The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-07 00:00:00

plleric system, the impelling power is at the centre of gravity, and must, from its action, keep the train on the rails. A collision of trains, from which such disastrous results have arisen, cannot possibly take place on the at mospheric principle. Then, not to enter into any meta physical discussion of the question, how much the very consciousness of safety promotes our comfort—it may suffice to say, that the atmospheric system offers a full enjoyment of the pure atmosphere of heaven as you quietly glide on by an invisible power, and entire free dom from the clanking of cumbrous machinery, flying sparks, hot cinders, and strong sulphuretted hydrogen. Another advantage is, increased speed—the average rate of travelling by the atmospheric power being fifty miles an hour, while the highest velocity of travelling on the fastest line, by steam, is thirty miles an hour ; and, in a country where time is appreciated as property of great value, this must be considered of paramount importance did it exist alone ; but when speed can be secured at less expense, and with increased safety and comfort, no doubt can exist to which system the most decided prefer ence is to be given." In the " Game of Chess by the Electric Telegraph," there are some amusing speculations as to the singular effects that may he produced by the electric current; for example, when her Majesty visits the House of Lords, the salutes might be repeated at every sta tion in England; instead of blowing. up a ship at the distance of six miles, by one of Captain Warner's projectiles, we should he enabled to do so at the dis ta.nee of a thousand. Humanity should compel every butcher to kill animals by electric galvanism, which would spare them all pain and suffering. There is an explanation of the signs of the Zodiac, showing how the figures are appropriated to the seasons they repre sent ; a chapter of Agricultural Chemistry ; Antista tic Printing, and various other subjects of interest or instruction. THE FARMERS' MAGAZINE. This milkazine is full of gractical information on all subjects connected with a p o-ricullttre. The present number contains reports of the i tneetings of the Royal Society, the Farmer's Club, and the exhibition of im plements, the continuation of " Chemistry for Far mers," and directions for draining, manures, fatten ing stock, &c. There is an engraving of "Emma," a short-horned heifer, who gained the first prize at the York cattle-show in 1842 ; but the principal fea ture for this month is the portrait of Dr. Liebig, and the sketch of hi 3 life by Dr. Smith, formerly one of his pupils. THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. The principal engraving for this month represents that anxious and exciting moment, the " Starting for the Derby." The impatient spectators are grouped around, while the jockeys are endeavouring to form their horses in a line—no easy task, as may be seen by the eager, restless movements of the excited ani mals. They understand, as well as their riders, the object of the race, but they cannot see the necessity of " starting fair," and thus, like many of their betters, they retard, by their over-impatience, the moment they desire. It is a hard matter to win a race, but it is a yet harder task " To curb the fiery steed In emulation's eager speed." The literary department is, as usual, confined to sport ing pursuits. "Le Chasseur au Chien d'Arret," is both instructive and amusing; it consists of some prac tical advice given to the young sportsman on the field of action, delivered in a quaint and humorous style. " One Cheer more for the Game laws," is, of course, an attempt to excuse, or at least extenuate, the severe regulations for preserving ff n ame. There are some usefulremarks " On the Effects of Weight on Horses," by Harry Hie'over; anecdotes of foreign lands, and the usual routine of " Sporting Intelli gence." TILE NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE. The engravings for this month consist of a spirited' sketch of " Salmon Fishing in the Highlands " and "Dead Beat," an illustration of one of the most un lucky accidents that can befal the hunter. The noble horse, having strained every nerve to :he uttermost, lies still and lifeless on the ground, while his unfor tunate master stands helpless by his side. To judged from the expression of his face, the sufferings of his hire do not excite much sympathy; instead of ex claiming with Fitz-James— " We worth the chase, wo:wcrth the day, That cost thy life, my g allant crrey," he seems disappointed at being 'left behind, and t-uzzied how to act. The literary department is full of variety. T::ere is an interesting account of otters and otter- hounds, some am tp ing anecdotes of elephant hunts, and numerous articles on fishing, yachting, poaching—in short, on every subject likely to in terest or instruct the sportsman. COURT CIRCUL A R. The Queen and -Prince Albert walked yesterday morin3g in the 'Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode uut on horse hack, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess loyal, and the Princess Alice, were ta;i.en air ings yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the D,,wager Lady Lyttelton. The Commission for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in re-building the Palace of Westminster, met in one of the Committee looms of the House of Commons at three o'clock yesterdly afternoon, his Royal High ness Prince Albert presiding. The Prince and the Corami,sioners, attended by Mr. Barry the arohi . cet, and Mr. F,aitlake, the Secretary of the Commission, cent over the building of the new HunseA of Parliament. Prince Albert, attend, d by Colonel IVylde, left, at live o'clock; why-n the Commissioners broke up. The Commi,si )ners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Visc , unt .Palrnerston, the Right Hoe. the Speaker, bird Mahon, Sir P►obert Harry Inglis, and Mr. Ilallam. Royal Highness Prince Albert honourel Sir Ri chard Westmacott with a visit yesterday afternoon, at his residence in South Audley-street. The Marchioness of Douro has succeeded the Vis cluntess Jocelyn as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. An 1 Captain the lion. Arthur buncombe has suceeed'A Sir Frederick Stovin as the Groom in Waiting to her M-2jesty, The Prince of Leiningen visited her Majesty tine Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. his Serene Highness also paid visits to their Royal iihzh nrsses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Gr Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburt-th Strelitz, Prince George, and the Grand Duchess Ste phanie of Baden, at their respective residences. Th Queen and Prince Albert, accompart'ed by the Prince of Leiningen, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite iu eluded the Marchioness of Douro. Lady Caroline Cocks, Viscount Sydney, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Colonel Wylde. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (at trnded by Lady Anna Maria Dawson) also honoured the Opera with her presence. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dow tiger yesterday, at Marlborough House. The christening of the infant Earl of Angus and Arran, son of the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, took place at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a select circle, in St. James's Chapel, Pad dington. Among the company preitent were her Royal highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Douglas, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Earl rind' ' Countess of Lincoln, Viscount and Viscountes Canning, Mr. and Lady Louisa Os wald, Baroness de Strumfeder, and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein. After the ceremony all the company present returned with the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas to their residence in Connaught-place, where a dejeune was served to the distinguished party. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar was present at the christening. The Duchess of Kent — visited the Duchess of Glou• center yesterday, At Gloucester House. Piide: Ernest of Hesse i'ililippstahl visited the Duke and Dw•hess of Cambrido yesterday, at Cambridge House. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz visited the Grand Duchess Stepltt..7 7 • of Baden yesterday, at the Duke of Hamilton residence, in Portman-square. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden honoured the French Ambt.ssador and the Countess St. Aulair with her docrwany at dinner yesterday, at the residence of the Embassy, in Manchester-square. Her Royal Highness was attended by Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron de Schreckenstei n . Mr. 'King, from the National Bank of Ireland, and a deputation had an interview with the Chancellor of a e Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ir street. — Earl Cathcart had an interview e with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Coloniabo The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, held a rneeting . yestcrday afternoon at l . office in Whitehall place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Bangor, dashrlille, Chester, St. rrhefield, Lincoln, David's, Ely, Gloucester and Itristol Rochester, and Worcester, the Lord ' Council, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of s'ent of the the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Right Besborough, Nichol]. Hon. John Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. Pusey, and Mr. Gilbert John Heathcote, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The French Ambassador transacted business yester day at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Chichester had an interview yesterda y w ith Lord Stanley. Lady Peel left town yesterday for Drayton Manor, Sta ffordsh ire. The Postmaster-General and the Chairman of the .; xcise had interviews with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday. Dispatches from the Governors of the West India Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial- office. Dispatches were received in the afternoon from the Go vernor of Hong-Kong. Dispatches were sent off yester day from the Colonial-office for the Governor of the Falkland Islands, and also for the Governor of Gibraltar. The additions which her Majesty has made to the Osborne estate, Isle of Wight, by purchase of contiguous property, comprises the Woodhouse estate, which includes the Isle of Wight racecourse, and the whole of the land from Osborne and Barton to Ring's Quay-creek. The Woodhouse estate was the property of the Hon. W. H. A'Court Holmes, M.P. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY_ EVENING, MAY 7, 1845. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Tuesday) Evening contained : The Conclusiun of the Day's Proceedings before the Railway Committees and the Standing Orders Committee of the House of Commons. The course of Exchange. The whole of the Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the Proceedings in the House of Lords up to the hour of Adjourn ment. The List of Appointments, Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. The latest Market Intelligence. The Latest Prices of Shares in Railways, Banksl Assurance, and other Companies Stock. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, 245. bound, MEMOIRS OF PRINCE CHARLES STUART, Commonly called " TIIE YOUNG PRETENDER." With Notices of the Rebellion in 1745. BY CHARLES LOUISCLOSE, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, Great Marlborough-street. ORDERS for MR. D'l SR AELI'S NEW WORK, " SYBIL ; or, the TWO NATIONS," are requested to be sent to the Booksellers in Town and Country, by Thursday, the Sth of May, to prevent disappointment. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, 1E LF. By the Author of CECIL. In 3vols. post Bvo. " One of the best novels of fashionable life that the last three or four years have produced—a work of sterling character—having every quality of a first-rate novel of society and manuers."—Court Journal. " Replete with 'spirit and touches of a fine or feeling nature. There is an intimate acquaintance with the state of high life and political society forty years ago; and many individuals (the Prince. Regent, Lord Eldon, Sir Henry Halford, Sir William Knighton, &c.) are mentioned by name, and many more so obviously pdetraits of living persons that they cannot be mistaken."—Literary Gazette. " The story is full of interest—will be read by everybody, and must become a universal favourite."—Naval and Military Gazette. " Self' is full of purpose, character, and moral ; and lest we should induce the mere seeker for amusement to turn away, let us acid that it is also full of jnterest, pathos, and wit."—Weekly Chron. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Arespectable Family in the highlands can accommodate TWO or THREE BOARDER'S. They lice hi a beautiful and romantic part of the country, where Fishing and Shooting can be obtained. A Gentleman, his wife, and son or daughter would be preferred. For references and further particulars, apply by letter, addressed J. C., 115, York-road, Lambeth. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully nformed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the subscription), TO-MORROW EVENING When will be performed Mozart's Opera, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Madame Rita Borio ; Zerlina, Madame Anaide Castellan ; Don Giovanni, Sig. Foinasari ; Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario ; Il Commandatore, Sig. Botelli; Masetto, F. Lablache ; Leporello, Sig. Lablache. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will dance some of their favourite Pas, including " Pas de Miroirs," and the " Pas des Fleurs." In the course of the Evening, the celebrated Spanish Dancer, Dona Manuella Perea, known as La Rena, will appear in the National Spanish Dance El Ole." The New Divertissement, entitled LA BACCHANTE. Characters by Mdlle. Lucile Gralin; Mdlle. Moncelet, Cassan, M. Perrot. In the course of the Evening a Fantasia by Sig. Cavallini (First Clarinette at the Theatre Imperial La Scala). To conclude with the principal Tableaux of ONDIXE. Xpplications for Boxes, stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. FOIL TILE BENEFIT OF MR. SAPIO. TH IS EVENING Will he performed Rossini's Opera of TILE LADY OF THE LAKE. James the Fifth, of Scotland, Mr. D. W. King ; Rhoderick Dhu, Mr. W. Harrison: Malcolm Gneme, Miss Poole; Ellen Douglas, Miss Rainforth. After which, A CONCERT. A New Polka, by Mollie. Polin and M. Gasperin!. To conclude with the favourite Farce of DEAF AS A POST. Cap tain Templeton, Mr. Cooper ; Tristram Sappy, Mr. Harley. Dress Circle, is ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3s ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Pox-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, UR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDER,i. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farrell; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bossy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ;, Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Humby. After whicb, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vcstri, , , and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. u - sur.l.t THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI Positively the Last Night but Two of the Green Bushes. TIIIS EVENING Wlll be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Rlennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bediord ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which will be repeated, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STIL- Is ERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster, in which he will give his celebrated personation of the Emperor Napoleon; Margot (her original charac ' ter) _Madame Celeste. To conclude with a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LE3SEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will I:a perrined Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH. Mac beth, Mr. WalLtck ; Macdntr, Mr. Idenry Wallack ; Bat:quo, Mr. Archer; Lady Macbeth, Mk After which, a New Ballet Divertissement, entitled LE FETE DES PECHEURS. Principal Characters by Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Mar shall, Miss Bailin, and :Vim Marshall. To cowhide ;pith a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN LIVERY. Lord Sdarkle, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Paul Patent, Mr. Compton ; Violet, - Meg Ennal Stanley - . Stage Manager, Mr. /I. I. Wallack; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will he repeated a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollitlge, and Miss Dawson. To be followed by a New and Original Comedy, entitled OURINEW GOVERNESS. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews ' Wigan, Turner, Stanton, and Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss ,rden, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclutie with WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. The Box-office Is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. - • ST. .11 311.75'S THEATI:E.-FRENCII PLAYS. POSITIVELY THE LAST Ai'PEARANCE OF 31. _RAVEL, THIS EVENING Will be performed Li TANTE MAL-GARDEE. Anatole, 'Monsieur Ravel. After which, an entirely New Vaudeville, entitled RAVEL EN VOYAGE. Ravel, C medien, M. Ilavt.l; Ravinel, M. Ravel. T) followed by the First a:tot Second Acts of L'ETOURNEALT. Felix, M..nsieur Ravel. To conchal::: with LA RUE DE LA LUNE. Chevillard, M. Ravel. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence at Half-past. • ASTLEY'A ROYAL AMPIIITIED - ATRE. PROJ'AIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. po3itively the Last Week of the present splendid Routine of Attractive Novelties. _ _ Mr. BATTY, ever anxious to retain the patronage that has been so bountifully bestowed on this Establishment, feels a degree of plea sure in announcing the greatest combination of Foreign Equestrian 'relent that ever appeared in the Metropolis, he having engaged the whole of 31. Tournaire's Company of French, German, and Italian Artistes, and the entire Stud of highly-tutored horses. The Com pany embrace the following distinguished Professors :—M. Benoit Tournaire, 31. Ferdinand, M. Francois, 31. Ernest ; Signors Angursl and Rinaldo ; M. F. Blatt ; Mesdames Louise Klatt, Hubor, and Popowitz ; 11. Popowitz, the French Clown ; Herr Hubor, the Dutch Grotesque. This talented Corps will make their First Appea"ance on Whit Monday. A new Dramatic Spectacle, written expressly for this Eitablislimmt, by Mr. MoncrietT, the plot of which is taken from the works of Eugene Sue, will also be produced on the same occasion. The Amphitheatre will be closed on SATURDAY 'NEXT. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. . . Grandest IVeel:(;fthe Season—Last Nights of the American Samson, the Wonder of the World, and the real Water Spectacle. TIIIS EVENING _ _ _ Will be performed THEGITSEY FARMER ; or Jack and Jack's Brother. Supported by Messrs. liicks, Homier, Cowell, Mrs. H. Vining, Mrs. Ilimhts, Miss Martin, &e. After which, THE SMOKED MISER. Daring, Mr. Fredericks; Old Screw, Mr. Heslop ; Goliah Spiderlhnb, Mr. Vale ; Sally Ceres, Miss Martin. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with a Dramatic Spectacle, entitled THE CEDAR CHEST ; or, The Lord Mayor's Daughter. Supported by the whole Company. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to lour. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EA ACH E S. SEASON!-GRAND OPENING ET First Exhibition of tile Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by 11. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, IL R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. NOTICE.—The extreme unfavourable state of the weather ren dering it impossible to complete the unprecedented Pyrotechnic dis play, the OPENING IS UNAVOIDABLY POSTPONED TILL WHIT-MONDAY, the 12th Inst. A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland aed of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch, as it formerly existed, the Calton Bill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Cragge, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyroed Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Heckle." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and lie is delighted to say it met with 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. Denson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, including some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the Aresienon the Calton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun- L whicha y d t .t h ok eo And, d place , n i as a illuminationoolefrMajesty's rFinale, .4 Nelson's n,a h)1 o slid accuratelyisl l the r p eiolc o i n u gs „ Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty F ee t in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake! The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will he in troduced. The Tableau designed and and executed by Mr. Danson. Mr. Southhy has been occupied whichor months in giving effect to this matchless and superb design,ned with Pyrotechnic the Feux Displayn'Ar t 1- . flee, the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur rounding heights, will form brilliantthemc'ostrabi ever wi t nessed. of l i t i nessed }the Carnivore, at t Four ; Pelicans, &c., at ~tilling_ at Nine. la! Five : Concert, at Six; kadrri ndsls'yhr,hot, DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday afternoon, 1 , " tween four and five o'clock, Mr. E. Turner, of the Rising Sun, Brooksby.street, Barnsbury.road, Islington, was robbed of a small cash-box, containing notes and gold to upwards of 1101. The robbery was effected by three men, who were hanging about the house for some time, and of whom he had received a quantity of silver, for which he returned gold, and having occasion to go to the cellar a short time afterwards the robbery was effected. He unfor tunately exhibited his cashbox at the time of giving change, which the thieves took note crf, and having left it in the bar parlour, in his absence, they secured it and got safe off. THE AGE. —WESTMACOIT'S CRITICAL CATALOGUE of ALL the PAINTINGS in the ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. DOUBLE ITS USUAL SIZE ON SATURDAY NEXT, May 10. THE NEW AGE is full of Original Articles—Political, Literary, and Dramatic. _ _ —.—..—. Office, corner of York-street, Catherine-street, Strand, where Advertisements are requested to be sent before Nine o'clock on Friday night. CHESTER CUP. EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS. IF OUR ARRANGEMENTS " COME OFF ALL RIGHT," THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, MAY 7. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 50; Noon, 49. BAROMETER, 29.7 7.—WIND, N. Nom—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the I hermometer during the preceding twenty -four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 23 minutes after 2 I Evening .. 41 minutes after 2. complement, surely the Admiralty is demoralising the spirit of the general service. Now, let us see what is the evidence to this vital matter of the " manning" from other quarters ; and (always bearing in mina what are the grave pos sibilities, we should be sorry to write " probabilities," of a naval collision in the Western Hemisphere) what are the very important bearings which the question assumes in the event of such a war, and on the honour and prosperity of this country ? _ _ From an officer of the Superb, Sir C. NAPIEI had learned that there were on board that large man-of- war not more than forty able seamen. " Well- behaved" men there were, in plenty; but they knew nothing of naval affairs; and so it was with most of our ships of the line. The men were anxious to do their duty, but the crews were of inferior quality. Yet we could obtain as good men as any navy ever boasted by setting about the object after a right manner. We find it impossible to deny the grievous discouragement which seamen—who are naturally enough animated by the hope of re alising their hard-earned prize money—must ex perience under such scurvy treatment and cruel disappointments as they had lately to encounter in respect of their successful operations on the coasts of Syria and of China. But we cannot reconcile, with the conduct of any great State department, con ducted by people of common sense, or having but an ordinary acquaintance with the universal impulses of human nature, the perseverance of our Admiralty in any system of admitted annoyance and injustice to the men at a period of such pregnant eventfulness as the present. The Government was broadly ac cused by Sir CHARLES NAPIER of being afraid to issue a proclamation for able seamen to come forward, under the probability of a war, because they would have to pay 101. bounty to each. For, since there should be 40,000 men in the navy, the whole bounty would amount to 400,000/., which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not like to pay. Whilst scores and hundreds of thousands are laid out by a willing country on the palaces and establishments of royalty, how ever, there must be no question as to finding 400,000/.'for bounty to able seamen, wherever else the money is to be economized, whenever the emergency arises. And since impressment, in the present state of public opinion, and (let us be candid to ourselves, and look our own exi gencies in the face) of our political relations, would be absolutely impracticable on any great scale, it is well that we should accustom ourselves to contemplite the scale, at least, of the alternative we may have to adopt. That alternative will have all the advantages of being a con stitutional, a most popular, and most efficient ore; and we may depend upon it, it will determine the event of any naval struggle, were it against the whole maritime powers of the world, at once in our favcar. There would be no danger of complaint of a deficient supply of able seamen; we might rather fear to have to encounter a redundant mass of applicants. It seems that a paper was recently laid before the American Congress which showed that, out of 115,000 men in the whole naval mer cantile service of the United States, 100,000 were fo reigners. Of these probably 90,000 are Englishmen, who, said the same Gallant Officer from whom we have just quoted, "in case of war, would leave that service and come into the English, provided a proper remunera tion was held out, and the slavish mode of impressment was not resorted to." Mr. CHARLES WOOD, the late Whig Secretary to the Admiralty, assured the House that never since 1835 was the fleet of this country in so weak and defenceless a state, as during the last year. When we read such statements, pronounced by such men, we can scarcely suppose that we are not dreaming; so impossible does it seem to us to believe that men in one of the most re sponsible posts of public service, and with a full know ledge of all the threatening aspects of the political ho• rizon around them, can thus have been tampering with the duties of their station and their trusts. Lord IN GESTRE, in fact, confirmed Mr. WOOD'S assertion—for he complained that last year, only, the Cornwallis, and another ship, was sent out without their full complement of either men, guns, or arms. If Mr. SIDNEY HER BERT imagines that his very jejune assurances to the Homo that these things were so, because the Govern ment did not think there was any necessity for adding to the strength of our home service, and that on foreign stations our ships were all fully manned, will countervail the impression produced by the speeches produced by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, Captain PECHELL, Lord INGESTRE, and Captain BERKELEY, he is very egregiously deceived. We do implore every Member of the House of Com mons, of whatever party, considering the feverish state of many of our relations, both in the Old World and the New, not to relax one effort or any one eligible °ppm tunity, to keep up the Admiralty to the practical redemption of the full pledge which we conceive Sir GEORGE COCK BURN to have given to the full manning of all our ships of war, and the rerfect equipment of all our sea-going ships. WI attver the defects and errors of the past, we are willing to hope everything of the future from the undertakings of an officer of so distinguished a profes sional reputation and personal character as Sir GEORGE CDCKBUBN. Admiral DUNDAS bas addressed a letter to one of his constituents, in which he gives certain reasons for changing his opinion, or, more properly speaking, his vote, on the Maynooth grant. Among other reasons, he states that he " voted for the intoduction of the Bill, and for Mr. WARD'S motion, in the hope that the funds to pay the proposed grant would be defrayed from the super abundant revenues of the Protestant Church of Ireland: , Now, if the Gallant Admiral voted fo r the introduction of the Bill on any such g rounds, he could not have heard id he speech t himselfo qtr the keven the slighte s t hope that Mr. WARD'S [motion would b e carr i ed. Were n t g other Liberal Members, who have stood to their principles with such unflinching firmness, to imitate this