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—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman asked if the manufacturers were discontented, why did they not petition? Now, the reason they had not complained was just for the same reason that gentlemen opposite were equally indulgent.—(Hear, hear.) They wished the Corn Bill to pass.—(Cheers.) But the ma nufacturers of England would yet find some sympathy, when no great object would intervene to prevent criti cism on economical blunders from being too critical.— (Laughter and cheers.) The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the Amendment ll4 Against it Majority for the Proposition -106 Sir B. PEEL trusted the House would go on with the tariff to-morrow night. Lord G. BENTINCK wished to know if the question for to-morrow night had any reference to the timber duties. Sir R. PEEL was of opinion that, as soon as the tariff was disposed of, there would be a suspension of the stagnation in trade, and he wouk', therefore, propose that they should go on with the tariff the next evening. —(Hear, hear.) He did not know:whether his Hon. Friend meant spirits as well as timber.—(Laughter.) Lord G. BENTINCK said, it was the intention of his Hon. Friends near him to divide on the spirits and timber duties. Sir R. PEEL.—Then with regard to the article of silk•gut there would be no objection. Lord G. BENTINCK said, that as it was then one o'clock, he would not express any opinion on that article. It was then understood that the tariff should be taken to-morrow night. Several orders of the day were then disposed of, FEVER HOSPITAL (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that the Bill s be read a second time, Mr. WAKLEY said it was his opinion that, notwith standing the lateness of the hour, there should be some discussion on the second reading of the Bill, if ever so brief. Sir J. GRAHAM thought it should pass the second reading that ❑ight, and the discussion could be taken on Wednesday next, on the committal of the Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD could see no objection in taking the discussion on the day proposed. He considered that the Bill was of that importance to persons of property in Ireland that it was highly necessary it should be dis cussed in detail. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said it was of the greatest necessity to have the Bill read a second time that even ing, and such a proceeding would not prevent a discus sion at a future stage of the Bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought that the course sug gested by the Hon. Member (Mr. S, Crawford) was un objectionable, the Bill was certainly of great import ance, and it could be fully discussed on the day proposed, Mr. WAKLEY thought the Bill, if read a second time that evening, could be committed on the next day (Tuesday). The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday. ANDOVER UNION. Mr. ETWALL moved the appointment of the COM mittee to inquire into the Andover union affair.-- Agreed to. An "lox. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, presented a petition against the South Staffordshire Railway. Captain PECIIELL moved that the petition against the Chichester Railway Bill be refered to the Grvup who had charge of that line.—Agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at twenty minutes past One o'clock. VITAL STATISTICS.—MT. Traice, in a. lecture recently delivered at the Westminster Literary and Scientific Insti tution, observed, in referring to various tables of mor tality exhibited, that as a general rule, the average age of the gentry far exceeded that of mechanics and labourers, and their families, perhaps by two-fifths; that, in sonic instances, so great was the mortality, that more than half of a given number of childr, - ni bArn were dead before reaching their fifth year: that while in some of the rural districts the average age, at death, is among the labouring pindation thirty-three yet:re, as in Wiltshire, in Bet total- green it is narrowed to sixteen, and in Liverpool to fifteen years. It was natural to inquire whether any common evil or evils could be detected in uniform association with these respective results; and the question was fully answered by the fact, that wherever it was found that the duration of life is thus " curtailed of its fair proportions," there are none, or very imperfect means, of carrying off impurities; water lies in stagnant pools evolving mittens. ; pure water is an article so scarce, that cleanliaess is utterly neglected, and the inhabitants are crowded into close rooms in ill-constructed hostess, and in confined courts and narrow lane:. where the genial breeze can never penetrate unpolluted.—Thr! Baildpr. MORGAN'S PATENT ENVELOPEi.—We have been inueh pleased with the new patent envelope, invented by Mr Morgan, which combines security with nen - ncss and dis• patch. The envelope is ready sealel, and is secured by a cemented flap, doubling over one orni, over which the :tamp may be aftix&l, thus aGrdirig double security and doing away with the trouble of sealing. They are perfectly secure and save both time and trcuble. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT HAVERING. Th. village of Havering-atte-Bower was, on Sunday, the lit instant, the scene of a most lamentable occurrence, in the ac cidtutal death of a little girl in the parochial school, named. Emma Vale, who was shot by another child, only four years of age. Some young men, instead of attending a place of worship, had been violating the Sabbath by shooting sman 'birds wi:h a large pistol, which they left within react , ' loaded with a heavy charge of shot, when Vale returning front school ran into a cottage to give part of an apple, ti the other child, and the latter at the instant taking up the pistol, it watt off, and the contents caused the death of the deceased. Au inquest was held on the 3d instant befo,n; W. 11. Clifton, Esq., coroner, who, in suitable terrw , , repri manded the young men to whose conduct the death of tie poor child is to be attributed, and the jury expressed t selves in the strongest terms of censure at the crimit, al negligence evince.l by them in the transaction.—Chelm.yed, Ch,onicle. ALLEGED INCENDIARY FIRE IN GRACECRURCII STEEET.—Last evening, at half-past six o'clock, a jury of nineteen highly respectable Inhabitants of the ward of Bishopsgate Within (of whom Mr. Deputy Stevens was foreman), were impannelled before Mr. Payne, coroner for London, at the City of London Tavern, Ilishopsgate•street, for the purpose of investigating the origin or a fire which occurred on the premises of Mr. Robert Plant, hosier and outfltte - , No. 6, Gracechurzh•street, at an early hour on the morning Or Sunday last. The jury, after having been sworn, proceeded, In company with the coroner, to view the premises. On their return to the inquest-room a great many witnesses were examined, but as it was found impossible to close the case satisfactorily in one sitting, an adjournment took place at a late hour till this day. Mr. Rush, surveyor of the Globe Insurance Company, and Mr. Musson, of the Sun ORice, were present during the inquiry, both those offices being concerned in the loss. The total amount of insurance effected on the property is stated to amount to between 2,00411. and 3,000/. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, will be performed (for the first time this Season), Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, kRN AN I . Ara, Madame rasini (her first appearance in this country) ; Buy Gomez, Signer Fornasari ; Don Carlos, Signor Bencich (his first appearance in this country); Ernani, Signor Castlgllano (his first appearance in this country). To 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, CATARINA ; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Gratin, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglloni ; Gosselln, Bertrand, Dl Mettle, and Perrot. Verdi's highly successful Opera of NINO will be repeated fOrthwith. Madame Castellan is daily expected in town, and will shortly appear. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Burdini, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stratton, D. W. King, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYmPII. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme. &c., will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Tom Coke, Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr. Buckstoue ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farrell ; Lady Hawthorn, 3liss Julla Bennett. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Reine d'un Jour," "Antoinette," Celled us Waltz, and the Q uadrille, "Le Roi d'Yvetot." After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, &c. To be followed by a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buckstone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TIIE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Pint Appearance in the Regular Drama of the celebrated GENERAL TOM THUMB ! THIS EVENING The performances will commence with WATCQ AND WARD. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Lnidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled Hop 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven League Boots. In which General Tom Thumb, who is engaged expressly for this occasion, will have the honour. of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, ss. ; - Boxes, 48. ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Wondrous success and hearty shouts of laughter at the New Farce of " Dld you ever send your Wife to Camberwell ?" THIS EVENING WIII be performed a New Petite Drama, in Two Acts, called, .1 1 1 13 CABIN BoY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, Woolgar. Mr. Faul Milford ; Julien, Madame Celeste ; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. O. Smith; Mrs. lioneybun, Bliss Wooigar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma tourkaphobia. In which Mewing. Paul Bedford and Wrigh', Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, 31Iss Woolgar, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, ConrortLi... THIS EVENIBTo -44'• Will be performed a New Vaudeville Comedy, t— tnotiils Count de FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr . J . V i de Brissac, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft , Mr. Compton Falliot, Mr. C. Mathews; Mille. Duval, Miss E. Horner; 'Druciahne4 de Chartres, Madame Vestris. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled MA.THEWS AND CO. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews. Compton, Walton, Oxberry, and Miss E. Honner. To be followed , by a New Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEARING LIKENESS. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Allred, 31r. James Yining; Ceco, Mr. Compton ; Manette, Madame Vestris. To ha succeeded by a Comic Scene, eslied. TWO IN THE MORNING. By Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Compton.. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which, Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, .Adrien, Miss Ballin, 31 iss Marshall, and Mae. Melanie Duval will appear. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. rinuArrrs SOIREES and 31A1INEES MYSTEEIEUSES. Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of niftier dislinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who flock to %Rend his Morning Performances, M. PIIILLIPPE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday 'and Saturday Mornng, a' Two o'clock. Phillippe's most I'opnlar Deceptions and Peculiar F..xperiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per iormances ol the Chiarini Family, and the aitounding Feats of the American ftrothers.—Doors open at a quarter p tat SCVCII, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. palls, as. ; Boxes, 2s, ; Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; l'evate Boxes, It. Is.. and 11. Hs. 6a AS'a LE Y'S Ri ACM. Ain FRITH e.ATRE Of ARTS. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but Three of the Winter Season, and of the piesent ' brilliant Spectacle, which is acknowledged by the countless throngs of admiring Spectators to surpass all previous efforts, in gorgeous tableaux aitil-magnificence of effect—Splcilid Double Band, Stu pendous Performing Elephants, &c. V/. • THIS EVENING _ Pyr 41 be performed a New - Drama, entitled THE RAJA, OF ..--, NAGPORk: t or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the ' ..\*. Whole of tte Company and beautiful Stud will app ea r. •.: • :- Vidana Searle s o f the Circle, combining toe unequalled Feats of 1,' ,--- '. the British arid Foreign Company. - .To conclude with THE IRISH SCHOOLMASTER. e- - , , MISS PARDOE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. C ONFESSIONS OF A PRETTY WOMAN. By Miss PARDOE. Authoress of " The City of the Sultan," &e. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongb-street. NEW WORK ON RUSSIA New ready, in I vols., small 'To g with a Full-length Portrait of the Emperor, price 21s. bound, R USSIA UNDER THE AUTOCRAT, NICHOLAS I. BY IVAN GOLOVIN 13, A RUSSIAN SUBJECT. "'these volumes are to be regarded as the most authentic and copious exposition of Russia and her Government that has yet been given to the world.—Britannia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•street. NOTICE is hereby given, that the GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the COMMISSIONERS of the METROPOLIS TURNPIKE-ROADS NORTH of the THAMES, will be held at the Commissioners'-office, No. 22, Whitehall-place, on WEDNESDAY, the 25th day of March instant, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon precisely. By order of the Commissioners, J. L. PANTER, Chief Clerk. Metropolis Roads'-effice, March 1, 1846. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock„ at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, containing instructions, are respectflilly requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 57 ; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 29.5.—W1ND N.W., cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. J 2 minutes after 4. 1 Evening .. 40 minutes after 4 Sir RanEra' PEEL, presented a petition from a vast majority of commercial houses in the city of London, connected with the India House, the Bank of Englanl, and the corn tra le, praying the House to relieve commercial stagnation, by comitin to a speedy deter mination on the questions relative to the tariff. Lord JonN Russea,r. posooned his: motion relative to the state of Ireland till after Easter. Mr. S.ln - TuE, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairg, is answer to a question from Mr. MONCKTON MINES, said he had no objection to lay en the table of the House a continuation of the papers respecting the operations of the Consular Jurisdiction Act in the Levant. Sir JAMES tittanAm, in answer to a question from Captain OSBORNE, stated that it was his intention to propose the re newal of the Irish Arms Bill during the present session. Sir B. PEEr, ill answer to a ques•ion from Mr. Siwv, said that it was his intention, as speedily as - possible, to proceed with the Life and Proparty (Ireland) Bill. Mr. SMYIII O'BRIEN wished to kiivw whether it was in tended by the Government to read the Fever (Ireland) Bill a second - time that night, because if it was, he trust,d it would riot be read after twelve o'clock. Sir JAMES GNAHAM said that such was his intention, and he trusted that he should be permitted to do so even after twelve o'clock. Mr. P. SCROPE said that the people of Ireland wanted food and not physic. Sir JAMES GRAHAM could assure the House that ample measures had been taken to relieve the necessities of the people of Ireland. Mr. Ilumr said the people of Ireland wanted labour, by which they might procure food, and diet not desire to be made a nation of paupers. Sir J. GRAHAM said that it was the intention of the Government to provide not only labour, but facilities fur obtaining food at a cheap rate for the people of Ireland. After some observations from Mn. WAKLEY and Captain Jolies, Sir PEEL trusted that the House would not now be led into a discussion on the subject at the present moment, and thereby prevent them proceeding with the further con sideration of the tariff. Mr Small O'BRIEN felt bound to assert that what the Government had done and was doing - would not relieve the wants of the people of Ireland, and that he could consider no subject so important and so well-deser.ring the consideration of the House as the famine that was at present existing in Ireland. to have deterred any but the strongest mind, will rejoice that, by the notice given, a pledge is secured to the country that an experienced, comprehensive, and lofty mind will soon be devoted to the exposition of views touching our future policy towards Ireland, and by which we may hope to be, in a great measure, safely led to the much-coveted work of political re generation. The state of Ireland is the great blot upon the escutcheon of England's public policy; it is a stain which (hitherto indelible) every patriot would, for the honour of his country, desire to remove, by almost any sacrifice that a combined spirit of philanthropy and enlightenment could devise or dictate. Foreigners acquainted with the greatness and glory of this country would not 'believe the degraded and re proachful condition of one-third part of our empire, were not the fact too notorious to admit of a doubt. Impressed with the deep responsibility that attaches itself to our Govern ment during the paralysed condition of Ireland, it is en livening that we have among us the forerunner of civil and religious liberty—the champion who has struck off so many disgraceful shackles under which our statute-book groaned, and by which freedom was fettered—ready to address him self to the ennobling project of extricating us from the mani fold perplexities which have hitherto beset our path of legis lation for Ireland, and who, by tracing out some clear and bold outline within which we may successfully and proudly marshal all our resources, may enable us to elevate the sister isle to a just equality with England and Scotland. A Parliamentary return, showing how much, or rather how little, of the immense sums deposited for the railway schemes now before Parliament still stands at the credit of the' Accountant-General at the Bank of England, and has not been invested in Government:securities, under the provi sion of the Act 1 and 2 Vie., c. 117, would throw very considerable light on the present connexion between railway enterprise and monetary scarcity. If we are rightly in formed, above six millions of the railway deposits are still locked up, directors, who have already lost in selling out of the funds in order to make the required depo sits, being unwilling to add to the loss by investing again at the higher prices which the funds have maintained since the time for making the deposits expired, and at the risk of subsequent depreciation, in the unsettled state of do mestic as well as foreign politics. The absurdity of the ex isting regulations as to railway deposits has been frequently expressed by us. The serious consequences of their ab surdity are now being deeply felt. If the sums required to be paid into the Bank to the credit of the Accountant-General, could either have been paid into the Bank in the name and to the credit of the directors of the several companies, or could have been paid in Government securities, there would have been ne abstraction of six millions from the circula tion ; and he who runs may read the share which an abstrac tion of six millions from the circulation has had in bringing about the present scarcity of money and derangement of the money-market. This important ingredient in the question will, we trust, not be lost sight of in to-morrow's discussion of Mr. PARKEn's much-needed motion. A Bill is now in Parliament for altering the absurd regu lations we have been complaining of. Under this Bill (in troduced by Mr. MOFFATT and Mr. GLSBOBNE), the moneys are to be deposited in the Bank in the names of the directors of companies, and where any portion of the sum required to be deposited by the standing orders has been pre viously invested in the Three per Cent. Consols, or Three per Cent. Reduced Bank Annuities, or Exchequer bills, or other Government securities, these securities are to be taken at the price at which they were originally purchased, the price to be proved by production of the broker's certificate of the purchase. So sensible a Bill should meet with no opposition ; but remembering, as we do, the Chancellor of the Exchequer's complacent mode of viewing things as they are, when Mr. HASTIE exposed their mis chievous absurdity at the commencement of the session, we fear that Mr. MOIFAT'r may not have so easy a task before him as he ought to have; and we trust that he will be well supported, in case of need. The motion of Mr. PARKER to morrow is for a Com mittee "to consider whether precautions cannot be devised by which the effects of the railway legislation now pending on the labour and money markets of this country may be provided against." Let the proposal in Mr. MorTarr's Bill for placing the sums at the Bank in the names of directors, instead of the Accountant-General, be carried into effect instanter, as regards schemes of this session, and the immense sums now locked up will imme diately become available for the circulation of the country. That will remave a great present load from the money_ market. As to the prospects of future disturbance of the money- market, Parliament must do one of two things; it must either hold its hand in granting Acts this session, or must conic to some general arrangement for a prolongation of the periods for completing the lines which it authorises. There can be nu doubt that. the first course would be the most desirable. Sir ROBERT PEEL very clearly intimated his approval of the course, but his Committee has failed him ; and, judging from appearances in both Houses, the Legislature appears to be committing itself more and more deeply every day to the passing of as many lines as possible during the present session. The country is already com mitted to an expenditure of seventy millions on railways during the next three years; the calculation of the cost of the railways proposed this session to Parliament (deducting for competing lines) is computed at three hundred millions, which would have to be found within the next five years at most. Such an addition to the demand already sanctioned on the resources of the