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I i of this Ne; e'e it tot it, or :poirf l' a C Are, 1‘ b ° l , ire °- But ectionahl e th an any of these cited by the Hon. Member. ite merely said thi s i n or d er to s h ow t h at t h ey s h ou ld a ll be guided, in questions ' o f thi s sort , b y none ot h er f ee l ings than those of Christisn charity. ',kir. COLQUHOUN said he would like to hear from the o lion. Ni em b er some proof of hi' assertions, l fare. as k the Hon. Member whether he wouli l l e n;Wld, there n, or at any f uture tim e , un d ertake to prove what he had stated .e —( Hear, h ear.) If h e cou ld prove it, he (Mr. Colquhonn) would under take to c ome d own to that House and institute an inquiry into ehe systems o f e d ucation at these colleges, and if they •hould be proved to e x i s t, P een h e would say they were undeserv i ng o f Publi c confidence.—( Hear, hear.) He would, therefore, ac cept the Hon. Member's challenge; but. he would defy him to Prove his statement. As to the Hon. Member denying t .. l ,, ie e statement of the lion. Member for Ken . had h . they" heoks of Matt - meth College io the library here, in which f " at ithtee ultra-tramentaise opinises which were so dangerous to the pea ce o f t hi s country ? s N l'. WYSE said th a t " D ens " was no t, and bad not been, t au -"t`l in Maynooth. He was ready to point out passages e works o f P rotestant authors, which would be considered tii by the Committ ee as con d emnable. He would taken Luther, fe'r , instance In o of his works he said, " Free will is an empty t ame. awl if God e foresaw that Judas would be a traiti a t traitor. .was ' in his powe r t o b e anything e l se. " Thi s was on.a testant beets. elr. CO LQUIIOUN wished to know ehat this had to do v ith th th e qu est i on. The Hon. Member for 'Waterford had said at l he had Come unprepared.—( Crii s of " No, no.") v:klr• WY SE— I did not say so. r. COLQUHOUN— The simple question before the House s were thee to provi le for teaching opinions which were op • 'Prised to social order and constitutieoal peace in this countr? If the Ho use 4 10 . u'dagree to this measure they would be guilty °f ,, t a- greatest GA ' ant want of respect to the country. C' r • M. J. O'CONNELL slid that from the coolness with I.7he,itchlaethe Hun Gentleman had . had unintentionally misrepre, resented the Hon. Member spoken he could hardly b• 'eve or Waterford. the C HAIRAIAN called the Hon. Member to order. i ler ' a l i . M. J. - O'CONNELL—He had said that he could the Y believe.—( Laughter.) He would, ' however, withdraw haa tx o P re "ion• The lion. Gentleman the tt l‘leit h b e er io tr u m . ti K e e n n . t . ti man did a age on the subject of te . 4 dicl needserhas believe in the doctrine of the r. NI. J. O'Connell) believed that it was admitted . good works f -Poorer clasaes of the Irish people este Fec'ulia:- o h, e y absent ri . e 7P e ltY theft. If their doctrines were not of a aialp t • s n i s t re'VeY would this result be :hewn? At any rate the , , e were not so d as the CODS ituents of tee Hon. Member lafreeai'li".,for they had never worshipped a maniac as the second aIINIara•oI'LIJMPIRE inquired if the doctrines to which he had Pun4-„‘" were not taught in Maynooth, why they were not ex ed from the hooks there ? testa' MILNES, as an English gentleman and a c l o 'r ti o r - , anent,'4t would express hit aces Orkin, hang paid deduce ,„ °,l to thia subject, that arguments that could be tri4 On passa•res in the t-xt books of Mavnooth ought i not Th e i br Qught in connexion with the measure .. before the 1 ou•e. Ans,rritastruction given in Maynoeth was similar to that in loyal A i . :,,and most C . atholic countries. le en. r GI'IGOT l' said that in answer to the assertion of the aloet r i entieman opposite (Mr. Colquhoun) that ultramontane e t 11.01 1 , ne '' w hich exalted the supremacy of the Pope, were a ' 6 in M•ynooth, he would read a short passage Ricca the evidence of the principals of that College, 'refe'rit ibefore a Committe e of that House. He would de g' the evidence of the President, Vice-Pre t s h i- e 0 , 1 and Dean of the College of Maynooth, who were an aniwelaersens chaeged with the die-cipline of the doctrine, colle. l as t ortraa.. t ° the question whether the Transalpine in Alaanollinguisned from Cisalpine docoenes, was inculcated e.. lili e d -- ‘:, °l °, Dr. Crolly, then the president of the college, r . Dre6i i It never has."—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Montague, vice /ai r ro ` e nt, and now resident of the cillsge, was asked respee ine k e :,: t ' e la Long's O P- aet de Ecclesia which was a text bock at fave °° th, and whether Dr. Dc la Long had not lectured in I f of the Transalpine doctrine. He replied that ne had not at ro r o " pr. De la Long's leeture, but he knew that h was tooicig, advocate of the Gallican liberties as any Frenchman b e 1 .,e• B . ut he had heard Dr. Akeson lecture on the D tract.la toe teclesia," and he was more vehement that Dr. e , t on g against the ultramontane doctrine. The third person was not '', D° the who said that the el- ram , ntane doctrine was , ee .as i eh t e Or Mete eeted, or eneouraeed at Mae, nooth l i t l ,n ar, h,.. \ I, ' florin ', read those extracts, he would leave the eibrur,,aele Gentleman to prove his assertion.—( Hear, hear. ) Whieilel-QUHOU'N said that he admitted the statement ti e% had been made by the Honourable and Learned Gen r,o,ltaani.,, that the Professors said they dig not teach the whichultra the ii....e doetrine, but the citations in the report from ~ deeea'nourable and learned Gentleman quot d, and the es 1- Il e ~-, ,a(l,,duced. showed that such doctrines were inculcated. nitil e d"' tt ' i ° he ready at a future time to prove that, and he DeaHeriourable and Learned Gentleman to that point. tlaho,, - ' DINGTON said he recolleeted that a Mr. Col- Caf r ye i .tnaele certain Desertion , with respect to a R ••ii t ei h i t i . itiPeriL(' se ° 1 in Glasgow, which he believed was under ma de to of the Town Council. The charges he m , a, e l 'n to onsiderable indignation, and Mr. Colqiihouti was cadee het P r ove his statements ; but if he (Mr. Itedington) sec d- Pas te d o l ß h tlY, he failed to do so, and a vote of censto e was t t o nail o rlhi t m. Such ova= the individual who was so realty re a „i tii, _ ne s 0 the mast.—( Hear, hear.) He had stir. at of an Irish kind, for he recollected that. a ther t , -in n, a Member for Kilmarnock, made a ch ate it aft _ ne national schools were taught by Ribbonmen, b ut Air ',ry;ar,ls turned uut that he had his they wrieei w hom he met in a steamboat, who said that indeed intemetion from a de, were blackguards.—( Laughter. ) Why, what bettertelivain that ofc,(:tild there be of the doctrines taught at 11.1aynoo 2 th _ .ie /10 0. ne person s who had the direction of the college done trir," l'o4l Learned Gentleman aaid be would find t W h o o u s l e d the Ile,. Griee_ni,cated in certain books in Maynooth. Locke ? fr aver} ° "ernan be of for every page ofr ottaargument of Paley Would he answ b e I met with in th e u a ocir's to 1-e found in all the authors to "or ail the !irteo,„ndiveTsities of Oxford or Cambridge.—( this sub- Rue - „..,'"'„'th Pain to the debate which had arisen l u upon this that the Hear e , hear.) He Ilei,---"-'neers.) He could assure Hon. ole o a°, Catholic Members of that House permitted , m m an t y .. : 4'es t 0 he uttered a ainat their religion without a l e . p dise,°.refute them because they were aware that re 'gri ll s cal,Zms tended t'o no good and Christian end ; and at ie. , If 0 , 1 ' l es, if true, would be disproved by the actual state of . facto and thY oneahalf of the calumnies uttered against that religion, Cat eedoetrines they were said to inculcate, were true, then Ch r;‘ , r !lislie n which was professed by the majority of the . ti,eistian world, must be one of the . woist systems of Chris re" moral s ever heard of. That religion was in existence for ' 1 centeries, and it would ible astonishing that if it inculcated stich doctrines that it shou Present day.—(Cheers.) be so nourishing as it was at the Sir H. PEEL said he saw with pain the discussion which ha d tt arisen, and it convinced him that that House as at present r...,s,tj.teuted was ill suited for discussing questions of that kind. e e , e 'l e r, , hear.) He stated before that her Majesty', Go iostrrsir re ;tad. eonside7ed whether it would he advantageous to et e ari inquiry into the state of education pursued at tooooth. They had read the report of 1836, and they came lielL.l!° conclusion} that it was very improbable that any new T he` could be thrown upon that system by a further inquiry. 4,4.? ad 0 i cers appointed who were to visit the College once to,f er 7 and they were to (quirei into the management, tha t, ti rn , e e ,nt, sand discipline the College ; and besides In ionoe Ord-Lieutenant had a power in addition of directing Il e a s o i s trY into Its management, government, and discipline. niso;"_rated Hon. Members who discussed the religious opi doetri_oet others to beware how they drew an inference from th e el !' s be found in books there —( Hear, hear.) He called citistiLoention of Hon. Me h f . Kent ' particularly to the fito,,r threlZeint.lo thes Professors a e t r M o 4nooth when examined be. that th at , t ;t . t , ts toners. The Professor . was asked, " are you ;the4t ino rnise ' 'lice, in treating of promises, undertakes . to . show e, whet s are nut binding where the performance is impos °Neer e the performs nee is unlawful, where it contradicts a Pte'.'en4ePZ'all.:,ise, where released by the promisee, and . where , the or way er r ro neous, it was not (Paley said) binding ir d e e t f i r a - t , rk et Pal The Professor answered that he had not. t r e e ( a l there -,; In The `eY , but the same principles were L a tetl s Collis Coe, od we - go of Maynooth.—( Hear.) The Professor ag r i': l of Ceiher certain not true that in the third le r a' S ‘, l be Ait'ran punishments were not decreed eitcCitloesaheo,Ronses, and that spiritual authority might re • tle- ' P e l',,Ts of a Sovereign from their allegiance. What 14: questi on ' h ssor of Dogmatic Theology say in answer to t p° Not', , ' and what were the doctrines then taught a h Pe t or ', it I le said that, supposing the Council of the 1 ur e h , a, y other authority whatever in the Catholic kid e t ° their itiatic ss°3 ned the right of absolving subjects from their al soj d their decisions r s e.°° sider th Soyereign, he would disregard , i ' s ald ~,,- e subject by no means free from the obligation— a, met it hi - 5 7 °illy disregard such an opinion but he would con i,ete cor ato ., to resist it, and advise such of the . people Ohk: th e i r ,l, e d . to his care to do the same, and remain unshaken t be t ours gianCe. Let the House consider not believed t g lt o , iti eu l t , at " d in certain hooks, but what the teachers , er Pats inculcate e r i th e i c i ! , and in this they would find nothing incom : itote-ia duty he and duty to God, their duty to their neiglibeula, Ntri clause loot,heir S overeign. —(Cheers. ) ea( j'. 11 1Nbi r l ' o e„ing proposed, ti es f , ' i moved that the Chairman report progress. tilr, ° ' N o „ th • LAW °, no. ) • 55 1) said he would not trouble the House further le an th Y ll " th t tie ..' 1 toile,'" a he was opposed to the principle of en_d7 t - Ilie."4111d at e e °I Alaynooth out of the Consolidated Fu I. l'o-r:hePlY ille te move that this clause be expunged from the 11 se t hen divided, w h en t h ere appeare d— Attinitl i t mendm ent ........ 210 / .... kNes kajorite r „ t ir Lei n r ' .. '' :• ''''' , ''• we found akitt , L . cllNbig.