The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-22 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Bellini's celebrated Opera, entitled LA SON• NAMBULA. Amina, Madame A. Castellan. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo , sephine) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed, that there will be an Extra Night (net included in the Subscription), The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in some of their Favourite Pas. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anaide Castellan and Sig. 3foriani, will appear. In the course of the . Evening the celebrated Spanish Dancer, Dona Manuelea I'erea, known as La Sena, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer, Don Felix Garcia, will appear in various of the Na tional Pas of Spain. With the New Ballet Divertissement of KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. Kaya, Millie. Lucille Grahn ; Knud, M. Perrot. And other Entertainments, in which will appear all the Artistes of the Ballet. Ipplications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box• office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE DESERT, FIT FELICIEN It is respectfully announced that the LAST REPRESENTA TION of this celebrated Work will take place on MONDAY, May 5. Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous Selection of Choral and Vocal Music from the most classical Authors, and executed by the dis anguishedArtistes of this Establishment. — fie Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per. formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. Partioulim ho Only announced. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BOHF.MIAN GIRL. Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Arline. Miss Rainforth. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled BOBER I` AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : -- Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by 3lesdames Louise and Adele. La Lituana Pas Seul, by Mdlle. Folin. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Le Sevillianne, Spanish Dance, Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Flaces, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Mr. JOHN PARSONS (Box-book-keeper) most respectfully an nounces that HIS BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY, MAY Ist, when will be performed a POPULAR OPERA, A GRAND DIVERTISSEMENT, and a Variety of ENTERTAINMENTS, full particulars of which will be speedily published. Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3 ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, Is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Box-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled 'ILD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr. Stricklacd ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews; Tem Coke, Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr. Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; the Countess of Pompion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn, Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Ben , ett. After wkich, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S lIOLIDAY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF . THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN Bt SITES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated 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. To conclude with MOTHER AND CIIILD ARE DOING WELL. Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Wallack ; Baron, Mr. Archer; Count Wintersten, Mr. Courtney ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman. To conclude with DON C.ESAR DE 13AZAN. Don Cmsar de Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Unparalleled success of the New Grand Burlesque—lrresistible Fun in " On Duty." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Grove. To be followed by a New Drama, entitled THE DRUNKARD'S GLASS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Emery, Meadows, Turner, Miss Dawson, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollidge. To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT ! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Unparalleled Success of Mr. White's Trained Animals ; last week of their Performance in London. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA ; or, The Spanish Amazons. Entire Change of tha Scenes in the Circle To conclude with an Admired Farce. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. VALE. consequence of the immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Canfield, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed IVANHOE ; or, The JEW'S DAUGHTER. Isaac of York (a Jew), Mr. H. Hughes; Lady Rowena, Mrs. H. Hughes ; Rebecca, Mrs. R. Honner. After which, THE QUAKER. Lubin, Mr. Hime ; Steady, Mr. Lefilzr ; Cicely, Mrs. W. Daley. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with JONATHAN BRADFORD, Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS VINCENT. THIS EVENING Will be performed WOMAN'S LOVE. Wilford Clitheroe, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Rate Wynsley, Miss Vincent. Messrs. Cony and Blanchard will give a Classical Illustration ef the Ancient Masters on a Revolving Pedestal. After which, FIDELIO. Don Vincentio Fernandez, Mr. Osbal diston ; Countess del Ruy, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE FOREST OF BONDY. In which the Dog Hector will perform. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON!-GRAND OPENING FETES. _ First 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, B. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. MONDAY, April 28 ; TUESDAY, 29 ; WEDNESDAY, 30 , and THURSDAY, May 1, 1845. 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 Carlton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Crazes, 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 Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with his most decided 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. Denson'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 txhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Giganti c m o d e l will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the fires en the Carlton 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 trayed. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet 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 an d ot h er devices will be in troduced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Danson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless and superb design, which combined with the Pena D'Arti flee, the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur rounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display ever witnessed. Feeding of the Carnivore, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, &e., at Five : Concert, at Six ; and Pyrotechnic Display, at Nine. Admission, One Shilling. THE EUTERPEON SOCIETY.—This Society gave a grand Miscellaneous Concert last evening, at the Royal British In. stitution, Cowper-street, City-road, consisting principally of selec tions from the works of Mozart, Handel, Haydn, and some of our best living composers. The solo parts were sustained by the Misses Turner, Miss Chambers, Miss E. Blackwell, Mr. Sapio, and Mr. Husk. Mr. W. Blagrove was the leader, and Mr. Holderness the conductor. The chorusses were judiciously selected and efficiently performed, and the professionals exerted themselves creditably. An anthem, the composition of Miss E. Blackwell (sung for the first time in public) was favourably received. The audience was j numerous end respectable. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Monday) Evening contained The Conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committee. The betting at Tattersall's up to six o'clock. The Spirit of the Public Journals. The Conclusion of the Proceedings in the Court of Exchequer. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the proceedings in both Houses of Parliament, up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. Immediately, in 2 vols., small Bvo., 21s. bound, A DVENTURES IN GEORGIA, CIRCASSIA, AND RUSSIA. By Lieut.-Colonel G. POULETT CAMERON, C. 8., K.T.S., &c., Employed on a Special Service in Persia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY B. D'ISRAELI, ESQ., M.P. In the press, in 3 vols., post Svo., S YBIL ; or, THE TWO NATIONS. By the AUTHOR OF " CONINGSBY." " The commonalty murmured, and said, there never were so many 3entlemon, and so little gentleness."—Bishop Latimer. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 3v0., price only Five Shillings (comprising matter equal to nearly 600 ordinary pages), v 0 L 111. of M. THIERS' HISTORY of the CONSULATE AND EMPIRE, A SEQUEL TO HIS "HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION." THE ONLY AUTHORISED ENGLISH EDITION. Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq., with the sanction and approval of the Author. N.B. Either of the Volumes may be had separately. Henry Colbunt, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. After which, the highly successful Divertissement, entitled KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. The Music composed and arranged by Signor Pugni, and comprising Themes from the Norwegian Melo dies. The Principal Dances composed and arranged by M. Perrot; those of the Danseuses Viennoises by Madame Josephine Weiss. Kaya, Mademoiselle Lucille Grahn ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Pragher ; Herman, M. Gosselin ; Knud, 31. Perrot. To conclude with th=t admired Scene of the Dryades from the Ballet of EOLINE. Eoline, Madame Lucille Grahn. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. _ ON THURADAY NEXT, APRIL 24, When will be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisi ; Bertha, Mdlle. Bellini ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, sie. Lablache ; Basilio, Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. THE WEATHER.