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.......... ---...... 11.........."..... PARLIAM ENTARY BU-NESS sT --- (From the Votes and Proceedings of the FRIDAY, FEB. 6. s were re f erre d to The following. Petitions for Pailway ill the House of Commons.) ). Select C ommittee on Petitions for Private B Bills u f s Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Raiway (Eats Strathtay and treadalbane Railway. Caledonian Northern Direct Railway. Chichester and Bognor Railway. Ton and Branches Vale of Neath Railway. B irkenh ead, Lanca s hi re, and Cheshire Junction Railway exford, Waterford, and Valencia Railway. kournouthshire Railways. Stlrlingshlre Ilidland Junction Railway. 'lover and Deal Railway. Ne w Ross and Carlow Junction Railway. __. "'Pert, Ab ergavenny, and Hereford Railway Perth and Inverness Railway. Perth •P•astern 'Railway (Ashford Stations Enlargement). Shrews'airy and ninningham ltailwaY.: Loudo n L,,, and Binninghara Railway (Aylesbury Railway Purchase). --"'.aSt York south Walt; Rail way Midland Junction Railway. ~. eco. ttish Grand Junction Railway. 4Yriadre ta,teand Caledonion Junction Railway. rn Countl:s Railway (Lincoln and Milford). ._aalerrt Counties and Thames Junction Railwayßranches. jr?l"t'ril Counties Railway (Tottenham and Farriti e more and tienagh Junction Railway. "„ r col and Leeds Direct Railway. Hall Central Railway (Crieff Branch). gAon-street). FiZ t t , n Central Railway (Denny Branch) ?.._,Len central Railway (Perth Termini andStaoLnsin).43). ,a tom Counties Railway (Cambridge and Lincoln '''':';'lera Counties Railway (Stations Enlargement). siZtdonian Railway (Dumfries Branch). _ g-garneladtioanmlllon-under-Lyne, and Manchester Company, Iliceast Western RallwaY. ‘c-anoewirand Birkenhead Railway. Exeter 'L.III g i ,Z es lan Railway, Mid-Lothian Branches. &C., Amal Henley Railway (No. 2). ceisd., altat Western Railway. I: h o d Railway We (Cariisle Deviation). h , od Railway (Ercwask Valley Extension). Nylo!iri's,sg2r, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway. ) Ithiland Railway. b„,t,ton ~d Crewe Railway. s ~a.o_ui an. elfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway Extension . '".'n.n 1 ?e) oft Railway (No. 1). Zrtli Union Railway (Rorwich Br anch)• iin'annftdon and Wisbeck Railway. esneas,ter, akefield, and Leeds Railway. Cork, zuelitallyraY. lean anadolon, arid Kinsale Junction Railway. ah., Dove Railway and Eastern and Western Junction Railway. ,_an orth and Norwich Railway. l'sfaellester, n Can . ...! e n h !'star and LeedsirilwaCyalAami Great L T re relo 's en oalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor. .ustherand Workington Extention Railway. Navigation and Railway, and ladinu4stieeritßailway. (No. 1), Zias la t if t:i ill 'avt'er ' La ; waY (No. 2). ~,, en and Sligo Railway. 'ry Armagh, and Londonderry Junction Railway. 'kerntinospheric Railway. or_d, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe Railway. ~,,.nt.. to and South' P Railway. '4Zitem and Western Railway. Goole. IlVilanenididLt Rainte f i rlc -aY t, ' and Goole Railway and Port, &c., of BgerarbvysegebnirraY (Purchase of Oakham Canal). Purchase). and Rochester Railway and Canal (Sale and ..ay. Fit, .411,2,e5, tafferdshire, and Wo rcestershire Junction Balm Gi.„.___._ , uton, and Dunstable Railway. izw"Z_'",wallotithern Terminal Railway. e T sl n .n and Farness Junction Railway. to . t dinba rg ,_ ° and Glasgow and Scottish Central Railways Junction. him sh r ta and Cliasgow and Wishaw and Coltnesaßailways Junction. e, t dr uln, and Enniskerry Railway. shwr4ws;y,, wWoollyvererh.„nh_arn shrew, akefield, and Midland Railway. ..tioonniaii. e, a l' (No 2) p P tn to n n, and South Staffordshire Junction. tato . • a o rd and Spalding Railway , and South Staffordshire Junction ;77 1 1; rd and Hatfield Railway. IlLe._3! Grand Junction Railway. • Shrew, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction Railway. Wales mi.. iirn 4 eral R a T' Os'westry, and Chester Junction and North _.O liwaY Ainalganiation , knstol, and South Wales Direct Railway. icortLi:arsAton, Banbury and Ch lt nhand Railway. h arnrd " and bury R il e w e y earn lierw leh, and Yarn- loauthalla•ilway. Purn,,v,.-"°,, .. and Troortßail Porni.-„,, _ay Extensionws,y. tiorih:"" clYde and Monkland Navigation Junction. liewaridtreat Canan and Bedford Rail I"fladrkshi,, -c and 1 othi way. Vliaarld Canal Rallw'ay I" Railway' west e•rn Railway of Ireland (Mullingar to Galway). Oneid a Z 1,41 Darlington Junction Railway (Pontop and tit a ad w iwitY purchase). T r i n, Re itt of England Junction Railway Ca] „..ng, arid Basingstoke Railway (Tying to Saunderton). ~"gford, i dyi.'"`°_ waY (Langholna Branch). al. idland a l leY . , Cheltenham, and Gloueester Railway. 4(7olttish eeztar.f!3's (Swinton to Lincoln)• ,Zttellian Ra'switsayll(way (Alloa Branch). iand Branes. Bu„ r a" IlirmingilliasgewliTernnu Liuddersneln.,l.l..acoln Directat Ranaidlway. gham Canal Arrangements. Branch). ~ anch,,,,,v 4 . and ShefileldJunetion Railway (Darfteld ro rtbu,..ll. and Leeds and Leeds and liradford Railways Ras .aer a nd Rau I s kli and Rarnsle I•9kY• sburgi, and Z Junction Railway. . __mil, Ballochney P,dlud Slarna„,""g9w, Monkland and Kirkintnt %argil an Railway Junction. on Amalgation. JINN "d Glasgow Railway, and Forth and Clyde Navigation k o°ll' ltalwa.,-;": tuymount Atmospheric Railway. Atzh4:n` niniaaaiktierzienotzocriatiti t i ld land 1 - 4, 11 . ae ff... • and Elgin Railsywaayy.• allehesie-r'"aY (l'irraingilam Extension.) tion and pßzt,,,o4 Bolton and B ury Canal liaviga "lersfleiti Railway Com yme. i and Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds Railway stidla nd ,real Zarriati en (,reat Wester • e" L erld li n ', r , .. n Railway of Ireland. Z ZI-tlig ell)ton .....,waY (Ardleigh to Colchester). ti;lland Raiirr4and Dnrchester Railway. ugh). Treeester 554 n ?' (la await and Gainshosr. Branch. ar,:ttisylalley iimnawlangliand Railway , with • E noch k Midland le.jte(ni9reW" Br anch). Vlay. • Deviation). ~...fileflieir .rinrsß Railwea'yen(4alliel, wate r forlncincolnshire Extension . Railway Railway. korh,ry 11..,,e5.f0rd, Wicklow, and Dublin (heat hit,,"Zge and Calder Railway. . and GriffisbY 0 onsoliciaihr and Sheldield Junction Railway ereat al) n ' • (Humber Terries). ot. - —a ahefliela Junction Railway ork aa ,, .., Y .... liosto,, .._auaga Railway. lsbech Line). Docks Gla,,,,,,arnford, and Birmingham (Stamford to W AndbercaZend Pundee J unction Railway. i)shiin teirlaottin 1, as g- aln, and Boston Railway, Leeds 'and Tt' aud coltralne Junction Railway. yeah to LeedsHaette I,h.lrat ItailvraY North Eastern Extension (~ aria Think Rath. - c--- - Oxford, sonthampton aY (anareeborough Branch Ex.ens 4 100. Leeds Central Railw , Gosport, and Poem Railway. Blactbu ay Station. rn, Dar Well, and Holton R • Ely and Huntingdon Rail a adway. Liverpool and Bu e' Y (Bedord Extension). Ipswi_,_ . .., ry and Manchester and heeds Amalgamation. ... . c. a uci Bury St. Ednnut c p, R.,, to Ely, with Branch therefrOni). ""way (Extension ° Nagh, Du n,y a ngannon, rmagh, and Belfast Junction Railway. ,1 an Burl Railway. klaiand Itailwa (Er Carlow tension Railway. ction. ihkrci, comp Louth II ' _-°rncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Jun Cork , p_._ seeltray. and utirtoll-on-'Prent Junction Railway. I,restonasand lirynred lerale Railway. ny (Long xorldge Junction). 4 IWaYt ilarbOar and Dock Company kkrtrl, Wales Railway "as Junction Railw Way Co.lg ailester, Bolt - -t) . and RailwaY• allow on, and Bury Canal Navigation _ and Permo...-- -wow,' ,„,...., ~.. JAt C.IINV Ay . t. St. Austell, tolanad itmiZniTireavneenheentral Railway (Hayle, Lelan tlit':l)4esie 13,,i,,aiilaril'areedon and Northampton Branch). Liv er ester anci-i; 'nuinghatri Continuation and WelSlllLEwaya. wino' tad Ili resntort and Manchester and South Pon )4e,r,dek a nd w._ Rhani Railway (Bath Line). iti aingh arn , ercester Railwa ction). 'l%m "re a w ay (Oxford and BietChleY Ju n 44 0 am Tavistock if • 14.... n ,i.„, win.,___ . Railway, Ran and Ely Rail Railway, lama. Liv"elleaa aa`cia.:!waY Ex tension to SPa--_-_-.. kilerPooi aha ~ ..017head Junction Railway. Trent jtearnoek 51°,,erY Railway. n Line). Tr,Ztri,ek.slur,te" AYr Direct Railway. Worcester and Weedo IN.._ v aii ey, it n , a l . London Railway (WorFan Railway, G ah; °e The 1/2,. 'ands, and Grand Janata k tscih aY and iGil_lenfr and Riwy. Lourg, 00,0,...Le0ne Railway. and Co !um r cl n , and Reigate ( Leamington Extension La h( r o 7 a nd it';iogli )3,giairi Railwayeut). kd, luba "'I South ta tati°" Enlargement). Amendment. Co- Li nth ma „ astern Railway - )1„ a 'sool, )4, IZathgate Railway. el'rl ' l(sat er d Stockport Direct Railway. tb._ aud Presto 'an . p OrZ'," Valle, Brook. Railway.. 114„,,, Wor et " nd boah Wales Junctioo. Railway. dmpany. Ion) late,+,o4,z and, and Wolverhampton. Rail)) .Y Birmingham Extens /lihr'lern ndOXford Junction ltaiPtwaY (B LI Cos est Jnet outidern Connecting Railway. v, lavas ih,,,',1.M. Railway (A). ItOuratlir, I?evati Central Railway. I'' kaer,":„Liw4Y ii7un in ki 1 ,7 , ayl liillarney Railway. ell ter and Binning R0r,441, liailwinin ngharn Grand Junction, Man- es Cki,,,"nlniperb,7,,,,onlitnies Ansalgamation. N -cn lian i".. and Lancashire Grand Junction Railway. li t ellshlian 6a'lwaY. liti." Walt,--I"vY (Clydesdale Junction Railway Deviation). It4lloaehester h ltai , lw aY (tio. 2). utktoh: '"arY Atmospheric Railway. to Kilkenny). s l'r;%l l and irtittraed Western Extension (Carlow Extension). L is kna Iningharn Railway (Birtntegharn Railway. Junction iii i .Z l r aitn " Yre Extension and Darwen June iiliCSlthao, gh arn and Leicester RailwaY. r an. and 0 -hti t .r s - -a sh,,„ zfera Junction RailwaY• il l , ra ths-..Uori Railway. Newmarket Railway. (Eirming- Qur:g4tel, Wol -,Y *St. Edrnu ' nd s, and Railway 1,1111„, • Wohrerh verhampten, and Stour Va l ley (St our V al , Clam ~ ,,plon, and 'audio,- Liasel Va ll ey Railway e risi o ' e l' Lino' 9werhampton, and Stour I Tewkesbury, and ~, lira, and Itirn,h, h, Tew - 4114 e nd Li, --aghtua Railway (Aahchure Iv a. fqrd It). t k ,lt, klisil4.Uaehester, and Portsmouth Railway. n Banbury Unit th nd jni„.. ` ' e and ii.41,,,,nd London RailwaY (HaerP--- a ton, DaventrY, 4 - 1- , and -",„lngnain Extension, Northam') liri,;l_ - No n - . "arwick Railway. 1,,,i01-401 spa illtaaway. 4.l ni lk. 4 41% rn't(ghand and Midland Railways. liii,,,-41144, v,,,AY (tiorwich Branch). it,l4iii'd Rail "' di ' h and Dudley ~,w. e° hick Railway. ••• , ct . ' ti,„..Y (Birmingham and Glotleestc2r . B e r .._... ..okkite Q„,"ark, and Coatbridge Railway E..rw__l7 44,,, but gl iara,', a ) an..l Manchester and Leeds Rau " (.all ' at 4 -4-7're uailway (Tying to BaelYarY); eaton). a ‘..re c , i t 7 aria c'lltiii2b y (Coventry Amegaraatio Rhr, ar,,i'''an and Cl y desdale Junction, Railways Le v'i dir tt r R • 11,‘restort anti tllwaY• ~arki,„ arid erefordshire Railway. age. , ori h '' ati h„'.!!ecies Railway and DraiXt :trbra.g.l,l4 (13,4's'llY Railway. d,e k ,Q ~, . unction Railway. to 1.2 n, titii,• I:orfar Railway. , saliabnrY lii hid), --ult ra', and Yeovil JunctiOtt Railway % dl h ,,, Branch and Lo ng ., f 0,,, ~s' Gre at ,„. I. ' uof. "'eaten). Railway of Ireland (LiffY 4 11 arid Ztioa). risehesi„, S,' Railway (Extension to Id:arch). Direct Railway. s. i t tel and • and Great Grimsby Ran.„,dwa.dynne ristol .„' oluu loucester Mater and Birmingham and G toneha— ,, non\ and Gloucester Railway (Gloucim ter and d ...o n , •• Cal a nd W ai (2eisdoulka x erford Railway. C„';edonion ita!,enslon Railway. 