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man said that I had in 'my possession a copy of this letter, addressed to Lord Liverpool. What authority has he for making such an assertion ?—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") What authority has he for making such a statement ? (Cheers. ) If the Hon. Member knows the fact, I now chal lenge the production of it.—( Loud cheers.) But I will go a great deal further—l pledge my honour if there- is a , letter of mine written on the subject to Lord Liverpool, that copy I will produce in extenso, and then you will see what is the case.—( Renewed cheers.) I stated on the sth of March that I made a communication respecting my resignation in an interview with Lord Liverpool—l have every reason to believe that the communication was personal. I was in the habit of seeing Lord Liverpool every day, and of communicating with him, but if this letter exists, a copy of it s h a ll b e pro d uce d — Cheers) —but I assert that I never did, in 1825, intimate to Lord Liverpool, or to any other person, that there was a change in my opinion on the subject of the Roman Catholic claims.--(Cheers.) I shall not say one word more.—(Hear, hear.) I have no right to make any further observations on what has fallen from the Hon. Gentleman, but I feel deeply grateful to the House for the indulgence it has extended to me. On the motion of Mr. C. POWELL, the debate was ad- journed. COUNTY WORKS PRESENTMENTS (IRELAND) AMENDMENT BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill, and re sumed, when the report was ordered to be brought up to morrow. ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL, This Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then adjourned at a quarter to Two o'clock. LITERATURE. TILE HISTORY OF EGYPT. By Samuel Sharpe. As the author of this noble volume very judiciously observes in his preface, after the histories of the Jews of Greece, and of ltome, the next i n i mportance among ' the ancient empires of the globe is, wi t h out any ques tion, that of Egypt. From that wonderful and myste rious land we have derived our chemical and mathema tical knowledge ; from the emulation excited by its primitive inhabitants first emerged the arts of architec ture and of sculpture ; to its political systems we can almost trace the root of our legislative learning ; and the original texture of our philosophy, our poetry, and our practical studies have derived thcir colouring from passing to us originally from the country of the Nile. When we reflect, moreover, that the obelisk of Helio polis was in existence at the remote date of Abraham's migration—that the colossal figures and tumuli which still excite our awe amidst the sands of Africa have braved destruction during four thousand years—when we remember that Plato strayed among its acacia boughs, and that Pythagoras has strode upon its beach —that Thebes was in such glory before the birth of Homer, and is in such ruin now—that the Pharaohs battled with the prophets, and that Alexander there 'Posed evr and for ever t h e cap i ta l of the world, bearing Alname to the most remote posterity—when we turn, moreover, t o the deeds of prowess achieved by the Em peror Napoleon, ander the shadow of the Pyramids, Aind then behold the stabilit of the present govern_m eanto , rn y , e a t n eA d rit p ii r i osperity, and glory, e.jurisdiction of that is impossible not illustrious oid man, m to regard with an exceeding Shane the the narratio the History of Egypt. Mr. Sharp e has seized npO n of noble subject for the employment of his historical leanrna ing and of his literary powers ; and nobly has he sven; polished his endeavour. LORD MAYOR TO VAUXHALL GARVDEIZT.—TOhFe Right TilE Hon. the Lord 3fayora partyd ,, a las la t r e g v e ening. o T f h4- in fluential gentlemen visited the " Royal Property were received by the spirited and liberal pLhooprrdisetioprs,extporweskseodm,hrs well as Mr. T. Holt (acting manager), his perfect approbation of the entire arrangements of the gardens—tl character of the entertainment—and the good order that prevailed,llls Lordship and friends subsequently supped in the Grand Pavilion. PRESENT FROM HER MAJESTY.—Three splendi d Cochin China fowls, bred by Mr. Walter, the ,superintendent of the Royal Aviary, at Windsor, have just been forwarded to Stratlifield says, as a present from her Majesty, to the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, the brother of his Grace the Duke of Wel lington. ABOLITION OF THE " EARLY DELIVERY," BY COM MAND of POSTMASTER-GENERAL. —The following order with re ferenCe to the early delivery of letters in the metropolis was posted in the letter-carriers' branch of the Inland-oftice, a few minutes be fore eight o'clock last evening :—" Order of the Postmaster-General, dated June 13, 1846.—0 n the 25th instant the early delivery on the City walks will be discontinued. The sub-sorters who deliver the City walks will, on and after that date, act as assistant letter-carriers ou )heir respective walks. Mr. Kelly will make proper arrange ments to carry these regulations into effect. To ensure the above order m: his Lordship being carried into complete operation, with the smallest pcosible inconvenience to the public, the letter-carriers hold ing such Wal will prepare statements of the present deliveries, so that they may be equalised and regulated in compliance with the above ordep." jilere follow the names of upwards of 50 of the early delivery walks.) Tits operation of the above " order" will save the merchants and traders of the metropolis upwards of 2,0001. per an num. Extensive changes In the management must follow it, as the chief part of the men on the City walks depend principally upon the tsablie for their incomes, the "Crown pay" of the senior men being only 36/. Bs. per annum, or 11s. per week. Last night (Monday) twelve additional letter-carriers were added to the list of general post letter-carriers. SUDDEN DEATH OF Ma. PETER GRlLLlON.—Yester day Mr. Peter trillion, the well-known proprietor of Grillios's Hotel, 41bernar!e-street, Piccadilly, died ander the following awfully ' ,w en c if.cumstances:—BetWeen nine and ten o'clock the unfor tunate genne,:nan was standing In the rick-yard on his farm at East Acton superinteoalng the erecting of a rick of h a y, w h en he wag , W observed to stagger mid fall to the ground. Me was imme , a icked up and conveyed Into tis residence, and Mr. Clubbe, f Acton, sent for ; but Mr. GrilLm never railed, and ex _ fter the arrival of the surgeon. The melancholy event d much regret in the neighbourhood, where air, trillion hi petted. OATS.—In 1814 there was but one stem-bog; isOloushor! British empire. Daring thirty years the number ties,Ntedse to about ',Oen British steam-Watt 3 re " 17 Ma* VigittUle d from i'D parts of the world. S I'. x 5 afihe use and spoke of mean ares which "I proposed ..- (Laushttr)—but he must tell the Right Hon. Baronet that, when a party was formed, it was not a single individual, how ever eminent his abilities might be, who proposed measures, but it was the party of which he was the leader. It , -- .ust be rernexbeied, however, that his Noble F. ieu t : in suppo r : ing the Right Hon. Baronet, did no t acknowledge him as his leader, but he did Lord Stanley, who had long been his political associate and intimate private friend, and with whom he voted on a certain occasion in driving the Right Hon. Baronet from power. He was not surprised that his Noble Friend, connected as he was with Mr. Canning, should have felt deeply upon this subject. For his own part, he never had any acquaintance with that illustrious man, and neve: saw hira but once. It was in that House, and at a time when he had rather a hope than an expectation of becoming a member of that assembly ; and he could recollect how he listened, as if it were only yesterday, to the last breathing thoughts, and, he might say, the dying words of that great orator. He could recollect, as IT it were only yesterday, the flourish and tumult which his mighty dreams created. Even now the melody of his voice still lingered on his ear, and he was afraid he should never see another Canning. A man who ruled the House as a rider ruled a high-bred horse— as Alexander ruled Bucephalu.s.—(Cheers and laughter.) Hon. Gentlemen might laugh, but he was conscious that they lived in a Parliament and in times over which a great change had come, and he was not surprised to find that even the public feeling assumed a sleepy apathy upon subjects of this nature. He well knew that the tone and temper of that House had long since undergone a change, and he was conscious that it did not evince the pride, the spirit, nor the courage which it did in the time of Canning. He was not surprised that the vulture ruled when the eagle reigned.— (Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman once said when in the House, and the phrase must be familiar to all, that " Ireland was his greatest diffienity." But why was Ireland his greatest di ffi culty? H e as k e d hi m , if h e h a d a c ted with 5f frankness toward s r. Canning, in regard to the communica tion he made to Lord Liverpool in 1829, wlrtherlren this mo ment. dwould have been the great difficulty which he fel t it w as at They were a b ou t t o divide on an I ris h question , and that division might be fatal to the cont inua nce of his power. It is Nemesis that inspires this debate, and decides this division, and seals with the stigma of Parliamentary reprobation the catas trophe of a sinister ca reer.—(The Hon. Gent, resume d his I seat amidst the most enthusiastic plaudits.) Sir R. PEEL—I am quite aware that the forms and usages of the House altogether exclude me from making any reply to the statement of the Honourable Member, but still in a matter so purely personal I d are say that the House will do that which is allowed to be a uniform custom, net to enforce a rigid adherence of an established usage. Ido not now ask to reply, but I ask the House in justice to suspend its judgment until an opportunity for a reply occurs.—(Hear, hear.) The whole of the question turns on this single fact— did I, or did I not, state to Lord Liverpool in 1825 that my opinion on the Catholic question was changed—( Hear, hear) —and that it must be settled ?—( Cheers.) The whole ques tion turns on that, and whether the statement in the report of my speech of the sth of March was a correct statement of the truth.—( Hear, hear.) I then stated that I said to Lord Liverpool in 1825, in my position as Secretary of State for the Home Department, as I was the only one of the Government who was opposed to the Roman Catholic claims, and yet I was responsible for the administration of Ireland, and seeing that my colleagues were in constant concert with the Opposition, that my position in the House- was se in • tolerable, that I asked to resign.--( Hear, hear.) I - believe every man has a perfect right to do so, and I was only deterred from pressing my resignation from the fear of breaking up the Government.