The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-30 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. There was a THIRD EDITION of THE SUN published yestetday afternoon, containing the day's - racing at Epsom, received by Express. The Fourth Edition, published in time for post, contained— The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway committees of the House of Commons. The -Arliamenbary intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the Debates in the House of Commons up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. The whole extending to Six columns and a half of the smallest type. RAILWAY SHARES, &c., BY AUCTION. TO SHAREHOLDERS and CAPITALISTS. Encouraged by the recent increase of business in the Sale and Transfer of Shares in the various public Companies, British and Foreign, and acting under the advice of friends, capitalists, and Directors of Companies, Messrs. LAMOND and Co., Licensed Auctioneers, have deemed the additional occupation thus created, together with the late abolition of - the auction duties, a fit oppor tunity for opening a separate and independent practice, to which they have determined to devote their undivided attention, declining all other business for this express purpose, viz.—" For the Sale by Auction of Shares in Railways, British and Foreign; Assurance, Mining, and Canal Companies ; Joint-Stock Banks, Debentures, Bonds, &c., &c. ;"—in short, of every description of Interest con nected with the numerous Companies formed and now forming in the commercial world. In arriving at this determination, it will be the anxious desire of Messrs. Lamond and Co. to give every information and satisfaction to their friends and the public ; and looking at the probable magni tude of operations yielding adequate remuneration, they have re solved to adopt a low scale of ad valorem charge by way of Commis sion, and where Sales are not effected, a small fee, (merely sufficient to cover the expenses of ,printing, advertising, &c., &c.) for putting up the lots. As all Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for examina tio,i at least one day previous to their being offered to public compe tition, Messrs. Masterman and Co., Bankers, Nicholas-lane; Messrs. Ransom and Co., Bankers, Pall-mall East, London, have been pleased :to allow reference to be made to them in regard to the respectability of the firm of Lamond and Co. They purpose selling every Tuesday and Friday in each week, in their Rooms, at the under-mentioned Hall, at One o'clock precisely, until thrther notice, commencing on Tuesday next, the 3d day of June ; to which place letters and orders, containing instructions, &c., &c., are respectfully requested to be addressed, and where one or more of the partners will be always in attendance, t 3 be conferred with, if required ; and advices of the operations of the day will be forwarded by the first post after each day's sale, and the proceeds paid according to their correspondents' instructions. Messrs. Lamond and Co. further propose to take subscriptions of a Guinea per annum froniall parties desiring to have Catalogues sent them on the night before the sale, except Bankers, Members of the Stock Exchange, and Subscribers to the Hall of Commerce, to whom they will on application be delivered gratis ; but to prevent incon venient intrusion no one can be admitted into the Sale Room without a Catalogue, which if furnished at ;the door will be charged One Shilling SCALE OF CHARGES. One Shilling per Share ..... ...under £2O One Shilling and Sixpence -under 50 Two Shillings and Sixpence • under HO Five Shillings for all above. And Two Shillings and Sixpence per lot offered for Sale (be the number of Shares in such lot more or less) when Sales are not effected. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. TO CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY of GREAT BRITAIN, 17, BLOOMSBURY-SQUARE. A PUBLIC MEETING of the CHEMISTS and DRUGGISTS of London and its vicinity, will be held at the Crown and Anchor Ta vern, :in the Strand, on MONDAY MoaNING, the 2d of June, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, to take into consideration certain clauses in the proposed Medical Bill, highly injurious to the Chemists and Druggists and to the Public GEORGE W. SMITH', Secretary. 110 0 D'S MAGA ZINE for JUNE, edited by CHARLES ROWCROFT, price 2s. 6d., contains:- 1. The Bushranger of Van Dieman's Land, chap. VI. to X.- 2. David Teniers-3. Landscape Painting. By R. R. Reinagle, R.A. —4. Poetical Extracts-5. Chronicles of the Fleet-6. The Rich and the Poor-7. Labour and Wages-8. A Reminiscence-9. Reviews of Books-10. Maynooth-11. The late Thomas Hood—and other inte resting Papers. London : Henry Renshaw, 356, Strand. Now ready, in 3 vols., MR. D'ISRAELI'S NEW WORK, " SYBIL ; or, THE TWO NATIONS." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. THE JUNE NUMBER OF COLpURN'S SEW i‘IONTIILY MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST Contains the following interesting articles : I. Costume and Characters of the Court of George 11. By Miss Strickland. 2. The Brothers of Birchington. A Lay of St. Thomas A'Beckett. By Thomas Ingoldsby. 3. Literary and Familiar Reminiscences of Thomas Campbell. 4. Cheneir's Love Dream. By the Hon. G. Sydney Smyth, 31. P. 5. A Sketch of the Lives of Lords Stowell and Eldon, v, ith some Remarks on Mr. Twiss's Life of Lord Eldon. 6. A Peep into the Royal Academy. 7. Mr. Disraeli's " Sybil." 8. The Carnival at Cologne. 9. The Steeple Chaser. By the Author of " Peter Prlggins." 10. Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queeas of England. 11. Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Half-Pay. By • W. H. Haswell, Esq. 2. The Robertses on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollopo. Chap- ters 37, 38, and 39. 3. An Excursion up the Oronooko, and Ramble through Vene zuela. (Concluded). Henry Culburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboroug,h-street. WiTa FIVE ILLUSTRATION'S B LEECH AND ALFRE D CROWQUILL. The JUNE NUMBER, price 2s. 6d., of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, Will contain : THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS. • A Romance of Old Paris. By ALBERT SMITH. Illustrated by Leech. Chapter XVl.—The Grotto of Thetis—The good and evil angels. Chapter XVII.—The Gascon goes through fire and water to attract attention—The Brother and Sister. Chapter XVltl.—The Rae de l'Hlrondelle. The Masquerade, by G. D. The Plum-Pudding. Literary Retrospect. By a Middle-aged Man—Allan Cunningham. A Ghost Story—The Gaol-Chaplain ; or, a Dark Page from Life's Volume. Ennobled Actresses—The Duchess of Bolton. By Mrs. Mathews. A Garland of May Flowers. By the Irish s hiskey Drinker. The Altered Man. By Paul Prendergast. A Proud Land is England ! A Song. St. Silvester's Night. By Mrs. Romer. With nn Illustration by Leech. scorn not the Poor Man's Love. By William Jones. Early Years of a Veteran of the Army of Westphalia, between 1805 and 1814. The Damned Souls. By W. G. J. Barker. Hereford—Sketches of Legendary Cities and Towns. By Miss Cos• tello. Glimpses and Mysteries—The Lodging-house. With Three Illustra tions by Alfred Crowquill. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 111011 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .• 7 minutes after 9 Evening 38 minutes after 9. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MAY 30. T3ERMOMETER, Lowest, 45: Highest, 53; Noon, 62. BAROMETER, 29.93.—W1ND, N. OM—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. RAILWAY NEWS. Siaseribers and others interested in Railways will ,find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SUN, reported up "to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. San-offiee, 112, Strand. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING WM be performed Donizetti'e Opera entitled LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Mddle. Castelan ; Maddalena, Mddle. Bellini ; Pterotto, Mddle. Brambilla ; Antonio, Sig. Fornasari ; Il Pretetto del Villaggio, Sig. Lablache ; 11 Marchese di Boisfleury, Sig. F. La blache ; L'lntendente del Fendo, Sig. Dia Flori ; and Carlo Visconte di Serval, Sig. Moriani. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will appear in some of their Favourite Pas (being their last appearance but two). 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 Nene, by M. St. Leon. The New Scenery by Mr. Marshall. The Music by Signor Pugni. Rosida, Mdlle. Cerito ; Alman, M. St. Leon ; The Queen of the Mines, Mdlle. Moncelet ; Torbern, M. Di Mattia. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances : First Tableau.—" La Sicilienne" (New Pas de Caractere), by lldlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, accompanied by the Corps de Ballet. Second agd Third Tableaux.—Pas du Mineur, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, assisted by Mesdlles. Ferdinand, Demelisse, and Cassan. " Pas des Quatre Nations" (New Pas de Caractere), by the Corps de Ballet. To be followed by "La Wolinienne," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St Leon. Appl/tations for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-eftice, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Seven; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. BENEFIT AND LAST APPEARANCE BUT ONE OF THE DANSEUSES VIENNOISES. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfWly informed that the BENEFIT of the DANSEUSES VIENNOISES (their cast appearance but one), will take place ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5, When will be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grist ; Bertha, Mdlle. Bellini ; II Cente d'Aimaviva, Sig. Mario; Bartolo, sig. Lablache ; Sig. Fi Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Danseuse,s will appear in some of their favourite Dances. Their Pesformances this Evening will include the celebrated " Pas des Miroirs," the " Pas des Moissonneurs," and a New Pas, entitled " Pot Pourri," comprising a resume of their most admired Dances. With a Musical Entertainment, combining the talents of Madame Castellan, Mdlle. Brambilla, and Sig. Moriani. To be followed by various Novelties in the Ballet Department i❑ which will appear Mdlle. Cerito, 3ldlle. Lueile Grahn, and Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; 3Ldlles. Demelisse, eassan, &c, ; M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven; to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE RYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an entirely new and Original Opera, entitled THE ENCHANTRESS. The Music composed by 31. W. Balfe ; the Libretto, by 31. de St. Georges and Mr. Bunn. Mr. Balfe will, on this occasion, preside in the Orchestra. Don Sylvio, Mr. W. Harrison; Ramir, Mr. Borrani ; Duke d'Aquila, Mr. Weiss; Nugnez, Mr. H. Homcastle ; Stella, Madame Anna Thillon. To conclude with the First Act of the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. The Duke of Silesia, Mdnsieur Silvain ; Giselle, Mdlle. Weiss. Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 33 ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, is. Bones, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Box-oilice of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDER'S. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Fells Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Ilumby. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. o conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. John Dibbs, Mr. Buckstone ; Rose Mayburn, Miss P. Horton. Private . Boxes, Tw ,- . Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF EVENING MADAME CELESTT. Will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs. Yates ; Phoebe, Miss Woolgar. 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 nondude with ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, KR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed Bellini's celebrated Opera, entitled LA. SON NAMBULA. Count Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. Allen , Amina, Miss r:rant. To be followed by the favourite Interlude of THE WEDDINGDAY. Lady Contest, by a Young Lady, he; Third appearance on any Stage. After which; a New Divertissement, entitled LE PItINTEMI'S. Supported by Messrs. Gilbert and Marshall, Miss Ballin and Miss Marshall. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN LIVERY. Lord Sparkle, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Paul Patent, Mr. Compton ; Violet, Miss Emma Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack ; Stags Director, Mr. Emden ; Nachinist,Mr. Edmund Br adwell. ' THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. National Trim:ll...ph—Unprecedented Suecess of the New Burlesque. 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 :Mrt. 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. Oolli~r, Mrs? Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss lairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c tThe BoVoffice is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—FITENCH PLAYS. Positively the Last Performance of Mdlle. Plessy and Monsieur Regnier. THIS EVENING Will be performed LES FATTSSES CONFIDENCES. Monsieur Remi, Monsieur Cartigny ; Dubois, M. Regnier ; Araminte, Mdlle. Plessy ; Madame Argante, Madame Croset. To conclude with a New Comedy, entitled LE MARI a la CAM, PAISNE. Ferdinand Colombet. Monsieur Regnier : M. Malhieu- Monsieur. Can't:lly ; Tlrsule, Mademoiselle Plessy. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence at Half-past. NEW STRAND THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be repeated an original Drama, in two acts, by Leman Rede, gilled 8 ALOON and CELLAR ; supported by Messrs. 11. Hall, Romer ,Ceckrill, H. Lee, Montgomery ; Mrs. H. Lee, and Misses Broral<iy, Fitzjames, and Hamilton. After which, a grand Scena from DER FREICHUTZ. Rodolph, Mr. C. Hodges ; Zamlel, Mr. Ridgway. To be followed by a Military Ballet, called The SOLDIER'S DREAM. Added to which LONDON BY NIGHT. To conclude with ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, the ADVENTURES of a FRIDAY. Robinson Crusoe, Mrs. C. Horn, Jun. ; Marlyn Crusoe, Mr. Thompson ; Friday, Mr. H. Hall ; Whitm:nda, Mils Hamilton. Boxes, 3s. ; half-price, ls. 6d. Pit, Is. Gd. ; half-price, Is. Gallery, 6d •!"-- ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. To-day and during the week, the GODOLPHIN ARABIAN ;or the Race Horse of the Desert. 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 `uvenile members of families, Mr. BATTY has concluded an arrange ment with Mons. Tournaire for THREE DAY PERFORMANCES, introducing the entire troop of French Equestrians. These per formances will take place THIS DAY, the 29th May, June 5, and 12. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The Create*, Novelty In London—Two New Pieces, and " The Old Fleete Prison," at Half-price. THIS EVENING Will be produced an entirely New Drama, entitled THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH. With New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, and powerful cast. After which, a New Comic Drama, called THE HONEYMOON SCRUPLES. To conclude with a New Local Drama, entitled THE OLD IGLEETE PRISON ; or, The Widow and her Suitors. Splendidly appointed and supported by the Entire Company. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box o filch, from Eleven to Four. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASONI—GRA.ND FETES. E x hibition of the Colossal Pictorialßelare Representation suggested H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under by H. R. the se Patronageofher most Gracious ' MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, H. It. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Ain I omantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Leh, as it formerly existed, the Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Cragga, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Reekie." 'the Proprietor had the his to say it met withßoyal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted honour of submitting the Mode l to his most decide and perfect approval, and from the more than usual care which has been observed in its execution, he points it out as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were made by Mr. D enson on t h e spot, an d presen t a bird's-eye view _ of the principal obj ec t s o f t h e Old an d N ew T own, th e Fi r th of Forth, &c . The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so d ec id e dly popular at thi s Eztabllshment, 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, witich will be produced in rotation,i ncluding some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever. attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model wlll be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the tires 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 in the centre of the Lake 1 The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in ,aavtlaced. The Tableau desigtred and executed by Mr. Danson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless nut su,terb design which combined with the Faux D'Arti flee, the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur minding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display et er witnessed. reeding of the Carnivore, at half-past Fent' ; Pelicans, &1., at Five ; Concer' at Six; and Pyrotechnic Display at Nine- Admtssion. One Shilling, LOSS OF THE CATHERINE. A letter received at Lloyd's, from the Foreign-office, eommonicates the stranding of the British brig, Ca therine, Thornton, master, (from Cadiz to England) on the coast of Algarue , on the 26th of April, and that the Director of Customs at Olbao, and the British Vice- Codsul at that port, were making every effort to save the vessel and cargo. c s LEC'TION OF CHARTS AT LLOYD'S. E‘N SPAN . : Miljesty the King of D enmark has p resented with a set of Charts, published by that Govern- 1.4 - r: `X-411,44wi GREENLAND FISHERY. HEAD, MAY 26.—The Mary, Menkie, arrived from Greenland, with 4,500 seals, reports the g vessels, belonging to this port, viz. :—Commee, 00 seals; Union, 6,000; Eclipse, 8,000 Jean, 2,500. - N. it S )' ,/ - f * "- C' , . ~ , ,,,C1Ui. . 4,„ / ~ , ~, •S• WI `F _ "..... , - • it, 111 • ',, , .. ,s.N• - .2' • 310:" - ' -bRpiT ' r T . -rr Z . - ~~ ~. rentnj 24114 LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1845. The House of Commons met at Four o'Clock. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented the report of the Committee of Privileges, in the case of HowARD v. GOSSETT. The discussion on this subject will take place to-morrow—(this day.) Mr. HENRY BERKELEY then moved for a Select Cummitee, to inquire into the operation of the Insol vency Act of last Session, with a view to remedy the hardship inflicted by that Act upon creditors below M. On receiving an assurance from Sir J. GRAHAM and the SOLICITOR-GENERAL that the subject had occupied the attention of the Government, and that the LORD CHAN CELLOR was about to introduce a measure to remedy the evils complained of, the Bon. Member withdrew his motion. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY then brought forward the questions of the payment of Ministers' Money in Ireland. No decision was, however, come to, as the House was counted out shortly after the Learned Sergeant had con cluded his statement. In resuming our observations on the speech in whic Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the other night, introduced his series of declaratory " resolutions" connected with the condition of the poor and the general state of the coun try, we shall confine ourselves, to-day, to the serious exceptions we feel compelled to take as to the statements advanced by him with regard to the operation of certain specific causes on that condition of vur industrial classes which the Noble Lord is so anxious to remedy. Among these causes, Lord Jont; RUSSELL assigns a foremost place to the measure of 1797, for restricting the Bank of England from cash payments ; and, in com menting on the subsequent effects of that bold proceed ing, he contends that it was a measure of the most enor mous oppression and injustice ever inflicted on the industrial labour of the kingdom. He maintains that the wages of labour have never since been increased in proportion to the depreciated value of money consequent on the Restriction Act, and to the corresponding en hanced prices of commodities attendant on such depre ciation. He considers that, although the Act of 1819 for the alteration of the currency was intro duced by Sir ROBERT PEEL with no due regard to the consideration how far its adoption could then take place without too seriously prejudicing the various economic interests of the empire, and though it did work, at first, very serious inconvenience and injury— to the industrial and manufacturing classes more parti cularly—those evils have since disappeared, and their traces are now scarcely to be discerned. We really know not which of these several propositions to indicate as that which is most valuable, both as to the real facts of the case, and the arguments to be founded upon them. As to the Bank Restriction Act of 1797, we would respectfully submit to his Lordship that no man living can now undertake to point out what alternative, what middle term there was between a national bankruptcy, and that, as we are pre pared to contend, most salutary expedient. If anybody had imagined, previously to the publication of the last volume of," Lord MALMESBURY'S Memoirs and Corres pondence," that our Continental enemy was in no condi tion downfal of to ai:e our ad commercialvantage of such sysatecm andatast therophe ruin of toeffect ourthe political strength, by forcing the immediate paralysis o f ' those productive energies of British t:f capital, to whose unimpaired integrity,under the blessingPR OVI DENCE, and I and and in a degree next only to the irresistible s nationality of the people, the salvation of the empire as been owing—we could have allowed that he was fairly entitled to argue on any case, however extensive, to which the illustration of the abstract principles of main taining to the letter every contract with the public credi tor, might lead him. So long as there was no practical and imminent peril of endangering the public credit, and S N, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1845. precipitating the loss of our national independence at one of the most eventful crises in the history of all European States, we might allow that, even if the suspension of payments in gold were desirable on very many grounds of public interest, as well as convenience, it would have been unjust as well as impolitic to resort to it. But the dangers which hung over us, at the period in question, are no longer matters of hypothetical assumption. We have learned from the highest, as well as the most authentic sources of contemporary history, that they were not exaggerated by the fears of eminent statesmen of all parties in this country at the time, and cannot be now explained away. But when it is in vain to deny, that notwithstanding the temporary depreciation of the Bank of England's paper and the public securities, which a measure so novel and alarming at its first an- nouncement produced for the credit not only speedily rallied, but enlarged and consolidated its own bases in a degree without precedent or parallel after the restriction of 1797, and maintained itself upon them throughout the war, increasing instead of diminishing its resources from its ccmmencement—when it is recol lected that the Bank of England itself, in the same in terval, has attained a height of unexampled prosperity, credit, influence, and power, which may be said to extend themselves throughout the entire world of commerce, we are at a loss to see how the measure by which alone its vitality was, or could have been preserved, can now be impugned. With its vitality the existence of British independence was then, in a manner, borne up. No men can more decidedly condemn this too intimate alliance between the great money. power of private capitalists and the Government than we do ; but that was then the condition of things with which the Ministers of the day had to deal. But if the Bank Restriction Act was thus a measure of great state ne• cessity, we can scarcely visit it with the severe reproach of having produced prejudicial effects on the state of our industrial community, from which they have never since giving as certain the news that the abdication of Don CARLOS has been sent to the French Government. He at the same time demands that he shall be at liberty to sojourn wherever he may think fit. The French Government received by the same courier an ap plication from the son of Don Can Los, for passports to Spain, as a subject of ISABELLA." The KING and Royal Family were at Fontainbleau, and no reply would be given to the application till his MA JESTY returned to the capital. The Moniteur publishes a report to the KING from the Minister of Justice on the administration of civil and commercial justice for 1843, of which the following Ls an abstract : "In 1843 the number of suits before the civil and com mercial tribunals was greater than in 1842. In the former the increase was 5 per cent., and in the latter 10 per cent. The number of causes before the commercial tribunals in 1841 was 159,188 ; in 1842, 165,814 ; and in 1843, 176,450. In 1842 there were formed 2,396 com mercial societies, viz., 1,902 en nom collectif, 324 en commandite, 151 societes par actions, and 18 societes anonymes. Of this number 2,395,733 were in Paris, 209 in the department du Rhone, 148 in the Seine-Itarieure, 98 in the Nord, 92 in the Gironde, 91 in the Bouches-du-Rhone and 46 in the Loire-Inf6rieure. The number of declared, failures which in 1842 was 2,419, rose in 1843 to 3,071. The assets of 110 of the bankruptcies, the accounts of which were closed in 1843, were entirely absorbed by the privileged cre ditors; the dividend in 25C1 bankruptcies was under 10 per cent. ; in 910 it was from 10 to 25 per cent; in 26, 50 per cent ; in 423, 51 to 75 per cent., and in 63 it exceeded 75 per cent. The debts in 1829 of the bankruptcies closed in 1843 amounted to 105.116,436 f. In 152 they were all under 5,000 f. ; in 304, from 5,000 f to 10,000 f. ; in 958, 50,000 f. ; and in 212, from 50,000 f. to 100,000 f. In 203 the debts exceeded 100,000 f. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Wed nesday, at 85f. 85c. ; the New Loan, at 86f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 75c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,231 f. 25c, ; Rouen, 1,102 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 830 f.; Havre, 882 f. 50c. ; Avig non, 1,050 f. ; Basle, 268 f. 75c. ; Spanish Actives, 39 1 4 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 41%; Spanish Passives, 7%. The following are the quotations for the new lines:— Orlear.s and Bordeaux, 2151. premium ; Boulogne, 1051. ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 45f. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 17f. 50c. ; ditto (Calon), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Gan - neron), 10f. ; Northern line (Laffitte), 35f. ; ditto (Rosamel), 81. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 7f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 17f. 50c.; ditto (Talabot), 35f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 10f. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), 4f. ; ditto and Cette ( Espeleta), 10f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, If. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c. LLOYD'S SHIPPENTG.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAT 30. —Wind Northerly, fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAY 29, P.M.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.—Sld. George Armstrong, Calcutta; Nelson, St. Helena; Prince, River St. Lawrence. NEWPORT, MAY 29.—S1d. Favourite and Flott, St. Thomas. OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 25.—H. R. Patel, for Port Ade laide; Auguste, Bahia, for Gothenburg. OFF PIAMOUTIL—PaouIi, Welsh, Richmond, for Havre. OFF 'rim START, MAY 21.—Jules, Porto Rico. for Havre. OFF THE LIZARD, MAY 26.—Mexico, Guadaloupe, Havre. OFF SCILLY—Sea, of Halifax, Trinidad, for Liverpool. OFF PORTLAND, MAY 27.—Princess Sophia, Batavia, for Rotterdam ; Turbo, Boston, for Hull. OFF WATERFORD, MAY 26.—Huron, Apalachicola; Com madore, of Jersey, Valparaiso ; Leonora, Charliton ; Eliza beth King, Barbadoec. OFF SALCOMBE, MAY 28.—Isabel, Mauritius. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.-BV EXPRESS.) THE OAKS STAKES Of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three years old filiies, Bst 71b, each; the owner of the second _filly to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 sovs. towards the police regulations of the Course. Last mile and a half. (129 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Refraction (Bell) 1 Mr. R. Bennett's Hope (Marlow) 2 Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah (Holmes) 3 Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch...(Templeman) 4 Won by two lengths. The following also started, but were not placed:— Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. Gully's Maid of Orleans (J. Day, jun.) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Venus .. (Murphy) 0 Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis (W. Howlett) 0 Mr. Rogers's Glee (Bartholomew) 0 Lord G. Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere (Ealing) 0 Mr. Liley's Stamp (Robinson) 0 Sir G. Heatheote's La filly mal gardi filly (Chapple) 0 Lord Eglinton's Plaudit (Marson) 0 Mr. Blake's Erent.. Mr. J. B. Mill's Giantess Sir C. Moncles fby Physician, out of Castaway (Lye) 0 Mr. Osbaldeston's The Fickle Wild, Rose (W. Butler) 0 Mr. Bowes's Heather Bell Mr. Howe's Caroline (Sly) 0 Colonel Peel's Hersey (E. Edwards) 0 Air. Wagstaff's Queen of Cyprus (Buckle) 0 Twenty-one ran. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CIIY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the sales were 8,000 bags, including 500 on speculation, and the rest to the trade. The market was steady, at previous rates. 1,200 bales Maranharn realised 4d. to sd. ; 400 Surat, 2 1 / 2 d. to 3d. ; and 6,400 American, 3%d. to 4 3 / 4 d. per pound. A good business was done in Shares, and the market generally had improved. Barns ley Junction„ Half Shares, 2%; Birkenhead and Che shire Junction, 9 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 8% %; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13% • Caledonian, 9% ; Chester and Birkenhead, Cambridge ; 26% ; Churnet Valley, 5 1 A ; Cork a nd Bandon, 8% ; Dundee and Perth, 3%; - Eastern and C ou nties, 18% ;- .Edinburgh and Glasgo w , 66 ; Ditto, Quarter pitto, half Lin Shares,col n 6% 7/ 8 Shares, 16 1 / 1 „ ; Ditto, New Quarters, 6% ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 2% 7 8 ; Grand Junction, 232%; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 4731 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 20%; Great North of England, 30/. Shares, 36 ; Great Western, 188 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 105 1 / z 7 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 42 %; Goole and Doncaster, 1%; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 210; 7% 7 ; Inverness an d Perth, % dis. ; Leicester and Birming ham, ss. Gd., ss. ; Li merick and Waterford, 8 7 1 . 