1 4: 4 , "lan itaaliwaY (Dundyvan Branch°. (..,, ed r ii o e i r s „ Id 7;tiYn ((Leith Junilown)a.y. Railways Junction ' kr nal l 44' P°ll ° e, and G:v n an and Clydesdale (Iltituoitataation. Purchase). aa Itailway (Glas gow, i k. and Coatbridge Garnk r . li, n , ~....._. Goole 11 1 51] d, Thitharharn, Barnsley, 7, wi el d, and lludderstieldine West -idliw lg aY o 11111— ` • for making cert a ftin 111 tea of Railway in Rother-; h dlg , It: the county of York, to be calAed ' The d gioole Radway'nd l'N ente nisleY, Wakefield, Iluddersia eld, an to be read a soco ol u and read the first time, and ordered hulk i .: Astern, and 94,1'41,1,1.i_ Pontefract, and Goole Rail way (Ain etWreiLaeld, P°nnt:i-, kt, aa,l7lo.llritienl?cs) Bill---." to em t p,D i a 3 , i r a er e t . k lee several _Br tn a be readWaYs," prenta..ellavraalilCretmadPtalT; Il o rat time„ and ordered ilelf„, a second time. and „_lliiil..4°,l County Down Rai lway —Petit tition for Bill reported,__.oss. Zitwr,.7,pred to be brought in by Viscou at Newry andMr n fo ' r Bill re- Ts,ri',,,) arreimoint, and Rosstrever Railway —Petition Newry and ar . `i t ' and -Hill ordered to be brought 5n by Viscount /Altiekh ()". for Bill re- Ilbrteear,n' Cl,-"°l'eY. and Liverpool Raley ray— Petition Patten and ki r. _ and ordered to be brought in ;by Mr. Wilson ttitn• tid'iraby. Bill ,— . f ,: r :id Bradford Railway (Alteration (if levels in Bingley ) ny a to alter tide i„ t i l e ling the Leeds and Bradford Itailway Com? ( j _ ._ t ningley, lu th e ~,, for ayortion of their Railway, :in the par read the lir as rin " est Riding of the county of Yorle," presented and Cork „,,, le; and ordered to be read a second time. of time to Are s , " le' inert llailway,—Pethflon for extension 4.. ut Petition for Bill ' , way o,„„ „ t toll on the table. id to the Court of v`"Sliti,—Return ordered, "of all monies pa :r‘ 4l ,e,erY in England, Hut Court oft „Iliancery in Ireland, and_t 9 h a ~.- 'aellequer in Scotland tidal'. Standing Orders 3 3 and 4 : clinmint of ltailwa Bills ' under the House of Commans , lin go the C Y • new ' e re such monies have been paid, and stabil . the o nms by wine a and date of each h a „.__ e sums paid by each Cc =paddy, the • Itailor'''''eut teamount oakft,,,• Deposits—lteturn ordered, "of the aggregate „,_,..,,,z 14 1 1. ° the account of the ordered, in Chancery ""-"5...7, aat Se.asion of Parliament, on idel;:o to f Railway Companies • um " also, Statement of what portion of the said money was invested in Stock or Exchequer-bills, with the date of each investment:' also, "the amount charged as Commission on tits purchase and sale of the said Securities, showing by whom tl:e said Commission was received :" "similar Returns for Ireland and;Sootland." Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gains borough Canal. Harwich and Eastern Counties Railway. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway (Peak Forest and Alacclesfield Canal Purchase). NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. RAILWAYS. Order for further Consideration of Report (sth February) from Select Committee read ; Report further considered :- 1. Resolved—" That with respect to any , Railway , Bills which shall be brought from the House of Lords during this session, this House will not insist on their privilege with regard to the clauses fixing and regulating rates and tolls in such Bills. 2. Resolved—" That with a view of affording early and increased means of employment in Ireland, it is expedient to give facilities for the early consideration of Irish Railway Bills; and that, for the attainment of this object, all such Railway Bills should, in the present session, commence in the House of Lords. 3. Resolved—" That all Bills which compete with or ought to be considered in connexion with any Bills, the pro moters of which shall prove themselves entitled to the pri vileges agreed to be granted in certain cases by the resolu tions of this House of the 7th July last, shall commence in the House of Lords. 4. Resolved—" That the parties promoting Railway Bills which, by the above resolutions, are to commence in the House of Lords, may (notwithstanding any proceeding respecting such Bills in the House of Lords) prove before the Committee on Petitions of the House of Commons that they have complied with the standing orders of this House, and the report of such Committee shall be ordered to lie on the table. If the Committee should report that the standing orders have not been complied with, their report shall be referred to the Committee on Standing Orders, whose report shall be,erdered to lie on the table. 5. Resolved—" That when a Railway Bill shall have been brought from the House of Lords, it shall be read a first time, and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions fer• Private Bills, who shall report whether the standing orders have been complied with, or whether any report with reference to substantialiy the same Bill has been previously laid on the table of the House." FRIDAY, FEB. 6. Dundee and Perth Railway Amendment-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Dundee and Arbroath Railway Extensions-Committee on Peti tion, Monday, Feb. 16. East Lancashire Railway (Deviation and Branches)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Extension (No. 1) -Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Extension (No. 3) -Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. London and Blackwell Railway (Widening)-Committee on Peti tion, Monday, Feb. 16. Bristol and Exeter Railway (Crewkerne Branch)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Extension Railway (No. 2) -Committe on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Midland and Eastern Counties (Cambridge) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Oldham District Railways -Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway and Tyne Dock- Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Branch Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Enfield and Edmonton Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Cambridge and Lincoln (Extension, &c.) Railway--Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railways- Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Mitcham and South-Western Railway-Committee ea Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Newmarket and Chesterford Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction (Basingstoke to Yeovil) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Macclesfield and Lichfield Railway--Committee on Petitioa, Mon day, Feb. 16. Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway- Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Dublin and Kingstown Railway Extensions-Committee on Peti tion, Monday, Feb. 16. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Harbour Branch)-Com mittee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Dartmouth, Torbay, Brixham, and Exeter Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Fleetwood, Preston, and West Ridiag Junction Railway-Com mittee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway Thornliebank, to Thornliebank, Househill, and Hurlet)-Committee on Petition, Mon day, Feb. 16. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Di rect Railway (Branches to Paisley)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Polio° and Govan Branches)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Bridge of Weir Branch) -Committee en Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway-Committee on Petition. Monday, Feb. 16. Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction Railway Terminus-Committee on Petition, Monday, Fob. 16. Scottish Midland Junction (South Inch of Perth Branch)-Com mittee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Scottish Midland Junction Railway (Branches)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow Direct Rallway-Cemmit tee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Bradford Branch)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Oldham Branch) -Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Huddersfield Diversion and Cooper Bridge Branch)-Committee on Petition, Mon day, Feb. 16. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Ashton Canal and Purchase)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Barnsley Branch)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Whaley bridge and Hayfield Branches)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Dukia field, Worsborough, and Glossop Branches, and Sheffield Station)- Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Richmond Railway (Kew Branch)-Committee on Petition, Mon day, Feb. 16. Direct London and Manchester Railway-Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday, Feb. 9, till Tuesday, Feb. 10. Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier--Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday, Feb. 9, till Thursday, Feb. 12. Dublin and Enniskillen Railway-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Londonderry and Enniskillen Rallway-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 17. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TEAFFIO.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : Week ending Last week. ,t 1 z 1 it i.. - Q a Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 579 3,799 837 581 Feb. 1 4,355 COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. MONDAY, van. 9. North Staffordshire (Potteries Line) Railway. London, Newbury, and Bath Direct Railway. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. South-Eastern (from the Waterloo-road, near Hungerfbrd-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway) Railway. South-Eastern (Greenwieh to Chilham, near Canterbury, with Branches) Railway. South-Eastern (from Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ashford, with Branches to Tunbridge and Riverhead) Railway. London and Brighton (Dorking Branch) Railway. North British (Hawick Branches) Railway. North British (Carlisle Extension) Railway. North British (Gretna Branch) Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow Branches Railway. Edinburgh and Peebles Railway. General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway. Windsor, Slough, and Staines Atmospheric Railway. Cambridge and Oxford Railway. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Deviations and Branches to East bourne, Newhaven, and Seaford) Railway. Brighton and Chichester (Bognor to Littlehampton) Railway. Brighton and Chichester (Steyning Branch) Railway. London and South Western (Foreham and Alton Branch) Railway. South Eastern (No. B—Canterbury to Dover) Railway. South Eastern (No. 6—Maidstone to Strood, near Rochester) Railway. London and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch) Railway, South Midland (Huntingdon Branch) Railway. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. South Midland (Northampton and Bedford Lines) Railway. Grand Junction (Huyton and Aston, 'Layton, Preston and St. Helen's, Warrington and Kenyon, Warrington and Parkside, Showhill and Portobello, and Edgehill and Huyton Rranches) Railway. Grand Junction (Huyton and Warrington Branches) Railway. Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Aylesbury and Thame Junction Railway. Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway. Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway. Mold Junction Railway. Bristol and South Wales Railway. London and York Railway. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Norwich Extension) Railway. Lancaster and Carlisle (Extension to Caledonian Railway, and Lan— caster and Preston Junction Railways Amalgamation) Railway. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester ( Wakefield Extension) Railway. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Deviation and Branches) Railway.