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THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MRS. M ABERLY'S " LEONTINE." A HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE FRENCH COURT. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. NEW WOUK BY MR. W. C. TOWNSEND. Just ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., THE LIVES of TWELVE EMINENT JUDGES of the Preset.t Century. By W. CHARLES TOWNSEND, EEI A.M., Recorde r o f Macclesfield ;• Author of "Memoirs of the House of Commons." London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. Just published, cloth boards, price 5 5., AFAMILIAR TREATISE on TAXATION, FREE TRADE, &c., comprising Facts usually unnoticed or anconsidered in theories of those subjects arising incidentally. Pelham Richardson, 23, Comb!11 ; and John 011ivier. 59, Pall-mall. B RITISH AND FOREIGN CLUB. A MEETING of the MEMBERS of this NEW CLUB will take place on MONDAY, the 22d of June, to make the necessary arrangements for opening, and to select the number of Candidates that may be proposed before that period, of which Thirty only are required to complete the list. Prospectuses and all the requisite information may be had of the Secretary of the British and Foreign Institute, No. 13, George-street, Hanover-square, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS of this Company will be held at the Offices of the Company, 61, 3 foorgate-street, in the City of London, on MONDAY, the 22d day of June now next ensuing, at One o'clock in the afternoon, when the Drafts of the undermentioned Bills, intro duced into Parliament in the present session, will be submitted to the Proprietors for their approval, under which Bills it is proposed to authorise the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to contri bute towards .the undertakings therein mentioned, and to the extent therein specified. " A Bill for making a Railway from Shrewsbury to Stafford. with a Branch to Stone, and for oth er p ur p oses ." " A Bill for making a Railway from the Chester and Crewe Branch of the Grand Junction Railway at Calvely to Wolverhampton. and for other purposes connected therewith." " A Bill for making a Railway from Newtown, Montgomery, to Crewe, in the County Chester.ofin the County of with Branches, and for other purposes connected therewitn The Chair will be taken at One p'clock pr e cis . Dated this 18th day ofJtay, 1846. GEORGE KING, Secretary, RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. IIVIERS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND SS . OND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their riends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to an n ounce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, St the Hall of Comrneree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favour s uested to , contai be nin add g ressed instructions (with a refe rence), are respectitilly req. Ayt scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, 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, gall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London. CRE 3 fORNE- GARDENS, CR E L SEA.—OPEN for the SEASON. —Gala Nights, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY: Admission Is. Off Nights, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, sud SATURDAY: Admission 6d. Open on Sundays at Half-past Four o'clock: Admission by sixpenny refreshment card. ABALLOON. —Mr. GREEN will ascend, at Sie o'clock on Jimmie next, Juno 15, from CREMORNE GARDENS, Chelsea. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, Madlle. CERITO has the honour to inform her Friends, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING, When will be performed Cimarooa's Chef dUavre, in Two Acts, entitled, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO, Carolina, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Madame Sanchloll ; Elisetta, Madame Castellan ; Paolino. Signor Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Oriental Ballet, by M. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Felicien David's " Ode Symphonique of the Desert," by Sig. L..k.LLA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE.I The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglioni, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : • Tableau.—Pas Symbolique, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Chebouck, Pas Seul, by Millie. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbeils, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by 3ldlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. on, supported by Mdlies.Demelisse, Cassan, James, L'Amoreus, Julien, and Honore. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. There will be no rerforniance this Evening. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har r:son, Borrani, Horncastie, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, Bias Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which will be produced the popular Ballet of PAQUITA. Lucien d'Hervilly, M. SilVain ; titans, M. Adrieu ; Paquita, Mille. Carlotta Grist. in which also will appear Madame Giubilei, Madlles. Sall, Adele, Louise, Les &eurs St. Lenin; M. Mathis, W. 11. Payne, and the most numerous and effective corps de ballet ever introduced upon the English stage. In the course of the Evening a Grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT, by the most eminent native and foreign Artistes. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKZT. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. Lord Ogleby, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir John Melville, Mr. Brindal ; Brush, Mr. Hudson ; Canton, Mr. J. Bland ; Fanny Sterling, Miss Julia Ben nett ; Miss Sterling, Miss P. Horton ; Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. Glover ; Betty, Mrs. Caulfield. Vie /land will perform the Overtures, "Cenerentola," and " Due d'Olonne." the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Walzer," and the " Chatsworth Quadrilles." After which a Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Messrs. Webster, Brindal, J. Bland, Howe, and Miss Julia Bennett will sustain the principal characters. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST, In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Caulfield, Scc. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. " Robin Hood and Richard Cceur de Lion" every Evening. The " Dustman's Belle" a great hit. THIS EVENING _ _ Will be performed a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Kinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, is Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MIN'S BELLE. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diii.lear, %Lcadcws, F. 'Vining, Kinloch ; Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a .New • ;rand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St +riling and hitherto tinrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD CCEUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Kee:ey, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss IMidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. Lambert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which a New Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN OF THE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Ryan, Boyce, &c. To conclude with the new and successful Farce, entitled THE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or, A Kiss of the Bride. Major Griskin, Mr. Selby; Nancy Cobb, Mi•s Woolgar. NEW STRAND THEATRE Opel! every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. M. PIIiLLIPPE feels happy to announce that he has, at great expense, succeeded in bringing to London the most extraordinary and celebrated MONKEYS and DOGS ever seen. Those unparai. Select animals have obtained the most unbounded success in Paris and the principal cities :in the Continent. Doors open at a Quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 3d, ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, is.; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. is. and 10s. 6d. ?J. PHILLIPPE will give his Perforinances THIS EVENING at the iiTANDAHD THEATRE, Shoreditch. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STITEET. The Last Night of Mr, 31ACREADY'S Engagement. TO-MORROW EVENING, JUNE 12, Will be performsd a new Historical Play, in five Acts, entitled THE KING OF THE COMMONS. Jame§ V. of Scotland, Mr. 3lacready; Sir Adam Wen', Mr. Ryder ; George Wclr, Mr. Cooper ; Malcolm Young. Mr. Murray ; Laird small, Mr. Compton ; Munge Small, Mr. Omberry ; Lord Kilmaufg, Mr. Roxby ; Madeline Weir, Mrs. Stiriiig; Widow Barton, Mrs. Fosb,79k.e• To con lode with a Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled VIE SPIRIT OF AIR. Principal characters by Miss Hodson, Mr. Flexmore, Miss Fauett, Miss Bailin, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. and Miss Marshall, &c. ASTLF.Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. rroprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial pitrunage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of, Wales, and the Primcess Royal. First Week of the celebrated General Tom Thnmh, in his popular Drama, by Albert Smith. Second Week of the highly successful Military Spectacle. THIS EVENING Will be performed the New Asiatic Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which is in tros!uced the splendid brass band, double stud, &c. New and popular SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the numerous troupe of British and Foreign Artistes. To conclude with the Burlesque of 110? 