18s. ; Liverpool iiver p o o and Manchester, sk Ditto,ir,a2 n d3l. Preston,Shares, ha re 2%; London and 37%; Bir mingham,s Ditto, New Shares, 46%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 341 34 ; London and South-Western, 79 1 , 2 ; Lon don and York, 4% ; Direct Northern, 665. ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7%; Leeds and West Riding, 7%; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 6; Matlock and Midland, 378_ Midland Railway, 1 87 : Ditto , 401 . Shares, 24 3 4 %; Ditto, Fiftieth Shares, 3%; Ditto, Consolidated Bi rming h am an d Derby, 149 8%; N e wcastle and Berwick, 17 16%; Newcastle and Darlington 53 1 4. ; Newry and En n iskill en , 4 ; N or th British, 21%; Darlington, Half Shares, 5% % •, North Kent, 5; North Union, 148; North-Western, OA %; Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton, 425., 435. 6d. ; Sheffield and Manchester 123 6 ; Ditto , Quarter Shares, 15 3 A ; Shrews bury and H ere f or dshire, 103. 9s. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 43 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 15% % ; Ditto, No. 2, 1314 ; Ditto, No. 3,7% ; Scottish Central -, 6 ; South Wales, 5% ; Trent Valley Continuation, 1% 1 / 4 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 3 3 / 4 ; Welsh Midland, 215., 235.; West Yorkshire, 2 3 Northern of France (Laffitte's), 5% Worcester and Tring, 4%; York and Carlisle, I 18s. Boulogne and Amiens, 15 : ; Great Paris and Lyons, 395. ; Jamaica Junction, 2); %; Ditto (Rosamel's 2 1 4 is ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), 595. ; Paris and Strasburgh, 2%. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 29.-The sales are -Barnsley J unc tion, 5 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 2 1 ,4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 121 2 13 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6 13-16 ; Churnet Valley, 5 1 4 ; Clitheroe Junction, 1 15-16 13-16 prem. ; Direct Northern, 3% 5-16 ; Eastern Counties, New, 71. 3s. 6d. ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2, 225. 6d. ; Erewash Valley, 19% ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 2% % ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, PA ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, Iy s ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6% J/ 4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6% ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7% ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 8 1 / 5-16 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 ' • Leicester and Birmingham, Ils. 3d. prem. ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 535. ; London and Windsor, 275. ; London and York, 4% •, Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction, 4 5-16 1-16; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 21 3 / ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 8 ; Midland Railway Consols , 40. Shares, 24 1 ,4 ; North Western, 4 9-16 1 ,4 ; Preston and Wyre Ex tension, 2 1 / 8 .14 . ; Sheffield and Manchester , 123 ; South- Eastern, 53 •, Ditto, No. 3, 7 1-16 ; Southport and Euston, 2% 13 -16 ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 14 1 %; Welsh Midland, 1 1 4 prem. • W es t Yorkshire, 2%; Whitehaven and Furness, 2% % ;ork and Carlisle, 20 s. 17s. 6d. p rem. ; York and North Midland Extension, 17% ; Great Northern Y of France, English, 5%; Paris and Lyons, English, 2%. A" Constant Reader" of the Sun, who writes from Liver pool for information respecting the Royal North of Spain Railway, shall have all we are able to give him, but that our reply may be more intelligible, we give some portion of the queries addressed by the writer. He remarks "lt would be of great service to many of the shareholders to learn some authentic information as to the ultimate pros- pect of the undertaking. I am, as you may suppose, a shareholder, and bought at a large premium , pa r t l y u p on the faith of the prospectus, wherein 14 per cent. was shown, and partly upon the t espectability of the Directors, two of whom —Sir Joshua Walmsley, and Mr. William Jackson (both honourable gentlemen)—belong to this place, and the former, I understand, has gone to Spain for the express pur pose of superintending the progress of the works—in fact, as Resident Director. " As it is possible that you may, through some of your channels, obtain information which parties in the country know nothing of, I have ventured to address you upon the subject, in the hope of learning something not yet made known." The Royal North of Spain Railway, like most other con • terns, has its advocates and opponents. The principal ob- jections urged in .the City, irrespective of the alleged exclu sive allotment of shares, which, as our correspondent justly says, has nothing to do with the merits of the line, are the large sums reported to have been paid for the concession, and the difficult nature of the country across which the railway is to be carried, and which, in the opinion of many experi enced Spaniards here, is very great. However, Mr. Colville ftnd the engineering staff which recently went out, will, it is to be hoped, fairly ascertain how the matter stands, and not undertake a task likely to result in loss to the share holders. Under all circumstances, the wisest course appears to us to be, for present holders to keep their shares and await the result, and for those not interested to have at present nothing to do with them. Such a course as this is least likely to hurt anybody. The public securities have to •day been firm, though quiet. Consols have realised 99 1 / s to 99% for present transfer, and 99% for Account. Exchequer Bills have been at 60s. to 635. premium. The Government broker having taken 21.000/. Bank Stock, the prices are firmer:at 210. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 101 1 ,,E~ to 101%. The Committee of Portuguese Bondholders are very pro- perly calling the attention of their constituents to the sacrifices they will make, by acquiescing in the new conversion, for at:present they are guaranteed 3 per cent. until the year 1849 ; 4 per cent. from that time till 1853 ; 5 per cent. on to 1861 ; and 6 per cent. to 1883 ; after which they are to be Five per Cents. permanently, whereas it is now pro posed to dock off all the back interest, and reduce the Five to Four per Cents., making a loss to the bondholders of 3,060,0001. Such of the bondholders as prefer four per cent. at once in preference to Three per cent. for the next four years, and then :a :steady [increase , will o f course [con vert, but most of the influential holders, and Mr. Thornton at the head, do not seem to be so disposed. The Stock to-day is down to 66 1 / 2 and 66. Spanish Five per Cents. are heavy at 29 1 /, and the Three per Cents. at 41%; Mexican are 37 to 37% ;:,,Chilian 99, and Brazilian 89 1 /, ; Dutch Four per Cents. are 98%. In Shares there is a good deal doing, and many of the old lines have again risen considerably; Caledonian have rallied, as also one or two others of the Scrips Shares. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITIS/I FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced WA y s r 98 38 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents .101 % 1A IA 101 1 4 Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 11 5-16% 11 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ... 11 1 1 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 1114 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001.. South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account.... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d. Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small — pm. Ditto Advertised 5B 59 57 pm. 57 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.— • • 99 99 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela — 15% Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B B l/ 88 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Converted 66% 66 1 / 2 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. •• 4l 41' , 4 1 Ditto, Account — 41% Dutch, 2% par Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 98% 98% PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES Aberdeen Binning. and Gloucesterloo 13 6 1 /2 137 135% 135% Do. New Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter 7O - _. , Do. New . 2 ..... 8 11 74 8 1 / 2 Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 21,2...... 2:-51 1 / 2 % Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 ...... 7 Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chichester and Brighton 10 Cornwall Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway 2 l /2 ...... .. • Dublin and Mullingar... 2% 4% . ... Eastern Counties 25 .... 18 1 / 4 5 (, lB% Ditto New 41. 16s. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... •......• Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 3 Great North of England..loo 25 3 12 Ditto New Ditto New Great Western BO 2OO 203 Ditto 1 /, Shares 5O llO 108 113. 113 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2% ... .. 5% Hull and Selby 5O ... 107 108 ...... .. 108 Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...245 250 250 Do. New Thirds Do. 1,/, Shares London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d 9 % 14 9 % London and Bright0n... 50 Do. New consolidated Bths 25 — London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. Do. New l3s 4d — .. .. Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. London and Greenwich 12/ 15s4d l O l/,... lO% London and S. Western 41/ 6s 10d 79% ; 9 81 B l l /2 Do. Consolidated Bths 12 Do. New . _ .... London and York 2 l /2 4 3% 8 Londonderry & Coleraine 2 1 / : ! ...... .. Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 149 ... Do. 1 / 2 Shares Do. Quarters 2 Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. New Quarters ... 