„.e-autnitted to the gallery, . . ''' th e-Y at the table, addressing the Chin-man. lie Ne il a e es 4 5 . b e f or would appeal to Hon. Members whether he had nor. tf 1 „ ° Rot er,t,he a mendment was put, and afterwards he had ey a :• la o „r t ''° sPeak to the question. Although he had ths rather 11 1 : n f e rii e tittle, he had yet failed to catch the Speaker's th an that this was a matter which regarded the House Alt an hir e „i f 411 "EEN • • o , Six E said he had certainly thought it right to r'ller, Ile 1 hade Hon. Member who had the notice upon the a„lr. lifNienot afterwards seen the lion. Member rise. '•"0e, utEy expressed himself satisfied with the expla- Oa pause t i 4 r w 11 being put, ti ", h e o ,_ 'aid that, after the House had so recently el- l a thi s -el:1;41d be contented with merely proposing to nega qr. lllrebt, eepoarnbrid„Y, with great warmth, said that the false fire k '''er hat he BEY, deceived him, anti he should never trust any t e robe r a t he thought of importance to any other Honourable 4 1 at' . H. br,,,der to INGLIS wished to add a clause to this .measure, t a - Iht ie Prevent, in the event of a future Bill being f o ,_ tho se , the contingency of giving compensation I ,4td I, lb Persons who had received from the Manooth L e oth er fuer_period of thirty years ; and as he himself knew of eietwolalaot once of entering his protest against such a . principle, ed ' viot l i ci uFe bring in a clause ordering that nothing in the to ' e l i tl . t age s e , 4 l , t i t tle ally person who had received the pecuniary tti 01) 11 co ising from this fund for a period of thirty years, ,t:i,, co rl ttiPensation for any invested interests, supposing it Ir R . 4V by this or any other Act. te e t ted notv r t said he could not understand that anything i, astlre. gut ould bind Parliament in respect to any future to Z il iela, if t.t it he could understand the possibility of a case, hi With m e Legtslature had even resolved to have no more l i k e 4lf ' ll aYbooth Colleee, a professor who had conducted a W °Uld; a hould be considered entitled to compensation. tl le ;'her % few the clause. I ,c i l i ae se e w Words from M. J. O'CONNELL, who opposed f3 ri e e la ' nse • i th e Was read a first time. Li ii. 3 r. Laueation,..that the clause be read a second time, with ° o fLh e siotAYite'et wa°l.4°ldljeirhEdritawE t e b x e p e re la ss u e s d e. a hope that the Right lion. ti'tlot l ew words from Sir II INGLIS in reply, the second reading of the clause was put and mega etc 'le r "6 a division. kotiZort was then brought up, and ordered to be received N eL ti IN , th It _....G, O F ESTATES IN SCOTLAND. tialr. 14,81,!?ti0n that the orders of the day be now read, t ki , tl se I re A,AIAULE said that before the adjournment of the Rri' l lt the to call the attention of the Right lion. it 4 lil r o b. 0 Secretary for ' the Home Department, to a pare -4 i,,,,,,„4'11 he had seen in a newspaper that day, to the effect tla: lt .Y of r, h ad been given to four hundred families, in the th Leo it t Os e otte ,: , , , , t? quit their dwellings.—( Hear, hear.) These N Of 2, 0 6:r of five persons each on the average — making The paragraph did not gate what the reason for the notica was, but suggested that it might be for the pur pose of creating larger farm:.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would bring the attention of the Lord Advocate to the subject, in connexion with the proposed new Poor law for Scotland.—( Hear. ) Sir J. GRA HAM said he had read the paragraph, and he hoped that it had no foundation.—( Hear, hear.) The Lord Advocate had instituted an inquiry. But the Right Hon. Gentleman tnuit know, front his official experience, that he •-ir J. Graham) had no power in the matter. lint, he must say, that be cou'd not conceive any right that any landlord, or any numb, r of landlords, would have to cause so much misery —( Cheers)—and, as far as admonition on the part of the Go vernment could go, it should not be wanted.—( Cheers.) Mr. F. MAULE was aware that the Right Hon. Gentleman had no official awhority, hu he was sure that the declarati , 4n of the Right lion. Gertli , man in the House of Commons would check the dispo , ition to effect ,tich removals. The remaininl orders i.f the day having been disposed cf, the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. RAI LW AY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDA Group V. GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION LINE. FRIDAY, FIFTH DAY. _ . The Committee assemb!ed at twelve o'clock, when Mr. Dv:scouwr addressed the Committee, and said that, in con sequence of a negotiation that was now pending between the parties, he had every reason to believe that an arrangement would be made, by which all further time and trouble would be saved ; and he therefore now begged the Committee would be so kind as to adjourn till Monday. The CHAIRMAN asked, was there a high degree of probability that such an arrangement would be made, or was it still an uncertainty ? Mr. AUSTIN, on behalf of petitioners, said he hoped the Com. mittee would accede to the proposition of his Learned Friend on the other side, for he h,dno doubt but that a great deal of time wound be saved by it both to the Committee and the public ; but on the other hand if the Committee should r sc lye to go on, he was prepared to Co so the end; but if they did the public would suffer by it. . . . - - The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were also desirous to go on if there was not a fair degree of probability that the arrangement would take place. Mr. AUSTIN said it was almost certain, at least there was a fair degree of probability that such an arrangement wou!d take place as would save all further loss r f time. In fact, what they now had to dispose of were mere matters of detail, for there was no difference as to principle. His own opinion was that the Committi e might very safely adjourn to Tuesday next, if such would be more convenient. A Member of the Committee asked—Suppose they did adjourn to Tuesday, and then found an arrangement had not been come to, how many name days would be regMred ? Mr. Autu'lt:—Not more than two or three days at the utmost; certainly before the holidays. The Committee, then, after a short conference, agreed to ad journ to Tuesday next at twelve o'clock. GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH RAILWAY (BRANCH TO ALLOA). Group DD. The Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour, and immediately proceeded to business. Sir T. PHILLIPS opened the proceedings by calling Mr. Andrew Roy, brewer at Alicia, who stated that the present population of the town amounted to 9,000 or 10,000 inhabitants. The distance between Alloa aril Stirling was eight miles, and from Alloa to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was about nine miles, He was in the habit of sending his ales to every part of the coun try, and he considered that Alloa had a greater claim for a rail way, as far as goods traffic was concerned, than the town of Stirling. Mr. Burrell, commission agent and magistrate at Dunfermline, was then examined. He stated he was well acquainted with the trade and maruixtures of Dunfermline. The principal commodities dealt in were table limns and covers, and there was also considerable traffic in shipping. The cotton was chiefly obtained from Perth and Glasgow, and large quantities were con. sumed. The goods when manufactured were, for the most part, conveyed to London by sailing-vessels. Traffic was transmitted every day, by carriers, from Dunfermline to Glasgow. If the Alloa branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway were made, he sliculd send his goods by it in preference to any of the present modes of conveyance!, and its construction would confer a considerable benefit on that part of the country. If there was no branch to Alloa, and a railway to StAling, he should transmit his goods by cart to Falkirk, and from thence by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. He was acquainted with the fact that a railway was projected between Alloa and Dunfermline, which, if made, would afford a perfect communication with Glasgow. The next witness called was Mr. Bullock, a farmer and grazier, at Stirling. Ile had seen and examined the traffic tables i'put in by the Edisiburgh and Glasgow Railway, and considered them cor rect. There were three trysts in the year at Stirling, at one of which a cattle-fair was held, and the two remaining trysts were ap propriatt d to t•heeiemarkers. Sir .noefes PHILLIPS then called Mr. William Marshall, of Shores-due office, who stated that he had provided the data for cal culating the traffic tables, from which Mr. Anderson, an accountaw, had prepared his estimates. The results had been gathered from actual observation, way. bills, and other authentic sources. Mr. Anderson, accountant in Glasgow, on examinatien, said, that he had reckoned for the passengers traffic between Perth and Stirling the sum of 4,7891, to which he had added a further amount of 758/. for road money. The return which had been made by the Scottish Central Railway for the passengers traffic was nut correct. In the general goods traffic he had not included the shipping trade between Dundee and Glasgow. He had put down the amount to be derived from the traffic in goods at 6,329/. The number of travellers who went to the south of Stirling he had calculated at 123,262, and tho-e who went to the north of Stirling, as far as Perth, at 43,272. The amount in tons of goods conveyed to the south of Stirling was 24,534, and traffic to the north 19,249 tons. The average rate per mile which would be charged for each pas senger was lti., and the total estimated revenue which would result from the Edinburgh and Glasgow branches amounted to 15,163/. 10s. 91, Mr. J. Wright, mining engineer at Dalkeith, was examined as to the quality of the Fifeshire and Bannockburn coal-fields, and their present means of conveyance to the neighbouring places. In his opinion the line of the Scottish Central Railway was not conveni. ently situated fur the transmission of coals from the localities he had mentioned ; the peefercnce would be given to the Edinburgh and Glasgow. Coals must be sold at 103. per ton at the pit's mouth, in order to supersede the use of peat. Mr. Ilorne, land valuer at Clackmannan, stated, in his examina tion, that the quantity of land necessary to be taken for the con. struction of the Stirling and Alloa branches, inclusive, would be 163 acres, which , at a fair valuation, would be worth 19,9371. Mr. Miller, civil engineer, was then called. He said he had been engaged for many years most extensively in the construction of railways. The original capital of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was 1,2130,00 m, but a considerable sum had subsequently been expended. The returns had yielded a return of 41 and 5 per cent. on the outlay. There were five different classes of carriages used on the line, one of which was appro priated to the poorer classes, who were conveyed at a charge not exceeding d. per mile. The Edinburgh and Glasgow line forms a most unobjectionable trunk-line for the north of Scotland, and equally accommodates Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Stirling. The districts of Allots and Stirling are highly impor tant on account of the traffic which exists between those places and the north and south of Scotland. The country around Stir ling is rich In agricultural produce and abounds in mineral waters. Stirling would form the most convenient central point of rest for different lines of railway to converge in. The line as laid out be tween Falkirk and Stirling was highly favourable, and was to be preferred to the Scottish Central, owing to the comparative low po sition of the land through which it passed. The examination of Mr. Miller was resumed by Sir T. PHILLIPS— The line would greatly facilitate