0' MY THUMB. Hop o my Thumb, by General Tom Thumb ; in which he will in troduce his Nigger melodies, dances, &c. TO-MORROW, June 12, the second of the grand series of the day representations will take place; on which occasion the per formances will be precisely the same as those so recently performed by command of her most gracious Majesty. The performances will Commence at two o'clock. hos -ottlce open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTRIA T C ontinued variety of Entertainm O ents. First HEATRE. Night of au Original Drama. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled BAJtNARD, THE VICTIM raTittor ; or, The Double Fratricide. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Searle, Tindell, Ranoe, Raymond, Burton ; Mrs. G. Lee, Miss Treble, Miss Jefferson, &c. After which, THE MINE GIRL OF KE SAL ; or, The Ransom of the Rose Diamond. rand, Mr. E. F. Saville. The Mine Girl, Miss Vincent ; Albert Du- To conclude with DICK AND lIIS Doti tILE ; er, In here and Out them Under the Patronage of her Most Gruta t ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GliiD-iALY. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDIgESDAY,' THURSDAY, ion) VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DEsq4,o,-,, 1 lON of HERCULANEU3I and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twic the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can poss e ibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction o direct f Herio - culaneum and Pompeii took place: produced under the n 4,t Mr. Ranson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes ,many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi lsated CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached •by the Illuini laat*4 Gothic Bridge, repre relating his adventur e s to Calsye p itting lu the Interior Telemachus 'Tile PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the n i N ;:& , nlplete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a nove l exhibition Chariot of be intro eluced, represent in g t he Descent of Phccbus i n the of the Sun. .:%Euns. cfcCelld from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of ire. lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to reeelva Lint, and bear him to 121,1 Chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is spieziliidy ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore, by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at illf-past five; the Pelicans, Sze., at Six ; Concert at half-past six; MO the Eruption at dusk. Admission, One Shilling. [A tsVtle:l'isEM ENT.] —CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, AND DI3EASE3 OF Tin. ILE ART. —The following cases of the severest forms of disease have been cured by " Anaspasia," the new mode of treat m -nt successfully intro,:uced at the Strand Dispensary by Dr. Cronin, of Leicester place —Mist; Brooker, 9, Grove-street, Camden-town ; Stubbs, Esq., the Court of Bankruptcy ; Mr. Batty, Astley's Amphitheatre; Mr. Stoker, Adetpni Theatre; Mr. Clarke, Ayles bury-street ; Master Winter, of Brunswick-place, Barnsbury-road ; S.. 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THE - ,SUN, j.ONDON, -THITRSDA'Y EVENING, JUNE iT 1846. in our columns, and which speaks of the conduct pur sued in a just tone of indignation. We shall only say to the claimants, persevere in your exertions— " Magnaest veritas et prrevalebit." Their case is only postponed, and final success muss attend that of which the foundation and basis is truth, equity, and justice. The consideration of the Corn Bill will be resumed this evening in the House of Lords. This is, there fore, a seasonable moment for offering a few observa tions upon the recent speech of the Duke of WEL LINGTON, which closed the discussion upon the second reading. This speech has been much commented upon, as well by our own as foreign journals. It has been observed that the speech was an exceedingly meagre one, only remarkable for the dictatorial tone usually assumed by his Grace whenever he addresses his hereditary colleagues, and also, that it aimed at securing a majority by working upon their fears. We differ from the whole tenor of these observa tions. The speech in question was short, effective, and full of sound counsel. We admit that, habitually, the Duke couches his observations in terms of decision, savouring almost of command. On this occasion, however, the advice which he tendered, whilst it left no doubt as to the conviction on his own mind, was offered in a modest and becoming manner. We have heard it stated, that the late Marquis of WELLESLEY, whose mind was so gifted, and whose ac quaintance with and experience of mankind was so ex tensive, remarked that, throughout his long political life, he had never met with any man possessed of strong common sense—the true foundation for all the other valuable qualities of the mind—to the same degree as his brother ARTHUR. Prince TALLEYRAND was once asked, when Ambassador in England under Louis PHILIPPE, what he thought of the Duke of WEL LINGTON. He gave no direct answer, but related an anecdote. At • the celebrated Congress at Vienna, where such large national interests had to be arranged, and when everything seemed, after much discussion, to be in a state of inextricable entanglement, the Duke gave his advice in a few terse sentences, and immediately every difficulty appeared to vanish. The same masculine strength of mind, as is easily discernible, pervaded his speech on the important measure for bringing the corn-laws to a final settlement. He took a solid and practical view. It was not to be expected that a man of his ripe years, rising at between three and four o'clock in the morning, to speak upon a sub ject, which had been statistically exhausted, and which did not fall within his own peculiar department, would minutely enter into the merits of the Bill. They had been sufficiently substantiated by antece dent speakers. He therefore assumed them at once to be, as far as reason and experience were concerned, placed beyond the reach of further controversy. An attentive listener to the entire debate, he had, with his usual acuteness, observed, that the sum andsubstance of the arguments of the Opposition, duly analyzed, rested upon the propriety and necessity of forcing an appeal to the country. From first to last this was the chief gun his adversaries kept continually firing. The Duke determined to silence it. He made a constitutional speech, and completely dismantled it. Lord STANLEY had said the constitutional value of the Upper House consisted in interposing a salutary obstacle to rash and inconsiderate legislation, but it had never resisted a continued and deliberately formed public opinion, and that their Lordships always had, and always would have, to how t, the ex pression of such an opinion. His Lordship also added, that, though the constitution had not provided for such a contingency, it was the duty of the Peers to protect the people against the treachery of those whom they bad chosen to be their leaders. The Duke and h:s colleagues had resigned office. The two other parties —the Liberals and the Protectionists—had sub sequently had the opportunity of forming an Admi nistration, which was respectively declined. These facts at once destroyed the charge of treachery. Besides, in the commencement of his speech, Lord STANLEY passed the highest encomiums on the cha racters of the Duke of WELLINGTON and Sir R. PEEL. If these two are not, par excellence, the chosen leaders of the people, as appertaining to the Government, we should like to know who are. Again, if treachery had really prevailed, one would naturally have expected the House of Lords to have been inundated with petitions preferring the charge from all parts of the country. But such, we know, has not been the case. Sir ROBERT returned to office, and announced to the Duke his determinaties to submit to Parliament the identical measure upon which he had recently failed to secure the approval of his Cabinet. Sir ROBERT, no doubt, pointed out to his Grace, that, as he had, after re signation, in his private capacity of a Member of Pailiament, given Lord Jolnt RUSSELL to understand he would support him in any similar measure, he could not question but that Lord JOHN RUSSELL would, in turn, aid his own endeavours to carry a gradual abolition of the corn-laws; that the measure, statistically recommended by the experience of the last three years, would therefore pass the Commons ; but that, without the co-operation of the Duke, it might fail to pass the Lords, in the first instance, though it would do so eventually, the current of public opinion having so strongly set in in its favour. We can conceive, moreover, that Sir ROBERT adverted to the period of the Reform Bill, when both himself and the Duke had, in the language of Lord STANLEY, learnt the lesson, that the House of Lords could not resist a continued and deliberately-formed public opinion, but must bow to its expressio' n ; that then he enlarged upon the impolicy of embarking the Upper House in a hopeless struggle, which would neutralise the happy effects of the moderate course it had pursued for the last fifteen years, under the especial auspices of the Duke himself. The Duke was convinced, and was gained. Persuaded that the measure would pass, his sense of duty to his SOVE REIGN dictated the desirableness that it should be in troduced by a strong Government, so as to insure tc, it the best chance of its being harmoniously supported by the separate branches of the Legislature. Much of this, and more, is embodied by the Duke in a fess pithy sentences. To those who read the speech, to which we are referring, without bearing in mind political antecedents, we can readily fancy it would ap pear meagre