The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-25 00:00:00

part in the congress of royal personages to be hell at Dresden • the Diet at Frankfort being, in his opinion, competent to decide on all questions. We have reason to believe that other states of the south-west of Germany 'hares the same opition, and that Saxe-Weimar also declines attending." DENMARK. A letter from Kiel, published in the Bremer Zei '►%r+g, states that Russia had asked Denmark to put her fleet at the disposal of the Czar, who promises in return to guarantee to Denmark the incorporation of the Duchies, and in the event of a general war, tesritorial aggrandizement in Germany. This pro posal, adds the Bremen paper, preceded the last Paris events, but it is certain that everything will be done to place Copenhagen in a strong state of defence, and to equip all the war ships of the Danish navy. BRUNSWICK• - - A new change of Ministry took place on the 17th, at Brunswick. The Minister, Count of VELIIEIM, resigned. REVOLUTION IN CRACOW. Under the date of Cracow, March 17, the Silesia Gazette says,—" Our political prisoners are free. About 9 this morning about 100,000 Polish citizen 6 assembled after learning the news from Vienna They were joined by many of the native population, and repaired to the residence c.f Count DEYM, de manding the liberation of the prisoners. Count Datm begged for delay till he should get special orders from Vienna. This would not do, and the Count was obliged to drive with Marshal CASTIGLION to the prison, and effect their desires. The people also asked the removal of the customs line and guard, the arming of the people, and of the burgher militia." CHINA. We have received our dispatches and files of news papers brought by the Overland Mail from China. We, of course, have not any intelligence from India of later date than that which appearQcl in The bun of Wed nesday. (From the Overland Mail, Jan. 29.) GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The Hon. Major-General Wm. Staveley, C. 8., Lieu tenant Governor of liking-Kong, has this day taken the oaths and his seat as a member of the Executive Council of the colony of Hong-Kong and its dependencies. By order of his Excellency the Governor and Corn !sander-in -Chief of Hong-Kong, W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary. Colonial-office, Victoria, Hong-Kong, Jan. 27, 1848. When the mail of last month was dispatched great uncertainty prevailed as to the course which would be pursued towards the Chinese, though it was a very general impression that hostilities were inevitable. That such would be the result of the negotiations was in ferred from the precautionary measures of Government, by whom reinforcements were sent for to India and the Straits, and her Majesty's consul was instructed to address the subjoined notice to British residents at Can ton.* For ourselves we have been unable to perceive in the melancholy occurrence at Hwang-chu-kee, grounds to justify a declaration of war, or such acts as would be equivalent to it ; and therefore indulged the hope that the matter might be amicably and speedily arranged. The result, so far as is publicly known, will be found in the notifications of the 13th and 18th, the one giving an extract from a d spatch dated the 11th from her Majesty's consul, the other declaration to him from Keying dated the 12th, and an address to the people from the gentry of Canton. From these it would appear that Keying had availed himself of the disposition displayed by the gentry and literati in their address published in our last overland issue; by calling upon them to exert the influence they possess over the country people, and he seems confident that this, with the other arrangements he has made, will secure the desired ends. People more ready to blame what is done by others than to propose any effi cient and definite plan themselves, express great dis satisfaction at Sir John Davis for listening to such pro posals; but probably he has adopted the wisest policy in accepting them as an experiment until the instructions of her Majesty's Government are received; for we feel assured they will nut involve the two countries in war until the futility of other modes of settlement has been proved, and not assumed merely, as is too often the case where local prejudices and local interests prevail. From Keying's declaration we gather that the main object of Sir John Davis's negotiations has been the fulfilment of the first article of the treaty of Nanking, which provides that " there shall henceforward be peace and friendship between her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and his Majesty the Emperor of China, and between their re spective subjects, who shall enjoy full security and pro tection for their persons and property within the domi nions of each other." Another article proposes the limits within which these privileges are to be enjoyed by the British; but in the case of Canton they were never defined until the expedi tion in April last, when it was stipulated that " her Ma jesty's subjects shall be at liberty to roam fur exercise or amusement in the neighbouring country without mo lestation, returning the same day, as at Shanghae, and any persons molesting them shall be severely punished." The Chinese authorities, from Keying downwards, have evinced an earnest desire to carry their stipulations into effect; but experience teaches them that "the self pro hibition of the people have more reality and effect than the prohibitions of the magistrates against the people;" and that the perpetual peace and friendship promised can never take effect until mutual prejudices are sub dued, and causes of provocation avoided. An . impression prevails here that Lord Palmerston will readily avail himself of the indignation created by the first news of the fatal affray to propose extreme measures. The notification from the diplomatic department in our issue of to day cannot fail to attract general atten tion. We gladly infer from it that the negotiations be tween the plenipotentiaries are likely to lead to a satis factory result, without the necessity of resorting to hos tilities, which the cause of humanity and the best in terests of our native country alike call upon us to de precate. We have been favoured with a copy of Lc Morccicn, of the 22d November, containing a farewell general order from Lieutenant-General Sir William Gomm (Governor of the colony), and an address from the inhabitants. Major-General Staveley, arrived by the Braganza yesterday morning, and landed about half-past ten o'clock at Pedder's Wharf, where he was received by Major-General D'Aguilar and staff with the military honours due to his rank. Today he is gazetted as Lieutenant-Governor, and a Member of the Executive Council. "PUBLIC NOTICE. " British Consulate, Canton, Jan. 5, 1848. "Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Canton has re ceived a dispatch from his Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., in which his Excellency do • sires that British subjects be informed, that in the event of necessity arising for her Majesty's Consul and his establishment retiring from this city, the British mer chants continuing to reside at Canton after his with drawal will be at their own risk. " FRANCIS C. MACGREGOR, H.B.M.'s Consul. " To subjects at Canton." Upon the publication of this circular several of the merchants made up inventories of their effects, and prepared to depart with their books and establishments to Hong-Kong and Macao; but the danger was pro bably not considered very imminent, as no great amount of goods seems to have been removed. FLANDERS MAIL. Ba~asaLs.—The Courrier Beige of the 22d inst. says: —.6 Accounts from St. Petersburgh, of the 7th inst., state that an army of 400,000 men is to be concentrated on the western frontiers." The editor observes that the cypher of 400,000 is evidently much exaggerated, for that Russia never has assembled an army of 400,000 men upon one spot. ANTWERP, MARCH 22.—The Bank of Antwerp has announced that it will recommence the discount of Bel gian paper money at forty-five days exchange. This measure will be an immense relief to many, but in order to be efficacious tke term ought to have been extended to ninety days. A convention has been concluded be tween the Government and the Sociei6 GeLisrale for the promotion of the national industry of Belgium, and by which the bills of the Societi Ger,irale and the Bank of Belgium will be valid as current coin.—Journal de Com merce d 'Anvers, March 23. Sir Stratford Canning, English Ambassador at Constantinople, arrived at Brussels with his family on Sunday, and had an audience with his Majesty yes terday. BOUM,* OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH 21.