The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-05 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Wednesday) Evening contained — The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees of the House of Commons. The Parliamentary Proceedings of the Evening, being a full Report of the Debates in both Houses of Parliament up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. The whole extending to Six columns and a half of the smallest type. RAILWAY NEWS. Steiscribers and others interested in Railways will ,find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAP, WAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SU.N, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. on-office, ll2, Strand. THE PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE, S.T. JAMES'S-STREET, CORNER OF PICCADILLY. NOTlCE.—Noblemex aa•i Gentlemen are Informed THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS NOW OPEN. PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE, CORNER OF ST. JAMES'S-STREET. ENTRANCE IN PICCADILLY. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. BENEFIT AND LAST APPEARANCE BUT ONE OF THE DANSEUSES VIENNOISES. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that the BENEFIT of the DANSEUSEs VIENNOISES (their last appearance but one), will take place THIS EVENING When will be performed Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE PI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grist; Bertha, Mdlle. Bellini ; II Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, Sig. Lablache ; Basilio, Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in some of their most favourite Dances. Their Performances this Evening will include the celebrated " Pas des Miroirs," the " Pas des Moissonneurs," and (for the first time) a New Divertissement, entitled POT POURRI, com prising a resume of their most admired Dances :—Hornpipe, by Mdlles. Kock and Weber; Schweitzer Tans, by Mdlles. Pragher and Ilenckel ; Tarentelle, by Mdlles. Rorarius and Sperl; Tyrolertanz, by Mdlles. Florianschutz (sisters) ; Cracovierine, by Mdlles. Mina and Werner ; Mazur, by Sixteen ; Linzertanz, by Mddles. Kock and Weber; Polonaise, by Mdlles. Pragher and Henckel ; Polka, by Four ; Hongroise, by Mdlles. FloriZrischutz (sisters) ; Toleo de Xerxes, by Mplles. Sperl and Franz Weiss ; Coda, by all the Danseuses Viennoises. To be followed by a Selection from the First Act of LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. In which Madame Castellan, Mdlle. Brambilla, and Sig. Moriani will appear. Between the Acts of the Opera, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and M. Perrot will appear in the celebrated Pas and Galop from " Beniowsky," and the celebrated " Pas de Quatre" (composed by Mdlle. L. Grahn), by Mdlle. L. Gratin, Mesdames Moncelet, Cassan, and Demelisse. To conclude with an entirely New Grand Ballet, in Five Tableaux, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, entitled ROSIDA ; OU, LES MINES DE SYRACUSE. The Ballet and Mis en seene, by St. Leon. The New Scenery by Mr. Marshall. The Music by Signor Pugni..- - Rostda, Mdlle. Cerito ; Alman, M. St. Leon ; The Queen of the Mines, Mdlle. Moncelet; Torbern, M. Di Mattia. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-effice, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Seven ;to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Thaddeus, Mr, W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with DER FREISCHUTZ. Caspar, Mr. Stretton ; Linda, Miss Romer ; Rose, Miss Poole. Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3s ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery ; ls. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Box-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDERS. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Hamby. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE KING , AND I. Period, 1691. Sir William Melrose, Mr. 11. Roll ; Burchell, - Mr. James Bland ; Perkin Pyeflnch, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessie Donald. Miss Julia Bennett. lo conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. John Dibbs, Mr. Buckstone ; Rose Mayburn, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed POOR JACK ; or, THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. Jack Somerton, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Eleanor, Mrs. E. Yarnold. After which, will be produced, a New and Original Farce, entitled THE IRISH DRAGOON. Mr. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby ; Paddy Murphy O'Brallaghan, Mr. Hudson. To conclnde with PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs. Yates ; Phcebe, Miss Woolgar. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. 3IADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Wallack ; Beatrice, Miss Cushman. After which, a New Drama, entitled THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. The Chevalier St. George, Mr. Wallack ; The Countess, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with the Music 11 Entertainment of NO SONG NO SUPPER, with all the Original Music. Crop, Mr. Leffler ; Frede rick. Mr. Horn, Jun. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Comedy, entitled OUR NEW GOVERNESS. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Wigan, Turner, Stanton, and Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley. Previous to which a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Dawson. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs? Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, Ike_ SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated Monsieur Phillippe, whose Performances continue to excite universal Astonishment, and are nightly witnessed by crowded and fashionable audiences, will repeat his SOIREES 111YSTERIEUSES at this Theatre, THIS EVENING, and every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, for a short period only, commencing at Half-past Eight. And in consequence of the great succe4s on Monday Morning last, M. Phillippe will give a SECOND MORNING PERFORMANCE; or, 3IATINEE MYSTERIEITSE on MONDAY next, June 9, com mencing at Half-past One o'clock. L'Arlequin Celebre, Le Drapeau Nationale, La Cuisne Infernale. mama. I.er.plicalosse ticvat. or Lir" iiAS9IIZ`3 9E -YetL9901,3 I:VOTt, ea. LA. Oat umversany considered the most extraordinary Tour de Physique ever accomplished, and which, on every occasion of its being repre sented, has excited the most enthusiastic admiration, will be repeated every performance. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROrrtIETOR, MR. W. BATTY., THIS EVENING And during the week, the GODOLPHIN ARABIAN ; or the Race Horse of the Desert. Scenes in the Circle by Monsieur Tournaire's French Groupe of Equestrians. To conciude with a Favourite Frrce. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. In compliance with the wish of several influential and fashionable parties, and in order to accommodate those who, residing at a dis tance, are prevented from visiting the nightly representations at the Amphitheatre, as well as with a view to the gratification of the juvenile members of families, Mr. RATTY has concluded an arrange ment with Mons. Tournaire for THREE DAY PERFORMANCES, introducing the entire troop of French Equestrians. These per tormances will take place This Day, June 5, and Thursday, June 12. DAVIDGE'S THI ROYAL EVENING SURREY TIIEATRE. S Will be produced an entirely New Drama, entitled THE FAIR MAID or PERTH. With New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, and powerful cast. „kfter which, by particular desire, BLANCHE HERIOT, with all its extraordinary effects. To conclude with a Romantic Nautical Drama, entitled THE WEIRD WOMAN OF THE WRECK. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON !—GRAND FETES. Success beyond all former precedent—The Brilliancy of the Pyro technic Finale exceeds all imagination. The Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by H. R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT is daily visited by thousands, and hailed with universal approbation. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, R. R. It. PRINCE ALBERT, Bz.c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. _ . THIS DAY. The Proprietor, in redeeming his promise to produce a " Different Subject each Season," continues the Series of Remarkable and Beau tiful Places by presenting A MAGNIFICENT MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch, as it formerly existed, the Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Seott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, ilolyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Reekie." The drawings were made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. And from the more than usual care taken in the execution, is allowed to be the happiest production of Mr. Dan son's pencil. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Eztablishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, including some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. Messrs. Harrisona, the celebrated Performers on the Rock Har monicon, from Covent-garden Theatre, will perform every Day during the week from three till eight o'clock. And at Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the fires on the Calton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour trayad. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited hi the centre of the take ! The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in produced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Denson. Er. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless and superb design which combined with the Faux D'lrti ace, the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur rounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display r witnessed. Feeding of the Carnlvora, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, &e., at Five ; Concer at Six; and Pyrotechnic. Misplay at . . Admission. One shilling. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 50 ; Highest, 63; Noon, 61. BAROMETER, 29.71. WIND, S.W. NOTE--The figures which follow the words " Lowest" and 1 .Highest" de note t h e lowest and h ighest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON -BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 2 minutes after 2 Evening 20 minutes after 2. t "7 - , '416 „ "Ai C: A X , sp ' • .4111 no ; Nmilt Aint+ LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1845, The Commons did not make a [louse last evening. The Lords met at Five, and, after mutual explana tions between the Bishop of CASHEL and the Marquis of NORMANDY on the subject of the charge of the Right Rev. Prelate, to which the Noble Marquis had alluded on a former evening, the order of the day for the second reading of the Maynooth Bill was read. Their Lordships were addressed by the Earl of CLANCARTY, the Duke of CLEVELAND, Earl SPEN CER, the Bishop of NORWICH, the Earl of MOR NINGTON, Lord COLCHESTER, Lord MONTEAGLE, the Bishop of St. DAVID'S, the Earl of CHARLEVILLE, and Lord STANLEY, after which their Lordships divided, when there appeared, for the amendment, 59, against it, 155 ; majority against the amend , ment, 96. Their Lordships then divided on the original motion, which was carried by a majority of 157. The tedious debate on the second reading of the Maynooth Bill in the Upper House has at last been brought to a close, and the measure carried by a majo rity even greater than that by which it was affirmed in the House of Commons. The majority on the third reading in that assembly was 133, and on the second reading 147 ;—so that the majority in the Lords ex ceeded that in the Commons by 10. These are large majorities in favour of a measure that has excited a vast noise and roused strong opposition from a great number of different sections of Protestants, and we, therefore, confidently trust that such a weight of authority will have its due influence, and the country will wait patiently to see the operation of the measure. We rejoice that the question has thus been set at rest, and at the same time entertain the strongest hopes that it will prove one of the greatest acts of jus tice yet rendered to Ireland. Whatever may be said by the people of that country about the hostility dis played out of the two Houses of Parliament, they must all admit that the Legislature has nobly performed its duty, and, making allowances for the mis guided and bigoted language used by certain speakers, that a general wish prevails among all men of talent, experience, and right principles, to place their country on a footing of equality with Eng land and Scotland. Much was expected from the bench of bishops by the opponents of the measure. The Bishop of LONDON was to denounce it in the name of the English clergy, and the Bishop of EXETER, who had postponed his visitations for the pur pose, was absolutely to crush the Bill by a speech such as never had been heard within the walls of Parliament. Miserable failures were they both. In consistency and relentless bigotry c . iaracteriscd the remarks of these Puseyite Prelates, and they met just with that support which they merited from an assembly of gentlemen, and what is more, good Christians. It is a curious fact that the only English Bishops who spoke against this measure of justice and charity are believed to be much more favourable to Popery than Protes • taiatism, and other reasons, therefore, than those of a religious character, probably, influenced their conduct. But whatever might be their motives or feelings, their speeches effected nothing, and to the honour of the bench, their example was not followed. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY remained silent, and the character of the Church was amply vindicated by three of its most distinguished Prelates—the Archbishop of DUBLIN, the Bishop of NORWICH, and the Bishop of St. DAVID'S. If we look to the lay speakers, a still stronger force of intellect was ranged on the right side. It is needless to recount their names. The leading statesmen of both political parties vied with each other in claiming justice for Ireland, and were op posed only by such Peers as RODEN and NEWCASTLE. But their day, happily for the country, is past—their very children have discarded their politics—the old Tory system is extinct—and no people will profit so much by he change as the calumniated and oppressed Irish. Of whatever party the Ministry of the day may have been, it must be conceded to the successive Governments which have occupied office for the last half century in this country that they have all and each of them been animated by a sincere desire to extend the blessings of education over Ireland. However strongly marked the differences which have characterised the general princi ples of their domestic or their foreign policy, they have concurred in the perception of this great moral necessity affecting the entire population of the sister kingdom, in those classes not enjoying the advantages of competent subsistence, and therefore disable d, whilst unassisted by external aid, from the acquisition of that moral and in tellectual culture, to the advantages of which no nation is, perhaps, more instinctively alive than Ireland, even in those sections of her community which have been furthest removed from the experience of those advan tages by realising them in their own persons. But cast ing a retrospective glance at the history of the last fifty years, and endeavouring to speak with the dispassionate impartiality of historians, rather than under the excited feelings of contemporaries, we feel disposed to acknow ledge that Whigs and Tories have both meant well to this noble cause of Irish education, unfortunate as, in some instances, may have been their notions of the practical means for carrying out their common object. The eleventh report of the Commissioners of National Education, recently issued, strongly illustrates the pro digious progress which has been made in this matter by the Governments that have held office since tew.yas tue close et the uof Cleszoscr. the Voun•rn down to the weserit time. _ _ _ - _ _ The Commissioners in their report, that d the 24th of April, 1845, have framed a document which breathes a spirit of liberality and toleration on the general principle of national education which is alike honourable to them and auspicious to the Irish people. We would earnestly entreat all those who (conscientiously, no doubt) are of opinion that no system of popular education should be sustained by Parliament, of which the teachers of par ticular religious doctrines should not form an essential, to peruse this invaluable document. The Commis sioners attribute to the increased grants lately made by the Legislature their establishment of additional super intendents and training departments, and the enlarge ment of their schools. Their school districts have been raised from 25 to 32, and in the neighbourhood of the model schools in Dublin have provided accommodation for 100 of the masters they call up for training, instead of 70 only, as heretofore. They have introduced b-neficial arrangements into their model agricultural school, with premiums for those who distinguish them selves by proficiency in this department, and it is highly honourable to the practical usefulness of these arrange ments, that they are noticed with high commendation in the Occupation of Lands Commission's (Ireland) Re port. The agricultural farm, if we may so call it, at Larne has already attained celebrity even among the most scientific classes of the Scottish farmers. The Commissioners boast with reasonable pride that at the commencement of last year they had 2,912 schools, at tended by 355,220 children. At the close of last year the schools were 3,153 ; the children in attendance at them, 395,550. They calculate that in the course of the present year between four and five hundred thousand poor children will be receiving the blessings of education. It is not marvellous that with Commissioners whose energy has already accomplished such gratifying results in diffusing a system of education, possessing every pos - sible guarantee for inculcating the most strictly moral instruction, together with all branches of useful and general knowledge, there should be bigots among us who will insist upon mixing up exclusive Churchmen to teach nothing but exclusive doctrine after orthodox authori ties. Let Parliament uphold and extend, say we, a system thus happily begun, and the problem "how to govern Ire- land" is solved. Give us half a million of the rising genera ;ion of a country with eight millions of people, and we shall not be frightened out of our convictions of the imme diate advent of their permanent peace, order, prosperity, and loyal attachment to the institutions of the united empire, by the traditions of past centuries of barbarism and turbulence, superstitious ignorance, and ferocious faction fighting. Elevate the mass of her people by an enlightened scheme of education like this in their own self-respect, and they must and will be elevated in ours. Equality of rights and privileges will be no longer a claim to be vindicated by them, or a boon to be con ferred by you. It will be a natural inevitable conse quence, which you can neither resist nor withhold. The consolatory truth is, that this salutary consequence is now already in motion, and cannot be arrested. In con clusion, we will merely contrast with this encouraging view of the moral progress which the Irish people is now making the dreary scene from which she has emerged. We learn at p. 5 of the report, that the old Incorporated Society fur promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland was established by royal charter in 1733. The annual grants formerly made to the schools in connexion with it, known as the " Charter Schools," were, in con sequence of the report of a Commission in 1824, gra dually reduced and finally withdrawn. In that year the number of these schools was 32, the number of children in them amounted to 2,255 ; and the' grant for 1825, (what do our readers imagine it was ?) 21,6151.; that is to say W. 9s. 10d. per head per annum for the children educated, and an average of 644/. 