The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-16 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SUN Omez, APIUL 15. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 51; Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 29.87.—Wnrn, N.E. • YOTE.—The figures which follow the wont, "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 19 minutes after 8 J Evening .. :2 minutes after 9. , ' , , 4 . 40 ; i • - ~)‘' • i(kii t : 4 l4 4007 ...W., 2 , ~ .. ..K, ' ',srfeleat • .:« 664? r•,f o , s ie''',;;;/` 7 • 4 lWalcOlikir' : • %Mk d ••••.. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (rue.dly) Evening contained fhe Latest Prices of Shares, from the Official List. The List of Appointment 3, Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. The Latest Market Intelligence. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, containing a full Report of the Proceedings in both Houses of Parliament, up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Svo., 21$. baumi, PENINSULAR SKETCHES BY ACTORS ON THE SCENE. Edited by W. H. MAXWELL, Esq. Author of " Stories of Waterloo," " the Life of the Duke of Wellington," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 3 vols., with 34 Illustrations from Original Drawings, price 31s. 6d. bound, THREE YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE ; OR, DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE TURKS. By CHARLES WHITE, Esq., " Mr. White's useful work Is well worthy of the attentive study of all wh.) would know Turkey as it is. It may be safely tsken as a text-book with respect to Turkey, its people, and its manners. Full, searching, complete, it will dissipate many prejudices, dispel many vague notions popularly entertained of the much maligned Turks."—Morning Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully Informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Rubscriptlon), TO-MORROW EVENING When will be performed Rossini's Opera Seria, in Two Acts, entitled SE MIRAMIDE. Semiramide, Madame Grisi ; Arsaee, Mdlle Brambilla ; Assar, Sig, Fornasari ; Idreno, Sig. Corelli ; Oroe, Sig. Lablache. . _ The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in some of their Favourite Pas. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. On this occasion will be produced a New Divertissement, entitled KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. The Music composed and arranged by Signor Pugni, and comprising Themes from the Norwegian Melo dies. The Principal Dances composed and arranged by M. Perrot; those of the Danseuses Viennoises by Madame Josephine Weiss. Kays, Mademoiselle Lucille Grahn ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Pragher ; Herman, M. Gosselin ; Knud, M. Perrot. To be followed by the Second Act of LA SONNAMBUL-1. Amina, Madame Castellan ; Elvino, Sig. Mario. ♦lso a DIVER rISSE3IENP, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various of the National Pea of Spain. To conclude with the admired Scene of the Dryades from the Ballet of EOLINE. Eolinc, Madame Lucille Grahn. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opora-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. boors open at Seven ; the - Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announeed that the celebrated SY3IPHONIE ODE of the DESERT, by FELICIEN' DAVID, will be repeated on MONDAY NEXT, APRIL 21, Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous, Vocal, Orchestral, and Choral Selection from the most classical Composers, including Mozart, Weber, Mendlessohn, Gluck, Beethoven, &c., and supported by nearly all the Distinguished Artistes of this Establishment. _ _ The Orchestra and Choruses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. PART I —Sinfonla in C Minor—Beethoven.—Aria "Chi faro," Mdlle. Brambilla—Gluck. Aria " Letti Letti," Sig. Lablache— Haydn. With the Hunting Chorus. "La Carita"—Rossini. With Chorus. Soprani, Mesdames Castellon,' Rosetti, and Rita Borio. Contralto, Mdlle. Brambilla. Overture, Oberon—Weber. PART ll.—The Desert. Boxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each, may be had on app] cation at the Box-office, Opera Colonnade. TLIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, by M. Dnprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdini ; Arthur, Mr. Barker ; Raymond, Mr. Weiss ; Norman, Mr. H. Horneastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia. _ Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Arline. Miss Rainforth. After which P ROBER Abe rated BERTRAND .ND , a New Comic Ballet, entitled Dances in the course of the Ballet :--- Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. • Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. Lituana Pas Seul, by Molls. Polin. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Le Sevitlianne, Spanish Dance, Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. The 13ox-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repo tted a New and OriOnal Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Mel:stone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hutnby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. Atter which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss I'. Horton. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI . THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE oREKN 13' :SHES ; or, A Hundred Years Agcy Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright; Emily, Miss Fortesene. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Auber's Comic Opera, entitled LE DUC D'OLONNE. Gaspard, Mr. Leffler ; The Chevalier, Mr. Allen ; Blanca de Molina, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Mariquita, Miss Grant. Mr. SANI)Sand his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE. will appear hi their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. After which, MONSEIGNEUR; or, PARIS IN 1720. Mon seigneur, Mr. Wallack ; t leimaine, Mr. Oxberry ; Rosanne, Miss E. Stanley; Annette, Miss Marshall. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Unparalleled success of the New Grand Burlesque—lrresistible Fun in " On Duty." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley; Miss Vlliars, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Grove. After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Collier, and Turner; Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Ntions — lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT ! Dick Whitthigton, Mrs. Keeley; Muley Moloch, the Idea Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. To conclude with the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, and Meadows, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Fairbrother will perform. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA ; or, The Spanish Amazons. Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle. M. and Mdme. Dumos, S. Bridges, &c. An arrangement has been made with Mr. White (the celebrated Lion Tamer), who will appear THIS EVENING, and exhibit his Wonderful Feats with his unrivalled collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Panthers, &c. To conclude with an Admired Farce. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the Immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Canfield, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed JANE SHORE. Hastings, Mr. H. Hughes ; Dumont, Mr. N. T. Hicks ; Gloster, Mr. Neville ; Jane Shore, Mrs B. Homier ; Alicia, Mrs. H. Vining. After which, THE GAME COCE OF THE WILDERNESS, Samson Hardhead, Mr. Marble. To ba followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the Ainerican Sampson. To conclude with TIIE VERMONT WOOL DEALER. Deuteronomy Dutiful, Mr. Marble. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box ofilce, from Eleven to Pour. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Wiil be repeated MARGARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse steala. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, COCHIN VAR ; or, The Bride of Netherby. Lochin var, Mr. IL Howard ; James the Sixth, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Lord Netherby, Mr. Dale ; Mysie, Miss E. Terry. To conclude with 081 ; or, Three Fingered Jack. Three Fingered Jack, Mr. Cony ; Captain Orford, Mr. Blanchard ; Quashee, Mr. Searle ; Rosa, Mrs. O. Lee. ~ ~~ ~ 77 (~ ~ -1 f /"VV WV LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. The Mutiny Bill and the NI trine Mutiny Bill passed ah'rongh .Committee. On the motion of the Earl of JERSEY, a return of 'the number of bank notes in circulation in Scotland during the ten yea rs f rom 18 34 to 1844, was ordered to be laid on the table. LOrd Buotramem then drew the attention of the Himse to the necessity of a greater stringency in the standing orders on the subject of railway Bills. He proposed to narrow considerably th e power at present possessed by railway companies of deviating from the line. H e thought they ought t o b e restricted to twenty yards on eah'side, and if in consequ ence of accident they were oninpelled to trespass on the property of tbe adjoining landowners, he would leave them to make their own bar_ ga•A with the person on whose property they had en tered, without the interve n ti on of a jury. The Marquis of BREA.DAL4NE complained hostility manifestedeited by the N o bl e and Leerned of the Lord' to a ll• railway schemes ; and • - C The F k arl of DALHOUSIN refuSed to go into the question at present,- and would cont en t hi mse l f with saying that some of the statements of th e N o bl e and Learned Lord wits overcharged. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, an d their Lordships adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four. Thesecond reading of the Hemel Hempstead Small Tenements Bill, on a division, was carried, the num bers being :—For the second reading, 69 ; Against it, 39 ; Majority in favour of it, 30. Various motions standing for this evening were post poned, in order that the adjourned debate on Maynooth might be resumed. In answer to a question by Mr. F. FRENCH, Sir T. FREMANTLE said that it was not the intention of the Government to propose any alteration in the 'nth poor-law. It had worked well hitherto, and the Govern ment were determined to give it a fair trial. Sir J. GRAHAM fixed the second reading of the Medi cal Bill for Monday, and Mr. WALLET gave notice of his motion on the subject of the College of Surgeons' Charter for Tuesday. Mr. FERRAND moved that the petition of the Dublin Operative Conservative Association, praying for the im peachment of Sir R. PEEL, be printed. The motion was seconded by Mr. HINDLEY and op. posed by Colonel RAWDON and Lord NORTHLAND. The opposition was grounded on the fact that the peti tion was couched in language offensive to the Roman Catholic subjects of her Majesty. Mr. REDINGTON did not consider the expressions in that petition as more offensive than those contained in the coronation oath. Sir R. INGLis supported the motion. Sir J. GRAHAM said that if the petition was to be made the foundation of a motion respecting the allega tions against the First Minister of the Crown, no mem ber of the Government could offer the slightest opposi tion to the printing of the petition. Mr. FERRAND said that on the third reading of the Maynooth Bill he should bring forward a motion to the following effect :—" That the Catholic Bequests Act was a violation of the Act of Settlement, and a contra vention of the oath of supremacy." Lord J. Russia'. considered that the allegations in the petition were frivolous, and should therefore oppose the motion for printing it. After a few words from Mr. S. CRAWFORD, Mr. LID DELL, Mr. REDINGTON, and Mr. DUNCOMBE, Mr. FERRAND said he did not intend to make a dis tinct motion on the subject of the petition, and, amidst the loud laughter of the House, withdrew his motion. The adjourned debate on the subject of Maynooth was then resumed by Major BERESFORD, who opposed the Bill, on the ground that, as had been stated by the Home Secretary on a former occasion, concession had reached its limits. Colonel VERNER opposed the grant, as mischievous in tendency and unjust in practice. It would be ill re ceived by the Irish Catholics, and excite suspicion in the minds of the Protestants. Mr. HuslE considered that the course adopted by the Government was the only one calculated to put down that agitation in Ireland which had arisen from the refusal of that justice to which the Irish had a right, and that this measure would remove some of those grievances of which the Irish had a right to complain. Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed the proposition of the Government. Mr. PAKINGTON supported the measure, and denied that the present Government had made the' No Popery" cry a stepping-stone to office. They had only raised a cry to defend the Protestant religion when they really thought it was in danger ; and he for one was ready to take the same course again. Mr. P. M. STEWART protested against the Govern ment throwing away the weapon by which they had ob tained power, viz., the "No Popery" cry. He believed that in consenting to this measure they were violating the protest which this country had made against Popery. Although he might be in a minority in the House he was in a majority in the nation, and he should certainly record his vote against the measure. The House was subsequently addressed by the Earl of LINCOLN, Lord WORSLEY, Mr. M. MILNES, Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, Sir J. HANDIER, and Mr. Ross ; after which the debate was adjourned, on the motion of Mr. HAMILTON. The debate on the Maynooth grant increases in in terest. Several admirable speeches were made on Monday night, and it is gratifying to find that not a few Members, who represent large bodies of electors, many of whom are averse to the Catholic religion, have the courage and the virtue to express their real senti ments, and prefer the peace of Ireland and the union of the two countries to momentary applause. Among these we may mention Mr. HAWES, Mr. Mammal-, and Sir CHARLES NAPIER, and though there are possibly no three men in the House more anxious to benefit their constituents, or more desirous of consulting their wishes, they still consider that they have a higher duty to perform, and like upright senators, they look not to individual in terests, or the predilections or prejudices of one portion of the community as the guide of their conduct, but the whole policy of the State, and the well-being of twenty six millions of inhabitants. This resolution has caused these Members, we may well believe, no little anxiety, but they have chosen the right path, and that will afford them sufficient consolation whatever may be the result. The words of Mr. MACAULAY must meet the approbation even' of his keenest opponents. " Therefore it is," said he, " making sacrifices not agree able to any man to make, curbing and confining many feelings that are strong within me, I am determined to give the Bill my most determined support, and to give my support to every Bill emanating from the Government that shall tend to make Great Britain and Ireland fully and completely an United Kingdom. I give that sup port regardless of the obloquy that may be poured upon me, and regardless of the risk I well know I run of my seat in Parliament. Obloquy I will meet ; as to my seat in Parliament, I will never hold it by an igno minious tenure ; and I am sure I could never lose it in a more honourable cause." While making this candid confession of his opinions, and express. ing his high approbation of the scheme, he did not forget to blame Sir ROBERT PEEL for his former opposition, and for his reluctance in almost every instance to treat Ireland as an inte gral portion of the British empire. By this delay he had almost driven the Irish to despair, and greatly diminished the value of any blessings which he may have in store for that distracted and persecuted country. The words of Sir C. NAPIER are equally honourable to him. He would have preferred the motion of Mr. WARD to that of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and in that preference we cordially concur ; but he would rather take something than nothing—he would take an instal ment, and trust to circumstances and the enlightenment of truth for the rest. Sir CHARLES regretted that he could not have proposed an amendment to the motion of Mr. WARD, which would have been more in accordance with what he regarded as just, not only to Ireland, but to Great Britain. As it was, however, supposing his Hon. Friend's motion should fail, "he would give his support to the Government met"- sure. He was aware that in so doing he should give offence to many of his constituents who felt strongly on this question, but though his interest should be com promised he should feel it to be his duty to support the Government in what he felt to be a fair, a just, and an honourable course." Press of other matter, however, prevents us from *urther remarks on this momentous subject. In the " Notice Paper" of motions in the House of Commons for the present week, we see announcements of very different kinds, but on very important sub- jects, upon one of which we have a few words to offer. We find the Earl of LINCOLN is to bring in a Bill to facilitate the inclosure of common and waste lands in England and Wales. It would be much more gratifying to us were Lord LINCOLN to apply to Parlia ment for powers to facilitate the practical carrying out of the dictates of common sense and good taste in the management of those public works which are the more immediate and legitimate objects of the super vision of a Board of Woods and Forests. Why will not Lord LINCOLN and his brother Commis sioners cast their regards on such objects as these, and the " cribbing" system, as it has been aptly called, which is so insidiously appropriating patches of the green sward from the public's old right-of-way to the demesne of the aristocratic residences that are, in more senses :than the Irish sense of the word, "convenient" to them? But,on the other hand, could we exercise any influence in the Matter, we could tolerate a hundred such annoyances in the public places of the capital, provided the Commis sioners would give up all co-operation in this hateful system of inclosing " waste and com mon lands." What manner of madness is it which prompts this selfish war upon the comforts, the health, the recreations of the labouring poor ? Has not the spread of manufacturing and commercial industry, 'and the concentration of capital or enormous works of various descriptions, a sufficient tendency to appropriate and inclose all the " waste and common" lands in the country, where these operations are carried on, without its being necessary for the Legislature, by mime general and sweeping provisions, to "facilitate" that oc cupation of the soil which is everywhere too facile of accomplishment already ? Are these in. closure workers, yesterday with Lord Wonsuly, to-d ay with Lord LINCOLN at their head, acting under the im pression that theirs is the best mode for conciliating the respect and good-will of the patient, overworked, and too often underpaid and underfed labourer, for that abundant wealth and Widely-diffused luxury which everywhere surrounds him, as associated with the pos. session of noble parks and spacious manors, wide stretching forests and wood-clothed hills, green valleys and laughing meadows ? Or, is it seriously considered that, having in this country taxed the light of heaven itaelf, and levied in this way "discriminating duties" E S UN, LONDON, pon ventilation, cleanliness, and cheerfulness, in favour of dark dwellings, infected atmospheres, and all the other facilities" for contagion—it is now but the reaicnable " complement" of such legislation to impose a total prohibition, to the utmost practical extent, on the luxury of pauper ambulatory locomotion ? Where is the system to stop ? Is the reversion of every heath to be secured to the neighbouring landowner, to the irre parable loss of the village hind and the town artizan, their wives and their children, but under some such empty pretence of compensation as we ex posed the other day in the case of the Nottingham inclosure job? There is surely no wisdom—to pass over the higher considerations of Christian humanity and moral justice—in