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IRA ILW AY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) OF LORDS raxsv. NO T 1 ITxDLaI n. HOUSE The Committe , to which this Bill had been referred met this =M ing, at 11 o'clock, at No. 5, Abingdon.street, the Marquis of Salisbury in the chair, and after the usual formal p - oofs had been hattd.d in, adjourned, at 2 o'clock, until 11 o'clock to-morrow. lIOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP IV. The Select Committee spoof/tie:lk) ceiniiier the merits of — the Bills inept in the o'o - op reassembled at the usual hour this month*, Mr. B. Hope in the chair. Tar. O=ILT ZTOSITIC OP SCOTLAND. Mr. AND3EWS opened the case for the promoters of this scheme. The line w is to ran from Aberdeen to the south of Inverness, and was the last link of the chain of railway communication between London and Inverness. The effect rf the formation of the line, therefore, would be to give a commualcation between the whole of the south of England and north of Scotland. It would pass through five counties, namely, Aberdeen, Banff, Moray, Inverness, and Nairn, Which included 1,734 square yards of arable land, and a population of 313,001 The Southern terminus commenced at the Aberdeen ter minus of the Aberdeen Railway, and was connected with the docks of Aberdeen, the population of which town alone was 70,000, and ran on to Inverness, a distance of about 107 miles. Independently of this main line, there were four branches—one to Banff, another to Portsoy, another to Garinouth, and another to Burghead ; and the length of the main line and branches together was 137 miles. There were two other Hues connected with this scheme—namely, the Eastern Extension of the Great North of 'elcotland and the Alford Valley Rail way, butthese would come before the Committee at a subsequent stage of their proceedings. Out of the 137 miles they had 109 miles of assenting owners, and this fact alone war sufficient to convince the Committee of the high estimation in which this scheme was held by the inhabitants of the different counties through which the line passed. Now, with regard to the merits of the line, there was no doulst the promoters were in the field first, and their engineerhat ample opportunities for selecting the best line. The engineer r after a very caref u l survey, that the districts admattheeit ported, after now four practical lines, but that upon the whole he recomm ended before the Committee. That engineer was Mr. Gib e la, districts ag entleman well through acquainted with Scotland, and particularlyh which thl , line passed, but the promoters thoughtotwas not immediately it advisable to have the four lines looked over by a gentleman wh connected with or acquainted with the district, and they, therefore, secured the services of Mr. Cubitt. That gentle Rae, alter care fullyw examining the whole the r nded to the four lines. came to the some ecomme promoters conclusion as Mr. Gibb, and he the adoption of theline recommended by Mr Gibb. The estimated cost whileit was calculated the working expenses of t heline was 1, 500,0001. . wow() be 331. per cent on that amount, leaving an ample bal e n ce t o b e aepropriated to a dividend vow this line was opposed by t h e promote sof three schemes. The first of them was the Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin Railway, which competed with the fir s t sect i on of the Great North of Scotland from Alerdeen to Elgin, pin suing the routes of Terrill' to Banff, and thence followleg the line of coast by Portnoy and Cullen to Elgin. The second was the Llverness and 7.1g1n Junction Railway, or a line from Elgin re Nairn, which ran parallel to the corresponding portion of the Great North of Scotland. The third was the Perth and ruper ness t . a " line which commenced passin g the ter to Perth, and line or the Highlend road across the mountains, proposed to strike the coast at Nair from which point to Inverness it ran P anodflel to, and corn petel with, the Inv -mess en .! o f t h e Great North Scotla m tl a ta g i e l : way. Nom all there rail rays wou ld be under separate ments, and woun involve breakages of line AM stoppages between the extreme terminus and the metropolis, while the Great North of Sew land Railwtywonld be under one management, and would in volve no bree'ettee or chang e o f carriage bet;reen . London and In- Veraese. The rutin; ge :Client on the Great North of Scotland Wal nic of the grtlients were of so objectionable a character thartheesline - at • Some parts coned not be worked with the leeornolve, while at some points there was only a single line of way. It avoided, moreover, the population of the district, and he might say it would only accommodate the groan, while in the winter it would be liable to Interruptioee from snow 'trifle, none of which objections could be Urged against the Great North of Scotland. On the whole, then, he considered that the Great North of Scotland would give better local acoommodation, better stations; better termini, and better gradients, and in the end he confidently anticipated its competitor would be condemned to the tomb of all the Capulets. _ . Sir Andrew Leith Hay, M.P., was the first witness called. He laid he was decidedly of opinion that tbg Great North of Scotland Railway was the best that could be devised for accommodating the trade and tratliz of the districts through which it passed. It was the shortest and most direct line between Aberdeen and Inverness. On cross-exami•nt , lon, the Hon. Batonet said he thought the rival line was more 11.0 , 1. to be interrupted in the winter season by snow drills than the Great North of Scotland line, The Cu 4.IIMAN said it appeared to tha Committee that there were two lines before them far connecting Aberdeen ant Inver ness which ran along the coast, namely, the Great North of Scotland and Aberdeen, Banff and Elgin, and Elgin and Inverness, and a direct throu • th line known as the Perth and Inverness, joining the second coast line at Nairn. Now, the. Committee thought the best course to be adopted was for the Great North of Scotland to endeavour to show that the traffic of the districts would not justify the construction of two lines —namely, a through and a coast line, and that in this state of things their line was the best; while, on the other hand, it was for the Perth and Inverness, and the Aberdeen, Banff, and 'Fight. and Elgin and Inver ness Companies, to produce evidence tending to show that the traffic was quite snflreient to justify all these lines. Mr. Sergeant BELLasis said he should be prepared to show that there was sufficient traffic between Elgin and Aberdeen to justify the construction of a railway without having reference to a line running from Elgin to Aberdeen, and of course it would be open to him to prove that the Great North of Scotland did not give so much accommodation to those places as the Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAN said he appeared for the through line from Nairn to Perth, which, as between Inverness and Perth, was 66 miles shorter than the Great North of Scotland ; but the promoters csmended that the through line would net reisuneratg them without they had the traffic between Inverness and Elvin in their own hands. Mr. ANDREWS said he had Intended to follow out the views of the Committee, as intimated by the Chairman, by calling witnesses to prove that the traffic of the district would only admit of one line, and that under these circumstances the Great North or Scotland was the most favourable scheme. Lord Lovell gave evidence is favour of the Great North of Scotland line. His Lordship, however, admitted .hat the Perth and Inver ness was the best for the through trattic. The Committee adjourned shortly alter four o'clock. ROUI. This Committee mot at twelve in aim No. 24. Present, Iklr. Pal mer (in the chair), Lord J. Chie'tester, Colonel Powell, 3lr. Staunton, and Mr. Seymour. ii They proceeded with the case of the EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (STRATH. ZARNE DEVIATION) LINE. The preamble of which was declared proved. A long discussion on the subject of the clausfs, in which Mr. Lang, on the part of the promoters of the Bill, and Mr. Austin for the pro moters of the Scottish Central line, took a part, ensued, and occu pied the Committee for a considerable time. A clause, to be numbered as clause 7, was proposed by the Chair man, the object of which was to provide, that compensation should be given to Captain Hay, for any injury that he might sustain from the passing of the line through his property. It was proposed, by Mr. AUSTIs, that this clause should stand over till Friday, in order that the Committee might hear the decision of the Committee on Group No. 6, us to the Dundee and Perth line, in which a point had been raised which resembled this. This proposal was assented to; but, after some flintier discussion, it was agreed that the Com mittee should adjourn until Friday, and they accordingly rase at about half-past one o'clock, and adjourned till that day. GROUP VIII. The Committee assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr. HiliVin (chairman). ERIN ArTitG33 a!QD ZEZTH ATMOSPHERIC. Mr. Mum applied on the part of the promoters of the Bill for the postponement of its consideration. Ile founded his request on the ground that the consideration of this line could not be proceeded with until the Left:: and Granton Bill (the competing line) was in a At state to come before the Committe. The application was objected to by the opposing counsel, but ulti mately they agreed to the delay asked. The CHAIZMAN then pronounced the Committee adjourned until Twelve o'clock on Monday next. GROUP XI. NOBTB 88ITXS8. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr. 'Hawes In the chair. The clauses r*f this Bill could not ba proceeded on account of the petition, which had been del osited at the Board of Trade. not being forthcoming. The subject was therefore adjourned till Monday. EDTATI3ITE4II AND LEITH A.TNIOS:nIEIZIC. This hill was also postponed until Monday. The Committee then adjourned till that day. GROUP XIV. SOUTH-TaiSTZ3LN AND IMANCHISS. Th.? Committee to which this group of railways is referred met to day, at half•pa3t twelve o'clock, iu Room No 30 ; present—Mr. Prstheroe tirmin), Lori Emlyn, Mr. J. ,O'Con.iell, and Mr. Grogan. General Lygon was absent, in consequence of the death of Larry Beauchamp. Mr. Norton, of the firm of Hoggart and Norton, a vaMer, was called on the part of the South-Eastern Company, by Mr. MERRE WETiTER. Mr. TALBOT (for the North Kent Company) said that his Learned Friend had two or three surveyors present. It would bo easy for the Korth Kent Company to call counter-evidence, a course which the Committee would regret. The Committee decided on hearing one witness on either side. Mr. NORTON stated that the property proposed to ba taken by the North Kent, between Chatham and London, would cost 48604161. The number of claimants would be 1,200 or 1,300. The sum mentioned included nothing but the value of the property to be destroyed, the rent of which is 17,4001. per annum. By 21r. TALBOT—Neves valued any town property for a railway eompany. Cannot say how many houses to he taken down were oc cupied 1)y weekly tenants. Has taken that into consideration In his valuation. Houses let to weeldy tenants are not worth 28 years' purchase. There are not 400 li•Jus2S let to weekly tenants on the proposed route. Re-examined—Though the amount state] is 28 years' purchase, was not 21 years' rcntal, but on qu to another princlp:e. Mr. G. Smith, a surveyor of Mercer's Hall, valued the whole of the metropolitan property of the Greenwich Railway. The value of the property to be taken by the North Kent was 491,7971. . By Mr. Tar.alT —Valued the property last year for the London and York. Valued the property to be taken at a distance of two and an eighth miles, front Battle-bridge, including a clear ince An* the station, and the removal of the Small-Pox Hospital, at 300,000'. By Mr. MeartEWETltEa —The land to bo taken by 'the London and York is ~ tie ,r in comparison with th it of the North Kent. Mr. Wakley produced the table of the tolls required on the South- East ere Railway. Mr. MEREwEruEIt pat i stating that in consequence of the introduction of a certain the Board the south clau,e In the was removed, en' Company all o!sjectlon on the part of and also some correspondents wit h the Lords of the Admiralty i which they agreed to the formatiou of the iron bridge over the Meta Mr. Massv Dawson , Z ed hac,Y l . l 4 . rearcil on the part of Mr. Evelyn, a landowner on the prom then called evidence to prove the damage that his client's propc;i would sustain trona the proposed ralwaY- At the conclusion of the evidence, The Learned Cm:Jen'. addressed the Committee at Some length. Mr. CALVERT then called evidence on the Part of a landowner on the line, and proved the very serious.d.at""rstetr' property. At the c n o a tt g c e i u t st at the line would cause to Mr. Angerstein's of the evidence the Committee adjourned wadi two,. to morrow. CI:OLT XVI. SOITTEI•WESTERN itLICON AND FAUN. HAM nitAArca). The Committee on thi4 group (sir Chirles Douglas in the chair, and all the other members pre4eot) took the clauses of this Bill to dav ; and after a feff amendments, which referred to private pro perty,,the clauses were passed. and the report WAS or lered to be presented. 