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e nd Learned Gentleman said—" By the present Bill inueh mischief will be avoided—it gives protection where it was wanted, and takes from no man the right of being tried by a jury."—( Hear, hear.) Now he (Sir J. Gra ham) should say that under the provisions of the present Bill every man should be tried before a judge and by a jury of his countrymen—the onus of proof of innocence resting entirely with himself.—( Hear, hear.) He was very unwilling at greater length to trespass on the indulgence of the House, but he still could not help adverting to the system practised towards the resident landlords in many districts, the result of which was that many of them were compelled to become exiled from the enjoyment of their homes and properties. With that view he would refer the House to a case that was lately brought under his own knowledge. In the evidence taken before the Devon Commission, 2d volume, and page 751, Mr. Vincent, a Roman Catholic gentleman, residing in the county Clare was described as a resident gen tieman, performing all the duties of his station in a highly creditable and gentlemanlike manner. In the course of last autumn, and at three different periods, he received three threatening notices, because of his arrangement or letting of 140 acres of land. These notices compelled him, within the last two months to leave the district ; but on the Sunday before leaving, Ile attended the Roman Catholic chapel, for the purpose of Divine worship, and having obtained the consent of the elergyinan he, at the close of Divine worship addressed the people from the steps of the altar, explaining to them his rea sons for quitting the country. He stated there were men then present in the chapel, and he knew them, who had already passed a sentence of death upon him, and in consequence of that he was compelled to leave his home and his property. He stated he was quite ready to enter into an explanation of his conduct as a landlord and a resident. But what was the result ? Why, that on the next day he was served with another notice ; and the conse quence was, fleet he was compelled to relinquish the enjoy ment of borne and family ; and the improvement of his pro perty, as well as the condition of those dependent on him as a landlord.—(Hear, hear.) Such was the state of the country that he had been compelled to leave his home, and he was about to leave the country. He had been informed that Mr. Carrick, a Clare man, the friend of the Hon. Member (Mr. O'C.3, who took such an active part in a transaction which neither the Hon. Member nor posterity were likely easily to forget—the election for Clare after the Catholic emancipation—had been barba rously murdered. Mr. Wilson, a friend of Mr. Carrick, had been compelled to leave the country, and since he had left Mr. Carrick had been shot. He was about to read a letter from a gentleman whom he might suppose was a connexion of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for the City of Cork. Ile was a Roman Catholic and a stipendiary magistrate. tle stated that the writer regretted to say that he died of his wounds; that alarm and consternation was created by this event in the minds of all respectable persons through out the country, who looked forward to the passing of the Co ercion Bill, as the only means of putting a stop to this system of assassination, so perseveringly put in force. He says that no man's life is safe, and it would require the most stringent law for the protection of the country, and that there is zio security for any person. He was drawing to a close the o bservations which he had felt his painful duty to make to the House, but there was another document which it was his duty to place before the House whole and entire. It contains an appeal made to the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork him self, by Mr. Ryan, a Roman Catholic, and a gentleman who is on inch a footing with the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen that his letter begins " Dear Sir," and end, " Your ever faithful friend." [ Mr. O'Connell—He is unknown.] His letter is quite worthy of being read. As you value the peace of Ireland I most earnestly entreat of you to give up your opposition to the principle of the Bill about to be introduced into the House of Commons for the protection of life. It may have some trivial defects, most of which have been modified in the House of Lords, but the well-thinking portien of society of all parties agree that something must be done to suppress crime in this country. It is melancholy to behold whole sessions of Parliament wasted away in idle debate on measures which turn out to be of no importance, or no benefit to the people." —(Cheers.) My Noble Friend the Member for Lynn must un derstand that this applies to the last session of Parliament. " The Landlord and Tenant Bill, which has been loudly called for by nine-tenths of the people of Ireland, has been overlooked or forgotten, and seven months of a session of Parliament spent in opposition to an Arms Bill, which proved' to be the.very reverse of what was anticipated. The Liberal party in the House argued, that it would destroy the con stitutional liberty of the subject ; that, if passed into a law, the police would search for arms at all hours ; that the pri vacy of families would be invaded; and that even at night we should be subject to the insults of this ruthless body. Well; the Arms Act has now been some time in force, and there is not one instance to be found where the police abused the power with which they were invested. The police are an efficient; welleregulated force, under excellent control, and you may rest satisfied that if they and the higher portion of the Executive had no more honourable motive to guide them in the discharge of their duty than your own influence and that of the press, it would be quite sufficient to insure a fair administration of the Coercion Act,' as you call it. This one fact does away with one of the principal arguments against this Biil. When we see a Government doing all in its power to alleviate the dis tress of the people ; when we see them scorning the ties of friendship and of party to establish a law that will afford the most extensive benefits, by giving cheap food and cheap clothing to the millions ; when we see them promising an extended Franchise Bill, a Corporation Bill, and, the mast important of all, a Landlord and Tenant let us not, in the name of common sense, delay, or perhaps altogether postpone, those good measures by a pro tracted opposition to a stringent Bill, which the state of society absolutely requires. Had the Arms Bill been less opposed and more stringent, the necessity for the Coercion Bill would now be less urgent. Instead of arms being taken from those who were entitled to them, they were indiscriminately put into the hands of evil-minded persons. Thus a facility was given to the disaffected to commit crimes, while the power of detecting or suppressing them was diminished. Armed persons may now go about night and day, and unless the police catch them in the actual fact of committing outrage, no notice can be taken of them. Under the Protection Bill there might be some hope of punishing those lawless villains, who in reality abridge the liberty of the subject, by forcing the peaceable and well-con ducted members of society to remain in their houses from sun set until sunrise, aye, and sometimes during broad daylight, lest they might be assassinated by these demons." I pointed out to the House that the state of society in five counties was such that it was not safe to go freely about. The Hon. Member for Limerick (Mr. Smith O'Brien) doubts that statement. But look at Sir Francis Hopkins, attacked when on his return from dining with a neighbour. Look at 2slr. Booth Bell, shot when returning from church. The state of society is unquestionably such, that the ordinary liberty of private fife is not enjoyed. Mr. Ryan proceeds—" Thank God the number of delinquents are few. Some dozens of the en tire population may be brought to justice under this Act, chile eight millions will be benefited by it. The expense will be a mere trifle; we now pay 4s. per acre taxes, a sixth of which only goes to public works, while five-sixths of it are expended in supporting gaols and suppressing crime. The greater part of this burden is to be removed, and a sum of 3d. or 4d. per acre may be called for, but this only in disturbed districts. '1 he only objection to this tax is, that the landlord is not made to pay his share according to his pro portion of poor-rates. This, most assuredly, shonld be the case, and I am sure you will insist on his paying a fair portion of it. This point conceded to you, I beg of you to facilitate the passing of this Act. lam not a tyrant land lord who asks you to do so. 1 am a friend to pope ar rights, and so far back as 1823, when you called me to the chair of the Catholic Association, to the present time, I have been one of your humble but strenuous supporters." I thought the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork said this gentleman was unknown ; he described himself as a friend of popular rights, and as having been a supporter of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. " I have given more employment than any man of any means in Ireland. I never did anything in my life that would call forth the odium of the lawless, or the revenge of the assassin, unless that I assisted in endeavouring to bring the murderers of Mr. Aldo Bourke, late of Springfield, and Mr. Andrew Bourke, late of Greenlawn, to justice. These two inoffensive gentlemen were murdered for no other reason but because their lives were in leases of land. They were brothers and uncles of mine. I lost 3001. a year by the murder of Mr. Milo Bourke ; and Mr. Bourke, of the Shelburne Hotel, to whom the property of his brother Milo reverted, had been obliged to sell it for one-tenth of its value, because he did not like coming to this country to receive his rents. Since that period there have been ten malicious injuries done to my pro perty, and two teteropts made on my life." " I shall not trouble you with a detailed account of all, but merely state what occurred on the ith of March instant. About I] o'clock on the night of that day, while my wife, one child, and myself were in my parlour, nine bulletts from a blun derbuss were discharged into the window; three bullets were lodged in the shutters, and one struck the fender around which we were sitting ; the other five bullets hit the wall outside. All my family, consisting of ten children and five servants, were in the same room, at night prayers, a few minutes before the shot was fired, so that the assassin del not care whether he killed one person or seventeen. Had the Protection Act' been in force, the perpetrator of this horrible outrage could have been most easily detected." I cannot better conclude my observations, which I have pro longed to a great extent, than in the words used by this gen tleman. "As you love Ireland—as you hate injustice—as you abhor outrage and crime—l entreat. I implore you," not to op pose the progress of this Bill. Taking into consideration the further discussions which may take place relative to the state of affairs which 1 have described ; bearing in mind that what 1 have stated is the true state of affairs, which does not extend to the whole or to a large part of Ireland, which is now limited to the cases I have specified in five counties, but Which are ad joining counties, and that there is a marked and dangerous ten dency in them to spread, which, as I believe, can only be ar reeed by means of this kind. I again say, that I entreat the House, in the present circumstances of Ireland, not to delay the first reading of this Bill.—( Hear. ) Mr. DILLON BROWNE reeved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN did not wish to take any other cour e, but what would bring out the whole facts of the case in fair discus,ion. Ile thought it wouhl be best to adjourn then.