9s. 6d. for each of the 32 schools. They needed no education in jabing in those days. Thank GOD we have lived to see Irish edu cation an object of national liberality, and legislative, not party, solicitude. The intelligence from Syria is of a most distressing character. The war between the Druses and the Ma ' ronites, the Christian party, has broken out again with the greatest fury, and threatens to carry devastation through the country. Villages are burnt, churches and convents levelled with the ground, and every species of cruelty inflicted upon the unhappy population by the party that happens to be victorious—for there seems to be little difference between them. The Turkish autho- rities, however, openly side with the Druses, but the foreign .Ambassadors have taken the most energetic THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA 's_ EVENING, JUNE 5, 1845. steps to put an end to a system, which if not checked, must lead to active interference by an armed force of The defendant pleaded that he did not make the bet, and a special plea that the bet was illegal. Mr. W. PAYNE (the Coroner for the City) appeared as corinsel for the defendant, tnd submitted that, as there was a demurrer to the last plea, whit') would probably be argued in the Court of Common Pleas to-rdorrow, it would be better to postpone the case. The UNDER-Sitsater said, that in the event of the Court deciding the bet was illegal, their proceedings would go for nothing; there. fore, the case had better proceed. Mr. BURN appeared for the plaintiff, and stated the case. The plaintiff is the landlord of the Robin Hood, in Holborn, and the defendant of the Bear and Wheatsheaf, Lower Thames-street. Shortly before the Derby was ran, the parties met at the Blue Anchor, in Holborn,when a bet was made that Calvarero beat Orlando. It was well known that Orlando had been pronounced the winner, and legel decisions had dictated the payment of the bets in favour of Orlando. Why, therefore, the defendant refused to pay was more than he could conjecture. He should, however, call a witness to prove the debt. A witness was called, when a lengthened discussion took place as to the necessity of producing the betting-book to prove the bet. The UNDER-SHERItir considered that it was absolutely necessary that the book should be produced. It had been entered by each party, and the plaintir ought to produce his own. Mr. Busy said, unbrtunately they had it not in Court. The UNDER. SHERIPF suggested that the case should stand over, by consent, until the demurrer was decided. Londonderry &Coleraine 2}b...... 5% Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l% 1127 4 Manchester and Leeds... 73 165 164 Do. % Shares .., ...... 32 Do. Quarters 2 ...... 24 Manchester and Birmin. 40 ...... 61 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 225.......225.......— Midland 100 Do. New Nevrcastle and Darling ton Junction .. 25 ..... 54 53 Do. New Brandling... 10 NeweasJe and Berwick 1 1 / l7Mi Newry and Enniskillen. 2% ..... 5%4 5 Newark and SLefficld .. 1% 4% . . North British Do. New 5% 61 / 2 2 5 / 8 165 73 .... 233/4 Europeans. The Impartial of Smyrna gives the following particu lars from Beyrout, dated May 13 : " We see from here in every direction columns of smoke; Chris tians, Druses, and mixed villages are all burned; our gardens are full of old men, women, and children, who have come to seek a refuge amongst us. The news we have from the theatre of war is very uncertain, but upon the whole it appears that the Christians Aave had the advantage until now. At Abea, where they were re pulsed, the Convent of the Capuchins (under French protection) was not respected, and the only inmates, Father Carlo de Loretto and his servant, were murdered ; the American missionaries were the only persons unmolested. Wigi Pasha did not move. The popula. tion of Saida was in a state of revolt, the doors of the town were for an instant closed ; fortunately the Governor and Cacti succeeded in establishing order, and seized the leaders of the mob. The Cerfe (French), the Snake (English), and a Turkish frigate departed for Saida. Reschid Pasha, Major-General of the Army of Arabia, embarked with a few troops on board of a steamer, and we hope will prevent any further outrages." Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 1214 ISM North Kent North Wales .. l l4 — Norwich and Brandon... 10 Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 / — Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central tt-cottish Midland ll4 — Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Binn 2%. .. . 5 1,4 5 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union South Devon l5 ... 27 South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 46 1 / 45% Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales .. .. 2 14 SM Trent Valley Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 Welch Midland Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and Car1i51e......... 2 3 / 4 — York and North Midland 50 108 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Great North. of France (Laffitte's): Jamaica Juncion 11,4 4 l /2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . ... ........ Namur and Liege Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ...... 111 i Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d I Mi t ,4••• ...... Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris ard Lyons, Gan neron's, ... . Paris and Rouen Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 •.••••.•••. ••• Royal North of Spain ... 2 • Sambre and Meuse ..... 4 Verona and Ancona... ... 1 The details given in the Multt Times are of the same character : " We have seen letters from Beyrout to the 14th of May, which give a horrible account of Syria in general, and Mount Lebanon in particular. For fifteen days previous wholesale murder, burn ing, and every possible crime was committed, while the Govern ment would put no check to them. The greater part of the vit. lages and towns in the high lanes are in ashes ; the Catholic clergy have been murdered. Colonel Rosa, our Consul. General, made a regular sortie, with a small body of troops formed in haste, and succeeded in saving from destruction about 700 of our fellow. Christians. The mania for blood has spread to Palestine. The districts near Jerusalem are in arms, and several European travel. lers have been murdered. Heaven only knows how this terrible tragedy will end. In the bitterness of our heart we must now regret the blood and the millions lavished by the Four Great Powers for the re-conquest of this country, for the sanguinary, fanatic, and ignorant Government of the Sultan, in 1840. What a sad return for it, and what a mournful triumph for Mehemet Ali and Ibrahim Pasha—and France l'' This was agreed to. The Learned Counsel said, in the mean time they must have a new writ, as it had not been tested by either of the Chief Justices. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. MY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yesterday were 5,000 bales, all to the trade. There was more steadi ness in prices. 800 bales Pernambuco went at 41d.; 200 Egyptian at sid. to Bd. ; and 4,000 bales American at 34d. to 6d. In Shares less business was done, and prices were lower. Armagh and Porteush, 2 1 / 2 ; Birkenhead arid Cheshire Junction, 10 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 7 1 / 2 %; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Belfast and County Down, 13/4 s ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14 ; Cale donian, 12 11. p ; Ditto Extension, 31% 3 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 8 3 / 4 s ; Chester and Birkenhead, 551,4 55 ; Ditto, New Shares, 49% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 27 1 / 2 ; Churnet 5% ; Clitheroe Junction, 2% ; Clydesdale Junction, 9 1 4 %; Cork and Killarney, 2 14 ; Coventry and Nuneaton, 41/ 2 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 11 10% ; Dundee and Perth, 3% ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, ; Eastern Coun ties, 20: 3 / 4 ; Ditto, New Shares, 11 10% ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 18% ; Edinburgh, London, and Granton, 16 1 , ; Glasgow and Dumfries, IIA ; Grand Junction, New Quarter Shares, 50 1 / 2 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 21 3 / 4 22 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4% ; Great Western, 204 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 45 1 / 2 46 ; Goole and Doncaster, 1% 345. 6d. ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 7% 3%; Lancaster and Carlisle, 45% 46 ; Leicester and Bir mingham, '% 1; Limerick and Waterford, 9% 1 ,4 ; Liver pool and Manchester, 215 214 ; Ditto. New Shares, 40i4 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% ; London and Bir mingham, 321. Shares, 47: 3 / 4 ; London and Brighton, 70; Londonderry and Coleraine, 5% 5; Londonderry and Ennis killen, 4% ; London and South-Western, 84 ; London and York, 3 3 / 4 1 / 2 ; Direct Northern, 3% Bs. Gd. ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 1 4 1 ,4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8 3 / 4 ; Man chester and Birmingham, 61 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10 1 ,4 ; Ditto, Ncw Quarters, 8 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Mid land, 7 1 /, ; Manchester and Leeds, 164 165 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 741; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 83/4; Matlock and Midland, 5 3 / 4 1 / 2 ; Midland Railway, 401. Shares, 28 27%; Newark and Sheffield, 4a ; Newcastle and, Berwick, 18 17% ; North British, 25 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 6% 3 %; North Union (A), 152 153; North Wales Mineral, 16 ; North- Western, 4% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 3% ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 16% 16 ; Shrews bury and Herefordshire, 12s 14s. ; Shrewsbury, Wolver hampton, and Birmingham, 5 1 / 2 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5 4 3 / 4 ; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 114 5,1 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 46 45 1 / 2 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 19 16 3 / 4 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 17% 15 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 8 1 4 18 ; Scottish Central, 7 las ; Trent Valley, 19 3 / 4 20 ; Ulster, 48%; Welsh Midland, 2% 2%; West Yorkshire, 2 1 / s ; Worcester and Tring, 5% ; York and Carlisle, 1 3 / 4 ; Great Paris and Lyons, 2; Jamaica and South Midland, l 4 ; Northern of France, English (Laffitte's), 5%; Ditto (Rosamel's), English, 2%; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), 31. 61s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2%. baNCHESTEE STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 4.—The sales are —Barnsley Junction, 6% ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Ac crington, 8% 14; Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction, 2 1 9-16 prem. ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14% ; Caledonian, 12 ; Ditto, Extension, 3 % ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 8% %; Churnet Valley, 5% %; Clitheroe Junction, 3% 3 / 4 ; Eastern Counties, New, 11 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 2 1 4 1:% ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 1 3 / 4 9-16; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 4% ex new; Hud dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 71 ,4 %; Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 7 % ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 9 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% 3 / 4 ; Leicester and Birmingham, 1 % prem. ; London and Brighton, 70% ; London and South- Western, New Shares, 15% ; London, Worcester, Oxford, and Rugby, 5%; London and York, 3%; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 17%; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction, 5 1 / 4 % ; Manchester and Birmingham, 61; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10 ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 2 1 / ; Midland Railway Consols, 191 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 27 3 / 4 ; North British, 25 ; Ditto, New Shares, 7 ; North Eastern, 1 1 / 2 3 / 4 prem. ; North Wales, 3% ; North Western, 4% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 2% 31 /s ; Preston and Wyre, Half Shares, 3 IA ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 9-16 %; Sheffield and Lin colnshire Junction, 1 13-16 % ex new ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 12s. 6d. prem. ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union, 2 9-16 %; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 5% ; Southport and Euxton, 2 15-16 ; Trent Valley, 19 1 / x ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 14 ; Welsh Midland, 2 3 / 4 % prem. ; West Yorkshire, ; Whitehaven and Fur ness, 3 IA ; York and Carlisle, 1% - prem. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2 13-16. We are advised respecting the Liverpool timber market, that the arrivals this month consist of three vessels, 3,177 tons, from St. John's, of which one cargo was yarded by the importer, one of 22 inches average was sold at 21d., and one of 20 inches at 20-id. per foot. A cargo in the yard, of large average, of last year's import, was sod at nearly 20d., buyer paying all expenses from time of landing. The demand for all kinds continues good. and_ tha We have received Madrid papers of the 28th ult. IsTaitvAEz was still pursuing the war against the jour nalists. Senor PRATO, editor of the Pat ict z, was ar rested on the 27th, and sent off, under military escort, to Cadiz. The greatest excitement prevailed at Madrid, in consequence of this arbitrary conduct, and the Govern ment paper, therefore, in order to calm the public mind, had been instructed to state, that those arrests were made in consequence of a conspiracy formed by the ad herents of ESP.IRTERO• From all accounts this con spiracy is a pure fabrication, but we give the account of it as stated in the Heraldo " We have reason to believe that the Government holds in its hands proofs of a plot for the overthrow of the existing order of things. These projects have for a long time been ripening by the Ayaeucho (Esparterist) emigration, which believed the moment arrived for their execution. The absence of the Court and the paralysation of public affairs afforded the long desired opportunity of employing the funds derived from a loan, believed to have been contracted with some English houses and notabilities of the Aya. cucho party, whose restoration to power is the ostensible object of the new conspiracy. It is affirmed that there are refugees in corre spondence with the partisans in the capital, and that an English agent has lately arrived, charged with the necessary funds for gaining over the troops. This rumour accords with what the Go. vernment heard lately, of a distribution of arms and munitions among some of the most devoted friends of Espartero, formerly be. longing to the National Guard." MARKET NE W S.—(THIS DAY.) EMI( len SMITIEFIET.D.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 10% to 4115; ; use ful do., 4/ 165 t.. 5/ 3s ; fine Upland do., 514 s to 5/ 8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6135; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/1s ; Wheat Str.ov. 212 s to 2/ 3s per load. Trade, on the whole, dull, at about previous rates. CUMBERLAND. Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12a to 4/ 12s ; useful ditto, 41 14s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 3s to 5/ 85; Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ Is to 2/ 3s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WILITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 4/ 103; useful ditto, 41 12s to 5/ ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 3s w 5/ 8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to 6/ 4s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ Is to 213 s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade rather dull. NARVAEZ, who travels with the QUEEN, is said to be urged to these despotic acts by Queen CHRISTINA, and to be acting without the co-operation of MARTINEZ DE LA Rose, who is no favourite with that intriguing and dangerous woman. The following notice appears in the Madrid Gazette of the 28th : " The direction of the caisse d'amortissentent will pay the inte rest, dating from the Ist July, of the six. months, due the 30th of June of the receipts, Three per Cents. Interior, existing in Spain and in foreign countries. The holders who, living abroad, wish to receive their interest in Paris, at sf. 40c., may present themselves to the Spanish Commission of Finances in that capital.'' 'MEAT 112.11.3L1KET S. SOUTHALL, JUNE 4.—The supply of Beasts, Calves, and Pigs on sale here to- day was tolerably extensive, that of Sheep and Lambs rather limited. The former met a slow inquiry at barely last week's quotations, but the latter sold freely at full currencies. Beef from :;13 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 58 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per RomroßD, JOSE 4.—We had a fair average supply of fat stock on sale this morning, while the general demand was steady at our quotations .—Beef, from 30 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 285; Quarter -old Store Pigs, 16. to 20s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. LEWES, JUNE 3.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d; and Veal, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. BOURSE.- Three per Cents. for cash, 33 ; for the ac count, 33i. Five per Cents. for cash, 23-i; for account, 24 The Paris papers publish extracts from the Oceanic Francaise of the 12th January, the Government journal of Otaheite, from which it appears that Queen POMARE would hold no communication with the French Admiral lately sent out to that station ; that she had retired to a distant island, and, in consequence, Admiral HAMELIN. with the consent of several chiefs, had appointed one of them, named PARAITA, regent. Various means had been tried to overcome her obstinacy, and, among others, an announcement was made that King Louis PHILIPPE had addressed a letter to her, but all is vain. Governor BaPAT intimated to the chiefs that they should assemble on the Bth, in order to deliberate on the affairs of the country. After this convention, the Protectorate flag was hoisted in front of the Regent's palace, and a salute of twenty-one guns fired. The Ocianie also states that two English vessels of war were in the roads, but they did not salute the flag, though the English officer in command recognised the pro tectorate. We have no doubt Governor BnuAT, Ad miral HAMBLIN, and indeed the entire French colony would be heartily glad to get rid of this foolish business ' without delay. Dispatches had also been received by the French Government from Marshal BUGEAUD to the 13th of May. ABD-EL-KADER was again is the field, and several rather serious skirmishes had taken place between the Kahyles and the French troops. Two suc cessful razzias had also been ...de. counts from Seida, A g o v••••• wards the east, pursued by General LAMORICIERE. The Journal des Debuts contains an article on the new treaty for suppressing the slave-trade, of which it highly ap proves. M. GUIZOT, we are glad to learn, has recovered from his late illness, and was expected to announce to the Chamber in person the ratification of the treaty. The following particulars on these subjects appear in the Presse CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 31, 1845, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 1 WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I AYE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE 4Gs 3d 29s 5d 22s 5d 30s Id 37s 2d Ms 7d DUTY. •. 20s Od 8s Od 6s ca 10s 6d 6s 6d 6s 6d RAILWAY COQ MIT (THIS DAY.) GROUP 88. THE wATzurortp, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND DUBLIN ILAILV7AY. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Colquhoun in the chair, when the examination of witnesses was resumed. Mr. Gibbons' examination continued—His examination corn. menced on the gradients, of which the following is an abstract, commenc, — eritireiTto American pine timber. Our Australian possessions will receive equally satisfactory information of the result of the wool sales here, and for New Zealand, Cape, and East Indian pro ducts there is generally a good demand. As to sugar, the demand has steadily increased since the late reduction of duty, and there is a gratifying augmentation in the con sumption. The Funds are rather heavier to-day, but there is very little doing. Consols realise par for special transfer, and 99 to % for Account. Exchequer-bills realise 61s. to 635. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102% to %. There is more doing in Mexican Bonds, and the quotations are advancing, especially as regards the Deferred Stock, which is up to 21 3 / 4 to 22%, as these securities are likely now to be placed on a better footing. The Old Bonds have been 38 to 38 1 /. Columbian are 15% 3 4. Spanish have been ne glected at 41 / 8 3 / 1 for the Three per Cents. Portuguese Converted are 67 1 A to 3 / 4 . Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 633 %. There is stilt a large business doing in Railway Shares, but many of them have receded a little upon the late ad vance. Great Western are higher, because of the decision in favour of its Worcester line ; and Birmingham, from the same cause, are lower. South-Eastern are less buoyant. The foreign lines are dull. " The journals which have announced that the Minister of Fo reign Affairs will not resume his portfolio until after the close of the session, are misinformed. The health of M. Guieot is entirely re-established, and we have reason to believe that this day, very probably, the interim confided to the Minister of the Interior will cease. M. Guizot makes a point of affixing his signature to the treaty of the 29th of May. The ratifications are to be exchanged within the ten days, and the delay will therefore expire on Sun day. It is believed that between this time and then the new con vention will be brought before the Chamber of Deputies, by means of a Bill, or a credit of ten millions, which will be presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs This credit is destined to place France in a condition, within the briefest delay, to complete the number of 26 vessels, of which the French cruising force is to be. composed." (Lin armpit.) GROUP EE. SCOTTISH MIDLAND RAILIATIaT. ONE CLOSIN'. PUICES OF BRITISH. FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES 3j per Cent. Reduced - 99 % 1 / 4 . 