312.2116D1NG, auxr.Droup, AND EMI 111.11 E IL hevlng been ascertained that counsel were present on behalf of the several pelitiontrs, the Chairman wished to know which line it was clOslrthle ro take, when Mr. Cockburn su..fgestel that the longest Une eimild be taken, and that was the Reading, Guildford, and Rei gate line. JIG ttoe, who appeared for Dr. Fellowes, said, that he was Inter ested in neither of the lints, but was about to suggest a particnlar Course, when he was interrupted by Mr.- Cocs.aux.,l, who conceived that his Learned Friend was quite Out of order, and after souse further conversation it was decided that the gcading, Gaildfurd, and Reigate britiiCh should be taken; and Mr. COCIrsCaN opened the case by putting in the formal proof, through 31r. Noyes, one of the solicitors - of the line, who subadotted the returns required by the House of Commons ktst session, .n which the name; of the sevcral iAlcials of the Company were stated. Th 4 capital was 800,000/., tile n:unher of shares 40.000 of 29/. each, the whole of Mitch were allotreit The deposit being' 32,642/. Is.; no shsrer.being reserved thr provisional coniinittee. , To thoLlisiansx the vrithes replied, that allitit 6,000 shares had heeit allotted to the provisional committee, upon all of which they Lad Sid. • The original sui , seribers' agreement was then put in and proved. The -M ew)* in hand was 11,1971. 18s. 4d., deposited with the Ac eonntant.G.n it„, t 35 , eTZ . I F . ,860/. ; deposits on allotments 92,738/. 10s. ; • ' •••*•.(1 • expentlitttre 12,9881. 12s. ; eagineering and traffic 7.635'. las, td.V ries, commlssum, itc,c ..i ,rinting and stationery 2,3191. 183.6 d.; sala- To 31r. Itt.zvr, - rr, ' the' w 3l-. 1,68. 34. platned that the broker's com missi:m was ls. 3ii a shar,anbu'"l. and silting' mhares on bet,toi t tu neti linZ had been pall for buying s=on amounted to ahattt tßit. r e dircotors; the broker's commis :qr. Cocionas titqa pideeeded to':pe the ctse, when he was in have to ask some tempted hy Mr. Mellorstating th t he sl barn ob . ktem ttilvrt oe..leoiaand stz, questiontimpeitinA .1W returns of the lastvit ted, th, r althou,.lr the Corn ; but 31r. Cock pimijetttekto. qm etl ,, n the validity of the re mitt IN ti • ' ,TBEFWifrer:77lTelertiilli 11:u1 1,2E11 reek:lvo, altiough the I sses the • Ct w ,j/Maly_lmve Vie-now*. -n niport to Parliam ent upon the turns, ". illt i om *e. way , prescribed .4 the resolution. To tiUi *; 4t../Lkm-otlieetel," and after reading part of the res.- ] ation whir* exttiFiseil the rule, that in the event of counsel differ. in; among, titent4.' 7, . , l t 1.,, (..(»md7 tree were entitled to decide the quipt,t win - 41w counsel shoed-tie heard or not, Sle.‘vocairt , iisTrep:ied by eitifig the re, 'lotion, and stated that ' tho Committee ought to require the reiurns to be prvtitiveti gut! to T. 112 PrTN, LONDON, be verified. This had been done by the witness; and If the Com mittee entertained any doubt aTsaut it, he was. quite prepared to go into the whole case. Ii the Committee had any cl. - •tibt whatever about the matter. they might exerciae their power of cross-examin ing the witheses with the utmost strletriess. this point th.? room was dem , .1, and when parti-s we*e re admitted, the Chairman decla-, d th,t the Cotunuttee were of that the counsel opposing the Bill hsve a right to cross-examine. To this 4r. t OCIZIVAN objected, and said that he coteceived if the power of crossi-examination was to be eXtrcLied at all, it should be used now, or not at all. Mr. Ts. Liar stated that there was another alternative, and that was to adjournthe case and hand over the papers to the opponents for inspection. _ It was at last agreed that the opponents should have the right of going to the Committee Clerk's office, or to that of the solicitors to the company; andmake what extracts they pleased from the returns. The Committee then adjourned till It o'clock to-morrow. GROUP =. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the schemes comprised in this group re.asse•ubled at the usual hour this morning in the Committee-room; Lord Harry Vane in the chair. T. 712 cmarm CANAL AND SIAXZW7I.Ir. The 'ITAIEMAN intimated that the Cominittee were now desirous of taking this case. Mr. Sergeant WRANGELAM said the object of the promoters in this case was to convert the Chard canal into a railway. The canal connected the town of llminster with the town of Chard, and the proposed railway would give to those places a communication with the metropolis by means of the Bristol and Exeter Railway and the towns of Bridgewater and Taunton and the proposed Stelford. The line ran in the route by which the traffic had uniformly passed ; while, as it was only requi: ed to till up the canal and lay sown the rails, it would not in any way interfere with any private right or private property. It was oPPoseil by t he Creoker branch of the Bristol and Exeterßailway, which was pro posed to be a b r uich of the Yeovil branch, sanctionel by the Legis lature last ses.sion. It was sufficient for him, howeveroto say that not a spade had yet b: en put into the ground for the Yeovil bras; h, while the proposed new branch ran in a circuitous direction, and diverted the traffic of the district from its natuprralalacerhedoarnn, esti matedswielaslsar.eisT3ol2topool.er. aand it s t of f ro t i p i o e se p ) t po o . r ed a n t e h , a f t or s which ual byn h ta e hl the sale and it was sent in the possession of the Chard Ca calculated the traffic would yield a return o f 81. per Cent. on the outlay. Mr= Giles Laing, a merchant, residin4 at liminster, proved that there were three coaches passing daliy between Ilminster and Chard, and Axminster and Taunton, and In his opinion the proposed con version of the canal would be of great public On Cress-examination the witness almhte I that these coaches ran from different places to CrcAer, and, pelts's, it womb! be more convenient for some of the pa.slengers to have a line extending on to Croker. Mr. John Thorne, a merchant, of Ilminster, gave similar testimony. Mr. Humphrey Brown, the gentleman who made out the traffic tables of the proposed line, proved that the traffic would yield a very ample per centage on the outlay. The canal Ants were then put in to prove that the Company had the pow.er to raise more money than would cover the estimate for the proposed railway. Some ether evidence of a general character was adduced, and the Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock. XX. The CaMmittee met a t Gwe n tve P o'clock. Present, Mr. Sotheron (chairman), Sir R. Pigot, Lori N. nentlnck, Mr. Rosa, and Mr. Tancred. STAINES AND IFIXORIK3ND. The returns neeesa try, according to the recent rezelutions of the House of Commons, were hand, c 1 in. Mr. M. CHAMBERS, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Calvert and Mr. Cowan) opened very briefly the merits of the line. In consequence of the line which was being constructed b dween Richmond and London, the present p;oject w ,s, in fact, a metropolitan line. It was ten miles is length, and would hi executed at lees than 150,000/., althouzli the proposed capita' was 230,0a0/. The people of Staines were almost unanimous in favour of the proposed line, and were earnest to have it passed by the House ; for since the construction of the South- Western ant the ()mat Western Railways in the neighbeirhood, that town, through which sixty or seventy coaches used to 11,133 daily, had suffered exceedingly ; and, moreover, the fact of the importance of a railway from Staines was witnessed by there being two other Rills before the House for the sanae purpose. The proposed line passed the Thames nett,* Rich mond, and from that place proceeded on to Hungerford-bridge, by the Richmond and London Railway, through several important towns. The competing lines were the London and Hounslow, the London and Windsor, and the Henley and Staines ; but these were encum bered with great expense and engineering difficulties; besides that, the London and Windsor proposed tertninating st Knigh tsbridge, which would he a most inconvenient district for a station as respected coals and any of those commodities necessary for a community. Mr. Chambers said there were other opponents, private proprietors and others, and alluded generally to the character of their opposition, which would resolve itself into a question of compensation. Mr. T. R. Ward, a magistrate of Egliam, and other gentlemen, were then examined before the Committee as. to traffic on the eourse of the proposed line. The examination of witnesSet had not finished when the Committee adjourned. GOXVII This Committee re-assemtß Jedthis morni . ng at the usual hour; Sir Charles Lemon in the chair. NOTE S TAPPOR , DSIIIILZ (THREE LIN.ES). The engineering evidence on this scheme was resumed this morn ing by the manination of Mr. John Hawkshaw, the enzineer of the Leeds and Manchester Railway, who deposed at great length to the practicability of continuin4 the line, and +o the great accomm.dation they would afford to the traffic of the district. It was merely a cor roboration of the evidence given by Mr. Bidder, which we have already given. This c 4 cod the ca.se for the promoters. Mr. TOWNSEND, counsel on behalf of Mr. Wood and Mr. Warren, two opposing pAitioners, then addressed the Committee, and was proceeding to enter Into the general question of railway communica tion for the district, ant to urge considerations which affected the preamble of the Bill, when he was interrupted by Sergeant Waimottax, on behalf of promoters, who contended that the opposing petitioner (Mr. Wood) had no right to enter into the general question at all, that his objection to the line, as far as it affected his own property, was all that could be gone into ; and this, he again asserted, was merely a question for compensation. The room was cleared on the point, and ou war re-adinlision, The COMMITTEE decided against the course proposed to be pursued by counsel for the opposition. Sir. Swan then addressed the Committee, on behalf of Lord Bagot and the Inhabitants of Leek, against the Churnet Valley line, and contended that it would not afford the accommodation which the district required ; that it was not a bona Ai! undertakhq, for the director: , last year would give no guarantee (when called upon to do so) that it would be then carried out, and that the prominent were merely desirous to pre-occupy the district, so as to prevent oVier companies (ruin laying down lines witch would afford better accom modation. Mr. Challoner, solieltop to the Macclesfield and Lichfield Railway (a projected line lost this session on the standing orders), was then examissed by Mr. Austin, for the purpose of showing that the pre sent opposition, though ostensibly from Lord Bagot and the inha bitants of Leek, was in reality truth that Company, whose project was at present in abeyance. Mr. AUSTIN then submitted that the petitioners had no right to be heard, inasmuch as the petition was " got up' by the M:scciestirld and Lichfield Company, and did not emanate from the inhabitants of Leek as a bona fide opposition to the hue. Mr. M. SMITH objected to such surmis,s, and said that the opposi tion of Leek was net prompted by the Macelestiel.l Company, but that their opposition existed before that company was incorporated. The Committee decided that evidence in favour of a competing line could not be Mini ted. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXIX. This Committee assembled to-day at eleven o'clock—present, Mr. Labouchere, Sir W. Molesworth, Sir J. Duckworth, Colonel Rawdon. and Sir J. Smyth. BOSTON, STANFORD, AND EIRMIATGHAM, (STAMFORD 'l l O vizsazc _.