the communication between Alloa and Linlithgow, and thence eventually to Glasgow ; and would pass through a more densely populated neighbourhood than the Scottish Central, which did not possess any advantages to counterbalance these. The distance by the proposed line from Alloa to Edin burgh was 37 miles, and to Glasgow 31 miles. The length of the Stirling branch is 14 miles, and the branch extending to Alloa is 4'2i miles. The CHAIRMAN interrupted Sir Thomas Phillips in his examina. tion, and stated that the Committee were anxious that the wit ness should procceed to give evidence as to the engineering capa bilities of the proposed line. Mr. Miller's examination was then resumed—The branch from its junction with the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway proceeded under the Forth and Clyde Canal, and thence passed through the valley •f Canon, within a quarter of a mile of the iron works— then avoiding a considerable ridge of country, it swept round its base and reached Stirling by a curve. There were no tunnels, and the gradients and radii were generally favourable. The two severest gradients were 1 in 100 and 1 in 62. The smallest radius of a curve on the main line was 60 chains, and, generally speaking, there was no unusual engineering difficulty. The cost of the construction of the works would amount to 211,000/. The working expenses bad been contemplated at 30 per cent., to be arranged in conjunction with the main line. The mode of junction wits the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway is convenient, but the mode in which the two forks communicate is not satisf•ctory, as it delays the tran,mission of tiaftic coming from Edinburgh, and is in other respects inconvenient. This witness was subjected to a long cross-examination by Mr. HOPE on behalf of the Scottish Central Railway, but the main fea tures of the evidence remained unaltered. Mr. Miller was a'so cross-examined in opposition, on the part of Lord Dunmore, by Mr. WILDMAN, who stated that the pro. posed line passed through more than two miles of his Lordship's property. The evidence of the witness tended to prove that rather less than a quarter of a mile of Lord Dunmore's estate was inter fered with, and the line did not pass within a mile of his mansion. At the close of this witness's cross.examination Mr. Tasker provel the assents and dissents for the Scottish Cenfr-il Railway, and Mr. thigh proved the assents and dissents for the Edinburgh and Glasgow branch lines. Mr. AUSTIN then said that the case for the Edinburgh and Gins. gow branches was closed. Mr. COCKBURN, on behalf of the Scottish Central Railway, rose, and said he should be able to prove to the satisfaction of the Com mittee that the landholders in the district through which the Scottish Central line will pass had some time since made a proposition to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Corn. pang for a branch line to be made from their rail way to Stirling, but the Directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway distinctly refused to have anything to do with the formation of the proposed branch. Audit was only until the circulars for the construction of the Scottish Central Line had been issued, that the Edinhurgh and Glasgow Railway advertised the S rmation of their branch. It was therefore clearly a matter of rivalry on their part. He then proceeded to call his witnesses. Mr. Galbraith proved that at a meeting of landowners, at which Lord Dunmore and other influential residents were present, a pro. position had been made by them to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company for a line to be made to Stirling, and that the answer of the - Directors was, that they would decline making the line, and that no steps would hereafter be taken in making the line with. .)ut previously consulting the resident landowners. At the close of the examination of this witness a messenger entered, and announced that the Speaker was at prayers. 'I he Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. Group B. . - The Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morning ; and proceeded with the evidence in the case of the LEEDS AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION LINE. Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS informed the Committee that he was prepared with a large mass of other engineering evidence; but to save the time and meet the views of the Committee he was instructed to state that the promoters would be content to let their case rest upon the evidence they had already given. Mr. Hawkshaw would, however, be re-called to explain one portion of his testimony. Mr. Hawkshaw accordingly explained those points, but they were of no material importance. The explanation related to a severe gradient lying between Elland and Halifax, and only went to confirm what he had before stated, and what is already a well-as certained fact, namely, that a stationary engine is not now requi. site or necessary for carrying heavy trains up steep inclines. This closed the engineering evidence. Mr. Benjlmin Cariss, a solicitor, at Leeds, had a general know ledge of the electors of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and could state, from his own knowledge, that the majority of them were in favour of the Leeds and West Riding Junction line. De was engaged to get up the petitions in favour of the line. On cross examination, he said he paid men 6s. a day to procure the signatures of county electors to these petitions, and in the case of burgesses and municipal electors he paid the men 4s. 6d for every hundred signatures they procured. TRAFFIC EVIDENCE. Mr. AUSTIN suggested that, as the traffic evidence was common to both Bills, would it not be better to postpone it until the Com mittee, agreed to the resolutions they would have to report to the House, stating their reasons for selecting one of the two lines es the beet f TUE SUN, LONDON, SATURDIZ Y MORNING, MAY 3 1845. future state of the money market, this line will be congructed ; for if any line can be made to pay, this can. This closed the evidence against the Bill. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. Group E. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK LINM The Committee continued this m;r7iingit; hear fu.►ther evidence in favour of this line. Mr. Robert Stephenson (in examination continued from yes. terday)— Expense of haulage on the main line he calsu!ated to be 5001. a mile per annum, and 300/. a mile on the branch line. He considered that the expense of locomotive power would be much more than that of the Newcastle and Berwick line. The number of trains on the Newcastle and Carlisle line running daily he could net tell exactly, but he did think that the passenger trains were very numerous. The ex pense of locomotive power was greater in consequence of so many unfavourable gradients, whereas the gradients on the Newcastle and Berwick line were favourable. The annual expense of the proposed line he considered would be about 50,0e0/. per annum. The expense of locomotive power did not vary in consequence of an additional power. There was hardly one expense which was governed by the mileages, not even that of coke, though it came very near it. He did not know the expense and number of watchmen required on the line. There ought to be two watch. men at each crossing of a public road, who would perhaps receive eighteen shillings a week wages. He contemplated working en gines at half the expense of those worked on the London and Bir mingham line, being able to procure coke at a much less expense than they were able to procure it on the Birmingham line. A com bination of management on the Newcastle and Darlington and Newcastle and Berwick lines was intended, which would be in his opinion productive of benefit to the public in the/eduction of the conveyance of goods. CHAIRMAN—How could it benefit the public? Witness—The original conveyance was very imperfect, but now the gocds would pass through without any inconvenience; it would not only produce economy, but also dispatch. Mr. Dodson was then examined—ls an engineer. Was of opi nion that the character of the buildings •eer which the projected line would pass i❑ Newcastle were of an inferior. lind. It passed but small houses and small manufactories. lite contemplated erecting a bridge on the Newcastle and Carlisle brae, which would cost 75,000/. Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER —The bridge would be about 100 feet longer than that projected by Bir. Stephenson. The passing of the viaduct would not be of great inconvenience to the inhabitants of Newcastle, inasmuch as it vrould ;not pass any of the streets in which the principal traffic of the town was carried on. He projected the bridge for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway two years ago, about two hundred yards above Mr. Stephenson's bridge. _ _ To the CHAIRMAN—The bridge proposed by Nx. Stephenson was the one most acceptable to the people of Newcastle. Mr. Robert Wallace examined—ls town-surveyor of New. castle. He was of opinion that the passing of the projected line through the town was unobjectionable. It would pass only one street of any importance. The inhabitants preferred one bridge for the railway and traffic purposes to two bridges—one for each purpose. Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—His reason for thinking so was, that the town council were unanimously of that opmion. The CHAIRMAN said that they had beard enough to enable them to make up their minds as to the benefits which would be derived by Newcastle. Mr. AUSTIN—WeII, my Lord, it is our intention not to eall any more witnesses on that matter. Mr. ALEXANDER said he had not heard a word as to the value of the land that was to be crossed. Mr. AUSTIN—If you do not admit the value proved we will call witnesses, and you will be forcing them on the Committee. Mr. ALEXANDER—We dispute, then, the estimates of the value of the land. . --- Mr. Brown, a surgeon at Newcastle, was then examined as to the value of land on the line. The valuation of land on the main line from Newcastle to Berwick, inclu din g the val ue of lands and h ouses, and tenants' damages, was 87,2021. The Alnwi ck br a nc h was valued at 5,6241., the Kelso branch, 36,5751., the Blyth branch, 5,2001., making a gross aggregate of 134,601/. Cross. examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—That valuation did not in clude any of the house value in Newcastle. The number of acres that would be required for the main line would amount to 800, 779 acres for the line, and 21 for stations, which was valued at 87,2021. Mr. Nicholson, on his examination, stated that he valued the house property at Newcastle through which the projected line would pass at 102,6371. 