country cannot be viewed without great alarm for the effects both on the money and the labour market. There is one point which should not be lost sight of in estimating the future difficulty of getting in calls, and it is one which will make the difficulty less. Power is now taken in railway Acts to allow interest (four per cent.) on deposits, from the time of getting the Act. This was not so with the first railway Acts ; and it is not fair, therefore, to con clude, from the difficulties which attended the construction of the first railways, that there will be the same depre ciation of shares and difficulties of getting in calls with these lately authorised, or now waiting for autho risation. Four per cent. interest, though paid, as it must be, till the works are completed, out of capital, will secure shares nut falling below par. We believe that the shares in all the railways authorised last session, though they have in many cases fallen considerably from the high prices of the mania seasor, have not fallen in any proportion to the fall in the value of scrips. But still this may only increase the disturbance in other branches of industry, by the greater cer tainty of the absoption in railways of the large amount of capital required for the schemes of the present session, of which Parliament seems, as yet, to have taken no heed, but to which we trust that Mr. PARKER'S motion will awaken their most serious attention. The subject then dropped. Sir R. PEsa, in answer to a question from Lord George Bentinck, said that since the repeal .sf the auction and glass duties, although there had been a falling off in the Excise, there bad been an increase in the csuoterms duties. The House then resumed the further consideration of the Report on the Customs' Resolutions (the Tariff.) On the question of the reduction of the duties on hops, Mr. PLUMPTRE thought that if any - Lduty was taken off that article it ought to be the Excise duty - .: , Sir R. PEEL could not consent to tali e off the Excise duty on hops, or retain the high protective ',duty to which foreign hops had hitherto been subjected. After some discussion, the House divided, when there ap peared—for the Government propositlon, 91; against it, 44. Majority in favour of the reduction, on hops proposed by Ministers, 47. _ Immediately upon the publication of the Duke of NEW CASTLE'S recent address to the British nation it wag our intention to accompany it with such commentaries as we conceive it fully demanded : circumstances, however, of in finitely larger importance have hitherto occupied both our attention and our columns, and protracted our silence as to the manifesto issued by his Grace until the present moment. On returning to this extraordinary document, we are over powered by a sense of its solemn inanity and nothing ness. We are awe-stricken by the exceeding anti quity of the thoughts contained in this redoubtable epistle ; they breath of the black. letter generation ; they reek of the curiosity shop ; they are of a hoary east— their most glaring characteristic is senility. The next quality in the produetion which arrests the reader is its won derful pomp and lavish exaggeration of style—what some persons would designate " ornate." Nevertheless there appears to us something diplomatic and cunning in the manner in which the strawberry-leaves generally display a preference to the grandiloquent order of composi tion. And by this subterfuge his Grace of Clumber manages to trick out a few wretched common-places after a fashion very brilliant and showy indeed. One puff, however, from common sense !—and the tinsel work is scattered off like chaff in a whirlwind, and the ideas are again as bald and as miserably scalped as ever. "You have witnessed," says the Right Hon. Scribe, "you have witnessed with astonishment and detestation the hideous treachery and tergiversation of public men, which burst forth suddenly upon your incredulous view in the full blaze of its triumphant deformity, supported by a shameless effrontery, unexampled in the annals of well regulated states." Here we have an aristocratic cypher, tell ing the whole British population that they view the recent occurrences in Parliament with "detestation." This is pre cisely analogous to the quack doctor insisting that his patient had pains in this joint, and rackings in that, sad cramps in the other—subsiding into the stage-whisper, that if those maladies were not per ceptible " they ought to be !" " Triumphant deformity," too, is quite an original substitute for an expletive, exceeded only in its boldness by the notion of deformity " blazing," inflammatory hunchbacks, combustible hare-lips, and in cendiary club-feet, wandering, doubtless, in the imagination of the agricultural Peer during the conception of the epithet. Of his Grace's redundancy, we shall merely observe that effrontery and shamelessness appear to us synonymous; no body surely can be shameless without effrontery, neither can effrontery be manifested without some indication of shamelessness. As a testimony, however, of the necessity of this sequitur, we shall content ourselves with a simple refe rence to the Lord of Clumber. Howbeit, there can be no possible utility in instituting a literary inquisition as to his Grace's grammar. The schoolboy fertile marks have un doubtedly disappeared long since—slate pencil is not surely a fit weapon for an oligarch. The only "forms" with which a ducal head or heart can have any sympathy whatever are the forms of etiquette, and judging from the Newcastle " complete letter-writer," we should decidedly say that even those sympathies are restricted. It is with the morale, the object, the propriety of this unparalleled, epistle, that we would engage ; and after the most deliberate and patient— we may indeed declare, after the most elaborate consideration of the matter—we must acknowledge that a more remarkable piece of spontaneous and gratuitous impertinence has not proceeded from the split of a goosequill within our recollection. As well might Mr. Nobody, representieg the opinion of the smallest parlour in Pimlico, bellow forth his recommenda tions to the multitude of Englishman throughout the United Kingdom, for all our Countrymen care. The Duke of NEWCASTLE is less than in a minority, he stands almost alone as FALSTAFF stood with his " ragged regiment" behind the copse at Shrewsbury-, while the bat tle was raging gloriously in the vicinity, and occasionally his Grace rushes in as FALSTAFF Mr. REr•rox objected to the Government proposition for the reduction of the duty on straw pleat, but would not divide the House upon it. Several other items were agreed to. On the item for the reduction of the duty on silk being proposed, Mr. G. BANK= moved as an amtmdment, that the item should be omitted. After a lengthened discussion thee House divided, when there appeared for the amendment, 114; against it, ')20; majority for the Government proposi tlon, 106 . It. was then arranged that the Tariff should be proceeded with to-night. Several Bills were then forwarded u stage. After a conversation. in which WAKLEY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Mr. S. CRAWFORD, and Lord J. RUSSELL took part, the Fever Hospital (Ireland) :13111 was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to.-night. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Twenty Minutes pa at One o'clock. It will be seen by our Parliamentary report of last night that Sir ROBERT PEEL presented from the great mercantile bodies of the city of London a most influential petition, approving of the Ministerial propositien for the enlargement of our commerce, and praying that .the House would lose no time in giving effect to it, since, pending their delibera tions, the free action of trade was seriously affected. It will also be observed that immediately after Sir ROBERT Pim, had resumed his seat Lord JOHN Russell. postponed his motion with respect to the state of Ireland until after Easter. Of the " propriety of the course thus pursued by Lord JOHN no doubt can be entert: tined; it involves more over a just compliment towards his constituents of this great metropolis, where the impolicy and evil effects of pro crastination are asssuredly more keenly felt, and justly rea soned, upon, than in any other part of our empire. No debate can take place upon his h affairs, particularly when heralded in under the auspic es of so distinzuished a man as the leader of the Opposition, and particularly under the unfortunate circumstances by w:kich that country is at present so grievously visited, without being suffered to run to as inordinate length. Neither can a man of such pa triotic views as Lord JOIIN be insensible to the serious res ' ponsibility that would be incurred ily offering any impedi i.,e.nt in the way of the progression of such measures as the Ministry consider to be imperiously called for to alleviate the sufferings of the Irish. rldsis the . fi rst step to be taken, and, doubtless, influ enced b y this impression, Lord TOM has done well in 1 time he has appointed delaying the bringin g on o f '3l motion till the I are through stalki p ng ainfuli e,. i , d t e li n e:L i l l e e n l and ,s, ‘'; with si' l s a stri des, as too g a i n an d t s f t a r m i re cently laid upon the table of the lia , use le unli p a ape. con firming the threatening ravages predicted ' by unhappily its I R y o B, PEEL, at the opening of the session. Anxious - as Lord Jous RUSSELL may be to enlighten Parliament with respect to the views his own mind has embraced touching the condition of Ireland, physical, moral, and politic al, and no one is better qualified to undertake so vast a subject, his sense of public duty urges hint to strengthen, and not to divert the arm of the Government, stretched out to mitigate, as fa r as hum an foresight can accomp lish, the heavy a ffl ictions im pending over millions of our fellow- countrymen. Again, by the post2onenient alluded to, it may be taken as conceded, that, in regard to prompt remedies firpressing grievances, Lord Rum cons iders the Administ ration entitled to approve , still, I • every one acquainted with the political career of Lord Jour RUSSELL, and mindful of the great efforts ire has made at every period of his life for the redemp tion of Ireland, and to which he has resorted under circum stances, of such adverse combinations of public men, sufficient 1 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 184 E. rushed in to pummel away with a " right cowardly " sword at objects beyond the power or beyond the leisure of offer ing any opposition. But upon what ostensible footing does he undertake to demonstrate the necessity of warring against the Ministerial innovations ? Why, he simply maintains protection as a gentlemanly sort of thing, he upholds it be cause it smacks not of the canaille policy, and because also of the several pints of blood he carries in his veins. According to this line of reasoning, the feudal system should be alto gether resuscitated ; for agricultural monopoly is unquestion ably of feudal extraction ; we should kiss hands again with every petty baron in the realm ; regulations of matrimony itself should be tampered with by a revival of the old, monstrous statute of the bridal night. Taking this as a fundamental principle in our logic, all our modern