—Divers reports of the sinister events which have taken place at Berlin • - have acted unfavourably both upon inland and foreign funds—all have again experienced a decline. HAY MARKET THEATRE. Colley Cibbers' comedy of the Double Gallant was revived at this theatre last evening. The cast was very strong, including Mr. W. Farren as Sir Solomon Lud life, Mrs. Nisbett as his lady, and Mr. Webster as Atalt. It is a work of supererogation to criticise at this time of day, the plot, construction, or dialogue of a play so well known as the Double Gallant; we would, however, suggest to the management whether the play would not go" better if it were cut down into three acts. The piece seemed to drag last night the intervals between the " good" things being too long. The 'Rise en scene was superb. The house was exceedingly well attended. STOKE PARK.—The splendid mansion and park at Stvke, near Slough, which belonged to a descendant of the celebrated William Penn, has just been purchased, by private contract, of Mr. Grenville Penn for 62,0001., by the Right Hon. Henry L9.bouchere, the President of the Board of Trade. It was, a short time since, expected it would be purchased for the Duchess of Kent as her Royal Highness's future residence, Prince Albert and other members of the Royal family having inspected the mansion and extensive grounds. The Duchess, however, bas no .intention, at present, of removing from Frogmore house, near Windsor. CONSECRATION OF VIE BISHOP OF HEREFORD.— The consecration of Dr. Hampden, the newly-elected Bishop of Hereford, is appointed to take place at Lam beth Palace on Sunday (to-morrow), at ten o'clock. iiv THE SUN, LONDON, THE ROMAN CONSTITUTION. We have received an extraordinary supplement, or " flying-sheet," of La Lega Daiana of Saturday last (the 18th inst.), which contains a formal proclama tion of the new Roman Fundamental Constitution by his Holiness Pope Pius IX. As the mere summary of the general arrange ments of the new constitution occupies a space of three or four closely printed columns, exclusive of the introductory address to the people, we can only state the substance of the same in a few brief sentences : The College of Cardinals (chosen by the Pope) is to be constituted a Senate, inseparable from the same, and two Deliberative Councils for the forma tion of the laws are to be established, consisting of the " High Council " and the " Council of Deputies." The judicial tribunals are to be independent of the Government, and no extraordinary commission courts are to be in future established. The National Guard is to be considered an institution of the State. The Pope convokes and prorogues the Legislative Chambers, and dissolves the Council of Deputies, being required to convoke a new Chamber within three months, which will be the ordinary duration of the annual session. The sessions are to be public. The members of the Senate are to be appointed by the Pope for life, and their number is not unlimited. The qualification of a Senator is the age of 30 years, and the plenary exercise of civil and political rights. The Senate will be chosen par preference from the prelates, ecclesiastics, ministers, judges, councillors of state, consistorial lawyers, and the possessors of an income of 4,000 scudi per annum. The Pope will appoint the President and Vice- Presidents. The second council will be elective, on the numerical basis of one deputy to every 30,000 souls. The electors are to consist of the gonfalonieri, (mayors), priors, and elders of the cities and communes ; the possessors of a capital of 300 scudi ; the payers of direct taxes to the amount of 12 scudi per annum ; the members of the col leges, of their faculties, and the titular professors of the universities ; the members of the councils of dis cipline, the advocates and attorneys practising in the collegiate triburals, the laureates ad honorem in the state universities, the members of the chambers of commerce, the heads of factories and industrial establishments, and the heads of scientific societies and public institutions assessed for certain amounts. The qualification of a deputy is the possession of a capital of 3,000 scudi, or the payment of taxes to the amount of 100 scudi per annum, and the members of colleges and professors of universities, &a., will be eligible ex officio. The profession of the Popish religion is indispensable as a qualifica tion for the exercise of civil and political rights. A distinct electoral law will regulate the elections of the deputies. The persons of the members of both councils are sacred, as far as their votes and speeches are concerned, but it appears that the pri vileges of freedom from arrest on civil and criminal process are limited to the actual session and a month before and after. All laws and new taxes must be sanctioned by these two councils and assented to by the Pope; but the councils are not to be allowed to propose laws which may affect ecclesiastical or mixed affairs which may be opposed to the canons and disciplines of the Church, or which may tend to vary or modify the present statute. They are also forbidden to discuss the " religious diplomatic rela tions" of the Holy See to foreign countries. The discussion of financial matters exclusively appertains to the Council of Deputies. The sum or civil list appropriated to the endowment of the Pope and the College of Cardinals, and to ecclesiastical purposes generally, as well as to the expenses of the corps diplomatique, the Pontifical Guards, the maintenance of the Apostolical palaces and museums, and various other purposes, is fixed at 600,000 scudi per annum, including a reserve fund for contingencies. The canons, tributes, and dues, amounting to the annual sum of 13,000 scudi, are to remain at the entire disposal of the Pope. The Ministers are responsible for their actions, and have a right to speak in both Councils, whether members or not. The session of the Chambers will be sus pended by the death of the reigning Pontiff, but the new Pope must convene them a month after his election. The Ministers are to be confirmed and replaced by the Sacred College. The rights of temporal sovereignty exercised by a defunct Pontiff are vested in the Sacred College, during the interregnum. There will also be a Council of State, composed of ten councillors, and a body of auditors not exceeding twenty-four. This Council will be required to draw up projects of laws, and to give its advice on admi nistrative affairs in cases of emergency. Ministe rial functions may also be conferred upon it by a special law. The present statute will be enforced on the opening of the new Councils, Nhich will take place abaut the first Monday in June. The functions of the present Council of State will cease 20 days previous to the opening of the Councils; but it will, nevertheless, continue to examine such administrative measures as :nay be presented to it for consideration. All the legislative enactments not contrary to the decress of the present statute remain in force. The proclamation is dated the 14th of March, and is authenticated by the sign-manual of his Holiness. The fundamental Constitution is preceded by the following proclamation : " PROCLAMATION. " Pius P.P. IX. TO lIIS SUBJECTS GREETING. " In the institutions which we have hitherto conferred upon our subjects it was our intention to revive certain ancient establishments which were long contemplated by the wisdom of our august predecessors, and which, atter the lapse of ages, were still capable of adaptation to the altered circumstances of the times, in order to represent that majestic edifice of which they had framed the basis. " Proceeding in this course, we had arrived at the establishment of a consultive representation of all the provinces, which was entrusted with the office of assisting our Government in the legislative and administrative labours of the state, and we were waiting until the experiment, which wo were the first to make in Italy, had been justified by its successful results. As, however, our neighbours have decided that the people are already ripe for the benefits of a representative system of government, not merely consultive, but delibe• rative, we are unwilling :to think less worthily of our own subjects, or to repose less faith in their gratitude, not only towards our own humble person, for which we desire none, but towards the Church and this Apostolic Seo, the inviolable and supreme rights of which have been committed to our custody by Almighty God, and whose presence It as and always will be to them a source of such benefit. "In ancient times eur communes possessed the privi lege of governing themselves by laws selected by them selves, and subject to the sanction of the Sovereign. " At present it is true that the conditions of modern civilisation will not allow the renewal, under the same forms, of a system of government under which the dif ference of laws and customs often separated one dis• trict from