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tions between these two countries—(Cheers)—whose t dticard an d w h ose quarrels can never take place wltno „ud the greatest ca l am i ties to E urope an d man kind.—(Loud cheer s .) I think, however, after Is hat has happened in different countries of the continent, after the rapidt sue e cession of revo l ut i ons wh i ch we h ave seen , a nd wi l tth uncertainty that at pr esen t p r ev a ils, it is right—it ' s wise to take p recaut i ons aga i nst occurrences t h at ma y happen. . I a sincerely t rust t h ey may not happen. I sincerely trus tt 0 all Property, who wi s h t o d estroy a ll or d er , t o put anen d of the li Property, and to groun d t h e f uture condition world upon some dream of philanthropy, perhaps. but more likely upon some political plan of plunder—(Loud cheers)—l trust that those persons may never be able to succeed either in France, in Germany, or in any other evis country, and that we may not have to dread the l which might result from the presence of these emissaries .the amongst us.—(Cheers.) Still, I do think that, in eau. present state of Europe, it is wise to take some precau tions tions against the occurrence of such a thing.—(Bear, feel hear.) lam sure I shall be highly gratified— shah.' the greatest satisfaction—and I have no doubt l the a wh o o la le t House will concur in that feeling, when we can measures of it is no longer necessary to bring forward any will be ef restriction ; that our course for the O nly the consideration of measures of relief, measures our t e n f, re of im provement.—(Hear hear.) And it is not s n of this duty to bring forward any further measure kkind.—(Loud applause.) We feel, as a Gove rnment, hn that it is b ut an- irksome and painful task to have to forward su c h measures.—(Hear, hear.) At the !ame tim e , t h e peace of the country is committed to us. The b us i ness of administration from day to day, in the • presen t state of the world, is a most responsible task— (Hear, h ear ) —and so long as we feel i t necessary to bring forward suc h measures as t h ese, we s h a ll do it. bThis is the last we shall have to introduce.—(Cheers.) e the or di nary operation of the ordinary laws may now t,' c ommitted th e preservat i on o f t h e peace of the fi'd Iss eanutr Y.. -- -(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for the it . •, est Riding of Yorkshire has pointed out the course ~,, which he thinks the Government ought to take in order ~ !n... conciliat e t h e affection of the people of this country. has ;Z.. with regard to some o f t h e measures to w hich he Alluded we shall hare occasion to speak when such mea sures are brought forward by the Montrose (Mr. gouge, For my own Hume) and other Members of this Hon. Member for part, I cannot believe that the re prsentation of the people in this country is in such a %ate as the Hon. Member for the West Riding seems to Laine it to be. My belief is that the votes of this youe, since it met in November last—putting out of Ight question whether it is properly formed, whthettilethere ought to be such a number of small e;....ti. tbio_rou.ghs returning Members, whether the represeuta- Tee nave been elected in the' best manner—leaving all hit.: these been to be debated on a future day, I say I sit. believe that the votes of this House—of the majority of a • - this H owe _ es state f . aVe neither been owing to any peculiar 0 parties., nor have they unfaithfully represented the opinions —(Applause.) Nor majority of the people of this country. ducoon, to the Nor do I think that they 100 taking away c• - (Mr. Cobd en \ Hon. Gentleman . k to the re ef what the ' belongie to ' °ails " the barbarous pomp of the Crown, of royalty; g past times," to diminishing the appendages the I do not believe that this is the way in which geaerarfernktent or this House would conciliate the Li" I mysejf neat of the people of this country.—(Hear.) d- ' b e this ethoroughly and strongly attached to the institutions of a tiro ountry.--(ilear.) I do not know that there ever was m ent e wh en I perceived such strong evidence of attach th.., tie the throne of this country.—(Cheers.) I know „,...: the conduct of the illustrious person who now cccu- V o v v a that throne, that the example given by the life, of this country in every relation of domestic 8 4 0 1 1 and in the discharge of those more important and eucehltal duties which attach to her august po s ition, e is ~. (eh:: every one of right principle must arev ai: rew s)—and I believe that that conduct meets with thethe , • • ard which it ought to have in the affections of kel peopi e.s ... (Loud cheers.) I do not believe that that which 4L w'silt!ecessary for the maintenance of the royal office, 'se ,theekh I admit is quite unnecessary for the comfort or ' ... uaepines f h rself,:but that which is eec es s o the Sovereign e d dignity of the , n , s ay for the due maintenance an . '—' "'ea, is at all begrudged by the people of this country.---(Cheers.) I believe that they wish those in ratitutioo3 t o b e maintained. I do not think that any 14n ges which we m i g h t propose w hi c h wou ld shake or i tanair t h e institutions of this country would meet with that aPprobatiou of the people.—(Hear, hear.) I believe `oat we Should be acting in a manner contrary to their Wishes if we were to embark in a sea of speculation, setting everything afloat, and making it doubtful what halffuture constitution was to be.—(Hear, hear.) I "; whatever may have been the necessity for the aio lent changes that have taken place in foreign coun tries, that a ll c l asses i n t hi s coun try, from the highest to the lowest, see the advantage of a system of well regu ated libert • and are convinced that order and peace t end to the welfare of the working classes, as well as to the ad vantage o f all classes of this country.— , other . ( Loud cheers ) lam convinced that the example of th e gs of hlessin . peace and order is not lost upon the people of this try —(Hear, hear.) They country.—(Hear, . have too much good sense, too much ion re ec ,11 t" to believe in many of the idle stories that are put about.—(Hear.) Whatever Proper retrenchments we can make, let us make them— (hear, hear)—they are due to the state of our finances; th ey are due to the stat e o f su ff er i ng i n w hi ch many of oar people are placed.—(Hear, hear.) Let every kind of economy that can be safely practised be practised.— (hear, hear.) Let every amendment of taxation that tan be well carried into effect be carried into effect.— t ( hear, hear.) But let us not imagine that by shaking t IY of the great pillars of the state, or disturbing the Qu ails upo n w hi c h the constitution of this country rests, i, s we shall either be doing good to the country, or that attieall even ga i n t h e i mme di ate and vile purpose of K a little p o p u l ar app l ause at the expense of all t act is valuable and endeared to the nation.—(Cheers.) thMr. BRIGHT said it was a mere assumption to say erne the Arras Bill had been operative in putting down more in Ireland; the special commission was infinitely itth', instrumental for that purpose.—(Hear, hear.) As Zrde Crown and Government Security Bill, the Noble chuckled more than he had any right to do. Had Y ef these measures succeeded in arresting the spread a l the th e is r tPeal feeling in Ireland? Far from it. Even ti,,, rotestaiats were now protesting against the legisla it coal tin i ° ll . He was in favour of this ueion, but thought thod only be based on the will and acquiescence of sh ou l ) i e d °Ple in both countries.—(Hear, hear.) But why !epb ss d E y En gland have h a d t hi s mo re strenuous measure tte ar. '," to it, if i t was only needed in Ireland?—(Hear, t ihi), W ith regard t o the Alien Bill he had not heard rhap!decargurnent in its f a v ou r. All they heard in the deucen` an areement was that they must have confi ree 111 her ht w Majesty's Ithi e h ° old not justify them in passing a measure of e l . would take away the liberty of the people It la cella - I .,eitt ) ty tr) as well as that of foreigners.—(Hear, aqe. Had th• h pourable IS measure been proposed by the Right .e was i_ Baronet the Member for Tamworth, when V:it r a i st u ro c!ffiee, the Noble Lord, if he (Mr. Bright) was v l abor ate '±en, would have delivered one of his most 4 1 0 n and r ilod able speeches in defence of the constitu ti,artned b e gnts of the people.—(Hear.) People were ~..'Y of b e _e_,anse there was more than a common quan : Said that and mustachios seen in the streets; and it , k us „ __, D. certain individual, now in this country, had de'eluther foreign countriestoo hot to hold him , try 41.11 the re were in . 111 1/ i YWIth who were a number of persons this tikellis.-e ue ~..1 z his duties in Paris made him ac e.sto g " -"los not certain that they were not more residence leo) d • than f °f certai n • culties in consequence of the „_ , h. rou t that il lustrious individuals among them u t, ! l l , tons. Lo:l_l,Pierons who merely held republican i s _°e r lough "" t for b Wt l s the least likely city in the world pelasithdreeetion or toe P e rsons who might wish to raise th an r. No in n gage in the completerctil business of h tO 431011 NV d hid' h eee„ supp ose t ,_ as more p an ci is teisi n , s for the "at a Bill of this nature was noa. cry-- (li eu. "c security and peace of this thtte:ter, whi c h • he ar.) There were two things, b elie/ t , i _wcald . it was likely to do. One was, etebicean he W i shed should prevail of the security and cou ntr , would ere ° attllat.ry--(llear, hear)—and the other, t h e rla y 4 b eii. „ , e in the minds of the people of this Ics in II at tb r, lti the pusillanimity and ignorance of i .. ate tcci .y nead of its affairs, who ought to be best - r _"11 their Public m, and who ought to be courageous keri e l: et uled to _i_eo,nduct.—(llear, hear.) The Noble day ~. Th„, l ,4 t lue . a up spirit since the battle of Li- Isor t 4 „, th a'hattl e u of (sfApril was a great day, but the did 4 ,7,." right i n Limerick was a greater. The Noble 40 f u :' Wl Sh t o d 84 YIng that the people of this country of tail ex perien ce eaPerienestroy the institutions of the country, ex ,,_ la country d id Proved them to be good. The people ofe i e ,Oae that was 4 not complain of the Crown, or of any w ha A t comfort botoeeessary tor the maintenance not only fill ) t hey co rn 1 . of its honour and dignity.