thus carefully extinguishing all the tangible interest, so to call it, which the poor man has in the place of his birth. How many a deed of noble daring has been devised and accomplished under that species of holy possession which invests the remotest regions, and under circumstances of the most desperate extremity, the meanest soldier or sailor, whose first breath has been drawn, haply, on some wild common, some lonely glen, some locality, however rude, barren, savage, or desolate in . its aspects, with the invincible resolution to triumph over every present obstacle, in order that he may once more revisit that spot—sacred beyond all else in the wide world to even the roughest bosom—the home of his infancy. Let us be in no hurry to extinguish this most generous and powerful of attach ments, by desecrating its objects. Away with these in closures which you propose to facilitate. Let them be permitted only where the case of necessity, or of pre ponderating advantage to those whose rights on such wastes and commons you would abrogate, is self-evident and irresistible. But, as a general rule, leave still to the use and benefit and healthful refreshment of the poor the largest possible margin of the yet uninclosed wastes and commons of England. Madrid journals of the 7th instant announce that a bull of the Holy See, reeognising Queen ISABELLA, and ratifying the sales made of church property, will be published in Rome on the 26th. This is considered a step of vast importance to the reigning family, and a heavy blow to the Carlists. Austria, it is understood, will also acknowledge ISABELLA as Sovereign of Spain. The Three: per Cents. closed at 351 for cash and 351 at sixty days ; the Five per Cents. at 25i at sixty days ; and the Debt, without interest, at 81- for cash, and 81 at sixty days. The French Chamber of Peers have passed the Bill for mitigating slavery in the colonies by a majority of 103 to 59. This is a large minority, when it is consi dered how small the boon is which the unfortunate slave is to receive. But something more will be done. Slavery cannot long exist in the French West India colonies amidst those of England, where liberty prevails. The Paris press too, generally, is favourable to the measure, and it is understood that a proposition of the Duke DMARCOURT, for granting a certain sum out of the Treasury to enable slaves of good character to purchase their liberty, will be brought forward in the Chamber of Deputies. _ _ The accounts from Zurich are to the 10th inst., on which day the Diet was to meet. In the meantime the Commission had made a report, recommending the Fe deral Commissioners to give efficacy to the resolutions agreed to by the Diet against the free eorps, and for the preservation of the public peace, insisting especially that the refugees from Lucerne shall not fix their resi dences within a given distance of that canton ; and, in the second place, the Vorort is called upon to see the re solution regarding the free corps executed in all the cantons, and to make a report on the subject at the next extraordinary Diet. The Catholic cantons had held a general council at Lucerne, and a general amnesty had been granted to all persons under twenty years of age. M. Guzur had addressed another note to the Count DE PONTOIS, French ambassador to the Cantons, in which he states that the KING'S Government is anxious to maintain the independence of Switzerland, whilst at the same time it must protest against revolution or a civil war. The following are the only contents of the note of the slightest interest "So far from wishing, by the conduct that I prescribed on the 3d of this month to the King's Ambassador, to affect this lode. pendence in the slightest manner; our intention was to offer Switzerland a fresh proof of our esteem. if anything could com promise the external situation, as well as the internal prosperity of Switzerland, it would be the breaking out of civil war and anarchy in her bosom. Was it a normal and regular state of things that the violent action of troops, illegally armed and raised, should endeavour, in the canton of Lucerne, to impose by violence their will on a legally constituted Government? Is the revolution accomplished in the canton of Vaud,. by insurrection and mate rial force, a normal and regular state of things ? Should not the friends of Switzerland see in such facts an imminent danger, not only for the peace and security of the country, but even for the existence of the Confederation, so unfortunately affected in the inviolability of its compact and the sovereignty of It, cantons. As long as the question of the Jesuits was discussed regularly and pacifically in the canton., the King's Government, faithful to the principles which have always guided it, abstained from any mani festation ; but when the gravity of the situation revealed itself by disorders that affected the whole of Europe, the French Govern ment deemed it their sacred duty to call the most serious attention of the Diet to perils as evident as they were grave; and it con. jured it, in a friendly manner, to take prompt and efficacious measures for remedying the evil, to prevent renewed attempts, and re-assure at the same time both Switzerland and Europe. These are the affectionate and disinterested motives which have alone guided the King's Government." The French Three per Cents. were dose at Ton TONI'S on Sunday at 85f. 70e. COURT CIRCULAR. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, honoured the Water Colour Exhibition in Pall Mall East with a visit yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday, and remained to lunch with her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Duchess of Gloucester was better yesterday. llis Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bonve rie, visited her Royal Highness at Gloucester House. The Members of the Royal Family sent to learn the state of the Royal Duchess. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marl borough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Col. Sir George Couper, honoured the Italian Opera with her presence yesterday evening. The Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz also honoured the perform ance of the opera with their presence. llis Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar visited the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden yesterday, at the Duke of Hamilton's residence in Portman-square. The Grand Duchess paid visits yesterday to their Royal High. nesses the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence Hous-, St. James's, and the Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. The French Ambassador and the Austrian Ambassador paid their respects yesterday to the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, honoured the Italian Opera with her presence last evening. Mr. Parker and a deputation had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Mayers, agent for Barbadocs, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial -office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet • ing yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bi ihops of London, Winchester, Bangor, Chester, St. David's, Ely, Hereford, Lichfield, Llandaff, Ripon, Roches ter, Salisbury, and Worcester; the Lord President of the Council, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of Chichester, Lord Ashley, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Right Hun. John Nicholl. The Lord Advocate of Scotland had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. Dispatches from the Governor of South Australia were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was no change in the Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday. The sales were 6,000 bales, including 600 baits of American for export. Th e crop i s rec k oned in the ac counts from the United St a t es , p er C am b ria, at 21% to 21A millions of bales, and the receipts into the cot ton ports had been large. A good business was done in Shares, at improving rates : Aberdeen Railway, 5 1 4 ; Barnsley Junction, 8% %; Ditto, Half Shares, 4 1 4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshir e , 14 1 ,4 151,%; Birmingham and Glou ces t er , 139; Ditto, New Shares, 4% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14% ; Caledonian, 131, ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9 3 4 10 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 50 1 / ; Ditto, New Shares, 45 1 4 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 25 1 4 ; Chester and Holyhead, 11% ; Churnet Valley, 10% 114 ; Clitheroe Junction, 5 4 3 4; Cork and Waterford, 3 ; Coventry and Nuneaton, 3% ; COventry and Leicester, 2% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 10% ; Dublin and Galway, 5,4 ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 735. 6d. ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 86s. 3d. 4 1 ,% ; Eastern Counties, 21% ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 1, 5 3 4 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 62 62 1 ,% ; Edinburgh and Northern, 2% ; Ely and Bedford, 61s. 6d. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 11. Bs. IL 6s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, awl Greenock, 18 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 9%; Grand Junction, 225 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 113 ; Ditto, New Quarters, 44 1 4 ; Great Southern and Western Extension, 11% 12 ; Goole and Doncaster, 1% ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4% ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8% ; Inverness and Elgin, 445. 2%; Kendal and Windermei e, 5 ; Limerick and Water ford, 6% ' • Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 37 3 4 %; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% 3; London and Bir mingham, and York, 3% Bs. 9d. ; Direct Northern, 51 ,4 ; mingliam, 321. Shares, 45; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3% ; Leeds and Thirsk, 5 995.; Leeds and West Riding Junction, ; Lynn and Dereham, 565. 