— (Cries of " Go on, g o 00. ,, ) Mr. O'CONNELL did not think that the House oueht to press him to go on after sittin g seven hours. The best course at that late hour would be to a djourn the further consideration of the question. Sir ROBERT PEEL objected to the adjournment as with out precedent. There was a general understanding that the Honourable and Learned Member for Dublin (Mr. O'Con r ell ) would address the House, and he had no doubt he would be listened to for an hour or two. Besides, every facility would be given on the second remeine, and the other staees of ihe Bill, to dieeuss the meesure• uu the urst reading he hoped they would go on that night. Mr. CALEB POWELL briefly supported the motion for adjournment. Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON thought they ought to go on. Hon. Members on the other side or the House seemed to prefer an adjournment, in order to consult their love of ease.— ( Cries of " Oh, oh.") He thought. that if Hon. Members who had been engaged all day in Government offices were willing to sit, that Hon. Members on the other side ought to go on. Let them fight the measure in a fair way, if they wished to oppose what they called this " Algerine Act." He for one was not prepared to go home at hale past eleven o'clock. Mr. D. BROWNE would not allow his Irish feelings to be excited, notwithstanding the undignified manner in which the Noble Lord had spoken, who always contrived to say something that was very offensive. He would not assume that tone, but state the reasons why he moved that adjournment. He did so as the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork (Mr. O'Connell) had precedence with his amendment, but was not prepared to go on at that hour. Besides, the Hon. Member the Right Hon. Gentleman the Home Secretary had made an able speech, in a temper which he i Mr. D. Browne) would wish to see imitated by other Hon. Members in that House, and it was but right that time should be given for si reply, as it contained some very striking statements respecting the people of Ireland which it was necessary to answer. He hoped the Government would not use any great precipitancy in forwarding a measure involving to such an extent the rights and liberties of the people. He hoped that the House would not hurry through a measure which would place the whole country in the power of the Lord Lieutenant. Under these circumstances, he had moved the adjournment of the House, and he did not regret that by doing so he had incurred the wrath of the Noble Lord. Colonel RAWDON did not think that it was a very extraor dinary course to move the adjournment of the debate. He himself would have, at an earlier period of the evening, been op. b~ ~. '_. , ~ _.R posed to it, but after hearing the speech of the Noble Lord, be was decidedly in favour of the adjournment. Mr. MONKTON MILNES said that as the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork intended to address the House on this qUestion, it might be thought advisable that the House should adjourn, to give him en opportunity of doin so ; but if other' Hon. Members connected with Ireland' t-ought that they would continue the debate without the leading of the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork, he thought they aught do so still. After the speech they had heard that vening from the Right Hon. Baronet, he thought the sooner t• ey adjourned the better. Sir ROBERT PEEL hoped that Hon. Members having notices for te-morrow, would adjourn them, in order to allow the adjourned debate to take precedence. Mr. COLLETT said he was well acquainted with the sub ject of Ireland, and he knew no subject that should be expedited through the House with greater facility than this. As respected Ireland, it was more important than the corn-laws. Murders were on the increase ; two of his own servants had been shot, and the wife and two children of a man, who was before the jury giving evidence, was shot at whilst go in g ho interest me. tha He considered that it would be for the pc t the measure should be passed as soon as possible. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought that the proposition made by the Right Hon. Baronet was a very fair one. He thought that Hon. Gentlemen having motions for to-morrow should postpone them. If they did not do so, he should vote against the adjournment. Mr. O'CONNELL said he had a motion for to-morrow, but under the circumstances he should willingly wave it. Lard C. HAMILTON wished to explain ; when he spoke of Irish Members moving the adjournment at such an early hour, he had no wish that the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork should be forced to speak that evening. He referred only to some of the Hon. Members behind him. Mr. C. BULLER did not see why they should agree to the question of adjournment without coming to seine tie tr imange • m ent with respect to the business of to - mor row. hslf had a notice of some three or four deep, but he w ould willingly adjourn it in oilier to allow the debate to continue. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN had a m otion for to-morrow, but, with the sentiments he ente r t a i n ed upon this Bill, he did not feel justified in withdrawing it. The House then divided, when there appeared— ' For the adjournmen t........... • 32 Against it .......A ..... ........................... 98 rsrity —66 On our return to the gallery we found Sir ft. PEEL a ddressing the House, He was understood to say he w ould agree to the adjournment of the debate to this day. After a few words from Mr. O'CoNnELL and Mr. BORTH • Iviscic, the debate was adjourned. ART UNIONS' BILL. ' On the motion of Mr. WYSE, this Bill was read a second time. Mr. WYSE said that he was prepared to have it committed on any day that would suit the convenience of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Wed nesday week. Mr. WYSE assented to the suggestion, and it was arranged that the Bill should be committed on that day. The Indemnity Bill was then read a third time, and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past Twelve o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, MARCH 30. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in 163 , the undernamed Hon. Members : Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. Brotherton. Vale of Neatk —Viscount Villiers and Viscount Adare. Surrey Grand Junction—Colonel T. Wood and Mr. T. Duncombe. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford—Captain Fitzmaurice and Mr. Hughes. Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester—Mr. Muntz, Mr. Spooner, and Lord Alfred Paget. Scottish Southern—Sir J. M'Taggart, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. W. Baillie. Lesmahagow. Daiserf, and Coatbridge Mineral Junction—Mr. Forbes, Mr. Baird, and Mr. W. Batilie. Leeds and Thirek, worth Eastern Extension (Wath to Hartlepool) Lord H. Vane, Mr. 0. Buncombe, Sir G. Cockburn, & 31r. Beckett. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. THURSDAY, APRIL 2. London and Windsor. FRIDAY, APRIL 3. Kilmarnock and Troon. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction. RETIREMZNT OF MR. HILL, Q.C.—Mr. Matthew Davenport Rill, the eminent Queen's Counsel, who has for a con siderable period led on the Midland Circuit, announced on Saturday that, after twenty-six years' attendance on the circuit, he was ad dressing for the last time a jury in the courts of Warwick. The cause of this is said to be the great increase in the learned gentleman's pro fessional engagements in London, on Parliamentary and other busi ness. Mr. Hill is a native of Birmingham, and (says our cor respondent) " a strong feeling prevails in that town that he should be requested to come forward as a candidate for the representation at the next election." DISCOVERY OF GOLD COIN NEAR STRASBURG.—Four poor woodcutters of Serven, a village in the valley of 3iaasmunster, whilst occupied In hewing wood In a neighbouring forest, discovered on the surface of the earth a quantity of gold coins, of 24 and 48 francs, bearing the effigy of Louis XV. and XVI., nearly new, and to the amount of nearly 3,000 francs. The joy and astonishment of the poor men may be imagined, who had never seen so much gold in their lives. With an honesty which does them honour, they immediately informed the proprietor of the forest of the discovery, who had a right to one-half by law. The proprietor, M. Lollier, land surveyor at Belfast, from a feeling of praiseworthy generosity, would not take advantage of his share of the sum, but had it dis ti ibuted in charity among the poor of the distr"ct. It is presumed that this money was buried during the revolution. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfUy informed that an EXTRA NIGHT, not included in the Subscription, will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, When will be performed (for th!s occasion only), Donizetti's cele brated Opera, entitled BELI4ARIO. Belisario, Sig. Fomasari ; Giostiniano, Sig. F. Lablache ; Alamiro, Sig. Corelli ; Irene, Mdme. Castellan ; Antonini, Mdllc. Sanchioli. To be followed by the Divertissement of ITN BAL SOUS LOUIS XIV. In which Mdlks. Lucile Grahu and Louise Taglioal will appear. In the course of the Evening, a New Pas de Deux, by :Wiles. Louise Taglioni and Petit Stephan ; and the admired Cracovienne, by Mdlle. L. Gralm. After which, the Last Scene of LA SONNAMBULA. Madame Castellan. With other Entertainments, in which Mdlle. Gaetanina Brambilla, M. Perrot, &c., will perform. To conclude with (for the first time this Season), EOT,INE ; on, La Dryade. Arranged by M. Perrot, in Three Tableaux. Principal characters by 3ldlle. Lucile Gratin, M. Perrot, Mdme. Petit Stephan, M. Di Mattia, &c. In the course of the Ballet, a Value Silessienne, by the Coryphees ; Pas de la Fiancee, by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, sup ported by Wiles. Moncelet and Cassell ; Mazourka d'Extase, by Mdlle. L. Grahn and 31. Perrot ; grand Pas de Dryades, 3ldlle. L. Grahn, nail the corps de ballet. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, entitled LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Madame Castellan ; Pierotto, Mdlle. Gaetanina Brambilla ; Carlo, Signor Corelli , Il Marchese di Boisfleury, Signor F. L,blache ; Il Prat:lto del Villagio, Signor Botelli ; Antonio, signor Fornasari. To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CATARINA. ; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, sldlles. Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglionl ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattia, and Perrot. . • ..... , Verdi's highly successful Opera, " Nino," will be repeated as soon as other arrangements will allow. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a IS'ew Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar rison, Eurdini, Horncastle, „S. Jones, Weiss. Etretton, D. W. King Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. Alter which will be produced the popular Ballet, called LA TA RENTULE. In which Mons. Barrez, Mr. A. Webster, Mr. Marks, Mons. Desplares, Mdlles. Maria, Neodot, K. St. Louin, Mrs. Payne, and Miss Hicks will appear. THEATEN ROYAL, FIAYMARKET. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, called, BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farrell: Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. 11. Hell; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei dermann, Hr. J Bland; Thomas, Mr. lirindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett; Emmeline, Mrs. Seyinow. . . After the Comedy, A SELECTION of MUSIC. Principal vocalists, Mr. J. L. Hatton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss I'. Horton. Mr. F. Chatterton will perform a grand fantasia on Erard's gothic harp. The "Band will perform the Overtures, 1 . Ls Symphonic," and " La Nelre ;" a Fantasia, " Ira Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," and '• Antoinette.," Cellarius Waltz. To which will he added, the highly successful Drama now per forming at the Theatre Royal, Adetold, called THE CABIN BOY. Principal characters by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Howe, Mr. Carle, 3lr. Tilbury, Mr. Munyard ; Madame Celeste and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Huraby, &c. THE.NTRE ROYAL, LYCEUM, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MIN. KEELEY GENERAL TOM THUMB having, on each Evening of his ap pearance, been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap plause, and excited the astonishment and approbation of an elegant and delighted auditory, by his almost Incredible Dimi nutive Person and his equally Incredible Mind, the Management has much pleasure in announcing his Performance for every Evening till further notice. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with PETER JENKINS. In which 3lr. and Airs. Keeley will appear. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE m A nuLE SIAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, auil Miss Lflidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, Tha Ogre and Ws Seven-Le,gue Boots. In c hich General Tom Thumb, who is engaged eepres-ly for this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT 1)0011. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Ardeg, \lilacs, and Howard. Stalls, Cs.; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, od. TIIEATuE ROVAL, .A.DELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Petite Drama, in Two Acts, called, T;IE CABIN .rftOV. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Siuith; Largecetti, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Mica A 7ter wldch, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOIT EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? CLesterfleld lloneybtin, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews Mrs. Iloneybun, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zoml.aphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. culelude with a New Farce, called MOTHER AND CHILD li DOrNU WELL ! Principal charaetars by Messrs. Paul Bed fin-d and Wright. i C ESR's rirEATft),, 4)xvoittp-s'cr,i.: 1.7 r Last Week of the celebrated Artistes, Madame VESTItIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. IHS EVE NIN • Will be performed A. New Vaudeville Comedy, mtitled, THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr.J. Vining; Count de lirissac, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre Palliot, Mr. C. Mathews; Millie. Duval, Miss E. Bonner; Duchess do Chartres, Madame Vestris. After which the tavourite Comedy, entitled ONE HOUR ; or. A Carnival Ball. Mr. Charles Swiftly, Mr. C. Mathews ; O'Leary, Mr. Col.ins; Miss Dalton, if adame Vestrts. 'ro be succeeded Mr. Ch-arles Mathe,ws's Farce or PAT E'ER VERSUS CI.A"rrER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. m conclude with THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick OTlenipo, Mr. Collins ; Isabell a , Mi ss E mma Stanley. NEW STRAND THEATRE. PHILLIPPE's .MAGICAL DELUSIONS. M. Philllppe respectfully , ann.2unces th a t he will make his last T appearance, until Easter, on HURSDAY Next, the 2d of APRIL. The Last Morning Pert orinance will take pla2e on WEDNESDAY Next. Doors open at a quarter put Seven, to commence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 15.; Gallery, Get. Pivato Boxes, 1/. Is.. and 1/. I Is. 6d. As Y's YAL AM I'll IT Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Positively the last Week before the Easter Holidays. Imm ense Novelty, which wi,l combine the attractive Entertainments e x .. pressly prepared by Royal Command, on the occasion of the Visit of her most gracious Majesty the I nem, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal to the Amphitheatre on Tuesday, the 24th instant. The last Six Representations of " The Elephants of the Pagoda." THIS EVENING Will bo performed the Grand Spectacle, entitled THE RAJA OF STAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole resources of the Establishment will be introduced. Brilliant Scenes of the Circle, in which Mr. Batty will have the honour of appearing with his celebrated Arabian mare Bede, on whose performances Royalty has been pleased to bestow the most marked encomiums. The whole to conclude with a Novel Atte:piece. Sow roady, VOLUME VI. or the NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES. Ediiedby Sir HAitRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. The Seventh (and last) Tolume will he ready in April. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NO (EL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T E R OBER TSE S. ON THEIR TRAVELS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE, Authoress of " The Barnabys in America," " The Attractive man," " The Vicar of Wreahill," &e. Henry Conarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough- street. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. ' P EERS AND PARVENUS. BY MRS. GORE. The best work from the pen of Mrs. Gore that has appt,ared for some years. It will, no doubt, be universally read and admired. The characters are forcibly drawn, and the story is full of incident, adventure, and orignality.—Britannia. Peers and Parvenus is another of these admirable sketches of society and mariners for which the Authoress has long been famous, and in the delineation of which she stands almost unrivalled, The story is most interesting, and the sketches from life various. actual, and vivid.—Court Journal. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • RAILWAY SLIARLS BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND TAXON% Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take plac e every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock„ at the Hall all of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all cavours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THE WEATH.ER.—Sus OFFICE, MARCH 31. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 56; Noon, 55, BAROMETER, 29.75.—W1ND S.E., fine. flG?1 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. si9rning •• 26 minutca after 4. I Evening .. 45 minutes after 4 i erS y.. kts ...4 .4„,, .4.---. N 171. ; S c. , .4 A ' 4- 1- ', , , •1 ' b t ''' • , - r - ' '; ' ), .tIC-.'",V ' 4 4s ' , 1 . .. '1' . , ' 52 tW 4,1., . " _.,,, ' . . • .....1W&,., t , , •ny ' ''''' - :.4 nit - wins .-'41,11 • LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1846. We have to announce another great victory over the Seikhs, and we confidently hope that there may be no oc casion for another. Within seven weeks four great battles have been fought on the banks of the Sutlej between the British troops and these lawless invaders, and, though purchased at a high price, all of them have been gained with great honour by our gallant troops. In every in stance the enemy was driven from his position by an inferior force, generally not exceeding one - half of that opposed to it, with the loss of his cannon—his strong weapon of defence—and vast slaughter. The last battle, that announced in the telegraphic dispatch, like the glorious victory gained by Sir HARRY Salmi, and for which we are glad to see a vote of thanks is to be proposed in both Houses of Parliament, has been completely decisive ; and being on a grander scale, the main forces on both sides being engaged, has brought affairs to an issue, a result to which the victory at Aliwal not a little contributed. It was fought at a place called Sebras, which we do not find in any of the maps, but which must be near to Hurreeke. The former accounts stated that the divisions under the Commander-in-Chief continued at rest on the 28th of January, facing the river from Ferozepore westward; that the Seikhs were entrenched in great force in front; their camp was on their own side, and their batteries on our side of the river, a strong bridge of boats connecting the position. The British army attacked these batteries, called the tete de pont of the Seikh forces in the dispatch, and, after four hours' hard fighting, carried everything before them, and captured 65 guns—making altogether the extraordinary number of 218 guns captured since the British army moved from its encampments, or some what more than the half of the artillery possessed by Rust- JEST SINGH when at the height of his power. We believe there is no instance on record of work like this performed in the same time by such a 'small army. Our loss, as might have been anticipated, was severe ; it could not be otherwise. The Seikhs had been forti fying their position from the 23d of December, or soon afterwards, up to the 10th of February, they had still plenty of guns and troops, and seem to have staked their existence, as a military body, on this great trial of strength, and being utterly defeated, have, in accordance with their superstition, as well as for military causes, given up the contest. We have no details on this point, for it is merely said that the victory was followed by an agreement, according to which the Seikhs had engaged to pay, as an indemnity, in four yearly instalments, 1,500,0001., the payment to be guaranteed by the military oc cupation of the country. This, though not officially an nounced, is extremely probable. The Seikhs saw that they could not contend with any hope of success against such valour and skill, they knew that Sir C. NAPIER WaS on his march to Mooltan, that reinforcements were pouring in weekly to in crease the invading force, and that they must have suc cumbed at last under still harder conditions. As to the Government at Lahore, we believe the arrangement is ex actly what they wanted. They were completely at the mercy of the lawless troops. They had no security for their lives or property, and would be glad to agree to any terms which could paralyse this discontented and dangerous body of armed men. Such a result is the very best that could have been expected. In possession of Amritsir, Mooltan, Leia, and possibly also Lahore, the British authorities can wait patiently till some legitimate Government is formed, which will give security for the future, or be an.twe.. able for any fresh breach of faith. These victories may be regarded altogether as the most important ever gained in India. RUNJEET SINGH, with his warlike Seikhs, was looked upon with terror by all his neighbours, and almost believed to be invincible. The British, in a very short, but active and severe campaign, have thoroughly dis pelled these delusions, asserted their supremacy over the most warlike nation in India, and alike crushed the hopes of the AfTghans in the west and the Nepaulese and Burmese in the east. since writing the above, a more detailed account of the battle has been received, which will be found in another part of The Sun. From this we learn that the victory was most complete, that the loss of the Seikhs was enormous, and that the British forces had already commenced the passage of the Sutlej. The GOVERNOR-GENERAL had at last admitted the chief of the Seikhs to an interview, when we presume, the conditions mentioned in the telegraphic dispatch, were proposed and accepted. The official dispatches will be published to-morrow. It will be seen that Sir HARRY SMITH also shared in the honour of this decisive victory. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY obtained last night the consent of the House of Lords to a return of the ejectments effected in Ireland during the last five years. It is gratify ing to find this important step taken by a Noble Lord who, although himself the proprietor of large estates in England, sets the good example of residing some portion of the year amid his tenantry in Ireland, and providing for their wants, and attending to their comforts, so far as these ends can be compassed by personal observation and a humane and generous mind —an example, too, which he has not unfrequently urged, in his place in Parliament, the propriety and necessity for other Irish landlords to follow, if they would rightly discharge the duties in cidental to their social position. The question to be elucidated by the return adverted to is one wholly uncon nected with politics, viz., the relation between the Irish landlord and tenant; and what are its peculiarities, if any, that lead to scenes that estrange every feeling of humanity ? That the system has been carried on for a long time is noto rious, and it is to be regretted that so much delay has been suffered to interpose between the inquiries in- stituted by Government on this subject and any prac tical legislation for obviating in part, and finally eradi cating, the possibility, - of such heartrending occurrences. The report of the Commission, of which Lord DEVON was the head, seemed to furnish ample materials for facilitating any endeavour to grapple with the chronic evils that have been, and are, the fertile sources of the fearful agrarian distuib ances by which the daily history of Irel4nd is so shamefully defaced. The wholesale acts of Mr. and Mrs. GEnanD, in having driven 270 human souls, like a pestilent herd, from their land, unsuccoured by ait.t other shelter than the open canopy of heaven, and scared by the hostile sword of the military, if they attempted to linger around the scene of demolition that had razed their very homesteads from the face of the earth. appears to be the crowning deed for arousing the indignation of the country from one end to the oti , er, and to fright Par liament itself from its propriety . We remember with what reproachful zeal many of the Irish landlords commented upon the bold, yet wholesome warning given to them by the Isle Mr. DI:CM:110ND, when lie ,hunciated " that propert% lia its dubs as well as its rights." The sound; ess of thi propusition came out unscathed from the virulel,t ordeal through which it had to pass, and every hour we have to deplore that the precept and its practice are kept so wide apart. Wherever the supineness of the ruling power has suffered a continued departure from the duties that ought to be inseparable from the enjoyment of the rights it has devolved upon the sub ject, the latter is apt to imagine that impunity for Ids mis doings is almost as sacred a right as any other to which the law has given him a title. Thus the Duke of NEWCASTLE denounced any attempt to interfere with the privilege be had so long exercised of dealing with his rotten boroughs before the passing of the Reform Bill, like so many bales of mer chandise, exclaiming, in a spirit of full-blown arrogance, " Have I not a right to do what I will with my own?" But the Legislature, backed by the country at large, soon convinced his Grace to the contrary, by drying up the streams which had been surreptitiously diverted from the broad channels of the constitution. And, intact as the rights of property must and ought to be kept in every civilised country, we are not, we apprehend, much mistaken, if before long the Irish . proprietary at large should fled that the Senate will enforce upon them the obSer, tam of the reciprocal influences of rights and their duties, and that -hey cannot neglect the latter without shaking the v ery foundations on which the former are laid. It appears fie en Lord LONDONDERRY'S statement that many of IN' unfortunate victims of Mr. and Mrs. GERARD were ready to pay their rents, and actually tendered the same, but in vain— not one spark of sympathy or remorse could be kindled. The mandate had gone forth, and in a moment, as it were, they were cruelly exiled from the spot of their birth, and the hearth to which their earliest recollections might in a thousand ways have endeared them beyond any other locality they could find. If the population of Ireland be redundant, and in the absence of manufactures and other resources, such as are afforded in England, an undtt com petition for land has suitervened in Ireland. consequer,t upon its being regarded as the only tangible means of subsistence, however poor and precarious, could people lih e Mr. and Mrs. GERAILD be ignorant that this untoward state of things had attracted the attention of the Legislature ; and was it not the dictates of policy, as well as of philanthropy itself, to have wailed and seen what the Legislature might have devised belt, TO they proceeded to scourge the hapless occupants of the it soil ? And if it were to be said that this would have involved a sacrifice, from whom have we a right to look for suet .Tacri• flees, if not from persons of affluence and social distinction? Surely it was their duty, so far as their individual conduct was concerned, to have co-operated with the Government, and by humane and lenient treatment of those who were justified in looking to them for protection, instead of relentless dispersion, have led the country to believe they would have seconded very effort that might be me (1e by Parliament - to bri g prosperity to Ireland. Acts, however, like that or which they have bean guilty only serve to thwart the best inten tions of public men. In other parts of the country where wholesale ejectments have taken place, the owner: have generally sought to soften the severity of their ineasuree by making some provision for the emigration of their tenantry, and for their temporary support and maintenance until Such could be carried into execution. In the case before us, however, no one act of I rovidence seems to have accovi panied the ruthless scheme; all is dark from first to last. An universal gloom over•preads the entire picture. It is re plete with every forbidding feature. The reflections it offers are sufficiently grave. We can bode no good of a country charged with offences of this description. Parliament must interfere with unsparing hand ; and, by efficacious laws, re buke such civil enemies of our public welfare as those whose conduct have elicited these remarks. We have accounts from Madrid to the 23d inst. The Tiempo, the only Opposition paper published, contains little information, and the Heraldo, being sold to NAILVAEZ, is not to be depended upon. The only intelligence therefore ob tained is from private correspondence. According to that, the French Ambassador, Count BRESSON, had an interview on the 23d with NARVAEZ, which is said to have been satisfactory to both parties. The report was, that Count BRESSON, by the orders of his Court, had advised the Dictator to act with more moderation, and show some regard for the Constitu tion, otherwise he could not expect the support of France. This belief appears to a certain extent to have calmed the public mind. The capital was tranquil, and the accounts in the Government paper from the provinces were also favour able. M. BUSCHENTAL, who recently arrived from London, was on the 22d ordered to quit Madrid within forty-eight hours. The real cause of this measure is unknown. On the 23d the Three per Cents. closed at 31% for cash, and 32 3-16 to the 26th of April. The Fives were not quoted Exchange on London, 37%. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the Polish in surrection and the affairs of Spain, but with the exception, of some remarks in a letter from Madrid, published in the Journal des Debats, there is nothing to interest the English reader. The writer states that at an interview with the French Ambassador, NARVAEZ had assured him that it was not his intention to violate the Constitution, and that the measures taken were bt;t of a temporary nature. But this does not say much. He had adopted these strong and un constitutional measures without any legitimate object, and solely, it is believed, for the purpose of marrying the QUEEN to a Prince repudiated alike by the Cortes and the nation. This marriage may please the Court of France, but it is unfair towards Spain to accomplish it by decrees which abrogate the Constitution. The Constitution is mere waste paper if it thus can be suspended at the will of the Government. The domestic intelligence in these papers is not important. Most of them contain long reports of the trial now going on at Rouen of M. DE BE.ILTVALLON, for killing last year in a duel M. DUGARRIER, editor of the Presse. The trial had already la.ted two days, and was not expected to close till late on Monday. The Prince DE JOINVILLE reached Nautes on the 26th, on a nautical tour of inspection previous to his departure from Toulon to take the command of the experi. mental fleet. The fleet, it is understood, will not sail till about the end of April, and will consist of the Souvqrain, of 120 guns, in which the Prince will hoist his flag; the Jem inapes, 100; the Inflexible, J 0; the Jupiter, 86; the Nep tune, 86 ; the Alger, 82 ; the Marengo, 82 ; and the Triton, 82; and several war-steamers. A letter from Rome, of the 17th, states that a riot had taken place at Trasteverino, in consequence of a collision between the Papal troops and the people. Several persons were killed and wounded on both sides. In the Passage of the Opera, on Sunday, the Three per Cents. were done at 83f. 90e. The following are the latest quotations of shares at Lyons : LTONS, 'MARCH 27.—Marseilles and Avignon, 965 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,300 f. ; Rouen, 1,046 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 710 f. BISINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIM LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 30. Boulogne and Amiens, 11/ --Bordeaux, Todionse, and Cetta (Espelota), 2 —Dutch Rhenish, s%—East Indian, %—Great North ern Si France Constituted, 1 -Great Western Bengal, —Great Western Canada, 3%—ltalian and Austrian, —Namur and Liege, Iy. —Orleans and Bordeaux, 11%--Paris and Rouen, 40 Paris and Strasbourg (Constituted), 6—Sombre and Meuse, VA —Tours and Nantes Constituted, 7. INDIA. DEFEAT OF THE SEIKHS, WITH IMMENSE LOSS. AND TERMINATION OF THE WAR. (From the Morning Post) TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES. MARSEILLES, MARCH 29, 184 G. On the 10th of February, the English army, com manded by Sir Hugh Gough and by the Governor- General, attacked the Seikhs at Sebras (the Nte de pont of the Seikh forces on this side of the Sutlej), and carried their position after four hours' hard fighting. The Seikhs lost 12,000 men and 65 pieces of artil lery. The English had 300 men killed, 13 of whom were officers, and 2,500 wounded, of whom 101 wore officers. tier Majesty's 53d and 62d suffered enormously. General Dick and Brigadier Taylor are among the dead. This victory was followed, it is said, by an agree ment, according to which the Seikhs have engaged to pay, in four yearly instalments, to the Company for the expenses of the war, one millions and a half of pounds sterling, the payment to be guaranteed by the ►oilitary occupation of their country. ARRIVAL OF THE OVEBLAND MAIL (From the Herald.). We have received by Extraordinary Express, in anticipa tion of the Overland Mail, Bombay papers of the 3d of March. Ws refer our readers fur full particulars to the ample details we publish below from the Bombay Times. We have received the official dispatches relative to this last great victory, which we shall publish to-morrow. Our advises from China are of no later data than those brought by the last mail. SUMMARY. (From the Bombay Times of March 3.) Another great battle has been fought and victory won. Oa the 10th ult. the Commander-in-Chief, with a forte of about 20,000 men, attacked the Seikhs, 36,000 strong, on our side the river at Hurrekee, and, after a revere and bloody ac tion, defeated them at all points, and drove them across the river. Sixty-seven guns, and all their ammuni tion and camp equipage, fell into our hands. The pon toon bridge was inadequate to afford them a passage to their own title of the river, and their lo ,Is altogether was estirna' ed at 10,000 men. Our casualtit s amount to 2,383 killed and wounded—irchling, amongst the former, one Major- General, two Lieutenant-Colonels, two Captains, nine Lieutenants, three Ensigns, and 301 non-commissioned Officers, rank and file. The same evening a portion of our troops crossed at Ferozepore; by the 14th the whole army destined for the. advance • on the capi tal were over : and by the 24th in all likelihood Lahore would be in our hands. It is unlikely we shall attempt anything more this season ; and it has been intimated by the Governor-General that it is not our intention to annex the Punjaub to our dominions, but to compel them to pay the expenses of the war, establish a firm Government, and retire. The whole arrangements of the Sind* army have, since our last, been altered. Sir Charles Napier having received orders to join the Governor-General without delay, quitted Sukkur on the 10th, leaving the civil government of Sindo in the hands of General Simpson—the command of the army devolving on General Hunter. Instead of proceeding to 3lithenkote to take up their quarters for the hot season, the troops are now or dered up to within 50 miles of Bshawulpore—a por- - _ tion of them, as is `uttlerstood, moving on Ferozepore. The division has been brigaded, and it vinsists of three European and eight native infantry regiments,, with the Belooch battalion—two regiments of regular, and one of irregular cavalry,—three troops of horse, and four batteries of foot artillery —or, in all, above 15,000 fighting men, with' nearly thirty pieces of artillery. The troops from all parts of India continue to move northward—the country generally very tranquil. We have now on the Sutlej, from Mitheukote to Umballah, an army of above 60,000 men. THE PUNJAUB, OPERATIONS SUBSEQUENT TO THE IST FsaallAßT.