another. We, however, exclusively entrust this prerogative to twe councils of honest and prudent citizens, the one composed of individuals nominated by us, and the other of deputies from all parts of the state, elected by the people according to forms which will be laid down in due course, who may represent the peculiar interests of every locality in our dominions, and wisely combine them with that other and greatest interest of every district and every province which is the general ono of the state. " As, therefore, in this our sacred principality it is impossible to separate the temporal interests of our in ternal prosperity from the other and graver intcrest of the political independence of the llaad of the Church (of ItTne), by which, in like manner, the independence of this part of Italy has always been maintained; so we not only reserve to ourselves and to our successors the su p re me sanction and promulgation of all the laws which may be enacted by the "fon:said councils, and the plenary exercise of the sovereign authority in matters undeter mined by the present decree, but, in like manner, we in tend to maintain our authority in matters which are naturally connected with religion and (Roman) Catholic morality entire and intact. And we are bound to take this measure as a means of security to the whole of Christendom, in order that, in the State of the Church, constituted on the basis of this new form, neither the liberty nor the rights of the Church itself—of the Holy See—may suffer any diminution, and that there may never be any reecedent for violating the sanctity of this religion, wilich it is our mission and our bounden duty to preach to the whole universe, as the only symbol of the alliance of God and man, and the only pledge of that celestial benediction to which nations and states owe their existence. " Having implored the Divine assistance, and heard the unanimous advice of our venerable brothers the Cardinals of the sacred Roman College, in consistory assembled for the express purpose, we have decreed, &c., &c. (Here follows the constitution, en abstract of which will be found in another column.) " Datum Rornm, apud Sanctam Mariam Majorem die XIV. Martii, MDCCCXLVIII. Pontificatits nostri anno 11. " PIUS IX., Papa." Last night the City of London Amicable Assembly terminated their grand series of ten balls. It was at tended by nearly four hundred persons. Adams's ex cellent band highly delighted the company with admi rable music. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was a shade better, the sales being 24,780 bales for the week. The decline for the week is about -id. per lb. Railway Shares were a shade better, but business was not active. The Bank of England has, during the week to the Isth instant, had a material increase in its assets, without much demand upon them, accompanied, indeed, with a positive decrease in the amount of securities under dis count. The deposits of private merchants and others are accumulating, and doubtless the receipt of money from abroad will tend further to swell this item. The reserve of unemployed notes is the largest ever held by the Bank, and, with the precious metals, amount to 26,090,4111. The following are the items upon a com parison with the previous week's return: — Notes issued 28,414,360 Increase Rest Increase 6,679 Public Deposits 6,957,392 Increase 74,329 Other Deposits 9,773,110 Increase 247,899 Seven Day and other Bills Increase 30,120 Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Decrease Notes 10,967,270 Increase Bullion Increase 175,977 Active circulation Decrease 243,930 There is a report current that a Republic has been declared in Berlin. It is not believed on the Stock Exchange, as there arc later direct accounts from the capital than those now bringing the alleged informa tion. The report comes from Paris. At present there have not been any tidings received of the arrival of the West India Mail. It is fully due.i, It would appear that the demand for the precious metals for shipment this week has been rather considerable. To Rotterdam, Belgium, and Harlingen about 16,000 ounces of gold coin have been remitted. To Belgium, bullion bars and coin in silver, 107,000 ounces, have been sent off.l The statement made public this morning of the affairs of the Bank of France is considered here as most un satisfactory. A sudden reaction took place in the Consol Market this morning, from 831 to 83, but since a alight rally to 884 has taken place. The reported formation of a Republic in Berlin did not help the market, but quite the contrary. Consols for money receded from 831,- to 83k. Exchequer-bills have been at 31s. to 325. premium. India Bonds are 17s. to 13s. premium. There was a full average amount of business trans acted in the Foreign Funds to-day. The Brazilian Five per Cent. Bonds have been at 70i, the Small at 72 ; the Mexican at 14k I; the Portuguese Four per Cents. at 151} ; the Spanish Five per Cents., at 124; the Three per Cents. at 224 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 41k, while the Four per Cent. Certificates have fallen from 62 to 614. The London and North-Western Railway Shares have advanced about 3/. each. Nearly all the other shares are steady, and held firmer, though with but a small amount of business doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONIC O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anna.... WhYi% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 4, 1860 8 9-16 7-16 India Bonds under 1, 000 / South Sea Stock B9N Consols for Account E xc hequer Bina. 3d. 1 31 32 p ,000/. 5001 33 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Grenada, 1 per Cent. . . 13% Ditto Deferred Mexican Bongs, 1646, 5 per Cent 14% % Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Ditto Passive Bonds ... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 22% Ditto for the Account . Dividends on the above payable ix London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild I I I,E Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TtITSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SIIAREg AT ONS O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pis MEALS. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 314 — ...... to -- Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 11% .. .. Birmingham & Oxford June... 20 Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ... . Birraing., Vol., & Stour Val. 10/.145 to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 ..... to Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds • 20 Buckinghamshire... Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37% — to Ditto, Preference Clarence. . .. 781.i ..... Do., ISt Class, i per Cont... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Dr Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 .., — JO., . ~... , Direct London & 'Portsmoulk 3% — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & 1). Ditto, 181., E. &11 lB .... Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 31,y — Eastern Counties Do. Perpet., b per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d Do., d 0...—. ......... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... % dis to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... ....... ...... 12 % — Do., New Eastern Union ... ... .. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 121 - Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d — to - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 - Ditto, ditto - East Lancashire Ditto, New - Do., New Quarters - East Lincolnshire ... 16% 15% to - Edinburgh and Glasgow - Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, Quarter Shares l2l - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 - Ditto, New 3 3 /4 — ...... to - Ditto, New port l2 Ditto, ditto, New -. 21 41 — .:.... to - Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to - Ditto, New .. ..... 2% — - Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 65.8 d... - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - Ditto, New i ...... 40 - Do. Preference Consolidated 15 ..... - ... te - Great Northern l3 - Do. London & York Eaten. 21 ,E Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% — ...... to - Great North of England 100 - Ditto, New 401. Ditto, New 301 - Ditto, New 151. 61‘...... . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares ...... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 9 l / 4•• ... N...... to _ Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. ... - - Dittc, Thirds 8 - to - Hull and Selby 39 - Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2% - to - Ipswich& Bury St. Edmunds 17% - to - Do. do. and Norwich - to - Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Carob. and Ely) 2 1 ,E - - Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 - - Do.,Thirds. - to - Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 98 ..... - to - Ditto, ditto - ...... to 70 Ditto Half Shares - ...... to - Ditto Quarters 1 4 1%..... - ... .