—(Hear.) toed • p limed of was this, h ot , Intl that the Crown con- $e de r • lie h s , e people to gee in handing over the taxes drawn ash 61'14 n ot th e e assist the hangers on of the Crown. th e it , Noble L or d before him then, but he would tact there d whethe r h •uat there °f the C rown 0 e thought it necessary, for establishmentsshould be co r the dignity of the empire, hounds, w , ai , as that of the with the Court such dent of h - that this mastership of the buck t e United ' country m ' . ,riesHear, • hea St a t es cost thatore than the I rest- A rand Falconer? aec).---ta4cd that country.—(ls ud `_eat content with sue bu." th e r,„ ' nf the Hereditary c hancellor of the Exeh useless appendages d of this country sudget in a session? Exchequer could o n ages while the naintenance tend to the better' hea r getN3l:l)neewith one Ind to the greater strength r securit‘, ep _. e ld their 'moire? The Noble Lord spolr cote"paeLt_tehaa their f Fovvii 1 1 ° . 11 . 1 e 'as representing the peopi ( e )l the u majorit • the ,ut if they did, they were not the * Perhaps the inthat. ,t,i,e habit of coming in contact will eopiew botil he Zadsli; k n . Right Hon. Baronet the Me (Iro nical cheersn) ° e for ,7 1 a majority of 90 or 100 in 1846; but b Ta art ori ~..._ Inworth „ a . ma ny occasions .when there existedt well knew 14onvour of the Government, it was decide!' inajority ,_ our the people. And the Noble Lord w d ali o rritY tototehcirtinued to pursue his present course :eta- find, leble L Government would die of majorities. Policy' es. i ll htthdedord seemed to have no vision but one that V e f(toatio bY the two lobbies of that House. All his 'l7 sell n was derived from Mr. Tufnell and Lord I Nf . . etsp---t his r He was sorry to see the Noble Lord ,‘, a is present course, and to find him in strict alliance i' i ‘a , ~ party that Bail i always opposed him heretofore. le mur not believe that t he ol d c ould not changewas changed, for the his skin; but the Noble Lord alb an ged•—(Hear h • -nee w id , ear.) He believed that such an 6 dne ou estrange from him theaffections fill e°f the peopleand, and con -4.7 the unpitied ' before long, end iu the down ''''aialied • downfall— O f a Government which he Sr a - , w tnight last for years . Itih hs,, bee said that tha f *" 4 been pro of all the novel theories Mut t : - t he lion- ounded of late, the most strange was Nal uted the dreadful Member who had just sat down, who Ai iti. ~.. outrages in p tio • 104 a t tributed Ireland to spasmodic In j. t . Q ... the change %Web had taken end to the raealSrac6 iribiek had been passed by the Government. The most beneficial re sults had followed from the late Bill, in patting (flown the mischievous agitation in that country. It was noto rious that there were persons in Paris whose business was to get up revolutioLs, and that many of them had come over to this country. The Hon. Gentleman had taunted the Noble Lord with seeking the support of his side of the House. but it should be recollected that cir cumstances existed which induced persons on both sides of the House to unite in protecting the institutions of the country, to which the people of the country were, unalterably attached. The House then divided, when there appeared— Fur the third reading..... Against it Majority —ll7 The Bill then passed. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. On the motion for going into Committee upon this Bill, Colonel SIBTHORP said he hoped the Bill would be reprinted, in consequence of the extensive alteration which he understood was made in it. Mr. J. STUART, in reference to what had fallen from him on a previous occasion, begged to state that he was in error in attributing the authorship of a pamphlet from which he quoted to Mr. Chadwick. I❑ anything he said OR that occasion he did not mean to speak dis respectfully of that gentleman. Mr. FREWEN understood that malignant fever existed in the neighbourhood of the House, and that Westminster School was broken up in consequence This fever was attributed to the Dean of Westminster's. conveying some composition into the sewer by way of improvement and preventing infection.—(Laughter.) If sanitary improvements, such as were contemplated under this Bill, were persevered in, the doctors would soon make their fortunes. After a few words from Sir C. BURRELL, the House went into Committee. Lord MORPETH said that on a former occasion, in reply to the Hon. Member for Oxfordshire, he stated that he was not prepared to assent to the suggestions proposed by that Hon. Gentleman. He had since favoured him with a statement of the alterations he wished to make, and as he recognised on all sides of the House an unaffected sympathy with the objects of the Bill, and a wish to carry some practical measure into effect—(Hear)—and as the improvements suggested by the Hon. Member would effect a considerable improve ment and advance on the present state of the law, and if not likely to be so iromediately beneficial as the measure, as proposed by the Government, would yet lay the foundation for future improvement, her Majesty's Government, on duly considering the amendments, thought it expedient to give their acquiescence to them as far as their general effect was concerned.—(Hear.) Being most desirous to effect some practical legislation on this subject, he was a hundredfold more pleased at accomplishing this object than if, by a positive adhe rence to the Bill as originally proposed, it was likely to be defeated.—(Hear, hear.) The alterations he proposed to make in the Bill were these, that when one-tenth (not 50 as it stood in the Bill) of the rated inhabitants of any corporate city, town, or place, with ascertained and defi nite boundaries made application, inquiry should then take place in the manner prescribed by the Bill; that, if in the course of that inquiry it was found expedient to add any new districts to the town or place, inquiry shOuld take place in the same way; that when it was not pro posed to include any new districts, or to interfere with any local Act now existing, the general board might proceed as in the Bill to submit a report which might be applied to the district by order in council ; but that when new districts were included, or local Acts inter fered with, the general board were in that case to frame a provisional order not to be applied to the district till the sanction of an Act of Parliament was obtained ; not an Act of Parliament 'such as was required for private Bills, which would occasion great expense, but a public Act. There were other alterations with respect to offi cers, but those he mentioned were the main alterations in the Bill. Mr. HENLEY thanked the Noble Lord for accepting the suggestions he had made. After a few words from Mr. T. EGERTON and the At- TORNEY-GENEUAL, Colonel SIBTHORP moved that the chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL hoped the Honour able and Gallant Gentleman would not persevere in this amendment. Mr. MUNTZ asked whether the rate-payers were to have the power of electing the local boards ? Lord MORPETH replied most certainly. Mr. HUDSON wished to have the Bill reprinted with the amendments proposed or adopted by Government, so that the House and the country might know how the matter now stood. Viscount MORPETH said he had endeavoured to explai❑ the Bill in its new form. Lord G. BENTINCK supported the proposition for having the Bill reprinted, before the House proceeded to discuss it in its remodelled shape. Colonel SIBTHORP insisted upon his amendment. Mr. SLANEY said that if the working classes knew the manner in which a measure so vital to their inte rests was thus impeded in the House, it would tend much to diminish their respect for the House. Lord G. BENTINCK would, at all events, call upon the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to state, simply and clearly, how the Bill now stood. Sir R. INGLIS called upon the House to proceed with the Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said they only asked the Committee to go on with the Bill. The new clauses would be printed for the consideration of the House.—(Lord G. Bentinck, " Expiain them.") Ile thought it would be quite wrong to enter into explanations, and thereby serve those who were desirous to create delay. Lord G. BENTINCK denied that he wanted to create delay. The Noble Lord did not appear to understand his own Bill. There were in it 144 clauses, and they now only required explanation of one of them, and even that they could not obtain. Was there anything unrea sonable in asking for a delay until the explanation was given ? - Sir E. N. BUXTON was sure the Noble Lord would be acting up to the fdeling of the House, if he proceeded without delay. The CHAIRMAN then put the 2d clause. Some con versation ensued upon points of detail, after which the clause was agreed to. Clause 3, " Act to be applied, &c.. by orders in council," was struck out of the Bill. Clause 4 being proposed, Lord MORPETH moved that in lieu of the proposed Board of Commissioners the President of the Board of Trade and two others, at her Majesty's pleasure, be nominated to be Commissioners under this Bill. The Earl of LINCOLN suggested that the fourth and fifth clauses should be postponed. Lord MORPETH looked upon these clauses as inte gral portions of the Bill, and did not see how it was possible to postpone them. The Earl of LINCOLN said that he and other Hon. Members were of opinion that the clauses in question were objectionable, and he, in particular, objected to the appointment of an independent and new board. Ile should therefore move that clause 4 be postponed, and if this was opposed by the Noble Lord he would divido the Committee on his motion. Sir R. INGLIS, in reference to some observations which had fallen from Mr. Hudson, on the question of postponing the 4th clause, said—No one, Sir, can pay more respect to the aristocracy of birth, the aristocracy of talent, cr the aristocracy of character than I do ; but I hope I shall never pay any respect to the aristocracy of wealth ; and because any Member of this House may be fifty times or five hundred times as rich as I may be— Mr. HUDSON (interrupting)—l never said anything about that— Sir R. INGLIS—I will never on that account allow him undisputed by me to assume to have fifty or five hundred times the influence.