- • Ulverstone, Furness, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Newcastle and Darlington Junction (Durham and Sunderland Rail— - way and Wearmouth Dock Purchase and Branches) Railway. Berks and Hants (Hungerford Extension) Railway. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches. (No. 5), Guildford, Chichester, Pertsmoath and Fareham Railway. Guildford, Chiehester, and Portsmouth Railway. Taw Vale Railway Extension. Waveney Valley Railway. Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Railway. North British Railway (No. 1). Glasgow, Dunitries, alnd Carlisle Railway. Edinburgh and Northern (Newport Railway and Saint 4,ndrew'o Branch) Railway. Edinburgh and Northern (Kinross, Woodmill, and Newburgh.: Branch) Railway. Edinburgh and Northern (Loehgelly aid Leslie Extensions) Railway„, Edinburgh and Northern (Dunfermline Branch) Railway. Edinburgh and Northern (Strathern Deviation) Railway. Edinburgh and Northern (Branches from the Dundee and Arbroatl a Railway and Tay Ferry Improvement) Railway. Edinburgh and Northern (Pettycar and Perth Harbour Branches Ana Deviation) Railway. York and North Midland (Leeds Extension) Railway. York aid North Midland (East Riding Branches, No. 1) Railway. York and North Midland (Widening and Enlargement) Railway. North Union Railway. Cheltenhain and Oxford Railway. London and Birmingham (Euston and Camden Stations Enlarg 1 3- ment) Railway. London and Birmingham (St. Alban's and Luton Branches) Railwa London and Birmingham (Newport Pagnell Branch) Railway. South-Eastern ( No. 11—Branch from Rye to Rye Harbour) Reim ay. South-Eastern (No.;lo—from the Godstone Station to East Grinstea d) Railway. South-Eastern (No. s—Branch from Reigate to Dorking) Railway. South-Eastern (No. 4—from Tunbridge Wells leading to Hastings ai Id Rye) Railway. South-Eastern (No. 9—Hastings and Rye from Chislet to Margat Railway. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway. Exeter and Exmouth Railway. Exeter and Yeovil Railway. North and South Junction Railway. West Riding Union Railway. Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Railway. London, Hounslow, and Westera Railway. Great Western and Uxbridge Railway. Norfolk Extension (Stowmarket, WyMOUdhaln, and Attleberol Igh Branch) Railway. Norfolk Railway Extension (Denham, Wells, and Blakeney Rana fa) • Branch). West of Scotland Junction Railway. Perth and Crieff Direct Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow and Dumbartonshire Railway. Leicester and Bedford Railway. London and South Essex Railway. Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness (Knowton Branch) Bailor AY . Wilsontown, Morningside, and Connell. (Improvement t Via I Branches) Railway. Wisha,w and Colinas (Greenhill Branch) Railway. Slamannan and Borrowstoness Railway. Slamannan (Bathgata and Jawcraig Brandies) Railway. Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Railway. Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Brent he s TUESDAY, FEB. 10. GstiairNtigeo.sw6i dPHalielnleyey, Railway. Ballymena and Ballymoney Railway. Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway. Leicester and Tamworth Junctiea Railway. • Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leleeeter Railway. Leeds and York Railway. East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway. Saint Helen's Canal and Railway. • North Western Railway. Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth Railway. London and Oxford Railway. Lancashire and Yorkshire North Eastern Railway. Rugby and Stamford Railway. Direct London and Manchester Railway. Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier, WEDNESDAY, PER. 11. Jan. 31 Swansea Vale Railway. i t Halton and Drifileld Junction Railway. Clitherea Junction Railway. Blackburn mad Preston and East Lancashire Railways Amalgams ltid n. Manchester and Southampton Railway. THURSDAY. FEB. 12. Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway. Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway. Great Western and Wycombe Railway. Rugby and Huntingdon Railway. Sontersetshire Midland Railway. Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales Railway. Grand Union Railway. Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough Railway Deviation( and Branches). Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midland Junction Railway. Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway. Great North of England and Boroughbridge Branch Railway... Great North of England Railway Purchase. York and North Midland East Riding Branches Railway (N 1. Leeds and Bradford (Guiseley Branch) Railway. Great North of Eastland and Bedale Branch Railway. Leeds and Bradford (Junction line at Bradford) Railway. London and South Western (Salisbury Junction) Railway. London and South Western (Basingstoke and Salisbury Ex tett slon Railway. TilE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRITARI 7, 1846. company and the new one have amalgamated, and I believe that there is not a single line of railway for which an Act wad' passed last session as an independent scheme, that has already been amalgamated with the eld Company. In the hands of Parliament however, we may cheerfully leave the decision of the question. The scheme will be tried on its merit. No opposition has been made by on e company to another on questions of form. The result will depend on the measure of advantage which one company can offer ov er the other, and I may mention that in the South-Eastern sc heme for the constructing a line of railway from Waterloo - b rid g e to Canterbury and Dever, not fewer than seventeen miles are already constructed, or are applicable in its projects to a double purpose, so as •to amount to an economy to that ex tent of railway constructed, or so applicable over the rival company. Permit me to mention that, in adopting the Gravesend and Rochester line as part of our scheme, that that railway will of course be remodelled and improved, so as to be made equal in comfort and safety to any exiAing railway in the kingdom. And here it may be interesting for you to know that the line from Canterbury to Whitstable is being now changed into a locomotive one, so that the traffic will be carried over it in one-third of the time which the transit had hitherto occupied, and with greater comfort to the pas sengers. A few weeks only will elapse before the Ramsgate and Margate Extension will be completed, and so soon as the Act has passed we shall bring down the branch line to Chilham, in anticipation of the completion of the Rochester-bridge, which will, of course, be a work of very great magnitude, and occupy a long time in construc tion. From Hastings round to London, if the South-Eastern Bills pass, as pass 1 believe they will, every port will have a terminus, and I cannot conceive that any district of country can be better supplied with railway accommodation than Kant will be. The reduction in the cost to sea borne merchandise must be very great when such facilities are afforded, and the convenience in the transmission of garden and agricultural produce to the great markets, and in the carriage of fish, which has already been felt, will be largely increased ; and if the prospect of free trade is alarming to any existing interests, we offer protective and conservative clauses in increased facilities for carriage, so as to bring our own produce to our own markets with the greatest readi ness, and in the most economical manner. This will be much more apparent when communication is established be tween existing lines of railway, so that the produce put on the railway truck in Kent can be transmitted to the manufactur ing and other populous districts of the north, to whose cli mate that of Kent is a month or six weeks in advance, without being shifted from the carriage, on which it is first placed, till it arrives at its final destination. Whilst we are carrying goods from Dover to London for 10s. per ton, we are paying for the delivery in London, or for the transmis sion to the railways proceeding northwards, ss. per ton, almost all of which would be economised if the railways were in con nexion with each other, as no doubt they soon will be. The shrine at which our homage is paid to-day, if not that of St. Thomas 6. Becket, is yet one of the greatest value to all—the facility of intercourse and friendly communication; facility for commercial transactions ; and last, not least, economy of time. In every place to which railway communication has extended the value of land and houses has increased no less than 30 per cent., which is a substantial proof of the value that the public places in facility of intercourse; and I have it from the agents most extensively engaged in the sale of estates that the question now invariably asked is, how far distant the property they have to dispose of is from a railway station ? The question of railway extension is now engaging the special attention of Parliament, and I am sure great good may be expected frogs the inquiries that are being made. We have not anything to fear from the fever of railway specu lation, which has now subsided. It is not clear that any lines of railway will be constructed except those that will be of permanent benefit to the country; and I may add, too, that it is not clear that any lines of railway will be sanctioned which would darnage existing interests, without con-. ferring superior advantages on the public. Some forget, when speaking on this question, that while other competing undertakings may co-exist for a time, and then one give way to another, a line of railway once constructed must re main permanently in existence; and consequently that an outlay of capital in the construction of railways not perma nently required for the public advantage is a waste of the national resources, and should therefore not be permitted by the Legislature. The beauty of the situation of your city, and its magnificent cathedral, the unrivalled walks which it possesses, not to speak of the hospitality and kindness of its inhabitants, must have great attractions to visitors; and I am sure the opening of the railway will be the commence ment of a new era in the prosperity of Canterbury. The next toast was that of " The Mayor of Canterbury," which was proposed by Mr. M'Gregor. This was followed by that of " Sir R. Peel and her Ma j esty's Ministers." The Mayon, in a neat speech, proposed " Lord Torrington and the House of Peers." Lord TORRINGTON returned thanks in an able speech. " Mr. Fielden and the House of Commons" was the next toast. Mr. FIELDER returned thanks. The " Healths of Mr. W. Cubitt and Mr. Joseph Cubitt " were proposed, and warmly responded to. Those gentlemen returned thanks. Mr. M'GaEGOR, in proposing the next toast, said he had just received, by the electric telegraph, information which he had no doubt would be pleasing to Mr. Randall, the beaker, and other gentlemen connected with monetary matters. He was enabled to state the closing price of Three per Cent. Consols that day was 971—(Cheers)--while the price of Exchequer-bills was 39 to 40 premium.—(Cheers.) He had also to inform them that up to three o'clock that day, at which time the office of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery closed, upwards of 11,000,000/. had been received as deposits.