necessary concomitant in such a spectacle, Some b e exposed and punished with the utmost Severity. while, in an historico-poetical point of view, the existence of years since, in l Ireland, Mr. and Mrs. HoLLAnn, personsni such a body is to a certain extent agreeable—it emits the of considerab e wealth, were charged with Cruel and last glimmerings of what must soon be classed among the treatment of two bygones,—it is the final representative of a near l y obsolete inhuman orphans, who had been a prenticed to them, The complaint was inVeathretPd. race—it is the mingling of the voice of the Past with the P proved to be well-founded ; the case was sent jubilations of the Present, and the sanguine promises of the to trial, and the master and mistress ea c h sentenced to Future. Such we ealitiva to be the palli a ti on o f a Protec twelve months' imprisonment, the society by w hi ch the tionist party now-a-dr:ye, when the principles o f f ree tra d e appear to have permeated every other sectio n o f t h e children had been apprenticed having retained coun se l to at tend and watch the proceedings; but this was not all, c i vil social system. In pla nor language, the Prot ec ti on i s t s proceedings were also instituted, and in each case a ver di ct form the symbol of those agricultural f a ll ac i es P by which the mercantile transactions of o ur f ore f a th ers h ave of 4001. damages, with costs, was obtained against the par been regulated and crippled ; and as the re p resentat i ves even ties. We cannot too earnestly impress on all persons wh o of ancestral erro rs we h ave b een , and still continue, ready to have apprentices the absolute necessity of treating them kindly. They take upon themselves serious duties and solemn award them a con ce i va bl e amoun t o f cons id erat i on. If ob stinate in their attachment to a most erroneous and ob- obligations. The above case will, we hope, convince them of the danger they Maur of severe punishment and heavy noxious cause, th ey may a l most shadow the under 10 iimbra l p 9f gewaticii upon gvaraticil of 4 la , o it i peevaiary Lai if they Tiolato their obligaticm, and take tux- , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNEDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1846. Lacy. What we have considered as reprehensible in the Protectionists, has not been so much theirpereistance in an illu sory train of arguments, as the manner in which they trifled with the time most precious to a commercial country, and the manner likewise in which we regretted to perceive them forsaking a rational discussion upon the merits of a system, for the somewhat irrational enunciation of personalities. For the nature of any one's opinions it is impossible for us to condemn an individual ; and the same reasoning is, of course, applicable to a company of individuals. Freedom of opinion is indeed quite as desirable as freedom of commerce : the one being as likely to fructify the mind as the other is to nourish the body. It was not, therefore, for their senti ments, but rather for the unfortunate manner in which these sentiments were propounded, that we regarded the Pro tectionists as worthy of reprehension. And it is be cause we are sanguine that their colleagues in the Upper House will recognise, by the recent division in the Commons, the futility of any extended opposition that we turn to that Eight Honourable Assembly animated by a double curiocity and inspired by a double hope. Those amongst their Lordships who are imbued with genuine feelings of attachment to the oldsfashioned policy of emasculating agriculture and manufacturing industry by a series of protective imposts, must, nevertheless, allay their enthusiasm in its cause for their own interests, for the interests of agriculture, and for the general interests of the empire. They must, in the first instance, perceive the impracticable nature of any endeavour to sustain their own system by pertinacity of antagonism; they must derive this conviction from experience, from the records of all former measures, from the pages of Hansard during the four months last past. With reference to their own interests, the Peers must calculate the contingencies of a rebuttal on their part, supposing that to be possible ; they must reflect upon the consequences of this great Bill (which has already received the accordance of the people and of the House of Commons) being rejected by the aristocracy. And what, according to the most rational deductions, would those contingencies actually be ? What would be the most probable effects of such a rejection, or which amounts to something tantamount, of such a mutilation of the mea sure as would ensure the refusal of the popular representa tives? Would not much of their Lordships' influence among the multitst i be ip0n4. 1 170 , 12..... Nirm‘ l . l -^` " as the only .—. upon e Chamber of Peers . -1:: tacly o s e between themselves and untaxed provisions? Would not the whole onus of that rejection rest upon their sl4Qulders, and by inference militate against that respect and that confidence which the English people have hitherto reposed in their councils ? The consequences of such a diminution of esteem and of such a dispersal of confidence are too ostensible to re quire any more explicit definition. It behoves their Lordship to weigh these considerations well before they tamper with a whole people. It behoves them to reflect, also, whether by the refusal of an act which the vast majority consider as an act of solemn justice, they may not hazard a still greater struggle for political reformation— whether the popular mind might not be so far excited by the contempt thus displayed &s -wards this Bill, as to insist upon still more mo mentous changes—whether a people, thus thwarted in their demand for cheap food and untrammelled commerce, might require not only a removal of all importation duties upon grain, but, in the flush of their indignation, revive the question of the franchise, the ballot, triennial Parliaments, ard other similar requisitions. By refusing their ac quiescence to the present Bill the Lords would ensure the instant dissolution of Parliament, and in conse- queece an immediate appeal to the country. By making that appeal to the country at this moment, and under such peculiar circumstances, they would lite- rally be tempting the excitement of the populace with out doors; and, instead of extinguishing what some amongst them erroneously conceive to be a mine laid down for their destruction, they would be setting a torch to a most inflammable train, and one whose explosion is at all times _ _ _ and seasons to be avoided. Such considerations as these, far from being illusory or superfluous, are absolutely requisite for the due appreciation of the juncture ; and ear nestly do we trust they will not be over lcoLed by our aristocracy. We would fain an ticipate, from the quiet manner in which their Lord ships allowed the Corn Importation Bill to be read a first time yesterday evening, that these reflections may al ready be influencing them as to their behaviour during the debate. On Monday next the second stage of the measure will transpire in that sedate and august assembly of our le gislators, when the people will look to their Lordships for a rational opposition and a rational dispatch. More is involved in the mode by which the Peers will signify their judgment upon this question than human sagacity can possibly con jecture. 