—(Loud cheers.) I never willingly offended any man—(Hear, hear)—but I must be allowed to remind the Hon. Member for Sunder land that he shall not be the man who shall instruct me as to what part I shall take in this house, when I shall be silent or when I shall speak., —(Much cheering.) I have endeavoured to call the at-' tention of the House to the duty of passing some mea sure of sanitary reform, and I protested against delay— a system of delay, as it appeared to see, injurious. For that reason I rose an hour ago, and should not have taken another opportunity of addressing the House, but for that which I must consider the unprovoked attack made upon me by the Hon. Member for Sunderland.— (Hear, hear,) lam actuated by no to that Hon. Member. I did not provoke this discussion, but I am ready to meet his attack. Mr. HUDSON, who rose amidst cries of " Spoke,' said—l have every respect fur the Hon. Member for Oxford, but I did not think it fair, when my Noble Friend behind me asked a question of the Noble Lord opposite, that the Hon. Member should get up and attack me.—(" No," end' Question.") . I do not know what the Hon. Member means by talking about money.— (, oh, oh.") I beg to say—[The Hon. Member attempted to proceed, but in vain, in consequence of the interrup tions by which he was met—but concluded by apologis ing to the House for any warmth he had been betrayed into.] Lord J. RUSSELL—If the Noble Lord thought it better that the clause should be postponed he had no ob jection, it being, however, understood how they were to proceed afterwards. Without a central authority he did not think they could proceed with the Bill--(Hear, hear)—and he hoped the Noble Lord would not object to go on with clause 6, on the understanding that the Secretary of State, or some authority, should be made the centre of authority afterwards. Mr. NEWDEG ATE thought time would be saved by reprinting the Bill before going further with it. Mr. STUART could see no reason for postponing these clauses if the principle was not to be altered. Lord LINCOLN thought it better to postpone all the clauses relating to the central Eduard—that would be up to claus e 11. After some conversation, Colonel SIBTHORP moved that the Chairman report cProonaginreistst,,,r udpoenxpitr.essed his determination to divide the L Com m uteSSELL consented to the adjournment of day) with claus.e-e.ro` the p I os-ng to commence to-morrow (this en l e )° (-) 1 thatN ceived that its 1130ard was to be permanent) de• districts w ae rnsd Ssitalt should when decidedbe confinedt lbojseect districts tt . He con tion of conversation, formed its powers should cease. Alter a ilesultorsyaicdoi rhiectsf forma formed were Mr. BRIGHT conduct of the Noble Lord (Morpeth) the House that he had no objectionable clause. h w e isia th t o o ug f ht the tone and ought to satisfy Mr. CARDWELL had no doubt of°trlicee wish in that respect but ho Possibl© would be left in the p ha t d at N up ob o l n e L it o a rd n ' y s aa much power as n 5 of the local boards. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY l2 , 1848. HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING_ ROOM. LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. (LATEST PARTICULARS )J The following will be found to be an accurate list of the killed and wounded : DEAD. The Rev. Mr. Phillips, of Penzance—skull fractured. The Rev. Mr. Sandys, of Woolwich—skull fractured, and comminuted fracture of the left leg. Wilshere, valet to Sir Alexander Mackenaie—frac tured skull. A. male person (unknown), apparently a gentleman's servant. Captain Blair INJURED. , R.N., of the Coast-guard service, Pen zance —injury- of spine. (This case will be fatal.) Mr. C arlton —dislocated ankle. (A bad case.) Mr. Conway, of the Temple—lacerated legs, and much cat in the knee. Mr. Lea, of \Vadham College, Oxford—leg severely broken, and simple fracture of the left thigh. Mr. Lindsay, of Cork._. severely bruised. Nicholas Seymour, of Cork —broken thigh and con tusions. Phillips,EwlihiNois: was t jhEe k asd i ITlceudot.bN THE e accident. her d o e a p t l ar r o. . Cohen, of Go odman's-fields—face severely cut. . d C . a l o ' k e p a l le : t s ai e tt , di f005nr,,. Old of the t hCe (This.a a v r e m n .d)i gentlemans h - street—arm 1 since severely . .ot very seriously hurt. un dergonepAhleoaaaacmrdhs,en, butJnunier United . Service Club—contusions o c n u A ItAllt the e. Serge e a — nt, li ci l f u P r3 u . severely widow Mr.gentleman is the son of Mr7hgzeitrigTaini,tomt j 1 , A i l r r . sj. Phillips,. P utney-heath —n o t knees, but not very severe. oy, aged a b o c o uft ut u he wt They are both much shaken, but not othe of Penzance,. Hugh Hedge—head and face t her son with her, a little y b e h ,tt ihsaT h feeon u ti ids r ei erataer. late :3:ob. Treasury. is i 5 ... 1 . This lady had hurt. Mr. o'clock yesterday offorepoonESMr. Wasbo t tothe Victoria oinfvestigate rsohnreirr,onahnadroa, juarsysemblsoireaen respectable much ag bil i ta n wt j nh u et els r v e coe d fo . laid tthhee Arms irnohu Inn, adjacent to the railway station of the a l e ' e h id e y eo w t ere m m r. u s ch aun di d s e fi rgs_ the circumstances connected with the deatls unfortunate persons above mentioned, whose bodies the four but not to such an extent as would be supposed by the secretary of the Great Western Railway Company, , present at the inquiry, as also Mr. Gooch, the engieweas and Mr. Seymour Clark, the managing superintendenrt, horrible in an adj oining character bu i The painful ceremony of viewing the bodies having been gone through, the evidence was gone into. Mr. Charles Coulson, of Penzance,. merchant, was the first witness called. He identified one of the bodies as that of the Rev. Mr. Phillips, of Chacewater, in Corn wall, and said—l came with Mr. Phillips on board the Cornwall steamer to Bristol on Tuesday, and we were both passengers in the express train from the latter place. I was not in the same carriage with him when the accident occurred. The carriage in which I was riding was next but one to that in which Mr. Phillips met his death—he was further removed from the engine than I was. I cannot describe the accident. I heard the guard's whistle blown by the driver, and kept my place till the train stopped. I went to search for Mr. Phillips at the request of his wife, who was in the train, and I identified him amongst the four bodies lying in the Railway Tavern, where he had been removed on the stretcher. Immediately the guard's whistle was blown I saw the guard, who was sitting in a compartment where I was, put on the brake. Mr. Russell, chairman of the Great Western Com pany, here observed that he attended as representing that corporation, for the purpose of giving the coroner and jury every possible assistance in the inquiry. Stephen Carter, sworn—l live at Shrivenham. lam in the service of Mr. Rowland Brotherhood, a contractor on the line, and am employed in packing the permanent way. I was at the station at the time the accident took place, and saw a horse-box on the main up-line before the express train was in sight. It was not quite out on the main line, but on the crossing, where the sidiug runs into the main line. Behind the horse-box—that is, on the siding, and coming close upon the main line— was a cattle-truck. It was the cattle truck that the ex press train first struck. As the express train approached the station, :Weybury, one of the porters, now in cus tody, came from between the trucks that were on the siding, holding up his hands in the direction of the driver, but the engine struck the cattle-truck the mo ment afterwards. He came out from between two trucks that he and Willoughby (another porter, also in custody) were pushing on the siding. Another person was help ing, but Ido not know his name. I did not see them more the horse-box or the cattle-truck at the time of the accident. When I first saw the train it was about 200 yards from the station. A juror —You say that the horse-box was not wholly on the main line ? Witness—lt was not entirely on the main line, but it was nearly so. The cattle-truck was on the siding, but not so far back but that the engine could strike it in passing. The Rev. Joseph Mansfield, perpetual curate of New Swindon, identified the body of the Rev. George Wil liam Sandys, of Woolwich. Thomas Higgins examined—l am in the employ of Mr. John Kemp, and every day drive his van to the statio❑ at Highworth. I was standing by the side of the loading shed when the accident took place, and was helping Weybury and Willoughby, at their request, to push the trucks off the side line. Weybury and Wil loughby did not say anything about the express train until it was heard approaching. A third person, named Richard Cowley, was helping us. We were going back on the siding to move some empty waggons when we heard the train approach. Weybury and Willoughby were then brought into the room, and the coroner read over to them the evidence given by Higgins. Weybury said he had done all he could to stop the train directly he heard it, and that in his endeavour to do so he was nearly smashed by the engine. He was not cautioned is the slightest degtee that the express train had not passed. There were at the station two porters and a policeman, whose duty it was to acquaint him of the fact. Mr. C. Hudson examined—l am station clerk at Shrivenham, and was at the station when the accident took place. I had not given the porters any orders to move the trucks, and was not aware they were doing so. I have been station clerk for three years. I had been at the station about a quarter of an hour when the accident happened. The porters are in the habit of moving carriages and tracks about the line without my orders. It is their duty to do so. It is not my duty, at least I do not consider it is, to direct these men in moving the carriages in every case. They are under my superin tendence, and I am supposed to be attending to my duties as station-clerk, in the office, and to be looking after the men. Ido not make it a point at all times, as lam occasionally in the office issuing tickets. lam the only station-clerk. I cannot tell whether the policeman turned the signal on for the'driver to run through the station. It appears that the signal was on, though Ido not know this of my own knowledge. It may be sup posed that the signal was put on at its proper time, namely, three o'clock. When I went