—(Cheers.) After a few further ob servations he proposed his toast. Several other toasts were drunk, and the company broke up a few minutes before nine o'clock. The directors and their friends returned to London by special train. plied with, and all this money placed in custody of the Accountant-General not, it is true, without a pressure of some severity on the Money-market—but cer tainly without any disastrous consequences. It has been found in money too, without any alteration or relaxation of the law or rules of Parliament. The transaction has been brought to a successful termination, in spite of attempts to create uncalled-for alarm, and to raise up unnecessary ob stacles. Those who said it could not be done, now admit that it has been accomplished, and have the candour to own that it has been skilfully managed. Complaints now ema nate from the same quarter against the loss which railway companies suffer in re-investing. They were compelled to sell stock for notes, say at 944 to 95, and have now to buy stock again at 974. There is some truth in this ; but it is to be kept in view that the re investment en the part of railway companies of their deposit money is purely volun tary. There is no legal requisition to compel them to convert their notes into Stock or Exchequer-bills. They may allow their money to remain in the hands of the . Accountant-General, if they feel disposed to do so, until it be absolutely required for bond fide objects. No doubt it might, in that case, be unproductive; but it would at least be safe, and free from the changes and fluctuations which fre quently affect the funds. Supposing a fresh re- action to take place, and that Consols should again give way—that their price some months hence should be 95, in place of 97 those railway companies who have re-invested at the latter figure, should they find it requisite to realise their Consols, would suffer a further loss. NVe do not say that the funds are more likely to fall than to rise. It is a moot point which way the movement will be developed ; but the present price is not looked upon, cannot be considered as a natural one. It is the effect of a special cause—the demand created by the investments of railway deposits. These have their limits, and when that demand ceases to act, it remains to be seen whether the funds will continue steady or experience fluc tuation. Discounts are still scare in the commercial world. Thejmini mum rate at the Bank of England still rules at 3 1 ,4 per cent POST.—The stock markets, as was rather confidently an ticipated yesterday evening, from the manner in which the day's business concluded; have again advanced, and once more closed considerably better. A. number of brokers held orders to sell stock at a certain limit, and on coming into the house to fulfil the instructions of their principals, they met with ready buyers ; so much so that prices, which opened higher, advanced, instead of receding. Several leading open rators, who are usually to be found on the side of the bulls, have of late, presuming, no doubt, upon good informatio n, been heavy bears ; but, the time having arrived when a counter policy had become desirable, the influence of a re turn to their ordinary transactions for the rise has been brought to act upon prices. Consols were done as high as 97 1 for Account, but, as towards the close of business, some of the speculators were once more induced to realise profits, a slight reaction occurred. Upon the whole, the improvement was full three-quarters per cent. on yesterday's highest quotation. To-morrow the first effect of the termination ' to-day, of the payment of deposits to the credit of the A ccountat-General will be seen. The total amount paid has been ascertained to be 11,492,000/. Of this sum one eminent banking firm alone supplied as much as 3.000,0001. The payments of deposits constituting this aggregate amount were made by cheques, and without the intervention of a single bank note, the former being accepted as a valid and satisfactory medium of payment to the Accountant-General. The advance in the Consol market produced a better feeling among the share speculators. South-Eastern Railway, as well as the Buckinghamshire, and the Sambre and Meuse, advanced. London and York, on the contrary, declined, but this was is consequence of the proceedings in Parliament. One passage in the report of the Committee of the House of Commons has a very important bearing on the proposed lines between London and York. We allude to the follow ing :—" That it is expedient that all Bills which ought to be considered to compete in connexion witk any Bills, the pro moters of which shall prove themselves entitled to the privi leges agreed to be granted in certain cases, by a resolution of the House on the 7th of July last, shall commence in the House of Lords." The practical effect of this resolution is to place the Direct Northern Company on an equality with the London and Yerk. Both will now commence in the House of Lords, and there can be little doubt, if the inte rests of the shareholders and of the public are daly consi dered in that assembly, that an amalgamation at some stage or other of their progress must take place. The friends of the two Companies must be of opinion that the sooner the event occurs the better it will be for all parties. The public re quirement will be answered, and much needless waste of time and money avoided, HERALD.—The last day for the lodgment of the railway deposits has at length closed, and the final result has to the fullest extent verified the view we have all along maintained —namely, that there was no real ground for assuming that the modus operandi would produce any practical difficulty of importance. Now, when the matter is concluded, it is very clear that it would have been just as well that an arrange ment had been made to trausfer Public Securities from the bankers to the account of the Accountant-General, instead of requiring the amount ofthe deposits in money ; but still, had no apprehension been excited, the business would have been quietly effected by the parties, without producing any pressure worth notice on the discount market. To the unjustifiable alarm that was raised upon this snbject, all the inconvenience which has been expe rienced by the commercial interest is exclusively attri butable. The result has, however, shown that the apprehen sion was utterly fallacious, and the only alternative left to the Times and its abettors isao acknowledge a degree of ignor ance of the question not very creditable to the British press, in the middle of the 19th century, or want of honesty to an extent that we are reluctant to aver, even in the case of the misleading journal. In order to show that the difficulties that have been created have been of great magnitude, and have produced immense sacrifices of mercantile property, the Times of to-day quotes the authority of Truman and Cook, by an extract from their monthly circular, which is got up for the special in struction of the people in India and China. At no time do we consider these letters correct exponents of the MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED.) THE NEW MOATHL Y. The present number of the P, ew Monthly is graced by a paper from the pen of Mr. Harrison Ain,worth, intitled, " Leman Blanchard and his Writings," which does equal credit to the head and the heart of the writer. The character of poor Blanchard, one of the most gifted, and at the same time one of the most kind hearted of created beings, is admirably drawn. The man as he was is there depicted, and depicted too after his own kind heart. It is such a sketch as Blanchard himself would have written of his friend, had he chanced to be the survivor. Mrs. Butler contributes some verses, intitled the " Berkshire (American) Jubilee," and Charles Hooten gives us one of his new world, spirit• stirring nautical ballads, entitled, " Pierre Picard, or the Sea Famine." This number is rich in American sketches, for Captain Levinge continues his " Echoes from the Back Woods," and furnishes as with informa tion regarding men and things in America, which is not only interesting, but worthy of serious attention. We extract the following description of the garrison of Eastport, the first United States town beyond the Nova Scotian frontier, as an example : " This fort was garrisoned -by a company of horse artil lery. It was composed entirely of deserters from our regi ments quartered from time to time in New Brunswick. These being infantry regiments, the men had of course never learned to ride, and rarely to exercise great guns. Nevertheless, they did their duty as flying artillery in the United States. They wore fancy-coloured waistcoats under sky-bluejackets, trousers of the same colour, with broad yellow stripes down them; their boots turned up at the toes, like skates, the trousers only reaching half way down their legs. The whole was crowned by a frightful leather cap, with a huge brass letter to denote their company : but it is but fair to remark th at their barracks w ere as c l ean as an un limited allowance of whitewash could make them. We recognised a rascal who had deserted f rom S t. J ohn '. not long bfore. He was walking about, dragging a nine-pound shot fastened to his leg (by which we concluded that he had already got into a scrape), smoking a cigar, and looking as if he did not care a d—n for General Jackson or auy one else. We heard, soon after we left Eastport, that this company having been or dered to Florida, to quell an insurrection of the Seminole Indians, the most of them deserted on their march to Bos ton. They Were, however, retaken, and sent out. On my return to New Brunswick, I saw a letter from the last of the survivors to his brother, recommending him and his com rades on no account to desert their colours for the American service, he being the only one who had escaped the toma hawk of the Indians, or the deadly pestilence of the swamps. " The difficulty, however, of preventing desertions was, in spit of all warnings, great in New Brunswick. Yankey agents followed the men, enticed them into crimping-houses, and plied them with drink, and when sufficiently intoxicated, they were put on board fast sailing schooners, which got un der weigh whilst they lay in a state of unconsciousness. On coining to themselves, many might have returned, had they not been given more rum, and been afraid of the conse quences of their first transgression. There was but one in stance of a man's returning in the two years we remained in New Brunswick. The remaining articles of this number are for the greater part continuations. AINSWORTH. Only yesterday we stigmatised the revival of materials already familiar to magazine readers as the most incor rigible fault in that order of periodicals ; to a certain extent the monthly press is ephemeral in its very na ture : it lives only upon the appetite for present novelty and present amusements ; and hence any repetitions, or so to speak, any oldnesses, are both presumptuous and intolerable. Ainsworth, this month, actually comes out with a reprint of its editor's romance, " Old St. Paul's," a work not very long since published in a weekly news paper of extensive circulation, and subsequently in an ordinary three volume edition for circulating libraries. What interest can, therefore, be expected from its pre sent re-appearance we a re at a loss to conjecture, es pecially as it is the most mediocre production of its author. 