The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-27 00:00:00

In 3 vols., post Bvo., FORE ST HILL! A. TALE OF SOCIAL LIFE IN 1830-1831, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. THE NEW WORK ON RUSSIA 2.,Taw ready, in 2 vols., with a Full-length Portrait of the Emperor 21s. bound, R USSIA UNDER THE AUTOCRAT, I. BY IVAN NICHOLAS GOLOVINE, "fit A RUSSIAN SUBJECT. 'I The most authentic and copious exposition of Russia and her meat that has yet b een g i ven to the world.—Britannia. of an extremely interesting nature, emanating from the pen of a Russian, noble by birth, who has escaped beyond the reach of the Czar's power. It throws a new light on the state of the em pire ; its aspect, political and domestic ; its manners ; the employes about the palace, court, and capital ; its police, its spies, its depraved society, &c. The details on all these subjects will be found peculiarly valuable."—Sunday Times. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. 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Part' the IPst subscription contract, and holders of , criP, are informed, that - petitions to both Houses of Parliament. " To stapthe progress of tie Bill, to cancel the liability of the subscribers to the contract, raid return to the shareholders the unspent deposits," lie for signatir a at the Shareholders' Committee-room, Founders' nall - 000.li, Lothbury, from 11 to 4 o'clock each day. 1 'nil 21, 1846. R. THOMPSON, Secretary. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. --- Ai - ESSE - S. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LTA. T4AMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Pu',llc Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, cont. %Ming instructions, are respectfully requested t* be addressed. Ali Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instractlOns. Offices. Wall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London. wIL SON'S OPENING NIGHT. THIS EVENING, APRIL 27, at Eight o'clock. Mr. WILSON begs t' announce his FIRST ENTERTAINMENT fer the SEASON, in the Music hail, Store-street, When he will sing a varieq' o f the SONGS OF SCOTLAND, Some of them for the first time. . LAN Part L-0 w Pianoi eel may the Boatie hrte—M r r D. ow—Of a' the Airts the Wind a e t an blaw—Wh all buy Caller Herring ?—Hama cam our gudeman een—Ower the Water to Charlie—Bonnie Bessie Lee—The Married Man's Lament —Pibroch o' Donald Dhu. Part 11.—The Flowers o' the Forest—Tito Auld School —Woo'd an' Married an' a'.—Auld Joe Nicolson's Bonny ti Annie—Get up and bar the Door. 17IGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning •• 41 minutes after 1. f Evening .. 4 minutes after i. , ~v . ,. .4.,. •., 7 ~.,, .., 4 ..,.. ...„±% , ), r ...t .--72ti,i-cos:',' iiveit_ Private Boxes for Six, 15s. ; for Eight, 11. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlla. LUCILE GRAIIN respectfully informs the Nobility, Sub scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL 30, When will be performed (for the first time this season), Donizetti's Opera, entitled DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grist ; Dr. Mala'esta, Signor Fornasari • Ernesto, Signor Mario ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. In the course of the Evening will be revived the Ballet Diver tissemei' t, by 31. Perrot, entitled, LE DELIRE DUN PEINTRE. Stephano, M. Perrot ; Blanche d'Oviedo, Madlle. L. Grahn Together with a Selection from the admired Ballet, CATARINA ; on, LA PITA E DU BANDIT. During the Evening various Dances and Pas de l'aracteres by Madlle. L. Gratin, Madlie. Taglion], and M. Perrot. To be followed by the last Act of Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, NINO, MAUR, Signor Fornasari • Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor Botelli ; Fenena, Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioli. To conclude with Selections, including the Dryade Scene from the admired Ballet of EOLINE ; on, LA DRYADE. Eoline, Millie. Lucile Gratin. Applications fur boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at ha? =past Seven o'clock. lIER THEATRE. ----------- TO-MORROW, TUESDAY, APRIL 28. Will be performed (for the first time this Season), Beilinrs Opera, entitled, NORMA, Norma, Madame G r i s i ; Ada/gisa, Madlle. Corbari; Follione, Pignor Corelli ; Aroreso;Signor Lablache. • After which will be presented a PAS DE DEUX, by Mdlle. Taglioni and M. Perrot. • - L. To, conclude with the admired Ballet of EOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADE-. :;Arranged by M. Perrot, in-Three Tableaux. Eoline, 3faille..Ltlcile Grahn,; Rubezahl, M: _Perrot ; Count Edgard, Madly. Petit -Stephan ; Prince of Silesia, Di 3lattia. In the course Of the - ballet, Waltze Silessienne by the coryphees of the corps de ballet. ' Pas•de In Elancee Mad le. Lucille Grahn, supported by M.ultle.,.M.,melet: and Hadtle. CO4Strli. Mazoorka d'Extase, Madile• LLadle adle Graita amt-M. Perrot. Grand Pas de Dryades, by 2,lacUle. Grotto. and the con s de ballet. ""A T"": DRURY-LANE. FOrt RESEFIT OF MR. BUNN% THIS E S'ENING . Wl/1 be "performd . the pOpular Opera, called MAEITANA' Charles the — SeCend, Mr. ant ; Don Cesar de Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ;' Jim Santareth, Mr: Stretton ; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo; Miss r'oole. In the coursa of the Evening will be introduced a variety 01 8" " and favourite Pieces of Music, by Madlle. Rummel, Madame Anna Thillon, Madame Pasini, Miss Ralnlieth, Miss Romer, Signor Pasini, Mr. W. l iarr:son, and Mr. Burilini. The Ethiopian Sere naders will perform " The Railroad Overture," and "Lucy Weal." Violoncello, Herr Kclerman. harp, M. (sodefroid. To conclude with a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. In which 3ldme. Giubilei, '.tadiles. Loni,e, Adele, and Sall ; Mr. A. Webster, MM. Mathis and Adrien will app,ar. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Wilt THIS EVENING be p.rformed a New edy and Original Com, ca, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webste ll r; edMore craft, Mr. W. Farren : Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. M. Holl; Horace Waidgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei dennann, I4r. J. Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will per'orm the Overture, "La Symphonic," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," " Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz ; the "Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow Polka." After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF -A.RISTOPHANES on which occasion they will be presented to the public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. Mathews, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Hamby, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Last Six Nights of the justly celebrated General TOM THUMB. - THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled A FRIEND IXDEED I After which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Dl&tear, ant Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed (for the last Six Nights) by the Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boots. Hop 'o My Thumb, General Tom Thumb. To conclude with a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Laidlaw. THEAT,:i..I ROYAL, A DELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be presented a New Drama, in Three Acts, called, IN DUSTRY AND INDOLENCE ; or, The Orphan's Legacy. St. Amour, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rollin, Mr. 0. Smith ; Smsonet, Mr. Wright ; afons. Delaware, Mr. Perkins ; Batifole, Miss Woolgar ; NW, Miss Webster ; Cecile, Madame Celeste. Alter which, a New Burlesque, entitled, PETER wriauxs ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paal Bedford, Mr. Munyard, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma HaAing. PRINCE6S'S T:I.EATRE, OXFORD-STREET. T [HS EVENING Will be :•ertormed Shakspere's Tragedy of 3/ACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. Macready ; Macduff, Mr. Wallack ; Banquo, Mr. Cooper; He cate, Mr. Lamer ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Ternan. To conciuue with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In which Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Granby, Oxberry ; Miss Taylor, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. Fos:zoke, Miss Honner, Brc., will appear. A.STLEY': , ; ROYAL XrdPiIITHEATL.E. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. ?atronlsed by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Prin-:e Albert, and the Priace. , s it ysi. tinplralleled attraction. Mr. Leman .Rede's New Equestrian Sd,ctacle of " The Arab and Hs Steed." THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Prama of THE AIL% AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Buphrate,. In which the who'e resources. of 013 Establishmen: will he brougLt Into requisition. New and popular Scenes in the Circle. Dottb/e stud, A7c. To concluie with the favourite Drama of the. POST LOY OF ST. .AJZIATI. F. ; or, 'rhe Fatal Snowdrift. (.'towns to the Circle, Barry, Wallet, and Rochez. _ co open trom eleven till nye o'cloc - x.—Doers open at SIX Ana commence at 13,780 0' 1 k c - _ I , A IDol Al, su iLl ., nrunense lgovelty I Roars of laughter at .On Ilan Tiles." Second Week of the Virginian' Ila °nista. with entirel ; new Songs. Tlt 16 r.v ir.NTIN el Will he performed THE LAA c Ic.isS ; or, the Solder's Crave. Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, HeslopWil- Lamson, Mesdins. Vining and Martin will support the Principal cbaracters. To be followed by WIIERE DID THE XONEY COME FROM 7 Tanchette, Miss Lydia Pearce. After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, ON THE TILES ; Or, A. Night at Greenwich. To Conclude with THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. ROYAL VICTORIA' TILEATU,K7 ----- Great Success of the New Drama of "Laid up in Port," and " The Bride', Journey." Immense attraction and Novelty t THIS F.VENING Will he 7erformel an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID IN PORT ; (r, Sharks along Shore. Principal characters by Mes srs . Fredericks, Saville, Raymond, Tindell, Higgie, Siearle, Burton ; Zings Vincent, Miss E. Terry, &c. After which, T!-TE BRIDE' 4 JOURNEY ; or, the Escapes of Adelaide of Dresthin. In which Miss Vincent will perform. To conelude with a New Drama, entitled THE FACTOILY LADS; or, The Workman's Saturday Nigkt. In which the whole Company Win appear. Tat WEATLIER.—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 43; Highest. 55; Noon, 55 BA ROMETER. 29.98.