--SIIN OFFICE, APIUL 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 60; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 30.09.—W1ND, E. Nora. —The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 37 minutes after I I Evening .. 56 minutes alter 1. . - t t .--.-. °_,.'4% at !..., IC • . ' • -. . ~- , . „ 42 1 9 t . ~"1 , , r , ,... i._s,':4,, ~ , ; , c G, .• , „._ • .• . 'F, •' - • - -'..,-- .. , Aigt, . `,.. Pr, es „.41114. • (JAN! ...'E.,•'„„T' Toii-6-IT -,- -,, i'.., ~, •:-'' A'r • M 0,.: ~4.051' . ' ..0 J.,1 Fr , . .1, VII ♦, en m , .., trtning LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1845, The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. A great number of petitions were presented agains the Maynooth Bill. The Compensation for Deaths Bill was read a second time, and their Lordships adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. New writs were moved for Derbyshire, in the room of Sir W. W. WYNNE ; and for Peebleshire, in the room of Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE, who had accepted office under her MAJESTY'S Government ; and for Leo minster, in the room of Mr. GREENAWAY. Several private Bills were forwarded a stage. Mr. T. DENCOMBE then moved to rescind the eleventh section of standing order, No. 87, which requires Com mittees on Railway Bills to make a special report of the reasons which induce the Committees to adopt or reject the recommendation of the Board of Trade. Sir G. CLERK defended the conduct of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. Mr. LABOUCHERE thought the standing order had been misunderstood by the Hon. Member for Finsbury. A long discussion followed, in the course of which Mr. BERNAL moved as an amendment that an address be presented to her MAJESTY, that she be pleased that all documents and statements relating to railway Bills be laid before the House. Mr. DUNCOMBE subsequently withdrew his motion, and the amendment was agreed to without a division. The order of the day for going into Committee on the Maynooth grant was postponed till Wednesday; and the other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. Looking, as we are inclined to do, on the much-vexed question of the Maynooth endowment as virtually at an end—with all its angry elements of political and re• ligious discord allayed, at least, though not extin guished—we are anxious to persuade all parties who have participated in its recent agitation to gather from it other fruits than the mere ashes of polemical controversy. It is incumbent upon them to remember that a country like Ireland was never destined by PROVIDENCE to be a mere battle• field, in which two races of men were to con - ten:), through centuries, for the political and religious supremacy of the one over the other. If the Legislative Union of 1800 had not settled all precedent questions of conquest or occupation; the dominion of force or the rights of hereditary succession; it would yet have been impossible to roll back the tide of events to that distant period—six hundred years ago—at which an English force, by the united sanction of the Pope and invitation of a native Prince, established their first footing in that fine country. From the close of the twelfth to the be ginning of the nineteenth century an infinite series of international and intersicial connexions, interests, esta blishments, settlements, has been successively created. To this interchange and intermixture of civil and do mestic institutions there have been superadded, in the same protracted interval, all the artificial means of go vernment and polity, by which, in every age, the incor poration of notions, originally distinct and independent, has been effected. Since the period of the Legislative Union this fusion of the English and Irish races and governments has been so complete and universal, and so much developed throughout the whole system, that it is now in vain to challenge, as proper to either country exclusively, this or that element of the imperial consti tution. And we contend that this is so, notwithstanding the still visible traces of former violence, mismanage ment, neglect, and inequality in the process. We should be the last parties to dispute that Ireland has been grievously misgoverned, and cruelly oppressed, since her incorporation as an integer of the British empire. But it must be conceded, on the other hand, that there have been many, and very recent, periods in the history of that connexion, in which both the English and the Im perial Parliaments have manifested an earnest and gene rous design to fulfil, honestly and boldly, the duties of protection, in the first instance, and of equal union in the second. To admit that this wise and enlightened policy has, by no means, been the rule observed in the administration which England has exercised over Ire land, but rather the exception, re-appearing at uncertain and too-widely separated periods, proves nothing against the fact of her virtual incorporation. All the atrocities charged upon the governments of English Vice roys and Commissicners, under the Plantagenets the Tudors, and the Stuarts—under the iron discipline of CeomwELL and the military rapacity o f King WiLuest—cannot efface the fact of the advances made by her in civilisation and commerce prior to the accession cf the House of Hanover. How largely Eng lish capital invigorated and expanded the agriculture, the manufactures, and trade of Ireland under the reigns of the four GEORGES (notwithstanding the disas trous outbreaks of the years 1798 and 1803) are mat ters of history which cannct be disputed. The con cession of the Roman Catholic claims in 1829, and the general policy of conciliation pursued towards Ireland, and the paternal regard manifested for the Irish in the personal deportment of the Sovereign, under WILLIAsi the FOURTH and VICTORIA, have done much to erase the most distressing recollections of earlier epochs of mis government. Until the " repeal" cry was raised, no man in either country seriously entertained any views of political improvement that would apply, exclusively, to the one without affecting the other. The interests of the poorer classes in Ireland were identified with the benefical relations which subsisted between the growers and the consumers of agricultural produce ; the sup pliers and the employers of every species of industrial labour. The higher classes found a common road to eminence, success, and distinction in those professions, and in all those branches of the public service in which civil disqualifications on account of religious opinions— (common, be it observed, to the English and Scotch, as well as the Irish)—did not interpose specific obstacles to their advancement. To the relief of these disqualifica tions we would fain hope that the grant to Maynooth may be received as an acceptable compliment. And this brings us to the salutary fruit which, we trust, now will be gathered from the rugged soil of hotly-contested principles. What is wanting to the pacification of Ireland, and ,he extinction of those impracticable projects, and mis- chievous aspirations which, under various designations and pretences, have convulsed her social and political exi,tence, and organised and fostered nothing but a de structive excitement ? The unquiet phantoms of " re peal " and " federalism," must be laid. But the con senting desires and feelings of a whole people are needed for this exorcism. Let those who best know how to awaken those feelings, and to appeal to those desires, concur in re-establishing the reign of tranquillity and order, by showing to the English capitalist that he may invest his money among them without the risk of political commotion and severance. Distinguished as Ireland is, above almost all the nations of the globe, by the rare combination of advantages of geographical position and fertility of soil—by noble rivers, a well-indented coast, and capacious harbours,— she boast; one excellence, in the moral constitution 01 her people, which is yet more honourable and a dvan. tageous to her. Their prompt enterprise and unwearied industry, wherever occupation offers, makes the poor Irishman the model of a cheerful, honest, and hard, working labourer. Now, if the Irish gentry could only prevail upon themselves to await the evolution of that gradual but full measure of equal "justice to Ireland," which may now be anticipated from the course of the Premier's legislation for that country, and which an ticipations, we will say, have from time to time been so signally verified ; they would find, in the projection and construction of new lines of railway, in the exten sion of their still infant system of inland navigation, in the improvement of the bed, and the estuaries of the Shannon and other of their rivers ; in the enlargement of old, and the building of new harbours and docks, for which their coasts offer unequalled facilities ; and in the more active and extensive prosecution of mining under takings (the rich returns of which the experience of the last twelve years leaves no longer a matter for doubt or for depreciation) ;—they could find in all these ample channels into which the superabundant capital of Eng land (now lavishly hazarded on the most insecure foreign investments) might be induced, under the guarantee of future permanent tranquillity, to flow freely. The difference of this capital would secure to the re dundant, but now pauperised, population of Ireland a steady demand for all that surplus labour, whose hope. less condition and accumulating amount have been, hitherto, the main causes of the misery and degradation of so large a community— eager for employment, starving in involuntary indolence, and desperate from starvation. The relations between landlord and tenant would find their own adjustment