'We are particularly anxious to avoid anything that may • be construed as in viduous, but we must decidedly protest against an instance of such palpable di sregar d t o th e i n t ere sts and entertainment of the subscribers to this hitherto (and deservedly) popular magazine. Mr. Ainsworth has already shown by his many admirable fictions that his imagination needs no stimulus, that it is naturally gifted with extraordinary fecundity and vigour. His novels have followed each other with rapidity and merit; and if any one quality of his intellect was more conspi cuous than another, it was that of being prolific in in vention, plot, character, and incident. Recently, how ever, he appears to have been encompassed with indeci sions, and trepidations, and misarrangements of a very unliterary class. In his "Revelations of London"— again discontinued—he was evidently plunged into such a cobweb of dilemmas that he found it difficult to extri cate himself with adroitness. But in republishing his present story of the plague and fire of London, he has, in our conception, acted more mistakenly than ever. Enough, however, upon this point: we earnestly recommend him to withdraw his unfortunate revival from his magazine, and no longer arouse a recollection of " Old St. Paul's;" but this, of course, in every sense, ex cathedral Here, as a recom pense for our moroseness, we will extract from the pages of Ainsworth a delicate little fantasie: it is daintily headed DO YOU REMEMBER THE TALE? Oh! do you remember how bright was the day, When far in the wild woods we wander'd away; The sweet birds were singing on every tall tree, And thro' the dark olives fair glitter'd the sea? Ali, do you remember, as on fled the hours, You cull'd me a garland of freshest wild flow'rs ; And as 'neath the soft shade we sat down to rest, Each dreaming of what each was loving the best, Each gazing on what each loved most to behold— Ah I do you remember the tale that you told? Altogether indeed, for February, there is a rich assort of poetical fragments; no unwelcome recommendation for the lovers of day-dreaming in this drizzling and uncon scionable season. Edward Kenealy proves still further his accomplishments RS a lingual student, by treating us with a basket of nnknovvn but beautiful flowers, in a paper entitled "Swedish Anthology:" the strains of music which he echoes in translation have aeharseter about them that clings with tenacity to one's memory, haunting and re-haunting the inner ear. They are tinctured too with the gleamings of the far north; they breath like the sound of madrigals among the ice- mountains: in them Frederika Bremer seems to speak to us in rhythm: they glow, but their glow is frost. Andrew Winter ad monishes us that we" Be Trustful"—and his admonition is couched in such pensive metre that—we listen and obey. Nor is the finest scholar of German lyrics in England silent—he unhusks from the original of Friedeich Ruckert five charming miniature jewels, in very fantastic rhymes. Are they not jewels ? Here is one : I sat upon the shore; and every hue— The green that on the fields, woods, mountains shone, The varied tints that sheaves, fruits, blossoms threw, Had disappear'd before me, one by one. Merg'd in the billow's green, and heaven's deep blue, Each separate colour from my sight had gone; Thus of old woes my heart oblivious grew, Op'ning for thoughts of endless lore alone For these we thank John Oxenford. " Some Passages in the Private History of my Poodle," by Dudley Cos tello, would, if divested of its plentiful larding of phrases that are somewhat over-idiomatic, smack much of Elia. We have a faint suspicion that the subject (by the way, a very facetious one) has been previously touched upon : however, it will gain its end, by tickling the mouth-corners of its readers, and is besides:well sprin kled with sarcasms. Scott's " Demonology and Witch craft" has evidently suggested to Thomas Wright his " Chapters from the History of Sorcery and Magic." The introduction displays some knowledge of that abstruse and enticing lore ; we shall anticipate several striking disclosures in its continuation. There is an agreeable bonhommie, though rather an over-plenty of minuteness, in the " Life and Writings of Nimrod," and as Mr. Apperley, with all his cleverness, was merely the favourite of a class, we consider such profuse com mentaries as misjudged. " Female Delinquency," in reference to its alleviation by the late excellent Mrs. Fry—that soul-sister of Howard—affords material for a sensible and benevolent essay, which is worthy a second perusal ; and, what with the foregoing con tributions and a laughable, chatty, little episod e of every-day life, by Shirley Brooks, telling us "How Mrs. Malmsey Ma naged her Uncle," Ains worth 's Itraganne forms, on the whole, a very fair intellectual sugar-plum. THE PLO UGH. A better selection of articles could scarcely b are been made ; and, as a second number, the present !m! , nently successful : it speaks admirably for the discrimi nation of its editor. Professor Donaldson gives us a sketch remarkable for its perspicacity on—that marvel of nature, that consequence of cultivation—" Rotaria Cyma ; or the Rotation of Crops." The disquisition "On the Philosophy of Agriculture" is evidently the effusion of a thoughtful intellect ; it is divested of all prejudices in favour of the old-established systems, and is very learned upon all the latest expositions of the re nowned Baron Liebig. Among the most immediately interesting and valuable of the papers, however, is a synopsis of Dr. Lyon Playfair's Lectures upon the Po tato Disease, the importance and veracity of which may p be ri a n l c m e o A st lb s e a r ic t l .,a t s o h h er a t v . e hern th e e d sanctionOx figures of Government. all t pain ful glory of obesity upon the frontispiece, though he I looks as gentlemanly a " blade" as you would well find upcn the "turf." After reading this number we feel like " One who has Whistled at the Plough," and that with considerable satisfa • ction to ourselves. THE LAW REVIEW. As a quarterly di squ i s i t i on o f B r i t i s h an d f ore i gn jurisprudence, thi s per i o di ca l a l rea d y fill s a prom i nent position among its contemporaries. Its earnest but dis passionate views, its enlightened and erudite character, its perfect freedom from bigotry or intolerance of tone, togdther with its many evidences of experience and re search, render it a worthy exponent of the profession. " Lord Eldon compared with the Judges of his Time" is, more even than the writer himself imagines, a tooth breaking nut for Horace Twiss ; and " The Opening of Lincoln's Inn Hall" gives an opportunity for a spirited survey of the present state of the legal profession, which, apart from the importance of the subject itself, should be read by every one who admires candour and boldness. As a whole the present number is sterling. CHAMBERS'S EDIABURGEI JOURNAL: This really admirable periodical sustains its reputation without any appearance of effort ; its pleasantry is un forced, and its philanthropy unaffected. In the former particular, we have "The Innocent Railway," and the " Freaks of Fortune •" in the latter, a very fine-toned exposition of "Savings' Banks," and their bo:1 • too l , consequences. A pleasant morsel of bok-zossinp der of is that about "Ben Jonson," that horn- ur handed sweet masques and dainty ballads• as one buckle of dramatist is not appreciated as ..iii would indeed wager that the his doublet deserves ; we Viuuh is 1 Ile me rather through allads. h majority are acquainted 0 on e old on through the medium of his " 0 rare Ben Raison I that quaint inscriptio% wi th nitlialis tombstone, in the Abbey, or cloying love-ditties, spiced and • s of beauty more than almost w s l i hrs ilar liti e e ff s talons in our tongue. With the Christmas y fiother co y i ma gerte . . - b ok Yr 9 1 6 . C. ir 7 °l 'l o it ? 5 11/ 5 i r , -11) ' 7s:ob 4 ,0 ,s 1 7o;017 it 4, 0 P l b IP' t 0 0117 o ld' c ot , oft,hior;o of sot 01 0 ot i ' t ilD e it+ 6 o 0 10 N o '6o l zO , 10 11) 5 1 10 10 t sib 611 9' 65 6 10 " b b 11:11/610 6 01 . - 61 $ _ le o a lb , 4 1'6$ 1 011) I° o ll/ 0/ Olio of 0 , 0e e ft t pe„e ro v 1j I pi, NAME OF RAILWAY. FRIDAY, FEB. 13. Cork, Blackrock, and Panage Railway. Alford Valley Railway. Deeside Railway. Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension) Railway. Great North of Scotland Railway. Welsh Midland Railway. Gloucester and Dean Fereat Railway and Pier. Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway. Bridgewater and 3iinehead Railway and Pier. London and Croydon (Thames Junction Branch) Railway. Chelmsford and Bury Railway. Glasgow Harbour Mineral Railway. Direst Northern Railway, East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction Railway. York and Carlisle Railway. Hull and Selby Railway Purchase. Cornwall Railway. Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. Shropshire Unica Railways and Canal (Newton to Crewe v fhb , - Branca). Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Shrewsbury and Stab I)hI Railway). Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Chester and Wolverhai iap ton Line). London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster. Axholme, Gainsborough, Goole and York, and North Midland Ju ne. Hon Railway. Lincoln, Wahifleet Haven, anti 'Roston Railway. South Staffordshire Junction and Branches (No. 1). South atatfordshire Junction (Bilston and Prieattield Branch 2) Railway. South Staffordshire Junction (Showhill and Portobello B ari d, No 3) Railway. Southßtaffordahlra Junction (Willanhallkßloswich—No 4' 4) ail B ay #.‘ Arbroath and Forfar ••• ••••••• • •• • • Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • •••••• • • •• Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath •• • • Durham and Sunderland .• • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • ••• • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • . • • ... •• . Glaszovr and Greenock.. • • • • •• • • • • • Grand Junction ..... ....... • • • • •• • • Gravesend and Rochester.• • . • • • • • • • • Great North of England • • • • • • • • • • • • Great Western . • • • • • • Hartlepool .. London and Biriningham, &c. .• • - • London and Blackwall.• • • London and Brighton. • • • • • • London and Croydon . • • • • • • •• • • • • • • London • and Greenwich. •••• • • •• •• London and South Western. •• •• •• .• Manchester, Bolton, and Bury •• • • •• Manchester and Birmingham• • • • • • • • Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc— Midland Counties ..... • • • • • • • • Newcastle and Darlington • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle and Carlisle.. •••• • • • • •• Newcastle and North Shields• N0rf01k.......... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbel], and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. Preston and Wyre • • • • • • •• • • • • •• • • •• Sheffield and Manchester • • •• • • • • • • -• South Eastern.• • • • • •• •• • • • • •• •• • • •• Taff Vale • • • • .• •• • • • • • • •• •• Yarmouth and Norwich •••• • • •• .