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be futil and fiendish. About a year ago I courted a young lady at Hampstead, whose parents were highly genteel and respectable. I felt a great attachment to her ; we met and loved in secret. I introduced myself to her parents shortly , after my acquaintance with her. She was a beautiful girl, and I felt that I should be proud to introduce her to the man whom I looked upon as my very best friend. At length I found an opportunity of doing so. The parents of the girl, finding that I had such a friend as Delarue, invited us both to see them. I had represented Deiarne as a man of property, and in every sense of the word a gentleman. We frequently after wards visited the family together. What he lacked in man ner and address was compensated by his condition in life, which was so niuoh more "favourable than mine. Delarue betrayed me, and at length, a ft er a long interview with the f a ther, he refused me as a suitor to his daughter. Hence forth Delarue was the acknowledged lover, though discou raged by the girl's indifference towards him. But time and assiduity accomplish everything ; he won her affections at last, and proved the genuineness of his heart to me and the girl by seducing her ! Yes, such a villain was the man who, though dead, I abhor; and now comes the catastrophe. A short period elapsj . d, and the parents suspected, by the girl's tears and Delarue's rude withdrawal, that all was not right, and subsequently the secret was divulged. Oh, picture to yourself the distraction of the parents of an only daughter in such a condition, and the thirsty revenge of an only brother who had been married honourably but five weeks. Revenge was the theme alone that had any charms for him, and we all determined to have it, for I was dishonoured with the rest. They knew I could forge a lady'shandwriting. I penned the note which was found on deceased's person, and sent it by a young woman whom Delarue knew. He at tended to the assignation, and was on the spot where he had effected the ruin of an innocent creature, and where he met his fate. I and the brother accompanied each other till we came to Haverstock-field, when we separated; he to the fatal spot, and I to the Swiss Tavern, which we appointed our rendezvous, but not until I had waited about for some time. I myself distinctly heard the cry of Murder.' I then knew the scene had commenced, but neither the brother nor I had any presage or thought of the issue. After waiting some time for him at the tavern, I hastened to Haverstock-field. This is the explanation of my anxiety to feel the pulse of the deceased, and my shedding tears when I witnessed the result of that revenge, which had not death for its object,but serious mutilation. I hurried to the house of the perpetrator, who bad flown there for refuge. I then took the whole upon myself, as I had been the principal cause of the tra gedy. I immediately rushed from the house and sought a slaughter-house in Hampstead, and disfigured my clothes in a pool of blood which I found handy. You see, gentlemen, I cannot account for the bloody state of my clothes without giving a reason for making them so—here is the difficulty. Oh, God ! I could pass through the impending ordeal in unison with my wishes. I have mentioned no names to you ; and oh, did you but see the state of mind ! I cannot prove that I was not on the spot at the time of action, unless I, to save myself, who am innocent, bring to justice those who, as far as intention was concerned, are equally so. Am I sure that by such a course I should be free from imputation ? And if they should turn their backs upon me—which it is in their power to do—what then would become of me? See how I am surrounded by difficulties? I will not say anything to acquit myself—that is at, the best only dubious, and which is calculated to involve others in addition to myself. I cannot say more—my mind is almost bewildered." The reading of this extraordinary statement caused the greatest astonishment in the Court. At the desire of Mr. Justice COLERIDGE the policeman Baldock was then recalled, when his Lordship asked him if he had any recollection of the prisoner saying anything to him on the night of the murder about a stiletto?—He replied that he had nu recollection of anything of the sort. The prisoner's father was also recalled. He stated that he had seen his son with a telescope, which was the property of the deceased. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up, going over the evi dence of the different witnesses with the most minute perspicuity, and dwelling upon those parts of the case which seemed the most involved in mystery and contradiction. After a most elaborate analysis of the whole evidence, the Learned Judge concluded Iby leaving . the case in the hands of the jury. The jury then requested leave to retire, in order to con sider their verdict. Precisely at seven minutes past seven the jury returned, and the Clerk of Arraigns said, " Gentlemen, are you agreed upon your verdict?" The Foreman answered that they were, and that they found the prisoner GUILTY. The prisoner, on being asked why sentence should not be passed upon him, made no reply, and Mr. Justice Counivao, in a most solemn and affecting manner, proceeded to pass sentence. He said—Prisoner at the bar, you have been, after a patient and most careful inves tigation into the circumstances of this case, found guilty, by a jury of your countrymen, of wilfully taking away the life of a fellow-creature, and I must say that I perfectly co incide in the propriety of their verdict. You have been de fended by eminent counsel, who have directed in vain their abilities and their great experience, with the view of finding some mitigating circumstances, to the cross-examination of the witnesses for the prosecution. That cross-examination has elicited nothing in your favour. I fear that this is not your only offence against the laws of your country; but I shall not dwell upon the past. I earnestly entreat of you to make a good use of the time which remains to you on this side eternity. I implore of you to look for that mercy at another and a higher tribunal, which cannot be extended to you here. Let no thought of pardon from the offended justice of the law weigh for an instant with you, but devote your time humbly and earnestly to the care of your immortal soul. The sentence of the Court is, that you be taken hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to a place of execution, and that you be there hanged by the neck until you are dead, and that your body be interred in the precincts of the gaol ; and may the Lord have mercy upon your soul. The prisoner then bowed and retired with a firm step from the bar. The Court was densely crowded throughout, and a multi tude outside waited the whole day to hear the result. RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. FRIDAY, APRIL 11. The following Bills were presented and read a first time Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Cork and Bandon Railway. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway. Bristol and Exeter Railway Branches. Newry and Enniskillen Railway. The following Bills were read a second time, and corn. mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway. Dundee and Perth Railway. Newport and Ponty Pool Railway. South Wales Railway. The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Staading Orders London and Croydon Railway. London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway. Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. 2), —Petition for Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS. MONDAY, APRIL 14. Direst Northern Railway (No. 2) (Lincoln to York). South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Rochester). South Eastern Railway (Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells). South Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hastings). South Eastern Railway (Branch to Deal and Extension of the South Eastean, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway). South Eastern Railway (Widening and Extension of the London and Greenwich Railway). South Eastern Railway (Hungerford-bridge to Chilham, with Branches). South Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Tunbridge and Pad dock Wood). Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (so. 2). London and Croydon Railway (Maidstone, Ashford, and Tunbridge). London and Croydon Railway Enlargement. London and Croydon Railway (Orpington Branch), London and Croydon Railway (Chatham to Chilham), Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway. Gravesend and Rochester Railway. Hull and Gainsborough Railway. Surrey Iron Railway Company Dissolving. Glasgow, Barrhead, and eilston Direct Railway. Waterford and Limerick Railway. Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway. East Dereham and Norwich Railway. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway (Dudley to Wolverhampton). Wells and Dereham Railway. Kingstown and Bray Railway. Churnet Valley Railway. Epsom and Dorking Railway. London and Norwich Direct Railway. IM4land Railway Branches Bill (to prove Standing Orders). RAILWAYS. The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select Committees on Railway groups:— A Committee of 1. Mr. P. M. Stewart (Renfrewshire)—Chairman, 2. Mr. More O'Ferrall (Kildare County), 5. Mr. Redington (Dundalk), 4. Mr. Rice (Dover), 5. Mr. Trotter (Surrey) ; to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in groups B. viz.:-- 1. Leeds and West Riding Junction, 2. West Yorkshire, 3. Huddersfield and Manchester (Railway and Canal), 4. Manchester and Leeds ( Burnley Branch), 5. Manchester and Leeds (Heywood Branch Extension), 6. Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 7. Leeds and Thirak, 8. Harrogate and Ripon Junction, 9. York and North Midland ( Harrogate Branch), 10. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester. The Select Committee will meet on Monday, April 21, at Twelve o'clock. A Committee of 1. Mr. Barneby (East Worcestershire)—Chairman, 2. Sir William Clay (Tower Hamlets), 3. Dr. Boyd (Coleraine), 4. Mr. Somes (Dartmouth), 5. Sir H. W. Barron (Waterfood), to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in groups C. viz :77- 1. Barnsley Junction, 2. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction. The Select Committee will meet on Monday, April 21, at Twelve o'clock. A Committee of 1. Viscount Palmerston (Tiverton)—Chairman, 2. Mr. R. Palmer (Berkshire), 3. Mr. Wyse (Waterford), 4. Mr. Leslie (Monaghan County), 5. Hon. H. F. Berkeley (Bristol), to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in group I. viz : 1. Lynn and El 7, 2. Ely and Bedford. The Select Committee will meet on Monday, April 21, al Twelve o'clock. A Committee of 1. The Hon. R. Clive (South Salop)—Chairman, 2. Mr. Bankes (Dorsetshire), 3. Mr. M. J. O'Connell (Kerry), 4. Mr. Dugdale (North 'Warwickshire), 5. Mr. Neville (Windsor), to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in group D. viz. :- 1. Leeds and Bradford Extension (Shipley to Colne), 2. Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne, 3. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton. The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 22, at Twelve o'clock. A Committee of 1. The Hon. John S. Wortley (West Riding of York), Chairman, 2. Mr. Ewan (Dumfries), HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectftdly announced that the celebrated SYMPIIONIE ODE of the DESERT, by FELICIEN DAVID, will be repeated on MONDAI WEEK, APRIL 21. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING ON MONDAY, APRIL 14, Will be performed THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, by M. Duprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdini ; Arthur, Mr. Barker; Raymond, Mr. Weiss; Norman, Mr. H. Horncastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia, her First Appearance at this Theatre. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBER I' AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet :-- A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polio and M. Gasperini. Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. The Box-cflice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, / laces, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. " THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Humby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Hamby; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A hundred Years Ago. Cennor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. _ . . After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGB AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Snugshy, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescne. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Wallack ; Baron, Mr. Archer; Count Wintersten, Mr. Courtney ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman. After which, Mr. HENRY RUSSELL will sing his popular com positions, accompanied by himself on Kirkman's Grand Fonda eianoforte. Mr. SANDS and hisINFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To conclude with a New Grani Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTARS. Timour, Mr. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley ; Miss Vlllars, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Grove. After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Collier, and Turner ; Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. ITo be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT ! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. To conclude with the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Frank Matthews, and Meadows, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Fairbrother will perform. The Box-oftlee is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan rom Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA. Scenes in the Circle, introducing 31. and Mdme. Dumos, the cele rated French Equestrians. To conclude with the admired Faree of THE SPECTRE BRIDE GROOM. An arrangement. has been made with Mr. White (the cejebrated Lion Tamer) wile) will appear on Monday, April 14, and exhibit hs Wonderful Treats with his ucrivalled collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Panthers, &c. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed WILLIAM TELL. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Fredericks, Heslop, Lewis, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. Hicks, Miss Chartiev, Miss Pearson, Mrs. H. Vining, &C. After which, THE IRISH TUTOR, in which the Infant Power, 31 is sHeron, will appear. To conclude with BLANCHE HERIOT. In which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Fredericks, Heslop, Cowell, Miss Martin, Mrs. R. Honner, &c., will perform. Place: and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box °Mee. from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARGARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. OneUa and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Mise Vincent. After which, THE LORD MAYOR'S FOOL. To conclude with POOR DOG TRAY. The Dog, by Hector. GIG ACCIDENT --Thursday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, a serious accident occurred in the King's-road, Chelsea, to William Page, a groom in the ser vice of Harrison, Esq., a gentleman residing in that neighbourhood. Page had only a few minutes previously set down his maste; and wasdirected by him to proceed to the stables and put up, as he should want him no more till the following morning; he was accerdingly doing so, and going along at a quiet pace, when the horse suddenly became un manageable. Finding himself unable to check the animal's career, he jumped out of the vehicle (a phaeton), and in doing so received severe injuries in the spine and broke his leg. He was immediately carried into the house of Mr. Nisbett, a surgeon, who set his leg, and afforded every neces sary assistance. He was eventually carried home, and though out of danger, suffering acute pain. DRURY•LANE THEATRE.— The intention of her Majesty to honour this national establishment with a State command had no sooner been signified than the box-office was thronged with applications for seats more numerous than on any former occasions. Herr Staudigl, the celebrated basso, arrived on Thurs day ritternoco, by the ViCtAriat from Antwerp. TUE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 12. 1845 3. Mr. Wrightson (Northallerton), 4. Mr. Bulkeley Hughes (Carnarvon), 5. Mr. Ainsworth (Bolton), to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in group S. viz.:— 1. Belfast and Ballymena, 2. Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3. Londonderry and Coleraine. The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 22, at Twelve o'clock. And a Committee of 1. Sir George Grey (Devonport)—Chairman, 2. Mr. Cripps (Cirencester), 3. Sir R. Ferguson (Londonderry), 4. Mr. Hindley (Ashton -under-Line), 5. Colonel Verner (Armagh County), to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in group T. viz. : 1. Bedford, London, and Birmingham, 2. Midland Railways Extension (Syston to Peterborough), 3. Dunstable, and London and Birmingham. The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 22, at Twelve o'clock. a which Members will be se , way Committees which corn reek beginning April 28 : Hon. Henry Liddell Sir Charles Lemon Mr. McGeachy Sir John Mordaunt Sir Denham Norreys Mr. James Oswald Mr. Pendarvei Mr. John Parker Captain Plumridge Mr. Plumptre Mr. Phillpatts Mr. Rashleigh Mr. Ross Lord John Russell Mr. Poulett Scrope Mr. Shaw Hon. G. J. Smythe Mr. Sturt Mr. Smollett Dr. Stock Mr. Baring Wall Mr. Wodehouse Mr. William Williams Lord Worsley Mr. H. E. Yorke. The following is the List fro] lected to serve on those Rai nience their sittings in the Mr. T. D. Acland Mr. Thomas Baring Mr. Christopher Hon. W. Cowper Hon. F. Charteris Sir C. Coote Lord Courtenay Mr. Darby Mr. Buller East Viscount Ebrington Sir Philip De Grey Egerton Viscount Emlyn Mr. Entwisle Mr. French Colonel Fox Mr. Greenoway Mr. Hawes Mr. Vernon Harcourt Sir Edmond Hayes Mr. llayter Mr. G. A. Hamilton (Dublin University) Lord Alfred Hervey Mr. Langston Mr. Lefroy NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Friday) Evening contained The Conclusion of the Trial of locker at the Old Bailey. The Accounts of the Bibury Spring Meeting. The Weekly Account of the Bank of England, Cir culation, &c., from the Gazette. The Course of Exchange. The Monthly Account of the Circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks. The List of Appointments, Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, bring fall Reports of the Debates in both Houses of Parliament, up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock, the whole extending to nearly Five Co lumns. Now ready, VOL. VII. of MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. Containing the sequel of the Life of Queen Elizabeth, and the complete Life of Anne of Denmark. " These volumes have the fascination of a romance, united to the integrity of history."—Times. \.B.—The EIGHTH VOLUME is In the press, comprising the Lives of Henrietta Maria and Catherine of Braganza, Queens of Chsrles I. and 11. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, DON PASQUALE. NorMa, Madame Grist ; Dr. Malatesta, Sig. Fornasari ; Ernesto, Sig. Mario ; and Don Pasquale, Sig. Lablache. After the Second Act of the Opera the Danseuses Viennoises will dance the " Pas de Fleurs," and in the course of the Ballet, for the first time, the " Pas Styrien," and " L'Allemandc." In the course of the Evening the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various national Pas of Spain. To conclude with au entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; on, LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. Y'rincipal Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Count Edgard), Diddle. Lucile Grahn ; Rubezahl (le Gnome), M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosselin. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bex- Office, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), ON THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL 17 When will be performed Rossini's Opera Seria, in Two Acts, entitled THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, APRIL 12. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 45; Noon, 46. BAROMETER, 29.84.—W1ND, N.W. NoTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the rhermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. LI minutes after 4 I Evening .. 19 minutes after 5. ..**- 401? t" , 4 3.1 CILV 4 ,'1;7 , 71 • ;" ~? „, /F. qvi o, vg, • • -.J2 Orr " '"0717.,1 SECOND EDITION. SE MIRA3iIDE Semiramide, Madame Grisi; Arsace, Mdlle Brambilla ; Assar, Sig . Foraasari ; Idreno, Sig. Corelli ; Oroe, Sig. Lablache. The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in some of their Favoruite Pas' With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anaide Castellan' Madame Rita Borio, and Sig. Moriani, will appear. Also a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various of the National Pas of Spain. With Other Entertainments, Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. CSCV flt II LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1845. The House of Lords met at five o'clock. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE gave notice of a ques tion for Monday an the subject of the Irish Railways. The Bastardy Bill went through Committee. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the third reading of the Sugar Duties Bill, and defended the course which the Government had pursued in regard to those duties. Their Lordships were also addressed by the Earl of CLARENDON, Lord BROUGHAM, and Lord STANLEY, and ultimately the Bill was read a third time and passed- Their Lordships then adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. There were an immense number of petitions presented against the Maynooth Bill. The presentation cf these petitions took up the whole of the hour usually devoted to private busineis, and on the suggestion of the SPEAKER their presentation was permitted after five o'clock. It was not until considerably after six o'clock that the presentation of petitions was concluded. The presentation of a petition by Mr. FERRAND, pray ing for the impeachment of Sir R. PEEL, gave rise to a scene. Mr. ROEBOCK accused Mr. FERRAND of reading the petition, which is contrary to the rules of the House, and called him to order. At length, however, at the suggestion of Sir R. PEEL, the Hon. Member for Knaresborough was permitted to read the prayer of it. He did so amidst shouts of laughter from all parts of the House, in which Sir R. PEEL joined most heartily. Mr. WYNNE thought that as the petition called a Member of Parliament to account for his Par liamentary conduct, it ought not to be permitted to lie on the table. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought, as it . contained charges against the Executive Government, it ought to be received. Ultimately the petition was received, and Mr. FERRAND gave notice, that he should, on Monday, move that it be printed with the votes. Mr. WARD gave notice, that on the motion that the House do go into Committee on the Maynooth Bill, he should move that it be an instruction to that Committee, that any provision for the purposes of the Bill should be supplied out of the fends already applicable to Ecch,si astical purposes in Ireland. In answer to Lord DUNCAN, Mr. C. RUSSELL, the Chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, as sured the House that the roof of the Box Tunnel was perfectly safe, not ithstanding the reports which had been spread to the contrary. On the order of the day for the second reading of the Maynooth Bill being put, Mr. Comacmouti characterised Conservatism as a name without a notion, and said that it was treading not on the heels but on the toes of Radicalism, and in some cases getting before it. He should give the measure the most strenuous opposition in his power ; and as it was pressed forward in such a hasty manner as to allow no time for its consideration, he should, as a Member of the Minority, feel justified in exercising against it all those rights with which Minorities were invested by the forms of the House. Mr. GROGAN would also give the measure his strongest opposition. The Government had made out no case either of compact or expediency in support of it. Mr. GLADSTONE followed, and after declaring his in tention to vote in favour of the grant, a declaration which was received with tremendous cheering, spoke at some length in defence of the proposed measure. The House was afterwards addressed by the Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY, Mr. D'lsnAm.x, and Mr. ROE BUCK, after which the debate was adjourned till Monday. The debate last night in the House of Commons on the grant to Maynooth, possesses more than ordinary interest, because it inrolves a religious principle—theme st difficult of all to control, and has reference to a question of the highest importance to the united empire—the cor dial union of Great Britain and Ireland. The speakers were few ; and if we except Mr. COLQUHOUN, who took a one. sided view of the proposed measure, and Mr. D'IsaAELI, who seemed much influenced by per sor.al considerations, the discussion was confined to Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. ROEBUCK, and admi rably did they perform their parts. They ad mitted the great regard which one man was bound to show to the religious opinions of another, and did justice to the Protestant feeling which pervaded the country, while, at the same time, they took a higher view of the points at issue—points which not only included the safety of the empire, but the very existence of the Reformed religion. We recommend Mr. GLADSTONE'S speech to the at tention of all parties. It did not contain one par ticle of bigotry, it was devoid of all political parti sanship, and breathed throughout an honesty of pur pose, and a spirit of Christian charity, which left no doubt of the sincerity of the speaker, and of the high religious principles with which his mind is imbued. But while he did not forget his religious duty, he remembered his duty as a good citizen and a lover of his country, and proved, as clearly as words can prove, that if the various religious sects with which the country abounds, were each to claim precedence and demand that their doctrines should be paramount, nothing but endless war and ulti mate ruin must be the consequence. " With regard to those," said he, " who contend that it is contrary to their religious duty to make grants of this kind, I think that they confound the principle which should actuate them when acting in their individual capacity with that principle which should influence them when combined with the state. In our individual capacity we are guided by our own will and conscience, which no man can force ; but a political state can only subsist by a combination of mutual wills and a mutual surrender and conces sion. If all those who live together in our situation were to insist upon his own opinions being established, and that no others were to be recognised in the laws of that state, the whole empire would be thrown into utter confusion." Here he looks only to the political ques tion, but in another place he calculates the lamentable result even to true Christianity. After adverting to the agitation in Ireland, and to the no less violent agi tation in this country, he justly remarks:—" I deprecate all agitation, on one side as well as on the other. I trust that a gentler and wiser spirit will preside over the minds of the Members of this House than seems to pre side over the minds of so large a portion of the country; and I trust that in Ireland, as well as in England, parties will come to the conviction at which I- have arrived, without any previous bias, that this is a surrender that ought to be made of rival claims and of extreme views. If, on the other hand, the doctrine is held that in Ireland this will be a premium and an encouragement to agitation and a reward for misbehaviour, and if parties are told that the cause of religion is involved in the question and is absolutely at stake, and that we ought not to allow of any secondary c n sideration, I ask what is to be the state of the country— what is to become of society ? It must be helplessly torn asunder by religious disputes, to the loss, I fear, of that religion which the parties opposed to this Bill pro fess to have so much at heart." Mr. ROEBUCK deserves the highest praise too, not so much for his speech, ex cellent as it was, as for the manly, independent and statesmanlike view of the mea lure proposed by Sir R. PEEL. In the city which he represents, it is well known there is a very strong feeling against Catholics; the inhabitants, Churchmen as well as Dissenters, are strongly impressed with the belief that concessions are dangerous, and that it is their duty to: resist them; but while Mr. ROEBUCK felt the force of such sentiments, and the influence which they might have at a future election, like an honest man, he preferred truth, and justice, and mercy to all other considerations. What is Bath to him, compared with a pure conscience ? " When I look," said he, " to the state of Ireland, to the circumstances under which you come to give your vote, it does behove you to place yourselves above the agitation of the crowd, to set the example to the people you represent, and do your duty boldly, and act up to the views