enough; whereas, to such as are mindful of preceding facts, the effect will be quite different. "My Lords," said the Duke, " I have already, ir • this House, adverted to the circumstances which gave rise to this measure. In December I considered my self bound, in duty to my SOVEREIGN, not to with hold my assistance from the Government, knowing that the First Lord of the Treasury could not do otherwise than propose to Parliament this very mea sure, stated at the Cabinet previous to the period at which it resigned early that month. It is not neces sary I should say more on that subject. The course I felt myself bound to take I would take again to morrow." Adverting to Lord STANLEY'S statement (in which he concurred), that it was the duty of the Lords tc protect the public from rash and inconsichrate measures, his Grace disposed of it in a way that clearly indicated his belief of the measure itself, and of the manner in which it had come up from the Commons, to be such, that, regard being had to the consequences of rejecting it, rashness and in considerateness were terms which would be fairly applied to those who looked to produce such a result. "My Lords, it is the duty of each to place himself in the situation of the House before he determines to give hi s vote, and to consid er what wou ld b e , un d er s to be guarded against signifi can t hi nt to itHouse all the c i rcumstances, the consequence were to follow the course he may be about f ou t h to e d oon inter ,and by a feeling of personal b e i ng bi assed interest ttibleisirocLcoarsdiosnh.iip' selves alone to what a This w as a sense of co s hould dictate. "aLodokto," the co conse quences likel y t o follow oi from continued i toconfine them ti utional duty thetDonn c little to the m e a sure, to the manner in - whic u h k i e t , h a s "a a rejection. n ction. 1 myself once prevailed upon the House to vote f or a measure a gainst Which it had pronounce d p ositive opinions b y former iie before votes." This was in so many words telling his hearers to recollect the history of the Catholic Rclief Bill, and especially that of the Reform Bill, when no doubt a desire to presave a borough swayed the vote monpring _ influence had of many a Peer, in oppOsition to a measure, crowned by a commanding majority of the Commons; to remember how degraded was their position when Earl GREY, hacked by his Sovereign and public opinion, threatened to swamp them; and how, to avoid a revolution, they had been ignominiously com pelled to beat a retreat. When the Duke begged them to consider the manner in which the Corn Bill had come before them, he meant them to bear in mind how long this great question had been agitated by the public, and how large was the majority by which it had passed the other branch of the Legislature. Here was another hint to an enlightened, though unwilling listener. True it was, the House of Peers had rejected, during the last fifteen years, many mea sures sent up from the Commons, but those were measures not to be compared with the magnitude of the Corn Bill, had been initiated by a weak Admi nistration, and passed by very slender majorities. The Catholic Relief Bill and the Reform Bill were historical precedents, which every practical statesman would study at the present hour. The Duke had had ample knowledge of the working of each. His mind had received a fruitful lesson. It would have been naturally distasteful to him to have enlarged upon the past. He, therefore, only took a hasty glance, satis fied that his audience would perceive he drew his counsel from the fountain of all wisdom—enlarged experience. The Duke mildly rebuked Lord STANLEY when he told him that, constitutionally, their House could not take into consideration the inconsistency of the votes of Members in the other House. Nothing could be more dangerous than for either House to enter into such an inquisitorial proceeding. Lord STANLEY, however, preferred to take the decision of the House of Commons of 1842 to that of 1846. For ourselves, we respect the latter decision, as being infinitely more valuable, having been arrived at after a four years' further proof of the noxious operation of the corn laws, and with all the advantage of the enlightened consideration which has been interveningly bestowed upon them. We must bring these remarks to a close. As a modest, temperate, and well-reasoned answer to Lord STANLEY, and those who urged an appeal to the country, we hold the speech of the Duke of WELLINGTON to be most valuable. It was judicious and practical. In a constitutional point of view, admirable. " I beg to remind you, my Lords, that you ought not to tike a position on which you cannot stand." His Grace was anxious that the Peers should not place themselves in a false position. " The object I had in view in resuming my seat in her MAJESTY'S Councils will not be attained if your Lordships reject the Bill." We rejoice that the Duke has thus far succeeded, and certain we are his political compeers ought to feel deeply indebted to him for the course he has adopted and the advice he has given them. We hope the Duke will yet live long to guide the counsels of the Upper House. The Emperor of RUSSIA has just published a ukase ordering all the Jews in Russia to place themselves before January 1, 1850, in one of the four following classes :-1. Amongst the burgesses of a town by the purchase of a piece of land or a house. 2. In one of the three corporations of traders. 3. In a corporation of artisans, after having given the proofs of ability required by law ; and 4. In the grand body of tillers of the earth, whether on their own property or under another owner. Such Jews as have not placed them selves by the appointed time in one of the four classes, are to be subjected to such restrictive measures as the Government may think fit to employ. According to the Cologne Gazette, the extradition of the ex-Dictator of Cracow, M. TYSSOWSKI, at pre sent a prisoner in Saxony, has been demanded by Austria, Russia, and Prussia, but positively refused by the Court of Dresden. Madrid papers of the 4th inst. have been received. On that day there were contradictory rumours circu lated in Madrid on the subject of the affairs of Por- tugal. According to one - account, the juntas had sent in their adhesion to the Palmella Cabinet, and tranquillity was restored ; according to another ac count, however, the juntas were at variance with each other, the Ministers had resigned, the QUEEN was without advisers, and anarchy was at its height. We think this last account must be greatly exag gerated. The Palmella Government had not re signed at the time the last official accounts from Lisbon had been received, for it had caused a formal note to be delivered to the Spanish Government, de manding an explanation of the intentions of Spain in assembling a corps d'arnze on the frontiers, And at the same time desiring the recal of M. GON ZALES BRAVO. This worthy Ambassador it appears openly interfered in support of the Cabral party, and escorted the CABRALS through the streets of Lisbon to the ship, on board which they embarked for Cadiz. After having thus exhibited himself in the character of an ac tive partisan, M. GONZALES BRAVO became apprehensive of the consequences, and, hoisting the Spanish flag over his residence, armed a number of Gallegos to act as his body -guard, and informed the Portuguese Cabinet that the slightest insult offered to him would be followed by the advancing the Spanish troops into Portugal. The Spanish Cabinet, in answer to the note of the Duke of PALMELLA, had assured the Portuguese Government of its pacific intentions, and M. GONZALES BRAVO had at the same time re ceived orders from his Government to observe the strictest neutrality with regard to the internal affairs of Portugal. MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 4.—The Three per Cents. were not quoted. The shares of the Bank of San Fernando sold at 385, and those of Isabel at 196. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. It appears that during the secret deliberation of the Peers as to the sentence to be passed on LE COMTE, the Chancellor, Duke PASQUIEE, made a most unwise and ill-judged allusion to the case of Marshal NET. The Constitutionnel of Monday alluded to the circumstance. In the Constitutionnel of Tuesday we find the following detailed account of the circum stances : "The grave incident to which we have alluded was yester day the general subject of conversation in the Chamber of Deputies, where it produced a deep sens a ti on. T he follow mg, according to the accounts unts in circulation, was the way as already stated, in which it occurred. At the moment when the sentence on Leconite was about to be pronounced, one of the Peers, M. Teste, demanded that his degradation as a member of the Legion of Honour should be formally declared. Upon this, M. Pasquier, the President, is said to have re marked that all punishment of an afflictive awl infuniant e character involved the degradation as a matter of course. He, is said to have added, • Besides, gentlemen, the Court of Peers has its precedents. Thus in a celebrated trial, that of Marshal Nev, the degradation took place 'without any men tion being made of it in the sentence.' We may imagine the effect produced by this inconceivable comparison between the glorious victim of an abominable reaction and the wretched issassin who has just been condemned. If we are well in formed, an almost universal murmur greeted the words of the Chancellor, and warned him that certain proprieties could not be forgotten with impunity. For our parts, we do not believe that M. Pasquier had any intention to insult the memory of the