—W1ND E.; showery. v ~Y:~~A l~ ~ LONDON, 11ON')AY, APRIL 27, 1846• Lord CAMPBELL, who has already distinguished him self so highly by the judicious legal reforms he has in troduced, on Friday add e d t o his well-merited reputati on by moving,the second rearing of two Bills, viz., the " Deodands Abolition Bill'' and the " Death by Acci dent Compensation Bill." It is difficult to conceive why the law relatin g to deodands has been permitted to remain so long in its present state ; it is one of the relics of the darker ages. The principle on which it was originally founded was, that anything by which human life was destroyed, or its loss was caused, should be forfeited, and its very name."-deodandP -or lic gift to GoD, izopliesAts original object, viz., that its value should be applied in pious uses, for the repose of the soul of the deceased person. When the State no longer recognised such an object the Crown retained the forfeiture for its own use, and in every coroner's inquest a part of the duty of the jury was to find what was the thing by which the death was caused, and what was its value. For many years it was usual for the jury to assess a nominal sum as the value of the deodand, but when numerous deaths ensued from railway accidents—many of them resulting from negligence on the part of the servants or officials of the company—the almost obsolete law was revived, for th e purpose o f i n fli c ting a punishment where no adequate one was in existence, and large sums were assessed as the value of the engine or carriages causing the accident. The magnitude of the fines inflicted induced the parties interested to remove the proceedings into the Court of Queen's Bench, in which they were almost invariably quashed. Mr. Waienny, who has applied his ea ex perience to a subject so peculiarly within his province as one of the coroners for the county of Middlesex, has stated that no benefit whatsoever arose in any instance from deodatels under the presentlaw. This being the case it is surely high time that so useless a law should be abrogated. And we are happy to find that by the second Bill, which is intimately con nected with the former, an efficient and valuabl. , enactment will be substituted in its place. Hitherfo, by a strange anomaly in the law, although a person could recover pecuniary damages as compen sation for any minor injury he might sustain, caused by the default or neglect of another, yet, it' the greatest injury of all was sustained—if death ensued—there was no remedy for his bereaved family, who might in a moment be reduced from comfort and affluence to misery and destitution, without being enabled to obtain any redress from the person by whom so heavy a loss was occasioned. A better state of law exists in Scotland and in all the continental states on this subject. We have lately seen a sum of two thousand pounds awarded to the relatives of a person 'who met his death by an accident on one of the Scotch railways; and in France, a sum of twenty thousand francs against Monsieur BEAU VALLON, as a compensation for the death of the gentle man who unfortunately fell by his hand in a duel, although he was acquitted of the capital charge ; and we have no hesitation in saying that such decisions were received with approbation by the public. The present state of the law forms an exception to the general rule—that wherever there was a wrung inflicted, the law should give a compensation. The Noble Mover seemed to fear that in the Commons difficulties would be thrown in the way of the Bill passing into a law, 1 from the strength of the railway interest in that House. We cannot think so badly of our Legislators as to sup pose it possible that private interests should be suffered to impede the progress of a measure so just and equitable in itself; and one in favour of which there is so strong a I feeling on the part of the public. On the 16th Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA held a grand re ception in honour of the birthday of his son, Don ENRIQUE. These journals contain no further intelligence on the sub ject of the Ministerial crisis. MADRID BOLSA, Aran, 17.—Three per Cents., 31% for Cash; Five per Cents., 204 for Cash; Exchange on Lon don, 37%. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. LaCOMWE was transferred to the Luxembourg prison at nine o'clock on Wednesday. He states that he fired at the KING became his MAJESTY in reply to his petition, on the subject of his pension, had referred him to Count MONSIA• IIVET, which he considered as tantamount to a refusal. The Journal des Debats publishes a note which has just been presented by M. DE BOUTENIEFF to the Court of Rome, on the subject of the alleged persecutions of the Ba silian nuns in Minsk. The Russian Government declares that it has caused the most searching inquiry to be made as to the truth of the facts alleged, and it gives the most solemn, formal, and explicit contradiction to all the statements of the person calling herself the Basilian Abbess--statements which are pure fabrications, forming part and parcel of the con spiracy for getting up the insurrection which has recently broken out in the provinces of ancient Poland. This is the note : "Additional information to complete the preceding note on the soi-disant Abbess de Mieczislawska. "Addition the first.—On her arrival in Paris, the woman Mieezislawska began by calling herself abbess of the convent of Kowno, and the Univers observed on this occasion that the Basilian nuns have been established from time imme morial near the village of Kowno. Subsequently the in ventors of this fable must have learned that there exists no convent of Bazilian nuns either in the town of Kowno or the province bearing that name. It was then that they made Mieczislawska assume the title of abbess of the convent of Minsk, which has just as little existence. In more precision we will remark that up to the year 1834 there was a con vent of Bazilian nuns at Minsk, but in that year the convent was transformed into an hospital. In exchange, the former convent of the Carmelites at Madgioly, a small town in the same government, district of Villeika was placed at the dis posal of the Basilian nuns, and they were transferred to Madgioly, with an increase of revenues and other advan tages, amongst which was an annual contribution of 1,500 silver roubles, which the abbess of this convent, Lewchetzka, enjoys to this day. All this passed five years before the union of the United Greeks with the Church of the State. Addition 2.—lt has been proved that the Bazilian nuns who had expressed a desire to live with their relations of the Roman Catholic faith continue to be with them, and that not one of them has disappeared. " Addition 3.—The following is an account of the nine convents of Basilian nuns, with the names of their supe. riors at the time of the union :-2. At Wilna, the Abbess NVichinska ; 2. Grodno, Bolkoona ; 3. `Vitebsk, Kasimirska ; 4. Polosk, Koulechauka ; 5. Pinsk, Korewianks ; 6. Mad gioly, Lewchetska (this is the person who was abbess of Minsk when the convent of that place was transferred to Madgioly in 1834); 7. Orka, Schthepanowska ; 8. Polounce, Tchernikowska ; 9. Woliany, Pecbkowska. Of these nine Basilian convents one only has been suppresed since the union namely, that of Wilna, where there were only four nuns, two of whom entered the convent of Woliany, and two that of Polounce. The internal direction of the convents has been preserved by the same superiors and maintained precisely on the same footing as before the union. No change whatever has taken place in the former mode of administration. In the apocry phal interrogatory published by the Univers and the Journal des Dibats, the woman Mieczislawska mentions the co-ope ration of the civil governor of Minsk, Usrakoff, in the mea sures of violence of which the Basilian nuns are said to have been the victims. There is no governor at Minsk of the name of Usrakoff. He has been confounded with the Coun sellor Souchkoff, who has been governor of Minsk since the year 1838, at which time these pretended persecutions are said to have commenced. Now. M. Souchkoff declares in the most positive manner, that during the whole of his go= vernment no incident has come to his knowledge of a nature calculated in any way to explain the source of the odious narrative of the woman Mieczislawska; no com plaint or remonstrance on the part of the Basilian nuns has ever been addressed to him ; he has never heard of any complaints of the nature in question; never, in his fre quent communications with the clergy of the two religions, or in his tours of inspection, which have more than once led him to the convents, has he received the slightest indication which could induce him to suppose the existence of abuses. In the same interrogatory, the woman Mieczislawska termi ❑ates her recital, with an eulogium on the Mother-General of the order of Basilian nuns, the Princess Euphrosina Giedy descendant of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, aged more than 80. She says—' When the persecution began to rage; she sustained and encouragod the sisters by her example. Being sent into Siberia, she died during the way,' &c. In the first-place, we will observe that Basilian nuns have never had a Mother-General of their order in Russia. In the second place, it is positive that the Princess Euphrosina Giedymin, who is brought to life in 1838, died in Rome on the 12th of November, 1239, more than six hundred years ago. We have consulted her genealogy, as also the authors who speak of her. Renowned for her piety, her memory is principally, kept up attiong the Basilian sisters. This single fact, it appears to us, ought to suffice to show the measure of veracity of all the other assertions of the woman Mieczislawska. St. Petersburgb, March, 1846." At the commencement of the present month we gladly seized an opportunity which enabled us to give a voice to that general sentiment of loathing in the public mind towards the hideous scenes enacted in too many l/f our London churchyards, and which sentiment, though shrouded by something very like apathy in the parties towards whom we are entitled to look for repa ration, is, we might undertake to avouch, more prevalent and more earnest than possibly any other excited by a social grievance. The op portunity to which we refer was the introduction of a Bill, by Mr. MACKINNON, for the removal of burial from towns, the prosecution of which laudable project has, however, been prevented by the extraordinary pro longation of other discussions in the Lower House. Nothing further has transpired in Parliament is reference to this very important matter, by which additional comments have been either alto gether precluded, or rendered to a considerable extent useless. In this manner an affair involving not only the cleanliness, but the decency ; not only the decency, but the health ; not only the health, but the morals of the populace, has been left in abeyance. The evil is still ri 9 e in some