which you think right and proper, and which involve the happiness of this great country." This advice was responded to with loud and general cheers. We may here add that we have received a communi cation from the Secretary of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association and Reformation Society, re questing us to support their views, and regret that we cannot comply with their wishes. Their language is too violent for a question of such serious import, as may be seen from the conclusion of their petition to the Commons for impeaching Sir ROBERT PEEL. It is in these words:— " Though the conduct of the Prime Minister may not have so far viol tted law as to warrant his impeachment at the bar of your Honourable House, your Honourable House may still be pleased to present an Address to her Majesty, calling upon her Majesty to remove Sir Ro- BERT PEEL from her Councils, as one who has disgusted all parties, who eusted other men from their places merely to adopt their policy, and who, if be have succeeded in replenishing the coffers of the exchequer, has done so while carrying out measures calculated to draw down the wrath of heaven on the land, divest the kingdom of its best and only security, and thus to render it but a richer spoil to the first foreign foe who may, in the just judgment of GOD, be raised up to scourge the realm for national un faithfulness." On a calm review of the career of the United States from the date of their adoration of Independence to the present time, we are compelled to conclude that in no modern state has the tone of national feeling no ra pidly deteriorated as in the great federal Republic of the West. Little more than sixty years have sufficed to re duce the generous enthusiasm of public virtue and na tional spirit which prompted her original resistance to the far-reaching pretensions and taxing übiquity of the mother country, into the sordid elements of intense sel fishness and unscrupulous rapacity. They commenced by unfurling the flag of civil liberty, and proclaiming their territory for her universal asylum, their constitu tion for her protector, to ail the world. They are now signalizing—and, it may be, areabout to conclude—it by the most deliberate violation of their honourable engage ments to their national creditors, and the most insolent aggressions upon the territorial rights, the honour, and authority of independent nations with whom they are connected by all formal relations of amity and alliance known to the law and usage of nations, and under the favour and security of those very engagements. Without entering into any historical recapitulations, it may be sufficient to point, for the exemplification of her broken faith, to her public creditors, to the fraudulent bankruptcies of the repudiating States of the Union, and for indications of the effrontery with which that Union avows its purpose to exert might over right, to its recent deportment throughout the whole of the affair of the annexation of Texas. We pass over for the moment the spirit in which she has pushed to the extreme point of arrogant demand her claims to the exclusive sove reignty and occupation of the Oregon. We dis miss, in like manner, the specific and general bearing of the United States Government in re lation to, other questions of high public interest, but which are of too recent occurrence to call here for more particular notice. But we have no doubt of the concur rence of our readers in the opinion, that the United States have manifested such a consistent and increasing spirit of aggressive encroachment upon the rights of all other nations, in pushing their own claims and views to the utmost verge of those limits within w hich they can be preferred in a manner not absolutely involving insult and dishonour to the Powers with whom their negotia tions have been conducted, that Great Britain, for ex ample, is fully justified if she put the most stringent construction on their overt acts as illustrative of these secret tendencies of their policy. Thus, the purchase of Louisiana from France, in 1803, by America, and its in- corporation into the Federal Union in 1812 ; her suc cessful negotiations for the cession of Florida to her by Spain, under the treaty of Madrid of 1819 ; and her recent intrigues for the annexation of Texas to her Fe deration, are all links in the same chain of antagonistic movements against the influence and power of this coun try, especially on the continent of America. If any doubt could remain as to this fact, the impudent case set up of a paramount and exclusive title to the Oregon must have by this time dispelled it. Now, what is the course it behoves us, under this state of things, to adopt? Shall we trust alone to negotiations for the chance of bringing them to the perception of the moral equity of the case on any of the unsettled questions between them and Great Britain ? Why, the lapse of a quarter of a century has not advanced that object one point. Shall we rely on the moral influence of our mcderation and good faith in conducting these negotiations ? They have universally repaid us with exaggerated demands, and more unreasonable extravagance and diminished re spect or courtesy in their manner of preferring them. What, then, can be the cause of this perversity of conduct on their part ? Clearly, a gross miscon ception of the principles that have regulated our own demeanour to them. The moderation of our na tion al strength is mistaken by America for the " hated breath and whispering humbleness" of maternal weak ness. The forbearance of a Government, responsible for its integrity to the highest possible standard of pub lic opinion, is construed intoan evidence of feebleness by another which is amenable to the impulsive and irre gular action of a mere public excitement. We say, by no means let us depart, by one iota, from the line of dignified moderation we have, under all changes of do mestic administration here, so long and so consistently maintained in all our diplomatic intercourse abroad. But, in the language of those homely proverbs which are said to represent the concentrated wisdom of nations, we also cry, " Fore-warned, fore-aimed." Whether we shall have war or peace, in the final event of these unfor tunate dissensions, at least we have had warning enough. If, on that account, we are also fore-armed, good ; but better still, if we be steam-armed too. We shall ever consider that the gallant Sir CHARLES NAPIER. has rendered at least as signal services to his country in the House of Commons as he has upon the high seas, by the persevering zeal and intelligence with which he bas aroused the attention of the Legislature, and awakened the solicitude of the whole kingdom to the unspeakable importance of incessant progress and im provement in our naval architecture and armament generally, but in our steam navy in a special degree. He has succeeded, we rejoice to own, in arousing the Admiralty from that unaccountable lethargy whose "Castle of Indolence" is yet too permanently fixed at Whitehall. He has brought them topublic confession of its own prescriptive fallibility and the possible errors of even a surveyor of the navy. Be has enlisted the acting first professional Lord among the advocates of the enormous improvements in armament, in structure, in the location of machinery—the deficiency of which has hitherto made even what progress we have accomplished in the