—( Cheers.) In 1825 I opposed the Roman Ca tholic claims.—( Hear, hear.) In 1825 Lord Liverpool made the strongest speech that he ever made in opposition to these claims. I spoke on the question after that speech, and I dis tinctly stated my continued opposition, and this would have been quite inconsistent with the advice which it is alleged I gave to Lord Liverpool to settle the question, or to my express ing an opinion that the question shoal(' be set at rest.—( Hear, hear.) In 18 9 6 I still offered my opposition to the question. In 1828 I still offered my opposition to the motion, and I was then left in a minority ; and I then said, in 1828, something similar to that which I stated to Lord Liverpool in 1825. I told any Noble Friend the Duke of Wellington th a t I could not longer be responsible for the state of Ireland. — ( Hear, hear.) The Clare election then took place, and I then said - and I said it for the first tirne—(Hear, hear)--to my Noble Friend the Duke of Wellington, that not only must I relinquish my posi tion in the House of Commons, and the office of Home Se cretary, but I also said that the time had come when this question must be settled—(Cheers)—and that in a private ca pacity I would do all that I could to aid him in the settlement of this question.--(Hear, hear.) Now, with respect to the Edinburgh Review, there has been a lapse of seventeen or nineteen years since those proceedings, and all the evidence was quite as accessible to the Hon. Member during the whole of that period as now.—( Hear, hear.) lle had just the same opportunity then as now of bringing forward the subject— ( Hear, hear )—but he reserved hin.self until a particular period—( Hear, hear)—when I took a course with respect to another question which has not given him satisfaction.—(Loud cheers.) Yet, after a lapse of seventeen years, I am called upon to reconcile any, objection which may be put forth. But the main question is, did I in 1525, or did I not, state that my opinion on the question was changed ?—( Cheers.) Lord Liverpool was a personal friend of Mr. Canning.—(Hear, hear.) Do you believe, with his intimacy with Mr. Canning, that if I had told him in 1825 that I had changed my opinion on the Catholic question, that he would not have communi eated the important fact to Mr. Canning?—(Loud cheers.) As for my speech I admit I did what many others do, I concocted my speech, and what occasion have I to admit that ?—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I have nothing to do with the Mirror of Parliament. The speech was delivered on the sth of March, and I was questioned on the 6th of March. The report, with which I had no concern, was printed on the 6th of March, and there you see the answer to the question of the sth.--( Hear, hear.) Now as to the Edinburgh Review, is any public man safe, if any anonymous writer makes a state ment in the Edinburgh Review and it is not contradicted im mediately, that it is to be taken to be correct 2—( Hear, hear.) Am I to contradict any malignant paragraph which appears, and if this is not done is the truth of it to be assumed?— ( Cheers.) But what does the Honourable Member state? it is, that the writer in the Review asserts that there is a letter in existence from me to Lord Liverpool, of the date of 1825, in which I state that the Roman Catholic claims ehould be settled.—(Hear, hear.) Now I challenge the pro.. duction of this letter. —(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Gentle THE RUN, LON'DON' Jast ready, In 3 vc,l4. post s L vo,, SECOND OVE. A Novel, FROM THE NOTE-BOOK Gl' A TRAVELLER. Richard Bentley. New lint.ington-street. NEvv HISToitICAL WORK. Now Ready, Printed and Illustrated uniformly with Misa Strickland's " Lives of the Queens." Vol. 1., Price 10s. 6d., bound (to be completed in about 6 vols.) of 4 IVES OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST. By THOMAS ROSCOE, Esq. "This work will prove a great addition to English history. No better supplement to cur annals could be eupplied than well-written biographies cf cur itings. If the succeeding volumes should prove as interesting as this one, we can imagine no more deligttfsal series of books."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. VISIT of PRINCE ALBERT to LIVERPOOL. Excellent and genteel accommodation at the ROYAL WATER LOO HOTEL, Waterloo, five miles from Liverpool, oa the North Shore, immediately opposite the Sea, commanding a view of the vessels passing and repassing to and from the port of Liverpool to all parts of the world. Sea-bathing, and Carriage Drives on the Sands, Ave miles in extent. The Royal Waterloo Hotel. Waterloo , near Liverpool, is con ducted by H. S. HEWITT, (late of the Adelphl Hotel, Manchester,) who begs most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public generally, that the premises consist of entertaining, coffee , and private sitting-rooms, servants' hall, forty bed-rooms, warm carriages. h distancewit and cold salt water baths, which may be had in the hou se , w i th every conve nience for large or small parties. Th e s t a b les are good l°e f k ro .u m P si s hatvet'havTl having hold g ratwenitoyrfifty horses, coach-houses extensive having room for fifty horses, with lock.up coach-house Liverpool is only five miles, and omnibuses ran every half-hour during the season. Waterloo needs no recommendation, either for purity of air or eligibility of situation. Mrs. Hewitt (formerly Miss Smith, who for the Hotel at Seacombe f or h er late many years managed superintends the domesti c departmentparents, Mr. and Mrs. Parry), ; and from her experience and well known attenti on to the comfort of her inmates, hopes to meet with support and patronage fro ot 1 from her friends and the public. Royal Waterloo H Waterloo, June 12, 1846. 1 R AILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE . NIESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE , AND LAMOND, Railway Sh are A uc ti oneers, beg to thank their riendS and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every Tur.snav and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. Ali 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. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public, are respect• fully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, JUNE 18, When will be performed Bellini's celebrated Opera, entitled I PURITAN'. Elvira, Madame Grisi ; Giorgio, Signor Eablache ; Arturo, Signor Mario ; Riccardo, Signor Fornaaari. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Castellan will appear. _ _ 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 Stg. Pugni, entitled, LALLA ROORH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. 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 Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbeils, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles.Demelisse,Cassan, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half -past Seven o'clock. u.Er. MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed (by desire, and for the first time this season), Donizetti's Opera, entitled, LIICREZIA BORGIA. Lacrezia, Mdlle. Grisi ; A rsini, Mdlle. Brambilla ; Gennaro, Signor Mario ; Alphonse, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the new Grand Oriental Ballet, entitled LALLA ROOKII; or, THE ROSE OF LAIIORE. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Last Week but One of the Engagement of 3ldlle. Carlotta Grisi TIIIS EVENING Will be performed the celebrated Opera of STRADELLA. Ales sandro Stradella, Mr. Harrison ; Signor Bassi, Mr. Weiss ; Barba rino, Mr. Burdini ; Malvolio, Mr. Stretton ; Leonora, Miss Rainforth. After which, Madame Montenegro will make her debut in the Grand Scena of NORMA ; and will also sing two Spanish Romances. To conclude with the popular Ballet of PAQUITA. Lucien d'Hervilly, M. Silvain ; (tactile, M. Adrien ; Paquita, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi. In which also will appear Madame Giubilet, Madiles. Sali, kdele, Louise, Les Sceurs St. Louin ; M. Mathis, T. 11. Payne, and the most numerous and effective corps de ballet ever introduced upon the English stage. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere s Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman ; Peter, Mr. Buckstone ; Juliet, Miss SusanCusliman ; Nurse, Mrs Glover. The Band will perform the Overtures, "Cenerentola," and " Due d'Olonne," the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel IValzer," and the "Chatsworth Quadrilles." To be followed by the laughable Farce of UNCLE JOHN'. Uncle John, Mr. W. Farren ; Friend Thomas, Mr. Tilbury ; Mrs. Hawk, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Eliza, Miss Telbin. _ _ To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LEN-as. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buckztone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY., The Last Two Nights of " Robin Hood." THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Farce, called SISTER ANT) 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, In Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Didttear, Meadows, F. Vining, Kinloch ; Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain Startling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD Mint DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. TDEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING (Will he 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. Redford, Selby; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which a New Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called TIIE QUEEN OF THE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste s Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Ryan, Boyce, &c. To conclude with the interesting Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Monsieur Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith ; Largarcette, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste; Madlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Six Nights of ➢lr. CHAIEESifAVTVEWS and Madame VESTRIS. MORE NOVELTY AND ATTRACTION. WELCH GlRL—Madame Vastris. MATTHEWS AND CO.—Mr. Charles Matthews. LOAN OF A LOVER. WHY DON'T SHE MARRY? RAVENS OF ORLEANS. By Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Cowell, Rogers ; Mrs. 11. Vining, Mrs, Hughes, Miss Martin, and Mrs. Daly. HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. M. PHILLIPPE feels happy to announce, that the extraordinary Performances of the MONKEYS and DOGS have been received with the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued every Evening at the above Theatre. Doors open at a Quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 25.; lit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is. and 10s. 6d. M. PHILLIPPE will give his Performances EVERY EVENING at the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch. NOTICE.