• York and North Midland ....... • • •• 577 961 255 756 2,341 6,296 1,680 652 • 110 15,160 947 32,404 '6BB 3,548 1,052 4,984 850 3,963 5,131 14,145 2,490 1,477 427 1,222 377 544 914 214 492 1,877 3,872 1,255 688 4,668 4,889 14.183 25,697 1,223 3,282 872 420 1,477 5,058 900 641 4,678 704 3,045 5,041 12,129 1,011 1,449 200 1,311 4,201 4,021 ----- SOUTH-EASTERN RAILV AY. OPENING OF THE CANTERBURY BRANCH. The Canterbury branch of the South-Eastern Railway ws.s yesterday formally opened by the Directors. A special train, containing the Directors of the South- Eastern Railway, and their friends, started from the Bricklayers' Arms station at ten o'clock, and arrived in Canterbury shortly after two. The new line, which commences at Ashford, is 15 aniles in length, and is a double line of railway. At tthe Canterbury end a large concourse of people had :assembled, to witness the arrival of the first train, and tthey vociferously cheered it as it entered the town. The occasion was celebrated by a public dinner, given In the Corn Excha.ige. About 280 gentlemen sat down, :amongst whom we noticed Lord Torrington, the Dean •of Canterbury, Mr. M'Gregor, the chairman of the ;South Eastern Railway ; Mr. Dodd, M.P.; and Mr. _Fielders, M.P. Mr. Hooper, the Mayor of Canterbury, presided - the dinner, the Dean of Canterbury sitting on his left - land, and Mr. M'Greger on his right. The cloth having been removed, the usual loyal toasts were given and responded to heartily. The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Archbishop, the Very Rev. the Dean, and the Clergy of the diocese.' The Dean of CANTERBURY returned thanks, and con gratulated the inhabitants on the auspicious event which they had that day met to celebrate. The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of the Directors of the South Eastern Railway, which was received with loud cheers. Mr. M'Cramon was loudly cheered upon rising to address the company. He said, —Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, on behalf of the South-Eastern Company, I beg leave to tender to you our grateful thanks for the kindness and hospitality with which you have received us to-day, on open ing the extension of our line of railway to your cathedral city, and I am sure we all feel highly honoured in having been, in any degree, instrumental to the completion of this great work, which places Canterbury in connection, by railway, with London, and all those towns to which the advantages of the railway system have already been extended. --(Cheers.) The Mayor has made several very flattering rema rks upon the manner in which the works of the Canter bury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway have been carried out. The merit of the works does not belong to the direc tors, but to the abilities of the engineer, who has executed the plans entrusted to him to the entire satisfaction of the directors. I feel, when speaking of Mr. Joseph Cubitt, that I should be doing an injustice to another gentleman who is now present, if I did not take this opportunity of referring to his labours upon the South-Eastern line of railway. I refer to Mr. William Cubitt, the father of the gentleman of whom I have just spoken.—(Cheers.) The great works which Mr. William Cubitt carried out, in connexion with the original line of the South-Eastern Railway—l refer to those between Folkestone aid Dover—will, as long as the South-Eastern line ex i s t s , cause his name to be associated with its history.— (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is true that to arrive here we have travelled round three sides of a parallelogram, which has in creased the length of the journey to at least twenty miles more than the direct line would make it, the present distance being somewhat more than eighty miles, whilst the extension of our Greenwich line to Chilham would lessen the distance to about sixty miles. Public opinien has decided that the system of railways throughout the kingdom shall be so corn pleted that every important city and town shall be brought into railway communication with every other one, and it is un necessary, since the public have m ade up their minds on the subject, to dwell upon the advantages which the comple tion of the system will afford both in the transit of pas sengers and in the carriag e of g oods. Having spoken of the proposed extension of our South-Eastern Railway to Chil ham and Canterbury, it would not be right to pass O'er the fact that another an d a rival com p any, likewise, proposes to effect the same work, and it will be for Parliament to decide whether that work cannot be intrusted to the South-Eastern Company with more advantage to the public than if it were placed in the hands of a separate company. We are of opi nion that the system of Kentish railways will work snore to the advantage of the public in the hands of one company than if divided among several, since unity of system in the conduct of railway traffic is of the greatest consequence both to the economy of the working of the line and to the con venience and comfort of those who travel over it.— (Cheers.) I venture to call your attention to the fact that the rates of fares charged on the railway are not those which the law would allow us to charge fir circuitous distances over which our line passes to some places, as, for instance, to this ancient city ; but the fares are charged for the short or diagonal distances, the same, in fact, as they must be presumed to be if the whole of our projects for which we are applying to Parliament were already granted, and the lines executed. Ido not mean to say that no further reduction of OUT fares can, at any time, take place; because a great in crease of traffic, and great economy of conducting it, will undoubtedly lead to such a result, and we have already had the greatest amount of evidence that could be desired, that from a most extensive reduction of fares there does not ne cessarily follow a reduction of receipts. On the contrary, although we reduced the rate of fares on the lst of Ser tember last ne arly 40 per cent., by an actua l reduction in charge, and by establishing a uniform system of day-tickets, the number of persons who have travelled over the line has been increased to such an extraordina extent that the b li e u f e or o e f ; r a a n il d w a y to Ramsgate and Margate, to the opening of the French amount eare l 0 0 0 f ki money gfor received ardte t has been p as i s o g s ae railways, and to the general completion of the railway fth as is system in Great Britain, for a further great accession of traffic. The extension of the Greenwich Railway taining a greater population in the miles adjoining London, WI you know, through a district eon ttohatnhistphlacat existsewwhiiielhpass, de cided in its favour, as being the line best adapted to supply he visited his own Court of King's Bench. Having heard the pleadings oa the plaintiff's side of the case, he was anxious at once to give judgment for him, but being told by the Chief Justice that the formality oehearing the de- 1 fendant's arguments was yet to be gone through, the King observed that it was a most embarrassing position to be placed in, for when he heard what bad to 'be said on one side only he had no di ffi culty in arriving at a judgment, but that when both sides bad spoken he found himself unable to come to any conclusion at all. And this, I think, would be the case in many of those localities where meetings have been held, if the plaus of the rival companies for constructing the North Kent Railway were to be submitted to them. The question is a large one, and well worthy the serious attention of Parliament, where I. in any other part of the known world ; and the completion of the railways in the south eastern district will, I am persuaded, give of itself an im mense increase to the number of travellers in its own imme diate circle, and thereby probably enable the Company to still further reduce their fares. You are all aware that meetings have taken place in various towns in Kent, called by the promoters of a particular Company, and those meet ings having been generally attended by the partisans of the one Company, have frequently, though not invariably, their wants. Now I can only compare this mode of ob taining a verdict to the remark made by King James, when have no doubt it will be fully considered, and where I am sure a just verdict will be passed on the case. It is not for the advantage of any one single place that the decision can on t ow what iti °n i s b e st the s f o o u r t t h h - e E s a T t i e th rn - e c as o t m er p n an distr a i t ct be made ; but I am sure that Parliament will look to the q nestion as a whole—that it will take a comprehensive view 1 8 ,1 1 .,t c h: n y lg h , aadndaltrheaedy effectembarked,thecompletion the wo r ks of th e i r t hey proposedare n o w linescon - - r district —and , se th ei o ng ea t p h i e . would have for the advantage of the county—it will if it think that advantage can be best promoted by the South-Eastern compan y, commit the construction of the projects in Keut to the bands of that body. Wherever such a scheme as the projected North Kent Railway has been committed to a rival co mpany, the e.ffect has invariably beea that the existing MONEY MARKET . and CITY NEWS, CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The Public Securities have again advanced, and Consols, for the Account, were done in the earlier hours of business at 97%. It is understood the jobbers "prepared the market" (to use a technical phrase) for the appearance of the Chancery broker, who was expected as a purchaser. He, however, did not come forward, and hence several of the speculators effected sales to realise the profit of the late rise. Considering the advance in the value of Consols during the last few days to have been nearly two-and-a-half per cent., it is not surprising that we should find parties desirous of closing their transactions to secure the profit they have se readily obtained. The market, however, was very steady at the close of business, and if purchases like those of Wednes day and Thursday were again made, prices must go higher. There was a demand for bills upon Hamburgh to-day, which rather depressed the rate of exchange upon that place. Paris, Vienna, and Trieste were, on the contrary, rather higher than last post; and f o r Holland and Belgium the prices remained about the same. The following letter was sent to-day to the Treasury by the East India and China Association : "My Lords,—The non-arrival of the Bombay mail up to this time, and the little probability of its now reaching Lon don until after the outward mail to India is dispatched to morrow, force upon us the necessity of drawing your palti cular attention to our letter of the sth ult. " But for the accide n t a l c i rc umstances of an Austrian steamer being at Alexandria, Government would have been at this moment in ignorance of the military operations going on in India ; and the disappointment to the mercantile com munity by the want of promptitude in bringing on their letters is widely and deeply expressed. We therefore again beg to impress upon your Lordship? attention the necessity of some arrangement by which such delay may in future be avoided, and nothing occurs to us more advisable than having a steamer to run direct between Aleiandria and Marseilles.—We have the honour to be, &c, " GEORGE LARPENT, Chairman. " S. GREGSON, Deputy Chairman. " To the Right Hon. the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury." Some speculators of the higher class are reaping an ex cellent harvest from the unfortunate clients of the Accountant- General, the depositors for railways. Having had the sa gacity to foresee that the sums committed to his custody must shortly come out again for investment, they took their measures accordingly, and while the money-market was under continued strain and pressure through the efforts of the railway companies to obtain bank notes for their depo sits, these parties regularly bought Consols for time, and find themselves now in possession of a large amount of stock, which they can dispose of at a great profit to the broker of the Court of Chancery, acting for the depositors. These unfortunale persons are therefore a butt for all to aim at, and as regularly victimised as it is possible to be. Whether they have to buy or to sell, all their trans actions are known before they take place ; and their business being confided to a public officer, who has no discretion in making contracts, they are sure uniformly to pay the highest and to receive the lowest price of the day. We have heard it stated that when these railway deposits first began to accumulate in this department, and the atten tion of the public was drawn to the mode of doing business, some increase of activity was manifested, and orders to re invest were actually obtained in three days after the certifi cate was received ; but this could not long be kept up, and of late—that is, for the last three weeks, when the pressure upon the money market was most severe—this most essential process for the relief of that pressure could seldom be got through in less than eight or ten days. Such sluggishness is manifestly an incurable disease, and nothing remains but to deprive