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----- clad brought down continued rounds of applause. Madame Celeste, as the head of the " pretty girls the," played with much natural vivacity and humour, and wore a charm. l ag costume. She was ported by Miss Woolgar, who, sup though with little to say, compensated for it by her attentive and inleliigent " by-play," and her piquant and graceful appear ance. She h d one cr two little snatches of singing, which were executed with taste and delicacy. Wright, as the drunken drummer, of course did not fail to shake the sides of the audience, and Munyard exerted himself success. fully to enhance a small pa rt. The appearance of the `p retty girls " en militaire was exceedingly striking, and their evolutions, performed with the utmost precision, drew down enthusiastic ap. plause. Webster and Madame Celeste were called for at the fall of the curtain. The house was crowded in every part. .IIIA.J . ESTY'S 'TiIEATi - tEo Cerito and St. Leon have arrived, and made their ? r t appearance here this seascn, last evening, in the beautiful divertissement, La Viva,u - liere, The bride and bridegroom were greeted with enthusiastic con - F. ra tulations from all p ar t s o f the house. Never did erito look better, never did she dance more faseinatz Vy than last evening. The "pas de la Vivandiere rs beautifully given, and the redowa was admirable. Leon looked well, and danced as he alone can to ll "' They were admirably supported by the VPhees a n d th e corps de ballet, and never has La Was be en more excellently represented than it "as last evening. The " Danseuses Viennoises" 1131xiared in it, i n one of their national pas, which Zaa not on l y d ance d w i t h marve ll o us accuracy, to ut was acted with vast humour. At its the stage, b ouquets i nnumera bl e were s h o wered upon and the scramble for them amused the the Lenee vastly. Th e opera was 1 Puritani, cast in Goa; admir a bl e manner as last year. Never (lid sing the beautiful cavatina " Sen Verges Vez alA,:nrn.ore exquisitely than last evening ; and the mag " bc t duet " Suona la tromba" was superbly given Lablaehe and Fornasari. Mario, who was the Art ` n °, was in excellent voice, and seems to have e t u -orn— P' ,e talY recovered from the effect of the unfor , 9ate co ld under which he was recent l y l a b our i n g. ty.ter the first act of the opera the Danseus es viennoises gave us the Pas de Mirroires, the gro upings in which are exceedingly beautiful. t r the second act of the opera a new divertissement, entitled La Bacchante, was produced, in which Lucile Grahn appeared in one of those classical cha ttliteters to which she knows so well how to do jus e. Theo pera was succeeded by La Vivandiere ; / ,en we had the fourth act of Ernani, with Moriani, N9 r Tiaari, and Madame Rita Borio; and after that the v aYa ' with Lucile Grahn and Perrot. The house fro " crowded to excess. Every avenue to the pit, e v „ l4 which there was the slightest chance of getting ' ll an occasional glimpse of the stage, was occupied THE MAGAZINES. COLBURN'S NEW MON7111:17 MAGAZINE. " An Excursion up the Oronooka and Ramble through Venezuela" forms the most interesting feature in the present rinmber. The manners and customs of the inhabitants, the appearance of the country, and the character of General Paez are well described. Pet z -,vas the son of a cattle-farmer, and distinguished himself, from his y outh, b y skill and activity in every manly exercise. He could throw the lasso, fling the wild bull, or tame the unbroken horse with any of his followers ; and his popular man ners, his bravery and spirit, gained him the confi dence of the patriots at the commencement of the war of independence. By his indomitable perseverance and conspicuous bravery he raised himself to the head of a party, in opposition to Bolivar, and brought about the separation from the triple republic, and main tained his position at the head of the republic of Venezuela, even when reduced to the rank of a pri vate citizen. lie is said to be the richest man but one in Venezuela, and his liberality and expenses are equal to his riches. One of the great instruments of his success was the formidable light cavalry which he raised in the vast savannahs with which the country abounds. It may be interesting to the reader, therefore, to learn how this cavalry was raised. Perhaps nowhere, says the traveller, except among the Cossacks, did fitter materials for a formi dable light cavalry exist, than among the llanos of Apure, Casanare, and Varinas, and adds— " Frugal, hardy, and active, the Ilanero mounted upon a horse, to whom the same epithets might well be applied, unencumbered by any other clothing than a shirt, a pair of drawers, and a straw hat or handkerchief bound round his head, provided with a small bundle of tas3jo or dried meat for sustenance, and armed with a lance and blun derbuss, was fully cquipped for an expedition of any von- PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A setb -w five act play, from the pen of our old friend sUe ee ,t' r was produced here last evening , and was most is 1, - ; ," 111 . It is entitled Infatuation, and the scene at in Paris during the reign of Nap oleon, Th - " e period of his divorce from Josephine. (A.„!_heroine of the play is the Duchess de Bracciano . iirs„ Cushman), the daughter of one of the old nobi- f Her father fell a sacrifice during the Reign . o hates but the E-nperor has restored to her the family t r Z e s : _cli condition that she marries the Duke de Th -ete no (Mr. H. Wallack), one of his ministers. th T he union is an unhappy one. The Duchess is en n.hiestic, warm-hearted, and honourable. The Duke, p o t, cl evant Jacobin, is a cold, calculating, heartless eC e `an• Can it be wondered at that she is miserable . with l3 e l St. An ge (M r . Hield), her cousin, loves her the a brotherly aff him ect ion, and, in one of t,, earliest scenes of the play, we find i on . " 1 3' warning her against the machina of Herm a i n Li n dorff (Mr. Leigh Murray), G er tit .. man refugee, who has obtained the post of Seere - ' re l to the Duke, and who has abused the confidence tirs ‘ seil in him by attempting to win the affections of 1111 4 'nehess. It is evident that he has been but too self sa tlnl• She fires up instantly, and reproaches her m the most bitter terms, with having lent him is plot against an unfortunate exile. There by ti alarm i n t h e street —Li n d or ff h a s been set upon teneassassin9, and slightly wounded. This incident s to complete her infatuation, for that moment it aitebviderit that s h e i s d evo t e dly attached to Lindorff, 4 0 : 4 .0 she striv es as much as possible to hide the from herself. On his recovering, Lindorff pre his" nimself before her; his appearance is sad, and cal m anger respectful. She endeavours to appear but it is ev id en t that it costs her a severe te o igi i e• Lindorff t a kes advantage of this oppor h3' to de c l are hi s l ove, an d th en ru shes from her r s ree bidding her farewell. She directly after loo%B receives a letter from him—at first she refuses P s e n it, and d e t erm i nes t o re t urn it to him. She andl,at forms exc uses t o herself for her conduct, C u o t l "en opens and reads it. The acting of Miss st s m an in this scene w as truly great. Never has the k i r ggie between duty and the heart been more power hinY or touchi ng l y d ep i cte d. Li n d o rff in this letter des ts, at suicide. She is in agony—she hates and lij i l e s her husb an d, s h e l oves Lindorff, but she, the eie es cendant of a noble ract, will never consent to d eaf c b m nur her ance s try. She too will seek refuge in rate A ray of hope appears—the chance is a despe eo °t ie, but it i s s till a c h ance . Her husband may l es n :ent to a divorce, and trusting to this almost hope- Rer ;'hand she writes to Lindorff and bids him live. go t o s enters and endeavours to . induce her to ho u Court with him, to seek ad . m t i e ssion into the herself with sehold of Marie Louise, to ingratiate !A fla w Empress, and keep up a correspondence I/ Ith the or and Austrian Court, in order to secure a refuge c m. .. 47 for herself,. in the event of any unforeseen rer ee ,l'r°,Phe occurring to the Emperor. She at once to - th - ' B ,nis proposals, and threatens to denounce him -Lltiperor if; he will not consent to a divorce. e ostens calmly to her, and as calmly refuses her quest, telling ues,, her she h as' no evidence to prove the nature of the overtures which he had made to her. At this moment the Countess de Chateau Vieux (Mrs. Brougham), her aunt, enters. She has overheard the conversation, but the Duke is in exorable, and calmly bids them do their worst. The Countess goes to the Emperor to sue for the di vorce, and the Emperor refu ses t o grant it unless the Duke also consents. In the meantime St. Ange, who has been on a special mission to Austria, has learned that Lindorff is as he suspected, a villain, and sends to o _ his friend Gobert (Walter Lacy), a military dandy convey e d the first water, to cause Lindorff to be arrested and , to the frontier. Gobert, who thinks it will d u:a fine thing to manage it all himself, goes to Lin thrfrs lodgings, but finds that Lindorff is not altoge rot!' unprotected. There is a certain Pierre La p. ne (Mr. Wallack) living with him, and 'hut d Lindorff arrest the Colonel, and %it himA up in a cellar. In the meantime St. t i ni gel fearing lest his cousin should become the vic efiti°f, the intrigues of Lindorff, has returned to Paris se at , Le ave . , and is placed under instant arrest in con tilttTl.ce bY the authorities. The Duke, believing f or b. his Wife loves St. Ange, and that it is her love e tni " rs tni that causes her to desire the divorce, endea teriedll every means in his power to prolong the his et ° f his i mpr i sonmen t. The Duke is alone in Thev I l i n et, and Pierre de la Roche is announced. trib ave been old colleagues in the revolutionary delt ia :l B ( luring the Reign of Terror, and Pierre At that the Duke shall consent to the divorce. trr eo ' s ‘ the D u k e i s inclined to order him under has b ut Pierre tells him it will be useless, as he ever it i n his power to make him the execration of nnle „ y , - k u rnan being, ; and he tells him he will do so 40: "e immediately consents to the divorce. The out „ - f .' as agent o f the revolutionary tribunal, had, of t f l Private pique, caused the arrest and execution th e r e father o f t h e D uc h ess , and, having murdered this ' et her, he h a d married the child. To prevent th e -- e xposure the Duke at once consents to sods `"vorce, and the Duchess unexpectedly torn herself free. Pierre seeks Lindorff to i ted T,anieate t o him the happy intelligence e , 1 : 11 e old veteran finds that he has been deceived. 