—M. PIIILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the management of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the large Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of 600!. will be required. For Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between rhe hours of Eleven and One o'clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. ie-engagement of Mr. MACREADir, for this Week only, and the Last sights of his Performance in London this Seascn. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Tragedy of RICHELIEU; or, the Con spiracy. Cardinal Richelieu, Mr. Macready. Principal characters supported by Messrs. Cooper, Murray, J. Vining, Granby, Ryder. Honner, Mrs. Stirling, and Mrs. Brougham. After which, the Cornedietta entitled THE BRIGADIER. Bras • defer, Mr. Wallack ; Pomade, Mr. Compton; Louise, Miss Stanley. To eon:hide with a Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE SPIRIT OF AIR. Principal characters by Miss Hodson, Mr. Fleamore, Miss Faucit, Miss Bailin, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. and Miss Marshall, Sec. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. • Under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and (he Princess Royal. Glorious success of the new Military Spec tacle of our Asiatic Conquests. Second and Last Week of the veritable General Toni Thumb, in his popular Drama. THIS EVENING Will be performed the New Asiatic Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought forward. Splendid SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French and English Artistes. The whole concluding with the laughable Extravanga of HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven League Boots. In which General Tom Thumb will appear, and introduce his Nigger melodies, dances, &c. Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to announce, that the THIRD MOANING REPRESENTATION, for the accommodation of the Juvenile Branches of the Nobility, Gentry, &e. will take place on FRIDAY, June 19, commencing at two o'clock. Boa-office open trom eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC HON of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii took place : produced under the direction of Mr. Dauson. eot pcblY ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES ha s b een T he ~,t 0, 1 19._.! will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. irey. Th e Z.. r 2i 4 ! 03 /z CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God manyln addition tr the . 0V ltreltr_acgliZn:lcllit Gardens, will be exhi embizr_ is_rneost complete in all its departments, and includes the Interior blted CALYPSO'S PALI"( need Gothic Bridge, rep itlYr TO. llPProached by the Illuml b7 Mr. Southby , are on the relating his adventures to Ca1y,,,,, 1n . g in ui.tu will be intro- , Telemachus The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAys, Descent scale, o e f . Pluabus in CO ced ln i npglettehe an Volcanic Display. a novel exhibi lions. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese I'as(4 l 4ar i i:t of the Sun. 1 to the surface of the lake, where a Nlad'a _zewnty feet in height, him to his chrystal home. %.: ill rise to is splendidly ofnamented th f...._ tin:Ciserdt.e, representing the D receive I.im, and bear a n t° v rY isitors to v eea collection of iew the ma s t — -- "^ins Carnivora by gas-light.- lf-past five; the Pelicans, 8,, .. of lamp Gs,laessnabCiohiligsersth' at dusk." -* and the Eruption • ; six ; Concert at half-past six . One Shilling. Admission. . Feeding of the Carnivore at ha M.P.--We regret at apartn.lman n M.P. for the county of Kilkenny, which too k p lace to D an E n k oo T n li ce OF ih T e H s E ud liN de ° n:le C hat L e . TL f B O U IeII E en n : his Colonel Therse Buets le t r, in York street, on Sat u rday evening last. The deceased g entle was next brother of th e E ar l of Kilkenny, and has re p resented the county since 1832. lie was in the 72d year of his age. - ARTESIAN WELLS FOR LONDON.—The chalk beds of London are considered to be an unfailing source of supply of pure soft water. The metropolis south of the Thames is at present sup plied from that river, and it need scarcely be said that the quality of that supply is not so pure as might be desired. Speculation thwarted in railways, has, it sears, now been directed to sinking artesian wells for the metroper, and last evening a meeting of the inhabit ants of the borough oouthwarkV was held at the Bridge-house Ta• vern, for the purpose DI hearing an explanation of the plans of the new company, the nominal capital of which is no less than 2,000,0001. The explanations appeared to afford satisfaction to the auditory, but whether the plan will ever be carried into effect or not time alone can show. Mr. Gladstone has addressed a note to Mr. Waghorn on his project for the extension of steam navigation from Sincapore to Port Jackson, in which lie says, " that he regards with lively In terest a proposal the effect of which would be to diminish by one half, for many important purposes, the distance between the United Kingdom and the Australian colonies ; and that it will lie to him a matter of sincere regret, if upon examination of such a plan those departments of the Government which are peculiarly responsible in that respect shall arrive at the conclusion that the expenses are too heavy to warrant any early attempt to give it effect." ' I I I E SQVIRREL.—This nimble little animal was seen jp the Wooels pf Aigas a few days ago. The squirrel 1101 AVM bveli Iff4 Ortaithilast boom-0410p 'roma, THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JUNE 15. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 64; Highest, 81; Noon, 79 BAROMETER, 30.39 —WIND, E., fine. 1!It311 WATER Al.' T.ONDON-.8E1D(1.2 THIS D.A.Y. `5O minutes after ,;. j Evening ~ .„, , . ;. - -.4. • ~~ v --- - .~~ ~ ~~~ LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1846. The further discussion which the Corn Bill under went in the House of Lords on Thursday and Friday last has enhanced the gratification with which we have from the first regarded the free-trade policy of the Government. The conflict between the protectionists and their political opponents grew warmer and warmer; the former, as a dernier resort, before suffer ing the Bill to get into Committee, made some ill timed, and narrow minded, but emphatic appeals to the episcopal bench to vote against the measure ; the spiritual Peers were aroused. Indignant at the suppo sition that, upon the paltry, miserable, and ungenerous ground of self-interest, they ought to have voted differently from what a majority of them had upon the second reading, and that upon the grovelling principle of pounds, shillings, and pence, they might even yet be considered capable of withdrawing their support, they at length accepted the repeated challenges thrown out to them, and freely entered the lists. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S was the first to appear. His speech was lucid and temperate ; his argument, pungent, and the exposure he made of the inconsistencies of the monopolists, most .felicitous. His address is all the more acceptable, as he announced that it was, for the most part, in unison with the sentiments of the whole of the episcopal bench. He completely tore away the flimsy veil which the agricultural Lords, in extremis, had thrown over their shameful appeals to the hier archy, and laid bare their selfish deformity. The Bishop reminded them it was in vain they affected, on the one hand, to treat the question as ruinous to the institutions of the empire, and the labouring mass of the population, and then, on the other, to invite the episcopal bench, upon money calculations (which certain lay Peers had the conceit to imagine they could make better than the Bishops themselves), to regard it purely as a landlord's question He repudiated this insulting argument, and showed they had as much right, and were fully as capable of taking a comprehensive view of the measure as their intermeddling opponents. He admitted their in comes might suffer diminution, but stated he should derive ample compensation from the probable effect of the Bill upon the comfort, prosperity, and well being of the great mass of the community. This was language becoming one of the heads of the Church. It conveyed, too, a keen rebuke. It showed a dispo sition to sustain individual losses, when the general good of the country was to be promoted, and, at the same time, operated as a caution to the monopolists not to let the nation see that whilst their professions took one direction, their acts took another. The Bishop vindicated the necessity of some change from the depressed condition of the labourer, such, that his children were debarred from want of decent clothing, to embrace the means of education that was open to them. The Bishop of EXETER next entered the arena, and endeavoured to rescue the protectionists from the da maging attack they had received. After a sprinkling of rhetorical subterfuge, he boldly proclaimed that the independence of the reverend bench was all in all to both rich and poor, and that therefore the temporali ties of the Church was what he chiefly looked to. So much did he manifest his heart to be wrapped up in this view of the question, that le almost licked the dust before certain of their Lordships, and obsequi ously rejoiced that they made it their practice to ap peal to the bishops whenever they thought their espe cial interests were threatened or invaded. For the sake of the poor, he desired their custom would never be departed from. High wages, and not cheapness of provision, was what he held to be of chief concern to the lower classes. This Reverend Prelate modestly disclaimed all knowledge of political economy. Per haps he thought it as well to do so, for if there is one point more than another intimately connected with this science, and which has been over and over again clearly elucidated and in controvertibly established, usque ad nauseam, it is this, that whenever provisions have been cheap, wages have been high. Shrewd HARRY of Exeter ! But the last word from the spiritual Peers was not to rest with the Bishop of EXETER. The Bishop of OXFORD couched his lance, and made his adver sary reel in the saddle. In a speech of infinite credit, combining great powers of language with co gency of reason, he reduced the Bishop of EXETER to the level of his own humiliating argument. He denied the subtle version given by his reverend com peer of the appeals that had been made to their bench. He denied that the appeals had any reference to morals or religion, but solely to their incomes ; and throughout his able address, like the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S, he visited the authors of this mean argument with marks of withering contempt. He rejected the narrow idea of the Bishop of EXETER, that they sat in the Upper House, solely to represent a particular