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AMERICAN LIFE. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., JONATHAN SHA RP; ou, THE ADVENTURES OF A KENTUCKIAN. Written by Himself. floury Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A NEW AND OttEATLY IMPROVED EDITION OF MISS ACTON'S MODERN COOKERY, price 7s. 63., Is now ready. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmaas. REA MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfldly announced that the celebrated SYMPHONIE ODE of the DI;,SERT, by FELICIEN DAVID, will be repeated THIS EVENING APRIL 21, Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous, Vocal, Orchestral, and Choral Selection from the most classical Composers, including Mozart, wetter, Mendlessohn, Gluck, Beethoven, &c., and supported by neap* all the -Distinguished Artistes of this Establishment. Orchestra and Chorusses wlll include upwards of 200 Per tbrmers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. FART I —Sintbnia C Minor—Begthoen.—Aria "Chi faro," Mdlle. Brambilla—Gluck. Aria, a Les Hirondelles," Signor 3foriani—David. Aria, "Non piu andral," Sig. Lablache, and Chorus (" Nozze dt Figaro")—Mozart. Aria, " Non tni dir," Ma daure Anaide C. Mozart. Duo, "La Dove prende armor ricetto" (Flauto Mftioo) Mdlle. Rosetti and Sig. F. Lablache—Mozart. Chorus, " LA Carita"—Rostli. PART ll.—The Desez t. The solo parts by Sig. Moriani. PROGRA3IME OF THE DESERT. Part I.—Entrance to the Desert. Gloritaatlon of Allah ; grand chorus and orchestra—Arrival of the CaVyan—Departure of the Caravan—Tempest in the Desert — Return of the Calm—The Caravan resumes its march. Part ll.—Night. The Evening Star—Halt of the Caravan—Hymn to the Night : air sung by Signor Moriani—Arabian Fantasia—The Dance of the Almes—The Liberty of the Desert : grand chorus with orchestra — Evening reverie : melody sung by Signor Mohan', with chorus and os",:hestral accompaniments—Sleep Part HL—Sun-rise. Call of the 3fttezzin ; original Arabian melody, with the Arabic words—The Caravan starts once more on its journey —The Cara van gradually disappears in the distance ; grand chorus and orches tra—Silence in the Desert—The Song of Thanksgiving—Allah. Grand chorus final. Doors open at half-past Seven ; to commence at Eight. Boxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each, may be had on appli cation at the Box-otlice, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EYENING Will be performed Bellies celebrated Opera, entitled LA SON NAMBULA. Amino., Madame A. Castellan. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. After which, the highly successtld 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. Kaya, Mademoiselle Lucille Gratin ; L'Amour, Frauleiu Fanny Pragher ; Herman, M. Gosselin ; Knud, M. Perrot. To conclude with Selections from the Ballet of EOLINE. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public ara respectildly formed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the übseription), ON THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL 24, When will be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERB DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisi ; Bertha, altllie. ; II Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. MeV, ; Bartolo, Sig. Lablache ; Bastlio, Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasarl. The Danseuses Vieniroises will appear in some of their Favourite Pas. With Other Entertainments, in which the most distinguished Artistes of the Establishment will appear. In the course of the Evening the celebrated Spanish Dancer, Dons Manuelea Peres, knows as La Nena, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer, Don Felix Garcia, will appear in various of the Na tional Pas of Spain. With the New Ballet Divertissement of KAYA ; on, L'Amour Voyageur. Kaye, 3ldlle. Lucille Gratin; Knud, M. Perrot. And other Entertainments, in which will appear all the Artistes of the Ballet. Ipplications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bex- Ntlce, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, by M. Duprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdini ; Arthur, Mr. Barker ; Raymond, Mr. Weiss ; Norman, Mr, H. Horncastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBERT AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : -- Pas de Deux, by :Mlles. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Mdile. Polin and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. • La Lituana Pas Seul, by Wile. Folio. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Le Sevillianne, Spanish Dance, 3ldlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. The Box-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 DRURY LANE. Mr. JOHN PARSONS (Box -book-keeper) most respectfully an nounces that HIS BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY, MAY Ist, when will be performed a POPULAR OPERA, A GRAND DIVERTISSEMENT, and a Variety of ENTERTAINMENTS, full particulars of which will be speedily published. Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, Is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Pox-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Wil bs ...lpeited a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF CIF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farrel ,Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Yestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley . THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Last Three Nights of TIIE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY—This Evening, Wednesday, and Thursday. OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS To-morrow and Friday. On Wednesday (Shakspeare's Birthday), after THE GOLDEN FLEECE, a Grand Tableau Vivant, representing Shakspeare in his Study surrounded by the principal Characters from his Plays. RAILRO&DS FOR EVER on Thursday. J. ; ARCIIER, Bom Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. CINDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI% THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN W. SUES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muste.r Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, adame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, stalled 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 Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LE6SEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Sheridan Knowles' Play of THE HUNCH BACK. Master Walter, Mr. Wallack ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Lord Tinsel, Mr. W. Lacy ; Modus, Mr. Compton ; Julia, Miss Cushman ; :lelen, Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a New Farce, called WHO'S THE PAPA ? Mr. Peter Bottle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Grubworm, Mrs. Fosbroke. To conclude with GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Swollington, Mr. Walter Lacey. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. lJnparalleled 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 Mes. , rs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley; Miss Viliars, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Grove. . To be followed by a New Drama, entitled THE DRUNKARD'S GLASS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Emery, Meadows,' Turner, Miss Dawson, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollidge. To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvestod with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly--Costamos according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WIIITTINGTON AND HIS CAT! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley; Muley Moloch, the Lion Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and WILTan ; Miss Fairbrotker, anti Miss Grove. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-FRENCH PLAYS. THIS EVENING Will be performed LA SUITE D'UN BAL MASQUE. Madame de Belmont, Mille. Plessy. After which, LA TANTE MAL GARDEC. Anatole, Monsieur Ravel. To be followed by the favourite Comedy of LE BOUQUE C DE BAL. Clara, 3fdlle. Plessy. To conclude with RUE DE LA LUNE. Chevillard, Mons. Ravel. Boxes, 65. ' • Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven Pclock, and the Performances commence at Half•pa.st. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33 pm Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open Daily, from Eleven till Five. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES, It is tespeetfully announced, that the celebrated MONSIEUR PHILLIPPE, of the Theatre Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, whose extra ordinary Experiments have created universal astonishment, Is en • gaged to present a short series of his SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES at the ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, which will be commenced on TUESDAY, the 29th of APRIL, and be continued, for a short period only, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Full particulars will be duly announced. Boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, 011 Bond-=treet ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Unparalleled Success of Mr. White's Trained Animals ; last week of their Performance in London. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA ; or, The Spanish Amazons. Entire e of the Scenes in the Ci Au arrangement has Chan bee g n made with Mr. White rc le. (the eelebrated 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 RICHARD THE THLItD. In which Messrs. Hughes, Mrs. Daly, &c., Will perform. After which, THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDER>.4"-ESS. Samson Hardhead, Mr. Marble. Sampson. be followed by the Extraordi nary Feats of the American • _ _ . To conclude with TUE WATEItIfAN Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. liersvimer, at the Box office, from Eleven to Pour. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, THIS EVENING will be repeated MARGARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse- Stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, LOCHINVAR ; or, The Bride of Netherby. Lochin var, Mr. 11. Howard ; James the Sixth, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Lord Notherby, Mr. Dale ; Mysie, Miss E. Terry. To conclude with NAPOLEON ; or, The Deserter and his Dog. in whi .h Messrs. Coney and Blanchard and their celebrated Dog Hector will perform, LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY. At a special meeting of the Committee of the above Society, held at the Office, New Bridge-street, on Friday the 18th instant, Mr. L. Jones in the chair, the following sums were awarded :—To Jesse Connor, T. 69, and Samna Hockaday, L 178, one guinea as a reward, and an extra guinea as a gratuity, for the vigilance and ac. tivity they displayed in detecting and apprehending John Murphy and Edward Sullivan, for burglariously entering the house of Mr. Pitcher, St. George's Tavern, Lambeth-road, at three o'clock in the morning, and stealing therefrom a musical snuff-box, and other proity, for which they were sentenced to two y ears ' im p rison.. sae To Wm. Kealy one guinea, for app rehendin g Robert Ho es, for robbing Mr. Bathe, Spanish Patriot, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, of a pewter pot, and a spirit flume!, To Thomas Ludd, L 12, and another man one guinea, for detecting and apprehend. ing Richard Perkins, for robbing Mr. Smith, Angel, Webber.street, New.cut, of a pewter pot. And to William Wbales, servant to Mr. Dickson, WsAcester Arms, George-street, Portman-square, half.a-gitinea, for detecting William Thompson, in robbing his employer of a glass. At the same meeting it wzs unanimously agreed that the annual wicurdiWl should take pace on Tuesday' the 15th day of July next. NT OTTINGHAM and BOSTON RAILWAY, 47% MILES LONG, CONNECTING THE CAPITAL OF THE MIDLAND COUNTIES WITH THE NEAREST SEAPORT. A Detailed Prospectus will be issued in a few days, contain'ng a List of the Provisional Committee, which contains the names cf all the most influential gentlemen residing in Boston and Nottingham. In the meantime communications to be addressed to 31essrs. Hopkins and Rice, the Soicitors to the Nottingham and Boston Railway Company. Boston, April 19, 1945. THE WEATHEit.—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38 ; Highest, 61; Ncon, 58: BAROMETER, 30.18.-WIND, E. Nara.—The figures which follow the words "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. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 58 minutes after 0 I Evening .. 18 minutes after 1. Z e:' : I , ' 41, i, „ ...,.... -4 . 1 ' -. ! ' Z - : ' ....., ' iter •4' ..' ''.- (.-- .- -- t ' l: t-V Z 4 •-AO a - „ ct, '4, 1, -.• .1,." , ~ . .',>- 0 ~, -, '~ " '., .! .: „. , ' 4 ;, ~ 'I , *,, , 4-...... 7 , 2 ;._t,0 14 ..), „,-.N.: ~ -bp cLT . eili,- -i•-' 77 , ' ,--,.... • SECOND EDITION.. totnins LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1845. The whole British empire, India and the Colonies in luded, does not furnish such important and difficult topics of discussion as Ireland alone. Independent of jarring in terests, caused by the mode in which English dominion in that country was obtained, and her sway continued, the Irish Established Church is sufficient, of itself, to cause an annual debate, which must increase every year in in tensity till the anomaly is finally removed. The appro priation clause, the Maynooth establishment, the pay ment of the Catholic clergy, and a variety of other elements of disunion, all spring out of a grievance which is every day more felt, and which is with out a parallel in the history of Europe. This evening, on the motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee upon the appropriation to be made from the Consolidated Fund for the College of Maynooth, Mr. WARD is to move—" That it is the opinion of the House that any provision to be made for the purposes of the present Bill ought to be taken from the funds already applicable to Ecclesiastical purposes in Ireland." This is a rational proposition, and, if carried into effect, would make the grant to Maynooth even more popular than it is with the whole of the Catholic population; bat we see no prospect whatever that such a just, necessary, and decisive measure will be adopted for many years to come. When the list of the division is made out some curious transpositions of names will ap • pear. Sir R. INGms's party, of course, will retain their original position, but the supporters of Sir R.-PEEL'S scheme must change sides, and separate themselves from the Whigs tied Liberals who voted with them on Saturday morning. Then what is to become of those Members who oppose the grant on religious grounds, and especially on the ground that there should be no endowment at all for any church establishment ? To 132 consistent they must still cling to the skirts of Sir R. Lamas, for they cannot, according to principle, vote any money in support of an idolatrous faith, or of any faith whatever. The result, of course, cannot for a moment be doubtful, and the motion of Mr. WARD, unless it had been preceded by ono of a more practicable character, would only have added another insult to the Irish people, and made them despair of justice from the Imperial Par liament. Thanks to the upright conduct, the sound judg ment, and the wise policy of the statesmen of all parties, this great calamity has been averted, and one of the main grounds for a repeal of the union has been undermined. True, it is hope deferred—but still there is hope, the last consolation of the wretched--- and from the manly, statesmanlike, ar.d conciliatory speech of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as well as the discreet silence of Sir ROBERT PEEL, OR Friday night, Ireland, and the friends of Ireland, may reckon with certainty that the days of that unsightly fabric, so injurious to Protestantism, and such a source of endless bitterness— the Church of Orangemen—are numbered ; and, if not swept from the country, it will speedily be so modified and curtailed, as to remove all just cause of com plaint. The work has already begun ; the principle of adapting the staff and chief officers of this Church-mili tant to the purposes for which it was intended, has already been admitted even by the most bigoted and obstinate member of the Cabinet, and when the principle is granted, and we have to deal with rational politicians, the details are of less consequence. Time, the in crease of liberal opinions —and, above all, the rapid change which has manifested itself amcng the rising generation of Conservatives—will yet complete this great work of justice and mercy. The prospects of Ireland never were so bright. She has brought over all the statesmen of the day to her side. She will yet be placed on a footing with Scotland, and, to the honour of her leaders, and the spirit of the age, she will, unlike Scotland, obtain her rights without shedding a drop of blood. The remarks which we hazarded at the commence ment of the Easter recess, on the evils arising from the accumulation of Parliamentary business, derive, we think, additional force from the protracted debate of last week ; and from the incidental animadversions elicited in the earlier period of the discussion, in the House of Commons, en Friday night, of the careless and unsatisfactory transaction of business by the Rail way Department of the Board of Trade. Under the present aspect of public affairs, and especially of our foreign relations, we feel increased anxiety to see the business of the Legislature return into the long-neg lected channels of orderly arrangement, digestion, and dispatch. The ordinary course of ordinary sessions is mischievous enough. We cannot too often repeat the fact, certified by the experience of all men connected with Parliamentary business, that of the most important questions, and the most useful Bills in troduced in any given session, a large proportion are indefinitely postponed, cushioned for the session, or passed into laws without a tithe of the investiga tion and mature discussion which they demand. The facilities afforded by the modern practice of Par liament for " dropping" orders, and the unbounded licence which modern Administrations exercise, of ad dressing requests to private or individual Members, to postpone the rotation of their respective notices, in favour of some Government or official business, are among the chief causes of that mischievous ac cumulation of Bills which results in their wholesale precipitation in the six weeks preceding a proroga tion. The "requests" we speak of have grown ieto an organised grievance, by reason of the little chance they run of being refused. It is suicidal policy to turn a deaf ear to the bland solicitations of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, or a Secretary of the Treasury, a Secretary for the Home Depart ment, or a Secretary to the Admiralty. In the first place, these Gentlemen have always the plausible pre text of the exigency of the business in their depart ments. In the second, if they are disposed to retort the tenacity of Mr. H. to-day, in refusing to allow the vote they desire to move to take precedence of his motion on the notice -paper,—Mr. H. runs a pretty certain risk of discovering to-morrow the art and mystery of Ministerial tactics, in the shape of a " no House," by withholding men from coming in before 4 o'clock, or the effect of less than 40 members being present, by a " counting out' of the House, or of " a whip" by the sudden filling of the House with a formidable detachment of members, who, not having heard one word of his speech, or of the discussion to which it has led, come down, on a preconcerted notice dispatched to them in all the quarters of the Metropolis—vote,tbrongh some extraordinary power of intuition, in favour of any hostile question that may be raised, off-hand, upon his original motion. This latter is thrown out, or thrown over, before he can imagine that two-thirds of the House have yet heard one word of the matter. It has happened this session, according to the u s ual course, that a great proportion of the time of the Legislature has been al ready occupied in the labour of mooting amendments on the legislation of last session; simply because Bills were then poised into law, in a condition too crude and defective not to cause them to break down on the first attempt at practically administering them. In the usual course, also, there has been a vast ex penditure of time which might have been much more profitably appropriated, on the discussion of abstract principles and general questions, such as, to the thinking ofal 1 practical men, after being once distinctly enunciated and fairly discussed, might have been very much more speedily disposed of by vote, with results at last equally satisfactory with any that have been arrived at, after so many nights of bootless argument, subtracted from the term, too limited, that