—The siege train was now drawing near to its destination. From Busseau to 3loodkee it was escorted by a detachment of the 38th Native Infantry, under Major Scott. It approached Hurreeke on the sth, when twelve howitzers were detached by the Commander-in-Chief instead of pushing on, as was expected, to the Governor-General at Ferozepore. Colonel Wheeler's brigade took up a position near the village of Sun nait, six miles from Loodianah. He had under his command a power ful force, consisting of the Ist Light, and 4th Irregular Cavalry, H.M. 50th, the 24th, 30th, 36th, and 48th N. 1., the whole Sheka watts brigade, with four home artillery guns—in all probably about 8,000 men. On the 3i, tour days afttr the battle of Aliwal, the force under General Sir Harry Smith marched from Boondrie towards Durrumkote, and made arrangements to rejoin the head-quarters of the Commander-in-Chief at Hurreeke Ghat. Here the enemy co, ued to maintain themselves in force. Their principal position was right in front of us, on our side of the river; it was strongly fortified, armed with 70 pieces of artillery, and defended by above 30,000 well-discip lined troops. A large body of men lay encamped on the opposite side—a well-constructed bridge of boats maintaining the communication be twixt them. Sir Harry Smith joined the Commander-iu-Chief on the Bth, and arrangements were immediately made tor an attack on the enemy. So obstinately were the Suns defended, and so apt to be made use of if recovered for a moment, that two men of each com pany, exempted from all ether duty, were detached from the European regiments, and provided with spikes to tam into the vents. The pontoon bridge at Khoonda Ghat, Ferozepore, was in readiness to be used at a moment's warning, when our troops were prepared to cross. Let us now turn to the state of matters at Lahore, where, amidst cruelty, perfidy, and falsehood, a stern and courageous determina tion not to yield to force of arms continued to manifest itself. The Queen-Mother maintained a restless and eneasy potation, unable to see her way, or to control her vassal chiefs. She had learned that a conspiracy had been matured by Goolab Singh to depose her and the infant Maharaja Dhulieep single, and throw them into prison. This was to be carried into execution on the return of the army from Ferozepore, where success against us was considered certain. The descendants of Shere Singh were to be placed upon the throne —the mountain chief exercising all substantial power, and entrusting with authority such Sirdars as might be subservient to his will. To counteract this scheme the Queen invited Goolab Singh on his arrival to occupy the residence of the late Divan Singh ; she intended to have him and the sons of Sbere Siugh murdered. The Raja de clined ; the other persons became aware of their danger, aid escaped. Goole) Singh is understoed about this time to have salt messengers with a view to negotiatfou with the Governor-General—hopiug to cover his designs, or, in case of a reverse, obtain separate terms for himself. Ile declined to have the customary salute fired on his arrival at the capital. On the 30th—tile day of the battle of Aliwal—he appsared at Court, and stated that be was ready to un dertake any duty her Majesty might assign him. He wits offered money and ammunition, and recommennded to proceed to camp ; but replied that he had brought: abundance of both with him, which would be at the disposal of Government. He wished to fight the British with his own hill men, and declined being mixed up with the Seikhs, on whose courage no reliance could be placed. His own troops anti personal attendants numbered about twelve thousand, with ten pieces of artillery. The conference ended in nothing. The same evening tidings reached of the victory of Sir Harry Smith, and strong detachments were immediately ordered from Lahore to succour their defeated brethren, and reiniarce the comp at Hurreeke. The following day the Queen in her helpless. ness was induced, notwithstanding all that hed occurred, to nomi nate Goolae Singh Vuzzcer, or Prime Minister. On the 2(1 February a report was circulated that the Seikhs had retrieved the disaster of the 30th, beaten the British, and recovered a portion of their guns, and as the man by whom the tidings was brought was handsomely rewarded for his pains, other bearers of intelligence equally flattering and fallacious made their appearance in &bundle ce. In two days more an intimation from the defeated General Rugnoor Singh re vealed the full amount of their daasters two thousand men out of 24,000 who had been engaged, was all he had been able to collect or keep together, and these were without money, arms, ammu nition, or food—their whole artillery were in the hands of the victors. Information soon after arrived, that so disheartened was the grand army under Tej Singh by the disaster expe rienced by their brethren that it would be difficult to get them to, fight unless Goolab Singh showed himself in camp. Evil tidings had arrived from the Indus ; a rebellious chief, at the head of 3,000 men, was ravaging the Dhejarat, and troops were ordered from the remote province of Cashmere to assist the forces of Government likely to be overcome. It soon after ap peared that the rebels had taken six guns from the Khalsa forces, for which they were far more than a match. On the 4th of February it was agreed that the nritish Government should be openly and formally applied to—that it should be intimated that the troops repented them of what theyhad done, and were most anxious for an amicable arrange ment of differences. To induce the Governor-General to treat with them by a formidable display of streng t h still remaining,every effort was made to get mere troops sent to camp, and to draw on the far north west, on Attock and Peshawur, for reinforcements to guard Lahore. The Wuzeer continued to wait with anxiety the return of his am bassadors. Urged to proceed to camp, he persisted in continuing at Lahore, pleading that his departure would be a signal for a rising in the capital. The Governor-General is understood to have declined all separate arrangements, and spurned the idea of cessation of hostilities. Tidings reached about this time of the assemblage of a large force under Sir Charles Napier on the lower Sutiej ; and the di fection of the Moolte.n Chief who offered at once to submit and hold his dominions on the same terms under the British as he had done under the Selkh Government. This must have crowned the gloomy foreboding at the capital About the Bth February every effort was being made for the fortification and defence of Lahore. Raving given a short outline of the state of affairs in the Balkh capital up to the Bth February we must once more revert to the operations of the British army, brought down to the junction of Sir Harry Smith on the day just indicated, and ready to give battle to the enemy. The works had been repeatedly surveyed. They consisted of formidable entrenchments defended by not fewer than 30,000 men and seventy pieces of artillery. The fortifications had been most ski fully constructed under Colonel Don Hurbon de Alcantara, a Spanish engineer. There was a double line of batteries srraaged in a semacirculstr form, high ramparts, and deep and wide ditches with holes and banks ; a triple line of defences of earth and plank, such as a rifle ball could hardly enter, with fascines, redoubts and epaulements, appeared to defy the efforts of our troops. Imme diately within they were, as in the comp at Ferozeshah, plercati with loaded mines, and everything arranged which skill could plan or perseverance carry out during the four weeks they had occupied their pesition. A considerable force remained on the other side, with guns so placed as to command and flank the position on this. The arrangements in contemplation had been submitted to the Governor-General by the Commander-in-Chies, and met his hearty approval. Two picquets in front of Kodeewallah and the little Sobraon, occupied by the enemy in force during the day only, were ordered to be taken possession uf en the night of the 9.11, and, though pine misconception and delay occurred, by daylight in the menthe; of the loth they were in our hands. The batterine, and fleet artillery were placed In a semicircle, em bracing within its fire the position of the Seikhs. The cannonade which was incest to have commenced at daybreak was delayed till the rays of the sun bad Mimetic - 4 t!le- heavy miut which,Jaanginicovor the river and the plain, rendered distant ()ejects obscure. Two bri gades under Sir It. Dick meanwhile waited on the margin of the Sutiej to commence the attack on the enemy's right. The 7th or istacy'm Brigade, comprising her Majesty's 5001 and 53d, led on, supported at a distance of two hundred yard!' by the 6th under Colonel elsilkinsen ; the sth under Colonel A shburnham, forming the Ecrserve, was to advance from the entrenched village of Keodewalla, leaving one regiment betel - el, if necessary for its defence. General (filbert's division, constitutes; the centre, Was deployed for support or attack. lie right resting on the village of the little Stobraon, which it partly occupied. On the lett, near the village of Guttale with its reset thrown out towards the river, was General Sir Barry Smith's divisisn. The cavalry, ender Colonel Cureton, feigned an attack on the ford at liurreekee e threatening the Seikh horse on the other side. In the rear, between General Gilbert's right and Sir H. Smith's left, Brigadier Campbell occupied a position capable of protecting both. Sir Joseph Thackwell, with Brigailler Scott, belt the remainder of the cavalry in reserve on the left, ready to act as circumstances might demand. At three 1.. M., the troops advanced to their respective stations, as just described. At daybreak the light field batteries and a brigade of howitzers opened. By half-past six the whole fire of our artillery was developed. Round shot, shells, and rockets followed each other with fearful celerity, and the frequent explosion of ammunition waggons in the enemy's camp showed with what precision they were aimed. At first a few horsemen showed themselves recon noitring and directing the removal of the baggage across tbe river by the bridge. Our infantry lay facing the works within cannot) range but under cover. The enemy at first scarcely seemed aware of our position, the columns having taken up their ground under night, but were quickly seen lining the whole of their works as they saw themselves surrounded. In an in stant every gun was opened upon us from a common centre, and the fire became tremendous. Our guns were of formidable calibre, were admirably served, and pointed with the utmost precision ; but the Seikhs' position was so formidable, and their cannon so numerous, that it was feared that by cannonade alone it was in vain to hope to carry the day in any reasonable time ; and it was determined to bring the issue to the arbitretnent of musket and bayonet. The attack in conformity with this determination was com menced at nine o'clock ; whets Colonel Stacey's brigade, supported by Colonel Lane's horse artillery and Captains Hereford's and For dyce's foot batteries, advanced steadily in line towards the enemy's works. The infantry under Stacey, supported by Wilkinson's bilged:, moved on steadily and coolly, hal dug when necessary to correct any imperfections in their line. Above twelve hundred yards of deepteand had to be traversed. The artillery went on at a gallop, taking up a suc cession of positions until within 300 yards of the enemy. The simulta neous roar of one hundred and twenty pieces of ordnance now resounded along the sutiej ; the slaughter was terrible ; and so hot was the fire Of musketry, camel-swivels, and cannon, that it seemed for a mo ment impossible that the entrenchments should be won. On our soldiers went, under a storm of grape and musketry now opening on them from the opposite side and focus of the entrenched position. A shout, a tun, and a fire, hail no effect : the heaviness of the ground Over which they had passed had fagged the men. The Seikhs saw their danger, but, confident in the power of their guns, and Impreg nability of their position, stood firm and fought bravely. The enemy's cavalry, ordered to the 3 carve, was