'We desire neither leniency nor precipitation ; we yearn only for justice, and for a speedy and a peaceful decision. There is nothing so utterly repugnant to every well-con stituted mind as any degree of cruelty perpetrated on those who are unable to protect themselves, who, from their posi tion, are dependent on the person by whom his power has been abused. This is greatly increased when the victim is an orphan, without friends or relatives to whom he can com municate his wrongs, and from whom he may hope for sym pathy and support. We fear that there are too many cases in which masters oppress and deal hardly with the appren tices entrusted to their care, whom they have undertaken to maintain and educate, to communicate their skill to, and to render useful members of society. The future welfare of the apprentice in a great degree depends on the manner in which he is treated, the line of conduct he sees adopted by his master: if treated with injustice he becomes sullen, and revengeful, broods over his wrongs in private, and looks anxiously for any means by which he can annoy or injure in return ; hence mutual dislike arises between them. Neither will act cordially with the other; a system of violence and brutality on the one side occasions indiffe rence, negligence, and annoyance on the other. The master complains, probably with reason, of the conduct of his apprentice, not considering that he himself has sown the the seeds from which such fruits have sprung up, that if he had been kinder and more considerate in his treatment the other might, and in all human probability would, have acted very differently. A fearful tragedy occurred this very year, in which the master fell a victim to the revengeful feelings excited in the mind of his apprentice, and that apprentice himself, most justly, expiated his offence by a shameful and ignominious death on the scaffold. We had hoped that this lamentable occurrence would have acted as a solemn warning to parties who were so connected with each other ; but a case has recently occurred that shows the imperative necessity of some steps being taken to watch over the rights, and to protect the interests, of the weaker class, and to convince the mas ters that they shall not be permitted to outrage every feel. ing of humanity with impunity. On Friday last a master tailor, residing in the neighbourhood of Islington, was brought before a magistrate, charged with having most cruelly beaten his apprentice, a lad 'aged about sixteen years. It appeared that the boy had been brought up in the Foundling Hospital, and that he had been apprenticed from thence, a fee of 10/. having been paid with him to his master on the occasion, who then undertook to teach him his business, and to provide him with every neces sary, clothes included, during his term of servitude. At Easter last the master sent the lad with a certifi cate of good conduct to the hospital, the authorities of which, in pursuance of a most excellent and praise worthy rule, are accustomed to give small presents to lads who have been brought up in the institution, and who con duct themselves properly after they have left it. A sum of fifteen shillings was then given to the lad, as a reward for his past behaviour, and as an encouragement to him to proceed in a similar course. This small sum was at once taken by the master, who said that he would apply it in clothes for the boy, although he was himself bound by the indenture to provide him therewith. It is natural to suppose that the lad must have felt this injury deeply, and that it might have been the primary and ex citing cause which induced the dislike and led to the outrage which afterwards took place. In the course of the last due advantage of the eituatioz which they are placed, of the power entrusted to their bid. We find in a Frankfort papbf the 15th a short account of a collision between the mil r y and the people at Ulm, in which many were wounded he cause of the collision is not slated. According to the Frankfort urnal, it is Prussia which has prevented a partition of Craco On the other measures to be taken in consequence of tl la.ta insurrection there was little or no difference of opinh between the three Powers. The IVeser Gazette gives the edit of preserving the inde pendence of Cracow to M. Gur T , "On the 18th of April," says that journal, " a dispatch is sent from Vienna to Paris calling on the French Govetnent either to banish the Polish exiles from France, or nfine them to some one par ticular department. M. Gum., in reply, declared the Go vernment could not do either and, on the part of France, protested against any infringennt, by the three Powers, of that portion of the treaty of Anna which guaranteed the independence of Cracow." -ea Madrid papers of the 11th hie arrived. The Gazette contains a decreappointing Dr. VILSAVERDE, a Member of the Cortes, Uncr-Secretary of State of the Interior. The brig Nervion, which had pronounced at Vigo, and on board which the insurgent chiefs, including General IntANTN escaped to Portugal, arrived at Gibraltar on the 8d of Mr. The Spanish authorities at Algesiras claimed her onthe sth. The Governor deli vered up the ship, but offerer the protection of the Briti h flag to the crew, thirteen of wom availed themselves of the offer and remained at Gibratar. The vessel herself was taken to Cadiz. The Grand Duke CONSTANME of Russia had arrived at Gibraltar, where he found tb Duke and Duchess of SAXE COBURG. MAD&ID BOLSA, MAY 1 1.--Chree per Cents., 33 for cash Exchange on London, 361%. We have received the Paris rapers of Sunday. In the Chamber of Peers, on Friday, the Marquis DE BOISSY complained of the conduct of the Government in pro moting a colonel to the rank of major-general merely be- According to the statement of the Marquis DE Boisst tiis colonel, who was desirous of promotion, could not obtain the necessary recommendation of his superior officers, and applied to the Minister of War, who refused to grant him I his promotion, as being contrary to the rules of the service, whereupon certain Members of the Chamber of Deputies waited upon MM. GUIZOT and DUCHATEL, and declared to them that the officee in question must be promoted to the rank of major•general, as the price of his promotion was thirty votes at the approaching elections. The Minister of War indignantly denied the accusation and enumerated the services of the officer in question, who had been in the army forty-three years, which he considered quite sufficient to Entitle him to his promotion. A very animated debate appeared likely to ensue, but it was cut short by the Due DE BnoumE, who declared the whole dis cussion irregular. In tl te Chamber of Deputies, ea Saturday, ➢I.VrvIEN brought forward his annual motion for depriving magistrates of the right of naming the journals in which legal notices should be advertised, inasmuch as the power had been abused in the departments, for the purpose of corrupting the provincial journals. The Keeper of the Seals denied that the power had ever been abused, and the motion was rejected by 194 to 154. The Gazette de France has been found guilty of a libel on the KING in its observations on the attempt of LECOMTE. The gerant has been sentenced to four month's imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 3,000 francs. The Moniteur contains official dispatches from Marshal BUGEAUD, who was at Milianah on the Bth, en route to Oued Rouina, to operate against the mountaineers of that district. .ABD-Ex.-FADER was said to be among the Amianes Garabas, and Bou MAzA was preaching the holy war in the Ouarensenis. The Railway Bill sent up from the Deputies to the Peers, sanctioning the direct adjudication, by the Minister of Public Works, instead of adjudication by public bidding, has been referred by the Peers to a Select Committee. The Committee met on Saturday, and "we understand," says the Journal des Debats, " that three of the members of the Committee are opposed to the measure, three of them are favourable to it, and that the seventh had moved the adjournment of the Committee until Monday, which was agreed to, on which day the Committee will examine the Minister of public works and the members of the Council of Administration." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 18. Central of Spain, I%—Ceylon, % —Demerara, 2% —Dutch Rhenish, 8% —East Indian, % —Namur and Liege, 4 4—Orleans and Bor deaux, 11—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 7 4—Rouen and Havre, 29 4 . COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday afternoor, at Buckingham Palace. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Commander-in-Chief, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Ducy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Trade, the Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stall to Prince Albert. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At the Court the Earl of Erroll had an audience of the Queen, and delivered to her Majesty the Ribband and Badge of the most ancient and noble Order of the Thistle, worn by his father the late Earl of Erroll. Her Majesty gave audiences to the Duke of Buc cleuch, the Earl Delawarr, and Sir Robert Peel. The Court was attended by the Marquis of London derry, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Vice-Chamberlain ; Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting; and the Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in Waiting. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting attended on horseback. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accom panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. Prince Alfred and the Princ( ss Alice took an airing yesterday in the garden of the Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, the Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary Sackville West, the Earl of Liverpool, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lady Catherine Buckley, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. The band of the Roal Regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance at the Palace during dinner, nnder the direction of Mr. J. R. Tutton, and performed the follow ing pieces : Overture, " Crusaders"—Benedict. Waltzer, " Roseu Dorneu"—Strauss. Pot Pourri, (National)—Lanner. Finale, Ist Act " Eryanthe"--Weber. The Queen afterwards gave a concert. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance at the Palace. The fol lowing was the programme of the performance : Part I. Overture, (Faniska)—Cheruhini. Romance, "Plaisir d'amour," Madame Anna Thillon— Martini. Cavatina, " Oh ! mie Fideli," Mdlle. Rummel, (Beatrice di T( nda)—Bellini. Battle Prayer, " Vater ich rufe dich"—Hemnaell. Adagio grazioso du Second Concerto de B. Romberg, et la Romanesca, air de Danse du commencement du Seizieme Siecle—Violnncello, Herr Kellermann. Part 11. Cantata, " Non temer," Madame Anna Thillon, piano forte obligato—Mozart. Arie, " Die drei Liebchen," Herr Pischek. Mr, " Je suis sauvea enfin," Madame Anna Thillon (Le Domino Noir)—Auber. Duet, " Welch fuerig dug. Mdlle. Rummel and Herr Pischek (Das Nachtlager in Granada.)—Conradine Kreuttee. Mrs. Anderson presided at the pianoforte. The Countess of Uaineborough has succeeded the Viscountess Canning, as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lord Byron has succeeded the Marquis of Or monde as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty ; and the Hon. Captain Hood has succeeded Sir Frederic Stovin, is the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager left town yesterday morning, for Cassioberry-park, Herts, the seat of the Earl of Essex. Her Majesty was attended by the Earl and Countess Howe, Hon. Mar) Seymour, Hon. Char lotte Hudson, the Earl of Denbigh, and Capt. Somerset. Her Majesty, attended by her suite, returned to Marl borough House shortly before six o'clock, yesterday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House, and the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. The Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday morning for the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. Dispatches from the Governor of Sierra Leone were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. lonia n e a Islands. mingt o n Warwick s hi re . Dispatches were meta o ff l a st eve n i n g f ro m th e Co lonial-office for the Governors of Hong-Kong, Celon, and Malt a , an d f or th e L or d Hi g h C omm i ss i oner ofd the The Marquis and M a r c hi o ness of Queen s b err y an d Lady Georgina Douglas l e ft Farranc e 's Hot e l y es t er d ay, o )). 1 1 0 11IGINES' meeting of tiiislisoneiO et3 E •, € w i h i i O ch 4 is B e °C ;ta k i E lil l i atlliie liilnl i t n h terests of the various races of free aborigines in different parts of e hy prote in etlnf , from fit itggressiips of the whites, and offerrling ♦ thedi ann spiritual aid, wad Lida on Monday in Crosby Hall, B ishopsgate-street, Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P., in the chair. Dr. Hodgkin, the secretary, read the report, from which it appeared that in Australia there were one million, in the South Seas one million, in North and South America half a million, in Southern and Westrrn Africa two millions, exclusive of several millions of aborigines ill British India ) the Eastern Archipelago, and Indian Ocean. The report having detailed at great length the efforts of the society on behalf of these tribes, stated that after the year's expendi ture there remained a balance of 1391. 135., and that Mr. Samuel Gurney had been elected president, vice the late Sir Thomas Fowler Buxton, Bart. The report was adopted, after which the officers for the year ensuing were elected, and thanks voted to the chairman. SouTHANPTON, MAY 18.—The Royal West India tbhoexepsaoctn' a d , ti c hl a o p o t n ,, s h , i value 2,7001. withlfa i 1 tphaec West t,th e lnd Dee, Captainann other m Boxer, ails l , e f a t lthis twenty-oneportt-dayp,asats passengers, r g and a full cargo of stores for the Company's ships abroad, and two Evans, left the the Peninsular and MediterrAttealt =UN A foil cargl " bale good°, mud twenty-four panDgem. . _ rf a h o e c docks at ien n ta o l o o fu m r p G a i n b y r ' a s l tsatre:tiNnietrl; MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, of which 500 were for exportation, and on specula tion. The market was drooping, and closed rather heavily. American and Surat were easier to buy, but other descrip tions were without alteration. Shares were dull. The Share Market, as represented at' the public sales, has shown within these few days a great tendency to improve ment, and some of the lines have risen nearly 50 per cent., but in almost all a considerable rise has taken place, particu larly in the Indian shares. Messrs. Wickham and Co.'s sale was yesterday exceedingly well attended, and a large number of sales was effected to members of the house and others, all of whom find it good policy to buy in a market where the stock is open to public competition. We quote a few of the prices for the information of our readers :—Wexford, Water ford, and Valentia, 10s.—Rugby and Huntingdon, 225. 6d.— Goole and Doncaster, 51s. 6d.—Madrid and Valentia, 21s. 6d.—West Riding Union, 105 s. 6d.—Eastern Counties New, 330 s.—Buckinghamshire, 50s. —Leicester and Bedford, 28s.— Caledonian, Half Shares, 37s.—East Indian, 18s.—Louvain and Jemeppe, 335. The result of the important meeting of the Mexican bond holders, which was held yesterday, was just as was antici pated. The new term s o ff ere d were i nd i gnantly rejected by a majority of; at least, twenty to one. Capitalists in this country and on the continent of Europe have be come heartily tired and disgusted with the oft repeated attempts to cajole bondholders of all Ce • scriptione, whetter for loans raised for Spain, Portugal, or for the South American Republics, and P pretty unanimous determination is evinced not to submit to such schemes for the future. The Committee of the Spanish American bond holders, we are sure, have done the best in their power to advance the interests of the general body of their consti tuents, whether Active or Deferred Stock proprietors, and we cannot but think that some remarks made at yester day's meeting, by a few of the persons entitled to be present, would, upon cool reflection, be withdrawn, and, in deed, apology offered if necessary. To non-paying States (we cannot except America) a salutary lesson was read by the decision of yesterday after noon . John Bull is a most ready party to tender aid, by cash and in person, to throw off the yoke of despotism (in his private capacity, of course) when under improper control ; but when money for beneficial purposes is advanced, whether to continental or to South American, or