-z) LINE. The Committee went through the clauses agreed to by the corpo ration of the Bedtbri Levels, and Ihe promoters, for the purpose of securing the drainage of the land, and the reversion of the property through which the line W 24 to pass to the original pro prietors at th, price fur which it aas sold, should they be desirous to re-pu. chase, in case of the railway being abandoned. The amended clauses were then read uric; im, and received the signa,ure of the Chairman. The report was al-o reset, and signed by the Chairman. The Committee then separated, this being the last Bill referred to them. GROUP XXX. This Committee assembled to-day likortly after twelve o'clock. Present. Lord Charles Wellesley (chairman), and the other members of the Committee. CA74II3TI.IDGE AND OXFORD. The evidence in tav ur ut th,s Liiil was adilu. ed. The Rev. Charles Jenne, Head Master of Fri/Awoke College, Oxford, examined—Was acquainted with the Cambridge and Oxford Railway. li wou ld considered that undertaking wuu. be of the greatest advantage to the students of the respective Universities, and would tend to advance the interests of science. It would not ailed icjuriously the property of either Universities. lir. Ingram, President of Trinity College, was examined, and cor robora:ed the preceding testimony. Cross-examined by Sir JOHN BATLEY—Considered that the line by Bletchly was not as desirable as the present line. Mr. J. W. Harley, M.P. for Oxford, examined—The line would be of great advantage in his neighbourhood (Waterperry). He under stood that the gentry in the neighbourhood had assented to the Bill. It would give his neighbourhood communication with the 'Aiming ham Railway, and with London. Their only communication at pre sent to London was by Aylesbury, and thence by the Birmingham Railway. Coals were 30s. a ton in the neighbourhood. It would be of great advantage if they could get coals from Newcastle, which could be procured there for U. 6s. a ton. The proposed railway would act less injuriously on the property through which it would pass than any other litse with which he was acquainted. Cross-examined—Dissented from all railways sonic time ago. Would not avail himself of the Great Western Railway, even were the rates on the same reduced. lie had been informed that the cheapness at which they could procure coal would, next to the con veyance of passengels, be the greatest substantive benefit they would reap irons the proposed railway. Mr. J. Ashurst examined—Was a magistrate of Oxford, and eldest son of Mr. Ashurst of Watercross, and expressed the opinions of his father. IVatercross, where he resided, was nine miles from Oxford, and between that and Theme. The proposed ratilvaywould increase the- YMlte of property in the county, for they would have an increased facility for the transit of their agricultural produce, and would be enabled to procure coals at a moderate price. The farmers in the county were in favour of the railway, and lie considered that the same would be of the greatest benefit to them. Knew the propose line between Theme and Oxford. There was a number of populous villages around that plate, and he considered that it was the most desirable situation that could be selected. . _ Cross-exatnhied—Nrither he nor his father were provisional di rectors, or possessed Any shares in the proposed railway. His opi nions rev,: ectin o . , the railway were made with reference to Oxford and his own neighbourhood. The Um lir. Hughes, rector of St. Clement's, Oxford, is a mem ber of the University and resident at Oxtird, he col:sidered the way would be 'most desirable. ' For literary and'sodil ptirposes he considered that the inter-communication which it would..produce between the students of the two universities would be most bellal dal, and un .ttended with the disadvantages which had been some tines stated would accrue. R emembered that hi 1824 an d 1 8 M there were Ntr. Nv:Eliitcexauiineq-- Was brewer and I uing ht opp os i t i on from Oxford to Cambridge. The tares were maiSte ti r vo a' eo C a am ebelt lowered, ana ‘lll3 increased cons derahly the miin IX! of eassenaers, and when one of them ceased to run, and the fares rose, . he number or passengers dealrsasedconsbleratey; troth which he Interred that the proposed railway would inc. ease to a great extent the number ut passengers between Cambridge and Oxford. If the proposed railway were established, trout the eaten' ations he had from made,these two points he had no dou that there would be fifty passengers a, day bt . There was some a idi.ional evidence to the, same effect, after which the Conituittee adjourned. GROUP VII. The Committee met thts day at XX o.le X o'clock, in No. 37 of the new Committee Rooms. Present Lord Se, moor (chairman), Lord Ebring ton, and three other lion. Members. The petitions were put, the names of the counsel, agents, &c., were taken, and the preliminaries gone through iu respect to the several Bills set down in this .roup for the day. HeJR,33(7a.Y 8 fLIDGII AND CALDER. This Bill was with !rawti, as was the MANCZESTER, RUDDERS-2'lElLn, AND G_-EAT GRIMSBY DIEXCT. The Committee then lin.ctedefi with the siim p r into), ROTHERHAM, aARNSLL■Y, IiUDDE&BrIEZAD, AND The form ,1 evidence was gone through, and the resolutions of the Standing ordele Committee were put iu. Mr. TALBOT addressed the Committee, on behalf of the promoters of this measure, and said he .elieved the Committee would pet...wive the importance of the district to which it was pro? oed to give accommo dation. The Bill would affor,l a convenient t to* the mineral pro ductions of the district. The Manchester and B tritsley project was objected to h; the Lords' Committee, on the g Ittiad that it would not - stifficTientiy open up the Barnsley and Silksto e coal tields. The length of these ikds IVAS about thirty-six miles in length, and from Sheffield to Wakefield, from ten to fifteen miles in breadth. The produce of these beds was equal to the best Durham coals, and the seams were considered by emMent geologists to be a reappearanee of the Durham seam. The existing lines did not give sufficient accommolatioe to this rich mineral district, in which there were railways, indeed, but these did not touch the coals. The present Bill would completely supply the deficiency, which was at present so great, that the manu facturers of Sheffield were obliged to take their coals from Derby shire, instead of raising it, as he might say, at their own doors_ But independently of the coal traffic, the promoters would derive large returns from the Iron trade, and other kinds of traffic. In an ageicultural view, al7,e, the railway would be a great advantage to the district, as it would enalbe the cultivators of the unkind soil (which, as usual in countries rick in minerals, forms the principal part ut :he surface), to obtain an abundant and cheap supply of the lime which they wanted so much for mauure. The passenger traffic was calculated to be very profitable. The extent of the line was nineteen miles, with branches of three miles in length. The esti mated cost for the whole twenty-two miles was 80 44 ,0001., and the engineering fadlitles were very great. There was some oposltton on the part of landowners, but he left that matter to the witnesses, ail I called the attention of the Committee to the petitions of th. vast m ii.rity of occupiers in favour of the Bill, lie then pro. ceed i e r d to witnesses. . G. Chambers, a walowner and member Qf a local geological Society, gave evidence very strongly in favour of tile inea , ure, on "'MI" th ' : AWRY it would tuTvrd to, perhaps, the burst coal ' tad in En::land, the coal being of the hest quality. There was also a great daal of iron ore of ge,..d quality, and the several ironworks at present established woad ba greatly benefited by the line. The talvn of Sheffield alone would save 53,0001. per annum in the cost of its coal fur manufactui - ing and ether purposes, by obtaining their coal by railway from this district. The railroads as y t formed in the neighbourhood having driven off the stage-coaches, without suppl ing other ineatis of traffic to the district, hal done it considerable ia j-kry. . The proposed hne was g reatl y wanted, and wo U I,I be highly beneficitatp all the towns in the West Biding of Yorkshire. Th , - witness was shown a petition in favour of the Bill, signed by 2.50„ s.c pus , w h o were, he said, the most respectable inhabitants of Sheffield. Cross-etafttined by Mr. PERIttNe, on the part of certain petitioners against the Bill —The SLkstone bed extended to Sheffield, but in a convulsed or disrupt.d manner. There Is a coal-pit at Shelled, f r om which the coal was sold tor gas at 6a. 101 pea - ton. There was a great demand for lime ;for manufacturing as well as a gr i cu l tura l e t a h rr e l m ag, e e lv w es as fo so r hyo didut the not dklitor,ivct which. iut w th ay e to cos t t u o r f n it," Projected branches of the Shefi3eld and Manch ecer li ne would pgruert,steshatthr°' ,; g e give some accommodation to this coal district, but not sufficient. tie was not altogether aware of the details of that branch. lie was not here to oppose the Barnsley branch of the BheißeLl and Manchester. As a director of the Company now before the Committee, he had moved a resolution that the Barnsley branch should not be opposed by them. This Com pany took neutral ground in resp ec t t o t h at branch. Then was agree ment with the South Y orkshire Company that latter an the was to make the line scut h of Barnsley. Cross-examined by Mr. LEE, fir the Millsn. ,Barnsley, Xieffield, Dewsbury, and Bradfordline , hich is the parallel competin , line with this, runtiln„ , to it for a considerable distanc e. Lion witness stated although there was a circuitous water csrn. l • nun con between Shef field and Barnsley, yet this did not t ouch the coal pits, which, in fact, had no canal accommal lat on. Sheffield received the largest part of Its supply of coal from th e estates of the Duke of Norfolk in ' th e town its elf or immediate neighbourhood. The Manchester and Leeds Company wore to supply one-half of the capital. That was the ar r)ngement from the be.tinning. The Committee then adjourned at a quarter-past four, and will meet to-morrow In room No. 21. - GROUP XL. The Committee met at one o'zlo.lc, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, chairman NO:TrEt rz s TZIELN. Mr. RAINES shortly 141..1 the merits of the project before t - te Committee. It is proposed that the line should start from Skipton, where it joins the York and Lancaster and other lines, and passes by Kirby Lonsdale, through the north-west of Lancashire into Westmoreland, effecting a junction with the rail which lies between Kendal and Penrith. A branch leaves the main trunk at Clapham for the town of Lancaster, and an3ther branch proceeds from Kirby Lonadale to Milnthorpe, at the head of Morccombe Bay. The length of the main trunk is 36 mile!, the branch to Lancaster 18 miles, and that to Miluthorpe 13 miles. Witness ,s were examined to show the amount of traffic in coals and Furness ore and manures fOr the land. Mr. WnATELEY opposed the Milathorpe branch on behalf of the proprietors on that part of the line, and shortly addressed the Com mittee. The ro'm was afterwanls cleared. On being admitted parties were ~ ,h1 that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble of the Bill was proved, except so tar as_it referred to the branch from Kirby Lonsdale to Milnthorpe. The Committee then adjourned till to morrow. RAILWAY SU RE "kIARKETS. MANCHESTER. Aram 28. STOLE ExcHiwoe -The sales are-Blacknurn, Darwen, and Bol ton, 2 dis.- Buckingham and Bl e t c hly Junction % dis.-Chester • and Manchester Direct, 1% dis,Clitheroo Junction, 1 dis.-Derby and Crewe, 2 p. -DI-ect Northern, 1% dis.-Eastera Counties. 2334 -East Lancashire (No. 2), 2 p.-Glitsgow and Dumtr.cs, A dis.- Gooie. Doncaster, Sheffield, &c , j dis. Great Grimsby and Shef field, 5 dis.-Hudderstleiti, Halifax, and Bradford, 1% p.-11wIderi fiekl and Manchester Railway and Canal, A dis.-Ditto, Extension, i dls -Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 434 p.-Leeds and Thlrsk, 5% dis.-Liverpool and Bury, 8 p.-Ditto, New Shares. IA p.- Liverpool and Leeds Direct. % dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk. and Preston, I Is. 6d. p.- Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southp rt, II dis.-London and Manchester (Remington's), IA dis.-Manches ter, Buxton. and Matlock, 1-16 p.-Manchester and Birmingham, 78%-Ditto, Quarters (A), 8%-Ditto, ditto (B), 8% p.- Ditto, ditto (C), 7% -Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 173¢ p.-Ditto, Quar ters, 7A p.-Ditto, Extension, 365. p.-Northumbrrland and Lanca shire, 175. dls. -north Staffordshire. 2% p.-Oldharn, Birkenhead, &c., 19s 6,1, dis.-Preston and Wyre,lialves, (13), 13-16 p.- Preston and Wyre Extension, % dis.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 3s. 9,1. dis.-Shetlield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 2), 234 p.- Ditto, ditto (No. 3), % p.-South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No.: 4), Is. 3d. dis.-West Riding Union, 2 p. HULL. APRIL 28. Stock Excrtesoz.-We have had a rather spirited market to-day In scrip, part'cularly Hall and Barnsley. He ivy stock, of which little is offered here, wan also more inquired atter, at much he ter prices. The sales are-London and Brighton. 64 % -Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 21. Bs. 9d. -Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 12 -Newcastle and Kerwlck, 203-North Ilitish, Half Shares, 83( -Ditto, Carlisle, 395. 6d. -North Wales, 155.-Armagh, Coleraine. and l'ortrush, 12s.- Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 30s.- Chelms ford and Bury, 11s. 9d.-Derby and Gainsborough, 13s. Gd.--East Lincolnshire, 135. 3d.-East Coast. 225. 3d.-Grimsby, Louth, and Horncastle, 235. 6d.-Hull and Barnsley Junction. 265. 6d.-Hull and Lincoln, 21s. 6d. -Leicester and Tamworth, 20s. W.-North Stat. fordshire, 41. 12s. 6d.-South Midland, 425. 9d.- Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 2 1 4 -Tean and Dave Valley, 145.-West Riding Union, 4-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 235. LEEDS, APRIL 28. STOCK EXCFIANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 275, 6d. p.-London and Croydon, 22 -Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 2 p.