6d. ; Lynn and Ely, 6 3 % ; Manchester and Buxton, 5 1 4 6 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 10 ;_ Midland Railway, 155% 3 / 4 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 19 1 % % • Ditto, Fifth Shares, 795. ; Newry and Enniskillen, 5 as. 6:1. ; North British, 19 1 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 5% ; North Wales Mineral, 15% ; Ditto, New Shares, 5', 7 4 ; North Western, 4 ; North Wales, 3 3 / 4 ; Oxford and irmingham Junction, 4 i Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 2 ; Preston and Wyre, 33%% ; Sheffield and Manchester, 125 1 ,4 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15% ; South Wales, 6% . _ 7 Sheffield and Lincoln, 1/. 9s. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4%; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 1, 16% ; Ditto, No. 2, 11% 1 / 4 ; Ditto, No. 3,8% 8 5 4 ; Worcester and Tring, 41.165. 3d. • ; Trent Valley, - 19 1 4 ; Ditto, Extension, 434 5 ; West Yorkshire, 4 1 4 ; Wexford and Carlow, 4; Midland, New Half Shares, 16 1 4 ; W A2u h; e r ; h a a n v e a n n d and Furness, dil.a n 4 ; Yarmouth, Diss, and Beceles , 4- York and North tits. ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cett Avignon (English), ; Northern e ' of France 6d. ; Lyons and Lyons, English, (Laffitte's), 5/. 165.; Ditto, Rosamei's, (En g li s h), 2% 3 % 3 ; Paris . a . nd Lyons, ; 21. lls , (English sahn)d DA,Y MOR NING, APRIL 16, 1845. (Ganneron's), 21. 16s. 2 3 4 ; Ditto (Calon's),2/. 2s. ; Paris and St. Quentin, 21. 35. 6d. ; Sambre and Meuse, 9 ; Vero:l4llC Ancona, 1/. 17s. Papers and letters, dated as late as January 4, have come to hand this morning from Sydney, and indirectly to the 15th of December from Hobart Town. Besides this there is an arrival from Adelaide, South Australia, with advices of the 11th ultimo. The intelligence brought is not of par ticular importance, but we learn from Syd ne y th a t th ere was some derangement in the exchanges, on account of the discount charged for bills on England ; and that wool had receded in consequence. The caution exercised just now by shippers in the mother country has the effect of reducing the indebtedness of the colonists; and it appears, therefore, that th:ir staple is worth less at Sydney, allowing fo;freight and charges, than it is here. The wine trade has been recently agitated by failures, and now the silk trade suffers, two well-known houses having suspended. One of them having failed a year or two since, it is very naturally a matter for surprise how it cou ld so soon again have got into extensive credit, and have such large liabilities. The Stock market is firm, and there has been a fair busi ness doing. Consols realise 99 1 4 % for Money, and 99% f o r the 27th May, the new account day. Exchequer-bills have been 575. to 595. premium. Bank Stock has been 209 1 A to 213 1 /, ; but India Stock has gone back to 276 1 A and 276. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 101% to lA. The Foreign Stocks, though quiet, are well maintained. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 304 %, and the Passive 7%; Portuguese Converted have been 65,4 for Transfer, and 66% for Account ; Mexiean Bonds have been 364 ; and Brazilian, 87 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 634. The Share Market has been decidedly quieter, but it is evident•from the firmness of the quotations that this is chiefly the result of the arrangements for the settlement. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. l'lt ICES Bank Stock ... ...••......... 209 1 210% 216% 3 per Cent. Reduced s 3 per Cent. Consols New 34 per Cents Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 11 7-16% 11% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860 India Stock South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account..... ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11/ad 59 57 pm. 57 Ditto 5001. . ... 59 57 pm. 57 Ditto Small .... 59 57 pm. 57 , CLOSING PRICES. ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent — Ditto,%Deferred - . Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ... 3614 Ditto, Account — Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 6 51 65 1 / Ditto. Account ... ..... ...... 661 / ( 2 66 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 30% 30% Ditto, Passive Dutch, 2 1 ,4 per Cent Ditto, Account ...... . Ditto, 4 per Cent., C er ufic.... 97% 1 A 973 PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 3 276 Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 139 140 138 Ditto 14 Shares Bri'ton, Lewes, & :Host. 10 Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 62% 64 ..... .. Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln PA Chester and Holyhead... 5 Cilurnet Valley ........ 2 Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ ...... 1 1 4 3 3 / 4% 4 Cornwall Direct Northern 1 iublin and Belfast June 21 ,4 9% lo Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine ••• Dublin and Mullingar... 9 1,i S IA .. . ...... .. . Eastern Counties ......... 25 Eastern Union l5 .. ... Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ely and Bedford . ..... ... 1 1 4 — Great South. and West. Ls( t 36, 1 6 36 10f i c; 3% 5% 33 / 4 10 3 5 1 / 9 21 63 2% _..• Dlreland) .. 5 itto Extension Great Western BO ......187 Ditto % 5hare5......... 50 105 Harwich London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...237 236 236 I IDo.New Thirds - 46 London and Blackwell. 161. 136.4 d. 8 1 ,( 81 ;2 London and Brighton... 50 ...... 63% 64 1 . 4 London and Croydon, 131. 15 s . 9d. 18 1 4 17% London and S. Western 41/6 s 10d 81% Bl% Do. New London and York . 2 1 / 2 4 14 3% 4 4 1 %1 Manclie:ter and Binann. 40 Do. Quarters 4 ...... 10 Midland... 100 Do. New Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 25 ...... 50%.; •.. ...... 51 Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 % 1 6 14 ... 16% Newark and SLeffield ... 1 1 ,4 6l /a % ...... ..„... 6% North British Do. New North Wales Rugby, Worstr, & Tring I Scottish Central Scottish Midland I iz, 4: y 434 Shrews., Wolverhamp., _Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 5 4%... South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... Do., No. 1.. 8 Do., No. 2. South Wales - ... . 21/ 2 7l zi Trent Valley 2 ..•... 19%% ••• York and North Midland 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Extension ......... 1 1 1 17% FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 ..... 1112 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Great North. of France.. 4 55 % . . Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ••• • 3% :g Lyons and Avignon...... 2 ' ......... Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ..... ..... Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, ... .. Paris and 0r1ean5......... 20 Paris and Rouen ......... 20 ... ...... _8 ...... Sambre and Meuse ..... 2 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's ......... 2 ........ JOINT STOCK BAgKS. Provincial of Ireland ... 25 ••.. ..... 46 M ANCHEST ER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 14.—The sales New Shares, 5%; % ; Midland Railway are :—Btriningham and Gloucester, New Shares, 5 ; Eastern Counties • 2l.;. Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 7%; Manchesterand. Birmingham, New Quarters, 6 prem. ; cMan chester,onsols 4 8 0 7 . South-Eastern, No. 3, 8 3 / 4 ; Aberdeen, 5; Barnsley Junction, R l9 o li s 4 se ; n N da o l r e t , h l ß B ritish, 8 1 4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 13% Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, Bury, and , 9 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14%; Caledonian, 12% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 934 Ai ; Clitheroe Junction, 4% prem. ; Churnet Valley, 10 1 4 11% • Direct Northern, 5% ~ Dublin and Belfast Junction, 10; Ely and Bedford, 3%; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. 78. 6d. ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4% • Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, B% g ; Leeds and Thirsk, 51 4 ; Leeds "and West Riding Junction, 73/ /4 ; Liver cool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 1 h ; London and York, 33 % • Manchester and Buxton, 5 IA ; Newark and Sheffield, 6 t ja l' i %; North Western, 5 3 % 5 / 8 ; Preston and Wyre E x t ens i on, 3 % I A prem. ; Shrewsbury, Wolv erham pton , Dudley, &c., 4%; South Wales, 6% ; Trent Valley, 19%; Wakefield, l'onte fract, and Goole, 13 1 4 ; West Yorkshire, 44 ; Whitebaven and Furness, 3 ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2%; Great Northern of France (English), 5 3 /. COURSE OF EXCHANCTE.—(YESTERDAY t '' Amsterdam CF. 12 B Gibraltar... ... .. _ ~ Ditto, at sight l2 6 i Leghorn ..... .......... 31 Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Genoa 25 10 Antwerp 26 15 Milan ..... ............., _ liamburgh M.B. 14 0 Venice ............ ..., Altonst _ Naples ........ ....... .. 39i Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Palermo, per oz . 118 i Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Lisbon 521 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine 123 Bahia .............. ...... Petersburgh, 3 Us — Buenos Ay; es — Berlin — NewYoTkx7dyssight Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 2 Philathirbi 4 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 i Foreign .1.4 , 1, bars•.£3 17 9 Cadiz Ililbao New Poublooms..... 0 0 0 Barcelona .... . 0 4 New 1)::,113.18 ......... Sevilla 4 101 Silver it• 139•1'5•••••• 0 5 3 / 4 3 % 5 7 % 5 4 3 / 4 42 10% 7% 154 44 17% 11% 2% 5% 2 3 1 / 2 2% 48►/x_ 43 THE THEATRES. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Auber's opera, the Due d' Olonne, was produced at this p theatre on Mond a y, with great and deserved succ ess. It is unnecessary to detail the plot, as the piece has a l r eady been represented un d er var i ous names in a dramat i c f orm at so many theatres, th a t th e story must be familiar to e very play goer. The mus i c i s li ght, pleasing and thoroughly Auberish. Allen. as th e Ch eva li er de Vilhar'doin, sung and acted do lightfullv, a n d was much applauded; and Leffler, es the Duc d'Olonne, was i n exce ll ent voice, and wen t through his part admir a bl y . T he piece was well put upon the stage. Mr. Marble, the American actor, made SURREY THEAIRE. theatre on Monday in his favourite character of the Game various feats of strength Cock of the IV ilderness. Rebids to become as great a fair his favourite on theother 'd e ofthe river as he already is on this side. After the play,the American Sampson exhibited his his debi2t at this house was crowded. . , Which were truly wonderful. The A rival to Van Amb ASTLEY'S. urgh and Carter has entered the field, in the person of Mr. White, who on Monday ex hibited various feats a t thi s theatre with his trained lions, tigers, laopards, and panthers who appear to be completely u nder command. Their exhibition was preceded by the grand spectacle of the Maid of &wage , the attr ac tion of which continues undimi n i s h e d . "a PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. MONDAY, APRIL 14. mi T tt h e e d, f a o n ll d ow re in fe g rre ß d il a t l o tah•eeree re adittaees:fcosnedlectitmioen,:fd com- Aberdeen Railway. Yarmouth and Norwich Railway. North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway. Southport and Euston Jutfction Railway. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Glasgow Junction Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT 111 E PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Staines and Richmond R ailway, —Committee on petition, postponed from Wednesday 16th till Friday, April 18. Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham and Glodcester Railway,—Committee on petition, postponed from Wednes day 16th till Wednesday, Ap r il 23. London and Brighton R a il way (Dorking Branch),—Com mittee on petition, Friday, A pr i l 25. Bridgwater Navigation an d Railway, --Committee on Bill, adjourned till Wednesday, April 16, at one. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubltr aptittott. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The King of the French on Saturday received the Ambassador of Naples, the Minister of Justice, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, and several other distinguished personages. The Commerce states that the Queen of England intends to pay another visit • to the Royal Family of France this season. The Minister of Justice has laid before the King a report on the administration of criminal justice in France during the year 1843. In that year therewere tried 5,394 indictments, comprising toge ther 7,226 accused persons. Of these indictments 1,771 were for crimes against the person, and 3,65.3 against property. The 7,226 incriminated persons were divided into 2,233 for attempts upon the person, and 4,993 for attempts upon property. The proportion the accused bore to the entire population was, in 1843, as 1 to 4,737 inhabitants; in 1842, as 1 to 4,923 ; in 1841, as 1 to 4,583 ; and in 1840, as 1 t 04,077 inhabitants. Some of the journals publish a correspondence between the Committee for Managing the Subscription raised for Admiral Dupetit Thouars and the Minister of Marine. The Committee having called for a list of the killed and wounded at Otaheite, in order to apply the 22,000 francs at their disposal to the sufferers, the Minister replied that they might place the money in the caisse of the Invalids, and that it should be applied as desired. The reply had given great dissatisfaction to the Committee. The property left to the Hospices of Blois by the Abbe Gregoire, Bishop of that diocese, has just been sold for 500,000 francs. The poor of Blois will thus receive nearly 25,000 francs a year from the benevolence of their former Bishop. Schaff, one of the turnkeys of the Debtors' Prison in the Rue de Clichy, and a debtor confined there, named Bowers, were tried on Friday, at Paris, by the Court of Assizes, for aiding in the recent escape of Mr. King, an Englishman. Schaff had received a large sum of money from Mr. King, which was found in his pos session. They were both declared guilty, and condemned to a year's imprisonment. It has been ascertained that the whole of the num ber of the insurgents killed in the neighbourhood of Lu cerne was about 420. The prisoners amount to about 1,806. Colonel Ochsenbein, one of the commanders of the insurgents, has published an account of the affair in which they were defeated, and comes to the conclusion that, though the free corps may be of use in guerilla warfare, they are not to be depended on in a pitched battle. LAW self POLICE'. At the Surrey Sessions, Elizabeth Ross, a female of respecta• bility, and a widow of a major in the army, was indicted for cruelty to a female child of six years of age. It appeared that the prisoner was a lady of independent fortune, and had taken the child under her care, with a view to adopt it as her own, which induced the grandfather to part with it, the mother being dead, and the father having enlisted for a soldier, and gone abroad. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Two young men were charged at Bow.street with breaking into St. George's Church, Bloomsbury, for a felonious purpose. One of the prisoners, named Nicholls, was the son of a beadle formerly connected with the parish ; but the other (who gave the name of Page) was unknown. They were committed. At the Thames Police.ceurt James Raven, a labourer, of No. 10, James-street, Limehouse-fields, was brought before Mr. Broderip on a charge of assaulting Mr. John Redulius, a foreigner, the landlord of the King and Queen public-house, in Three Colt-street, Limehouse. Mr. Broderip fined the prisoner 51., and committed him in default to the House of Correction for two months. C 0 URT-FiLS H I 0 NAB I.E. Her Majesty will entertain the directors of the Ancient Con certs, including his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Wellington, &c., at dinner this evening, Prince Albert being director of the evening. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are expected to arrive in Be!grave. square on Saturday next, from Newmarket, for the SIMON. Lady John Russell has left Chesham.place for Unstead Park, near Gedalming. The Marquis of Conyngham and family, and the Hon. L. Bur rell and family, are sojourning at Ryde, Isle of Wight. The Earl of Cardigan has taken his departure for Ireland, to join his regiment, the 11th Hussars, at Dundalk. The Countess has arrived at Rome. The Earl of Yarborough has been to Cowes from Appulder combe, to give instructions as to the alterations he contemplates to have made in his yacht Kestrel, which is about to be rigged as a brigantine. Count and Countess Jarnac have left Mivart's Hotel for Carton House, Alaynooth, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Lein. ster, from whence they go to join Viscount de Chabot and family, who is residing on his estates in that country. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn are expected to arrive at Stafford House from Roseneath about the latter end of the pre. sent month. MISCELLANEOUS. It was stated a short time since that Mr. Dickenson, late Com missioner for the collection of the income-tax, had been appointed to the vacant Commissionership of Customs. Mr. Dickenson has within this day or two taken his seat as a member of that Board, and entered on his official duties. . The will of the late Sir Thomas Corsellis, formerly of Upper Bedford.place, but late of Cambridge-street, Edgware-road, in the county of Middlesex, Knight Commander of the Bath, a Major. General in the service of the Hon. East India Company, who died on the 14th of March last, was proved on the 9th instant by Henry Philipps, of Sise-lane, London, attorney, one of the exe cutors, a power being reserved to Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Barnwall, East India Company's service, and Miss Williamson, the other executors, to prove hereafter. The personal property in England sworn under 5,000/. The will is dated Feb. 13, 1844 ; directs his executors to provide for and continue the payment of certain small annuities to persons residing in Bombay, to whom lie had been in the habit of allowing pensions in his lifetime; be queaths to the Colonel a legacy of nineteen guineas ; and leaves his furniture, wine, stores, carriage, and effects, and all the rest and residue of his property of whatever description the same may be, and wheresoever situate, to his daughter, absolutely for her own sole use and benefit, independent of any husband she may marry. Manday afternoon a sailing boat, containing six perscns, was upset opposite the Horseferry, Westminster, the wind from blowing in severe gusts at the time. H. Shelton, of Lambeth, followed by others, put off' with all speed, and succeeded in saving five persons, the sixth was supposed to have clung to the main sheet, and went down with the boat, which sunk. Every ex ertion was made to recover the other person by drags, and in about li.df an hour the body was found, and brought on shore, but un happily all efforts to restore animation proved ineffectual. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NE%VMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT, BETTING ON MONDAY NIGHT. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Croton Oil 8 to 1 agst Vol-au-Vent 7 to 1 agst I-am-not-aware 8 to 1 agst Celeste 7to 1 agst K. of the Whistle 10 to 1 agst Poor Soldier 2 to 1 agst Idas 4 to 1 agst Kedger IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 15. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. ®The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill went through Committee. _ _ _ MAYNOOTH. Lord CAMPBELL said that it was his painful duty to present a petition against the grant to Maynooth, from the provost, magistrates, and inhabitants of Cupar, in the county of Fife. As this was his native place he had hoped that they would have been more enlightened there. Petitions were also presented against the grant, and in favour of laws for enforcing temperance, by the Earl of Enniskillen and the Bishops of Down and Winchester. BANK-NOTES IN SCOTLAND. The Earl of JERSEY moved for a return of the num ber of bank-notes in circulation in Scotland during the ten years, from 1834 to 1844. RAILWAYS. Lord BROUGHAM begged to call the attention of their Lordships to the motion for an addition to the standing orders in railways, of which he had given notice yesterday. He thought that it was requisite to bring this subject before their Lordships, in order to show the extent of mischief which had been occa sioned by the immense mass of private legis lation on the subject of railways. It was necessary, because such had been the extent of that legis lation, that it interfered not only with the enjoy ment, but even with the possession of property, and at last the speculation had come to what he must call a gambling frenzy, not unprecedented certainly in the experience of this country some twenty years ago, nor unknown in the economical history of a neighbouring nation. Perhaps it would be better to introduce this sub ject by presenting the petition of a certain Noble Lady, Lady Cicely Fane, the daughter of the late Earl of Westmoreland, who had come into the possession of a family estate by inheritance. The petition was writ ten by herself, and not by a man of business, and therefore he trusted their Lordships would excuse whatever informality it might contain. The petitioner went on to say that the agent of the company called upon her on the 26th of January, and showed her the plans and specifications, from which, he said, no deviation could be made. She expressed a great dislike to the vicinity of the railroad, and ex pressed a hope that the line would be removed to a greater distance from her estate, but no promise was given to her; and all the consolation she could get was, that the company would remunerate her for the loss when they got their Bill. He also held in his hand a petition from a poorer person. It was the petition of John Clarkson, al nurseryman, of Yeovil, in Somerset, who stated that he had no other means of living but by following that occupation. He stated that for one acre of land which he held he paid 500/., and since he purchased it he had laid out considerable sums of money in improving it. A railway was going to pass through this land, and he was threatened by the company that if he opposed them he would certainly not be so well treated as those who supported it. These two petitioners, therefore, threw themselves upon the protection of their Lordships, and he (Lord Brougham) trusted that ample protection would be afforded them. The subject of railways was no longer one of a local or limited importance, but altogether of a public, general and national character, but he neither blamed the present nor the past Government for not having foreseen this result, because it had arisen gradually. No Government could, therefore, be blamed for not having foreseen the great national aspect rail ways would assume ; but now that the aspect was plain, it was the bounden duty of Government and of Parliament to take the railways under their own control, and treat them as a national concern. They had been so treated in France, and they ought, in his opinion, to be so treated here. He was no enemy to the passing of a railway Bill, any more than he was to the passing of any general Bill for constructing a canal or high road, the most common Bill of the lot that interfered with the rights of private property, but when they were legislating by wholesale instead of passing one or two small Bills, he did intreat their Lordships to reflect for one moment upon the risk they run of doing most grievous injustice to the rights of pri vate individuals. The law of England would not allow any land, no matter how small it was, to be taken without the pre.. vious sanction of the owner had been obtained • nay, so je a l ous was the law, that if a man put his hand across the fence of an other, he was in law a trespasser, and would be liable to an action for damages. As 'a general principle for the guidance of the Legislature, he (Lord Brougham) thought it would be much better that the railway company should be put to inconvenience, rather than the rights of private property should be violated. It would be much better to leave railway companies to make their bargains with the owners and occupiers of land, than put the latter to the expense or trouble of going before a jury or a magistrate to obtain their rights. The companies were in the habit of forcing on their Bills, lest they should lose the completion of them before the end of the session ; but he would rather that railways were de layed one, or even two years, than that they should be hurried forward in this tyrannical manner to their completion. They were told that if there was any danger to be appre hended, that there was a double guard thrown around the interests of individuals in the proceedings of this House, and especially by the scrutiny of the Com mittee of Standing Orders. But with respect to the Committee of Standing Orders he would warn the House not to depend too much upon them. He did not wish to speak otherwise than with respect of that Committee, but when in the consideration of railway Bills they were told that those Bills had been referred to a Committee to ascertain whether the standing orders had been complied with, he would warn them not to think that that Committee was gifted with a per fection of apprehension—he would warn them not to think that that Committee was gifted with an untiring industry, that they were in the habit of exhibiting an extraordinary dili gence—he would warn them not to suppose that their dili gence was of that perfect and scrutinising character which would enable them to make themselves acquainted with every part, parcel, and portion of every measure brought before them —he would warn them not to suppose that that Committee was even superficially acquainted with every measure submitted to their consideration—nay, he would warn them against sup posing that they knew anything at all about it. No; those gentlemen were too fully occupied to read even the text of the measures submitted to them, let alone the consideration. They contented themselves with consulting the margin of the Bill. Now, the margin of the Bill was no part of it, and a railway company or a railway agent had nothing to do but to put a clause into the Bill which was omitted in the margin and they might pass a grievous and onerous injustice, without any one being aware of the injury until it came into operation. This wasno speculative philosophy, the fact had actually occurred, a clause had been introduced into a Bill which had passed the Committee of Standing Orders. This clause gave to every person having land which contained coal, lime, gravel, or soil, power to carry it across any person's land, by only paying for the damage done and without giving a farthing for the good will; and this, too, to no less an extent than five miles on each side of the railway. Now, this was an enormous mischief, and a mischief which ought not only to be remedied, but to be prevented. There were two very great evils of which he com plained. One was the power given of deviating from the line chalked out to the extent of a hundred yards on either side of the line, that is a deviation of not less than two hundred yards. Now, why should not the company be restrained to their line itself? Why did they not come to that House so prepared with their line, that there should be no deviation at all, and thus prevent the grievous injury that might arise, as was the case with this petitioner? For his own part, he would rather restrict the companies to twenty yards, than to a hundred on each side of the line, and then if any accident did occur, so that they were obliged to trespass, let them go and make a fair bargain for the purchase of the ground to be taken. Let them go as they did into the market for any other property, and let the seller have a word as to the price as well as the buyer. Let the sale of the property be a voluntary act, and let the owner not be left to the mere yof a jury. They all knew what juries were, and how entirely railway companies had them at their command. Another of the evils was that of the injury done to property by a railway passing near it. If a railway cid not pass over the ground. but only near it, there was no com pensation whatever. There was a case which he knew of ve r y great hard s hip. He had gone with a friend to look over a beautiful villa, which had, until the forma tion of a railway near it, commanded a rent of from 3001. to 4001. a year, but which had not now been let for three or four years ; but in consequence of the villa standing on the verge of the property, though the house was entirely destroyed by the contiguity of the railway, there was no compensation. Another thing for which provision ought to be made was the height of the works above the ground, for a house might effectually be destroyed; and he had therefore inserted in the orders which he had devised, and which he begged to lay upon the table, that on the introduction of all future Bills there should be a return of all the houses within three hundred yards of both sides of the railway. He was anxious to add these to the other standing orders, and he should not regret if they had the effect of throwing any impediment in the way of this frenzy of speculation. He felt it was his duty, as it was the duty of every one who had the advantage of addressing that or the other House of Parlia men, and, through them, the public, that above all it was the duty of that powerful and influential body who were connecte with the newspaper press of the country, to warn their fel low-citizens against this frenzy of speculation. How man were there who, after saving a few hundreds or a few thousand pounds by perhaps the industry of half a life, or by the restric tion of penurious habits, had lost their all by investing it in those speculations, with the hope of deriving a larger interest than from any other source. If they referred to 1837, or 1838, and still more, if they went back ten years beyond that time, they would find that 10, 15, or 20 per cent. was a rate of mo derate expectation; and if they attempted to caution any one of those speculators against indulging the hope of such an in terest, they would have only a deaf ear turned to them, or be derided with a smile of contempt. But that was the fact. He would take only one set of railways, and those were all what were called paying ones. In those the original cost of the shares was 32,000,000/. ; but he believed that by premiums the money which had really been paid for them was 43,000,000/. But taking it at 32,000,0001,, and what was the per centage realised upon them? Not 20, not 15, not 10, nor anything like it, but 51 per cent. was all the interest the holders of the very best kind of railway property had realised, notwithstanding all the risk they ran—less than could be obtained by going to any respectable bill broker. But if he divided this sum of 32,00,000/. into halves, he found that on 8,000,0001., the interest realised was not 5 per cent., and upon 6,500,0001. the interest was absolutely under 3 per cent. or less than could be obtained from the soundest and best of all securities—the Three per Cent. Consoli dated Annuities. But he did not stop there. Take an other portion of 2,000,0001., and he found th a t upon that amount, or nearly one-eighth of the whole, the interest was under 2 per cent. per annum, and on part of this the whole people obtained was only after the rate of 1/. 