99 /A 3 per Cent. Consols New 3' per Cents 102 1 / 4 %4 102 1 4 Long Annuities tQexDireJan.lB6o 11% 11 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 , 11% 5-16 11 5-16 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account.... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I %€l. ••• 61 63 Ditto 5001. . •• Ditto Small Ditto Advertised 5B The same journal announces the approaching marriage of the Duke of BORDEAUX with a daughter of the Duke of MODINA. On Tuesday the Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 95c. ; the Five per Cents. at 122 f. 55c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares at 1,232 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,106 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 826 f. 25c. ; Havre, 896 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 1,050 f. ; Basle, 273 f. 75c. ; Spanish Three per Cents, 42f. ; Spanish Passives, 7 3 / 4 . The following are the quotations for the new lines:— 99 pm. 63 pm. - pm. 64 pm. 58 Orleans and Bordeaux, 225 f. premium ; Boulogne, 135 f. ditto ; Troyes and Montereau ' 60f. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 21f. 25c. ; ditto (Caton), if. 50c. ; ditto (Gan neron), 7f. 50c.; Northern line (Laffitte), 30f. ; ditto (Rosamel),9f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 9f. 50c. ; ditto (Dronillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 15f. ; ditto (Talabot), 40f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridio nale), 12f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), lf. 50c. ; ditto and Cette (Lspeleta), 17f.50c. ; Creiland St. Quen tin, lf. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c. CLOSING PRICES. 116 ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Austrian, 5 per Cent .. •• •116 Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839...... _ 87 1 ,4 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15% 3 4 15 3 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ........ . 38% Ditto, Account 38% % 14 38% Ditto Deferred ......... 20 22 21 % 221 4 217 21 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .., " Ditto, Converted 6 7 14 67 1 4 Ditto. Account... 67% 67% Portuguese 4 per Cents. — Ditto, Account 6 7 34 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. ... ••• Ditto, Account 41%% 41 Belgian 4% per Cent. 1 / 2 Belgian Scrip, 2 1 / per Cent Dutch, 2 1 / per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9 8 14 1 / 2 98 1 ( 2 Ditto, Account PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. B lILIVAY SHARES Aberdeen 4% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 2 14 0 Birming. and Gloucesterloo Ditto % Shares Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 2%..... 3 1 / 2 1 /s _ Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 ,4 ...... 8 % 7 n 8 Chester and Holyhead... 15 ...... 17 16 5 Unmet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2' ..... 11 10% ...... SHERIFFS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) THE DUKE OF BHUNBWICIL V. 1111LNER—LIBEL. This was an action brought by his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick against the publisher of the Lancaster Guardian, for libel. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. His Serene Highness appeared to plead his own case, assisted by Mr. Thomas, the barrister. His Serene Highness read his address to the jury. The libel was contained in the Lancaster Guardian of the 17th September, 1842, and consisted of a detail of the arrest of his Serene Highness on suspicion of being one of the swell mob. The libel was copied at the time in almost every newspapet, in the United Kingdom, and was headed " Arrest of the Ex-Duke of Brunswick on sus picion of being one of the swell mob." It went into details of the arrest of his Serene Highness at an hotel on the charge of having picked the pocket of a Mr. Marquis, at the celebration of the Preston Guild, held in September, 1842, but concluded by stating that the error being discovered, his Serene Highness was over. whelmed with apologies, which he accepted. His Serene Highness said that the libel was not confined to this kingdom, but was an European libel, and he had spent 6,0001. in carrying on actions, and would prosecute them against every paper in which it had appeared. He then went into a complete history of his life, and urging that he was the victim of unrelenting persecution on the part of the high and noble in the land, and that these libels were a part of the system. He emu. mented in unmeasured terms on the conduct of his Royal High. nese the Duke of Cambridge, who had been his nominal guardian. The Learned UNDER-Similes. frequently urged on his Serene Highness to confine his address to the matters charged in the record, and more especially that such reflections should not be passed on the absent. His Serene Highness said he had offered to forego proceedings against the publishers of the libel if they would give up the name of the real author. The defendant had urged that he was not ac. tuated by malice. But if not, could he explain why this libel should have been inserted, when there was not even the fact to de. pend upon, that any person, much less himself, had been charged in the manner set forth in the libel. His character, his reputation, and his honour were dearer to him than his life, and he trusted that the verdict of the jury would deter others from publishing ca lumny and slander against him. His Serene Highness called— Mr. Samuel Bannister, High Constable of Preston, Lancashire, who deposed that no such occurrence as that set forth in the libel took place. i h Dublin and Galway Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 A ...... Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... 20 1 ,% •21 Ditto New 4/. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....51.135. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2 l3s. 4d... 01 / 2 Eastern Union l5 .. . . Ditto Extension . Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% ..... 6 1 7 3 •• ••• • ••••• Ely and Bedford Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo 24 7 14 245 Ditto New Ditto New Great Western BO 212 215 209 ... Ditto % Shares 5O ll7 ••• ........ • ••• Ditto, Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2% ... .. 5% 5 4 6 % ••• •• Hull and Selby 5O ... 107 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%...... Do. Half Shares L ncaster and Carlisle London and Birminghm (Stock) 235 240 235 Do. New Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares London and Blackwall. 16/.135. 4d. London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d 19% Do. New l3s 4d l% Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lond. & S.Westem 411 6s 10d B4 Do. New Do. New London and York 2% 3 1AV8... ...... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Cross-examined by Mr. WORDSWORTH—Preston Guild was a great feast, only occurring once in twenty years. People went from all parts of the world. Mr. Marquis had been robbed. His Serene Highness was at Preston. This was the only evidence adduced. Mr. WORDSWORTH then addressed the jury for the defendant. He urged that the main fact of the robbery had been proved, the assertion of his Serene Highness being charged was disproved, and indeed the article itself proved that the charge had been discovered to be erroneous. He contended that there was no ground for the im putation of malice, and that the defendant had done everything in his power to do justice to the honour and feelings of his Serene Highness. He urged at great length that his Serene Highness had not received any real injury in reputation, and that it would have been consis tent with the honour and dignity of his Serene Highness to have accepted the apology which had been made. The UNDER-SHERIFF then summed up. He said that the con ductors of public journals were responsible for the articles they inserted, and were bound to inquire Into their truth. An apology was insufficient, and had he been counsel for . the plaintiff he would certainly have advised him not to accept one but to appeal to a jury, and thus to have his honour vindicated. The jury consulted about ten minutes, and then gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 200/. Tuoavn e. COLEMAN.—s. RUNNINQ RUIN CASE. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 101., the amount of a wager laid on the Derby of 1844.. one u. i in 84, one of 1 in 91, one of 1 in 103, one cf 1 in 107, •ne of l in 103, one of 1 in 104, one of 1 in 107, one of 1 in 53, one of 1 in 104, one of 1 in 95, one of 1 in 163, one of 1 in 98, one of 1 in 96, one of I in 93, one of 1 in 105, one of 1 in 106, one of 1 in 98, one of 1 in 105, one of 1 in 04, one of 1 in 103, one of 1 in 100—total, 27 gradients, all of this severe character. The gradients were made on the supposition that the atmospheric principle would be applied. The gradients could easily be reduced, provided loco motives were to be used. He estimated that the cost, providing the atmospheric principle was applied, would be 10,0001. a mile for a single line of rails. The worst curve was •ne in twenty chains. He had been a county surveyor of Wexford for many years. He knew the country through which the Carlow and Wexford line passed, and there was very little traffic on it. He had examined the tables and estimates •f Sir John 111'N'iell, and he thought them much too low. The price of land he considered underrated. He considered that, if they went before a jury of Wexford to assess, the value of these 370 acres, they would be valued at double the amount set down. ——— - The Committee met to-day it the usual hour, Mr. F. Baring in the chair. 1 he ease for the Bill having elosed yesterday, Mr. ANDREWS proceeded to address the Committee on behalf of the Duke of Athol, the Earl of Mansfield, and other landed pre. prietors against the Bill. In the course of his speech he said that the feeling of that part of the country with regard to the line had been misrepresented, that the estimates were incorrect, and that the calculation of traffie was grossly exaggerated, for that instead of 30,00t11. per annum being realised, the real traffic of the district would not produce more than 7,0001. After commenting at great length upon the several points of the district, the Learned Gentleman concluded by calling on the Committee to reject the Bill. (LIFT IIITTINO.) 