is yet available for the imperative demands upon it of the ' public service. From the observations of Lord HOWICK, Mr. DUNCOMBE, and Mr. AGLIONDY, on Friday night, we are compelled to infer that the defects of the Railway Department of the Board of 'Trade, to which we were among the first to direct public attention, are becoming, every day, more palpable and more serious. But let us note, in passing, how extensively prejudicial ad ministrative defects in that Board—superadded to the customary alternations of ruinous delay and still more fatal hurry produced by the technical forms of " pri vate business," as it is called, and the interruptions we have alluded to of even their halting action—. must prove to the extensive community and vast ca pital embarked in railway constructions ; and these evils, thus aggravated, inevitably re-act on the proper discharge of the public business. If the legislation on railway Bills has been hitherto so slovenly and im perfect, owing to the mass of preliminary details in each case to be brought under the cognizance and opinion of Parliament, and the impossibility of doing justice either to them or to the measures of the executive and financial departments of the State, in consideration of whose exigencies they are so often slurred over or delayed—what may we not anticipate of the amount of embarrassment and prejudice likely to be experienced from the vast increase of railway Bills now pending in Parliament, and coming before it, not in that more organised and perfect form of in ception, which it was the object of this Board's creation to communicate to them, in order to econo mise the time of both Houses, but in a condition the very reverse of this. Lord Howrcu (himself a perfect master of official business) remarked that a certain omission, in laying a promised report before the House of Commons, " was only another example of the system of carelessness which, from first to last, had characterised the fiscal business of that depart ment." We do not remember, in the case of a young " Board," to have heard so severe a censure passed in either House of Parliament ; and we greatly fei r that it is too well merited. In addition to the objections we have before urged to the constitution of this Railway Board, which we deny that it was competent to the Lords of Privy Council of the Board of Trade, by virtue of their own " minute,"—extnero motu, as it were, originally to create so empowered—to its assumption of original functions hitherto permitted only to the Queen's Courts at Westminster, and to its exercise of a spe cies of equitable jurisdiction, which it is marvellous to find wholly unexcepted to by the vigilant legal acumen of the House of Lords,—we have now to urge those which have been so strongly enforced in the House. The House will do well, dismissing all party feeling in the matter (and to say truth, it is not easy to understand how such feeling can be in fused into it), to discuss Mr. DuNcomun's motion on the subject of this anomalous Commission or Board with all care and deliberation. Its object involves considerations of the most extensive and profound im portance to the public, and in an especial degree to parties interested in railway undertakings. The Board seems equally overwhelmed by the magnitude of its powers and extent of the business they are to be applied to, by the incapacity or " carelessness" of some of its members, as much as by the extravagant grasp of its delegated jurisdiction. We have accounts from Madrid toThe lath inst. The Chamber of Deputies was still engaged in discussing the estimates, most of which had been passed with little opposition. A letter from ConTINA, who is in France, was read, in which he called upon the Chamber to de cide on his return as Minister for Salamanca, and if pronounced good he would present himself and take his seat. The letter was referred to a Committee. On the 12th the Three per Cents. closed at 35 11-16 at 60 slays; the Five per Cents. at 25i for cash, and 25 at 60 days ; and the Debt without Interest at 9 at GO days. The Paris papers state that M. GUIZOT was seized with sudden illness on Saturday. It was not, however, of long continuance, as appears frona:the following notice in the Messager of that evening:—" The Minister of Foreign Affairs was this morning seized with a slight indisposition, a sharp pain suddenly rising in the region of the liver, which yielded promptly to some slight re medies." In the Chamber of Deputies the Savings Banks Bill was passed by a majority of 207 to 35. One of the clauses enacts that the total amount of deposits by one individual shall not . exceed 1,5001., but may b: allowed to accumulate with interest to 2,000 f. (80/.). The interest is to remain the same, arra also the time of giving notice of withdrawal of deposits. Several of the journals are still occupied with the Maynooth question. One of them, the Pi esse, has an article on the disputes between England and America, and evidently would rejoice if the English Government should be embar rassed with Irish discontent should a war take place. France, it says, would profit by a war. "We learn," says that journal, " from a certain source that the British squadron recently fitted out at Portsmouth, and placed under the orders of Admiral SEYmoUn, is in tended to act in the Pacific Ocean. The principal ob ject of this expedition is to be ready, in case of a rup ture between Great Britain and the United States, to occupy, militarily, the ports and important positions of the Oregon, and to capture the numerous Ame rican merchantmen and whalers. We are far from desiring a war, but it becomes us fo examine carefully the various chances which either party has of success, although we would almost dare to affirm that Great Britain will yield, as she has always done, in presence of the menacing attitude of her rival. But it is an historical fact that every time Great Britain has yielded to America some advantage has accrued to France. The treaty of 1783, by which the Cabinet of St. James recognised the independence of the United States, caused us to recover the possession of Senegal, delivered us from an English Commissioner residing at Dunkirk, and restored to Spain, our ally, the Floridas and Port Mahon, which Great Britain retained nearly a century. We trust that the example a the treaty or Washington in 1842 will equally bear its fruits." We hope the anticipations of the P. esse will be disappointed, and conciliation will yet make Ireland the best friend of Great Britain. The same paper makes the following remarks on the opposition to the grant:— " Imagine that in Ireland, where it is proposed that a poor College shall receive 27,000/. sterling to educate the clergy destined to instruct 8,000,000 Catholics, there are twelve Protestant bishops receiving for themselves alone 70,000/., and not having the tenth part of the population to direct. The Presbyterian Church likewise receives a consi derable subsidy. Both are gorged with the property taken— stolen, we shall add—from the Catholic clergy, and they utter exclamations sufficient to unsettle the three kingdoms to their foundation, because a miserable shadow of restitution is granted to the Catholics ! Once more we assert that such a proceeeding is a disgrace to England." The National thus contrasts the policy of Sir ROBERT PEEL and M. G UIZOT, or, rather, that of the " Chateau :" " Sir Robert Peel knows the men whom he leads, and he is well aware that with the haughty aristocracy, to which he does not belong, and on whom he has been imposed by his merit and his experience, there is no medium between domination and servitude. He must either be the master of the Tories or their instrument. Sir Robert Peel has too good an opi nion of himself to submit to the humiliating position of a servant, or even to the seccndary position of a counsellor. He is the chief, and he leads his party with rare boldness. But to what point is he conducting them? Into a course new to the defenders of all the prejudices of birth, of religion, and of privilege. He has compelled those men to place their hands on what they ought to have religiously respected. He has loaded property with an income-tax. He has op posed to the absolute spirit of prohibition a vast reform of ta riffs. He has impoverished the agricultural interests by a mo dification of the corn-laws. He is now placing his foot in the sanctuary; and, notwithstanding the exclamations against Popery and idolatry, he is about to endow a Catholic semi• nary largely, after having treated officially with the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland for the execution of the Religious Bequests Bill. When the period arrives at which parties are to be extinguished there always appears an indispensable statesman who himself undertakes to dig the trench in which worn-out institutions and exhausted ideas are to find their final sleep. Thus affairs pass in a country where statesmen know how to prepare pacific changes. In Prance it is dif ferent. A systematic immobility appears to preside over all the acts of the Government. The party which calls itself Conservative traces round it a circle which is not to be crossed. Inclosed in a species of lazaretto, it neither feels the movement of the flood which rises, nor the pressure of facts, nor the permanent action of ideas. Nevertheless a re sistance is formed. Disaffection is engendered by contempt, the latter will one day give place to anger, and a final mo ment will arrive when the Conservatives, who refused to re new some worn-out furniture, will find themselves invaded by a force, too long suppressed, which will throw the entire household and furniture out of the window." The Minister of Public Works had presentcd to the Chamber of Deputies Bills authorising the adjudication of the railways from Paris to Strasbourg, and from Tours to Nantes. The maximum of the leases to be granted is fixed as follows:—For the Paris and Strasbourg Railway forty-five years, and for the Tours and Nantes Railway thirty-five years. The Committee of the Chamber, appointed to examine the Northern Railroad Bill, had reduced from forty-five to twenty- five years the dura tion of the lease, and the security to be deposited by the Company from 30,000,000 f. to 15,000,000 f. 