on terms twenty times more beneficial and lasting than twenty " Land Commissions" can ever hope to accomplish. The stimulus of " a fair day's wages for a fair day's labour" would bring out all the latent energy and spirit of the native Irish character as one body of the people. The example and influence of that prosperity which attends the secure and peaceful occupations of commerce and manufactures, would unite another and a higher class in a gr nerous emulation to consolidate and accelerate those visible indications of the reviving prosperity of their beloved Ireland ; and the spectacle of such a people, thus thoroughly united for the first time, during a thousand years —among the:a -s-dyes—would re-act, with a moral, a certain, and an ir resistible force on the Imperial Government, so as to render their equality in the Legislative Union of the two countries as . unquestionable as it would prove in destructible. According to some of the Paris papers the two great parties in the State, at the head of which are M. GuizoT and M. THIERS, are actively engaged in preparations for the general election, which is expected to take place in the autumn. The Const tutionnel states that a great number of prefects of departments have been summoned to Paris by the Minister of the Interior to make arrange ments for that purpose. The Opposition, including the Deputies of the Left and Left, Centre and the Legitima tists, under M. BERRYER, have formed Committees to watch their interests and stir up the electors in tho pro vinces. The Committee of the Left Centre will be pre. sided over by M. THIERS, and that of the Left by M. ODILON BARROT. It is therefore anticipated that there will be no party contests of importance during the re mainder of the session. M. GUIZOT had completely re covered from his sudden indisposition. Several of the journals contain brief articles on the Maynooth question. One of them, the Constitstionne/, pays a high tribute to both parties in this great contest. After alluding to the speeches of Lord Jorm MANNERS, MT. SMYTHE, and others, it says—their unexpected defection from the old Tory politicans, and their support of the measure, may compensate them for the angry attacks and insults of those journals which, the other day, exalted Mr. D'Isr.AELI. " Many of the Whigs," it adds, " do not hesitate to support the Bill, notwith standing the fact that Sir ROBERT PEEL, had not hesi- tAted to compromise his political existence by proposing it. This disinterestedness of the two sides— this levotion of public men, who sacrifice themselves to the triumph of their principles—gives a character to the debate remarkable for grandeur and elevation of sentiment. It is mortifying to French Conservatives to find Sir R. PEEL, a man of progress and conciliation, not only far removed from re-action, but constantly seek ing to realise reforms which the situation of his country demands, It is no doubt painful to our pretended Con servatives to suffer such a crushing comparison, and to represent only the dark shade in the picture." The intelligence from Zurich is to the 17th inst. At the sitting of the 16th the report of the Federal Com missioners was read, in which they stated that they ar rived at Lucerne on the 13th, and immediately supported, with the Government, the decree relative to the amnesty. They also assured themselves, by the communications from the: governments of the cantons from which the free corps had proceeded, that no such expeditions should hereafter take place. Sixty young men under twenty years of age had been set at liberty by the Government of Lucerne, and 120 others were to be promptly liberated. The following is the note sent to the Directory in the name of the Sardinian Government : " TO COUNT CROTTI DE COSTIGLIOLE, ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY. " Monsieur le Comte—Although the King, our august Master, is from principle, far from wishing to interfere in the affairs of other countries, yet, in the presence of the events which disturb Switzerland, his Majesty cannot refrain from expressing his regret at so deplorable a state of things. The neighbour of Switzerland, and having always kept up with the confederacy the intercourse of a sincere friendship, the King thinks he is giving fresh proof of the amicable feelings that animate him, in communicating to the Diet his wishes for the restoration of peace in that country. " To attain so desirable an object, the sole means are, no doubt, a sincere return to the principles that have for many years secured the repose of the confederacy, that is to say, that the cantonal authorities, such as the compact has established them, be maintained, and that religious creeds be sheltered from all attacks. It is by a respect for all rights that fresh complications and the calamities arising from them can be avoided. " Such, Monsieur le Comte, is the King's impression ; you will always suit your language to it. The sincerity of his Majesty's views cannot be doubted. He can have no other wish than to see tranquillity restored among our neighbours, and Switzerland maintain the position which treaties have assigned to her in the political balance of Europe. " You are authorised to communicate this dispatch to the President of the Diet.—Accept, &c. (Signed) " SOLAS DE LA MARGUERITE." The Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S on Sunday at 85f. Ke. The Madrid mail of the 14th had not arrived at Paris. THIS DAY'S NEWS HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day for the purpose of hearing appeals. The Lords present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. SHEEHY V. LORD ItICSKERRY. The arguments in this case, which occupied the whole of yesterday, were resumed this morning, and were not con cluded when our Evening Edition went to press. The appeal came before their Lordships from a decree pronounced by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The only question in the case was with respect to the operations of a lease granted by the first Lord Muskerry, in which a power of leasing was con ferred. That power was disputed on the ground that no such power had been given by the post-nuptial settlement. The further arguments occupied their Lordships the whole day. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor did not sit to-day, in consequence of sitting in the House of Lords. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship the Master of the Rolls was occupied the whole morning with unopposed petitions and short causes. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) PEARSON V. THE LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY. This case, which was part-heard, occupied the Court the whole day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) The case of the Attorney. General v. Munro occupied his Honour the whole day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WriGlum.) Cases of no interest, as far as the public are concerned, oc cupied his Honour the whole morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco). IN RE CARUS WILSON. —THE ROYAL COURT OF JERSEY.. This morning the Court of Queen's Bench was fully crowded, to hear the discussion of the validity of the return to the writ of habeas corpus in the case of Mr. Carus Wilson, whose name has been so often before the public in connexion with the authorities of the Island ofJersey. Mr. Wilson was in court some time before the entrance if their Lordships. On their Lordships taking their seats on the bench, Lord DENMAN asked Mr. Roebuck if he was prepared to show cause against the validity of the return of the writ of habeas corpus in this case ? Mr. ROEBUCK said that he had no instructions whatever upon the subject. Lerd DENMAN—Then the Court may at once dispose of the case. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was informed that Mr. Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Peacock were retained for the defendant. Lord DENMAN—But they are not here, and we are pretty well aware of the reason why then did not appear last day. Mr. C. Wilson—Had seen his counsel late last night, and he had no doubt they were they in some of the other Courts. Lord DENMAN then ordered that they should be sent for In a few minutes Mr. PEACOCK entered the Court, and said that he with his Learned Friend, Mr. Kelly, had been instructed to oppose the return to the writ of habeas, but he in the meantime intended to apply to their Lordships for leave to let the case stand over for a few days. Lord DENMAN said the case came before the Court on the 13th of February. At that time, in consequence of counsel not appearing, the matter was postponed:till the 22d of April, consequently the Court could not, without very sufficient rea son, consent to any further delay. Mr. PEACOCK said he was just furnished with an affidavit made by Mr. Wilson, which stated that that gentleman had not been able to obtain a copy of the return to the writ un til within a very limited period of the trial, although the Solicitor-General had promised that he should have been furnished with one long before. The affidavit further stated that the defendant had a good and sufficient answer to the return, if this Court would permit a reasonable delay. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought the Court hardly dealt with in thus asking for a further delay. Mr. Wilson's coun sel did not attend on the former day appointed for the trial, and when Mr. Roebuck asked for a postponement, it had not been opposed. There had been ample time in the interval to have had counsel:properlyginstructed, and he the (Solicitor- General) now felt it his duty to oppose this further appli cation. Mr. F. KELLY at this moment entered the Court, and the defendant's affidavits having been read, said that on the last occasion on which this case was to have been heard, his brief had been so lately given to him, that he was quite unable to attend to it, in consequence of previous professional engagements. He trustcd, however, that now the Court would allow a reasonable period for Mr. Wilson to file affidavits, contradicting a portion of the state ments in the return, particularly those which related to the laws of Jersey, on which would depend the issue of the question—namely, whether Mr. Wilson should be remanded back to his former place of custody, or whe ther he should be discharged. If it were proved that the return was faulty in this particular, the defendant would be entitled to his discharge; but as a copy of the return had not been obtained till within the last day or two, the defend ant had not been enabled to answer the allegations contained in it. He only asked for the delay of a day or two, in order to give time for this purpose. Their Lordships then consulted for a few minutes. Lord DENMAN said that the Court was of opinion that the application for further delay could not begranted consistently with the due consideration of public justice. The defendant had had ample time to answer all the material facts contained in the return, which was read at length when he was last e n r e e r f a u t before the Court, He was not, therefore, in a position to ask e is ree fo y rm is er eo c r u r s to to t d i; . for further delay, and the application must in consequence Mr. KELLY —My ed. His Lordship then called upon the Solicitor toof jh to proceed with his motion for remanding the prisoner Lords, the prisoner denies that the law stated in the allegations contained in the return to the writ, and he requests an opportunity to file affidavits. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to further affidavits being filed. Lord DENMAN said the return to the writ alleged that Mr. Wilson's imprisonment was in strict conformity with the laws of the island of Jersey ; and as the Court of Queen's Bench was not a court of error, he did not see that they had any power to receive affidavits condematory of the Court's proceedings. The application to receive affidavits for the purpose of sholying the illegality o f th e C our t i n Jersey must, Therefore, in his opinion, be refused. The other Judges declared their opinions seriatim, and coincided in that given by the Lord Chief Justice, namely, that the affidavits should not be received. Mr. KELLY then proceeded to address the jury in favour of the defendant. He contended that the whole of the pro ceedings of the Royal Court in Jersey were illegal, and should be set aside. (The Learned Counsel was proceeding with his address when we went to press.) BAIL COURT._.(TJIIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) IN RE --- Sir JOHN BAYLEY applied for a distringas against the defendant, a barrister, whose chambers were in the Temple church-yard. The doors of the chambers were always close , l, and no notice was affixed as to w!.iere the defendant was to be found. The defendant had not been seen in his chambers for the last five months, and the treasurer of the Temple, the porter there, and the Law Directory could give no clue to his private residence—Granted. (Sittings at Nisi Prius ROBERTSON D. YOUNG. This was a question of breach of contract. Mr. Butt and Mr. Ball were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Humphrey for the defendant. Mr. Burr stated the case. The plaintiff was one of seven children, whose parents had died in the West Indies. They were brought to this country, and placed under the guardian ship of Mr. Harwood, who, with the view of doing the best for the children, advertised for a person to whom the plaintiff might be apprenticed to learn the cabinet-making. In con sequence of that advertisement., the defendant, Mr. Young, a cabinet-maker at Maidstone, saw Mr. llarwood, and agreed to take the plaintiff as apprentice, and a premium of 401. was paid with him. The defendant broke ❑p his business before the apprenticeship had expired, and the present action was brought to recover part of the premium, with costs. The indenture was put in, but it was unsealed, and Mr. llumphery said that the defendant would pay 201., but not any costs, if the plaintiffs were willing to accede to these terms. The case was dismissed, both parties agreeing to this pro position. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied during the whole morning in hearing two cases—Fowler v. Russell, and Charlton v. Gib son—which contained nothing of the slightest interest to the public. _ Several short notices were disposed of, and they were equally uninteresting. EXCHEQUER.-(TIIIS DAY.) His Lordship the Lord Chief Baron entered the Court alone shortly after ten o'clock, and informed the bar that their Lordships were that day sitting in a Court of error. His Lordship with a view to :prevent any inconvenience had, however, determined to sit in ,Court to hear short motions. Contrary to the usual procedure, his Lordship then called upon the junior counsel at the bar to proceed first, and then proceeded to take the new trial paper. The Court of error broke :up very unexpectedly, and Mr. Baron Rolfe with Mr. Baron Alderson came into Court. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. FOSTER. Sir T. WILDE applied for a rule for a new trial, on the ground that evidence which ought to have been inadmissible had been admitted, and also on the ground that the jury had been misdirected. The facts of the case stood thus : the Attorney-General had filed an information against Parker and Foster, for importing goods in the ship Harlequin without paying the legal duty. On the trial he (Sir T. Wilde), had tendered a bill of exceptions, which were accepted by the Learned Judge. The LORD CHIEF BARON thought that it would be better to let the exceptions entered by the Learned Counsel be first disposed of by the Judges, and if their opinion was adverse then it would be time enough to move for a new trial. Sir T. WILDE would act upon, his Lordship's suggestion. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bales, nearly all being American; 1,500 bales were to specu lators, and the rest to the trade. The market was very firm, but not animated.-Shares were not so good, especially Scrip. Aberdeen Railway, 4% ; Armagh and Portrush, 3 1 y R ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 3 4 1 ,; ; Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 1 / 2 1% ; lack burn and Preston, 17 1 4 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 6 1 / 2 %; 9 1 Belfast and Coleraine, 3 3 4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14% 13% ; Caled on i an, 12% % ; C am b r id ge an d Li ncoln, 9% 14; Chester and Birkenhead, 52% 52 ; Churnet Valley, 9 1 4 ; Clitheroe Junction, 4 1 4 ; Cork and Bandon, 6% % ; Cork and Waterford, 3 2 1 4 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 11 1 / 1 4 ; Dublin and Galway, 5% 1,/, ; Dundee and P er th, 434 ; Dublin, Mulli ngar, an d Athlone, % j 3 / 4 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 4% 14; Eastern Counties, 20 3 / % ; Edinburgh and Northern, 2/. 6 s . 2/. 7 s. 6d. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. 3s. 1/. ss. ; Grand Junction, 228 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 19% ; Great Southern and Western 'Extension, 16 15 3 / 4 ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 6% 1 4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8% 13s. 9d. ; Hull and Selby, 104% ; Inverness and Elgin, 1% ; Inverness and Perth, 28s. 6d. p rem . Limerick and Waterford, 8% 1 4 ; Liverpool and Manche s t er , New Shares, 37 1 / 2 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 1 4 2% ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 4 % ; London and South. Western, 40/. Shares, 26 ; Ditto, New 501. Shares, 15 1 4 ; London and York, 3 1 / 2 % ; Direct Northern, 6 5% ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 4%; Leeds and Thirsk, 5 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 1 4 Al ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 10% ; Manchester and Buxton, 41. 18s. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 9 5 4 1 / 2 ; Manchester and Leeds, 148 ; Midland Railway, 157 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 18 3 4 %; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 4; Ditto Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 119 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6 1 /9 • Newcastle and Darlington, 51% ; Newry and Enniskillen, 51 / 9 4 % ; North Union (A), 145 ; North Wales Mineral, 18% ; North Western, 5% 5 • North Wales, 3% ; Oxford an d Bi rm i ng h am Junc tion, 4 1 / i •, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, U. 17s. 11. 18s. ; Preston and Wyre, New Prefere nce (5 per cent. and div.) 5 1 / 2 ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 3 1 4 3 prem. ; Runcorn Gap, 33 1 4 ; Ditto, New Shares (80 dis) 16% 3 / 4 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 125 % ; Ditto, Quarter Sh ares , 16 1 4 16 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 6 1 4 ; Shrews bury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4% 3 4 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 42 1 4 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 10% ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 8 1 ,4 ; South Wales, 6 3 / 4 ; Trent Valley, 20 ; Ditto, Extension, 6 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Continuation, 3 prem. ; Water ford and Kilkenny, 4%; West Yorkshire, 5% ; Wexford and Carlow, 4% ; Worcester and Tring, 4% 3 4 ; Whitehaven and Furness, 3% 1% ; Central of France, 16%; Dijon and Mul house, 51s. 6d. ; Louvain and Jemeppe, 5 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (English), 1 2 %; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), English, 3/. 21. 19s. ; Ditto (Ganneron's), 565. 