illustrious Marshal ; but it is impossible not to see in his language a frightful symptom of the reaction which is now leading us away. A few years back the Cham ber of Peers thrilled when the name of Marshal Ney was pro nounced, and avoided with care all that could remind France of that terrible event. At present the President does not hesitate to invoke as a precedent the execrable process which produced the death of a hero by French bullets. Let the Pre sident to-morrow be called on to render an account of his words, and whilst protesting against all insulting thoughts, he will, without doubt, establish that the new peerage is re sponsible fur the old one, and that the trial of Marshal Ney !)reserves its place in the archives, like that of A . libaud or Fieschi. W e h ope , f or our parts, that public opinion, in de fault of the peerage itself, will treat as it destrves such a doctrine." The Si(;cle comments upon the conduct of the Duke PASQUIER in these terms— "At the moment these inconsiderate words were pro nounced, M. Pasquier had before him the Prince de la Mos kowa, the son of the illustrious victim. A painful sensation was immediately felt by all present. Every one endeavoured in vain to conceive how a man in such a high station, so long accustomed to measure his expressions so as to render only what he thought and felt, should have suffered him self to fall into such a grievous forgetfulness. The Chan cellor, we are fully convinced, had no deliberate intention ~f wounding the Prince de la Moskowa by such a cruel allusion; but such is now the course of ideas, that in the 'rinds of the men who govern us such references are not impossible, and perhaps are natural. It is said that the Prince de la Moskowa has suffered so severely from an eino• Lion to which no generous heart can be an alien, that he has determined to demand an explanation in the Chamber of Peers. Should the Chamber, which we are far from believing, render itself a participator in the sanguinary acts of 1815, the Prince, it is said, will feel himself bound in honour to resign his seat in it. We cannot tell under what form, nor on what occasion, such an explanation can be called for; but we can never blame even the exaggerated susceptibility of a son wishing to enforce respect to the memory of his father—above all, when that so n b ears a name which is among those that haveinvested France with glory." The National is equally indignant in its comments on Duke PASQUIER. In allusion to the execution of LEcoMTE, both the Journal des bebats and the Gazette des Tribunaux state that he expressed great repentance for the crime which he had attempted. The Progres du Pas-de-Calais states that General Count DE MONTMOLON has been informed by the Go vernment that he will be set at liberty as soon as the judicial inquiries respecting the evasion of Prince Louis JN APOLEON shall be at an end. A Toulon journal mentions a rumour that an ex pedition is about to take place, under the command of Marshal BUGEAUD, against the tribes on the frontiers of Morocco. This rumour, however, does not accord with an announcement in the Echo de Vesone that a letter, dated the 27th ult., has been received from the Marshal by his family, in which he states that he will probably come to France next month, no more to re turn to Algeria, and that he had already received a conge to be acted upon when he pleased. The Mar shal, adds the Echo de Vesone, entreats his friends to declare that he is more than ever desirous of continu ing deputy for Excideuil, and that it is false that he intends to offer himself as a candidate for any other place. We have received the Akbar and the France Algerienne of Algiers of the 2d. There is nothing positive in them as to the movements of AED-EL KADEB, and nothing to confirm the hope which had been expressed, that other French prisoners, besides the man who had arrived at Lalla-Magrhnia, and from whom the account of the massacre at the Deira was obtained, had also succeeded in making their escape. The Akbar states from Dellys that the Kabyles are quarrelling amongst themselves. The Flisat-el-Bahais have assas sinated the Amin of the Pit-Zeraras, and the tribes are making razzias upon each other. An Algiers letter of the 3d announces the arrival there on that day of his Royal Highness the Duke D'AUMALE. It was said that the Prince would embark in a few days for France. It had been previously reported, how ever, that he intended to go to Oran. Marshal BUGEAUD was to leave for Oran on the evening of the 3d. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tues day at 83f. 25c. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 40c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,256 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 1,028 f. 75c. ; Havre,7s2f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 750 f. ; Avignon, 908£ 75c. ; Vierzon, 642 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 6151 ; Boulogne, 485 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 3851: ; Basle, 221 f. 25c. ; Dieppe, 429 f. Paris and Strasburg, 507 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 520 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 5471. 50c. ; B e l g i an T wo - an d- a- H alf per Cents., 57f. ; Spani,h Three per Cents., 38. The following are quotations for other railway shares: - Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 522 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, ditto, 507 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JuNE 10. Boulogne and Amiens, 11 - Dutch Rhenish, 7•X-East Indian, %- Namur and Liege, 3 1 ,4 -Northern of France Constituted, 14-Orleans and Vierzon, 14% -Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6 1 ,6-Sambre and Meuse, 4.A -West Flanders, 2. EXPRESS FROAI PARIS (From the Times.) We have received, by Extraordinary Express, a letter from our Paris correspondent, dated yesterday (Wednesday) three o'clock P.M., which states that "at half-past two o'clock that day the Paris and Lyons Railroad, with a branch to Grenoble, was adjudged to the company represented by M. Talabot. " The first tender opened by the Minister of Public Work, was that of M. Ganneroc, banker, which proposed for the line at a reduction of nine months from the fifty years—the maximum declared by the law of July, lB4s—that is, offering to take the line on a lease of forty-nine years and three months. " The Minister next opened a sealed parcel, which proved to be the tender of M. Talabot, Chief Engineer of the Roads and Bridges, which offered to take the line at a reduction of 5 years and 67 days from the aforesaid maximum; that is, on a lease for 44 years '298 days. " A third tender, that of M. Chastelleux, was to have been made, but the preliminary formality had not been com plied with. " The Minister, therefore, declared the, as the tender of M. Talabot offered the more considerable reduction from the fixed maximum, it was to be regarded as the most ad vantageous for the public, and was accordingly accepted." The effect expected from this adjudication was a consider able improvement in the prices of shares, but the contrary was the fact, as will be seen by the subjoined lists. We must observe, however, that the general heaviness of the market is ascribed by our correspondent to the leading article in the Times of Monday last. The Paris papers of Wednesday received by this express contain no news of importance. We have also received by extraordinary courier the intel ligence of the adjudication of the Lyons aril Avignon Rail road. The biddings were as follows .—Talabot and Co., 44 years 298 days; Ganneron and Co., 49 years 90 days. In the case of the Count de Leige the preliminaries were not com plied with. COURS AUTHENTIQUE.—PARIS, JUNE 10.—Five p.r Cents., 120 f.; Three per Cent.,., 84f. 40c. 83f. 821. 95c.; Bulk ac tions, 3,480 f.; Rente de Naples (Rothschild), 102 f 70c. 6.5 c. ; Italians 100% 1 ; Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 100% % ; Ditto, 1842, 102V2; Ditto, Two•and analf per Cents, 56:y, ; Spanish Three per Cents., 1841, 37 3 / 4 f. 38c. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 62c.; Money, 25f. 60c.; three months, paper, 25f. 45c.; money, 25f. 42%c. , JUNE 10. LAST PETCES.—Five per Cents., I BOURSE 2Of. 20c.; Three per Cents., 83f. 5c.; Belgian Bank, 1001/2. ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. ; three years old, 7st 21b, four, 9st 21b ; five, lOst ; six and aged, lOst 51b ; to start at the new mile post, and go once round. Bold Archer Ruff 2 sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old colts, Bst 91b; and fillies, Bst 61b. Swinley Course. Sir G. Heathcote's b c by Hetman Platoff, walked over The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 soya. h ft, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. Old Mile. Free Lance Joinville Three started. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House of Lords sat to-dad• to hear Scotch appeals. The peers in attendance were Lord Brougham, Lord Cotten ham, and Lord Campbell. ALLAN V. GLASGOW. The arguments in this appeal from the Court of Session occupied their Lordships the whole morning. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor, after having disposed of the unop posed lunatic petitions on his paper, proceeded with the fur ther arguments in the part-heard appeal of Milord v. Reynolds. ROLLS' Co URT.