class, and denounced these appeals as highly improper and unconstitutional. What was best for the country, and not what was best for the clergy, was the beacon he steeered by. He would not allow the Bishop of EXETER to escape; by professing an ignorance of political economy, and intimated that, a thorough acquaintance with its principles would have been readily enough displayed by his acute mind, had it suited the vote his reverend opponent had pre viously determined to give. The evils resulting from the heavily mortgaged condition of many of their Lordships' estates, the wretched effects upon the labourer, consequent upon the produced feeling of indifference on the part of the landlord towards his worldly and moral welfare, and the manner in which this again tended to thwart the exertions of the clergy, were all of them different points which the Bishop of OXFORD pressed upon the attention of his auditors with peculiar force, and unpalatable truthful ness. The only way of doing justice to this eloquent speech is to recommend our readers to give it a carefu perusal. We cannot, however, omit noticing the following powerful passage with which he silenced the cries of " No, no," from the cross-benches, whilst he was representing the present corn-law to be an unnatural state of things :—" Do Noble Lords, who cry ' No, no,' know the meaning of the term ' natural ?' In the providence of GoD and by the order of nature, wheat grows in the field ; it is fed by the dew and ripened by the sun, Gon working through certain known laws. But does any one believe that for the working man to have bread on the cheapest terms is not a part of the economy of the GOD of Nature ? I say a corn-law is unnatural. Legislation is for the most part, I admit, an inter- ference with nature, but that legislation which as little as possible interferes with the order of nature is the best." Lord STANLEY, who had been absent during the delivery of thisofentlhigehtened speech, was warned by bhisu attempted th a ae d n j ea u c ia: u r :r oc e tte p i ci l o y nv . im pression it had made, and lleindulged in a vein of ridi cule,OLTAl tickled the fancy, the ennobling argu wroughate.b lie remained unshaken. argu ments of the Bishop of OXF ORD stampT h e c concluding ingenuity,lu d ing rem butark s not ta L n o f rd i. STANLEYnenuousness. Ile majority favourable to the y ed mi t g h h a t t, rwethuernnevaer bear the dissolution came, the continuance of the cause of protection, and thereupon adroitly asked their Lordships, c s o u u rm nt i r s to reflect upon what would be their position, should they beforehand sanction the measure of the Government. This was a rhetorical artifice, of the sophistry of which the mind of Lord STANLEY itself must have been fully cognizant. The assumption was too monstrous to entitle the inference to the least reflection. Mr. COBDE N long since, in the House of Commons, analysed the chances of the protectionists, were an appeal to to be made to the country, and demonstrated their worthlessness. That analysis has never been dis. TrESDAY proved. Lord BROUGHAM did not fail to handle somewhat sharply the gross fallacies propounded by Lord STANLey, and wound up by reading him a con stitutional lesson upon the topic, reperttedly urge:l, of rtpp ,, ll!!:,; tie r-. r . : SO leading an authority as Lord isaoudnAm. ;ai uli t. views upon this subject, in strict correspondence with those which we have already rresented to our readers. Their Lordships last evening got into Committee. The Duke of EurKINGnAm moved the first of him amendments, the discussion of which occupied the re mainder of the night. Its purport was to secure a protection of 10s. when corn was at 485., instead of ls., as proposed by the measure. The Earl of RIPON resisted it, as directly tending to maintain all the disadvantages of the present system, which their Lordships had already, in principle, decided should be removed; and he further stated, that the exceedingly di minished sliding-scale, temporarily imported into the Bill, had not been introduced in the nature of a com promise with the landed proprietors, but exclusively upon the ground, that it would be not altogether wise to allow the principle of the measure to come sud denly into full operation, without allowing a short time to elapse, in order to mitigate the temporary evils, inseparable from any great alteration in our laws. The Ministerial clause was carried by a ma jority of 33. Such a division is most cheering, nay, conclusive in favour of the ultimate passing of the Bill. The division on the second reading, yielded a majority of 47. It was stated that, apart from the proxies, Ministers, on that occasion, had only a ma jority of 12. We have now a majority of 33 in Com mittee, when no votes by proxy can be taken ! The inference is complete. We heartily congratulate the country. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT). The last faint hope of the protectionists has passed away. No longer is there doubt or danger either as to the final fate of the great measure of free trade, or of its being emasculated or weakened during its pro gress through the Upper House. The Lords have -nobly discharged the duty they owed to their country, they have shown that no selfish considerations, no undue desire to keep up high rents, which it has been erroneously supposed the continuance of an obnoxious tax on a nation's food was calculated to maintain, have made them so indifferent to the real interests of their order, so blind to the signs of the times, as to induce them to enter into a hopeless and vexa tious contest with the popular branch of the Legisla ture, with the nation at large. Their Lordships have well understood the constitutional nature of their functions. It was intended that they should present a check to crude and hurried legislation, should in terpose themselves against a corrupt and venal ma jority of the House of Commons, if such should have an existence, and to protect the rights and liberties of the people at large ; at least until an appeal to that people should enable them to have their wishes and feelings on a great constitutional question truly represented in their own branch of the Legislature ; but it never was con templated that their Lordships should constitute themselves into a formidable obstacle, an all but im passable barrier against the strongly-expressed desires and the ardent wishes of the nation. No rational man could suppose that an appeal to the general body of the people could have any other effect than to swell the ranks of the free-traders, and to render still more irresistible the patriotic phalanx who have arrayed themselves on the side of free trade, the abolition o f a ll commerc i a l restr i ct i ons, and the introduction of cheap food to the many. Their Lord ships have therefore acted wisely in at once freely and gracefully acceding to the popular demand, arid by so doing have done more to retain the respect and esteem of the public and to strengthen their own power and just influence, than by any other course they could possibly have adopted. Many predictions had been hazarded by the enfeebled and prostrate faction as to the line of conduct that would be pursued : first, it was confidently stated that the noble policy of the Government would be rejected by the Commons, or so mutilated and altered as to be quite inadequate to the wants and wishes of the country. Much disappointment was felt when it was discovered that the magnanimous and disinterested support rendered by the great political rivals of the Ministry, and the sound judgment evinced by many of those who had formerly been advocates and supporters of the corn laws, removed that hope. Then arose the question, " What will the Lords do ?" and lsssld assertions were unhesitatingly made that the Peers would reject the measure, and at least delay its triumph until the re sult of a general election should be ascertained. This hope was alse frustrated, and the second reading was carried by a glorious majority. Then came the assurance that in the Committee the work of destruction would be effected, and that although it was vain to contend against the principle, yet that much change would be introduced in the details, and that the proxies being no longer available in that stage of the discussion, the measure would lose the great support which had been obtained for it through the personal influence of the Duke of 'WEL LINGTON and the number of proxies at his Grace's disposal, and that it could then be pared down and diluted to such an extent, that it would no longer be accepted by the House of Commons, or received by the free-traders as a valuable and highly prized boon. The division of last night has, however, tested the fallacy, and proved the inaccuracy of the assertion. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, by his amendment, sought to per petuate the small duty retained by the Premier for the term of three years, to save, as he himself said, a shadow of protection to the agricultural interest. His Grace, however, by his manner of introducing the subject, showed that whatever might be the expectations of his party, he himself had little hope of carrying his proposition. He (lid not speak with the energy or confidence of one ani mated and inspired by the prospect of victory; on the contrary, his speech bore the stamp of conscious defeat. The Peers who spoke in favour of the amendment stated the little benefit that they considered it would afford if carried, and that, as a measure of protection, it was ludicrous and inefficient, and that they only gave it their support because it upheld in some degree the principle of protection. It was for this very reason the more dangerous, as some straggling and doubtful votes might possibly be obtained from , amongst those who had supported the second reading. The majority of thirty-three has, however, set the question at rest, and we may now congratulate our fellow-labourers on the certainty of an immediate termination of the discussion. This very night will probably conclude the sittings of the Committee, and in a few short days the Ministerial measure will have become the law of the land. Intelligence has been received from Rome of the 4th June. On that day the remains •f the late POPE, hav ing been previously embalmed, were exposed to public view in the Sistine Chapel. The fortune left by GREGORY XVI. to his heirs amounts to two millions of Roman piastres. These accounts re present that tranquillity at that date prevailed at Rome ; but a letter from - Leghorn, dated Bth June (four days later), states that the people had assembled in the streets of Rome, demanding the secularisation of the Government, and that peace had not been re stored until a collision, attended with much bloodshed, had taken place between the soldiers and the people. GAETANINA, the favourite Chamberlain of GREGORY is said to have fled from Rome and to have sought refuge in Tuscany. hed foreign, ,Junel, 18 4 1 6 1 , ay s e ay a s i. - 1 t iany letter journal dated s, St. b o t h P eor u Russianrgn nounced that the cholera has made its appearance in many towns on the Russian frontier. Such a statement is entirely destitute of foundation. The epidemic has not even approached our frontiers." Madrid papers of the 7th have been received. They contain no intelligence of any description. No news from Lisbon of a later date than that already published had been received in Madrid. The Tientpo urges the necessity of dispatching imme diately to Rome some able diplomatist to watch the pro ceedings of the Conclave, and to open new negotiations on the subject of the Spanish Church. MADRID BOURSE. —Three per Cents., 339-16 cash ; Five per Cents., 20; cash ; Debt without Interest, 6 . 