now seen preparing for the charge. A square was formed; the gallant sepoys coolly closed in on their own centre; the enemy's horse took warning and withdrew. In a momeet the line was reformed and time troops advancing, but not a man had as yet passed the entrenchments. The Seikhs showed signs of wuvering, as they yaw our column slowly and undismayed move on. One frightful effort more and the outworks were our own. Her Majesty's 10th Foot, under Colonel Franks. charged without firing a sloe, till within the intrenchments of the enemy; the 53d came nex ; the Sepoys of the 43d and 59th emulated the IiUrJPCSITIS in coolness and determination: The btigade of Colonel Ashburnham now came to the support of that of Colonel Stacey. Generals Gilbert and Sir H. Smith threw out their light troupe, aided by the artillery, to threaten the other Wortions of the intrenchments. The Seikhs attempted to throw t e whole force within their camp upon the two brigades which had entered, and the battle raged with terrific fury all along from right to left. Our heavy guns had first been directed to the right, when their fire required to be gradually suspended. The Seikhs strove with indomitable fury to recover, sword In hand, the positions from which they had been driven at the bayonet's point; tier was it till the weight of the three divisions of infantry, and the fire of every piece of artillery belonging to our army, had beets felt, and the cavalry under Sr Joseph Thackwell had its single file beret through the openings male by tile sappers its the intren Innents, reformed and charged en the (eller side, that the victory was won. The 3d Dragoons overcame every obstacle, galloped over and cut down the men still sending by their guns, and the victors pressed closely upon the enemy on every side. Now their fire first began to slacken, and then ceased. Regi ment sfter regiment moved steadily down, and tearful collies nf nine ketry were poured In on tile retiring Me. The few parties first retiring were followed by vast masses making for the bride. Thousands betook themselves to tile river, which a sudden rise had just rendered unleidable. The bridge, meanwhile, had partiatly sunk, and was totally inadequate for the conveyance of the multi , tudos pressing towards it. This battle had begust at six, it was over at eleven o'clock; the baud to hand comiett coleus:l - steed at nine, fine lasted scarcely two hour,. The river was full of sluicing teem For two hours volley after volley was poured in upon the liftmen mese the stream beteg literally red with blows, and covered with the bodies of the shin. At last the musket areuitinition ite m:sing exbaustal, the infantry fell to the rear; the horse artillery plying grape till net a man was visible within range. No compassion was felt, or mercy shown; not only had our own loss :seen excessively severe, but ti e enemy, during the earlier portion of time day, had mutilated or mur deress every wounded man that fell into their !lanes. The e e Ott and order with winch the enemy retired, notwithstanding the svoc beta! made aeuingst their rinks, was remarkable. Their columns moved out of range of our fire on reaching the turther heists of the river, and pitched their tents--sent acres at an early part of the ac tion. Three or four heavy gulls which had, in the courses of the fight, occasionally played upon us from thee to time, saluted the camp fol lowers engaged in collecting the spoil. The bridge w as partly , partly sunk, end latterle destroyed b y the e ngineers; the tamp was in several places set tire to by stragelers, increasing the horror of the ao had that slat - useintainal scene of carnage. GI 11,000 men " se Kota but so itnavailing a tight agairet us, more than one half must have been killed or wounded ; nu fewer than ten thousand are believed to have perished. „Siete -seven guns, with upwards of two hundred formidable c amel-swivels , numerous standards and munitions of war, fell into our hands. In an engagement so bloody and obstinate—even though of brief daratifiA—the loss of the assail ants could not but be severe. Our total casualties =tainted to 2,383. Of these 13 European officers were killed-101 wounded ; 303 rank and file were killed, aid 1,913 wounded. Amongst the slain were_ the gallant veneran eiajor-General Sir R. leek end Lieut.-Cols. C. C. Tayler and Ryan. The Governor-General through out seem , to have been in tee thickest of the fight; he does not seem to have exercised a separate command. After so much of repose as the fatigues of such an eegagemeet de manded, the victorious army, undo r the Commander-in-Chief, pre pared to march towards Ferozepore, to be united with that command by tile Governor-General, ready to enter the Punjaub. The funbas sacio:s of Goolab Singh, immediately after the victory, were ad mitted to an interview with the Governor-General, which before had been denied them. At no time had so much anxiety to treat with him been manifested--it was not likely to have been mere .sed by anything that had occurred. This disconsolate messengers re turned on the Ilth to their master, to tell him that a British force was now on the Lahore side of the Sutlej, ready, without delay, to move upon the capital. The moment tidings were received of the victory at Sobraon, preparations for crossing the river without delay were completed. On the night of the 10th and morning of the Pith two brigades of infantry and one of cavalry, with a considerable body of artillery, bail crossed. The Governor General appears to have immedlatelypushed on with the leading division : he was at Kussoor, twenty mites in advance, and thirty-two from Lahere, on the 14th. Other troops wore renewing feet (WPM 444 17 tla date just given every man intended for the advance to Lahore was within the selkh boundary. G olab e , ingh was stated to have intimated that he was on his way to camp: the Lancers had gone out to escort him in. Brigadier Wheeler cr. seed from Umballa on the 17th, and captured rhallour on th- day following without resistance- the Seikh army having fled without fighting. This is the latest intelligence, thought not the most Im portant, we have receirei. On the 14th the Governor-General published on•: of the most 'important procis.mations for half a cen tury issued by any ruler in India- not so much as intimating a fact as indicating a principle—that the operation of " the law of expansion and force of circumstances," under whose ima glued influence we have, in indulging the lust of territorial aggrandisement, so often committed grievious wrong, was no longer recognised. The Seikh army having been chastised and humbled, is to bo deprived of all power of annoyance ; the expenses of the war must be met by those who have provoked it ; till this is seen to, and a strong and suitable Government be es tablished at Lahore, our troops will continue to occupy the country, and then be withdrawn The provinces, bill and plain, betwixt the Butlej and Bees, s alone to be appropriated, their revenues forming a portion of the indemnity required. A line of policy so strikingly contrasted with that we have for ten years pursued-so novel and so unexpected, is likely to be keenly canvassed at home. The ve teran who now rules over us has shown that a ruler may in India dare to be peacelul and just, and fear not. His measures have fully exemplified the advice of the Great Duke, to avoid a' little war ' " SINDE. The whole military arrangements in Sinde have been turned up side down since our last. At that date a strong force was being assembled under Sir C. Napier at Sukkur, with the view of pro ceeding up the river, and establishing themselves for the hot season at Mithenkote, where the Seikh borders begin—the country coming to a point at the Junction of the River Indus with the Sutlej. The apex —so to speak -of this promontory, constitutes the powerful Khanate of Mooltan, feudatory to• the Govern ment of Lahore. The late chief- always favourable to British in, terests—had dted in Feb. 1844, and the views of his sticcestor were but imperfectly understood. He, as is believed, after temporising with both parties, formally intimated his desire to be allied tons, and his anxiety to bold his lands under our Government on the same tenure ax that allowed him from the Seikh authorities. While the Binds army was preparing for its march, an order was on the 7th suddenly and unexpectedly received from the Governor- General directing Sir Chares Napier immediately to join him. The army by this time had been brigaded ; it was nearly 15,1400 strung, with thirty pieces of artillery. It was placed under the com mand of General Hunter, and a new destination assigned to it. Instesd of Mithenkote, it is now to wlvance as far as liahawulpore -229 miles ahead of its present position, encamping fifty miles to the westward of the town—a portion proceeding to Ferozspore. Genet -1 eimpson was directed to proceed toe Kurraehee in charge of the civil Government of Sinde; and on the 9th Sir Charles took formal leave of his army. Ott the 10th he quitted Sukkur with his personal staff on hoard the steamer Napier; he was to leave the river and push on by land from Bahewulpore, end would probably arrive about the 17th, joining the Governor-General before his arrival at Lahore. Atter the above was in type we learnt that the steamer was fired on at ,Mithenkote. The Mout taitese had'• also prepared some guns to atop her progress at Bahawulpore, but were baulked by Sir Charles landing near a piece called Ooeli. He was last heard of at Ahmudpore. It is rumoured that it is intended to place him scrotal in cent snand of the grand army. The Napier returned to Sukkur on the morning of the 20th. She could not get within forty miles of Baha wulpore. On her return an entrt nchment was observed at Mithen kote. A few discharges of round and grape shot were fired on the evening, which was returned by them, without, however, doing her any other damage than cutting her awning is a couple of places. Beyond this we have no hatelligence from Shute worthy of notice The troops continue healthy, and the country tranquil. "'Sunday. Feb. 6. " I am ordered to join the army on the Sutloj, and I. ava• that La the Indn , , together with the temporary government of the province, under Major-General Simpson, to whom all in both branches of the service are from this day to address their reports. •` It is rainful for me to leave even for a short time those troops in whom' I put such confidence. Some have been constantly at my side since I marched against the ♦meers from this very camp in 1842, and others served with me in th hills against the robber tribes. Nor can I omit to acknowledge what I owe to those soldiersemployed in the civil administration and police —men to whose courage, abilities, and just conduct, I attribute the tranquillity of this country. The labours of these officers will not now relax, for while war rages so near the frontier, no effort will be spared to create disturb nces in Sinde. "And thus wishing success to all, I take my leave, (Signed) "C. J. NAPIER, 31. G. Governor of Sinde." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) Boissxv, MARCH 2, 184(.—Little alteration has taken place since our last in the state of the market for British imports. The continu ance of military operations in the north, and the uncertainty when trey may terminate, of course keep many buyers out of the market, and tend to confine the business transacted within narrow limits. Themaney market appears tobe tightening again, and all descriptions of Govern ment and joint-stock securities continue depressed. EXCHANGE.—There has been a slight advance In the rate of ex• change on England, and we may now quote it at Is. 11 %d. at Is. 11%d. per rupee for six months' bills, and Is. 11%d. for drafts at 30 days. * The reader must once mere be reminded that at this place com mences the recital of the narrative of events heard of since last dis patch. Up to this has been an ^ extension and recapitulation in more minute and connected form than that which could, from the state of our knowledge, formerly be given to it—for the sake of connexton— of the occurrences on the Sutlej since the beginning of the year. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committee appointed to sit in the Lord Chancellor's Court gave their decisions in the case of the following Bills : —The Water ford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway ; Dublin, Dundrum, and En dskerry Railway ; Wexford, Carlow, and Duolin Railway ; Dublin and Kingstown Extension ; the Dublin and Sandymount Atmospheric. The Committee decided in all these cases that the preamble of the Bills were proved, and the remaining clauses were also agreed to. conz AND WATIERPOIR,D LINE The Committee met at eleven o'clock, Lord Strafford in the chair, and resumed the lwaring of evidence in the case of this line. Mr. It. Beamish, C. E., was examined as to the engineering faci lities that occurred on the intended line, the construction of which he deposed, would materially improve the navigation of the river Lee in Cork by straightening its course. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP VI. This Committee met to-day at 12 o'clock, in the Court of Queen's Bauch, Sir John llobhouse, chairman. TH cnizrp Dlgi .CT. This part-heard c, se was called on. Mr. Miller, civil engineer, examined by Mr. G. PMEN— The main Hoe commenced at Perth, sun. proceeded up to the valley of the Amens up to Crieff, where it is almost a perfect level. There were no engi neering difficulties. had surveyed many lines, and never found less engineeri...g difficulties than on this line. The traffic of the country was principally agricultural, and it was at present accommodated by cartage. The 0: j ect of the line was to accommodate the farmers. The es timate for the eonstruction of the line was 3. 0,0001. i his estimate in ctuttea tTIV nranC_Tes. The g: tents on the I,m-icily* ',ere, 0trx+1.4.11..e. heavier than ou the main line. There were two branches; one was one mile in length, and the other about two miles and a quarter or three miles. The gradients in the branches were about 1 iu 60. A drainage Bill was now in Pailitunent in con exion with this rail way; it was a Bill which would drain a large tract of waste land that would hereafter become very valuable. Thu Committee intimated they had beard sufficient to enable them to decide upon the preamble of the Bill. The court was then chAred, and upon the return of the parties, The CiLtutstAN said that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble of the Bill was not proved. The other Bills in the gr,ti not being technically ready to go on, the further p,eceedlugs were postponed to the next day, and the Com mittee adjourned, at half-past one o'clock, till twelve the next day. GROUP IX. The Committee met to-day at twelve, Lord Wortley in the chair all the members of the Committee were present. WEST OF SCOTLAND JUNCTION. Mr, Brunel, in t being obtainable this morning by the promoters of the Bill, Mr. Hawkshaw, the engineer of the Manchester and Leeds was called to give evidence :n his stead. Mr. Ilawkshaw said he had had considerable experience in the con struction of raliw ye. lie had examined the plans of the present scheme, as first laid down, and he was of opinion, with due precaution, it could be worked safely. Th junction in the opening of the tunnel was not more objectionable than tnaay that took place in deep cuttings. here was a gradient on the Manchester and Leeds line at Manches ter terminating in the Victoria station, of one In 49, yet they run 100 trains a-day there without any aecident having aeon: red. This inclined plane terminated at a bridge at which the trains diverged off on to another line of rails, with no view in front, and yet it was worked with perfect safety. By laying down an additional line of rails the possibility of danger would be still further reduced. All things considered, he thought the present scheme might be worked without any danger. The cross-examination of the witness did not elicit any point dif ferent from the evidence in chief. _ . Mr. Cubitt, civil engineer, was next called, and examined for the opposition. Ile had examined the plans and sections, and considered that the scheme presented a combination of circumstances that ought to be avoided, and such as could not be worked without con siderable danger. He thought the third line of rails proposed an objection instead of an advantage, and in this respect he differed with Mr. Robert Stephenson. GROUP XIV. SOUTII-EASTErtN. The Commit' ee on this line Mt to-day at twelve o'clock. Present, Mr. Protheroe (chairman), Lord Emlyn, Mr. J. O'Connell, General Lygon, and Mr. Grogan. Mr. J. O'CoNNELL said that before commencing the business of the day he wished to say a few words with reference to an exc.edingly improper letter that he had received. lie should have taken notice of the letter yesterday afternoon, os it reached his tesidence then, but owing to tLe pressure of business he did mot receive his letters until eight o'el; , ck in the evening. the letter was from a landowner on the line, and complained of Hp, great injury that would be done to his property by the line. He should not then mention the name pt Coe party who wrote the letter, but tie weal; hand it to the chairman, for the consideratien of tile Committee at a suture period, with reti.reuce to the steps that should be taken upoa it. lie should only state that it was not written to him by any of the y,arties who had come before the Committee to make obj,ctions to the line. What was stated in the Committee in a public manner would become known elsewhere by weans of the press, and he hoped that his statement would have the effect of &telling others from so Improper a pro ceeding. Time letter was then handed to the chairman. Mr. MEEREwerusu said that he was sure that the statement of the Hon. Member, which Informed them that tin, writer of the letter was not one of the parties who had appeared before the Committee—he was sure that all his brother counsel would join him in reprobating such a moceedlng. GROUP XIX. The Committee assembled at the usual hour this morning present Lord Barry Vane (chairman), Honourable Francis bcott, the Earl of March, Mr. D. Morris, and Mr. Plidlip Bennett. A prclindnary conversation took )lace as to the next line which sh , -uld be called after the disposal of the one now beterc the Commit- It was ultimat,ly decided that the Bridgewater and Minchead should 1011,,w, And would be called on fur hearing to-morrow. The consideration of the proposed Bites of the 2,3l3Tfin, TOPSHAM, AND EXMOUTH, AND Ir:3E111:111".a, .8113 EIiMOUTIS was then re tithed. Mr. SuALE appeared on behalf of the Corporation of Exeter, who are trustees of the htir;,•e .es o; that city, tits owners and proprietors of the canal. lie proceedwi .Ihow the Committee the injury this cleat would safer by the hi; of vithe , of the proposed hue.% asd should the Cetninittc.s, that si t :mica ovhienee had Lhigit adduced showing the t.ce.s. , -it :or the construction of such a line, it in would submit i fiat the P.aeier amt Y.xmoutli line be selecietl, the opposing line crossing the C 41,4, and thereby ibjurnig ituo oh. structinz the tiavigacion. Mr. 11.1.EltIVALE Cc:plowed. Il e advocatet the Exeter, To p sham, ata ()t tti 1 Exmouthisoveri r t o be oo :6. 0 ,1 1 e , pointing out the capabilities and facili ties The town was then cleared for a diris!on. On our re-admission, The CumageN ,a.d it was the tninrCmous opinion of the Committee that the preamble et the Exeter, upsitani, and Exmouth lii.e nett not been mei they are auto unit iimouily of opinion til.ti the I ,reamble of tile Exeter and (LotA,'s line) is proved, con tingeot upon the Exeter, 1 cove., and Dorchester fill passing. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'cluek to-morrow (Wednesday). . GROUP XXI. LONDON P-ND ONVOZ.D. The Committee re•assetnbled this morning at the usual hour; Mr. Fisch !n the chin'. As the promoter.; were miaide to proceed on account of the tempo rary absence of their engineer, who was engaged in another Com mittee, and other materisl witnesses, the Committee conseated to adjourn until to-morrow. PAYMENT OF OPPONENTS' COSTS. The Committee intimated that the promoters of the Bill ought to pay the costs tor the day of their opponents (the Great Western mid the opposing landowners). One en the senior camniittee clerks (Mr. Witham), who was con sulted on the subject, said they had adoptect no rule un the subject, but it was left to the discretion of the Committee, from wheat any order to that effect must emanate. The Committee, however, made no order, but after the parties had deliberated fur a few minutes on the ,subject, it was intimated that the promoters had consented to pay the costs of the day, of counsel, agents, esti withesses, of the opponents of the line. It is expected th .t the Committee will bit enabled to come a de cision before the Easter holidays. The Committee then adjourned until to-morrow. GROUT XXV. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, e in the Westminster Sessions-house, the Hon. Dir. Laic.Bee in he chair. Tzar. nrvAx. Tritat.W - CS MINES. Tile CLIAITtIIAN communicated to t...e wallet; that he had received a cominui,ieation 'rout the Admiralty, stating that thur okietr, Captain litautOrt, had examined into qt. merits 01 :he two schemes, and he saw no solid obje,ctlOn t 9 other, but ut* th• two the 0Q .rd grchrrorl Mr, Draitlrwaite's My. Mr. Cocxsmor then replied on behalf of the promoters of DS Braithwaite's, contending that the line he advocated gave more 1 . cothinodation• to the local districts, through which It passed, ill Mr. Ifocke's, itr so far as It intersected that part of the countrl e which was thickly populated, while the rival line passed along ti o banks o'.• the river Steer, tar away from where the pope:ladc l was centralised. Besides, to prove that Mr. Braithwaite Li line gave more local 'accommodation than the Eastern ti .r n i°l line, he might mention that there were three eteu°ll - on the former, while he believed there was not one en the latter. He submitted that the balance of local advantages preponderated in favour of Mr. Braithwaite's line. He combatted the alleged adven, - tage claimed by the rival line of saving six miles between Harwicn and Ipswich. by directing the attention of the Committee to O ci l fact that there was no trade between those places . The IpifteL people had lately expended immense sums of money in improving port and docks, and it was mpnstrous to suppose, as It aPPear ed a. be assumed on the other' side, that they Would transl their large trade which was carried np the Ore% to Harwich, at have their goods landed there, sT id then conveyed by railway to Ipswich. What little train° w exist was accommodated by steamers, and he wa , prepared to se,' it could not be accommodated better. But then it was said the riot line would shorten the distance by six miles between Harwich gall the Northern and Midland districts. Now if the Committee 'VDU:. just look at the map for one moment they would find that there a line promoted front Chelmsford to Sudbury along the Stour Vall'e; and having got there it was extended on to Bury, and thence Thetford, whence there wi re lilies already is operation to Norwie and Yarmouth, and then there was another line from Bury to VI and Cambridge, extending on to Peterborough, which were all in closer proximity to Mr. Itraithwalte's line, and would shorten the distanc e between Harwich and the Midland districts and the north a coneiks able deal more that, six miles. Then, in an engineering point view, Mr. Braithwait e ' s li ne was i n fi n it e ly superior to ..., Locke's, while there could hardly be a doubt that tr., equity of the case was all in favour of the former projecy for only two years a g o M r . L oc k e h a d i ns i s t e d resolutely 11" w determinedly that this was the best line the county could afford, _..A the opinion was supported by Mr. Bidder and Mr. tlephenson. Then again they had the Admiralty in their favour, and he hoped that the resu:t would show that they had the Committee also. The Committee, after a short consultation, decided that In' preamble of the Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Bill (3 1 Braithwaite's line) had been proved, and the preambl e to il l s Easta* . Union Bill had not. GROUP XXIX. T 1 ,15 Committee re-assembled this morning, in room No. Present, The Right Hort. H. Labouchere, Sir W. illoleswertlit D P , J. Duckworth, Mr. J. A. Smith, and Colonel Rawdon. aT3TON TO pr.TzunOROUGIC (DEVIA , =OATS BILANCUES). The clauses o. ibis Bill were proceeded with this mornings t h. preamble having been proved yesterday. Previous to the first e;auss having been read, Mr. :MACAULAY, in reply to au observation from the Chairraan' said, that stgre , ably to the wish expi eased by the Committee yeet e .7, day, a clause had been drawn up by the promoters, and submitted the agents of Lord . Ilarborough, the effect of wi nc „f was to confine ' the Compsny to the construction a tunnel, and nothing lint a tunnel in the centre line of railwsY, binding them also not to go further into the park, ant to make the tunnel without disturbing the surface of the park, and by this mea n ! removing what the promoters understood to be the objection' ° I Lord Ilarborough. -A to As Lord Harlsirough was not in London, the agents declinek. enter into any agreement upon the subject, and the only altersau" left was to submt, the clause to the Committee. The CHAIRMAN inquired what objection the promoters bad to n o outside the park. Mr. Anima.' said that no opportunity had ever been Oran tto tit promote.