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but allusion so personal had been made to himself, that he felt as if he sl , ould rather be shrinking from his duty than treepa , sing to address the Hens, rt, th : Tee Hon. Member who brought the untie.. leeward bad talked much of the advantages which the Univ- - reities possessed, and wished a commission to be issued, to ob- tain information respecting the state of the Universities ; when he had himself already shown that he was in pes session of that information. He had talked much of drawbacks on paper and allowances from the Con,oli dated Fund, and of ihe great patronage of Governmeet. What had the government done ? They had p,id 7L 195. 6d.-a year for a preacher ; 11/. Gs. 2.1. a year fur a professor of divinity ; and 351. 3s. for a professor of Philosophy, and all their other grants put together did not amount to 3001 a year. The Government might have done something for some educational establish ment. but he believed that there was no country in Europe in which less had been done by the Government than in this, for promoting the intellectual he n • neee , sf .ple. Th. 500! granted to th: U v reity of t satubr:dee woe still less. It was not, therefore, on the ground that enormous grants had been made to the two Universities that the Hon. Member could found any claim to the exercise of this inquisitorial power of the Crown. It Was not the amount, but the use or abuse of that amount !licit could alone justify the exercise of this inquisi torial power. But had either of the 11 , n. Members who had preceeded him suggested any instance where the money granted to the two Universities by the nation or the Crown had been misapplied ? The Hen. Member for Weymouth drew attention to the pre-eminence our Universities had attained with so little en couragement on the part of the State. How !nail was that encouragement compared with that given by oth er nat i ons l ess r i c h th an our o wn ? And y e t the non- Member wished to appoint a Commission of enquiry which would practically impede the progress, if not diminish th a t p re - e minenee of which the Hon. Mem tier sPoke so w arm ly. The Hon. Member had, there ?", laid no ground for inquiry in respect of the abuse either o f t h e funds rece i ved from the C rown, or t h e funds inherited by the Universities from their founders. But it was said, our Universities had produced no works th e a nY great eminence. Now, it was not necessary that t h i . l e Works should be written within the limits of the heP era itY• Was it necessary that Mr. Allen should Christ written his works actually within the walls of hadreceived C.hurch College ? No. It was sufficient that he ree eived within those walls that education, without which it would have been hardly possible for him to produce them. But he defied the Hon. Member to produce any work calculated to advance the histiry or literature of the country, either in respect of po litics or science, which had not been written by men Who had been connected with one or other of the Univer sities. Then again it wassaid, that the possession ofdegrees in either University was essential to the establishment Of any man's fair claim to professional employment, but that argument would cut two ways. Was, however, he fact so ? Why with respect to the law, he thought need not remind the House that, of the last six compelled to attain honours by passing through that Cou rse of education pursued in our Universities. 'rue, also, som e of the most eminent medical prac titioners of the metropolis had never been connected With either of the Universities, but this was no argu- It!ent in favour of the assertion that the education pre "l tied at th e U n i vers i t i es i n t hi s part i cu l ar did not ten d to (tearer benefit or advantage upon the great body of the people. In the law the Hon. Member bad de c lared th . L ? Univer s iti es h a d somet hi ng lik e n monopo l y ; b ut is was certainly not the case with respect to the co mmon law. But with respect to the civil law, there Wa s a distincti on w hi c h h o cou ld no t h e lp think. Its the Honourable Member ought to has e s t a t e d. Was this:—O ur c i v il courts an d th it practice W ere materially if not exclusively connected with th welfare and well-being of the Church. With respect to the third profession, namely, the profession of theology kid holy orders, he thought it was necessary that some Particular form of education should be gone through by Persons who i n t en d e d t o a d o pt th a t p ro f ess i on , b u t i t was not absolutely necessary that a young man should take it IT • ntversity degree before entering the Church. . In the northern parts of England there were many young men W ho had b een invested with holy orders by the Bishop, no twithstanding they had never been at either Oxford or Ca mbridge. In another part of the Hon. Member's sPeech, he alluded to a question which, however im- Portant it might be, could not be settled by any inquiry t i n‘tituted by a R o y a l C omm i ss i on . Wh e th er M r. W ar d i ne or b e not correc t, w h e the r M r . Hampden ue or be not a heretic, or whether Dr. Pusey be or be not a heretic, were propositions which were never sub raittcd to the University of Oxford or Cambridge, and therefore they could not have decided the question. With all due respect to the House he must say, judging either from experience or analogy, a Royal Commission could not affect either of these three cases, or affect any case which might hereafter arise. The facts connected with them had already been before the proper and con stituted tribunals, namely, a convocation of the University, and he could state firmly, and with all due respect to the House, that no inquiry, Instituted under the authority of the Crown, could change or alter the result of that inquiry. L eThe fourth case to which the Hon. Gentleman had re 'erred occurred in Trinity College, Oxford. That case ha d been re f erre d to th e v i s it o r of the college, who de cided that the Senate had net exceeded its powers. e t hought that after that decision there could be no to of compl a i n t aga i ns t th e C o ll ege . Th e ca s e which the H on . G ent l eman h a d l a id mos t s t ress was that of Mr. Rowe, in Exeter College. The Hon. Gen ti an had s t a t e d t h at t h e C o ll ege h a d i ssue d an adver einent of th e vacancy f or a co ll eg i a t e office. He (Sir nglis) would admit that there was no occasion to 11_ • ‘ertise. B u t i t was a l so qu i te c l ear t h at t h e C o ll ege C! exercised a so un d di scre ti on i n re j ect i ng M r . R o we, an 1, 1 20 ele ct i ng his competitor. The fact that a man had been spier w rang l er was not i n i tse lf enoug h to s h ow the he was superior in academic acquirements to e° _ el person who might afterwards be brought into ef . p.etition with him. In that case the visitor k or t tle College, the Bishop of Exeter, who was ,ecpr n petent to defend himself than any one else could • `o defend him, ought to have acted upon the advice judg m e n t Lord Chancellor, who said that in giving th at the he o ug h t to g i ve no reason . H e regre tt e d tne Bishop of Exeter had not acted upon that ad thee, but vshad chosen to go into a full statement of his e...., °11 the whole case.—(The Hon. Baroet then read k e rglnent of the Right Rev. Prelate, which was of . 1 " eh ) • c • th et • fIRTEIS said that the matter of complaint was . th ath letic. e•ease of Mr. Rowe, there had been no exa- Sir R IL tee • INGLIS cam replied that the qualifications of' the co te , !dates had already been ascertained, in previous th itt rl is qlollS for collegiate honours. The College thought. big 1 ,: 19 • U nsuccessful candidate was not equal to the i t tr 3 oent, i n t h e requ i s i tes se t forth by el jeed Cte ; and the decision was not influ fee , h any pecuniary consideration. He apolo t.' had f o ,""ing so long occupied the Reuse ; but ons raisrs it his duty to go minutely into the r ts e enne vli by the Hon. Gentleman, in coesequenee of ~"entle m 51 °n with the University of Oxford. The Hon. forferds. 8 , 411 referred to a speech made in th • House of e,.o u _ rtle ten years ago, by Lord Radnor, which called ustabrii''afations from the Chancellors of t oxford and M outh & g e ' lint he could inform the Honourable t 4tatetes .that the Uni vers ity o f O x ford had revised the h eo at if an nsequence of that discussion. Ile admitted m enus of a uuse were proved, and that all constitutional th e or redress were exhausted, the authority re n Ther r Ought to be invoked. But the Honourable . ,e w ohi , eel made out no case for such interposition.' a llies not deny that the endowments of the Univer es w ature hod originally Roman Catholic ; but the Legis the est for . three centuries, confirmed the possession tEt t reeteetant Church. He would ask, then, had tetate ,e, to - a power which was repudiated in private The resume a gift, without allegetion of abuse ? of t h 'act Was, d ati e e n d () • ,however, that a large proportion wenents in Oxford were of Protestant foun- D! Thep, o ,_ s number of Catholic foundations was 297, tlee ern. ,_‘e tent 232, and in Cambridge the Catholic en kiantts,were not more than one-fourth of the whole. ul t eem ue recollected that a great body of the resident the a e t r ,!_cif the University were those whose age and poi "e of whose circumstances may not admit their 13 / 4 %4,7 a large portion of their time to the study of 4 t.tie e d - g!: The Hon. Gentleman stated that at Oxford 4 nitt tl ,_`etion was now elementary. He should state ttndi,,"..education bestowed qualified those who had tee, t 'u e there to give the most detailed answers to the etttie there questions. With reeard to their edu• l ist o l 4 to Greek literature, both poetry and IVekental:" in logic, it was by no means gr eate r elee ee j' Their religious knowledge was ,eitt er tarY, a great many of them possessing a ,4 3 , a noveledge of theology than was exhibited for re teen'',"tial examinations. In order to obtain a degree • t e a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures il eieh the ; this was the result of that system with for tree Member desired that the Government th e hi, it e i'T re. The Hon. Gentleman made no grounds e g a , cht of ae I.l ° ll - There was nothing unconstitutional in th g a c t which he complained of. The practical re- 417 Y of t h e tat.lge had been most beneficial to the great n versity. He also stated that the University 4!itiltletii.clrthedae.e!l the pledge made by the Noble Chan k•t th at _:.HIeY would revise the statutes. He could ki44,3 ruerent Colleges proceeded to form Corn ?llea.eal_ t he purpose, and in many instances several e i:: e n - oe. ua G u en ne t ade such alterations as were required. 