enact ments are mere baubles, to be ordered out by the first CRoM WELL of the aristocracy. Englishmen, however, have become too discriminating in their political creed to treat platitudes (even when they are platitudes of correspondents with coronets) with anything above indifference. Mr. CoaDEN has so accustomed them to sound arguments and new illus trations, that our British public have become somewhat fastidious in legislative rhetoric : it therefore behoves his Grace of NEWCASTLE to continue henceforth silent. We have received Madrid journals of the 9th. According to one of them, the Tiempo, the Spanish Government, by way of reprisal upon England for her interpretation of the treaties respecting the admission of sugar from Cuba, has resolved to increase the tonnage on all English vessels enter ing the ports of Spain. That journal approves of this mode of retaliation, as will be seen from the following extract : "It appears certain that our Government has ordered that English ships, in our ports, should henceforth be treated as not belonging to the most favoured nation ;' consequently, British merchantmen will pay double tonnage duties, besides paying the same import duties on British goods as are paid by other nations with whom we have commercial treaties. This measure is adopted in consequence of the interpretation given by the British Minister, Mr. Gladstone, to the treaties of this kind existing between Spain and England. Accord ing to the sophistical reading of the English agent, these treaties related to persons only, and not to merchandise. Consequently, in his opinion, we have not the right of intro ducing our colonial sugars into England without payment of the sur-tax, which places them in a worse position than those of Venezeula and North America. This absurd inter pretation, supported by force, excepted by the English Minis try, and renewed by Sir R. Peel in his new financial and fiscal plan, must have been, - if not approved, at least sub mitted to by us. In such circumstances the plan of Martinez de la Rosa, our Minister of Foreign Affairs, ought to have been to make the best of the matter. In our opinion that Minister has acted rightly in accepting the interpretation of Mr. Gladstone, and in declaring, in consequence, the onerous treaties of commerce existing between Spain and England null and of no force." On the 9th, the Three per Cents. closed at 291 at sixty days. The Five per Cents, were not quoted. A discussion of some interest was expected to commence yesterday, in the French Chamber, on a motion of M. REMUSAT, for excluding all placemen from seats in the Chamber, and an amendment, or addition, proposed by M. OnttoN BARROT, for the exclusion not only of placemen, but of all persons receiving pensions from the civil list. These two classes form a large portion of the Chamber. According to a report made by M. lIEBERT on the subject, 156 Members are public functionaries, who hold their ap pointments at the will of the Crown or the Minister : since 1830, 51 Deputies, who entered as independent representatives, were appointed to salaried oflices, and 162, who held appointments were raised to higher offices, thereby increasing the power of the Crown. The amendment of M. ODILON BARROT is strongly censured by the Journal des Debats which it de clares is made chiefly to annoy the KING. " The Opposition," says that paper, "thinks to make itself popular by directing its attacks against royalty itself, for it is well understood that the incompatibility sought by M. ODILON BARROT is only intended to include some live or six officers who have the honour of belonging to the royal household, and who do not interfere in the slightest degree with the freedom of the deliberations of the Chamber. It is in royalty that the Opposition wis'ies to create distrust. This is the pretext used to bring forward questions which politeness would for bid even if the charter did not." On the reading of the minutes of proceedings which took place in the Chamber on certain questions put to M. GutzoT by the Marquis DR LA ROCHE JAQUELIN, a little animated conversation took place, in con sequence of a strong word used by the Minister having been changed for another in the report given in the Moniteui. It appears that M. GUIZOT had said that "it could not be ex pected that France should be the haunt (repaire) of all in surrections;" while the word substituted for this in the Moniteur was foler, or rallying point. The alteration was readily admitted, which seems to have been made in defe rence to public feeling, and the matter dropped. The Con stitutionnel thus does justice to M. GUIZOT for making the alteration : "M. Guizot had expressed an opinion that the Polish re fugees ought not to be suffered to convert France into a repaire for the nurture of revolutions and conspiracies.' That word repair( has excited a sentiment of universal reproba tion among the Members of the Chamber of Deputies. It is a word seldom or never employed, except in reference to the retreat of thieves and assassins. It was odious in the Mi nister of Foreign Affairs to make use of it, even by hypo thesis, when speaking of the unfortunate refugees of a nation entitled by its misfortune and by its courage to the esteem and to the sympathy of all men of feeling. M. Guizut has, however, become convinced of his error, and replaced the word ri p tire by that of foyer (focus or rallying point), as will be seen by the Jlioniieur of Saturday, Such corrections are made every day. An improper expression may some times escape in the heat of an argument, and it is never too late to repent when such is the case." On Sunday the Three per Cents. rose about 30c., as com pared with the price on Saturday, and were done in the pas sage of the opera at 84f. 35c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Maacn 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 11— Bordeaux, Touleuse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 2—Ditto (Espelita), ti —Dutch Rhenish, 6—East In dian, .34 —treat Northern of France Coustltated, 1614—Great Indian Peninsular, 3i —Great Western Canada, 3 $4, —Jersey, 'X —Laicals. bourg, 1 3 A Madrid and Valentia, I —Orleans and Bordeaux, 1”.4 —Sambre and Meuse, 41A MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpool yes terday, and American was will supported. Sales 5,000 begs, nearly all to the trade. A further improvement occurred in the Share market, which wore a better appearance than for some weeks past. The following interesting intelligence shows that Canada possesses mineral wealth as well as agricultural resources :- " Some of the British officers in Canada have lately made an important discovery of some of the richest copper mines in the world. This diseovery has created great excitement, Some of the officers, en route to England, will carry with them specimens of the ore; and, among them, one piece weighing 2,2001b5. The ore is very rich, yielding, as we learn, 72 per cent. of pure copper. Part of the copper was taken from the bed of a river, and some broken off from a cliff on the banks. The latter is six feet long, four broad, and six inches thick." The Peterel, with advices of Jan. 25 from Rio de Janeiro, does not furnish much news. There is some satisfaction, however, in reflecting that the balance of trade was last year rather more favourable to Brazil, and the grand desideratum appears to be the formation of such a system of finance as will increase permanently, and without resort to paper issues, the national revenue of the empire. There are no other ship arrivals to-day, with late intel ligence. The English Stocks have been depressed again this morn ing, and although there has not been much doing a sale of Consols has sent down the quotation to 95% again for pre sent transfer. Time bargains have been effected at 96 1 4 to 96%. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 335. to 365., and Bank Stock for Account has been at 212. South Sea Stock has realised 106%. The Foreign Securities haie been generally very well supported. Spanish Five per Cents. are 26, the Three per Cents. 36 to 36 1 4. Portuguese Three per Cents. have been at 56 1 . Mexican Active Stock has been quoted 31 1 / a to 1 , 4 , and the Deferred 16 1 / 2 to y 4. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 98, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% to %. Shares are rather flat. The market does not get get up so well here as is said to be the case at Liverpool, but some ex pect more briskness after to-day's account is settled. A glance at the quotations in the list shows that there are many pro mising " scrips" to be bought at extremely low prices. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three, per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 963 95% 95% South Sea Stock 106% 106% Bank Stock for Account .. 212 212 Consols for Account .. 96U %U 96 Exchequer MM. 134 d. I%d. 1,0001. - .... 36 33 - pm. 33 5001. 34 37 33 - pm. 33 Ditto. Small - .... 34 37 33 - pm. 33 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. - Ditto, Small .. .. 84 84 Danish, 3 per Cent •. - 883 Equador Bonds .. -3% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 3134 31% Ditto, Deferred .. 16 %34 163( Peruvian Bonds, S per Cent. .. - 3 734 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. - Ditto, 3 per Cent .. .. • • 56% 5634 Ditto, 4 per Cent .. - 571 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account E .. 26 26 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 5% Ditto, Deferred .. 1634 1634 Ditto, Three per Cent • .. 36 36 Ditto, for the Account .. 3634 363 i Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 98 98 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59 34 % 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% 95 9434 PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. 10 8 7 .. 7 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% .......... 1% Birmiligham and Gloucester.. .. 100 - - Ditto New (issed at 7% dis.) 1734 ... 31% 3134 Buckinghamshire .. 425. - ..... % die Caledonian .. .. 10 .... 1134 10% Ditto, Half Shares .... 2% Cambridge and Oxford.. - Chester and Holyhead .. .. 20 .... 20 20 Cork and Waterford .. 1% - Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. - Direct Northern .. 2% .... 2 1 4 .....• Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... -8 Eastern Counties ~ 141. 1t5...., 21% . 21 • ...• 21 Ditto New .. 81. 165... .. 6 p 6% p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d. % p % p Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. %U p % p Ditto, York Extension 105..... ..... 134 East Lincolnshire .. .. 154.... 1% • . 1% Essex and Suffolk .. 1% Goole, Doneast., and shemeid, &e. 425..... % p 34 p Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... 17 Great Western 85 - 145 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 16% 16 Lancaster and Carlisle .. 35 .... - - Ditto, New .. .... 9% 9% Leeds and Carlisle .. .. 2% .... 134 134 Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. 2%.... 2 345 . 234 London an i Birmingham . .100 .. • . 219 21734 218 Ditto Thirds .. 16 .... 49% 34 ........ 49% Ditto Quarters .. .. 2 .... 27 .. • • • • .• . • 27 Ditto Fifths 2 .... 24 London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 836 • • ..... • • • 8 % London and Brighton .. .. 