—(THIS DAY.) Petitions of no general interest occupied his Lordship, the Master of the Rolls the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.) ( Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of England.) His HONOUR heard unopposed petitions, short causes, and cause petitions to-day. The Court in the course of the morning made several orders in railway cases for the payment of the deposits out of Court, the schemes having failed before Committees of the House of Commons, and the Speaker's certificate to that effect having been produced. (Before Vice• Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) EX-PARTE SWINTON AND OTHERS. Mr. RUSSELL, Q.C., applied to the Court for an interim order, restraining the defendants from receiving the sum of 15,525/., which had been paid in to the Accountant-General, deposits on the proposed capital of the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway. It was alleged that out of 60,000 shares 16,000 were issued, and only 12,000 allotted, the zithers being reserved by the provisional committee till a rise in price might take place ; and that the money of the shareholders had been employed by the committee on the Stock Ex change, to give a fictitious value to the shares of the railway, by the purchase of their own shares at a premium. In November some of the shareholders objected to going to Parliament. The Committee, however, went to Parliament ; but on petition of the plaintiffs and others, the Bill, after a first reading in the House of Com mons, was thrown out. The defendants, therefore, applied to the Vice• Chancellor of England for an order for the re payment of the deposits. Mr. RUSSELL now applied for an injunction restraining their receiving the money, which was granted by the Court. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied the greater part of the day with an ejectment case from the new trial paper, which possessed no feature of public interest. RAILWAY SUN IS NO W PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 62; Highest, 73; Noon, BAROMETER, 30.18.—W1N, N.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning 47 ininutes after 2. 1 Evening .. S minutes after 3. 4 • A - ko. . 4- Aopww.„vai k • • ' AI 0 `' 44 4 6 Met fi! LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1846. The House of Colpmons list night came to a deci sion adverse to that at which it arrived on the 30th April last by a majority of 18, and again frustrated the just expectations of the unfortunate Danish claimants, whose demands, five times sanctioned and affirmed by the House, have again been postponed. We confess as Englishmen that we feel deep humilia tion in recording the vacillating conduct of one of the branches of our Legislature, this truckling to the ipse dixit of any man. Hope deferred, it is said, maketh the heart sick. What can be said of those persons who, for no less than thirty-nine years, have been calling on the Legislature to accord to them that equity and justice to which they are so fully entitled ? Why is it that persons in a public capacity will be guilty of acts of meanness and injustice, at which they would blush if perpetrated by themselves as individuals? Why should persons rush in, at the beck of a Minister to swell his majority, to votl4an a difficult and compli cated question of international law, of the real merits of which a vast proportion of them must be wholly and entirely ignorant; and that against the recorded opi nions of some of the most able lawyers, and in the significant absence of the legal advisers of the Crown, whose especial duty it was to have been present, and to have enlightened the House with their honest opinions on this important legal question? Was not that very absence evidence as strong as any that could be adduced that their opinions were hostile to those entertained by her MAJESTY'S Go vernment on the point in dispute, that they felt, as lawyers, that they could' not support the view put forward, when they leave,the defence of the Ministry to a gentleman, who, whatever may be his talents, cannot claim much weight as an authority on a question of pure law or equity ? Is it not certain that if they could have conscientiously voted with the Government, they would have given them their support, which would be vastly more impor tant than that of any other individuals in the House ? Is it not a singular thing that gentlemen, who before they accepted office pledged their high characters to the justice of a claim, by giving it their disinterested sanction and support, should afterwards, when in office, shrink from avowing their opinions on so giVe a subject ? We find that the Attorney and Solicitor-General have already on former occasions given their votes in favour of compensation being granted, and this, coupled with their remarkable absence both on the 30th of April and last night, testifies that the Ministry have taken a legal view different from that of their law advisers, and have argued a legal point in opposition to the opinions of those by whom they should be governed on the subject. The case of the Danish claims is a remarkable one, and a short recapitulation of the grounds on which they have been brought forward cannot be uninte resting on the present occasion. In the year 1807 it was considered indispensable to the safety of England that measures should be taken to prevent the Danish fleet co-operating ' with BUONAPARTE against this country ; for that purpose an expedition was dispatched to , the Sound, and an envoy to the Danish Court, to demand that the fleet should be delivered over to the English admiral as a security against its falling into the hands of France. That demand was refused, and the consequence was that what had been refused to be peacefully yielded up was taken by force, and in October, 1807, the Danish fleet, munitions of war, naval equipments, &c. &c., to the value of 1,300,0001. sterling, were brought to England. The Danes, on their part, were not idle, and much injury was done to the property of British subjects, who, without having been warned by any public act on the part of the Government of the day, had yet: been exposed to most serious losses in consequence of the policy adopted by that Govern ment for the general welfare. The English Ministry have generally adopted a high : and honourable course of conduct towards those who have been sufferers under such circumstances ; and we find that Mr. PIRCEVAL allowed that the property so taken possession of, amounting, as we have said, to over 1,300,0001. sterling, should be reserved for the claims of those who had lost their property by con fiscation or seizure. These claims were threefold, viz.—lst, of those who had book debts due to them ; 2dly, of those whose property had been seized on shore ; and, 3dly, of those who had ships and car goes afloat, which were seized by the Danish Go vernment. In 1834, a Treasury minute was at length ob• tained, referring it to Parliament to decide whether all or any of those claims should be admitted for compensation ; -wad abcordingly, in 1835 and 1836, the two .IrErst classes were dis charged (after only twenty-nine rears' suspense and delay), but to an amount fluless than the 300,0001. which had been obtained ; so that a sum remained in hand far exceeding the amount of the claims of the third class, which alone remained, and which the Legislature yesterday again post poned, The third-class claims were brought forward in 1838 and 1839, by an eminent lawyer, now one of the brightest ornaments of the judicial bench, and, although opposed by the Government of the day, were sanctioned and approved of by the House of Commons, in consequence of which Commissioners were ap pointed to inquire into the legality of these claims, and to report judicially respecting them. The parties were accordingly put to all the trouble and expense of proving their claims before those Com missioners. They did so, and on the 12th of May, 1840, a report was made, reducing the amount to nearly one-half ; in other words, from 425,0001. to 225,0001., and, large as the latter sum un doubtedly is, we do not think there are many ,Englishmen who would permit a stain to 4 ) eit on . the honour and integrity settlement of tile4l6tattas o f their country for such an amount. In 1841 addres s to theAdiow . n — wis again carried for the entitled, who4/41„vrr-t Nam the parties but in • • themselves safe in the vote of a British House of Co mmons, v.ectatn were still left to pine confirmed ttheirthproved in vain and fruitless ex de mands, sanctioned and tribunal constituted by the Government for t y lle time bein g , by w h om they were appointed, we re still with held ; four times did the House of Commons sanc tion by their vote the justice and the equity of t h e claim. In 1844, it was for the fifth time brought for ward, and all the strength of the Government, at that time one of the strongest which had ever ruled the country, having been exerted against it, it was defeated by a majority of four. On the 30th of April a clear majority of eighteen again affirmed the principle which was yesterday rejected; such contradictory- decisions are not creditable to the House. It has been said that no person would refuse to advance money on a vote of that House ; Init, if such exhibitions are re peated, 11111 not a we ( `'.founded distrust of the House take place ? Whol,will depend on a vote which without hesitation may be rescinded and altered ? Are subjects of policy to be laboriously worked, like the web cf Penelope, for the sole purpose of having the original labours undone on a subsequent occasion? We have not alluded in this articla to the strong legal points of the case, but merely to the proceedings which have already taken place thereon. We cannot, how ever, conclude without commending to an attentive perusal a letter on the subject which will be found COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.