1 11 0 t t, Which eman presented a petition from Gower -11, t was signed by many who were not the We l r r !goished in the University, and several of I, e r at : connected with that which is now i t „ University College. Their opinions in. entitled to itu t i on weight, because they belonged to stir 1 ' 1, 44 • founded on different principles, and not a lng i t ut ton, for he would not do it - the honour of %tow a r ival. but an institution which had attempted i ntlh • Ish itself in kis vile ridg e am the rYisition of the Universities of Oxford. The Hon. Gentleman stated t u .o o the three great evils that the professors were 1,1,1 tl nw w e- e . ci t° tile governing body of the Univ r it\ ~,gt h et i street they were not allowed to he the g e evern . - ' t ete, 3 ' of the u • . ge lle _sera haci University. He also stated that those see, • !Li stat e of pupil', and ought to superintend the Greer veal . the Lniversitiee The petition he pre , 4 p il - e • s e s_ e sta _ en e ant to the • • 12 qaest;or!, that her Mejcs . t . , institute edd ter n , of ut" 11 ute a commission to inquiretnto a fd "%rid education in the Untversities of Oxford I 3' • b ge• eg e , t ut th e „ complained of the ecclesiastical di d ea they m a d e look to the Statut. a of the Coi f! n o t pees made any alterations. The statute iN4 t i e w . hat the Hon. Gentleman complained aid e l ineitee' a mP(l that Arti c l es, the elective franchise those who signed the Thirty .% e tie.. Which Admitting that, however, to be Z° l llp ellltt i tsip, l(l , not r it ern wa ed s not, the Hon. ' Gentleman's proposi tilettalliVtitsetilitttthe He also made it a subject of cdffeltrences of rank was so aristocra ' A ill, aud especially in Cambridge' Be Oxfor n — e - 4 1 1; ot the expense and colour of I gowns of the different ranks and classes in the Univer sities, and the ucca to which the worn-out garments were afterwarile applied. lie helieved that the colour end texture of the clothing in mans instances pr wed to be no barrier to the wearer's acquiring distinguished bituiiire in the University. The first instance he would give was Lord Lvttelt , in y who, though he wore a gilt robe, ilitingtti shed himself in a manner that no one less favoured by birth, or less endowed by fortune, could have exeeeded. 'Diem were many other instances, many of whom were within these walls to-night, who, though they had a great amount of wealth, who, at the same time, received, in the course of their academic life, the greatest testimony of their proficiency. There were also men born in a low rank of life, who had acquired the same attainments. The late Bishop Heber, whose name was not to be mentioned without creat ing respect, stated that their differences were to be re garded more as an encouragement to the literature of the rising poor than as a degradation. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who heed in the commencement of the present century, was himself ene of those individuals, and nevertheless raised him self to the highest episcopal dignity. The Hon. Gentleman ought not to consider their temporary inferiority for the first few years, but ought to take into consideration that their posi tion was inferior before they went to the Universities ; and it was that inferiority that raised one of them to the highest situ ation in the Church, and many others, if not to the same, at any rate to something like analagous distinctions. The Hon. Member for Weymouth introduced many subjects, and he thought it his duty to endeavour not to omit mention of any. If he did omit any, it was not from an unwillingness to meet anything to which the Hon. Gentleman called the attention of the House. Full as his speech was of facts, it had not contained anything which proved that there were abuses in those Universities which could not be remedied by existing tribunals. He concluded by expressing his determination to oppose the proposition which the Hon. Member had intro duced, but could not sit down without uttering his thanks for the tone in which he introduced it, and to the House for so patiently permitting him to address it. Mr. WYSE wished to congratulate the House on the tone in which this measure was proposed and opposed. However well disposed the Universities may he to remedy those abuses by internal regulations, the public opinion ought to be directed towards them through the introduction of some remedial mea sure to the Legislature. All the Universities of Europe were conducted upon a principle of efficiency well worthy of imita tion. In the University of Paris, there was a rule by which boys wishing to enter, should enter at fourteen years of age, and should remain there for three years. in a probationary school ; but in Oxford University the colleges had. by their practice, acquired too much of the character of grammar schools, and, therefore, that accounted for the manner in which attempts had been made to reduce them to a level still lower. He did not think that the Hon. Baronet had given by any means a satisfactory answer to the arguments of his Hon. Friend. The Hon. Baronet appeared to him (Mr. Wyse) to argue in a manner which tended rather to confirm than to weaken the arguments of his Honourable Friend beside him. The Honourable Baronet had not said anything in support of the asser ti on th a t t h e U n i vers i ties o f 'Oxford or Cambridge were too elementary in their codes or practice. He (Mr. Wise) did not mean to say that those noble institu. tions should not continue to keep up the rule requiring the study of the magnificent languages and history of ancient times ; but he did contend that the course of education ought to embrace a department in which pupils would be able to acquire information such as would suit the state of society in our day, and the station in life they were ultimately to fill. The Universities of the Continent differed not only from each other in their systems, but different from all of them were Ox ford and Cambridg e On the Continent, a University was reearderf as a corporation which extended all over the country to which it belonged, as fur instance the University of Paris, which extended all over France. And in Scotland the Univer sities somewhat resembled those of the Continent, for they had their different departments for each branch of education, while in Oxford and in Cambridge it was professed only to give a general education for the benefit of all classes, and hence the lamentable deficiency in the English Colleges in this respect. These were points which he feared the Hon. Baronet had not considered, for if he had. he would not have condemned the proposition of his Hon Friend. Mr. ALF XANDER HOPE said he congratulated the Hon. Member for Weymouth upon the speech he had made in introducing this subject ; and he congratulated him, not only as the Member for Weymouth, but also as a scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. Two years ago the Hon. Member made a sneech, which appeared in the shape of a pamphlet, on this question ; but he ( Mr. H.) feared that the arguments of the Hon. Member to-night would lead to nothing better than a leading article in Punch. —(Laughter.) He (Mr. Hope) did not think that the issuing of this Com mission of Inquiry would at all tend to the refornia tion of the system pursued in the English colleges. The noblemen, and fellow commoners at the Universities sat on higher seats in the chapels, but in every other respect they were placed on the same footing as the others in the Uni versity. Did the Hon. Gentleman remember that Trinity College, Cambridge, had instituted some time ago an inquiry which had resulted in placing the sizar in the same position with respect to the election to university scholarships as the other members of the college? There was, under these circumstances, no necessity for a Government commission to issue, since one of the first colleges in the country had been its own reformer. What was the course which a student had to go through before taking a degree at the University? Even in taking the degree of senior optime or second class classical tripos, he must have a knowledge of moral philosophy, mathematics and algebra. He must have a fair knowledge of Greek and Latin, and a certain power of composition. This was as much as any young man could reasonably acquire in three years. He (Mr. Hope) would caution the House against raising the standard of the University too high. At present the age at which a young man entered the University was eighteen or nineteen ; but raise the standard too high, these young men would stay at home, and perfect themselves for the University, and then run up, and carry away the fellow ships, and thus, instead of the. Universities being schools for young men, they would become lottery offices. Mr. HUME thought the arguments of his Honourable Friend who had introduced this motion had not been answered on the other side. Certainly not by the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, who might con sider himself lucky if during the next fortnight he should es cape appearing in the columns of Punch. —(Laughter.) The ground on which he (Mr. Hume) supported this motion was, that the Universities were national property. They were sup ported by the public, and could consequently be the objects of inquiry by that House. He was anxious for inquiry to ascer tain why none but Protestants should benefit by a national establishment. When these colleges were established there were none but Roman Catholics; now, half the population of the United Kingdoms were Catholics, but they could not par ticipate in these advantages. He would limit his reasons for supporting the motion to this one, that they were national in stitutions. Nothing was more important than throwing open the doors of these great seminaries to the people at large, and casting aside all sectarian and narrow-minded feelings. He would give this motion his best support. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if he addressed the House as a Member representing the Uni versity of Cambridge, he would not be disposed to say any thing, on the present ' , cession, upon the subject now under consideration, for, having listened attentively to the speech of the Hon. mover, he had heard nothing imputed to the Uni versity which he represented like misconduct, or a breach of the sacred trust reposed in it—nothing which implied censure in its proceedings—nothing requiring the strong arm of power as a remedy for any existing or supposed abuse. He should, therefore, be content to rest on the judgment and good sense of the House, the impropriety of bringing forward the ma chinery of a Commission, by an address of the House of Com mons to her Majesty, to inquire into an institution against which no censure, and no abuse of trust had been imputed. But he was anxious, upon a question of this kind, after the speeches made, to state the ground upon which, as a Member of Parliament and as a member of the Government he objected to the course which the Hon. Gentleman recom mended to the House. The institution of a Commission such as the Hon Gentleman recommended, and the interposition of the House to advise the Crown to adopt it, were no light matters. A Commission such as that proposed was an instrument which the House of Commons used in contending with great evils existing in the institutions of the country. They were not the weapons to be brought out every day for the purpose of gratifying individual curiosity or satisfying indivi dual spleen. Honourable Gentlemen might think the system in the English Universities was inferior to that pursued in the Universities on the continent. They might think it better that young men should be educated under the care of professors. rather than under the care of tutors. These were questions for deliberation and discretion—for the discussion of literary and other men, who took an interest in these natters, and who were acquainted with all the details of those institu tions; but it was not a case which called for the interposition of Parliament, or for the appointment of a Commission. The Hon. Member for Montrose said that if there was nothing to be corrected in the Universities, why should they resist the ap pointment of a Commission? They would, if the system pursued in them was found to be salutary, come out of the inquiry with triumph. The same argument must be used of an innocent man being put upon his trial. The result would show his innocence, but would not the accusation imply censure in the first instance, and censure once implied soon swelled into chat ges of an aggravated character. The public mind was prejudiced and the man's fair fame must receive irreparable injury. Then, with respect to the Universities—a charge pre ferred against there in a serious manner, and investigated with the formality of a commission, must be productive of injurious consequences. Why should they make inquiries of this kind into places of education which di charged their duty zealously and sedulously. If the motion . were acceded to it would materially interfere with the duties of those connected with the college, prevent that attention to education and instruc tion which were the main objects of the institution, beget dif ference of opinion, engender controversy, and be most injurious to the best interests of academical education. It would unsettle men's minds, invite the discussion of particular systems, and disarrange the whole arrangements of collegiate education in these places. He believed that the sanctioning of the inquiry would produce no good, but a great disarrange ment. He was sure that the course that had been pursued by the Government was the best to instruct the people. It had been said that the Government had not looked to the education of the people in any appointment that had been made. Why, let them look to the appointments in the law of Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Justice Mamie, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Parke, and several others—were they not all men that had risen from the people, and it was to their honour that they had done so. Then look at science—they had such men as Herschell and Airey. With respect to what had fallen from the Honourable Member upon the medical profession, it might be true that the Uni versity had made only twenty doctors, while the University of London had made one hundred and twenty doctors ; bat he would beg to observe that the number by no means guaranteed the eminence; and he would further say that the man most eminent in the medical profession at the present moment was a member of the University of Cambridge, and if Cambridge had conferred no other medical degree than this, it would have perfectly justified herself in tha eyes of the world. With re gard to the minor topics of distinctions of dress and seats in hall, he conceived that it was only in accordance with the no tions of propriety entertained in this country, that where there was a distinction of rank there should be an expression of re spect; and he did not see that there should be any less respect shown to a nobleman in college th -n was felt to be his due in other places in society. But this much he must assert, that if there were distinctions of rank there were no other distinc tions, and he could, with the greatest pleasure, affirm that those in the lowest grade might rise to the highest rank. With re gard to the Commission to which the Hen. Member for Montrose had particularly referred, for inquiry into the state of the Universities in Scotland, it should be observed that the circumstances of the two cases were widely different. lhei'e trace ie tie Universities of Scotland, ohich that Commission ha'd done much to rectify ; hut such was not the case with regard to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; and if there were any abuses the Universities themselves had ample power to amend them. He thought that the Hon. Gen , leman had made out no case for exercising this the most extreme power of the Constitution, for he had stated no fact which impugned either the utility of the Uni versities without their precincts, or the excellence of their discipline within them, and he should consequently oppose the motion. Lord PALMERSTON thought that if any Member of the House had been csnvinced by the able - and very eloquent speech of the Hon. Gentleman who introduced the motion, their convictions were not likely to be unsettled by the speech of the Eight Hon. Gentleman the Chancellcr of the Exche, quer, who had just sat down. In the course of that speech he had used strong expressions against issuing of a commission, expressions and arguments which might have done very well in the mouth of the Hon. Member for Lincoln, who was known to be decidedly opposed to any commission—( Hear, hear, from Sibthotp)—bnt which came but ill from one who had had so much to do with commissions, and he must say that this commission seemed to him to be necessary, for it was not sufficient that no blame should attach to two great Institutions like these, it was sufficient to justify the in quiry if it could be shown that improvement could be made in the mode of education. He did not attach blame to the heads of these institutions, but he doubted whether they had the power or the disposition to carry out those improvements if they were necessary. The last point to which his Honourable Friend alluded was one which afforded strong grounds for in quiry. He meant the expediency of ascertaining whether they could not extend the means for persons of different religious persuasions attaining, not only the education, but the honours of a University. It was all very well to say that our Universi ties were open to Dissenters, but the honours and incentives to study were not given to them.— ( Hear, hear.) They gave them all the benefits of the education, but debarred them from attaining those honours which were given as inducements and impelling causes to study. Take, however, a larger view of this point. If they considered a University education as a means of making and seeking friendships which were to last for life, for bringing to gether persons of different ranks in society, and for producing that equality by means of feeling and accidental circumstances, nothing could be more desirable than that the system should be open to all parties, because it not only contri buted to improve the social, but the political condition of the country. Upon that ground also he thought his Hon. Friend had made out a good case for inquiry, and he should therefore give him his vote with great pleasure. Strangers were then ordered to w►thdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— _ For the motioia . Against it Majority Mr. HUME then moved for the following returns :—Re turn of the total charge of a regiment of Life Guards (con sisting of the strength as in the Army Estimates for :844.5) of 436 men and officers of all ranks, for the year 1844; stating in detail the numbers of each rank, and the pay and allowances of the same; also all other charges, distinguishing so far as may be possible, the amount for clothing, for contingent, for commissariat, for medical, for barrack, and all other expenses under separate heads, stating also the average charge per man in such corps, for the year. Return of the total charge of a regiment of Horse-guards (strength as per Army Estimates for 1844), stating in detail the numbers of each rank, and the pay and allowances of the same ; also, all other charges, distinguishing, so far as may be possible, the amount for clothing, for contingent, for commissariat, for medical, for bar rack, and for other expenses, under separate heads, and the average charge per man in such corps. Return of the total charge of a regiment of Foot Guards (strength as per Army Estimates of 1844), stating, in detail, the numbers of each rank, and the pay and allowances of the same • also all other charges, distinguishing, so far as may be possible, the amount for clothing, for contingent, for commissariat, for medical, for barrack, and ether expenses, under separate heads, and the average charge per man in such regiment. Return of the total charge of a regiment of cavalry of the line (strength as per Army Estimates, 1844), stating, in detail, the numbers of each rank, and the pay and allowances of the same ; also all other charges ; distinguishing, so far as may be pos sible, the amount for clothing, for contingent, for commis sariat, for medical, for barrack, and for other expenses, under separate heads ; distingishing also the total charge of a regi ment of the same strength at home and 'a regiment abroad, and the average charge of such regiment per man. Return of the total charge of a regiment of infantry of the line (strength as per Army Estimates for 1844), stating, in detail, the num bers of each rank, and the pay and allowances of the same ; also, all other charges, distinguishing, so far as may be possible, the amount for clothing, for contingent, for commissariat, for medical, and for barrack and other ex penses, under separate heads ; distinguishing, also, the total charge of a regiment at home and a regiment abroad, and the average charge per man of such regiment. Return of the total charge of a regiment of the West India regiments (strength as per Army Estimates for 1844), stating in detail the numbers of each rank, and the pay and allowances of the same ; also all other charges; distinguishing, as far as may he pos sible, the amount for clothing, for contingent, for commissa riat, and medical, and for barrack and other expenses, under separate heads, and the average charge per man for such corps; and the same return for each colonial corps (as per army esti mates of 1844). . . . - - Colonel SIBTHORP was surprised at the motion for such expensive returns from a Gentleman who had long laboured to reduce the public expenditure. Mr. HUME made a few observations repudiating his in tention to throw any opprobrium upon the regiments in question. The Hon. G. BERKELEY wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman opposite, whether he had any objection to lay on the table the warrant by which part of the allowances and pay were taken away from the Life Guards, and given to the Royal Horse Guards Blue. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT stated that he had no objection to comply with the Hon. Gentleman's request, as he had no doubt that the arrangements would prove satisfactory. He was also willing that the returns moved for by the Hon. Mem ber Cm Montrose should be made. The motion of Mr. HUME was then agreed to, and the House, after the third reading of the Mutiny and Marine Mu tiny Bills, adjourned at Twelve o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TIIURSDAY, APRIL 10. UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. Motion made, and Question put, " That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to appoint a Commission, to inquire into and report upox all matters relating to the privileges, revenues, trusts, and to the state of educa tion, learning, and religion, in the Universities of Oxford and Cam bridge, and the Colleges of these Universities." The House divided : MINORITY-AYES, 82. Aglionby,M. A. Duncombe, T. Pechell, Captain Aldam, William Ebringt , m, Viscount Pigot, David Armstrong, Sir A. Elphinstone, H. Pulsford, Robert Baring, F. T. Etwall, Ralph Rawdon, Colonel Barnard, E. (4. Evans, William Redington, T. N. Bellew, R. 31. Ferguson, Colonel Russell, Lord E. Berkeley, Craven Forster,:Matthew _ Itutbertlird, A. 'Hewitt, It. J. Gibson, T. 31. Shelburne, Earl Bouverie, E. P. Ileathcoat, John Stanley, W. 0. Bowes, John Heneage, Edward Stanstiold, W. R. C. Bowriug, Dr. 11111, Lord M. Stewart, P. M. Brotherton, Joseph Illndley, Charles Stuart, W. V. Browns, W. Horsman. Edward Strickland, Sir G. Bulkeley, Sir R. Howard, C. W. Strutt, Edward Bustbild, William Hume, Joseph Tancred, H. W. Byng, G. S. Hutt, William Thornely, Thomas Chapman, B. Langston, J. H. Trelawny, J. S. Childers, J. W. Marjoribanks, S. Tufnell, Henry Colborne, W. R. 31arsland, Henry Warburton, 11. Collett, John Matheson, Janus Ward, 11. G. Currie, It.tikes Mitcalfe Henry Wawn, John T. Curteis, H. B. Mitchell, T. A. Williams, William Dahneny, Lord Morris, David Worsley, Lord Dawson, T. V. Murray, Alexander Wyse, Thomas Dennistoun, J. Oswald, James Yorke, 11. It. Divett, Edward Paget, Lord A. TELLERS. Duke, Sir J. Palmerston, Viscount Christie, W. D. Duncan, George Parker, John Ewart, William Su N, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1845. THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM: The Queen hell a drawing room (the first this sea son) yesterday afternoon, at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace at two o'clock, and were received by the Lurd Steward, the Lord Chamber lain, and the Master of the Horse. tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Colonel Sir George Couper ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck ; his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl, arrived soon after two o'clock, and were received by the Vice-Chamberlain, who conducted their Royal and Serene Highnesses to the royal closet. The suite of her Majesty and Prince Albert included the Duchess of Buceleueli (Mistress of the Robes), the Marchioness of Douro, the Countess of Gainsborough, the Countess of Cherlemont, Viscountess Canning, and Viscountess Jocelyn, Ladies of the Bedchamber; Hon. Misses Stanley, Hamilton, Paget, and other Maids of Honour, the lion. Mrs. Anson, the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, and the lion. Mrs. Brand, Women of the Bedchamber; the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness ; Mr. George Edward An son, Treasurer to his Royal highness; Viscount Ha warden, Lord in Waiting; Sir Frederick Stosin, Groom in Waiting ; Captain - Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to his Royal llighness; Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in 'Waiting; Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to his Royal Highness; and the Pages of Honour in Waiting. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms were on duty in the Presence Chamber and Por trait Gallery, and also in the State rooms. Before the Drawing-room, her Majesty, according to annual custom, received a deputation from Christ's Hos pital, in the Throne-room, who were ushered to the presence of the Queen by Sir William Martins, Gentle man Usher in. Waiting. The deputation consisted of Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., the President ; Mr. Richard Hotham Pigeon, the Treasurer ; Mr. James Bentley and Mr. Thomas Weeding, Governors ; accom panied by the Rev. William Webster, the Mathematical Master ; Mr. W. IL Back, the Drawing Master, and the forty boys educated in the Royal Mathematical School founded by King Charles 11. Her Majesty took parti cular interest in the drawings and charts of the boys, expressing an opinion that their execution was batter than usual. Her Majesty generously condescended to make known her approbation. The scholars having retired from the Throne-room, the Foreign Ambassadors • and Ministers, and their Ladies, were introduced, when the following presenta tions took place in the diplomatic circle : Madame la Comtesse de Flahault, Madame la Com tease de Jarnac (on her marriage), and Madame la Ba ronne de la Ronside, by the Countess de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassadress. Mademoiselle Bunten, by Madame Bunsen (her mother), the Lady of the Prussian Minister. Le Due de Broglie, Pair de France, and Lo Prince de Broglie, fils du Duc, et Secretaire de l'Am hassade de France en Espagne, by Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador. Count R. Hinaky, Count Bonkowsky, and Baron d'Achrenthal, by Count Dietrichstein, the Austrian Ambassador. M. Van Kerkhove, Directeur de l'Administration du Tretor Beige, and M. Von. Capenberg, Inspecteur du Tresor, by M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister. Baron Arnim, Privy Councillor, and Prussian Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Brussels, by Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister. The Foreign Diplomatic circle was attended by the French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Aulaire, le Comte de Jarnac, First Secretary to the Embassy, le Baron de la Ronciere de Nourg, Officier de la Marine Royale de France, and Madame la Baronne de la Ron ciere le Nourg ; the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, Baron Koller, First Secretary to the Embassy, and Count Esterhazy, Sarim Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador, M. Agop, Secretary Interpreter, and Hassan Effendi, second Secretary to the Embassy ; M. Van de Weyer, theßelgian Minister, and Mr. Charles Drouet, Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Cetto, Ba varian Minister; M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, and M. de Stratenus, First Secretary to the Legation ; Count de Pollon, Sardinian Minister, and Count de Revel, Secretary to the Legation; the Portuguese Minis ter and the Baroness de Moncorvo, M. Lobo de Mara, First Secretary of Legation, and Baron de Lagos, At tactic to the Legation ; the Russian Minister and the Baroness de Brunnow, and M. de Berg and M. de Koudriaffsky, Secretaries of Legation ; Count Kielmann segge, the Hanoverian Minister ; the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, and Mr. Ernest Bunsen ; the United States Minister and Mr. and Miss Everett, and Mr. Rives, Secretary of Legation ; the Danish Minister and Countess Reventlow ,• Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minister, and M. G. Canofari, Secretary to the Legation ; Baron de Re heusen, Swedish Chargé d'Affaires, and le Comte M. de Rosen, Aide de Camp General and Chambellan au Service de S. M. le Roi de Suede et de Norvege ; le Baron de Linden, Attaché to the Wurtemberg Legation. Among the general company were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the President of the Board of Trade, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Mar quis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Vice Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comp troller of the Household; the Lord Chief Baron, Lord Monteagle, the Comptroller-General of the Exchequer ,• the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H., Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse ; the Solicitor-General, the Attorney-Ge neral for Ireland, the Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieute nant of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms; Sir George Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeomen Guard ; the Master of the Ceremonies. the Deputy- Secretary-at-War, Mr. Sheriff Hunter, Mr. Sheriff Sid ney, Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod ; Colonel Wood, Colonel Weare, Colonel 11. Bentinck, Colonel Clark Kennedy, C. 8., and ICH., and Colonel Dyneley, C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen ; Lieute nant-Colonel M'Douall, 2d Life Guards ; Silver Stick, Mr. James Bunce Curling ; Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Mr. Ellerthorp, Adjutant ofthe Yeomen Guard ; Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S. ; Lieute nant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chambers ; Sir Noel Harris, K.C.H. ; Groom of the Privy Chamber in Waiting ; Mr. Alfred Mont gomery and Lieutenant-Colonel Diggle, Gentleman Usher to the Queen - Mr. Frederic Peel Round, Gen tleman Usher of the Green Rod; Colonel Godwin, Gen tleman Usher to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert ; Colonel Sir John Wilson, Gentleman Usher to her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager ; Captain Siborne, Secretary and Adjutant of the Royal Military Asylum, and the following Ladies:— DUCIIESSES.—Grafton, Sutherland. MaiicueoriEssEs.—Normanby, Cholmondeley. COUNTESSES.—Enniskillen, Bective, Fowls, Dowager Winterton, Rosebery, Dslawarr, Lincoln, Jersey, Sefton, Longford, Listowel, Dalhousie, Erne, Malmesbury, An trim, Shelburne, Cawdor, Eglinton, March, Hardwicke, Haddington, De Grey, Sheffield, Cowper, Wicklow, Beverley. VISCOUNTESSES.