2 Midland 100 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby...loo 15 0 .152 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 25 ...... 54 52 1 / 2 ......... Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 / 2 16 3 / 4 1 / 5 17 1 / 2 ... Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 A~„ Newark and SLeffield .. 11 North British Do. New North K eu t 4 North Wales _ Norwich and Brandon... 10' - Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Shrews., Wrolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%. ... 5 1 % South Devon l5 ... 23 South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 43 1 / 2 3A . v t Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales ..... ... 2%...... 5% 1 / 2 Trent Valley 2 ...... 18% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 lO9 Do. 1 / 2 Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Raiamers) 2 Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... 1% ••• Jamaica Junction l l /2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 4% Namur and Liege Orleans and Bordeaux 2 ...... 10 . r,i, ....... .... Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, ... .. 2 Ro'!al North of Spain ... 2 2 ....... ..... Sambre and Meuse . 4 — JOINT STOCK BANKS. National of Ireland l 7 l /2 2Ol/2 2 0 I/,_ HOUSE OF LORDS-(T HIS DAY The House sat to-day to hear appeals, the Peers present were Lsrd Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. CAMPBELL V. CAMPBELL—JUDGMENT. Their Lordships gave judgment in this case, reversing the deci sion'of the Court below, with costs. AEDDIE V. HIGGINBOTIIAM. The arguments in this case occupied their Lordships the re mainder of the day. recovered. But, as we have said, we are so far from considering that the industrial labourer, after the Bank Restriction Act, had to endure a pressure of diminished wages, from which be has never recovered, that we can prove that the • rate of wages between the commencement of the war in 1802, to its termination in 1814, and subsequently, down to the passing of the Currency Bill in 1819, rapidly rose to, and steadily maintained, a scale at which it covered not only the depreciation in the value of money, already alluded to, but the amount of indirect taxation which he had to pay. The difference since 1819, or at least since 1822-23, when the small bank-note circula tion of England and Wales was extinguished, has been this—that the prices of commodities being reduced to the gold, or natural standard, the manufacturer has been unable to give that addition to the wages of his labourers which would have represented the amount of indirect taxation they have to pay, pend ing the production of his goods. It has been established that the labouring community pay no less than 16,000,0001. per annum of indirect taxes, which it was the interest of the Legislature in imposing them that the consumer, not the producer, should pay. The institu tion of a gold standard simply reduces prices to the same level they would reach in the most highly-taxed country of Europe ; the wages paid are small in pro portion to these gold prices ; and the unfortu nate industrial labourer has to buy out of them, in the most heavily-taxed of countries, the highly taxed means of his subsistence. Is it in the face of such a state of things, that Lord Joins RUSSELL will contend that the traces of the mischiefs— the inexcusable and irreparable mischiefs—produced by the crude monetary legislation of Sir ROBERT PEEL, have passed away ? But such an inconsistency does not surprise us. The support of that system, which is in itself a violation of all the first principles of political and commercial and fiscal consistency, cannot lead to any other results. Let us try this question by a single test. Sir ROBERT PEEL in 1819 (and again last year) attempted to justify his pernicious interference with the development and application of capital, by insisting that to permit the continuance of a paper currency was to encourage improvident trading, fraudulent speculation, &c., and that to give unity and extension to the gold or metallic system would be to consolidate commercial con fidence and mercantile stability. We shall say nothing about the overweening confidence of that statesmanship which assumes that it can draw, without prejudice to this stability and this confidence, the arbitrary line of demarcation that separates at any time tl.e limits at which legitimate commercial enterprise and spirit ter minate from those where unwarrantable spe culation begins. We shall not pause to inquire how these legislative attempts to limit even the pernicious activity of speculation can be compatible with that first principle of free-trade, which is identical with the perfect freedom of capital and of its employment. But if Sir R. PEEL'S monetary system were anything else but specious cheat and delusion, certain results must, ere now, have become matters of history and fact, which are not only not so, but of which all that is the converse of them is. Under the operation of a paper cur rency, from the Bank Restriction Act of 1797, till 1819 or 1820, legitimate trade should have declined;—gam bling speculation should have attained its height;—the mighty bubble of British commercial superiority should have burst; and 1819-20 should have found only a mass of wreck and ruin to gather up, in order to combine into a more substantial system calculated to work out a far more prosperous future in all these respects to this empire. From 1819-20, under a purely metallic currency, combined with one only class of paper circula tion, convertible, on demand, into gold, at a previously fixed ascertained price, we should, in 1845, be in a condi tion of unrivalled national prosperity. The control of the commerce of the world ought to be in our hands. Ille gitimate speculation ought to have disappeared ; bank ruptcy to be comparatively unknown ; labour universally employed, and waged fairly remunerating labour. Now what is the fact against the hypothesis ? Between 1797 and 1819-20, we had almost engrossed the commerce of the world. We were superior in all its markets. We maintained for 13 years the most expensive and desolating war on the records of history, out of which we emerged triumphant. Our industrial community were, for the greater part of that interval, well employed, and wages comprised, over and above their natural relation to the value of labour, that equitable margin which allowed for the contributions to taxes payable by those prolucers. Our commercial failures and private bankruptcies bore no proportion to the amount they have attained between 1819 and 1845 ; and all the failures of banking• houses were absolutely an insignificant aggregate by the side of the ruinous convulsions of 1825 alone, and again of 1838. Enormous private fortunes were acquired and diffused. There was not one element wanting to a condition of supreme pre-eminence in all that constitutes the political and commercial grandeur of nations. What have we encountered since 1819-20 ? The decay of many branches of our foreign trade ; the successful competition of foreigners in very many branches of our manufactures. Gambling speculations, extensive and reckless, in equal proportion to the intolerable pressure of the screw put on by the currency legislation of Sir R. PEEL (which operates to prevent the realisation of propel ty, under whatever exigencies, except at ruinous sacrifices, to meet the demand for its golden represen tative) have already shaken, and will frequently desolate the money market. The poor-rates show no symptom of permanent reduction. Vast masses of the labouring poor are pining in fruitless, hopeless solicitude for em ployment. The revenue can only be made to keep pace with the expenditure of the country by the imposition of new taxes on property and income. Where is the one single benefit which the country at large has de rived from the Premier's currency measures ? Madrid journals of the 22d inst. have been received. According to some of them the Court, or rather Queen CHRISTINA, has some new measures in view not quite acceptable to the Ministry, and one of them is said to be the marriage of Queen ISABELLA with the son of Don CARLOS. The Duke DE RIANZARES (Muxoz) had left Madrid for Paris on the previous day, possibly to make arrangements on the subject with the French Court. The festival of Corpus Christi was celebrated on the 22d, and no business consequently was done on the Bourse. In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday' the discussion on the extraordinary estimates for the army in Algeria commenced. M. DUBOIS, the first speaker, condemned altogether the system of military colonisation, and more especially the present expedition into Kab)lia, which lie considered unnecessary and ill timed. M. DE CORCELLES recommended the Govern ment to proceed with energy against the Arabs, as on no other conditions could French dominion be established in that country. M. DE Bs AUMONT than adverted to the failure of the treaty with Morocco, and theinconsistency of the Government journals, first praising the conduct of General DE LA RUE, then condemning and disavowing it, and contended that owing to the wavering policy pursued, and notwithstanding the victories of Marshal BUGEAUD, the colony was in a worse con dition than in 1844. He was left speaking at the hour of post. The opposition journals continue Morocco, co t mo o discuss th e p o li c y o f th e G overnm ent in reference to but we find nothi ng i n the m but repetitions of charges already o RT made \y uagainstnon. T M. resignation Gu oT, the of and Sir n e as ad undoubted f ac t b y all t he e e papers. CARLOS in favou r o f hi s son ms to be ad l One of them says : "Wo believe we are warranted in CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court, at Westminster, to-day, and took cause petitions and appeals, none of which were of any interest. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls, after disposing of the case of Farquhar •. The East India Company, heard short causes. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England heard unopposed causer, peti tions, and short causes to.day, after disposing of which the Court rose before twelve o'clock, in consequence of the absence of Mr. Bethell and Mr. Stuart, who were engaged in the House of Lords. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGIIT BRUCE.) His Honour took cause petitions and motions to-day. (Before Sir J. WloasM.) His Honour, after disposing of the case of Bolton v. Ward, heard causes, and having disposed of all in the paper, rose shortly after twelve o'clock. THE CALAMITOUS FIRE IN DOVER-STREET. LATEST PARTICULARS.-(THIS DAY., FINDING OF THE BODY OF MRS. ROUND. This morning, so early as five o'clock, workmen employed in the service of the Directors of the Globe Insurance-office, were set to work upon the ruins of Raggett's Hotel, in Dover-street, the arena of the recent conflagration and loss of life, so that the necessary preparations might be made for fully protecting the firemen while they explored the several apartments. By six o'clock the shoring was finished : the walls, however, especially the interior one, appearing much out of the perpendicular, and, consequently, very dangerous. At that hour, despite the im. pending and fearful appearance of the whole building, ten men in the service of the London Fire Establishment began to turn over the rubbish on the ground floor in the back room, and in the rooms immediately contiguous to the stair-head, just over the hall.ceiling. About eleven o'clock Mr. Loder, the principal engineer of the western section of the brigade, received information from one of the men engaged on the upper floor that he had found a body. Mr. Fogo, the foreman, being informed of the fact, the circumstance was kept exceedingly quiet, and only those informed of it who were immediately concerned in the discovery. The Earl of Huntingdon was upon the spot at the time, and upon viewing the remains his Lordship appeared to feel the deepest emotion. There is no doubt, we understand, as to the identity, though the remains are deplorably mutilated. It scarcely admits of a doubt, from the position in which the body lay, that the ill-fated lady, immediately after having been seen by the waiter, Robinson, on the first.floor landing, when the alarm was given, was over powered by fright, smoke, and flame, and that as the flames progressed with such terrific rapidity that escape was hope less, she sank down on the floor, and thus perished. As soon as possible after the finding of the body, information of the fact was communicated to the family and the official persons connected with the offices of insurance. A shell was speedily procured, and the remains deposited therein and conveyed to the workhouse of St. George, Mount street, Grosvenor square, where the others lie, to await the adjourned inquest this afternoon. THE ANTI-CoRN-LAW BAZAAR.—This exhibition concluded with appropriate festivity. A gay and numerous party crowded the theatre. The Gothic.hall, the illuminations, the lanthornC remained; the stalls and the unsold goods had been mostly removed, and a festive party filled the theatre from eight till the commencement of the morning. Refreshments, too, were provided. The exhibition was not, indeed, open to the public. It was a private party of the friends of the League, but the pri vate party consisted of many hundred persons, indicating how numerous must be the vast body of which such a multitude is only a specimen. 2 VAL 16 1 rs 13 4 31 ' 1491/2 21% 58% 7 3 / 4 188 149 3 / 4 35 18!4 RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS► DAY.) GROUP A. LONDON .11BID NORTH 1f:..1.-2NT 7it AILWAY. The Committee met at twelve o'clock, Mr. Lascelles in the chair. The examination of Mr. Vignoles as to the comparative engineering merits of the competing lines was resumed by Mr. Sergeant SHEA. He stated that it was intended that the wardens of Rochester. bridge, and the Corporation should join with the Com pany in building the bridge, which would be much more commodious to the inhabitants and more orna mental to the town than the present one, which was not in a direct line with the main streets of Rochester and Stroud, as was the old bridge, and as the new one is intended to be. The clear way in the centre of the bridge would be 18 feet above high. water mark, being some feet higher than the present bridge. The houses to be taken down to make way for the line are, for the most part, in narrow back streets, and of little value. The line weuld be carried on to Maidstone, at comparatively small expense. At Chatham quays a new quay wall would be built for a distance of nearly 900 yards, leaving a space of 50 feet outside the railway. The South-Eastern Com pany's plan was to cross the Medway at a lower level than he intended, and this he considered a great oversight. With respect to the powder-mills, he was satisfied that his line would be too distant for them to allow the least hazard of damage from the sparks of the engine. Besides, that " to make security more sure," he would provide shields of corru gated iron above and around the engine, in the form of a tunnel, which would prevent the flying off of a single spark, and which could be lighted if necessary. There would be but one level crossing in the whole line. The distances on the whole line, and in the principal divisions of the line, as from London to Gravesend, to Sittit,gbourne, to Sheerness, &c., were all in favour of the North Kcnt. There was nothing in the proposed working of the railway which could exclude the foreign traffic. The line would not be at all a competing line with the North-Eastern, until they got to Canterbury. The North-Kent could not pay at all unless they gave the utmost possible accommodation at the lowest possible rates, and dispatched trains very often, from six o'clock in the morning till eleven at night. (LEFT SITTING,) GROUP B. ILXVERPOOL AND DUE y LXNE. The Committee consists of Sir C. Lemon (Chairman), Sir R. Filiner, Mr. C. Hope, Mr. F. W. Knight, and Mr. Horsman. Mr. WlLLiss, on behalf of the promoters of the Bill, called upon the chairman to procure the Speaker's warrants to compel the attendance of two persons, named Moore and Hartley, who re. fused to attend as witnesses. Mr. John Roberts, shipping clerk to Messrs. Heap and Sons, merchants, and wholesale grocers, Liverpool, was the first witness examined. He stated that the dealings of his employers were from 700,0001. to 800,0001. a year. Witness had been in the business twenty years. Messrs. Heap had a large connexion at Wigan, Bolton, Bury, and Rochdale. They were in the habit of sending large quantities of dried fruit, treacle, arid other groceries to these places. During the past year they sent to these places about 868 tons of groceries. Great delay frequently occurred at the Liverpool depot of the Bolton Railway. The Bolton Railway was, with respect to these delays, worse than any other. So much so that carters called for the occasion would not convey the goods if they knew they were going to the Bolton Railway depot. He thought it would be most important to have an entrance by railway to the north, as the trade in that quarter of the town was increas. ing greatly last year. ' Mr. Cartside, Foreign and English wool-broker, Liverpool— The wool trade had increased very much during the last fifteen years. Last year they had sold about 300,0001. worth-80 or 100 tons. The present railway did not afford them sufficient accom modation for transporting their wool to Rochdale, and other places. Since Christmas they had been much incommoded by the delay of their goods at the depot of the Bolton Rail way station. The detention was so great, that carters did not wish to go there, and sometimes their carts of wool lay at the depot all night and became spoiled by rain. He thought the Liverpool and Manchester line did not afford sufficient, accommo dation to the Liverpool merchants, who sent their goods to York shire, A new line for that trade would be very desirable. Such a line would benefit Liverpool and the country through which it passed very materially. Mr. Peter Owen, clerk to Messrs. Chandler and Flem- ing, timber brokers, Liverpool, stated that his employers were the largest timber brokers in Liverpool. They annually passed through their stores about 2,000,000 feet of timber, and 9-10ths of the whole mahogany of Liverpool. They sent a great deal of mahogany to Leeds, Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, and Oldham. Since 1825 the timber trade between Liverpool and the northern districts had increased 25 per cent. Liverpool was the best market for buying goods in the kingdom. Large quantities of it were used in machinery. Seven hundred tons of timber were sent per diem by his employers to Rochdale, Bury, and those districts. His employers were often obliged to wait for several weeks to have timber forwarded by the present railway. The Manchester and Liverpool line often refused to convey timber, and would not do so at all when they could get a sufficiency of other goods. Most of the mahogany was sent to Leeds by railway. If the proposed line were made it would confer great advantages on the town of Liverpool. Mr. Sergeant BELLsus— All the docks in Liverpool were nearer to the south station than the north. Most of the timber was at present sent by canal. (LEYT SITTING.) GROUP DD. THE CLYDESDALE ZUNCTIO:AT RAILWAY. The Committee assembled this morning at half past eleven o'clock, and soon after proceeded to the consideration of the above scheme. Petitions in opposition to the construction of the proposed line had been put in by the trustees of the Clyde Navigation,the barony of Gorbals, the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal Company, the Glas gow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway, the Paisley and Ayr Rail way, and by several private indiduals, who opposed as landowners. Mr. Coccaustiv opened the case by observing, that he would proceed to state to the Committee the objects and advantages of the railway for which he appeared. The scheme was entitled a Bill for making a railway from the city and harbour of Glasgow, to Hamilton, and to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, at Mother well, to be called the Clydesdale Junction Railway. It was pro posed by this railway to connect the town and harbour of Glasgow with Rutherglen, from thence it proceeded to a place called Park Homestead, at which place the line divided into a fork, one branch of which led to Hamilton, and the other to Motherwell. The ob. ject of these two lines was threefold. (LEFT SITTING.) GROUP F. The Committee met again this day, in Room No. 11—the Right Hon. Frederick Shaw in the chair—on the adjourned case of THE LOND7,'N, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAZTORDSHXRE RiaLWAY. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE said he had to apply to the Committee for leave to postpone the examination of the witness Mr. Gooch, who was under cross.examination when the proceedings closed on the previous day. The cause of this application was, that it was important to his case to have the evidence of Mr. Cubitt, the eminent engineer. That gentleman would be examined in the case of the London and York inquiry, and when he once commenced before that Committee, it was impossible to count upon the time he would be at liberty for the present case. The CHAIRMAN said, that under the circumstances, the Com mittee had no oujection to the arrangement ; indeed the sooner the important engineers were examined the better. Mr. Cubitt, engineer, examined by Mr. TaLuorr—ln his experience of engineering had hal many opportunities of considering the subject of transhipment on the difference of gauge. The change of gauge from the broad to the narrow sonld be done with facility and safety. Where it was necessary for a transhipment to take place it could be done, the only difference being that where it was not wanted it would be an absurdity to introduce it.—(Laughter.) With regard to switches, they must be introduced on a line at certain points, independent of the gauge at all. The switches at points are in proportion to the parallels to be crossed on the line. Had some years ago to tranship heavy loads of clay from the Oxford Canal. It was done by a simple mechanical contrivance, something on the principle of Mr. Brunel's invention. (LEFT SITTING.) GROUP FF. The Select Committee on this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, and proceeded with the evidence in favour of the EDINBURGH AND NORTIZERN LINE. Mr. James Beard, a farmer and tile manufacturer, residing near Narburgh, said he annually manufactured 700,000, and the fuel used in tie manufacture was brought at an enormous expense from Little Dysart. He annually consumed 481) tons of coal, which cost him 14s. per ton, while the cost of cartage from Lochgelly ranged from 9s. 6d. to 10s., and from Clackmannan from ss. to ss. 6d. per ton. Those coals would certainly come upon the railway, in the event of its being made, for the line would pass in the immedite vicinity of his works. At present he sent his tiles by water to Perth and Dundee. It was a dangerous and expensive mode of conveyance, and he should certainly prefer the railway, should it ever be constructed. Large quantities of potatoes were brought from the interior of the country and shipped at Perth. He knew of his own knowledge that at cne pier alone, of which he was lessee, 2,400 tons were shipped annually, and he had no doubt, therefore, the railway would greatly facilitate the transit of that article. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. AITON at some length, but his evidence was in no point shaken. Mr. Robert Philip, a merchant at Leith, gave corroborative tes timony. He said he was well acquainted with the route of the proposed railway, At its northern terminus it had a communica. tion with the Granton Railway, which ran to Edinburgh, where it effected a junction with the Glasgow and North British lines. He had, therefore, no doubt whatever that the line would prove of considerable advantage to the country at large, and more espe cially to the various populous and important districts through which it passed. (LEFT SITTING.) GROUP The Committee re-assembled this morning shortly after twelve o'clock in the Burgess Court Room, Westminster Sessions House. NORTH 'UNION AND RIBBLE NAVEGA-, ------- , e . übscriber of the Direct Norwich line, and consequently its success. f James Lee, examined by Mr . GIILDEN.—.IS a timber merchant, 0 Bury. Con s iders that town . labours under considerable di sad. vantages, from want of better accommodation, the water carriage would be A being very insufficient and objectionable. Yarmouth very favourable port from which to purchase Norway timber. (LEFT SITTING.) intarstea GROUP L. GUILDPOnD, CHICHESTEH, 11217 D P° l4ls° MOUTH 17.AIZAWAY. t twelve The Committee resumed their inqui r y on this railway a o'clock this morning. Mr. Blagdon, an attorney for the line, was called by the.pl% m fiv oters, and stated that the population on the projected line whilewith five miles on both sides a the line near Petworth wand 5,359, whoa e atmospheric line there were 6,963 houses, a PPu l3 of 35,500 within seven miles. There were thirty-three seatsoli noblemen and gentlemen within seven miles on b_' . , , sides of the line. There were also nineteen .cri mills within seven miles of the Halfway -bridge, rn_ l s` b a e . between Petworth and Midhurst. The thirty-three seats wer e as tween Chillingford and Chichester. The' Halfway.bridge uwrt, about three miles and a half from both Petworth and 1 ,14111 !,, t rather nearearndtotthheepolaptutelart.ionTt:lil,esln2u.mber of houses in was 1,609, s eated To the cross-examination ALEXANDEß, the witness of population Ow that he had not taken any particular notice of the places within two miles westward of Clichester. To the cross-examination of Mr. WIADDINGTON, DlL:!inagtn stated that he had included Bognor in his est,"-„--,t" the number of houses 500, and the population 2,490. " a le; mates of houses and population which he had made, was ful. 4 4%irti miles of the line on both sides throughout the length t his miles on the line between Guildford and Chichester. On this line the number of houses was 14,235, and the poke had Chiches.. 73,000. On the atmospheric line the distance 1ie,,,599, t a a n k d en was thirty-four miles, the number of inhabited houses Joni the number of inhabited houses the population 49,000 within 5 miles of the line. D h e was 10,641. an d 2uttl that distance,pOrt,U.:; 54 population 55,359 on the Guildford, Chichester, and line, while on the atmospheric line there were througbat W miles, 6,963 houses, and 35,506 population. (LEFT eirriNa•) GROUP N. CORNWALL RAILWAY'. i „ a tioe e i At the sitting of the Committee, the cross.e7oo " no t e x 3. Captain Moorsom,": by Mr. Row E, was resumed—ne Waas.een.ba°l‘ mined with respect to the Falmouth tern2inus, owe'lonia II Wharf. Steamers came close to the wharf, and gould be A ni .. ,,,, ' conveyed t..) the trains with much facility. That ere c" - ; convenient part of the town, when the proposed d °c ,,,, W to l' s ' structed. Penryn Creek, where it would be nec e° l - ,'ote r • • to t, b , embankments, was about nineteen chains across at 114% 0 The Learned Counsel said he should put this , 1 0°41 creeit', witness—What is thelength of the viaduct across Penri n g oe I when the Committee (who were looking at the o s P ) ' their attention. as he The CHAIRMAN desired him to proceed. , , e, .. w et the InbsePtt.et eWer e - l ir. Mr. Rowe said the question was a most iMpartan:„;:ed the that should defer putting it until the Committee had eaa'"' 0 on the map to which his question referred. It Wa' nee Weil he should have their attention. ion- int. °tent NO °f The CHAIRMAN repeated that he had their on nn' t they not to refer to the map to form an opinion . • the portance to the public ? to l' n que D' s i t r ion ß a ° f w te E r thuieb c m om itt m ed itte th e a h t ad it ins w p o ec u t l ed d atte d ' cum odtte s oieb • The CHAIRMAN again repeated that the ing to the examination of the witness. The r e°B lhis P r°'4c viu s no. - Rowe had made was quite uncalled for. It eci b. to direct the conduct of the Committee. r e ree' t : bla Colonel ROLLESTON said, if such conduct vie - ~h e pre".„•e. should move that they proceed to the consideration°. " - pu blic ' lO , Mr. DENNISON said they were the guardians of t b b e i• (101 to is' rests and of the public time, and he should feel it alO P coed ° terfere if so much time was wasted , or if sirnila r 10 0 ' sued towards them. ~,„ feet in The witness then said the viaduct would be sov TION ISRANCII RAILWAY. There was no opposition to this Bill, which was gone through formally, and the Committee agreed to report it to the House. (LEFT SITTING.) GROUP K. LONDON AND itTORAVICI-1 =RECT. - The Committee on this line met this morning at the usual hour. Previous to the resumption of business, Lord SANDON states that he thought it might facilitate the conduct of the case, to inform the Counsel on each side, that in regard to the lines from Bury to Bishop's Stortford,and from Bury to Chelmsford, the Committee en tertained a decided preference for the latter; and though that opi nion might be shaken by subsequent evidence, yet, on the prima facie view, they could see no advantages, either in respect of traffic or population, on the country round Bishop's Stortford, which could possibly compete with those offered by the Chelmsford Branch. Mr. GIRBEN assured the Committee that he had evidence of a character so conclusive, as would, he thought, remove the impres sion at present entertained, and establish a case of traffic on the Bishop Stortford line, as startling to the Committee as decisive of the absolute necessity of its construction. He conjured them to re serve their opinion till the evidence of most satisfactory witnesses had been adduced, and proved the vast superiority of the line through Bishop Stortford. Lord SANDON explained that he merely threw out the suggestion to enable Counsel to curtail or shape their course differently. The examination of witnesses was then continued. Frederick Nunn, examined by Mr. LEE—Is a butcher and cattle-feeder at Bury ; there is a considerable business in the trans. mission of dead meat to London, which would be materially in creased by the construction of a direct line to London The mar ket at Bury is, for the size of the town, one of the largest in the kingdom. Has known nine hundred head of cattle, and between ten thousand and twelve thousand sheep sold at one time there. Bishop Stortford is a very extensive malting district, and facilities of accommodation are greatly needed between that town and the metropolis. At present as much as 44 per ton is charged for the carriage of oil-cake and other goods by the tedious route from London. By Mr. COBDEN—Large quantities of oil.cake are consumed at Bury, which had been imported at Ipswich from Hamburgh. Cross examined by Mr. ItawiANson—The chief market at Bury is for lean beasts and lean sheep, the majority of which comes from Scotland and Lynn, which are fattened on the turnips so abundant in those districts. The oil-cake is used for manure, and it 1$ now procured chiefly at the London markets. Is a small 22 1 / 2 43134 2 1 / 2 31 ,?, 27% 561 / 2 51 1 / 72 2314 2 , 1 3 2 (LEFT SITTING.) hour Th e this Select morning, Committee t the u [in favour of the and proceeded g w r S o i Stub; the s e s in s e roi re i . 61 e at I i J ea - e Iv 01 COVENTRY, XIEDWOILTII,.A 2OI4 wille d in RAILWAY. wag e s :dero le . Mr. Wm. Clarke, the mayor of Coventry. ilb ,• ° ,,g at e° ,; sl ter °- chief yesterday, was cross-examined this lee'L - tha t 8 ; 6 „,. length by Mr. DANIEL, with a view of t he shoo7,dist""t4cttitw'' might be marked out for the accommodation of , ontl. dto la Mr. Henry Browett, a large ribbon and trilMainDdecsttle oder. proved that the line would greatly faciliate the l ou t 1 40 vele the neighbourhood of Coventry. He e mpleY ed n n a bsed ° ' (n ee' takers who again employed upwards of 1,t 1 " b itonte e .. ,„' otle e bouring villages, and it was of Par a°oos tild undertakers, distribute the work amongst the in" t itar t retea be OA that a cheap and rapid communication lib ° pre „ on on to between Coventry and those districts. t traffic carr ied one s journey was performed on foot, and the goods e __ „eel _,,,,t carts and waggons ; but there could be no doubt t.tiouldrolistain",4 L o odon o ,;_ l et, o l d . ' bo o would be thrown aside and the railway adopted, ' l '. an cbeet e !: in sanction its construction, Birmingham, Liverpool dealers frequented the Coventry m L i ", Dirtel eg r ot proposed to effect a junction with the London a.'" t , v W n 0 0* and the Trent Valley line. There ia .. ce to co o this railway would prove of considerable .ad el.. , the pr.ce riot, The railway would have the effect of redbue to in Coventry, for at present it worth, and the cartage of the fuel en a W ould red ° • le. however, wou rtic enormous extent. The railway; mite the transit of the 21 . _es expense, and at the same WI fro Bedworth and the Victoria aboutColli e ry. one ton The a carriag e da y . At present he procured his co O w h ncelPednite'i the i.ed t f i rti7: W th i ll cost efi ' A by Mr. ANIEL, on be half 30 a The witness was cross- esamine. Id be interfered 0 , t he number of landholders, whose property we'l 1 a disapproved to Cod' the progress of the proposed railway, and w 1 to show the e io 6d. per ton. He co line. The object of the cross-exami n ation bhnh3ld Was mittee that a line running eastwar d of Coventry, as sv f t he va ll :d this railway, would not accommodate the inhabit Cad 0 . 0 , districts through which it passed so well as a line rueni" of that town. (LEFT SITTING.) T 7 own laiisw G li.np l e iOUP W. :u. :: :tce: : : n. : 41. t T tee ° h Mr. Maxwell werehe33t Committee i. m G et oO to te y li.at.aZleciT „- loc p i re lg Pakington in the chair. The other members of Cetini'..noteis Tll e examination Lord Seymour,° f the Hon. Mr. Bouverie. Mr. Shepherd was then resumed by Mr. PicgOnlSCr;PioniLlneoll' d an ered the canal much preferable to the rail as a rno4e ocess":4ol for corn to Wakefield. There was greater deloY 4 0 0l „,, . t an d ‘" 5 1 9 Y by the rail. The quantity of corn which arrive, ...,,, 5/ ~ .0 . Wakefield in 1844 was 493,2.73 quarters, anti in ,) 1r 0 " 6 . q ar;h quarters, showing an increase on the last year of B ,,° ' d th ae , That quantity did not include the Hour which Pli in W'" - Wakefield to the west, nor any corn but what win' s st e p field. _ . . ow n on e :, er Cross.examined by Mr. HOPE—Had no boat➢ of ae n d '' s oca I : 01 canal. The railway charge between Wakefilc,l,._eat. Coul4, o f w tcßeo a larl s ln: www i h e yhe,i t tch h whe o ar u iss g : l hh i t aei t2cspoi.rnnenstsloieduneoatresed.cd.3, wdr from a . ri oerpedmehrablnyq;u: t a not i r ge t , e r ~ E ,.o . .ren : c " 1 . 4 ua r t h e 4 ;: s t yep ' ts : ~,m , beste r f i d w ee. to !I d i , ,t 0,5 v e ,st „ ➢fate d rehous Did not know that Captain Latves ha. - we o f the W B O , built for ters, or 150,000 quarters a year. Vie va lue t they wer e "wee built, Wakefield, in his opinion, was 200,13°°-' but when the y e a had no , that money ; they might cost 50,000/. lu°re Walafi . 1 ,.„„ v Did but he only spoke of their present valtie:,., o f the 10""':„a, the increased in prosperity since the COP. de a Co ny, ...vett.- -,,anc ~ I , e , C at W a A not know whether I resort to the canal ih ° e warehouses __ 0, o n,. best means of restoring its prosperity. 1. „ 1 ',., ~ortern of f °petition field could store from '200,000 to 300,0."noters. ( 11 ' h an ded those at Goole from 30,000 to 50,0 00 n % as here Locohsoli in favour of the Pontefract and Goole li e Iwo , for the it witness.) Had signed that peton ; though:I:01os Attache,' All th and York line that he had signed. were respectable names. sac t acs o o w 'l andegdt. edghdYree. with . suggest WELLS,'ttkhh The CommitteeLONDON sat to -day at the usual ii°llc,..cv. natio:l'deft tt'i°,.egel Ceowertgo Mr. FitmanG'sEeNxEamßiAnaLtioln'lluA•aßs.FrelsCu:e V d lD'' 00° 'l' .11 hand cnlsu s , h db o ey w d ed that in two weeks the receipts l"' " ers cat tl o e Ld to between Alcumbury and Tattershall, for Passel.leog 1 0 00 T o ot every. 3 f O, tt h s a e - i. v 3. speciesas t . e 3d. , o passengers a s goods, T se h n e g ; exceptwitness t a l i coal,enb w g e r r n r a a i t : ii,:t3bo;;l: ; se e I : 1 1 3:1 1 0 1 el e dP - o r : t d: n e i t l re Ce 0 :1: 0 1: : , l ali the he i t ha e n es ane e t c : betWev° o s tl' la,olnithbrrhoe.huragirhfrafflowf chtihwcehovuthiadsetbeeprrnocpacOorsureclinedtlilenegreipror:iretith;:loooo:: Oh l"' Mr. B A i t h T el h i . r e impossible through tables once otaaunblddlenasr.ei:cdh tehxempenodvietrurweiothf stiumfreicai °ld 000i1103 le wouo the same application . put in presented such a Mass of Ogt sttenti°o"'doss•• hexeroyereceived them yesterday evening, to enlivoods 6fouid pro. tim e to g o Cation. witnesseponrngominboceurehepr behalf ar n f ; of e h fr vehtimehd . e: in ase ne O r Ih:et: n al in tahneds e ..,, !, I i , onv e We t ' Coun ties r examin h e e th m o e n i th e .Ith app S l e i corillYilisd 04 crgateiaonnt ; K a i n N d u LhsexcEosnaciedivheed could r not ~.p otoi i h 1 Y ni ed Conoe- Lear n yea the tables I 0 the • e year u tood th Mr long witness tbouitnifforhme i h i iota:elf P° -by go cr°s'" • WELLS said he had been inisundell„-, 04°44 „Moe the he had gh n t ot b Sergeant. fly- • .0 e%11.•• He did not mean to saya he 713; ore time 'committee, 14 seceanbluenttiol saasvbeo t" _old n° " tables, putting only , one question, where he v. puke n this Mottling, put half a dozen. The room was then ordereel to Mr. BAXTER said that four tables ri;e-hefore ca me in which ...,01-.4a.)been •to the TOM. EAST COWES, b e cleared. Majesty ------ 001'11°' ti I‘IAT 29.-- sit by was t r 1., day her M ISLE or \ ''G'. _A with great Sio was of the toele,:, 0001, ' ppointed (and other) trade ,s.,eepo Sea'. 1001 e; brilliantly _. aajesty's birthday was celebrastmenen lighted with appropriate devices. .vtic,e , v v Aids p)t.....; Messrs. Pennick and Wheeler, brilliant c 0 V. A. R., • with A large crown and splendid Pr r i %co 0' ; T . ; cro% Roberton and liti" tar, 8" and •, a handsome star ; Messrs. :ine _ n. 3,r, A., n on, a brilliant star • Tucker, Stiles, ra warew. . __..,e, o f ca , by V. R , s ic During , docna,s, 000100' A the evening the e Z• succe . ede . g town VlBB '" • gat Mi— dby rockets and blue lights. lh . 3 ing the natiO , the a band wh' • ~ which paraded till past midnight., lil Y . 1 any other °" .other airs. This little marine spot vied with Joyous oc • a pt °f casion. 4. gcC,• t the LIFE IN LONDON. --The bessa, in /leo Lu • four days' sports at Epsom will be given as OStcl.l,„ od an,eon.. accompanied with a portrait of " Merry Sonar D . _ woe. 1 1/.• graving of the Surrey Cup. Price of fiell's Life, 0r"!„,,,ny,. Et" fished in time „I.e.ttcilr's. to send by all the Saturday afternoon a" largeme t MS nof Bell'e Life is in progress. Majesty' SACRED iiARMONIC SOCIETY.---Ber ••-• rat the been pleased to express her intention of being P.le.7ngentlels• Society's c oncert on Monday next, and has desired W. sohn's " St. Paul „should be performed on the occasion. iuty on li CArE o r GOOD liorE.--"Until now the it '''' Der gaiion French brandy imported into the Cape was only Ntl••..ov proof, proof s pirits, and so on in proportion for every gallon D 1 : t oof and 5° whilst on all other foreign spirits it was ls. per gal'on,, entitled' on, &c. By an Act passed in the reign of the late hillto _4OO " An Act to Regulate authorisedTrade of the British v.osi_,.,. the Abroad," her Majesty is by, and with them ads: ef'..ii De Privy Council , to make such orders respecing th o'nered deemed most expedient and salutary; acd it being ernos!",..oo advisable to assimilate the duties on all spir inapor riiiveentol foreign countries Into the Cape of Good Hope, i ts °s beer,' isstied, that from and after the date of an Order in Counl latesl ..0 _„i„ the duty on French brandy shall be the same as on all othehral..73'eve spirits imported into that place, so soon as the order 5 I' c olony been made known by a proclamation of the Governor woodsye for M. de Chateaubriand left Paris on hi Venice. S ittig The French Naval Commission held its last . , an Saturday, his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville b e c o il present. It appears that tne labours of the couunissionhal ._°. been confined to the steam navy, but have been extended to 17: i whole of the fleet, both present and in prospestiye.--Galigna of Wednesday. 'a...,.., MARX C ORN The arrival. ' la ing been that grain boat St eadY sale al ItTl iferio'r 1 It bea t ratl te quotations, otller kinds sl 'lou r were 'tour were cp. bllish .. ro reign ' ' • • • • • I;tienibilaet,V:e: ethi3o:( qUali' oth er ket 5 00 ' 111 , ( Is w h knots th °ll t,"( l , TiTl: utton tz at rally ve_ averap 19 1 1 dull in 14'.41'44'S eeMR141111:"I'14:::0-:SialliliaBe I:, Scot s ; N4le"4" 950 Apr htT 4,,er inferior . ~ fi ddling Ariinc lar eal Drillle am Alt hol: 14 Itt lAy f d . v e 14ket, and An, --Las] gooN