example, the measure would be defeated, and all hopes of con ciliating Ireland be utterly destroyed. WC care not for words. It is easy to talk about a just appropriation of Church property, a fair and liberal registration, and an addition to the number of Irish Members in the United Parliament ; but can these objects be obtained now, and is nothing to be done--is not even an instalment to be accepted, till the whole amount of justice is granted ? From several allusions in the letter, we are led to believe that some thing elfe than the good of Ireland has led to this change. Moral courage is a much nobler quality than physical courage. For the faithful discharge of Parlia mentary duties it is indispensable, and perhaps it is equally indispensable in an officer appointed::. to any important command in her MAJESTY'S service. Madrid journals of the 29th nit. have been received. They are chiefly filled with accounts of the magnificent fete given by Queen CHRISTINA at Vista Alegre on the anniversary of her birth-day. The following persons have been appointed Gentlemen of the QUEEN'S Bed chamber:—Colonel Pcdro Quiros, brother to the Mar quis de Santiago, M. Jose de Salamanca, M. Jose Maria Huet, Brigadier Norzagaray, M. Jeso Maria Moored, and M. Chacon, Political Chief of Madrid. The Spanish Government have forbid the entrance into Spain from France of all descriptions of beasts of burden, as it fears that the malignant disorder now raging amongst cattle in certain parts of Germany, and which is said to have made its appearance in the south of France, may extend into Spain. _ _ The Three per Cents. closed at 35 for cash, and 35 9-16 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 25 15-16 at 60 days ; the Coupons, at 28- at 60 days ; and the Debt without interest at 8:4- for cash, and 9 at 60 days. The French Chamber of Deputies commenced on Monday the discussion of the Bill for arming the forti fications of Paris. Several Members spoke against the measure, but the debate excited nu interest, and indeed so little regard was paid to the speeches that at one period of the sitting the noise of conversation drowned the voice of the speaker, and he appealed to the Pre sident for protection. General LEYDET opposed the Bill, because he considered the measure unnecessary. At Vincennes there were guns and mortars enough to mount the walls, but independent of that he thought it exceedingly ill-timed to make those warlike prepara tions in a time of profound peace, and when there was every appearance that peace would be preserved with all the nations of Europe. M. CoawE also opposed the Bill on two grounds. The expense ho thought enormous, and one-half of the sum of 17,000,000 f. would be quite sufficient. Besides, Paris was not like other strong places, and the contest should be made, not at the walls of the capital, but on the frontiers. M. DAnU spoke on the other side, and said the fortifications, without guns and stores, would be entirely useless—merely masses of stone and mortar. M. LASTEYRIE was not suprised that Frenchmen viewed this scheme with suspicion while so little was done on the frontiers to repel an invading army, and Alsace was left open to foreign attacks. It was generally believed, however, that the sum would be voted, but with certain restrictions. The National can see no real danger to the inhabitants of Paris from these fortifications. They will only have a moral effect, and tend to repress any aspirations ails, ii.;)erty •Ine to the existing Government. " On the 'cast reflection," says that journal, "it will be admitted that the cannot placed in the forts or on the continuous wall could 'toyer be employed but to put down a revolu tion ; but, although powerless as effective means they may become very perilous as means of prevention. Per suade an entire pcpulation that at the first disturbance Paris will be bombarded; render this fear general, espe cially among those who have houses and shops—among the bourgeoisie who possess property—and you will see the whole of that bourgeoisie turn with violence against those who should have been excited to revolt by an attempt against the national sovereignty. This is what has been calculated upon. It was, above all, the moral effect that was aimed at—it is by preventive intimida tion that it is hoped to prevent revolution, and to secure the strongest chances by placing beforehand the timid 1 On the side of the Government." The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers A letter frota Lucerne of the Ist, informs us that the elections for the Grand Council of that State had commenced, and were proceeding in favour of the Liberals. In the town of Lucerne, out of seven members returned, six are of the Liberal party. The same letter gives an account of a curious sentence, at Nidwald, upon a Lieut. Nermaun, who had joined the free corps in the attack upon Lucerne. He is condemned to stand in the public market-place for four hours with a rod in his hand, then to be Slogged with it, and afterwards to be imprisoned for six months, during which he is to receive " religious instruction." Serious disturbances have taken place at Villalon, six leagues from Valencia. The inhabitants of this little town have always been addicted to smuggling, and their houses have had the repute tion of being filled with smuggled goods. Lately, the civil guard having attempted to seize some articles, four of them were killed. As soon as General Manso, the Captain-General of Valladolid, heard of this, he proceeded to the town at the head of five battalions of infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and a company of engineers, and occupied the place on the 22d. He immediately published severe orders, calling upon the inhabitants to deliver up their arms and the smuggled goods which they possessed. The leaders took to Bight, and the rest gave in. Upwards of 300 muskets were taken, and visits were being made to seize the goods when the last ac. counts left. Two of the men sentenced to death at Ravenna were guillo_ tined on the 19th, and the punishment of the third, who was under age, has been commuted into the galleys for life. They were con. victed of having resisted the officers of the law, and killed a brigs. dier of carabineers and a soldier of a Swiss regiment quartered at Ravenna. Eighteen of their accomplices have been condemned to the galleys for different limited periods. The French Three per Cents. closed on the .Sth at 85f. 70c.; the Five per Cents. at 120£ 40c. ; Orleans shares, 1,210 f. ; Rouen, 1,082 f. 50c. ; Havre, 865 f. ; Avignon, 1,020£ ; Basle, 270 f. ; Spanish Actives, 401 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 42 ; Spanish Passives, 7i. The following are the quotations of shares for the new lines : Orleans and Bordeaux, 225 f. premium; Boulogne, 170 f. pre mium; Troyes and Montereau, 75f. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 17f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons (Calon), 2f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron), 10f.; Northern Line (Laffitte), 30f.; Ditto (Ro samel), Bf. 50. e.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 15f. ; Ditto (Drouillard), par; Ditto (O'Neill), 15f.; Ditto (Jacques Lefevie), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 30E 50c.; Ditto ( Talabot), 32f. 50c.; Ditto (Compagnie. Meridiouale), 12f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), 15f.; Ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 16f. 25c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, 2f. 50c. LYONS, May 2.-=-Avignon and Marseilles, 985 E, end of May; Paris and Orleans, 1,195 E cash; Paris and Rouen, 1 . 062 f., end of May; Orleans and Vierzon, 7951., ditto; Orleans and Bor deaux, 671 f., ditto ; Boulogne, 621 E, ditto ; Nimes and Mont pelier, 595 E, ditto. Lady Charles Wellesley's accouchement took place on Monday at Apsley House, when her Ladyship was safely delivered of a son. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT.— Her Majesty. and Prince Albert intend proceeding to Osborne House, her Majesty's late purchase at the Isle of Wight, on Monday next, going down to Gosport by special train on the South-Western Railway, and em • barking from the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard on boatel tne Lightning steam tender, which vessel is or dered round from Woolwich specially for the purpose of conveying the royal party to the island. Her Majesty's stay at Osborne, we believe, will be short, the only object being to inspect the arrangements being made, and to determine on such, new alterations and improvements in the house and estates necessary and befitting the marine residence or the Sovereign.: THIS DA Y's NEWS. CHANCERY.-(1 HIS DAY.) 'WILLIE U. INNES-JUDGMENT. TIIC LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, which was argued some time since, and the question in which related to certain extensive West India property. The case came before his Lord ship upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England overruling exceptions to the Masters' report, and a decree pronounced upon further direetions. His Lordship, after going at some length into the facts of the case, stated his opinien to be that the judgment of the Court below was correct, and must be affirmed with costs. The Court then proceeded to hear appeals. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The COURT took causes today, none of which were of any public interest. VICE—CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND). His HONOUR took short causes to-day, but in consequence of the absence of Ur. Stuart and Mr. Bethel' the Court disposed of but few of the cases on the paper, and rose shortly before 11 o'clock. (Before the Vice-Chancellor Kradirr Bevel.) His HoNotra took bankrupt petitions to-day, but no case of inte rest came before the Court. (Before the Vice-Chancellor Wianam.) Hia HONOUR took causes to-day. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) EVANS V. LAMB. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 141. 165., the ba lance of an account for money lent. The plaintiff is a young lady, residing at present with her relatives in Rood.latm, City. The de fendant is a solicitor in Bucklersbury. It appeared from the evi dence, that the plaintiff; who had the misfortune to be an orphan, had been acquainted with a gentleman at the west end of the town (whose name was not allowed to transpire), but the acquaintance being abruptly broken eft; she applied to the present de fendant to firing an action for breach of promise, but which was settled by the " gay deceiver" paying over to her 100 guineas. On that suns being paid to her, defendant begged the loan of 601. or 701., and plaintiff lent him 651 on his written acknowledgment and promise to repay it when called upOn. He repaid some part, but left, as the plaintiff alleged, a balance of 141. 16s. The defendant contended that the real balance was only 1/. 55., and that that sum he was authorised to pay over to a third party on her acconnt, Tie accounts were somewhat intricate, and the most serious part of the dispute arose out of a sum of 101., which the defendant alleged he had paid or behalf of the plaintiff for some fixtures in a shop. He admitted that he never pail that sum in fact, although, to deceive the plain tiff", uncle, he had written a letter saying that he had done so, but had withdrawn it again, thinking it would be better for the plaintiff not to have anything to do with the speculation—that the looney was in fact given to her. This, and some trifling payments alleged to have been made, reduced the balance to the 11. ss. The de.. fendant's clerk was called, and deposed that the plaintiff admitted that 1/. ss. only was ow ivg—it bad not, however, been paid, as plaintiff had had a book and a ring of defendant's, which she never returned. In tact, defendant charged her with stealing them. They had previously been on friendly terms. Mr Secondary POTTER expressed his regret that the matter had not been arranged by friends. The question for the jury war, whe ther the plaintiffhad been misled, or had misunderstood the ac counts. The defendant's letter as to the I 0/. was subsequent to the alleged settlement ; thus the jury had to say whether it con. firmed tile balance claimed, or was sent, as defendant suggested, without any real foundation. The jury consulted nearly half an hour, and then gave a verdict for N. ss. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. (THIS DAY.); A person of very fashionable appearance, dressed en militaire, who gave the name of Walter Murray, and was stated to be au officer in the army, was charged with committing a violent assault upon a labouring man, named James Murphy. The com plainant stated that between five and six o'clock yesterday even lug, as he was proceeding to St. George's Hospital to see his wife, who is an in.patient there, in crossing thl end of the Ride in Hyde-park, opposite the residence of the Duke of Wel lington; with a child about'two years old in his arms, the defendant, who was on horseback, rode againstlitiim, and to prevent himself from falling, he placed his left hand on the hind part of the de fendant's horse.; the defendant rode on for a short distance, and then returning struck him a severe blow on the top of his head with the butt.end of his riding-whip, which instantly felled him to the ground. A female passing by snatched up his child, which had fallen out of his arms into the road, and the police having witnessed the violent nature of the assault, took the defendant into custody. The female in question corroborated the complainant's statements. The defendant acknowledged having struck the complainant, but alleged that he did so because the complainant had kicked his horse.—The complainant denied having done so. Mr. MALTBY (to the defendant)—You will pay a fine of 51., or undergo two months' imprisonment. The defendant immediately paid the tine, and was discharged, FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MAY 4.—The King presided to.day in a Council of Ministers. The Chamber of Representatives did not terminate yesterday the debate on the convention. The project of law, as it now stands, retains the statu quo for rye, barley, and oats. It increases the number of the regulating markets to 22f., which is at present 12f. Wheat, when it rises to the price of 20f. per hectolitre may, according to the existing law, be imported into Belgium free of duty ; in future it will pay 12f. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes, when the average is between 20f. and 22f., and 3f. when the average is between 22f. and 24f. Such are the changes at present contemplated in our corn.law. Baron Rothschild, of Frankfort, arrived at Brussels yesterday. The Gazelle of Mans says—" The fears which the falling in of the Tunnel of Cumpitch excited in the country made it the duty of the Government to take every precaution for the public safety. We are glad to announce that a Commission of civil and military engineers, appointed by the Government, has visited the Tunnel of Brain; inspected the works, and found the tunnel in the best cen. dition possible.—Brupsots Papers, May 5. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Aram 29. 5 per Cent. 3letalliques 4 per Cent. ditto. 102 3 per Cent. ditto. . Loan, 1834 • 155 Ditto, 1839 ............ Bank Shares 1650 Esterhazy's Loan RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Fsalinah.l 189% Venice—Milan • ....... .... • • • • • • • • • • • • 128 y i Gloggnitz • Leghorn• .... Pesth • • . . —Allgemeine Zeltnng, May 2. VISITORS TO THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—MY. Wordsworth, and Mr. Rogers, the celebrated poets, visited the Royal Exchange yesterday, and went ever the extensive establishment of Lloyd's. Although the author of the "Pleasures of Memory " is well-known in the City from his connexion with the bank of Rogers, Olding, and Co., still the visit of " Sam Rogers," as he is familiarly, but with respectful deference, called in business, with his contemporary Wordsworth, could not fcil to attract attention, Nltllle to tho.:y, , who the works of both an introduction to, or the there oppor tunity of being a silent observer of such well-known and esteemed authors, must have been highly gratifying. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY. QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 20,000 bales, without any change in prices. Speculators took about two thirds. Cotton was Creel, offered. Shares were generally quiet. Barnsley Junction, 3% 3%; Ditto, Half Shares, 1% 1%; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chester Junction, 9%; Bir mingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 1 / ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Belfast and Ballymena, 8 ; Caledonian, 10%; ; Ditto Extension, 3% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 774 ; • Chester and Birkenhead, 50 50 1 / 2 ; Ditto, New Shares, 42% 45 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 24 25% ; Chester and Holyhead, 17 1 / ; Churnet Valley, 6 3 / 4 ; Clitheroe Junction, 3%; Cork and Bandon, 6'y s ; Dublin and Galway, 5 3s. 9d. ; Dundee and Perth, 3% ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 3% ; Eastern Counties, 19%, with new; Edin burgh and Perth, 15s. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 295. ; Glas gow and Ayr, Quarter Shares, 8 3 / 4 ; Grand Junction, 232 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 58 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 19 3 % 20% ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 61 / ; Great Noah of Scotland, 3 31 /s ; Great Southern and Western Extension, 13% ; Limerick and Waterford, 8% 8 ; Liverpool, Orms kirk, and Preston, 565. 6d. ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 32% ; Londonderry and Coleraine, 3% ; London and York, 4% 915.; Direct Northern, 665. 3d. 3%; Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% ; Leeds and Think, ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6 1 / 6 1 / ; Manchester and Bir mingham, New Quarter Shares, 5% 5%; Manchester and Buxton, 5%; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 5 3 / 4 ; Manchester and Leeds, 144 1 % 145 ; Midland Railway, 156; Ditto, 401. Shares, 18 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 3 3 / 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 5 with new ; Newcastle and Ber wick, 15% ; Newry and Enniskillen, 4%; North Kent, 66% ; North Western, 4% 4%; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 91s. 6d. 4%; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, 2% ; Runcorn Gap, Preference Shares, 35 1 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 121 119 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 2 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 5% ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4% ; South-Eastern and Dover, 33% 40 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 6 3 / 4 % ; Scottish Cen tral, 7 1 / 7%; Trent Valley, 18 1 / 2 ; Ditto Continuation, 2 1% ; Welsh Midland, 2% 274 ; West Yorkshire, 8 1 4 8 ; Worcester and Tring, ; Whitehaven and Furness, 2,4 ; York and Carlisle, 3% 1 / 2 ; Great Paris and Lyons, 39 5. I Northern of France, English and French, 5% 5%; Ditto (Rosamel's), English, 2% ; Paris and Lyons, English (Laffitte's), ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 51s. 6d. 51s. ; Paris and Rouen, 42% ; Paris and St. Quentin, 38s. 6d ; Verona and Ancona, 48s. 6d. 503. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 6.