organisation of a steam navy little more than a comparative failure. But we have now, as Sir CHARLES himself tells us, war steamers in rapid progress to com pletion, which certainly will be what this country has a perfect right to expect that its executive departments should turn out—matchless and magnificent perfections in that class of force which is assuredly destined to over whelm every other in any future maritime contest. But we are anxious to urge upon the Admiralty that, allow ing them the full benefit of Sir GEORGE COCKBURN'S assertion, that we have already a steam navy force, far, very far superior to any which even France could put upon the seas against us, and altogether beyond any with which America could now attempt to cope with us ; e have not yet by any means extended our improve ments or enlarged our force to the scale on which the grandeur, the prosperity, and the renown of this country, the welfare of the present generation, and the permanent independence of our posterity, demand that these should be pushed to. We must have no more favouritism at head-quarters ; no jobbing ; no sacrifices of our naval strength ; no hazard of our naval supremacy, in favour of the claims upon official patronage. We hope that Sir CHARLES NAPIER will allow the Government no respite until it is ascertained that all the accessions to, and im provements in, our steam navy force, dimensions, con struction, armament, working, and efficiency, be, not ob jects merely contemplated, but purposes actually ac complished. Madrid papers of the 4th have been received. The Committee appointed to examine the Electoral Bill had made their report, and recommended an increase of the number of deputies. The Government have acceded to their scheme, which will give oRe deputy for every 80,000 inhabitants. The Hera/do states that France is using her influence fur the recognition of Queen ISA BELLA by Austria and Prussia, with every prospect of success. ^ T The Three per Cents. closed at 351 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 25i at 60 days ; the Coupons at 60 days; and the Debt without Interest at 8i at 60 days. The French Chamber cf Peers have adopted an im portant clause, proposed by the Count BEUGNOT as an amendment to the first clause of his Colonial Bill. This clause gives the slave the power of demanding, and ob tabling from his master one day in the week (Saturday) to himself, on condition that he agree, in return for such advantage, to provide himself with food for the whole seven days. At present he has only lf. 60c. for food during the whole week, or about twopence-farthing per day. The amendment was adopted by a large ma jority. The third clause, which fixes the working hours of the slave from six in the morning till six in the evening, with two hours and a half for rest, was also agreed to. It is gratifying to find that the tone of the Chamber is greatly improved as regards the welfare of the negro race, and we may confidently hope, that in a very few years,. the Government will follow the policy of England, and grant complete emancipation, The proceedings in the , other Chamber were destitute' of interest. Nine officers of the National Guard had ap peared before the Council of the Prefecture, to answer the charge of having signed petitions against arming the fortifications of Paris. They admitted the fact, but denied that they had any previous understanding or cor respondence with each other on the subject. They had signed merely as citizens. The Council adjourned with out pronouncing a decision. Another duel in high life had taken place at Paris on Saturday. It appears the Duke Of ROVIGO and M. PERREGAULT settled some dis pute with ,swords, and both were wounded, the former rather dangerously. Among the seconds were the Prince DE MOSKOWA and General LEGRANGE. The intelligence from Switzerland is not important. The Journal des Debuts says :—" We are happy in being able to state that the account which we had re ceived of the commencement of executions at Lucerne is not confirmed. The Government of the canton has issued a decree for bringing the prisoners to trial, tut no sentence has yet been pronounced, and the Deputy of Lucerne has declared in the Diet that his Govern ment et ould act with lenity. On the other hand, the most hostile parties acknowledge that General SONNEN BERG has acted with humanity as well a, firmness, and that he has protected the prisoners against all arbitrary acts of vengeance." Committees, for the relief of the prisoners and wounded, had been formed in several towns, and the Council of Berne had just sent a Commissioner to Lucerne to negotiate for the release of the prisoners The battle, as might be expected, had caused great distress among many families. On Thursday afternoon a considerable fall took place in several of the railway shares, but the cause is not assigned, and the Funds were less buoyant. The Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 50c.; Orleans Shares, 1,210 f. ; Rouen, I,loof. ; Havre, 912 f. 50c.; Avignon, 1 035 f. ; Basle, 305 f.; Spanish Actives, 40-4- ; Ditto, Three per Cents., ; Ditto, Passives, 71. THIS f D►AY'S NEWS, CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's-Inn Hall to-day and beard appeals, none of which possessed any interest except to the parties concerned. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Causes of no general interest occupied his Lordship the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Motions and the further arguments in the part heard case of Greenwood v. Taylor, the facts of which we have already given in detail, occupied his Honour, the Vice-Chancellor of England, the whole day. (Before Sir J. KNIGHT BRUCE. ) Causes of no general interest occupied his Honour the whole day. (Before Vice-Chancellor WianAm.) The Court was occupied the greater part of the morning in hearing short causes. CRIMINAL COURT . -(THIS DAY. OLD COURD. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK, &c.) HORSE STEALING.—John Parish, a butcher, pleaded guilty to the stealing of a horse, a cart, and harness, and a gelding, saddle and bridle. The robbery was committed in the most impudent manner. The gelding had been ridden by one of Mr. Giblett's men, of Bond-street, when delivering goods to the customers. The man had left it for a moment while he descended to the area of a gentl'iman's house. The prisoner leaped into the saddle and made off with the animal. The horse and cart was stolen in the same cool manner. The prisoner having been an old offender was sentenced to transportation for ten years. THE ST. GILES'S BIURDER.—APPLICATION FOR POSTPONEMENT. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN and Mr. Baron PLATT.) Although it was generally expected that Joseph Connor would be put upon his trial this morning for the barbarous murder committed upon Mary Brothers, in the brothel in George-street, St. Giles's, the Court was not in the slightest degree crowded, even a- smaller number than usual of the curious being in attendance. It looked in fact as if the public appetite for horrors had been completely sated with yesterday's banquet. There was rot one stranger in the bench beside the Judges, and the only person who seemed in terested in Court was an artist engaged to take the mur derer's likeness for some of the weekly illustrated journals. Precisely at five minutes after ten the Learned Judges Coltman and Platt entered the Court, and took their seats on the bench. Ott the name of Joseph Connor being called, Mr. BALLANTINE, the prisoner's counsel, then rose and said—My Lords, in the case of the prisoner, Joseph Connor, whose name has just been called, and who, as your Lordships are aware, stands charged for the crime of murder, I 'have to make an application that the trial be postponed until the next sessions. I have communicated with my learned friends who fare to conduct the case fur the prosecution, and they are fully prepared to accede to my application. The ground on which that application is made has not been re duced to an affidavit, as it is only founded on a secant conversation I have had with the prisoner. It is stated by him that a person who knew where he was at the time this transaction was alleged to have taken place, is well known, and may be found; and under such circumstances, I am sure your Lord ships will feel that in a case of such importance it is essen tial to the interests of justice, as well as to the prisoner, that your Lordships should allow the case to be adjourned: Your Lordships are aware that sufficient time has not been allowed to bring the witnesses in the case forward, and in my hum ble opinion, supposing there is such a person as that men tioned by the prisoner, it would be highly improper to go to trial without the presence of that witness. Mr. BODKIN said —I should be sorry to try the prisoner under the circumstances stated by my Learned Friend, but he has certainly not made his application to the Court in the proper and formal manner. My Learned Friend ought to have supported his allegation by the affidavit of the prisoner, in the absence of which I should have thought that if I bad consented to postpone the trial to some other day in the present session it would have sufficiently satisfied the justice of the case; but, still, if my Learned Friend wishes the trial post poned till the next session, I am extremely happy to accede to the application. The case is left entirely in your Lord ships hands. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, after conferring with Mr. Baron Platt, said that he did not think the application could well be objected to, and the application was consequently acceded to. The trial will not, therefore, take place until the next sessions. The prisoner seemed relieved at the successful result of the application, and walked from the bar with a lightened step. He was dressed in the same manner as at Bow-street, but the serious position in which he finds himself has apparently had its effect upon him, for his face does not now by any means exhibit the almost brutal indifference that it did when before the magistrate. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS_DAY LONDON, APRIL 12.—Wind, W.N.W., moderate breeze, and cloudy. RAMSGATE, APRIL 1 I.—Wind W.—Arrd. Mary, Lisbon for Hull, with fore and mainsails split and bulwarks damaged, having been in contact. The Johannes, Faily, from Vigo to Riga, has been ashore on the Goodwin Sands, and broken her rudder, but proceeded. DEAL, APRIL 11.—Wind, A.M., S.S.W. to S.E. ; N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Stratheden, Howlett, Calcutta ; John Brewer, Brown, Bombay. FALMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind N. to N.N.E., fresh gales and squally. Arrd. Hudson, Ba) field, Ichaboe, pumps out of order ; Panther, Newcastle for Rio ; Hope, Jacmel. HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 10.--Th e Favourite, of Aberdovery, in making the harbour to-day, during a gale at N.E., drove on the beach near Stramton, where she remains. WHITBY, APRIL 10 —The Napier, from Sunderland to Bridlington, in taking the harbour during a heavy gale at N.E., struck the east pier, split her stem, and afterwards sunk—crew saved. OFF ALDBOROUGII, APRIL 11.—Integrity, of Newcastle, for Havre, with damage, having been in contact with a light brig, off Cromer. HARWICH, APRIL 11.—The Havre, Osborn, from Hartle pool to Colchester, was assisted in here to-day, with loss of spars, bulwarks, sails, &c , having been struck by a sea. WIVENHOE, APRIL 11.—The James, Bunney, from New castle to London, has been assisted in here leaky, having touched the Heads Sand. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. COVENT-G&RDEN. The supply of Vegetables being on the increase, the de mand for them was not quite so active, as was the case on this day sen'night ; nevertheless no material depression was noticed in the quotations. Oranges were in good request at extreme rates, but all other kinds of fruit were a dull Inquiry. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton 4 at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, at previous rates.—A large business was done in Shares. Aberdeen Railway, 4 3 % 5 ; Armagh and Port Rush, 3 1 / 8 ; Barnsley Junction, 8 1 / 2 ; Birken head, Manchester, and Cheshire, 12% 13% ; Birming ham and Gloucester, New Shares, 6 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5:%; Belfast and Ballymena, 5 3 / 4 % ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpcol, 14 1 1 / 8 ; Caledonian, 13 1 / i ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 10 1 4 %; Chester and Birkenhead, 48 ; Ditto, New Shares, 43% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 24 ; Chester and Holyhead, 114 1 / 2 ; Churnet Valley, 9% 10 ; Clitheroe Junction, 6 1 4 ; Clydesdale Junction, 11 1 4 11 ; Cork and Bandon, 5% ; Cork and Waterford, 2% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 10 1 / 2 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 97 3 /i ; Dublin and Galway, 514 ; Dundee and Perth, 4% 54 8 ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 3 1 / 2 5 / 8 ; Dundalk and En niskillen, 4 1 A ; Eastern Counties, 21 1 4 - %; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarter Shares, 6% ; Edinburgh and Northern, 2 1 4 1 / 8 ; Ely and Bedford. 3% ; Glasgow and ' Dumfries, 11. 6s. 1 10s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 19 1 %; Glasgow and Ayr, Quarter Shares, 8 ; Urand Junction, Eighth Shares, 18% ; Great Grimsby and z , heffield, ; Great South and 1‘ estern Extension, 11 ; Great Western, 186% ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 41% ; Goole and Doncaster, 41s. 3d. 1% ; Harwich, 535. 6,1. ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 98s. 9d. 4% ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8% 8 ; Inverness and Elgin, 2 1 4 ; Liverpool, Orrnskirk, and Preston, 3 1 4 % ; London and Birmingham, 235 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 45% 5; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 34 33 ; London and Brighton, 64 ; London and Croydon, New Shares, 11.8 s. 4d. ; Lon donderry and Enniskillen, ; London and York, 3% 34 ; Direct Northern, 5% ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7% ; Lynn and Dereham, 2/. 14s. 2% ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 10% ; Manchester, Burv, and Rossendale, 18% ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland-Junc tion, 10 1 4 5 , 4 ; Manchester and Leeds 149% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 67 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 20 1 , 1 ; Midland Railway, 154155 1 /, ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 19 % 3j ; Midland Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 116; Newaik and Sheffield, 5 3 / 4 ; Newry and Enniskillen, 5% 3/ 4 ; North British, Half Shares, 5% ; North Western, 5% 4 3 4 . ; North Wales, 3% ; Oxford and Birmingham J unction, 4 1 / 2 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 2 ; Runcorn Gap, New Shares (80 dis.), 17 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 127% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 1 4 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1/. 