The Sun. — London, England, 1846-06-05 00:00:00

birti Nbittion suiv OFFICE, Seren o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP I. LONDON AND HORN (THE EASTERN COVNTIES). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM then proceeded at some length into the question of the estimates of the line. The cost of constructing the London and Birmingham and the Grand Junction Railway was not more than the estimate for the proposed London and York. Their Lordships would not, he was sure, sanction a scheme which proposed to lay the traffic of the north of England by a circuitous route on a crowded line. With reference to the residential injury to the palace of the Archbishop of York, that would be avoiled 6y a deviation. In conclusion he zoned upon their Lordships to sanction the London and Yo:k in preference to any other scheme proposed, as it had the confidence of the public, and afforded the most direct and continuous line from London to York, and the north of Eng land and Scotland itself. A . t tl.e ;;;Cru;ion — tithe Learned Counsel's observat ions, which occupied the whole of the period of the sittings of the Committee, The NOBLE Loan intimated that the Committee would reserve their decision till Monday next. Room A. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII COVIP.A.NT inquire i Committee appointed by th eir Lordships to i ,to the merits of this Bill assembled for the first time this hco - ning. Mr. HILL, Q C., appeared for the promoters, and in a speech of some length stated the interests likely to result to tae country from the establi sh m ent of this company. The Bill was opposed, as it had been in the Commons' Committee, by Mr. A. Bain, who claimed priority of inven tion, and who also stated that the last improvements which had been patented by Messrs. Cooke and Wheatstone were not of a nature to benefit the public. The Committee intimated that Mr. Webster, who appeared for Mr. Bain, must confine his evide nce so l e l y to t h e ques tion of the piracy by Messrs. Cooke and Wheatstone of Mr. Bain's invention. Tile Committee then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XVII. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, AND SOUTH-WESTERN (ROMSET AND LED BRIDGE BRANCH). Al* __. The Committee met this morning at the usual hour, the 1 - 1,,n. E. Yorke in the chair. MANCEESTIM AND SOUTHIIIVIPTON. The cross-examination of Mr. Edwards, collector of the port of Soutliampo -, was resumed by Sir T. Pitieents, on behalf of the Great Western Railway and landowners on the route of the proposed line. The witness detailed the various items and quantities which made up the aggregate quantities and sums adduced in his evidence yestei day. It will be roe 'fleeted that he estimated that the traffic of this line to the north would be 88,000 tons, 30,000 of which were estimated as the probable increase, owing to the facilities which it would afford. The imports at Southampton would be materially increased on account of direct and moderate communication with the north ; corn, for instance, would come in greater quantities from Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Prussia, and, in fact, from the whole north of Europe. The aggregate quantities were made up of the following:— raw silk, 300 tons; mohair yarn, 12 tuns; worsted, 20 tdns; saffron and gums, 150 tons; goat's hair, 187 tons; manufactured silks and stuffs, from France, 300 tons merinos, green and dried fruit, wines, spirits, and other articles from France, 2,0C0 tons; corn from France, 2,400 tons; goods of various kinds from the Channel 'steeds ' 1,000 tons ; front the Mediter ranean, 1 , 000 tons; East Indies, 400 tons. 12,000 tons of corn now sent by orate: and ether n:odes'of communication to the north, would he diverted to this line, 200 tons of coffee, 150 tons of manufactured and unmanufactured tobacco, and 6,000 tons of the present coast traffic. When he estimated the cost of transmitting a ton of goods from Southampton to Manchester at 11 , he (lid so at the rate of a penny per mile, which he considered would before long be the:general rate of charge for goods on all the railways in the country; and the Great Western, he ex pected, would be tee first to set the example. When he said the cost of transit at present was 3/. Is. 60., he did so at the rates now charged by the existing lines, and included the charge of transit between the termini of the South-Western and London and Birmingham. Re-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—He found that the charge would be the same for all the proposed lines which ran in any way towards the north, and that the Manchester and Southampton, owing to its direct and short route, pos sessed an advantage to that extent over all. By the proposed line, the saving in transit to the public in the 88,000 tons would be 6,600 tons. If the line were now made there could be no doubt that 58,000 tons of goods would go by it, and instead of the increase being 30,000, it could not fail to be much greater. The necessity of such a line had long ex isted in his mind, and he had even suggested its construction to individuals connected with the Great Western, but they had not thought proper to take it up. A. Mildmay, Esq., M.P., one of the Members for South ampton, examined by Mr. JAMES—Had received frequent communications from his constituents and from the public bodies of the town with respect to obtaining more direct and cheaper communication with the manufacturing districts of the north. tie considered that such a communication as that afforded by the proposed line would be of great advan tage to the inhabitants of the town. Another independent station would also be en advantage. Cross-examined by Mr. SMlTll—Bullion was landed at Southampton, and not at Falmouth. Mr. Joseph Lobb, deputy-lieutenant of the county and mayor for the third time of Southampton, and a director of the South of England Steam-packet Company, stated that a resolution was passed at a meeting of the town council, in July last year in favour of the Manchester and Southampton, and calling on the 11I!mbers for the borough, for the county, and for the Isle of Wight to support it in Parliament. A meet ing of the inhabitants of the town was held on the 12th August at which resolutions in favour of the line were passed, and a petition signed by parties paying more than half of the assessment of the borough. That feeling continued up to the present time. At a meeting held in London, in compliance with the sessional orders, he held 5,000 shares belonging to persons in the town of Southampton who assented to the line ; others, who were present also, held large numbers of shares, and, in fact, the meeting was unanimous for pro ceeding with the line. The inhabitants of the town generally were in favour of the line. The opening up of a direct communication with the north would be of the utmost advantage to the line. A station on the pier would also be of advantage; besides an independent sta tion, and an independent line would lead to competition, by which the public would be benefited. By Mr. Mfg:lN—Had fifty shares allotted to him, which he 'sold at 51. ss. premium. He had since bought five shares; he could not say at what price, as he had not paid for them. He could not say whether the other Town Councillors held shares but - if they did not they ought to he ashamed of themselves He did not simply look at the saving of the distance to the north by the Manchester and Southampton, but to the ad vantage which it possessed over any other proposed line on account of avoiding break of gauge, which was a serious drawback. About 7,000 shorts were allotted to pereons in Southampton. Re-examined by Mr. JAMES—The shares were not at a premium when he appliel for them. lie did not think of a premium. He applied in August, and received his allot. meat in October-7,000 bore lgut a slight proportion to the number of shares applied fur. Only one shareholder, hold ing twenty shares, was dissentient at the meeting rcferitd" to, notwithstanding the depreciation of the shares of the last lines since the autumn of last year. Toe town was %lite as unanimous in favour of the line. A company vas fii C )tirse of formation whose boats would no doubt effect the pas. ag! between Southampton and Havre in from eight to ten hours. Mr. W. A. Somers, partner in a steam boiler foundry and iron ship-building establishment at Southampton, examined by Mr. CmPrs—He received from 950 to 1,000 tons of piz and bar iron in the course of the year from Stafford'- ships and Shropshire, and from 1,200 to 1,300 tons of coal and coke from Newcastle. The iron generally came by canal to London, and from thence to South ampton along the coast The coke and coal came from Newcastle by coasters. The delay occasioned great inconvenience, and compelled them to use a greater amount ' of capital in their business in keeping stock than would be necessary if they had direct communication with the north. So great had been this inconvenience and loss of time, that they had recently had some of it by railway—by the Birm ingham and South-Western Railway. The breaks of gauge I?y y. the course a u th or i se d b y Parliament would be of great o c zt r viantage, in addition t o b e i ng e i g h teen m il es l onger. come all the way from Southampton in the same It was elicited by the Chairman that the line would run from Manchester to Southampton on lines made or to be constructed, and that the la wholet i of them were in fa vour o f i t, as it could not be other e lse adjourned until important feede r ; The Committee then until eleven o'clock to morrow. GREAT MUNSTER RAILWAY. _ (THIS D4Y-..). A meeting of the Shareholders in.this prejec c twas Bela, at es three o'clock to-day, at the Compa n y's , 23, ment• street. accounts of rateheCi: calling Colonel DAMER, having taken the chair, cs th ll e ed m o e n eti t n li g e . Secretary to read the advertisement He then said that the gentlemen cial Committee had present would be aware that at a former private meeting been appointed to examine, the acco a and that this meeting had been oiled to n r report, which one of the gentlemen appointed would read. said Mr. D. W. HARVEY, one of the special Committee, this meeting tad been called for a specific purpose, namely, to say whether this lino should be prosecuted or abandoned. At a former meeting a Committee had been appointed to examine into the conditi,a and prospects of this Company, with a view to shareholders coming to a vote this day. The committee had discharged the duties which devolved upon them, ar d hid formed their report, which of course, when reao, would influence the mind of the shareholders by as much as it might appear worth. He then stated that the attention of the Committee had been called to one point in their report since coming into the room. Tney had reported that the Provisional Committee in February last, when it was for them to decide whether they should go on or not, were in a deficiency in respect of the deposits required by the stand ing orders of both Houses, amounting to 10,0001.; whereas it appeared that they bad faith in hand reducing that deficiency to 7,0)01., although as it affscted the liiiances of the company the correction would ultimately leave them as t'ley were. Mr. IlAnveY then read the report, which stated the original capital of the Company was 1,100,0001., and 22,000 shares, at 501. each, wiAl a deposit of 21. 