185 26 521 Q 351/2 GROUP F. The Committee met again this morning at twelve o'clock, the Right Hon. F. Shaw, Chairman. The Committee proceeded with the clauses of the Great 'Western Bill for THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND 'WOL VERHAMPTON RAILWAY. Mr. BURKE appeared in support of the clauses of the Bill, Clauses up to No. 24 were agreed to with a few verbal alterations. On clause 25, which relates to the nature of gauge, and enacts— " And whereas plans and sections of the railway, showing the line and le►els thereof, and also books of reference, containing the names of the owners, lessees, and occupiers, or reputed owners and lessees and occupiers, of the lands through which the same is intended to pass, have been deposited with the clerks of the peace of the counties of Berks, Oxford, Worcester, Gloucester, Stafford, and Wilts, and with the clerk of the peace for the city of Worcester ; be it enacted, that, subject to the provi. sions in this and the said recited Acts contained, it shall be lawful for the said Company to make and maintain the said railway and works, in the line and upon the lands delineated on the said plane, and described in the said books of reference, and to enter upon, take, and use such of the said lands as shall be necessary for such pur. pose," an amendment was moved by— Mr. Loctinastc, " to restrict the guage to the width of 4 feet 8% inches;" which is the width of the narrow guage. The amendment, on a division, was negatived, no other Hon. Member having supported it. (Levy smiNe.) GROUP G SCOTCH RAILWAYS. GLASGOW .TUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee cn this group, consisting of Mr. Evans (Chair man), Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Miles,lMr. Muntz, and Lord Grimston, met at twelve o'clock in the Sessions House, Westminster. The promoters of the scheme called John Leadbetter, an exten. site manufacturer, and Dean of Guild of Glasgow, who said that his office constituted him the principal member of the Chamber of Commerce, and he was therefore cognizant of the proceedings of that body. The consideration of the present project had not come before them in a formal manner, and he was not prepared to say what the private opinion of individual members might be. He was also a trustee of the River Clyde, and that trust had come to a re solution sanctioning the laying of rails along the quay. He con ceived that the proposed junction would increase the traffic of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway, and also benefit the harbour trade. Cross• examined by Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD—He had an interest in the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in the Ayr Railway, both of which lines would be benefited by this junction, but he bad a greater interest its the Glasgow Harbour, and if the shipping inte. rest were disadvantageously affected, his loss would be greater than his former gains could repay. Mr. Charles Rees, Surveyor-General of the Scotch Post.offices, spoke to the security which unbroken transmission would give to the Irish mails, which would pass by this junction to Portpatrick. Mr. George Mills, merchant, Glasgow, was called to prove the traffic tables, but his examination was adjourned by consent till to. morrow. (LEFT SITTING.) GROUP K. NORWICH AND BRANDON LINE. The consideration of this Bill was resumed this morning by the evidence of Mr. G. y. Bidder,C.E., who was examined by Mr. GIIIDEN—Is en. gineer to the Norwich and Brandon projected railway, and has had the plans and sections of that and the rival Easter❑ Extension line submitted to him. The distance from London to Cambridge by the former project will be 58 miles 12 chains; from Cambridge to Brandon, 30 miles, 26 chains; and from Brandon to Norwich, 37 miles 61 chains, making a total trom Norwich to London of 126* miles, which would be reduced to 123} in ease the Farringdon.street terminus were accorded and adopted. From London to Attleborough the distance will be 110 miles, and from Attleborough to Wyndham six miles, making in all from London to Wyndham 116 miles. From Wyndham to Dereham the length of the line will be 11 miles, and from the latter town to the metropolis 127 . 3 ,4 miles ; from Attleborough to Diss 10 3 / 4 , and frcm Dereham to Dias 27 1 / a miles. The gradients on the Norwich and Brandon were unusually favourable, and as compared with the Eastern COUlltleS Extension, were preferable to a palpable degree ; and a great misapprehension must have existed in the minds of the Board of Trade when they reported in favour of the former. The padients on the geetern 135 1 4 87% 12% 7 %s 161 SN: 65 13 1 /, 245 69% 194 71 /4 84 14N 11 Counties Extension were highly objectionable; for 1,000 yards the decline was lin 88, and for 400 yards 1 in 96. The conse quence of such steep gradients was the difficulty, if not impcssi- ' bility, of adopting the customary engines:to the rail. The curves on the Norwich and Brandon were unexceptionably small, and every other engineering point was equally easy. There are no planes or tunnelling on the Thetford Deviation, the length of which will be 51 miles. The steepest gradient is I in 218. Two high ways, one on the road from Wockham to Thetford, and the other between the latter town and Wetton.lane, to be crossed, but no engineeringdiffieulties of any consequence are experienced. By Mr. RICARDO—The difference between the levels of Dereham and Wyndham is 40 feet, the level at the latter town being so much higher than at Dereham. (LEFT SITTING.) GROUP N. THE CORNWALL, AND WEST CORNWALL AND ST. IVES RAILWAYS. At the sitting of the Committee Mr. AUSTIN said, before the Committee gave their formal decision in the case of the Cornwall and West Cornwall Railways, he wished to make a few observa tions with respect to the latter scheme. The Committee would recollect, with reference to that portion of the West Cornwall, be. tweet' Redruth and Trevascus—which was a portion of the Hayle Railway, and which was opposed on the ground that no powers were given in their Act to amalgamate it with the West Corn. wall—a petition had been presented to the House of Commons, praying the House to empower them to introduce that provision into the Hayle Railway Act. It was referred to the Committee on Petitions ; they had referred it to the Standing Orders Committee, and he had reason to believe that that Com mittee would make a favourable report, and therefore they would be enabled to remedy this defect. This was exceedingly important, as the Committee must have come to an adverse decision with re spect to that line for the reasons lie had mentioned; or, if it were en the estimates, he would call their attention to the evidence of liaptain Moorsons. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Macaulay) said, I think you are rather going beyond the limit. We cannot, with propriety, hear a speech —I have no doubt an able one—in defence of your railway, when the case on both sides has been closed. Mr. AUSTIN said he was not going to make a speech, he was merely making a kind of application with reference to future pro ceedings, and with reference to an application to Parliament, next session for instance. Would they permit him to say that the fur ther consideration of the West Cornwall Bill was suspended until the Committee had taken up and brought to a conclusion their deli beration on the Cornwall Bill. He wished, therefore, to make this ap plication before the Committtee gave their decision. It appeared to his clients that the subject would be left in a state of great perplexity unless they were acquainted with the ground on which the Corn. mittee had come to their decision. The CHLIRMAW said, Mr. Austin could not expect that they should state the exact grounds of their decision. Mr. AvariN said he thought that there might have been some misunderstanding on the part of the Committee, more particularly with reference to the Hayle Railway. The CHAIRMAN—The Committee have fully considered the whole of the case, and cannot state the reasons which influenced them. Mr. AUSTIN repeated that his clients were anxious to know the nature of their objections, for the purpose of satisfying their shareholders, and with reference to the future course to be taken. He was anxious to impress the importance of this on the Com mittee. The CHAIRMAN said he was prepared to give the decision of the Committee, and in doing so he thought it right to say, that they had not arrived at it without the most serious consideration which they could give to the case, and did not think that anything had escaped their attention. The Committee considered that the pre amble of the Cornwall Bill had been proved, and that the preamble of the West Cornwall Bill had not been proved. Mr. Atawrix said it was clear that the St. Ives Railway de. petaled on the West Cornwall line, and as that line had been objected to, he should not trouble them with it, and should con sequently withdraw it. Mr. C. Legh, one of the Committee, said that the whole of the western scheme would have to be deferred for another year. GROUP P. NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL RAILWAY. The Committee assembled this morning at twelve o'clock, and soon afterwards proceeded to business, Mr. Beckett, in the chair. Mr. T. Marsh, engineer to the Monmouthshire Canal Company, was called, and examined on behalf of the promoters of the Bill. He stated that he had carefully surveyed the line, and it was in tended to commence at a point in the town of Newport, it would then advance in a northern direction, and terminate at a place called Pontymoile; from here was a branch travelling north to Pontypool, called the Pontypool branch, and which was two miles long. Throughout the entire length of the line, which is twelve miles long, coals and mlneral.fields abound in very considerable quantities. Another branch was intended to be made, called the Newport branch, the object of which was to con vey the mineral to the port for exportation. The terminus was most conveniently situated for the accommodation of the town of Newport. There was a short tunnel on the line of about 110 yards in length, which was necessary to be made, in order to avoid the inconvenience of crossing a turnpike road on the level. The severest gradient on the line was 1 in 80. The strata through which the tunnel would be worked is very favourable, consisting, for the most part, of red sandstone and marl. (LCYT !IMMO.) GROUP Q. The Select Committee on this group assembled at one o'clock this afternoon, and agreed to the amended and other clauses in the NORTH WALES MINERAL , RAILWAY. The preamble to the Bill had been proved at a former sitting. (LEFT SITTLNG. ) GROUP R. DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN. The Committee met at the usual hour, Mr. Gibson Craig, Chair man, when evidence on behalf of this line was gone into. Mr. Moran, of Ballybeg, was the first witness called. He deposed as to the amount of trade between Ballybeg and Dundalk. There was a considerable trade in flax between the town in which he re sided and Dundalk. There was a considerable amount of