- sto mai, a survey for that purp,se. It was then agreed that the consideration of this point should be postponed till alter the printed clauses were disposed of. Mr. PAGET, on behalf of the proprietors of the Melton 3 10 ,4 bray Canal, proposed that a proviso should be added to the .° clause, to preclude the promoters front closing the Oakham CanaL,A Mr. AUSTIN said that no powers were proposed to be taken regard to the Oakham Canal. The Committee, therefore, refused the application. The clauses were then proceeded with. Mr. Liddell was then re-called to ascertain the additional e'AlO l which would be incurred by carrying the line out of Lord 1 0r ; borough's park. lie stated that it could be constructed in manner for 3,0001. or 4,0001. Mr. TALBOT intimated that the promoters would consent to tags the line outside the park. Their views were exceedingly " sque" -- ; able," and knowing who they had to deal with they would coLse s to anything. ant Mr. Stephenson confirmed the evidence of Mr. Liddell, and I la that by going out the park the length of the tunnel would be creased tiP or TO yards. The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission ~.os the The ChAIRMAN said that the Committee were prepared to ar- -- clause as it had been pres,nted by the promoters, if the latter und" sisted The injury done to Lord Harborough's park, by going it for so short a space, was not sufficient to warrant the Coroin_„„" forcing upon the promoters to incur an additional expense of gpvy" and on the public the Inconvenience of a lengthened tunnel. Mr. Mlcautat said that the promoters would accept the as it stood, but if they found the line could be made outside W park, without inconvenience or great extra expense, that should done. The clauses were then passed, the report was agreed tO, $3 Ws Bill will be presented to the House en Thursday next. GROUP XXXIV. This Committee assembled to-day at twelve o'clock. Hon. W. Cowper, Lord bully's, Hon. Montague Gore, Mr. IN 8 4 — and Mr. Saunders Davies. ORE .T GELXIVISIM AND SZEPriata ) (HUDIBEII rzurazs). The consideration of this 13ii1 was resumed. Mr. HOPE said that, since yesterday, they (the promoters of tb...A Bill) had been making every endeavour to meet the objections ra l e; by the Corporation of null with rsierence to the Humber Fer ri They were ready to strike out of the 13:11 everything with refer &gs to the ferry in question which might be objectionable. Unt i l) stately, however, he understood that a quest i on h a d arisen -dr respect to the rights of the Crown. The people were anxious to stray those rights, and the Government to preserve them, so tha t promoters were placed in a vet') awkward position. tie° Mr. HMI. said, he had heard with great pleasure the observti of his Learned Friend, who had perfectly comprehended the ref:1 111 ;v meats 01 the Corporatieu of Hull. There were but two terries 1 0 - e f Humber which could stand the test of legal examination. were neither of than perfect. but on the contrary very itnFl ro ol The right of ferry possessed by the Corporation of Hull, vese:;eo New Holland to Hull, and that of the Government was front o 'lo to Hull. The inhabitants of Hull had become impressed with on to , that it would be desirable to give up entirely all pecuniary ;elven., /t accruing from the ferry over the river Humber. The corpor.t ic Lut their own cost had conetracted docks, and they were now los expending 10,0001. in .he Improvement of those decks. , 00 4 corporation and the in:iabltants of Hull were ' that this railway Company should have a free o age over the river ; but what they did obie c " s of was, that the Company should clothe themselves with „„ sit exclusive rights. But they said they were wdliug to give ".`ije• such. Under these circumstances, he would w ish that the c o low ration 01 the I.fll should be adjourned till it was ascet talued they were to act wills reterehee to the rights of the Crown. . 0 OA • lion. Mr. Gotta —. tight there not be a clause introduced in t o Bill to protect the rights of the Crown ? • 01 air. TmiteE said he appeared on be:mlf of the Hull and mov t ed Railway, which man i:s connexion with the present Bill, be 1, 70) he would be exemed reierrnig to it, as it might regulate the m 1 300 ri spect to their proceedhit;s in reference to the other t ied on the list. The line for which h me. r e was e° nc oosi tha _Clalonmittam • thll'% it tis. Friday, and it would be for the cenvenience of n all parti`' • It whole remainder of the group were adjourned till after Fiast er c i would, lit all probability, conduce to the public interests if s° adjournment were agreed to. The room was cleared, and on our re-admission, 01 The eIIAIRMAN said that in compliance with the stigges, tint! obs counsel they would adjo i :rn the farther consideration of the GP and Sffield Rill till Friday on xt. The CHAIRMAN said that ou Friday next the Committee w termine on what day atter Laster the would meet. : col ° The CHAIRMAN said also, that tbe y Great Grimsby and lnvoo xtenson, Lincoln and Loath, and Lincoln and Barton BP' adjourned till after Easter. AAI HO The Committee adjourned at half-past one o'clock, nail F..— Sub-Committee, No. 1. ir r This Committee met to-day at twelve. o'clock in room No „• d ISP sent, Mr. Strutt (Chairman), Mr. Clive, Mr. Brothertonf "^" Beckett, and resumed the consideration of the kg 001( NEIVCiaTLE-UIV.N-TYN.E, EDINBURGH, AND GL— JUNCTION. We l The allegations of inaccuracies, &c., in the plans and sectiol l * further gone into. • Sub-Coramittee No. 2. The Committee met at twelve o'clock in the room No. 6 (6010.11: Present— Sir E. Y. Buller (Chairman), Mr. Ramble, Mr. W w t ioe Mr. E. Yorke, and Mr. Branaston, and resumed the considers of the GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN. Some allegations of the petitions were disposed of again& the,. 0 under thee circumstances, of some curiosity. The p,titielis';fo leged that the required deposits were not made with the par ish OS! of some parishes in Wales through which the line would P I T , ti 7 parish clerks were produced to prove the allegations. But.deposli' other hand, it was shown that the persons with whom til l were made, and who represented themselves as the pans' ere and mewled the fees upon the deposits, 2s. 6d. in each case, reality only the vestry clerks. a Ci The Committee in these cases (with apparent hesitation ) that the allegations were proved. Sub-Committee, No, S. 5 0. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock in ram , Present, Mr. Aglionby (chairman), Mr. Thomely, Mr. Lt H gCt'' Mr. ::tansitehl. They proceeded with the formal evidence 'WEST COWS WALL. Sub-Comnuttee, o. 4. 5 11 , 0 4, P. Thi: Committee met s ortly alter tw e l ve o ' c lo c k. it , lleathcote in the chair. Pr.sent, besides the Chairman. •a. Mr. Leith, and Mr. H. Johnstone. tt e. FURN ESN ETENSIOS. „ This Bill, which came under RAILWAY the consi X N ,000iII deration of the pot yesterday, occupied them the greater part of this day. si terr which were raised and discussed were, however of no pilbliC Sub-Con:Mil: tee No. 6. This Committee tnet at the usual hour in room 16; presentC‘Pt6ls Jones (chairman), Mr. Pakirigton and Mr. beedea. ~ CALI,DONIAN RAILWAY EXTENSION. , at The objects of this Bill are to connect the miners , ti oia .o Douglas and Lanark with the East and West Coasts of S c fpeol;;;li Iterkwick an Ayr, and to afford a communication for P'"wilt:o between those places. This will be done by a line of nin ety length, at a cost of 2,000,0001. .31essr:. Locke and ErrMit° -. engineers, Messrs. Graham and m Weys the ageuts. P A SO PERTH AND INVERNESS IV iIA INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION WAYS. ~, tb 0 ° T li, at.tz:ding orders were declared, on Friday 155 t ~, ' o f ~ Committee, to have been complied with in the CO'? how; Inverness and Elgin Railway; and on the same i t g osti e l merouNly-signed petitions in favour of the Ani a 'epre,, a Li ,es were presented by Mr. Morrison, from the t .0 ..v oli Inverness, with about 1,700 signatures—the J.ilt.g 6tl l,o lll 0 'Amu Council of Inverness, the guilds of the Cori)oo.4_, anti the incorporated trades of Inverness ; t ee m the ' r ,i. i'f_ of Findhorne, Burghead, and Lossiemouth, El II d the i s it'' of Eight, New Shvnie, St. Andress, Shaubr) ll '' sr pote t s d Bernie, and Duffles; and tio:n the town and ij. : s e otlej trades at Inverness against the Great Souta ' fer al e'd Railway. By Mr. Henry Baillie, in favour tf the ci pges ie, Inverness and Inverr.ess and Elgin line, fr..:ni the l rive s ,,t, F,ri; Augustus, Grantown, Portree, Fort IV illiiint, '.., 51e!'; and Beauty ; and fruit the Leuzort, Uurnti3' , , :%tl , l Bracasale, Duttiet, .!' 1 : 1 ;01'1 LI . r . parishes of lii.,lar,l„coe o t Alva, Kirkinl!, .ag_..g.n.,, Mop', lirqubait and 6 e t ri if. , 1101 Daviot, Croy. Pe.tie, tilen6g, lieleskue, Ai''''' s froo l of rvrAlly t.nti Cronidaitt t Ly Colonel Hugh commissioners of so; pl . ,•1 ti:e county of Res: 4, , s o d Um liailli t e i ; e burg h oot Dingwall, the burgh of Tain, the i na,iistra_tt.,, o ooo , , , c , : midi Of Tait), the town and seaport a Inv'td the f[ r i, villages of Mary burgh, Evantou, and Al:nessa,:d ur eli aer fishes of .&lloess, Conan, Foddesly, Kiiteurr_,(e_._ in 0 ,,, f , and from landowners, Jamie's, and trrehcl ' r'' s of SlO lll ll Ol Bess; and by • Mr. Mtv heson. from the i ltoWn 03li l r Li elmsdate, and Thurso, :he tr.a4istrates an C ii r of tbe county of 0 , Tiairso, the ionamissioners if supply 8. „ coo . 01 fleas, from laud° 7.11 en and others -in Lait.lut :, in ' teret t9., owners and others' representing tire count-17 the Lewis, and from the villages of Ulla oo id, and the vil' i rfro ff : and Brom ; and by Mr. Home Drummond Worn the ci d : ro ' royal burgh of Perth, the city of 14'keeluding rttit W il. " 0 3 : PittOeil ,-y and Auciitergaven. ;on ar 13 :2 '1 ;4 other places 'already t b tuniaim °l/3 - whole northern counties may be said o e favour cf thefe hues. expression Of their opiniou in _ presenteci,lalud'ntre still to he 13 i ; ti ."---IRII3 , f r. 0 1414 Bioomfteld-road, Maids-hill. ,--. l e On the 23c1 inst., a t Roberts,geouuu,t of a son• a2s3oll!itst.. at Dulwich, the wife of Edward ilab I'4 DIE,. char s 111 0 On the 27th in st., at big house, Bfentford Butts, iti a Esq , its /la 71st year. of pr s7' On the 22d inst., the key. Samuel Wrlght, Rector Parslow, 'sucks. (Ai g Ar' On the 23d inst. at Canis Court, Saint Peter'e, Thanet, 3.•-• caret Ilettens, A On the ..:4th i ;‘ , ; t i ' d , o . l a v t ci t t e the late H. Mertens, Esq, sle d 41 ' non, Suffolk, G. Vitus. Laq , 1.. 1 !,,,401‘ . A thi the 25th inst., Thomas Wilmot kahtl.. of Coundon, "."*.oulajr daOugilhttehire Oa the 2* .2pltir.i‘hiiit.,Ar.ibot3i,lrea.nrille.sq' nitre, Bertha. Anne, ) uth inSt, ,in Gloucester -place, Portman-sul"' relict of John Underwood, Esq.. , sted 74 ' On the 26th hist ,at Odiham, Vail its 69. P Oa the 27th inst., at Shelford, Reds, Veggy, widoW of l' i‘ s°' Bell, Esq. William Seymour, ---.., , he y i ts Gren , On the 27th inst:, William Beeves, Esq., of the I:7PPa r _,...,.,.? nington, aged 71. ....1. -- I, . '— - • • ---- ---_ - - -----• " —,-- . of $O. I ,s :,.. .. .. ri ,:,,, ~.r,, !- v.... - . _.;.i.t , YorNl,ch,,,o rre o c;dr `' `"'-, ..';, • . .. , ~.., :II: ,riiiio, ili _.::..., of the Savoy; le the Comity of AiddleseS, 1 44 """' ' 31, 184 S. . , . THE SUN LONDON, T