-East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 2 c. p. - Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4A dis.-Iludderstield and Manchester, 1 dis.-Ditto, Extensions, 1 dis.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 3% c. p.-Leeds and Itr.slt rd, 26% p. -Leads slot Dewsbury, 2 t, Q p.- Ditto, New Branches, 7s. 641. p.-Ditto, New Extensions, 5s p.- Liverpool and Bury, I% p.--North British. New Carlisle Brawl. 15s. p.--Ambergate. Nottingham, and Boston, 255. dis.-Bradford, Wakefield. and Midland, 21s. 6d, dis. -Chelinsrord and Bury, 17s. dis..-Direct Northern, 255. dis.-Essex and Suftifik, 15s. 6d.-01os gow and Dumfries, 15s. dis.-Great Eastern and Western, 275. Gd dis.-Leeds and York, 235. dia.-Leicester and BedtOrd, 145. Gd. dis.-Liverpool, Ormtkirk, and Preston, 10s. p.-London an 1 York, 17s. dis.-Manchester, Buxton, Matiock, and Midland, 2s. 6d. p.- Mane/taster and Birmingham Continuation awl Wel‘h Junction, 17s. dis.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 174. dis.-North Staffordshire, 2% p.-NorthWestern. Gatord, Witney. and Cheltenham, 17s. Gd. dis.-South .Midiands, 6d. die. - Welsh Midlands, 225. dia.-West Riding Union, 31. ids.-York stud Carlisle, 265. 6d. dis.-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 265. Gd. dis. BRISTOL, APRIL 28. SToca EICANGHE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, New, 9% -Wriningliam and Gloucester, Quarter :hares (issued 7% dis.), 31 'A -Caledonian, 6 7-16 15 , 1-Welsh Midland, I lA. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 28. STOCK Excuartoz.-The sales are-London and Brighton, 6431 - Grimsby and Sheffield, Extension, U. 25.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 151.-Ditto, Railway and I mck. 2 - Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), I Is. -London and Windsor, 12a. 6 , 1.--Leeds. Wakefield, and Midland, I % -Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal. 11. Is. rid. - Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 21s.- Sheffield and Lincolnshire Ex tension, 11. 88.- Sheffield, Buxton, Leek. Potteries and Cre we , 14 s . EXETER APRIL 28. STOCK Excuatioz.- The sales are-Eastern Counties, 24- Ditto, York Extension, 1% -- Devon and Central Cornwall, 1%-Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 1%. GLASGOW, APRIL 27. ProcK EXCIIANGIL -The ,ales are -Aberdeen, ItanlY, and 265. - Ayr and Galloway, 315.-British and Irish Union, 435.-Calc donian Extension, 31s. Gd.-Caledonian and DUinbarlonshire Junc tion, 305.--Cornwall and Devon Central, 305. 6d. -East Indian Rail way. 9s. 9d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721.-Ditto, New, 16% - Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 19s. W.-Edinburgh and Northern, 9' s.- Ditto, Lochgelly, 195. tilt.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 275. -Forth and Clyde Junction, 355. 6d.--Glitsgow General Ter minus, 9/.-Glisgow and Belfast Union, 345. 6d.-Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ay r, Quarter S.iates (5 per Cent. guar.), 181. -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 375. 6d. -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardros san, 275. - Glasgow and Dun-lee Junction, 335.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 31s. -Inverness and Llgia. 20s. W.-Lanark and Lothians, 40s. 6d.-Larne, Reliant, and Ballymena, 12s. -Lesmahagow, 425.- Leindon, Bristol, and South Wales, 20s. Gd. -31idland, 14iti. -Ditto, New, 3114-Perth and Inverness, 3 s. W.-Scottish Central aro Caledonian Junctl ai, 2is. W.-South Midland, 395.-South and Mid land Junction, 205.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 355.-Wishaw awl Colmess, 47%. RAILWAYS (METROPOLIS). A'• Cepy of the Commission, and InstructLna to the Com missioners, on Railways having or proposing to make. Stations in the Metropolis." COPY OF THE CO:dMISSION. - Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Brirain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, to our right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor Charles John Viscount Canning, our right trusty and right well-beloved cousin and councillor James An,rew Earl of Dalhousie, our right trusty and well, beloved John Johnson Lord Mayor of our city of London, our right trusty and well-beloved councillor John Charles H e r r i ea , and our trusty and well-beloved Si r J o h n M ar k F rederic Smith, Knight, Lieutenant-Colonel in our corps of en g i neers, g.seeting: Whereas an humble address has been presented to u 3 by the knights, citizens, and burgesses, and commissioners of shire e and burghs in Parliament assembled, humbly praying that we would be pleased to give directions for the appointment of a commission to investigate and report upon the various railway projects of which the termini are proposed to be established within or in the immediate vicinity of the metro polis: Now know ye, that we, reposing great trust and con fidence in your zeal and ability, have authorised and ap• pointed, and do by these presents authorise and appoint you the said Charles John Viscount Canning, James Andrew Earl of Dalhousie, John Johnson, John Charles Herries, and Sir John Mark Frederic Smith, or any three or more of you, to be our commissioners for the purprse aforesaid: and for the purpose of enabling you our commissioners to form a sound judgment on the premises, we dr) hereby authorise and empower you, or any three or more of von, to call before you all such persons as you may judge most, competent, by reason of their situation, knowledge, or experience, to iiff;rd y ou correct int.rmation on the subjects of this inquiry; And also to require the production of all books, documents, papers, and returns which may appear to you, or any three or more of you, ealculic ed to assist your researches in the execution of the trust hereby reposed in you: And we do also give and grant unto you, or any three or more of you, full power and authority, when the same shall appear to be requisite, to administer an oath or oaths to any person or persons what soever, to be examined before you, or any Orr e or more of You, touching or concerning the premises: And we do com mand and require you to report to us. in writing, under your hands and seals, as soon as the. same can reasonably be, your • several proceedings by virtue of this our e'ominissiOn, toge ther, with 3 ouroptuinn-Arst the. matter. which- you are-hereby required to take into your consideration : And we will and command , that this our commission shall continue in full force and virtue, arid that you our aid commissioners, or any three or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof; and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not conti nu ed from time to time by adjournment: And we do hereby command all and singular our justices of the peace, sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, constables, t4ficers, ministers, and all out' loving subjects whatsoever, as well within liberties as without, that they be assis:ant to Sou and each of year in execution of these pre sents. In witness whereof we have caused these our letter to be made patent. Witness, ourself at Westminster, the second day of April, in the ninth year of our reign. L. EDMUNDS, Clerk of the Crown. • Crown-office, April 18, 1846. COPY OF THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONINIISSIONERS. To the Comelissione rs for Inquiring into the various Railway Projects of which the Termini are proposed to be estab lished in or near the 11 .e.trepolis. Whitehail, April 8. 1846 . My Lords and Gentleinen,—lier Majes , y having pleased to appoint yo u comm i ssioners for the purpose of herr in vestigating and repor ing upon the various railway project:, the proposed termini of which, according to the scheme:ln...iv before Parliament, would be situate within or in the imme• diate vicinity of the metropolis, I am commanded to signify to you her Majesty's further pleasure, that you direct your attention to such portions of the several projects or Bills now before Parliament, for railways within the limits hereinafter described. It will be your especial duty to consider whether the ex tension f railways into the centre of the metropolis is cal culated to afford such additional convenieuce or benefit to the public as will compensate tor the sacrifice of property, the interruption of important thoroughfares and the interference with plans of improvement already suggested, which may probably result from such extension. The limits to which the attention of the commission shouhl be confined may he thus specified, viz.:—The Edgware-road from Oxford-street to the intersection of the New -road ; the New-road and City-road to Finsbury - square; Bishopsgate street ; London-bridge; High-street, Borough ; Blackman street ; Borough-road ; Lamb e th- road ; Vauxhall-road ; Vauxhall-bridge • Vauxhall-bridge-road, Gro svenor-place, J. R. G. GRA HAM. and Park-lane.—olighnaev4e,)&c.,. 28.—This morning. at ten o'el k LI A a P J R (L I s , I4 who was drowned oft Brighton,about e ß bod ß BRIGHTON , o li f T C O a N p five weeks ago, by the foundering of the sloop Bee, 01 Goole brought ashore by some lishertnen. His features were comple lv t4 obliterated, and the only means of identifying him was by his clothes . Neither of the other bodies have been found. Two Eastbourne tuber men who came in during the night reported that they had fall, n in with a large vessel a few miles off in the Channel. upon her ' cam ends, hut without d:seovering any person on hoard. At two o' lo c k this morqlog the General Stearn Navi4atiou Cotzmaay's pack, t the INfavnet went oil' in searoh of the vessel, Wit had Wit returned when thin ACCOI3III was forwarded. fitliqn,A. MbitVINS., A Pit TT, BO, 1848. .EXIIIBITIi - _::'.. - -7 AT THE LOUVRE. (From Gatignani of Monday,) Somewhere about of eeu years ago, when modern ma•• r:ne painting was alinost unknown in Preece, and when, since. the d a y s of Joseph Vernet, no marine painter of .tittllcient note, for his name to have reached us, bad ap- Peared—Gudin suddenly began his career. A certain charm of colsur, a free, nose!, and somewhat original ' method of u-i -g the brush and palette (rather than ally thing original in the ideas of the a: t st)captivated the taste of the day, and he rose to great fame. His works were in general request, and, in the absence of any ta-- dented campetitor. he maintained, for a considerable t i me, an unrivalled p .isirien. But ere long, En, ale Isahey, and other marine painters of great -merit, emerging from obscurity, the fame of Gudin was pea er- Tally coneterbalanced. In spite of the general prepossession, severe criticisms on the latter artist began to appear ; each succeeding . year his general manner becoming neelectiTtd, his colour ing more false and extravagant, his renown by degrees declinsd till, at the present day, scarcely a dissenting voice is raised against the general censure. We fully concur in the judgment now awarded to C_'autlin's pictures. With hardly an excention, they are as bad and as false as possible ; hut we do not coincide in the general epinion, that, beyond a gradually in creasing negligence, any very material change has taken place in the artist's abilities. His former works cer tainly bore the appearance of being executed with more care, and his oppositions were perhaps less eut ragfeous ; but the ground work, the foundation, has ever been the same—devoid of truth, knowledge or good taste. We attribute then the former fame of this artist to the total absence of competition in his peculiar brareb, as well as to the general dearth of talent in this country at the period of his debut, and his present decline in .favour is the necessary result of a universal improve ment in pubic taste and talent —the artist himself having I rem ,inel stain-nary, or nearly so. l The worki of Gudin naturally lead us to the consi &ration of the other marine subjects exhibited this year, and the best is evidently Meyer's " Chico de Terre Neuve," which had nearly been a master pisce. Indeed the only fault we can find will this picture is in the choice of so very hackneyed a sub ject. We have seen so many Newfoundland dogs eter nally rescuing drowning heroines, and depositing them carefully on the beach, that we had rather have seen any other episode of marine adventure treated bt so able an arti=t.. MS \I. Meyer. The dark and troubled waters, the boiling surf, now hurled headlong on the shore, now flashing up the beetling cliff—the desolate lowering sky. lighted up here and there by a fitful gleam —the wild sea-bird hurried along by the bast, as well as the dog, himself and rescued female, are admirably and beauti fully depicted. • M. Meyer is a marine T,ltinter of great talent, and his other works, though perhaps less success futathan Cants just described, yet evince merit of heafir dinary order. Morel-Fazio is always a correct and scientific drafts man, but no colorist. Barry's marines are estimable works of a second rate order, and evince considerable improvement during the last te - o or three years. Biard has exhibited eight pictures this . year, which are very similar to all the previous