the office of this part of its functions, and commit them to hands accustomed to the practice of banking and acquainted with the wants of the monied interest. Those who have most suffered by the crisis are, perhaps, the merchants and traders of the middle class, who in point of general credit are trustworthy, and their bills usually in as ready acceptance for discount as the class above them • but as they commonly carry on t heir business b y draughts at four months or longer, to enable them to make their returns, they have been often left altogether without accommodation. The bankers and the great discount brokers were preparing for the calls to be made upon them by the railway companies for the deposits, and a bill having so long a period to run, though its soundness was unquestionable, hneomacc accessoun tstowiittshtheßl facilities , wou ld not even be looked at. These p arties were in the habit o f trusting heret ofore for help to their own bankers , or to the discount Eng landboufttheyfound there most u nex p ected and liberal aid, without which num b e rs of them mu st have y ielded to the p ressure. Bills of sma ll amount and o f lon g dates were as freel y taken es the longer en gagements of the supe rior merch ants , and at rat es, thoug h of course som ewhat above the Bank lim it i n their loan tra nsactions, not materially so. shoualdndgikveep kept This being the last day for receiving payments for railway deposits, money for that purpose has been in active demand, the more so in consequence of the Report of the Committee of the House of Lords, which has reduced the amount required from le to 5 per cent. ; but it has net probably been made public in time to p eat exte nt material alteration. New arrangements to any great extent were not practicable in the course of the few hours that remained. The whole amount nderstood to be very near 11 000 0001.—a de posits is is How e to deal with • the of passed to the credit of the Accountant-General, for such m management the ficiently largsum reulation ; and unless some greater dispatch than for the c l j ast fortnight is a dopted at the Accountant-General's office, t h e prassorn on the Money-rnarket, which m a ny persons were r severity than ever. Si nce writing the above , we have heard that the a ctual amo unt of the depos i t s has re a ch ed 11,492 , 0001 . , ex clusive of t h e obligations of the chartere d companies , who ma y g ive bond under t heir common seal for the amount, which is pro bably a full millio n more, and exclusiv e of S c o tland and Ire land.greater thinkas Of this gross sum, orders have at present been given for the investment of 2,000,000/. in Stock and Exchequer hills, of which about one-half has been already invested. CHRONIGLE.—The deposit crisis may now be looked upon as fairly.at an end. The depression in the public se curities, occasioned by the sales of Stock on the art of Accountant wayrail- committee,: e te ch p ni ro e v r i e de ra th i e d money for tphreev;ens General, has been followed by a re -action for the rise quite as great and the Court of Chancery has been about 11,000,000/. Our contemporary, who would not take it for some time at a farthing less than 30,000,0001., now admits that nine millions is about the mark, and his recent descent to 5.000,000/. was that quite as wide of the truth as his former estimate of The standing ord ers have been coin- London Money-market, when they profess to soar above mere common place ' and in the present case the state ments made are at direct variance with the testimony of the best informed persons in the Colonial market, in Mincing-lane. That considerable difficulty has been expe rienced in the commercial discount market is an undoubted fact, as we have repeatedly stated ; but at the same time the opinion was universal that the pressure would be but tem porary, and great forbearance was consequently exercised, and it is altogether a mistake that great losses had been sus tained by forced sales of mercantile property. We are quite aware that by showing this to be the actual state of the matter it may be presumed that we are making out a case in mitigation of the mischief done by the Times, for in pro portion to the extent of such sacrifices, so in proportion is the turpitude of that director of public opinion. Such a de duction would not, however, square exactly with the truth. The averment that immense sacrifices of property have been made is only following up the same principle previously acted upon, namely, to propagate distrust and suspicion even beyond the advent of the railway deposits, for the ob vious inference is, that the persons that have been com pelled to make the said sacrifices must now be in doubtful credit. PUBLIC MEETING IN SUPPORT OF SIR R. PEEL'S MEASURES. NorrnionAm, FRIDAY.—Last evening a public meeting, convened by the Mayor (Thomas Herbert, Esq.), was held in the Exchange-rooms, which were crowded to excess by all classes. The business of the meeting commenced soon after seven o'clock by the Mayor taking the chair. The MAYOR said, that in compliance with a requisition, he had felt it his duty to convene the present meeting, which might be viewed as one of congratulation.—(Hear, hear.) But two months ago there had been a meeting in the same hall, to memorialise her Majesty's Government to open the ports, and to petition for an object which they might now regard as consummated.—(Applause.) It was interesting to note the progress of public opinion ; one convert after an other had been added to their ranks—change had succeeded change—and a general conviction of the impolicy of the re strictive system was now prevalent. Mr. W. CRIPPS, merchant, on rising to move the first re solution, said, he had long looked upon the corn-laws as en tailing evils upon the merchants, manufacturers, artisans, and labourers, and he verily believed while they inflicted se rious injury upon these parties, they had never done the slightest good to any one class, not even to the landholders themselves.—(Applause.) He expected, if they lived twenty years longer that the trade of this country would be doubled ; at least he saw no reason why it should not. He had tra velled many hundred miles through the farming districts in the Illinois, Indiana, and the Missouri, where he found an immense quantity of agricultural produce and food, such as Indian cern, wheat, and maize; but as a class of farmers, he had no hesitation in saying, there are no people in the whole of the United States of America who have so few com forts as these farmers have. They have everything they want in the shape of food, and they have nothing of those things which we sell.—( Hear, hear.) He went into many farm• houses there, and he saw abundance of food, but at the same time he saw the farmer, his wife, and children, siesti tute and in rags, and without knife, fork, glass, crockery, and other comforts, the produce of the towns in this country. —( Hear, hear.) Why is this the case ? Because our laws have stepped in and forbidden an interchange. But now there will be free interchange, and there will be a wide field open for trade and commercial enterprise.—(Applause.) He w ould not trouble the meeting further, but at once read his resolution, which he bogged to move, namely : " That the thanks of the meeting are due to Sir Robert Peel and her Majesty's Government, for the important and statesmanlike, commercial, and social measures proposed by them for adoption by Parliament." Mr.V. BAILEY (an influential Conservative) very cordially seconded the motion. The resolution was then put, and unanimously adopted. The Rev. W. LowooD rose and was received with loud applause. There was one good result, he said, which had already followed the announcement of the measure proposed by Sir R. Peel ; a result almost as grand in itself as the results that they believed would follow the accomplishment of free trade; namely, that it had already destroyed party. — (Hear.) They heard nothing now of those factions that used to disturb the political world with their everlasting wrangling. Instead of that, they saw Whig joini w ng n To t ry a , and Tory joining Whig; all willing to unite in drawing b funeral car of monopoly.—(Applause.) He b ad to move that a petition be sent to the House of Cominoi?ii in support of the meas ure proposed by her Majesty's Ministers forward . I forward full h o nour to the man who brought the measure " The petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the borough of Nottingham, " Showeth—That your petitioners have learned with the highest satisfaction the intr oduction into your Honourable Ilouse by her Majesty's Ministers, of most important mea sures as to the free importation of food, as to the tariff, and as to other matters of legislative regulations. Your petitioners consider these measures to be based on true and sound pr i nc iples, and to be calculated to improve the agricultural and commercial interests, advance the social condition, and strengthen the political relations of Great Britain. ~ That your petitioners deem it wiser and more for the benefit of all classes to repeal the existing corn-laws at once, but that if the advocates of protectitm to agriculture, thmigh, as we believe, with mistaken views, prefer the proposed re duced duties, and the postpoiwaient of total repeal for three years, your petitioner wovla ennflite her Majesty's Govern ment to carry out th.:a proposed measures in the most prac ticable mode. "Tour petitioners, without referring specially to the other proposed accompanying matters, desire most earnestly the cordial support of your Honourable House to these measures of Government as a whole. " And your petitioners will ever pray, &c." In conclusion, lie had great pleasure in moving that the peti tion be forwarded to the House of Commons.—(Applause.) The proposition was seconded by Mr. BRAN, and carried unanimously. Mr. Alderman HEARD moved, " That although this meet ing considers the immediate repeal of all restrictions on the free importation of food as the course most for the advantage of all classes of the cammunity, they deem the measures pro posed far too important not to be accepted and cordially sup ported." The motion was carried, and after the transaction of some further business, the meeting broke up at twenty minutes to nine o'clock. occasional few, indeed, who are more intimate with him as a playright, the majority again are merely acquainted with him iu " Every Man in his Humour," a comedy which, notwithstanding its superiority for representa tion, and notwithstanding the illustrious Captain Boba dil himself, that beau ideal of a braggart—with his " twenty more kill 'em, twenty more kill 'em, twenty more kill 'em "—is, in our estimation, not to be com pared with his immortal " Alchemist." This latter satirical comedy stands indeed a l one f or i ts s h rew d cut tings and slashings with a two-edged wit at all the weaknesses and rogueries discoverable in human nature. Its variety of character, too, is amazing; "Face," that arrant varlet of a charlatan ; "Abel Drugger," with scarcely a syllable to utter, and yet about the principal personage in the drama; " Sir Epicure Mammon," wonderful Sir Epicure, with an imagination like an in tellectual El Dorado, and a voluptuousness of heart beyond that of Medici; aad the " Angry Boy," that right inimitable specimen of irritability ; with these creations, and the strange elaboration, yet strange sim plicity of its plot, we know no production of professedly the same aim which can be for a single moment men tioned with the " Alchemist." And Ben Joason's rivalry with Shakspere having been gainsaid and pil loried as a fallacy by Barry Cornwall, we can discover nothing, excepting possibly his mannerisms, to debar the public from cherishing the old bluff poet as one of their favourite household spirits, and as about the truest and most English of their stage-bards. Having been se duced into this protracted plea for our " rare Ben, , ' we can but observe that Chambers for February equals, ifit does not surpass, all its former February offerings. THE OVERLAND ROUTES VIA TRIESTE. TO THB ZDITOR OF Till TIME/. Sit;,—At your request I send you the following brief ac count of my route from Trieste, from which I think it will appear that the journey was performed under almost every possible disadvantage : The Directors of tke Austrian Lloyd's had no expectation that the steamer expected from Alexandria would bring public dispatches, and therefore neither in Trieste nor along ' the whole route were any preparations taken beforehand for a speedy journey to England. But on receiving very im portant Indian dispatches along with a packet for the Times paper, the Directors immediately determined to forward the latter, and I was commissioned to undertake the journey. On the 29th of January, at eight o'clock P.M., I left jy Trieste ourne for Dwino and Monfalcone, and then pursued my by way of Palmanova to Ceneda, where . 