} COULTAS V. BOWES (CLERK). This was the only case of importance which came before the Court to-day, and as it has already attained such noto riety, it is unnecessary to detail the particulars. The Court now gave judgment, and was unanimously of opinion, after a careful examination of the arguments, that the case required further investigation, and therefore that the rule should be made absolute for a new trial. Rule absolute. FATALITIES FROM SIIN-STrioßEs.—nn Wednesday, a labourer, named James Wakefield, while at work in a field at Kings ley, was what is commonly termed .• sun-struck," and died imme diately. On the following day another labourer, named James Bur gess, at Netherton, was killed in the same sudden and dreadful man ner. Decomposition was so rapid, that each of the bodies was a mass of putrefaction an hour after death. Inquests were held before Air. 11. Clairton, coroner, and verdicis in accordance with the evidence were returned.— Provincial Paper. THE ARMY.--it is cobfideiltly stated that there will be a grand review of troops in Hyde-park, 9 o b f e tfohreoprheissenHt iLn u c t s h s , Ibrahim Pacha, either on the 17th or the and cavalry, the 7th when, in addition to the household infantry Hussars and Royal Artillery will go through utherivoutirsioluosremigon: e r n s now et of a field day, for the gratification of the illst • in this country. It may be added that the various batty lions are d reserving their ammunition from Whitt are called bring anticipation of the event. 1 % 4 days, in MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather dull. Sales, 5,000 to 6,000 bales. Shares continued flat. By the brig Nelson, arrived at Liverpool, advices of Feb. 7 have been received from Wellington, New Zealand. The following are the most interesting items, referring to events in another part of the colony, with which it appeared the post-office communication was extremely irregular, so much so, in fact, as to place the settlers at Wellington in a very poor position for getting news of events at Auckland : "A proclamation has been issued by which the debentures are recalled, and certain terms are proposed for their re demption. The amount of debentures in circulation is stated to be 36,0001., and at least 10,0001., or nearly a third of this amount, was in circulation in this settlement. "Again we learn, in the same indirect and casual way, that fresh reinforcements have been received, and that the war is renewed with increased vigour. An attack was to be made on the rebels on a certain day. All sorts of rumours t.re rife, and the settlers are placed in a most painful state of anxiety and suspense, from which there seems no present prospect of their being relieved. We hear that Pomare, the faithless, treacherous, Pomare, has deserted from the British camp and sided with the rebels. This chief is connected by affinity or relationship with all the principal chiefs in the southern district, and his example may have considerable weight in determining their future conduct, for aught the local Government may know to the contrary, but no measures of precaution are adopted to guard against any mischief that may arise." The sixth anniversary of the settlement had been celebrated at Wellington. There are accounts also, by a direct arrival, to Jan. 28, from . Port Philip. The colony was improving, and had an immense quantity of sheep and cattle available for wool and tallow purposes, but chiefly the former. The Funds have been very dull again, and there is no improvement in their value. Consols for account have realised 94 to 95. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 12s. to 17s. The New Three-and-a. Quarter per Cents. have been 96 3 % to 97. East India Stock for account is at 266 1 4. The Foreign Bonds are totally neglected. Not a bargain is reported in Mexican. Spanish Three per Cents. have been flat at 36% to 37. Portuguese Four per Cents, have been at 45%. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 59%. Shares are neglected. BRIII - Sll EuxDs. ONE RAILWAY COMMITTEES• (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committe on the Direct London and Portsmouth—Guildfo rd, Chichester, Portsmouth, and Farehara—and the Epsom and Dorking Bills, Lord Beaumont (Chairman), met at eleven this morning iu Room A (New blouses of Parliament). The first case taken was that of the DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTIL Mr. Austin, Mr. Talbot, and Mr. Rawlitnion appeared for the Pro moters. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Sergeant W rang h am opposed Bill on the part of the Guildford and Chichester, and counsel also peered for the Rev. Mr. Coles, of Ditcham House, near Petershe, who petitioned against the Bill. Mr. AUSTIN addressed the Committee at great length ea the Par t of the promoters of the Bill. Captain Sayer, formerly a cap t a i n i n the marines, now s wine d merchant at Portsmouth, gave general evidence in favour of th i s , an d against the opposing line. He spoke to the necessity for . d communication, between the pla ces accommodated by the l i n e, gave his opinio n , th a t t hi s line would effect that communic ation ,l much better than th e G u ild ford and Chichester would. The V g2 feeling was in favour of this line. HOUSE OF COMMON& GROUP XVII. MA NCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON A TIP SOUTH—WESTERN (ROMSLT AND N'S"" . BRIDGE BRANCH). The Committee met this morning at the useal hour; the Ilter Yorke in the chair. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON. Mr. JAMES handed in the corrected statement, on which the Pc,/ moters rest their case. An error—merely a numerical one— • occurred, which made the population of the districts which the l ine was proposed to t raverse 200,000 more than it actually was. It was set down at 1,859,000, whereas it should be 1,659,000. Mr. Matthews, a farmer, at Stockhead, near Cirencester. was called and exami ne d b y the Chairman and Committee with respect to the saving whi c h t h e line would effect to him. He said he famed 800 acre;, but th a t h e had only made a calculation on 640. „; cost of the wear and tear of carrying his goods at present to the . nearest market town i n th e course of a year was about 78.., but he calculated if the railway was made that he should save two-thirds, er 531., besides loss of time. Sir Willoughby Gordon, Bart., Quartermaster. General, ex by Mr. JAMES—It Is of importance to have direct communicatlf between the inland distri c t s and the various parts of the kingdomand the more. . Railways afford great faciliti es t o the public service, direct and the less bre a k o f gauge in them the better. It woul d be of great importance t o h ave d i rect communication between port! mouth, Southampton, an d th e manufacturing districts of the aor t a . The movement of t roo p s was invariably accompanied by incur n. _ brances, such as wome n —(A l augh)—baggage, ammunition, Sze. Large bodies of troops' were st a ti oned at Birmingham, Coventry, Wee d o a. Chester, and Preston. A ssum i ng a line to be made like the Mse. r chester and Southampto n , w ith out break ofgauge, it would be used 1° the transmission of troops from the south to the north, and to Ireland , and vice versa, It would also facilitate the passage of troops from the north to the Channel Islands. By the Committee—lt would be of great importance to Gosport! Winchester, and other towns to have such a communication with the north. By the CHAIRMAN—The Manchester and Southampton is an eV ceedingly important national work. By Mr. AUSTIN—As at present advised should send troops for Ire" land by Liverpool. Portsmouth must always be considered a more important town on account of the garrison. Was aware that there was a line to Basingstoke, arid from Basingstoke to Reading ; but he would, with all submission, leave it to the consideration of the Coo' mittee, whether a line from Oxford to Rugby, and thus establishing a new connexion between the south and the north, would be of more advantage than the proposed line. A difference of eighteen miles and break of gauge w ou ld b e di sa d vantageous; but the saving of expense was a great object, so also was the saving easy mode of conveyance. of time, and 8" !GROUP LIII. a). This Committee, eonsieti ng o f th e Hon. E. Lascelles I,.irmad the Earl of Arundel aa d S urrey, Mr. liildyard, Mr. R. Clayton, a n Captain Dalrymple, met at the customary hour to day. SHREW'SDITILY AND BIRMINGNAIVZ. Mr. HOPE (in the absence of Mr. Austin), briefly opened this e on the part of the p romo t ers, and described the route of the sche me' The line, including a ll th e b ranches, would be about sixty wiles, and the total estimate 2,200,0001. With regard to the engmeed nS character of the work s , h e b el i eved there was nothing at all marnable. The gradient s were as favourable as the country W " „, the , admit, and wh en h e stated that Mr. Stephenson was engineer of the li ne , the Committee must be ,„re that there would be no steep gradient on the line, w" e d could possibly be avo id e d , as that gentleman was to a degree Weu,"nn. to easy gradients, and for great reason in his (Mr. Hope's) O P in i;at There was one gradient of 1 in 100, and another that was some w iaL steeper at the station near Birmingham, and therefore not There was also some tunnelling of a few thousand yards in the es l " -- of the line. GRUP . tr- The Committe e on this group met LVII to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 27 ( g r an d corr i dor) ; present, Mr. Francis Baring Ohl. nun), Mr. Bask erv i . l e, Br. Staunton, Mr. C. East, and the Hon. Bouverie. They resumed the case of the BIRMINGHAM CANAL AND RAILWA Ir ARRANGEMENTS. Mr. ROBINSON. for th e p romo t ers, called additional eviden ce support of the Bill. 31r. Sparrow, from th e ne i g hb ourhood of Wolverhampton ,„ 1 vre• prietor of extensive iron works, having used the canal for the veyauce of iron and coal for many years, was favourable to the T r posed arrangements, whi c h h e was of opinion would be highly I ' 4 dcial to the public. Other witnesses gave testimony to a similar effect. ; m Mr. Robert Scott, M.P. for Wal sa ll, and Chairman of the pa—int' ham Canal Company, w as examined by Mr. ROBINSON at gr ew length, for the purpose of proving that the arrangements conte on part plated in the Bill would b e of most important benefit to the tra til the district, indeed o f th e whole county. The of the kingdoms °, be traversed by the Birmin g h am C anal and its branches coul d accommodated with railway conveyance, unlest by some such arrangement with the Canal C ompany. The effect of the c ontinua' tion of railway arid canal accommod a ti on would be a grea t boon tO all those who now used the canal. P I DAM CLOSINO Three per Cent. Reduced Annuiti es .. ..0 L 95 OCK 94% 95% 95 R1 95 CE New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97 961 t 97 57 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 % 10% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. .. .. .. 