10; had believed Lindorff to be honest—that he really Dad t he Duchess—i ns tead of that, he finds him a giftless libertine and Pierre determines to defend the f r „ l , te hess fr om hi s mac hi nat i ons . O n finding herself 1 1 4? the first thi ng t h e D uc h es s does is to fly to the po i tation of Lindorff. She there finds Pierre, who ex - 1 14) her the utter worthlessness of the man on whoa di e b." 4 , : cl fixed her affections. She declares her utter an a d'ef in the imputations cast on Lindorff, 11 6 - , her contemptuous scorn for his calum n -- , °fs • Pierre produces to her letters, which i t- A v e that Lindorff was affianced to another, trol4 a that be intended to betray the Duchess tv , lire of ignominy. Lindoff enters. She places his e letters in his hands—watches the expression of c o co unteeance, as he peruses them, and in the e' i on on „7 of her heart exclaims " Guilty." She is a ff "need, too late, that she has thrown away her ro :,!_ti° l l3 on a villain. She would fain leave the t e ;" 1 "; Lindorff attempts to prevent her. He is de e -mi ned to abuse the power which her trusting sature has given him over her. Pierre defends her. A Ml ncls are heard without. It is the guard, with St. p. n ge at their head, come to arrest Lindorff. w i t :. f e shows the Duchess a secret passage by s she effects her escape, so that she is 1 1 ,,.red the shame of being found in Lindorff's room. rest is soon told. Lindorff, who is a runaway ;swindler, is arrested and conveyed to Austria. Gobert 1, ff leased from th e d uran ce of the cellar. St. Ange restored to liberty, and, as the divorce holds good, is ; r ewarded by the hand of the Duchess, who has topletely recovered from her infatuation. The act in of Miss C us h man was th rou ghout very fine. wherehie h are many powerful situations in the play, affoided her admirable oortunity for the h:P"'Y of her p owers , an d of which she availed at -fa elt opportunity the ut mos t. She was called for w the conclusi,n, and received with loud applause. al lack, whose Pi erre was a fine hearty piece of feting,f then ca me f orwar d, an d a nnounced the piece e 3l ' repetiti on am id st loud app l ause , an d w ith some roht expression o f di sap p ro b a tion. The house was Wded. tinuance. "At that period vast herds of horses wandered over the savannahs ; these were driven in when a re-mount was required, and then ensued one of the most charac teristic scenes of Llano campaigning. Each man singling out his new horse, and flinging him with his lasso, mounted, broke, and equipped his acquisition as he could. The plain would be covered with horsemen struggling with their horses, while the officers upon horses already broke were stationed at intervals, not to succour those who were thrown, but to prevent the horses from escap• ing into the savannahs with the saddles and bridles, the former frequently only of straw. It may be imagined with what celerity, compared with the heavy cavalry of Spain to which they were opposed, this guerilla horse could act, and to this rude efficiency, together with the craft and perseverance of their leader, the success of the republican arms in the limes, when defeated elsewhere, is to be mainly ascribed." The fourth article, on " Passages in the Lives of Celebrated Statesmen," is confined almost entirely to Prince Metternich. It is on the whole respectable, but fails to give a graphic description, or any very remarkable insight into the character of that ex• traordinary personage. " Nothing," says the writer, "can exceed the contempt of - Metternich for the up start politicians of the day, and the revolutions which have taken place in Italy, Piedmont, and the Penin sula," of which the following anecdotes may be given as a sample, though we can hardly believe that a man celebrated for his politenesi would be so rude : " When the present King of Portugal, who was pre viously a lieutenant in the Austrian service, was married to Donna Maria, his father came to announce the event to the Austrian Chancellor, who had not been officially informed of the young officer's departure for Lisbon. ' I am happy,' observed the Prince, to hear of your son's promotion and marriage ; but 1 hope he got the formal consent of his colonel.' (In Austria, and generally in Germany, young officers cannot marry without the con sent of their commanding officer.)" The following particulars of the Bokhara victims, evidently founded on the pamphlet t f Captain Grover, may surprise some readers. It is certainly new to us that Colonel Stoddart was so utterly unfitted for a mission requiring great tact and discretion We detect in this ardent volume one very surprising contradiction ; but we can readily comprehend that it springs from an over-anxious desire to sift every possible aspect of the case by every possible means. In one place Captain Grover says that the King of Bokhara is not to blame—that he discredited Stoddart's story, because Stoddart could not produce the necessary credentials to verify it—that he waited, at Stoddart's request, three months, for the arrival of letters which should authenti cate his mission—that he even established post houses as far as the frontier to expedite their arrival--but that the letters not coming, the King was confirmed in his belief that Stoddart was a spy. Stoddart, in fact, was de serted by his Government, and given up to his doom ; a sort of justification, such as it is, of the vengeance of the Ameer. But, in another place, Captain Grover denounces the King as a horrible tyrant, says that he is considered by his subjects as a madman, and urges the necessity of marching a force into Bokhara to punish this insane Ameer, and the Ameer alone. Both views cannot be cor rect. The truth seems to be this—that the Ameer, raging for the lives of our countrymen, withheld his bloody fingers only us long as his fears of English inter ference lasted, and murdered his prisoners the moment he became convinced that there was nothing to dread from the English Government. " We have not touched upon the policy of the mission itself. A worse man for so embarrassing a position than poor Stoddart could scarcely have been chosen. But that was not his fault. He seems to have brought to the discharge of his functions an impetuosity of temper better calculated for the direction of a storming party in the mouth of a breach, than for the delicate and dan gerous duties of an embassy. Many men, however, have been placed in similar circumstances, with still slenderer qualifications. But in the history of the world, no man ever expiated such faults by so awful a penalty." DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGA ZINE Jerrold comes out this month in great force. The interest in the " History of St. Giles and Sf. James" increases as the story progresses. In the present Number it is in some instances painfully in tense. It will be in the recollection of our readers that the last chapter concluded with the conviction of young St. Giles for horse stealing. The first chapter of the present Number opens with the following ADELPHI THEATRE. C. Mr. Webster's able and accomplished lieutenant, Madame "tit s took her benefit en W e d ne sday night, being about to leave "unclon for her country engagements. The entertainments re for ained as before, with regard to the stock attractions, Green Bushes and St. George and the Dtagon ; the only s ome b eing a revival of an extravaganza, which appeared "" qt rn s e time sine at the Haymarket Theatre, entitled The Pretty Girls t Q .tilbe rit• It is of a character admirably suited to the house, and e - Adge from it s reception that night, the second edition w ill fore the su ccess of the first. The principal parts were fill e d , as e, by Madame Celeste and Webster, the latter as the young page 2 . Pe r donates his master, Napoleon, making up an admirable like sf the Emperor. The rapidity with which the resemblance li Umed, and its striking cerrectimf, tont the bow Oy storm, ' - He would do so ha the canto of the peOpla at that liteaatty. to ri141‘ 44 lbtt iPlf P WM' its. in the name of the Moisture and aciolice of that cotte,try ashieln obbgcd "naatfalablY was by this law of exclusion treated with contumely. He 1 Mr. AGLIONI3Y said , he felt great gratification that her came armed s' ith the approbation and sanction of all the uni- Majesty's Government had taken this subject into their hanaa, varsities of Scotland. He fond the majority of the pro- while at the same time he thought the greatest praise was rine fessors of that country against that law, and he trusted that to the 'Noble Lord the lab mber for Lincolnshire ( L-rd they would be sufficiemly enlightened to see that by continuo Worsiey ) for the exertions he used in promoting it.-- (Hear ) big that law, is would be at the expense of destroying the ad- He thought the Bill would tend to make them independent of vantage of coninn-n education in Sc eland, anti inflictirg foreign corn. wounds upon every one of the universities, and upon the ma- ' Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. jority of the people. DRAINAGE. Mr. DRUMMOND said that it was more than twenty , The Earl of LINCOLN then moved for leave to bring in a years since the report on this question was drawn tu r a • Bill to facilitate the systrm of drairage throughout Engl and There were many changes since, but at the time that the re- and Wales. With regard to the Bill which he bad just oh ports were prepared dime was no complaint from any quarter tattled leave to bring in, he admitted that, so far as be was con against this Act. of Parliament ; no grievances were then cerned, the great merit of the Bill was owing to the exertions coma lained of; and he did not recollect that any Member of of the Noble Lord the Member for Lincolnshire. He re the Commission, or any other person, wished fur a discussion gretted that, in consequence of the information he had upon whether this Bill should be repealed or not. There were some the subject of drainage not being so ample as he should de observations, he recollected, to the effect that the law was sire, the present measure would not be so extensive as he enforced in some colleges and not in others ; and the Commis- , could wish. It would, however, he believed, be of great ad sinners asked why they did not enforce it in all. It was taken I vantage, though falling consi.lerahlv short of the objects in by some to be a question of Liberal policy. On th a t groun d tended by bis Hon. Friend the Member for Berkshire. he wished to see the question decided.--( Hear.) He agr eed The measure would enable persons to carry drains through with the lion. Gentleman, that the analogies of English col- tile lands of often s. on payment of proper compensation, leges had nothing at all to do with the question ( Hear, and would facilitate the con-truction of works and machinery hear.) The Scotch colleges were not intended for the educa- ' for the purpose of draining. Such were the principal tea tion of any religion whatever, except the theological depart • tures of the Bill, and he believed good would result from it. merits. He did not think that there was any great grievance ; Lea v e w a s t hen gi v en to bring in- the Bill. but if there was, why keep up the law that was of no we ?--- MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUNDS. ( Hear, hear.) Now that it had become a matter of corn- Sir G. CLERK moved for leave to bring in a Bill plaint, the Government ought to take a different view of it. ito amend the Merchant Seamen Funds Act. At present a For his own part, he wished that they should set this statute shilling a month was stopped from the wages of aside. He hoped that no strong opinion would now be given, merchant seamen , which was under the ma na g ement but that the question should ' be discussed at some future of the corporation of the City of London. The fund period. was applied to the relief of old seamen and their widows, and Mr. ACKLAND said, that he could not hear what his Hon he proposed that those funds should be invested in the same Friend had said without saying that this was a question which manner as the funds in the savings' banks. As it was a involved very serious features. He should be very glad if the charitable institution, he did not think his Right Hon. Friend Government were to allow the Bill to be read a first time, in the Chancellor of the Exchequer would object to such an aro order that they should have time to consider the matter. He rangement. The only difference between the present Bid and could not find words to express the intensity of his difference the Bill of last year was, that there would be no interference with the lion. Gentleman opposite, who seemed to think that by any officer of the Government with the corporation which there was the possibility of any man supposing that there was had the management of the funds. He did not propose to pro. to be any importance or value to he attached to the religious teed with the second reading for three or four weeks, in order opinions of those connected with the professional chair. that those persons at the outports who were interested in the the Hon. Member certainly appeared to apprehend the Eng- measure might have time to make such representations as they bob university system much more clearly than he ( Mr. A.) thought fit.—Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. did that of the north, but still he would say, that if it was in- The Exehequer Bills (9,379,6001.) Bill was read a second tended to be set up as an argument in favour of this Bill that time. th echairs of literature and science could be filled up without Mr. lisswEs and Sir Gronc E CLERK, and one or two other the application of the tests, then he would recommend the Members, presented petitions against the grant to Maynooth House to pause before it applied the principles of the universi- after which the House adjourned, at Nine o'clock. ties of this country to those of Scotland. He, as a Protestant, would hesitate to do anything by which to bind the con sciences of others, or place shackles upon them which he would be sorry to see placed upon his oxn.—( Hear, hear.) As to the ecclesiastical affairs of Scotland, he could not look upon this measure without reflecting that much of the life-blood of the Church of that country had gone forth from it, and, therefore, he hoped that the Bill would not be rejected. Sir J. GRAHAM said he cordially concurred in much that had fallen from the Hon. Member who had just sat down; and he could not but admire the ability, as well as the forbear ance, which characterised his observations.—( Hear, hear. ) But he should also say that it was the imperative duty of her Majesty's Government to regard this question purely and en tirely as a Scotch question ; and there were great and impor tant distinctions necessary to be made which should not be overlooked. There were the peculiarities of the Scotch eccle siastical law, and also the peculiarities of the law relating to the Scotch universities; these were considerations of great importance in dealing with this question, and therefore did not admit of being overlooked. There was also another important point which should not be lost sight of, though for some time it had remained dormant. Let him call the recollection of the (louse to the position of the Legislature in reference to the Established Church in Scotland, and the Universities of that country. Before the union of Scotland with England—he be lieved in the year 1690—the monarch then en the throne of this realm wisely and prudently enforced the laws for the pro tection of the Established Church in Scotland. That law re mained in force until the Act of Union passed, and on the very day of that enactment passing, an Act of security for the Established Church in Scotland was passed, which embraced all the provisions of the Act of 1690, and which rendered necessary the application of the test to professors in the Uni versity. That Act contained a very remarkable expression,which was to the effect that no measure should be passed by the Eng lish Parliament which would have the effect of derogating from the Established Church in Scotland in such a way as that contemplated by the measure they were now discussing. The House should also remember that the majority of the pre sent advisers of the Crown were Episcopalians ; and even at the time of the Union the Scotch people were satisfied to at tain two national objects, which were will known, and for the preservation of which their public spirit and virtue did them great credit. But such a measure as this devolved upon her Majesty's Government a very heavy responsibility, yet he would admit that no period had arrived better suited for the consideration of it than the present.—(Hear, hear. ) How ever, he should mention one matter of importance in reference to Scotland, namely, that there was at the present moment in contemplation the establishment in that country of an University of decided Dissenting prin ciples; in fact, the money had already been provided for it. If the course of study in it was to be confined to theology, there would be no danger of any unpleasant feeling arising ; but if religious tests were to be applied to the literary and scientific chairs, then the dissatisfaction would become strong and general.—(Hear, hear.) He was glad to be in a position to state that Scotland had within the last century made most extraordinary advances in commercial and literary prosperity ; and he knew of no cause to which it was so much indebted for that as the total absence of sectarian education.-- ( Hear, hear ) That country had had one undivided system of national education, and harmony and concord were the re sult. As he had before stated, this was a measure so materially affecting the feelings and interests of the people of Scotland that the Government would be bound to weigh well and consider it, and that it would not be prudent to give a distinct pledge upon it. He sincerely felt the difficulties of the measure, one of which was the difficulty of drawing a line of demarcation, be tween the theological teachers and the general teachers ; and feelings of religious acerbity would be very dangerous. however, he could not refuse leave to bring in the Bill ; but he would re commend the Hon. Member not to press the second reading , of it until the feelings of the people of Scotland had been as certained in regard to it; and while he did not object to the Bill being brought it, he would wish to be understood as not pledging the Government to it in any way. Mr. FOX MAULE was glad to perceive that the Govern ment did not object to the Bill being brought in, and he could assure the Right Honourable Baronet and the House, that it was a measure which would have the effect of healing many wounds now existing in Scotland.—( Hear, hear. ) He trusted that a measure would be devised which would render the present universities fully adequate to the requirements of the country. He could not sit down without expressing the gratification which he felt at the proceedings of that evening, and he looked forward to seeing, before the end of the session, a satisfactory settlement of this question. After a few words from Mr. RUTHERFORD, leave was given to bring in the Bill. INCOMES OF BISHOPS. Mr. R. YORKE, in the absence of Mr. Elphinstone, moved for an address for the gross and net incomes of each archbiahop ric and bishopric in England and Wales, in each year tfrom the Ist day of January, 1537), including all sums received from or paid to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and all monies re ceived from rents, fines, renewals of leases, building leases, and from all other sources.—Agreed to. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Dr. BOWRING said that as there was at present a Com mittee sitting on the subject of Colonial accounts, he would postpone the following motion until of er the report of that Committee was before the House. His motion was — a• 1. That in the opinion of this House a uniform system of ac countancy should be adopted in all the departments of Govern ment, the plan of double entry, as recommended by the Com missioners of Public Accounts, being the basis thereof. 2. That for the protection of the public revenue, and the exercise of an efficient Parliamentary control, the gross revenues should be paid without deduction into her Majesty's Exchequer, and all issues therefrom be authorised by a Parliamentary vote. 3. That no department of expenditure be allowed to be a depart ment of receipt other than by credits on her Majesty's Exche quer." INCLOSURE OF COMMONS AND WASTE LANDS. The Earl of LINCOLN then rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the inclosure of commons and waste lands in England and \Vales. Lie would not enter into the details of this question, considering the state of the House (there were about twenty Members present). He would content himself by merely stating generally the al terations which were proposed to be effected by the Bill. It would be in the recollection of the House that a Bill relating to that subject had been before the House last session. Dif ficulties, however, imposed themselves in the way of this mea sure, and the matter was referred to a Committee up stairs. After having heard witnesses, and duly considered the subject, the Committee made several recommendations to the House; and upon these recommendations the present measure had been founded. He considered that the principles of the measure had already been adopted by the House. An objection had been raised to a measure of this sort, on the ground that it was an infraction of the rights of the poor, over which Parliament would not have a sufficient check. Now, that was not a well founded objection to take even against the measure of his Noble Friend last year (Lord Worsley), and for this simple reason, that poor persons who had common right were precluded when an application was made to Parliament fur an inclosure bill—were precluded from appearing to oppose it in consequence of the expense attending such a proceeding. He proposed to introduce an additional security to that which had been proposed by his Noble Friend. The first alteration which be proposed was that of the constitution of a commission. It had been proposed to throw the duty of such a commission on the tithe commissioners, but it had been found that the duties which they would have to perform would be of an onerous de scription. He proposed to take power, therefore, to appoint a eommission, only one of whom was to be paid. He proposed to divide the lands to which this Bill would apply into three classes. Of the first class he proposed to give the c ommissioners power to authorise the inclosure of them, without the intervention of Parliament—he meant that class of land included in the 7th of Will. IV. Over mixed commonable land he proposed that the commissioners should have no power without the intervention of