to attend to the seventeen minutes after three down train, the signal that all was clear upon the line was on for the express train. It was not absolutely necessary for the parties to remove the horse-box and cattle -truck from the siding on the main line. A juror —B u t y ou did not know whether the express train had passed or not? Witness—Not of my own know ledge; but I took it for granted, seeing the signal that the line was clear was still on, that it had not passed, and, therefore, did not make any inquiry about it. The signal would remain till the express train had passed, and then it would be immediately turned against any train going in the same direction. The porters at the station are aware that the " all right" signal remains turned on till the expected train had passed it. Robert Roscoe-1 am an engine -driver, and have been in the employ of the Great Western Company for the last three years. Before that I was a driver on the Mid land line for the same period. I have driven the express trains for the last three years. I brought the express train yesterday from Swindon. The train was twenty one minutes late at starting. Shrivenham is six miles from Swindon. I was not driving faster than usual when I passed the station. I was running my regular speed. I did not attempt to make up lost time. We have had orders during the last fortnight, that if we are behind time, we are not to increase our speed. The usual speed in passing this station will be from 55 to 60 miles an hour. If I saw the signal was against me, I could easily bring up before I came to the station, but the signal was on for me to run through, and it remained so until after I had stopped my train. I saw the obstruction on the line when I was 150 yards from the station. I saw Weybury put up his hands, but that was after I blew the guard's whistle. There is not the slightest doubt about the signal having been on for me to run through the station. It was left on for ten minutes after I had passed the station. I directed the attention of several persons to the fact. Mr. Hudson was recalled to:speak to the character of Willoughby. Willoughby had up to the present time performed his duties very well indeed, and he believed that the same character would be given by the preceding station-clerk who had employed him. • The CORONER then very briefly summed up the evi dence. The jury remained in deliberation about an hour. At the expiration of that time the court was re -opened, when the foreman announced that himself and brother jurors had agreed to an unanimous vervict of " Man slaughter against James Weybnry and William Wil loughby," the porter and assistant-porter atShrivenham station. The CORONER thereupon made out his warrant for the committal of the two prisoners to Bedford Gaol, to wait their trial at the next assizes. THE YORKSHIRE SociETT.—The usual annual dinner took place on Wednesday night, at the London Tavern, and was very well attended. The Hon. 0. Bun combe presided, supported by Mr. Hudson, M.P., Lord Peversham, and other gentlemen connected with York shire. The society was founded in 1812, for the purpose of boarding, clothing, and educating the children of re spectable Yorkshire parents, reduced by misfortune and resident withi n fi ve m il es of the Royal Exchange. At present there are thirty-one boys and twenty-one girls in the school, and the general condition of the charity deserves all praise, for its objects appear to be ve . ry s s:- .. tisfactory. The finances have, through the exertions of Mr. Hudson, who performed the duties of chairman last year, increased to the extent of 5001, and the of d great thus been been carried safely through a e mercial distress, which must otherwiseps at the festival, upon its resources. The proceedlng rio have borne hard from the number of friends assembled, partook more of than of the for the social character of a private p artyaltogether, the evening mality of a public dinner,a The subscriptions, an passed away very pleasantl y. anteci to 5004 soused by tin recrotal , v The Queen held a Drawing-room (the first this season) yesterday afternoon, at St. James's Palace. The recep tion was very fully attended. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace at two o'clock, escorted by a party of the Life Guards. The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, received her Majesty and his Royal Highness on their arrival at St. James's, and condUcted them to the Royal Closet. The royal suite consisted of the Mistress of the Robes; the Countess of Charlemont (in waiting) the Duchess of Norfolk, the Marchioness of Douro, the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Countess of Gainsborough and the Vis countess Canning, Ladies of the' Bedchamber; Lady Caroline Cocks (in waiting), Hon. Matilda Paget (in waiting), Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Kerr, Hon. Mi ss Cavendish, and the Hon. Miss Macdonald, Maids of Honour; Lady C. Barrington, Lady T. Digby, L a d y Gardiner, Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, and Mrs. Brand, Bedchamber Women; Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting; Viscount Clifden, Lord i n W a iti ng to Prince Albert; Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Private Secretary to Prince Albert; Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting ; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert; Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Equerry is Waiting; and Captain the Hon. A. H Gordon, Equerry in Wait ing to Prince Albert; Messrs. Gordon and Crofton, Pages of Honour in Waiting. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was present at the Drawing-room, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Colonel Sir George Couper, and Lord James Murray. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia was at tended by Count Portalis and Major Von Oehrlich. His Royal Highness the Count of Syracuse was at ' tended by his Aide-de-Camp, the Chevalier Colon,. His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse was attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay. The Queen wore a petticoat of black crape of British manufacture, trimmed with crape flounces and bugles. The train was of black silk, also of British manufacture, and was trimmed with black crape and bugles. Her Majesty's headdress was of black feathers and bugles. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent wore a black lace dress, over a petticoat of the richest black satin trimmed with black satin ribbands. The train was of black satin, trimmed with ribband and tulle. Her Royal Highness's headdress was of blacket velvet with feathers and diamonds. The body of the dress was also ornamented with diamonds. The dress, trains, and petticoat were all of British manufacture. Before th e Drawing-room, her ;Majesty, according to Hannual custom, received a deputation from Christ's Hospital in the Throne -room. Th e d e p u t a ti on , which as ushered to the Royal pr esence b y Si r Willi am Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, consisted of Mr. Alderman Thompson, Hotham Pigeon, M.P., the President; Mr. Richard Mr. James Morist Treasurer, Mr. Richard Gilbert; and Mr. Samuel ehaorrernor of the Bank of England, vernors of the institr;3osnWhitbread, three of the Go- William Webster, Af. , accompanied by the Rev. Mathematical Master, Mr. W. H. Back, the Drawl' theM aster, and the forty boys of the Royal MathematiensFl Scho o l, founded by King received. Charles 11., most g a and was The Queen condeseendteci,°9Bl•Y , and to i nt i i ru ns u p t : ct he th r e ap eh p a ru rt b s at a iu n u d drawings of the boys of their performances. Her Majesty was also pleased to e xpress the li ve l y interest she felt in the continued pros Hospital, of which ancient instution hePreMtZ of Christ' s e i : e tT r ai t id his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and also r Highnesses the Prince of Wales and P r i nce Alfredoayrael Governors. The deputation having retired, the illustrious visitors and the members of the royal household took their usual stations near the Sovereign and Prince Albert, and the Drawing-room commenced by the introduction of the diplomatic corps. The following foreign ladies and gentlemen had the honour of being presented to the Queen in the diplomatic circle:— By Madame Van de Weyer—Mademoiselle la Mar quise Brancaleone (niece of Sir J. C. Hobhouse). By Madame Bunsen—La Baron de Delmar (nic Rum bold). By the Viscountess Palmerston—Mademoiselle Schim melpenninck, daughter of the Netherlands Minister at her Majesty's Court; the Baroness de Rehausen, wife of the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary from the King of Sweden. By the Countess de Reventlow—Madame la Baronne de Bortouch (nic Gage). By Count Dietrichstein—Lieutenant Redo, of the Austrian Artillery. By the Baron Brunnow—Le Prince Dondonkoff Kor sakoff, Conseillar Prisi de Sa Majeste l'Empereur de Russie; Le Prince N. Dondonkoff Korsakoff, Officier des Chevaliers Guardes de Sa Alajest6 Imperiale. By the Prince Castelcicala—L e Marquis de Salvo, a Sicilian nobleman; Le Comte Troili; and the Chevalier Colona, aide de-camp to his Royal Highness the Count de Syracuse. By the Chevalier Bunsen —Mr. Banks, Syndicus of Hamburgh, on a special mission to London. By the Cammandeur Marques Lisboa—Captain Mar ques Lisboa (Imperial Brazilian Navy), brother of the Brazilian Minister. By the Count de Reventlow—Le Baron de Bertouch, Secretaire de la Legation Danoise pros la Cour de sa Majest 6. By Mr. Bancroft—Mr. J. L. Martin, Charge d'Affaires of the United States to the Papal States. By Senor Isturitz—Mr. J. L. de Urbiztondo, attached to her Catholic Majesty's Legation to this Court. By the Baron Rehausen—Le Comte do Bark, officier au service de sa Majesty le Roi de Suede et do Norrege. The diplomatic circle was attended by Count Dietrich stein, the Austrian Ambassador, and Baron Koller, First Secretary to the Embassy; the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer; Mr. Charles Drouet, First Secretary of Legation; and M. Eugene de Gtrlache, Attache to the Legation; the Portuguese Minister and Baroness de Moncorvo; the Chevalier de Ribeiro, Secre• tary of Legation, and M. de Moraes Sarmento, Attache to the Legation; the Russian Minister and Baroness de Brunnow, M. Alexandre de Berg, First Secretary, and Le Baron de