agricul. tural produce also raised there. At present it was cut off al. together from port accommodation. (LEPT siTTINo.) GROUP SS. The Committee met at the usual hour, Lord H. Vane in the chair- feicitkSirekbeitilintigil VALLEY LINE. Messrs. Calvert and Hope appeared for the promoters of the Bill, and Messrs. Talbot, Macaulay, Greenwood, and Wilmore represented the opponents. . . . Mr. CALVERT opened his case, by stating that the object of the Bill was to open the trade of the coal fields through which the line was to pass. The district consisted of sixty thousand inhabitants, over a space of 15 miles. The traffic of this district would be greatly increased. The superiority of railway traffic over canal was quite manifest. The latter was subject to the casualties of frost and drought. This line was selected by Mr. Rennie in 1836, and, was favourably received by the House of Commons. There were no engineering difficulties to impede the accomplishment of the work. After the Learned Counsel had gone into detail of the advi.ntages of the line, he called witnesses in support of his statement. (LEFT SirrlNG.) GROUP X. LONDON AND YORE LINE. The Committee assembled at half.past twelve o'clock, and took up the claims of landowners who oppose the preamble of the Bill, on the ground of the proposed line passing through their estates, spoiling their grounds, gardens, views, and intruding on their privacy. .51r. Powell, solicitor and agent to Lord Scarborough, produced Inapt and plans of Ids Lordship's estates, and showoff the spot through which the proposod line was to pass. . . Mr. Walker, land surveyor, deposed as to thr precise nature of the injury that would be cone, and the amount of land that would be taken up, as well as the farms, grounds, &c., that would be in tersected and divided by the line. (LEFT 111TrINCL.) RAILWAY BILLS IN TIIE HOUSE OF LORDS.—Three Railway Bills only have been brought up from the House of Commons to the House of Lords, viz., the Chester and Holy. head, the Leeds and Dewsbury, and the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction. They have been read a first time, and referred to the Standing Orders Committee, which met again to-day. It sits twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday. The Standing Orders Committee will hear evidence to investigate whether the standing orders of the House have or have not been complied with. If they come to the former decision, then the Bills will be read a second time, and should there be any opposition to them, petitions signifying such is the case will be presented to the House of Lords. The next step required is for the Bills and petitions, if any, to be referred to the General Committee ap pointed for the session, and that Committee w ill appoint a Select Committee of five Peers, before which Committee the evidence will be submitted. When that is gone through, a report will be made to the House, favourable or unfavourable, as the ease may be. Should the standing orders prove net to have been complied with, then a report will be made to the House stating that fact, and directions will be given by the House as to the future proceedings. THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN.—TWO welcome fa vourites made their reappearance in our theatre on Saturday and last evenings. Madame Celeste and Mr. Webster have come back for a short engagement among us, and on last evening displayed the same excellence in their respective walks of art as had pre. viously won for them such hearty applause in our theatre. The entertainments of last night consisted of The Mysteriotts Strawy, iu which Madame Celeste had various opportunities tor the exercise of her very versatile powers. The piece is one of these melo dramas, presenting scenes of Parisian life in various classes of so ciety, all the changes of which turn out to be no more than a dream. In The Pretty Girls of Stilberg, a little trifle, already favourably known to the public, Celeste and Webster were equal to their former excellence; nothing could be better than the effect produced by the latter where he assumes the air and dress of Na poleon. The resemblance was as startling as if one of his portraits had walked from its frame. The amusements of the evening w er e terminated by another little French piece, entitled Marie Ducange, in v;llich these ac.'omplished actors exhibited their usual and well known skill and graceful powers.—freeman's Journal. :MISS KELLY'S THEATRE.—This elegant little theatre was opened last evening for the purpose of introducing to the public two young ladies, pupils in Miss Kelly's dramatic school. The play chosen was the Hunchback, iw which Miss Way, one of the fair students, took the arduous part of Julia. Her performance evinced considerable talent, and au accurate conception of the cha racter ; but there was a want of physical power, which leads us to apprehend that it will be some time before she finds herself at home in a larger house. Here fair coadjutor, Miss Hinton, who took the coquettish role of Helen. seemed quite at home in the character. She rallied Julia with great spirit, and taught Medus to make love with an archness and grace which elicited loud and general applause. Both ladies are preposessing in appearance. ALARMING FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—This morning (Thursday), between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, as police-constable H 133 was proceeding along his beat, he dis. covered smoke issuing, through the window-shutters of the pre mises belonging to Mr. Wendlcr, hat manufacturer and tobacconist, situate at 4, Commercial.road, East. The officer, without loss of time, sounded an alarm in the usual way, but acme time elapsed before the inmates, consisting of Mr. Wendler and a child, could be aroused from their slumbers, 'When that was at length accom_ plished, the whole of the front portion of the premises was wrapped in fire, and all escape for the residents was cut off in that quarter. fhe occupier, with great presence of mind, took up his child, and by getting out of one of the back windows, and climbing over the yard wall, he was enabled to make a retreat into the adjoining cooperage, and thereby es caped. Engines soon arrived, and taki ng advantage of an abundant supply of water, they were enabled to confine the flames to the premises in which they commenced, but which were not extinguished before the building and its contents were destroyed ROYAL BOTANIC SOCILTY't; FLOWER SHOW, R E . p A .,..___Yesterday this Society gave their second exhibi. tion of plants and flowers for the season, which was very nume-_ rously attended, notwithstanding that the weather in the afternoon was hardly so inviting as the last few fine days had led people to hope for. The latter part of the day, however, gradually brightened up, and brought the company from the tents on to the lawns and promenade to listen to the music of the Ist and 2d Life Guards, a nd Royal Horse Guards Blue, who attended as Us ua l . Th e Queer : and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lady Gains. 1 - rough and the Hon. Gi ey, Highne.res the Duke and Duchess 01 Canibriuge, the Princess Mary of t ambridge, and the prince Leiningen honoured the exhibition with their pre tence id an WV hour. 45 3 / 4 16 1 % 8% 5 19 1 4 21A 2O 9 3 A 2 2% 41, 04. 5% 1 3 / 4 3 2 ', 7 i, 43 11 1 % 214 RAIL WAY COI`,IIIITTE L (YESTERDAY.) GROUP A. Ter LONDON, CHATUABT, AND NOR TS Ir-v— -proTcheeedcerwmitihttteheetenie,gt ian7l:AirninlagtLet:Wvideel,;ieclreo."clock this morn and ivbo The first witness called was Mr. Crowther, land-surveyors ~. confirfacilitiesmedwell oeft correctnessh t e h evidence cuttings,o i f n A f ti a ur v .a o va u ai r gi ,no bridges, ir t it h ed e sg, superiority of the line, ii °_,,` tion in t t ti h e e y t The cross-examination, which was extended, elicited li° would take as to the relative meritstake o t f he ti c ia as s e order they AUSTIN then requested the Comsemsuittaitnineedatteloe.vdeeicicrdeTii lines. as competing to go ' The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had determined t ided into as the case of the landowners first, but they had not yet dc: v _,.., o o u f t ht.hEae sltaantdposavandertsh,e andc raytahaeac, as the to the order in which they would take the question as be c." Croydon and South-Eastern lines. s ted O r After seine f • uither conversation the Committee de lib erated for a time, and announced their intention to hear out whatever `,,,. deuce was to be offered for the North Kent —to go then into tuw ease of the south-Eastern—and lastly into that of the PO° Company. Another conversation then took p l a ce as te the tinie ea counsel adverse to any line should be keard against t h a t Huth U r - 9 which the Committee (after seine deliberation) resolved to t ear a the evidence to the esti before counsel should be heard. f Ad' Mr. Sergeant Sues then put in letters from the Boards 0 , ... miralty and Ordnance, acquiescing (as had been already state(' is e evidence) with the arrangements of the North Kent lin g ' I),uTaing the fortifications, Woolwich-common, and the WOW' he case for the promoters of the Bill being concluded, . ._. to t Mr. CociusoßN called the serious attention of the ColornitSritn thehe fact that Mr. vignolies had not complied satisfactorily laid bal. order of the House, that the estimate of expenses sho uld b< P,7,, departure ore te Committee of Standing Orders. He did not think ;;• was sufficient to require the Committee to °WE 4 ,14 p rogr e s s o f the B i ll. But he subm itted that the Matter int. be again referred to the Committee of 3tanding Orders. Mr. A USTIN followed at great length upon the same side. cold , I*. Sergeant Waalloitsm replied, and Pointed out to th e . __ll, t m i, ittee that the alleged alterations in the estimates were WW I cy th , 'gent, and did not substantially or formally depart fr°rla standing orders. as said The CHAIRMAN interrupted the Learned Gentlenian, a ed 0 , that the Committee was ci opinionhithertothere appeared that r . ' objection to the Bill. 0 0 Phis announcement was followed b y a very loud .si: op delight, which • ! gave great umbrage to the CoMnaittee, o.' immediately checked. t h e 0 art ° me A s i s r r . s AUSTIN then addressed the Committee on _ , .. a ro ed , Hale, the powder manufacturers of;Fevershalo, 50° • f the that th • itl of works. railroad would come within dangerous proxinl works. The Committee then adjourned to twelve o'clock to.reorl°' GROUP 88. its.o'97•l‘l4l' VITILTETV' OR D, D,NvExoszo. WIS,-- DUBLINr gazzivas• CO l4 ° ' The Committee resumed to-day at twelve o'cloelry Sr. houn in the chair. a th e P°- Mr. Sergeant Was:cc:ram opened the case on behalf , 0 ,bon . jectors of the line. The Learned Gentleman proceed]; tpuelith the course the line was intended to take. It star"' ' t ' h 10 0 1 Ross, to Waterford. Near to ' using the Dublin and KingStOWII went. From Kingstown it proceeded bY Bray, Wicklow, Arklow, Gorey, gol'et't we re to ° there to ° ti e; interior. lace t o f a corks, divergi nWe x f o rd d left ; one into the 1 14cl o another toi so as to connect the let : i : 0 ' ow e , of guard in Wales, from whence a line vr es 13.