of the most dense and populous quarters of this great city, and no effort has been made to alleviate, much less to eradicate, the nuisance. Clear passages are carved through the heart of St. Giles's ; the few tenements still remaining are by that means exposed to a salubrious ventilation ; and by a recent parochial re solution, we observe that it is proposed to root out some of the most infamous dens in the vicinity of West minster A bhey, and transform the neighbourhood into re spectability both in its appearance and in the character of its inhabitants. Those, undoubtedly, are admirable movements in a right direction, they deserve all approval as far as they go—but they are insufficient. The sanatory position of the people is regarded in one essential particular, but in another it is forgotten or contemned—the homes of the living are cared for, the homes of the dead are treated as though of no moment whatever. Now, if we considered these facts simply in their political influence, they would fully arouse our in terest, seeing that all philosophic legislators, whether in times of the remotest antiquity, or in lands of the most excessive barbarism, have incorporated with their systems a reverence for the relics of humanity. They knew that any decay of feeling in this regard would tend inevitably to subvert some of the most humanising principles of our common nature. As an evidence of this esteem even for the perishable remains of their fellow-men, we may incidentally mention the costly sarcophagi and perfumed mummies of the Egyptians, the mausoleums which flanked the principal roads of entrance to the Eternal City, the solemn funeral cere monies even of savages, but especially the impressive and beautiful rites of death peculiar to Christianity. Everything conspires to prove that some respect either of heart or of formality is requisite to maintain the com monest sentiments of decency and humanity among the people. Experience shows this, so also does reason. But there are. other and no less important lights in which the matter can he regarded. Due attention to in terment is necessary for the preservation of bodily health, as well as for the cleanliness and adornment of our towns. These things are so manifest in them selves, we have already so fully exposed their sufficiency in The Sun, and circumstances of a most harrowing nature have so adequately demonstrated the truth of such conclusions, even within the bounda ries of the metropolis, that any amplification of the like arguments would now be superfluous. A pamphlet, very recently published, with the quaint heading of " Burial ground Incendiarism," written by Mr. G. WALKER, an untiring advocate for the suppression of interment within cities, will afford any one unacquainted with the details of our London churchyards a frightful bird's-eye view of the occurrences enacted in those pernicious nests of decomposition. He who is a stranger to the facts will shudder over their dismal record ; he will hear of eeffins and human bones piled up into bonfires, and Burnt to make room for a fresh supply of the dead ; he will be Vlld of gravediggers driviag The Journal des _Mats states that the Minister of Ma rine has given orders that at each of the French dockyards a ship-of-the-line should be built without delay. This mea sure, says the Debuts is equivalent to keeping five new ships-of-the-line afloat, because it is an easy matter to keep on the slips ships ready for launching. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday, at 83f. 65c. ; the Five per Cents, 120 f. 10c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,237 f. 55c. ; Rouen. 1,040 f. ; Havre, 755 f. ; Great Northern, 768 f. 75c.; Avignon, 925 f. ; Vierzon, 6571. 75c.; Bordeaux, 627 f. 50e. ; Troyes and Montereau, 410 f. ; Basle, 230 f.; Fampoux, 450 f. ; Dieppe, 457 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 520 f.; Tours and Nantes, 545 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 575 f. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 75f; Spanish Actives, 32N. The following are the quotations in the new lines : Lyons a:.cl Avignon Railroad (Talabot). 512 f. ; ditto (Le cointe), 506 f. ; ditto Bordeaux and Cette (Macknzle), 501 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 507 f. 50c. ; Charleroi, 495 f. LYONS, APRIL 21.—Marseilles and Avignon, 895 f.; Paris and Orleans, 1,202 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,028 f. ; Lyons, 565 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aram 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 11% —Dutch Rhenish, 64—East In dian, 3i —Great Northern of France Constituted, 1534—Namur and Liege, 14—Orleans and Bordeaux, 11—Paris and Strasbourg Con stituted, 5% —Rouen and Havre, 30% —Sambre and Meuse, 5 Tours and Nantes Constituted, 6%. LOSS of the BRITISH SCHOONER injunctions to di g th r ough whatever may i n t erce pt their -eir spades into the ground hap-hazard (with pr. , ..ress), and casting up shovels full of flesh, and hair, ar,d shroud s ; h e w ill even h ear o f one REUBEN ROOM, who asserted upon oath that he had at times stood up to Ili, knees in human flesh, stamping with his feat to com press it into a narrow compass; he will read these things and possibly throw the pamphlet aside as an xaggeration— as a fiction. But those disclosures are all true—and more! It is from the hideous character of the facts, and from the terrible consequences which result from those facts, that we derive so much satisfac tion on finding a movement just now reviving for the cor rection of similar abuses in Spafields Burial-ground --a spot notorious for their recurrence. The heart has a spontaneous impulse of joy at intelligence so much in accordance with its better feelings, with its reverence for the dead, and with its affection for the living. Hence do we look forward to the continuation of Mr. MAC KINNON'S efforts in a cause so politic and so venerable, while we are fain to anticipate that ecclesiastical inter ference in its behalf, of which Sir JAMES GRAHAM has spoken with so much confidence. Madrid papers and letters of the 17th have been received. The Gazette contains a circular, issued by M. PIDAL, the Minister of the Interior, authorising all the political chiefs of Spain, in consequence of the " military rebellion in Galicia, adopt all the extraordinary measures, such as the procla mation of martial law, that the maintenance of order may require." From the dispatches published in the same Ga zette, it would appear that the QUEEN'S troops had entered the suburbs of Lugo, but that the town itself was still in possession of the insurgents. 11 Iferaltlo says that Cosora has taken General larARTE prisoner. The rumour, however, wants confirmation. There were likewise rumours of pronunciamicntos having taken Place at Cadiz, Saragossa, and Valencia. They could not, however, be traced to any authentic source. A deputation from the authorities and inhabitants of Val• ladolid had arrived in Madrid, to beseech her MAJESTY to show mercy to the prisoners taken by General CONCHA. in the affair of Astorga. The British Minister, Mr.BiLwEit, had also interceded for the prisoners, and it was rumoured that the Council had determined in consequence to spare the privates, but to try the officers and sergeants by court martial. Several fresh arrests have taken place in Madrid, and the Reo del Commercio has again been seized. tain' General RONCALI has, it is said, withdrawn his acceptance of the Governorship o f H avanna b, an d w ill p r obably be ap pointed Cap -General of Grenada, in the room of General San. BALMS. 14 Foreign-office, Ail , 1846. Sir—l am directed by th e E ar l of Aberdeen to transmit.to you, for the information of the Chairman and Committee at Lloyd's, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at St. Michael's, reporting the wreck of the British schooner Balius, at Fayal. I am, Sir, yours, &c., (Signed) (Name illegibl e .) William Dobson Esq., &c., Lloyds. British COnsulate, St. Michael's, March 23, 1846. My Lord—l have the honour to acquaint your Lordship that Mr. Minchen, the British Vice-Consul at Fayal, has re ported to me that the schooner Balius, of Liverpool, bound homeward from Jamaica, with a cargo of rice, spices, and logwoed, was totally wrecked at that island on the 28th ult., and that Samuel Scott, a seaman, and Esther Hasleden, a native of Liverpool, a passenger, were unfortunately drowned. The remains of these two persons were recovered and in terred, under Mr. Minchen's direction, in the English burial ground. I have, &c., (Signed) THOMAS C. HUNT. The Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., &c. TB. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1846. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, were about 6,000 bales, the market closing steadily at a slight decline from Friday last. In Railway Shares there was an improve ment, and more business doing than for some time past. At the public sale of Railway Shares yesterday afternoon, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., there was a good demand, and very fair prices were obtained. The following were the rates for some of the lots :—Rugby and Huntingdon, 11. 35. London and Manchester, Remington's, 19s.—North Stafford shire, Churnet, and Potteries, 4/. ss.—Worcestez, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester,l9s.—Bandon and Bantry, sB.—lpswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth, 11.5x.—Great Eastern and Western, 11. ls. 6d. —Cornwall and Central Devon, 11. 9s. 6d.—South and Midland, 1/. ls.--Warwick and Worcester, 12s. 6d.— Direct Birmingham and Leicester, 1/.—East Indian, 108. — Louvain a la Sambre, 1/. s s.—Bridgewater and Minehead, 18s.—Waveney Valley, 155. There have not been any arrivals announced from the Colonies to-day. The Bank returns made public last evening show the fol lowing results upon a comparison with its predecessor : An increase in the notes in circulation of but 1,255/., or to 27,031,510/. An increase in the Rest of 6,6932., or to 3,359,084/. A decrease in the Public Deposits of 1,013,947/., or to 3,197,0292. A decrease in the other Deposits of 359,006/, or to 17,710,987/. . _ A decrease to 18,736,602/. in the General Securities, but there is a slight increase in the amount of Seven•day's Bills in band. The bullion in store last time was 13,572,027/. Now it is stated at 13,627,170/. Increase, 55,143/. Altogther it seems that the position of the Bank of England is gradually becoming more and more favourable. Bank Stock remains at very firm prices. A very firm market has prevailed to-day for the British Securities. Consols for Money have been quoted at 9536 to 96%, and for the Account from 96% to I ,i. Reduced Annuities ar,s, however, rather heavy at 95. The New Three-and. a. Quarter per Ceutss are at 971 x. Exchequer bills are rather lower, viz., at 245. premium. Not much business has been done in the Foreign Funds to-day. Brazilian Five per Cents, opened at 82, but are now at 81. Mexican, for Account, are at 111%; Portuguese at 58 1 / t ; the Spanish Passives at 5%; and the Dutch Twe and-a-Half per Cents. at 59 1 41,4, The Railway Share Market is buoyant to-day. The value of most of the old Shares are looking up. The latest accu rate prices are annexed BRITISH FUNDS. CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock . • • • • • .. 