---Gago, Adare, Maynard, Pollington, Hill, Palmerston, Dungarvon. RIGHT HONOURABLES.—Lady King, Lady Somerville. Leores.—Sliaw Stewart, B. Johnstone, Yarde Buller, Sondes, Charlotte Guest, Thesiger, Lee, Anne Primrose, Louisa Primrose, Louisa Tighe, Aldis, Frederick Beau clerk, Dalmeny, Mary Sackville West, Wheatley, Clif ford, Leveson, Ernest Brudenell Bruce , C ou p er, Ashbur ton, Lucy Herbert, Charlotte Herbert, Arabella Fermor, Easthope, Louisa Oswald, Belhaven, Mary Campbell, Anne Charteris, Louisa Te,nison, Georgians Pakenham, Katherine Pakenham, Alice Peel, Anne Wilbraham, Doyle, Isabella Keith, Beaumont, Abinger, Alicia Gor don, Mary Berehaven, Frances Cole, Petre, Pearson, Charlotte Blount, Mary Stanley, Claud Hamilton, Sarah Ingestre, G. Stuart Wortley , C atherine Boileau, Mar y Christopher, Charles Fitzroy, Theresa Lewes, Stanley, Wharncliffe, Mary Hood, Radstock, Mary Fox, Au gusta Cadogan, Honoria Cadogan, Clerk, Lyndhurst, Clementine Villiers, Adele Villiers, Hamilton, Hunter, Graham, Georgina Bathurst, Wilson, Peel, Adelaide Paget, Dillon, Frederic Smith, Beauvale, Katherine Jermyn, Mary Hood, Monteagle, Caroline S. L. Gower, Cottenham, Hampson, Frances Higginson, Clay, Lister Kaye, Colborne, Verney, Maclaine, Franklin, Colches ter, Frances Sando n, Jane Howard, E. F. Drummond , Fvryamneer, Colville. Frances BARONESS--ne Butz9n. HONOURABLES—CharIotte Petre, Agnes Petre, Miss Mines, Elizabeth - Mines, Caroline G age . M rs . Anger stein, Mrs. John C. Erskine, So p hi a Wheatley, Mrs. Abbott, Mrs. Carew , Mrs. Phili ps , Miss Sidney, Miss Julia Maynard, Mrs. Leicester Stanhop e , M rs . L oc k e King, L. Ridley Colborne, Mrs. Disbrowe, Frances Mary Scarlett, airs. Keith, Mrs. Robert Boyl e , M rs . A. Capel, Mrs. C. Dru mmond, Mrs. Se arlett , Lady Borough, Mrs. C. Grantham Scott, Mrs. Charl es Powys, Mrs. Mrs.. Darner, C aro li ne L ytte l- G Vansittart, Caroline Pepys, Miss Waldegra ve , Mi ss 1111 The Lady Mayoress. F. Mary Pepy s , L ou i se Camp bell, J. Caroline jDiaryG. . fcl aarn s Waldegrave , bhps MESDAMBS.--FOney, Lefevre, Hogg, Aldi s , H ow l ey, T. B. C. Smit's., E. Buller, Briscoe F ren d, B e ll as i s, ci' Hampden, Arthu r Shi r l ey, Shirley, Rundle Borges 'Watson, Somes, Al exan d er Hankey, Murchison, John A bel Smith, V illiers Stuart, Hibbert, Evelyn o R D c is h r a a Richard G Shirley, oAdis Corkran, Malcolm, H un t er , B eaucler k , Ainsworth, w orth, Robert G os li ng , S tephenson, Charles Dickireso n, Geils, Ben y on, P. Somerset Butler, emery, Henry Addi ngton, Henry Ben tone, H. St. J o h n M t l dmay, Bar- Wilberforce Bird , William Cornw all , Cardwell, Tulloch, i llia John Herby, f Hob ert Hollond, Harco urt , William Stuart, Ram, M or i er , H a - Alfredntißar nerd, rek d: Bolt,M nN Willia mt vinson, Young, Ma nes Gaskell, Frede rick Shaw, g Lewis. 4 i t i . d, Jo John Thomas Rolt, Frankland miiton lw:a To , G. Town bend, m nsEs —Hin iter, Johnstone, Elizabeth J o hn s t one , Yarde Buller, Shaw Lefevre, Helena Shaw Lefevre, Smith, M. A. s,elith, Hogg, Mary Hogg, Fanny Clifford, Katherine Shrew Stewart, Buller, Wyndham, Sarah Maria Welby, garianne Roberts, Hankey, Pole, Cooper, Mary Wheat' ey, Emily Wilson, Solivan, Cavendish, Baring, Mary. Sulivan, Clerk, I sa b e ll a Clerk, Darner, Fi tz -R o y, Em Ely Baring, Matilda Noel, H. Pole Stuart, De Horsey, B oileau, De Rutzen, Stuart Wortley, Benyon, Louisa Benyon, Louisa Disbrowo, Townshend, Isabella Smythe, F asa ny Cole, Ilibbert, Henrietta Cole, Drum mond, Cotes, 'Liam, Merritt, Augusta Woodall, Maria Shaw, Augusta , Parry, Brownrigg, Gosling, Beauclerk, Smythe, Hine hman, Hampden, Lister Kaye, Mowbray, Philips, M. B, Chichester, Higginson, Catherine Smythe, Hampson, - ugusta Bird, Wilberforce Bird, Reit, Georgians al'eville, Lucy Heys, Elizabeth Clay, Pepys, Shaw, Cole, :C4aura Morier, Mary Drummond, Theresa Drummond_ Qk orgiana Neville, Frances Neville , Fenny Clay, MAJORITY-NOES, 143. Ackers, James Feilden, W. Mackenzie, W. F Acland, T. D. Fihner, Sir E. Mackinnon, IV. J. Adam, Viscount FtbMott, John' Maclean, Donald Antrobus, Edmund Forbes, William M`Geachy, F. A. Arbnthnott, H. Forman, T. S. M`Neill, Duncan Arkwright, George Fremantle, Sir T. Mahon, Viscount Bailey, J., jun.; Gaskell, J. M. Manners, Lord J. Baring, henry Gladstone, W. E. Masterman, John Baring, W. B. Gladstone, Captain Morgan, Octavius Baskervillc, T. B. Gordon, Captain Neeld, Joseph Blackburne, J. I. Goring, Charles Neeld, John Blackstone, W. S. Goulburn, Henry Neville, Ralph Boldero, 11. G. Graham, Sir J. Newdegate, C. N. Borthwick, Peter Greenall, Peter Newport, Viscount Bottield, I3eriah Greene, T. Nichol], John Bowles, Admiral Grimsditch, T. Norreys, Lord ... .. ... , . Broadley, If. Grimston, Lord O'Brien, A. S. Bruce, Lord E. Hale, R. B. Oswald, Alexander Buckley, Edmund Valli d, Sir 11. Peel,„Sir Robert Cardwell, Edward Hamilton, G. A. Peel, Jonathan Carew, W. 11. I'. Hamilton, Lord C. Polhill, Frederick Chelsea, Viscount HPraed, W. Harcourt, G. G. W T. _ . Christopher, R. A. Harris, Captain Pringle, Alexander Chute, W. L. W. Henley, J. W. Renton, G. W. J. Clayton, R. R. Herbert, Sidney Richards, Richard Clerk, Sir George Holmes, W.:A'Court Round, C. G. Clive, Viscount Hope, G. W. Russell, J. D. W. Clive, It. H. Hornby, John Shaw, Frederick. Cockburn, Sir G. Houldsworth, T. Shirley, E. J. Colvile, C. It. Hussey, Ambrose Shirley, E.P. Compton, M. C. Ilussy, Thomas Sihthorp, Colonel Copeland, Alderman Irton, Samuel Smith, Abel Corry, henry Jcrinyn, Earl Smith, T. B. C. Courtenay, Lord Jocelyn, Viscount Somerset, Lord G. Cripps, William Jones, Cai,tai n Sotheron, T. 11. Darner, Colonel Knight, F. W. Spooner, Richard Darby, George Law, C. E. Stuart, Henry - _ Denison, E. B. Lawson, Anirew Sutton, Ilenry Dickinson, F. 11. Lefroy, Anthony Talbot, C. K. Douglas, Sir C Lennox, Lord A, Tenneiit, J. E. ... . Drumniond, 11. 11. Liddell, 11. T. Trench, Sir F. W. 1)u Pre, C. G. Lincoln, Earl Villiers, Viscount East, J. B. Lockhart, W. Waddington, 14. S. Eaton, R. J. ' Long, Walter Wellesley, Lord C. Egerton, Sir P. Lowther, Sir J. 11. Young, John Emlyn, Viscount Lowther, Colonel Entwisle, Lyall, George TELLERS'. Escott, Ilickbant Lygon, General Inglis, Sir R, H. Estcourt, T. G. Mackenzie, T. Hope, Alexander NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOPES, &C. —ln consequence of the great inconvenience felt, at tended with injurious effects to persons' eye-sight in the country, by their not being enabled to be properly suited with spectacles, &c., and which have come under the notice (to a great extent) of the Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, oppo site the Ynrk Hotel, they have contrived means by which individuals, at the most remote part of the globe, can be suited with their Newly Invented Spectacles, by stating their age, and, if making use of Spectacles, naming the length of time they have done so. Immediately the Newly Invented Spectacles are placed before imperfect vision, that mist .and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sight is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Improved Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c., of the same kind of Lenses, to surpass any ever yet in vented. Their Sound Magnifiers, Invisible Voice Con ductors, will enable persons at an advanced age, and of forty and fifty years standing of extreme deafness, to join in general conversation ; they are not in the least perceptible, nor more uncomfortable than having a small piece of fine wool in its place. Sent, carriage free, any distance.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opti cians and Aurists, are not in any way connecte d with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbour hood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mis takes, be cautious, and observe—only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. FIFTY RUNNING ULCERS CURED IN SIX WEEHS BT HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND Oitrmanr.—Extract of a letter, dated Tobago (West Indies), 4th February, 1815 :—" To Pro fessor Holloway—Sir, I have the pleasure to inform you that your astonishing medicines have cured a gentleman in this island, who had, I believe, about fifty running ulcers about his legs, arms, and hotly, who had tried all other medicines before the arrival of yours, hut. all of which did him no good, but tours cured him in about six weeks, and he is quite restored to health and vigour. Signed—Joho 31ertir. Ci.ronicle office, Tobago." Sold at Professor Holloway's establishment, 24-1 Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and b y a l most a ll respectable vendors of medicines throughout the civilised world. At the close of the Srst evening's performance of Antigone, in Dublin, a loud cry arose throughout the house, after the principal performers had appeared at the foot boards, for the author. So unanimous was the call for So phocles, that the manager had at last to appear, and to ex plain to the impatient crowd that the worthy Sophocles had died some two thousand years ago. Colonel Sir William Robert Clayton, Baronet, has arrived at 79, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, from Llarleyford, Bucks. The fallowing Gentlemen attended the Drawing. room : DUKE—Bueeleuch. MARQUISES—HuntIy, Norrnanby, Cholmondelcy. EARLS—lloseberry, Listowel, Cadogan, Antrim, Lin coin, Lovelace, Powis, Erne, Ros Ayn, Aberdeen, Ennis killen, Shelburne, Bective, March, Wicklow. VISCOUNTS—Maynard. Pollington, Adare, Ingestre, Cantilupe, Northland, Palmerston, Lake, Berebaven, Hill. Bisnor. —Worcester. LORDS—Sondes, Dalmeny, Beaumont, C. Hamilton, Cottenham, Colville, Stanley, Somerville, Belhaven, Beauval?, Campbell, A. Paget, Granville Somerset, Col chester, 11. Lennox, A. Lennox. CouNT--Erlach. RIGHT HONOURAI3LES—Sir Robert Peel, Sir Augustus Foster, Sir James Graham, W. Gladstone, F. Shaw. lIONOURABLES—Captain Hood, Colonel Cavendish, E. Erskine, W. R. Colborne, Captain J. Maxwell, S. Lyttelton, C. Rice, Captain Harris, Y. Jocelyn, Rev. N. Grenville. SIRS—John B. Johnstone, John Guest, John Pardo Buller, Charles Aldis, Augustus Clifford, George Clerk, F. Hamilton, C. Hunter, 11. Palliser, W. Clay, J. Boileau, 11. Verney, C. Wade, G. Walker, J. Kaye. REV. DOCTORS.— Serobesby, F-LS., Williamson. REVEREND.—James Nevill heard. DocTons.--W. Rae Wilson, Aldis, Moore. SERGEANT-AT-LAW.—Bellasis, MESSIEURS.