65., and believed it to be a very reasonable valuation. Cross examined—The average width of the line through the town was 32 feet. The number of houses to be destroyed or injured by deterioration were 120 in Newcastle, and 12 in Gateshead. He would not separate the value of deterioration from the value of those houses that were destroyed. Mr. AUSTIN said that, with reference to the traffic tables, he supposed they might be put in when the Committee came to con. sider the answer they would give to the resolutions. Mr. ALEXANDER opposed this plan, and said that he wished to understand the method on which the traffic tables on the other side had been prepared. A discussion then took place, and the Committee said it was their desire to have the tables. Mr. AUSTIN wished to know in what way they would have them put in. Mr. ALEXANDER said that he had no right to call :on the Corn. mittee to express any opinion with respect to that, The Noble CHAIRMAN said that it was his impression that the local traffic tables only need be gone into, as it had been agreed that there was suffi c i en t through traffic to justify the formation of come railway so rn h e driosucguhssti discussion district.tthe roo m was cleared, for the first e since this question came before them, and on our return The Noble CHAIRMAN stated that they had come to the conclu sion that the traffic-tables should be laid before them by the pro moters of the Newcastle and Berwick line before counsel closed the case in support of the preamble. Mr. TEMPLE wished to bring the attention of the Committee to the Newcastle and North Shields Railway. The Noble CHAIRMAN said that the Committee considered that in taking the Newcastle and North Shields line they should take the whole of the line ; and as far as the Northumberland Railway Company is concerned, their cross-examination would be only allowed on that part which had connexion with it. Mr. Nicolson was then examined with respect to the Newcastle and North Shields Railway. His estimate as to the expense of the branch to the quay at Newcastle was 13,7411., and with respect to the extension to Tynemouth his estimate was 35,3501 Mr. ALEXANDER rose to cross-examine the witness, but was in. terrupted by Mr. TEMPLE, who objected to his Learned Friend cross.examin. " • " ing the witness, as he had not a petition against this line. The Committee were of opinion that as far as the quay at New. castle was concerned, the Northumberland line, foe which Mr. Alex ander appeared, was a competing line, and he could cross-examine respecting that. Mr. ALEXANDER argued that he could cross-examine the witness with respect to the whole line. The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN said that it was the opinion of the Committee that the cross-examination might be proceeded with throughout the whole line. Mr. TEMPLE was desirous, in that case, that the Group E Com mittee should postpone it till Monday, as it was not contemplated by his instructors that the line to North Shields would be op posed. He wished also to be allowed to amend his tables, if ne cessary, before that day, and not to be bound by the tables of the last witness.—The Committee consented. Mr. ALEXANDER proceeded to cross.examine the witness as to the tables which the witness had handed in, reserving to himself the right of cross-examining also as to the amended tables, and shortly afterwards the Committee adjourned. Group X. The Committee to whom this group was referred assembled again at twelve o'clock. Present—Lord Courtenay, Chairman; Mr. Darby, Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. M'Geachy, and Mr. B. Wall. T LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Rev. J. Faithful, of Hatfield, was called, and e xamined b y Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE — He stated that the poor in the neigh. b o urhood suffered severely i n consequen ce of the dearness and scarcity of coal. This had an unfavourable effect on the morals of the people, inasmuch as it prevented them from remaining at home. A railway between Hatfield and London would be of great advantage. This witness was cross-examined, but nothing material was elicited. Mr. Anson, a miller at Hitchin, stated that he had for many years ceased sending flour to London. This was in consequence •f the expense of conveyance. If a railway was made he would send flour to London again. In that case he would produce more flour, as he believed would the other millers. In his neighbourhood they had a considerable quantity of water power, which was at present useless. Witness had no connexion with the London and York Railway. Mr. TisLaor—You are a man of sense, Sir.—(Laughter.) He would prefer the London and York line to the Hertford and Ware line. The one would be eight miles shorter than the other. The witness was subjected to a long cross-examination, in the course of which he admitted that the millers of Hitchin were opposed to a line to Hertford and Ware inasmuch as at these two places there were several millers. The Committee were occupied the whole of the afternoon in hearing evidence of a similar nature to that which was taken this morning. At four o'clock the Committee adjourned to Monday. The case of the London and York scheme is likely to last a fortnight longer. Sub. Committee No. IL This Committee assembled this morning, present Mr. Aglienby (Chairman), Mr. T. Egerton, Mr. E. Buller, Mr. Thornely, Captain Jones, and Mr. Aldam. Th e Committee commenced the ir p roceedings by calling on the adjourned case of THE EASTERN UNION AND HARWICH RAILWAY The CHAIRMAN concurred with the suggestion of the Learned Counsel, but it could only be postponed by the consent of both parteg, Mr. BAINES, however, declined to agree to a postponement, and the traffic evident e was proceeded with. Mr. S. D. Martin, a land surveyor cf Leeds, had been employed to value the land of the West riding line, lying between Copley mills and Leeds, and he estimated it at 49,725/. He had also valued the land from Low Moor to Dewsbury, and estimated it at 27,000/. In his opinion the line - interfered with no ornamental grounds or buildings Captian Lawes, the traffic manager of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, said the original estimate of that line was 1,300,0001. The line was sixty miles, but they had abandoned ten miles since it was first started. The line had actually had expended on it upwards of 3,000,000/. One of the tunnels alone cost very nearly gOO,OOO/. Tile Leeds Company was the first that ever tried third class carriages and low fares in England, and their example had since been followed by other companies. During the last year the number of persons that travelled over the Leeds line, by first class carriages, was 94,119 ; the number by second-class was 318,970 ; and the number by third-class was 1,102,281, showing a relative per centage of six per cent. for first-class, 21 per cent. for second, and 73 per cent. for the third. Originally, third-class carriages were made light, and without seats, so as to relieve the engine as much as possible, but lately the Company had determined to have seats made to the carriages and closed partitions round them. The poorer classes mostly availed themselves of the lhird.class carriages, but they were not confined exclusively to the poorer classes. He had frequently seen bankers, magistrates and such persons, who ought to travel by first-class carriages, going by the third. If the West Riding lines were in tl.e hands of the Leeds and Manchester Company, they could work them much cheaper and much more for the convenience of the public than by an independent company. An independent company would hardly make their working expenses, but at all events they would never be able to pay 2 per cent. on their capital. The Manchester and Leeds Company ran ten through•trains a day, but if the West lines fell in'o the hands of an independent company, they would not be able to run half that number. . . . On cross examination, he said tl.ird-class passengers had to porter themselves. He did not know that their bills stated that a pig and a third-class passenger tie ere charged the same. He never recollected having given instructions that the third-class carriages should be cleaned too often for fear they should become too com fortable. All that he knew as to the convenience of these car riages was, that 73 per cent. of their passengers went by these third-class trains.grhird-class trains ran through three times a-day. Mr. Bright, M.P. for Durham, was well acquainted with the arrangements upon the Leeds and Manchester line, and, in his opinion, it had always given great accommodation to the public. No line in England conveyed so large a number of the working classes as the Leeds and Manchester; and he was inclined to think the third-class carriages on the line were as commodious and comfortable as could possibly be feund on any other line. With regard to goods, all that he knew was that the Company had a character for getting busincgs if business were to be had. In Lancashire rates of carriage had invariably fallen on the introduc. tion of railways. On cross-examination he confessed that he had frequently travelled by the third - class carriages, and found them in no way objectionable. Mr. Attam, an accountant at Manchester, had been employed by the Leeds and West Riding Company to make traffic tables on the route of their line. The total estimate of traffic he expected to come on their lines was 88,7801. On cross-examination he said he calculated the traffic in De cember last. Mr. Houldsworth, the Chairman of the Leeds and Manchester Railway, said that company was first contemplated in 1831, but it was not until 1836-7 that the company was sanctioned by an Act of Parliament. The capital in that Act was stated at 1,301,000/., but they had to go to Parliament again to get it considerably increased. One of the tunnels at Todmorden cost about two-thirds more than the original estimate. The original estimate for tunnelling on the line was 58,0001., but in the progress of the work it was found necessary to increase it nearly 60 per cent. The witness, after detailing the difficulties the Company had to contend with in constructing their line, went on to state that the line was opened in 1841, and the line, taking into ac count all the debits and credits since the commencement of the Company, had not paid 31. per cent. on the actual expenditure. Lord Stanley was the Chairman of the Committee that sat on the line, and that Noble Lord reported to the House that the estimated traffic in passengers on the whole line would be 116,000 at 2d. per mile, and the assumed tonnage was 112,884 tons at an average charge of Bs. per ton. During the last year the line had carried four times as many passengers, at an average cost of one penny four-tenths per mile, being a saving to the public of 60,000/. per annum on the original estimate. The tonnage had increased in proportion, and had been carried at one-half the original estimate, being a saving to the public of from 175,0001. to 200,000/. per annum. They had been actuated by the principles laid down by the Board of Trade, and their lines were con structed not so much with a view to accommodate through traffic, but with a view of affording railway communica tion to im, octant local districts. The traffic of the dis trict both of the West Riding and of the Leeds and Manchester was decidedly of a local, and not a through, character. For in stance, on the latter line each passenger averaged only fifteen miles, but on the London and Birmingham line each passenger averaged sixty-two miles. The Leeds and Manchester Corn. pany was the first that had tried the experiment of pay ing attention and giving an importance to third. class passengers. It was the interest of the Leeds and Manchester Company to have all their engines of one power, and the same locomotives could be made available without the least difficulty on the Vest Riding lines. At present they were 15-inch cylinder engines, but the result of their increasing the power would depend upon future experience. Mr. Hawksworth, the engineer, however, strongly recom mended them to adopt engines of 18-inch cylinders. To refute the objection urged against their third-class accommoda tion, he could only state that, within the last two years, their first class traffic had increased six per cent., their second class fifteen per cent., and their third class 28 per cent. If Parliament sanctioned ihe West Yorkshire lines, he should consider it an act of cruelty to the Leeds and Manchester Company, seeing that Parlia ment had, years ago, advised them to make their line in acircuitous route, and they only now sought for rowers to shorten the distance between Leeds and Manchester, and to accommodate traffic which they had always