works of this well known painter. Neither characterised by any elevation of thought er feclil)g, they yet attract consiflerable at tention (though chiefly from the vulgar). owing princi pally to the popular character if the subjects treated. i its " Jeunese 00 Linnee," Ne. 143, is, however, lees . ,tatnruote place than the generality .of his worka.. and some plants in the fore-ground are carefully studied ; but, as a pictrire, taken altogether, it is feebly executed, and the colour is pile and disagreeable. The " Chasse Anglaise," No. 485, is one of the best pictures we recel lect ever having seen painted by Alfred de Dreux; the thgs and fox are admirable, ar.d some other studies of logs he has else exhil - &ed are equally worthy of praise; out the two large compasitions, Nos. 483 and 484, by the same artist, are so unlike anything we had ever seen, oe could have expected from his pencil: that we cannot, but imagine tha t h e must have laboured under some unac countable hallucination %bile he executed them.. Let us hope that their appearance at the Louvre will act as a lesson to a man of great talent, and that they will not proceed to their ultimate destination in their present state. M. de Dreux is capable of far better things ; in pro:if of which we only refer to his former works, and the "Chasse Anglaise" above alluded to. lieligieus subjects again abound in the Long Gallery. Among the most remar k a bl e i s th e Crucifixion by Ap pert, well and boldly painted. It is. placed on the right. near the entrance, and near it " L'Etoile de Bet hhesin,'' by Giaize, in which the faults of the artist are more consp:enous than the qualities which he otherwise un htlealstetty possesses. Further on we find some dead game and a fruit piece, also by Appert, which are admirable imitations of nature, and where a masterly hand is evi dent in the general grouping and arrangement. As pictures we paler (heal to Saint-Jean's, though they may want so me thi ng o f the mater i a l perfection for which Clio eorks of th e latter artist are so remarkable. Saint- Jean 4 'A flowers i n a vase, N o. 1 , 587, b dark ground, prod uce a b etter e ff ec t than P h ai is nte g d ra o p n es a ; though, upon the whole, they are inferior to former paintings in the same style. Nothing is, perhaps, more difficult, tedious, and weariseme, both to the critic and his readers, than the reviewing of that numerous class of works, the respect able mediocrity of which neither rises above nor sinks below a certain stagnant level, where the absence of originality, thought, and feeling, creates a total in difference, and, unable to praise, the spectator is equally unable to blame, owing to a certain correctness and mechanical skill, the result of long and patient practice. The walls of the Louvre are covered with paintings f this class, but the mast eminent is certainly Ocesistitt's " Jules Maternellea." "A yang mother," ass the painter—we will not write artist—" receives, oneawaking,, the caresses of I;er children." Thanks to the el tales'ue, we learn that su c h is the subject. but it might have been charity, or benevolence, or a group of portrals, or anything else. Three or four faces are endeavouring to smile, or simper—they be long 'o the children seen hanging about the " s ienna whose In:audlin, half-sleepy gr i n i s t h e b eau -id ea l t iiisigniff e ance. Yet the pictu re i s smeot nl y, prett il y .. pause r; here aid there a hand or foot is well drawn, and tee draperies tolerably executed. Io fact, the paint ing altogether is the finest specimen imaginable of that inoffensive respectable mediocrity which has aver eha atc:eried the works of its au'hor. and which is to he found abundantly in . those of others not worthy of men '.ion. How much rather had vie criticise the wild alier ratiens of I),i:it:mix, where, through the mist of count less imperfectiens. the ray of genii still sparkles all over the can:els. Look at the " Ealevement de Re heeca," ' Fate Rem -e and Juliet," and " Marguerite at qhurch"—above all the last—what fire, what feeling, what colourl—though not a line is correct—not a form that can be called human. How strange!—that the . a . i_ same hand whi c h painted the thre s extravagant and . im should h ave d es i g ned . the Lion," o .c nt,,, l ,as i a n , st ot n .e ain o ed fihe finest and most entree .trawings we ever saw. Though Lehmann's exhibition appears to us little short of a couiplete failure, we are far from looking con temptuously on the talents of this yee. , ng ii.rtist. Ile , :vidently thinks deeply, and poss esses no ordinary share of skill and ecience ; but we should prefer seeing more of that simplicity of spirit which, instead of acting ;'rom pr conceived system, would " first follow nature." utd seek excelbmce in the iniitalon of her beauteous pages, rasher than in the personifiecion of bygone fable, devoid of any real interest—at least, as applicable to pictorial purposes. There are certainly estimable quali ties of dr . .,ign in the " Oceanides," No. 1,151 ; hot the I.:ads are very unmeaning, and the iwce,isaries are 'rented with a neglect, or .rath:=T iglu:ill:le, totally unpardcAtible. Neither the Hamiet tor the Ophelia 'ttroVelltat' the- artist has understo o d Shall pease, - that mean devoid of dignity, or - even Beauty, we Jo not—elmo , t—recognise " The glass of f'ashion, and the, mould of form— :The ~.,bseTved of all observers." Nor in the thin gracel , ss female " The most beautiful Oph. Ha." _ _ \Tr. Mulct Lehmann is a man of fa!ent and education, .. ' ail a; he is capable of doing better, w e trust he %trill :u, kly amend. Ja - quand i 5 as had and as vulgar as usual—perhaps more so. '['he same may be sail of Couri and &Taulie. .• Verkrekhoven, Van- Schenclel, and Van Hove are ttlean artists;"'whose reputation is high , at Brussels and Antwerp, tut at Psris they unhappily sink' into com parative insignificance. The highly-finish , .d, painfully cl, , borate animals of Verixecklioven, Owed in land inpes entirely out of keeping with the principal subject, •turl conteiripiOde in themselves, are entirely ei.di . p.ed hi he - clever spirited pictures of Rosa Bunheur—a female artist under twenty-one—whcse brilliant essays promise surprising talent. There is a freshness and simplicity charming, and theitni io her pietureii *Thich'are truly pretty *pe,iiren Of _van Hove is another servile but awkward vn x o h a i t b o i r e f the.old mast rs; aAd Van Schendel, who has e t . a trials are dcsigrt d with astonishing skill and correctness.,.t,_ 1 has producer, a ' . . a double effect of moon and candle -light, Timor's Almzerin e views are full of daylight an un •dl*.eted originality ; the Moorish school in the large .;quare room, is pr.bably the b'st. "1.028 Conti eban. aters Espar4nois,', by Adolphe Leleux. is a flue powerful highly-finished slily medrocrity. d i - Acture, thotr.:h pe r haps a little monotonous. Muller's " Primavera" dazz'es at first sight - , but loses consider ably nit bei,g maturely exaininod ; it is full of gay and plea.ing hin - y, but th e i ncorrec ti',ns ere numerous, ard here is a su r d want of breadth throug h ou t t) e a h-le sainting. Ridinier's Italian subject of a " Young wo. roan weeping on the spot where her husband was rntir :ered, w hil e her brother is promising revenge , " is far fetched in conception, and executed in a hard unpieto (i:xia4libaitt),ld s,, e, which ma k es us regret a beautiful picture he e v‘iara lyick, entitled " L'Arigebv." The grac, ful 11 , 4ures, the rich fancy, ard irresistibly ; attractive enouring of Diaz, have for the last tuo or : i.hree years b• en hiilly appr?ciated, and, in spite of ts nothing strictly new or original in this clever pain t.the T's w,rks—of wh - ch we may fi:,d the prototypes in • Watteau and Prucl'hon ; but the style of his exc.crEi , ,n se highly talented productions. truly original of those such as coarse —awl we think Audied—neglect . in his backgrounds, contribute to the populersucces , of the day, :c i n t r o e fin o p r , i ) g ra ia r a i7, ty t . ht i t s o ve t r h y e j u a r a ii i n ts i- , as . they ought to be, as unfortunate, defects in other :kx,h.ticli—are entirely unrivalled by any wise ibt-'lllast,,:i t -L t ifn if lik i t i . t : ti ' re period, will, we redict, be considered, exhibited this Yea r, "Inte ricer de Foret," No, 540, which for .sperkling light, he be i s s t th a e nd mc - )st freslm ss of tone. and truthful aspect—aithot'gh: but a ,- ition. The gray, striking e , contrast with the brilliant hues of Diaz. His landscape, N 0 ,422, a view taken in the Forest Of Fon. .. sombre tones of ial C kd o s r e o a t P'' Co il r i n t r h a e tainbleen, is full of delicate taste and feeling, though we ' • should A isil for snort ileylgb , A , ' d sunshine. II is pirtun 8. j ar. 4 . ' ; a d' a . uw 'ittru n Pa" "- I ti l lE -I: l) .i : e . r: e l y t i i l a i ‘ i i i: t i t. i lh i a : b ale . ‘ , 1 .- , r a i r:tr ' i b r a i ' ll d : :t :i g k i ll ' a ti l I .;v-i4livriii'.-:cet: felt, they amply repay the stu - ly necessary' to comprehend the artist's meaning. How wide is the space which s-parates Corot from Rernond, Hostein, cr Lapito— wi+ose curse, vulgar, unmeaning landscaprs are under stood at a glance—but only to excite indifference or pity. We do ryt think Troyon has progressed this year. ('here is a go .d deal of nature in his pictures, but they want force and vigour, and are totally devoid of poetry. lialfourkr studies conscientiou-ly ; he may improve. Malathier has fallen off ; he has 13)conie mannered ; and, hotly, a litVe more freedom ar,d picture,quo ing might make Buttura en estimable landscape painter. i In our next we shall review the portraits, the sculpture, and such other works as remain hitherto unnoticed, A. Z. COMMITTEE ROOMS of the NEW HorisES OF PARLIAMENT. We have bet,re briefly noticed that some of the railway committee, have commenced the otcupation of the new Houses of Parliament. This taking possessi ,n of a part, of the yet unfinished buikling confirms the expectation that the whole may be entered upon in the next session, ant the event is worthy a ►nore exten , !ed notice than we were enabled to spare room f►r. The Committee• rooms are at present approsched by tho entrance to the old Committee-rooms, close to the porch of Westminster Hall. The access is ei arrl the gra:md corridor, into which all the rooms open, is r.ached by an ascent of various staircases, numbering altogether seventy eight steps. If we. assume each step to be halt' a foot deep, the elevation of the Committee-roceEs is neatly forty feet about Old Palace-yard. The grand corridor extends the whole ler; l th of the river front of the building, and from it each Committee-room is entered directly by two doore, one entrance being for the public, and the other for the Memters. The rooms, with the exception of two larger ones in the centre of the building, are of equal size, being about thirty-two feet long by thirty wide, and twenty feet high. Each of them is lightid by two windows looking towards the river, of which they command a magnificent view. The windows reach from near the bottom to the top. and even with the present imperfect glazing by small panes of glass in wooden frames, there is an abundance of light. The ceilings not having yet been underlined, the brick flooring by which the different stories are divided, for the better protection against fire, are expsed to view and their mode of construction. It is evident that it would be im;wacticable to construct a level surface of bricks to form the roofs without supports ; and to have given the rooms vaulted roofs would have caused A great waste of space ; the architect has consequently had recourse to the construction of a series of small arches resting on iron girders, that reach the length of the room. 13y this means the space lost between the floorings by these arches springing from iron girders, will not be above one foot ; but there must necessarily be an immense weight resting. on the iron eupi,orts, which have to bear nearly the whole of the pressure. At present this magnificent. suite of apartments presents an extremely naked appearance, the only fittings of the rooms consisting of the b Liza-covered tab!es, a few chairs, a deal press to contain the papers of the Committees, a green baize skirting. and cocoa-nut matting. In ciinsequence of the ceilings not boing finished, ih.r the walls plastered, the rooms are unfavourable for the transmission of sound, but this defect will rno , t probably be ietnovtd when they are finished a d furnished. 'Mere is, however, one material want already apparent, that of retiring rooms for the mein. bars o'Comatitteers. It,occurred on the first day that one of the Committees, desiring to dis c us s a di s p ute d point, it was requisite to clear the room, and all the counsel, the witnesses, and other persons were compelled to wait in the corridor until the deliberation was ended. This is a defect which can only be remedied by appropriating smaller ro9ms for consultation, on the opposite side of the corridor, which must, however, be in most instances,at a considerable distance from the room of the Committee. At present only half of the range of rooms on the river front is in a state of readiness, and some of those are not com pleted; the others are, however, preparing, and will pro bably Ey?. ream• next week. The two brger rooms near the centre of the building, cue of which is occupied by the North Kent. Railway group, are one-third larger than the others, bAng lighted by three windows each, instead of by two, but their height is the same as that of the other rooms. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MANST,AUGTITER. An affray of a fatal and extraordinary character has oc cupied the attention of the magi , trates and coroner of Ramsgate during the last few days. The facts elicited by them went to show that on Wednesday last a large number of the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages congregated in Margate to celebrate a festival of a beneandent sockty, in the Tivoli Gardens. Amongst them was a man named James Sutton, reported to beirevectahly c ithected, who, to wards night, :Atracted attention by L ia boisterous conduct.. It appears that after the evening's amusement he left his brother's company, and nothing was heard of Lim until mid night, when two mean. named Kemp and Kitching, on their return home from the gan!ens while proceeding along a t ,, ot path loading to ithrtsdow e , n adjacent paridi. saw a man some distance in advance, calling '• Holloa !" On coming up they found it to be J die Price, a carrier, living at Runcorn. Price said, in a - very excited manner, " Here is a man who has been attemetving to rob me, and I will not leave him until I see who he is." A few yards distant they saw a man lying On the ground, who seemed senseles4, who was dis covered to be &Won. Price then eln,rged Sutton with attempt ing to rob him. ths statement to the hspectoron dety was as fol lows ;—" Oa Wednesday night, abut half-past ten, I was going home from the Tivoli, and when half way between that place and Hartsdown, Sutton jumped out of the Ledge by the footpath, and demanded of ore, catching me by the collar, if I had a watch. I said I had. He asked if I had any money. I said I had. He then caught I F ,ld of m e by the neekerehier, and said he must have it or my life. We struggled together, and I slipped up my hand and untied my neckerchief. He then kn , cked me down twice, and kicked me. I at length gat the better of him, arid got him down. I struck him several limes violently on the head, salting- out for assistance, and sitting across him to keep him down. Kemp was the first who came to my assistance ; we were struggling for three-quarters of an hour. I was sober and alone. I did not know the man." The man Sutton- being apparently dyittg, medical aid was promptly called to him, but he never rallied, and expired in the course of a few hours. On the magistrate-{ hearing of the death. they or&red Price to be arrested, but sub sequently liberated him on bail. On the inspector inspect ing the spot where the affray occurred, he noticed a quantity of blool on the ground, and marks of a very violent strnggle; and in the ground was a hole, evidently made by a man's head beaten against it, and in the centre were two small stales sticking up about on inch. At the coroner's Fquest, Mr. Thornton, a surfeon, who had made a post-mortem examination of the body, deposed that death had been caused by concussion of the brain. and which might have been produced by beating the head upon the ground. The head was dreadfully knocked about, the eye blackened and lip cut, and marks on the throat as if seized by the neckerchief and a man's knuckles forced into the flesh. It was proved that the deceased and Price wry, per fect strangers. The deceased's relatives spoke to him being a quiet orderly man, arid called the p o li ce to s h oW that they knew nothing of him, at least in the shape of a highway robber. The coroner's jary, after a lengthened consultation returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Price, con: sidering the violence more than necessa-y, and he was forth with ordered into custody by the coroner, and committed to Maidstone gaol to tare his trial at the ensuing assizes. A IiESERTED VESSEL. PICKED UP AT SEA.—O n Monday, two fishermen trom Eastbourne, while out In their boat in the channel. discovered about twenty miles from land a vessel of between 3'o and 4N tons burden, and from her drifting about it was evident there was no one on board to manage her. They went. on boat d, znd found her entirely des, rted. She was Wien and appa rently homeward , bound. on the return of the fisherman to East bourne, they gave information to Llod's agent, who came to Brighton, and with Mr. Black, our bud: fa !gable and intelligent pat.ket agent, proceeded to Shoreham, when the Magnet st e amer was dispatched at half.past one yesterday morning on a voyage discovery. She steered eastward, and in the evening was in the offing visible from our cliffs midi a vessel astern.— Brighton Guardian. NOVEL CHARGE AGAINST A MILITARY OFFICER — At the County Magistrates' Office, Rochester, on Monday, a charge of wilful damage was krought against Captain Faunce, of the 4th Queen's Own Re netat, for having broken op en a deor at the house ,O of John Leith, of Wood-street, Brompton. The Captain had occupied apartments at the complainant's lease, and in consequence of words between his servants and Mrs. Leith, she gave hint notice to quit, notwithstanding she knew he was ordered out t India in the cour , e of ten dabs. The Captain and his lady quitted the lod4ings ac cordingly, at considerable inconvenience to themselves. He after wards went to the house for ionic, bathing-ties whi c h had been left khind, , and afterringing twice at the deer-bell without obtaining ad- I mittance, he forced it open, and fur th.s he was brought before the magistrates the damage - done to the lock asd staple being laid at Is. sirs. Leith. it appeared. loAdiffite , 'ottr toArvvent his en trance, ou the plea that rent amounting to 31. 15s reMained unpaid 1 and site therefore detained th e t i ns. She aft , rwards admitted th a t the rent had always been regularly paid, and that Captain Faunce had tendered the arrears to her more than oho:, and which she had refused accept. The Capt a i n a d mitted the charge , was - al- judged to pay a fine of Is., the estimated dama ge , and 2s. cost; and as she had refused to take the rent, he declared his intention 01 giving it to some public charity. DEATH ACCELERATED BY EXCITEENT.Aay evening an Inquest was !add before Mr. W. Payn M e, City Co T roner, at the limid and Shears, Cloth•fair, Smithfield, rest, etlitg the death of Elinor Shore, aka' fifty -me years, of Long-late, darhita. Tke deceased generally enjoyed good health, but during the last three months had laboured under great excitement in consequence of her daughter, who had been decoyed away by a young man with Is hom site had. Jimmied an attachment. On Sunday night last the deceased • retired to rest, and the following nioning was discover,d in a hying_ state, foaming at the mouth. A 5 urgeon was sel.t for, but the de ceased expired before his arrival-. The jury returned a verdict of "Natural death." HEADFUL ACCIDENT.-23RIST0L. TUESDAY, APRIL 28.—Yesterday afternoon a very severe accident, by which five men were most seriously injured, occurred at the New Church, Kinwswood. The interior of the church has for conic Aline been undergoing exten sive, repairs, and was tieing entirely repainted, and the unfortunate sufferers by this lamentable accident Were painters engaged at the time in painting the ceiling of 'the church. For this purpose, as is usual, a plank was placed for the men to work upon. having each end laid upon a scaffold er , ,cted fog its support. Upon this plank four men, Thomas Nash, William Kent, 11 illiam Lambert, and James Morgan, very incautiously went to work; it having been in tended by the employers that only one man, or at the most two, should work upon it at the same time. The Motions and weight of the four men while at work upon the plank so increased its vi • bration that one end of it was gradually drawn off the scaffold that supported it, and it tell with a mud crash, precipitating the four unfortunate men into the body of the church, a depth of about 50 feet, and in the progress of its fall striking down another man at work in the church. The utmost consternation immediately pre vailed, and the five sufferers were plotted up ht a dreadfully mangled condition, ,James Morgan having a severe fracture ot his right thigh, a compound fracture of his lower jaw, and an extensive contusion ot his spine William Lam ert also had his left thigh f - adored, and received several severe injuries of the right anlce and right•shoulder. , Thomas Ni , sit fractured his ankle joint severely, and had besides 80MC very severe contu•ions of the race and body; and William Kent received some abdominal injuries of a most dangerous charac ter, but had no bones fractured. The inhabitants of the ..eiglinour hood immediately came to the assistance of the unfortunate sufferers, and they were removed to the Bristol !nfirmary, where they are now lyieg in a very precarious state. The man who Was struck by the falling plank was also severely, but not dangerously injured, and was removed to the house of some of fits relatives. THREE FATAL ACCIDENTS —Ott Titcsda.N Mr. 13. , (1Arird, Coroner for Westminster. held three nquests t 1 body lllack f v H l orse, Itedferithury, C oven t-garden. The tirst,was upon the tn, the aCI nnigo4l'o' residing at No, li i.Aust:n, aged two years, . • sol C ro wn-court, Drury-lane. Front the evidence ot a 31r. Todd, k Petrel that, on the m,rnie , ot Sunday. last, his tilt ntion wan directed to the house opposite his men, in Crown-court, by per ceiving Amoke issuing through the iron gratings. lie immediately went to ascertain the eause, when lie loud the deceased running t • and fr.. in the front kitchen a ea, with the whole of his we,ting ap parel in a 'f he flames were extinguished as soon as possib e, and the deceased was removed first to King's College Hospital, but there being no vacant beds in that institution, he was taken to the Charing-cross Hospital, where he died on Monday from the effects ot the burns. It appoars that the child, during the temporary absence of his mother, connnenced playing with the fire, and his clothes in consequence became ignited. Verdict, " Ac cidental death."—The second inquest was concerning the death ol John Woodman, aged 48. The deceased on the Gth of the present month was engaged with several other men, removing an entabla tut', front the shop front of a house under repair in Lone-acre. The • • deceased was hohlinir the facia up by means of a f • rom the fit, floor, when the weight of it pulled him out of windiiw, and tallin, upon h•s head he fractured his Weld]. He was taken to (71)-r' , cross Hospital, where he died on Monday. Verdict, " Accidenia: duath."—The third inquiry was on the t.ody of Thowas Ireland, aged 65. The dee -toed, on Sunday last, was cleaning seine windows f•ir Mr. Sawyer, an engineer, of Frith-street, 50;i0, when it is sup posed that he missed his footh.e, for he was 14,und lying' en the psei,_ ment muter the lions,; the tdo 41 at he Hine was isst , in: rout h mouth. ears, and nose. He was a:so renioN , dt • tilt Hospital, where he died immediately after his ailiniNsion. Verdict, That he died from a Waeture of the Wise , he dtttil, but how eguattl there Wag het ittrUtielit eYittetteo to prove." LAW INTE LLIGEN CE. COURT OF CHANCERY, April 29. No case of the least public interest was heard in this Court to-day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, April 29. This Court was occupied for a considerable portion of the day in hearing arguments, urged by the Solicit or G enera l i n reference to an attorney's bill of costs. The subj , ct did not possess a particle of We:est except to the party concerned. B.4IL•GIitIRI; April 29. The gnestioni before the Court to-day were principally in reference to the legal Niles' and practice of the Court. COUItT OF EXCHEQUER, April 29. The arguments in the will case, which stood adjourned from yesterday, were resumed to-dJy in this Court, and had .not -concluded when our reporter left. CO ART OF CO _ilo PLEAS, April 0 9. A question of a tedious and uninteresting character occu pied a good dal of time in thin Court, in reference to the returning-officer at the last Abingdon election, who it was alleged had refused to.place an applicant on the poll, in order to enable him to voL at the election. COURT OF BA/AA - RUT' 'CY, April 29. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLAYQUE.) IN RE WILLIAM BURLEIGH. Today was appointed for a pro •t of debts under the estate of this bankrupt, who had failed to a large amount, and had been 'ln attorney. The present application was made to admit a proof on be half of the trustees of the marriage settlement of Norman Burleigh, the son of the bankrupt. It will no doubt be re membered that a short time since the Learned Commissioner gave judgment in a chilli by Win. Norman for a very large amount, which it was contended was due to him under the marriato settlement of the bankrupt and his wife (the. claimant's mother), but the Court was of opinion that the trusts of the deed had been' violated with the consent of the plaintiff, and that, therefore he had no right to complain, and that, in fact, he had joined in the bankrupt's speculation. The present claim was to prove for about 6,000/., which, it was contended, had been paid by the bankrupt as trustee of the marriage settlement of his son with a Miss Milner, the daughter of Dean Milner. The money had been paid to No . ..man Burleigh, but it was set up now that the payments were contrary to the trusts of the deed, &c.—that Norman Burleigh wa,i insane. The Court reserved its judgment, and left the figures to the aficial assignee, who said they were not questioned on either side. SECON AR; ES' COURT, April 29. (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER) TYLER V. TURNER. A RAILWAY SURVEYOR IN A DILEMMA, —The plaintiff in this action is the proprietor of toe Pied Bull Inn, at Streat ham ; the defendant is a surveyor, and at the time the d.-hi now sued for was incurred was engaged in surveying for a new line in the neighhourhiiod of that town. Mr BUCHANAN, solicitor, of Basinghall-street, stated the case. The action was brought to recover the sum of 41. 14s. V., for board and lodging of defendant and some other per sons who were with him, ar,d defendant promised to pay. When they were leaving, defendant over the account in the book and said it was all right, but he could sot settle it then, but would do so in a few days, and he borrowed ss. This occurred in November lust, but the defendant had not come to a settlement. Th. se fact* were proved,- and the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. ZOUCH AND ANOTIIER V. PARKER. The plaintiffs in this action are linen drapers at Newport, in the Isle of Wight. and the defendant is a railway carrier in the Old Miley. The action was brought to recover the value of goads entrusted to the defendant for delivery, but bad been lost. The defendant did not plead to the action, and the present was an inquiry to assess the value of such goods. Nearly a dozen witnesses were called to prove the delivery, and value of goods sent to Messrs. Westron and Dignarn tor plaintiffs, and f •rwarded by them to defendant to be sent by rail to Newport. There was a box and two large parcels outsidt—the whole at wholesale prices amount to 131. Is., !Or whit's the jury gave a verdict. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. Elizabel Larkin' and her daughter, Eliza Larkin, were brought before" Sir" Peter Laurie yesterday, charged with having robbed their employer, Mr. Tallis, of No. 100, St. John street, of a great number of prints, and a large quantity of paper, oa which Mr. Henry's Bible was printed. City policeman 651 went to purchase some butter at the shop of a cheesemonger, and found that it was wrapped round with a sheet of Henry's Bible, which he at once sus pected to have been Stolen. lie forthwith went into Pater noster-row, and exhibited the sheet to several of the book sellers and publishers in that place, and at last he was re ferred to the premises of Mr. Tails. where it was at once identified as part of property which had been stolen fr, an that gentleman. Accompanied by Mr. Tallis, the policeman returned to the shop of the cheesemoiiger, who without hesi tation stated that he had purchased a quantify of paper of that description Born a female who resided in hartholomew close. Upon calling at the house in Bartholomew-clo-e to which the cheesemonger gave the direction, the policeman saw the two prisoners, apprehended them, and told them they were, charged with the serious offence abovementioned. They not, deny the truth of the accusation, and sub ly the elder prisoner acknowledged hit she was guilty. and that she had sent her daughter to dispose of the property which she had taken from her employer's premises. Mr. Tallis stated that he had, about six weeks before, die ch , reed the elder prisoner, who had been in his service as a stiteiter for a considerable time, because he ascertained that she had defrauded some of the other women, who were ern- ployed iu a similar manner, of a large part of their earnings. His mspicions of her integrity on other matters were, of Course, excited. The policeman 651 stated that the cheesemonger, im• mediately upon seeing the younger prisoner, declared that she was the person who had s 1,1 tu a paper to him. Witness found, upon searching he room 430 prints, which Mr. Tarns identified as his property. Upon calling at a house in a court in Goswell street, witness found ten more prints, which I had been given by the elder prisoner to the person who re sided there, and which were also identided by the prose cutor as having been stolen from him. Mr. Pri•T, cheesemonger, of Bishopsgate-street, stated that he had given 3d. and 20. a pmnd for a rptantity of the paper produced, to the younger prisoner. He had purchased altoger, her, of the Bible sheets, about twenty pounds weight. Sir P. LAULIE—Did it not strike you as suspicious to see soh a quantify of such paper with these women wit ness —I asked them Raticularly where they g , t it; and the answer was that it was misprinted, and therefore roust be sold by weight.—The prisoners were remanded. BOW S' BEET. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN DRURY-LANE. Mr. Inspector Logan yesterday stated t:) the sitting ma gistrate (Mr. Henry) that he had been to the hospital fur ti e purpose of inquiring into the state of the wounded man, itt, who he found was still in a very dangerous state, but had iniproved considerably, and had " passed a very good night." MARLBOR0(7011-STREET. Win. Call,, ay and John Ciindy, fashionably-dressed young men, holding situations in the Admiralty, were charged with being drunk and disordetly. Henry Redwood, police -sergeant No. 13 of the C division, stated that about a quarter before two o'clock yesterday, while on duty in St. Martin'. -court, he heard a disturbance in the direction of Leice,ter-square. He was proceeding there when, in Bear -street, he found the defendant s walking arm-in -arm, shy utirg and singing with all their might. :1 - he noise they made was sufficient to arouse the inhabitants from their beds. He told them to Nat on in a quiet manner, on which they both crossed over to him, and, after treating him with great derision, said they were gentlemen, and had a right to do as they liked. He again advised them to go away without making further dis turbance; they, however, did rot do so, but f 'Rowed withes.s round his heat, sttoutirg and sii;ging as be'ore, until at last he was obliged to call assistance and take them to the station home. Mr. MALTny—Were the defendants drunk? Sergeant— Yes, they certainly were so. The defendant Galbray said he was not drunk. The constable interfered with them as they were pass ing quietly along, and told them to make less imise or he would take them to the station-house. He (the Aefendant), feeling indignant at this threat, said, " You had better do sn now,' amd in consequence of his raying that they very soon found themselves in the station- house. The deleildatit Candy said he count only say as his friend 41.40ne._ . ' Mr. M.t Lilt* with the'sergeant's evi dence, and would impose a penalty of 405., or cne month's impris,•nment each. • The fines were instantly paid. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM• FAMES' STOCK. From tie ()geld List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 28. JOINT-STOCZ Dividend Amovat Name of Comydny. Per of Paid. Fria* Annum. Share. -7- ...•••7 7 . - . .5....... . r..... .........., £ c d.• • 4 se. til. i Australasia •••••••• •• 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0. 0 25% Britsh 3 t orth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 44% Commercial of London _5l. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - 22% Colonial. . . Lunch' and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27 London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Itiefropolitan - ;'••••••` - ..- - -25 0-0- • -7 10.0 . Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 48% Ditto, New...... •• • el. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17% National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0. 0 20 0 0 18 Nat. Proemial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 35% Ditto, New.• ... •• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia • • 6/. per cent. 25,0-.0 25 0 0 .. 25 Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 INSURANCE COMP./1101M8. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ s. d. Albion •• • • .....• •• • • 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 .0 11 0 0 -19 Ditto 31arine.. • Atlas . • • British Commercial .• 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 % Clericl,3led.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 64 County ........ ••• • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown ••.•-•• • • • • • • 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle ...... ...... • ... tis. 50 0 0 4 0 0 5 Economic Life. •• r 5 per ct.,} 1000 0 0 1250 0 0 t&3os.bs. Eng. & Scot. Law •• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2 ';'., European Life •••• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. '2O Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe •• • •• • • 6/. par cent. , Stock. - 138 Guardian Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240 imperial Life • • ...... 12s. - 100 0 0 10 0 0 i 17 Indemnity Ilarlue• •• • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 I 29 Law Life •. .. Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire •••• •• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 144 London Ship •.•• •• • • 10s. '25 0. 0 12 10 0 144 Marine -•..••• • • • •• M. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Sled. Invlid& Gen. Lite 441. per ct. 50 ' 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Lsan Fund.. si. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life.... Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. '2s. Plimnix - - I 205 Protector Life- •• •• • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1!. 4s. Provident Lite I/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Rock Life 4s. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange 57. per cent. Stock. - ISO Sun Fire . - - 210 Ditto Life ........• • 11. 6a. - 49 cniversal Life •• lO% 1. pr cnt 100 0 615 0 20 LIST 02' SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price ,„,....„,„ t Annum. Vare„ .... t s. d. £ a. d Bank of imotland - 100 0 0 162 Royal Ilank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 157% British Linen Company ril. per cent. - 100 0 0 22 i Commercial Bank . • - 100 0 0 161 National Bank. ..... - 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 16 Union Bank of Scotland 7% /. pr cent. - 50 0 0 92 Western Bank - ..• •• • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 SO North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7 U Clydesdale Bank.... • • 61. per cent. - .• 10 0 0 13% Eastern Bank.. -.• • • 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 11 Caledonian Bank' - 741. pr cent. - 210 0 4% Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 50 0 6, 6 City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Scottish Union Ins• Co., 51. per cent. 20 0. 0 1-..0... 0. 245. ihrcules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Instil. Co. of Seetlnd• • Si. pier cent_ 10 0 0 All paid. 9% North Itritsh Insur.- • 541. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18% Ellin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. pert. 50 0. 0 50 0 0 72 Ditto, % Shares 78.6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17% Edits.. Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 O. 0 16 Gianw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 704 Glasaw&Greencitilail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 2.11 paid. 19 Gisgw &Gariiiirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 404 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 Ali paid. 39 St3ndard Lite Assernee.l per cent. 150 0 0 1 '1 10 0 9 - - ur.a.l.•llla,- ciii il , AtiL 5 - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of P aid. Price. Annum. Share. X East London...-. - - 81. - s, d. 100 0 0 - 215 i;rartil Junction .. -•• 37. 10s. 41 13 4 ' - .0 Kent ----..•• • • •• 21. 10s. 100 0 0 70 - Vauxhall ...... .•• • •- 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 - 57 West Middlesex .. .. • . 51.55. pr ent . qa ly 9 . - .an DOCKS. i Dividend Amount N.ime of Company, per of I Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. 1 X s. d. £ s. d. Commercial ... E. ast and West India.— 61. pr cent. I Stock. East Country •• . 11. per sh. 100 0 0 I.,ndon •••• •• St. Katharine .... —•. , 5 per cent. i Stock. I Southampton • • •• • ' 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 141% 114 101 CANALS. Names of I , ? Dividend Price Names of t, Dividend' rl. , er ; Companies. A per Companies. ?,.. Annum... P rice. cc Annum. cr. - -... -... 