6d. 555. ; Sambre and Meuse, 8%. The ship arrivals to-day bring no news of importance. In the Public Securities there has been again some flatness. Consols for present transfer have realised 98% to 98%, and for Time, 99 to 98%. The premium on Exchequer -bills has been 595. to 575. being rather lowe r . B ank Stock has realised 209 1 /, to 210 1 A, and India Stock 278. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 100% to 100%, and the Three per Cents. 97% %. There are still a few sales of Stock making. The Foreign Securities have been entirely neglected. Mexican Bonds have not been higher than 37%, and Buenos Ayres have been steady at 44. Dutch Two - and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 63%. With but few exceptions Railway Shares are rather cheaper and there is less business doing. RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Reduced Annuities ......... ... 97 /, %7e Inn s s th ran. 1860... 11% IA AI (From . the Official List.) ............. 21016 s ent. Annuties ............ 10034 %X 98'1i;F i g Expire Oct. 10, 1 859 New oe a p nw n e gkrAC 3111 e n t Cent. 5t0ck...... rC 11 q Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock India Bonds 1,000/ 3 pDeor.C3eonltlears , Consols E x ,Expirep 71 Ditto under 1,0 00 / - South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 9 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 1 1 / 2d . .. ... 57 1,0001. ..................... - 500/. ... ...... ..- - - pm . Ditto Small ............... - PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 44 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 37y Dutch 2 1 / per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SH ARE 4%%... to Aberdeen ............... ...••••• 2 k Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1 Birmingham and Gloucester 100 135 Ditto, Ilia Shares ...... Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 ...... 8 1 % to Caledonian 5 ...... 12 1 ,2 to 11 3 / 4 Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 1% ...... 9% to 9 Chester and Holyhead Churnet Valley Coventry and Leicester Pirect Northern Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 1 ,! 1 1 1,2%... to Dublin, Belfast,andColeraine 21 ,4 3 14 to Dublin and Galway Dublin and Mullingar ......... 21 /2 4 Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Great South and W. (I r i s h) ... 5 19% Ditto Extension ......... ... 2% 151,....... to Great North of En g l an d...... 100 2oog to 200 Ditto New 2 - . . . to 190 o o Great Western .................. 80 Hull and Selby ............ .. ... 50 1 0 9 40% ... .. .... Ditto Quarter Shares ...... 12 1 ,2 23 Ditto Half Shares , . ......... 2 23 ...... London and Birmingh am ...100 Ditto Thirds Ditto 1 / 4 Shares London and Blackwall ......... 16% 914 London and 8right0n.......... 50 London and South Western.. 41% Bl ...... to 80 % Ditto New ..................... 2% 14% 15... to 14 4 Do. New.. London and York. .. .. 2% 334%... to 4 Londonderry and Enniskillen 21 / 2 334 to Lynn and Dereham ............ 1% 3% to Midland ... 100 156 Midland, Birm. and Derby —.lOO N N e e w w r cips a tl i e ,d a E nd nn ß is e k rw ill i e c n k .. ...... 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 8 1 1 .....• to to -- to :5 Newark and Sheffield ......... 1% ..... 64 8 %to North British ............... ... 10 • 18 1 / 4 4 to Ditto New .................... 1.. ... 4% Norwich and Brandon ......... 10 ...... Ditto, New Richmond andWestEndJunc. 1 Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1 Scottish Central ............... 2% . 6 / ~... to Scottish Midland ............ .. 1% 4 4 to 3 3 4 Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2 South Devon ..................... 15 South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4 2 1 / 4. ... to 41% Ditto New, No. 3 ............. 2 1 ,4 7l4i / i% to South Wales .................. 2q Waterford and Kilkenny.,..,, 1 ..... 4 York and North Midla n d ... 50 .......104 Ditto Scarboro'Branch . . .... 25 Ditto, Extension ........... 1 11 ‘ l 7 FRENCH RAILWAYS. Bordeaux,Toulouse,andeette 2 - Dieppe and Paris Junction... 2 Dijon and Mulhouse Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) . 4 Louvain and Jemeppo Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ... .. 2 1 / to Paris and Lyons (Colon's)... 2 . ... 2 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia - Union of London lO - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 21.—The sales are ;.--Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shales, 4 7-16 % ; Hull and Selby, 106; London and Brighten, 64; London and South-Western, 81; Manchester and Birmingham, 59 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10%; Ditto, New Quarters, 5% prem. ; Midland Railway, 401. Shares, 18% ; North British, New Shares, 5%; South-Eastern, No. 3,8%; Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 3 1-16 ; Belfast, Ballymena, and Carrickfergus, 5% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 10 1 / ' • Black burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 53 / 4 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9%; Clitheroe Junction, 3% 3/4 prem.; Churnet 9% 8% ; Direct Northern, 5/ 6; Dublin and Belfast Junc tion, 11 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 8%; Leeds, Dews bury, and Manchester, 4 3 / 4 ; Leeds and West. Riding Junc tion, 7 9-16 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 ; London and York, 3% 3-16; Lynn and Dereham 3 ; Manchester and Buxton, 5 4% ; North Wales, 3% ; Zorth Western, 5% 5-16; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 13-16 3/ prem. ; Scottish Central, 7%; Sheffield and Lincolnshire junction, 11. Bs. ; Shewsbury, Oswest and Chester, 4% 3 / 4 ; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead ' Junction, 4 prem.. Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2 3 / 4 ; Manchester Fire and Life Assurance, 11 %. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. ' LONDON, APRIL 22.—Wind this day at noon, N.E., fres] breeze, and fine clear weather. DRAL, APRIL 2l.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Alwine, Juguision, Bahia, for Copenhagen ; Tolisman, Somers, Bos ton. Sid. Derwent, Mauritius; William Foster, Nassau; Victoria, New York. PORTSUOUTII, Arm, 21.—E, N.E.—Arrd. Port-a-Port, Bahia, for Stockholm. Off, Rebecca, Fegan, Buenos Ayres, out 84 days. WEymouTtt, APRIL 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Ann, Bailey, Baltimore, for London. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 21.—Wind E. by S.—Arrd. Cornelia, Guernsey, Cape of Good Hope, leaky. FALMOUTH, APRIL 2l.—Wind E., fresh breezes.—Off, Robert Ingham, Clough, Ichaboe, and proceeded for Tyne mouth. Sid. Ajax, Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 21.—The Moffatt, from London to Aden, which put in here 13th inst. leaky, has commenced discharging part of her cargo. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 2l.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd. St. Lawrence, Newland, Singapore ; John Cree, Goodsir, Cal cutta ; John Patchett, Newman. Madras ; Brenda, Thomp son, Mauritius ; Joseph Cunard, Ichaboe ; Asia, Gablee, Maranham ; Lady Constable, Garbuls, New Orleans ; La vinia, Savannah. Sld. Culdee, China ; Inca, Valparasio ; Lydia, Antigua ; Cambrian and Union, Newfoundland. Off Glenview, New Orleans. OFF FOLKSTONE, APRIL 21.—Bittern, Sheres, Calcutta, left the Cape, Feb. 8. CORK, APRIL 19.—Wind E N.E , moderate.—Arrd. John M'Lellan, Doick, Ichaboe. Off. Sarah Botsford, 111'Farren, .ditto. HULL, APRIL 20.—Arrd Columbian, Taylor, Ichaboe. Sld. Everthorpe, Quebec. NEWPORT, APRIL 19.—S1d. Alert, Grenada. 20. Regina, Singapore ; A. Watson, Calcutta ; Sarah, New York. SHIELDS, APRIL 18.—S1d. Dorothy, Halifax. 19. Actif, Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 19.—S1d. Shannon, Quebec. BOSTON, APRIL 20.—Arrd. Tods, M`Cardie, Ichaboe. MONTROSE, APRIL 18.—Arrd. Dorothy, Brown, Ichaboe ART-UNION OF LONDON. (THIS DAY.) ANNUAL MEETING IN DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The ninth annual meeting of the Art-Union of London took place this morning at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, the manager, Alfred Bunn, Esq., having kindly lent the theatre for that purpose. The doors were opened shortly after eleven o'clock, and the boxes and pit were almost immediately afterwards filled by a most fashionable audience, the majority of whom were ladies. The stage was also completely occupied long before the commencement of the proceedings. The tickets and prizes were placed in the respective wheels, and the wheels were repeatedly turned so as to mix the tallies before the commencement of the proceedings. At twelve o'clock precisely, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the President of the Society, en tered the theatre, and was conducted to the chair by the officers of the Society. His Royal Highness was loudly ch( ered on his appearance, and the cheering continued for some minutes after his Royal Highness had taken his seat as President. His Royal Highness, who looked remarkably well, was accompanied by his Serene Highness the Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. Among those present, we observed Sir C. Hopkinson, Captain Bowater Vernon, Captain Foskett, the Rev. H. Hyde, General Sir Gord ,n Drummond, Admiral Sykes, Lady Green, Mr. Alder man Humpbery, M.P., Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. B. Bond Cabbell, Mr. J. P. Deering, R.A., Mr. W. Wither ington, R.A., Mr. T. Uwins, R.A., Mr. Edwin Landseer, R.A., Mr. D. Maclise, R.A., Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A. and Miss Burdett C ou tt s . The proceedings were opened by the Duke of CAM BRIDGE, who addressed the Society as follows : Ladies and Gentlemen,—l have great satisfaction in in forming you that in the last year your subscriptions have increased full 6001.—(Cheers.) This year the subscription amounts to 15.400/.