Nicolay, Secretary of Legation; General Prince Castelcicala, the Sicilian Minister, and M. Carnofari, Secretary of Legation; Count de Kielman segge, the Hanoverian Minister; the Baron de Hugel, the Wirtemberg Minister; the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, and Prince Lowenstein, Secretary of Legation; the Brazilian Minister and Madame Marques Lisboa, and the Chevalier Pinto Peixto, Attach 6 to the Legation; the Danish Minister and Countess de Revent low, and M. de Bielke, First Secretary of Legation; the Ottoman Porto Minister and Princess Callimaki; the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, and Mr. Brod head, Secretary of Legation; Senor X. Isturitz, Spanish Minister, and the Chevalier Diaz, Second Secretary of Legation; the Swedish Minister and the Baroness de Rehausen; Count Adrien de Revel, the Sardinian Minis ter; Baron do Beust, the Saxon Minister; Le Baron Stratenus, Charge de Affaires of the Netherlands; Vis count Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Viscountess Palmerston, and Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. The Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister, and the Baroness, were absent from the Drawing-room in con sequence of the hopeless state and hourly expected death of the Baron's sister at Paris. After the reception of the foreign diplomatic circle, the general company were introduced. There were pre sent—the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Marquis of London derry, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Almoner, the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the House hold, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Matthew Wyatt, Lieutenant of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at-Arms, Sir George Philip Lee, Lieutenant o f the Yeoman Guard, the Attorney-General, Colonel Sir George Couper, First Equerry and Comptroller of the Household of her Royal Highness the Duchess Equerry of Kent ; Lord James P. Murray, M. V ii - Mr t . o S t h h e e - Duchess of Kent ; Mr. Sheriff Cubitt, riff Hill, the Master of the Temple, the een's Re gistrar, Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, Sil ve Waiting; Mr. David James Harmar‘, StandarrdStßicekareinr of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting ; Rev. Ordinary in Waiting ; Cholmelev Daring, Chapl a i n i n the Rev. ilichard Hooper, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor; Hon. Spencer Lyttelton, her ajes , t) 's Marshal of the Ceremonies; Captain Sir George Sartorius, Lord John Hay, Captain Provo Wallis, Colonel James HS., Colonel Oldfield, Sch °eddes Colonel Le Couteur, Col. Weave, and Colonel hi. Bentinek, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen; Colonel Cornw 11, Equerry to her Majesty the Queen-Dowager, Mr Eadmond Mildmay (Equerry to the DHeuskiee;of_Cram_ Cambridge) in waiting on Prince Frederick of John Henry Pell, Deputy Master of the Tri nity Ilous i e; Mr. James Bunco Curlin Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of II • Gentlemen-at -Arms ; Colonel g, F j itzmaurice, R. Adjutant of the Yeomen Guard; Captain Bellairs, and Mr. Charles Hamilton Broadwood, Exons of the Yeomen Guard; Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S.; Mr. Freda rick Peel Round, Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod' Colonel Sir Frederic Smith, Mr. Charles Heneage, :Sir John Strachan, Mr. Arthur Blackwood, Mr. Edward Hobhouse, Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, and Captain Green, Gentlemen Ushers to the Queen; Captain G. C. Bl a k e , R N., Gentleman Usher to Prince Albert, &c. The Queen and Prince Albert roturnecltobyßusepkaiurgt; ham Palace after the Drawing-room, escorted of Life Guards. The Mess of her Majesty's Hon. CorpesreonfinGgentaletmtehne at-Arms dined together yest er da y Thatched-house. LADIES' DRESSES. HER MAJESTY.--Dress of black crape, trimmed with P over a black silk slip; train of la t the ' lined with black s ilk , trimmed with crape and b ug l es ; b o dy an d s l eeves trunme • dto correspon d. Head-dress, black f eathers, ii'g richest b craps black and bugles, u d g u l c e a s p , e, crape lappets , a nd J et ornaments. The whole of Spital: fi e lds manufacture. HE , RoyAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT. A court costume composed of an embroidered black tulle dress, over a black satin slip, trimmed with ruches of blonde -- of r ibbon ; train and body of black satin, trimmed tulle, bows of ribbon and satin trimmin g , i un ., l ,. ith andt.dress, lined with blue feathers, ornamented with diamo n d s lappet', &.c. The whole of B r iti s h manufacture. DUCHESS OF BEDFORD.—.A. rich court pearls,' com prising a robe of splendid turquoise sal lutestring and trimmed with tulle the same colour, a nd centre rosettes o foefabelhueroasnedtte ; petticoatsilverribbon of the s ame mater i a l as ribbon, with diamonds in the train, trimmed to correspond with bouillonnes of tulle ad silver ribbon. The whole of Spitalfielde mode" - The CHAIRMAN them reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. Lord J. RUSSELL said (in reply to Lord Lincoln) that there would be no Committee of Supply until this day se'nnight. BOROUGH ELECTIONS BILL. Sir J. HANMER withdraw this Bill, and moved for leave to bring in another Bill on the same subject. Mr. HUDSON objected to the introduction of the new Bill without some explanation as to the difference in its provisions from the Bill which had been with drawn. He was surprised the Honourable Member for Salford (Mr. Brotherton) did not at this hour move as usual the adjournment of the House, as it was now too late to introduce a new measure of such importance. Sir G. GREY ob ierved that the Honourable Member for Sunderland (Mr. Hudson) was not in his place in the early part of the evening when it was arranged that the former Bill should be withdrawn and a new Bill intro duced. Had the Honourable Member been present, he (Sir G. Grey) was sure he would not now interfere, as it was desirable the new Bill should be read a second time on Thursday next. After some further discussion leave was given to bring in the Bill, and it was accordingly brought up. On the motion that it be read a first time, Mr., HUDSON again objected, and called upon the Hon. Member for Salford to discharge his duty by movint; the adjournment of the House.—(Cries of "Oh 'oh.") He (Mr. Hudson) was not to be put down by " oh, ohs." This was a very important Bill, and he reeirdred some explanation as to who were to be the c( abmissioners under it. He looked upon this proceed i'ig a s a sort o f juggle between the Government and th e dun. Baronet (Sir J. Hanmer); but if the names of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir George Grey), and the Hon. ;and Learned the Solicitor General were put on the back .of the bill, it would show that the Government were responsible for the measure, and he should nut object to the first reading. Sir G. GREY said that this was impossible, as the House had already ordered the Bill to be brought in by the Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Hanmer) and two other Hon. Members, and it had been so brought in. He would, however, state that Government would give every assist ance to the passing of the Bill. After a further conversation the Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. TITHE RENT CHARGES (IRELAND). Mr, G. A. HAMILTON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend so much of the Act 1 and 2 Vic., c. 56, as relates to the mode of making tithe rent charge in Ireland liable to poor-rate poundage; and also, to empower the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in Ireland to allow poundage deducted from ecclesiastical persons on account of poor-rate among the deductions from the valuation of ecclesiastical property directed to be made under the Act 3 and 4 William IV., c. 37, for the pur pose of a certain tax thereby imposed upon such property in Ireland. On the motion that the House do now adjourn, Mr. BROTHERTON, adverting to the conversation on the introduction of the new Borough Elections Bill, said that as his name had been frequently mentioned by the Hon. Member for Sunderland, he (Mr. Brother ten) must complain, that because the Hon. Member did not choose to be in his place when the discussion took place early in the evening on the Horsham writ, and when it was arranged that the first Borough Elections Bill should be withdrawn, and a new Bill substituted, he should come down at that hour and attempt to re-open a debate which had been disposed of. He (Mr. Brother ton) should strongly advise the Hon. Member to join a temperance society.—(Laughter, and cries of " Order.") At all events, when the Qualification of Members Bill came under consideration, he (Mr. Brotherton) should move that one of the qualifications required should be, that the Member was also a member of a temperance club. Mr. HUDSON rose, and, with great warmth, said the imputation thrown out by the Hon. Member for Salford was most gratuitous, but he returned it with all the scorn and contempt which one individual could exhibit to another. What did the Hon. Member mean by the charge? He (Mr. Hudson) had to-day been more fully occupied in the business of the house than had the Hon. Member, and he was quite ready and prepared to meet the Hon. Member on any matter of business at the pre• sent moment. It was very easy to whisper away a man's character; and he appealed to the Right Hon. Gentle man in the Chair whether the course pursued by the Hon. Member for Salford vrlwiae w ociri a he. s ri Abn n etaeis o hnm t ighmb a eae s r, ,wuansca however, o ll f ed p r f i o sne r ce a imp s lee i d. t was etwoh aob ruegl unprecedented. stihtebHe careless rong .hlMember ofe however, T ocb h whe e rea p ( e M a r e . c H t d u r d u s n o k n ) a r d to t ly co 4o unted fu r e u nm p t e t b e de d ,r as t n h i dn e ots the lee:Hnet twenty- ue y sn e three Memb ers b e i ng ascertained to be o t Would it— n s e rTAv the iohoNat: House M e t h:e . m a r s e ß f e e ro h e re er d l n o g t a present,it wa s a d- B journed a t O ne o ' clock until this day. B, HE- R MAJESTY'S THEATREv c e r r o y w d d f fid l l a t st w n o i a g l h d t be a cu lt housedt ol and Th b e r r i e lli w an as t , as o s r e ic m e bra n g r e e . , , decide whi c h opera, La Sonnambula, or La Fi g Reggimento, p