10 , ; but of these shares only 14,350 h a d b een allotted, and Only 11,670 had been r paid upon, realising 29,1751., which, with interest allowE by the bank, was, 29,4131, the total capital of the company. The expenditure up to the present time had been 16,6181, and the unadjust e d; con j ectural claims against the company would nearly absorb the disposable capital. In February the amount of capital in hand was 12,7941., or near;10,000/. less than was required to be paid in acco r d ance to the standing orders of the House. The report conclud e d with an opinion that it would neither be practicable nor prudent to prosecute the Bill, and recommended the appointment of a select committee of three share holders, "who should institute such proceedings, and make such arrangements most conducive, under all the cir ri & row sure the largest return of the deposits." • Til moved an adjournment, that the share t • ve an opportunity to consider the report. said the point before the meeting, and 4 7 sl =f which they had to decide, was, whether they should prose cute the Bill to a third reading, or not ? After observations had been made by several persons, this question was put to the vote, when there appeared— Against proceeding 3,746 share?. For Majority against proceeding with the Bill 3,090. It was moved and seconded that the report of the Special Committee should be adopted. This was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then retired, and Mr. D. W. HARVEY, having taken the chair, proposd the adoption of the Committee's recommendation to appoint a Select Committee of their shareholders for the purpose stated in the report, and added the following resolution : " That only those shareholders should be entitled to the benefit of these arrangements, who had given in their names on or before the 15th of June instant, and that all expenses be borne rateably by the shares, and on the understanding that expenses should not be incurred above 2s. per share, without calling together the owners themselves, who, at such meeting, should be at liberty to retire altogether, after paying such expenses, not being more than 2s. per share. These resolutions were carried unanimously, and the fol lowing gentlemen were nominated on the Committee:—Mr. C. H. Baldwin, M.P., Mr. Harvey, and Mr. Whalley. The meeting, after a vote of thanks to Mr. Harvey, then broke up. WEXFORD, WATERFORD, and VA LENTEN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A Special Meeting of the Subscribers to the deed of this Company, took place this day at the George ant Vulture Tavern, in order to receive a report from the directors re lative to Valentia Harbmr. W. Richardson, FAT, in the chair. A report from Mr. Walker to the Lords' Commissioners of the Admiralty, on the Harbour of Valentia, was read. It strongly recommended the adoption of the Harbour, as an American Packet Station. A resolution to withdraw the Bill for the present session, in order to oLtain the support of Government to it in the next, was agreed to by an almost unanimous vote. The meeting then separated. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 30th day of May, 1846. ISSUE DEPARTMF-ICT. Notes issued— •• • • 27,993,880 Government debt •• 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,981,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,062,507 Silver bullion • • • • .. 1,931,283 £27,993,880 I X 27,993,880 M. 31ARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 4th day of June, 1846. 4 PA./ cr i THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1846. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest .. Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of _National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 5,228,640 Other deposits 16,165.620 Seven day and other bills.. Government securi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 13,008,005 Other securities •. • • 18,460,493 N0te5•..•....••.••• 8,043,560 Gold and silver coin.. 704,212 830,132 4 40,216,330 £10,216,330 M. MARfiIiALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 4th day of June, 1846, COURSE OF EXCII. Amsterdam 12 10 Ditto, at sight 12 7 Itotterdaiit ...... 2U. 12 10 25 15 iJ;tmi ugh —31.13. 13 15 LN GE. - ( THIS DAY) Gibra1tar.............. Leghorn 30 70 Genoa.... Milan • • • • .• Venice.. .. Naples 3904( Palenno, per oz.. , 1194 Lisbon .. ...... 52y, a Oporto .............. 1234 Rio Janeiro ........ • 23 iluenos Ayres Paris, 3 days' sigllt :::: 25 85 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 10 Marseilles ..... 26 15 80urdeaux.......... • . 25 15 Frankfort on Maine.... 123 Petersburgh, 3 U 5...... Berhii .. Vienna, effect tio ••• • • • 10 11 Trieste, ditto.... • • 10 12 Madrid ..... 36 New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. •• .. PRICES OF BULLIOS, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • . 3 17 5 New Doubloons . 0 0 0 New Dollars ........ 0 4 9% Cadiz .. •.. : ........ 36!8 . ...... Barcelona •• • • .... • • •• 5evi11e.......... • ..... Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. As customary, Don Giovanni attracted an overflowing as semblage, the pit being so crowded at one moment as to be impassable. The comparative coolness of the house, with such a crowd in so warm a season, showed last night the good result of having consulted scientific men in the new ven tilation of the edifice, in all respect, , , essential as well as ornamental, so admirably restored. The heat, unbearable in most edifices, is here kept down by currents of the out ward air, so subdivided and so general, that no draught is felt. Thus is salubrity combined with recreation. The pressure of matter will not allow of our doing justice to the petformances of the night. It suffices to say, that the dances as well as the lyrical portion of the entertainments met with repeated applause and encores. One encore alone failed—it was that of the shadow dance—the treacherous moon would not light itself again, and consequently the heroine of the pas, although recalled twice running, and en ticed with bouquets, could not gratify her admirers. Le delire d'un Peintre, admirably enacted by Grahn, and a new pas of the graceful Taglioni, finished triumphantly the per formance of the night. THE SCENARIO OF THE NEW BALLET OF LALLA EPIGRAPH. " The imperial Selim held a feast In his magnificent shalamir, In whose saloons when the first star Of evening o'er the water trembled, The valley's loveliest all assembled; All the bright creatures that, like dreams, Glide through its foliage, and drink beams Of beauty from its founts and streams; Here, too, the harem's inmates smile; Maids from the west, with sun-bright hair, And from the garden of the Nile, Delicate as the roses there; Daughters of love from Cyprus' rocks With Paphian diamonds in their locks; Light pert forms, such as there are On the gold meads of Candahar ; Everything young, everything fair, From east and west is blushing there." The board is spread with fruits and wine, With grapes of gold, like those that shine On Cusbin's hills;—pomegranates full Of melting sweetness, and the pears And sunniest apples that Cabool In all its thousand gardens bears; Plaintains, the golden, and the green; Malaya's nectar'd mangusteen ; Every thing young, everything fair, From east and west is blushing there." SCENE I.—lnterior of the Palace of Lahore.—hall of the Durban j A brilliant scene is taking place at Lahore, where the great and magnificent Emperor Aurungzebe is holding his court. Ambassadors have arrived from Aliris, the King of Bucharia, demanding in marriage for the young Monarch the daughter of the Emperor, Lalla Kookh, described by the Persian poe's as the most beautiful of those heroines whose names and loves embellish the songs and tales of, Persia and ifindostan. It is agreed that the nuptials shall be celebrated at Cashmere, where the young King, as soon as the cares of empire will permit, is to meet for the first time his lovely bride ; and they will remain for a time in that enchanting valley before travelling over the snowy hills into Bucharia. The King of Bucharia has sent a brilliant suite, amongst whom is a lovely troop of Tartarian and Cashmerian maids of. honour, to accompany his beautiful bride. With them comes a young poet of Cashmere, on whom his royal master Las conferred the privilege of being admitted to the pavilion of the P,incess, that he may beguile the tediousness of the journey by some of his most fanciful recitals. The minstrel is accordingly introduced to the presence of Lalla itookb. He hold a kitar in his hand, and much pleases the Princess,by his skilful execution, his graceful bearing, and pleasing manners ; but there is a personage in Lalla Rookies suite, who is by no means so much delighted at the appear ance of tee young poe: ; it is Fadladeen, the great nazir, or chamberlain of Lalla !tookh—a personage in his own opinio❑ of infinite importance, and who looks with the keenest jealousy on all whose talents or attractions bring them into notice. He endeavours to turn the young poet into ridicule, but in vain, and, discomfited, he withdraws full of secret rage. The new companions of Lalla Rookh now surround her, with the lovely inhabitants of that city which is so soon to be deprived of her graceful presence. They dance a Hindoo dance, in which they form into various groups, each more graceful than the preceding ore, '',hile the most fan tastic pageantry is going on around them, giving the whole the appearance of a scene of enchantment. Lalla Rookh, with her fair attendants, executes a dance, in which, as is the fashion in Hindostan, they imitate every imaginable figure. _ — The following are some of the twenty figures represented by the Hindoo maids : llermes The Shell The Riosks The Cage • The Mirrors The Harps The framed Picture of the • Morning Breeze SCENE IL—Distant view of Lahore. —The Departure. The royal party have left Lahore, which is still in sight, with the cavalcade, which presents one unbroken line of splendour. The Stars The Pine Apples The Car of the Rising Sun The Butterflies The Sun's Rays The Living Statue and its Pedestal SCEN I. lll.