looked upon, and which the majority of the in. habitants in the West Riding admitted strictly belonged to them. The witness underwent a lengthened cross-examination, but his evidence remained unshaken. He, however, admitted that their porters were positively forbidden to attend to third-class passengers. On reexamination, he said the Leeds and Manchester Company were 100,0001. in debt, and applying in the present session of Par. liament for power to get rid of other liabilities. This closed the case for the promoters of the Leeds and West Riding Junction line. LEEDS AND DEWSBURY LINE. The remaining clauses in this Bill were then agreed to, and the Committee adjourned. Group 0. The Committee met at the usual hour. It having appeared that two gentlemen, one named Wesley, being written to to attend before the Committee, and net complying with the request made to them, the Chairman said he would attend to the matter at four o'clock. Mr. Ridgway, one of the landowners in the Pottery districts, who had been under examination when the Committee adjourned yes terday, was recalled this morning and re-examined by Mr. Forsyth. He stated that he was now an opponent of the proposed line. He was formerly in (avian* of what was called the Crescent line, that was to say, a line between Stoke and Crewe upon the one hand, and Stoke and Stafford on the other. He was now opposed to that line. He was present at the meeting in October last. There were a great many influential persons present. Up to the 24th of January in the present year his opinion in favour of the Crescent line remained unchanged. He was a Director of the North Staf fordshire line. The shares were not allotted yet. He was very anxious to have a " through-line" through the Potteries, that was a line from Manchester to London, directly through the Pottery dis trict. It was their wish to have a line from Stoke to Crewe. Reexamined—He was in favour of the best crescent line he could get. He was inclined to support the Grand Junction in the line:to Bassford at the meeting of thelBth of October, but he was in a very small minority. The meeting was decidedly in favour of the line from Birkenhead to Stailbril. As a Director of the Trent Valley he had no reason to suppose that they would make a lino from Stoke to Stafford. The making of that line would, in his opinion, interfere with the new arrangements entered into with the Churnct Valley Company and the Trent Valley Company, but the arrangements were not so far matured as to enable him to speak with certainty on that point. Mr. G. Bidder, C.F., was then called and examined by Mr. MACAULAY—Considering the utility of a line from Stoke to Crewe as part of a more citended line, he did not think that the line to Bassford was the best line that might be selected. The witness proceeded to state the reasons of this opinion, and was going to give evidence upon the superiority of the projected scheme to the proposed line now before the Committee, when Mr. Cockburn ob jected to his doing so. The room was cleared, and on the parties being called in, The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee were of *pinion that Mr. Bidder might give his general opinion as to the rival schemes, but that his engineering evidence should be given for or against the line before them, and should be confined to that. Examination continued—Witness was well acquainted with the country from Stoke to Congleten and from Stoke to Bassford. With regard to the communication by Bassford to Crewe, the line which the Grand Junction had chosen was not the best in his opinion. The line by Harecastle would give a less summit than the other line. It would not be a more expen sive line, and would afford more convenience to the Potteries district. The line to Bassford would have to go over a hill 100 feet higher than if the line were taken by llarecastle. There was a descent of 18 feet in the line from Bassford to Crewe. Theist were seven miles of the line from Stoke to Bassford, in which the gradient was I in 100. In the other line there were but 21 miles, in which the gradient was so bad as 1 in 110. It would be more convenient to join the Grand Junction line et Crewe than at Bassford. If the line were made to Bassford the branch train would have to leave Stoke earlier than would be necessary if the line were made to Crewe direct, in order to get to Crewe before the mail train from Birmingham. He was sure that no competent engineer whe was left unfettered would, upon being directed to select the best line from Crewe to Stoke, select any other route than by Harecastle. TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY. Mr. Williamson, a manufacturer in the Potteries, gave evidence to the effect that the proposed line of railway would not give suffi. cient accommodation for such a populous district as the Potteries. Mr. Samuel Alcock, manufacturer, Burslem, gave evidence to a similar effect. He would have to go three quarters of a mile before he could get to the proposed station at Longport. He considered that a line from the Potteries to Macclesfield, through Congleton, would be much better than one to Bassford. Mr. C. J. Mason, manufacturer at Fenton, was next examined. His manufactory would be a mile and a half from the station at Stoke, as proposed in the present scheme of railway. He thought the proposed line would not give that accommodation which the district required. Mr. Ricardo, ALP., said that he was Chairman of the North Staffordshire, Potteries, Churnet, and Trent Valley Junction Rail. way. The origin of his connexion with this Company was, Mr. Copeland coming to him, arid saying that the Potteries never yet had got a line for their accommodation, and wishing him (Mr. Ricardo) to take some steps towards carrying out that object. He consented to cooperate with that gentleman, and a committee of gentlemen in the Potteries, for this purpose. This was in February, to the best of his recollection. Overtures were in consequence made to the Trent Valley Company, which were favourably received. Arrangements were also made with the Churnet Valley Company to abando❑ that portion of their line from Uttoxeter and Tamworth, and to join with them in carrying out a line from Macclesfield through the Potteries to Colnwick. Terms were come to with the Trent Valley line before a conclusion was made with the Churnet Valley. The effect of this arrangement was to get the Trent Valley line to change the route from Stafford to Stoke, and make it from Stafford to Colnwick. It Was not only the intention of the new Company to carry out these arrangements, but it would be impossible not to do so, for the Churnet Valley line had already taken steps to break up their old company and to incorporate itself in the new one. He considered this new line would be the best one to serve the Potteries, or he would not have joined it. . _ The CnAramsti—ls it the intention of this new Company to construct the line from Leek to Willingham f Mr. Ricardo—Ccr. thinly. The only part proposed to be given up of the original Churnet Valiey scheme is that from Uttoxeter to Tamworth, The CHAIRMAN—WouId not the line from the Potteries to Bassford he of great service to the export trade of the district ? Mr. Ricardo—Any line would be of advantage to a district that has no line but certainly one to Crewe, instead of Bassf or d , would be infinitely better, The CHAIRMAN—Is the whole of the capital subscribed? M r. Ricardo—Yes; and I have no doubt that whatever may be the PIER. Mr. VEN/BLZS submitted the remaining allegations in the pe. tition against the promoters. Several allegations of merely a clerical nature, such as inaccu. the plans de posited in the books of reference, were allowed to be sustained by the promoters' agent. mar ki ng s in pencil on the pla ; n w s w he h n ich th w e er p e la f n or s lb. Clerk of the Peace for Chelmsford was called to prove the office of or th su e bs C e l q e u rk en o t f ly, the Pease for the ppolasnitseapraotdhuicsedombaefo. re the Committee were copies of The Cif AIRMAN s aid he wished to draw the attention of the wit ness to certain coPoZsiattecith'em had the opportunity of marking Bounty of Essex. in the weTreheclewpoitsniteeds shaeidtohoke n k o ne n w etic n e ot o h f h t ig h: f pc t n h c e rl marks; they might as every person w h a h r e e th b o e u e g n h o t iplrowpherentodl you not a coaled copy of them? _Let them be put in, a nd the clerk will them. TwhietnCersisanslehria;ltlhaevrac here. write The plans were then p ut in and examined by the Committee, and by the Chairman was that the plan s dt s . on T th h e e n C r I ` a o la pe m n i e r d by the ord er of the Committee ." the cn.inion expres sed agreed in a trifling instance. The next allegation submitted to the consldaration of the Corn mittee was that the plans deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Essex were not copies of the plans deposited at the Private Bill Office. The Committee, after comparing the plans, came to the opinion that the discrepancies were se important, that it remained at the die. cretion of the promoters whether . they would proceed or not with their case. Mr. HAYWARD said that he could not adopt the suggestion 'of the Committee. The room was then cleared, and after some time occupied in de. liberation, the parties were called in and informed by county of Essex. on the The CHAIRMAN that, with.regard to the allegation on th e plans, the standing orders had n ot been complied with. The discre p an cy *as that plans deposite d at the Private Bill.office had property marked numbers 2.‘2, 23, 24 , 25, 26, 27. 2 3, 32, and 83, within t p h ia e n lsimdeiptsosoifteddewviiathtiotihr,e numbers Cnole t r o k n o e f o t f he wh r i e c a ti ceforthe appeared The remaining allegations, consisting of misdescriptions on the books of reference, were then disposed of, the greater number hay. ing been withdrawn. The petition having been gone through, The CHAIRMAN said he would report that, in the case of the Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier, the standing orders had not been complied with in several instances. The Committee adjourned till Monday. The new pier erected nn Vauxhall-bridge will be opened on Whit -Monday. It is on the same plan as the one on the Southwark -bridge. We understand that the first match of cricket in which Su.ssex is engaged will be with the Marylebone Club and Ground. It ioutpectect to take Plot' in London on igay loth. HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING ROOM. The Queen held a Drawing-room yesterday afternoon, at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the royal suite arrived in five carriages from Buckingham Palace, escorted by a party of Life Guards. The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, received her Majesty and his Royal Highness at St. James's Palace. The royal suite included the Duchess of Buecleuch, Mistress of the Robes ; the Viscountess Jocelyn (in waiting), the Duchess of Norfolk, the Marchioness of Douro and the Countess of Gainsborough, Ladies of the Bedchamber ; Lady Caroline Somers Cocks, the Hon. Frances Devereux (in waiting), and the other Maids of Honour ; Lady Caroline Bar rington, Hon. Mrs. Anson, Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, and Lady Gardiner, Women of the Bedchamber ; Viscount Sydney, Lord in Waiting ; Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer to Prince Albert; the Marquis of Granby, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in Waiting ; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert ; and the Pages of Honour in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay, their Royal High nesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strclitz, and his Royal Highness Prince George arrived at the Palace, and were received by the Vice-Cham berlain, who conducted their Royal Highnesses to the Royal Closet. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms were on duty in the Presence Chamber, the Portrait Gallery, and the State rooms. The Yeomen of the Guard wore their Coronation Costume. In the Foreign Diplomatic Circle, the following presentations to the Queen took place : Le Comtesse Marie de Lusi, and La Comtesse Henriette de Lusi, daughters of the Comte de Lusi, by Madame Bunsen, The Lady of the Prussian Minister. Le Comte de la Grange. Attache a l'Ambassade, and ie CaFi taine de Vaisseau Vicomte Bonet, by Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador. Le Comte Boleslas Potoeki, Chambellan de S. M. L'Empe reur de Russie, by Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister. Mr. Gustave de Gersdorff, Chambellan de S. M. le Roi de Saxe, by Baron de Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister. The foreign diplomatic circle was attended by the French Ambassador and the Countess St. Aulaire, Mi. George de Rabandy, Chancetier of the Embassy, le Due de Broglie, and Captain Bonet Vicomte Willamney, Gouverneur der Senegal; the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein ; Baron Koller, First Secretary to the Embassy; Baron Brener, Secretary, and Count Esterhazy, Attache to the Embassy ; Sarim Effendi, Turkish Ambassador; Hassan Effendi, Secre tary, and M. J. A,c,rop, Secretary Interpreter to the Embassy ; the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer ; the Ba vat ian Minister and Baroness de Cetto ; M. Dedel, the Nether. lands Minister; Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister ; Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minister, and M. G. Canofari, Secre tary of Legation ; Count Kielmannsegge, the Hanoverian Minister; Madame Bunsen. lady of the Prussian Minister; the Brazilian Minister and Madame Lisboa; the United States Minister and Mrs. Everett and Miss Everett ; the Danish Minister and Countess Reventlow ; the Mexican Minister and Madame Murphy; the Spanish Minister and the Duchess de Sotomavor (Marchioness de Casa Trujo), le Chevalier de Pedrorence, Second Secretary of Legation ; Le Marquis del Arco, Attache, le Comte de Cre3cente Attache Militaire, and M. Percy de Castro, Attache to the Legation ; Baron de Gers dorff, the Saxon Minister; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Chrrge d'Affaires. The General Circle was attended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Trade, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Right Hon. the Vice. Chancellor Wigram, the Judge-Advocate-General, Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieut. of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms ; Sir George Philip Lee, Lieut. of the Yeomen Guard; Major-General Sir Henry 'Wheatley, G. C. H., Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse ; the Master of the Ceremonies ; Col. Cavendish, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Mr. Henry Robinson, Standard-bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Capt. Sir A. Green, Naval A. D. C. ; Col. Priaulx, Col. H. Bentinck and Colonel Oldfield (Royal Engineers), Queen's Aide-de-Camp ; the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, and Chaplain to the Queen Dowager ; Major-General Sir James Reynett, Equerry to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; Mr. Frederic Peel Round, Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod ; Sir John Strachan, Bart., Gentleman Usher in Waiting to the Queen ; Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, and Captain Green, Gentlemen Ushers to her Majesty ; Captain G. C. Blake, R.N., Gentle man Usher to his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Waiting ; Mr. James Bunce Curling, Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Mr. Ellerthorpe, Adjutant of the Yeo men Guard ; Sir Benjamin Smith, C. S. ; Mr. R. C. Mellish, Gentleman Usher to her Majesty the Queen Dowager; Col. Boldero, Field-officer in Waiting; Mohan Lal, &c. &c. The following Ladies had the honour of being presented to her Majesty . Viscountess Exmouth, by the Countess of Morley. Countess of Seafield, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Buc- cleuch. Countess of Waldegrave, by the Dowager Lady Clinton. The Countess of St. Germans, by Lady Peel. - . Lady Platt, by Lady Denman. Lady John Chichester, on her marriage, by Viscountess Forbes. Lady Louisa Wardlaw Ramsay, on her marriage, by the Coun .. tess of Dalhousie. Lady Macnaghten, on her return from India, by Viscountess Palmerston. Lady Elizabeth Dawson, by Lady Wharncliffe. Lady Anne Baird, by the Countess of Morton. Lady M'Dougall, on her marriage, by Lady Aylmer.', Lady Hesketh, by Lady 'helley. Lady Hansler, by Lady Robert Gardiner. Lady Pilkington, by Lady Wharncliffe. Lady Henry Russell, by the Duchess of Bedford. Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor, on her marriage, by the Countess of Dalhousie. Lady Filmer, by Lady Sarah Murray. Lady Winston Barron, on her return from the Continent, by Lady Denman. Lady Thackvvell, on her return from India, by the Duchess of Beaufort. Lady Henry S. Churchill, by the Marchioness of Blandford. Lady Fraueis Russell, on her marriage, by the Duchess of ... Bedford. Lady Whe!er, by Lady Charles Somerset. Lady Cothane, by the Countess of Dalhousie. Lady Louisa Eliot, by Lady Peel. Lady Molesworth, on her marriage, by the Dowager Lady Molesworth, The Hon. Augusta Leigh, by her mother, the Lady Leigh. The Hon. Caroline Leigh, by her mother, the Lady Leigh. Hon. Miss Stapleton Cotton, by Viscountess Combermere. Mrs. Savage, by Lady Byron. Mrs. Ogle, by Viscountess Combermere. Mrs. John Friend, by Mrs. Fletcher Norton. Mrs. William Honywood, on her marriage, by Viscountess Beresford. Mrs. Willies, by Lady Edwards. Mrs. Fletcher Norton, en her marriage, by Mrs. Musgrave Brisco. Mrs. Kindersley, by Lady Byron. Mrs. L. B. Mackinnon, by her aunt, Mrs. Hugh Baillie. Mrs. Woodhouse, by the by Mrs. Adolphus Capel. Mrs. Stanley, by Lady Rendlesbam. Nlrs. R. F. Rushbrooke, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Norfolk; Mrs. St. Lo Malet, by the Dowager Lady Malet. Mrs. Colin Mackenzie, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. Admiral Douglas. Mrs. Milbank, on her marriage, by Lady Laura Meyrick. Mrs. Horace Twiss, by tde Countess of St. Germans. Mrs. Philip Yorke, on her marriage, by the Countess Dowager Semers. Miss Christiana Nicholl, by her mother, Mrs. Nicholl. Miss Platt, by her mother, Lady Platt. Miss Augusta Platt, by her mother, Lady Platt. Miss Emma Wigram, by Lady Fitzwigram. Miss Agnes Acland, by Mrs. Acland. Mrs. Head, by the Countess Dowager of Erroll. Mrs. Codrington, by the Duchess of Bedford. Mrs. do Pentheny • O'Kelly, by Mrs. Dennistoun. Mrs. Sibbald Scott, on her marriage, by the Hon. Lady Lumley. Mrs. Edward Fanshawe, by the Hon. Lady Stopford. Mrs. William Burdett Dobson, by the Hon. Baroness Dimsdale Mrs. Walter Campbell, by Lady Arthur Lennox. Miss Reynolds, by her sister, Mrs. R. Curteis. Miss Mary Jane Pugh, by her mother, Mrs. Pugh. Miss Pole, by her sister, the Countess of Winterton. Miss Mary Wightman, by her mother, Lady Wightman. Miss Kindersley, by her mother, Mrs. Kindersley. Miss Georgiana Hoare, by her mother, Mrs. Hoare. Alias Wescomb, by Mrs: Wescomb. Mrs. Charles Lillingston, by the Countess of Gainsborough. Mrs. Bourke, by Viscountess Jocelyn. Mrs. Holloway, by Lady Sophia Desvoeux. Airs. Ewing, by her sister, the Viscountess Exmouth. Miss Stachell, by Lady Wightman. Mrs. Carlton Cumberbatch, on going abroad, by the Countess of Gainsborough. Mrs. Clifton, by the Duchess of Bedford. Mrs. Barnardiston, by Lady Laura Meyrick. Mrs. APAlpine, by Lady Talbot de Malahide. Mrs. Praed, by the Marchioness of Exeter. Mrs. Bridges Taylor, by Mrs. Cornwall Legh. Mrs. Buller, on her marriage, by her aunt, Mrs. Guy L'Es trange. Mrs. Daly, by the Marchioness of Blandford. Mrs. (Colonel) Robinson, by lion. Lady Lumley. Mrs. Christie, on her marriage, by Viscountess Forbes. Mrs. Dalbiac, by Lady Shelley. Mrs. Talbot Clifton, on her marriage, by Mrs. Clifton. Mrs. Peter Greenall, by Mrs. Cardwell. Mrs. Stevens, by Lady Graham. Mrs. Garfortb, by the Right Hon. Lady Feversham. Mrs. C. Davers Osborn, on her marriage, by Lady Gardiner. Mrs. Dixon, by Lady Byron. Mrs. Weyland Powell, by the Dowager Countess of Carnwath. The Hon. Gertrude Duncombe, by Lady Feversham. Hon.. Mrs. Frederick Pleydell Bouverie, by the Hon. Mrs. A'Coart Holmes. Hon. Caroline Chichester, by her mother, the Dowager Lady Templeman. The Hon, Mrs Edward Gore, on her marriage, by Lady John Russell. The Hon. Lady Dallas, by Lady Charles Somerset. The Hon. Adelaide Lister, by Lady John Russell. The Hon. Miss Burgh ,by Viscountess Beresford. The Hon. Lady Williams Wynn, on her return from Copen hagen, by Lady Peel. The Hon. Annetta Handcock, by her mother, Lady Castle maine. The Hon. Mrs. Hobart, by Viscountess Canning. The Hon. Mrs. George Edgcumbe, on her return from Ha nover, by Lady Shelley. The Hon. Lady Augustus Henniker, by the Hon. Mrs. Hen niker. The lion. Mrs. Charles Wyndham, by Mrs. Wyndham. Mrs. Entwisle, by Lady Francis Egerton. Mrs„ Philip Child, on her marriage, by Lady Montfort. Mrs. Edward Weld, by Hon. Lady Lumley. Miss Augusta Peel, by Lady Peel. Miss Margaret Sandes, by Mrs. J. N. Gladstone. Miss Parr, by the lion. Baroness Dimsdale. Miss Mary Powell, by the Dowager Countess of Carnwath. Mrs. William Pole Carew, by the Countess of St Germans. Mrs. William Johnson, by the Countess of St. Germans. Mrs. R. C. Mellish, by the Countess of St. Germans. Mrs. Dawnay. by Lady Harriet Bagot. Mrs. Morgan H. Foster, by the Duchess of Bedford. Mrs. John Peel, by Lady Peel. Mrs. Bligh Mona, by Lady Peel. Miss Marianne Rice, by her mother, Mrs. Edward Rice. Miss Caroline Rice Trevor, by the Hon. Mrs. Rice Trevor. Miss Jane Paget, by the lion. Lady Capel. Miss Stanley and Miss Mary Stanley, by Mrs. Stanley. Miss Catherine Greville, by Lady Frances Egerton. Miss Margaret Fanshawe, by the Hon. Lady Stopford. Miss Sophy Wynyard, by her mother, Mrs. Edward Wynyard, Miss Arbuthnott, by her aunt, Lady Evans. Mrs. Georgina Meynell Ingram, by Mrs. M. Ingram. Mrs. Meyriek, by her mother, Lady L. M eyr i c k . Miss Gough, by Mrs. Packe Reading. Miss Pilkington, by her mother, Lady Piikington. Miss St. Felix, by Lady W. Powlett. IMiss Campbell, by her sister, the Hon. Mrs. E. Phipps. Miss Fanny Morris, by her mother, Mrs. Morris. I Miss H. Astell, by Mrs. E. Wynyard. Miss Charlotte P. Bouverie, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. F. P. Bouverie. I Miss Harriet P. Bouverie, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. F. P. Bouverie. I Miss Williams Wynn, by Lady Williams Wynn. Miss Baird, by her mother, Lady Anne Baird. Miss Hersey Baird, by her mother, Lady Anne Baird. Miss Bruce, by Lady Woisley. Miss Caroline Upton, by the Dowager Lady Rivers. Miss Garnett, by the Countess Dowager of Erroll. Miss Hesketh, by her mother, Lady Hesketh. Miss Friend, by Mrs. Fletcher Norton. Miss de Pentheny O'Kelly, by Mrs. Dennistoun. Miss Emily de Pentheny O'Kelly, by Mrs. Dennistoun. Miss Sandes, by Mrs. J. N. Gladstone. Miss Green, by her mother, Lady Green. Miss Molesworth, by Mrs. Dennistoun. Miss Caroline Ferguson, by her mother, Mrs. Ferguson. Miss Lowther, by her mother, Lady L. E. Lowther. Miss Wheeler, by Lady Charles Somerset. Miss Ricketts, by her mother, Mrs. Charles S. Ricketts. Miss Foulis, by her mother, Lady Foulis. Miss Campbell, by Mrs. Walter Campbell. Miss Perceval, by Mrs. Spencer Perceval. Miss Agnes Hinxman, by Lady Evans. Miss Theodosia Savage, by Mrs. Savage. Miss Fanny Perceval, by Mrs. Spencer Perceval. Miss Steveas, by Lady Graham. Miss Lefroy, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Lefroy. Miss