Parliament. He proposed that th e commission should make everyand State, upo andthese o inquiries ni f found ad beforerepor t p a a n r n h u a al m li n t ke t o . the Se i c u r g e u ta i r r Y y of P H a e rl t t h am en e n p t ro fo p r os N, e ,h d i t c h h a r t r a o n , iaantennuaLin3illdl i s ta l i v ol e u dt to b h e e p m r c ad s e e n i t n ed to t he s o t f ar a d n i d n , g a o n r d d e t h r s e of th t t r h d a t ela H s o s use. affectedHe h y h a th d t m s B en i l t l ro w ne e d a i t d vi o he cl t a h s o se s e s within a certain radius of all towns above a certain amount of population. His first intention had would beto excepts should be unwise to do so. ' these lands, but, but, upon inquiry , the h ref e o fo re u , nd th t a h t mission that it bound within a give n radius, the extent of the radius varying w ith the extent of popula tion, to make a s p ecial re p ort, statin g all circumstances con nected with the lands, and the distances from the towns. H e p ro p osed to exclude villa g e g reens alto gether from the operat ion of the Act ; but he p ro posed to take powers to enable tne c ommissioners to ta ke measures for the drainage of these village greens. In many cases, although the i n h a bit a nts prided themselves upon them, yet they w ere li tt l e better than swamps, in consequence of the non-rexistencealosof r He proposed power for causing proper drainage. He proposed that power o the commissioners ers allotmentsshould, to the poor in allcaseos,r tn have the _ habitants, and, in doing this, he had taken a portion of pr f opose eo orderethalit h Honourable to o e u s r e able Gentlema n th e Member for Hertford.t h h e e did Bill p r o o protect the rights of property, allotments should be held upon an adequate rent, which rent he proposed to be fixed as a rent charge. These were the principal alterations which he pro posed to make, and he believed that they would be found both advantageous to the rich as being the means of improving their property, and to the poor as affording the means of in creased employment. He would not then enter into the clauses for the definition of ownership, but he thought it right to mention that a material alteration was made as to the power of making allotments. He proposed that a valuer should make the allotment, and not the assistant commissioner as in the Bill of lest year. After apologising to the House for not being prepared to make a more pericct statement, the Noble Lord moved for leave to bring in a Bill. In answer to a question from Mr. W. WILLIAMS. The Earl of LINCOLN said it was not his intention to make any exception of lands held under corporation bodies. Mr. J. PARKER said, as we understood, that his Noble Friend the Member for Lincolnshire, who had done so patch (A4,lowkt *OO PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reportad ; 1. " That, in the case of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway petition, the Standing Orders c tight to be dis pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 2. " That, in the case of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 3. " That, in the case of the Wells and Dereham Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 4. " That, in the case of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, and that they prove before the Committee thereon that the parties to the subscription contract of the 17th February, 1845, have, by a new deed, bound themselves, their execu tors, and administrators, for the payment of the money sub scribed, as applicable to the present Bill :—And that the , Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far 'such Order has been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill." 5. " That, in the case of the Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 6. "That, in the case of the Direct Northern Railway (No. 2) (Lincoln to York) petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 7. " That, in the case of the Tottenham and Farringdon street Extension Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 8. " That, in the case of the Liverpool Docks Bill, amend ment on third reading, the amendment is of such a nature as may be adopted by the House if they shall think fit." First, second, fourth, and seventh resolutions agreed to.— Report to lie on the table. The following Bills were read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Epsom and Dorking Railway. Erewash Valley Railway (No. 2). South Eastern Railway (Lrancli to Deal and Extension of the Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway). South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Rochester). Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No 2). Waterford and Limerick Railway. The following Bills were reported, and the report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders : Diss and Colchester Junction Railway. Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway. Guildford Junction Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Mangles and Mr. Baring Wall. London and Brighton Railway (Horsham Brancb),—Peti tion for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by the Earl of March and Mr. Kemble. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group F. Mr. Home Drummond (Perthshire), selected and added to the Committee; Mr. Ord discharged. Select Committees on Groups N. and V. Mr. Hope Johnstone (Dumfries•shire), discharged from the Select Committee on Group N., and added to the Select Committee on Group V. The Right lion.T. B. Macaulay (Edinburgh), discharged from the Select Committee on Group Y., and added to Select Committee on Group N. Select Committee on Group Q. Mr. Pusey (Berkshire), selected and added to the Committee; Captain Gladstone discharged. The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select Com mittees on the Groups 88., CC., 1111., 11., K., KK., and NN., to meet in the week commencing Monday, May 26. The Committee of Selection will not appoint the first meet ing of any Committee on an opposed private Bill for any day previous to Monday, May 19. RAILWAY COM MITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) Group V. GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD PROJECT. THURSDAY, FOURTH DAY. The Committee re-assembled at twelve o'clock this day, and proceeded to hear engineering evidence. When our reporter entered the room he was addressed by an in. dividual acting in the capacity of clerk to the Committee, who said that " there were already two reporters in the room, which he deemed sufficient, and that he could not let the room be crowded, he could not indeed." He then made an appeal to the Committee, but they declined to interfere. Mr. Fowler, the engineer, spoke of the advantages of the• line he had struck out, and deposed that it would afford all the cony.. niences to the public in the districts stated by counsel in his open. ing statement. The CHAIRMAN said, in reference to the Rev. Mr. Willan's petition, they could not hear him now by c unsel, he nol having at the commencement stated that he would appear by counsel. Mr. HILDYAUD said hr was in a difficulty with respect to Mr. Duckle's claim. He had a stack-yard and other buildings which would be destroyed by the projected line, and, therefore, he claimed tither to have similar buildings put up for him by the Company, or to give him 1,0001. Mr. Hope, on behalf of the Company, said that the buildings were old and decayed, and were old church property; but he would propose that the premises should be valued, and the Con. pasty would pay the sum the valuer should name. A considerable time was consumed in discussing this point, the Committee having offered several suggestions towards making an amicable arrangement ; it was finally agreed upon to postpone that question, with a view to the parties settling it amongst themselves. The engineer then proceeded to detail the route of the line, as described by Mr. Hope in his opening statement. He said that from Gainsborough to Brigg, which was a distanceof nineteen miles, they proposed to make a double line of rails ; but from Grimsby to Brigg, which was also a distance of nineteen miles, they pro. posed should have but a single line of rails for the present. The line would be brought into conjunction with the new docks. From Hulsby to New Holland was a distance of seven miles, and the terminus of that town would be a great convenience to the passengers crossing their ferry; the line from Market-Raisin to Brigg was fourteen miles, and passed quite close to Castor, and went into the town of Market-Raisin. There was no opposition to that line, nor no engineering difficulty. It was intended to join with the Sheffield and Lincoln line on the west, but it would not unless that line should be approved of by Parliament. It was proposed to build a bridge across the river Trent, which was approved of by the Gainsborough Navigation Company. The line then crossed the river at a distance from Gainsborough-bridge, and followed the course of the river for about three-quarters of a mile. None of the traffic would be diverted from the bridge except that which usually went by railway. The bridge proposed to be built was the heaviest work on the line except the tunnel, which would be 1,100 yards; it was near Castor, and would be 91 feet deep; the ground was of blue clay, and presented no peculiar difficulty; it would be lined throughout with brick. The worst gradient on the line was 1 in 135, for a distance of three miles, and had no curves. Petitions had been received against the level crossings from three out of four turnpike companies. Two of these crossings were on the main line, and one on the Market.raisin lines. One of these was two miles we,t of Brigg, and the other one mile east of the same place. The crossing at Market-raisin was one mile from Brigg, and not close to any populous town. The bridge would cost 5,0001. ; the total amount of the estimated cost would be 590,7501., or about 10,0001. per mile. The saving of distances to be effected by this line, assuming other lines which it would cross to be in existence, by going by Market raisin and Hull to London, would be as follows : From London • 66 miles Front Birmingham From Derby From Nottingham The saving to be effected to the same places from Hull, supposing the line from Gainsborough made, that wan to say, going ditect north and avoiding crossing the Humber, would be as follows : From Hull to London 39 miles To Brigg ...... 