20 27 Consols for Opening .. .. •• •. .. 95 94% 95 India Stock .. .. .. ~. .. 266% Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 % d. 1,0001... .. .... 17 12 pm. 12 5001. . .. .... 17 --- pm. 17 Ditto, Small .... 18 —— pm. 18 27 9516 2661, CLOSING PRICES. 21% ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. Grenada, 1 per Cent .. ➢Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account Ditto, Deferred .. Portuguese Four per Cent Ditto, for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. Ditto, Deterred .. 15 Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • .. 36% Ditto, for the Account .. .. 37 Venezuela Monds, 2 per Cent .. .. 42 Ditto, Deterred .. • • 12% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent ~ 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% . 4:5% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES- Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2 ....... Bristol and Exeter .. 75 84 ..... Buckinghamshire 428. .... 34 dis •• Caledonian .. .. 10 .... I I Ditto, Extension .. 2%.... Chester and Holyhead .. 2234 .... 20% ' Chester and Manchester .. 425. ....... Direct 31ancliester (Rastrick's) • • direct Northern .. 234.... ...... ;;;astern Counties .. .. 141. 165..... 2314 Ditto New .. .. • • • • 101. 16 s. • • •• •• •• • Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61 13s. 4d. p ..... Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. %5 p... Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... %. . Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... ....... Ditto 14 Shares .. . 12% .... 18 Treat North of England . •.100 ....221 •ireat Western .. .. • • .. 85 .• .. ....... Ditto, Fifths 2O .... 33 ....... Ilull and Selby .. •.. 50 .• 102% ....... Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 40 .... Leeds and Bradtbrd .. • • .. 26 ....... Leicester anti Bedford 225..... %% dis. • Leicester. 'famworth, &c. 425. 1 dis. • London an Birmingham . • .100 .... Ditto Quarters . 2 .... London anu Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. Ditto, New 2% .... 3% ..... London and Croydon .. • 131. 15s 9d.. • 21% ••• • . London and South-Western .- 41/. 6s. 10d.. • 79 Ditto, New .. .• •• •• 17%.... London and York .. 23, ....... Ditto, Half Shares • • 234 . Lynn and Ely .. 15 . ... .. ... .. iiittichester and Birmingham .. 40 . . .. 80% • Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 4 ...• 13 ••• Ditto, Quarter Shar e s (B) • • 4 .... ...... Do. Cont. and Welsh Junction 1% •34 ... 'Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425.... • % p...... Midland ..100 ....148 .. Ditto, New .. .. • . 18 .. • • 3134........ Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... ..... Ditto, New . • . I .... 7% • ... .... Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 15 .. • . 2414 Norfolk .. •• .. 20 .... 2514 % Ditto, Extension . . • • • 2.. • • 1% Norm British .. .• •• 22% . • • 29% ........ Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. ... 1%34 ..... North Staffordshire . • • • • 425. .. • • 2% 3% p... Oxid.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptn. 1234 ........ shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... South Midland 425. .... die.... South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 3334 .. • • 39% .... Do.. New (do 331. 65.8 d.) N o . 2 . 10 .... 13 Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 18 ........ Do., New (do. 15/.) .. N o . 4. 2% . 2% % ...... . Warwickshire and London .. 425..... % di5........ West Riding Union .. 425..... 114% p York arid North Midland .. .. 50 .... Ditto. Extension .. • • .. 15 .... 3334 . Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... I ... lin 36 1014 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 12 .... 10% 11 ...... Bord., Toul., St Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... ........., Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 1%........,, Central of Spain .. 2 .... .......... Dutch Rhenish .. 6 .......... East In tut .•• .. 58. 1 %% Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4 .. ... Luxembourg Nainui mid Liege .. . 6 .... .•• • •....... Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 14% .......... Orleans and Vierzen .. 10 .... ...... Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... ........ Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 634 34 Paris and Rouen 20 .... . . .... .... Rouen and Havre .. 20 .... 28% .. Sambre and Meuse .. • , .. 8 .... 4% .. MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered • ji dis 3% •. ••.. •. 2:3. 714 p Ye P % P . 220 !, dis. 1 dis 776 244 25!;„ Ili 29. A, 1% P 24 7, (Cis 39% dis •26¢ ebtrb 'rib ttton ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) THE EMPEROR'S VASE. A Piece of Plate, value 500 sovs., the gift of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each ; about two miles and a half. Alarm . Jericho Wolfdog ... 3 Corranna . Twelve started. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THISDAY.j LONDON, JUNE 11.—Wind S.W., light pleasant breeze and fine. DEAL, JUNE 10.—Wind W.S. W.—Arrd. Winchester, Milligan. Van Dienaan's Land; Achilles, Burrell, Port Phillip; Enterprize, Wright, Sydney, N.S. W. ; John Laird, Bryant, China ; Woodbridge, Poulton, ditto; Ddigentia, Hackman, Batavia; Tyrer, Ellis, Singa pore ; Persian, Grange, Calcutta; John Graham, Pearson, ditto ; Westminster, Michie, ditto ; Stebun Heath, Cromarty, Madras ; Lady 13, uce, Liddell, Ceylon; Arab, Bombay; Neptune, Ferns, ditto; Mary Alice, Mauritius. OFF THE START, JU NE S.—Westminster, 314 Fee, Calcutta. l'LymouTu, JUNE 10.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Valleyfield, Quebec. OFF TA E LIZARD, JUNE 7.—Eliza, Ljungrea, Lisbon, for Calmar, with loss of maintop and foretopgallant-mast, having been in contact. Orr PILL, JUNE 9.—lndependent, St. John's, New Brunswick. LivEErooL, JUNE 10.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Nelson, New Zealand, sailed Feb. 12; Gazdle, Ramsay, Sydney, New South Wales; Britannia, 31agrath, Singapore; Java, Pickering, Calcutta; Sandford, Callan, ditto ; Atterpool, Wickman, ditto; Tamerlane, ditto; Rapid, Downes, Bombay; William Watson, Cunningham, Val paraiso ; Christina, ditto ; Leonard Dobbin, Jones, Patagonia; Ma gistrate, Crompton, Old Calabar ; Saguenay, ditto ; Maid of Cashmere, Ileannett, Brass River. The Cecilia, of Dundee, was aground at Tobasco, April 20, and is likely to become a wreck. The Holywood has arrived at Corrientes, from Monte Video, all well. She had not been aground in the Parana, as reported yesterday. BRIDLINGTON, JUNE 9.—The Sarah Elizabeth, of Lynn, from Ramsgate, went on shore on the rocks, near Flamborough Light house, this morning. CORK, JUNE 7.—Arrd. Malvina, Alexander, Jamaica. PADsTOWE, JUNE 9.—The Matilda, Birch, of Arundel, having sprung a leak, has put in here in a sinking state. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) latk.'ir 11/XiIACIL/SlCts. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; Clover ditto, 41 4s to .5/ lbs ; Oat Straw, 118 s to 11 10s ; Wheat Straw, 11 103 to 1/ 12s per load. Trade (MI, at barely stationary prices. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 4/ 4s ; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 10s; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. A full average suiply, and a heavy demand. WitrrEcnaPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 4l; Clover ditto, 41 4s to 5 16s ; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 103 to 11 123 per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. IVILIELtaa' 01.114,4.31 r S. f from 3s to HAILSLIAM, JUNE 10.—We had very moderate supplies of stook " sale, and which moved off steadily as follows :—Bee 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; 48 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s Gd per 81b3. ARUNDEL, JUNE 9.—Beet; from and Pork 4s to 4s Gd per • Veal 4s to 4s 6d; Mutton, 35 Gd to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s ad , , demand. Lamb, 5s to 5s IOU; Veal. 48 to 1 4 n s ; fair request at full CHICHESTER, JUNE Beef, from 38 to 4s 2d; bifusf,atotBS sinkt t a o ck 6us o i e; Sibs. A moderate supply, and a heavy the demand ruled heay. prices; otherwise Suckling Calves, IBsto 28 • Oct to 4s tid per 81bs. s , Qu a , 10.