—(Cheers)—while last year it amounted to 14,800L—(Cheers.) Now, when we consider that in the year 1837, when we first began we only collected 4901. I think there is every reason for saying that we are thriving-- (Cheers)—and I most sincerely hope that we shall con tinue so.—(Cheers.) After saying these few words, which I trust will be satisfactory to you, I will call upon Mr. Godwin, the secretary, to read the report.—(His Royal Highness sat down amidst loud cheering.) The SECRETARY (Mr. Godwin) then came forward and read the following report, which seemed to give ge neral satisfaction : " For the ninth time the Committee have the great satisfaction of announcing the continued and increas ing prosperity of the Art-Union of London, a more extended and better appreciation of its great objects. and clearer evidence of the goodness of its plan and working. " The subscription:for the present year amounts to the sum of 15,432/. 125., and would have been larger, but for the misapprehension that Lord Monteagte's Act (under which the present distribution is made) applied simply to the past year, and that as no fresh Act on the subject had been passed, we were not recognised by the Legislature. In reality, however, the Act in question remains in force until the 31st of July next, before which time, as there is every reason to believe, the Association will be placed on a firm and perma nent basis by an Act of Parliament, to be brought in by the Right Hon. Thomas Wyse, as Chairman of a Com mittee of the House of Commons appointed in June last to consider the objects and results of Art-Unions, and the most expedient and practicable means of ren dering them most subservient to the improvement and diffusion of art through the different classes of the com munity. The minutes of evidence and the report of the Parliamentary Committee have been printed, and, when made public, will doubtless afford many valuable suggestions for the future conduct of the Association. "It is gratifying to find that the late agitation of the subject and this inquiry have not had the effect of changing the opinion of any early friend to the Art-Union of London, so far as is known ; while it has even already induced many, who entertained doubts on the matter, to give it the advantage of their countenance. And hero they cannot omit offering publicly respectful thanks to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, President, for the interest his Royal Highness manifested in the successful issue of the late proceedings, and his personal endeavours on several occasions to obtain it. His Royal Highness has himself brought the subscriptions of various members of the Royal Family, and has been graciously pleased at all times to give assistance to the Committee. " The list of provincial and foreign secretaries has been increased considerably, and now numbers 338. In addition to New York, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Hobart Town, Ceylon, Bombay, and Singapore, mentioned in the last report, the Society bas now active correspondents at Coblentz, Wiesbaden, Aix-la-Chapelle, New Bruns wick, Dominica, Monte Video, La Guayra, Toronto, in Montreal, and last, but certainly not the least in im portance, at Canton, in the Celestial Empire ! " The prizeholders of last year purchased 253 works of art, including two pieces of sculpture. These were exhibited for the usual time, at first to the subscribers and their friends, and afterwards gratuitously to the public, and were visited by 250,000 persons without the occurrence of any accident. " Relative to the selection of the works of art on that occasion, it is the painful duty of the Committee to re probate in the strongest terms the conduct of one of the prizeholders, who tought unworthily to divert the funds of the Association from their proper course for his own pecuniary advantage. The artists to whom he applied proved themselves men of honour and integrity, and his scheme failed. The Committee minutely investigated the occurrence, and received the fullest proof that the selection ultimately made was a bond fide transaction, or they would assuredly have declared the prize forfeited, and allowed the subscriber to seek what remedy he might. They deemed it right, however, with a view to the attainment of the objects of the Association and the protection of artists, to make the ' Regulations as to selection' more stringent than they were before, and have accordingly provided that no arrangement what ever shall be made, or attempted to he made, between a prizeholder and an artist, or by any parties on their behalf, in the selection of a work of art, by which a prizeholder may obtain, or attempt to obtain, the return of a portion of the amount of a prize, or other valuable consideration ; that no prizeholder shall sell, or attempt to sell, the right of selection ; and that should any at tempt to evade the published regulations be discovered, the amount of the prize shall be forfeited and merge in the funds of the Society. In this determination they are quite satisfied they will receive the support of all who appreciate rightly the real objects of the Association, and they would state emphatically, it is only these they desire to find in the list of subscribers. The engraving due to the subscribers of last year, The Castle of Ischia,' will be delivered, in pursuance of the notice al ready sent to every subscriber, on and after the 7th of May next. "-` The Waterloo Soldier Convalescent,' engraved by Mr. G.T. Duo, after Mr. Mulready, R.A., due to the sub scribers of the present year, is approaching completion. In addition to this print the subscribers will receive for each guinea paid, a series of designs in outline illustra tive of Thomson's Castle of Indolence,' male) by Mr. William Rimer. The drawings have been placed in the hands of Messrs. Webb, Whitfield, H. W. Collard, and Joubert, and the engravings from them will be distri buted as soon as they are completed. "Every subscriber for 1846 will receive an impression of a line engraving, Jephtha's Daughter,' after Mr. O'Neil, by Mr. Peter Lightfoot, which is already far advanced, with such other advantages as the Committee may be able to afford. "Fur the subscribers of some future year the Com mittee have been enabled, by the kind permission of the artist and of the proprietor, Mr. Willes, of Goodrest, Berkshire, to place in the hands of Mr. C. Rolls and Mr. Frederick Heath, two pictures by Mr. Uwins, R.A., • The Last Embrace,' and 'The Neapolitan Marriage,' to be engraved by them for the Society and distributed as a pair. " The Committee look anxiously to the result of the offered premium of 500/. for the best original picture illustrative of English history. The cartoons are to be received in competition on the Ist of next January, and the Committee venture to repeat to the artists of the United Kingdom their tamest hope that a work will be obtained for engraving creditable to them and to the country. " A statement of the engraving account, still open, will be published with this report. " In reply to the offer ed premium of 601. for the best consecutive series of not less than ten designs in outline, illustrative of same epoch in Biblical or British History, or of the work of a British auaor, nineteen sets were received, from which the Committee selected a series from the Revelations of St. John,' afterwards found to be by Mr. George Eiger Hicks, of Lymington, Hamp shire, as entitled to the reward. Considering that much talent was displayed Aiy some of the competitors, and anxious to stimulate young artists to exertion, they fur ther awarded honorary premiums of 20/. each to Mr. G. E. Sintzenick, Mr. W. Cave Thomas, and Mr. G. Scharf, jun. " With the view of inducing the production of finer and more elaborate works in lithography than are now general in this country, the Committee some time ago placed in the hands of Mr. Templeton Mr. E M. Ward's excellent picture, La Fleur's Departure' (selected by a prizeholder in the last distrftution), to be executed on stone of a large size. As this is not yet finished, it will be made to form part of the next year's arrangements. " In continuation of the Society's endeavours to en courage the production of bronzes, Mr. John Bell's statue of the Eagle Slayer,' exhibited in Westminster Hall last year, has been reduced by Mr. Edward Wynn, and of this twenty copies in bronze will be distributed to-day. The thanks of the Society are due to Mr. Bell for the liberal manner in which he placed this figure at the disposal of the Committee. For the ensuing year Mr. Foley's statue, The Boy at the Stream,' has been reduced by Mr. Cheverton's machinery, and will be pro duced in bronze by Mr. Foley himself. " Your Committe have long borne in view the con nexion between manufactures and art, and have felt the importance of leading one to the aid of the other. Con sidering the porcelain manufacture to be of considerable consequence, and greatly .dependent on art, they pur pose to reduce a statue to a convenient size,- and to issue a certain number of copies in that material. Mr. Gib she, R.A., when in England kindly offered the use of any of his works for this purpose, and the Committee have determined on adopting The Narcissus' for the first experiment, his diploma piece at the Royal Academy. Some difficulties which arose at the Academy have de la) ed the completion of the intention, but these are now removed, and the work will be proceeded with imme • diately by Messrs. Copeland and Garrett. Mr. A. J. Stothard has completed the medal commemorative of Sir Joshua Reynolds ; the Committee propose distri buting to-day to thirty subscribers the right to receive an impression of it in silver. Any subscriber who may desire to have a copy of the medal in bronze; in lieu of the engraving for the present year, will become entitled to do so by forwarding to the office a note to thateffect. " The want of encouragement in the art of gem en graving, at present seriously felt, has been urged upon them in several quarters. It has been shown that we have no artists in this department capable of engraving a figure equal to those which were produced in England a few years ago, and that there is not sufficient inducement to lead engravers to pursue such a course of study as would enable them to execute works of first-rate excellence; the Committee take this upportunity to draw public at tention to the fact. " Since the last meeting Thomas Griffith, Esq., M.A.; George John Morant, Esq.; W. J. Smith, Esq., F.S. A.; Henry G. Atkinson, Esq., F.G.S.; and Arthur Tooke, Esq., M.A., have retired from the Committee ; and the Right Hon. the Earl of Arundel and surrey ; the Rev. Edward Coleridge, of Eton; T. C. Harrison, Esq., F.L.S.; and: Mr. Sergeant Thompson, have been elected to fill the vacancies thus created. The account of receipts and disbursements is as follo►vs : The amount set apart, According to the foregoing statement, for the purchase of works of art, viz., 9,6504, will be thus &lotted : 4 Works of Art of the value of 101. each. 55 Works of Art of the value of 151. each. 39 Works of Art of the value of 201. each. 37 Works of Art of the value of 251. each. 25 Works of Art of the value of 301. each. 25 Works of Art of the value of 401. each. 14 Works of Art of the value of 501. each. 12 Works of Art of the value of 601. each. 10 Works of Art of the value of 701. each. 10 Works of Art of the value of 801. each. 6 Works of Art of the value of 100/. each. 3 Works of Art of the value of 1501. each. 2 Works of Ar t of the value of 200/. each. and 2 Works of Art of the value of 3001. To these are to be added twenty bronzes of • The Eagle Slayer,' and thirty medals of Reynolds. To save the time of the meeting, the medals will be allotted to the first thirty names drawn consecutively at the close of the general distribution. " The reserved fund now amounts to 1,5251. 25., con sisting simply of the is►terest on subscriptions r. - ceived, the sums unexpended by prizeholders, and the profit on the sale of catalogues at the exhibitions. In order to enlarge it, the Committee renew their exhortations for the payment of subscriptions early in the year. " The Committee are anxious to increase to the utmost the efficiency of the Association. " The various new modes of multiplying works of art. the announcement of which has recently startled the public, will not be disregarded by them, so far as they may be likely to assist in spreading abroad universally works of fine art. The steam-press has made goad literature cheap, and the increased demand consequent has made it cheaper still, without weakening in any degree its worth and po wer . Th e delight and instruction it gives are extended to all a;id lessened to none. So it should be, and will be, with art. It is recorded of Apelles that he could not endure that a picture should have but one master ; he thought that the works of great artists should be carried from one country to another, because painting was a common good to all the world.' We are told, too, there was a period when such works were looked upon in Greece as public trea sures, whereof the enjoyment was due to all. "In modern times, the engraver has extended the delight afforded by the contemplation of works of art to a wide circle, and the processes now in progress of, developm en t may ena bl e hi m to f u lfil literally Apelles' wish, and make a fine picture a common good to all the world. If we look back hardly a century, and note the state of arts in England at that time, the utter disregard of them whi c h was s h own , an d the prevailing opinion that Englishmen had not the qualifications necessary for the successful practice of them, and remembering what has been done since, observe the important movements now making in favour of the fine arts, we shall find r,ason to be hopeful. Amongst the most recent efforts in this behalf is the Bill now before the Legislature to enable town councils to establish museums of art for the benefit of the public—to provide galleries for the recep tion of And genius, ravished from the grasp of Time,' and to adopt the most efficient means of rendering them educationally useful. " Emanating, as this Bill does, from a member of their body, Mr. Ewart, to whom, in conjunction with others, the public are greatly indebted for the establishment of schools of design, and believing that if carried out effi ciently by the local authorities, public taste will thereby gradually be improved, and that much good will result, the Committee feel entitled to allude to it in terms of sincere commendation. The connexion between manu factures and arts is generally admitted, and has been always urged in the reports of your Committee ; it is asserted that we cannot compete with foreign manufac• curers in some branches of trade because of the want of knowledge of the arts of design on the part of the opera tives. By providing collections in each town of the finest casts of the ancient forms of beauty ; giving general access to them, and making drawing a part of ordinary education, we might speedily overcome this re proach, and become independent of foreign aid. " The increased facilities of access to national and private collections now enjoyed by the public, was threatened by the recent demolition of an ancient relic. The law being found defective—a proof, amongst others, of the indifference towards the fine arts which has been entertained by our Legislature—a Bill for the protection of works of art has been brought into the House of Commons, and will speedily be made law ; and it is to be hoped, that should any evil-disposed person commit a similar outrage, he will be punished with rigour ; a ll have an interest in maintaining•the security of works of art publicly exposed, and ther,by preventing the renewal of an unjw-t stigma now nearly removed. "The remission of the duty on glass will be advan tageous to painters in water colours, and lead many to adorn their houses with prints, who otherwise would not have done so. " The increased attention paid to the fine arts at our Universities, the important proceedings of the royal commis.Nion for their eutoursgement , the rapid spread of a desire for artistical decorations in our buildings, and other evidence that the love of art is penetrating the mind of the country, would afford important matter for congratulation and comment. _ "It is not too much to assert, that the proceedings of the Art-Union of London have greatly assisted in pro ducing the movement now apparent, by leading multi tudes to talk and think of art who otherwise had disre.. girded it, and obtaining a more extended consideration of its value and uses. It will be the duty of the Com mittee, as it is their pleasure, to aid in giving this move ment a right direction, and they call upon the subscrib:Ts, and they call upon artists, as they have before done, zea lously to assist them in the endeavour. "'The great end of art,' says a philosophical writer of the last century,* has been so little considered, that many are accustomed to look on pictures as they would on rich hangings. It is true that some kinds of pictures, like some kinds of books, can do no more than please. But the first object of high art is no more to be orna mental than the first object of an author is to decorate a library. Like poets, historians, and philosophers, painters have the power of instructing whilst entertaining the mind.' To painters , ve any, exnrel this power ; produce works to teach as well as pl.2ase, and rouse art to her proper station amongst us ; and to the public we say, purchase these works when produced, c o and so lead others to follow the right path — the character and increase the enjoyments of their & tht ,, trymen. Seek excellence in every department,fr°lliog lowest to the highest, and rememb e r, that by re l ",sit mediocrity to the exclugon of genius which 0 1 °Y. ee. your assistance, you depress talent and commit MP! our " Let us all bear in mind, that the great object 01 Association is to elevate and diffuse art. " G EOR - _,IE GODWIN H o n; Seel' LEWIS I'OCOCK, * Richardson's " Art of Criticism." 1845. £ °' d. Expenses, printing, advertising, pos- 1 0 1 0 tage, &c. 1'1" 0 Sum allotted for purchase of pict u res 9, 650 0 0 0 Ditto for bronzes 0 450 200 Ditto for medals.. Sum reserved for engraving, &c., Oli out- 0 0 lines 960 Balance reserved for the engraving of the y ear 9 353 1 4 5 1 9 15,440 5 0 1 796 1 ° 9 ........./. Net amount to be expended this year in ---- 1 4 2 works of art 13, 643 5 /4 His Serene Highness the Duke of 111EcKLEN B rate STRELITZ moved, and Sir C. HOPKINSON SeC0000'" adoption of the report. The m ,tion was put and carried by acclamation . kg o f Mr. T. UWINS, RA., then moved that the tbi. e es the Society be given to the C omm itt ee for their se r al , during the past year, and that they be requested to or e tinue those valuable services —(Cheers) Ile wa s , o s that they must all feel that a large debt of Su chgratito ue due to the members of the Committee, who exerted ~ts, activity in the support of the Institution. The ar T e se also felt that a deep debt of gratitude was owing t ° t t „,,a gentlemen, and, as an artist, he was delighted t° ate as forward to give expression to the gratitude th a " felt by the whole body.—(Cheers.) Artists "e;eci not men of words, nor were they acou st f t hel to address public audiences in public places; h a " t tee felt deeply grateful to the Soci e ty and to the C0n 3011 ,,i, for the assistance they bad rendered to the cause of 7; 5 4 —(Cheers.) By the aid of the Committee, gent. g ht been enabled to emerge from obscurity, whic h r ot es l otherwise have been hopeless.—(Cheers) had ° pleasure in moving the resolution.