other countries, the strict principle of honour must be enforced,. or dire obloquy await those who seem desirous of tampering with solemn obligations. There are not any very late colonial arrivals announced this morning. Some accounts have come in from the Cape of Good Hope, but the advices are void of interest. relative to " " — '*;"" The increase of vessels and tonnage arriving at Chicago, this reason is astonishing. The whole number of vessels that arrived there from the commencement of navigation, 6th April to Ist November, was 151 steamers, (the Champion, which makes tri-weekly trips to St. Jeseph's, included, we suppose,) 80 propellers, 10 brigs, and 142 schooners, making a total of 1,078 vessels, and a like number of departures, independent of numerous small craft engaged in coasting with wood, staves, &c. Notwithstanding this array of vessels, there will remain over, unshipped at that place this fall, more than 300,000 bushels of wheat." Consols for the Account have been heavy at 96 1 4, but for immediate transfer at from 96% to 96%. The premium upon Exchequer-bills is at 225. Bank Stock has just been done at 205, and India Stock at 264. Mexican Bonds have fallen this morning from 32 1 , to 311, the result, of course, of the proceedings of yesterday. The Deferred Stock is also a fraction lower; Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 57 1 / 2 ; Russian, 109 1 /, ; Spanish, 2412 ; the Dutch Two.and-a-Half per Cents., 59 1 ,‘ % ; and the Four per Cents. 91% . of The Railway Share and Scrip Market aas been rather in active to-day. The prices at which actual business have been transacted are annexed. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bonk Stock .. 20531 205 206 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. • • 95%% 35 9514 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 9634 %X% 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 971/, 56 IA 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 3-16 10 3-16 India Stock .. . 264 266 Consols for Account • • • • .• • . 9634 96% Exchequer Bills. I Xd. I%d. 1,0001. 22 pm. 22 5001. -.— • • 23 —— pm, 23 Ditto. Small .. • • 20 23 pm. 23 Ditto, Advertised .• • . 22 21 18 21 pm. 21 ONE CLOSIN G FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Danish, 3 per Cent 87% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Ce n t .. 32% Ditto, for the Account .. .. 32 X 31X 32% Ditto, Deftrred 15% X 15 IA Portuguese Four per Cent 57% 57% - Ditto, 3 per Centj - Russian Bonds .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Three per Cent . Ditto, for the Account .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 591 % 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 34 915 i Ditto, for the Account .. . • .. 9174 91% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRIC ES. O' Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 ONE CLOCK. .. .. 125 Birmingham and Oxfordtinction 2 3 ... •.. 3 Bristol and Exeter .. 75 .... .. 84 • ........ . 8 , Buckinghamshire .. .. • . 425. .... p 1 Caledonian .. .. • . .. 10 .... 12 1133 ••.. • • Ditto, Half Shares .. .• .... I % Ditto, Extension • • • • • • 2% .... 1% Cambridge and Oxford.. .. • • 1 .... 1% Cornwall and Central Devon • • 2 % .,,, 1% ... Derby and Crewe .. 2% ..... Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 5 1 4 .... :!%16 Direct Northern .. 2% 1% 2 Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 . Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 2354%31.... Ditto New .. 81. 165.... • 731 P• • •• • Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. ......... Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... 1 3 4 5 / 8 East Lincolnshire 1 1 4 .... 1% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... .......... Ditto % Shares .. .. 10 .... Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 23.4 1 3 / Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. % p.. Great North of England . ..100 ....218 ...... Great Western .. .. • • •• 85 ••.. ... . Ditto Half 5hare5.......50 .... ... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... 17 Hull and Selby .. .. 50 . • —102% .... • ... IC Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 .... .......... Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 40 .... . ...... Ditto New .. .. 5 10 ...... 10 Leicester and Birmingham .. 225. .•• • • ..... % dis Leicester and 8edf0rd.......... 225. p...... % p Leicester, Tamworth, &c. ...... 425. .... % d 15....... ys clls London an 1 Birmingham . . • 100 .... 228 ...... •• • • 228 Ditto Thirds .. .. 24 .... 62 X 63 62% .. 6231 London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 7% 8........ 8 Ditto, New .... 3% % ...... London and Brighton .. .• .. 50 .... 653$ 65 • • 65 London and Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9d. 221, 4 London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. 78 ...... 78 Ditto, New . .• • • • . 17% .... 30 29% 29% London and York .. .. • • • • 231 .... x%.• 2% Ditto, Half Shares • • .. _2% . 2 .. .. .. 1€19!.4 .. .. 24% 3% 2 24 23% 7 % P P 218 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 Ditte, half Shares .. .. 38 .... .......... Ditto, Quarters • • • • • • 2 .... 10 1 A % ........ Ditto, Fifths .. • • • • 3 .... 12% Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. 81 Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 4 .. • • 13% 13 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 4 .... 13%.. Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 •• • • 9 ........ Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • • 1% % p...... ..100 ....155 154% ...... Ditto, New .. • • • • 18 •• • • 33 ••••• • • • • • Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 453434 ........ Ditto, New . .. • • • • 1 •• ••• • • ..... Ditto, New, Brandling .. 25 .... 44% .. • ....... Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 25% %34 ...... 2 •• 2X %•• • •• 2% North British .. 22% .... 31 30% x int . 3. % xin 034 xin Ditto, Half Shares .. 834 .... 1214 x int .. 12 Noirfok, Tenths .. •. : : 20 .• Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. • • ••••• • • • • • 2 % Northern and Eastern .. • . 50 .... 73 . 73 .• North Kent and Direct Dover •• 2 % % ........ Ise North Staffordshire • • 425. •• • • 4% % % 4 p 4 p Northmpton,Banbury,& Cheltlim. 2 .... 10% ..... Oxfd.,lVorcester, & Wolverhmptn. 12% .... Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham 1% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. .. • . 1% di5...... dis Scottish Central .. • • -..10 . • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% • • 31% 3 Shropshire Union .. .. • • .. 425. % dim— •• • •• •• . dis. South Midland .. .. • . 42e. .... 10% / p• • 1% p South Eastern and Dovor .. ••33% .. • • 40% 39% .... 39k, Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 ... 3 .... 3' ° South Wales .. .• • • • • 5 .. • . 2 Warwickshire and London .. .. 425. .... dis ........ dis 19 West Riding Union •• • • 42s. .... 2% 3% p.. A3l York asd North Midland .. 50 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.— 1 •• • • 12 114 . 4 • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of Spain .. .. • • .. 2 . •.•.. Dutch Rhenish .. . •• • • 5 814 8 Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 • • Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 Lyons and Avignon. .. 2 ••—• • • • •• • • Luxembourg • . •• • • Namur and Liege .. • • • • 6••• • • • ' Paris and Lyon s Constituted . 5 ... . 7% 7...... Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... SIA Sambre and Meuse • Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 6 MINES. Brazilian Imperial (issued at M. p.) 20 .. •• .• • ... Ditto Macaubas and Cocacs •• • . 25 • . Real del Monte, Unregistered .. ... . . ••• • . • •• • 3X Santiago de Cuba .. • • .. 10 .... ••••• • • • • • 17 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam .. .... C.F. 12 103 9 Gibraltar. • .. Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 734 Leghorn .. .. Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 11 Genoa .. •• Antwerp • • ............ 