1 We have colonial be e have r ece i ved the Paris papers of Sunday. The Ch am b er of Deputies on Saturday voted the budget of the financial d e p a rtment, A great num get, and co mmence d the discussion on the EVENING, JIJN 16, IM6 ber of Bills have been withdrawn. The discussion of the budget of receipts, always the lest measure of the session, is fixed for Friday, and there is every proba bility that, on Monday, the session, as far as the De puties are concerned, will be terminated. The Constibitionitel, in relation to the late escapade of Deke PASQUIER, says, " It has been remarked that the Prince DE LA MOSHOWA has not of late been present at the sittings of the Chamber of Peers, We have reason to believe that he is re solved to avail himself of the earliest op portunity of publicly protesting against what, to speak in the mildest terms, must be de nominated the imprudent expression, the use of which during a recent trial astonished and hurt the feelings of nearly the whole of the Peerage. We hope that these words will be explained in such a manner as to give to the son of the glorious Marshal NEY the just satisfaction which he seeks for." The National mentions that a rumour is prevalent that the Government had received very important dis patches from Italy, announcing an insurrection in the Roman Legation, and that Austria had ordered her troops to be in readiness to march upon the first signal of outbreak. The French Government have received important dis patches from Syria. M. GUIZOT, on Saturday, in the Chamber of Deputies, said, as an excuse for not an swering certain questions relative to Lebanon, of which a Deputy had given notice, " the despatches which I have received by the two last packets announce that changes have taken place in Lebanon, and measures have been adopted which greatly modify the present state of affairs in that province, and believing that my discussion would injure the interests of order, of peace, and the security of the Christians of Lebanon, I feel con vinced that any such discussion would be inopportune." The Moniteur Algerien, of Jane 6, represents the pacification of Algeria as complete. The Ocean, of Brest, of the 10th of June, announces the arrival at that port, on the Bth, of the corvette La Somme, Captain Alain, from the Marquesas, which is lands she quitted on the 16th of December. The colony was healthy, but was suffering from want of provisions. She brings home a portion of the garrison of the islands. At Otaheite all was tranquil for the present. No colli sion had taken place for some time ; and although one tribe still remained encamped, it traded with the French, giving cattle in exchange for seed corn. Queen POMARE still refused to return to Otaheite. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Juoz 15. Boulogne and Amiens, 11 % —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espeleta), I%—Central of Spain, I%—Dutch Rhenish, 7% —East Indian, % —Louvain and Jemappe, 1 4—Northern of France Con titutad, 14 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 10—Paris and Orleans, 47% —Paris and Rouen, 3834—Sambre and Meuse, s—West Flanders, 4. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) This Court was occupied in disposing of common jury cases, which presented no features of interest except to the parties con cerned. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT: (Before the RECORDER and Alderman Class.) Henry Barnaby was indicted for stealing a box containing bank. notes to the value of 2751., and other property, belonging to John Ratcliffe ; and Margaret Barnaby was indicted for feloniously receiv ing part of the notes, well knowing them to be stolen. Both pri soners pleaded not guilty. John Ratcliffe, a victualler, at Harefield, near Uxbridge, stated, that on the 3d January he had a box under his bed containing bank notes and deeds ; he saw it safe that afternoon about four o'clock, when he believed there were five twenty pound notes, nine or ten ten pound, and about fifteen five pound notes in It. He missed the box about ten o'clock the same evening. During that afternoon, the witness had been two or three:times at the butcher's shop just by. Ile had since received the deeds and one twenty pound note. The male prisoner had been often employed at his house, which he knew well. John James Ratcliffe, son of the last witness, said he went on the afternoon of the 3d of January into the back house, and found the back door open, although he had seen it shut an hour before. At ten o'clock an alarm was given about the loss of the box. About nine o'clock next morning he saw the male prisoner with a man of the name of Lamb on his way to Bayard's Wood. A constable came to the witness on the 17th of March with information of the finding of his father's box in a field near. Witness went; to the field and saw it, when he found the lock of the box broken, and the notes gone, though the deeds were there and a promissory note for 6001. Joseph Lacy, said he found the box produced in Court, and gave it to John Ratcliffe. 'William Wither stated that the male prisoner came three or four months ago to Mrs. Oliver's, in the Kingsland-road, and asked witness if he could change a 51. note. The change was got, and witness after wards went with the male prisoner, and had something to drink. While In the public-house the prisoner said to him, if any of the other men came up (meaning from Harefleld), he need not say he had seen him. Mary Brash, who lived at Harefleld, stated, that that on the 3d of January he saw the male prisoner standing near the prosecutor's house in the road, about seven o'clock. Samuel Webb said he was at work :n Bayard's Wood, on the 18th of March last, and saw, near some stubs, several papers belonging to Mr. Ratcliffe, which he had conveyed to their owner. Charles Filken, a blacksmith, at Harefield, said, that on the 4th of January he saw Henry Barnaby and the man Lamb near Mr. Rat cliffe's house, and proceeding in the direction of Bayard's Wood. Witness went in a different direction, and discovered some fresh footsteps among the hay; which when he followed led him to snares set there. He afterwards, on the 18th of March, was taken to the place where the papers were discovered, and the spot was as near as possible that in which he had previously seen the snares. Mary Fores, a servant to Mr. Ratcliffe, said she had occasion t go out about seven o'clock, when she saw Henry Barnaby ten yard° off from the back-door, looking over the paling. Alter she cameo back she heard some noise over head, in a room adjoining her mas ter's bed-room, and thought it was her master. She did not see Barnaby that night again. _ William Walmond said he had been in the company of the male prisoner about six weeks ago. Witness had heard of the robbery, and had been accused of it. On that night wit ness said to the male prisoner, " Come, Nanny, how sly you keep things; Charlie (meaning the man Lamb) has told me how you got the money." The prisoner bade him come and sit down beside him and he would tell him how he came by it. On the Saturday lie put off his shoes, walked into Ratcliffe's, opened the back door, and leaving it ajar went up stairs. He starched first one bed-rourrt and then went into another, but while there he was scared by the maid-servant, and he hid himself between two beds till she left the room. He then, seeing Ratcliffe is the butcher's shop, :searched and fouud the box under the bed, which he shook, and although he heard nothing particular, it felt heavy and he carried it off and hid it. Charles Lamb came next morning into Barnaby's house andlsald, "Oh, Nanny (meaning Henry Bar naby) old Ratcliffe has lost seine money." This led to a disclosure on the part of the prisoner, and both went out to Bayard's Wood, near some stubs, and there disposed of the papers which `they thought would not be available, where they were found afterwards. Shared the notes between them, and hid the box in a furze field, where the snares had been seen. __. Bamaby said to this witness that he had his share of the notes sewed up in his mother's bed, and that Lamb had his sewed up in his wife's petticoat and stays. The witness had seen the prisoner with a 5/. note in his possession. Pollee-constable 166 T said, he went to 31, Kensington-square, where the female prisoner was in service, and charged her with having money not her own. She denied having any, but afterwards admitted having received two 6/. notes from her brother, who said he had picked them up. The constable still suspected she had possession of more, and charged her accordingly ; but she denied having more. He, however, spoke to her mis tress, to whom he told the suspicions entertained against the brother, and said he must search the maid .servant's box. The female prisoner on this admitted having a 201. note of the Uxbridge Bank, and produced it from her box. The note was identified by Mr. Ratcliffe as his. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Iluddlestone conducted the ease for the pro secutor, and Mr. Doane defended the female prisoner. The RECORDER having summed up the evidence, the jury fottud the male prisoner Guilty. He was sentenced to fifteen years' transporta tion. The female prisoner was Acquitted. LEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The adjourned meeting of scripholders in this Company was held this day, at the London Tavern; Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The SOLICITOR having read the Bill, The CIIAIIeMAN stated that the amount of scrip votes re corded at the last meeting was 22,248, arid the number re quired in the terms of the sessional orders being 25,000, they were consequently obliged to adjourn the meeting to this day. The directors had since beenr entrusted with 6,522 all in favour of proceeding with the scheme, so that there were 28,778 scrip votes in favour of going to Parliament and not one dissentient.—(Cheers.) A resolution was then proposed by the Chairman in the usual form to authorise the directors in proceeding with the Bill, which was unanimously adopted and the meeting sepa rated. CHEAP RAILWAY CONVEYANCE FOR LABOURERS.