—Prime stocill°(:atso ' 16s to 18s; and Midi Cows, with their small Calf, a 3 , l i t d itt i o ,o n r , k 3s 3 !.l l to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 58 to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; ter-old Store Pigs, 3 a s n io a d v t e o ra 4 ;e B,dd su ; p p supply 16/ to 191 each. while the general demand was steady, at full prices. SoUTIIALL , sale to-day, ;Mutton, 38 2,1 to A A 1 , .- 8° dl4o._prime Sheep and Lambs commanded a JUNE 10 ;s o‘ r l:l7 e ce a llta: d l°ll Y mf s 3Fr a s l a e ll , :d a '2 t stjo fu uB : 4N l B y Et last week's quotations. All other kinds of stock hung on hand:—Beef from 2s 6d. to 4s MUtton, 39 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8(1 4 ; and Pork, 3s 6,1 to 48 6d tshetor small ;__ Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s per 819 s. Suckling Calvelsv,itlhB to 19s ; and Mitch Cows„ with Vealini ty ll e al d al o t i l s El t : e lli a 6 d ia ily °A , l a 9L t i AND Le l a u ' ll ch. prices. , 33. 6d. ; :Mutton, Si. 2d. to 4 i ; a i sluggish state. Beef, from 28 6d. to , Otherwise the demand ly i as i 48. 10d.; end I'ork, 35. 6d. to 4s. itondi.bp, esrs.Btiobs6s.by2dt.h;eNc'aeracla, carcase. Bd. to i .and7ereirikad, CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended June 6,11.446, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. 1 I WHEAT. EYE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE —52 s 27s BAIL ()XIS. I I 8d 23s 4d 32s 10d 35s 10d 34s 10d DUTY... 17s Od 9s Od 5s Od 9s 6d 71 6d Is 6d SH CLAIMS AND COM MO N HONESTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ~„ SIR ; —No lover of h onesty an d f a i r play can have read tD' debate (if it may be called such) of yesterday, on the Dan!!h claims, without feelings of disgust. It really seems as if the only object of the existence of' Government in this country were to obstruct th e course o f j ust i ce and the claims o f the people for protection. It is deeply to be regretted that Mr. Hawes stood alone, resting on the obvious justice and me,r it9 of his case only, w hil e t h e Government, by an active whips contrived, not by argument, but by mechanical votes, to defeat once more the settlement of a case on the merits of whic h the House of Commons has five times decided in the affirms' tive. The speeches of the two Government mouthpieces contained not one argum en t, an d were solely made up el., what Sir Thomas Wild e recent l y well described as " gtheite denials." Permit me , h av i ng no personal interest in the question, but that of a love of justice, and who has fak eh ' some pains to exami ne th e f acts of the case, to make a le , " , brief comments on the two Government speeches. Mr. Goulburn adopted quite a new line of argineal l ti and, for him, quite a n amus i ng one ; he must have mean t it in gentle satire of th e votes reta i ned for the occasion. -',7 professed, forsooth, great consideration for the pockets of the .: people! Now, sir, I have always heard that England sentially a commercial nation—that her merchants a!l is _b u ese a t strength. In my school days I learned she was 5111 s having divers seaports, whence myriads of merchant shi p s. _,.::: confic.ing in the protection of their native Government agswace,t.! aggression, departed to all parts of the world, to bring b again sources of wealth to their native shores. But all this o no:. thing to Mr. Goulburn. To him she is some Hungary orPolancle which, devoid of seaports, unencumbered by merchant fleets, needs for such matter no consideration but contempt and sneers. It is in this case the merchants of England who have suffered for the alleged good of the whole country. l c ' whatever the events cost at the time these merchants con tributed their full share, and to any public cost now to com pensate their losses they will also contribute. And why are they in addition to suffer these tremendous losses, this eon" fiscation of their property, in order to put money in the pockets of the King and Government? The pretence is as shallow as it is hypocritical. For forty years they have had promised and just compensation withheld, while Government has all that time been in possession of its immense ill-gotten plunder, obtained by the same act which ruined these merchants, an act which morals have not language dark enough to characterise. It was England which made the aggression against a nation in profound peace with her; made it in defiance of every law of nations and of honour, and now English Ministers have the effrontery to talk of these robberies as "c a pt ures ma d e in the ordinary course of war." It is not material now to show what is, how ever ' fact—that at first it was expressly alleged by Government that these sei zures were contrary to the usages of war and the law of nations. E ng l an d b ay i ng made such unprovo ked aggression, it is not to be wondered at that Denmark felt justified, in her only self-defence, in herself violating thosela," and seizing English ships on a neutral sea, for these gill were not seized on the high seas. This is a line of argum ent not touched by Mr. Hawes, but very important, as Illso . a , that other, also not touched by him, but in itself conclusive' that England, in her confiscation of Danish property, lv s is : guilty of a breach of positive English law; as a conseV, , ,q," of which it li as that English property was confiscated. That really settles the question. It is curious that every lawyer consulted in this . c/ v r e e r has given his opinion in favour of the claimants, il lrg : - s s. convenient it might be, when in office, to desert that opinion. No such sophistry as Mr. Cardwell used can alter or 15!,..`"" the fact, that the present Solicitor-General gave his opinion that the ordinance of 16th August, 1807 (which no man "-; yet read and honestly supposed it to be a declaration of war )' was NOT a declaration of war. E very act and order i n Cou n cil of the English and of the Danish Governments confir ll 2 3 this opinion. Had 1 time, I could cite more than twenty official documents in proof of it ; an d the first I wou ld ci . te . i would be that very ordinance o f t h e 9th Septem b er, which. in such a Jesuitical, but truly "official" way, Messrs. Goul burn and Cardwell quoted, omitting carefully to state its whole objects and contents, which are to recite that very ordinance of 16th August, not as a declaration of war, but as an ordi" nance for EMBARGO; and to proceed i: self, not to confiscate English property, but to provide for its safe custody _ n ti 0 1 l to i n t :Id Wm. Grant ; e G v r e a u n i t ; result of events was known. Would space allow. 1 01 ° aUthori ties. strengthen this ground by numberless ta_ neither e w h i h fi er on e l t y th a e d in d t i h dl a e t s L pe o e rd ta E te l r l s en e b f o e ro ve u n g t h f : a e . : o nd th. S h ir ad W t and Lord Ellen udicial and both decided that no of those days brought under their later ; xisttliedelrbejt7en England not exist such a And he was right. Unless and bo ro uDenmarkdid expressly a t l t d i m t e h o a w r t state of things as should . guilts of a systematic nurse of deception and eception an England was le as well as tier own pop , Denmark, no honest fraud on ose that war would arise. to suppose war would arise. man could suPP thatkseernvepd;ace. towards eve It TY part of these • s the same ungracious and dishonourable obstruction Two classes, against w hose claim observed claims a fair colour of objection might have been raised, have, however, been paid—through so me favour and in s' of justice has insene, it must be presumed. The present class tend point of law, eq ; u.ty, and honest 9 foot . y on a much better fo . lag, and, at present, remains unpaid It is most falsely al leged that they were silent for .Why, Sir, twenty years. there are at this peti tions, lodged there in 1808 and moment in the Treasury numberless This o is most barefaced and daring succeeding years.c 0 , t h e se original petitions has been " official denial.' One of 1 ex cellent one it is. Little dreaming recently reprinted, ig woulded, and an . be nig"' tively prophetic, it assumes that it will not be, as it hd proved to be, " ' the wish,' and determination, ,of his majest(l'. Government to obtain in this manner,' and k ee p ' a pecunial, gain ' to the Crown at the individual expense of its own subjects. Well might M r. G ou lb urn talk of a " new principle. ''' " new principle," indeed, it is ; and one to be universally ems' crated, for a Government thus to enrich themselves, and I' o persist in retaining the plunder got by wholesale opt list• o 0 ' at the direct cost of their own merchants. Three Chancellors of the Exchequer have promised ? . e . f; ment—three tim es have the L or d s o f t h e Treasury eXPI.4 referred it to Parliament to det erm i ne to whom pa) inen „"t due—five times has Parliament adjudged it to the Press." claimants; yet do Minist ers , i n d e fi ance of common honesty. in dereliction of their duty to their Queen, and in contempt of their duty to the nation of whom they are the hired tom ' vents, refuse to obey the jud gment o f t h at tribuna l to w hic h ' they themselves appeal e d. If t h ere i s no way of cOliaPe" their obedience, defective i n d ee d must b e our system of ad_ __ ministration of justice. I w ill not b el i eve there is none . The proposition is full of danger to our liberties. I trust the claim a n ts w ill not b e disheartened, b u t tha t they will rather redouble their energies, and arm theirS vocates with the numerous facts, as yet wholly untouched, which there is ..., bear upon the case—and, if there ii any right, if any justice to be had in England—if Parliament bas l . ll sense of consistency or ponour, or of its own privilege' ~_., functions, and deserts not its (ace and its indopendater-