247 miles To Derby To Nottingham To Sheffield 26 miles Surveyed this line first in September last. The reasons he preferred this line to any other were, economy of con struction, better gradients, and shorter distances. There would be a cutting of S 3 feet at one side before the tunnel was entered, and 62 feet at the other ; the latter was through limestone rock. The ground between New Holland and Great Grimsby was not as favourable for a line as other routes, as the material was different, and could not be made so cheaply. Is of opinion that 100,0001. in addition, would make a double line throughout; the chains and rails would amount to about three quarters of that sum. Iron in February last was 91. per ton. It was now 12/. The.offer of the contract has been made, but not yet concluded. Mr. Itendle made surveys of the Grimsby Docks, with a view to the enlargement of them, so as to accommodate the largest class of steamers and merchant shipping ; if those plans were carried out, that accommodation would be afforded; the present eatent of the docks is seventeen acres; the present lock would ac commodate seven or eight hundred tons vessels ; it oral principally to accommodate steam-packets that witness made his survey ; the cost he had estimated the works m was 300,0001. This witness corroborated the testimony of Mr. Fowler as to the advantage of the proposed line, &c. Cross-examined—The present docks at Grimsby wouldoacr,orr. modate vessels drawing sixteen feet water, r at sa a w bo v ut e tr . of that before high water of low spring tides ; draught there, but did see vessels of fourteen feet draught there. The proposed alterations would afford mo present dock at Hutt for steam packets, which was rw bads and so was that at Liverpool. ar tJWfIUN,LQ Nno striking passage : GUILTY—DEATH !' " What familiar syllables were these in the good old times—the time of our history! In those happier days, how many goods and chattels, live stock and dead, were protected, watched by Death! Death was mad reat e by law the guardian of all things. Prime a g ent, g con servator of social security—grim keeper of the world's moveables. Death, a shepherd, avenged the wrongs of stolen mutton; Death stood behind ever y counter, pro tector of chapman's stock; Death was the day and night guard of the highway traveller against the highway thief : Death watched ox and ass; the goose on the common, the hen on the roost. Even at the altar, Deatl took his cautious stand, that Hymen might not be scoffed and defrauded by wicked bigamist. De minintis curabai Mors. Turn where he would, the rogues' path was dug with graves. Nevertheless, the world grew no better; made no visible return to that happy state, ere hemp was made a sovereign remedy for wrovg. And so by de grees Death lost somewhat of his reputation with the members of the world; and by degrees many things were taken out of his: charge. It was found that—sheep were stolen—tradesmen's goods lifted—pockets picked hen roosts forced, and maids wickedly married by men already bound—it was seen that these abominations con tinued and increased, aye, in the very face of the great ghastly bugbear Death, and so his watch and ward were made a tighter task; he was gradually relieved of many of his social duties; the world, to the astonishment of some folks, still spinning on its axis, though the life of immortal man was not, as in the good old times, offered to stolen colt, to the king's gracious face unlawfully stamped in counterfeit metal, to a hundred other sins all m ade mortal by the wisdom of unt au g ht humanity. Truly, justice, turning back the leaves of the goal calendar, might sit awhile in sackcloth and ashes, pee! tent for past transgressions—past wrongs committed in her moral blindness! The sword of justice! An awful weapon truly: a weapon working out the will of highest Providence a solemn instrument which man solemnly acknowledges. This has been, and may be. Yet, thinking of the world's mistakes; of the cruel blunders worked by law on man, the sword of justice—of so-called Christian justice robed and ermined—may sometimes seem to the eye of grieved humanity as terrible as the blood-dripping . tomahawk of the wild, revengeful savage. The sword of justice! May not the time come—it will come, as surely as the sun of far-off years—when Justice shall lay down her sword ?—when, with better wisdom, she shall vindicate her awful mission to mankind, yet shed no drop of blood?" Poor St. Giles is condemned, and Capstick and Bright Jetn endeavour to procure for him a reprieve. They wait upon Mr. Tangle, the lawyer, for his advice and assistance, but as it is Sunday that worthy re fuses to see them, and Bright Jetn indulges in the following bitter reflections on Sunday observers of the Tangle stamp:— " And so there's a Sunday conscience like a Sunday coat; and folk;, who'd get on in the world, put the coat and the conscience carefully by, and only wear 'cm once a week. Lord love you, when we see what some people do all the week,—people who're staunch at church, re• member—l can't help thinking, there's a good many poor souls who're only Christians at morning and arternoon service.' " Capstick looked earnestly at Jem and said, My dear fellow, it's all very well between you and me to say this; hut don't ;:ay it to the world; don't, Jem, if you wouldn't he hunted, harried, sttu‘d to death, like a mad dog. Fo!ks w.Tu't be turned inside out after this fashit n. v.ithout rev,ngiug th,: treatment with all sorts of 1114: names. Very pine folks wort be held up to the light and shown to be wry (!irty botks, without paying haw abuso for the impertinence. Jem, whatever coat a man may wear, never see a hole in it. Though it may be full of boles as a pet, never see 'em; but wise your bat a to the coat, as it it was the best bit of broad-cloth in the world, without a flaw or a thread drops, and with the finest bits of gold lace upon it. In this world, Jem, woe to the man with an eye for holes! He's a beast, a Wi etch, an evil- speaker, an uncharitable thinker, a pest to be put down. And Jens, when the respectable hypocrites make common cause with one another, the Lord help the poor devil they give chase to!' " Admirably truthful are these observations of Bright Jein and Capstick, and delightful is it in these days of selfish and self-seeking hypocrisy to find that there is at least one man bold enough- to expose the pretensiens of the respectable Pharisees, and to tell them to their teeth that they are naught. Young Lord St. James, however, arrives at Tangles at the same moment, on the same errand, and the respectable lawyer at once puts his religion in his pocket and attends to secular affairs, albeit it is Sunday. The next chapter exhibits to us young St. Giles lying in Newgate under sentence of death. It is the most painfully interesting chapter of the work—painful from its very truth! ul ness. The neglected boy refuses to pay any atten tit a to the exhortations of the chaplain, and replies to all his questions, " I knows nothing about it His only ambition is to die game. He disbelieves all the Ordinary tells him about the goodness of Christians, and shrewdly remarks that if— The true Christian forgives everybody—well, then. in course, the judge and all the nobs are no Christians, else would'nt they forgive me? Woultint they like it so, to teach me better, and not to kill me? But I don't mind; 11l be game; see if I don't be game—precious!'" The Ordinary throws himself on his knees, and Frays to God to soften the heart of the boy, " who stood eying him with a mingled look of incredulity, defiance, and contempt." The Governor enters anti announces that a reprieve has arrived for St. Giles (obtained through the interest of Young St. James), and that he will be transported for life. Then fol lows this exquisitely pathetic touch : " St. Giles made no answer, but trembled violently from hea4 to foot. Then his face flushed red as flame, and covering it with his hands, he fell upon his knees; and the tears ran streaming through his fingers. Pray with me; pray for me!' he cried, in broken voice, to the Ordinary." Juniper Hedgehog continues his Letters—we com mend his observations on the subject of the Maynooth grant to the careful perusal of the Rev. Dr. Croly, who w ill rise from the study of the Hedgehog corre spondence a wiser, if not a better man. " Cathedral Pennies" is the title of a very smart article on the de secration to which our cathedrals are exposed by the conduct of the clergy, who have turned them, as the author justly remarks, into " traps to catch pence." The conclusion of the essay is capital : " 111-gotten is the gain made of Cathedral tolls—most filthy of. all filthy lucre. Were change demanded for certain thirty pieces of silver, we cannot help thinking —it might be appropriately furnished out of Cathedral Penni& s.' All the other articles of this Number are excellent —excellent not as mere literary compositions only, although considered merely in that light their excel lence is of a very high order, but excellent in much higher points of view, for there is not one of them which does not convey a high moral lesson. Douglas Jerrold has fully redeemed the pledge which he gave in his prospectus, that every essay, however brief, " should breathe with a purpose." His magazine is eminently addressed " to the sympathies and common sense of the people." DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. As might be expected, the Maynooth Bill has no failed to arouse the University to a sense of what ii conceives to be its duty, and accordingly we have a very lugubrious article on the effect of the " passing" measure, upon the efficiency of the Protestant Estab lishment in Ireland, written by some twaddling par son, who is evidently given more to political disqui sition than the " cure of souls." Many a " holy text" is pressed into service by the writer, and though we felt it rather hard work to get to the end, we confess that at the close we enjoyed a hearty laugh. The benighted Irish, according to him, are just now on the point of being converted. He con tinues : " Never since the connexion of this country with Eng land, was there a period of which it might be more truly said, 'Lift up your eyes and look upon the fields ; they are white already for the harvest ;' and in which the prayers of the righteous might be more fervently ad dressed to the Majesty on high, Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he may send forth labour ers into the harvest ;' for the harvest truly is plen teous, but the labourers are few." " The labourers few," with a revenue of over half a million ! ! It would be superfluous to say another word of the value of the institution. " Tales of the Trains" is an arnwing and well-written sketch, not very complimentary to railway management on the Continent. " Spanish Romances and Songs" is the first of a series of translations from the Spanish. They appear to be ha?pily and faithfully rendered. The following from the poems of Luis de Camoeus is pretty : Look, mother 1 the mariner's rowing llis galley adown the tide ; I'll go where the mariner's going, And be the mariner's bride ! I saw him one day through the wicket, I opened the gate and we met. As a bird in the fowler's net Was I caught in my own green thicket. Oh, mother, my tears are flowing, They've quenched my maidenly pride— I'll go, it' the mariner's going, And be the mariner's bride ! This Love, the tyrant, evinces Alas ! an omnipotent might. He darkens the mind like Night, He treads on the necks of princes ! Oh, mother, my bosom is glowing, I'll go, whatever betide, go, since the mariner's going, And be the mariner's bride ! Yes, mother ! the Spoiler has reft me Of reason and self-control ; Gone, gone is my wretched soul, And only my body is left me ! The winds, oh mother, are blowing, The ocean is bright and wide ; I'll go where the mariner's going, And be the mariner's bride ! In " Personal Recollections of Thomas Campbell, Esq.," we have some revelations of the private life of the late poet, which, if true, exhibit him in a most unamiable light—cold, selfish, and ungenial. Can we believe that he ever thought—much less avowed —as tl.e writer of this article asserts, that Byron was a liar, a blackguard, a ruffian, a writer of low satire and a dunce—a very speller of Virgil. A second article on the Italian poets discusses points connected with the life of Tasso, with which every one is acquainted, but throws no new light on the subject. " The Nevilles of Garretitown" increases in interest as the tale proceeds. The review of " O'Connor's History of the Irish Brigade" we have perused with great interest and satisfaction. It is a temperate and well-considered article. What irresistible evidence does it not afford of the supreme folly of governing, or rather trying to hold Ireland on any other tenure than that of doing her full and complete justice. On he whole, the articles in the University for this h month are of a fair average quality. DRURY•LANE THEATRE.