— ' The directors of the Eastern Counties Railway have offered to convey labourers a distance of five miles along their line for one penny each, night and morning. ACCIDENT TO Mn. COOlCE.—Yesterday morning, a little before eight o'clock, Mr. Cooke, so well known in connexion with the electric telegraph, was riding a spirited horse on Blackheath at an easy canter, when the animal suddenly slipped and came down on his knees. The unfortunate gentleman was thrown with great violence over the horse's head, but with the feet still entangled in the stirrups, and on the horse making an effort to regain his legs he struck Mr. Cooke severely on the head with his fore feet. Pcr timately assistance was at hand, and the animal secured from making further plunges, or the consequences must have been fatal. Medical attendance was instantly sent for, and Mr. Cooke con veyed in a deplorable condition to his residence, en Lewisham-hill, Blackheath. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—We understand that this railway will, in all likelihood, be formally opened by the directors the length of Dunbar on Thursday, the 18th, and that it will be thrown open for the conveyance of the public a few days afterwards. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—EarIy in July next, a grand fete champetre will take place for this society, near the grounds of the Bishop of Rochester, Bromley, Kent, on which occasion, in addition to the amusements of the day, the principal portion of the troop of equestrians belonging to the establishment of Mr. W. Batty, of Astley's, have been engaged for the occasion. DEATHS BYIDROWNINGI IN THE THAMES.—On Mon day evening Mr. Payne held two, inquests on the bodies of persons accidentally drowned in the Thames. The first was held at the Steel-yard coffee-house, Upper Thames-street, on the body of James Daly, aged seventeen. It appeared that, on Thursday evening last, deceased was bathing, with other boys, in the Thames, at Bankside, opposite to Barclay and Perkins's brewhouse, when he got out of his depth, and was carried away by the tide, which was running rapidly down at low water. A man of colour, named Bowling, dived after him, and caught him by the hair, hut, as he was dragging him ashore, the force of the tide broke his hold, and before he could seize de ceased again, he finally disappeared. A waterman, who found the body on Sunday morning, locked in the paddle wheel of the Topaz, steamer, said, bathing in the Thames at low water was extremely dangerous, as the steamers drew the water off so rapidly that the bathers were drawn with it, and generally drowned, if they could not swim. The second inquest was held at the Rose and Crown, New wharf, Whitefriars, on the body of James Mackenzie, aged twenty four, a compositor, late in the employ of Messrs. Levy and Robson, printers, Great Now-street, Gough-square. A bargeman, named Jones, said he saw deceased, a little before six o'clock on Sunday morning strip himself and Jump off one of the barges at Whitefriars'- wharf. He was a good swimmer, and swain ont into the middle of the river, when lie sank, but rose again laughing. He then swam towards the barge, and wh en w ithi n thirty yards of it, he threwlis hands about as if in play, and aga i n san k . He rose once more,ffo were rts made signs of distress, and then finally disappeared. Tho u g h made to save him, they did no t succee d, an d thebcs c : l 3 u - g . h V case, Acci aS not Sound until three hours after the occurrence . V er dict in each dental death." so Yestert a SALE OF THE LIBRARY AND COLLECTIIOyN th o e l sal A e o U f T t o lle . GRAPHS OF THE LATE W. UpcoTT, E r -- ;:7 ser ipts, autographs, and extensive library and coltecticaa of Esa iw ., state papers of the late W. formerly librarian to the Messrs. Evans's Auction- London Institution, was corn tr m i :e7 v i t d c t e e ' Lat., memoirs of J. P. Kemble," rooms in New Bond-street. B being extensively illustrated with published In 1825, in 2 vo le., at 1 guinea, yesterday sold for 4 guineas, in consequence of its LBloti C y h ar b boo al iiu d, about scene prints, play-bills, an d newspaper cuttings referring t o R embie. The same author's M e M emoirs of Mrs. Siddons and Mrs. d l or a n similarly illustrated, sold for 3 /. 12s. and 41. 155 . 11 55 1 . aita .. English Bards and Scotch Revio o wcr i s t „ 3 " e p o u n b t l a lhe ining portr and au tograph sold yesterday for 41. 45., n tograph letters of Charles Lamb, Smith, &c., Icon Basilike, the p S. Roger s , W ordsworth, Sydney or traiture of his S acred Majesty Ch a rles 1., Richard Evelyn's copy, sold for 21. 13s. The other lots sold yesterday consisted principally of old catalogues of book sales, which fetched large prices, and br oa d s i des relating to balloons, news. paper cuttings, &e. It was asserted yesterday, by some of Sir Robert Peel's adherents, that he was ciw rill i nc4 t t lotion Pef9re he usigul, 9 '7 t egt vra abso- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 5,000 bales. The market was dull, and prices were a point in favour of buyers. The business consisted principally of American, at 3%d. to 5 1 4 d ; 50 Bahia, at 6d. ; 150 Egyptian, at 51( 2 ,d. ; and 50 Sea Island, at ls. to 6d. The probability of the Canadian railways being suspended, in "insequence of the unsettled state of our relations with America, upon the Oregon question, must be a source of anxious solicitude with those interested in the prosperity of our important colonies. It is certain that, as a Toronto writer upon this subject very justly remarks, the construction of the Quebec and Halifax Railway is necessary to secure the completion of all, or any of our Western lines. It is the only thing which will give them a British tendency and thoroughly interest British capitalists in their favour. At present the calculations of the Great Western and Toronto and Lake Huron Companies are founded chiefly upon the amount of American traffic which will be secured to these routes. The provincial business is not indeed lost sight of, but it is brought in as secondary to the advantage which would be derived from the travelling propensities of our neighbours. " Such being the case, everything is at a stand-still, and will continue so until the Oregon question is settled, and the more threatening disturbance with Mexico put to rest. 'We understand that the last letters from London to the Great Western Company were, that the proprietors in Lon don would carry it through at whatever cost whenever the war movement at Washington was a little quieted ; and we see by the packets of the 19th April that its stock had ad vanced another 2s. 6d., having risen to 41. per share. What our Toronto and Lake Huron Company are about we do not know : " We make these observations because we think that, how ever much an embroilment with the United States may affect the temporary and present repaying power of a Central Canadian Railway, it has little to do with its suc cess in the long run. American traffic cannot be de pended upon, but a successive increase of our own is cer. tain. We make them because we think that the nature of our lines through this western province has been put in a false position in England, and that except in entailing an additional expense, a war with our neighbours has little to do with their success. Such an event would raise the price of labour, and consequently in crease the cost of construction, but it would also stimulate internal trade. Our people got rich during the last war, the farms were better stocked, and the merchants' shops better supplied at the end of it than when it began. This is not a manufacturing or a speculating country to be beggared by such an occurrence—the only evil which it could do us would be that vague fears and a high rate of pas sage money would diminish immigration." The funds have been very quiet this morning, but upon the whole are firmer, owing to the favourable appearances in Parliament for the passing of the Corn Bill. The advance in wheat, however, is considered to indicate a disposition to regard the weather as somewhat too dry, though foreign orders for shipment hence to Belgium are likewise alleged as a cause, and this may influence the funds. Consols for the Account have been 95 1 4. Exchequer-bills of 1,000/. have realised lls. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 96% to 97, and the Three per Cents. 95 to %. Bank Stock has improved to 205% and 206%. The Foreign Bonds have been heavy except as regards Portuguese, which have improved on account of favourable advices of June 7 from Lisbon, received by a Russian man-of. war arrived at Portsmouth. The Three per Cents. have been 48%, and the Four per Cents. 48 1 / 2 to 49%. Spanish Five per Cents, have been quoted 24 to 1 4, and the Three per Cents. 36% to 37. Mexican are dull at 28 to 1 4, and Grenada at 20% to 20%. Railway Shares move uniformly, to a great extent, with our own securities, being neither very lively in demand nor buoyant in price, and Yet, at the same time, not depressed. 'BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. 205% 206% 206% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95% 95 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 96A 97 97 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10% % 10% India Bonds, 1,0001. .. 26 20 Ditto, under 1,000/. . South Sea Stock .. Ditto. Old Annuities Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... .. 5001... .. Ditto. Small 95q 1N d • .116d. •• ... 11 - pm. 16 - - - 16 17 12 - pm. ONE O'CLOCK. FOREIGN EITIsiDS Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. Grenada, 1 per Cent .. X Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 28 M2B Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, 3 per Cent .. .. • . 481 s Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. • • 4936 4834 Ditto, for the Account .. 49% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 24 Ditto, for the Account .• .. 24 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 36% 37 Dividends on the above pay a bl e In Landon. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9134 Ditto, for the Account .. . 61 ,4 4 % ••••• • • • • . par FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of' Spain ~ 2...• 1 )i • • • • • Dutch Rhenish • .. 77, 8 ..• •• • • East Indian ss. Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4 .. . 1 . . Luxembourg Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 •.... 10% ........ Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... Paris and Rouen .. • . .20 .... 39 Ni .......... Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 Rouen and Havre -. .. 20 MIRES. Real del Monte, Unrecistered —33 A 34 1 xd ::. 28 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 16.—Wind E., moderate breeze, and hot sultry weather. DEAL, JUNE 15.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Sea Nymph, Vasey, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Mary Honnsell, Baker, St. John's, Newfoundland; Enterprise, Leufstadius, New York. Arrd. from the River, Ranger, Dring, Cape Coast Castle. Arrd. from the River and sld. Delhi, Young, Batavia, &c.; Ceylon, Leslie, Calcutta. LivEaPooL, JUNE 15.