—The sales are :—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 3% ; Barnsley Junction, 4 3% ; Belfast Ballymena, and Carrickfergus, 8 %; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9%; Black burn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 11 ; Bristol and Exeter, New Shares, 7% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 3 / 4 ; Churnet Valley, 674 ; 'Clitheroe Junction, 3% 1 , 4 prem. ; Dublin and Galway, 4%; Glasgow and Dumfries, 275. Ed. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 5% 3% ex new ; Hud dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 7%; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 11 1 % ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6 1 / ; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 37 ; Liverpool, Oimskirk, and Preston, 2 11-16 3 / 4 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 33 32 1 ; London and Wor cester, Oxford and Rugby, 4 5-16 ; Manchester and Bir mingham, New Quarter Shares, 7%; Manchester and Bux ton, 5%-; Newark and Sheffield, 5; North Wales, 3% ; North Western, 5% 5; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2% 7-16 ; Scottish Central, 7% ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 395. 1 15-16 ; South Eastern, No. 1, 15 ; Ditto, No. 2, 14% ; Trent Valley, 18 ; Ditto, Continuation and Holyhead Junc tion, 3% ; West Yorkshire, 8% 1 ,4; Whitehaven and Fur ness, 2%; Paris and Lyons (English), 2%. There are accounts of the middle of January from Sydney, which furnish the revenue returns for the year ending 31st December last. These exhibit a very decided falling off, the total income being 249,0571., or 45,1651. less than in 1843. The only increase was on tobacco, distillery licenses, and assessments of stock. Trade was steadily improving, and better prices were realised for most imports. A copy of the official notice by the Government of Buenos Ayres, enforcing a still stricter blockade of Monte Video. is posted at the Hall of Commerce, and excites a good deal of attention on the part of those connected with the trade to that part of the world, and a good deal of anxiety is felt to ascertain whether our Government really will use proper ex tions to forward a termination of the war. The Engiish Stock Market continues rather flat, and there is still rather a disposition to sell. Consols have been 98% % for Money, and 98% f t for Account, being the turn lower than yesterday. Exchequer-bills have realised 565. to 545. premium. The New Three- and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 100% to %. The Foreign Securities have been very dull. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 30 1 / 4 , and the Three per Cents. 41%. Portuguese Converted have been marked 67%; Mexican Stock has been at 36% to 37%. An average business is doing in Railway Shares, but they are not buoyant. Churnet Valley have been as low as 5% ; Caledonian are firm ; North Kent have been at 5 ; London and York have improved_ to 4% 3 / 4 ; Direct Northern are without alteration ; West-End and Southern Counties Junc tion are 14 to 1 % premium ; South-Eastern are much the same. French Shares are firmer. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock'.. ... .. 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents looth I A A 100 1 4 Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11 1 4 5-16 11 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ll% 11% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 , 11% 11% India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001... .-. _ 68 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Bank Stock for Account... ..... Consols for Account... Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 1%d.... 56 54 pm. 56 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ... 56 54 pm. 54 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. IBrazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. 42 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... • ...... Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15 3 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account 37% 36% 37 1 4 36% Ditto. Deferred Ditto, Debentures Peruvian Bolds, 6 per Cents — Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted — Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. ... ~ ...... Ditto, Account' 41% 4 Belgian Bonds, 4 1 A per Cent — 98, Dutch, 2 1 A per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 97% 97 3 4 PRICES OF CLOSING FAIR. A ONE O'CLOCK. 111ILWAY SHARES PRICES. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 89% 43 414 Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% VA Birming. and Gloucesterloo 1361,2 136 137... Ditto 1 Shares Bri'ton, Lewes, & Bast. 10 Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto New - Bristol and Ciloucoster... 30 ...... Caledonian Caml.nl, - .lge and Lincoln 11; 2 ...... T3zB 8% 7 :-N Chester and Holyhead... 5 (linnet Valley Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 / 2 D i•e•.:•t Northern - A 4 3IA Dublin and Belfast 3 une. 4: 2 ll Dublin, Belllvt, and . . .. . . Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 2i/ 2 4 14 Ni '43 Dublin and Mullingar... 2 1 / 2 4 N ;- !i 1 /• Eastern Couuties 25 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1—.5/. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2 Eastern Union 66 3 A 30 Ditto Extension Edinbn - rgh and Glasgow 50 Great South. and West. (Inland) Ditto Extension Great North of Seotlaud 2 1 A ... . 9 :!4 Great North of England..loo 196 Ditto New.... Harwich IIti!l and Selby 5O lO7 109 D.). half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 London and Birminghin (Stock) Do. 1 4 Shares Do.N CIV Thirds London and Blackwall. 161. 13s 4d. 91 /s% London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d l B l4l : . London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d — London and S. Western 41162 10d Do. New London and York Londonderry &Coleraine 21 , .'s 3% 3" - , Lynn and Ely Manche:ter and Birmin. 40 5 8 1 l Midland 100 Do. New Midland, Binn., Derby 100 ll7 115 ll5 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 4 l5 14% Newry and Enniskillen. 2 'A North British Northern and Eastern... 45 North Kent Newark and SLeffield ... 1 1 / 2 — •••.••...••... Perth and Inverness ... 2% Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland l l / 2... 3% 4 , Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2l/, . 4 5 / 8 1 ,4... South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 40 39% Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 / 4 /2 Staines and Richmond... 1 Snith Wales 2 l/ 53.4 South Devon... l5 Trent Valley - 2 West End and Southern Counties West Cornwall ..... 1 1 4... . 414... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and A miens... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Jamaica Junction l% — ••• ,...• Lyons and Avignon 2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 4 1 ,/,„3,1 ; Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux... 9 Over Yssel 4733 4d 3 Yi Paris & Lyons, Lattitte's - Paris ned Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse .... 4 ...... p[) 974 (} /4 1 , 1 JOINT ;7•11. WL bANL:q t , British I\ ~rth American 50 ..... ___ Colonial 15 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of London 2 1 /-: 2 641/4 .96 43 109 24 43 234 32 1 / 441 9 63 18% 10 28 1 ) 141)4 5 17 3 A €6 414 39% 13% 6174, 41,i 5% 29 10% 2 IA 5 2 %4 4 4 ; 5% 15 RAIL \VA Y COMMiTTEES. (THIS DAY.) Group F. LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. This Committee met to.day at twelve o'clock, the Right Hon. F. Shaw in the chair. The room was immediately cleared on the re -assembling of the Committee. On our return, The CHAIRMAN intimated that with the report of the Board of Trade, the statement of counsel, and the ma p s before them, the Committee considered they had sufficient before them, re specting traffio, without going further into that question. Mr. AUSTIN replied that there was no dispute between the Great Companies respecting the sufficiency of the tra ffi c to sup port a line of railway in the district, yet there were peculiarities in the kind of traffic which would require witnesses to be examined about it, in order to do justice to his case. After an understanding being expressed that th e evidence oil traffic should be abridged as much as possible, consistenly with doing justice to the subject of inquiry, the examination of witnesses Wee resumed. Mr. R. Smith, mining agent to Lord Ward, was first examined. There were 22 blast furnaces on his Lordship's estate. Lord Ward's mining property was situated principally in the the parish of Kingswinford. The get of iron stone district was 1,400,000 tons yearly. In the blasting of this clua n " tity of iron stone there was required other materia ls, principal'? coal and lime, to the amount of 4,212,000 tons. Altogether th e quantity of material annually in motion would be abo ut 5,620,00 d tons. The daily material in motion was 16,212 tons, a n the hourly 1,333. The export trade of the district Wls 224,000, principzlly to the north, and on the narrow gaUg e. He considered the narrow gauge best suited to the distriett as it would prevent the change of carriages in convering coal. The coal of the district was very friable, and cbavedg it from one waggon to another would depreciate it Pes ti !: Hitherto they had depended on the canal, but he considered baa insufficient. He was a shareholder in the Canal Comp an i . an— also become a shareholder in the Railway Company, from the lan' feeling that had induced him to be a shareholder of the forteer:-. the desire of affording the fullest possible accommodation to W e district. He considered from his experience, that compet ition be; tween canals was injurious, and thought it better that Govern Men. should regulate the rates of traffic for the protection of Public, Mr. WHATELEY was proceeding to cross-examine this witness behalf of certain shareholders of the Birmingham Canal CoIOPIWY° when our report left. Group 00. ; roam Committee re-assembled at twelve o'clock this day. .