50 .... 64 63% 63% Ditto, Consul. Eighths .. .. 40 .... - .......... Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. 20 .... 29% .... 29 54 London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 21% ex 21% xd London and South-Wes'ern.. 411. 6s. 10d. 7634 .......... 76 Dttto, New Consol. Eighths .. 28 .... 43 43 London and York .. .... 314 % 3% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil • . 234 .... Lynn and Derehiun .. 10 .... 9% 834 % Ditto, half Shares .. 38 .... 59 . • • Ditto, Fifths .. .. 2 .... 11% 12 ...... 12 Ditto Extension .. 425..... 334 3 p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 76% 77 x d 77x4 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 • • 7% • • 7% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. - .. l% Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2 .. 2 Ditto, New .. 18 .... 31 . 31 Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 - - Ditto, New . 1 .... 9 32 • . Ditto, New, Brandling 20 .... 37 .. • 37 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 19% ....... North British .. .. 20 .... - - Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1U .... 2%34 3a 2% North Kent and Direct Dover • • 234 ...• 234 2.... •• 2 North Staffordshire .. 42,..... 334 5 % p.. • • • 3% p Nertiunpton,Banbury ,& Chelthm. 2 .. 134 1 34 Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptu. 1214 .... 12% % • • Portsmouth Inrect .. • • .. 3% .... 3 Scottish Midland .. 5 .... 334 334 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... 2% 3 Shropshire Union .. 421..... % die die South Midland .. 425..... 1% 034 p • • • . 1 p South and Midlands Junction .. 425..... South Eastern and Dovor 33 34 .... 3634 36 ...... 36 Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 .... 17 . Do., New (do. 331. 6s. hd.) No. 2. 10 .. 1134 11 34 Ho., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234.... ........ 2% Vale of Neath 2 .... 2 3% Waterford and Kilkenny 554....- Waterfit., Wexfd., Wick., & Dub. 134 .... 3 4 • ; ........ 14 York and North Midland .. 50 .... 96 1 4 96 95% ' Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 25 .... 48 48 Ditto, Selby .. .. 30 .... ..... • . 73 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. . Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 - .......... - Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 2% • 234 Dendre Valley .. 2 .... 34 Dutch Rhenish .. 5 6 % % • • ...... 6 Grt. North. of France Constituted 6 .... 16% . Louvain and Jemeppe 4 . - ..... 1% Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 .... 2 Luxembourg .. 4 .... 1% Namur and Liege .. .. 4 .... • • Rouen and Havre -. .. 20 .... 30 • • Sambre and Meuse .. . .... 4 • • Tours;and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .... • - • • • • JOIN T-STOCK BANKS. British North American 50 - . • • • • • • • .. 4434 • • • • • • • • 44% Union of Australia .. .. 25 .... - • • • • • • - Ditto, New .. .. • . 2%.... 214.......... 21,4 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. -3% .. • 354 THE CoNvicr Wicxs.—We are glad to learn that the case of this unfortunate young man has, by the humanity of a number of individuals, been brought under the especial notice of the Government, and that strong hopes are enter tained that the capital sentence will not be car r i e d into effect. This appears to be one o f t h ose cases where lenity might be shown with little danger to society. There are great doubts respecting the sanity of the convict, and besides, from his own account, he was almost driven to madness by the cruel treatment of his master. This may be true, or it may not, for any evidence produced, but it is known to many, that the life of apprentices in London is too frequently of the most dismal character, and that insults and cruelties are inflicted on young lads which almost exceed human endurance. The law has given to the master the power and autbority of a parent, while he has none of those natural feelings which rarely fail to miti gate punishment. The crime, we readily admit, was very great, but when we compare it, under all the circumstances, with many of those committed by persons arrived at mature years, who have had their sentences commuted, er who have, b escaped conviction, we are strongly incli ne d t o p to this you ng man , w h o h as on l y entered accident, n mercy , cy his twentieth year. reaade LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Arisen 17.—Wind N.W., moderate breeze and fine. ItAMSOATE, MARCH 16.—Arrd. Harmonic, Beckmann, Rotterdam for St. Übes, leaky, bows stove, loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact in the Downs. LivEnrooL, MAacu 16.—Wind W.S.W., a gale.—Arrd. Maggie, Spence, Shanghai; Inglewood, Ilong Kong; Herculean, Gibson, Bombay ; Anne Armstrong. Graham, Bombay ; Delhi, Homer, Bom bay ; England's Queen, Sheddings, Bombay ; Hannibal, Guthrie, Valparaiso ; Princess Victoria, Thorns, Maranham, sailed 12th ult. ; John Farmouth, Gibbs, Jamaica ; Belle, Crutchfield, Tampico ; Ara bian, Hawkins, New Orleans, lost rudder, sails, bulwarks, &c., and threw part of cargo overboard during a heavy gale from 11th to 18th February. Foarsmouvrt, MAtten 16.—1 t has blown a hard gale all day from W., with very heavy squalls. At 11 A.m., the men-of-war at Spit head struck top-gallant masts ; 7 P.M. more moderate BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONIILANQUE.) IN RR BURLEIGH. The Learned COMMISSIONER proceeded to give judgment on claims put in by Pyke and Norfolk Burleigh, sons of this bankrupt, who had carried on business as an attorney. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that the claims were to a large amount, and were alleged to be founded on debts in • curred many years ago under a breach of trust, and suppos ing that to be the fact the statute of limitation would not operate. On the marriage of the bankrupt with his Is ife some large estates were settled on them by the parents of the lady, for their use during their lives, and to be h e ld i n trust by the bankrupt for their children. Pyke B ur l e i g h came of age in 1817, and in 1821 h e j o i ne d with his father in a deed for the sale of part of the property, an d in 1825 the remaining was sold by the consent of Norfolk Burleigh, who had then come of age ; they did not insist on the terms of the trust being carried out by the investment of the purchase-money, but consented to its being retained by the bankrupt. His Honour said he was clearly of opinion that they had waived their right, and could not now come in and claim in prefer ence to.the other creditors. It, in fact, stood precisely as though they had lent the money, and could not be regarded as a breach of trust; they would have had the benefit of the father's speculations liad they proved fortunate. He was most strongly of opinion, in the case of Pyke Burleigb, that he had no ground of claim for he was one of the parties in whose names the money ought to have been invested—there was in that respect therefore a shade of difference, and barely a shade between his case and that of Norfolk Burleigh'e. In some cases the father had exercised undue parental influence, but in this there was no such excuse, both the claimants were of mature age, and Pyke had been clerk to his father, who was an attorney carrying on a large business, and, therefore, not likely to have been deluded into a waiver of his rights. The claim was disallowed. IN RE sut JOHN ROSS. This morning was appointed fur the adjourned choice of assignees and last examination of Sir John Ross, the well known voyager. The meeting, however, had not been advertised, but the hour set down in the list as well as in the books of the official assignee, was eleven, anc some of the parties were present. The case. however, in consequence of this mis understanding, was adjourned till one o'clock. At that hour, Mr. Buchannan, the solicitor 'to the fiat, said that Mr. Ghat, tailor, of the Strand, had proved his debt, and undertaken the office of assignee; he had had the accounts bsfore him several days. and was quite satisfied with them. YOUGUAL, liaison 14.—The 4enora, Stevens, of Cork, from Newport, is reported to be onshore at Kuockadoon near here, but ex pected off next tide. The Learned CommtssioNEtt maid he could not recognise Mr. Gillot's having had the accounts before he was appointed assignee; a short adjournment of ten days must take place. The last examination was, therefore, again adjourned. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT A COTTON FACTORY AT LEICES TER.--A fire broke out on Saturday night at the extensive factory belonging to Messrs. Harris and Hemel, cotton and India-rubber web manufacturers. In the course of a few minutes the fire had obtained such an ascendancy that the flames burst out in a large body from the different windows, and shortly afterwards extended to the second, third, and fourth storeys of the building, each of which contained a large quantity of cotton in a raw state, bobbins and spindles for wind ing, webbing, &c. In one room there were several bales of goods. packed ready for exportation, to the value of 3,000/., but by the exer tions of the police, firemen, and others, a great portion of them, as well as the stock, wits saved ; nevertheless, from the combustible na ture of the articles the flames spread so rapidly that the whole of the building, extending to a frontage of between 300 and 400 feet, was completely gutted. The damage is estimated at a rough calculation at between 4,0001. and 5,0001. The property is insured to the amount of 15,0001. ; but still from the stoppage of the works, and the conse quent inability of the firm to complete a number of ertlets they have on hand, they will be very severe losers. At three u'eleek on Saturday last, as the Queen of the French was returning from Neuilly, an individual threw himself off the Triumphal-arch at the Barriere de l'Etoile. The Queen ordered her coachman to stop, but the suicide was complete. Her Majesty was deeply affected by this incident. Mr. Dempster, the ballad singer, who has been sing ing to crowded houses in Boston and Providence, has recently set to music the popular song of the " May Queen," by Tenn;;-son, which Is spoken of in the highest terms by the Eastern press. The pathos of this song is absolutely painful ; and it is said, there was scarcely a dry eye in the bona; while it was sung. _ WHITBY, MARCH 14.—A light brig is said to have capsized this morning off Robin Hood's Bay. RAMSGATE, MARCH 16.—Arid. Elßotts, Glascoigne, Newcastle for Dublin, with loss of bowsprit, having been is contact in the Downs. FALMOUTH, Menem 16.—Wind W. to W.S.W., strong gales.— Arrd. Peterel packet, Rio Janeiro, sailed 25th January, on freight about 10,0001. in gold ; Mystery, Williams, Porto Rico ; American Lass, Cumming, Demerara. The Devenport, M'Kenzie, was fallen in with on the 14th inst., in lat. 48, lon. 11, water-logged, with loss of foremast, bowsprit, &c., and one man overboard; supplied with water and provisions by the Peterel packet, arrived here. A large three masted steamer, supposed to be *ire of the West India mall boats, passed up channel yesterday afternoon. MARGATE, MALitca 16.—The Richard, Pernehon, of Newcastle, from Liverpool to London, came on shore on the Pall Patch Sand to day, and sunk, Crew saved. MARKET NEWS.