14s. 6d. per cent. per annum. This was all authentic information derived from data furnished by the report of the Railway Committees to the House of Commons. But even this might have been borne with, if the property had retained its value ; but even that was denied to the unfortunate holder of railway shares, for he found that on twenty-five and a half millions there had been a decided dead loss of fifty per cent. on one-half of the whole amount, so that he who might have secured 301. a year without risk, could hardly now obtain 121. for every 1,0001. which he invested ; and the property itself, beside all consideration of premiums, would not sell br half of what it cost. He would apologise for thus trespassing on their attention, but he felt it his duty to warn their Lordships, and to warn the country against this gambling frenzy, and with this feeling he begged to lay the orders on the table. The Marquis of BREADALBANE, in presenting a petition from the Caledonian Railway Company against the 26th clause of the Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill, which gave a par ticular compensation to the trustees of railway trusts, took occasion to deprecate the hostility of the Noble Lord against all railway schemes. Lord BROUGHAM said that he was not surprised at the Noble Marquis's tenderness for railways, seeing that he him selfwas a Chairman of a Company. Lord DALHOUSIE did not m=an, in rising, now to go into a subject of which his Noble Friend had given notice of a motion. He thought it only necessary now to say that he thought some of the statements of his Noble Friend were overcharged. He would reserve what he had to say upon it until the question of the Bill itself came before the House. The Marquis of BREADALBANE moved that the petition be printed... Ordered, 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 1 5 to 1 agst Cobweb colt—tkn CIIESTE 8 to 1 agst the three yrs olds 7 to 1 agst Semiseria (taken) 7 to 1 agst Cataract 12 to 1 agst Obscurity 15 to 1 agst The Era 23 to 1 agst Portrait 25 to 1 agst Winesour 25 to 1 agst Trueboy Ai CUP. 30 to I agst Yhoornan re Knuck (taken) 30 to I agst Ould Ireland (t) 30 to 1 agst Pug 40 to 1 agst Ratan (taken) 40 to 1 agst Roe's lot 50 to I agst Aristides DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Idas 122 to 1 agst Newsmonger 11 to 1 agst Alarm (t to 500/.)30 to 1 agA Pantasa 15 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 35 to 1 agst Laird o' Cockpen 15 to 1 agst Kedger (no 45 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon (t) backers) 50 to 1 agst Fuzbos (taken) 17 to 1 agst Pam 150 to 1 agst Jinglepot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Clear-the-way i 66 to 1 agst Javelin 22 to 1 agst Weatherbit (t) 166 to 1 agst Seaman OAKS. 12 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 25 to 1 agst sister to Ma Mie Newmarket Handicap—The following are scratched : Napier, Orion, Johnny, filly out of Coranna's dam, b. g. by Slane, out of The Captain's dam, Captain Flathooker, Perkin Warbock, and Strathspey. Example, Yardley, Porto Bello, and Gorhambury are not here. Idas walks over for his race to-morrow, Mr. Newton with drawing his stake. NEWMARKET CRAVEN ➢IEETING.-TUESDAY. The racing this afternoon fully sustained the character of the meeting, but lost much of its interest from the wretched state 44f the weather, in which there does not appear the slightest prospect of a favourable change. For this reason the following list of company on the heath will be found "wanting" in many names that are usually included in our "fashionable arrivals " :—Duke of Rutland, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Earl Verulam, Earl Stradbroke, Earl Spencer, Earl of Mil toun, Lord S. Osborne, Lord W. Powlett, Lord Edward Rus sell, Lord Newport, Lord Duncannon, General Grosvenor, Sir J. Hawley, Hon. George Fitzroy, Hon. H. Pitt, Hon. F. Villiers, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Hon. H. Forester, lion. Captain Stanley, Hon. Captain Spencer, Hon. Captain Botts, Captain Hornby, Captain Bastard, Captain Higgins and Mr. C. Greville, Mr. Jaques, Mr. Newton, Mr. Shelley, Mr. Ramsbottom, Mr. P. Booth, Mr. Crommlin, Mr. S. Stanley, Mr. Payne, Mr. Newcombe, Mr. Batson, Mr. Wigram, Mr. John Stanley, Mr. Portman, &c. The match between the Counseller and Lycurgus, which was first on the list, having gone off, the races commenced with— A Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h ft for 3 yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. D.M. (5 Subs.) Mr. Osbaldeston's gr f, Own Sister to Del' , ril-amon - g-the- Tailors Lord Albemarle's Scarmentado Col. Anson's Jezail Duke of Bedford's c by Cte,ar out of Misnomer, 31bs 4 6 to 4 agst Jezail, 2 to 1 agst Scarmentado, and 3 to 1 agst the winner. A good race between the first two, and won by half a length ; Jezail beaten oti. The Newmarket Handicap of 25 soya. each, 10 ft, and if de clared with 100 added ; Clermont course. (54 Subs., 26 of whom declared). Mr. Driukald's Vol-au-Vent, 4 yrs, Est 61b...... (Abdale) 1 Colonel Peel's I-am.not-aware, aged, 7st 81b Lord Chesterfield's Knight-of-the-Whistle, aged, Bst 91b 3 The following also ran :—Mr. Newton's Ma Mie, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—Mr. Ramsbottom's Pine Apple, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Mr. Booth's Priscilla Tomboy, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Lord Chesterfield's the Poor Soldier, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Mr. Ford's Qui Tam, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Mr. S. Stanley's nd b f by Beiram, out of Manta, 4 yrs, 6st 111b—Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, 4 yrs, Est 71b —Mr. Stebbings's Celeste, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Mr. Shelley's Lydia Languish, 4 yrs, 6st—and Lord W. Powlett's Eclogue, 4 yrs, sst 111 b. 9 to 2 agst I-am-not-aware-5 to 1 agst Croton oil-5 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle-8 to 1 agst Ma Mie-10 to 1 agst Vol-au-Vent-11 to 1 agst Pine Apple—and 12 to 1 agst Celeste. — After the first 100 yards Croton Oil took the lead, at a good pace, followed by I-am-not-aware, Lydia Languish, and Knight of the Whistle; Vol-au-Vent lying up. They observed this order to the turn of the lands, where Vol-au- Vent took up the running, followed by Knight of the Whistle and I-am-not-aware ; in this way the race pro ceeded to the cords, Vol- au-Vent winning by two lengths, and I-am-not-aware, in the last three or four strides, beating the Knight of the Whistle for second by nearly half a length. Croton Oil a bad fourth, and the others beaten off. The Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h ft ; for three yrs old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. D. M. (5 Subs.) Mr. I'Vreford's Wmchelsea (J. Howlett) 1 Lord Jersey's c by Slane, out of Cobweb (31bs) 7 to 4 on Cobweb c, who,made - the running to the cords, where Winchelsea passed him and won in a canter. Match-300 h ft, Bst 71b each, from starting post of A.F. to end of Ab. M. Duke of Bedford's Oakley (Robinson) 1 Lord G. lientinck's Discord...... 2 5t04 on Discord. Won cleverly. Sweepstakes of 100 aovs. each, h ft for colts, Bst 71bs ; fillies, Bst 21b. D.M. (3 Subs.) Lord Stradbroke's Ides walked over. Mr. Newton's Sister to Ma Mie withdrew his stake. The Match between Rowland and Hyrcauianand the 25 sovs. Sweepstakes were not run when our account left the heath. The accident to Mr. Edwards, the trainer, does not turn out to have been so serious as was apprehended, the inju ries are chiefly internal, and he is doing well. The Export Customs Duties Bill then passed through Cool' tr.it4 e, was reported, and ordered to be read a third time ou Thursday. The Glass Duties Bill also passed through Committee, wag reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The report upon the Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill w° then brought up. . . . . On the question of the report being received, Lord DALHOUSIE moved amendments on the clauses re' lating to arbitrators, which were agreed to without discussion' The report was then received. The report upon the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Bill was re-committed. re' The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the House sumed. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the report W& n rs dared t Abe brought up on Thursday. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 15. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes be" Four o'clock. Mr. BARRY BALDWIN moved that the order 111 for the second reading of th e T o t nes Markets o ,_ Waterworks Bill be read ; th a t th e sa id order be ni'r charged ; that the Bill be withdrawn ; and that leave 1 1 :: given to bring in a Bill for impro v in g th e ma rkets in t borough and town of Totnes, in the county of DeY° ll ' and for better supplying the borough with water.