26 20 Milan ... • ... ...... ... Hamburgh .... • • M.D. 13 1534 Venice.... .... •• • • .... Altona • • ..... ..... ... Naples ... 39% Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 2b 85 Palermo, per oz. ... .• .. 119% Ditto, 3 months .... .. 26 10 Lisbon .... .... .. „ „ 5234 Marseilles ••..••• • .. • • 26 15 Oporto.. ••••••• • • • • . • • 5234. 13outdcaux ...... .... .. 26 15 Rio Janeiro ..... ••. • • 24A1 Frankfort on Maine.... 123 Bahia . . Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... .. • Buenos Ayres ........ Berlin .•.. • ....... •• .. New York, 21 days' sight Vienna, effee.flo•• •• •• 10 11 Trieste, ditto.... •• .... 10 12 Madrid . Cadiz •• : Philadelphia .......... PRICES OF BULLION, PER Oz. Foreign Gold in bars.. C 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 Barcelona ... ..... .... Seville.. New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver in bars LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MAT I9.—Wind S.S.E., moderate breeze and cloudy, with rain. PoarsmouTn, MAY 18.—Wind S. to S.W., hard gale.—Arrd. Hants, Edgar, London for Singapore and Penang—has been ashore at the east end of the Isle of Wight. COPrEM, MAY B.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. York, Morrell, Havannah. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY Dee steamer, West Indies. LIVERPOOL, MAY IS.—Wind S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Bell, Mordey, Calcutta; Mary Imrie, Davidson, ditto ; Clydesdale, Law, Came roons ; Jane, La Guayra ; Mary Ann Peters, Lemon, Savannah ; Keying, Brown, Charleston; North Star, Wylie, Philadelphia and St. Thomas's. PLYMOUTH, MAY 16.—S1d. her Majesty's ship Favourite, As cension. _ _ . . FALmorru, MAT 18.—Wind S.W., strong and squally.—Arrd. Louise, Elberer, Pernambuco. BaisTob, MAT 18.—Wind N.W. fresh.—Nestor, Barrow, Africa. On' itTigafdot, MAT 18.—Charlemagne, New Orleans ; Athole, Montreal ; Beethaten, —; Royal Mint, Greencck ; Morgiana, Esker. tiatopoßT, MAT 18.—The Ardjoeria, Eelstyer, from Rotterdam to natavia, was driven on shore in th e ba y this morning, and is ex &died td become a wreck; crew saved. ThlduiltouTti' ItIAT 18.—It blew a strong gale from from S.S.E. to S.E. last ffight.—The Dart, Ferryman, of h, Neath, in running for the bar last evening, grounded for a short time, and afterwards got on the beach outside the harbour, and must dis charge to get off. LIVERPOOL, MAT 18.—The Sir Richard Jackson, from Montreal to this port, which had been on shore in the St. Lawrence , was towed back to Quebec 28th April. WRITS'S, MAT 18.—The Christina, Holkhoff, whiensailed for llam burgh,l3th inst., has put back leaky, and it is expected must discharge. HULL, MAY 18.—The Olive Brach, from Hartlepool to Algiers, put into Grimsby Roads the 16th instant, and has been hauled on the mud to stop the leak. WELLs, MAY 18.—The Hope, Dickson, of Hull, from Hamburg h, on shore at the entrance of Burnham harbour, but is expectef is off with damage after discharging part of her cargo. WISSEACII. MAY 18.—Tne Ann, Woods, of Hull, bound.ptaoSotrotchke ton, was sunk on a pile below Sutton-bridge at one A.M cargo washed out, the remainder discharging into l!oz.hte.4l part ~~-~ SPORTING INTELLIGENC E. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst John Day's lot—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken and afterwards offered 7 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Toni Tullock Bto 1 agst Lord F Russell's Sting —t and aft offered 10 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum 10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy 25 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Peri colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gurney's Cant ley 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's The Premier 40 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's The Conjuror 50 to I agst Mr. Wyatt's Nutleaf—taken 1000 to 10 agst Count Bathyany's Tragical. The attendance thin, and betting flat, without any effect upon the prices quoted on Monday. Mr. E. R. Clarke's c by Wizard of the North is named The Conjuror, not the Conqueror, as mistakenly mentioned in our last. NOTICE TO MARINERS. REDUCTION OF LIGHT DUTIES TO THE COASTING TRADE. —The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses have transmitted to Lloyd's a copy of a notice respecting certain reductions of , Liett - duris, which call by I$W t 9 Lloyd'o, ADELPIII THEATRE. THE MEXICAN LOANS. The meeting of Mexican bondholders, which for some time past has been looked forward to with so much interest, took place on Monday, and was very fully attended. Mr. G. R. Robinson was in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he had had the gratification of being proposed to the chair on several former occasions, but never did he feel so much responsibility as at present, when a new proposition was to be brought forward involving an amount equal to ten millions sterling. Among many holders of Mexican stock there were rich holders, but at the same time there were very many poorer creditors, whose regular receipt of the dividends was a matter of vast importance to them. Let, therefore, the discussions upon the proposals be calm and considerate, as hundreds of persons not present were awaiting the result of the day's proceedings with intense anxiety. As Chairman of the Committee of Spanish Ame rican Bondholders, on the present occasion he would give no opinion as to the policy of the general plan being acceded to. The debenture holders had a right to advance their claim. After all parties had been heard, he (the Chairman) would express an individual opinion as to the first terms offered. In dealing with this very difficult question he could not help thinking of the sacrifices already made, and of the danger that, having been deceived before, they would be deceived again.—(Hear, hear.) Then the q u e s ti on i s , are the Mexican authorities able to do what they promise. The bondholders knew what had been promised. They knew that the promises had led to disappointment. The Mexi cans are insolvent, and, under present circumstances, they could not, looking to self -security, act up to former arrange ments. Since the first terms were proposed, he (the Chair man) had received masses of letters, to which he was unable individually to reply, upon this most important subject. The Mexican Government had domestic difficulties; the re public had had to maintain a contest with Texas, to main tain a standing army, and, next, to enter on a contest with the United States, an army of the latter country having already passed the frontier.—(Hear, hear.) The chairman then referred to the proposed plan (the details of which have already been made public), and urged the Active as well as the Deterred bondholder to look to the terms offered, and to see if each party would not he benefited b y t h em. In 1847 the Deferred Bonds ought to become Active, but the Government say they cannot pay the interest on the Active as well as that on the Deferred. Therefore, as the Republic could not perform their promise, the question was, whether the terms now proposed should not be accepted, as the revenues hypothecated to pay the Active and De ferred Debt (as originally proposed) with the 6 per cent. promised on the exports of specie, was included with the well-known promise of a certain amount of the receipt of the duties on imports received at Tampico and Vera Cruz In reply to questions, it was said that the 20 per cent. on duties on Vera Cruz and Tampico was delegated to the Active Stock, not to the Debenture holders. Messrs. Schneider and Co. had just sent a communication to him (the Chairman) the effect of which was, that the Debenture holders would be better off by accepting the terms offered. There would be the tobacco duty to constitute the funds out of which the dividends would be paid, and those duties were paid into the hands of their own receivers, and not to be touched by the officers of the Mexican Government. Ac cording to the Messrs. Schneider, if the plan was not ac ceded to, it would be 1851 before the Debenture holders would receive any interest. This was the opinion of Mr. Murphy, the Finance Minister of the republic here, in which also the Messrs. Schneider, the agents, apparently concur. It comes, then, to this—which is the best course to take ? We cannot look into futurity. Look to the unstable posi tion of the Ministry in Mexico. Looking to all these con tingencies, it would be for the bondholders generally to con sider what course should be pursued. Before he sat down he would state what the envoy here (Mr. Murphy) had stated, that if any surplus should exist from the tobacco duties, it would go to a fund for the Debenture holders. Mr. IVALxv repudiated the whole transaction. The Com mittee had sanctioned the fresh proposal. The Committee bad hitherto been a Conservative body. Mr. S. SAMUELS denied that the committee of Spanish American bondholders had sanctioned the plan. Mr. WALE? continued—The real object of the Mexican ' Government was to put their hands into the pockets of John Bull for 2 ,0M,000/, more in stock. The scheme was an in famous one.