°P°,,,e01e e lt ;sot ter, by Carmarthen, Neath, and Newport. Tbe - we t ope , or railway to be formed was 150 miles, connectieg t he m oi l tee ° on e, towns and districts in the south of Irelande;oo the tor England. The Learned Gentleman having . . d ~n ne eeti a„ ntri reviewed the benefit which it would CO*fer u 1 ' - , ois en - go they the rich .i. t eas °' Ire land' at mineral and manufacturing er s of •"" w a s •-. with the • fertile agricultural districts of the south old it sa d the event of Parliament sanctioning this Bil l, h o e f •Wee lf° , gd ;W e° _, to t e n ded to improve the harbour accomrnodationuoation.; st e. establish regular and efficient steam Ole ftre el eTSJel lti e, ° ; Ennlinisecossroyafarlon;s othyee, corts; that place and Fishguard. Having 000 —,neerini : t yre, '"" h traffic likely to pass over the line, and the etnareble,;gtblett"-5 alrea n d W Th i e tn s e ee ss which Lea he represented as being generally of I '',. a t set e doni .4 tyaghersoothgihstloinoedeprrethseenotedozeorf the the c C u t i° : ticit. . rim ca p advantages Gentleman concluded by pointing °°: old r reestawreyreofththene Ccaolmlepdaoony deposed ....,'tte e ' behalf o ft th e OP Cote' 110' fi°° pany, which he stated at 2,000,000 k WO. onne Mr. Lewis Lewis Vigors, Chairman of the South - e a s e C oftotbe ..- lit o . ... ro pany, gave evidence as to the value of th isl'.o if ere e, between Ireland and England. ~ axl e` Ddljonintri Dr. Newland, De a n of d gr. C l ' s ' f tbe la Hearne, an o ar sb • examined as to the feeling of the inhabiant. 01 too rfeoef through which the line passed, which was ge net' o ad in ed , gre ol Mr. Gibbons, engineer , said that he was el li ' ar n or - d ielce lt the line, and in making sections of the seine. . one O f colt severe cuttings and embankments on the line, M I . ..., D etest f ar* character. There was a tunnel of 500 yards W ra y of 5;00 stown and Bray, and another through the D fee t ,° throti..looth The heaviest cutting at this place was 4 3 ar o en 3u.- 0 I" - rock. Between Bray and Arklow there were cisd at I to a t 966 and 72 feet high. At Arklow there was r e ,..,a be 5 , fee t ' long and 16 feet high. There was a cutting twit:" furlooBo ~,,,, gt the same places, averaging for the extent of the gior There was an embankment and viaduct OV a beg 9 ' cut , 100 feet ' ri 9ag tei feet high, and another viaduct - - w as A , _ Di e , 11 1 , Enniscort 1.9 over the river. There t he deer',. a OP:, Ling at New Ross of above two miles lonS, roo t sa d 0 5 is.' which was 54 feet. The Barrow river wa s e, 5 feette°,oo ill after leaving New Ross, by viaducts of 70 feet , : on e e°, aid' high respeetively. Further on there W 95 a tdaticultte%vioch length. These were the principal engineering_ at w ife' morrO w The Committee then adjourne d GROUP DP. ~ imCISI`' ~,,j 000 IMPORTANT m G' 'lA„ji 'S THE CAMEIDONLIN li ... T 4 DE ri712513:&i. - - E ZIINCTXON• -A rival 00e AttefOooll The evidence of Mr. King (continues. alg a Edition of yesterdaY)-- aPo ,61 The second extension was proposed to be Made tO cuit i be et .01 ; 00 Cargill, by which an unfavourable line of rail Wsl „ l Ord eirtli.fa on the Kirkintilloch liae. The estimated Wen s ', ,ae, A rt P. was 30,0001. or more, and it was nearly cotarroan slePt considerable sum, amounting to about 25,00 be n th e .f aitig on the Coltbridge extension for the purpose of obte'" io foroi et ar. to be derived from the Wishart and Celtness "oe tcollP r°Pr ti ell' passengers and minerals to Glasgow. A number o _woo". and iron masters had been examined before a s of eft ~A At e and had expressed very favourable opini o n § of t" , sa t 007,00 an d eve Age The expense of the conveyance of pig iron . rea race materially diminished when the conteroplattd 1 0 P A O ssit lir of all completed. of the to b The Cneremare interrupted the e xam ination .. ist ot o pe this point, • and said it was the wish of the Cora' eele d ..e to • of th e 011. - further engineering evidence as to the junction ....ei il lop line with the Clydesdale branch to Harnilton.„ ._ l 7 ac e at 13 0 0 0 know whether it would interfere with the Duk e ' r tbis °l e j ell bat t eet ton. It appeared to them ex ceedingly desirable t the to should be effected, as the inte rmediate fork on ' til e branch would, in that case, be rendered unnecesrel; to re.. die Mr. Locke, the engineer, stated that it W oule e i fat ; jes i o n' p o , make a line to Hamilton without it int./00.00.dd t til e Duke's palace, and also with the town of n al 't as age i C.- sent' mg some engineering di ffi culties in the Pe . .., eb° Clyde. of gr. Plucte!l' Mr. CRAWFORD resumed his examination _ e co o ioa . Proceeded to state, that if the Motherwell brench r . , rt stli ' 4 OO the tra ffi c along the Garnkirk Railway would be 01 :a toe' ealoc nished , that scarcely sufficient revenue would b r ,0 0 ordinary • ' working expenses of the line. lin e ° ld be -lonia° 0 0 • I The CHA I Rif A N said that regarding the Cale- .„,te o tional scheme, the Committee were desirous that 'fon gar s no obstruction offered in any way to the Glase_ fttn101;000 line, in its connexion with the Wiabart and Connea ut ol d Some unimportant discussion baring ensued with Clldo' decision being come to, tO the r ge Mr. MAXWELL appeared to re sume his opposition_ 0, t ee to o, dale Junction Railway on behal f of Sir John Mel e . eieeet j ot trates of Gorbals, and the road trustees and other' c oif' when i d pOt be o pal The Ctiermew decided that the the, sheti.ki ha . s tamed as again st the preamble of the Bill, but W° Li ede d 0 0 ' for consideration when the clauses were being Prc` ce ey ed. _AO The preamble was then declared to have been Pr nd a n P' a ir The clauses were immediately proceeded With , I,..,aation rod, clause 26, which gave power to the Clydesdale •'" ia restr l ,a tliS cora...Lobs' lob nett it with the Polloc and Govan Railway, under Mr. Mexweee proposed to insert a clause WhiChtre r o lla e ,, til effect of compelling all the traffic conveyed along _., t es O P ' where it passed West-street, to be carried ei th er of.' of ° a viaduct or under it by a tunnel. tr ier ot , DO the li g ° a 0 0 The proposed clause was negatived, and on . 40 01 0 Committee a second clause, to the effect that it '. 0119., 1 tos lawful for the Polloc and Govn Railway to conneqoy 0 0 7 001 convey any tra ffi c from, the Cl ydeysdale Junction It ai 4 1'1 0 ' consent in writing had been obtained from the Board ' ao prepared and agreed to. 4 v- 00 ~ ha t' ; Several • . written clauses for regulating C d tee O introduced, the remaining clauses were Pa iSed ' 4113 P r°er ° I ordered to be reported. e then 40 The clauses of the Caledonian Railway Bill pet t g od, ' , with, and after a few trivial alterations bad been in s- 0100 107, agreed to. th C Il r and M t u h t e ual congratulations having passed bet Ween „..erbacia.,k4 0, various counsel the Committee broke UP, A l ' i % 00, assiduously engaged , ' • ding ofer 5 O a li during a period e xten d' h ot§ . a e A the co • nsideration of the important and intricate° „d slin e i P'• i io n y the group which had been referred to them, e'..trartil involved in the investigation the exaMination of IV hundred witnesses. ---- ---- GROUP EE. .... re ,oo l4' , scoTTx3n BeiximAND .11:".,r parivi' „ The Committee sat at twelve o'clock to-dal, i . , ,.,,,iP, man. The examination of witnesses was resurfleu:.,nt of ' 0 1 0 ; Mr. Blackadder, surveyor, deposed that the a o o ;: a nd 6 0 ' 00 quired to be taken for the line was '214 acres, '2 r o g un tfy t il io o in value, 32,242/. I7s. lud. The district of c the iiito 0 a d which the railway passed was very favourable, and gilt in O i generally were favourable to it. Cou ri_ Al Mr. P. Wallace, a member of the Perth ToWn ,„ betlw extensive coach-builder, gave evidence a s to the tray v e vi town and Forfar. , I? to 1 , 11 . ° 0 rai ls h, l , r a . y Ja a c s k, fa o r f aDsuintkewlde,ntwawsounldextbeexarninc". benePP.elldel town and district. There were e 3 c o r f e irieaet 515 e 1 : erit4c:; .! ..: r 7°1 n Dunkeld, large portions of which were S t P 0 , 001 1,01 Y , in the direction of Perth. The r ailway o de '. l l/ 4 , great tccommodation to this traffic. The wh i ' l(e/ ,,en d i ' t' 00 an important one in the district. There were 1.00•66 to pe. it ee 1 that made about 300 gallons weekly, or in weight 1 a nnu als o iO li o distilleries consumed about 3,000 tons of coal en ill stfr fr h tj tP s • portion of coal was likewise used in the town andt,o•l4 country. He had no doubt all these coals would ° li e 0 0,0 4 ' 4 D erth along the railway to Stanley, and troll' e COr t o iP, unkeld ; at present they were carted from redb.oel'faoll'ed now only bring a load once a day ; with the railtvaiweretol4,o°,,, able to bring two from Stanley. Wool and tirn ber c iea t° ti p 1 branches of traffic. The forest of Athol alone Otte: ol ,6e; 0 1 0, a li c k r i es. The Marquis of Breadalbane and other i tit ics ° , f ie ,/ ,vise large forests, from all of which great cln al ., ve f 'iell i s were annually sent away. He knew Blairgowr4o‘.o 04,000 There were large markets and fairs held the. et j 0 0 433 if# number of fat cattle sent to the south every year " Ili- t i t d id 0 4 . 2,000. „lee, '''' si` ie .,f 4 Mr. J. Hodson Anderson, corn merchant in Bo" o h O r r cl , : e well-acquainted with the district of Strathmore. I' o e e rt - e fi",l the tine.t district its Scotland for barley and oats. .., 0 4011cli SI in Cupar Angus and its neighbourhood about 3. 3 ' W 11 1 ' 1 o t 0 nually. lie slid considerable business at Glog ° i 'a 1." - , 5,1 an excellent market for barley. The 531 g dis til care 10 ticle in Glasgow was very great, as the -teat ; t vic e , J Campbeltown and the west of Scotland made o'"hti' there. Were the railway formed, it would be of g f r „„or ), ' le his business, if the rates were such as the co. - . , 0 0, a ~.e , f i tl no doubt, would see it their interest to fix. Mr. Nicholson, formerly manager of the Dund ee t Ar :le, r P ' o l'e Railway, deposed that that line was a very 011 0 ' 11e , - j ° I fr , a t rdi.j ' been formed upon the principle of the old trans I°'' it • '', la present railroads were thought of. IroPe rlect iAn l' tli 1/ and with bad gradients and inclined p -- - , 6 . 0 5 nnuO !mule of it, taking iri Auras! of r- d pi t4 , N u , 4 4t kh II:,