205 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95% 95 95 Three per Cent. Console Annuities 96 957 96 N I 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 97% 97% ONE O'CLOCK. Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1660 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 19, 184 Y _ _ _ _ Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. India Stock .. • • • India Bonds, LOCill. Ditto, under 1,0001. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... 5001. -. . Ditto. Small DRESDEN, APRIL 11.—Yesterday afternoon, by a rescript of the City Council and of the elders of le Protestnfit Church, the consent of the Ministry for Eccle siastical Affairs was notified to the elders of the German Catholic congregation that they should have the use of a church. Accordingly the church of the Orphan Asylum has been granted to them, with the condition that the Protestestant service shall not be affected by it, and that neither the pulpit nor the altar shall be used by the temporal elders to address the assembly. BRUSSELS, Aram 21.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, the 18th of April, was 23f. 39c., and that of rye 17f. 11c. In the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives to-day, discussion was continued on the explanations relative to the formation of the Ministry of the 31st of March. The Brussels Herald, in its last number, proposes to the English inhabiting Belgium to hold a meeting, for the pur pose of sending a deputation to Paris, to present a respectful address to the King of the French, manifesting their joy at the escape of that august Sovereign, from the dreadful attack of which he was so near becoming a victim. The King of the French, on former occasions, previously received a similar address from the English residents at Paris. The bonds of affinity which unite him to the King and Queen of the Belgians, the sincere friendship which subsisted be tween King Louis Philippe and Queen Victoria, and the peaceful relation between the two great nations over the destinies of which they preside, should induce the English inhabitants of Belgium publicly to manifest the sentiments of respect and esteem which they entertain for the enlight ened Sovereign who governs France. HAMBUROII BORSENHALLE, Arm 18. Bills. Money. kustrian 5 per Cents •••••• • • • • • • 113 Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan .. ... •••• • • • 107% 106% Russian 5 per Cent., !lamb. Certificate. 101% 101 Ditto Ist series 1n5cripti0n............ 102% Ditto, Flops and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96 Ditto, in Certificate... •• • ..... •••• • • • 96 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • .. 89 Ditto Stieglitz • ....... .•••. • . • • 8' Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • • • • • • . • . • . Ditto 3 per Cent •• • • • • • • • • • • • • Anglo-Portugu...se Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ..... 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 81 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •••• • • 87 66% National Bank Shares ................ BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausms, APRIL 21. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. •• • Ditto Three per Cent. -- Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840 ...... •• • 101 Ditto, ditto, 1 , 442 . •••••• • . . • • . 102% Ditto, 1844............... ••••• • •• • 99% Ditto, 1838 .. Ditto of the City, 1832 ..... 10034 Ditto, 1843 Bank of Belgium ..... • • • • 890 —Brussels Papers. April 21. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, APRIL 21. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.... Iyiito, 3 per Cent •••• • • .• Ditto. 4 per Cent. Amort Syndic, 414 per Cent.... Ditto, 3% per Cent.........• •• •• • • 89% 89% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 167% 168% East India Loan, 4 per Cent...... •• • • 93% 94 Exchange on London, at sight • • • • 12 32 Two months...... •. •• •• 12 25 On Hamburgh, at sight .• • • 35 75 T0m . 0nth5............... 35 75 —Hatch Papers. April 22. 22 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, APRIL 18. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •••• • • • 97 96% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • Foreign Exchanges. • Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 25% 6 25% Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months .• . 80 1-12 On Paris .... Two months. 10 .. 10% 260 • •• 96%4 96 1 4 13(d. I%d. 27 24 pm. 24 24 27 pst. 27 .... 24 27 pm. 27 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 82 81 81 Mexican Bonds, 18w, S per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. .• • • 31% 31% Portuguese Three per Cents .• • • 581 ,4 584 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Passive Bonds .. . • • • 5 % 5% Dividends on the above payable in Landon. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent • • 5 9 1 4% 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 924 924 PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Birmingham and Gloucester ..100 125 124% .. • • 124% Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .. • • PA 1 ,4 • ..... • • 1 Caledonian .. _lO 6 .. •••• . • • -6% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 2 % • • 1 1 4 Chester and Holyhead .. 22% .... 21 ..... • • 21 Cornwall and Central Devon _ 2% .. •• • . Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2 3 4 .... 1 .. •• • • Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 51 4 ••••3%••• • • • • • • • 33 t4 Direct Northern .. •• • ,%•••• • • • • • • 1 Dublin and Galway .... 2 4 1 ,4 Eastern Counties .. 141. 163..... 23% .... • • Ditto New .. 81. 163... .. 7%34 P•• • 7% 1 3 Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. N o . 1. 61. 13s . 4d. % p Ditto, ditto, .. • • No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. 1 ,4 p.... •• • • 14 P Ditto, York Extension 103. .... 1%%..•• • • .• 1% Edinburgh and Glasgow _ 50 •• • • — Ditto • j 6 Shares .. 10 16% • ........ • 16 % Ditto New 1 ,4 Shares.. _ !O .... 14% 14 3 4 Ely and Huntingdon .. •7% •• • • 31 % ••••• • • • • • 3 1 14 Glouc., Aberyst., &Cent. of Wales 18 •• • • • ••• • " Goole, Doncast., and :phefiteld, &c. 425. .• • • 14 Eli , ••• • • • 34dis. Great Southern & West. (Ireland.). 20 • • 23 % ... '..•• • • • 23 % Great Western .. ....148 Hull and Selby 5O ••• • •••• • • • • •.• 101 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmorth 2 •• • • 1 % • .... •• • 1 % Lancaster and Carlisle .. 40 •• • • ' 55 % • • •••• • • • 551 ,4 Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. •• . • •••• .. • • Liverp., Stanch., & Newc.' Junct. 2 % •• • • ..... •• • 1% London an t Birmingham . . —lOO .• •• ••• • • Ditto Thirds .. •• _ 24 •• ••••• • • • • • 61% Ditto Quarters .. 2 .• 28% fi .•. • • • Ditto Fifths 2 24% .. • • • • London and Blackwall 161. 13s. 4d. 8% 8 London and Brighton _5O ••.. 64 % 1 14 •••• • .• 64% Ditto ditto Fifths _ 20 .. .... 29% London and Croydon .. .. 13/. 15e. 9d. 22% 22% .. • • 22% London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. 78 77% 78 1 % Ditto, New . 12% .. • • 22 % 854 1 4.. • • 22% Ditto, New _lO .. .• 1 8 ••••• • • • • • 18 _ London and York .. 2% •• • • 1 %% •••• • • • • I ' 7 U Ditto, Half Shares • . . 1% ...... • Lynn and Ely .. • 10 .. 6% 7 7 _ _ . 281 i Manchester and Leeds 82 • • Ditto, llalf Shares .. 88 .... 55 •• Ditto, Quarters .. .. 2 .... Ditto Extension .. 425..... I ... ..... .. 9 .74 p...... Ili I) —Universal Prussian Gazette. April 19. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, APRIL 15. 5 per Cent. Metalliques.. • • .• • • • • • . 4 per Cent. ditto. • 100 U 3 per Cent. ditto • . . . 75 Loan, 1834 • • • Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 122 Bank Shares Estorhazy's Loan ... • • • • • - • • • • • • • • • • • • 57% RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • • • • • • • • • • • • 169 4 Gloggnitz ..... ......... . Vienna—Milan • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 117% Pesth . ..... . • • • • • • • • • • • • • 103 Sienna • • . . 92% Grosetto • • . • • • • • • • • • . • • . 93% Oldenburg .• • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Apenninen ......... ............. • . 96% Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . ••••• • • • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .... 12% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) . • I •• • • B% ••••• • • • • • 11lidla•td •. „.100 .. • .146 Ditto, New 18 .. • • 31% 3014 Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 .... 45% Ditto, New .. 1 .... 9 83i Ditto, New, Brandling .. .. 25 .• .. 45 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 191,4 . North British . , . 20 26 25 4 • • •• • • Ditto, Half Khares . 6 .... ..... Ditto, Carlisja Extension .. 1 1 4 - 31 ••••• • • • • • Northern and Eastern Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 18% North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. .... 2 p•• .. • • 2 % p North Wales .. .• • • • • 3% .......... 1 Norwich and Brandon .. • • .. 18 .......... 25% Oxfd.,Worcester,& Wolverhmptu. 12% 8 %...... 8% Portsmouth Direct . • • • .. 2% Reading, Guildford, & Reigate • • 425..... .......... 1 dis Scottish Central .. .• • •• 10 .. • .. 13% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2 .......• .. South Devon .. • • • • ..• • 3 5 . • . 31% - 31% South Midland .• ••• • • • 425.. dis. pare dis dis. South Eastern and Doror .• • • 3334.... 38 3730 37% Do.. New (d 0.33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 •12 11 1)0., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 15% 1514 South Wales . • • • ••"•• 5 • • • • 2 134 • • 134 Yale of Neath • • • • • • • • 2 dis dis Waterfd., Wexfd., Wick., & Dub. 1 % Welsh Midland • • • - • • • • 2 3i • % 1 West Riding Union • • • • • • 42 i. • • 134 p. l% p York and North Midland • • .. 50 .• • • Ditto. Scarborough Branch .• 25 .. 97% Ditto. Extension .. •,• •• 15 • 4834 • 33 33 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 9% ..... 9% FOREIGN RAILW AYS. Dutch Rhenish .. • • •• • • 5 ...• 6 East Indian . . • • • • • • 54. % .......... tart. North. of ° France Constituted 5 15 ..... Louvain and Jemeppe • • • • 4 ........ Madrid and Valentia .. • • • • 2 I ' l Namur and Liege .