-(TRIS DAY.) 711L&T 1113ZIELT8. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 58 to 4188 ; Clover ditto, 418 s to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14e to 11 168 per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. CUMIIERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 be to 41 lOs ; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s; Wheat Straw, 11 161 to 11 18s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WinTacuartr..—lleadow Hay, 313 e to 4111 s ; Clover ditto, 41 Ss to 6135; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 1114 s , Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 Ids per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. ~ ...I. v. . i ~,, ,t 1 ,. .. ) .s 1 ...1'1,,,,,,i . A . .i . ... • i• giaNi\ i i 45 61, ..- ' 1 . 7, , 7 ' A 1 1 / 4 ,i,,, , v t. ---p , - :, ~. ....• h, • -‘,..... • A'~~ Altitta lilt - LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1846. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. Various petitions were presented, among others one by Lord BROUGHAM, signed by 37,000 inhabitants of Cornwall, and 15,000 of the inhabitants of Devcn, in favour of the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway, being the only peti tion in favour of a railway that he had ever presented in his life. _ . . The Earl of CLAttEspoN gave notice that he should, to• morrow, move for papers on the subject of the o:egon nego tiation; and their Lordships adjourned. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. NEVILLE took the oaths and his seat for Windsor, and Captain CARNEGIE for Stafford. Several Railway Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed. The order of the day for the second reading of the Great North and South Wales Railway Bill was discharged upon the motion of Mr. Monnis, after a few okerrations from Sir DE LACY EVANS. Mr. F. FEENCII presented a petition from a clergyman of the Irish Church, complaining of the course pursued by the Bishop of Limerick in the distribution of livings in iii diocese. Several petitions were presented for and against the Go vernment: measures with repect to the corn-laws. Lord gEonGE BENTINCK presented a petition from Cum berland, against any alteration in the corn• laws. The Noble Lord staled that the petition was signed by every one of the tenants of the Laird of Netherby, with the exception of One. FINE ARTS. FOURTEEN DESIGNS, in outline, illustrative of " Gertrude of Wyoming," made expressly for the Art- Union of London, by G. E. Ricks; engraved by Collard, Joubert, Webb, Stocks, and Watkins. These engravings, which are of folio size, and are contained in a handsome portfolio, are presented by the Art-Union of London to the subscribers for the year 1846, in addition to the usual line engraving annually presented to them. They are exceedingly beautiful specimens of outline drawing and engraving, and be it remembered that in the production of these outlines the talent of an artist is put to the severest possible test. In outline no shading can be introduced to hide bad draw ing ; there can be no tricks of art in outline—all must be correct and properly proportioned. In these outlines, not only is all correct according to the strict rules of art, but all is graceful, poetical, imaginative, embued with genius. The illustrations are worthy of the poem. Lord Alvanley continues at Badminton, in very indif ferent health, although his Lordship is not considered to be in such a precarious condition as about a week since. We regret to say that although the accounts are more favourable, it is extremely doubtful whether he can recover from his illness. Lord Francis Egerton is confined to his chamber by a severe attack of gout. Mr. Washington Irving, the Minister at the Spanish Court, has been recalled at his own request, and will be succeeded by a Mr. Seuiders. We regret to announce the death of Lady Methuen, wife of Lord Methuen, and sister of Sir Henry Mildrnay, Bart. The Earl and Countess of llarrington, who were to have left town on Saturday last for Elvarston, have postponed their departure for a week, and entertained a party at dinner on Sunday. The Duke of Wellington will give a grand entertain ment 011 the 25th inst., at Apsley House, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duchess of Gloucester, when a distinguished party is invited to meet the royal party. The Noble and Gallant Duke has a dinner party to-morrow; but It is confined to the Cabinet Ministers. CHRISTENING.—On Monday morning the infant son of the Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford was baptised at St. George's Church, Hanov , r-square. A select family circle was pre vnt at the interating solemnity. The sponsors were Viscount Castlereagh, Lord Alfred Churchill, and Lady Alexandrine Vane; and the noble infant took the names of " Frederick John Spencer. , ' The party subsequently repaired to the family mansion of the Mar quis of Blandford, in Wilton-crescent, where the Marquis and Mar chioness gave an elegant breakfast to a party of about twenty mem bers and friends of both agates. RAILWAY , - COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY) GROUP IX. Members—Lord Horsley, chairman; Mr. R. Spooner, Mr. Milnes Gaskell, Mr. Archbold, and Colonel Thomas Austen. This Committee fleet to-day , at twelve o'clock, when the case for the opposition to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Amendment and Branches was resumed. The following Bill, the Glasgow Harbour (Grand Junction Ter minus Railway) was annulled from the list of Bills given yesterday, it having been just referred to this Cemmittee. Mr. William Harvey, it proprietor and partner in two of the distilleries on the banks of the canal, was the first witness examined. The ground had been fenced or leased for the works on the banks of the canal, with the right of road way in front for their accommodation. The proposed branch would be a serious inconvenience, as it touched the canal, at the angle at which Mr. Gourley's distillery was placed, while in front of Messrs. Kidson and Borrow's works it was but six feet from the canal. The branch also touched on the footpath at another point. It was his opinion that the trams on that side of the canal arising from the public works would be seriously incommoded. A great amount of the grain used by the distillers, came by the canal, and would have to cross the branch line into the works, as would also the goods sent from the works by the canal, and hence a great impediment might arise. In fact, the inconve nience would be so great, that the effect would be to shut up the works altogether. The line of railway would be to him no benefit whatever, as he would have to use cartage as much as before. This would also in his opinion be the case with the proprietors of the other works. The south bank of the canal would be much preferable, and the crossing of the canal by the branch would be avoided; and in this opinion be believed all .ho proprietors on the north bank coin eided. Further, the branch would be of use in supplying Um works with coal. The witness was cress-exanthied at some length by Mr. IVNEIL, in the course of which he maintained iu substance what he stated in his examination in chief.l Mr. Win. Geddies Bonn, was next examined—lle was a proprietor of the glass bottle works at Port nuncios, at which the traffic was very great. He was decidedly of opinion that the branch along the bank of the canal would not only impede and inconvenience him but all the other proprietors of works on the banks. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that the peti tioners had made out a case of great inconvenience to their works, and, therefore, they (the Committee) did not lequire any other evi dence on that point. It would be for the promoters to show that the convenience and advantage to the pubic would be so great as to justify this inconvenience of the petitioners. Mr. M'NEin intimated they were prepared to do so if it should be found necessary. Mr. FORSYTH begged to remind the Learned Gentleman that his case was closed. Mr. Saunderson was then called and examined, to the effect, that from his knowledge of the trade, he did not think the traffic coming off or going on the canal at Port Dundas, would be carried by the branch railway, but be still continued, and therefore that Bach a branch was uncalled for. Mr. IlopE then briefly addressed the Committee, to the effect that it had not been shown that the convenience of the braneh to the public was at all commensurate with the disadvantage it would im pose on private individuals. If there was no truffle there would be no inconvenience, and the line was not required ; if the traffic was considerable, then it had keen clearly shown the inconvenience would be very great to the manufacturers on the bank of the canal, all of whom opposed the branch, as entirely unnecessary. GROUP XIV. The Select Cominittee on this group reassembled at the usual hour this morning in the Lord Chancellor's Court, Westminster Hall, Mr. Protheroe in tho chair. The other members of the Committee were Lord Emlyn, Mr. Grogan, General Lygon, and Mr. John C'Connell. NORTH ZENT LINE. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM opened the case for the promoters of this line. The object of the Bill was to authorise the construction of a line of railway from London through the district of North Kent to Dover and Deal. Upon the necessity and importance of such line, traversing as it did a large and active population, he might truly say a locomotive population, there could not be a doubt entertained. The population of the North Kent district, independently of the metropolis, was about 400,000, and it con tained many of the great naval and military establishments at Woolwich, Chatham, and Sheerness, while the line at the same time passed through towns of such importance as Maidstone and Canterbury, and ports of such importance as Dover and• Deal. It required, therefore, no argument in support of such line in the present advancing state of the railway system ; indeed, its importance was fully admitted by a Committee of the House, when the South-Eastern Bill was passed, but at that time there were two insuperable obstacles to the making of such a line, namely, the crossing of the Medway, at Rochester, and the difficulty, or, as it was thought then, the impossibility of tunnelling wider the Brough ton Hills, near to Faversham, but it had since been fully ascertained that these obstacles were not so great as they were originally sup posed to be, and it was now only for the Committee to decide which of the two proposed lines was the best for serving the wants of the district. The line he had the honour of sup porting commenced in the neighbourhood of Southwark-bridge, in the Borough, and he might here mention that there was a project before Parliament for extending the line across the bridge into the very heart of the City, and the line would also be connected with a short branch of the South-Western Company, which would carry it to the Hungerford-bridge station, and to the centre of the western part of the metropolis. From Southwark-bridge the line passed in the direction of Peckham and Camberwell, and then, by a tunnel, through Blackheath. A small loop was thrown out at this point, which would pass through