—(Loud cheers.) He concluded by proposing that the meeting be adjourned sine die.. Mr. LEVEY had for years admired the consistency of the chairman, but now really he was sorry for the position in which Mr. Robinson had placed himself. But still, if the Government of Mexico could not pay, let the bondholder and the debenture holder both put their shoulder to the wheel and make the sacrifice required.—(Cheers.) A holder suggested that the new project should be re jected. In bankruptcy, all bona fide creditors were placed on the same footing. The CHAIRMAN explained that his belief was that the Go vernment thought the whole of the holders of the Active were also the only holders of the Deferred Bonds. 32r 1% 13% 9 PA p 154% 33k, 45% Mr. J. D. Powixs denied that the - present plan was known to the Committee till within a few hours before it was communicated to the public. The CHAIRMAN said the only question before the meeting was, that the adjournment of the meeting sine die should take place. He denied that the Committee had made any improper use of the information. He defied any one to come forward with a specific charge, and then the Committee would be able to meet it.—(Loud cheers.) The motion for adjournment sine die would be tantamount to a rejection of the proposition.—( Hear, hear.) The Committee, therefore, would take no further interest in the matter, exc*pt to in form Messrs. Schneider that the plan had been rejected.— (Cheers.) The discussion was continued for a short time, and it was ultimately resolved, by a large majority, and with acclama tion, that the meeting be adjourned sine die, thanks having first been voted to the Chairman. FLOWER SHOW AT THE ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The Flower Show on Thursday next is likely to be at tractive beyond precedent. The principal growers and exhibitors at the Botanic Gardens, on the day previous, will remove their flowers evening—and from the number of CHESS. The great match of two games, by eorre rnttriheesSiatubleis G w a r rd t c o n be s o a n m t o h s a t t sp e l v e e n i d ii i i d i e s s e th pta c i l: b b e s r , , terminated in favour 1842. Some of the of the Hungarian, n e m Pa en ri c s in a g nd ii r s corre spondence, between commencing dispute the St. George's Club, London, most distinguished players of the day were e ngage d on either side, and in the event of was to have arbitrated. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN.—On Monday a depu tation from such of the inhabitants of Liverpool nss s ympathise with waited The Mr. the people of Ireland in their agitation for William Smith O'Brien, and presented him with an address. on Hon. Member for Limerick, in replying a il e d himself of the opportunity h e has pursued, and Intimating • course to the deputation , Messrs. Levingsten and Lc Poer Trench, availed afforded him of defending the his intention to persevere in it. 6 , Y 1 REGIMENT. —OR Mond y the gallant 65th marched from morning; at half-past nine route for Gravesend, for embarkation on Brompton Barracks, DEPARTURE OF THE Ja A 74 c e7 : row South Wales, its strength being 639 board the ship r anks. men, including all .T a i , return recently rioted it is stated 'clo s c T lc ELECTORS. —,5 y the r' • gt f G t 432 persons on re„i._ er or reaßritain, the that there are 553, d 468 258 • Wales, 37,092 ;and • heing—Englan , , , Scotland, numbers ssion of 1844 a return was issued from• 48,082. In t e lin 8 1839-40 the number was 907,903, and which it apecars that in nd in 1842-43, 941,782. FATAL WAGGON ACCIDENTar-011 Monday af.err 00/1 SR inquest was held before Sir. Baker, at the London Hospital, on the body of John Hunt, aged 68, a labourer, who died in the above insti tution on Friday last. On the 25th of last month the deceased riding on the fore ladders of a waggon, belonging to Sir. Francis Ire land, land, of East Ham, in Essex. The waggon had reacheclth O r l e- Abbey, at Plaistow, when the waggoner, who was at the head d of his horses, heard the deceased moan, and exclaim, "The LCI have mercy upon me." lie turned round and saw the deceased ol l • the road with the near wheel of the waggon on his leg.Thimg in team was stopped immediately, and the decea,ed was removed from under the waggon and conveyed to the Poplar station-house, where he was examined by a surgeon, who advised his immediate removal to the hospital. Ills right leg was lacerated and contused. The deceased lingered till Friday, when he died from exhaustion. Verdict, "Acci dental death." FIRE IN MILFORD•LANE STRAND.—Shortly before nine o'clock on Monday morning a fire, attended:with serious damage, broke out in the stabling of Messrs. Soulsby and Co., coal-merchants, Milford-lane, Strand. Workmen had been employed in making a new cistern for the horses, and it is supposed that from the light necessary for soldering used by the plumbers that the beams became ignited. On return from breakfast the fire was discovered, when every person present used his utmost exertions to arrest the progress of the fire, whilst others went to Farringdon-street, Chandos street, and other fire-stations. The firemen and engines were soon on the spot, but time time elapsed before eTesyttUDg wee *on- Odergl or% A dramatic version of Mr. G. H. Rodwell's pspular novel, entitled The Adventures of on Umbrella, was produced here last evening with great success. The incidents of this ad mirable novel are, no doubt, already familiar to our readers, and the original plot and dialogue have been so closely fol lowed, that really the only credit clue to the dramatist is that of a judicious use of the scissors and paste. H e The piece indebted to the au th or even f or hi s d i a l ogue. piece was admirably cast. The character of Mr. Stutters, the benevolent misanthrope, was admirably sustained by Mr. Lambert. It is, in fact, the best thing that Mr. Lambert has yet done. Mr. Boyce was Herbert Trevillian the roué, and albeit Mr. Boyce has in bun the germs of a good actor, yet he requires much study and diligence to bring those germs to perfections. Nevertheless there is " stuff" about him, but he has much to learn, and somewhat also to unlearn, be fore he will be able to assume the station to which with his talents he may fairly aspire. 