Edwards, by her mother, Lady Edwards. Miss Johnston ' by the Countess of St. Germans. Miss Sullivan, by Viscountess Howick. Miss Savage , Mrs. Savage. Miss Barrett, by the Duchess cf Bedford. Miss Louisa Sheffield, by her mother, Lady Sheffield. Miss Elphinstone Fleeming, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Fleeming. Miss Auldjo, by the Countess of Sandwich. Miss Greenall, by Mrs. Cardwell. Miss Annie Greenall, by Mrs. Cardwell. Miss Lousia Pilkington, by her mother, Lady Pilkington. Miss Constance Colville, by Mrs. Henry Colville. Miss Louisa Stevens, by Lady Graham. Miss Ashton Yates, by Mrs. Ashton Yates. Miss E. Ashton Yates, by Mrs Ashton Yates. Miss Gambier, by Mrs. W. Gambier. Miss Ellice, by Mrs. Rusgel Ellice. Miss Hansler, by Lady Hansler. Miss Mary Ann Hansler, by Lady Hansler. Miss Barnardiston, by her mother, Mrs. Barnardiston. Miss Slaney, by Mrs. Ormsby Gore. Miss Julia Evans, by the Duchess of Norfolk. Miss Halford, by the Baroness Dimsdale. Miss Praed, by her mother. Miss Elizabeth Dawson, by her mother, Lady E. Dawson. Miss Watson Taylor, by Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor. Miss Henniker, by her mother, the Hon. Lady Augustus Henniker. Miss Manners Sutton, by her mother, Lady Harriet Ellerton. Miss Atherley, by Mrs. Darers Osborn. Miss Frederica Hely Hutchinson, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Hely Hutchinson. Miss Harriotte De Trafford, by the Duchess of Bedford. Miss Lillington, by the Countess of Gainsborough. Miss Matilda Lockwood, by her mother, Mrs. Lockwood. Miss Winston Barren, by her mother, Lady Winston Barron. Miss Hobert, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Hobert. Miss Galloway, by the Viscountess Jocelyn. Miss Armstrong, by Lady William Powlett. Miss St. Felix, by Lady William Powlett. Miss Harriet Galloway, by Viscountess Jocelyn. Miss Georgians Ellen Fane, by her mother, Mrs. Vere Fane. Miss Blanche Wyndham, by Mrs. Wyndham. Miss Bourke, by Mrs. Bourke. Miss Octavia Johnstone, by Viscountess Forbes. After the Drawing-room her Majesty and Prince Albert and the royal suite returned to Buckingham Palace. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Deittichstein, the Countess Brownlow, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Strum feder, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Howe, the Hon. General Upton, and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein. The Baroness de Moncorvo, lady of the Portuguese Mi nister, was prevented by indisposition from attending the Queen's Drawing-room yesterday. The mess of her Majesty's honourable corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms dined together yesterday evening at the Thatched House. LYCEUM THEATRE. A comedy (we use play-bill phraseology), in two acts, under the title of Our New Governess, was produced here on Thursday ; it is said to be from the pen of Mr. Brooks, the author of the Lowilser Arcade. The plot is simple enough, turning upon the efforts of a Chevalier Cl'lndustrie, and two unwilling associates, to impose upon and rob a simple-hearted old man, who has become sud denly possessed of wealth. The dialogue, although somewhat dull in the first act, was fully redeemed by the fun and fullness of punning in the last, some of the latter being smart hits at the popular topics of the day, and, being given with full gusto by the actors, told amazingly. Mrs. Keeley, who plays a sort of petticoat Dr. O'Toole (Irish Tutor), was, as usual, the life of the piece. The only novelty in the character played by Keeley was the extreme absurdity of his grief, who, under the persuasion of having passed a forged note, is made the tool or vic tim of the swindler to conceal his imaginary crime ; it is scarcely necessary to say that he played with his usual drollery. Wigan displayed his accustomed nonchalance in the part of Fitz-Duval, a gentleman about town ; F. Mathews gave full effect in the part of the simple and suddenly elevated tradesman. Stanton, who was the lover of the piece, played with gentlemanly ease and propriety ; a little more self-reliance and spirit will be sure to make him a valuable actor. Mrs. Cato Biggs (a sort of dramatic Mrs. Caudle) was admirably acted by Mrs. Woollidge ; nor must we forget noticing a pleasant hit at Malthusian theories and utilitarianism in the per son of an old maid, performed with much point by Mrs. A. Wigan. The piece was highly successful. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, Tuunsnav NIGHT. In consequence of numerous departures, there was but a small muster at the rooms this evening, and little or no bet ting. The following quotations, therefore, must be received as little more than nominal : NEW:MAI:KM' STAKES. 8 to 1 cni Idas. All are struck out, except Idas, Wood Pigeon, hedger, John Davis, Fuzbos, and Winchester. John Davis is not bare. This and the match between Garry Owen and Minotaur are the only races for to-morrow. Espoir and the Bishop cf Romford's cob receive forfeit. CHESTER CUP. 6to 1 agst Fitz-Allea (t) -5 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne. 7 to 1 agst Semiseria (t) 30 to 1 agst Counsellor 15 to 1 agst Sorella 10 to 1 agst Winesour 16 to I agst The Era (t) 10 to 1 agst Intrepid 20 to 1 agst Cataract 40 to 1 agst Ratan 2 to 1 apt Idas DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Alarm (t) OAKS. 16 to 1 taken about Loons. No others mentioned. (RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.) Cataract's decline arose from a rumour that he pulled up ame after a gallop on Wednesday. Fitzallen and Semiseria, The Era, and Sorella, were in great demand, but, from the departure of many of the subscribers, very little business was done. Several hedging bets, at 2t01,9 to 4, and sto 2 were laid against Idas for the Derby, and 8 to 1 offered on him for the Newmarket Stakes. 1,300 to 100 laid against Alarm, and 7,000 to 200 agst The Ironmaster. FRIDAY'S RACES. Match, T. Y. C. 150, 25 ft.—Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, Bst 71b (Nat) beat Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, 7st 121 b (E. Edwards).-5 to 4on Minotaur. Won by a head, after a fine race. The Newmarket Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. D. M. (23 Subs. ) Lord Stradbroke's Idas walked over. Mr. I. Day's Winchester saved his stake and received 50/. Match, D. I. 200, h ft.—Sir P.. W. Bulkeley's Bishop of Romford's Cob, 5 yrs, received forfeit from Lord Glasgow's Amulet colt, 4 yrs, Sat 71b. Duke of Bedford's Espoir, Bst 101 b, received forfeit from Mr. Osbaldeston's Secutor, ist 31b ; T. Y. C. 200, 25 ft. OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch—taken No other betting. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,- for the Week eliding on Saturday, the 26th day of April, 1845. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued Other securities... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,180,672 Silver bullion 2,073,273 £29,253,945 £29,253,945 :ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. M. N Dated the Ist day of May, 18 BANKING DI X. Proprietors' capita 114,653,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners ofNational Debt, and divi dend accounts) 2,643,448 Other deposits 10,78 1 , 637 Seven day andother bills .......... £32,335,921 M. MA Dated the lit day of May, If :PARTMENT. Government seen rifles (including , Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 9,680,272 Notes 8,101,770 Gold and silver coin 631,913 L 32,335,921 EtSHALL, Chief Cashier. 145, [ADVERTISEMENT.] —To the Ladies.--It is uni versally acknowledged by every one of taste that how ever beautiful a woman may be, if her hair is deficient either in quantity, quality, or colour, one of her greatest charms is wanting. A complet e reme d y f or all this is to be found by visiting the establishment of Ross and Sons, and choosing either head-dresses that surpass na ture herself, fronts, bands, or ringlets that assist her, or splendid plaits that, encircling the thin hair, give it all the appearance of a luxuriant growth. The partings are so admirably contrived that the nearest inspection is confounded ; the transparency of the web, admitting the skin of the head to be seen through, they may be de scribed as being as light as a feather.—Address Ross and. Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London, who have lately invented the Depinquitory for cleansing the skin, parting of fronts, &c. MR. WINTERBOTTOM'S CASE. --- STOCKFORT. Since our last the number of signatures to the petition In favour of a mitigation of Mr. Winterbottom's sentence Is as follows : Males, 15,000 and odd ; females, 3;610; at least 1,000 mere of both sexes are expected ; 834 signatures have been procured from Manchester. The males' petition measures it yards In length, the females' 14 yards. It is expected that Mr. Thomas Cart s . wright, Mr. Robert Grundy, and Mr. Jobn Hamer, will be the de. putatlon to London to present the petition to the Home SecretarY• --Mm nchisior Guardian. ISUMMARYJF NEWS --- AND Optriton. ll'ho runs nil read." FOREIGN. On Monday evening the King of the French received Lord Cowley, the Duke d'Estissac, the Count de Villegontier, M. Dupin, Viscounts Szbastiatii and de Ilichernont, Barons de Berthois and Mechin, M. Conte, Director General of the Post.office, and the Pre fect of the Flautcs Pyrenees. Tho Duchess of Orleans, accompanied by the Count de Paris, went on Monday to visit the Musee des Thermeo and the Hotel de Cluny. An immense crowd gathered round the Hotel de Cluny, and loudly cheered the young Prince and the Duchess on their departure. Marshal Soult on Tuesday attended the committee on the army estimates. The committee wished him to consent to a reduction of 10,000 =en in the effective forre of the army, or rather to transfer these 10,000 men to the special budget of Algeria. The Marshal, however, refused to listen to the proposition. The cloth. ing of the army, and more particularly the new tunic, affbrded matter for various observations, chiefly on account of the expense occasioned by the introduction of this new dress. " The Minister (says the Constitulionna) endeavoured to justify this reform by stating that the tunic was a better protection of tIsC legs of the sof. dier fro n the cold, and t heir pantalocuis from the mud in marching." Gondrand, the street singer, who was condemned Jo death in . February. for the mureer of the woman who travelled with him at his wife, was executed at Nevers on the 26th. This man afts.