1 through sforced to chan ge my carr i age. F rom C ene d a I p asse d many small villages, in which it was often difficult to to o t b h t e al n ßr h e o n r n s e es r , p s ae o s t , h e a n t l thi o c a h t m th u e ch en t o i w in e, to dcaemepe. My first point, after passing the Brenner, was Inns pruck ; from that city I pursued my course to Kempten, and, during fifteen German miles, I found in many places the snow three or four feet deep, which, as the post was not expected that day, had not been properly shovelled away. From Kempten I made for Ulm, through continued pouring rain, which made the roads very heavy. From Ulm I went to Stuttgardt, the ra i n st ill continuing, and the roads being as heavy as before. Prom Stuttgardt I went to Carlsruhe, with the view of meeting another officer of the Austrian Lloyd's, who was to have received my dispatches and brought them to England. Had this not been enjoined I should have gone by a shorter way from Stuttgardt, by Bruebsal, to Mannheim : On reaching Carlsruhe, the officer I sought was not in the way, and I therefore proceeded myself to Mannheim. where II expected to find a steamer ; but, no boat being to be had, I was forced to poet thence to Mayence, where I again attempted to procure a steamer, with no better saccess. I therefore posted to Cologne, and found the road so flooded by the Rhine, that the water was up to the horses' girths, and often came into my carriage, rendering it difficult to keep my dis patches dry. Under these circumstances it was impossible to drive at mere than a foot's pace. From Cologne I went by the railroad to Ostend, which I reached at 9 o'clock in the evening of the 3d of February, and at 3 o'clock on ;he morn ing of the 4th embarked for London, where I arrived at half past 5.-1 am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOSEPH FRIGELMULLER. THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT GREENWICH. Yesterday the inquiry into this mysterious case was re sumed before Mr. Carter, the Coroner. As the investigation proceeds, the case assumes a greater degree of interest in the public mind. The inquest-room was crowded, and amongst those present were a number of medical men. The jury having answered to their names— Mr. Wood, the surgeon, was recalled. He produced his book, containing the entry of the birth of the child on the 17th of September, which ran—" Mrs. Richards, delivered of a male child, 3 A.M." Also, the entry on the 25th (the day after the child was taken with the violent screaming). It ran thus :—" Mrs. Reynolds's nurse-child, six powders (mercury and chalk—oxyde of zinc)." This latter part of the entry showed that there were excoriations on the mouth. There was not any entry of the borax and honey for the mouth, or lotion for the eyes. They might have been sent, but witness did not recollect. Charles Robins, the undertaker, re-examined—Had as certained by reference to his books that the day on which he sold the " still-born coffin" was ea Saturday, the 27th of September. He yesterday recognized the person to whom he had sold it as one of the prisoners at the bar (the prisoner William Richardson). Joshua Edmund heresy, apprentice to Mr. Riches, che mist, in addition to his evidence given at the Police-court on the previous day, stated that on the occasion of the prisoner William Richardson being served with the arsnic, he him self took the bottle containing the arsenic out of the cupboard, and handed it to Mr. Riches, who served it. Witness saw it weighed, but he could not state the quantity. Witness could state the tine, as he left Greenwich to visit his friends in Suffolk on Saturday, the 23d of Augu,t, and returned on Friday, the 12th of September, and this occurred about a fortnight after his return. It might have been a few days less. When Mr. Riches asked him for the bottle he used the scientific term, oxidum arsenici. Mr. Riches, apothecary, of London-street, Greenwich, de posed, that he had attended Mr. Richardson's family for years. When Richardson asked for the arsenic, thought he said it was for killing rats or mice. The quantity served was perhaps three-quarters of an ounce, or 360 grains, for which he might have charged 3d. Witness would not serve a stranger with eves tho smallest quantity. After the evidence of some other witnesses, it was at length arranged that an adjournment should take place until Thurs day next, at ive o'clock. It is rumoured that Mr. Gladstone will come into Parliament for Cardiff, in place of Dr. Nichol]. SIR ROBERT PEEL.—Thursday last was the anni versary of the natal day of Sir Robert Peel, who has now completed the 58th year of his age. BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—Cards of invitation have been issued from the Lord Chamberlain's office for an evening party at the Palace on Tuesday next. Viscount Morpeth, MY., has arrived in town, from Yorkshire. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are visiting the Earl and Countess of Carlisle at Castle Howard, but are expected to leave there early in the ensuing week for Trentham, Staffordshire. Sir Robert Peel's grandfather, at the latter period of his life, resided at Stratford, in this county. The house is still standing in the Broadway, and we believe is now occu pied by a fishmonger. —Essex Standard. The Marquis of Westminster has returned to Eaton Hall. His Lordship came to town to accompany his son, Lord Gilbert Grosvenor, to Portsmouth, where he has en tered on board the Grampus, 50 gun frigate. Lady William Macnaghten has given up her intention of going to reside at Malta, having taken Surrey House, near Cumberland-gate, Hyde Park, for a term of years. Lady Macnaghten, accompanied by her sister, the Hon. Mrs. Er skine, it may be remembered, returned from India about this time last year. Her Ladyship will enter on her new residence this day. Mr. S. L. Fox is again forming a stud of horses, and intends to patronise the turf during the present year. Mr. Gill, Bellisle, Richmond will be the trainer. Mr. Lane Fox was formerly the owner of several celebrated horses, but during the last few years had declined the turf.—Doncaster Gazette. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The second c u e last of Mr. Macfarreu's opera Don Quixote top p The songs by Miss Rainforth and indicate and with great improvement as reg we ard re that they will become with such enthusiasm es to w m anaged to get up a little k ax l e a c ca utien as . universally popular. he ex hibited on the first night, and °d one and all encored, than and the composer was called _ LE ISLATION. —Time is telling with advantage a an d....a..ll.. inlatio : to Li'on.forTwhheenhotubsee curtainwa s e well fell. attended, Dpi .HaxAD AND san geabetho,fabnreat;ratghes waste s mc p e s e r n d g in telling the against wors our s up o p i i co es r7 of .fo:dtwastlythee t r h a o te us o a f nd n nearly six we y gh th t * p u t; day. Each hour adjourning a debate carries off five hun dred ys tans weight E t e rs ] hour glass in atoms that are sacks of flour, or batches of a hun dred quartem loaves. , THE LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE urow-TYER JuNcrion RAILWAY.—It has been incorrectly stated, in some of the morning papers, that the above undertaking has been thrown out on the standing orders. We are, therefore, requested to state that only three or four of the allegations, and those of the most trifling character, Were sustained, and that in the opinion of persons well in formed on railway business, the standing orders in this cue will be dispensed with. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FEB. 6.—The arrivals of all grain are moderate. We have a good attendance of buyers at our market to-day, and a fair extent of business is transacted in fine new and old Wheats, at a slight advance; but for inferior sorts there is no inquiry. Good heavy Bar ley fully as dear and in request, other qualities slow sale. Beans ls. per qr. higher. Oats and Shellng as before. Malt sells freely at former rates. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—The fol lowing are the traffic returns for the week ending Jan. 31, 1846 ;—Passengers, 4,470 ; amount received, 110/. 13s. 3d. RASH ATTBIIPT.—During yesterday afternoon a man of a gentlemanly appearance applied at the Pelice office, Chester, for protection, saying he had money in his possession and that two men were following him, &c. The police took him to the railway station at his request and saw him receive his ticket on the Chester and Crewe line. H e got into a first-class carriage, in which was another gen tleman ; but a few miles on the road he would get outside, though remonstrated with by the gentleman w ith hi m. However he did get outside near a place called T tte 35 miles per hour ; he fell with his head agai at ns_ ~ ,_ ~ de _ and made a spring off the steps, the train going t l b t rail, and received so severe a contusion th as . l i i ne :"' ' at best inference. On Friday his conduct appears to justify that as spaired of ; in all probability the man w i° ALARMING FIRE AT BETHNAL a 1... p remises k butcher, Ne. 6, morning, between the hours _. rd, por Engines having belonging to Mr. George ..ne,l.'y be on tire. ofos p r raotesict): Patush-row, were discoverea s ___ .. Dp y pro cured ' arrived, and there beoilorks, the firemen t the lire extinguished from the East Londo n g u -71 -ci se tw°l watertot h work e unablege. con before Mr. ShePPt.r ,' trade and the furniture .1..111,:, . owf were e were .!(.11 , ' -rigorously, but their, ....,...,„„ is to re destroyed and tie tents a the T e c occupier is insured. n f t ro t m he the garrison, expor t i n o t f h p e r o st y ß i: Fortunately! A company of the 30th, from I.u. ghrea, iv i tt xrArt-• , : h r a ns c. ma r chedop o t Captain i t u poo l p in tal t il eFo Yd n": tto t u r ra o b o ua p gnmeee 13th Light Dragoons, arrived on Monday, from Cahir, in tins garrison, and with Captain Doherty 's troop, remain until further orders. The troop of the 13th Light Dragoons has not been replaced at Gort, where a detachment of the 75th is stationed. A QUEER CUSTOMER.—On Thursday morning, a racoon, of an unusually large size, was discovered in the hen-roott of Mr. Clark, farmer at Watnall, near Notting. ham. On examination it was found that the intruder had made a meal of two game cocks, five fowls, and one duck Where the animal had come from, or how it go :Abele nobody knows. , ere fag lid . the the • 4 5 011 r in d A To 4 bt D•i' lb 01701 0 8° 96 I$ 'S rf ' '1 # 1 r 5,.: