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

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. There was a THIRD EDITION of THE SUN published yesterday 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 Parliamentary 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 tyde. RAILWAY NEWS. su!scribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAI I ...WAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of TEIE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. Stin-uffice, 112, Strand. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Writ be performed Donizetti's Opera entitled LINDA DI CHA3IOUNT. Linda, Biddle. Castelan ; 3laddalena, Mddle. Bellini; Pierotto, Mddle. Brarnbilla ; Antonio, Sig. Fornasari ; 11 Pretetto del Villaggio, Sig. Lablache ; Il Marchese di Boisfieury, Sig. F. La blache ; L'lntendente del Fendo, Sig. Dia liori ; and Carlo Visconte di Serval, Sig. Moriani. The Danseuses Viennoises (ander 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 ; OtT, LES MINES DE SYRACUSE. The Ballet and Mis en seene, 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 Minas, Mdlle. Moncelet ; Torbern, M. Di Mettle. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances : - - First Tableau.—" La Sicilienne" (New Pas de Caractere), by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, accompanied by the Corps de Ballet. Second aqd Third Tableaux.—Pas du 3lineur, 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 Woliniemie," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. Applliations for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-cifice, 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 VIEHNOISES. Tke Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that the BENEFIT of the DANSEUSE VIENNOISES (their last appearance bat one), will take place ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5, When will be pertbrmed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosins, Madame Grisi ; Bertha, Mdlle. Bellini ; Ii Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, Lablaehe ; Basilic), Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Danseuses will appear in some of their favourite Dances. Their Pesfonnances this Evening will include the celebrated " Pas des 3liroirs," the " Pie 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 Sia. 3loriani. To be followed by various Novelties in the Ballet Department in which will appear Mdlle. Cerito, 3ldlle. Luella Grahn, and Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Mdlles. Demelisse, Gasser', &c, ; M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. ipplleations 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 ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an entirely new and Original Opera, entitled THE ENCHANTRESS. The Music composed by M. W. Balfe; the Libretto, by M. 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, Monsieur Silvain ; Gisell , Mdlle. Weiss. Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3s ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, Is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Pox-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAIIKET. LESSEE, AR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDER...). Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Col:Rhumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Beesy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Humby. 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. Io 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-oftlce, from Ten CH Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTY THIS EVENING Will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs. Yates ; Phcebe, 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. Hud.on. To ^occlude with ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LE ,SEE, MR. 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 (rant. To be followed by the favourite Interlude of THE WEDDING DAY. Lady Contest, by a Young Lady, her Third appearance on any Stage. Alter which, a New Divertissement, entitled LE PRINTEMPS. Supported by Messrs. Gilbert and Marshall, Miss Bailin 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. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Mitch/hist , Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. National Triumph—Unprecedented Success 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 Mrs. Keeley. Previous to which a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Dawson. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs' Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fatrbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard. Bcc I 'The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—FRENCH PLAYS. lrositlYely the Last Performance of Mdlle. Plessy and Monsieur Regnier. THIS EVENING Will be performed LES FAUSSES CONFIDENCES. Monsieur Remi, Monsieur Cartigny ; Dubois, M. Regnier ; Araminte, Plessy ; Madame Argante, Madame Croset. To conclude with a New Comedy, entitled LE MAIII a la CAM, I'AG/4E. Ferdinand Colombet. Monsieur Regnier : M. Mal►bleu- Monsieur Cartigny ; Ursula, Mademoiselle Plessy. Boxes, 69. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 35. ; Gallery, 21. 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 Retie, Jailed S ALOON and CELLAR; supported by Messrs. 11. Hall, Yomee ,Ccckrill, H. Lee, Montgomery ; Mrs. H. Lee, and Misses Bromloy, Fitzjames, and Hamilton. After which, a grand Scena from DER FREICHUTZ. Rodolpb, Mr. C. Hodges ; Zamiel, Mr. Ridgway. To be followed by a Militay Ballet, called The SOLDIER'S DREAM. Added to which LONDON BY NIGHT. To conclude with ROBINSON CR.USOE; or, the ADVENTURES of a FRIDAY. Robinson Crusoe, Mrs. C. Iltrn, Jun. ; Martyrs Crime, Mr. Thompson ; Friday, Mr. H. Hall ; Whitm nda, Miss Hamilton. Boxes, 3s. ; half-price, Is. 6d. Pit, Is. 6d. ; half-price, Is. Gallery, 6d ASTLEY'd ROYAL AMPHITIIFATRE. 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 2 uvenile members of families, Mr. BATTY has concluded an arrange ment with Mons. Tournaire for TIIREE DAY PERFORMANCES, tntroduclng 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 Greatest 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 ILAID OF PERTH. With New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, and powerful cast. Atter which, a New Comic Drama, called THE HONEYMOON SCRUPLES. To conclude with a New Local Drama, entitled THE OLD FLEETE 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 °flee, from Eleven to Four. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON!—GRAND FETES. Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, 11, R. 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 Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch, as it formerly existed, the Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Reekie." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his itoyal Highness Prince Albert, and lie is delighted to say it met with his most decide and perfect approve., and from the more than usual oars which has been observed in its execution, ho 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 effecti ,- e 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,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. Thu entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the Circe 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 frayed. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited hi the centre of the Lake! The Portraits of her Majesty and l'rince Albert, surmounted by , Fame, and sur roun d ed by emblems and other devices will be M x (lazed. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Damson. Slr. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless and sn2erb design which combined with the Feux D'Arti rice, the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur rounding helghta, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display er witnessed. Feeding of the Caruivora, at half-past Foor ; Pelicans, &a., at Tire ; Concor' at Six; and Pyrotechnic. Display at Nina. Admission, One Shilling, LOSS OF THE CATHERINE. A letter received at Lloyd's, from the Foreign-office eommnnicates the stranding of the British brig, c . t herine, Thornton, master, (from Cadiz to England) C)ri the coast of Algarue, on the 26th of April, and that the Director of Customs at Olhan, and the British Vice- Consul at that port, were making every effort to save the vessel and cargo. COLLECTION OF CHARTS AT LLOYD'S. His Majesty the King of Denmark has presented Lloyd's with a set of Charts, published by that Govern ment. GREENLAND FISHERY. PETERHEAD, MAY 26.—The Mary, Menkie, arrived this day from Greenland, with 4,500 seals, reports the following veuels, belonging to this port, viz. :—Commee, with 8,000 aeals; Union, 6,000; Eclipse, 8,000 Jean, 2,500. 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 at 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. Lamont! 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 tion 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 ander-mentioned Hall, at One o'clock precisely, until further 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 from all 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 under £2O under 50 under 100 SCALE OF CHARGES. One Shilling per Share • • One Shilling and Sixpence Two Shillings and Sixpence • • • • • • • • • • • 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 MORNING, 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 M A G A Z I N E 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—lo. Maynooth-11. The late Thomas Hood—and other inte resting Papers. London : Henry Renshaw, 3.56, Strand. Now ready, in 3 vols., D'ISRAELI'S NEW WORK, " SYBIL ; or, THE TWO NATIONS." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboreugh-street. To be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. MR. THE JUNE NUMBER OF CIOLBURN'S SEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST Contains the following interesting articles :- 1. 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, M.P. 5. A Sketch of the Lives of Lords Stowell and Eldon, with 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 Priggins." 10. Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England. 11. Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Half-Pay. By W. H. Maxwell, Esq. 12. The Robertses on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollope. Chap ters 37, 38, and 39. 13. An Excursion up the Oronooko, and Ramble through Vene zuela. (Concluied). Henry Culburn, Publisher, 13, GreatMarlborough.street. WIT 1 FIVE ILLUiTRATIONS B F LEECH AND ALFRED CROWQUILL. The JUNE NUMBER, price 2s. 6d., of BENTLE Y'S MISCELLANY, Will contain : THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINWILLIERS. A Romance of Old Paris. By ALBERT SMITH. Illustrated by Leech. Chapter XVl.—The Grotto of Thetis—The good and evil angels. Chapter XVIL—The Gascon goes through fire and water to attract _ . attention—The Brother and Sister. Chapter XVIII.—The Rae de l'Hirondelle. 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 ►1 hiskey Drinker. The Altered Man. By Paul Prendergast. A Proud Land is England i 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. BIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 7 minutes after 9 Evening .• 38 minutes after 9. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 30. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 53; Noon, 62. BAROMETER, 29.93.—W1ND, N. _ NOTE.—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 he other observations are made at noon. . a .... ... .c..... 5. • p,,,t,,, _15z:1 7 .i ~• :- . ":,-', "7 .a.iF ; - •i . ~' . ir..= lay s f ,K • . . . `.1.. .b.rF:t: ', i .o " 4...,,, '' 2. •M 0 1"' ', 4' ...- - A,;,,,. /,, \ , w o-L - 4 , — , ..„ „....- , 011 fli ~, 0! toning Aim LONDON, FRIDAY. MAY 30, 1845. The House cf 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 Commitee, 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 201. 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 Hon. 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 which 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 (Air industrial classes which the Noble Lord is so anxious to remedy. Among these causes, Lord JOHN 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 interacts 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, b Ah 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 v pa o oo lu vti m nte te)aeitoeaf.ok, of our rv r t "Lord ourno aal had imagined, previously to the publication of the last iCleo3roni commercial suchias nlnesunyßt system e ' c le a en em y to on ruin n e f effect eo,condi tioneft. ou ther political strength, by forcing the immediate .t paralysis of those productive energies of British ca o p r i r al, to whose u an n d itn i p n ai o ,1 degreeintegrity, xunderonly the the blessing s irresistiblesin g spirit and PROVIDENC E , nationality of the people, the salvation of the empire has been owing—we could have allowed that he was fairly as asme catastrophe pwi the rhases and Corres pondence," entitled to argue on any case, however extensive, which the illustration of the abstract principles of m'ain taining to the letter every contract with the public credi tor, might lead him. So long as there was no practical sad imminent peril of endangering the public credit, and 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 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 he 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 mor, ey , already alluded to, but the amount of indirect tr..xation which he had to pay. The difference since 1 .619, or at least since 1822-23, when the small bank - note circula tion of England and Wales was extingti.shed, has been this—that the prices of commodities, being reduced to the gold, or natural standard,, the manufacturer has been unable to give ttast 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 good' s . It has been established that the labouring coni'm unity pay no less than 16,000,0001. per annum of indirect taxes, which it was the interest of the Legisla ture in imposing them that the consumer, not the produe:er, should pay. The institu tion of a gold stand a , ;(.1 simply reduces prices to the same level they woetlil reach in the most highly-taxed country of Europe -; the wages paid are small in pro portion to thee, gold prices ; and the unfortu nate industrial, labourer has to buy out of them, in tho most 'heavily-taxed of countries, the highly taxed meix.s of his subsistence. Is it in the face of s ()eh a state of things, that Lord Joux RUSSELL, - will contend that the traces of the mischiefs— the inexcusable and irreparable mischiefs—produced by the evade 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 the 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 I 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 wages 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 proiucers. 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 I)on CARLOS. The Duke DE RIANZARES (MUN&z) 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 Wednesdays 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 he 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 BEAUMONT 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 to discuss the policy of the Government in reference to Morocco, but we find nothing in them but repetitions of charges already made against M. GUIZOT, the English, and Sir ROBERT WILSON. The resignation of Don iyundoubted : -.- " fact by a ll th e papers. O ne o f CAuLos in fa vour of h i s son seems to be admitted a th s em s an We believe we are warranted in 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 CARLOS, 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 is 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 2,3;`,6 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, 204 in the department du Rhone, 148 in the Seine-Inferieure, 98 in the Nord, 92 in the Gironde, 91 in the Bouche,s-du-Rhone and 46 in the Loire-Inferieure. The number of declared, failures which in 1842 was 2,419, rose in 1843 to 3,071. The assets of 'JO of the bankruptcies, the accounts of which were closed in 1843, were entirely absorbed by the privileged cre ditors; the dividend in 254 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 68 it exceeded 75 per cent. The debts in 1829 of the bankruptcies closed in 1843 amounted to 105.116,4361. 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 50,0001. 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. ; Ay' non, 1,050 f. ; Basle, 268 f. 75c. ; Spanish Actives. Spanish Three per Cents., 41%; Spanish PassiveF , 754 :! The following are the quotations for the new lines:- Orleans and Bordeaux, 215 f. premium ; Boulogne, 105 f. ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 451. ; Paris and Lyons (Laflitte), 17f. 50c. ; ditto (r' neron), 101. Northern salon), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Gan ; r ~ne (Laflitte), ; 3sf. ditto (Rosamel), Bf. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 71.50 c. ; ditto (Drouillard), p ...t; ditto (O'Neill), Pf. 50c. ; ditto Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 17f. oet), 35f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 101. ; Bord . , aux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), 4t. ; ditto (Jacques d e i s tt L o e ( Ce r v a re ' L jar ; and Cette apeleta), 10f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, if. 50c. ; Paris °A ;Strasburg (Ganneron), 121. 50c. (...140YD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Kir 30.—Wind Northerly, fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAT 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 TIIE WIGHT, MAY 25.—H. R. Patel, for Port Ade laide; Auguste, Bahia, for Gothenburg. OFF PLYMOUTIL—PaouIi, Welsh, Richmond, for Havre. OFF THE START, MAY 21.—Jules, Porto Rico, for Havre. OFF THE LIZARD, MAT 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, MAT 26.—Huron, Apalachicola; COM madore, of Jersey, Valparaiso; Leonora, Charlston ; Eliza beth King, Barbadoes. OFF SALCOMBE, MAY 28.—Isabel, Mauritius. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS.) THE OAKS STAKES Of 50 seas. each, h ft, for three years old fillies, 2st 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 Elia (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. Heathcoto's La fine mal garde filly (Chapple) 0 Lord Eglinton's Plaudit (Marson) 0 Mr. Blake's Erent.. Mr. J. B. Mill's Giantess (J. Howlett) 0 Sir C. Monek's 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 Mr. Wagstaff's Queen of Cyprus (Buckle) 0 Twenty.one ran. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CI7Y, 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 Maranham realised 4d. to sd. ; 400 Surat, 2 1 / 2 d. to 31. ; 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 3 / 4 %; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13%; Caledonian, 9% 1 4 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 63/4 34 ; Chester and Birkenhead, ' . 53 ; Ditto, Half Share s , 26% ; Ch urnet V a ll ey, 5 % ; Cork and Bandon, 89 1 4 • Dundee and Perth, 3%; Eastern Edinburgh Ne a w nd Q G u l a a r s t g e o rs 7, 6 6 % 6 ;; u Ditto,lasgo Glasgow Quarterand Counties, Shares, 14 ; ; Ditto, Dumfries, 2% 34 ; Grand Junction 232% Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 47 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 20%; Great North of England, 30/. Shares, 36 ; Great Western, 188 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 1051,E 7 • Ditto, Fifth Shares, 42 %; Goole and Doncaster, 1%; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 7% 7 ; Inverness and Perth, % dis. ; Leicester and Birming ham, ss. 6d., 55.; Limerick and Waterford, 8 71.185. 9d. ; Liverpool and Manchester, 210; Ditto, New Shares, 37 3 4 ; Liverpool, Orniskirk, and P reston, 2 % ; London and Bir mingham, 242 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 46%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 34 1 4 3 / 4 ; London and South-Western, 79 %; 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, 37/8 ; Midland Railway, 187 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 24 3 / 4 3 / 9 ; Ditto. Fiftieth Shares, . 4- 4; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 149 8 1 ,4; Newcastle and Berwick, 17 16%; Newcastle and Darlington, 53 1 4 • , Newry and Enniskillen, 4; North British, 21%; Ditto, Half Shares, 5%:%; North Kent, 5; North Union, 148 ; North-Western, 4 3 / 4 %; Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton, 425., 435. 60. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 123 6 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 3 / 4 ; Shrews bury and Herefordshire, 10s. 9s. • South-Eastern and Dover, 43 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. l, 15!X 1 ; Ditto, No. 2, 13 1 ,E ; Ditto, No. 3,71 A, ; Scottish Central, 6 ; South Wales, 5%; Trent Valley Continuation, 11 A 4 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 3 3 / 4 ; Welsh Midland, 215., 235.; West Yorkshire, 2 3 / 4 ; Worcester and Tring, 4 1 ,4 ; York and Carlisle, 1 18s. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 1% ; Great Paris and Lyons, 395. ; Jamaica Junction, 2 3 / 4 ; Northern of France (Laffitte'll), 5% %; Ditto (Rosamel's), 2 1 4 %; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), 595. ; Paris and Strasburgh, 2 3 / 4 . MaxcnEsTEß STOCK EXCHANGE ' MAY 29.-The sales are -Barnsley Junction, 5 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 21,4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12% 13 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6 13-16 74 •, Churnet Valley, 54 ; 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 1 / ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 21,4 1 / 4 ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 1 1 4 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 1%; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6% 3 / 4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6%; Leeds and Thirsk, ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 8% 5-16 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 ' • Leicester and Birmingham, Bs. I Is. 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 / 4 ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 8 ; Midland Railway Consols, 40/. Shares, 24% ; North Western, 4 9-16 ; Preston and Wyre Ex tension, 2% 4 • Sheffield and Manchester, 123 ; South- Eastern, 53 • , Ditto, No. 3, 7 1-16 ; Southport and Euxton, 2 % 13- 16 Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 14%; Welsh Midland, 1 1 / 4 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 2%; Whitehaven and Furness, 2 1 ,h % ; York and Carlisle, 20s. 17s. 6d. prem. ; York and North Midland Extension, 17 3 / 4 ; Great Northern of France, English, 51 / & ; 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, partly upon the faith of the prospectus, wherein 14 per cent. was shown, and partly upon the respectability 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 • cerns, 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 th e large sums reported to have been paid for the concession, sad 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 and 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% 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 10 1 % to 101 %. The Committee of Portuguese Bendholders 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 arc 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 3,000,0001. 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 1. increase, will et course icon vert, but most of the influential holders, and Mr. Thornton at the head, do not seem to be so disposed. The Steck to-day is down to 66 1 ,4 and 66. Spanish Five per Cents, are heavy at 29 1 / 2 s y, and the Three per Cents. at 41%; Mexican are 37 to 374 ; Chilian 99, and Brazilian 89 1_; Dutch Four per Cents. are 98 1 4. In Shares there is a good dcal 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 CLOS - MU PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 31i per Cents 101% 4 44 101 1 4 Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 5-16% 11 5-164-, Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001 .. . South Sea Stock - Ditto Old Annuities 97% Consols for Account.... ........... 99% Exchequer Bills, LOON., I%d. in. 60 Ditto 5001. . 03 bu p . Ditto Small Ditto Advertised...... ••••••• 58 — 5 - 8 - 57 pm. p — 57 PRICES OF F ONE CLOSING Brazil, .JI?F,IGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. c , --an Bonds _Atm Bends 6 per Cent..., Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela — 15% Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B B l4 88 1 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3 7 14 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Converted 66% 66 1 ,4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. .. 41% 41 5 ,i 1 Ditto, Account —4 1 1 7 s Dutch, 214 per Cent 63 3 / 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9 8 14 98 1 4 PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAY SHARES PRICES. Aberdeen Birming. and Gloucesterloo 136% 137 135 1 / 2 135% Do. New Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter 7O Do. New .... . ......... 2 Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 2%...... 2% 1 / 2 % Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ...... 7 Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chichester and Brighton 10 Cornwall Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin, Belfast, and 8 1 J 2 91 ,4 7 1 / 1 16 1 / 2 13 4% 3 1 4 2 1 / 2 3% 4 1 / s 18 a 4 3 67/2 16 1 / 2 22% 3 252 Coleraine Dublin and Galway 2% ...... Dublin and Mullingar 2 l /2 4 l /8 Eastern Counties 25 ..... 184 5 4 .. Ditto New 4/. 16s. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 — ........ Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of Scotland 2% 3 ti reat North of England..loo 25 3 14 Ditto New Ditto New Great Western BO 2OO 203 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 5O llO 108 113...... Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2% ... .. 5 1 , Hull and Selby 5O ... 107 108 ...... .. Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlis1e... 20 London and Eirmiughin (5t0ck)...245 250 Do. New Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares London and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d 9;4 4 London and Brighton... 50 Do. New consolidated Bths 25 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d — Do. New l3s 4d — Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d lO% London and S. Western 411 6s 10d 79 1 ,E 79 81 Do. Consolidated Bths 12 Do. New 34% 203 113 45% 5 1 / 2 108 25 43 47 35 9IA London and York 2 lh 4 37,t, ., Londonderry &Coleraine 2!,6 — .. Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 14 5 1%. Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 Do. 1 / Shares Do. Quarters 2 Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. New Quarters ... 2 Midland Do. New Midland, Birrn., Derby 100 l5O 152 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 54 52% ...„. „ Do. New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 j 1 6 3 / 4% 17% ... Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 / 2 3% 4 Newark and SLeffield .. 1 1 ,4 North British ..... -.... 12% 2 31 A _ 26 1 A 25q Do. New North Kent North Wales .. 1 4 3 Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 54 South Devon... l5 ... 23 . South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 43 1 ,4 3 A v i Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales ..... ... 2 1 ,4 5% i h Trent Valley 2 .... . 18% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 . . ...., Yarmouth and Norwicli. 20 York and North Midland 50 lO9 Do. 1 / 2 Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 2O Do. Extension l'A 19% 1 A 20 1 / g 19 20 3 A FRENCH RAILWAY h. Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette _ .-, Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 2 1 4 Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... 13g ••• Jamaica Junction l/2 6 3 / 4 10% 81% 31 3 A 10 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 . 4 1 A 3 Namur and Liege Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 22% Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse .... 4 JOINT STOCK BANKS. National of Ireland 1 7 1,4 201,4 2014 HOUSE OF LORDS--(THIS DAY. The House sat to-day to hear appeals, the Peers present were Lard Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. CAMPBELL V. C•MPBELL-JUDGHEKT. Their Lordships gave judgment in this case, reversing the deci. Mon of the Court below, with costs. REDDIB V. HIGGINBOTHAM. The arguments in this case occupied their Lordships the re mainder of the day. CHANCERY.-(^tHlS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court, at Westminster, today, 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 v. The East India Company, heard short causes. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England beard unopposed causes, 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. Bethel! and Mr. Stuart, who were engaged in the House of Lords. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT Baum) His Honour took cause petitions and motions to-day. (Before Sir J. Wseaaw.) 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 Ave o'clock, workmen employed in the service of the Directors of the Globe Insuraace-office, were set to work upon the ruins of taggett'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 t.pott 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, en 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 lanthorns 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. "ra e e t iok., ?ti J-AKY SUN 0 PPP CE, Seven o' Clock RAILWAY C MII FITE ES. (THIS DAY.) GROUP A. LONDON AND NORTH ICENT 3 XLWI3.II'. The Committee met at twelve o'clock, Mt.' LAlCelics in the chair. The examination of Mrs Vignolts as to the comparative engineering merits of the competing lines was resumed by Mr. Sergeant Sttc& He stated that it was intended that the wardens of Rochester_ bridge, and the Corporation should join with the Cons 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 dire c t li ne w i th the malts streets of it:the:ter and Stroud, as was the old bridge, and as the notts one is intended to be. The clear way in the centre of tl bridge would be 18 feet above high water mark, being taatrt feet higher than the present bridge. The houses to bG '4 down to make way fur the line are, for the rabst part, in narrow back streets, and of little vatalcue, The line would be carried on to Maidstone, m ",,eratively small expense. At Chatham quays a new quay ..all would be built for a distance of nearly 000 yards, leaving a apace of 50 feet outside the railway. The Seuth_Eastero 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 lying 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 Sittiogbourne, to Sheerness, &c., were all in favour of the North Kent. There was nothing its 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. The witness having further stated in detail the engineering pecu liarities of the two lines, was then examined as to the traffic. He calculated the passenger-traffic alone at 173,7501., and the cost of purchase and construction at 1,249,680/. He had known the country all his life, and he had no doubt in the world that, by following up the system of cheapness and accommodation to the public which he proposed, the Company would be as prosperous as any other of the same extent. Cross-examined by Mr. COCEBURN—He had not included in his estimate the cost of the several stations, which would amount to about 100,0001. This would be raised by loan, under the powers given in the Act. The branches to Blackwall and Sheerness had been given up on account of the capital not being sufficient. With respect to Woolwich.common, it had been arranged wi'h the Board of Ordnance that the line across the common should be arched over. This was not done through any apprehension of danger to the passengers from the shell-practice on the common, as the railway would be beyond the range of the shell ; but :o secure the safety of the crowds who might congregate to see the trains passing. The railway would pass close to the estate of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, who was chairman of the Company. That was at 'Welling. The population of Welling was one thousand. Perhaps Sir I. L. Goldsmid might be the " Knight One thousand and one."—(A laugh.) Mr. CocKeugN—And for the one and not the thousand the rail way came.—(A laugh.) In going to Welling, the populous town of Woolwich was left half a mile to the left. But that was done, not to benefit Welling or Sir I. L. Goldsmid, but to comply with the wishes of the Ordnance. In the arrangement finally come to with the wardens of Rochester Bridge, Mr. Fcaron and Mr. Nicholson, on the part of the South-Eastern Company, conjoined with witness and another, who represented the North Kent Company. The cross—examination was continued to the rising of the Corn. mitten at four o'clock, but it referred altogether to minute details of no very interesting character. The Committee adjourned to twelve o'clock on Monday. GROUP DD. TEE CLYDESDALE 3UNCTXON 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. COCKIIURN 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. One very important object was to connect the Motherwell branch with the main trunk line, already brought before the Committee under the title of the Cale donian. The first advantage to which he would call the atten tion of the Committee was, that a railway communication would be established between Hamilton and the left bank of the Clyde. Secondly, a continuous route would be obtained between Glasgow and Bothwell, and theparish of Dalziel ; and the third object to be attained was to connect the Wishart and Coltness Railway and Wilsontown with the city of Glasgow. The whole of these dis tricts are rich in minerals. From Glasgow, on the ►eft bank of the Clyde, to Hamilton, the line passed through a series of coal fields and iron works. He felt sure the Committee would be satisfied when they had heard from the witnesses the number of works and collieries, and rich mineral fields that would be opened up if a railway were made between them and Glasgow; It was of the highest im portance that a railway cmmunication should be established in these districts. On the Motherwell branch, which led to the Dal ziel collieries, the entire district was extensively productive of mi nerals, and it was highly desirable that it should be connected with Glasgow. The principal object of the Wilsontown and Morning. side Railway had been to open up the ♦arious mineral fields which it had traversed, but this object had not yet been fully obtained, as it did not possess any communication with the harbour at Glasgow; but the Clydesdale Junction would give it every facility, and afford another market for the consump tion of the produce brought from the districts through which the Wilsontown Railway passed. The great advantage which would arise from a communication with the river was entirely lost at pre sent, owing to the broken line of connexion. The beneficial effects which would result from the construction of the line would not be confined exclusively to Glasgow, but Paisley,: Ayr, and the places west of Glasgow would largely participate in the benefits to be derived, and various markets for the disposal of their produce would be be open. ed up. He would say nothing about the