0. Smith strengthened the cast by undertaking the part of Mr. Rant, the virtuous at torney, and Selby and Braid, as the Hon. Edmund Spiff (the man of undeniable waistcoats), and Lord Toodle, made a great deal of two very in significant parts. Paul Bedford, as Bill Swills, was very grand. His mock Italian bravura, in the third act, with a b llows gittar accompaniament, was superb, and was deservedly encored. Mr. Redmond Ryan, of th Theatres Royal Cork and Dublin, made his first appearance before a metropolitan audience in the character of Larry M'Lochland, the Irish servant. se wyall ~....seeee:l a rich 'Munster brogue, and will be a great acquisition to the theatre. His success was complete and decisive. Then we had Wright, as Chick weedle, perpetrating all sorts of fun, and keeping the audience in a roar by his looks; and Munyard, as Tibby Snob, literally backing him up by his gestures ; and Miss Woolgar, as Mrs. Col. Seymour, the fortune-hunting widow, swindling and being swindled by the worthy Chickweedle; and Mrs. Frank Mathews as Lotty ; and Mrs. Laws as the kind-hearted Mrs. Plzgles ; all contributing to keep up the fun; and Mrs. Edwin Yarnold as Alice, the most interesting of sentimental young ladies ; and Miss Ellen Chaplin as Ellen Trevillian, the most interesting of high-spirited damsels. In enumerating the dramatis persona?, it would be an act of the grossest injustice to omit the name of Miss Brooks, who as Betty, the servant at the lodging-house of Mrs. Piggies, was by far the greatest artiste of the night. Her bye-play was beyond all praise. She was the only person who made the umbrella tell as a property in the piece, and albeit her part was a small one, it was perhaps the only piece of real comedy (in the highest sense of the word) in the play. There wasexcellent farce and excellent melo-drama, but the Betty of Miss Brooks was the only bit of legitimate comedy. The scenery was excellent. There is an ad mirable masquerade scene at the conclusion of the second act, a beautiful little bit of effect in the dream at the conclusion of the first, and a splendid imitation of Vesuvius at the Surrey gardens at the conclusion of the third. This last scene was a perfect Daguerreotype. The house was crowded to excess, and the piece was announced for re petition amidst unanimous applause. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 19. The Lord Chancellor not having taken his seat on the Wool sack at a Quarter past Five, Lord CAMPBELL said that, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor their Lordships had the power within themselves of appointing a Speaker, and it being then a quarter past five, he considered it was time they should go on with public business. He should, therefore, move that a Speaker be elected, and he was sure their Lordships coulel not make a better choice than by appointing the Noble and Learned Lord.—(Laugkter, occa sioned by Lord Brougham inadvertently progressing towards the Woolsack.) Ho proposed that Lord Brougham be appointed Speaker. Lord Brougham was on the point of t.king his seat, when the Lord Chancellor entered the House, and amidst con siderable laughter occupied the Woolsack. LUNATIC ASYLUMS. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the Poor-law Guardians of the Union of Lewes, in the coney of Sussex, complaining of the heavy charges under which they were placed by the Act of Parliament which had been passed last session, compelling them to support the lunatic asylum for that county. They considered, and he (the Duke of Rich mond) perfectly agreed with them, that the support of the lunatics of the county should be imposed on the public funds, and he was glad to find that the Committee on Local Burdens had recommended that such should be the case. CORN LAWS. The DUKE of RICHMOND presented petitions from Ross and Cromartie, ponying that the free trade measures introduced by the Government should not receive the sanction of their Lordships. The Noble Duke then presented several petitions to the same effect from the counties of Norfolk, Salop, Sussex, Essex, and Stafford, and from seven] places in Scotland. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several Bills, which were ordered to be laid on the table. CORN-LAWS. Lord WARWICK presented one hundred petitions froSe the southern division of Warwickshire against any alteration in the corn-laws. These petitions had been most intmerously signed, and were most carefully got up. There was not a single name attached to one of them the was fictitious. ,The petitioners prayed that if the duty w as t a k en o ff corn , it night also be taken off everything else.—(Hear, hear.) FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Lord CAMPBELL presented a considerable number ' 0 lof petitions from members of the Free Church (scot land), complaining of the difficulties which they ex' perienced in obtaining sites for their churches. Be regretted exceedingly that it was nece.sary to bring the subject before the attention of the House. but in some parts of Scotland the members of the Free Church were compelled to worship God on the hill-tops or the highways. Now he need not tell their Lordships that this was persecution. The petitioners had come before their Lordships in a most proper spirit. They admitted , that they had experienced some kindness from land lords, and only complained of the refusal to give a site for a church. EDUCATION IN WALES. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S presented a petition from the Common Council and other inhabitacts of Cardigan, praying their Lordships to adopt measures to affo.rd a better system of education to the poorer inhabitants of the principality than that which now existed. He earnestly supperted the prayer of the petition, and trusted that its imp lrtance would be an excuse for his troubling their Lordships with a few remarks in this respect. The petitioners deeply regretted the want of education among the poor is Wales, which they attributed to the want of funds to educate them in the English language; that the ignorance of that lane guage prevented the working of many laws and institutions , and restricted the natives to those scanty sources of information which their language afforded; and concluded by praying their Lordships to take steps for the industrial training of the poor. In the month of March an inquiry into the state of education in Wales was accede,l to by the Go vernment on the motion of an Hon. Member rioted for his humanity, which he feared however would be surrfinouss the ignorance which prevailed was too well known. ,t.! national system of education had been successful in England, and hor .saw n° , reason why;it should not be equally success f u l if app li ed to W,•`, eis at any rate the inquiry m i g ht l ea d to some practica l roso.t '. Nothing could be done without the assistance of the Govern' ment, and he thought that that was a case in which they could claim with some degree of propriety pecuniary assistance for the purpose to which he had adverted. There was another point on which he weuld vent ure t o ma k e a remar k . H e was afraid that the anticipations expressed by the petitioners were doomed to be disappointed ; he did not think that a Government, however strongly disposed to concur in the wishes of the petitioner' , could guarantee all the results which they expected. There were numerous districts the n i n W a l es • w h ere schools hal" been long established, and where tuition had been given in the English language to the children, but where, notwithe standing, the language was still very barely understood. He was of opinion that if a measure of education had been carried out in Wales they would not have been at the present time labouring under the burdens they now experienced. They would not have required soldiers and police to maintain tran quillity, nor have been saddled with an enormous expense- The resources thus applied might have been used with great advantage in carrying out an efficient system of moral and in tellectual education. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE agreed in the suggestions which had been offered by the Right Hon. Prelate, and thought something should be don e t o mee t th e present a l arm ing defi ciency in education. While he agreed with him in that, be a; the same time thought th ere h a d been ample information laid; the table of the House in ord er to f orm a correct j u d gem ent. , result of the inquiry into th e R e b ecca r i ots showedd m . in the districts where th e di stur b ances principal;;' oc curred there was an enti re wan t o f e d uca ti on amongst the people.