• • • •• 4 114 .......... Paris and Orleans .. .. • • • • 20 •• • • 48% Rouen and Havre • • • • • 20 .. • . 30 34 %34 30 .. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. British North American • • 50 _ 15% 1 48% - - . MIXES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, APRIL 21. In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States-General to-day, the project of law for of 26 to 25. In the second granting an indemnity on account of the military inunda elclttedstti sitting, the t as he a C gr e e n e t d ra t l o S , ebcytiaonrabarionrigtYht up the general report on the project of law for augmenting tho import and export duties, and on the projects of law amending the first book of the penal code. 3,3; 1 v , e the h audiencent h g e a pleasure rttoi vtehdey eme o ti f lei tt da a er military evening,no A uc lS i T n E g i ßD n y e o lt d e e r r A d a P r o -, and civil authorities, and public bodies, of which notice had been given. The attendance was extremely numerous this morning. His Majesty will return to the Hague this evening, but we are happy to learn that he intends to return on Mon day next with her Majesty the Queen, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Orange, and Princes Alexander and Henry, and to remain here for a week. BRUSSELS APRIL 20.—The Chamber of Representatives resumed its labours to-day. The galleries were crowded at an early hour, and the Chamber was nearly complete, very few members being absent. After the reading of the process verbal of the last sitting, M. de Theux, Minister of the Interior, rose t o speak, a nd a m id s t th e most prof, amd silence read the programme of the new Cabinet, from which we ex tract the following on the subject of Edueation Law, which broke up the late Cabinet : " The Government likewise expresses a wish that the law respecting a public education may he voted during the present session. For this purpose it desires that the Central Section, appointed to examine the p ro j ec t s p resen t e d i n 1 844, shall be completed, and present its report. The Cabinet will make every effort that this project may be decided in a spirit of patriotic conciliation." The reading of this programme having bee i n listened to with profound attention, the President asked do so, t f he a l Y ns i ld rs eTt desired to speak, and 110 one desiring declared that the Chambers would proceed to the order of the day. The Minister of Fi nance then rose, and presented severe budgets f or th e next year, ai.d a project of law allowing a vote of credit o f five millions for the war department. M. Doles, without stopping for the present to appreciate the new Cabinet, required that explanations should be given by those members of the Chamber who took part in the projects for reconstructi ng , the Cabinet. MM. Rogier , de Theux, d ff. " • - midt, and Melon were induced to speak in consequence of these observations. BERLIN, AlltlL 17.--It is stated on good authority that the Synod of the kingdom, in which laymen will also be ad miffed as members, will meet on the Ist of May. As far as eyet know the wh o l e number of members w ill b e seventy or gh het and will consist of the chief President, the President pof the Consist or il s, the General Superintendents, the shops of the E vangelical Church, the four royal Chap i ains at Berlin, a number of the faculties of divinity, and law, and of some laymen, to be chosen by the Provincial Synods, the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs to be the Pre sident; but the choice theVice-President of is to be left to the Assembly itself. POSEN APRIL 15. ° The accounts which we receive neighbouring kidom of Poland are not n„„,,, of tho very agreeable nature, though persons sus ``` °f political offences are proceeded against with inflexible ig • our. Thus it is confirmed from all qu ar t ers that the beautiful Madame Von K., who is said to have been the channel of correspondence with the Paris Propaganda, has received gr eat number of lashes with the knout. It is likewise Pseudo Roman Jesuit, the said that the monk Grugzynski, who was arrested by the pea sants' on the f rontiers of P russia an d Poland, and delivered to the Polish authorities, has been punished with the knout. In consequence of the investi gations that have been made many persons have been an. restcd, and all strangers and travellers are most strictly watched, and if guiltthe slightest imprudence exposed to y of ill-treatment. Casts, APRIL 14 . —Nearly 150 Polish insurgents were sent to-day from this place to Cracow. ILusovEit, APRIL M.—The public journals have related what has been done with respect to the German Roman Ca tholics in thi s kingdom — namely, y that the congregation of Germ an Roman Cath—amolincsa e CHildesheim, the only one at present in the kingdom, is permitted to have divine service in private; b u t, i n the public notice of this court , w h ic h is h ighlY important to the persons interested, nothing is said of the condition on which thecontinuance of this permission is made to depend. The the German Catholics have given up the Confession of the Council Leipzic, and have adopted that of Schmeidernih o • was laid down by the This condition I Government, and accepted by this 01341'regati°11° LLOYDS SHIPPING. Lorrnos, APRIL 25.—Wind, N.E., sunrise, light breeze, and fine clear weather ; 10h. 30m. cloudy ; 11 h. heavy rain and hail ; at noon, light breeze and fine, but cloudy at times. DEAL, Aram 24.—Wind S.E. to S. moderate.—Arrd. Palmer, and sld. for Ghent ; Waterwitch, Strugnell, St. Michael's. Arrd, from the River. Hindostan, Lamb, Bombay ; Tyne, Montreal. Arrd. from the River and sld. Duke of Portland, Cuhitt, Bombay, LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24.—Wind N.N.E., light breeze.—Arrd. Par_ land, Smith, New Orleans ; Abagun, Finney, Charleston ; Ranawan, Swasey, Wilmington. Sld. 24th, Buona Amicizia, Bassi, Rio Janeiro ; Pakenham, Bourne, Barbadoes ; Washington, Wilkie, Staten Island; Nelson packet, Meadus, Newfoundland. , SHIEI,DS, Aim'. 22.—S1d. Walker, Coxon, North America; Hope, Miramichi. PENZANCE, APRIL 22.—The schooMer Lady of the Lake, reported yesterday ashore on Chyandour Beach, came off last tide without ap parent damage. - CARDIFF, APRIL 23. —The Enterprise, Berwick, from London, was got off Breaksea Point yesterday morning, and brought in in the evening, MUMBLES, APRIL 32.—The Hope, M'Davls, from Port Talbot to Porthcawl, parted chain awl drove on share at high water, but ap parently has sustained no damage. _ _ - HattilEpoot„ APRIL 23.--A board, marked in gilt letters " Sir W. Wallace," was washed on shore near the Black Rocks, north of this place, on the 20th Inst. Srum.ns, Aram 23.—The Alexander, of this port, from London derry to St. John's, New Brunswick, with emigrants, is reported to have put back to Ireland, having been dismasted off Tory Island. OFF FALMOCTH, APRIL 23.—Malabar, Bombay, for London. NEWPORT, APRIL 24.—Sid. Fame, Dixon, Aden. BRISTOL, Aram 24.—Wind E.—Arrd. Susan, Saidanha Bay. Meitypoax, APRIL 23.—Wind E.—Sid. Fawcett, Sligo and Quebec. It is said in military circles that the colonelcy of one of the regiments now vacant will be conferred on Sir 11. G. Smith, the victor of Aliwal. The emoluments of the colonel of a regiment are estimated at 1,0001. a-year ; but, should the regiment be serving in India, about double that amount whilst so serving. —Observer. We understand that the Queen, on the intelligence reaching her of the late attempt to assassinate King Louis Philippe, wrote an autograph letter to her dear friend and ally congratulating his Majesty on his providential escape. This letter was instantly dispatched by a special messenger to Paris.— Observer. CABINET )DINNER. —There will be a Cabinet dinner on Wednesday next, but it is uncertain whether the Earl of Aber deen er the Right Hon. William E. Gladstone will give the entertain ment. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.— Blenheim Palace, the residence of the Duke of Marlborough, has been broken off. The object her Ma jesty had in visiting Cashiobury, Herts, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Essex, was preliminary to completing an agreement for renting it for two years; and we can state that on Friday her Ma jesty accepted the terms of the noble owner, " TILE Sex" ExPEEss.—We are indebted to our able and zealous Contemporary for an express edition of The Sun, re -1 ceived this morning in Exeter at daybreak, containing the whole of Sir Robert Peel's speech, copies of which, through Mr. Young's liberality, were gratuitously distributed to the bankers, public institutions, &c.— Western Times. NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOITRS.— , His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut-Colonel Sey mour, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, rsoh aesw P r ai e a t e e e r s l n . o oi th p e all G sm all e e u r . y T of he the r o Prince George and th e Princess Mary of Cambridge, h onoured with yNalew S oviet y of e n pe I 'l'l visit - c o o n l o Friday u rs i [ panted by the Barone ss Ahl efeldt, and attended by Baron Knesebeck and Mr. E. St. John Mlldmay, &c. The Duke of Cambridge came unattended as early as t we l ve o ' clock. Mr. Warren, the president, and Mr. Fahey, the secretary of the Society, conducted the royal par ties through the gallery. THE APPROACHING EXHIBITION. —It is said that the number of architectural drawings sent to the Royal Academy this year is less than has ever been known. This is no doubt occasioned by the engrossing nature of railway work.__ The Builder. DARING ROBBERY AT THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY TIIRMINVB.-0n Friday information was received by the police, that on the previous afternoon, about three o'clock, Captain Kelly, of Gosport, while is the waiting-rooms of the Blackwell Terminus, Fenchurch-street, was robbed of a purse, cont a i n i ng four 101. Bank of England notes, a 51. note, five sovereigns, and s ome s i lver. A MISTAKE OF THE PRESS.—The Gloucester Chrcmi ck last week, in its account of the assizes, made the following extra ordinary announcemen t "and on being retried [by ] the Chi e f B arrel . • Was found guilty months' invprison men t." SPAPIELDS' BURIAL-ORO „-- M and sentenced to three _ _ Bramwell, barns. • uNDr. anis or in this matter by the Co ur t of Queen's Bench, has concluded t ter, who was appointed the arbitrator in and will in a short ti me make his report to the Court. The object of the reference was t o ascertain whether the ground is a nuisance to the neighbourhood, and in what manner it should in futurebe oonducted. There have referee, but re before the learn ed been a good many examinations . ded at the commencement porters were excluded, be having dec ided at natal ha mow, that the proceedings should not be made public tu NO Wet DUTCH MAILS. - - THE HAGUE, APRIL 26.