er f ormed last night, has given Mdlle a Lin d the greatest t riump h . Her performance in the latter part has afforded the sculptor and the painter abundant occupation, and bas c er t ain l y b een popular withevery class of society. Th e opera, as regards its present effects, may almost be said to be of her own composition Donizetti thr ew o ff t hi s opera amongst those destined to ; be ludibria ventis, the lightest of all those he had devised resting for su ccess l ess upon music and more upon asso ci ation, and working upon the reminiscences and love of military life of the French nation. Lind, betwixt her acting and her singing, has created a new work. Hovv extraordinary her acting is, is proved by the circum stance that the audience frequently burst out in applause only at the contemplation of her by-play — a t her mute action, without a note being uttered. Her tenderness towards her lover, her attachment to the sergeant, her devotion to her collective father, the regiment, are ren dered with the most delicate and exquisite shades of feeling. In other parts of the opera she moves the audience to laughter irresistibly; her display of military ardour is full of abandon; the contrast is delineated with the strongest and broadast touches when the camp reminiscences break upon her new conventional life of a fine lady; but .till she never loses the delicacy of the pure maiden; and a tenfold effect is elicited because the masculine element which other actresses resort to, to trick out such characters, is totally banished. As to the music, the changes, the variations, the embellish ments, the trilli , the points d'orgue, the cadences, &c., &c., are innumerable, and all her own—all original and truly exquisite. The cadence from C below to D above, in the military rondo ; the magnificent point d'orgue in the duet with Gardoni in the first act ; the chromatic passages, and the exemplifica tion of every sp ec i es o f t h e most excessive bravura embellishments, in the mock heroic scene in the second act—are all marvellous examples of the inventive genius by which she has willingly put her powers to the most trying test. Those high regions of the voice to which other vocalists attain with so much difficulty form ex actly the sphere of Jenny Lind's easiest sport; there she evolves at will whatever is most difficult and most brilliant, and withal most pleasing—for it is perhaps her greatest and justeat eulogy to say that she never forgets the appropriate feeling of the part, whatever may be the temptation to surprise her auditors. It would be tedious to record the interminable plaudits. encores, and recals of the night's performance. It will suffice to say that she was four times recalled after the scene of the music lesson alone. The audience comprised her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and a brilliant assemblage of the aris tocracy, many of the ladies wearing their superb drawing-room costumes. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. r (From the 'Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, MAY 11. Motion HORSHAM WRIT. mad e , and Qttestion put, " That Mr Speaker do issue his Warrant ' to the Clerk of the Crown, to . i?ri4eout a new Writ fo r th e electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre sent Parliament for the Borough of Horsham, in the room of John Jervis, Esquire, whose election has been determined to be void." The House divided : Burrell, , joceb l e t rirnrb l yr, e d tobei si 0 ,1 ionfdies:::, k r k SAJ, I, MINORITYLAYES, 73. . i, E odr L hlm . o Johno n' r ii r I :C1 d l la . . Admiral HarrisHalsey,Hamilton, , T lion. G P. C A kt . p t . Napier, Joseph Newdegate, N. Newport, Viscount Henley, J. W. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Blackstone, W. S. Bolling, Williaml' A. Bramston, T. W. illiiiil cog, Herbert, ideprridsgey:reaoessrn:i I.J. v, ll l...itiir e c. c.. n .:N r . .. A 11 1? , re C ipm o t o n e i t ,1 7 1 t r i , c. 1. 1, 1 r e v a .a r g j u . s Hildyard, T. 113. T. Robinson. George Buller, Sir J. Y. Seynter, 11. K. Sibthorp, Colonel Burroughes, H. Houldsworth, T. Sidney, Alderman Christopher, It. Hudson, G. Smyth, John G. Christy, Samuel Hughes, W. B. Somerset, Captain Stafford, Augustus Colvile, C. It. Inglis, Sir It. Stuart, J. Conoily, Col. Kildare, Marquis of Start, IL G. Cubitt, William Lascelles, E. Taylor, T. E. Duncombe, 0. Lockhart, A. E. Walsh, Sir J. Dundas, George LygOn, Gen. West, F. R. East, Sir:J. B. xi M i e i t e iz, p Si . r w i . le s t!ry H. Forbes, W. Mackenzie, W. F. Willoughby , ,11 ' Sir IN . M'Naghten, Sir E. Wllin, Frewen, C. H. Mandeville, Viscount Fuller, A. E. Nasterman John TELLERS. Galway, Viscount Godson, It. Greene, Thome' - Miles, William Goring, Earl Car 01,1 Abdy, Thomas N. Anderson, Arthur Graham, Greaten Bagshaw, John Baines, M. T. Barnard, E. G. Grentel , Charles_W. Pilkington, Ja Bell, John Grey, Sir G. rower, Nicholas Bellew, R. M. Grey, Ralph W. Pugh, David Bernal, Ralph Guest, Sir John Ravrdon, Colonel Blake, M. J. Ricardo, (WWI Bouverie, E. P. Hallyburton, Lord Rich, Henry Bowring, Dr. Hamner, Sir J. Romilly, John Boyle, Colonel Hawes lien Russell, Lord 3. Bright, John Russell, F. C. 11. B r ig h t, J. Mayes, Sir E. Brown, W. Hayter, W. G. Colonel salweY, , Buller, Charles Heywood, James Sandal's, George Buxton, sir E. Hindley Charles Simeon, John Carter, J. B. Ilobhouse, T. B. Smith, R. V. Cavendish, G. H. Howard, C. W. smith , 31/. Tucker Charteris, Francis Howard, E. G. J Benjamin Smith, J. Sir W. Clay, James Hume, Joseph Somerville, Clay, Sir W. Ilumphery,l i Ald, Statistleid, W. R. al A inljGalyl ii . R , a , L 'al s, t o T YGiorrnedeoßeS—r, j.i.gr:eoNhj asa °E Carr o E e ' 1 Fr i' : ec e e l n e a. f l d r e iS o n rt Pearson, el ts: Robert Ldi n,Charlesea r 3 d Clements, Charles Hutt, William Stanton, W. 11. Clerk Sir:G. Clifford, H. M. Cochran., A. King, Peter John Tancred, H. W. Colebrooke, Sir T. Langston, J. H. Tennent, R. J. Jackson, William Stricklan, Sir G. Craig, W. G. Q h h a i r i l ea L K a e s r e h ll a v s , , J i v a . m s tis Stuart, a t k r li t i e l: r r e d d , . R. A. ..A A. Th o mpson, Colonel Dalrymplealaptain Lewis, G. C. Thompson, Alderman Dasliwood, G. H. Lincoln, Earl of Davie, Sir H. Denison, W. J. Denison, J. kE. LL .0 sehh; Lindsay,ngt James 0 Colonel Co Charles ar e 1 l e , Divett, Edward To sh d ' 31.`Cullagh, W. T. Yrn ?n . Captain Douglas, Sir C. Maitland, Thomas , Train George Drunilanrig, Via. Mangles, B. D . Tynte, Colonel Duncan, Viscount Marsiibll, J. 0. Verney Sir H. Duncan, George Marshall, W. TT T : h : o r un ' e i e e l l ee y yy , : T jc . , Vivian, J. H. Dunclift, Johnl Wall, C. B. Martin, Samuel Dundas, Admiral Matheson, Colonel Walmsley, Sir J. Dundas,M u a Sir D. ine, Fox Watkins, Colonel ' Ellice, Edward Ellice, E., jun. FEE r. Fitzpatrick, 31l e t e i co s °t t uu, Johnnrt'Colonel C j . . . .1; El 3 0 . n : l e Y l l S . Monsen, Williani Wilcox, Brodie Williams, John Evans, William M ll i e t i c g h u e u ll d :Z. i l e . "nt W W W ils e a s w t o h n n e ' a j j d a , m P l a .P. Williamson, Sir H. Mostyn, E. Ewart, William Mowatt, Francis , Fellowes, E. Wortley, J. S. Mulgrave, Earl Fergus, John . Morris, David Murata, G. F. Wrightson, W. B. WYld, James , Foley, J. 11. Tatlaell, Henry Wyvill, Marmaduke Fordyce, A. D. Yorke, Henry R. Fortescue, J. W. POON N ag, °C o : r r r eto r e T n.sy, i s s ~ , 2 L . o r d : Fox, Richard M. TELLEas. Fox, W. J. Bill, Lord Marcus Gibson, T. 31, • I Paulson, James Praralmkeerr,sejt;.SOnlil:lD.l.rii:cl'unt REMOVAL OF ALIENS BILL Order for Third Reading re ad; Motion made, and Ques tion prop ose d , " That the Bill be now read the third time :" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end o f the Question to add the words " upon this day six months ."—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— Arkwright, George Abdy, T. N. Owen, Sir J. Fox, Richard M. Alcock, Thomas Paget, Lord A. French, F. Palmerston, Vie. Armstrong, Sir A. Gal% ' . *ay,,,Viscount Parker, John Arundel, Earl of Godson, Richard MAJORITY—AYES , i A I. YES, 146. Pendarves, E. W. Baines, M. T. Perfect, Robert Graham, Sir J. Darkly, Henry Pigott, Francis Granger, T. C. Barnard, E. G. Greenall, Gilbert Pinney, W, Bell, John Grey, Sir George Power, Nicholas Bellew, It. M. Grey, It. W. Powlett, Lord W. Bentinek, Lord G. Halford, Sir IL Rice, E. R. Berkeley, Captain Hamilton, G. A. Romilly, John Berkeley, H. F. Hanmer,.Sir J. Rushout, Captain Bernal, Ralph Harris, Captain Russell, Lord John Blake, M. J. Ilawes, Benjamin Russell, F. C. Boyle, Colonel Hayter, W. G. Rutherfurd, A. Brentridge, Richard Heald, James Shai to, R. 1). Brisco, 31.1 Henley, J. W. Shell, It. Broadley, Henry Hildyard, R. C. Sibthorp, Colonel Brockman, E. D. Hobhouse, Sir T. Smith, J. A. Brotherton, J. Ilobbouse, T. B. Somerville, Sir W. Brown, W. Hodges, T. L. Spooner, Richard Browne, R. D. Hodgson, W. N. Stafford, Augustus Buck, L. W. Hood, Sir Alexander Stanley, E. Buller, Charlca Hope, Sir J. Mansfield, W. R. C. Burrell, Sir.C. Hotham, Lord Stanton, IV. - .H. Busfeild, W. Ilumpliery, Ald. Stuart, John Cayley, Edward S. Jervis, Sir John Talfourd, Sergeant Christy, Samuel Jocelyn, Viscount Thesiger, Sir F. Clerk Sir George Keppal, Georgo.T. Thicknesse, Ralph Cowper, W. F. Knox, Colonel Thornely, Thomas Craig, W. G. Labouchere, Henry Tollemache, F. J. Dashwood, G. H. Lacy, Henry C. Tollemache, John Denison, W. J. Langston, J. H. Turner, E. Denison, J. E. Lascelles, W. S. Verney, Sir 11. Dick, Quintiu Lewis, G. C. Walsh, Sir J. B. Divett, E. Lindsay, Colonel Ward, H. G. Drummond, Henry Lockhart, A. E. Watkins, Colonel Duncan, George 31'Culagli, W. T. Wawn, J. T. Duncuft, John Maitland, T. Wellesley, Lord C. Dundas, Admiral Mandeville, Viscount Wilcox, Brodie Dundas, Sir David Marshall, J. G. Wilson, James Ebrington, Lord Matheson, Colonel Wilson, Matthew Egerton, W.T. Manic, Fox. Wood, Sir Charles Elliot, J. E. Morpeth, Viscount Wyld, James Evans, John Morison, General Yorke, H. R. Fergus, John Mulgrave, Earl TELLERS. Ferguson, Sir R. . .Napier, Joseph Fitzpatriok, J. W. Newdegate, C. N. Millen, H. Fordyce, A. D. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Hill, Lord Marcus ------ ---- MINORITY—NOES, 29. Blevritt, R.J. Henry, Alexander Sullivan, Michael Bright, John Kershaw, James Tancred, H. W. Cobden, Richard Lushington, C. Thompson, Colonel Crawford, W. S. M'Gregor, John Thompson, George D'Eyncourt, T. Meagher, Thomas Urquhart, David Ewart, William Muntz, GF. w a i n ndey, ;zit* J. Forster, 3latthew Pilltington, James Williams, John Fox, W. J. Salwey, Colon e l Gardner, Richard Scholefield, William Gibson, Thomas M. Smith, John B. Greene, John Stuart, Lord I). TELLER . Ilume, Joseph 3lowatt, Francis NEs SWANSEA . READFUL r tr e a p t o e r d t o t that a the t a murder yersons o o f f a tdf m wii issoo soon fromuhn ioaffbeeoeenal D an ERS NEAR SWANSEA, "WED morning the inhabitants of under most aggravated circuAmstcranw sid p il diabolical gahedhomau been een e: ntyesterdaywe perpe trated eoraprneed: n were alarmed by a proceeding inrdodeedeewd withinii e t with g their ttoh rtehee families empiolte: aeo relatives. Marquis's Arms, on the road n the locality of this awful tragedy Swansea t Loughor, neighbourhood of the anea- we O lo n st rounded by their families andd ead current had not been in the slightestn found that the rumours The unfortunate victims lay a s certaining s no ti m e i in d degree exaggerated. age, employed as a subcontractor on the South Wales i t n i v their e 3. The cottagesnam names o r - f the deceased are John Willie road.llailw a3l3',otahnwd heart. w cottage near the Beaufortman about 50 years of erjeetickoninsidered weil conducted men, and instrum ent osz t l tse A d nipple, i bore pp l e, p e n excellentetra penetrating .characters. Evan , aged 52, residing in a Arms, , on the Loughor on John Williams's death was produced by a deep wound flittedbl o od had aome flowed sharpf from the , which had been in- 1 force—probably a large knife, l w a i r t g h e quantity considerable o f from the effect of a similar wou. nd The other man died on the breast ; but h this, although probably penetrating smaller, and appeared as though i had been inflicted with a dagger, or some long and slender instrument. There were likewise other wounds deeply, was n respectabout the body, but not of a dangerous character. With and cause of the frightful outrage thus the precise circumstances under which to the ori a g n i d n h committed, teor men were so barbarously murdered, it was found se e p x o tremely difficult to procure definite and conclusive information. This is owing partly to the alarm created in the minds of the parties present at the melancholy character of the affair, to the circumstance of the murder having been perpetrated during the darkest period of the night and outside a cottage door, and from the drunken state of the parties, who had been drinking up to the commis sion of this deed of darkness in one of the pests of this district, a "cwrw bach," a name given to the nightly gatherings so frequently made for the purpose of drink ing in cottages, although not licensed for the sale of beer. The facts of the case are briefly these: —On Monday night a person named William .Davis held a "cwrw bach" in a small cottage adjoining the road, and within a few yards of the public-house called the Marquis's Arms, kept by David Evan, the son of Jenkin Evan, one of the murdered men. A company, consisting of about twenty persons, remained at the cottag e drinkin g unti l 1 o'clock. Abut half past 12 a party of Irish'' navvies" entered the house. They remained there for about half an hour, during which time they drank several d pints of beer. They entered into conve rsation wit h the John Williams, and some ot her p arties, sa y i ng that they had been discharged by one of the contractors at Loughor, and were then in search of work. It is said that Williams had promised them work, and had asked them to visit the part of the line where his contract lay next morning. Soon afterwards it appeared that some words, arising probably from the feeling of jealousy and antipathy existing between the Irish and Welch, ensued between one of the "navvies" and a man named Edward Morgan, who was eventually knocked down. One or two other men, who inter fered on behalf of Morgan, received blows about the head from spades, &c. However, the injuries they sus tained were not of a serious character. The scuffle then appears to have concluded, and they left the house , some say they were turned out, others th at they went . voluntarily, A considerable number of those who were in the house, including John Williams, deceased, seem to have gone out at the same time; but the majority immediately returned to the house, John Williams and one or two other persons—it was not quite clear h ow many —being out. A little noise , hardly deservin g t h e name of a scuffle, was then made, immediately afte r which a l ou d cry o f " Murder" was heard. On th e people ru s hi ng f rom th e house, John Williams and Jen kin Ev an were f oun d lyi n g on the road lifeless, whil e one of the " navv i es " was observed to strike Evan', body with a s p a d e . The murderers then made off ' to wards S wansea; one or t w o of the other men made faint efforts to pur sue th em , but with no effect. The s o d. d enness and horribl e result of the transaction appear e d to have paralyzed them. The policemen are makin g every exertion t o trace the murderers, who are severally named Patrick Le a ry , Michael Leary, Thomas martill, m N Willia —°rris and John Norris. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Mozart's Nozze di Figaro was played last night for the first time this season, and Mademoiselle Steffanoni made her rentree in the part of the Countess. This lady has a very agreeable soprano voice, and sings with much feeling, mtch intonation uncertain; but n ervousness i s apt to ren d er h er uncertain ; this was apparent in both her airs, " Porgt amor," and "Dove sono," and militated against much that was expressive and graceful in her execution. In other respects this comic masterpiece of the greatest of musicians was rendered with remarkable completeness and efficiency. The Susanna of Grisi and the Count of Tamburini have been long acknowledged perfect, and it is enough to say they exhibited last night all those vocal and dramatic excellences to which they owe their fame. Alboni's Cherubino is a later acquaint ance, but deserves to rank in the same line; her acting throughout is full of life and spirits, and the pas sionate melodies which Mozart has put in the mouth of the enthusiastic youth were never uttered by a voice more eminently fitted to interpret them. Marini's Figaro is considerably better in every respect than it was last season; Rovere's Bartolo careful and effective, and the Basilio of Lavia thoroughly artistic. The bass and tenor airs, " La Vendetta," and " In quegli anni," could hardly be better sung than the two last-mentioned artists. The whole opera went off with immense spirit; the ensemble of the orchestra and principals in the two splendid finales was all that the most fastidious critic could desire; and the customary encores were awarded to the overture, " Voi the sapete" (Alboni), " Non piu andrai" . (Marini), " Crudel perche" (Grisi and Tambu rini), and " Sul aria"(Steffanoni and Grisi), all of which were well deserving the compliment, although the per formance, intrinsically a long one, was protracted, in consequence, to an unreasonable hour. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. John Ryan still continues his interesting course of lectures on domestic chemistry. In his illustrations this week of the doctrine of the laws of heat, he has especially directed his audience to the phenomena of radiation, re flection, and absorption, as applied to tho warming of rooms, public buildings, &c. &c. Dr. Bachhoffner is en gaged in an elementary course on electricity, in which the Learned Gentleman enters deeply into the delightful science, but by the simple and popular manner in which he lectures, renders his discourse of great value and utility to the numerous classes which visit this admirable establishment. The institution has never since its esta blishment been so crowded as at present, nor has it eNer had so large and so select a combination of works of art and of ingenuity. Numerous works of art and ingenuity are carried on here; gem and seal engraving by Mr. Gifford, sculpture by Mr. Rivers, glass blowing, cotton spinning, &c. The addition of the specimens of English manufactured porcelain, from the works of Alderman Copeland, are greatly admired for their beauty and ele gance of design. We are glad to see the directors thus encouraging native talent and enterprise. The new mode of illustrating the dissolving views by historical and h e i r c o a u l sstatisticsvisitors whhaos dailybee been r found t m to o t s h t iasccepta institutionb F t o g the m geographical FALL IN PIM NICE OP BREAD.—Yesterday morn ing the cheap bakers in the Blackfriars-road and sur rounding neighbourhood reduced the price of the 41b. loaf to 4c1., and some even to sd. ture. Splendid head-dress of blue velvet and silver;, barbes of silver tulle, plume of white feathers, magnifi— cent tiara, stomacher, and suite of diamonds. DUCHESS or NORFOLK.—Train of black ducape, trimmed with crape and jet ; crape petticoat, over tulle, ornamented with jet. Head-dress, feathers and crape lappets ; ornaments, jet. MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY.—COUrt costume of cerise and white silk, brochee en fleurs of Spitalfields manufacture, enriched with Brussels lace ribbon, and diamonds; jupe of r i c h w hi te satin, trimmed with point lace. Head-dress, feathers and lappets ; ornaments of diamonds, pearls, and amethysts.-- COUNTESS OF JERSEY.—Costume de BOUT, composed of rich Bros blue damask,' trimmed with nceuds of blue and silver ribbon; skirt of tulle, point d'esprit d'argent, and flounces over white satin; stomacher of diamonds. Coiffure, blonde lappets, plume, and beautiful dia monds. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON.--DreS3 of purple crepe, trimmed with flounces of rich lace, loopeck.vvith rosettes of ribbon and di amon d s, over a white watered silk slip; train of purple satin, linedivvith v, hite ducape, trimmed with lace and diamonds. Head-dress, feathers, lace lappets, and diamonds. British manufacture. LADY CoTTENHAM.—Train of magnificent blue and white damask, of British manufacture, handsomely trimmed with guttered ribbon and Honiton lace ; petti coats of crape, over rich white satin, trimmed with ruches and Brussels lace flounces, festooned with wreath and bouquets of brown velvet leaves..e Head-dress. feathers and Honiton lace lappets ; ornaments, diamonds and pearls. Hose Miss ELus.