4I 4 Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 10;' 81. 160 . Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4/. 70 Mutgomrysh 100 51. 98 Barnsley.... 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 1001 - 38 Basingstoke.. 100' - - Neath ••• • • • 100 1 171. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150 5/. g 5 Nottingham. 150 12!. _ Cromtbrd ...• 100 141. 150 l'euk Forest .78 31. 68 Dudley loo' 4/. - Regent's .... 33 1/. ss. 25 Derby •. • • ilOo, 6 !. 73 Rochdale ••• • 85 41. 77 Ellstnre&Chs 133, 4/. 65 Shropshire .. 125 81. - Eyewash -• • i MO' 321. 1300 sonirset coal ISO 7t . Hu. 130 Forth & Clyd 100 - 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. C. 11 Grand.l unctn 100 71. 95 Sterd & Wore 140 281. 300 Grand Union 100 11. 10s. ' - !Shrewsbury.. 12: , 151. 230 GI a morg ilBh. 172 13 , A 3 1. 210 i'Stourlridgv.. 145 201. 280 Glstr& firkly 00 - ' - ',Strtti'd on Av 79 11. 10s• - Grantham 'lso 121. ; 100 !Severn and 1 IluddersfiekLAZ „... „... ; - i wy, ga11,..1 21, 1./. 85.... 32 - Kelm & Avitl9 -- 7 s. 6d. 101 .Trot & Mr-'1 """- 50 301. - Lancaster ..• 147 11. ICs. - sey, 4 sh.l Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 520 'l'hanis&Med 19 - - Leicester 44 Leicstr &Nth 83 4/. ' 60 1 Binning. j ." ``' Loughborogh,l42 70/. ' 850 IWilts & Biks 67 11. 11 MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY.) CORN EXCiIANGE. The arr.v,z's of Euglish Wheat c,astwise, es wall as by land carriage al, sample, w, l e small, consequent!), the stands were again scantily supplied. The attendance of buyers being limited, the demand was by no means so inactive as on Monday, yet previous rates were supported in every histam e. In the Foreign Wheat— the quantity of which on oiler was trifling- next t• nothing was doing, at late rates. Bonded Grab' was nominal in value. There was rather more business doing in flue Barley, but other kinds were on dull inquiry. The Malt trade was in a very sluggish state, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath last week's curt, ticie. In Oats, a steady business was doing, and prices were well maintained. Beans, Peas, and Flour, as last advised. ABB IVA L. ' Barley. 941 qrs. English ...... Irish ........ Wheat. 2,220 qrs. Oats Flour. 1,81 1 ) qrs. 3,170 sks. 2,320 Foreign •• • • • • I 730 - - Malt, 2,190 qrs. VITIKET3IIIO3I2.A.3PEX.. We had a full average supply or each kind of meat on offer. Gene rally speaking, the demand was in a sl-gaish state, and previous quota.ions were with difficulty supported. Beef from 2s. 641. to 3s. 6d, ; Mutton, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; Lamb, 5.4 4d. to 6s. Bd. ; Veal, 41. 4d. to ss. 4d. and Pork, 3s. 6d. to ss. per stone ity the carcase. r A DYE STISE M ENT.] DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION RELIIMED, 39, ALIZIRMARLIS-STIKET, PICCADILLY.—NewIy invented acoustic tubes, for relief of e treme deafness, arid when inserted in the ear cannot be pitrceived by the nearest observer — they are entirely different ttom all others, and are the smallest hear ' ing instruments constructed—measuring only a quarter of an in their widest part; they may be secnrely adjusted lu the ears unob served, and removed therefrom with as great ease and facility. Per sons are enabled to j do In general conversation, and to hear most distinctly in a place of worship, &c., and what should be greatly considered, a natural expanshn 01 the cavity of the ear is preserved —a thi ••keAing or contraction of which la many instances' is par- Hall> the cause of deafness —and by their use the unpleasant sen sation of si!rging nooses in the ears is entirely obviated. Also int proved hearing trumpets of every description. Immediately the newly-iiivented spectacle lenses are placed before imperfeet vision, eji,,*.Jy,disatio,...catidlelight, that 'apiSt - .4ntlAtillnielis which appear "be r,re th,eyes - is at onto r.anOvd, every object becomes clear and distin4t, so that the most stud defective sight becomes bright and brlliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also the most powerful achromatic telescopes, opera glasses, and microscopes. Caution—Messrs S. and B. Solomon% opticians, are not in any war eonnrcte i with a person of the mama name in their immediate neighbourh , oil nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistake , , be cautious, and observe—only to be had at 39, Altiermarle. treet. Piceadily, oppmite the Yor Hotel , . THE WILDERSPIN I ESTIMoNIAL.—The sunsertp ion for the purpose of forming a fund for the support of the declining years of Mr. IVildersple, the originator of infant schools, is proceeding very successfully. Among the recent names added to the list are those of the Bishop of Lincoln, the Illshoa of Hereford, Earl Fits willtion, Viscountess Galway, Lady Noel Byron, Lady Wenlock Hon. Mrs. Annesle,y„,jkin.„..lant Laveley, Hon. Mrs. Smythe, Pro fiesor Smythe, Wm. Beckett, Esq., M.P., Rev. Armytage Rhodes, Fountain Wilson, Egg., Henry Hallam Esq., &c. -A-HINT. To . ALIA/TIRES_ we knownjettirnqman tailor in Leicester (who, it is said,. ",mocks one" exceedingly well), having been served with a writ by a bubble company, whose " di rectors" had torgotten to reply to his letter of application till their shares were at discount, ha quietly ;tactical up his sole wort !ly pos sessions- les goose, needle, and thimble I—and forwarded them by Pickf ail to the secretary ! He also wrote a note begging that the " go: , se" might serve as the.centre-At h at the next " contmittee dinn,r," and that he might be invite I to the feast to " see the last of his old friend."—Leicestershire Mercury. liomAN CATHOLIC INSTITUTE.—On Tuesday the an nual meeiing of the' members of this Institute was held at theoFfrteleic neaions' Tavern, the Right Rev. Dr. Briggs, Vicar Apostolic Charles northern district, in the chair. Lord Arundel.l of the Langdal -, D. O'Connell, Esq.. M.P., &c., 111-11 stated that the objects the secretary, read the report, w all Catholic children, of whom were present. Mr. Smith, institute included the education of . nai , i; Roman Catholic body from f re e , r icat i„ na l nemeses were 1,534/. 2s. sd. 25,0(10 were deprived of that blers e t u nt u nd A al e s c o or t d h h e ig p t r o o t t h ec e t r io e n po o r f t t t h h e e ' receipts for the past e the institute , 1,2321 . 9s. 3.1., making a notion of the Hon. Charles Lang. total or 4766/. ted. Mr. O'Connell, Lord Arundel, and e a m nd ie a ti v n o g ie ti o ie f d a f a u l t s . fo t r h, e t . hree.ig).Qe report was r i, a ,, l .as o s y a b j a :e a c o r tso r f Uponressed r which , the . osthervacet.,e-rkrassl tflo,t;,)::,ienceiCi.,,a,ttruin,rn'alv,iiciy:etitietlrergA,lPlenreetaitutlhgeeastNeep(ll'w.,l'aaatfteteid. P Ants FASHIONS For a ling Hine only feathers and flowers had figured In the coiffure of women. Of late years some women have, like Erigone, ornamented their heads with grapes; thus, it 1 be not. mistaken, have I seen the Colitesse Duchatel. Some cherries and currants have also been seen on some fair head ; 'but, hitherto, vegetables hal not been permitted to grow up to them. A new unit ravissant fashion has, howe . er, just been proclaimed for MARRIED. this year, namely. straw-bonnets ornamented with water-crewses. On the 22d inst., at St. Peter's, Isle at Thanet, Patrick O'Brien, Let hi; hope that this innovation will not be the only one, and that Esq., of Dunoon, in Argyleathire, to Miss Miles, of Broadstafts. some bold medlste will soon deck our ladies' hair with little red On tke 25th Inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, Mr. William Iteld, radishes and French beaus. —A. Karr's " Wasps." of Cannon formerly nts treet,eiotaf,,otilai Glasgow. biter of Mr. J. Catherine, second daughter Sit.% KSPERE SOCIETY. The fifth annua l meet i ng A I was h e ld on mondav afternoon 's , in the he in the irnons ab osf(tnbeee of ßo the yal MarquisSocietyof 1 On the 16th i ns t., at L eamington, the Rev. Piers C. Claughton. Literature, St. Martin's place, Rector of Elton, F e ll ow o f University College, Oxford, to Fanny Sarah J. Payne Clarke, daught er o f 11 . Clarke, Esq. . of Conytiel t ain. the Pre tent, the chai r w ay taken by - Collier, Es 1., Director. The report, which wa s read b y Mr. Towline ' Oil the 16th lost ,at Atverstoke, Hants, Henry Ensor, Esq., of the Secretary, r.-preseuti-d the affifea of he Society as I n a con , Sherburne, to Luulsa J ane , youngest daughter of the late Mr. I ' . Untied progressive state, there being a balance in hand of 355/. IGs. 3d Paul, of Gosport, which mitif exceeded the amount of debts, whilst the subscriptions of the year Wide 8121. 133. lA., and the arrears due 5101. Thu ordi nary businesshavlng been transacted, the Chairman drew attention to the original mortgage deed of shakspere's property In Black nears, once hi the possession of David Garrick, and now the only autograph of Shakspere in private hands, the last having b<-en sold to the City of Lowlife Librar , ,at Guildhall. It had been offered for sale to the British Museum for 200 guitteas, but the purchase having been declined, It was suggested that a subscription be entered into, In order-to secure a document now invaluable to the lovers of dra matic art. A CHILD DROWNED IN A BUTTER -.FIRKIN.-011 Saturday, Mr. Mills, Deputy Coroner for .Middlesex, lidd an inquest at the Coach and Horses public-house, at raping, on the body of William Smith, a child sixteen niontlis old, who fuel his death taidir the following circumstances :—The deceased 1 , 738 the son of a labour ing man employed in the gravel-pits, and living In the Uxbridge road. On Thursday minting, about ten o'clock, the mother of the deceased left him for a minute or twc crawling on the floor of the room !Gar ant titnoef empty butter.rirkin standing there, and tv hen she returned Mlle 111.0) ere , ' that the child had, in the is erim, , eawled ,o the tub, ity it, anti thee tuitii.lid he. d !ore. ;nest into the tub, wee Oita . . wards. hi, , bout litur hales of eater. It was itninetliately got. mit, and 14 "Ur., a sent kr, pruuouueed lite to liegitito extinct. VeriLlet-e".aecritoutel death"' [A D VERTISEM EN T.] --DR. BRIGHT, OF ELY -PLACE, HOLLORN, AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMKNT.—Copy of a letter from this celebrated physician to Professor Holloway :—" I think It but an act of justice to inform you, that I have tried your Ointment and Pills in several old cases of ulcerated sore legs, which for a considerable time had resisted every kind of treatment, but which were akerwards-effectuallyoured by thet use oryourmedicines. — Tii:zcasts of bad breasts I have also found. them of great service. Indeed, from my practical knowledge I think them most invaluable in most cases. (Signed) Richard Bright, 31..D."—T0 tie had of all chemists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, strand. London. DIED. On the 20th inst , at Nice, Janet, the wife of Bear-Admiral Minds/. 31. P., and only child of Lord Amesbury. On the 21st inst., at Inverness, Mrs. Catharine Warrand, widow of the late T. Warratud, Esq., of Warranddeld. On the 23d inst., at Grosvenor House. Weymouth, Brooke Ogden and, on the 24th inst., Isabella Rebecca, on;y surviving children or Major Samuel Parlby, late of the Bengal Artillery. • On the 25.11 inst., at Daventry, John Lee, Esq., M.D. On the 24th inst., at Alx-la-Chapelle, Vice-Admiral Richar d Peacock°. On the 24th inst., at Brighton, Mr. Watson Seymour, of Staines. On the 25th inst , Harriet, the third daughter of Mr. J. B. Gad. Stockwell-etreet, Greenwich. On the 26th inst., at Stansteal, Sussex, Harriet Amclla, wlfi of Charles I,lxon, Esq. On the 2•th inst., Mr. Francis Wilson, aged 6 1 . On the 27th inst., at Egreniont-place, daughter of - Cowdell.Chapman, Esq. Emmeline Bertha, the WWI (itoon; nintad and Pub:ia....! h. :1 `."1:DO TOrNc. of O. 11 24 • ~ ,ran,1.1.1•11,r,r, at • ' I') -^t,lll l l . n the Prect n-.4 Savoy, iu the C oun ty of • iddl e s es , T b un dv• . 3,13ru 30, 1846. BIRTHS of a daughter. -On the-. 4 2-th lust.,- at Dielkleear House, Perthshire, M rs. M urray, On the 16th in t., the wife of James Arnold, Esq., C am b r i an Norwood, Surrey, of a son. - On the 17th.in!t.; at-Finsbury- c i rcus, the lady of Maurice Pomo, a daughter. On the 18th inst., the wif e o f Mr. E. T. H. Vaughan, of St. Peter street, Hackney-road, of a son. On the 18th ik4., at. Belsize-cottage, Hampstead, the lily of J. Willis Brooks; Esq., ofJolth-street, Nedford-row, of h daughter. On the lt , th inst., Mrs. W. Wainwright, Clapham, of a daughter. On the 24th lust , Mrs. Hislop Clarke, Leonard-place, Ke nsington, ot a son. On the 25th inst., at Hornchurch, Essex, Mrs. J. J. W. Gutch, of a son. On the 25th inst., at Chester square, the lady of G. E. GLUM" East, Esq., of Woolley flail, Berke, of a son and heir. On the 25th lust., at Finsbnry-place South, the with of Mr. Charlet. Hogg, surgeon, of a daughter. •On the 26th inst., in Anapthill-square, the lady of Thomas Marston. Esq., of a son. . On the 27th inst., at Oak-hill Lodge, Woodford, the wife of Mellor Hetherington, jun., Esq.. of a son. On the 17th lust., the lady of Henry Adams, Esq., of Radnor-piaci Hyde -park, of a eon.