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States-General, a royal message was read, accompanying a project for making some altera tions in the existing law of the 12th March, 1818, on the great fisheries. The central section afterwards brought up its report on the proposal of Messrs. Nedemeyer and Rosenthal, for revising the -fundamental law, that is to say, of Articles 130, 131, 132, and 152. The debate was fixed for Monday next. We learn from Vienna, that in con sequence of misrepresentations to the Austrian Govern ment, the augmentation of the tonnage duty on foreign ships, imposed on the Ist of March, in all the Austrian seaports, is not to be extended for the present to the ships of the Netherlands, which will, therefore, be treated in the Austrian ports on the same footing as Austrian ships. THE HAGUE, APRIL 24 —By his Majesty's order, the Minister of Finance has made a report, dated the 20th April, 1846, on the amount of the national debt on the Ist January, 1844, and the Ist January, 1846. This report, and the accompanying documents, are published, by his Majesty's leave, in an extraordinary supplement to the Staats Courrant, of this day (25th April.) This supplement fills four pages. The general result is as fellows;— On the Ist of January, 1844: Ir. principal. Interest. The fixed debt ...f.1,201.017,575.18 f. 38,758,894.88 The floating debt.. f. 27,077,418.09 L 740,791.00 f. 1,228,894,993.27 f. 39,499,685.88 On the Ist of January, 1846: In principal. Interest. The fixed debt ...f.1,225,212,861.00 f. 35,662,509.83 The floating debt.. 1%5,909,041.161 f. 125,438.00 f.1,231,122,702.16i f. 35,787,947.83 EaThus it appears that the principal of the debt is in creased only by a sum of f.3,027,708.89i, and the annual interest is reduced by the sum of f. 3,711,718,05. It is to be observed, however, that the amount of the floating debt, both in principal and interest, will be rather in creased in the sequel, when certain sums, now in the treasury, are disposed of for the purposes of the coinage and for draining the lake Haarlem. "Your Majesty will not fail to observe that in consequence of these opera tions a part of our floating debt is converted into fixed debt, so that the floating debt cannot now be estimated at more than six millions." THE HAGUE, APRIL 24.—1 n the Second Chamber of the States General to-day (the 24th), the project of law for the augmentation of the duties on importations and exportations, was put to the vote and agreed to by a majority of 43 to 11; it was accordingly sent to the First Chamber. The Java papers received by the overland mail brings an order to his Excellency the Governor-General, dated the 11th of February, for the improvement of the circu lating medium. STAALSUND, Arßn 16.—The high prices of corn have been falling for some time, and continue to fall daily. There is every appearance of a fine harvest this year. People must not be misled by the unfavourable reports spread by speculators. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. There is now exhibiting at the Royal Polytechnic Institu tion a model of Mackintosh's rotatory steam-engine, an in vention which bids fair to eclipse all other rotatory engines, either for simplicity or economy. It is applicable either to stationary, locomotive, or marine purposes. The directors of this establishment have applied it to a locomotive, worked by atmospheric pressure, upon a circular railway 25 feet in diameter; and so compact is the arrangement, that even practical men are at a loss to discover its mode of operation, for there is nothing to be seen except the cylinders and wheels, the rest of the machinery being inside the cylinders. The arrangement consists merely of the ring of a drum, the inner surface of which is concaved across; over the concavity is laid a piece of flexible material, called metalised cloth, which is merely cloth dipped in a solution of metal, which renders it not only durable and strong, but also impervious to water or steam. At one part of the circumference of the drum the cloth is held firmly against the concavity by a stop, on each side of which there is an orifice, one for ad mission, the other for the escape of the steam. If, then, steam be allowed to enter the former orifice, it will traverse the circumference of the drum, between the metal and the cloth, until it escape through the other orifice, producing a considerable expansion of the cloth ; and, by causing a roller, "so formed as to fit the concavity, to press against the cloth, holding it firmly against the drum, the steam, in its attempts to expand the cloth, will propel the roller before it ; and this roller being fixed to the end of a lever, gives motion to the shaft running through the axis of the drum. The arrangement is rather difficult to he understood without the aid of a drawing or model, but, when once seen, may be comprehended at once by the m os t un l earned in mechanical science. There is no rubbing surface, the exigence of which has been the principal cause of the failure of all those hitherto exhibited. It can be worked by steam, air, or any of the gases. " Emilia Wyndham," by the author of " Two Old Men's Tales," &c. This story turns upon the life-struggle of a high-minded, devoted girl, whose noble performance of what she sees to be her duty, conducts her at last through the roughest and most unpromising paths, through the sternest and saddest sacrifices, through the most affecting patience and self-denial, to a solid and sacred happiness. We question if this idea has ever been unfolded into such sweetness, or adorned with so much of that inestimable wisdom which belongs to the common and daily trials, and to the needful mutual forbearances of hearth and home. "Emilia Wynd ham" is a masterpiece—the characters are real, the incidents unforced, and the whole story a delightful combination of the natural, the passionate, and the wise. It is, indeed, a most beautiful tale, with a charming, tender moral. Can novel readers desire more ? We shall lay it up among our especial favourites, with the " The Simple Story," and " Mount Sorel." —Examiner. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 24.—We have ex perienced a very good demand for all descriptions of sugar, and prices are fully ls. dearer than this day week. Several parcels of fresh landed sugars have been disposed of as soon as offered. Rum is looking better.—Bristol Mercury. EXCURSION TRAIN.—On Easter Monday, the Eastern Counties' Railway Company offered to convey passengers to London, from different places on the line, at reduced rates. The number of tickets was limited to 500—ene hundred being allotted to Colchester; and as there were many more applicants than tickets, a large number of persons was dis appointed. The arrangements of the company, we under stand, did not give satisfaction to those who secured tickets —the common luggage trucks having been provided for their accommodation instead of comfortable covered carriages. Surely the company would best consult its interests by affording, on such occasions, the utmost convenience, and di!playing a liberal spirit.—lpswich Express. lIOLLOWAY FAlR.—'l ' pit•ctiure fair will be revived to day, and continue four days. A large portion of tile ground is &WI Prer4 tb li aad 1491"! COURT CIRCULAR. 'the Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Coutti and the domestic household, attended: Divine service yesterday in the private chapel, Buckingham Palace, The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their accustomed early walk yesterday. Duchess of Kent Saturday was the birthday' or L'er Royal Highness the Princess Alice. Her Royal Highness the: arrived early at the Palace on a visit of conjatulation. Their Royal Hignesses the Duchess of Cambridge tu;:l the Princess Mary paid a visit in the forenoon. The Queen gave a Juvenile Fete for the amusement of the Royal Children, in the afternoon at Buckingham Palace, to which the following Ladies, with the younger members of their respective families, were honoured with invitations : Madame Van de Weyer, the Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Marchioness of Abercom, Viscountess Emlyn, Lady Lyttelton, and Lady Portman. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager was present, attended by her Lady in Waiting, the Countess Brownlow. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent WM attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and the Baroness de Speth. The lower suite of rooms were prepared for the reception, and the company assembled in the library. Mr. Elmes had the honour to exhibit a number of necromantic experiments for the gratification of the young assembly. Mademoiselle Bourdin attended, mad performed quadrille music on the pianoforte. _ _ . At half-past five o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, the Royal Family, the Ladies, and the youthful visitors, passed into the small dining-room, which was appropriated for refreshments. Soon after six o'clock, the Queen Dowager and the rest of the company took their departure. Saturday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, visited her Royal Highness at Gloucester House at one o'clock. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager (attended by the Countess Brownlow) paid a visit to the Royal Duchess in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Mary, also paid visits of congratulation on the auspicious event to their illustrious relative. During the day the Members of the Diplomatic Corps, and the Nobility and Gentry called at Gloucester House, and left their names for her Royal Highness. The Queen aad Prince Albert took an airing in an open carriage and four on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lady Port man, Hon. Miss Napier, Lord Byron, Hon. Colonel Grey, and Lieut. -Colonel Seymour, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knesebeck, his Royal High ness Prince George, and hii Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen also honoured the performance of the Opera with their presence. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine service yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. J. Helmore, the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, and the communion service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, from St. Matthew, chap. 5, verse 3. The anthem was " 0 sing unto God"—Greene. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess Brown low and Earl Howe. Among the nobility present were the Duchess of Beaufort, and the Ladies Somerset, the Ladies St. Germans, Wilton, Somers, and Vivian; Lords Cawdor, St. Germans, Hawarden, de Manley, and W. Graham. The Duke of Wellington and Sir F. Trench attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yes terday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Termini had a meeting on Friday. There were present Viscount Canning, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, Sir F. Smith, and the Lord Mayor. The Commissioners had another meeting on Saturday. There were present Viscount Canning, the Lord Mayor, and Sir F. Smith. Mr. Spooner, M.P., and a deputation, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Eccleciastical Commissioners for England had a Com mittee-meeting on Saturday. There were present the Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, Chester, Ely, Hereford, Lichfield, and Rochester, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Earl of Bessborough. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview, on Saturday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received on Saturday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of Ceylon, the Mauritius, and Malta. FALKIRK DISTRICT OF BURGHS LORD LINCOLN. The following paragraph appears in the Glasgow Herald of Friday .—" It will be observed, from our ad vertising columns, that Mr. Baird, of Gartsherrie, the representative of the Falkirk district of burghs, has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and that the Earl of Lincoln has offered himself a eandid - tte fer the vacant seat. The fact that his Lordship has done -n is the bes , t comment on the unsoundness of the rumour which has been recently circulated concerning an immediate disso lution of Parliament. Lord Lincoln's chances of success are of the most flattering kind. Mr. Wilson, of Dundyvan, it is well known, holds a requisition, lately presented to him, inviting him to allow himself to be put in nomination for this district of burghs, and signed by a large number of the electors. But Mr. Wilson. having been conferred with on the part of Lord Lincoln, and anxious to strengthen the bands of Sir Robert Peel in carrying his free-trade measure, readily agreed not to claim the suffrages of the electors at this time, provided hi s re quisitionists would g o a l ong w i th him in this. He has been holding meetings in the different burghs with this view ; and we are glad to learn that tne requisitionists generally acquiesce in the expediency of the measure at this time ; so that Lord Lincoln has every chance of being elected member for these burghs." We have seen a copy of the noble Lord's address to the constituency of the Falkirk Burghs. He grounds his claims to their suffrages entirely on his identification with free-trade principles. " I seek," says his Lordship, "your suffrages on public grounds. I know that you have not been unobservant of the struggle which is now pending in Parliament, and I believe you desire the success of those measures which her Majesty's Government has proposed to the Legisla ture, and is now earnestly endeavouring to carry into effect. As a warm advocate of those measures for the amendment of our commercial policy--as one who has lately had occasion to show the sincerity of his attach ment to those measures, and his convlction of their ne cessity and value to all classes of the community, I ven ture to ask you to return me to Parliament as your re presentative, and thus strengthen the hands of a Govern ment which has considered no honourable sacrifice too great to accomplish an object in which the welfare of the people is concerned, and for the attainment of which it has not hesitated once to abandon power, and now to make the greater sacrifice of party attachments aad long cherished friendships."_ _ We are enabled to state, from private sources of in formation, that there is no doubt whatever of the Noble Lcrd's success. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in the Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) was held on Saturday, at the offices of the Company, in Whitehall-place, for the purpose of receiving an expla nation from the directors of the present position and future prospects of the affairs of the undertaking ; Mr. Fitzstcphen French, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The number of shares repre sented at the meeting amounted to 16,000. The CHAIRMAN, after reading the circular and ad vertisement convening the meeting, stated that he had received letters from a number of influential share holders, who took a deep interest in the undertaking, but who were prevented, by unavoidable circumstances, from attending that meeting. One of the letters was from Mr. Stewart, the Member for Limerick ; another was Sir John Gaiday, and another from Admiral French, who were large holders in the undertaking, and who were anxious for him (the Chairman) to act for them in the same way that he would do for himself. Mr. RODGERS begged pardon for interrupting the Chairman, but he wished to state that he had received a number of similar letters from shareholders re , ,idi , , L r in the couhty of Galway, who held from 600 to 700 shares in the Company. The CHAIRMAN stated that the meeting had been called to enable the directors to explain to the shareholders the position and present prospects of the Company; but, as they would have to hold another meeting, in accordance with the resolutions of the House of Commons, they did not wish the shareholders to come to any resolutions now. Or the contrary, they wished the shareholders to go home and consider the statements which would be now laid before them, and decide at a future day whether the undertaking should be proceeded withornot. He did not know whether it was necessary ta attacks which f t for him to take any notice of the var ous annony directorsnaus a had treated had been made upon them. the t funds m u nds withperfectef the Company contempt,i fonis.m w a l n a 'h d e hadet a n s wering nne o i g ropin i ons ideath them.—(Hear, . wa s tingf_ (i ifr,,oam facts and not from r, hear.) The mu s tshareholdrs annonyrnous statements, , and he was sure ey if th did so they would valuable arrivei ov v e e a a t the t conclusion,t o h n a d t e r t t a be ki n n eb o th would fo r the shareholders the ed permissiontie c u of th e meet i n g , n try . —(C h eer s re ) lie ad wo uld now, with the report which the directors had prepared. "The Committee having thought it advisable, at the pre sent crisis, to make the shareholders fully acquainted with the circumstances of the undertaking, beg leave respectfully to submit the following report:— " The Bill authorising the construction of a railway front the trunk of the Great Southern and Western, or Cashel Railway, at Portarlington, to Galway, has been sanctioned by tha Select Committee of the House of Lords, after a pro tracted and acrimonious contest maintained against it by the Grand Canal, and Dublin and Mullingar K al way Companies, in every stage of its progress. The competing line to Galway, proposed by the last-named Company, has been rejected by the same tribunal, and the Bill for establishing railway com munication between Dublin and Galway (vid Portarlington) entire, as brought forward by your committee, now awaits a third reading in the House of Lords, and it is to be expected will he the law of the land in a very fe,v weeks. " Your committee are aware that, under the existing cir cumstances of the money market, very great caution will be required in their future steps, and, after the most mature con sideration, they have determined not to make any call upon the shareholders, except one, upon registration (not to exceed one pound per share) until the line shall have been opened to as great an extent as the means at the disposal of the com mittee will permit. Local circumstances offer facilities for the carrying out of this plan. Sixteen miles from the junc tion with the Cashel trunk at Portarlington, the line reaches Tullamore, the assize town of the King's County, contain ing nearly 7,000 inhabitants, and situated upon the Grand Canal at a point which is the pivot of the greatest part of the passenger traffic now carried on by that establishment. Seven miles beyond Tullamore is Clara, another important station, and six m il es f urther, Moate, which is within nine miles of Athlone. The railway can be conveniently pushed on, gradually, to these four stations, and made to pay for its progress as it shall be advanced. " Your committee beg 1 , -!,tve to lar upo7, the tables a com munication from the engineer, by which it will be seen that the cost of the construction of that portion of the line between , Portarlington and Tullamore is estimated at 148,0001., and o fi that between Tullamore and Athlone at 215,0001. " The means available to the committee for the attain ment of so much progress in the works will be understood upon an examination of the following account : ABSTRACT of the ACCOUNTS of the IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (DUBLIN TO GALWAY). De posits of 21. 105. per share, on 21,600 shares X 54,000 0 Q Additional deposit of 11. 10s. per share on 21,050 shares... 31,575 0 0' Deposit of 41. per share, on 5,339 new shares 21,356 0 0 Interest credited by various bankers on old account ... 64 5 8 £106,995 5 8 EXPENDITURE LAST SESSION. s. d. Engineering Department 6,579 13 0 Legal and Parliamentary Expenses Office, Advertising, Brokerage, Commission, } 2,051 8 11 Incideutal Expenses, &c. £25,284 2 6 " The balance remaining after the heavy expenses of last session thus amounted to 81,7111.35. 2d., awl of this suit 81,0001. has been deposited in the Irish Court of Chancery and invested in December last in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, at an average price of 951. 