° tn . 17. Present, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Chairman '"" Divett, Mr. Hussey, Lord Ingestre, and Mr. G. W. Ileneage• THE YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RA.ILW4k RIDLINGTON ) Immediately after the Committee ßßANCH took their seats the r cos* was ordered to be cleared. ncl After a brief deliberation, the parties were st illed in, - formed by argil' The CHAIRMAN, that the Committee having considered th e tbe ments for and against the compensation clause claimed brnio Bridlington Pier and Harbour Commissioners, they w ere of op iv' i n that there were no grounds for inserting in the Bill a p roviso compensation. The clauses were then gone through, and „ g ot* The CHAIRMAN said be would report that the Bill hal bee " - through. Group N. WEST CORNWALL. h b o e ni d l e te sir r o i oc ed! On the assembling of the Committee, (te On Mr Rowe said he had only been informed yester-lai 8 "f t " i that it was the intention of the promoters of the Bill to Brea re' terminus close to the mansion of Lord Vivian, sented. His lawn and pleasure-grounds wou/d thu w s and as the line would come immediately under his drawing r d to windows, and destroy the foundations of the house, fr h e ha ~,,„ apply tu the Committee to tak steps to prevent them om e: o s ing this intention into effect. e The termini of raiiways were ar ol :___ delineated on the maps of the House of Common s, sad c asT quently he might be labouring under an erroneous ircPre ati t ti of the intentions of the promoters of the Bill. He did not colnthe tor• his Learned Friends, for they were not bound to epeo iy y minus in question on the map. . i d 00 Mr. BIRCHAM, on the part of the promoters of the Bill. said never was any intention of intruding on his Lordship's g`" 0 00 t w hort, d the The terminus in question would be erected on Garras the Truro Creek, within the limits of the town, and ber'n park-gates of his Lordship. fero t° The Committee thought that they ha no power to inter C° 0004 the way pointed out, and suggested that the L earned eh oul W d take his own course. Mr. hitley, a surveyor of some :fl Corn ld es' which Co wall, was then examined respecting the property affected by the line, more particularly the spot where the ter ° t hso .to tbS intended to be built, the greater part of which is little bet ter r a mud-bank, and which he thought would be the best sPe' " - o r o o uP purpose, and would be easy of access. The high water c° ,,, pre' to °arras wharf, and the mud-bank, part of which is t " . years' experience .- pate n t' s iho perty of Lord Vivian, is at most times covered with The witness was then examined by Mr. Ilawrtzi resPeatigego running of the line over the property of Mr. Thoma s . a t w ould gye, who had petitioned against the Bill. It w ithout be impossible to get to the turnpike-road mod• crossing the railway, and would cut oft' carriage c l ° , r o er cation to his house. Mr. Thomas, in going t ° _,.. o d u e WO' Penzance, must cross the line twice. A line could u' The Buttingbie se out crossing turnpike-roads, but there would be more property on the north side of the turnpike road is not so t ra t b i d e , s o n at ' that on the south side; and if the line vent; made saving of one or two chains would be obtained. if the line he said In answer to questions from Mr. BIRCIIAM, :, &o ld ne t were carried more northward than the intended line, roper ~ be carried further than 44 yards from the petitioners P'" oo d OP Ily uncles. so ._ j Mr. BIRCHAM said it was, perhaps, not genera B ps I d e° the terminus at Truro was not for passengers, but for 0 from the river. mo ht Gs rrs ; Mr. Edward Sharp, Customs' Agent at Tait° , "„ - w il d i oner.7.lt; Wharf the best place for the terminus, and that 0 te " en gage"' advantages to the commerce of the river, and to those - (Lzrr sirrrNo.) Group DD. VS, °I: :: 41" THE CALEDONIAN, GLASGOW, DUM ., . - -1 t I sCrl (- CARLISLE, AND THE CLYDESDALE RAILWAYS. ;pi 14 14 The Committee assembled at the usual hour this rooroleas e shortly after proceeded to the consideration of the important c mentioned above. line' following counsel appeared in support of the Cated e° an Oct Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, MrMr. Sa C ndford, and Mr. Cowan. Toni ° . OCKBURN opened the proceedings by observing "" oich lay before the Committee a brief outline of the scheme (l for "sneet he appeared. The object of the line now submitted was c sviit h all the principal central and intermediate points of Scotia Carl i s le its northern and southern parts, and thence by a branch ta_erveel, to form an uninterrupted line of communication between Ist .. `„,,s of Manchester, and other large towns in the south a nd sotith.iee England, and eventually with London. The eff ect of the j", net ne of of these various lines would be to constitete a continuousiinl c p ros railway from one end of Great Britain to the other. Th _ si f r ies cecds direct north from Carlisle, with a branch to 1) "." - n w ith a thirteen mils in length ; it then pursues a similar direeu°ooosthe t light inclination to the west, skirting the Solway Forth as n norks hir e proximity of the sea will admit. Its course is then through L a iode d int ° until it has reached the vicinity of Lanark, w here it i s d the oth er two branches, one of which proceeds to Edinbu r g h, and to Glasgow. The length cl the line from Carlisle to Lan brace miles. The branches to the north.east and north-west h o o e °I all the important districts in the neighbene_neeting Glasgow and Edinburgh. From the ljnC fromOver t on fort main line with Glasgow, it would aPP`7„, e , Ov e " plae that there were two small branches proceeding ir". )ef esell - for about four miles by the Wishart Railway. A t 14°' into t" line branches off to the south of the Clyde, and run s ted eith f Clydesdale Junction, by means of which it is conn ee _ who le: the line at Glasgow. The southern branch connects tn'.in the southern parts of Scotland with the 01 :' 610 g ow ._ thence to the coast of Ayrshire, and then to Greenock a""tien ytd from whence it forms an unbreken line of communic3,est Liverpool, Manchester, and other important tow"' 1° twee gOO t° sow h..west of England. The other branch at alothe y, bY the north-west, cross'', g the existing lines of ra . 91' Ott means of which the communication of the and will be carried to the north of Glia , g °W t erfni ° , - „ L Clyde, which is the most eligible point for having twela,g; the distance from the point of division at Lanark he i r by t h eight miles ; arid of the two proposed branches the anylip by e thei Clydesdale Junction was shorter by two mile' than hi r 00 1 As regards the use of the railways already existing, h/ arts of p a s " it o is prososed to connect the trunk line with the different inte kingdom, proper arrangements have already been ent er t hat t he the different Companies, all of whom have agreed sn eord t : local traffic, under proper restrictions, shall be reutlero....,ng bp p nate and subservient to the purposes of the important I w r ' h ieb, The length of the Castlecary Railway is 10 miles , ser tbe r conjunction with other lines, connects the southern aeufa to parts of Scotland together. It would be unneeeasarY prOP°%t dwell upon the immense advantage which th e to rs °i f line will be generally to the country. It W torat ir s e es on first starting from Lanark the line embraces e°--in'etlial';'," unimportant track of country, and not requiring so i . ° : na nd P a i r ; • or so urgently, the construction of a railway as th e 11)' ell un But, it should be recollected, that .this come ara— O silt — t u h e fie f ctpuoornretsa,unmtapntdiodnistaorifct its was devoted princiPallY to m idlaj for its conveyance to ilw tl pa i pats, which were the would-berat centre of all the man • e sed on e in Scotland, it to lip must v e be t o o f inestimable the cm advantage . te tha t On a a whilefrit:lL:teedog taircwouaula Nb of rearod neighbouringuts c , e o . uld b y ten d m a r c k o e n t ss dgerrela:btl:t9hrr ee would connect together no less than twelve 1, " 0 0 Scotland, containing upwards of s t „ au d t fe rn' , of would conjoin Scotland with England, and which ""'", eith , o f unbroken line of communication between the B u st e London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, 7,,,reirn Nate interests most essential importance to the COW" - of _re interests and convenience of the inhabitants seas 0 /s t e le, most thickly-populated parts of the kingdom. I 4e ele as n d tle that a continued line existed between London a op , SO 41 0 by which it was proposed to connect Scotland with min able n"e'os commercial districts west of England, but it had be rs a recent report of the Board of Trade that this &s i c Trent s tle r might be obtained with greater facility by means of °l mre sn °l t he Churnet Valley Railways, which were at present e'.areer Committee, and which would reduce, in a considerable ." distance between London and Liverpool. WA V. Group Q and G „ RAIL „of TIIE SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTEn oonitte-si• This line was taken into consideration by th e , C i a g r r. Group G, in No. 16, this morning, the Hon. H . be e r , sn' man, Mr. Entwisle, Sir Edward Barnes, Mr. ChrtstO . H. 11. Yorke. ' The Hon. Mr. TALBOT appeared for the prornoter inthe de ter , and its the course of his address stated th at it :sote 00 0 t o ence to the wishes of the inhabitants of tO that it was intended to cart th t ' p hi° quay. He was anxious to put this ypoitnhtebelfionree thedoW;rlaitthe because lie believed that on the general merits of ,enc h tot to there was no question. In the event of the southern h l _ sn are. utte 1 1 "` - ive P " quay not being approved, the Company were tog make a station as close to the bar as possible, ,oct much convenience to the town as the circumstances 'I') "'",rheY o ften short of carrying the line down to the pier and enaY: se auth ° indeed, quite ready to make the station wherever w bo or the inhabitants might de s ire. Mr. Talbot th en Ca ro e OOP, line Mr. Lanham, lately an extensive butcher at S oot to o a 'oat West stated that it was a general i m p r ession in Southaia3P: _ 0 t he _ 9 ,, to Dorchester would materially increase the traffic t r t u o so sitha a ' oo o of England. The number of cattle annually broughtf wh ich ton and slaughtered, ranged from 6,000 to P,OO O , other Part'.es came from Bridgewater, Taunton, and Yeovil, an bet. of cal' of the same neighbourhood.were also a large n uw at „ernh er h e brought from Poole and Weymouth, and also a g r _ e , Ta rquaqis sheep from Devonshire, which were shipped chielii 3 , ' ,4 it sea' o, ; 4 l TOtlltS, the freight being about Is. 6d. a head; al " t he Southatteand eat opinion that, if this ra,lway were form ed ' form a great entrepot between the west and Londe° ss litte evils of over driving the cattle would be saved. a , t hat st Captain Moorsom, the engineer of the line, st t d e' oubie lip line was intended to be a single line; with 3 a _ &WO ( ' th of the stations, but with a provn for , se te h e ,n throughout. The capital proposed was 500,0001., r oc), but the the line 60 miles, the steepest gradient 1 - die f th' ci f o to general gradient was 1 iii 200. The gouge "'' ente re . s one rent hne to Southampton, and it was an arraegere that tbls in consequece of suggestions from the Board of Trae`,.. ssn enY. _ ss when made should be leased to the South-Western ',o27clusy, the south branch, which would bring the railway , . • "tbi..i P',...,, f 4 ,01, .• •-.. • " A , " ' "t ' ' T, ~ I. , st''f'-'4:- 4 "/•,. . 1r ;*-,, .(_ ;'`. 2 _. - . 0 . ... , ,,, ° -1 4,110.,;11:.' ft..P..' ;' ..1 ..„ ~• 1',..• ,> c -.?, Ih, 7 Afit , „fft .•410 - ;i 4 , 4i:u s, 1,4......- ii..y 2 •m° ' 5 '4: 14 IiZEICIAtZ;- " " •!.1.4•?4 , i•- , ;,,5' Milt • litil - ... • , --.,, RAILWAY NEWS. subscribers 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. Sun-office, 112, Strand. THE WINNER OF THE CHESTER CUP THIS AFTERNOON (WEDNESDAY) WILL APPEAR IN OUR PAPER THIS EVENING, BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN O'CLOCK. Sun•ofce, 112, Strand, May 7, 1845. ellt enas LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1845. The House of Lords met at five o'clock. The Church Building Amendment Act was committed. Lord STANLEY took the opportunity of the presen tation of a petition by the Earl of Devon, on the subject of the Land Commissioners (Ireland) Report, to assure the House that the recommendations of the commissioners were under the attentive consideration of the Govern ment; and that a Bill on the subject of giving compensa tion to the tenant fur any improvement he might have made on the land, was in a state of forwardness, and would be laid on the table shortly after the recess. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he should move that a certain Railway Bill which had passed the House of Commons, notwithstanding 300 breaches of the Standing Orders, should be referred to the Standing Orders Committee when it came before their Lordships. A short conversation ensued, which led to no result ; after which the Noble Lord presented a petition from the inhabitants of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, complaining of the conduct of Mr. Michael Gibbs, and praying for a re vision of the law regulating vestries. The Auction Duties Bill, the Sugar Excise Duties Bill, and the Colonial Pa: , sengers Bill were respectively read a third tiine. The Privy Council Appellate Jurisdiction Bill passed through Committee, and the House adjourned. The House of Commons did not sit. There was a great deal of good sense in the ob servations elicited from various Members of the House of Commons on Monday night last, by Lord PALMERSTON'S very able speech on the subject of slavery, and the scandalous malpractices of the late Spanish Govelmor of Cuba, General O'DONNELL. In deed we had ranked several passages in the several speeches of ilfz. HumE, Sir C. NAPIER, Mr. WAR BURTON, and JJord P.:LMERSTON, for commentary; but they led, though incidentally, to topics of still nearer and more momentous interest, to which we cannot, at a moment like this, refrain from adverting, in preference to almost any other subject of political interest. The present state of the British Navy, at all times a matter of paisarnount interest in our eyes, assumes of late, from ceatain aspects in our external relations, a character of the most profound and incalculable im portance. We had hoped, after the general concur rence with which, just before the resignation of the last Government and the coming in of the pre sent, the opinions of the most experienced naval offi cers, both in and out of Parliament, were received, on • the dangerous practice of sending out our ships of war miserably undermanned, that we should not soon hear again of a return, on the part of the Admiralty, to the most impolitic and perilous scheme of retrench ment which was ever resorted to in the councils of a power essentially the most maritime of any in the world. From the fair and manly manner in which Sir G. COCKBITRN has, from time to time, responded to the applications and entertained the complaints of some among the naval authorities in the liouse—espe ei•dly Sir C. .NAPIER, Captain Rous, Lord INGES- T:IF, Captain Plen ELI., and the Hon. Captain BERKE LEY— we had entertained a confident ex pectation that the gross abuses and defi ciencies in various depf.:;rtments of the service, which they bud indicated, would not be permitted to continue or to recur. We are compelled to own that we are equally surprised and grieved that the question of Captain PECHELL, on Monday, should have received no answer at all, or just the most un satisfactory one in the world, from the Second Lord of the Admiralty. " IVhat had become," asked the Gallant Captain, "of the fine men who bad passed through that excellent establishment, the gunnery ship at Portsmouth ?" Now, it would have really been desirable to learn specifically how end where the gunners and seamen instructed in the Excellent had been distributed. The more diffused the better, we should say, for the service. But all that we can collect from Sir GEORGE COCKBURN'S answer is— that the navy never possessed finer men than at pre sent ; a vague generality that does not at all meet the question. Have they been paid off, or drafted into some of the Admiralty's experimental services, to be disgusted with a cruise in some of the Surveyor of the Navy's bad ships, where the best of seamanship is requisite to work the most unmanageable craft? Captain BERKE LEY stated that he could assign the reason why the navy was not, could not, and would not, be manned. It was that the entries of men were made for parti cular ships—not for the service generally. Why had there been so much discontent among " the men en gaged under Captain LOCKYER in the Albion ?" (This is the large ninety-gun two-decker on which we have so often had occasion to animadvert in re spect of her vicious construction, that will not allow her, in bad weather, to open her lower tier of ports at all, and whose rolling and pitching, in heavy seas, renders her one of the dampest and most uncomfort able vessels in her MAJESTY'S service, although one of the crack productions of Sir IV. SYMOND'S school.) Captain BERKELEY further asked why a large ship's company were sent to sea with an insufficient supply, especially as an experimental squadron ? He said, too, the men were disgusted with sere it g in an experimental squadron, for this reason—they saw that they had work to do which precluded them from anything like rest. Why what a device was this for accomplishing the objects of a squadron of evolution and experiment, where, in the first place, a full complement of men is indispensable to the manoeuvres to be executed; and, in the second, the most perfect good understanding between officers and men is an absolute element of the service. If the ships were undermanned, as a matter of course the crews were overworked; and at a period of all others the most exigent of alacrity and cheerfulness in those crews, they were goaded, as it were , to the extreme of discontent. Are we to suppose Captain BERKELEY in earnest—and how can we refuse to believe that he is so—in in men, dmisgivings as to the conduct of n with America, are founded o ad in adding e v that en t any efa war on the notoriety of the fact that, if such a war were now to break out, our ships must proceed to sea so miserably undermanned, that they would have no ground for reasonable expectation of success in a competition to be waged under circumstances of similar inequality and disadvantage to those of our last naval warfare with the Americans. That such a defective system should even have been contemplated, is alarming enough; but that alarm is at least alle viated by the distinct pledge. it called forth from Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, " that there was no intention to w s h h o i u l we d h e e v e r re g m o a t i o n e s d e a i w n i th o n ffi n c t e b , e i n n o g restrict the complement of sea-going ships, and that, of o manned u r navy . properly ship As for the experimental squadron, the object was rather to try the ships than the men." Granted ; but by allotting to the most severe duty an inferior' 4.... Ina hi to II