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. 14th, Aurora. Landela, Havannah ; :Corea, Finlay, Quebec ; Statesman, Pyott, Sydney, New South Wales; England's Queen, Sheddlogs, Bombay; Hope well, Carter, 3laranham ; Cambyses, Smith, Montreal. Coax, JUNE 13.—Arrd. Matchless, Hayes, Patagonia. PENTLAND FRITH, JUNE 10.—Arrd. Adam Smith, Patagonia. HULL, JUNE 15.—Wind light.—Arrd. 13th, Canton, Harding, Boston ; 14th, Intrepid, Wilson, Savannah. Sld. 14th, Augusta, Cook, Valparaiso. YARMOUTH ROADS, JUNE 13.—Arrd. Agnes, Brown, Uddewalla. Barnewur, JuNE;l4.—The Victoria, Hill, from Shields, arrived here this morning: reports having fallen in with a vessel's mast, about live feet off the bar, and it appeared as if the hull of a vessel was attached to it and afloat ; the mast was to all appearance about eighteen inches through], with inn hoops round it. Old Harry, bearing N.E. and by N. about five miles. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OP LORDS. THE musnEcu, ST. IVES, AND CAM. XtILIDGE 3UNCTION. THE LYNN AND ELY, THE LYNN TO SPAL DING, AND THE EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION. The Committee met again this day at eleven o'clock, Earl Grey Chairman. After some desultory conversation, the Committee came to the resolution of passing toe preambles of the above Bills, s ubject to the lOrmal proofs. The clauses of the Bills wsre then gone into. LONDON AND "TORJEC, THE DONCASTER, I;I7.&7ILEFXELD, AND LEEDS. The Committee on this Bill raet again to-day at eleven o'clock Lord Somers in the chair. The Committee proceeded with the evidence sliming the brea amount of traffic on the proposed line of railway, DIRECT 'LONDON AND PORTSM OUTH. pu cuumzsTETL, PRTSIVIOTITII, -txII3I:"M'AND PAREHA.M.O The Committee on these_ Bills met a s usual at eleven o'clock this in R oom A, New Houses of P arl i ament; Lord Beaumont took mon itil chair ; all the memb ers were present, The evidence of Mr. W. Cubitt, as engineer to the Guildford, Chi chester, Portsmouth, and Fareham, was then taken. Ile was London and Portsmounth. cross-exami by Mr. TAL SOT, on the part of the Direct ed Their Lordships were occupied nearly the whole of the remainder of the day with general evidence. G REAT GRIItISf T AND TUTITC TION EXTENSION. (Nos. Z. and rt.) ' The Committee of their Lordships' House, appointed to consider the merits of these two Bills, met at eleven this morning in Room B (New Houses of Parliament). The Members are, Lord Zetland (chairman), the Marquis of Exeter, the Duke of St. Albans, and Lords Galway and Southampton. Mr. HOFE, Mr. PAGET, and Mr. DENCOURT, appeared for the pro moters of the Bills, and erMr. TEXPLE for Mr. land owner), and other petitions against the line. There were three petitions : one from Mr. Mainwary, and two from the inhabitants of Barton and Barrow. There was also a fourth petition, on which no appearance was made. Mr. HOPE, having addressed the Committee on the part of the promoters, called - Mr. Charles - Seely, a mill-owner near Lincoln, who gave geuersq eyiclenco tu 14)1211r Qf the 1111 0071110 he 0414 W 9414 PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID, DONE AT PRICES. • ONE O'CLOCK. • Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... di5....... % die. Caledonian .. ••• .. 10 .... 11% 10% 10% Ditto, Extension • • ••••.• • • • • 1 Derby and Crewe 2%.... 6% %.. 6% Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. • 5% ...• 3% .• • • 3 % Direct Northern .. 2% 1% Eastern Counties .. 141. 163... 24% % (1 24% Ditto New .. .. 10/. 165..... 8 p••.•• • • • •• • 8 p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 135. 4d. .. — Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13 s. 4 d . % p...... • • % p Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... 1% ....... • East Lincolnshire .. .. • • I .... %% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... ...... 75 Goole, Doncast., and ,h e ffi e ld, & c. 425...~36 Grand Union (Nottingh. & Ly nn ) I% %,, ~. Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 22% .......... 22 k Great North of England . 100 ..... Ditto New .. • 5 .... 52 Ditto. New . .• 10 .... 39 Ditto, New . Great Western .. 85 ... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 16 Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 .... 4% % ... • Leicester and Bedford 22s London an t Birmingham . ..100 Ditto Quarters ••• .. 2 .... 28% London and Black .. 16/. 13s. 4d. London and Brighton .. .. 50 .. . 65 Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. 30 London and Croydon .. —l3l. 15s 9d... 21% London and Greenwich .. 12/. 155. 4d. .. Do. Prefer. or Privilege .. 18/. 17s. 2d. London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 % ....... London and South• Western ..41/. Gs. 10d.• • 78 77% Ditto, New Consol. Eighths 34 .... 52 Ditto, New .. •• 17% London and York .. 2% 1% 2. ...... Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 .... 13 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .• ~124 Ditto, Half Shares .. 38 .... 58% ..... . Ditto, Quarters .. • . • . 2 .... 9% 10.... • • Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .... 12% Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .- .......... Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. • • • • % p...... Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... .. ..100 ....149 ........ Ditto, New ~ 18 .. •• 31 .... .•• . • Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 45% 46 Ditto, New . 1 9 •• Ditto, New, Brandlhig . . .. 25 .... 44 Ditto, Extension • • • • . 2 .. • . 1 s . North British 22% .. ... ... ... . Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% .... 1% .. ••••• • • • 1% North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. .. ••3% 4% p 4 p Nortfunpton,Baribury,&Chelthrn. 2 .... ••••• • • • • • I Scottish Central .. . .. 10 .. 15% ..... 15 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... Shropshire Union .. 425..... 1 35 dis .• 1 34 dia. South Midland .. 425. % die South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33% .. • • 39% • % • ..... 39% Ditto. New (iss. at 3214 No. 1. 16 ... 20 •• • • 20 Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2%,.., ..... 2% Vale of Neath .. 2 .... Welsh Midland .. .... 1 .... • ....• 1 West Riding Union .. •• . 425. .. p•.• . . • 234 p Wilts, Somerset, and 'Weymouth 5 .... 3 2 2 WOrcestr., llerefd., Ross, & Glou. 425..... 1% di5....... 1% dis York and Lancaster .. .... 13i .......... 13i York sad North Midland .. .. 50 .... Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... I HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP xur. IMPORTANT DECISION. AyEszuzzE AND GALLOWAY. GROUP LXV. This Committee met this morning at the usual hour, Dr, Bowrirel in the chair. GREAT ramxivsTrar. AND MUNSTER (No. 2 KILIGENNY TO CLONMEL). The Committee having adjourned yesterday to enable the opposing landowners to come Itpcgoine arrangement with the promoters as to compensation for the injury their respective properties would sustain from the formation of the line, Mr. Tormitax, on the part of Sir Edward Kearney, one of the opposing landowners, proposed, after sortie discussion, to accede 1 0 the offer made on Monday last, which had been then rejected, viz 4,0001. as compensation. Mr. TAYLOR, on behalf of the promoters, said that in conscquenc e of the repudiation of the offer he was not prepared to renew the . ! offer, but he was prepar e d t o re f er the case to arbitration a or to jury, and to give 20 per cent. over the award. ei After a protracted desultory di scuss i on, it was eventua lly agre upon to leave the amount to the Committee. The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee was unanimouslY of opinion that the promoters should pay Sir E. Kearney 3,7501- With regard to Mr. Aylward' s p roperty, it was also decide d by the Committee that the compensation should be left to a special. Jun and that the promoters s h ou ld pay 10 per cent. over that valuat ion. In consequence of Mr. R e d mond. one of the directors of the corn' pany, objecting to sign the agreement to pay Sir Edward Kearney' the award made by the Committee, „. The CHAIRMAN said the C omm i ttee would not then pass the .pre amble of the Bill till that agr eement was officially signe d by '— Company. The Committee then adj ourne d t i ll to-morrow. to give time for that agreement to be ratified, and if this were not acme, they P . ' Mated they would not pass the preamble. CHARGE OF VIOLATION. —At Hammersmith police' court yesterday Mr. Hardy Ilislop, of Lansdown Villas, Fulham' road, was again charged with 'violating the person o f Caroline lock, his servant, who was left alone with him in the house durins her mistress's absence in the country. The complainant greatlY ,P 11 ); varicated on cross-examination, and th e surgeon. said there were n o appearances to justify the charge, the m ag i s t rate therefore disMlss ed the complaint. A RABID DoG.—Yesterday, between twelve and one o'clock, a terrier dog, seemingly In a rabid state, was observed run: ning along the Vauxhall-road, biting and snapping at e verythinl that came in his way. On r eac hi ng Millhank he seized a man nant e John Phipps, a Lricklayer ' s labourer, by th e ca lf o f t h e leg, aria "• flicted a severe wound. Phipps, who bad a shovel in his hand, 1 0, 7 mediately attacked the dog, and fortunately by a well-directed biota. stunned the animal, whom he Immediately dispatched. The wound was at once incised and c au t er i sed b y a neig hb o uring surgeon. HORRIBLE DISCOVERY.—On Sunday mv,rning, as & shipwright and his son from Chatham, w e e r r e ei l v t a a ti ff dy tit o r r f h € t , i l i l e . Bridge Woods, Maidstone-road, Y the- fa dis c e° w Y ith his hat on his well dressed dressed man near a tree, lying o with both his arms extended. office, Mr. .-, w the coroner ' s ce, ....r...eorge sistance, and an express was sett nrriva _ , I discovered the remains to be on nbleliys immediately -e ' proceeded for as sistance, at Rochester, who. on arrival , man, living at No. 14, Ord nance-place, of Mr. James Clark, a . ng from his-home name-place, Chatham , t was conjectured that he mast have in fallen for the last fortnight. ~,,i flighty in his mind for some time ; he Is a fit. The man has -- The body is in a and who has been missi ng state of decomposition , nt n failing to pieces by his elotbi. and was ".-- °1 Royal Geerge II - -.-Ig• The remains c onvey to the in, On the , Maidstone road, to were coroner's inquisition. about fifty Y.ar . °f a g e " await a ---- 131R2718. On the 30th ult., at Florence, the lady of Sir Woodbine Parish, of a son. ~.' 