—Train of white glace, trimmed with tulle, and bouquets of pink and white acacia ; pet ticoats of tulle over glace, trimmed with - satin ribbon. Head-dress, feathers and blonde lappets. . Hors. Miss Weeroee.—An elegant lace tunic dress, over rich white glace silk, releve with bouquets of mixed violets and silver bullion lillies ; bodice enriched with Brussels point ; berthe and bouquet of flowers to corre. spond ; manteau of rich white moire, tastefully trimmed with tulle and ribbon. Head-dress, feathers and point lappets ; ornaments, diamonds. HoN. Miss CAMPBELL—Train of peach glace, trim med with tulle and nomds of ribbon, petticoat, three skirts of white tulle, over white glace, looped with bou quets of green corn. Head dress, feathers and lappets. HON. Miss M. CAMPBELL.—Train of peach glace, trimmed with tulle and nceuds of ribbons ; petticoats, three skirts of white tulle, over white glace, looped with bouquets of green corn. Head dress, feathers and lap pets. HON. MISS CHOLMONDELET.—Costume de cour, com posed of a train of rich pink watered silk, lined with silk, very tastefully trimmed with tulle and ribbon ; cor sage and sleeves a la Sevigne, with bouquets of varie gated roses d'eglantine ; skirt of white tulle, o►er Spi talfields white glace, most elegantly ornamented with the same flowers. Coiffure of ostrich feathers, lappets, and pearls. LITERATURE. NERVOUS DISEASES, Liver and Stomach Com.. th ma ca a se n s d . plaints, Disorders Low prod S u p c i e r d its i y l T nd ro ig p es ic t a i re li Gout nia‘e s', Ah with By George Robert Rowe, M.D., F.S.A., ?cc. Tenth Edition It is almost a work of a supererogation to descant on the merits of a work such as this, by Dr. Rowe, which has already reached a tenth edition, and may, therefore, be considered fairly entitled to take rank as a medical classic. It may, however, be not uninter esting to observe the means by which that success has been attained. Dr. Rowe, in descanting on the various diseases termed nervous and bilious, cau tiously eschews the use of pedantic language, he talks like a man of common sense addressing men of com mon sense, and in a plain and understandable manner shows the causes and the consequences of these dis eases, eeas Abernethy, n . td An p o o t i .h n ee to: greatestat out buus the best course to be adopted to I esisatemd ed to ica o l bviate those conse quences. eyoe medicalnwth t Rowe h as ht century, res atetasciencemdi al steadily and nhh dteehraleeisgddisciple genius o f th o e f ltahtee nine teenth firstht to shown o t hfe manlirn c o mm o ni w n tc h hi o ep sl ever v s sepleraanigdss pages, sd,u down ph i studied carried them out with a success almost unprecede n te d. ' The mantle of John Abernethy has fallen ou Geor ge Robert Rowe, and he wears it worthily. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDA.Y.—A court-martial will be held on board the Victory on Saturday, for the trial of Lieutenant Mills, of the Illustrious, on charges preferred by Captain Yates, of that ship. Two young gentlemen, one the nephew of a Noble Lord lately at the head of the Admiralty, and the other very highly connected, holding the rank of midshipmen in her Majesty's service, and lately doing duty on board the Victory flag-ship and Powerful, 84, in this harbour, have been peremptorily dismissed, the former from the navy, and the latter from his ship, for quitting the decks during the charge in the middle watch, and for breaking their arrest whilst under surveillance for that offence. Lord Auckland, it appears, does not make one law for the rich and another for the poor, but metes out even handed justice, as th e case i n quest i on proves. The Medusa steam- packet, Lieutenant J.G. Raymond, Commanding, arrived last evening from Ireland (last from Plymouth). She, as well as the Merlin, is not to be employed in the Post-office service any longer, but is to be laid up at this port. She came into the harbour to-day. The Netley tender arrived with newly-raised men for the ships at this port from Plymouth to-day. Wind, S.E. by E.; light breezes, and fine but very hazy weather. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Mar 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share market continues strong and good. Dovers, Midlands, York and Newcastle Prefer ence, and New Berwicks, in very gcod demand. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2, 1 dis —Birken head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, 6% dis.—Ditto (C. and B.), Tit. 10s. Shares, 13% —Ditto, 22/. Share s , 9% di s. —E dinburgh and Northern. ( late Edin burgh, Leith, and Granton), Preference, 17—Great Northern, 3 1 / 2 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, % dis.—Di tto, 321. Shares, 6 3 4 dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 358 dis.—London and North-Western, 1 36—Ditto, Quarters, 3% p.—Ditto (Hud. and Man.), 5 dis.—London and South- Western, 50/. Shares, 8% i dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lncolnshire, 60 1, 2 —Ditto, Quart ers , No. 2, ' 1 4 3 4—Ditto, Eghths, 4% dis.—Ditto, 10/. Preference, IA p.—Midlancl Stock, 107—Ditto, New Halves, 4 1 A dis.—North Stafford shire, 17' dis.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry. and Chester, 7!A dia. —Ditto, 101. Preference, 3 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 26 —Ditto, No.-8, 8 1 4 dis.—Ditto, No. 4, Thircls, -- 2 1 ,4- York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B.), No. 2, lA, p. —Ditto, G. N. E. Purchase, 1% c. p. MANCHESTER, MAT 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham' and Boston, 48s. 3d. di s .—Ri r k en b ea d , L ancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 15-16 c. dis.—Eastern Counties, 15%.._ East Lancashire, Quarters, 4;;'• — Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 5 5-16 dis.—Lancashire and York shire, 32' Shares, e t dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 3 11-16 dis.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junc tion, 2 1 4 dis.—London and North-Western, New, 3 Ditto (Leeds and D ews b ury ) , Halves, 4 15-16 dis. —Ditto 3-16 p ( 7 l — a s t i e Dani l tc l th u oe d and s . te r,(Grimsby),s h M effi an e d 5, Roala.ni and Shares, Lincolnshire, C 2 a o n a d l s ) ~.....pTrhNeitoredr dis.—North cß l er itish, Thirds, 13/4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 dia.—North-West ern, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 25 1—Ditto, No. 2, 9 dis.—Ditto, No. 4, 2 9-16 dis. EREDERIKA. BREMER, acknowledged to be the most interesting, as well as the most natural of modern European imaginative writers, is about to publish in this country, under the auspices of Mary Howitt, whose ver sions of her previous productions have been so extremely popular, a new novel of a singularly attractive character, under the title of " Brothers and Sisters," said to be an illustration of social and domestic life under the influence of that spirit of progress which has recently been effect ing such vast changes in society at home and abroad. Mr. Colburn, we understand, has made an arrangement for the priority of publication in England of this, and Miss Bremer's future works, from the original manu scripts, so as to secure the copyright , in this eo m u o n n tr g y. the NEw EDITION or PETTS Ih e alr.—A of the present most welcome literary annou o n f ce th m and Correspondence S am uel e of value of this standard work will season is that of a by Mr. Colburn. c s, e , l , e t b o ra b t:d pu * b • D lis i h ar e y d from the original manuscript, tad now restored b ke It is justly ob served Lord Bray roo . be greatly many new notes by of the publication , . that " the served in the prospectus a historian and illustrator of a en hancel nbe b w y e t d h it e io a n ddi F ti e o P n eY of numerous pas sages,bteshant authority of PePY acknowledged by ev e ry . d the reader of the so fully to remin it is scarcely necessary producing the most complete now possessed for advantages he rd of events, sc holar and century critic, ; i. has tic , and the most agreeable and trustworthy record considerable portiosn as s f the n seve nt eenth d manners to be found in the liters picture of society 8n A new edition of this work, corn cure of any " ti". red passages so much desired, with annotations as have been called for by such additiona ladva nc es in antiquarian and historical know the vast t e last twenty years will doubtless be re ledge during the A on e of the most important as well as most garde. as that could be made to the library of Dix. CEIPPB, M.P.—This gentleman, prising I t i lle or res 3 t l o agreeable DEATH whose recent conflict with Mr. Feargus O'Connor in the House of Commons is still fresh in the recolleoki oo o f our readers, expired yesterday morning shortly before ten o'clock at his residence, in St. James ' s -place. Th e the general reader." malady which has thus cut off, in the prime of life, the lion. and Learned Gentleman, was an attack of brain fever. Incipient symptoms of the fatal complaint had been observable in the manner of the deceased gentle man for some days back, b u t not hi ng dangerous was ap prehended until Saturday last, from which time the disease gradually approached a fatal termination. Mr. Cripps was sun of Mr. J. Cripps, M.P., who represented the borough of Cirencester from 1807 to 1841, when the subject of this notice was returned on the interest of Earl Bathurst. The deceased gentleman was a politician of the Peel shool, and was a Lord of the Treasury during the late Administration. He voted for the repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. Cripps was a barrister. lie was an M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford, and was a late Vine rian fellow. The deceased gentleman was married to the :daughter of Mr. Benjamin Harrison, chairman of the Exchequer Loan Commission. ACCIDENT IN TUE SERPENTINE.—Last night be tween the hours of eight and nine, a young man having gone to bathe in the Serpentine, went beyond his dept's and sunk b eneat h t h e water, where he rema i ne d nearly five minut es . T he Royal Humane Soc i ety ' s boats were in immedi a t e attendance, and hav i ng f oun d the b ody, conveyed it t o t h e h ouse, w h ere every means were re sorted to, to restore animation, but with what effect we Could not learn.