—Richard Hotham Pi eon, James Bent ley, Weeding, John Gregory, E. Buller, M.P., George Buckley Bolton, George Denne, John Booth, Tighe, Wallace, Murchison, Alexander Hankey, Henry Stuart, M.P., Ilughan, D'lsraeli, R. Haywood, J. Somes, 11. Wood, J. Somes, jun., J. Fogn, R. Hollond, Cardwell, Shirley, C. Levey, J. Eld, Beauclerk, T. Gladstone, Stanley, Williams, R. Legh, W. Thornborough, De Horsey, J. Robinson, P. Howard, P. Butler, Ram, W. Doyle, J. Hardy, G. Mansell, J. Marshall, Pepys, R. Gosling, A. Wood, Page, Bethune, Disney, R. Mayne, E. Carver, C. Gibson, A. Oswald, N. Vaughan, Milnes, Tenison, Bainbridge, Malcolm, A. Hambrough, F. Cavendish, J. Hornby, R. Blewicke, Hunter, Riddle, Stephenson, H. Irwin, H. Cowper, C. Stronge, H. Smythe, Young, Ainsworth, Gwynne, R. Godson, E. Shirley, W. Bird, G. Irwin, J. Palsgrave, Astley, H. Hamilton, A. Drummond, C. Jolliffe. FIELD MARSIIAL—Duke of Wellington. GENERALS—L'Estrange, Sir Henry Watscm, Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H., Sir A. Maclaine, M`Leod, F. Farquharson, Sir Frederick Trench. COLONELS—Sir George Couper, Bart., Peel, Burnard, Cornwall, Tulloch, Hon. L. Stanhope. George Higgin son, George Everest, T.R.S., Fox, Monteath, Cureton, C. 8., Rolt, Gascoyne. MAJORS—Sir James J. Hamilton, Bart., M. G. White, Cooke. Turner, Hon. George A. Browne, Schon swar, Jones, Henderson. CAPTAINS—Cuddy, H. G. Napleton. E.LC.S., F. H. Jackson, Polhill, M.P., Bateson, M.P., R. W. Fraser, Shea, H.C.S., Hon. C. G. Scott, Hon. Robert Boyle, J. Penny, Kincaid, Fearon, Francis P. Nott, William Wood, De Bathe, A. Shirley, F. W. Hamilton, James M. Martin. LIEUTENANTS.—Hogg, Rodney, James Money, Hon. C. Powys, L. Gomez Da Costa, John C. Hain, Hay, A. P. S. Green, J. G. Wilkinson, Francis Koe, Charles Graves, W. Pogson, R. Craufurd, Pennington, Hig ginson, W. E. Remington, W. Yates Peel, M. Cowell, Francis, George Turner, W. H. L. D. Cuddy, Pen nington. CORNET.—Greetham. ADMIRALS.—Lord Radstock, Sir IL Otway. CAPTAINS ROYAL NAVY.—Sir W. H. Dillon, R. B. Watson. Townshend, Sir J. Franklin, Bynz, W. Hood, Hon. W. Keith, Troubridge, F. Wood, F. Hutton. CGMMANDERS.—EIIicome, Woodgate, Dumaresq. LIEUTENANTS (ROYAL NAVY.)—J. Blackmore, Old mixon, H. G. Keane. The following Ladies had the honour of being pre sented to the Queen: — Mrs. Somes, by her Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch The Hon. Mrs. John C. Erskine, by the Countess of Jersey The Countess of Enniskillen, on her marriage, by the Countess de Grey Lady Thesiger, by Lady Peel Lady Lee, by Lady Radstock Lady Dalmeny, on her marriage, by the Countess of Rosebery Hon. Agnes Petre, by Lady Petre [lon. Elizabeth Mlles, by Lady Sondes Miss Buller, by Mrs. E. Buller Miss Fanny Clifford, by her mother, Lady Clifford Miss Hogg, by her mother, Mrs. Hogg Miss Mary Hogg, by her mother, Mrs. Hog; Mrs. Briscoe Friend, by Mrs. Alexander Hankey Mrs. Bellasis, by Mrs. Greene Mrs. Sidney, by Lady Graham Miss Hunter (Daughter of Sheriff Hunter), by Lady Graham Miss Elizabeth Johnstone, by her mother, Lady B. Johnstone Miss Helena Shaw Lefevre, by Mrs. Shaw Lefevre Miss Wyndham, by her mother, the Countess of Listowel Hon. Mrs. Angerstein, on her return from the Continent, by the Countess of Charlemont Mrs. Rundle Burges Watson, by Lady Follett Miss Sarah Maria Welby, by the Viscountess Canning Miss llankey, by her mother, Mrs. Alexander Hankey The Duchess of Grafton, by Lady C. Fitzroy Miss Marianne Robarts, by the Countess of Bective Countess of Longford, by the Countess of Wicklow Viscountess Hill, by the Marchioness of Cholmondely Right Hon. Lady Somerville, on coming to the title, by Mrs. Hunter Lady Claud Hamilton, on her marriage, by the Coun tess of Wicklow Lady Dillon, by the Dowager Viscountess Dillon The Baroness de Rutzen, by the Lady Anne Charteris. Lady Caroline S. L. Gower, by the Duchess of Su- _ therland Mrs. Richard Godson, by Lady Stanley Hon. Mrs. Disbrowe, by Lady Albinia Foster Mrs. Hamden, by Lady Cottenham Lady Franklin, on her return from Van Dieman's Land, by the Countess of Haddington Lady Easthope, by Lady King Lady Arabella Fermor, by tho Hon. Lady Borough, her grandmother Lady Louis Oswald, by the Countess of Sefton Lady Doyle, on her marriage, by Mrs. Manes Gaskell Lady K. Pakenham, by the Countess of Longford Miss Cavendish, by Mrs. Harcourt Lady Georgiana Pakenham, by the Countess of Longford Lady Louisa Tenison, by the Countess of Rosebery The Lady Mayoress, by Lady Graham Mrs. P. Somerset Butler, by Lady Louisa Tighe Mrs. John Hornby, on her marriage, by Lady Stanley Mrs. Tulloch, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady Pearson Mrs. Cardwell, by Lady Stanley Mrs. Evelyn Shirley, on her marriage, by Mrs. Shirley Mrs. Corkran, by the Duchess of Grafton. Mrs. Malcolm, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. Shirley Mrs Stephenson, by Lady Belhaven Mrs. B ,, auclerk, on her marriage, by Lady Frederick Beauclerk Miss Wilberforce Bird, by the Lady Frances Cole Miss Augusta Bird, by Lady Frances Cole Miss Hampson, by her mother, Lady Hampson Mrs. Ilibberts, by the Marchioness of Cholmondeley Miss Augusta Woodall, by the Viscountess Canning Miss Matilda Noel, by the Countess of Gainsborough Lady Beaumont, on her marriage, by Lady Colchester Lady Abinzer upon coming to the title, by Lady Strath eden and Campbell Hon. Mrs. Robert Boyle, on her marriage, by the Vis- countess Dungarvon Hon. Mrs. C. Grantham Scott, on her marriage, by her . . mother, Mrs. John Abel Smith Elm. Mrs. Charles Powys by Lady Mary Fox Mrs. Wilberforce Bird by Lady Frances Cole Miss Emily Wilson by her mother, Lady Wilson MN. Arthur Shirley by Mrs. Shirley Miss Louisa Benyon by Lady Katherine Jermyn Miss Hibberts, by the Marchioness Cholrnondeley Miss Gosling, by her mother, Mrs. Robert Gosling Miss Hampden, by her . mother Mrs. Hampden Mrs. Benyon, by Lady Katherine Jermyn Miss Benyon, by Lady Katherine Jermyn Miss d 3 Rutzen, by her mother, the Baroness de Rutzcn Miss Pepys, by her mother, Mrs. Pepys Lady Isabella Keith, by the Countess of Haddington Miss Fitzroy, by her mother, Lady Charles Fitzroy Hon Miss Sidney, by Lady Mary Fox Miss Isabella Smythe, by the Countess of Wicklow Miss Henrietta Cole, by her mother, Lady Frances Cole Miss Drummond, by Lady Elizabeth Drummond Miss Maria Shaw, by her mother, Mrs. Frederick Shaw Miss Augusta Parry; by Lady Somerville Miss Smythe, by the Countess of Charlemont Miss Catherine Smythe, by the Countess of Wicklow Miss Philips, by her mother, the lion. Mrs. Philips Miss Georgiana Greville, by the Countess of March Miss Elizabeth Clay, by her mother, Lady Clay Miss Higginson, by her mother, Lady F. Higginson Miss Mary Elizabeth Chichester, by the Lion. Mrs. Leicester Stanhope Miss Laura Morier, by Mrs Morier Miss Mary Drummond, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Charles Drummond Miss Townshend, by her mother, Mrs. Townshend Miss Ram, by her sister, Mrs Ram The Honourable Mary Campbell, by her mother, the Lady Stratheden and Campbell The Hon. Mrs, Keith, by the Countess of Haddington Miss Darner, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. G. Darner The Hon. Frances Mary Scarlett, by her mother, Lady Abinger The Hon. Mrs. Carew, on her marriage, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Philips Hon. Caroline Pepys, by her mother, Lady Cottenham The Countess of Erne, by Lady Wharncliffs Mrs. Geils, by her mother, Mrs. Charles Dickinson Mrs. Humphrey St. John Mildmay, by Lady B. John stone The Hon. Mrs. Doughty, by the Hon. Mrs. G. Darner Miss Louisa Disbrowe, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Disbrowne Miss B )ileau, by Lady Catherine Boileau Miss Fanny Clay, by her mother, Lady Clay tier Majesty and Prince Albert, and the royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace, alter the Drawing room. Sir William C. Ross, R. A., had the honour, yester day, of taking the first sitting for a miniature of he r R oya l Highness the . Princess Royal, by command of hi s Royal Highness Prince Albert. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The intelligence of the arrival of the West India steamer Tiviot, at South ampton, was announced at. Lloyd's by means of the electric telegraph of the South-Western Railway, as early . as a quarter before eleven o'clock on W e d nes d ay morning. The letters and papers by the packet were delivered in tha City at about five o'clock in the afternoc2L IN RE EDW. BEAUFORT CULLEN TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your statement in The Sun of this evening of the examination of the above gentleman at the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday, before Mr. Commissioner Fane, is in some points very incorrect, and, if it remains un noticed, may tend much to prejudice him in certain pro ceedings he has been compelled to institute against a party whose na me was p u bli c l y ment i one d in Court by Mr. Cooke, the insolvent's counsel, relative to the in solvent's most unfortunate connexion with the ship Con queror, and which was the sole cause of his appearing in that Court. In justice, therefore, to my client, I trust you will permit the following short explanation of his case to appear in your journal of to-morow:-- Your report states that he dealt largely in accommo dation bills, whereas, in point of fact, out of a list of sixty-five creditors, there were only four accommodation bills in the schedule. The individual cases of the only two persons opposing him not being established, Mr. Sturgeon made a sweeping statement, as reported by you, alleging that the insolvent was a person without visible means, raising money whenever he could upon accommodation bills, fur which, in some instances, he was in the practice of allowing almost cent. per cent. fur discount. Such a statement as this counsel are licensed to make. It has its effect for the time; but the correct ness of it Mr. Cooke completely disproved, and it would only have been fair in your reporter to have bestowed a few more lines on Mr. Cooke's speech, which fully and truly stated the real cause of this gentleman's difficul ties. Your report further states that there were no assets to meet the debts. This also is incorrect, as he not only inserted debtors to the amount of 900/, but also relinquished certain reversionary interests in estates in Ireland and London, which he derived under the will of his late father, considerably more in value than his bond fide debts. Your report truly states that the debts inserted in the schedule amount to 5,1691. 16s. 2d., but it entirely omits Mr. Cooke's analysis of them, which was, that of this sum 2,2571. were due on account of the ship Conqueror, all of which were disputed, except his own solicitor's costs thereon, amounting to about 4001.; 1,527 L were for Irish debts, nearly the whole of which are secured on mortgage ; 1,0651. were disputed debts and liabilities ; and 3214 only were the real bond fide debts due from the insolvent. Cri . ically situate as Mr. Cullen now is, relative to the proceedings mentioned in the former part of my letter, whereby he seeks to establish his former credit and re spectability, and conceiving your report of his case may be injurious to him, I trust to your impartiality in giving insertion to this statement; and I remain, Sir, your obedient servant. JOHN BE ART, 4, Bouverie-street, Fleet•street, Solicitor for the said E. B. Cullen. April 10. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Dona Manuela Perea—the far-famed Spanish clan sense, who, under the name of La Nena, has won an European fame, appeared for the first time in this country last evening, in two pas de caraetere—the Spanish Bolero Cachuca, and the Legirigas Manchegas. La Nena is a perfect Spanish beauty. Her clear olive corn plexion—her finely chiselled and expressive features— her dark lustrous eyes—her raven hair—her fine and commanding figure, are all characteristic of the land of the Cid. Her style of danc ing, too, is completely and intensely national. It is a style perfectly new in this country—energy, deci sion, vigour, force, are its characteristics—there is an almost soldier-like precision about it ; but there is also a freedom and an energy which speak of the haughty will. It is the commanding style of an imperious beauty, who demands admiration as her right, and when she has recourse to coquetry (and her coquetry is most fascinating), it is as though she were conscious that she was condescending to ask that admiration as a favour which it is her right to demand. Her style is the very perfection of Spanish dancing, and those who have not seen the national dances of Spain performed in Spain by Spaniards, can form no idea of the manner in which those pas were performed by La Nena, and Da Felix Garcia, by whom she was admirably supported. We have all seen Spanish pas performel by Duvernay, by Fanny Ellsier, and by Cerito. Nothing can he more graceful than these Deesses are in the Cachuca, the Gitana, or the Bolero, but they all want that reality which is so characteristic of La Nena. They are foreigners, speaking a foreign language, beautifully, elegantly, correctly. She is the native speaking, at times, perhaps not so gramma tically as the well educated foreigner, but with infinitely more energy, more power, more truth, and more reality. With them they are mere pas de caractere, with her they are the national dances of her native land. There is the same difference that there would be in a Scotch ballad, sung by Wilson, and the same ballad sung by Rubini. Her Spanish costume was exceedingly becoming. She looked completely the Spanish Dona. She was much applauded by the most crowded audience that has been assembled within her Majesty's Theatre during the present season. The opera was Don Pasquale, mid never has this, the chef tneuvre of Donizetti, been more delightfully performed. The unctuous humour of Lablache, as the Don, seems to grow richer every representation, he con stantly introduces the most laughable variations in his bye-play. Last evening, for instance, his manner of picking up the letter in the last act was perfectly novel and inexpressibly rich in its comicality. Ho was admirably supported by Grisi, Fornasari, and Mario, who were all in excellent voice, and sung and acted delightfully. Those wonderful children, the Dan senses Viennoises, repeated their pas, in which they were so successful on Tuesday ; and Eoline, that most tasteful and elegant of ballets, with the classical Lucile Grahn as the heroine, completed the entertainments of the evening. The last act of Lucia di Lammermoor was to have been given, but it was omitted, in conse quence of the illness of Madame Castellan. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, YESTERDAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Vol-au-Vent—taken 8 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey 9 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbins's Celeste—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Ma Mie—taken 10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's 1-am-not-aware—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Poor Soldier. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken 5 to 2 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger 5 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt The betting in the early part of the afternoon was not at all favourable to Idas ; on the strength of some idle reports of a trial, 3 to 1 was laid in various quarters ; at the same time, 15 and 16 to 1 being current against him for the Derby. The re action was speedy and decisive, the latest odds taken being 5 to 2 for the above race, and 14 to 1 fur the Derby, the backers " fond." TIIE CHESTER cur. 8 to 1 agst the Irish lot 7 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract 10 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria 10 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity 16 to 1 agst Mr. W. H. Johnstone's The Era 22 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Portrait 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne 28 to 1 agst Mr. Davies's Yheomun-ac-Knuck—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklarn's Trueboy—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Stebbings's Celeste 35 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare 36 to 1 apt Mr. Mostyn's two—taken 70 to 1 agst Mr. Wesley's Counsellor—takan 6,000 to 45 agst Mr. Wesley's Old Maid—taken 6,0001. to one shilling was laid against Defender. We did not hear many bets laid against Cataract, but so strong and general was the anxiety to get on him, that nothing above 7 to 1 was obtainable; 9 and 9i to 1, however, was laid against him to 1501., in conjunction with simi lar bets against Obscurity and Semiseria, who were not in much request. Wiuesour, Queen of Tyne, Yheomun-ac- Knuck, and Trueboy. were rather prominently in favour. DERRY. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 13 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Kedger 13 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas 18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear the Way 18 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt-20 to 1 taken freely 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 26 to 1 agst Mr. Mostj•n's Pantasa 30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen—t. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbos 50 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon • 1000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Javelin—taken 600 to 400 and 1100 to 800 on Idas agst Cobweb colt. We have elsewhere noticed the Idas movement, and we need only add, in reference to the Derby, that Kedger was backed for two or three hundred pounds at 13 to 1, Pam and Clear the Way at 18 to 1, each to about 100/., and the Cobweb colt freely at 20 to 1. Offers of 11 to 1 agst Alarm, but no disposition to back him. ARRIVALS AT NEWMARKET. Johnny, Queen Mab, Sir Francis, Vol-au-Vent, Mademoi selle, Fuzbos, the Accacia and Harriet fillies, Poor Soldier, Homoeopathist, &c. One of the --"-------T ri°greatest impo present day byaKndinigmdpomos,inigs shopkeepers, s not n on s on l y in tenddoant, the e e n t t h the n stance, assurance to in that every o f f 0 r City gn g and h p o r w o m p er t t h y r through out g another,h.o u ttl of innocence. — on the Public th i e v f e o those admirable requisites for the Toilet, the Macassar allrg al e lu d de a , rt i ie n le th w e lt p h res Oil, Kalydor, and Odonto, as prepared by the Messrs. Rowland, and which, from their merits and reputation, are the constant objects of fraudulent imitation. The parties so imitating concoct some trashy compounds resembling in appearance those of Messrs. Rowland, and by adopting the very same names, and copying the labels and bills, endeavour to pass off their trash as the .‘ genuine" articles, reckless of the injury which they will inevitably inflict on those who are deceived by using them. We should have imagined that an English tradesman, whose reputation for honour and integrity is proverbial, would not have stooped to the meanness of so base and paltry an action. Neverthe less we know for certain that such is the case, and we would advise all Patrons of Messrs. Rowland's Articles to purchase only of respectable venders—and particularly to observe the caution in their advertisement, which frequently appears in our paper. SALE 01' RARE AND COSTLY PRINTS BY REM BRANDT.—Yesterday, a sale (commenced on Tuesday) of a rare collection of prints and etchings, by Rubens and Rem brandt, the property of the late Mr. A. Geddes, A. R.A., was continued at Messrs. Christie and Manson's rooms, King-street, St. James's. Some of the prints sold yesterday fetched extraordinary high prices : for instance, an etching of the " Three Trees," by Rembrandt, sold for 91. 103. ; and a portrait of " Ephraim Bonas," by the same artist, sold for the large suns of 15/. 10s. The sale, which will last four days, excites considerable interest, from the excellent character of the collection, comprising, in addition to the prints and etchings, some original paintings by Titian, Rubens, Rem brandt, &c.. which are expected to fetch several thousand pOtmds. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 10. . _ The following Bills were pre'sented and read a first time : Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. Preston and Wyre Railway Branches. Grand Junction Railway. Chester and Holyhead Railway (No. 2) (Mold Branch and Purchase of Chester and Birkenhead Railway). Exeter and Crediton Railway. Monmouth and Hereford Railway. Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway and Docks. The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : Portarling-ton and Tullamore Railway. Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier (No. 2). London and Worcester and South Staffordshire Railway,— Petition for Bill reported, report referred to the Select Com mittee on Standing Orders. Cork and Bandon Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Vi ,, count Bernard and Mr. Sergeant Murphy. Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Bowes and Lord Harry Vane. Newry and Enniskillen Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by the Earl of Hillsborough, Viscount Newry, and Colonel Rawdon. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; ordered to be brought in by Mr. William Collett., Ceptain Hatton, Mr. Grogan, and Colonel Bruen. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported; 1. " That, in the case of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 2. " That, in the case of the Cork and Bandon 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 Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 4. " Th at, in the case of the North Wales Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on marking upon the section deposited in the Private Bill Office the dis tances in furlongs ; 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 Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 6. " That, in the case of the Kingston-on-Hull Docks Bill, amendment proposed on consideration of the report, the amendment is of such a nature as to justify the House in en tertaining it without the recommitment of the Bill." Resolutions agreed to. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Southport and Euxton Junctionßailway,—Second reading, Monday, April 14. Glasgow Harbour Union Railway,—Committee on petition, Monday, April 21. Glasgow Junction Railway,—Second reading, Monday, April 14. Yarmouth and Norwich Railway,—Second reading, Mon day, April 14. Midland Railway Branches,—Committee on petition, Mott day, April 14. Liverpool and Manchester Railway,— Committee on peti tion, Monday, April 21. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway,—Committee on petition, Monday, April 21. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway (Skelmersdale Branch),—Committee on petition, Monday, April 21. Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier (No. 2), — Committee on petition, Monday, April 21. TIIE IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.—The usual Birmingham quar terly meeting of the ironmasters of the midland districts was held in the Town-ball this day, and was unusually well at tended. It has already been announced that at a prelimi nary meeting, held at Wolverhampton, this day fortnight. it was determined to make another advance of 2/. per ton, making bar iron about 12/., and hoops about 12/. 10s. Shrop shire pig-iron is said to have advanced from 61. ss. to 61. 10s. This extraordinary price of all descriptions of iron was main tained at the meeting at Walsall on Tuesday, at Wolver hampton yesterday, and again at the present meeting in Bir mingham this day. At the meeting at Wolverhampton matters assumed a somewhat dull and heavy appearance; there was by no means the same degree of buoyancy so con spicuously exhibited at the meeting a fortnight since. To-day in answer to questions upon the subject several of the most extensive and influential ironmasters, replied— " There was no intention to attempt a further advance—they were perfectly content with the present prices, if they could be maintained."lt could not, however, be doubted, we think, from the general complexion of the meeting, that some misgivings, as to the long continuance of the present prices, have come over the minds of some of the great masters. The de feat or abandonment of many of the projected lines of rail way—foreign competition, already sensibly felt in the market —and the great injury which the high price of iron has already inflicted upon the hardware trade it is thought, of necessity, will cause a reduction. Another more powerful reason may be given for the probability of this result. The large speculators in iron—men who, for the last four or six months, have been hoarding up stocks with a view to a high price—seem to imagine that it has reached the maximum, and are beginning to bring it into the market. This was stated at the meeting to-day. Persons deeply interested in the iron trade of this neigh bourhood generally think that there was much truth in the few observations which fell from Lord Ashburton in the House of Lords, on Monday evening. Should a fall take place only half as suddenly as the recent rise, the mischief done to the working population of the mining districts will ba incalculable. No doubt, many of the ironmasters, in the course of a short time, will have amassed immense fortunes, but vast numbers of the work people, whose increase of wages has not been in proportion to the employers' increase of profits, will be thrown out of work, and unlike the masters, when the evil day arrives, without the means of maintenance. At present, however, beyond the stand at the present prices, to which I have alluded, there does not appear any slackness of employment. The furnaces are in full work, awl the men employed at the advanced wages conceded to them a few weeks ago. It is to be hoped that now the fever of speculation has somewhat abated, this state of things may continue, that supply and demand may correspond, and that steadiness of paying crisis be the result of present ex citement and uncertainty. . _ The last of the quarterly meetings is to be held at Dud- ley on Saturday night. At the meetings on former occasions, some of the great iron proprietors have dissented from the prices agreed upon at Wolverhampton and Birmingham. This proceeding, as a matter of course, has tended to throw doubt and distrust upon all general agreements of the trade, for such is the magnitude and influence of the houses alluded to, that a fall by them would, of necessity, cause a general fall by other smaller competing firms.. What may be the course pursued on Saturday cannot yet be anticipated. HER MAJESTY'S RIVER YACHT FAIRY..—ThiS fine little vessel went down the river on a fifth experimental trip, at the early hour of six o'clock A.M. on Saturday, under the charge of Commander Smith, with a crew of the Black Eagle, and the Marines of the William and Mary yacht. Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer at Woolwich Dockyard, and Mr. Penn, who constructed the engines of the vessel, proceeded in her at the same time, to ascertain the speed and working of the engines. On this occasion the speed was found to exceed any of the former trials, being 13,308 nautical miles, of nearly one-fourth of a knot more than she had previously attained. The vessel proceeded to sea, and is reported to have stood remarkably stiff in the water, when off Whitstable, although there was a strong sea running, and the wind blowing a breeze. The trial gave great satisfaction, and afforded good earnest of the ca pabilities of this handsome vessel for the use of her Majesty, reflecting great credit on all engaged in her construction. The Fairy been taken into the Last India Dock at Black wall, to be fitted for her Majesty's use, and will be ready in a few weeks. TAWELL'S CLOTIIES.—We are told by the Morning Post that " a gentleman" went to Aylesbury the night be fore the execution to make a bargain with the hangman for the suit of black in which Tawell was to suffer. Anxious not " to lose one shred of that immortal man," the gentle man offered 251. for the black coat and trousers and silk vest which, being worn by a murderer in his death-struggle, had, of course, " magic in their web." It is a pity for the healthy moral tone of society that the gentleman was dia. appointed in his mission, the precious apparel being con signed to the consuming earth. "It was hinted that the clothes were required as an additional attraction for a cer tain public exhibition in the metropolis." We have no doubt that they would have made, according to play-bill flourish, " a tremendous hit." how gentlemen, and tender, delicatethe“n ladies— m sensitive s so m u o ls us t e hLt sq wo u n e l a d l a h t a a ve bla ti ek ock b e etl t e o , or o g f a z u e e o o n rg t e h e t h h u e t t F o o n u l es w w o o n u d l e d r ! h a Theve beenr e a real coronation it robes n se ; . woolsey contrasted with the super-saxony of John Tawell. The murderer's raiment would have been interesting, curious as the skin of some newly-discovered snit:Ohl; some terrible novelty of the carnivora. We would have had him exhi bited with a phial in either hand : in one vessel, prussic acid ; and in the other Mr. Fitzroy Kelly's tears,. preserved —as miik;ana never e h deeor o rnoea s f tret e hhec o o t yeng h o o ei e fre d tegl i s Cockletop avouches of the tear of Cleopatra—in spirits. It e o n a g aa then ca ed ta an la g may after this seem spiteful in us to rejoice at the disap pointmentm ordinaryrerNon t,e; t-eoorfthhet observation— byehl a e t elboweds Nevertheless, scaeetwn—ip: o arer e u f t r t e s gohfi e h n e dnv, d ,otati a xil i sl n ee w k hi b e l h ac t k he tig y e a r e , s J t olz e T te r e m a o n st e p xh ro i m bi i t n i e o n n i h th av e subjects of attraction, we should like to have a rival show, in which should be exhibited resemblances of only the most vir -edfilawnrenteloiotodsnpliprelioalr.aneel resa levmAwseomuhhsn Fourth ram o :db deeui l ieir a csi. h p b st lo r vir tuous of the earth. But no ; small chance of success would John Howard have against John Tawell. Mere virtue is un salted water-gruel ; now, crime has in it a fine, fruity flavour. —Punch. Tim Box TUNNEL.—The public, especially those in the habit of travelling on the Great Western Line, are in volved in fearful apprehensions in consequence of the falling of some of the mason work from the roof of the Box Tunnel. The first fall was of an enormous block of stone on Sunday se'nnight, when the engine was on its return to Box ; and the obstruction occasioned threw the engine violently off the line, and the engine-driver was much injured by the shock. Immediate attention was paid to the defective part, but while the workmen were engaged in its repair, two other masses of stone fell, one of them weighing nearly a ton, and the other about 12 cwt. The down mail was, luckily, timely . delayed. Under these circumstances it will of course be ne cessary to have the tunnel more effectually surveyed. Had any one stone fallen it would have been comparatively trifling ; but, when the work is found giving way in more than one place, the feeling of insecurity is truly fearful. —Kcene's Both Journal. LINCOLN'S INN NEW GARDEN.—The projected improvements in the New-square, noticed in our paper of Wednesday last, as in course of progress, have been some what suddenly suspended by order of the authorities of the Honattrable Society, in consequence of the petition or pro test of several of the owners and occupiers of chambers having been presented to the Benchers respecting the pro posed alterations. A large proportion of the chambers in the square immediately adjacent to the proposed encloeures are held under almost every form of tenur e, by different individuals, who are more or less interested—thus yr!_lia.ve freeholders, copyholders, leaseholders , ten ants, at will,ill, Amongst some of these gentlemen , it a pp e ars that diversity of opinion has existed respecting the necessity or propti_ ty of the Society carrying out t h e p ro p osed -enclosure puma, which was briskly proceeded with up to the last day or two likely until the matter honorsitayreoafdtjhoeurßnceudcslipaersdaiel—onme.ostNow, however, further discussed and decided upon sn the Council h o b p y a e s r a t a u e t t i en fully Chamber next term.