12s. per cent. The actual expense of the Parliamentary proceedings during the present session it is as yet impossible to state ; but even estimating it at something near the outlay of last. year, (say 21,0001.), there will remain a balance to the credit of the Company of 60,0003. To this may be added 90,0001., the subscription of the Great Southern and Western Company, which that body are willing to advance, as may be required, and these will then be the sum of 150,0001. available for the imme diate commencement of the works, without calling upon the shareholders for a single farthing. This sum, it will be seen, by the engineer's report, will be sufficient for the construc tion ef sixteen miles ef railway. "To one important feature in our circumstances your corn. mittee are desirous of directing the particular attention of the shareholders, viz.: the firm and cordial support afforded to this undertaking by the Great Southern and Western Company, and the close connexion existing between the two establishments, by means of which unusual facility will be given to the opening and working of the line. The Nein trunk of the Great Southern and Western is now com pleted as far Portarlington, and will be opened for traffic im the present summer. The station at Portarlington, the stair of servants, and the carrying stock, will be available at once for the service of the Galway line, so that traffic can be commenced upon it the moment any portion of it is com pleted, without the intervention of the delay commonly at tendant upon the manufacture of locomotives and carriages, and the training of servants and officers. Owing to these advantages, it is confinently expected that the line will be in profitable operation, as far as Tullamore, within eight moutils. from the date of the passing of the Act. " The rate of further progress with the works will of course,. in some degree, depend upon the state of the money market;. but your committee confidently hope that, by ,pursuing a. course of caution similar to that with which they intend to commence, they will be able, without pre-sing unduly upon the shareholders, to complete the line to Galway long within the time prescribed by Parliament. By adopting the plan now proposed, each step of progress will be made to pay f,,r itself; but, feeling as they do the great importance to the interests of the Company of completing the communication between Dublin and Galway as speedily as possible, your committee will let no opportunity escape of expediting the accomplishment of that object. " Of the necessity for, and advantages of, a line of railway from Dublin to Galway, the experience of your committee during the past year, and the local inquiries they have been able to make, have much strengthened their conviction. The report of the Committee of the House of Commons last session, and the evidence brought forward on the part of this Company, have so strongly directed the at tention both of the Government and the public to the value of Galway, as a commercial port, and as a packet station with North America, that it would be superflous to dwell at length upon a proposition which appears to be self-evident. The statement of traffic, prepared with great care by Mr. Hum phrey Brown, is now laid upon the table. With regard to Mr. Brown's calculations, the committee of tho House of Commons, last session, remarked that they were ma de upon the principle of taking everything at the lowest possible figure.. They have been since cautiously and laboriususly revised, and now exhibit a prospect of advantages such is can scarcely be equalled by any projected railway. " In conclusion, your committee have great satisfaction in stating that they have received the most cordial support from the London and Birmingham Railway Company, two influential members of that board having been named as directors in the Bill, whose advice and assistance cannot fail to be of the most marked advantage to the interests of the Company." The CHAIRMAN then intimated that if sbareholders wished to ask any questions, they would be taken down in.writing and answered seriatum. Mr. CaRRE said he was an exceedingly large holder, indeed, he might say he was the largest holder in the room ; and with the permission of the meeting he would take the liberty of putting a question or two. In the first place, he bad to complain of want -- of cour tesy .:n the part of the officers of the Com pany, for he had written repeatedly for some of the new shares, but up to the present moment he had received no answer whatever. Now, he wanted to know what had become of the new shares. He, for one, thought, in the present state of Ireland, the line could never prove remunerative, and be hoped the share holders would consider the matter calmly and dispas sionately before coming to any decision upon it.—(Hear.) Mr. STAMFORD wished to ask a question, as to whether the Dublin and Cashel Railway Company would be disposed to lease the line, and guarantee to the share holders 4i per cen.? A SHAREHOLDER wished to know whether the oppo sition to the line had been abandoned? Mr. MANSELL, one of the directors, proceeded to answer the questions put to the clireet..rs with. referenclie to the disposal of the shares. He stated that a deposit of 2/. 10s. per share had been paid on 21.600 old shares, which amounted to 54 000/. ; the additional deposit of 1/. 10s. per share, on 21,050. 550 of the original shares had not been accounted for—no deposits had been paid upon them. With reference to the 5,332 new shares, 2,500 had been taken by the Dublin and Cae•el Com pany. The remainder had been allotted to various parties resident in the various counties through which the line passed. Not a single share had been taken by the di rectors or their friends.—(Cheers.) As to the question' relating to the line not being actually a line from Dublirs. to Galway, it was one of the most direct lines of railway that could possibly be constructed between the two points. Another opposition tame from a gentleman named einnve--w-be-wea-a-preprietor in the Grand Canal, and co-partner with Mr. Samuda in the atmospheric patent, and who was opposing the line in the hope of getting it thrown out, so as to enable him to bong forward an atmospheric line next year. This gentleman was the author of the anonymous pamphlet against the line, and it was to be hoped his opposition would have as much effect as his writing. - An honourable proprietor had asked whether the line could be constructed for the estimate ?—and he could state, upon the authority of the engineer, that it could be made within the estimate. He believed he had now gone through all the questions; but if the meeting required any other information he should be most happy to give it. Mr. CARR, one of the directors of the Dublin and Cashel line, said he was strongly attached to this under taking, from a conviction that iewould tend to develop the great resources of Ireland, and prove highly remu nerative to the shareholders. With regard to the pro position of Mr. Standish, he could not, of course, speak, as representing the Dublin and Cashel Company ; but, for himself, he was decidedly of opinion that this line °ugh' to be leased by that company at a minimum per tentage, with a fair and equitable division of the profits. He would take an early opportunity of submitting the proposal to the board of directors, and he hoped some satisfactory ar rangement would be come to before they met again. Thanks were voted to the Chairman ..I.lcl the meeting separated. ELY A PORT.—This ancient city, the capital of the Isle has hitherto been described as " situated on the river Ouse which is navigable from Lynn for barges," and having nothing of which to boast but its beautiful cathedral. It is now approaching a crisis from which all future historians will depict it as rising to considerable eminence in the mercantile the world. It is now about three years since the first sea going vessel-, with a cargo of coals direct from the colliery, reached the Ely quay, and by an enterprising firm in the corn and coal trade, was reloaded with a cargt of wheat (about :320 quarters, the produce of this luxuriant district), for the L ndin market. Too much praise, we think. cannot be bestowed upon this firm for its rentinned exertions in carrying out, in spite of all opposition, so desir able an object as that of shipping coals in the North and conveying them, without change of vessel, direct to the in habitants. On Friday last, the opening of a spacious dock, made by Messrs. Grissell and Peto wits celebrated. It has been since sold to the Eastern Counties Railway Company, j I is capable. we understand, of accommodating 18 or 20 vessels of 70 or 80 tons burden, and has a very convestient wharf, with side-rails on the next side of the main line of railway. At eleven o'clock, the L t u n e b k ie 's d All, Captain Cawkwell, master, about 68 tons burden, a Humber keel, and two sloops—one the Isabella, CaptainginlhidAaebcdias.taitnteirttso, o i ft 2 hteh t e o da n unc s ekie b n u t r me d i e ti n yd tt of Elythet he other the Ste. Adventure, Captain Barrack, 57 tons of the asse Y i te e n— of great importance, and is certainly calculated, in js b a c tl so r oto t l i i regarded mlj e s I b e : 1 the t Populace. duck, event is combination with the advantages which Will undoubtedly arise from the numerous railways connected with it, to con tribute materially had been safely motoossidt,s transmissionty. e' plemployed tin t yAofoteart porters e ter v s vessels M‘Keone (the a b y t " yt ess_rsiCross pi , thr oos t up h te e nt. owners of the Luck's All, and of-all"ghetnehtreaoifri ji a v r oa g h3 o . rs ia , ,oe(tio to discharge the roals for we Es qa.r,e the informede oncontractor) t t o h r a ) t pre sented each of the three captains with a sovereign. The samei. gentleman. in conj unc ti on w ith th e M essrs. C ross, dis tributed 6/. amongst the porters and musicians, who, after the ceremony of opening the dock was completed, adjourned to the Angel Inn to conclude the festivities of the d a y.-- Cambridge Advertiser. ATTEMPTED FRAUD ON THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.—On Tuesday, a middle-aged well dressed man, named Bell, was brought up at the Borough Court, cha rge d w i t h attempt i ng to defraud the Grand Junc tion Railway Company of a portion of its iare. Urnchley, inspector of the Ordsall-lane-station, said the prisoner left the morning train from Liverpool at Ordsall-lane. He had no ticket, and he paid is. saying that he had cotne from Kenyon Junction. Th e guar d of the train having reason to doubt the truth of his statement, detained him, and he subsequently admitted that he had come from Liverpool in a third-class carriage, for which he ought to have paid 2s. 6d. On being asked by Mr. Maude what he had to say to the charge, the prisoner said it was true that he rode from Liverpool, but when he gave the shilling he merely said, " Kenyon Junc tion," whisout saying where he had come from. He said be was a draper. Mr. Maude—Well, is it not quite shocking to see a man in your class of life, and of your appearance , attempting a trick which is as dishonest as if you had stolen anything out of a shop ? Prisoner—That is very correct it was necessity that compelled me to do it. Mr. Maude_ —Necessity ! you had plenty of money. P r i soner —l had no t money to take me back. In answer to a question from th e bench, the guard of the trai n sa id h e cou ld no t t e ll h o w i t had happened that the prisoner had got into the train with out paying at Liverpool. He had done so without the know ledge of any servants of the company. Mr. Maude said the offence, if offence there had been, was within the township of Salford, and therefore the magistrates of the borough of Manchester had no jurisdiction. The prisoner was then Mr. Trafford, at i,b; \• . Rid ho decided ii i „„, t?, the H s II, ( Wednesday) morning, the prisoner being allowed to ; mod bail for his appearanco.—Afanchatcr Guerdiax.