—(Cheers.) sa id Mr. COOPER, R. A., in seconding the motion , to that he had always found the Committee anxi° ll ; t y, listen to any suggestions for the benefit o f the SecAl"oo or for the promotion of art—(Ch ee rs)— an d be "' a id doubt but that the establish men t of thi s SocietY " c " - t be prove of great advantage both to the artist and t° public.— (Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried by o celle mation. Mr. W. H. Roper, R.A., an" Mr. Haggard, were pointed scrutiueers of the drawing. A r eff bliss White and Miss Roy were the ladies wh° - the tickets from the wheel. the At this part of the proceeding his Royal Highne ss er• Duke of Cambridge left the theatre, a m idst loud cb e e o ing, it having been explained that his Royal Ilig h , n he a had a previous appointment to keep. The chair was ' taken by 13. B. Cabbell, Esq., and the drawing CO .O mencee. It had not concluded up to the hour vibe ° went to press. r The principal prizes drawn d u ring the course 0- morning were as follows : 140 Mrs. A. Packe, Grantham .............................. "" 0 0 Mr. W. Gow, Hungerford Wharf ..................... 170 Mr. J. J. Stone, Kensington-terrace, Bayswater... 8 0 Mr. G. Lancaster, Wyndham-road ..................... 80 Mr. F. Allen, Pershore ............................... •••• 80 Mr. It. 11. Green, Manchester ........................... 80 Mr. P. Brown, George yard; Lombard street .....••• 6 0 Mr. Henry Brough, Oughton, Cheshire .............. 60 Mr. H. W. Dobell, Kensington ........................• .. 7 0 Miss Connell, St. James's-place ........................ Mr. W. G. Bull, Newport-Pagnell ..................... "50 Mr. T. H. Hughes, Henley-street, a bronze, 16111 e 6 0 Mr. G. 11. L. Wood, New Pend street ............... 50 Ur. Janes Car. iugton Potterm, Bedfordshire: . . ... MARKET NEWS-(THIS DA BAT MASK TS , , y cm Or, SMITHFIELM—Coarse Meadow Hay, gi 108 to 41 ful do., 4/ 16s to 5/8s ; fine Upland do., 5/10s to 5/ 158 i f oft Hay, 4/ 10s to 61 ; O a t St raw , I/ 18 3 to 2l ; Wheat if, r- dr 21 to 2/ 2s per l oa d. A mo d era t e supp l y, an d a stool mand. 4116 3 $ CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to - co' useful ditto, 4117 s t o 5l 9 s ; fi ne U p l and d i tto, 5 /10 s to 5 , 1 ., 1 1.; Clover Hay, 418 s t o 51 18 s ; O at S traw, 11 18s to w o ol Wheat Straw, 21 2 s t o 21 3 s per l oa d . Both Hay St raw met a steady inquiry - , at full prices. 1511$ WurrucaarKL.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ se useful ditto, 4l 16s to 5/ 7s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 gs 2ll Si 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/3s ; Oat Straw, 11 180 to d e, Wheat Straw, 21 to 21 2s per load. S u pply but ta°der ind trade firm. COLONZAZ. bur Snan.R.---The market for British Plantation is fire the only about 300 hhds have been sold ; in consequence we small quantity on show, rather higher prices have, he_',l, again been paid, establishing an advance of ft" the since last Friday week, more particularly en o ff e reil lower sorts. The public sales have ollif ho li of 10,941 bags, 240 casks Mauritius, the i f s pirit , which found buyers and went off with touch 3 : 1 - ' at prices establishing an advance of f u lly is to 2 7 nid descriptions, but more particularly upon the low and sorts. Very low to fine brown brought 35s to 420 a toll low to fine yellow 43s to 565. The only transaction Pro' 0 00 consists of a large cargo of Porto Rico, containing nearly I' /gf hhds, which have been sold (afloat) on speculati on at 2 , r deliverable over the ship's sid e i n L on d on , the be),,d paying the landing charges, an d a b ou t 4 , 000 bags g°6 -d, clayed yellow Manilla, with certificate, at 23s to 23s ft which is again rather dearer, and 1,000 bags very low v s° 6 , brown, of old importatio n , a t 17 a 3d. Th e quantity 01. v A ;$ tish Plantation landed last week a t the E as t an d West .1 0 ` .- 0 Docks was 1,466 hhds 136 tierces 93 barrels, and there w e b ,. taken for home consumption, 1,380 hhds 74 tierces 129 ba rre d© The stock in the same places i s 8,211 hhds 634 tierces 1, barrels. COFFEE.—The market is quiet. Rime.---The quantity landed last week at the East r e a d West India Docks was 196 puns, 325 hhds; there were ti ! for home consumption 203 puns, 19 hhds, and exportea_, puns, 16 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,57 0 per' 2,499 hhds. Ile i(P RICE.-850 bags Bengal at auction sold readily at . 0 . 12s for mid broken to good mid white, being extreme r 3 fr, 00 4 SALTPETRE.—I,9B7 bags Bengal were o n ly p a rtly dil l l of at 24s to 27s for 10* to 3i per cent. refraction, 1 011 * — again a shade cheaper. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is dull, at 38s per c w t on the spot , Town 41s per cwt. TEA.—There are public sales o f a b ou t 20,000 pack ages to-day. INDbao.—The quarterly sales were brought to a close 9 terday. The quantity bought in was 840 chests, that actually sold 4,197 chests, about one-half being 1 , 6 home use. The attendance was goo,' hroughout, and i '; o biddings were steads - . Compared with tne Januarj _e t i o g good to fine Bengal realised full prices, good dried copsn r - so , sorts went 2d to 4d per lb lower, and ord, including Me" 10 8, Kurpah, Oude, &c., from January rats to 2d per lb decl je , Fine Blue Bengal sold at 5s 3d to 5 8d per lb, fine Pa r r r & and violet a t 5 5 t o 5 s 10d , m id di tto 3 s 9d to 4 s 3d, and copper and violet 2s to 3s 3d per lb. ()tide ' fine and g — n a 3s 10d to 4s 2d, m id an d or d 2 s 6d t o 3 s Sd. Madras, fine an d good 3s 6d to 4s, mid and ord 2s to 3s 4d. Kurpah, fine did good 3s 6d to 4s, mid and ord 2s to 3s 6d ; and Manila, and ord is 7d to 3s per lb. GOAL MILT. Prices per ton at the close IVIL of L the market :—Carr's Hartle,,'! 16s 6d ; Chester Main, 15s 9d ; Eden Tanfield, 14s ; Hastinq, Hartley, 17 8 ; Holywell Maio, 16s ; North Tanfield, 12 56 Old Pontop, I3 s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 14s 9d; Pontop Wind , sor, 14s; Taylor's West Hartley, 16s 3d; Townley, .. 1 55! West Hartley, 17s; West Wylam, 15s 6d; Wylam, d. Wall's •end Bewicke and Co., 18s 6d ; Killingworth, 165 6 ; Urpeth, 16s ; Whitworth 16s ; Braddyll's Hetton, 2 053 u: Hetton, 20s 3d ; Lambton, 20s 3d : Pemberton, 17s 6d ; Cars do; 20s ; Heselden, 16s 9rl; South Kelloe, 19s 3d ; k deil Hartlepool, 17s ; T ees, 19 3 6d; Brynddwy, hand pick e d. 20s 6d; Powell's Duffrvn Steam, 22s 3d; West Hartle,' Netherton, 16s 3d. —Shl6s arrived, 32. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee (No. 1.) The Committee, consisting of Mr. Strutt, Chairwan , M i r V. Stuart, Mr. Compt on , M r . B ec k ett, an d M r. Cavertdi°' met in room No. 7 this morning. DISS AND COLCHESTER RAILWAY. The case was resumed this morning, and the Committe d proceeded with a great number of allegations respecting tb: plans. These were all o f a t ec h n i ca l c h aracter, and a grea number were sustained. LYNN AND ELY. The Committee met this morning some time after t w erie o'clock; Lord Palmerston in the chair. The Committee p rocee d e d t o h ear ev id ence on th e part the South Level and Eaubrink Commissioners. The firs' witness called was-- Josiah Human, who was examined by Mr. PAGET. M s evidence was to the effect that the water of the Ouse WI confined between embankments called the " New Cut," whic"' prevented the water from overflowing the country. There were also puddle walls, which were impervious to the water. If any injury was done to the puddle walls the water would permeate and lay the railway three or four feet under water. Very strong vibration, or an unequal pressure upon the env bankments, would be injurious to those walls. No embank ments ought to be made within 100 feet of the puddle walls. After this witness had given his evidence, it was ogre"! between the parties that the engineers on both sides shots ) " confer together, and come t o some arrangement as to the distance at which the line of railway was to be carried which would protect the embankments from injury. 11r. Little, the superintendent of the works of the Eau brink Commissioners, was then examined, and gave evidence of the same character with respect to the injury which would accrue to the surrounding country, if any injury was done to the cuts. The land in the neighbourhood of the Eaubrink is very valuable. GROUP T. This Committee, which has several projected railvar i n the Midland counties committed to its consideration, me t to day at twelve o'clock; Sir George Grey in the chair. Vber e were five Members present. The CHAIRMAN said they would take the London, Bed ford, and Birmingham first, as it was unopposed. 'Phis is a branch line proposed to be formed from the town of Bedford to connect it with the London and Birmingham It has been favourably reported on by the Board of 'rade. Mr. BunKE appeared for the company. and called evidence on their behalf to show the advantages that would result to Bedfordshire by this line, and that the standing orders bed been complied with. The Committee decied the preamble of the Bill to be proved, and then proceeded to the consideration of the clausce• Clauses from 41 to 47, which have reference to the levying of fares and tolls on the line, were postponed until the decision of the House was known respecting the rate of fares that should be imposed on railways generally. Several other clauses and amendments were agreed to, and the further consideration of the Bill was adjourned. THE PETERBOROUGH AND SYSTON RAILWAY. Mr. AUSTIN appeared in favour of this Bill, which has been favourably reported on by the Board of Trade. The Learned Gentleman stated at some length the advantages that would result to the inhabitants of the east coast by the con struction of this line. The engineering difficulties were very few, and the prospect of a profitable return for the investment of capital very great. Petitions were presented #gainst, the direction in which the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1845