• to - Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4-- - ..... to - Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 10/. 4s Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38 - . ... to - Do. (Hudders. and Shoff.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. and Goole 5O - - Do., West Riding Union ...41. So-- . 3 dis to - Do., Preston and Wyre - 25 ...... - - Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 - to - Leeds and Bradford ..,... ...... 50 ..... -- - Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 42% - to - Do., Half Shares - - Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 2% - ...... to - Leeds and Thirsk ........ ...... 40 Ditt.o, New - - Do., do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... - - Liverpool, Crosby, and South port. - to - Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2l ,h - - London 8c Blackwall ...13/. 6s. 8d 4,i..... to - Ditto New, No. 2 Bl. 13s. 4d.... - ... .. to - Do. Extension - Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 - - Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...... - - De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... - .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... I.ondon and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... - Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... - ...... to . London at North Western.....loo 127% 127 to Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 - Do. New Do. Fifths Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 20 ...... - Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7 1 / 2 . .... 9 1 4 to Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7 1 / 2 B 3 /4 to Do. 10/. ... 51. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western....... 50 Ditto, Now 501......., _ ..... 37%...., to Ditto, New 404- ..... .. - 30 - Do. Tenths ( Consolidated) 50 ...... - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - Ditto, Thirds ... . 81. 68. 8d ... - London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 ,4 - Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 / 2 _ : Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 ..,... Manch. Buxton, SE, Matlock 3 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 / Shares (No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 7 1 ,x. ..... Do., New 101. Preferenee... 7 1 ,x...... Ditto Grimsby 25 — Ditto, ditto. ....... ........... 7 Ditto, ditto ... 4% — to Ditto, Sheffield, and ',inc. 7%...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 12% — is Ditto, NAIL & Lin. Union 44 21. ~. —. •~'z»~i . .~` ~,...~ SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1848 . Manchester and Southampton 2 1 4 to 111 idiand. Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. Shares l5 ...... 9W2... to Midland, Et irm., and Derby 1(X) ..... 75 - Midland, Congo]. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 ll4 ...... to 115% Midland, Bristol and Gigue. 36 ... — Ditto ditto 11/. 34.6 d... ...... to Midland, Leicea. and Swan nington (8 per et. gua.)....100 .... . 41 Mid. Great Western (Irish) 35 bliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle And Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chestertora IPA — ...... to Ditto Extension Newport Aborgy., and Heref. 6 Norfolk Ditto New 201. Ditto Extension Do. Guaranteed 5% per et. 5 .. ... Do. Scrip, :647, N. of per 2 — to Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...>„ 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor iiorthern Counties Union ....14 North British Ditto Half Shares...— 1 2% ,% to Do. Quarters siii — -Ision ‘si Ditto, Eaten._ .. Ditto Thirds ... ......... ....... 2 ...... North and South-Western... 2 ..... North Staffordshire... North Wales ......... 3% ..... , North Western Oxford, Worcester, and W 91- verhampton - Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% — to Royston and Ilitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 22% — ...... to Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 ...... :_•hrewsbury and Chester (Nor. VI . Min.) Ditto Halves. Ditto... $ ... .. -- • Ditto, Oswestry Ditto (New) ............ ...... 1 ...... --to Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 . — to Shropshire Union . 4 ...... South Devon ....... ......... 40 Ditto, Preference 22 .....• -••...... to South Staffordshire South Eastern and Dover 33% Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 l7 - Ditto, New, No. 3 ..... 20 Ditto New, No. 4. .. « 74 4W, to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... .. 4 Thames Haven Dock aid Railway 17% — to Taw Vale Extension ...... .. 4 Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 1314.._.. Waterford and Limerick..... 40 ... .. Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Alitehaven and Furness ..... . In ... .. to -•• Windsor, Staines, and South Western... ............. ....... Vs. Wilts,Somerset,ScWeymouth 710 ...... ... - to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Beck 15 .. ... 28 1 1/2 -1 4 .. to Do. Exien.No.l (T. &N.) 16 - to Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 16 D•. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 11 ••. York and North Midland .. 60 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension ....— .... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Boulogne and Amien5......... 26 .••••• 7 1 4 Central of France (Orleans and Viercon) Central of Spain Ceylon .. Demerara. ............ ........ ... A . .... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras bs. ..- . Ditch Rhoniek East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 55....... „..., t o Italian and Anstriaa .......... 4 Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 to Louvain Ala Sambre ..... -.. 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con ' stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege.............. 16 Northern of Franco. Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d , ...... to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans.... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ...... ... 8 ...... -- Rouen and Havre .. -.-.... 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Linden, and Ilasselt ...... .., 16 ...... ...... to West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial - Commercial of London - London ;Joint Stock .. - London and Westminster... 20 - National Provincial of Engld. 35 - Ditto, New National of Ireland 2214 — ... .. to • Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New 214 — ...... t• Union of London ........ ..... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican IOO Asturian Mining Company... 12 ...... Australian ... . Blaeuarven Iron aad Coal ... Me Bolaaos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ••••• .. ... 24 Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered, . .. 1t h.• ... to Do. Black Debeatares ...... COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam _..—• • •• gribraltar.. • • ........ • • Ditto, at sight ••• • • • 12 2 Leghorn ........ ••• • • • Itottsrdam .....• .. •• Genoa ...• •• .• .... •• .. kntworp . ..... —• • Milan .. • ELantburgh ......M.R. 13 14% Fea1c0........ •••• • • • • kitona• • ...... •• • • Naples ............ • • Parts, 3 days' sight •• •• Palermo, Naos-- —. • Ditto, •• • ... •••• • • • • Lisbon.... • • .... . ..... Marseilles ••••••• • • • • • 28 0p0rt0.... Bourdeaux.... ••• • • • • Rio Janeiro •• ...••• •• Frankfort on Maine.... 122 B a hi a ................ Petersburgh, ill. Rble .• u... Ayres .. .. .. Harlin.... Vienna, effec fio•• •• •• Philadelphia •••• •••••• Trieste, ditto.... ••• • • • ?sums er suLLIox, rra, oz. Rath id ••..••• • • • • • 4 5 N Foreign Gold i s bars...Z.B 17 9 Cadiz •• ••••• •• •••••• 47 3 t New Dollars •• —•• 0 0 • Bilbao.. •• • • Barcelona •• ••••• • •• • • aaish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 5avi11e.........• •• •• .* Yer in bars .......• 0 0 0 25 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 25.—Wind at noon N.N.W., light breeze and dull weather, with slight frost. TORBAY, MARCH 24.—The report of the Friendship, Osborne, from Littlehampton to Llanelly, arriving here with pumps choked, was incorrect, it should have been the Providence, Gregory, previously reported. PWLLHELI, MARCH 23.