—( Hear, hear.) He considered something Wa s absolutely necessary to be done to meet the deficiency' There had been every year, since Government had undertaken to maintain the system of e d uca ti on , an i ncreased demand for as sistance from the Government, and so much so that the in"' spectors were unable to inspect with anything liko proper attention. He considered that they were not called upon to adopt a different principle of national education in Wales from that adopted in England, which he considered was a sound principle, and he hoped it would never be departed from. There should be a number of districts apportioned, in which the utmost latitude should be allowed, in order to effect a great moral revolution. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S observed that the Noble Lord had completely mistaken his meaning—he was as much grati fied as the Noble Lord with the national systtrrs of education. Lord BROUGHAM was glad that the subject of education in Wales had been brought under the notice of their Lordship! , for he believed that in no part of the country seas there re quired more assistance from the education fund than in some of the Welsh districts. But he agreed with his Noble Friend who was sitting beside him, that no grant ought to be gi ven for the support of a n y l oca l sc h eme, un l ess they sent a certain contribution, a certain proportion of aid from the local funds. With out t hi s a id t h ey wou ld Gniy be weakening the cause o f e d ucat i on i n t h e di str i cts wilie r ' most wanted their assista nce . Ch ar i ty - sc h oo l s wou ld never et prosper in any locality th a t did not i tse lf ma t er i a ll y s uPPa them. pecmniary The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said, with respect to the state of Wales, that subject had received the attention of her Mass_ jesty's Gov e rnm en t, an d was t h en nnder the cons id era tion of the Council. With regard to the condition coy schools at the present time, and the inability of the inspector to look after them all, he must say that their numbers had la L'ely greatly increased, so that the wo r k upon t h e i nspectors was Fiore t b a s they were originally exp ec t e d to undertake. • CORN-LA WS. the re Earl DUCIE pres en t e d a pet i t i on in favour of I of the corn-laws from th e t own o f Southampton.ready CUSTOMS' DUTI ES BILL. Messengers from the Commons brought up this Bill. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH moved the first reading of dim Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND said he could not even allow the Bill to be read a first time—(Cheers and laughter)—without expressing his opinion that it was adding positively insult to in jury, because they were called upon to consider two Bills taking away protection to the agriculturalinterest ; and he must say that as far as he was concerned, it was a very unusual course, and extremely hard to the agricultural interest, for those Bills to be brought into that House before the others had been read a second time in the House of Commons. He considered that the provision for lending money for the improvement of lan . d . would be of some service, b u t h e t h oug h t i t was as b a d a B ill as it was possible to conceive, because it was inconsistent, b7 only applying the prin c ipl e f free trade to some articles an d not to others. There was no reduction on their cottons from India, for instance. The duties on some monufactures were to be reduced, but there was not tree track, altogetbrr• He saw no reduction in the Bill of the duty on co t ton fr IA India. He was opposed to free-trade altogether, vet if a scheme of tl.is kind was to be proposed, it ought to &1 con sistent, which the present Bill was not. It was Leis pression that this measure, would be of great injury to t he working population of this coun t ry ; espec i ally would it overate injuriously to the silk weavers. L et t h e measure pass, A:1 Spitalfields would become a mass of pauperism. There were other points in the Bill that were equally obnoxious. Th* Government talked of free-trade, b u t t h ey di d not carr y . out. There was nothing said in the measure against dif ferential duties. In regard to the Canadas, why should they not be allowed to buy in the cheapest mar k et ? I f that were conceded, they would go entirely into the Americanf market. Already had the Americans beat this country taut ° the South American ports, and th ey were lik ely i n a short tielee to lose the Chinese market. H e was j ust i f i ed i n th i s view °L the cotton trade by the evidence of Mr. Gregg, a free trad e r. He (the Duke of Ri c h mon d) must protest against this, an . u . the other Bill brought und er t h e cons id erat i on o f theifer fo_ Lord ships. He considered th e y oug h t not to h ave been pushed that the best co urse Lord MONTEAGLE considered m wa e r a d su w re i s th o o f u t t he at Go t v h e e rn s m am en e t. time proceeding with the other the Bill in their hands. N o r dwiodu he d e be to kw theait nt speech until t h o e f y the Noble L ord Baas . very conclu sive,p r i inducen c f o i p r e t fsu o t f ua ra f eo r e p e dt ca r a u d sis e n. .'n agriculture manufacture; Certain duties wh iell woud for no but this would beion. The only adopting o n p ec ti e n s g s a r t i h l y e _all parties. His Noble b nch Nwooubllde n F e r e iz s d ar i i n iy th b e e doctrine, that they .could ge,t their ow those duties then , Friendexpressaesd p er fectly w m g F u er o e ir n e s e e t n money with ni still they opr et the sh h ee a r dvl cross-bench, dr a t o s . o s t mattersco li n ee s d d_ inconvenience i e . d r ,n os was, pt cknow ne h t o o o wo w f tu stood, rLeoftrrhibmßeu existence s h Aet e epunr ii nei d cooi a pNf g l reTeoef those stahi with de duties tliahi tariff. ai frt tending to what had fallen from - his No ; bl aa F d with his the case in the following manner. His No consistent with, and in ctaoknefonrmbyityhiwsconsidered Friend, leedhFa wr t d h i ehebiedensaid,stated at cour se that they had a Bill now before them , w e hich r e h n ad ' been rea d a first time, and which Bill overturned the principle of proti ' tion. He objected to the principle of the Bill, for its adop tion must be in direct opposition to protecti, ri. The House should consider carefulll, the new Bill, which came to them on a totally different principle, and should take the Corn Bill into consideration first, and afterwards the p resen t m easure, which mer e l y embraced the question of revenue duties. I f his Noble Friend would act in any way wasistently with his principles, he would draw the distinction between the Bills,• and take the one into careful consideration before at all enter ing into the discussion of the other. But let him put what ever interpretation he might upon free-trade, the country had but one interpretation for it, and th a t was the interpretation put upon it by the League—namely, to consider free-trade as the absence of all taxation. The custom-house would not long survive the bonding warehouse, if the impres'ion was general& to gain ground that free-trade and freedom from taxation were synonymous terms. They were even running the risk of as similating in people's minds duties that were for protection and duties for revenue ; and let them take care that the cos- toms' duties were not the next point assailed, and eventually annihilated. Lord BROUGHAM thought it of no use to bring on a discussion on the question at present. He rose merely for the purpose of protesting against the doctrine laid down by the Noble Lord, that because he supported the principles of free trade, he must necessarily be committed to the removal of all duties which were imposed for revenue. The duties on corn could not, however, be considered in that category. Earl GREY thought it very inconvenient that any discussion should take place on the Bill at present. For his own part, he had to express his thanks to her Majesty's Government for having introduced such a measure ; and instead of complaining of their having done so much, he was desirous they should have done more. He wasof opinion that it could not be called a free trade measure. He only took it as an instalment of free-trade• A . -'_'L