‘le d insanity, and he kept up the deception to the last, but he met 1 11 ,'' fate with resignation. It is stated in a letter from Nevers that an artist, by way of speculation, took a daugerreotype view of the ex ecution—the first instance, it is believed, if such an application of this new art. As the passage•boat was on her way from Ouchy, on the Lake of Geneva, a few days back, having on board eight horse, and thirty persons, a sudden gust of wind frightened one of the animals, which jumped overboard. The other horses drawn by this act all to one side of the boat caused it to capsize. Two boats immediately put off from the shore, but only twenty persons were saved. A letter from Madrid says The Queen, desiring that the ex. hibition of the products of national industry should take place as speedily as possible, has ordered the opening of it for the list in. stead of the 20th of May. She has allowed 40,600 reals (4001.) to. wards the transport of the articles for exhibition. . . It appears by an article in a Madrid journal that there are nearly 800 lawyers and advocates in Madrid, and that in all the other towns in Spain they are quite as numerous in proportion to the population. If one-fourth of these persons get their bread by their profession, the Spanish people enust be the most litigious in the universe. The exports from Austria into saitzerlond during the year 1043 amounted to 18,000,0(10 florins (48,000,000 f ), Rhile the imports from that country were only 2,000,000 florins, or 5,333,333 f. SAW Alee 3) In the Court of Queen's Bench, the judgment. on Mrs. Pelham, who had been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for the alleged neglect and ill-treatmenl of her illegitimate .idiot son. Was arrested on the ground that several of the counts in the indictment were bad. _ A chemist and druggist was convicted and fined, in the,Excim Court, for selling spirits of wine without a license. _ _ _ William Johnson, a young man, dressed in the garb et t butcher, was brought up on remand, at Southwark, charged wit k stealing a quantity of hosiery goods, consisting of silk and satin scarfs, handkerchiefs, &e. The Court was thronged with shop. keepers from all parts of the town, who had been plundered by him. The prisoner, it appeared, had been in the habit of going to various shops, dressed in the garb of a butcher, of stating that he was sent by his master (mentioning the name of some respectable butcher in the neighbourhood), to request that they would send certain goods by him, from which a selection would be made, and that the re mainder would be returned. lie had obtained large quantities of goods by these means. He was fully committed for trial. . At the Thames Police-court John Jeffries, the chief mate of the brig Chanticleer, was charged with feloniously assaulting and wounding Charles Johnson, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm at Port Morant, Jamaica, on the Bth of March last. Tht prisoner, in consequence of some slight altercation, had seized ar formidable weapon, called a " beetle" (a species of heavy mallet) and, wedding it in both hands, struck the prosecutor on the head four or five times, and severely wounded him. Frani the testimony of various witnesses, it appeared that the assault was of the most savage and ferocious description. He was committed for trial on the felonious charge of wounding, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm, but was subsequently admitted to bail. COURT—FASHIONABLE. Her Majesty held her second Drawing-room yesterday, at, st• James's Palace. The Post says :—" We announced yesterday the fact of her Ma: jest) , the Queen Dowager having issued cards for a.I evening party on Monday next, at Marlborough House. We arc now enabled to add that the entertainment v ill be given especially to the juvenilt members if the aristocracy, who are invited to meet the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal." The Duke of Wellington completed his 76th year on Thursday. His Grace received congratulatory visits from numerous frjendi during the day. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose's grand ball on the I2th inst. will be preceded by a grand banquet to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and other distinguished personages. The Marquis and Marchioness cf Lansdowne have left town for Bowood. The Marchioness purposes to remain at that place during the present month. Earl Fitzhardinge has left his seat at Cheltenham, for Berkeley Castle, Gloucesterhire. Earl Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Fitzwilliam have arrived at. Morthner House, from Milton Park. Viscount Milton has gone to Newmarket to attend the Spring Meeting. . Lord and Lady Stanley had a grand dinner party on Thursday in St. James's-square. The Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl and Countess of St. Germano, the Earl and Countess of Lincoln, Vie. count Goderich, Lord Redeadale, and Lord and Lady Prudhoe, were among the company. The Earl of Cassilis has left for Scotland. Count Rzewuski has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from New. market. MISCELLANEOUS. The anniversary meeting of the Royal Institution was held on Thursday, Lord Prudhoe, President, in the chair. The report of the auditors announced the affairs of the institution in a flourishing and prosperous state, and that the profits of the lectures during the past year bad been 157/. 10s. The entire receipts of the year were 2,9161. Is. 6d., and there was a balance in hand of 395/. 18s. The laboratory and library departments afforded equally satisfae. tory results. On Thursday the annual meeting of the subscribers to the Percy Society was held at the library of the Royal Society of Literature, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgaraquare, Lord Braybrooke le -the chair. Mr. Wright, the Secretary, read the report of the council, from which it appeared that the following works, printed from old manuscripts, or reprinted from hitherto almost unknown publics. tions, had been issued to the subscribers during the past year : " The Keen of the South of Ireland," as illustrative of Irish political and domestic history, manners, music, and superstitions; the " Poems of John Audeley ;" a specimen of the Shropshire dialect of the 15th century ; " Saint Brandon," a medieval legend of the Sea, in English prose and verse; the " Romance of the Em peror Octavian," now first published, from MSS. at Lincoln and Cambridge; Six Ballads, with burdens from MSS. in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ; " Lyrical Poems," selected from musical publications between the years 1589 and 1600; " Friar Bacon's Prophecy," a satire on the degeneracy of the times, c.o. 1604 ; the " Seven Sages, from a MS. in the public library of the University of Cambridge; " Popular Songs,' illustrative of the French Invasion of Ireland; " Poetical Miscellanies," from a ma nusetipt collection of the time of James the First ; the " Crown Garland of Roses," from the edition of 1689 ; and " Barnfield's Affectionate Shepherd," from the almost unique copy in Sion College. The receipts of the Socieiy amounted to 3791., and the expenditure to 335/. The report having been adopted, and the officers for the ensuing year appointed, the meeting separated. . . On Thursday evening a public vestry was held in the vestry. room of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, for the -purpose of petitioning Parliament against the proposed line of the South. Eastern Railway Extension, that is intended to cross the Kent. road, but it it should be passed into a law, then that the parish and inhabitants be protected from any loss in the rates, kc. A petition to Parliament against the proposed line was agreed to, and the meeting separated. No less than fifteen vessels were repotted on Wednesday at the Custom.house as arriving from the East Indies and China, the same being ships of the very largest class, and bringing extensive and valuable cargoes of every description of East India and China.. produce and manufactures. The Archbishop of Armagh continues indisposed at the Palace' at Armagh. Thursday afternoon a fire broke out in an unfinished house, used as a carpenters' workshop, and tilled with building materials for three houses, situate in Granby s treet, East Indriiairnoaatde,dPionpltbare, the property of Mr. James I.ayden. I h iteesomv:erstgof_na_gamlume.rot.bit back part of the lower rooms, from thebeo fi ing i in The contents of the building being a with : ore than character, the tire travelled throughout t he house • usual rapidity ; and in less than a quarter of an hour after the first discovery of the flames every portion of the premises , with the ines soon arriv but the house was destroYed. The t adj oining houses have ti led , contents therein, were enveloped in fi w a o mes. wise sustained some damage. Sir Anthony Perr ier died in the South M all, at Cork, at an ad . vanced age, last week. _ 01•1 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. - - - - (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000 , but there was no further advance.--Shares bales, 3,000 being on speculation. Prices were firmly sup portedßirkenhead, Manchester, and Barnsley Junction, 755. , ; _ Darien, and Bolton, Were inactive, and but a small business was done 8% Bolton, _Wigan, and 5 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 9 1 4 Cheshire Junction, 81,4 30; 3% 3 1 4 ; Cambridge Blackburn, ; Liverpool, 11%; CaledonianExten sio n, _ and: Lincoln/ 9 B Z II L Chester d Churnet ss % Cork and Water- Valley, 7 1 / 2 A ; Co rk and Banon, q and Belfast Junction, 11% 14 ; ford, 665. 6d. 2%; 34ithlen, 5%; Glasgow and Dumfries, 4%; Dundalk and I n nis . Dub a, lin ! Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, Dundee and Perth, Ditto, Eighth Shares, Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 4 4 ,__ _ . _ ' Great Grimsby and Shefleld , 6 1 4 LA : Great Munster, 295. 30s. ; Grand Junction, _22 .. 8 ; ii4. Ditto, Half Shares, 114 ; 19% • 3 ; jarnaica Junction, 5 ; Limerick and I';:terford, 9 876 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 101 ; 14 Ormskirk, and Preston, 274 1,4 ; London and Birmid e gral l : Quarter Shares, 32%; London and Brighton,63%; Londolar derry and Coleraine, 3 3 4 . Londonderry and Enniskillen, 5 1 4 ; London and York, 5 1 ,6 ' 63 3d. ; Ditto (Bawtry), 3 3 4 . 76 - J Direct Northern, 3% ci ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 11 3 A ; J- , eed; and West Riding unction, 7 1 h 1 4 ; Lynn and Ely, 7 1 4 ; Manchester and Buxton, 9 1 / s ; Manchester, Bay, and Bow sendale, 17"yi ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shires, 156 65 1 ,l I Midland 'Railway, 157 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 19 3 4 % ; Nary castle and Berwick, 15 ; New r y and Enniskillen, i 4 North Wiles Mineral, 16 1 ,4 ; North Western, 91s. 3d. 4 N, Oxford and Bi r mi ng h am J unc ti on , 91s. 3d. ; Oxford, or. caster, and Wolverhampton, 1 . 7 i ; Preston and Wyre, Ns. (guaranteed 5 per cent. and &V.), 57%; Sheffield and Man- , cheater, 120 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 N 4 I She ff ield al Lincoln, 2 ; Shrewslry, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5 i South- Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 3,7% % 2_ . Sattil, if Central, 7%; Trent Valley, 191, 2 ; Trent Valley Exte;".s. lo ?* 7 1 / 2 ; Trent Valley Continuation, 2% ; Waterford and Slk kenny, 4 ; Welsh Midland, 2 1 ,4 1 4 ; West Yorkshire, 61 , x g. Worcester and Tring, 4 3 4 ; Whitehaven and Furness, bOs.. 565. 641.; Constituted Central of France, 15 1 4 ; Louvain and s: Jemeppe, 5 ; Namur and Liege, 6 1 4 ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 5% IA, ; Ditto (Rosarnel's), 465. 6d. 2% ; Patine and Lyons, English, (Laffitte's), 58s. 6d. 3/. ; Paris and Lyme; (Ganneron's), 23:, ; Paris and Rouen, 42. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY I.—The salves are :—Barnsley Junction, 4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accring ton, 9 5 ,,i ; Bristol and Exeter, New Shares, 7 1 ,(; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9 1 4 ; Chumet Valley, 7 1 /s ' • Direct Northern, 3; Ely and Bedford, 3%; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 9-16 %; Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 6 1 4 cum new; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 8 3 4 ; I ' Th irsh, 5% 6 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Mancheste - and West Riding Junction, 7% 1 4 ; Liver; 'ad Preston, 3 2 15-16; London and South don and• York, 51,2 N ; Manchester an • Ditto. New Quarters, 73i ; Manchlste k ; North Western, 4 1 ,9 516, ; North I_J_ ' JULlCticlr 3; ..shellield and Lincolnshire j ham and Mansfield, 3 1 ,i • ction, Oswestry, and Cheshire un 4 _ . 8 ,, c N • Wolverhampton, Dudley, Valley, /.6 19 - 20', ,i ; Ditto o C ntinue Preston an . d V gtl t.. tat re' ee' bs; L t./ iect 10 Of One s r.) the ite° I do 0. 0 11° : 4°r t• )1 1,j 10: 1, Lir , vo tho t t`' -° 0 f tv h - c;,0013 10 6 to 'll' „t rou t ec,t, t 5e Pi'