engineering department, for there were no difficulties whatever to be anticipated in the con. struction of the railway. Beginning at Hamilton the line at one end approximated Motherwell, and at the other would unite at the Park Farmstead, and run OR to Rutherg'en, at which place it would proceed by an existing railway, called the Polloc and Govan, to within 100 yards of the harbour at Glasgow. It was intended to purchase that railway, and the consent of the trustees had already been obtained to the bargain. The railway would then be carried down to the water's edge, where it was pro. posed to carry on the line to connect it with the Glasgow and Paisley Railway. The estimated expense of the construction of the entire works amounted to 290,000/. , to which must be added the cost of the Polloc Railway, which was calculated at about 120,0001.; and these sums added together would yield a total of 410,000/. The present intention of the Company was to have only a single line from the Forth at the Park Farmstead; sufficient land would, however, be taken for the purposes of the other branch, which, when it suited the views of the Company, would be constructed; and a clause having special reference to this point had been inserted in the Bill, for the purpose of enabling the Board of Trade to compel the making of the branch line, should they consider it necessary. The Learned Counsel then briefly referred to the opposition which had been instituted against the Clydesdale line by several Comranies and private individuals, and concluded by saying he was certain that the Committee would be satisfied as to the practicability of the line by the witnesses who would be called to tender evidence as to the great traffic of the din. tricts which it passed through, and they would without doubt allow the preamble of the Bill to pass. Mr. COWAN called Mr. Black, baker and grain dealer, Hamilton, who was the first witness examined. He deposed as to :he coach traffic to and from Hamilton. There were ten tons of stone car ried daily from the neighbourhood of Hamilton into Glasgow. Ile had observed as many as 500 carts of fruit during the season tra velling on the:Hamilton road. He ground from 2,000 to 3,000 guar. tern of wheat annually, and obtained it sometimes from Glasgow and at other times from Edinburgh. The flour was distributed in the neighbourhood of Hamilton. Mr. Anderson, banker at Hamilton, tendered similar evidence, Mr. Ferguson, merchant at Glasgow, and partner in the Blantyre cotton works belonging:to Messrs. H. Monteith and Co.—He had 30,000 spindles and 530 power looms in his maaufactory, which were driven partly by steam power and wally by water, oonsisting of two water mills •f 130-horse power and one steam engine of 70-horse power. The dye works were also very considerable, and quantities of madder were used in the process of dying. The number of hands employed about the works was about 900, all of whom lived within the gates of the manufactory. The population of the whole, including women and children, residing within the gates, and who depended on the work which was furnished them from the factory for tl,eir subsistence, amounted to 1,600. The quantity of cotton dyed and manu. factured last year was two thousand five hundred tors. The cartage of the goods from Glasgow was contracted for at the rate of 6s. 3d. per ton. If the railway w.re made, as it passed close by the factory, the goods could be transmitted at a cheaper rate. Mr. Stewart, of Glasgow, said he was the proprietor of the iron works at Shots, and was well acquainted with the neighbourhood all about Hamilton. The district was very populous, and there were also extensive mineral fields consisting of coal and ironstone. It was his opinion that the making of the railway between Glasgow and Hamilton would greatly tend to open up: and develop considerable traffic in those minerals. The average annual production of pig iron from one furnace was about 5,000 tons, but at present, with two furnaces, kis works produced 12,000. It was intended to increase the nnmber of furnaces to four, and they would furnish at least 25,000 tons each year. Mr. Wilson, a magistrate of Glasgow, and one of the proprietors of the Dundyvan ironworks, corroborated the previous testimony. Mr. Cunningham, one of the partners of the firm of Murray and Cunningham, ironmasters, Glasgow, was next examined. He said there were 30,e00 tons of pig iron manufactured annually at his works. The quantity of coal that was consumed in making the iron was 75,000, and of limestone 11,000. The ironstone was principally obtained from the fields in the vicinity of the works, and lime stone came from a place called Bidla. The iron manu factured was chiefly intended for exportation, and was transmitted thither for shipment to foreign parts. It was conveyed by railway and then along the Monckland Canal into Glasgow. He considered this an expensive and inconvenient mode of conveyance, and if the Clydesdale line were made, he would send his iron by it from the fork at Motherwell to Glasgow, provided the expense of carriage were not greater than the present mode of conveyance. Mr. Streatchbery, mineral surveyor. was examined as to the mineral fields along the Hamilton branch to Glasgow. Coal very extensively abounded in the district, and supposing the seam to be twenty four feet deep on an area of one square mile, it would be capable of yielding 18,694,000 tons. At the present moment the produce was all conveyed by carts. It would be sent by railway if possible in preference. There was a great deal of stone in the neighbourhood of Hamilton, from which Hamilton Palace had been built, and it was extensively used for ornamental as well as building purposes. The mineral fields on the north of the Clyde were very large, and as far as he went he found them distributed along a distance of 21 miles. On cross-examination, the witness said, that as regarded the Motherwell branch, it was impossible to say bow long it would be before the mineral fields in that district could be worked. Mr. Pare was next called—He stated he had superintended the getting up of the traffic tables. He had derived his informa tion principally from the witnesses who had been examined, and had accompanied their statements by actual observation. The income to be derived from the passage traffic by coaches amounted to 5,1961'; from travellers by post horses and private carriages, 2,0491. These amounts had been calculated at an average rate per mile of I3d. fo r eac h passenger. G en eral merchandise an d agricultural produce would yield an Worn! pt. produce. Coal merchandise, coai traffic ffi acn would l e fOr 2,4101. at the rate of :Id. per ton per in , t. ., - pyrol the a rr... ::(1 , of ^0 6781., 3t "id per ton bricks per mile, and ironstone, limestone, lime, and ..00. oullolydieldpear retvOennuefor . , . os g" all Iticonle or 7,0 N. The total gross annual re ve",,,,fr vable from all these sources would annitint, *heti doubled P'",o4 lug to P and aniamei,tary wage, to 14,4901. for passengers, _, s r for general tr a ffic. These items added together would O.!" of 45,2571, from