—The stern of a ship, marked " Courier," and several pieces of wreck charred by fire, have been washed on shore in this district. DEAL, MARCH 24. Arrd. Elise, Volkertson, Ham burgh, for St. fotersburgh; Hendrika, Laurens, Batavia, and sailed for Rotterdam; Jane, Goodwin, Patrss; Harlequin, Blayn, Marseilles; Wave, Bell, Cardiff, with cargo shifted, having experienced severe weather; Union, Chapman, Shields, and sailed for Malaga; Goohawk, Dobson, ditto, and sailed for Alexandria; Majestic, Alexander, ditto, and sailed for Barcelona; Nautilus, Finlay, ditto, and sailed for Constantinople; Ythane, Mumford, ditto, and sailed for Oporto; Rims well, Brown, Hall, for St. John's, New Brunswick; Eli zabeth, of Belfast, and sailed westward. FISHGUARD, MARcsr 23. The Erin, Burn, from Wicklow to Swansea, with Fopper ore, put in here this morning leaky, and with sails split, and must discharge. A large mast (cut); has come on shore near this place. HULL, MARCH 24. The Alert, Thompson, from Liverpool to this port, whiclt got on shore off Grain thorpe Haven on the 21st instant, has been got off, after discharging part of cargo, and has arrived here. YARMOUTH, MARCH 24.--The Blac esterdakett Hall, ofassiste Sun derland, got on Barber Sand, yy, but was d off to-day, and proceeded. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY covzieT-GAznzar. Potatoes from 41 9d to 55 3d per cwt. ; Onions, 2s to 2s 9d ; and Apples, 2s to is per kalf-sieve ; Oranges, 5s 6d to 125 per 100 ; Forced Asparagus, is to 7s, and ditto Rhubarb, Is 4to 25 per bundle ; New Pota toes, Is 6d to ls 9d per lb ; Greens, Is 6d to 25 ; Tur nips, is 10d to 26 6d; Leeks, Sd to Is; and Carrots, 35 6d to 55 ad per dozen bunches ; Parsnips, 6d to is per dozen; Celery, 101 to is 10d; Horseradish, 2s to 40 6d; and,Brocoli, 2s to 35 3d per bundle; Filberts, Sd to 10d per lb; Spinach, 4s 6d to 55 per sieve; Sea Keil, Is 6d to 3s 3d per punnet; Turnip Greens, 2s; and Brocoli Sprouts, 3s to 35 6d per bushel. NIEIV7GATE AND ZDADENIICALM. Primo Beef and Mutton were in steady request at full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8s; Mutton, 35 4d to 4 10d; Veal, 45 to ss; and Pork, 3s 8d to 55 per Blbs by the carcase, These markets were by no means heavily sup plied to-day; yet the general demand was in a very sluggish state, at barely last week's quotations. Turkeys, 3s to 9s ; Geese, 4s to 6s 6d ; Ducks, is 6d to 6s 6d ; Rabbits, 9 d to is Sd ; Pgeons, 6d to 10d ; aid roasting Pigs, bs to is each. Fowls, 35 3d to Es 6d ; and Chickens, 2$ id to 55 per couple; Fresh Butter, is Id to Is 4d per lb ; Pheasants, 3s to 3s 6d; Hares, 2s 3d to 3s ; and Wild Ducks, Si each. ,2914 4% NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s to 38 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d; Veal, 4s 2d to ss; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs. VIRITZORAPEIL. Beef, from 3s to 3s Sd; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s sd; Veal, 4s to ss; aLd Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs. MTN inuiromp. Our markets to-day was well supplied with most kinds of produce, the demand for which was in a sluggish state, it but little Toriatiba iu prices. BXIATANGSGATE. Turbots, 6s to ins; B►ills, Is 6d to 5s 6d; Cod-fish, 3s to Gs 3d ; Whitings, 4d to 8d ; Mackerel, 3d to 8d ; and Lobsters, Is 6d to 35 each; Soles, 4d to 2s 9d per pair ; Smelts, is 3d to 2s 6d per dozen; Salmon, is 4d to 2s; Eels, 6d to is; Crimped Seats, 6 , 2 l to lOd; and Salt Fish, 2d to 6d per lb. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are front 70 to Sd; of Household ditto, 6d to 7d per 41b3 loa HIDE MAILICEPT. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lfd to lid per Ib; ditto 6416 to 721 b, 2d to 21d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to 3d: ditto, 301 b to Salb, 3d to 3;d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, aid to aid ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 34d to 4d ; Calf Skins (each), 4s 8d to 6s; Horse Hides, 8s 6d to 9s ; Polled Sheep, 3s 7d to 4s 3d; Rents and Half-breds, 2s 10d to 3s 4d; Downs 2s 8d to Es 3d; Shearlings, 4d to 6d. BAY VIILIIIILETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 155 to 31 15s; Clover, ditto, 31 155 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 2s to li 85 per load. Supply very moderate, and trade dull. CIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 16s to 31 161 ; Clover ditto, 31 15s to 41 12s; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 8s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPPII.—IteadOw Hay, 21 15s to 31 14s; Clover ditto, 31 13s t• 41 16s; and Straw, 1/ 25 to 11 7s per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. COAL BURKE] Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 6d Carr's Hartley Davison'sWest Hartley 15s Od t New Felten Main .. 133 Od' New Tanfield l3s 6d Ord's Redheugh Tanfield Moor Townley l4s Od Wylam West Wylam Wall's End, &e Bewieke and Co. Medley Braddyll's Hetten lss Oa Haswell l6s 6d .-YESTERDAY. Hetton Keepier I Larabton Russell's Ilettoa 15s 6A Shotten Whitwell Carados ..... .. .. Hartlepool lss Gd Hudson's Hartlepool lss Od Heugh Hall South Durham l4l 9d Tees Abercrave Stone Coal 2ls 6d wpm Hartley Ships at market lOO CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor heard appeal motions to-day. CLIFFORD V. TURRELL. This case was part heard yesterday upon an appea' motion from the decision of the Vice• Chancellor Knigh. Bruce. The LORD CHANCELLOR this morning, on taking his seat, gave judgment, discharging the order pronounced by the Vice-Chancellor. TOMLINSON V. THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY'. This case came before his Lordship upon an appeal motion from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor of England, ordering an injunction which he had previously granted to be dissolved. The injunction which had been granted exparte restrained the North Stafford shire Railway Company from proceeding with an embankment over certain glebe lands belong ing to the plaintiff, ;in the parish of Stoke-upon- Trent, and from doing any other act for the purpose of carrying their railway over a part of such lands upon a i solid embankment instead of upon a via duct, and from n any manner constructing their railway otherwise than they were empowered to do by the Act of Parliament. The statements in the Bill upon which the injunction was granted were to the effect that the railway company were acting contrary to the powers of their Act; that from the original plans laid down by the company the plaintiff was led to believe that no embankment would be made, but that the railway was to be carried across by means of a viaduct, and that upon this understanding the valuation was made under which the plaintiff was to receive the sum of 1,6001. The principal reason the plaintiff had for supposing that an embankment was not to be made, was that only so much land was marked upon the place as intended to be taken as world enable the company to construct a viaduct of the same width at the base as upon the top. The defendants asserted that it never had been their intention to make a viaduct, and that they had given the plaintiff notice in July last that they should require an increased quantity of land, which would enable them to form the base of the same width as other parts of the line where embankments were made. Upon the motion being made before the Vice- Chancellor of England to dissolve the injunction, his Honour ordered the injunction to be (dissolved, considering that a sufficient case had not been made out for maintaining it. Observing, also, that there was no question that the company had a right at law to make the embankment, although some misunderstanding ap peared to have taken place. At any rate there had been no binding agreement between the parties, but the whole affair had originated in a mistake; and he thought the injunction ought never to have been applied for. From this decision the present appeal was brought. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Lake Russell appeared in support of the appeal motion; and Mr. Bethell and Mr. Malins supported the decision of the Court below. The LORD CHANCELLOR, without hearing counsel in support of the decision of the Court below, dismissed the appeal motion with costs. THE ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. MUNRO. In our report of this case, yesterday, we stated that Mr. Grant was the trustee who forcibly took possession of the church, it should have been Mr. Shepherd. BARKER. V. THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. This case came before his Lordship upon ap peal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, refusing to dissolve an injunction! which had been granted ex parte. The plaintiff is the owner of land and saltworks, at Sandback, in Cheshire, and the North Staffordshire Railway Com pany having given him notice of their intention to take nine pieces of land belonging to him, and then having entered upon the land, tendering a bond for the value of seven pieces only, an injunction was granted restraining them from further entry upon the land, or continuing in pobsession of, or constructing theit railway works upon, any part of it. Upon an application on behalf of the company to dissolve the injunction the Vicc-Chancllor refused the motion, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. The LORD CHANCELLOR, without hearing counsel in support of the judgment of the Court below, dismissed the appeal motion with costs. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) RYE. The Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the Rye election petition, complaining of Mr. H. M. Curties' return, met for the first time this morning; Mr. Divett in the chair. Mr. James appeared for the petitioners ; and Mr. M. D. Hill, with whom was Mr. Johnson, for the sitting Member. Mr. JAMBS said the petition contained allegations of bribery and treating, but probably, when he took a preliminary objection to the return, the Committee would see that they could declare the election void without his going into those more serious charges. The objec tion he had to take was that the Mayor of Rye, who was the returning officer, neglected to give a proper notice or proclamation of the election. The attention of his worship was called to the defect by a formal protest, signed by several electors; but notwithstanding that caution, the poiling was proceeded with on the day nomi nated for the purpose in the irregular proclamation. The law required that four clear days' notice should be given of the election, but as in this case the proclamation was issued on the Monday, and the election took place on the following Thursday, it was clear that the election was not legal. Mr. JOHNSON said he was prepared to admit on behalf of Mr. Curteis, that the objection was good, and that the election must be declared void. He . should be glad, however, to know if it was the intention of his Learned Friend to proceed with the allegations of bribery and treating. Mr. JAMES intimated that it was not, and that he only intended to prove the irregularity of the election. Witnesses were accordingly called to establish the allegation of informality in the return. Mr. JOHNSON applied to the Committee for costs on behalf of the sitting Member. There was no foundation for the allegation of bribery and treating. Mr. Curteis was far away from Rye when the election took place, and the Hon. Gentleman was nominated and returned without his knowledge and consent. Mr. JAMES resisted the application, and called a wit ness to prove that it was usual and customary to put into these petitions the two allegations of bribery. The CHAIRMAN remarked that if that were so it was time the custom was put a stop to. The room was then cleared, and after a lapse of a few minutes strangers were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee had unani mously come to the following resolutions : "That Henry .Mascall Curteis, Esq., was not duly elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Rye. " That the last election for the said borough was a void election, due notice not having been given by the returning officer for the holding of such election. "_That in the petition there were certain specific alle gations of bribery and treating, on the part of the sitting Member and his agent, proof of which no evidence was offered to the Committee, and the Committee are of ' opinion that such allegations are unfounded, and were made without any reasonable or probable ground, and were therefore frivolous and vexatious; and the Com mittee do hereby order, that all the costs and expenses of, and referring to the said allegations, shall be forth with paid by the petitioners, or their sureties, to the said Mr. Curteis. " That the defence of the said Mr. Curties is not frivo lous or vexatious." This closed the labours of the Committee. SLIGO. The Committee appointed to try the merits of the Sligo election petition, against the return of Mr.in P. Soines, met for the first time this morni n g ; Mr. Grager in the chair. Mr. M. D. Hill and Mr. Merewether appeared for the petitioners, and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Pearcy Banks for the sitting Member. Mr. HILL opened the case for the petitioners, re marking that the petition c ontained three allrefuegatisedons— to first, that the sitting Mem ber neglected or ' make the declaration of his q ualification within twenty four hours after he was called upon to do so; secondly, want of qualification; and, thirdly. that the election was carried by fraud, force, and violence. EasrviLLE.—Mr. James Ingamells has three ewes that have yearned ten lambs within the past week, viz.—two three each, and one four lambs.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. Guizot has taken a residence in Brompton square, and has removed, with the Mesdemoiselles Guizot from Mr. James Broadwood's mansion in Bryanstone square. Madame Guizot, the mother of the distinguished exile, is wittl M. Guizot and IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 24. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. JEWS. The Bishop of LLANDAFF presented several peti tions against the admission of the Jews. QUEEN'S PRISON BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. ODD FELLOWS. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the Odd Fellows of Durham, praying that they may be placed under the provisions of the Friendly:Societies Act. AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS' BILL. This Bill, on the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE, was read a third time and passed. CRIMINAL LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this Bill, with respect to which he would not occupy their Lordships' time, as he believed it would not hare to encounter any opposition. Its object, as their Lordships were aware, was for the purpose of establishing a court of appeal i n criminal cases. He objected to the measure which had been proposed some two years since for the purpose of establishing a court of appeal in criminal cases, before which convicts could, as a matter of right, move for a new trial, because it would give a most unfair advantage to the rich man over the poor man. In no country in Europe was such an appeal admitted. In France, the Cour t of Cessation merely decided on matters of law, not on matters of fact, but still he admitted that some alteration in the criminal law on that point was necessary, and he should not object to have the matter referred to a Select Committee. The Marquis of SALISBURY defended the manner in which justice was administered by the county magis trates and in Courts of Quarter Session. Lord CAMPBELL had no intention of ,casting the slightest slur on the administration of the criminal law by the Courts of Quarter Session. After a few words from the Earl of DEVON and Lord STANLEY, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a Select Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Match 24. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock. PATENT GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that leave be given to withdraw the petitions of John Chevallier Cobbold (presented 28th February), and of Henry Pattison (presented Ist March), against the Patent Galvanized Iron Company (Incorporation of Company, with powers to hold lands to raise money by loan, and to purchase Letters Patent) Bill. That leave be given to withdraw the petitions of John Chevallier Cobbold (presented 28th February), and of Henry Pattison (presented Ist March) against the Patent Galvanized Iron Company trading under the style or firm of " Malins and Rawlinsons' Bill.—Agreed to. SECOND READINGS. The following Railway Bills were read a second time and, ordered to be committed. Aberdeen (Additional Capital). Airdrie and Bathgato Junction (Amendment and De- viation). Arbroath and Forfar (Additional Capital). Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Deviation from Leamington to Warwick). Bristol and Exeter (Glastonbury Navigation and Canal Purchase). Direct London and Portsmouth. Drumpeller Railway. Dundee and Arbroath (Dundee Junction). Dundee and Perth (Dundee Juuction). Dundee and Perth (Lease of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway). Dunfermline and Queensferry (from Dunfermline to North Queensferry, with a Branch to Inverkeithing Harbour). Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. 2—Amendment of Acts, New Branches, Abandonment of Branch, and Increase of Capital). Edinburgh and Glasgow, :and Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction (Amendment of Acts). East Anglian (Ely and Huntingdon Railway, Extension of Time). East Liacolnshire (Alteration of Great Grimsby Branch). Furness Railway. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock , a nd Ayr (Revision of maximum Tolls and Charges on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railways). Great Western (to confer additional Powers on the Company with reference to the Purchase of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, &c., Railways). Great Western (Loop Line from the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway through Leamington). Kendal and Windermere Act Amendment. Leeds and Thirsk (Alteration of Levels of Leeds and Hartlepool Railway in Eaglescliffe, Preston, and Stockton, &c.) London and South-Western Railway Company's ;Acts Amendment, Extension, Deviation, and New Works. London and South-Western, Exeter and Crediton, Taw Vale Railway and Dock, and Bodmin and Wade bridge Railway Companies Arrangements. London and South-Western Railway Company and Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company Amalgamation. London, Brighton, and South Coast (London -bridge and New Cross Stations, &c). London and Blackwell Connecting Branch, &c. Londonderry and Enniskillen (Relinquishment of Line between Omagh and Enniskillen, &c.) Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshirc. , (Humber Fer ries Improvement at Hull and New Holland, &c.) Midland (Branch to Ripley, tke.) Midland Great Western of Ireland (Deviation Line from Mullingar to Athlone). Mi Wdlandell (Alteration ot the Line and Branches near ingborough, and Approach to the Wellingborough Station). Newport and Pontypool Act Amendment. Norfolk (Amendment of Acts and Extension of Time for commencing Reedham and Disc Branches). North British (No. I—lncrease and Division of Capital). North British (No. 2—Junction with Leith Branch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, &c.) Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Extension of Time, &c.) South Wales Amendment of Acts. Vale of Neath (Power to the South Wales Company to subscribe, and Amendment of Acts). Whitehaven and Furness Junction (Extension or Devi ation Line from Silecroft to Foxfield, &c.) York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Great North of Eng land, Clarence, and Hartlepool Junction Railway, and Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing). York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Deviation and abandon ment of part of the Thirsk and Melton Branch). The Burntisland Harbour Improvement Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY (POWER TO PURCHASE) BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. FORSTER rose to move, as an amendment, that it be read a second time this day six months, on the ground that it would place in the hands of a railway company the monopoly of the traffic between Dublin and Holyhead. Mr. H. BERKELEY seconded the motion, and said, no doubt, the President of the Railway Board, if he were in the House, would also join in the opposition. Mr. GLYN then said the Bill was not now brought in for the first time, as it had been on a former occasion, before the House. The Commissioners of Railways at that time allowed the Bill to proceed, and the Committee to whom it was referred declared that its carrying out was expedient; but it was withdrawn simply on the ground that the session was near its close, and that it could not be completed before the prorogation. The Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, so far from wishing to establish a monopoly, were perfectly ready to treat with the established companies if they w ere disposed to undertake t he service ; if they were prepared to do so the promoters of the Bill were prepared to withdraw that portion of it. The c condi tion, however, on which the company proposed y ing out the steam-boat communication, with the terms they proposed to charge, were before the House, and were to be rendered subject to the approval of the Board of Trade. The rates were extremely low. Mr. F. FRENCH opposed the Bill, on the ground that it would utterly ruin the existing companies. After a few words from Sir W. lIEATHCOTE, Mr. GLYN stated, in reply, that the company sought power to raise further additional capital, and that they would be put to much inconvenience if those provisions were not assented to. Sir H. VERNEY considered that the Bill would create a monstrous monopoly, and that therefore the House ought not to consent to it. iMr. GLYN said that, acting upon the suggestion of the Hon. Member, he would withdraw his motion. The second reading of the Bill was then postponed. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (BRANCH FROM SLOUGH TO WINDSOR). On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. GLADSTONE said that he much regretted the absence of a Member of the Government of whose - ser vices the House was at present deprived by tho late de cision of a Committee — he mea nt the Right Hon. Gen tleman at the head of the Railway ard, the late Mem ber for Derby, because the suggesti ßo on he (Mr. Glad stone) was about to make was_ ono which could have been offered with peculiar propriety in presence of the Right Hon. Gentleman, but in his absence he should address himself to the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests; and while stating to the House his regret at the absence of the Right. Hon. Gentleman, be might perhaps be permitted to express a confident and earnest hope that the Noble Lord would permit himselt to be appointed a medlator between the two great com panies interestedin this question, with the view of pre venting :the enormous expenditure and harassing liti gation which had taken place heretofore. In the last ses sion of Parliament both the South-Western and Great Western introduced Bills to enable them to reach Windsor. The Bill of the Great Western was rejected, and that p r omoted by the South-Western Company, exte ndin g their line from Richmond and Staines to near Windsor, was adopted. That being the case, the South-Western had seen proper Bill to introduce in the pres ent session a for the purpose of connecting Eton and Windsor with Slough, as well as with Richmond and Staines. This would be done by means of a single terminus for Eton and Windsor, and that would be of course the best terminus that the case could admit of. The South-Western were obliged to run their lino at a vast expense, a bridge having to be cons tructed over the Thames at Windsor, yet the line they now proposed to extend, although as good a one as in the circumstances they could get, was still a very objectionable one. He did not think that the competition that existed between the com panies to the town of Windsor would benefit either party. He could not imagine for a moment that three lines to London cou ld exist even if they were sanc tioned. A Dill of the South-Western Cciaptuy's had y~ • , :7 been passed two days ago, and the present Bill would, therefore, only open up the controversy which had raged in past times. They might now look forward to an extensive litigation between parties. There could be no doubt that the heads of Eton College would offer a determined opposition to the Bill; the Great Wes tern ;and South-Western Company would wage another desperate warfare. There could be no question of such if the Great Western were permitted the privilege of making a line to the royal rsideace. Now, he thought that the:Noble Lord ought, with the influence which his position gave him, with the advantages of his well-known and estima ble character, and with his distinguished reputation as one of the representatives of her Majesty's Government, he did think that the Noble Lord, on such an occasion as the present, when the question involved the comfort and convenience of her Majesty, and the integrity of the royal dwelling—he thought that in such a case the Noble Lord might very well be disposed to take on himself the character of mediator, and by his influence with the opposing parties do great good, by preventing litigation and removing an existing cause of offence and quarrel. He was not there as the advocate of the college, or of any competing railway company. It did rest with the House to reject the second read ing of this Bill, but he believed that the House would agree with him in thinking that if the Noble Lord, by his interference between these two companies, could prevent the incurring of enormous expenses, he would be not only conferring a boon upon the companies themselves, but upon the college, the town of Wind sor, and the public generally. If this Bill should pass the House might rest assured that the matter would not end here. In that case the South- Western would press for powers to enable them to carry their station to the town of 'Windsor. They would naturally ask the House to extend the same advantages to them that it did to the Great Western. He did not see how the House could refuse them. Fully acquainted as he was with all the circumstances of the case, he must state his conviction that it would be impossible for the House to refuse the South-Western Company a station at Windsor, if they allowed the Great Western to carry their line as at present contemplated. Now, for the purpose of public convenience, and for:tha purpose, in part, of preserving, if not of furthering the well-being of Eton College, with which many of their