Woolwich and rejoin the main line on Plumpstead-common. The main line passed under Woolwich-com mon, thence over Plurnpstead-common, and on through the populous villages of Crayford, to the town of Dartford, and thence to Gravesend. Paping hom Gravesend it arrived at the Medway, which it crossed in an unobjectionable manner, through Rochester, and along the banks of the river by means of a viaduct, which would be an ornament rather than an injury to the town. From Rochester it ran to Chatham, thence to bittingboum, in the immediate neighbourhood of Milton, and then on to Faver sham, at which point they had laid down an alternative line, to enable them either to avoid or to pass through that town. From Faversham the line made for Canterbury, and after passing the Broughton Hills, they threw out a branch towards Ramsgate ' for facilitating the communication between the Isle of Thanet and the metropolis. Now the present distance from London to Canterbury by the existing line was 85 miles. The North Kent Line would re duce the distance to 57 miles, while the project of the South-Eastern Company would only reduce it to sixty-two miles or thereabouts. From Canterbury there was a fork line, one running to Dover and the other to Deal ; the latter was sixteen miles in length, and the former fourteen. The existing distance between the metropolis and Dover was eighty-eight miles, :he North Kent line would_ reduce it to seventy-three. The estimate of the line was about three millions and three quarters. The Learned Counsel concluded by stating that lie wished, before producing the engineer, to give evidence to show the importance of that district, and the extent of traffic which it passed. Mr. Aunts said he would admit that the traffic of the district fully justified the making of a line through North Kant, and traffic evidence of a general character need not therefore be gone into. The only traffic evidence of any importance, for the Committee to be in possession of, was that which was of a comparative nature, and tended to show that the traffic of one route was less or greater than that of the other. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY consented, after what had fallen from his Learned Friend, to abam.on the ti elle evidence, but he should pro pose to put in a table, showing the population of the districts through which the line passed. Mr. AUSTIN had no objection to such a table being put in. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY understood that the necessity for a line running through North Kent was admitted by all parties. Mr. AUSTlN—Certainly it is. The CHAIRMAN said it might be taken for granted that the extent of population and traffic iu the North Kent district was quite enough to justify the construction of a railway. 111 r, Sergeant MURPHY submitted then that the only question to be decided by the Committee was what Company should be en trusted with the making of the line. Mr. AUSTIN—Just so. Mr. Sergeant Muarui—Then we propose to call witnesses to prove that the North Kent line is pretend by the majority of the inha bitants of North Kent to the scheme of the South-Eastern Company. Accordingly witnesses itom all parts of North Kent were exa. mined to prove that the people were decidedly against the South• Eastern, and in favour of the North Kent. GROUP XV. The Committee met, for better accommodation, in the Vice- Chancellor of England's Court, this morning at twelve o'clock, Present, Mr. O'Connell, chairman, Sir R. Price, Captain Hatton, Mr. Hinclley, and Mr. Mackinnon. SOUTH-EASTERN, TUNBRIDGE WALLS 'lO HASTINGS AND UTE. Mr. HILL, for Sir Godfrey Webster, proceeded to cross-examine the engineer. The line passes close upon Battle Abbey, the property of Sir Godfrey; but Mr. Barlow exhibited a drawing with a proposed deviation, sixty-five yards more d'stant from Battle Abbey, by which the embankment on the line would be hid from the prospect of the abbey. The CHAIRMAN said, that the Committee were of opinion that the Company agreeing to lay down► their line according to that deviation, Sir Godfrey ought to desist from opposition. Mr. ALEXANDER called several witnesses on behalf of the Com pany, and proved the assents and dissents of proprietors on the line, which were—of owners, assents 70, dissents 29, neuters 24, and 58 who had given no answer; of lessees, assents 20, dissects 7, neuters 3, and 25 from whom no answer had been received ; of occupiers, 94 assents. This closed the ease for the promoters. Sub-Committee No. 1. The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Sty utt chairman. THE MELDS CENTRAL. Mr. SHERWOOD appeared for the promoters, and the fill being un opposed, the Committee said that the standing orders had been com plied with, with the exception of the promoters not having given notice of their intention to amalgamate with existing lines, and also for not having given notice of their intended power in the Bill fer borrowing a sum of money sufficient for carrying out the interacted junction with the lines proposed to be joined. THE ABERDEEN. ' The Committee then gave their decision on a point in this case, which had been reser7ed from a former day. The CHAIRMAN said that the standing orders in this case had been complied with, excepting that the parties had not given sufficient notice to the owners of property in a few of the districts through which the line was to run. MDINIIIMGET AND aii.THGATE, WITH BRANCHES. The Committee decided that the projectors of this Bill had com plied with the standing orders. Agents, Deans, Dunlop, and P. Forbes, Esq., Edinburgh ; Thomas Grainger, Esq., C.E. GLASGOW, AXEDSFLIE, AND MONKLANDS 3UNCTION. This Bill was, like the former, unopposed, and It also passed the standing orders. GLASGOW. BARRINEA.D, AND NEILSTON (BRANCHES TO DUNLOP-STREET, GLAS- COW). The leng:h of this branch line was stated to be about a mile and a half, and the estimated cost 180,0001. Neil Robson, Esq., engineer. The Bill was unopposed and passed. SCOTTISH MIDLAND EXTIDNSION. This Bill was for the purpose of constructing a branch from the parent line nearForfar,to Laurencekirk, in the county of Kincardine. Sub-Committee No. 2. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; present, Sir John Yarde Buller (chairman), Mr. Bell. Mr. liemble, and Mr. Walker. NEWPORT, ABERGAITENNY, AND lIERE- F 07231. The consideration of this 8111, which was commenced on Thursday last, was resumed. A portion of the formal proof, which was not produced on Thurs day, was taken, after which the remaining allegations in the peti tion, which was part heard, were proceeded with. 'ihe petition alleged that at the ninth mile and fourth furlong the embankment was not marked on the county plans and deposits. The Committee found that the omission complained of had been committed. There was a similar allegation with reference to the third furlong on the line, which the Committee found to be sustained. An allegation with respect to the second mile and first furlong, of the same character, was sustaixed. Several similar allegations were abandoned. _ _ • . _ The petition then alleged that the'rate of inclination at the 'ninth mile and fifth furlong was omitted from the plans and sections in question. _ This allegation was not proved, but another to the same effect was sustained. The next class of allegations stated that the height and span of the bridges, Sec., were not marked on the said plans. Mr. SMIUBSOLE (a;ent tor the Bill) said that it was not necessary to mark those points in all cases. . . . Mr. GBUBBE (who appeared in support of the petition) contended that the Act was quite clear on this point, and required that the points should be all marked. The Committee concurred in this opinion. . . . The first particular allegation was, that the omission complained of had been committed on the fifth mile, second furlong, and third chain, which was susta'ned. Several similar allegaticins were sustained. The petition then alleged that all the lands included in the line of deviation were not marked on the plans deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county of Hereford. The first instance adduced was the section marked on the proof of reference in the Private Bill-office, 76a, which was not sustained. Other allegations to the same street were not sustained. The next class of allegations was of inaccuracy of description, in several cases the parties set forth as owners, tkc., of the property not being correctly represente. One or two instances of the elleg,ed inaccuracy we re adduced, but not sustained. This terminated the case for the petition, and the Committee found, that with respect to this Bill, the standing orders had not been complied with. twelve o'c esent, Sir W. Ileathcote The Committee met at Sub. (chairman), Mr. Shirley, Mr. Hope Johnstone, and Mr. C. Legh. Cemmittee No. 4. They immediately proceeded to the consideration of the petitions against the UTP-XLZTIELD, and DIXDLILIVI). The first allegation taken this day related to the omission or abstraction of the pa, es 115 and 116 from the book of reference de posited with the clerk of the peace of the West Riding of Yorkshire , those being the pages which ought to contain the reference* of the whole of the pariah et' Faraleigh. Mr. Conner, from the office of Mr. Dixon, the clerk of rh '''' Ps44 ,lo stated that the missing leaves were in the book on the 19th stag when it was inspected by Messrs. Taylor and Curoberl ac e btO solicitors for the Bill. On the 13th of Feb. the book wasbroo, London, and some time after that the leaves in que•s_ti n 000 missed. The book had net been inspected between w° January and the 13th of February. • r 4 *ll‘ Mr. GREGORY, for the promoters of the Bill, called & b izier! nesses, who traced the reference books to the hands of up to which time they were correct and perfect. The b 4 t, tliC also were called to prove that the books were perfect l'f" passed from their hands to the clerkof the peace's office. v oiS Mr. Hamilton, reporter for the Leeds Mlles and the Le0,11,„1 n pa° stated that he copied fur the reference book the whole of relating to the parish of Farnleigh. On examining the bs°,l',,' o vert* Dixon's office, two days after they were deposited, bs that all the pages which he had written had been torn etn,,,d C• t ! Mr. Wright, clerk to the solicitors, Messrs, Taylor D'ciert'', stated that on the 31st of Jan., he went to the office of t he 01 0 ' the peace to ascertain if it were true that the book of refers orts i4 l been divided into three parts, and each part sewed lip in 400' "' paper. On that occasion he discovered that the lea ves had been torn out. Mr. Hezeltun was present with lila blr pit" The CHAIRMAN did not think it necessary to call neon :;;;),' the agent for the petitioners, to address the Committee, as i . ".". ad id unanimously of opinion, from the evidence and inopectho.offl book of reference, it never did contain the whole of the Pa ll paid leigh. They attributed nothing like improper conduct on th e th r the promoters. There seemed to have been an error on op e the bookbinders in respect to the' two parishes of Farul el g the branch and the other on the main line. The allegation was sustained. No. b. r e° tl r The Committee met at half-past Sub-Committee twelve o'clock. - . Home Drummond (chairman), Mr. Compton, and Mr. FAL BIEMINGHAILI AND OXFORD Ic/AIII EXTENSION.) f In regard to this Bill a question was raised as to the s u b ti certain notices, and was reserved fur further considera.