—This evening is the last night of Daprez's engagement, and also of the ap pearance of Ma.lame Garcia. It is only, on the eve of his departure, that the exquisite b'auties of this gifted singer begin to be appreciated—the house on Wednes day evening last having been literally crammed. BiAMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The new time bill was issued on Wednesday. The first train from Euston.squarestill leaves at a. quarter past 6 o'clock in the morning. The 7,8, 9, and 10 o'clock trains are continued, The half-past 9 o'clock and the quarter past 10 o'clock trains are abolished, and, in lieu thereof, two trains leave at half-past 10 o'clock; the first arriving at Rugby at half-past 1 o'clock ; the second at Aylesbury at a-quarter past 12. The 11 o'clock train is continued ;as is also the 1 o'clock A.M. ; but a 12 o'clock train, to arrive at Rugby at a quarter past 3 o'clock, is added. The trains at 3 and half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon are discontinued, and a train will leave at a quarter past 3 o'clock instead. The great change and improve ment is in the establishment of the 4 o'clo k express-train. It will arrive at Tring at 48 minutes past 4, at Wolverton at 20 minutes past 5, at Coventry at 25 minutes past 6, and at Birmingham at 7 o'clock. A second train at 4 o'clock will reach Wolverton at 6 ; and the 5, half.past 5,6, half-past 8, and 9 o'clock trains are con tinued as heretofore. By the express.train, which leaves London at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, passengers may reach Liverpool the same night at 10 minutes past 10 o'clock. The express train from Birmingham will leave at 20 minutes past 7, and reach Euston.square at 10 minutes past 10 o'clock ; thus affording the most ample time both in Liverpool and Birmingham for the trans. action of business. The liberal reduction of 3s. on the first.class fares for Birmingham, and a proportionate reduction of the second class tares, together with the admirable arrangements for the de parture of the trains to suit the purposes of business, deserve the highest commendation. The Commissioners of the Customs have received a letter from Mr. Cardwell, one of the secretaries to the Lords of the Treasury, to the effect that he has been commanded by their Lord. ships to authorise the payment of a drawback on sugar candy ex ported, equal to that allowed on single refined sugar. The revenue.officers throughout the kingdom have had notice of this order, with directions to carry it into effect from the pre• sent time. At a meeting of the five district societies of St. Marylebone, held at the Courthouse on Wednesday, April 30, the Rev. G. S. Penfold, D.D., in the chair, the reports of the several districts were read ; from which it appeared that during the past year 3,782 persons had been relieved by their visitations, and that the sums distributed amount to 1,500/. 55. 11 a. IMPORTANT, IF TRUE.—In the window of a hair dresser's shop in the Strand is the following announcement:— " Wigs made so naturally as to escape detection." We under. stand that Lord John Russell has recommended the establishment to Sir Robert Peel, who, if he can be made a Whig so naturally as to escape detection, may join the Liberals without being found out—a condition that is always facheuse to a Minister.—Punch. THE PENNY DUKE OF BUCKINGIZAM.—At the Buckingham Sessions—as we learn from the Aylesbury News—the chivalrous, the magnificent, the battue-loving Buckingham, pro secuted one Caleb Blackwell, for " having damaged a fence, to the amount of one penny!" Blackwell, it appears, was a poacher, and had twice before been summarily convicted. Whereupon, for the third offence, he was sentenced to " four months' imprisonment with hard labour, and to be once privately whipped!" Ana yet there arc falsifying people, who avouch that the Duke of Bucking- ham is not beloved ty the peasantry! Scandalous malignity I Ho is beloved ; and henceforth, let his reputation, like the namesf Whittington, go down to posterity, for ever associated with a cat.— Pt4nes. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. May 1. The SPEAKER, took the Chair at the usual hour. NENV MEMBER. Mr. BA ItK LI-, who was introduced by Lord Hotham and Mr. Thomas Baring, tock the oaths and his seat fur the borough of Leominster, in the room of Mr. Greenaway. RAILWAYS. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Lord Chester field against the Sydenham Railway. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented petitions against the Bir mingham and Gloucester Railway from the Berkeley Canal Navigation Company. Mr. FERR AND presented a petition from a 31r. Horne against the Leeds nd Think Air. M. MILNES presented petitions against the London and York Railway. . . Mr. ORDE presented a petition praying to be heard by counsel against the West Cornwall Railway Bill COMPANIES CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL, &c. Sir G. CLERK, in the absence of Lord Granville Somerset, moved that the amendments made by the Lords in the Com panies Clauses, the Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill, and the Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill, be agreed to. The motion was, after a question asked by Mr. Labouchere, and the reply, both of which were inaudible, agreed to. The LORD ADVOCATE moved that the amendments made by the House of Lords in the Companies Clauses Conso lidation (Scotland) Bill, the Railway. Clauses Consolidation sessi question nsi in o : t h lyste a ehbHare m meryei (Scotland) Bill, and the Land Clauses Consolidation ( Scot • land) Bill, be agreed to. rs a aaNgw( rs t rt:o n euebri e raprl r :woe. da a aiLLes s u:atod t bhi rt o ohedo: p af het r she e utue c l Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to call the attention of the House to one of the clauses in the second of those Bills, a clause which had been introduced covertly and surreptitiously, llrjuhdeet (GranvilleAh l i this .sHoomuesre Labouchere) e fr t o )u a p n o y np u d tt i h s ae .. and q cu u subject, his answer was of a twofold character. He said, first, that all the Scotch 111embe-s were agreed as to the propriety of e e e e) clause l. ad differenceue s i eioehrwde opiniona tsoh other . ee er sp T ea lhryte similarr oe among was, f tt ee htNsheu:okbtncicelehaw: clause to clauses in every railway Bill that had passed that House. He (Mr. Labouchere) asserted that this was as great an error as the other. The turnpike-roads in Scotland were not made in the same manner as in England. The manner in Scotland was to borrow the money required for its construc tion from a bank on the security of the tolls on that road. The proprietors on that road also gave a personal security for the repayment of the loan, and it was natural that they should do so, as such roads passing by or through their estates would benefit them. The object of the clause now introduced was to enact that, in the event of these tolls failing, the proprietors should not be held accountable as regarded their guarantee. The import of the clause was, that in every railway Bill, in case the railway company and the landed propietors do not agree as to the amount of compensation for the injury done to turnpike tolls, the absolute decision el what the sum of money should be shall be left to one individual, and that in dividual shall be the sheriff of the county. In many instances they were landed proprietors in the counties for which they were sheriffs, and consequently they would be biassed in their decision. His Scotch friends, no doubt, who represented the Lowlands thought it a hard thing that their property should be invaded by railroads, but the Members who represented the Highlands had quite a different way of viewing the question : they were very much against the clause. They were by that means giving power to the sheriffs, without the possibility of appeal. He was sure that the House would not sanction this clause if they had an opportunity of considering it. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the Right Hon. Gen tleman laboured under a mistake. What he ( the Lord Advocate) meant was, that when the clause passed none of the Scotch Members present objected to it. He had not had the opinions of all the Scotch Members en the matter. In most of the Scotch Railway Bills the principle of this clause had been recognised. The clause did not mention any sum as compensation; the whole question was left to the sheriff. He could scarcely conceive a better arbiter than the sheriff, as he was a lawyer, was an independent person, and had no local in terest. Mr. FORBES said this clause had been approved °thy most of the Scotch Members. Mr. RUTHERFORD said that the present clause was a very important one—one of the most important that could be intro duced. He was not aware of the particular circumstances under which it was introduced, but it was unfortunate that a clause of such importance should be introduced without no tice, or wiihont even being printed.—( Hear, hear.) A clause of such importance should not be introduced in that way.