-• Agreed to. Mr. KEMBLE moved that the order made for read' ing a second time the Bermondsey Improvement Bill be t read and discharged ; that the Bill be withdrawn • 06 the report in respect of the p e titi on f o r the ' De; mondsey Improvement Bill w hi c h, u p on the I° day of April, was made in the Select Cora; mittee on Petitions for Privat e Bill s b e re ad ; leave be given to bring in a Bill lor more effectual paving, cleansing, lighting, and otherwise improving tube tt parish of St. Mary Ma g d a l ene , B ermon d se y, in "- county of Surrey ; and that Mr. K em bl e an d gr. k Lii. trobus do prepare it and bring it in.—Agreed to. , s , Mr. TUFNELL moved th a t th e or d er ma de for we second reading of the Westminster Improvement Bill)! read ; that the said order be discharged ; that the be withdrawn ; and that leav e b e g i ven to b r ing in Bill for improving parts of the city of Westminster. HEMEL HEMPSTEAD SMALL TENEMENTS BILL. On the motion that the H eme l H em p s t ea d Small ire. foments Bill be read a second time. Mr. W. COWPER moved, as an amendment, that th° Bill be read that day six months. Lord GRIMSTONE supported the amendment. After a few words from Mr. HAWES, Mr. BRIGHT said that nineteen out of twenty PT! sons, in the parish of H eme l H emps t ea d, were o pP° 3 _,l to this Bill. No consultation of the parishioners In taken place relative to it ; an d one objection, ° hi , seemed to him (Mr. Bri g ht) mos t conc l us i ve , was —that the non-resident proprietors were obliged to F . :l the rates, while the o cc upi ers were exempte d. A gr" evil resulting from this was, that the occupiers bell exempted from the paying o f th e ra t es , f e l t no intatels in the affairs of the parish. If thi s Bill were t o Rass' s would seriously injure a majority of the proprietera there. He should therefore vote against the soc clu reading._ The House then divided, when there appeared-- For the second reading 69 Against it Majority in favour of it —3o The Bill was then r e ad a secon d t i me , an d or dered 10 be committed. 1 Mr. Alderman lIUMPHERY presented a pet i t " from the London and B r i g ht on R a il way ComPan'' praying for leave to bring in a Bill. The Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junet i° , ll Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to committed. SECOND READINGS. The Waterinan's Company Poor Endowment Fun Bill, the Liverpool Docks Bill, the Clifton Bridge 131 ,,j and the Bristol Parochi a l R a t es Bill were rea d a sec () " time. MAYNOOTH. Petitions against the Maynooth grant were presence by Mr. Broadley, M r . B. B a ld w i n, M r. S taunton , CO l 3 ll O Powell, and by Mr. M u nt z from Wesleyan congregau ( , ) near Birmingham. Mr. MATHESON p resen t e d a pet i t i on f rom t he W es ' leyan congregation of Woolston-green against the 01 %; nooth grant ; and fift een p et i t i ons f rom var i ou s oti? places. Colonel ACTON presented a petition from the collo y of Wicklow against the grant. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a similar Pet it° from Stockport. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Busfeild (fr om Bradford), Mr. A c l an d, M r. F. French, Mr. Thertlf (from IVolverhampt on an d ot h er places), Mr. 131'he-' , (from Inverness and o th er p l aces), Mr. Duncan'"' Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Humphery. ; t ios. Mr. H. BERKELEY presente d twenty Pe t — against the Maynooth grant. Lord LIS O%VEL presented petitions agains tb - grant to Nlaynooth from Shropshire. COLQUHOUN said that he had various against the Bill, out he had a remarkable petitio 'which he wished to call the particuar attention ic b House, a petition whi c h emana t e d f rom a meet i n g "t i was held last night i n C oven t- gar d en Th eatre, an l w h ich he understood was att en d e d b y 5 , 0 00 persons. 1 - 1 : 11° r r : tition was signed, on thei r b e h a lf , b y t h e Chal man, Mr. Bevan, and the substance of it was, 01$ this proposal of her Majesty's Government to e ndel the College of Maynooth at the expense o f t h e universal kingdom, w as a measure w hi ch t h e petitioners 1.,.10 constrained to oppose by a ll th e means w hi c h t h e laws and the constitution of the realm permitted. , Lord ASHLEY pres e nt e d a num b er o f pe ti"- against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented 59 petitions to the 5 91110 effect. NOTICES OF MOTION. Dr. BOWRING postponed his resolution for imPr °l4 ing the public accounts to this day fortnight. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that to-morrow ,„ be , would put the follo w i ng quest i on to t h e Ri g ht 11 7 0 Gentleman the:S ecre t ar y f or I re l an d : —W hether at tdia late election of a temporal Peer one or more Peers ho not decline to vote, en account of their conviction t- of the Bequests Act was a contravention of the eat il tr y, supremacy and a violation of the constitution of the court h ".'d and whether their reasons for so declining to vote ,7 0 not been laid before the Crown lawyers for their wi g " e upon the subject ? He would also ask whether Wit; wiiuld be any objection to bring that opinion before t House. r Mr. IL BERKELEY postponed hi s mo ti o n o r e d Select Committ ee to i nqu i re into the effects pro dl o. upon debtors and creditors by the operation of the solvency Act of last session. Mr. WARD also postponed his motion for a S Ar e A , Committee to inquire into the burthens peculiarly :tow— ing the agriculinral interest. Lird J. MANNERS gave notice that he should , l that day fie trtight, introduce a measure to a lter ti a amend the law f mortaatin the Rod a LINCOLN postponed his Bill relating to the incloure of common and waste lands in EDO ° and Wales and to their better drainage. C-lonel SIBTHOR P gave notice that to•merr t r: he should move th at a ll th,.. petitions for and against 4 ' grant to the Colle t! e or aynooth be printed. BANKRUPTCY RETURNS. Mr. BROTiIER FON moved for a return of the number of insolk cricks, bankruptcies, and secries'; (ions in Scotland, in each year since 1815 to the preie" a time. Also, the number of b an k s o f i ssue i n Scotiql, from th e y ear 1815 to t h e present t i me ; stat i ng t , name or firm of each b an k ; w h en commence d ; teal amount of capital actually subscribed ; the ann i t e average market p r i ce o f th e s h ares o f each ; and t'" annual dividends p a id by eac h b an k to t h e shareholder' s. —Agreed to. IRISH POOR. Mr. F. FRENCH i n t en d e d to as k one or two ques tils , of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Irelan",.' first, whether a mali g n ant f ever h a d b roken out in til Cavan workhouse, and wh e th er t h at was to be iruPutel to improper drainage ; secon dl y, he wished to know i it were true that the p oor - rates i n Ballinasloe bad hue' n obliged to be levied with the aid of a military foiee irdly, if the poor-la w guardians in the un i ons of ; wel bad applied for an armed force, stating that , • would be impossible for th em t o co ll ec t t h e rates w itho; and fourthly, if it were true that the poor-rate co llect°,,, for the co u n ty o f Ro scommon h a d b een l ately murderea' He be.lieved he might also ask wh.ther the Right 1 1 ° 1/. Baronet would hold out any hope that the IriA r 4 ) °r• law would be i n any d egree amen d e d d ur i ng th i s sess ion? Sir T. FREMANTLE said that he believed it wil9 , correctly stated that some persons in the CV" % workhouse h a d di e d of fev e r, b u t th a t h e b el i eve d 09 not to be in any degree ascribed to any defect of sewer„ age in th e wor kh ouse . Wi t h regard to the eirnlNN: went of military force in the co ll ec ti on o f 1: 18° `i rates, it was quite true that a military force hu e - been employed to protect those persons who we t employed i n th e l ev yi ng di s t resses for Ws, rates. The remaining question he was unable to answe r ; and he could h o ld out no expectat i on that the Iri_sb A Poor-law would be in any degree altered. It lir; worked well hith er to, an d th e y were d eterm i ne d to O r it a fair trial. CLERIC OF THE PEACE BILL. Mr. DICICENSON begged to give notice that WO the second reading of this Bill he would take the selll of the Committ ee on th e c l auses regu l at i ng t h e amou nt ° the salaries of the clerk of the peace's clerks. COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. t t Mr. WAKLEY b egge d t o ca ll t h e attent i on o f the . 4 House to th e p e titi ons f rom mem b ers o f t h e Royal C o l t t lege of S urgeons o f E ng l an d , comp l a i n i ng of the un jus t c distinctions w hi c h h ave b een create d b y t h e charte r () i t • 1843 ; and, to move f or t h e appo i ntment o f a Select Committ ee , t o i nqu i re i nto t h e operat i on of that charte r ' I and into the sy s t em o f government pursue d b y t h e C ou ncl I „ ' He did h o p e th a t t h e Ri g h t H on. B aronet, t h e Secre tor' of State for the Home Department, would not object t ° the appointment of this Committee, as the subject nr° 1 one to which not only the profession it affected, but tb` public in general looked forward too with great anxietfi 1 Sir J. GRAHAM hoped the Hon. Member would In t persevere with hi s mo ti on , f or h e cou ld not see o f icu i/ ' utility the appointment of such a Committee would be. Colonel T. WOOD hoped the. Right Hon. Baronet 0 7 . i Home Secretary wo u ld n o t o bj ec t t o th e appo i n t m ent ° i the Committee, for if he did h e cou ld not se e ll° w, the Bill would become law.—(Hear, and a laugh.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL hop e d th a t, un d er all th e he circumstances, the Hon. Ba ronet wou ld state , on t- A second reading of the Bill, th e a lt era ti ons h e p r oposO° to make. Sir J. GqA HAM said he would have no objoctil to state the nature of th e a lt erat i ons h e h a d to m ake 15 that time ; but he th oug ht th e most convenient cou rse would be to allow th e secon d rea di ng o f t h e Bill to 14 ,.. , 1 forward without interruption, and state the proposed alterations in Co , ntoittee. Mr. WAKLEY said he was surprised how the R 414 Hon. Baronet could object to this motion. Petitiono Akar h; tF ha v o do su e t ac e( Wh alto th e silo! i mita (Ca Wa s refer to th B ider to .b, as the Mot 1 1l e A ' , Qat that hg 1 5 % i