4 ,, of On the 7th inst., at Mortlake, the lady of Joseph Blunt, ..." Hertford-street, Mayfair, of a soh. n land , On the 9th inst., at Nonington, the wire of the Rev. N. A. —" of a son. On the 11th i nst., at Tunbridge-wells, the wife of Mr. Sanger' of Oxfordtstreet, of a son. On the 12th i nst., at New-grove, Mile-end, the lady of Thomas• G.l ll te the id ,E 1 s 3 q t h . , Colyer, Esq , o f Parrock-hall, Milton of a daughter. Ou oillsat.Lautgettlearre. cue -terrace, Regent's-park, the wi fe of MARRIED. On the 4th inst., a t St. John's, Holloway, P. J. I.feugeno, of 'enge-common, to Emily, eldest daughter of B. W. Wallis, MsQ. , lolloway. - - On the 10th inst., at Bradford, Yorkshire, George John GuntiliorPeP Esq., surgeon, Newington-place, Kennington, to Louisa eldest daughter of W. H. Holloway, Esq., of Eldon-place Bradford. . On the 13th inst., at St. Pancras Ch urc h, J . H a ll ett Browne), ",7t, M.D., of Euston-square, to Franc es Eli za b et h , daug h ter o f We "- W. Fisher, Esq., of Muswell-hill. On the 13th inst., at St. James's Chur c h, Willi am afark Wood' Esq., Coldstream Guards, to Amelia Jane, youngest daug • MeV of t hat late Sir Robert Williams, Bart, of Penryn. At St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel, Edinb urg h, Si r R o b er t 3ferli-e' o f Menzies, Bart., to Anne Buicarras Alston St ewart , youngest "Mugu ter of the late Major James Alston Stewart, of Urrard, Perth: DIED. Hea•cnics- On the 14th inst., William Stephen W a lt on , Esq., of --- buildings, Lambeth, aged 69. 7 On the 14th inst., in Soho-square, Mr. John. Marshall, age . ' -„- 144 rarv , On the 14th inst., in Hamilton-t errace , S t . John's-wood, relict of the late James Drew, Esq., aged 85. On the 15th inst., at Waltharnstow, bit's. Henrietta Afilb tuu ' widow of the late W. Milburn, Esq. On the 15th inst., Lilies, the wife of Mr. John Chrisp, of FlOcke s " buildings, Great Tower-street. On the I%h Inst., at Broomfield, near Chelmsford, Thomas alirls t Y' Esq., aged 70. _ Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of Ira. 112, of the Snyon, 111 1111 Countygor bliddlenz, TUC/Cla7. JUDO 16, 1046. in the Precinct afford to the millers and malsters of England, a e , ,,Lamanication w id the district about Lincoln, from which they were excluded by want of communication. This would be a great advantage, as a large quantity of flour was cultivated in Lincolnshire. There was a yen' considerable traffic between Hull and Lincoln, for timber, &c. himself; expended about 100,0001. or 150,0001. per annum in corn, In the immediate neighbourhood. _ . Lord Worsely, who stated that he was Chairman of the Company, was next called. He gave evidence as to the great necessity for such a line as the proposed, and the great advantages that would restdt from its formation. He was cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE. Mr. TEMPLE, in the course of his cross-examination, suddenly stopped. and said that he understood that some arrangement had been made between the promoters and the petitioners; the result of which would be that the objections he was about to raise against the Bills, would be obviated. He withdrew the opposition on the part of Mr. Mainwary. a pro- Mr. PAGET then proceeded to call Mr. William Thorne, prietor of land near Barrow, who gave general evi dence in favour of the line. The learned coitus" was about to call the next witness, but on receiving some com munication from Mr. Parkes, the agent for the Bills, he observed that he had been told that he was occupying their Lordships' time uselessly. as Mr. Hope had re moved all opposition by private arrangement. Mr. PAlikEs said th a t th ere was b ut one petition which ha d not been disposed of in this manner, and he believed no appearance had been made on the part of the petitioner. He had seen the agent t his morning, and that gentleman had told him that he had received no communication from his clients for some time, and not having the necessary papers, he was not prepared to oppose the Bills. The agent subsequently came forward and confirmed this statement . All opposition being now removed, the Committee proceeded with the engineering and some other evidence pro for Mr. Fowler, the engineer to the line, gave the usual engineering evidence. Mr. Parkes gave evidence on some points of form. The clauses were then adjusted, and the Bill passed. The Committee then rose, with the understanding that the Btli , should be reported this evening. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; Sir William Clay, the chair. Mr. BOYLE proceeded to sum up the case on behalf of the PO! moters. He reviewed at some length the character of the line and the accommodation it would afford to the important mineral field of Dal . mellington ; to the a,ricultural produce of Kirkcudbright and Atr shire; and to the sheep, cattle, and passengers passing to and from tile two counties. Having dwelt shortly on the character of the oPP O ' sition to the scheme, which he submitted had not made out the case: he concluded by calling on the Committee to affirm the preamble of the Bill. The room was then cleared for a decision. On the admission of the parties, The CHAIRMAN intimated that the decision of the Commi ttee that the preamble of the Bill h a d no t been proved. Wad, GROUP XX. The Committee on this (the Windsor) g roup me t t o -day, at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 31 (Grand Corridor). Present, Mr. Sotherou (chairman), Mr. Pigott, Mr. Ross, Lord W. Bentluck, &c. They resumed the consideration of the LONDON AND WINDSOR. Mr. Thompson, the engineer of the company, whose direct evidence in favour of the line was concluded yesterday, was now cross-axe' mined at conalderable length. GROUP XXXIII. The Committee on this group met t o -d a y i n R oom N o . 24 grand Corridor) ; present, Sir Robert Ferguson, the Ma rquis of Worc ester, Viscount Norreys, Mr. Smollett, and Mr. Fellowes. They proceeded with the exami nat i on of w i tnesse s on t h e War wickshire and London Railways, call e d WORCESTER AND WELEDONt HAMPTON AND ASHCHURCH t HAMPTON AND RANRITIZT.' The evidence related entirely to the t ra ffi c i n t h ese lines, an d It was endeavoured to establish that th e pl aces to b e accommodated b y h them were of more importance than those to be reached 4 till Birmingham and Oxford and other comp e ti ng lines. GROUP LIM ' This Committee re-assembled to•day, at twelve o'clock, In Boon' ~„ (New Houses of Parliament). Present, the Hon. E. Lascelles the chair), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. R. Clayton, Captain Dalrymple. and Mr. Hildyard. SHREWSIIITRY AND BIRMINGHAM. The evidence in favour of this scheme was again resumed ° l f ! morning, Mr. Scott, th e c h a i rman of the Birmingham Canal C ° 7 B , piny, being the first witness. He st a t e d th at the rival schl n r d. would pass over some of the most valuable coal-mines in Stag, shire, thus inflicting great damage, n o t on ly on t h e propr ietors the public at large. His evidence in other respects was similar tq that previously laid before the Committee. GROUP LVIII. MIDLAND RAILWAY (PURCHASE - Or OAKIIAM CANAL). The Committee to which this line was referred met to-daY , bt twelve o'clock, in Room No. 8. At the opening of the room it wa s announced that the CoMlnit tee intended to come to a decision wi:l2 regard to the above line. After a delay of a few minutes, The Cite IRMAN announced that he was instructed by the Cod' mittee to state that the preamble of the Midland Railway (PUch of Oakham Canal Bill) was proved. GROUP LIV. LEICESTER AND EIRMINGRAiyi, AND DRANCH TO COVENTRY. es On the re-assembling of the Committ ee thi s morn i ng, the _A ro de was ordered to be cleared, i n or d er that the Committee might dew on the respective merit s o f th e di fferent lines in the localities ofOr mingham and Leicester that had been submitted to them. On our re-admission, at ill° The CHAIRMAN th said that the Committ ee were of opinion ,itoo preambles of the London and Bi rm i ng h am (Coventry to Nuo—, o l Extension), and of the Cov en t r y an d Nuneaton (Bluffing'll lol , ; o f Leicester) Railway Bills were p rove d ; an d that the Preamb,t ir• the Direct Birmingha m an d L e i cester and the Leicester an , mingham Railway Bills were not proved. GROUP LXI. SCOTTISH CONSOLIDATIONS. • The Committee on this group assembled, at twelve o'clock in Room 33, Sir John Duckworth in th e chair, when evidence 7; given as to the curves and radii and oth er genera l f eatures of teL Monkland and Kirkintilloch R a il wa y, as well as of those of t he a joining and tributary lines, the object of Mr. Serg ean t Wrangb apparently being to show that, in consequ ence of the diffienltY ~,r, posed by the sharpness and smallness of these curves and mill, it would be a great inconvenience to bring all the traffic upon a where express trains were to run, and to be crossed by minw— trains. A long cross-examination ensued to ascertain the extent to W lll _ 4 ° l the Monkland and Ki r ki n ti lloch line is subject to the crossing 3 "'" A passage of cross tram coa l trains between the collieries alt the works connected with them, and which are so placed as be intersected by the railway. to At the conclusion of this evidence, Mr. Sergeant Wassronog, addressed the Committee on b e h a lf o f t h e opponents of the Monklan d and Kirkintilloch Company. In the course of his observations the Learned Sergeant stated that the latter company were ie fact absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, and if tiu 4 amalgamation be approved the effect would be to drive the ti'i which would naturally go by the Caledonian line, the direct cours e ' circuitously by the cbast. It wa s on p u bli c grounds alone tha t he e_, it, posed this line. The C a led on i an C ompany had no other access . the north of Glasgo w excep t b y the Garnkirk RallwaY. im„ less they were d r i ven f ar th er north to the Edinburgh and 43,0 Tbe re gow Railway, which is i n th e h an d s of an inimical company: of is no doubt b u t th a t th e G arnkirk Railway is the only dire", the getting to Glasgow. Th e same e ff ect remained with re s Ptj a nd to and through traffic to the north. Th e gauge of the Men; ditourg. Kirkintilloch is now being altered, to suit the will and Glasgow line, and when this is completed tit TAircirio be an uninterrupt e d communication with Glasgow for the w beit coal-field. The C omm i ttee would have to recollect tha t the the clause of the A c t w hi c h d ' rected the purchase was passe d' vim railway of which it spok e , t h e M onkland and Kirkintilloch line. absolutely not in existence. The question, therefore, which !.!_. rose ,t was this, whether the cl auses were binding which had been Prg"— under one set of circum s t ances , upon a totally different met of "_,..,5. By the railways as they are now , th ere i s st i ll an apprehen d e d ; com petition, and it acted wholesom e ly i n pr omo ti ng the genera l beflah` while, if this purchase were all owe d, th ere wou l d be a great i m Pe". raent of the traffic. CLOSING PRICES. 4014 28% 7% 65 40 21% 2214 NI 77% %_P log 39% 5%