— ( Hear.) The Lord Advocate was right in saying that in some railway Bills this principle of compensation had been adopted in Scotland, but not in all cases. In a great many cases, such as the Glasgow and Kilmarnock, the Cllasgow and Ayr, and the Glasgow and Edinburgh, that principle was not recognised. It was decreed by this clause that in every case where any injury was likely to arise to the turnpike-roads, that compensation should be made to the Road Commissioners, but by the clause which had been introduced into this Bill it appeared that when ever any alteration was to be made likely to involve any extraor dinary expenditure that the compensation was to be made by the Railroad Company, and if any dispute were to arise, that then the decision should be left to the sheriff, but the clause w.s so framed that there was litigation in every line of it. The sheriff was, probably, a very honourable man, but it was too much for a decision of this sort to be left to any single individual, and in the case of this road to Staines there was hardly any option left to the Commissioners. And what was to be done with this money ? It was not to be paid into the court of that officer, but some of his most impor tant functions were superseded, and he was appointed to a duty which was quite foreign to his office, and which he could not satisfactorily perform. A most important principle had been introdnced into the Bill, and one, be it remembered, which Parliament now, for the first time, recognised—that whenever toll• keepers' trusts were diminished they would have claim for compensation against the Railway Company. He likewise complained of the manner in which the elau,e had been introduced, although it was the most important in the whole Bill. Mr. CUNIMING BRUCE said it seemed to him that the House was indulging in a most irregular discussion. It was now too late to discuss the merits of the chose which had been sanctioned by both Houses of Parliament. With respect to the authority vested in the sheriff, it should be recollected that that officer had only to decide in cases of personal liability. Since this clause was passed he had received nume..ous communi cation from Scotland expressing entire concurrence in the clause. FR/DA.Y MORNING 3 VIA.T 1A45, - - pursue would be to re-introduce * the Bill, with the Lords' 1 amendments, and kayo the eiausc now under . discussion for I future consideration. . I The amendment was then put and carried without a division, and leave was given to introduce the Bi;1 as ithout the clause. Sir G. CLERK said that, in the absence of a Noble Friend, he had to move the notice which stood on the paper in his name, namely—" That every Committee on a railway Bill, shall, with their report on the Bill, state whether the provi sions of the Companie', Clauses Consolidation Bill, the Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill, arid the Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill, have been complied with ; and, if they shall not have been complied with, state in what respects they have not been complied with, and the reasons for such non-compliance. That the Committee on every Bill, other than a Railway Bill, to which the provisions of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Bill, or the Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill, are applicable, shall report to the House any non-compliance with such provi sions, and shall state their reasons for permitting such non-com pliance." The clauses in those Bills had been passed by the House after mature consideration, and he should press the adoption of the standing order. Sir G. GREY objected to the motion, and expressed a hope that the standing order would not be pressed. Mr. HAWES thought that there would be considerable dif ficulty arising from the adoption of thes_. clauses. AIr.GRE ENE supported the adoption of the clauses, as they ' would have a tendency to prevent litigation. Mr. PARKER conceived that, as matters stood at present, there would be no end of the labours of the Committees, he would instance those of the London and York Company. Sir G. CLERK agreed that it would be useful if care should be taken in future that all Railway Bills should state distinctly all the deviations proposed. The motion was then withdrawn. WELSH RAILWAYS. Mr. SPOONER brought up the report of the Holyhead and other Welsh rally; s from the Committees appointed to in vestigate ►he proofs of the preamble. VAUXHALL WATERWORKS. Mr. GREENE b: ought up the report on the Vauxhall Waterworks Bill, which had been referred back to the Com mittee of Standing Orders. He stated that the omission in the Bill was merely one of accident ; and he, therefore, moved that the Bill should be placed precisely in the same condition as if the standing orders had been complied with in the first in stance. DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Mr. L AROUCHERE asked the Lord A dvocate'to engage on the part of the Government to introduce a short Bill either to repeal or amend this clause. If the Lord Advocate would not give such a promise, he ( Mr. Labouchere) should feel it to be his duty to move that the Lords' amendments be taken into consideration. Mr. FLUME said the surreptitious manner in which this clause had been introduced into the Bill had neither been ex plained by the Lord Advocate, nor by the Honourable Member who had lately resumed his seat. If a clause so important as to give to the sheriff of the county the power of finding against any railway without appeal—if the principle was found to be good for Scotland, why not extend it to England also ?—( Hear.) But turnpike trusts were not the only companies affected by railways. Canals were as much in jured as turnpikes. He submitted, therefore, that this Bill ought to be withdrawn altogether and a new one brought in. They could not strike out the Clause, and there remained therefore only the other course. Under these circumstances, he should move that these amendments be taken into consideration that day six months.—( Hear, h ear .) Lord EBRINGTON had already unsuccessfully called the attention of the House to the hardships under which the trustees of the turnpike roads in England were labouring ; but he was glad to perceive that the turnpike roads in Scotland seemed to be better represented in her Majesty's Government than the turnpike roads of England. lie thought that this was far from a creditable case en the part of her Majesty's Govern ment after the treatment o f th e English creditors and trustees of turnpike roads. The English representatives would recol lect the facility with which this clause passed. Mr. CHRISTOPHER said that the question for the House to consider was, how they could have an uniform system esta blished throughout the whole country. Having passed through that and the other House of Parliament Bills fur the consolidation of railways, if they introduced a separate system wlth regard to the Scotch rail ways, he thought the greatest possible hardship would be felt by those who had turnpike-roads in England. If this Bill passed he hoped that her Majesty's Government would extend it to England. —( Hear, hear.) On the other hand, he should feel himself called upon to support the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman opposite. He maintained that an uniform system ought to be extended equally to all parts of the country, unless some special reason was shown to the contrary. Mr. 11. DRUMMOND made some observations in opposi tion to the amendment, but they were totally inaudible in the gallery. Lord HOWICK said the case of England and the case of Scotland were precisely the same. The case of Scotland was this, as he understood :—The country g entlemen of Scotland had advanced their money on the security of the turnpike trusts. This was the case in the county with which he was particularly connected. The western line of road in North umberland was defective, and the gentlemen of the country were extremely anxious that it should be improved. Those country gentlemen did not give their guarantee for the money, but they d d the same thing—they lent their ownl money upon the security of the turnpike trusts, and the tolls to be levied on the improved road from Morpeth, through Woollen into Scotland. That money so advanced remained un paid, and two railways had been projected from New castle to Berwick, and one or other of these would certainly pass. In that case he doubted whether the tolls on the improved turnpike road would even pay the expense of collection. Those gentlemen had not petitioned the House for a clause giving them compensation, and yet if they travelled a little way into Scotland, they would find that compensation wa s to be g iven there to p ersons simi larly situated to them selves. He trusted this would not a a be tolerated, and that this clause, which had been smuggled umg mail lecleoa thought coaches, info s that bh the ot Bill, would not be allowed to pass. Hethe faireri n England way yd would be, that the exemption and Scotl an d, s hould b e go t rid of. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE conceived th a t thi s was an un f a i r clause to be introduced, for it was well known that though sheriffs, to whore decisions should be left, might not be actually resident in those counties respecting which they were to make their decisions, yet they might at the same time possess such interest in those eounties as to make them very desirous t h a t good communication should be made through those counties, when on the business of adjudicating a compensation to the road trustees they might be placed in the position of deciding in their own case. He did not at the present time allude to the Sheriff of Middlesex, but he thought that the case was such as demanded the immediate attention of the House. The clause had been jobbed into the Bill, and the only way was to throw the Bill out to-night, and introduce another Bill without the clause to-morrow. No obstruction would be offered to the passage of the Bill through the House, and it might be passed so speedily as to save all public incAivenience. Mr. AGLIONBY could not refrain from expressing his sur prise that none of her Majesty's Government had risen to ex press their opinions on this Bill. If it had been a private Bill, he should not have beet surprised, because he knew it was the custom for the Government to express no opinion ; but as this was their osvn Bill, and the House might have received advantage from knowing the opinions of the Government, he thought it was a great omission of duty that none of them hadirisen. The plan proposed was, that the present Bill be laid aside and a new Bill brought in by the Goyernment, but to this he had great objections. A principle had been introduced into this Bill of a very important nature, and he could see no reason why the same principle s hould nut be introduced into the English and Scotch railway Bills. Mr. PRIN GLE said the Hon. Gentlemen opposite seemed to have misunderstood the whole case; and as for the observation of the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Aglionby) that this principle ought to be introduced into English and Irish railway Bills it was altogether erroneous, for the roads in Scotland were formed on a totally different principle from what they were in this c ountry or in Ireland. In Scotland the public roads must be kept in repair out of the tolls. The LORD ADVOCATE said that when he introduced the clause he did not think there was any objection to;it, and no person obiected to it when it was proposed to the Com mittee. lie did not desire that the clause should pass without discussion__( Hear)—and as the House was of opinion that it ought to be discussed, he would not press the clause.— (H ear h ear .) He thought the best own he could then , Mr. EDWARD ELLICE brought up the report on the Direct Northern Railway from the Select Committee. Sir THOMAS ESAIONDE moved lhat the evidence taken before the Committee on the Wexford Harbour Bill (Session, 18-13) be referred to the Committee on the Castle-hill (Wexford) Docks Bill—Agreed to. An Hos. MEmser, presented eight petitions in favour of the Lincoln and Cambridge Railway Bill. Sir C. LEMON presented two petitions in favour of the Cornwall Railway Bill. REGAL OF LORD ELLENBOROUGH. - Mr. ELLICE said he had been requested by the Hon. Member for Montrose to postpone his motion to the 19th inst. It was for copies of the correspondence between the Court of Directors of the East India Company and the Board of Con trol, respecting the recal of Lord Ebenborough, the Governor- General of India; an .l a copy of the minute of the Court Directors recalling him. GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND. Mr. CHARLI.:.S BULLER said, in answer to a question from Mr. Mope, that as he understood that the question involved in the motion of which he had given notice was under the cons deration of the Government, he would withdraw his motion, SCOTCH BANKING. Mr. FOX MAULE wished to know when the second read ,ng of the Scotch and Irish Banks Bill would be taken? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should give an answer on the morrow. Mr. FOX MAULE said the second reading of the Scotch Poor-law Bill was fixed for the first Wednesday. He thought it would be better to postpone its consideration till after Whit- Sunday. The LORD-ADVOCATE was understood to assent to the postponement. ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY CHAIRS IN SCOTLAND. Mr. RUTHERFORD, in rising to move the introduction of a Bill to regulate the admission to the lay or secular chairs of the Universities of Scotland said, that in ordet to put the House into posses ion of his intentions in bringing forward this measure, he should shortly call their attention to the two Acts passed in 1709 and 1770 upon this subject. Bs those laws it was enacted that no party should be capable of filling any office in the Universities without having first taken the oaths of allegiance and acknowledging and subscribing " the Confes sion of Faith," and, moreover, that they should sign &formula, submitting themselves to the discipline of the Presbytery, Now, that Act had never been enforc d in all the Universities, and never universally enforced in any. In some of the Universities it was enforced only in respect to the professors, and not to the office bearers. In the University of Edinburgh, which was perhaps not the oldest, although certainly the largest, and that which had produced the most distinguished men, the law had long been in abeyance, and it had never been enforced at all against any lay professor. He now proposed to bring in a Bill for the purpose of declaring that hereafter it should not be ne cessary for any lay or secular professor to sign the confession or the formula. In that proposition he would leave untouched the theological chairs, and apply the Act only to those which were devoted to literature and science. He thought that whilst it was necessary that those , ouths who were brought up for the Established Church should be instructed in divinity according to the rules of that Church, by teachers who were bound to those rules, it was not necessary that the same re strictions should be applied to those other teachers who hsd nothing to do with divinity. He should, in any circum stances, have thought it his duty to bring in this Bill ; but he felt it the more imperative to do so now, when so many of his countrymen had seceded from the Es tablished Church, and held it in dislike.—( Hear.) The Hon. Member, whom we did not always clearly under stand, referred to some recent declaration of the professors of the University of Edinburgh, signed by all, with one excep tion, to the effect that the restrictions ought to be done away with. In the University of Aberdeen a majority of professors in all the colleges except (we believe) Mareschal College had come to the same decision. In Glasgow a majority hsd de clared themselves in the same way. He asked them for per mission to introduce this Bill, leaving, as he had said, all the ecclesiastical professorships as they were. He asked this leave in the name of a very large portion of his countrymen, and a large portion of the teachers in the universities. He en treated the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite to this matter, which was at this moment of critical importance. He very well recollected that, in the course of the discussion of last year, the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the Government, and the other Right Honourable Gentleman beside him ( Sir George Clerk), spoke of an occurrence which had then recently taken place, and expressed their confidence that a re-action was at hand. Hilt there had been no re-action, and he stood there to say that those who had separated from the Established Church were more determined than ever to establish themselves.—( Hear, hear.) They had shown a determination which no one who knew Scotland would expect to s ubdue.—(Cheers.) They had already 700 t hurches—( Hear, hear) —and he would state one circumstance of singular importance. It was known that those who belonged to the Episcopal party in Scotland were amongst the wealthiest land-owners, and they had long been desirous of getting up an Episcopal college. But in the course of several years they had been able to collect for that purpose no more than 18,04)0/. Let the House contrast that with what had been done by those who had separated from the Established Church.—( Hear, hear.) It was proposed by some of the principals of that body to found a college. But they thought it would be a hard thing to draw for that purpose upon the general fund for building churches and manses, and for the payment of the clergy. They asked, were there not en ou g h amon g st them to subscribe 1,000/. each? and in less than three weeks 20,000/. was subscribed from twenty individuals, and if they had required it they could have obtained any further sum.—( Hear, hear.) They were not going to establish a university, but only a college for the education of those intended for the Church. But if the pre sent restrictions were to be kept up in the universities, that would cause the whole education of Scotland to become sec tarian.—( Hear, hear. ) The schools and the universities would be (trained of all the Dissenting youth.—( Hear.) He entreated the Right Hon. Baronet to consider well, and to take counsel, that if he did not accept this Bill, the uni ' versifies would be injured and the new college would flourish on their ruins.—( Hear ) What objection could there be to give legal effect to what had long been the universal pi actice ? How was the law actually enforced? In several colleges the rector, and in most a number of the professors had not signed the tests. Of all these 13 were Presbyterian Dissenters, and 27 belonged to the Episcopalian persuasion. Of course it would not be supposed that he did not speak with respect of the persons who belonged to the Established Church in this country—(Hear, hear)—but he would say that no one who kne w the history of Scotland would deny that these restrictions were directed from the first against episcopacy.—( Hear, hear.) Yet the Right Hon. Baronets opposite had been installed as rectors without signing the con fession or the formula.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh. ) When therefore, he asked the House to rescind those restrictions, he did not ask them to do any thing new, but to make that the law which was already the practice. The law was still bad, and it was lamentable to have a country under the working of a bad law. As an instance, he would point out the case of Mr. Brewster, a name not requiring, the addition of Doctor, who had distinguished the College of St. An-trews ten times more than the College could have distinguished him.l Dr. Brewster having joined the party who had left the Church in the late schism, the other professors having found this statute tried to enforce the law against him. They were disappointed, miserably disapp inted, for the law was found wanting in some very plain machinery. The Bight Hon. Gentleman opposite, the Secretary for the Home Department, would forgive him for saying that the members of the Free Church could not rely very much upon the generosity of their oppo nents. There was a man who held a high and prominent situation in that grand movement which separated the Church, and of all men concerned in that great event he was the most moderate in counsel, and the most temperate in language—he never uttered a word, or did a deed, that would give offence to any individual. He held the theological chair in Edin burgh, and also the secretaryship of the private board, which he might have kept ; that gentleman did not think it neces sary to tender his resis,nation of that appointment, which however was taken from him. He would call that a vindic tive and harsh use of authority, and he would tell the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, that that one act of his rendered conciliation more impassible than any act recorded in the his tor) of such transactions. These laws may be hereafter en forced in the same way as they do exist. He knew not that he should enter into a discussion then about the propriety of the tests in such cases ; he did not know whether the Right Hon. Baronet wished to impose them with reference to the se cular chairs. In his view, it would be consistent, but de structive to their character. They would do infinite injury to these establishments, if they were now to come forward and limit the choice of the teachers, who belonged to the Free Church, and were instructing their charges with implicit confidence imposed in them. If they meant to try the question he would ask what connexion had immense knowledge, great proficiency, and the power to impart that knowledge to others, to do with their religious opinions ?—( Hear, hear.)l In England the matter was diff erent, where all form partoa domestic family, as it were, in whic h reli g ious discipline and instruction go hand - in - h and with science. It may be advan tageous in the Universities in England ; it may be very right that professors shoul , l be persons in connexion with the Esta blishment ; but how different was it in t he Scotch Universities, where there was nothin g like that domestic habit or that do mestic discipline, where the pup ils went to hear the scientific lectures and then returned home again. According to the e h A i o s- t tory of the country the statute was inconsistent with the of Union, which firs t introduced the principles of dissent—an Act which was regarded last session, when a Bill was brought in called Lord Aberdeen's Act. It was against the opinion in law of Lords Cottenham, Campbell, and Brougham. That appeal was disregarded, and he hoped they would disregard it e qually now. Was it no g rievance that a ver y lar g e p art y and the majority of the country were precluded by law from obtaining academical honours as teachers or professors in the Colleges? Was it no grievance, was it no indignity, that those who had devoted their whole life to study, should be prevented from teaching anything because they disagreed with certain tenets in religious matters? Now was a fair opportunity to interfere — 'o r nev u er ow w_as or di t s i s , e e l y st from would the Es - Es tahlished Church se strong as other wise be involving in exclusion more than half of those who wer e within that Church, and the great ma j or ity o f the people of Scotland. He would now ask for the repeal of that law, and Pa leave to bring in a Dill for the purpose of repealing it. ; sr, De a serf bin, 0 1 ° u 4 or Loo4