'rite intelligence from Swi.zerland is not satisfactory. The Const:tutionnel says, the demand of Lucerne, made in the Diet on the 16th,; for an indemnity led to an ani easnst,si nu supported Brentrted by an m a o m ne n y e . sty T w h o e u p ld i , et itw ani mated debate, which ended in a rejection, six votes only appearing for the indemnity. All steps to induce that fi xin K day for discussing the adjourned tssaid f w a i il t ' h u o n u; propositions of the cum- THE B OURSE - -SATURDAY, APRIL 19. First ifigh , st Lowest Last Price. Price. Price Price. French Five per Cents. .. • • 117 60 .. 117 60 .. 117 50 .. 117 60 Three per Cents.... 85 95 .. 85 85 .. 85 85 .. 85 85 Loan ............. 80 40 86 50 86 50 .. 86 60 Bank of France • • ••••3250 —3255 ..3251 .. 3255 Grain Dank. I,ooof Shares••lllo ..1110 —llO7 50 ..1110 Belgiar. Fives, 'B4O •• •••• 102% 102% .. 102% .. 102% Feur-and-a-Half . 101% .. 101 .. 101% .. 101 N Two-awl-a-Half •• 62 30 .• 62 30 .. 62 33 .. 62 30 Spanish Threes.. • ..... . 42 .. 42 .. 42 .. 42 Active •• .• 4 .. 46% .. 4.)14 .. 4014 Passive .. .. •••• •• 7 Na • • 7 % .. .. 7 p ia Portuguese Five per Cents.. 67 .. 67 .. 67 .. 67 R0man........... RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B 560 .. 560 .. 550 .. 550 •• •• •• •• •• 360 . 360 .. 355 .. 355 ROW111•••••••••••••••••••• 1120 . 1120 —lllO ..1110 amen to g a y e . • Orleans ........... Strasburg to Bale. ..... 320 .. 320 .. 315 .. 315 &v ig n o o t o morsoffies.....• 1050 • •1050 .•1040 . 1042 50 Bordeaux to Teste •• •• 212 50 .. 212 5Q .. 210 .. 211 25 RAILWAYS FOR TIIE ACCOUNT, MAY 3 St. Germain .. • • •• •.......1110 ..1120 ..1103 ..1105 versomeo, R.B . ..... 565 .• 565 .. 552 50 .. 552 SO L. 8.. •••••• • • • • 36 0 .. 360 .• 3 , 2 50 . 352 60 R0uen....................1 120 ..1125 .•1110 ..1110 ----.- _ Rouen to Havre ..• •• ...... 910 .• 942 50 .. 930 .. 930 Orleans ... .. , ............1230 ..1235 ..1225 ..1230 Strasburg to Bale •-••• • • • • • 320 • • 325 .. 315 .. 315 Avignon to Marseilles.. • ..- 1050 ..1055 .. 1040 ..1042 50 THIS DAY'S NEWS. BAIL COURT.-(THIS There were no motions of any interest this morning, (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) JENNINGS V. HADDOCK TILE ELDER. Mr. V. Lee for the plaintiff, Mr. Petersdorff for the defendant. This was an action brought to recover an amount of 30/. on an acceptance granted under the following circumstances : —The defendants son, a publisher in North Wellington street, required pecuniary assistance in his business to the above amount, and his father accepted a bill for 30/. This an attorney of the name of Coles, in Holborn, undertook to ge discounted. After the lapse of a few days Coles gave the de fendant's son a note to a Mr. Dipple, also a publisher in Holywell-street, who advanced 10/. upon the collateral secu rity of the acceptance, which was to remain in Mr. Coles' hands. A second advance of 10/. was afterwards made by the same gentleman. The defendant subsequently paid back to Mr. Dipple 4/. and 51. of goods, leaving a balance standing of 11/. Mr. Coles afterwards negotiated the bill with Mr. Jennings, the plaintiff in the action, who is the manager of a loan society in Farringdon-street, and Mr. Jennings applied to the defendant when it became due for payment. The action was defended on the plea that the bill was to remain only as a security, and that no instructions were given that it should be n.egotiated. On cross-examination of the defendant's son, it appeared that lie had been indebted to Mr. Coles in some former transactions, and that he had instructed him to negotiate the bill in question; to settle with Mr. Dipple, and pay himself with the balance. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said the defendant had not the shadow of a case, and a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, with costs. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE JOHN CONNOR. This insolvent, who had been in the green-grocery and coal trade, in the Edgware-road, came up this morning for his final order. He was opposed by Mr. Walsh, on behalf of the creditors, on the ground that several articles had either not been given up to the official assignee, or not set forth in the schedule. The articles referred to were a pony and small cart, a large van, and two account-books. Object►on was also taken to an entry in the schedule, which described a large cart to have been sold in December, whereas it had not been sold until after the petition was filed. The large van was represented to have been pledged with a Mr. Pargiter, in Lambeth, for 301., but ,on inquiry no such person could be found. A witness was called to prove that a large cart, answering to the one described in the schedule, was in the possession of the insolvent in February last. The insolvent (who was examined by Mr. LEWIS) said that the pony and cart had been taken away by his son at Greenwich fair, and he had not heard of him since. With respect to the large van, he did not know the number of the street where Mr. Pargiter lived, but he had no doubt he could take any messenger from the official assignee to the party, and establish the fact. He was also willing to deliver up the books required, though he did not think they were of any consequence. The largo cart alleged to have been seen in the possession of the insolvent in February was a borrowed one, somewhat like the one sold in the December, and hence the supposition that it was the same one. Mr. WAisitcalled upon his Honour to adjourn the case sine de, as he considered the explanation altogether unsatis factory. He did not dispute the fact that the large van had been pawned for a sum of money, but he entertained the opinion that it was made away surreptitiously after the party was insolvent, to the injury of the creditors. His HoNowt, who was at first disposed to adjourn the case sine die, said he would give the insolvent another chance, and would fix the sth of May for another examination, to be at the expense of insolvent, and if the insolvent did not on that occasion give a better explanation of the matters re ferred to, lie should most certainly dismiss him without his final order. Mr. Walsh was instructed to give Mr. Lewis notice 01 what the insolvent would then be required to prove. SOUTRWARK. 7 (TIII . S . DAY.) Robert Braley, a well-dressed Man, blind of an eye, was charged with entering a room in the Masons' Arms, Horse - monger- lane, and stealing several articles. Mr. Spence, the landlord of the above house, stated that on Saturday night, one of the servants having occasion to go up stairs, saw the prisoner in one of the bed rooms. Though alarmed at the circumstance, she did not make any outcry on seeing a stranger there, under the dread of his making an at tack on her. She, however, descended with all haste, and hav ing informed her master of the circumstance, he immediately went up, and, on entering the room, saw the prisoner sitting on the side of the bed. He had a bundle by his side, con taing various articles of dress, which he had taken out of a box in the room. lie assumed to be intoxicated. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that he had no remembrance of what had happened, being so drunk; that he was a coachmaker by trade, and, work being very slack in Glasgow, to which place he belonged, be came up to I.6ndon, and, having met with some of his townsmen, they gave him so much drink that he did not know what he was about, and could not account for his being found iu the situa tion described. Mr. Tit Amt, said that the prisoner gave suc h a very un satisfactory account of his proceedings, that he should re mand him until Friday. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 5,000 bales, including 1,5(X) on speculation. The market was very quiet, and on the whole dull, but without any material change in prices.-In Shares the business done was limited compared to the trau,actions recently, but prices had no tendency to de cline. Aberdeen Railway, 5 ; Barnsley Junction, Half Shares, 51. 16s. Gd. ; 41. 41. 6s. 3d. ; Birke nhead and Ches hire Junction, 9% Bi rm ingham and Gloucester , New Shares, 4 1 4 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 9% 1 / 2 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Boltonn, Wigan,a Be u lf d ast i a v n er d p la , lly l3 m A ent y / 7 „6 78 i Caledonian, 12% ; Cambridge and Linc oln, 9 %; Ch ester and Birkenhead, A ; 52% 52 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 25% ; Chester and H o lyh ea d, 13 3 / 4 • Churuet Valley , 9% 9/. Is. 3d. ; Clydesd a l e J unc ti on , 10% ; Cork and Waterford, 3%; Derehain and Norwich, 1%; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 11% 11 ; Dublin and Galway, 51/ %; Dublin, Midlingar, and Athl one , 3% ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 4 3 / 4 ; Eastern Counties, 21 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63%; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 61%; 1 Glasgow and Du mfries, 1/. 4 5.; Grand Junction, ` , 27 1 ; Ditto, Half Shares , 113 % - - -; Quarter Shares, 56%; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 44% at i ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 19 Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 6%; .Great Southern and West F rn, 19% 20 ; Di tto Exten sion, 15%; Great Western . Halt Shares, 105 1 / ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 41. 185. 9 d• 4 %; liudderstield and Sheffield, 8% ; Inverness and Elgin, 1% • Lancaster and Preston, Three-quarter Shares, 33; Limerick and Waterford, 81 4 %; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 %; London derry and Enniskillen, 31. 171. Ad --• ; London and South- Western, New 501. Shares, 15/ ; London and York, 414 y 4 ; Direct Northern, 41 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 4% % ; Lynn and Dereliam, 3,(5 ' Manchester and Buxton, 5 1 ,./ 2 ; Manchester, Bury, and ossendale, 18 1 4 ; Manchester, Shef field, and Midland, 9 3 / 4 %; Midland Railway, 158 1 / 158 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 1914 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares ' 4 ; Ditto, Consolidate d Birmingham and Derby, 120 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6 1 A ; Newcastle and Berwick, 16%; Newry and Enniskillen, 5%; North Union (A), 145; North Wales Mineral, 18%; Ditto, New Shares, 6% • North Western, 5% %; North Wales, 3% %; Oxford and 'Birmingham Junction, 4 1 / 4 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 1/. 18s. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 125 1 / 4 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16 1 / 4 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1%; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampto n, and Birmin g ham, 4 % ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 6 1 / 4 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4 3 / 4/. 13s. 9d. ; South -Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 1, 16 1 / 4 ; Ditto, No. 2, II ; Ditto, No. 3, 8%; Scottish Central, 7% 7; Trent Valley, 19% 20 1 4 ; Ditto, Extension, 5 6%; West Yorkshire, G ; Wexford and Carlow, 4% %; Worcester and Tring, 5 4 3 4 ; Whitehaven and Furness, 3 1 . Is. Gd. 3/. Is. ; Central of France,l7 ; Lyons and Avignon (English), 2% ; Louvain and Jemeppe, 5 1 4 ; Northern of France (English), 5%; Ditto, Rosamel's (English), ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 21 16s. 6d.; Ditto (Calon's), 21. Is. 6d. ; Paris and Orleans, 48%; Paris and St. Quentin, 21. 135. 6d. 2% ; Verona and Ancona, 2/. le. There are accounts of the 9th January from Hobart Town, which advise very unfavourable weather for the crops, a material deficiency being fully anticipated. From the tenor of the published accounts it is feared that the mercantile letters from India will not advise an improve ment in the markets there, and this probably will have some effect in the manufacturing districts. There has been a further decline to-day in Consols, and although we attach but little weight to the plea on which it is grounded, viz., an apprehension of some misunder standing with the United States, we are not by any means surprised at a reaction from another cause, viz., the superior temptation of railway investments. Consols have been down to 98% % for 11foney, and to 99 and 98% for Ac count, and are now about 98% to % for the former, and 98% for the latter. The premium on Exche quer-bills has been steady at 595. to 6 1 s. New Three and-a-Quarter p er Cents. have been 101 to 100%. Bank Stock has been firm at 210 to 210%. Reduced Three per Cents. have been 98 to 97%. The Foreign Securities have been affected by the declinei n Consuls. Spanish Five per Cents. have receded to 30% 1 4 ; and the Thre e p er C ents. to 40% 1 4. Portuguese Converted Stock has been 66 1 4, %. Mexican have given way to 37%. Columbian are 15% to 16. Dutch Four per Cents. bring 97%. There has been a good deal of business doi n g in Railwa y Shares, and, taki ng them generally, it may be said there is a disposition to sell, and that they rule lower. URITJSU FUNDS THIS DAY Al' ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .210%, 3 per Cent. R e d uce d Annu i t i e5 ............ 9 8 ,6 97 3 per Cent. C onso l s A rms .................. 9 98%N: New 3 1 4 per Cent. A nn uties ...... 100% 101 100 3 / 4 % Long Annuities ,Expire sth Jan. 1860... 11% 7-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1 859 • 111% Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 11 11-16% India Bonds 1,000/ 74 Ditto under 1,000/ South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities - Ditto New Ann u iti es Consols for Accou n t Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 / 4 d. 1,000/. - ...... 59 61 pm. 500/. ........ ..... - 59 GI pm. •• ••• Ditto Small • • 61 59 pm. ...... PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 44 Columbian B on d s . 15% 16 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. -- 1` Ditto for the Account 37% Ditto Deferred Stock Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 — Ditto for the Account. Venezuela Bonds. 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred Dutch 24 per Cents ......... ...—... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAft.w4ifts. PAID. PER Su.utz Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine,Portrush 1% 2 3 /4 to 3 Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto, Had Shares ...... .. 3 Bristol and Exeter Ditto New ... 2 _B?4 _ to —. Caledonian 5 ...... 12% 13 to 12% Cambridge and Lincoln l% ...... 91, 2 %... to 99 Chester and Holyhead 5 ...... 18% to 18% Churnet Valley Coventry, Bed worth, and Nun. eaton Coventry and Leicester ...... 1 1 4 3% to 3 Cornwall l'irect Northern Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% 11%4% to Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine 2 A 3LA to Dublin and Galway Eastern Counties Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 3% l l4 to Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto New % Shares 2 l,ii 6 IA ..... to Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 Ditto Extension Great North of England 100 2Ol ll to 202 Ditto New Great Western Ditto 1 ,4 Shares ... 50 l0 6l Guildford, Farehani, Portms. 214 6 Hull and Selby 5O 106 '4 to 105 1 ,E Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto gal( Shares . 2 —. 24 '-'' . ... .. to 23 London and Birmingham ...100 Ditto Thirds London and Blackwall 16% 9 8% 9% 8% to VA London and Brighton London and Croydon... 13/. 15s. 9d.... 17% to London and South Western.. 41 y 81%...... to Ditto New 21 41 14% 15 1 A to 14 1 ,4 London and York...—. ...... 2 4...• 33 to 4 Lynn and Ely Midland Ditto New 2 ...... 18% 19 to 18 Midland, Birm. and Derby lOO l2O ...... to 118 Newcastle & Darlington ;hum. 25 5l Ditto New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick Newry and Enniskillen Newark and Sheffield ... 1 A ..... 6%% to North British Ditto New 1 .. ... 5 1 ,4 to Northern and Eastern 45 Ditto Scrip North Wales 11,4 4%34... to 3% Richmond an d West End Junc. 1 Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 4%%... to South Devon South Eastern and Dover ... 33% ...... 41 1 4% Ditto New, No. 3 2% B/4/q to 7% Staines and Richmond ........ 1 South Wales Trent Valley ... 2 .. 208 / to Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 4, York and North Midland ... 50' ......104 Ditto Scarboro'Branch FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and Toulouse Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette 2 - 2%341,( to Dijon and Mulhouse Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) Do. Do. (Rosamel's) 2 ..... 2 %... to Louvain and Jeineppe Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons (taflitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyons(Gannerott's) 2 ... Paris and Lyons (Colon's)... 2 . Paris and Strasburg 2 ...... 2% to Royal North of Spain Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia ... .. .. 40 British North American MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Amur. 19.—The sales are:—Birmingham and Gioucester, New Shares, 4% ; Lan caster and Carlisle, 39 1 / 2 ; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 7%; Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 5 13-16 pm.; North British, NeveShares, 5 1 A ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 15 3 4 ; South Eastern, 42 1 / 2 ex div.; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 91, %; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13 3 ; Caledonian, 13%1 Clitheroe Junction, 4 1 4 % ptem. ' • Direct Northern, 4 % ; Glasgow and Dumfries, ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 6%; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 5 1 4 ; Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 8 % ; Kendal and Winder mere, 5 7-16 ; Leeds and Thirsk 4%; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 1 4 ; London and York, 4 1 4 ; Lynn and Den ham, 3% • Manchester and Buxton, 5% 5; Newark and Sheffield, 6 1 4 ; North Wales, 3% ; North Western, 514 Vs ; Scottish Central, 7%; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1/. Bs. ; Trent Valley, 20 19% ; Ditto, Continuation, 4% 3% prem. ; Whitehavert and Furness, 3 1 ,6 ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2%; Great Northern of France (English), ; Union Bank of Manchester, 10%. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Amu. 21.—Wind this day at nuon, Northerly, fresh breeze, and line. PouTsmoilTit, APRIL 19—Wind N.E.-20. E.N.E. to S.E. —Arrd. Bareurs, Vreenster, Batavia for Rotterdam, sld. Dec. 20; Ada, Stone, Jamaica; Daphne, Cape of Good Hope. The hull of the vessel reported on the Goodwin Sands yes terday proves to be a foreign hoy, or ketch ; small cask belonging to her is marked " Osterisch," with a horse under neath, and "T. H.—M. H. 42." She beat off the sands during the night, and about' three P. m. this day was seen about three miles to the eastward, both masts standing, mast-heads light blue. The boats report having seen on the off part of the Goodwin Sands, in seven fathoms water, a vessel's lower mast, keel upwards, supposed to be attached to a wreck. IViiirsTABLE, APRIL 19.—The Margaretha, Wilt, Danish zalliot, with a cargo of tares, abandoned and waterlogged, was fallen in with this morning in the Queen's Channel and brought in here, rudder gone, cargo landing; she appears to have been previously in the coal trade from Stockton or Hull, to Altona ; crew supposed to be drowned. DEAL, Arum 19.—Several oars, white blades, and some butter firkins, marked" OstrfriesrisCh, F.H., M. H., 42, H.G.G.," (Hanoverian horse), have been landed here from the galliot lost on the Goodwin Sands. OFF ST. ALISAN'S HEAD, APRIL 17.—Rebecca, Buenos Ayres for London. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 19.—S1d. her Majesty's ship Daring, on a cruise. 20. The pilot sloop Ariel, of this port, was run into by a ship, and was found, 17th inst., about four leagues S.W. of the Eddystone abandoned, and brought in here. OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 20.—Calcutta, Ross, Hobart Town, sailed Jan. 9, and Pernambuco 14th ult. FALMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. Mary Gray, Storie, Valparaiso, sailed Jan. 1 ; Eliza Lennox, Ichaboe ; Thomas Edward, Brickley, Buenos Ayres. Off, Everhard, New Orleans for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, Arms, 20.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd. Pro tector, Davis, Ichaboe ; Adonis, Hamilton, Africa ; Laurel; Knaiston, New Orleans; Robert, Luke, Savannah; Lancas shire, Lyon, New York. Margaret, Finnigan, Africa, after being ashore on West Hoyle, towed in from Beautnaris. The Euterpe, from St. Domingo, has been taken into the Prince's Basin floin the beach at Seacombe. OFF CORK, APRIL 17.—Arrd. Birkby, Bergin ; Lucius Carey, Watson, leltaboe ; St. Andrews, Leech, ditto. ; Minerva, ditto., and proceeded with extra hands, crew laid up with scurvy. MARKET NE WS::-(filiS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE —MONDAY. As is almost invariably the case at this period of the year, the arrivals of English Wheat up to our market during the past week has been on a very moderate scale, yet the various parcels have come to hand in good saleable condition. Of English Barley, Malt, Beans, Peas, and Flour, the receipts have been small, but the aggregate supply of Oats has amounted to 50,000 quarters. Fresh up, only a limited quantity of Wheat of home produce came to hand from Essex, Kent, Lincolnshire, and Cambridgeshire; hence the show of samples of that description of Grain was small. The attendance of both town and country dealers being tolerably good, the finest qualities commanded a ready sale, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Mon day last. In all other kinds, a fair amount of business was, transacted at late rates, and a clearance was effected. From the whole of our grain districts our accounts relative to the young wheat plants are very favourable. The supply of fine foreign Wheat brought forward was comparatively small. Selected parcels were in fair request, and last week' s prices were readily supported. All other kinds were in slow request. Bonded grain was heavy. Owing to the large imports of Barley the sale for that article was extremely inactive, at a further depression in the quotations of is per quarter. Malt, the sueply of which was small, moved off sluwly, yet we can notice no alteration in value. Notwith standing the large display of Oat samples a good business was doing, at prices about equal to those paid on this day se'nnight. Beans and Pearl, owing to their scarcity, realized a trifle more money. The Flour trade was dull, yet the millers were firm. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE . Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.... • • 64s to 65a R e d • • .. 38s to 45s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto, White.. • • 42s 54s Lincolnsh., Feed. 22s 23s Norfolk and Lin- Potato:: colt:, lied. . • 28s 43s Youghall and Cork, Ditto, White • 4os 47s Black . Irish, Red. ..• • • —s —s Cork, White . 21s 23s Ditto, White • • —s Scotch, Feed 228 23s Rye—Old • • • • • • 308 34s Beans—Tick . New. .... • • . • .. 33s 3Gs Pigeons Barley—Grinding • • 23s 28s Pease—Grey . ........ 348 36s Malting . • • • • 223 34s Maple. • • • • • 355 368 Chevalier • • . • • • • • 363 —s White . ..... 338 355 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers • • • • • • ... 36s 388 folk ...... • • • • • • 588 63s Flour—Town-made • 428 s Brown • • • • . 56s GOs Suffolk • • • • • • 33s 35s Kingston and Ware GOs Stocktn & Norfolk 33s 35s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzic.... • • 32s to 36s Beans • • Ilamburgh ..... 30s —s Pease..... . . • • • • • 28s 328 Barley Oats —New l9s 23s Baltic ... • • • • • • • . 185 —s Feed SMITHFIELD. In the past week three steamers have arrived in the port of London, direct from Rotterdam, with live stock for our market—the Batavier bringing 47, the Giraffe 10, and the Columbine 8 Oxen and Cows, or a total of 65 head. Respect ing the quality of the above importations, we may observe that it has proved extremely good ; indeed finer beasts have not been received under the new taritl; for sale here than those which have reached us since this day se'nnight. The average weight of these animals has been about 116 stones (81b). The number on offer did not exceed 17, the other imports finding purchasers on Friday last, while they commanded a steady demand, at full prices. We doubt not that every precaution is exercised at the Custom house to prevent the landing of diseased animals ; still, we are fully convinced that some of the Dutch beasts— which were very badly on their feet—here this morning were suffering from the effects of the so-long-complained-of epi demic. As to those from our own districts, we ought to ob serve that large numbers of them were thus affected. Al though the supply of Beasts from our own counties was, the time of year considered, very moderate, and of middling quality, compared with that brought forward on some pre vious market days, the Beef trade (owing principally to the dead markets being rather heavily supplied) was by no means so active as many nersons were led to expect. Still, however, the primest Scots were in good request, at fully last week's enhanced 'currencies, they moving off at from 4s to 4s 2d per 81bs ; but all other breeds hung heavily on hand, and some difficulty was experienced in effecting a clearance at late rates. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, embraced 1,900 Scots and Homebreds ; while, from the Northern counties, we received 300 Short horns, &c. ; from the Western and Midland districts, 350 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; and, from Scotland, 180 horned and polled Scots. Nearly 40Q store beasts have come to baud from Scotland in the week just concluded; but the number here to-day was small, though, in consequence of the shortness of grass, more than adequate to meet the wants of the few dealers in at tendance. Prices rule very low. The numbers of Sheep were rather limited, yet the Mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at prices barely equal to those paid on Monilay last, yet the best old Down in the wool were taken at from 45 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. From the Isle of Wight 170 Lambs were received by the Southampton Rail way; while, from other parts, the receipts were moderately extensive. Prime Down Lambs sold steadily at from 5s to 6s; but other kinds were a dull sale, at barely stationary prices. The supply of Calves was rather limited, yet the Veal trade was dull, at Friday's depression of 2d per 81b. From Ireland we received !20 Pigs, the demand for which, as well as English breeds, was heavy, at barely late rates. Inferior Beasts • • • • Second quality ditto. Prime large Oxen • • Prime Scots • • • • • • Large coarse Calves S. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 2 Southdown Wethers 4 4 4 S Ditto out of the wool 310 4 2 3 4 4 2 I Large Hogs .. •• .. 3 0 3 6 Per 81bs. to s! s. d. s. d. 28 3 0 32 3 6 3 8 3 10 40 4 2 I),k tile offul. . - I'riine small ditto . • 4 4 4 Suckling Calves, . -19 0 29 0 .2 10 3 4 I Lambs .. .. .. .. 4 8 6 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. 1 Pigs. 2,722 I 23,700 112 309 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Small l'orkers .... 3 8 4 0 Quarter old figs ..16 0 19 0 Inferior Sheep The arrival of slaughtered Meat from Scotland, as well as from various distant parts of England (as will be seen by the annexed tabular statement) during the past week have been seasonably extensive, and of fair average quality ; while with meat killed in the metropolis we have been but mode rately supplied. On the whole the general demand was by no means so active as was that on this day se'nn , ght ; nevertheless prime Beef, Mutton, and Lamb were in steady request at full prices ; but otherwise the trade ruled dull, and previous rates were with difficulty supported. Nearly 400 carcases of Lamb have come to hand from Hampshire, Essex, &c., and sold at from 4s 10d to 5s Gd per 81bs ; while tan carcases of foreign Beasts, in good quality, have produced from 3s to 3s 9d per 81bs. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. tp s. d. Beef, Inferior 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 3 0 middling prime large •• 3 0 3 2 prime 3 6 3 8 prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ 210 3 6 Veal •• . 3 4 4 4 , small 3 8 4 0 Lamb, 4s 8d to Gs. ARRIVALS DURING TIIE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 20 495 430 30 680 600 15 100 100 SeoUand ........................ Yorkshire .. Suffolk •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • .10 110 Ctunbridgeshire 12 200 . _ --- Essex • • Surrey .• •• • Devonshire • 15 300 90 200 Wiltshire ••••• • • • • • Other parts 30 400 120 300 5 90 100 180 14 160 :JO 200 20 200 100 300 Total ••••••• • • • • • • 171 2,755 500 2,515 Previous week's arrival..•... 140 2,060 185 1,659 Difference since our last.. 1307R.017GE1 NOP InAlitatiCT. For all kinds of Hops the demand since our last report has ruled somewhat inactive, but in prices we have no ma terial variation to notice. The continued easterly winds are considered by most parties as likely to prove injurious to the plant. Sussex pockets, 71 to 8/ 8s ; Choice ditto., Si 12s to 8/ 13s • Kent, 7/ to 9/; superfine mid Kents, 9s to 13/; superfine East ditto., 91. 93 to 131; Yearlings, 71 to 8/ 10s. • 13013.011011 AND SPXTALPIELD3 Tue arrivals Oi Potatoes at the water-side continue large, especially from the northern districts ; owing to which the trade rules extremely dull, and the inferior parcels may be purchased on easier terms. WOOL, IWARX.:ET. The imports of Wool in the port of London during the past week have been on a somewhat extensive scale, they having consisted of 320 bales from the Cape, 250 ditto from Bombay, 120 ditto from Hamburgh, 15 ditto from Moga dore, 135 ditto from Seville, 120 ditto from Gibraltar, 761 ditto from Sydney, and 400 ditto from various other quarters. No public sales are appointed, yet the demand by private contract is somewhat inactive at about previous currencies. TALLOW There is no change in this market since our last worth notice. Fine Y.C., in small parcels, on the spot, is rather above our quotation, and for forward delivery, October to December, the price is 38s. Town Tallow is 38s to 38s ad nett cash. ERRATA.—In our report of the proceedings of the House of Lords on Friday evening, the name of the Mar quis of Clanricarde was, in two instances, inadvertently sub stituted for that of the Marquis of Normanby. It was the Marquis of Normanby who brought in the Bill for giving the franchise to all persons paying the Property-tax, and it was the same Noble Marquis who gave notice on the subject of New South Wales. TIIE HOMCEOPATIIIC SYSTEM.—On Friday last Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the New Crown, St. Paul's terrace, Ball's-pond, Islington, on the body of Mr. Samuel Friend, aged fifty- seven, landlord of the above house. It appeared in evidence that deceased was found dead on the floor of his bed-room, on the afternoon of Tuesday last. Mrs. Barry, his housekeeper, said he had been ill for a conside rable period, and latterly had next to completely lost his appetite. A friend of his had taken him to consult Dr. Epps, for a week previous to his death—" And," added the witness, " I was very sorry to hear that he had been taken there." By the Coroner—He was only a week under Dr. Epps ' and had no signs of death when he first went to con sult that doctor. The Coroner—What did Dr. Epps order him with regard to food ? Witnes'—A lamb chop, oysters, arrow-root, &c. The Coroner—That's not exactly the starving system. I held an inquest the other day on the body of a homoeopathic patient, who had been for ten days kept upon water. On the eleventh day his doctor said he might have toast and water, but strictly forbade his eating the toast, lest he should make blood too fast. On the twelfth day, as I suppose, a supreme treat—a great " blow out "—the homeopathic physician allowed his patient ore spoonful of beef. tea.—( Laughter.) Mr. Jefferson, a surgeon, who for merly attended deceased, attributed his death to affection of the heart ' • and having been shown som e p rescr i p ti ons, s i gne d J. E., and some bottles of medicine made up according to them,the chief component part of which was "aqua pura ;"and being asked by the Coroner his opinion of" the mixture," he said it could not do any injury, nor could it cure any disease. The Coroner—Do homeopathic doctors take honimpathic fees, I wonder? Mr. Jefferson—l fancy not. It is a good thing that they cannot do any harm. The Coroner—Do you say so seriously? Suppose a patient was attacked with inflam mation, would homoeopathy do no harm then ? Mr. Jefferson --I should not like to try it. I would stop the progress of inflammation by active and proper medicines, not adminis tered in infinitessimal doses. The Coroner—To be sure. Well, all I can say is, that John Bull, with all his reputation for good common sense, is the greatest visionary in the world. A stubborn, stiff-necked bull, indeed 1 Call him rather an inexhaustible, meek niilch-cow, for fattening every species of quack. The jury, thinking that disease of the heart, and not homeopathy, caused the death of deceased, returned a Verdict of " Natural Death." We regret to announce the indisposition of Viscount Melbourne, chiefly arising from an accident which befel his Lordship a few evenings since, on alighting from his carriage at the door of his mansion in South-street. The Noble Viscount, it appears, caught his foot in the folds of a cloak in which lie was enveloped, the consequence being that he fell heavily upon the stone steps leading to the hall of the mansion. The whole of his Lordship's left side was very badly bruised by the fall, and we are sorry to learn the Noble Viscount has been confined to his bed ever since the accident. Prince Albert has called once personally on his Lordship. Mr. Anson has paid daily visits to South-street, on the part of her Majesty and his Royal Highness, to make inquiries as to the Noble Viscount's health. The Duke of Wellington and a gitat number of the nobility leave also called to make similar inquiries. Dr. Copeland is in attendance upon his Lordship. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— On Sunday, the 19th inst., a gentleman, a passenger to Bristol by the twelve o'clock down-train from the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, discovered, shortly before the train arrived at Slough, that he had lost his purse con taining Bank of England notes to the amount of 9001., besides 21. 10s. in gold and Bs. 6d. in silver. Immediately on the arrival of the train at the Slough station, lie proceeded direct to the office of the electric telegraph, in a state of very great excitement, not knowing whether he had been robbed of his money in the railway carriage or had lost it before he entered the train. Information of the loss was instantaneously transmitted to the superintendent of the telegraph at the Paddington terminus, who immediately pro ceeded to the booking-office, where the gentleman paid for his ticket, where the purse and its contents were found un touched. Within five minutes from the time of the loss being made known at the Slough Telegraph-office, the gentleman had the satisfaction of knowing, by means of this extraordi nary invention, that his property was safe, and shortly after wards he received it by the following train. CONTINUED DISTRESS IN THE CANE TRADE.— Sad and general complaints still continue to prevail in the above trade. The lots of cane kept back in bond are now nearly all sold out, and at unheard of prices ; and if very shortly hence a fresh cargo of stock does not arrive, there will, of necessity, become a complete stand-still throughout the trade. Of late years, the above article has been gra dually getting scarcer and scarcer, owing to the great re luctance with which owners of vessels consent. to freight their craft with cane. Being very elastic, it is with great diffi culty compressed into a convenient compass, and the stowage of it is attended with considerable trouble, independent of which it is a light freight, and very inadequately pays the masters for the pains and trouble they are at in shipping it. The dealers in the rattan article are wholly unable to meet the orders they are daily receiving from large houses, whilst the hands employed in the latter are doing nothing. A speedy arrival of cane would just now tend to resuscitate a branch of business which was never so depressed as it is at present ; nor is there a scarcity experienced in the rattan stick alone, the cane trade is generally at an ebb, and fur nishes a theme for much discontent and disappointment. It is not, perhaps, generally known that the rattan is, unlike all other articles of a similar nature, sold by the pound avoir dupois. CALLS TO THE BAIL—The first series of calls to bar in Easter Term, of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple was made on Friday, and on Saturday the after mentioned gentlemen were sworn in before several of the benchers in the dining-hall :—Mr. P. J. Nagle, the second son of James Nagle, of Ballyelis in the county of C or k, E sq. ; Mr. Charles Lavingtone Pannell, the only son of the Rev. J. Pannell, of Oldsworth, in the county of Sussex ; Mr. Henry Beeston, the second son of Willia m B ees t on, o f Grove terrace, Kentish-town, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ; Mr. Henry Leigh, the eldest son of Henry James Leigh, of Taunton, in the county of Somerset, gentleman ; Mr. Alex ander Shea, the eldest son of Alexander Shea, of Gibraltar, Esq. ; and Mr. William Holmes Edwards, the only son of George Edwards, of Framlingham, in the county of Suffolk, gentleman. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CROYDON RAILWAY.— l i On Friday afternoon, about one o'clock, a carpenter in the employ of the Croydon Railway Comp any was Proceeding up the line to his work, and had gone about a mill distant from the Croydon terminus, when, perceiving the up train approaching, he stepped over on to the down line; in an instant a Dover train was upon him, and his transition from life to death was the work of a moment. The body was taken to the Windmill public-house, Croydon-common, to await an inquest. A game at whist is about to come off, to be played in quite a novel way by means of the el ec t r i c telegraph. The four players to be stationed—one at Southampton, and his partner in London ; their adversaries at Gosport, and Basing stoke. The time it will take playing will be little more than the peripd occupied at UR) usual game. RAILWA Y COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee (No. 1.) This Committee, consisting of Mr. Pakington, Mr. Forbes, Mr. V. Stuart, and other Members, met this morning. ABERDARE RAILWAY. This is to be a branch line of eight miles in length, e 0 ,1 11: mencing at the Navigation House station on the Tali Ala l ' Railway ; cost 50,000 e Mr. `'enables submitted the necessary formal proof, and the Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAI LIVAN. , ,, The length of the line is fifty-seven mils, and the 450,0001. Engineer, Sir John M'Niel. Standing orders complied with. NORTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAY. Standing orders complied with. Committee (No. 2.) WEST YOKKSIIIRE. The names of the Committee are—Mr. P. M. Stewart' Renfrewshire, Chairman ; Mr. Moore O'Ferrall, Kildar e Mr. Redington, Dundalk ; Mr. Rice, Dover ; Mr. Trotter, Surrey.- The Committee having remained in deliberation for gen e time, admitted the parties shortly after one o'clock, when The Cualll3lA.N said that from the mass of business befell them the Committee had resolved to take the lines io the following order :—They would first take the Heywood branch, from Manchester to Leeds ; then the line to Burnley ; then that to Manchester and Huddersfield ; then the Dewsbury" and Leeds; and then the West Riding and West York shire shire Bills; and when those should have been disposed ° they would take up the Leeds and Thirsk Bill. LYNN AND ELY, AND ELY AND HUNTINGDON LINES. The Committee appointed to investigate the merits of these lines met to-day in Committee-room.elo. 11. The Committee were Lord Paltnerston, the Chairman , li t ' R. Palmer, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Wyse, and Mr. F. Berkeley. . The I ynn and Ely line was first considered. The prine. h t. pal petition against it was that of the Middle and Se nt" Level. Mr. Austin, Mr. Sergeant Wragham, Mr. M. Smith, an d Mr. Baggerly appeared for the Bill. Mr. Talbot and Mr. Paget appeared for the petition. ll Mr. AUSTIN stated the case for the promoters of the 01 ,., He said that the length of the line between Lynn and was 26i miles. The population of Lynn was 18,000. 1 .1 1„, 11 was a branch to Wisbeach, the length of which was lq The population of Wisbeach was 12,000. There was a l ° of line, called the Harbour Branch, of seven-eighth s ". a mile ; the total length of proposed line was, Iherefore ,3lll miles. It was also proposed to make a line from Ely to Huntingdon, and from thence to Bedford. The length i ron Ely to Huntingdon was 25 miles ; that made an tire length of proposed line of 621 E miles. It ar; proposed that both lines should be placed unt i e ' an united management. The levels on the line were gnu"„ the gradients were good, and it was a line on which 11 ,,," such thing as tunnels would be thought of. With regard,'" the trade at present, it was carried on by navigation , ul d means of four rivers, the Cam, the Ouse, the Lark, an„ Little Ouse. Now with regard to each, and several of the s :', he would show that the navigation of them was sle". , uncertain, inconvenient, and expensive. If the Comndttba; looked at the map and considered the position of northern counties of England, that the commerce with Ly n , was earned on through the town and port of Hull one Gainsborough, and thence by sea to Lynn. In this way t oe passage was made to Lynn, and in this way . 0 4 traffic in manufactured goods, as hardware, was carn_. on. There was also a considerable traffic carried on beto!,l Lynn and London in agricultural produce. The estim at ; cost of the line between Lynn and Ely was 300,000/. It 0 expected there would be a gross income of 43,0001., an be net income of 25,800/., giving a return of 8% per cent. oa th, expenditure. Thegross income was expected to be made 0 ) 0 ' 1 a 16,0001. from the profits on the carriage of coals, slates, SO , 27,0001. was expected from the carriage of passengers 3. 0' traffic. The only substantial petition against the line wd that of the Middle and South Level. The petitioners State that they owed 48,0001., and that they wouldst seriou ly injured if the traffic which they had o o present was attracted from them by a railway. er a was the substantial ground of objection, bat as they ria not in a worse position than any others in this respect, ret as it is not a Parliamentary ground of objection, they futt..oo stated that the Bill contained no provision fur the prot eo ly of their works, and for the drainage. But the ColnEr be were ready to make any reasonable protection that ring"" it thought necessary with regard to the branch to Lyn n ' crossed a bit of land belonging to the petitioners, and was the reason they came there. Mr. C. Willett, Mr. Riley, Mr.Cresswell (banker, of and Mr. Charles Berners Preston, were then called by tes Austin. The result of their testimony was to show that 10 proposed line would be of the greatest benefit to the to and neighbourhood of Lynn. RETURN OF DR. WOLFF FROM BOICHARA. --- terday morning a sermon was preached at Trinity Chu D Gray's inn -road, by the celebrated Rev. Joseph Wolff, 1 70 who has within the last few days arrived in England ' t i e et Bokhara. The Rev. Gentleman preached a m o st eM rj e9 discourse from the Ist chapter of St. Luke, 30th to 33d v t e iote inclusive, to a numerous and deeply-attentive congreg 3 of consisting of at least two thousand persons. After th, e .. t o v . .ce a collection was made on behalf of the Society n e t,' Promotion of Christian Knowledge, and also for the S ig for Promoting the employment of additional Cursancia. populous places, which amounted to 371 . 45. At the de' sion of the service, and as the Rev. Gentleman took ' w ere parture from the church, a great number of person,.' t , to collected round the doors, anxious to pay their resP7o of the celebrated and devoted philanthropist, with 01 " whom he cordially shook hands. took AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—A hostile mee , . an, •m pro ta• place yesterday morning, between the Hon. D o mi n ic Dal, tteoJ6l cial Secretary, and the Ho n . T. C. Ayl w y n ; th e former a sr. by S. Derbishire, Esq., and the latter by Dr. Tache, P . ha te Dominic Daly was resolved that the s e ssion sh o uld no t terinco without his doing something to rescue himself from the cote "-to into which he has fallen. He, on Tuesday night, used languag e ol a Mr. Aylwyn publicly in the Ho us e, w hi c h no d ue lli st cou ld s i ., l noticing in the manner that w a s d es i re d. W e quote th e Cossilf or , report, and would merely add that some of Mr. Daly's supine' cried out very audibly across the floor, " Take that ; take t 0 —Mr. Aylwyn—.. I have read Mr. Bull's pamphlet, given l o °7 wg the Member for Megantic." Mr. Daly—" I have no recolleci;og of it." Mr. Aylwyn—" Y es . y o u did." M r . Daly—" I nd o believe it." Mr. Aylwyn (rising).-" I say you did." Mr„ — ` - pelf " Sir, it is false." Mr. Aylwyn—" Wh a t do you say ?'' 3 ( r, fists —" I say that it is false." Mr. Aylwyn sat down. linu i . o ted steps were taken to arrange a meeting, which fortunatelytertal sois r without bloodshed, after an exchange of shots. It is ; 1 10 enough that while in England her Majesty is giving Pr°°` f duel. daily of her deep anxiety to suppress the b ar b ar ous custom ° ro ot ling, when by the very last mail we have accounts of a ° De w% being dismissed, and an en s i g n p u t a t th e f oo t o f th e list fur oa• implicated in an affair of this kind, a member of the C a nadian on . vernment should set such an ex am pl e t o th e people..-Pfl °l ' treal paper. SUICIDE OF THE VESTRY CLERIC OF MITC- 111 Mr. William John Clark, jun., the officiating ves tr Y o rr parish clerk of Mitcham, committed suicide on }rids,' %be ing by hanging himself with a rope to a beam in one it out-houses belonging to his father. The deceased, W ho appeared was fifty-one y ears o f age , rose on F r id a y g ot between seven and eight o'clock, leaving his wife, wh o ,!"faat, more than twenty-t wo y ears o f age , i n b e d , w ith an '- :;e a chile!. Having dressed himself, he wrote a letter addre-bi3 to his wife, and then left the house. As he did not ioa ke e at appearance at breakfast his wif e becam e a l arme d, and, eat into an office, w h ere s h e f oun d th e l etter, i n w hi c h t,L l 7 t or, ceased said it was impossibl e f or him. to exist The and by the time she read the letter he would be dew' re' cause of this act is supposed to be ce r t a i n defalcation,s . : 3o t, spout to the offi ce of ac t uar y t o th e Mit c h am S av ings which had been held for some time by the deceased. I if We hear, as a rumour at Liverpool on Satu r d a y ' that the blockade of Monte Video has been broken UP; tr i. Mr. Weekes's plan for lighting tow n s by el kilter city is about to be carried into effect in America. The t Ii"" of the Ci nc i nna ti M ec h an i c s t a t es th at au exper imeo liti o lately witnessed was perfectly successful ; that the apPF t wo is by no means costly; and that for lighting Cincinnati, t o towers, it is considered, will be sufficient to illuminate to whole city. Mr. Weekes's plan was first published in country as far back as 1831. —Builder. Ol e NEw F A RRING DON -sTREBT.—On Sattlfulky ,,, e e , Surveyors of he r M a j es ty' s W oo d s an d F orests wer e eng, a o in planning out, an d l o tti ng o ff f or b u ildi ng g roual ree t ground recently cleared f rom th e p or ti on o f the new scoln now formed to P e t er - s t reet, l eav i ng b ut asma ll spac e 50 - cis yg photo the line to Clerkenwell-green. Within the last fev'c ie lea the tenants ofsever a l h ouses i n W es t- s t ree t , presentingob s ' t ed to the " impr ovemen t" o f t h e ne i g hb ourhood, have 1"-'c',4-0• true bills of indictment having been fou n d aga inst the P prietors for keeping houses of ill fame. soic t At the second concert of th e R oya l A ca d em y of .0'7,0- on Saturday, several of the y oung pup il s made first aP,Ph-ro ances, which, though they i n di ca t e d di ff erent degrees 0' ,rted ficiency, were all promising, an d gave p roo f o f a we ll-dir e ' of course of study. The room was crowded. The Du k e e re Cambridge and a number of distinguished dilettanti present. The Earl of frowth, Lord Leigh, Lord BT,, c 'fikl , Lord Guernsey, Viscount Lewisham, and Sir C. P D 700 .1 ‘ 3 Bart., M.P., are a m ong th e su b scr ib ers , w ith hail' A donations, towards the erection of a tennis-court at Lea d e 4 ton Spa, the cost of w hi c h i s es ti ma t e d a t 1,6001. Tbir t hat hundred pounds have already been subscribed towards object. res LOVE AND FOLLY.—In an a c ti on f or b rea ch of P raise of marriage, Commins v. Willesford, tried at E2ret e sd Saturday week, Mr. Justice Coleridge, in summing UP' e ver that he believed the l ove l e tt ers o f t h e c l everest m en °- did much credit to their heads. The British and North American RoyalS'oef steam-ship, Hibernia, C a pt a i n R yr i e, sailed from the lu e pd on Saturday, with th e sem i • mont hl y ma i l, for C an ada , '- the United States, and a large number of passengers• Ne t he J LLOYD'S COLLECTION OF CHARTS.—The u . lands Governme n t has presented to the establishment o f Lloyd's copies of the maps and charts published in country by official authority. the A rumour was very current in Dublin that to t Lord-Lieutenant i s i n the receipt of a letter from Sir Ec 'd f' Peel, to the eff ec t th a t her Majesty will leave for Irela n t to or about the 10th of July. The Corporation are al° OF advertise for tenders for the decoration of the Round - re c : in which their p re d ecessors en t er t a i ne d G eorge t h e Fourth o 4 THE LATE ROB'IERY AT THE RAILWAY STAT h U O . AT READDra.—On Saturday morning Thom as HenrY l P n itli son and Ann Harriet Southall, the former charged iFog stealing and the latter with re ce i v i ng a 501. B an k of 74e. land note, the propertyaif the Great Western Railway v7ii pany, were brought up to the public office, before the mani a_ trates for this bor oug h f or fi na l exam i na ti on . The_ n o u tg l trates committed Robinson for trial at the adjourned ffo sessions to be h e ld on th e 9th of May. An applicaticalt.‘o made by Mr. Carrington to admit the prisoner to bail, ro was objected to by Mr. Williams, who appeared for the lb. secution ; the Bench, however, assented, and stated thoeco• would be discharged from custody upon his finding two 3 0- rides of 1001. each, and himself in 2001,, to appear at the tbs il sions, and to give 48 hour s ' notice of his security. S lu t - 50 1 • was liberated upon entering into her own recognisiuice ° to be present at the next sessions. bos ts THE MACKEREL FISHERY.—Last week the ht in Mount's Bay were tolerably successful, and ashore considerable quantities of fine mackerel. th l or ir day that the Hayle steamers left that p or t for t he tol, the fish realised 16s. per hundred ; but On t i o o• days on which there was no steam commion c i a dreti• between the ports named, the price f e ll to s s . a 11 °00 With a railway communication with the markets bet, De Penzance and the metropolis, the fishery in Monne' r ices may be expected to be consider a bly en h ance d by the P o o' the fishermen will no doubt r e ali se f or th e i r fi s h. The it of ket gardeners, too, will reap the b ene fit o f a qu i c k too' their early produce.--Penzance Gazette. JOY A painful rumour is afloat, which is unfortuti l too well founded, that a junior clerk to the firm of 31e ;dea Miles, Harford, and Co., bankers, in this c ity, has abse e ,,.--- with a considerable sum, the prope r ty of hi s employ" Bristol Journal. broofho THE SVN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN'ING I APRIL m9_11448