which 40 per cent. being deducted fora'rA expenses, a clear net annual income of 127,1541 Woul amounting to 6 per cent. on the subscribed capital. The Committee adjourned till eleven o'Clock to•nsorrCM' --- ~ GROUP F. -the m ' The Committee met again th is day, in Room No. I - , Hon. Frederick Shaw in the c hair —on the adjourned case eitto i t em LONn -, 71,T, I;7O2,CZ3TZIL, A ND 0° Sl' ArI'ORDSHIN.E izaWw.al• _j4 Mr. Sergeant KJNOLAKE said he had to Apply to the,Cies,j, for leave t o p o stpone the examination of the witness , V'? who was under cross.examination when the proceedings c i , t el the previous day. The cause of this arplication was, th''',..ol important to his case to have the evidence of Mr. Cubitt,ethetn.To engineer. That gentleman would be examined in th esSevjo London be a l ibe a r n t d y f li o - o r r t k h e inquiry,andwhen h e once colon' ee e e( . l - ' llO that Committee, it was impossible to count upon the time " 1 Th• Citainmasr said, that under the circumstances, b- d e h 10 36 mittee had no objection to the arrangement ; indeed t-e important engineers were examined the better. arie lee In his iert Mr. Cubitt, engineer, examined by Mr. TatooT— ~.. s ub of engineering had had many opportunities of considering .• f ee of transhipment on the difference of gauge. The chang e _ e . , „MP from the broad to the narrow 000ld be done with facility aitacutoosr. Where it was necessary for a transhipment to tawe'dcotlac ossiei:4 done, the only difference being that where it ord would be an absurdity to introduce it.—(Laughter.) ... in i ets! * to switches, they must be introduced on a line ri s e er t ." o . 0 0 0 independent of the gauge at all. The switches _P l i s o $Ol proportion to the parallels to be crossed on the c ihin 0. xtord co:. p y w e rii a dn r ec s i pg a la g eu o . f t o A t i r r a . ns h i p Brunei'sheaivny, invention. t a i d o s i i . o f clay froto t- _,„ ia g ell l '' It was done by a simple mechanical contrivallee, 0111.." a te° suit any gauge.ge. and toisl"Liss Cross-examined by Mr. HILDYARO--With 1 '0" of outs' a " id lines of gauges, a rail could be latheon inside o_o.oo the number of switches, and that would be an ad „, t dd be': 4 As itohethineewreeaisgehdtnonfinhererafielsr,oB7.oinlbg.ittei_or:liiteolipeerle By the CHAIRMAN.... I he evil of the chaugeof gale;:tosat cis, throughout wa s gui te those possible it would affect the public by a delay in the tra .. f e 'c to t i l e i i ve d expense attending it. Had an objection at one tin' t to s ot" to duction of two gauges, but they had been i buil „d there': ig difficulty was over, and the matter made etn te P esf risf ee d strP latocessitiviearetthheey were in EA) theothers, or, again, thecarriPage'senogf.eriew one gauge to the other, as they could leave the c cod D ee: e , gang . e '' rpecsf.a sr run on to the other trbm , and fitted with exacto7oo W7;4 passengers, and all, could be lifted up and plo; pes o ', f o r s on the narrow gauge, as the case might be, with ` ...t req uite . and expedition. Every system of transhipoie_n_e, weir ju::::es"r rrissffeectiG:le::: change of gauge could be carried out without dse . t e ra ther is oa By the CHAlRMAN—Considered the broads an t a uth g 61 , o f anti the narrow much too narrow. TbOnght Muth I 0 3 non "" 00 cr ape o th e e o good gauge, but he could not takr- 0 npieioN: . s ieti. • that the bread gauge under consid broad practicay. He had but 3 osi er: o 0 , 01 , 0, ' o f f i experience of the working broad gaug e Wa' a ° g the br°l o , il lb ! A speed of fifty miles an hour could be done the n Art 3 D i l', and the same power could be attained on both l iee' ash i, t i a difference was in the loads taken on - I , he Oa- oille e , same power and in the same tiine,' "or 5nd,,,t,1,1 to was done with the greatest regular' ' o f e.',., 0 1Ce 0 , transhipment was not a corisideration, for "nWctien thsli•tt; of ID; anythingnecelsiskitey,daiffindcuolftyso ample adilficulty xi it 0001. to ; cone,' roetieabidoi tss . danger and difficulty could not affe ct fromtblP the O% oth er 4 matter. The transhipment of the earth __ is all s , .O r e was as difficult an article to renl7 quite made it was much heavier than c osts, a ., n t co uld e: it so. ll s , as minerals generally. A transhierne'lbe o rber ri little 00, coals or any other goods from one gangered w ith a ge , woltpie jury to those articles. It would be A den° bola esPen-;aeds. uo pence, indeed a very trifling one. The ti c at ion ° o p t o ce rr od exceed one farthing per ton for 0 1 1 t,,, sta l l i - f,. talf e !,,,lae e transfer from the broad gauge to the nei i eo rov - 00 0 0 ' „...- to the broad was the sam,.. &ea,aliity. The tb ree 1 ::; v er. forbe transferred with the same ; e ked in w ater : trsa the transhipment could be lie s °, or kin g Of t b. ye it could be done by hand, 6t -n t n ' e Or-.,,ce Naa s ,tlitY, Was invited by Mr. Brunel to wittleti, ea le .- the nee' toi n , shipment at the Paddington station. "•a;ootahle to in th e It good one, and it worked well, qui te f t ime cet°llo minute: sr. shipment s ewy s a h assts i e f eh t m e lei d ..t yw w eti e oe, r nh e seah h i e wfmt a e v iani ygn,h,t,teatinotadionetdh ae bears half oavonon d e co t; t br i es ge cs 0,1°,0 bell e b a 6 tila t ' e ed °Li heworl& ,WO „old constructing the contrivance suitable to the g aug- s iper• t o Re.examined by Mr. TataosThe h a s the 1 Patioel, 00 adapted to speed than the narrow, inasteuc _ tore! be . ... f ilo , . be larger. The engines on the narroW gaugac_, re . ' 4o , if !,: e of course not as broad. Crossings bein! "000 ' O 4 danger. Could lift a train of any length .ten,seoatrisanee' to quired. It was to be done by a inechant e. ir o oo eon ° t danger was nothing. . t m ight be 011 th , By Mr. V. STHART--In some Casa i . . t, afte r , ~ have a distinct line for mineral traffic; nu 00 , 0 1 was the same as any other na n de line. me . ,__ sde. Dec ,. Mr. Gooch was called, re.examiat_dv.ol4;o4 ,- The witness merely spoke as to the re i e ../..00 broad and the naroW ga u g e line'. Mr. Tataor--• ...wis,,4 Captain Huish, cross -examined TbYhe Lo. neon an d l'l tTle ri e rr ) o the Grand Junction Railivay. . . t e s a whole north an Junction line, d the an ,_ They had p urP th ei tos , Company were' rojecting will be shortly in their hen Canals, rrt CanalS, andirallSi ot' Manchester and the Birmingham the the Churnet o,oj /or place. Liverpool made arrangements for leasing part to the ow' of other linesd As Secretary sod 0 i when it comes into operation. lenast°PoP°3f thieti°onraii tilksd the has ella rg t s. e tion, had repeatedly written to t. , e hes. /no 10 i were - vties rria bi o"; other rY a arran gement,corne and vihpa ege a rt na l° ;: ro h ed_ it ej o, ham Company for lately introduced o s n u goods coming from Liverpool, but theloduCtie: t heir S o o t tr h e e rs G t r hrough tho .o s n e ewsit.s.s trii;.1.:01,00000, well. The broad gauge ca a n ndy c a a j r n r uc y ens oi c.t°l r e ::an.thee e th i e 6 01 ° , 1 ford's good:were now all carried on the London b .O 1 , , r op line, in consequence of a dispute bet•reeito:at °i v' O n " vdeuction of the 0,0 had t jt," Junction Company. No legislative nac. r , o f the ro oo l ; e sty to a competing litre in keeping down the chtt barges A fter t ele_ A Birmingham lines. The London and Bird "h" a rge 6 w ere i, bound by their Act to revise their tolls bar e c ol 0 00 16 trf` years' returns of ten per cent. bu t ° gosh , 11 1° ,hefe day making large purchases of othe r .. , ss th e ' a d ' t oe' lands, for extension of their works, it "lisitittlre'bitiset, SO their profits below the sum allowed bY th e il;plsee er ehO h d di g fore it was more likely the reduction Wou ld 00 the ° inii iO O dred years, if at all. There was a petition fr te rot 1.1 ., o i bankers of Liverpool to the House of Corn ° c one 0 01 0 line of railway projected by the Great WeSternos. ho it e „eris e before the Committee, should be allowe d W11090:0 i d ' It e Cross-examined by Mr. HILDVAIO---Theroi t he `' . . ap sOl' o f ti t petition for the Bill were not all connected ve ' t hat 0 1 ; 0 0 Company, many of them were directors o f _ et dire _ l e majority of those merchants and bankers i' ' be pol y ha P oi Grind Junction. Oa° Sebe";4lll' Mr. HILDYARD—Now is it riot the fact wo ol , or. who signed the petition for the Gre at l ine," A 0 4 Oar's who who is is ounnlc,onanheicitleidliawenitnhnttehre?Grand Junction t ter- . s at Witness—He is a bill professorand ba.ftmatiC. 00 je t Rev. Mr. Walker—ls a of 0 0 ' i , o pin; oci l i ; 00 prefers the broad to the narrow gang to o e °° o de the a h m e actahseematcienanlidonatet,aiannda greaterwholly aPa rt It 0/ velocitl on t he" , Co ir° ol d° on the narrow. gr. e ee „th e mine d bY f P eg 10: 0 0 1 Mr. John Miller, engineer, exa- change 0 t deo favourable to the broad gauge. Th e sa d With b : OS° Ito carried without danger to the con tr ivan c e f oe 1 eS $O ,OO l transhipment of goods. The leave, CHAIIMLN thought it was q-ot so on ii-- 01 " 0 1 was a good one. ~yeetS _s ale o r e - A he' De I witnesses as s t. this point of the case, 1.- oopo0:401 I said upon it. s dark e l t he rot e ~,„ witnes r , 0 0 „ Mr. AUSTIN—I shall only ask t• - , h i s tine per . p adjourned d e j e o n u r n A n r i o u lt . e 6 1 \ t s i l l i i l o l l i t i e w a r t e l O lt s s urv e y ed Ce ° Witncs—That is all. I have nc - &e t. , the The Speaker having been ano c l o w, et eAl all you know about t his t in the t 4" r the 'clock tO' vy. 000 ' OO O Gl4O ll n p re 's! nee Celli:SO. ell The Select Committee on this_g!, - h u the e"--nlif _ A O P o ol hour this morning, and proceeded .."'"0...,5,00ree, r 5 the e m MDINEURG2I". Azir• 0 sw.nasetioo, d f ile 1 0- 700,,) (Fros tof f oam ns Mr. James Beard, a farmer an ureaton"-s Ile' Narburgh, said he annually , ufaet co py / f tege 4 0 Yweenogagedint he , Pr n e ed opraor,, brought at r ed 4 t ( Cft aisly used in the manufacture was too t 0 ci o to oe Little Dysart. He annually c ene die esiront it aiell , erte which cost him 14s. per ton, while 00 1 ~id ce tot th. 0 Lochgelly ranged from gs. 6d. to 1 °,,,, is .°`joade, erclef:telis from ss. to ss. 6d. per ton. 11)05e 7Dellics. P;olTrefer. upon the railway, in the event of i f ` h i s svoT'it viaertsiell.ti'tes or would pas in the immedite vicinitY ermadee'hould eitien:t:hiel'ej sent his tiles by water to Perth and _ hd t i e ." pa r e i A nc! , 00; arid expensive mode of conveyaricet;treeted'e o un t en s P it s ad h t , the railway, should it ever be e e io r of t b ba t A t o usl i i' A te t tl potatoes were brought from the inter erteme, 0 ,0 00 iiit at Perth. He knew of his own K0.,,et0 savrcresa i _., e ttir of which he was lessee, '2,400 tons • o nto • 001 0 le , 10 1 5l had no doubt, therefore, the rai 4 00. e t ee transit of that article. , gr• b ean' f the The witness was cross-exaerdned h'_,,_ „„eorre _,,te 0 cs , but his evidence was in no pint shalt;itit, 0 1/ P it ; t he t:00,00:r•' ig Mr. Robert Philip, a mercheat]shited it told t u f t , a h l ises , timony. He said lie was well a iln,„tninni_ virrhtte,,tish 40re proposed railway, At its northern .. c ` t, son Ed Po.•oula Foe, tion with the GraIIIOII RallWalf W t " , and h e line 00 0 ~i s ti • h e Glasg° ot t sou tlir effected a junction with t .ocur t oofirts He had, therefore, no doubt w h i s t .....,r, A t _. d i . . 0 , of considerable advantage to the cor t ' ih ' p orte rt& 1 0° O il et ten .1, cially to the various populous On ~a d er . „ hee d oo •on I.° ' ivin c " or il l which it passed. e,,,,sive ir o d bi prel o n, Mr. Thomas Russell, an ex.-- „motto by the,toto , th e said—The population of theillekieg;..l s,Teitte:tinioovenr:..eeeti ° was 17,000, who would all be ac _7,'-passeet.ite ist ael 94 t his way. Last year 34,575 Pasaseteegacomes. ergoiod, gri3 ott:,, going to and from Dundee by 75 , tOns - W. o rn passed, in the same way, 5,° Stirl ing ' iii'ocin C°°lCl cattle, 6,470 sheep , and '270 dogs. per si t savigsu s o th e Hamilton, AfrAi corroborans vessels at Edinburgh, gave el ° mittee afterwards adjourned emxaarindaegrerG Gibbs, B,tahne Gene, ~,, ri tO -, oter 10 / PWI bel l, • oi l GROV . _ a ping s 50' 1° alb ' o'e T lo h e e k Cinomtreitßteuerrgee_saassceettleditetehroie, '''‘ivoest;os,inolte:o.ol6.l/101040 I),TORT I-1 ITN. 1113.° 14:01121c752g:t3140 :::::_,,icv;:p.gl6l::::pol T iow oat,- 1 i nio . W bot.: it to 115 5 ortv,if, ,;...,, a g r re lz e 00 ......0p y was or p: D I ot , ii 0 There was no oppo The Bill for altering the line of ;cia ,---o",teriallY I A art of Josep ) id be f erf j ei ll i jO l Webster, on the p erty &nn' ,•ty. oa. - a O - p complained that his proo ' any neecs-1 t the prollettiogto t the proposed line, and without n e of then,ailge3 o r Pio or Sf e would be a gre3t ii""vemnetintfa°cilitating ro,oreeld he 5 0 formally, g f 1 .t andc the T:t Gomms i is rt n t se # an inconvenient curve, an the whole line t , cla e coal district. The cost of witnesses were called t no p th ro e v o e r r gi , l l Id: 3b cc: 4 1 6 81. , °CI gree• '-_; o we."' when t h e Cooln iite' the cost of this deviatioen_!° GROVP • 4, g 0;0 11 0 i .o,ioll/ 31 sto i 11 1" gone 'fh through o r euagmh ble seriatim, o f t hi"_ i__ __ .. ,...... ,2 NO% w - • st the° ,pole 110t# I,OII7XIOZT .(3243)e met this m o rn co t SA serfo 1 0 0 A t. The Committee an this lin . n 0 ,. ..uilriese,t;•_ . be efroes co: a nd id ; : ro t t i:t l i n o r e e t g :ie let'- tier; air -g t ° ‘ 4' that he thought it might facilit . t he c o nd o to the i the Co tt th a , hoford, tiro pfloo the Counsel on each side, that t° Che ,ir • an d t oil t he ft/ id rence - ..,sens,-, or I t Previous to the resuraptliawdtalet. 3' l n A d i : B n e f l a t l a l " g eej. 0010 gal subsequent e " . ttber int bi° nion might be shaken by e no advantages, e v ___,,feer:ll,l3oool: of facie view, they could se ti3ei:tha7nPe'sdSaWilretcf?drded' prefe t y round Bishopchs.oo7;,_ eidloge or populatioe, on the coon : 0 _ere," by the be broo oe . pa t O pel possibly compete with thos e te Committee h t , too , Dir. GixeeN assured the h ~, thatit • 0 5 ,9 V/0111 .0 , P character so conclustv , 4 Sal N in bel l 'ver 1, 4 to, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1845.