—Sandy Waste. ness of a desert vi L te e i l l air of tigers--and next, the dreari reii Teti First, the jungl e ' :retaken the place of those smiling scenes through which: hitherto laid. A wild and gl : it urneY y tract, covered with a low of Lelia Rookh has e a Y b ej v onlY alternated by the bushy jungle, is present to the m waves a white awful signal of the bamboo staff, flag, which warns the traveller th has devoured his victim. The caravan that sp ot a t i ger in the distance. is seen approaching SCENE IV.—The Tempest of Sand.—Suddenly th e NI lu r . wind rises. rl- A fearful tempest has come on. ,The caravan is dispersed by the storm—the travelleri fly in every direction for safety leaving the Princess alone to brave the fury of the sim All sensation forsakes °"' her ; which rages with resistless force. herself—her danger is imminent—but Fer she cannot defend SaVtS her, and she remains lifeless in marov, rushing forward, his arms. Nearly fainting with alarm for the safety of one he so "'dearly loves, he seeks for water to b r i n g the Princess back. to life, but in vain. He disappears in search of that refreshing element, so rare and precious in these ari d, g loom y regions. Meanwhile stragglers flying from before the storm arrive on the scene, and amongst them is the frightened Fadladesfi. The Princess still remains without sense or motion ; but Fcramory re-appears, he has happily found a small quantity ( f mater, which he brings to Lalla Rookh in a large lest; and he has the happiness of seeing her open her eyes, now beaming with gratitude upon him. Fadladeen can har dl y conceal his rage at the tenderness of manner of Lalla Rookh towards her preserver, and he at length separates them. The fury of the elements is gradually hushed—a profound cairn succeeds the storm. Whilst the travellers are thank ing Allah for their preservation, night is gradually coming on. The caravan encamps on the spot, and the attendants of the Princess erect her pavilion. The most exuberant gaiety succeeds to the alarm which had prevailed but a moment before. SCENE V.—Star of Venns.—The Moon.—Night. SCENE Vl.—The Pavilion The Princes., grieved at the absence of Feramory, begs Fadladeen to send for him, but the latter evades the request by saying that the Princess needs repose rather than listen to the frivoleu3 fantastic nonsense of the so-called * The description of this ballet is correct, barring a few imperfections and discrepancies inseparable from so early and haatily- written an account. bard. But the little Persian slave of the Princess has slyly s sl e i e pp h e im d . ou h t e a e n n d ter w s r a n n e d d t L h a e ll p ah oet ß o e f ek h h er e m x i p s r t e r s e s ss es 's t d h e e st w re ia t h o that Ibis' sweet minstrelsy should calm her mind after the agitation she has that day passed through. He complies, but Fadladeen, with his usual ill-natured spite, finds fault with the poet and the performer, saying that, for his p ar t, h e prefers his sweet-scented chibpk. Feramory hearing this, breaks forth into the wild . and joyous s t ra i n o f t h e chibouk song, and the Princess, r mspired by th ese en li ven i ng sounds, dances to the tune. The fumes of the opium he smokes sends Fadladeen to sleep, and whilst he dreams of Mahomet's paradise and the Houri, Lalla Bookh and Feramory take advantage of the opportsnity to avow their mutual love. SCENE Vll.—The Sandy Waste. The scene rises and sheds his warm lieams over the dreary expanse, across which Lalla Rook and her suite are to pur sue their toilsome journey, and the caravan resumes its march. SCENE VIII.—KIOSK.—CASIIMERE. Lalla Rookh has at length arrived in the far-famed valley of Cashmere. If anything could have charmed away the melancholy of her spirits, it would have been the fresh air and enchanting scenery of the valley which the Persians so justly call the unequalled. But neither the wonders nor glories of the most lovely country under the sun, nor the gay pomps and processions that meet her on every side, nor the magnificence of her reception, can steal her heart for a minute from her sad thoughts. The ro e coloured bridal veil is flung over her head; the arnbassAms come to to tell her that all is prepared for the nuptial ceremony, and that the King awaits her. The glance of Lallah Rookh falls upon the poet; she wishes to refuse the hand of the proud Mo narch, but Fadladeen expostulates with her, reminding lie,* of the dangers of a refusal. She at length gives way, and is led forth like a victim to the sacrifice. SCENE IX.—The Vale of Cashmere and Feast of Roses. 'Twas when the hour of evening came Upon the lake serene and cool ; All were abroad—the busiest hive Oa Bela's hill is less alive, When saffron beds are full in flower, Than looked the valley in that hour. A thousand restless touches played Through every grove and island shade ; A thousand sparkling lamps are set On every dome and minaret; And fields and pathways, far and near, Were lighted by a blaze so c' ear, That you could see in wandering round The smallest rose leaf on the ground. Yet do the maids and matrons leave Their veils at home, that brilliant eve ; And there were glancing eyes about, And cheeks that would not dare shine out In open day, but thought they might Look lovely then because 'twas night! And all were free and wandering. And what a wilderness of flowers ! It seemed as though from all the bowers And fairest fields of all the year, The mingled spoil were scattered here. The lake, too, like a garden breathes, With the rich buds that o'er it lie— As if a shower of fairy wreaths Had fall'n upon it from the sky ! And then the sounds of joy —the beat Of tabors and of dancing feet; The minaret crier's chant of glee Sung from his lighted gallery, And answered by a ziraleet From neighouring harem wild and sweet; The merry laughter, echoing From gardens, where the silken swing \ some delighed girl above The top leaves of the orange grove ; Or from those infant groups at play Among the tents that line the way, Flinging, unaw'd by slave or mother, Handfuls of roses at each other. Then, the sounds from the lake—the low whisperings in boats As they shoot through the moonlight—the dipping of oars— And the wild airy warbling that everywhere floats Through the groves round the islands. But the gentlest of all are those sounds full of feeling That soft from the lute of some lover are stealing. TIIZ RECOGNITION. Lalla Rookh, surrounded by her ladies, and led forward by Fadladeen, advances. But such is the agitation of her heart and frame, that it is with difficulty that she walks up the marble steps, which are covered with cloth of gold, for her ascent from the barge. Aliris, the youthful King of Bacharia, is seated on a throne, by the side of which is an other, destined in a few moments for the most beautiful princess in the world. Immediately upon the entrance of Lalla Rookh the monarch descends from his throne to meet her, but scarcely has he time to take her hand in his, when she screams with surprise, and faints at his feet. It is Feramory himself who stands before her—Feramory himself, the sovereign of Bacharia, who in this disguise had accompanied his young bride from Lahore, and, having won her love as a humble minstrel, now amply deserves to enjoy it as a king. The consternation of Fadladeen is pitiable ; but, to make up for the false step he had taken, and to propi tiate the favour of his new master, he swears by all the saints of Islam that never has there existed so great a poet as the monarch Aliris. The ballet concludes by the rejoicings and the floral dances of the "Feast of the Roses" THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JUNE 3, 1846. The Queen bas been pleased to present the Rev. James Dewar to the church and parish of Kilehoman, in the pres bytery of Isla and Jura, and county of Argyll. vacant by th e death of Mr. Alexander M‘Nab, late minister thereof. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. James Ramsay to the church and parish of Alyth, in the presbytery of Meikle, and county of Perth, vacant by the death of Mr. Win. Ramsay, late minister thereof. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Reverend Henry .Beatson to the church and parish of Barra, in the presbytery of Uist, and county of Inverness, vacant by the death of Mr. Alexander Nicholson, late Minister thereof. WHITEHALL, JUNE 4, 1846. The Queen has been ,pleased to grant to the Venerable Francis Lear, 8.D., the deanery of her Majesty's cathedral church of Sarum, the same being void by the resignation of the Very Reverend Doctor Hugh Nicolas Pearson, late Dean thereof. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Trinity Term, 9th Victoria, 1846. Thursday, the 4th day of June, 1846. This Court will, on Thursday the 18th day of June instant, hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business then pending in the New Trial Paper and Special Paper, on the said 18th day of June, and on the two following days, and on Monday the 22d day of June instant, and the five follow ing days, and on Monday the 29th day of June instant, and the five following days. BY THE COURT. Read in open Court, E. Bennett. Commissions by the Queen. Royal Westmorland Militia—Captain E. H. Smith to be Adjutant. vice Bennett, retired upon full-pay. First West York Regiment of Militia—Captain C. A. Baines to be Adjutant, May 2. Herts Militia—Capt. E. S. James to be Adjutant, May 9. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Devonshire. C. B. Calmady, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Colonel H. R. F. Davie to be Deputy Lieutenant ; H. Porter, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 4. South Devon Regiment of Militia—ll. R. Roe, Esq., to be Captain ; J. Stevenson, Esq., to be Captain, April 11 ; J. J. Edwards, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; C. H. Webber, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; J. W. Walrond, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; J. Beer, Gent., to be Ensign ; J. Ralph, Gent., to be Ensign ; H. L. Toll, Gent., to be Esign ; J. Leader, Gent., to be Ensign, April 16. - North Devon Regiment of Militia—C. H. Webber, Esq., to be Captain, vice 'Fortescue ; W. C. Bayer, Esq., to be Captain; R. H. Clarke, Esq., to be Captain, April 24. A. R. Ridgway, Gent., to be Ensign, April 16. East Devon Regiment of Militia—The Hon. J. W. For tescue to be Major ; Sir J. 11. Williams, Bart., to be Lieu • tenant Colonel; 11. T. Hartnell, Gent., to be Ensign, April 24. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgow. First or Berwick, Haddington, Linlithgow, and Peebles Regiment of North British Militia—G. Hood, M.D., to be Ensign and Assistant-Surgeon, vice Clunie, resigned, May 26. WHITEHALL, MAY 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Phillips, of Hastings, iu the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 28. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Richard Wood, of Woodbridge, in the county of S u ff o lk, G en t., t o b e a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERCEDED. Edward Few, cabinet maker, Manchester. Stephen Knowles, brewer, Exeter. BANKRUPST. Edward Clark, builder, Mortimer-road, Kingsland, to sur render June 12, at eleven, and July 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Bir chin-lane, Cornhill ; Wickings, Finsbury-terrace, City-road. Charles Gordon Matthew John Hopkins, tailor, Portman street, Portman. square, June 16, at half-past one, and July 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Weed, Bedford-row. William Mitchell, furniture dealer, Finsbury-place South, June 10, at half past ten, and July 3, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Kinsey, Blooms bury-square. Willoughby Marshall Smithson, printer and publisher, Canterbury, June 16, at half-past twelve, and July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official as signee, Basinghall- street ; Lewis Warwick-court, Gray's-inn. John Boddington, corn dearler, Manchester, June 17, and July 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, 18, Aldermanbury ; Russell and Co., so licitors, High -street. Robert Sheet, grocer, Wilsted-street, Somers'-town, June 15, at h a lf-p ast two, and July 20, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe. John Davis Paine, publisher, Hatcham, Surrey, June 15, at three, and July 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Tarquand, official assignees, Old Jewry-chamber; Richardson, Coleman-street. Paul Shawson and Thomas Beeston Young, druggists, a N N: l ils o o d n ug , s ß on inb s r t o e o n k iii i g, Louth, Lincolnshire, June 17, a nd J u l y 8 , I t eleven, at the Leeds Di s trict Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Kingston upon-Hullateleven, ; Humphreys and Co., Chancery-l ane , L on d on ; Car v i sil l a .. in ed x s. or ;en ire, wool a; t Nti comber, ie Liaeme Leeds soVnD ell,and snt Y dr o cc r t cs oc. ,0 11 a i G r r e tr a y J y u s n ol e unn l ag 6 ;, , dyera,nd stover, Milk-street, Manches ter,and July d J s t . l e y l e s u , n g official assignee . el , : i ven, at the Di s t r i ct C ourt, ee London, Bacnedollaiant,tygesunamndakCeor.: Rll:ucchlcTmecanufidee:l Yorkshire, J une 1 6, d a . John nd Ely• place, and July 7, at eleven, a t t h e Leeds° District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Kirk, Sy m on 8 Inn, London; Harle, Leeds. Robert Bleakley, bricklayer, Liverpool, June 16, and July 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row; Green, Liverpool. James Conlen, woollen-draper,t__ Cheltenham, June 19, and July 21, at one, h at lli:istoluDistrict Court. Miller, Bristol; Dowling, l ou „ ster. official losignte, ,Exeter, J • John Solomon, __tine 17 at eleven, and at the Exeter D • istrict Court. II July . 16 at gao l rtzel Exeter; Jones, Size-lane, London ;St ogdon. official assignee, Exeter. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brow n or . Muscovado Su gar , th e pro duce of the British possessions America,computed f rom the returns made in the week ending June 2, 1846, is 355. Bd. per cwt. MIDDLEBURG, MAY 22.—What we learn from this and the other provinces, as well as from Belgium, respecting the state of the standing crops, is in general very satisfactory, and gives every reason to expect a very abundant haryea. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 5.) SUGAR.—To-day there was a good business transacted in West India Sugar for the use of grocers and refiners, but the rates taken were rather under those that previously existed, maken the decline for the week 6d. to I.s. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were purchased with eagerness by the home trade, and higher rates were paid, brown lumps selling at 67s to 68s, and standard lumps at 68s 6d to 695 per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is wanted, and it is difficult to purchase first quality under 32s 6d per cwt. MAIMITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was pur chased with more freedom, and 7,671 bags at public sale were all sold at full rates, but not above. EAST INDIA.--This afternoon at public sale SLO bags of Bengal Sugar sold with more spirit, and steady rates; line white bringing 54s to 565, damp 53s to 555, and washed 54s 6d. FOREIGN.—For yellow Havannah there has been a good inquiry this week, but holders requiring rather higher rates, business of moment has been prevented; brown is wanted, and there are not sellers upon former terms, white is not offered at any further decline in pri:es, but there :are few orders in the market at present. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no improvement in the demand for Dl.)cha Coffee, and 42 bales at auction sold at barely former rates. Native Ceylon was only in limited de mann, but Plantation was in fair request. Cocoa.—There has been less inquiry after West India this week, and a public sale of 450 bags of Grenada went off heavily at rather lower rates. TEA.—Of Congou of various descriptions many parcels have been dipoosed of, but holders are compelled to accept easier rates. In Pouchorg a fair business has been transacted, but prices keep up. Hyson is less in request, and quotati ms are not so firm. In Imperial and Gunpowder we have little variation to notice, but the demand has been less active. RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice was purchased with increased freedom, and at public sale 1509 bags went with spirit, and an advance on former rates of 6d per cwt. Smnrrs.—Leeward Island Rum is wrnted, but holders ask log further advanced rates, business of moment has been prevented, and only small parcels have been disposed of. In Calcutta a fair business bas been transacted, and prices are rising. Jamaica has been less in request, but holders are un willing to reduce their prides. Demerara has been in steady demand, and former rates are well sustotined. A further in crease has taken place in the stock of Brandy; and there are sellers upon further reduced terms ; still the home and export demand has been very limited. The market for Geneva is firm, and the home trade have taken several parcels, paying 2s 6d to 3s for good and fine. Prices do not give way for Corn Spirits, British selling at 10s 6d; Irish azd Scotch, lOs 4d to lOs sd. SPICES.—To-day the quantity of Malabar Pepper brought to public sale was large, and amounted to 1,528 baggy, and 6,309 robins, but there was little desire evinced to operate, and nearly the whole was taken i❑ at rather lower rates. MOLASSES.—The inquiries have been numerous after all descriptions of West India, and further advanced rates are offered, but the supply at market being small, business of moment has been prevented. On.s.—This afternoon prices declined for Southern Oils, but the demand w•as good, and 210 tuns at public sale nearly all sold. Sperm is cheaper, and at auction 20 tuns sold a:, 7715 s to 791 for Colonial, and lleadmatter 80'. TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale, 166 casks of Odessa Tallow were taken in ; 122 casks of New South Wales Fold, fine 425, good 41s 3d to 41s 6d, middling 38s to 40s; 73 casks 8 bxs Zanzibar 38s to 41s; 170 brls 25 cks North American Melted 40s 9d to 42s 3d fur good and fine, low and middling 36s 6d to 395; 7 cks South American sold at 39s to 39s 6d per cwt. TunpENTlNE.—Although there are sellers at the reduced rates of 39s to 4Us per cwt for spirits, still little business has been transacted, and the market is well supplied, that prices will further give way is the general impression. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the wool sack a few minutes before five o'clock. RAILWAY TRAVELLING ON SUNDAY. The Bishop of LONDON presented a fiumerously signed petition, complaining of the desecration of the Sabbath by the present system of railway travelling on that day. The Right Rev. Prelate proceeded to make some observations on the subject, and was followed by The Earl of FITZ WILLIAM, who said he entirely concurred in everything which had fallen from his Right Rev. Friend. He was decidedly opposed to all commercial traffic passing on railways on Sundays, and he thought it was the duty of Par liament to prevent the present Sabbath desecration on rail ways. Lord CAMPBELL addressed a few words to the House in favour of some restriction being made between commercial and passenger traffic on the Lord's day. The subject was then allowed to drop. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up certain Bills. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. The Earl of H ADDINGTON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Coldstream, against the proposed branch of the North British Railway from Berwick to Wooler, which was ordered to be referred to the Committee on the Bill. LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the rate-payers of Ross, in the county of Hereford, complaining of the operation of the Lunatics Asylum's Regulation Bill, to which he would call the attention of the Government. The Bill, he thought, was the worst of the many bad Rills that had been introduced into that House, and one which he thought should have been referred to a Select Committee at the time. There was one clause at the end of the Bill to which the petitioners particularly referred. It declared that every idiot was a lunatic. In Consequence of this great Warm was excited in the minds of the petitioners, as well as throughout the country at large, as through that in terpretaVon harmless idiots, instead of staying with their relations or being maintained in an inexpensive man ner in the workhouses, were sent to lunatic asylums. He considered that in the majority of ca es a great affection was entertained by the parents for their children affected with idiocy, and they would feel an insuperable objection to having their children taken from them. He considered that Govern ment should take under their charge all the lunatics of the country, and that they should establish a separate institution for those persons affected with the earlier stages of madness or idiotcy, where, by a system of kind and gentle treatment, the inmates might be restored to their right and proper senses. The Noble Duke also presented a potition from the board of guardians of the Ross Union to a similar effect. The petitioners stated that their expenses, which now amounted to 8001. per annum, would be increased to 3,600 . solely for the charges of the maintenance of these persons. Lord ASHBURTON presented a petition to the same effect. Earl KINNAIRD presented a number of petitions from manufacturing towns praying their Lordships to pass the New Corn-Bill as speedily as possible. LORDS HARDINGE AND GOUGH'S ANNUITY BILLS: The Earl of RIPON then moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee on these Bill, and ob serve d, t h at as h e had already had an opportunity of addressi n g th e i r L or d s hi ps o nth to this th e subject of eoofthue important s erv i ces wh i ch had been ren deredntry by these t wo ill ustr i ous individuals, he would not detain their Lordships f or many mo ments. The first of these alls gave to Lord Hardinge an annuity during his own life, and during the life of his two next LORDS' SUMMARY. The Lords met at Five o'clock, The presentation of a petition on the subject of the obser vation of the Sabbath, gave rise to a short conversation, in the course of which Lord CAMPBELL expressed an opinion that it was unnecessary to run goods trains on rail ways on Sundays. lie was answered by L or d li noookram, who Showed, that under certain circumstances it was necessary that goods trains should run on Sundays, and, as a case in point, stated that on one occasion the Bank of England had been preserved from a stoppage of cash pay ments solely by the arrival of a large quantity of specie on a Sunday. _ _ The Earl of RIPPON moved that the Committee on Lord and Lord HARDING'S Annuity Bills. Lord MONTEAGLE remonstrated against the pension being kept in abayanco as long as the pensions from the East India Company subeisted. The pensions were granted as a token of glatude from the country for distinguished services, and ought to have no re ference to any reward which the East India Company might be pleased to bestow to those distinguished individuals for their services. The Duke of RICHMOND entirely concurred with the Noble Lord (➢foNTEAGLE) in his reprobation of the conduct of the Government, which was wrong in principle and shabby in practice. The Earl of Rirox felt the Government was bound to act according to precedent, and denied that they had been actuated by motives of economy. The Marquis of CLANMCAEDE and the Earl of WICKLOW briefly addressed the House. After a few words from the Earl of Ittrox and the Earl of Galloway, the House resolved itself into Committee. t_ The Duke of RICHMOND moved :the omission of the third clause, prov:ding that the pensions should not be paid during the continuance of the pension granted by the East India Company. _ _ After a short discussion, a division took place, when there appeared-- For the clause 26 Against it 33 Majority for expunging the clause and against the Government (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS, The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN :RAILWAY (BRANCHES FROM THE DUNDEE AND AR ROATH RAILWAY, AND TAY FERRY IM PROVEMENT. This Bill was read a third time and passed. DUNDEE NEW GAS BILL. The Lords' amendments on this Bill were considered and agreed to. STIRLINGSHIRE MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. G RTEIHAs 1 13 . i I l y w o a s R r e read third a o t i r d s t c i m o e T a L n A d N p a p s s ed. TESION ) BILL. This Bill was also read N a third time aed passed. ALFORD VALLEY RAILWAY BILL. (EASTERN EX. This Bill was read a third time and passed. NORFOLK RAILWAY EXTENSION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY_( HUMBER FERRIES), This Bill was also read a third time and passed. BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES JUNCTION RAIL WAY ir the AN FERYILL. On the motion thirdf D read in g o aths Bill, Mr. H. BERKELEY proposed that the standing order, No. 121, be suspended in the case of the amendments pro posed to be made on the third reading of the Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Ferry Bill, of which notice has been given in the Private Bill office. The a men d ment wa. agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time and p asse d . AND BANCHES) CALEDON IAN RAILWAY (GLASGOW TERMINI The report on this Bill was brought up . and agreed t o, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY BILL (MAIDSTONE TO STROUD, NEAR ROCHESTER). The report on thi s Bill wns brought up and agreed to, and the Dill was ordered to be engrossed. LEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY. Mr. PACKE moved the consideration of the report on the Leicester and Bedford Railway Bill. Mr. V. SMITH objected to the consideration of the report, on the grounds that there was no traffic on the line. He would, therefore, move that it should be postponed until next session, such a proceeding could do no injury to any one. He hoped the Bill would be postponed till next year, when all the fire Bills involved might receive full inquiry. Under the circumstances, he would move the further consideration of the report that day six months. Mr. HUDSON seconded the motion. Sir CHARLES LEMON, as chairman of the Committee, would not have spoken had not the Honourable Member who had just sat down, made some insinuations about the proeeedings of the Committee. All he could say on the matter, that everything the Hon. Member had urged against the Bill was as well stated, if not be tter stated, before the Committee than it had been now before the House ; and yet after a careful investigation and deliberation on the merits of the Bill for ten days, the Committee decided unanimously in its favour. There was not the least doubt entertained by any of the members, and, therefore, he thought the result ought not to be interfered with by the House. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the report adopted. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY This Bill was read a third time and passed. READING, GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE RAILWAY. Mr. MANGLES moved that the report of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway be brought up. Captain PECH ELL said he had been waiting to ascertain what Hon. Member of that House would have had the courage to move the adoption of the report of the Committe upon this railway, for he should say that the line had been supported by the most extraordinary documentary evidence he had ever heard of, and which inflicted upon the committee very consi derable labour. The t ables of traffic that bad been produced were such as he thought would not be justified had they been produced by the London and Birmingham Company. The amount of traffic in carriages and horses and passengers had been estimated at a higher figure than had been known to have been received upon the London and Birmingham line. He thought that the reasons ought to have been stated why the Committee approved of the preamble on the single vote of the Chairman. He should therefore move that the second reading of this Bill should be postponed till this day week. On the motion being put, Sir C. DOUGLAS said that he was ready to give thereasons of the Committee which the Hon. Member had requir, d. He would beg, as one of them, to remind the House that in the report which the Committee had made they had stated that; in consequence of the circumstances pleaded by the opponents of the Bill, the Committee had delayed its consideration for several days. This circumstance they had stated in their report to the House. if the Honourrble Member would refer to the last paragraph of that re p or t, h e wou ld fi n d that this circumstance was stated as a reason why instead of re.• porting strongly they had left it to the election of the House whether the report should be adopted or not. Certainly in the opinion of the Committee there were sufficient reasons for its adoption, and amongst them was the fact that the number of shares In the company was 40,000 at 201. each ; the amount of deposit required by the Act was 24,0001., but the money actually deposited was 92,0001., and considering that this sum had been paid in for fully fivemonths, the Committee felt fully justified in reporting favourably, although, in the absence of one member of the Committee, it was carried by the casting vote. The House then divided, when the numbers appeared to be— For the motion 7l For the amendment 5 Majority — 66 Mr. BARRY BALDWIN presented a petition in favour o the London and Warwickshire Railway. IRISH MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The Midland Great Western (Ireland) Bill (Mullingar and Galway), was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. _ SION COLLEGE ESTATE. This Bill wairead a third time and passed. GORBALS GRAVATION WATER-WORKS. •• .. This Bill was read a third ti me an d p asse d. . DUBLIN AND KINGSTON EXTENSION RAILWAY, Ibis Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be corn. mitted PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR PIER. This Bill was read a third time and passed. TOBACCO DUTIES. Dr. BOWRING begged to give notice, on behalf of his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume), that he should, on Monday week, bring under the attention of the House the inordinate amount of crime and misery which is suffered by the country by the enormous rates of the duties on tobacco. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Mr. YOUNG moved the adjournment of the House on rising until Monday next, when he was interrupted by Mr. G. BANKES, who rose to present a petition from Bridport, but he was interrupted by The SPEAKER, who declared him out of crder. The motion fur adjournment was then carried. BRIDPORT ELECTION. Mr. G. BANKES resumed by stating that this ti as the last day under Lord John Russell's Act for presenting public peti tions, and he ti uited, therefore, the House would hear from whom it originated. It was signed by six persons, who stated themselves to be free and independent electors of Brid port, and that at the last election they had been par tisans to neither of the candidates. They stated that at the preceding election, serious acts of bribery and cor ruption had been practised. That these acts had been preva lent for a long series of years, and that this bribery and corrup tion interfered with their rights as free and independent electors. The petitioners went on to state that some measure ought to be taken by which to protect the electors of the borough from being overborne in this way in the exercise of their franchise— that in presenting this petition they were wholly uninfluenced by any private feelings, but they hoped that this Honourable House would show to the country in general and thif borough in particular, that the electors would be protected in the firm and independent exercise of their electorial duties. THE POST OFFICE. Mr. G. BERKLEY begged to ask the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, a queation in reference to the puritanical attempt which was now being made to close the post-offices in country towns on Sundays. He would wish to know whether it was in the power of the Postmaster-General to dotthis? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that the Hon. Member had been so obliging as to have sent him notice this morning that it was his intention to put that question during the sitting of the House to-day ; and, in answer, he begged to say that since then he had had no opportunity of consulting the Postmaster-General upon the subject. He believed that the Postmaster-General had the power to regulate the hours of closing and opening the post offices of country towns on Sundays ; and he believed that re gulation was, that the letter-box was to be open during the whole day, and that the non-delivery of letters was confined only to the hours of divine service. But the question of the Hon. Member was one of a legal character, which ho was not at present competent to anwer. POOR-LAW IN IRELAND. In reply to questions put by Colonel RAWDON, as to the proceedings of the Poor-law Commissioners, with respect to a parish in Ireland, Mr. S. HERBERT stated that the Poor-law Commissioners were cognisant of the circumstances ; that they had appointed a commissioner to inquire into the facts, who had made a re port, which he should have no objection laying on the table, together with any correspondence. BRITISH MUSEUM. Sir ROBERT PEEL intimated that her Majesty had con. rented, in reply to the address of the House, to grant a sum of money to the Commissioners of the British Museum. RAILWAY COMPANIES. On the motion, the following return was agreed to :—Re turn of all Monies to be raised under the sanction of the Acts, whereby Railroad Companies have been incorporated, between the Ist day of January, 1844, and the Ist day of January, 1846 ; distinguishing the sum to be raised as principal from the sums to be raised by loan or mortage. Return of all monies liable to be raised by Acts for the incorporation or for the increased powers of railroad companies, and for which Bills are now before this House ; distinguishing the sum to be raised as principal from the sums to be raised by loan or mortgage, and classifying them according as:they have passed to a first, second, or third reading;; and stating the term of years within which the works so providedfor are to be completed. POOR LAW REMOVAL BILL. On the order of the day being read for going into Com mittee on this Bill, Mr. EVELYN DENISON rose to move certain instruc tions to the Committee connected with the law of settlement, but he was interrupted by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, who rose to a point of order. It was not competent, he said, for an Honourable Member to move an instruction to a Committee, if the Bill to be committed would accomplish the object the Honour able Member had in view. Now, he maintained that the object of the Hon. Member for Nottinghamshire could be ob tained under the provisions of this Bill. It might be done by moving clauses on the Bill when it went into report. The Bill affected the whole law of settlement, and recited every Act of Parliament at present in existence connected with it. It was quite unnecessary, therefore, to have any discussion, or to waste their time upon any views of the Hon. Member. The SPEAKER said the Bill was to amend and consolidate the law relating to the removal of the poor, and without instructions from the House it would not be competent for the Committee to consider the law relating to the settlement of the poor. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE repeated his opinion that the Bill did in fact involve the law relating to settlement. Mr. G. BA NKES would not presume to offer any observa- tions upon the opinion given from the chair, but he did object to the Hon. Member for Nottinghamshire having precedence on that occasion, because it should be recollected, that it was dissinctly understood on the second reading of the Bill, that the discussion of its principles should take place, at this stage of its procedure through the House. If, therefore, they allowed that opportunity to slip by them, the prin ciple of the Bill could not be considered at all.—(Hear.) He certainly thought that he had a right of precedence of the Hon. Member for Mahon. It would be in the recollection of the House, and especially of his Right Honourable Friend the Secretary for the Home Department, that no discussion should ensue on the second reading. And this course was adopted with the express un derstanding that whatever dispute might arise it should not in:ertere with the principle of the Bill but only affect the provisions by which that principle should be carried out. He did not think it right that the Hon. Member should introduce any such material alteration as this, and be had in fact intended to ask some Member of the Treasury Bench what cause they intended to pursue in the next stage of proceeding? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that his Honourable Friend, who had just sat down, had been perfectly right in the assumption that on the see.ind reading of this Bill there should be no discussion of its principle, though he did think, from the point which bad been started and the reasons assigned by the Honourable Member for Finsbury, that here might be some instruction given to the Committee to regulate its provisions. The Bill in no way interfered with the law of settlensent,it only had to do with the removal of the poor. The Hon. Member for Mahon would introduce another prin ciple into the Bill, and he thought that the Chair was s i vas ta per fectly correct in the view which it ef giving instructions to the Committee. He did not think the House was competent to introduceonacneyaeldtetrheatiroenfoorer principle whatever at 'this his stage, be iv that the House .could-,not entertatanwha what conceived Hon. Member proposed to do. I.lr. HANDLEY rose, and was (LEFT SP.EAKING.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, jusz s._wind E., light pleasant breeze, with h ot sultry weather. .. MAL, .. JUNE 4.--11 ind N.—E.—Ai:rd. from the River and s l id. a steamer (under Sydney, New south Wales ; Trafalgar, Mori ason, Russian colours) westward. r colon , JusE 4.—Arrd. Francis, New York, for Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 4.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Peru, Harris, Benin; ritr.,, Pernambuco. ciedaM.lc S Inglewood, Smith, Bombay; Castries, Hector,, s t. Lucia So. da Co,ta, Vienna Dublin, IVIIi•e, Trinidad, &c.; Howard, Callan, Savannah ; Celedoman, Scott, Halifax, &c.; Symmetry, 151liennels, Quebec. Off port, William Broderick. DEAL, JUNE 4.—The Conseil, of Granville, for Copenhagen, got on shore on the Goodwin Sands this morning, but came oti without AS aitiMOO or apparent damage, and proceeded, BREAKING Up OF THE MORMON SETTLEMENT. The Mormon community at Nauvoo have left their temple and what they believed to be their " promised land," having vainly endeavoured to resist the hostility of their neighbours, and have commenced a long and difficult march in search of a quieter home in California. The "Vew York Courier aid Enquirer contains the fol lowing particulars of their movements:— " The Mormons are fairly en route for California. They have all left their old residence, and at the last accounts were just crossing the head waters of the Chariton river, about 150 miles west of Nauvoo. A Locofoco paper has been established at Nauvoo since their departure, and contains some very interesting items of intelligence concerning the progress of the expedi tion, and the general prospects of the country. It states, on the authority of a letter from a gen tleman travelling with the company, that everything has gone on well, that the party is in good health, and the grand caravan moved slowly, but peacefully. Their progress has been materially retarded by the *'art of fodder for their live stock; the grass not having fairly started, reduced them to the necessity of labouring for the farmers on the route, to supply the deficiency. They travel in detached companies, from five to ten miles apart, and, in point of order, res 'mole a military expedition. The editor of the Hancock Eagle, the paper referred to, says that he visited the camp before it broke up. It was in the rigo rous weather' of February, and the tents were blockaded by snow-drifts ; yet the scene seemed cheer ful and animated. From appearances he thought it certain that they would sullir most severely before reaching their destination. It was the intention of at least some of the companies to halt in the valley of the Sweetwater river, and put in a crop for the ub sistence of themselves and others who may follow. Numbers were on their way from the Eastern states to join the expedition. The same paper says, that in the whole town of Nauvoo it would be impossible to purchase a 'drop of ardent spirits ! No drinking, gambling, or any similar vice, had eve r been intro duced there, though, as a new class of emigrants was pouring in to take the place of the Mormons, it seemed altogether probable that they would bring with ihem the accompaniments of 'civilisatton."rhe Temple was for sale, and . a wealthy bachelor gentleman from the south had arrived, with the intention of purchasing it. his object, it is said, is to convert the Temple into an asylum for destitute widows and orphans, and to purchase lands and town lots, and endow it out of the rents of the same. The Eagle contains the following paragraph concerning a prospective improve ment in Nauvoo: The agent of an eastern company has arrived here for the purpose of selecting a site for the erection of manufactories. By throw ing out a wing dam into the Mississippi, and cutting a short canal, water power can be obtained here sufficient o drive all the machinery in the state. A fall of two and a half to three feet can be had, with in inexhaustible supply of water at all seasons. The Mormons had a project on foot to accomplish this, through the aid of an English company, and if they had not been molested would have commenced operations this sprin g . A fund of 150,0001. sterling had been already subscribed, which was to have been expended in the erection of factories, the purchase of farms in the vicinity, and in bridging the Missis sippi. We are informed by an engineer, who has examined the locality, that there is not a spot on the river that will bear a favourable comparison with Nauvoo, in point of eligibility for the establishing of a, great manufacturing interest. The idea is not chimeri cal, that this city will, in time, become the Lowell of the West.'" IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF .LORDS, June 4. Their Lnrdships.met at Five o'clock. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several peti tions from the county of Aberdeen in favour of this undertaking. CUssTOllS' DUTIES (TARIFF) BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE—in continuation said— He would now direct their Lordships' atten tion to the effects which these reductions had had on the revenue. He would not trouble their Lordships with a detached estimate of the whole revenue, but only with that part of it including the customs. In the year 1842 a reduction was made in the customs' duties of 1,338,0001. The net produce of the customs, ex clusive of corn, for the year 1843, was 19,600,0001. Notwithstanding this reduction of 1,338,000/. in the year 1842, the revenue from the customs had been 19,600,0001. In the year 1843 there was a reduc tion of 17,000/. in the export duties, but the revenue was 20,200,0001. In the year 1844 there was a reduc tion of 286,0001., and in the year 1845 the customs were reduced 2,418,0001., making a total in these two years of upwards of 2,700,0001.; yet the customs' duties in the year 1844 were 21,000,0001., and in the year 1845 the revenue had fallen, not to the amount of 2,700,0001., but only 600,0001., the revenue of that year being 19,800,000/ From the year 1843 to the year 1845 there had been a reduction in the customs' duties of 2,214,0001, and not withstanding this, the customs' revenue in the year 1845 was 19,800,000/, while in the year 1842, it was only 19,600,000/. ; thus showing, that while you have reduced upwards of 2,000,0001. of duties during the last four years, the revenue from the customs for the last year was 200,0001. larger than the year in which you commenced these reductions. Now, he was not at all inclined to lead their Lordships to suppose that he was inclined to trace the increase to the reduc tion of the customs. But that which he had a right to contend for was, that it had not been injurious to the revenue, which had increased 400,000/. in two years; and if it were not traced entirely to the former cause, it should certainly be admitted thatit might be traced to tin improved condition of the people. And then, how was the assertion answered, that these reductions of the customs would have an injurious effect upon the population? He was quite aware that some of their prosperity was to be traced to bountiful harvests, but that prosperity was also to be traced when they were not blessed with bountiful harvests ; and while he was quite ready to admit it at the proper time, he was also ready to deny it was to be wholly attributable to it. It was a review of the effects of the reduction of the customs which led her Majesty's advisers to propose that she should suggest from the throne a further reduction, in order to produce similar beneficial effects. The Government now proposed that the duties should be removed from all the articles of food of first necessity—and they let at the same time, that when they did so that it would not be fair not to reduce them on others. The duties are to be removed from all articles of cotton and woollen manufac ture. He would state the amount of the duty which was proposed to be repealed on the several articles of cotton, woollen, and linen. The quantity of these articles imported Just year, with the amount of duty on them, was as follows:—Of cotton, the amount tm ported was in value 39.0001.; of this quantity the duty would be removed on 35,3001.—retainine the duty on the value of 3,600/. Of woollen goods the total quantity imported was in value 162,000/. The duty proposed to be repealed on 158,000/., leaving the duty to be retained on 4,000/. Respecting linen, he could not give the ac count of the quantity imported very accurately, but li believed the amount entered was about 12,453/, of which the. duty was to be retained on 9,900/. He might here observe that the articles on which the duty was to be retained were articles of luxury, such as cambrics, French lawns, and bordered handkerchiefs. This would be an answer to the statement made respecting the prin• ciple of the Bill, that while it was proposed to remove agricultural protection, it professed to do the same with regard to manufactures, but failed to do so. This would show that such was not the fact. The duty was retained on linen goods, because the articles named were articles of luxury ; whereas the duties on cotton and woollen goods were proposed to be removed because it would benefit the poorest classes. He next came to the duty on silk. That would come before the House in a sepa rate form, and he would not enter into the subject then ; but he would state briefly the proposed alteration. While the duty now professed to be 30 per cent. ; in consequence of the alteration made in the tariff of 1826, it had been found that the silk duty, instead of being 30 per cent., had often ranged from 100 to 300 per cent. Its the Bill he now submitted to their Lordship:, the tariff, with respect to silk was altered, and the duty was now calculated at 15 per cent. or half the orignal duty. In like manner the Bill dealt with articles of manufacture in metal, such as iron, lead, and tin. In 1842 the duty was 20 per cent , it was now reduced to 10 per cent. Indeed he might state that the ruling figure in this tariff was 10 per cent., in the same manner that the ruling figure of the tariff of 1842 was 20 per cent. The Bill also proposed to reduce the duty upon two articles which entered largely into the consumption of the poor, namely, butter, and cheese. They proposed to reduce the duty upon articles of food, consumption, and clothing, and it would be unjust indeed if the tariff did not include the two articles he bad just named. The Bill would reduce the duty on brandy and foreign spirits. At present the duty was 225. per gallon, and the consequence was a large quantity of brandy and foreign spirits found its way into this country through other channels than the custom-house. They proposed therefore to reduce the duty, not with the view of d in creasing the consumption of these articles , nor they think it would have that effect, bu r y e o fi d rst de feat the operations of the smuggler. article to which he would ddirect.th)feirthLeorddusthyipsu' pautn tention was one, the reduction ( meant the article of timber. It would be in their Lordships . which would be felt as a great benefit—he recol lection that, in the year the duties both of foreign and colonial timber • the duty 1842, a reduction .. was made in in fact, reduced to a ' nominal timber was reduced duty of Is., an on colonial timber d the was, in from 555. to 355. The returns which had been laid le en foreign fore their Lordships would show what the effect of that There been duc reduction had been. The quantity imported h a d in creased from 342,000 in the year previou s t o t h e reduc tion to 757,000 in the year 1845, a great difference in the-price of timber since had theals roe tion. In 1842 the price of Canadian, yellow timber was from 3/ ss. to 31. 15 s . ; in 1843 it was f rom 2/. 15s. to 3/. 15s. ; .. in 1843 it was from 2/. 15s. to 3/. ss. ; in 1R44 it was 'from 2/. Iss. to 31. 55,. but on the 6th of January, 1846, thsepricewas ranged bet ween 4 1 . 7s. 6cl. and 41: 12 s . 6d. in there had bee n a vast demand the reduction of duty o n ti m b er and foreign, and Majesty for that article, b o th aco lonial her ajest • now proposed to make a furth er re d uct i on, so that thedut3, be the upon fr s o t in h of April, i n 1 847, upon foreign timber, shouldr 255. to 20s. ; on the sth of April, 1848, from 20s. to 15?.; the colonial timber to be liable to the usual nominal duty of Is. He now wished to say a few words as to the principle on which the measure was founded. Upen the first reading of the Bill it was stated by Noble Lords, as an oljection to the messie e, that it left undone many things that it ought to have acne—that as it was a free-trade measure, it should be carried out on pure free-trade principles. Now he disclaimed any such cha racter for this Bill. The principle of the measure was which ITU AWQM14911494 tN their ladebip twal the throne, namely, the removal of prohibitory, and the reduction of protective duties. He did not profess', in submitting this measure to their Lordships, that there were nut many inconsistencies and anomalies in the tariff, as it at present stood. There were many considerations hich made it necessary that it should be so. He sub mitted this measure to their Lordships, simply as measure for the removal of protective duties ; and he would now state to their Lordships that which he had sad on a former evening, namely, that her Majesty's Government believed the principle of protection to be unsound of itself—(Cheers)—but that, at the same time, they reserved to themselves the right of carrying out the remission of those duties gradually, cautiously, and slowly, as the exigencies of the times would permit ; and that while they were desirous of reducing those protec tive duties upon various articles, they would do so, not without reference to the effects it would produce upoti any particular system ; and, above all, not without re ference to the effects it would produce upon the revenue itself. On these grounds, therefore, he commended this "aitir .1. to their Lordships, not under the nick-name , it he might be permitted to use the expression, which had been given to it, but as a measure, the principle of which ts the removal of the prohibitory duties, and the gradual re mova l o f p rotect i ve d ut i es, for the benefit of the consumers, without, as her Majesty's Government believed, injuring the produce ; and he trusted that their Lordships would see no reason for withholding thril l assent to it.