early recollections were associated, and of preventing an expensive and unncessary contest, he did think that if the House could induce the Noble Lord to take oa himself a task of this kind, he might be well considered a public benefactor. Lord MORPETH said that, with reference to what the Right Hon. Gentleman had suggested in so pleasing a manner, as to his great powers as a mediator, he could assure him that no one would be more rejoiced than he if an end could be put to the prosecution of the further litigation between these two great companies with respect to this object of coming into the royal borough of Windsor. He (Lord Morpeth) had, as the Right Hon. Gentleman observed, when referring to Eton, many pleasing recollections of that place, aid he was happy to see that he had the sympathies of the Right lion. Gentleman on this subject; but, with respect to a reconciliation of the matters in dispute between the Great Western and South-Western Companies, he must confess that he had no expectations that he should be able to adjustithem; and he could not avoid expressing his opinion that any benefit which for public convenience, ought to be conferred upon one company, and one only, ought, in consideration of their longer occupation of the district, to be conferred upon the Great Western Com pany. Mr. CRIPPS did not exactly understand for whom his Right Hon. Friend appeared. He did not understand him to appear for the South-Western Company, and he had himself told the House that he did not represent the interests of Eton College. With respect to the suggestion made by the Right Hon. Gentleman, he (Mr. Cripps) would only say that while the Great Western Company did not fear to meet the ordeal of any of the tribunals, they were quite ready to leave the question in the hands of the Noble Lord, the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, or with the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government. His Right Hon. Friend stated a fact when ho told them that one of the objects of the Great Western Company, in the outset, was to carry their line into Windsor. They proposed some years ago to do so, but special influence was set at work to prevent them from succeeding in this endea vour. A few years after the South-Western Company brought forward a Bill, and succeeded to a considerable extent in obtaining what they sought in this direction. Their scheme was a much more objectionable one than that proposed by the Great Western Company from Slough, inasmuch as it passed directly between the Castle and the river. When he came into the House that night, he had not the slightest idea that any opposition would be given to the Bill, and he was therefore taken somewhat by surprise by the Right Hon. Gentleman. He would not, however, fatigue the House by going into the his tory of the contests between the Great Western and South-Western Companies. In conclusion, he would again repeat that he was quite willing to leave the matter in the hands of the Noble Lord, Mr. CHAPLIN said that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had, on the part of the Great Western Company, expressed himself ready to place him self in the hands of the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests. He (Mr. Chaplin) would be equally ready on tie part of the South-Western Company to do so. The House would boar him out when ho said that, in the last session of Parliament, a Bill of theirs was suspended in its pro gress that a fair opportunity might be afforded for the Great Western and South-Western Companies to meet the dlfferences between them by a friendly arrangement. But he must be permitted to say that, however strongly the Noble Lord had expressed himself now in favour of a settlement of this question, he (Mr. Chaplin) could not give him great credit for his efforts to bring about such on a former occasion. The proposition mace by the South-Western to the Great Western Company was a very fair one. They proposed that whoever should carry out the line to Windsor should consent to a clause giving to the other power to use the line; but the Noble Lord never evinced the slightest proof of wishing to bring about this arrangement, nor was there reason to suppose that the Great Western Company were inclined to come on our line or let us go on theirs. If the Noble Lord acceded to the suggestion of the Right Hon. Gentleman he should, on the part of the South-Western, very readily consent to the arrange ment. Lord MORPETH said he should have been glad to offer his mediation, but ho confessed he had no great hope of a favourable result. The Earl of LINCOLN said, that after the readiness evinced by the representatives of those two great com panies, he did hope that the Noble Lord opposite would withdraw his repudiation of the task sought to be im posed on him, and thereby give the country and the par ties particularly interested an opportunity of bring ing this question to a satisfactory result. The Noble Lord said that if any company obtained an entrance into Windsor it should be the Groat Western Company. He (Lord Lincoln) was quite pre pared to agree with the Noble Lord thus far, but if they g ranted the Bill now before the House, and allowed the Great Western Company an entrance into the town of Windsor on the one side, the South-Western would in a few years ask the House to give them also an entrance into Windsor on the other side, and he did not see how their request, under the circumstances, could be well refused. These companies had already expended large sums in their efforts to approach the town of Windsor, and these sums would be largely and permaaently . in creased if they had two stations instead of one terminus common to both companies. He was happy to find that the results which were only too frequently obtained by a circuitous and expensive mode, might be had by a simpler process, and he hoped, therefore, that the Noble Lord would consent to this amicable arrangement be tween the two companies. Lord MORPETH said, that so farifrom repudiating this proposal, he should be extremely glad to consent to it, if the two companies would only show a disposition themselves to smooth away difficulties. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. SLIGO ELECTION. The following Members appeared at the table and were sworn to try the merits of the election for Sligo :—Mr. T. C. Granger (Chairman), Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Y. Scrope, Mr. J. Hayward, and Sir J. Johnstone. RYE ELECTION. The following Members appeared at the table, and were sworn to try the merits of the election for Rye:— Mr. E. Divett (Chairman), Sir H. Raiford, Mr. J. H. Vivian, the Ron. F. Charteris, and Mr. M. J. Blake. THE EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY. On the motion for the second reading of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway and Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (Queensferry and Inverkeithing Branches) Bill, Sir J. CLERK* opposed the motion. He moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. F. MACKENZIE said the Right Hon. Baronet was in error when he supposed this was a similar Bill to the one rejected last year. In the present Bill many improvements and amendments bad been intro duced, and, as most parties who opposed the Bill had since withdrawn their opposition he thought the House ought, in justice to the company, to reject the amendment. Mr. COWAN supported the second reading. The Bill was only opposed by one individual, and even that opposition arose out of the fact that tho company had refused to give 50,0001. for the land belonging to hi m which the line traversed. Mr. SOTHERON opposed the second reading. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment A ga inst it Majority in favour of the amendment —45 The Bill was lost. Mr. REYNOLDS presented several petitions against the Chester and Holyh e A a M d E-LAW S Railway Bill G. Mr. BRIGHT gave hotiee of his intention to move immediately after the Easter recess, for leave to bring in a Bill for the repeal of the Game-laws. FARES ON RAILWAYS. Mr. BANKES gave notice of his intention to move on an early day a resolution for the purpose of securing a diminished rate of charges to the public upon all rail ways in the United Kingdom. DERBY ELECTION. An HoN. MEMBER. gave notice of his intention to move, upon an early day, that the minutes of the evi dence given before the Derby Election Committee should be printed. ENTERING PORTS WITHOUT PILOTS. Lord RENDLESHAM wished to ask the Secretary of the Admiralty, whether it be true, that two French s t eam -ships of war were brought into Sheerness harbour d ur ing the night by their own masters, without any,assis tance from a licensed pilot? Also, whether, on the occa sion of a French ship of war coming into Ilarwich harbour this last autumn, there was not some delay or _ • • I