— Committee. adtesmirstemansmeme STANDING ORDERS' COMMITT EE HOUSE OF LORDS. Fr!r g l The Committee met this day at half-past twelve 0%-ol s o , the Earl of Shaftesbury (in the chair), Lords liedesdAA _ and Colborne. # STAMFORD AND SPALDING. After hearing -the usual evidence, the Committee dec_id" C ' o e. Committee had complied with the standing orders in this DIRECT NORTHERN (LONDON TO YOnix), 2oo o s o The formal proofs were entered in this case, and t h ,,, e , 00 1 ' adjourned to three o'clock, for the purpose of hearing uu against the Bill by the opposing companies. 115 FIRST CONCERT OF T ' - PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The first Concert for the season took place last a ce tt , the Hanover-square Rooms. The following Ira gramme : PART L Sinfonia in B fiat (No. 9) Haydn' Aria, " 0 cara, immigine," Mr. Lockey (IL Flauto Magico) Mozart. Concerto violin, M. Sainton (No. 11 in G) Spohr. Terzetto, " Ti prego, 0 madre Pia." Miss A. Williams, Miss M. Williams, and Mr. Lockey CursciOli Overture, Oberon C. M. T °l/ , PART 11. Sinfonia Eroica Duetto, " Quis est home," Miss A. Wil liams and Miss M. Williams (Stabat Mater) Overture,-Les Deux Journees Conductor, Signor Costa. This was Costa's first appearance as conductor 1111,6 concerts, and never have the powers of the orchestra o; the Philhatmonic been so fully deve`;o9:o they were last evening. His manner of directing nc doing the orchestral accompaniments to the 'i l ,r, was admirable, supporting, but not drool' F. voice. On his appearance in the orchestra plet greeted with a most cordial welcome by 011 c tliP:y, The gem of the evening was Haydn's SymPb° l3 l ' This, one of a set of twelve, composed L'.7 when he was in England, for Salaman's Conceri A ~0. haps, the chef d'aucre of the composer an" o f `.',4 performed last night in a manner worth,' . r In const-quence of the illness of Mr. Lockey, the a l r 'oe i s immagine was sung by Mr. Rafter, a pupil of Sign B pd 0 4 Mr. Rafter's voice and style are both excelleri,; fi doubt not but that ere long Mr. Itaft er , 9 .o. a name well known in the musical O' e r was, as might have been expected, rstS o bis A o last evening, and scarcely did himself justice. ' l ' l ,,ot p i. certo on the violin was admirably given by SaiV et ift'd a violinist, is no unworthy rival of Sivori and ''„ori l .4 It was the first time of its performance in this C, t ro d are under obligations to Mr. Sainton for re?t it. The other pieces have been so Ofte ler s. i that they must be familiar to our rna", t oevog cannot, however, omit noticing the admirable DO bt which Beethoven's Ercrka was given. Never VA" vele meaning of this magnificent composition been so“. of 41. 6 4 out. The room was crowded to ex cess . The v' 1 '. 6 1 19 bridge and all the Listinguished dilettanti in town W NAVAL IN*I•ELLIGENti`' ts l , a t SHEERNESS, MARCH 16.—1 t having been 11 0 &• 4;fle iy, 4, Earl of Ellenborough, the First Lord of the Adinti; 'jo.? pay his first visit of inspection to this dockyard °tile qiO all the authorities, from an early hour, were on for his arrival. It was not, however, till nearlyofoos. in the evening that the Admiralty yacht, the, ber ol/ 9 ° with his Lordship and colleagues on board, nta,u,„. e bot:e 4 ; ante, and it was half-past six ere she dropPen: —' o o,e harbour. She had the Admiralty flag at ta d t iioV head, which was received with manned yards an t% D. ~ j 0 salute from the flag-ship. Vice-Admiral Sir K.C.H., the Commander-in-Chief r , immediately Ri pay his respects on board, followed by Callgel, Arthur, C. 8., superintendent of the dockyard; d; C O r, 0 H. Shirreff, superintendent of Chatham dock - Y nr ,, a ,4 l J. N. Nott, of the Trafalgar; Captain R. B. Vt i n t " - t be? , the Brilliant ; Commander R. H. Fleming, °co f", Commander George Sprigg, of the Ferret, arn• f the fr received all most graciously on the quarter-des,%ciioy Eagle, and intimated his intention of not i 3.0 evening. Vice-Admiral Sir E. King, with Cf 1 1: 4 .1 1 1 , Shirrett; and Nott, remained on board to dine v'? 10 11 4 .,,,'" ship, having received an invitation by letter the ''' ,ig ' o fiky They were shortly afterwards joined by the he, 3 , - t; ments, Major Patience, commanding the 65th u e rod Alexander, R.E., Superintendent of Fortifi ca tions ; ,41 1 ° Mould, R.E., Director of Works of the dockyards, pit also specially invited to dine with his Lordship. co o', $,!/, Lord Ellenborough, accompanied by . 111 „ r ' n drei ° 4 Secretary to the Admiralty, and by Captain .Pl T. o rks , Director of Engineering and Architectural oily* next morning at seven o'clock, at the Admiral 7 0;1 being met by Captain Alexander, R.E., and CnP f o rdt lc e p R.E., they proceeded to inspect the extensive d 0 1 1)1 2 going on here, commencing at Garrisou-point, ge l 11 0 the inspection from that point to the Medwal' re .r e e, ship and party returned through Blue-town, an d „ t ,d• on board the Black Eagle about nine o'clock Qo v io , Rear-Admiral Bowles, the Hon. Captain R oe d Brandreth, and the Hon. Mr. Corry, landed a t ,rviC 6 ol , stairs about eleven o'clock, and attended divin e s e dockyard chapel. They afterwards partook of 1 prO e tor. the Captain-Superintendent. ana at two o'clo ck meet Lord Ellenborough, who it had been err:mg: ll4 ,ll4 and insi.ea the dockyat d at that hour. His Lor d- a e,t,Vi tual to his time, and, with his Right Hon.Collesgto jog, by the Vice-Admiral, the Commander-ill-Chief' o f f if , j Superintendent, the Master-attendant, and the t a officers of the dockyard, immediately proceeded beit . „0" houses, where having spent some time, they e :T o their steps towards the fitting-basin, where ; agi1;„0 on board the Cornwall, fifty-gun frigate, portions of that noble ship. Taking a ctirs° l) t y beautiful brig the Ferret, nis Lordship and hey ~s7 y to the Brilliant, 22, on board of which sh'P of ceeded, and remained for nearly three (Por te d 0 0 1 01e i .4" Captain Watson, by whom they were receiv e play e d) scribing many improvements which ought t° t ed t t bel, her. Their Lordships then severally insP e rd c houses, cement-kiln (on the top a which L' - „bers'ijoi• l.,pct ; adroitly mounted by a mason's ladder), t'nioper,, painter's shop, where they terminated their, , A rd about half-past four embarked again on '''' sol dor Eagle. Their Lordships dined with the COO., • t' in the evening, aed will return t o t ow n this d 1 . 7 ,0 4 '' 1 .0 The Raven cutter, Lieutenant J. Stephe ns 441' Yarmouth on Thursday, with volunteers. e ,l; o ` O rq The Speedy cutter, Lieutenant George SP °l3 'o l° found very defective, was paid off on Thursday' The Trafalgar, 120, flag-ship, and °c e l l sec, ship, have got their rigging in sea-going tr,t e , r her arrival from the experimental cruise, t' t lost upwards of 100 men by desertion. 'ffg "gt ° ; The Ferret, 10, Commander George Sr' r,J wo' ataunt in the basin. She still wastefroml7- men to complete her complement. ne' The Speedwell has been undocked, and Con ti° in the Camber. QO M f , At the adjourned licensing meeting o ' a pp ,d magistrates yesterday, the consideration of °j g s, renewal of the licesse to Cremorne House, C . ' d i ' g It) ,r and the magistrates decided not to renew the ti ce r - p o• o '4/ Yesterday an inquest was held t0uch1.,70094, Miss Tunstall, the vocalist, formerly of Vauxlo ll ,t r eetV • ,f pined very suddenly at her residence in Wellingto o ; e o causeway, on the morning of Friday last. . 4 - , P:01,1; death" was recorded. falo re lgt i .V FAILURES IN GLASGOW.—Severai vo t er of ported to have taken place here this week. - said o f ,t 1 party, extensively engaged in the Iron trade, 4r ap Jt 4 4 /1 upwards of 100,0001. Glasgow Citizen. the 'a 14 9 1, There are building at this time on _ an d o f River Wear, at Sunderland , no less than 53 ships; tosl lying in the river fitting out and for mile, nialijog l it 1 14 1 ,/ of them of large burden.—Neurastle Paper. vra yl By the udvices lately received from B rays that a discovery has been made in the Cocaes 11, 0 10 0 fs , " employ of the National Brazilian Company'• tit° f ir fathoms wide, and traced to a length of thit'„",, , r consists of "jacotinga," containing gold in grai ns ' 011' particles to the size of a barley-corn. 0 10: 1 , 4 e,? / 0 ROI AL SOCILTY Felt THE PROTE 00 ,0%itP o ir mom FIRE.—Two extra escapes, belonging tilt tiler society, were placed for the first time last nig_ . 6. 4 so''' z j .. Watling- street, opposite the chief station of tice 40.:0;;;Iorir, New Bridge-street. a 1,1 5"" w ,AS' an cf' "at THE Al ETROPOLITAN POOR - LA f s t. o f 0 41'..1 evening a public meeting of the inhabitants 0 06 in the Vestry-room, Gordon-square, for the s l, , ,,aid o , so'' C par" Metropolitan District Asylums for the Lloo 3.1 1 0 : 4 ig 4 1 1 „, of parishes into Union Districts for that porP e '' s - oin tio 00 1.f1 i a.4 Howarth was called to the chair, and the ~„0103,01,e.„:;01 with the objects of the meeting were passe d „ i s , Stevens, F°° road, Islington. The a n an i e d-I n lC : a v is e l i r d e easy n% o a tfh t c Le he fir d a du :f r o l a n _ l : l :l , g e • j e ti~ l e yi ne ng m c i l l o e s o e f u r p o . ad A . tiihtaleNf-emusilreatt.htleedmaeNnva‘yy,rend uv;10, roles fi other, and continued at a splitting pfteN a an d CI ) , of the goal both struggled hard for victory,w_or (3 , 0 , nuous effort succeeded in running in the g i ft ing accomplished the one mile of road in la o dOt ir ; 4 " seconds. --Ott Sil pe t° ft' jj .; SUICIDE BY A YOUNG WOJRA .t N te . d , litfe 0 „ 4 , 00, , f G eot t ::::y ,e ne dea l i s c il diet to iohate::g: admittance, : eao t r i v b u cib u h i ce. it eu d r e lin not i r , e i c t e nc i o et ;0 .01 • 19 a nd an act of self-destruction wa o ss f ; 5 1 00 4. : ', ; P e0 Mr. Class, a family left horn, sto lealvt ed an ZE "::ct4 s :4lll.l s: ll : ca ::: : .' tori:j you deer n ri: g yho,t hi, w omen in tire s ch was i c t e ri a ti a: d t e e r d l eh y t w auv o r a ni b s n ta o h r ie a dZ er i.: u 7 ,: ii ; 0012 g untireleven . _ o ; el : i c i y :discovered to account for the rash act. / ,K o e;Ldtraedionsiccode. 11E). ein be m . t et Killed, at Moodkee, on the 18th o f Dec __a , George T. Hamilton, Interpreter and Quart" peal' , o tr Native Infantry. e „A On the 21st of February, at Islington, otFafie O 1 oj a , the late J. Van Deurs, of icappegaara, I s Yiajrlet , j On the lath inst., in Gloucester -place , Di v J. Addams, Esq., D.C.L. - t Sa ran 110 04 , On the 14th inst., at Hyde, Isle of rigi l - ilit itn t 1 of Godfrey G. Downs, Esq. stao O pu n lei t h h De e elv l 4 4 ot t ih h . i i n n s s t t. „ , a a t t w Pe o c r k mi hit e m l ,: o l us r• e l : l o cb e : s, ; Jo e, i tr Bound, Esq. A nne ' f el° On the 15th inst., at Kennington, SurreY. _ 44 otsr o Thomas Eden, aged t. 2. Ba O rt a ., 102. 113 " ~ at sad' Oa Lendea : Printed aed Pub lished by _ 02, so toliteplosrttliialtilids_tp.,iaMeeis.s Booth, the' eldest ioo, Strand, Printer, at The Sans ffice, of th e 1846. SaVoT, In the C ct Y '11.7 ,Y s 4 t 4a l4,"gagenti t n ate at iii iNrvi7l C aPita!, IJ ePosii allotn 411:ta.ra tit h ear! 'n Xa4!, ,1 4 ,o4?,rran c i, '147 trook.e, l~r~