—(Hear, hear.) The LORD CHANCELLOR having put the question, The Duke of RICHMOND said he should move that the Bill be read a second time that day six months, on the very grounds that had been urged by his Noble Ft iced, namely, because its object was the removal of protective duties.—(llear, hear.) And in doing ee, be contended that it was unconstitutional to make use 131. her Majesty's came in the manner in which his Noble Friend had used it.—(Hear, hear.) It was in direct vio lation of the principle of that House to say, in support of that measure, that it had been recommended in the Queen's speech ; for what was the Queen's speech hug the speech of her Ministers ? Lord DALHOUSIE explained that he did not make use of her Majesty's name is the manner imputed to him. The Duke of RICHMOND then went on to say that he was glad to find his Noble Friend admitting that it was unconstitutional to make use of her Majesty's name in support of any' measure laid before their Lordships- His Noble Friend had not told the House the value, at the present moment,.of .the articles which, he meant to abolish. Now hesaid that he was about to recommend the reduction of the duty on butter and cheese. He be lieved they would find these duties were increasing duties, and any reduction on them was contrary to the policy of the constitution ; and the reduction was no reason for the removal of the duties on matters connected with the agricultural interests. The Government had also removed many of the duties on manufactured cotton. His Noble Friend sitting behind him, had said that the cotton manufacturers had declared that they wanted no protection, and that by their skill and in (bleary, and heavens knows what, they were rendered , in dependent of any protection whatever. If the principle et the present measure were to be acknowledged, why hot carry it out with fairness and liberality ? He did not see why the labourer's and farmer's wife should n 4 have a cheap and a good dress, as we ll as th e Minister lady. His only objection to the taking away of protec tion was, that it employed foreign labour instead of the labour of this country. Foreign paper might come in at a cheap price ; but let it not be at too low a price, t° supersede English labour. He believed the artizans in paper-staining at present were earning on the average' 21. 10s. a-week, and that was not too much for an op e; rative to earn. Then as to the reduction on silks sar c i spirituous liquors ; h e th oug h t hi s N o bl e F r i en d wow i s find that the Custom-house possessed sufficient means t!, preventing smu gg li ng t o any injurious extent. it crone: tie found, that at the present moment there did not exist one quarter of the smuggling that was carried on some twenty years ago. Aft er t h e di v i s i on on the othe r bill on a previous night, h e did not t hi n k h e should be justified in detaining the attention of their Lordsh i p s e longer than to enter his most distinct protest against tat Bill, and against the prin c ipl es o f t h e ßill. H e did move la' 4 the Bill be read a second time that day six months,rlo`, at the same time he could not help expressing his 151. 1 . 0 conviction that the employment of foreign should not be preferred to their own. • e to The Earl of WICKLOW said the great objection the measure was, that there existed an anomaly in not carrying out the principles to all. The Bill as it stoo showed a system of injustice, inasmuch as all classeso, would not he benefited by the contemplated reduction duties. He found that there were 48 items included.i., the list, and out of that number 22 were connected erottr.. agriculture. This was an unfair distribution of the templated reduction of duties, and he should certainly laboure oppose it. Earl GREY could not, in the Bill before the House,.s see any distinct principle laid down. If protective dut r ie : (ti were unsound in principle, the best way for the G overns and Parliameut to pursue would be to abandon _ those duties altogether. He entirely agreed that pr oteon tive duties were entirely wrong. He was, however, at 5. loss to comprehend what those half measures, consisting of half protection and half free trade, meant. The duties on sugar, and on some other articles, produced large revenues to the Treasury. He believed that no. thing would tend more to injure these interests than the perpetually meddling with the protective duties. A sys tem of alteration was of all things the most injurious to commerce and trade. He would, however, accept the present Bill as an instalment for the future, and would willingly give his support to the second reading. Lord ASHBURTON objected to the Bill, because the wages of labour would be diminished, and the commerce of the country paralysed, if the measure were carried into effect. If these alterations were allowed to be pro ceeded with, no man could tell what crotchets her Mae jesty's Chief Minister might next propose. Any person who has observed the progress of things in this country would be made aware that all the changes were traceable to obvious causes, from 1825 down to 1837, an d 1839, and 1842, when the administration was s changed, which were aii periods of great distress. The prosperity of the country had been great in f ormer years, as well as in the present. The prosperity then was not owing to the free trade measures of a Govern ment, and in like manner he contended that the pre sent prosperity of the country was not owing to the late alte rations in the commercial policy of the country. Dis a r proving of this measure, in consequence of the effect it would have upon the condition of the labourer of t his country, he could not consider it consistent with the di g "' charge of his public duty if he did not oppose the furthe r progress of the measure. Lord MONTEAGLE considered it the duty of the Government to endeavour to reconcile as much as poB- eible, by means of a judicious system of taxation, the two conflicting points with regard to custom duties, namely, duties levied for the sake of revenue, and those which were levied for the sake of protection. He thought die measure before their Lordships a step in the right direction, 'and he would not, therefore, stop to find .enall faults with it ; here, there, and everywhere, he knew the difficulty of dealing with such en immense in; 'crest as that of the customs' duties of the country, an d considered that, although the present prosperity wag not entirely owing to the removal of restrictive duties, he still thought, as regarded the reduction of the duties ~ n raw material, an immense benefit had been bestonl, both on the trade and commerce of the country. 'l o n e Noble Lord then proceeded to pass some strictures to the late measures of the Government, with reference al i t n h s e t a ti n te s e t r h a e n i rd measures sugar h duties, ad s a i g n o sl a c l ( l ) y n contended h failed o t f ein both t being pro ductive of benefit either to the revenue or to the Vivr e Ile was prepared to pr ove th a t England was one of. tr highest taxed countri es i n th e w o rld, and that labe,,ui. e was cheaper also in it th an in any other country ill '" world ; and, ther e f ore , th e re was no necessity for fears of th e N o bl e L or d w ith respect to what might n: effected by ch e ap l a bour on the Continent. In 1820 e. n merchants of London petitioned in favour of frde trader and that petition was presented by his Noble Friend op posite (Lord Ashburton), and a more complete state mentwasneoyfetrheypertinnicaipdleestoortihwehniehoulsreee; • atnraddewistiherreefounded o_ the fear expressed with regard to Irish linen, be would say there was no ground for the existence of 0111_, apprehen-ion; that trade had flourished in preportio n they withdrew restriction, and had withered when_ e on pro tected ; and he was able to state that the great linen producers o p d r u o c p e e r r s t felt ta n x o, therefore, apprehension for oan shortthe subject d h s e tl m b s e e c l vt in stead re genius course coul the liberty of saying that a s r t e e n a e d wa o l f , hinaddittreteetrtlaextecayaotrio2Aeate syesatrer_aoifiddihreecttoiok not be entered on defied as this was with de • ose that tho b y an y bt mo iti,v country,e n p t a r u t p i c o u n l a a r i y a one e burn r not only den' ciple; it led the theythe State; that a was f considered persons(oufeparro,ph„Feratyoladanthdeictaaplaseosietylewtdohpotoaywt.htehrisee augment the taxation o without indirectly affecting the interests of the capitalistgfw.aelhis.oeoluesnoebtxuioptenfFisetehs_aotf g the poor man. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the Bil l people to supp was read a second time. On the motion of Lord DALHOUSIE, the Bill wa g ordered to be committed on llonday week. EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES. The Explosive Substances Bill went through Co m ' mittee. The House then went into Committee on the Bill 1 :7 lating to Fri en dl y S ocieties and having on e through Committee, th e report was ' ordered to be brought "4 to-morrow.—The House then adjourned. On nn the e e 2 2 d d iiinlsstt.: at Hendon, Newington-place , /i lennlng On the 3d inst., in CI ton, of a daughter. a daughter. the wife of John Strea Esq., of a son. „T a ipei; On the 3d inst., at King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, DTra• li. Lloyd, of a daughter. Chester-square, the Mrs. George Tanquerta;:g, dor, MARRIED. of On the 2d inst., at Trinity Church, Bristol, Joshua Gliddon, to Sarah, youngest daughter of Augustine Knocker, of Bristol. K /Ay to Ou the 2d inst., at Alveston, Captain George Bolbech. Ellen Catherine, eldest daughter of Charles M. Ricketts, Esq. „_ On the 2d inst., at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Bron1PO"s: Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Darby, late Ro y a l Artillery, to France widow of the late S. Page, Esq., of Hadley house, . . . DIED. On the Ist of March, at Barnes, SZii7Cy, Richard Ilall, Esq. On the 21st ult., at Geneva, Major Dowell, aged 44. On the 27th ult., at Poinings, Brighton, Tho mas Isaacson, Esq. On the 30th tilt., at Great Glenn, Leicestershire, Belem, the wife of the Rev. John Haymes. On the 2(1 01 April, at sea, James Stephen Wilberforce AtkillS On Lisutarant, R.A. On the 18th of April, at Calcutta, Caroline, the wife of F. Vi r • Simms, Esq., civil engineer. On the 31st of May, in Stephen's-green, Dublin, Francis ?render. on the 3d inst., at Norwood, Charlotte, third daugh gast, Esq. 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