6s. ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction. 5% 6 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4/. 9s. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 42%; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 16% 17% ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 11%; Ditto, No. 3,8% 8% Scottish Central, 6% .7 ; South Wales, 7% ; Trent Valley, 1934 20 ; Ditto Extension, 4% ; Ulster, 50 • Waterford and Kilkenny, 4% ; West ' Yorkshire, 4% • ' Wexford and Carlow, 4%; Worcester and Tring, 4/. 18s 9d. 4/. 18s. 5d ; Whitehaven and Furness, 3% 1 0/ 2 ; Yarmouth, Diss, and Beccles, 4 1 / g 1 ; York and North Mid., New % Shares, 17; Austrian and Sardinian, 3s; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2/. 14s 6d. ; North. of France (Lafitte's), 6 ; Northern of France ( Rosamel ), 2% ; Paris and Lyons English, (Lafitte's), 3; Paris and Lyons, (Ganneron's), 3 ; Ditto (Caton's), ; Pads and St. Quentin, 2/. 2s. 2/. 3s. 6d. ; Sambre and Meuse, 7%. ; Verona and Ancona, 1/. 17s. We have not any arrivals from the British Colonies to day, except from Natal, later in point of date than those previously received. There are accounts from the Cape of Good Hope this morn ing, but they are barren of political news of interest. We are glad to find that the trade of Cape Town, Simon's Town, and Port Elizabeth, is good. The total imports in the quarter ending the 10th October last, were 185,493/., and the exports 119,2701. The Dutch inhabitants on the frontier had memorialised the Government against the stamp laws. A considerable degree of interest is taken in the City as to the result of the debate in the House of Commons on the May nooth increased grant. The general opinion seems to be that the position of Sir Robert Peel may be somewhat damaged, but not to such an extent as to warrant the necessity of his re signing office. Money continues to be comparatively abure dant in the City, the pressure for payments on new railway schemes being much less felt than is represented by certain parties in the Legislature. There has been a slight rally in the quotations of the Public Securities as regards Consols, but the other Invest ments continue depressed. Consols are 99 to 98% for Money and Time. Exchequer-bills have ben 57s to 595. premium ; and India Bonds 735. Bank Stock has been at 210%; and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 101 1 % to 101. A moderate amount of business has been transacted in the Foreign Securities to-day. The quotations are not materially different from those of yesterday. Spanish Consols are at 29% ; Russian, at 116 ; Portuguese Converted, at 65 1 4 ; Mexican, at 36% ; and Colombian, ex Venezulian, at 15%. The Share Market is extremely brisk this morning. In a few instances prices have receded. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 1 4 . , 97% (From the Official List.) Bank 5t0ck...... 2 9 1 80 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuiti es 3 per Cent. Consols Arms 99 98% New 3 1 % per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities ,Expire sth Jan. 1860 ll 7-16% Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 859 l l l4 Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock 277 279 India Bonds 1,0001 73 Ditto under 1,0001 74:71 Bank Stock for Account. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 1 1 Ad. 1,0001. 500/. - 57 59 pm. Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds. 1 5 3 f3 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.- 88 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll6 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 29% Ditto Passive Bonds 7 Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE Aberdeen ............... ....,... 2 1 / 2 5 1 4 1 / 8% to - Armagh, Coleraine, I ) ;rtrush 1% 2% %... to - Birmingham and Gloucester 100 137% ...... to 13$ Ditto, New.. - Ditto, Half Shares 3 - Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 ••• 7 3 /? to 8 1 A Bristol and Gloucester 3O - Caledonian 5 ...... 12 4 3 /... to - Cambridge and l Lincon /2 / 9-YAI4 to Chester and Holyhead - ...... 11N .— to 10 3 / 4 Churnet Valley 2 9l /i Coventry, Bedworth, and Nun • eaton Coventry and Leicester ...... IV I 2 3/ % 3 / 4 to Diss, Beccles,:and Yarmouth 1% 3l ~.... to Pirect Northern Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 1 /. z lO Dublin and Galway Eastern Counties Eastern Union - ... to Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ...... 62 1 / 2 ...... to Ely and Bedford l l% 3 Great Grimsby and Sheffield... 2 3 / 4 6 ...... to Great Western Guildford, Fareham, Portms. 2 1 / 2 6% to Harwich 1 Hull and Gainsborough Hull and Selby Ditto Quarter Shares Lancaster and Car1i51e......... 15 ...... 40 London and Birmingham ...100 235 Ditto 1./ 4 Shares 2 ...... 33%...... to London and Blackwall 16% ...... 8 ti t to London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 62 3 / 4 London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... 10 3 / 4 .xi London and South Western.. 41%.•.... 81%3/4 to Ditto New 2% 15% to Ditto, New London and York ... ..... ...... 2 1 / 2 ...... 3% 1 A to Lynn and Ely ,. 2% 6 % 3 / 4... to Mancheitei and Leed5........ 73 l5O Manchester and Birmir.gham 40 Midland Ditto New 2 ...... 18 Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 ll5 ...... to Newcastle &Darlington line. 25 50% Ditto New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick Newry au d Enniskillen Newark and Sheffield North British Ditto New 1 .. . 5 3 N o rthern and Eastern North Wales PA 33 to Norwich and Brandon lO ... . 17 Richmond and West End Junc. 1 Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4114% .. to Ditto New, No. 2 2 .. ... 9% 10 1 / 2 to 9% Ditto New, No. 3 2 l/ 7% to 8 Staines and Richmond........ 1 South Wales West Cornwall l l4 5 Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New York and North Midland ... 50 lOl 100... to 102 Ditto Half Shares Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens. ........ 4 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette 2 Dieppe and Paris Junction... 2 Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) ............ 4 Do. Do. (Rosamel's) ...... ... 2 ..... 2% . to Louvain and Jemapp ........• 2 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) ... 2 Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's) 2 ... .. 2 , 2 % to Paris and Orleans 2O .. .. 47% to 48 Paris aod Rouen Royal North of Spain Sambre and Meuse Tours &Nantes (Mackenzie) 2 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia. Do. New . ........... ..... ... 2 1 A ...... 2%... .. to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 11.—The sales are :—Chester and Holyhead, 11 ; Grand Junction, 226 ; London and South Western, 81 1 ,E ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 20%; Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 5% 3 / 4 prem. ; Mid. Railway Consols, 401. Shares, 19 ; Preston and Wyre, 35 4 3 / 4 ; Ditto, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 32%; Shef. and Man Quarter Shares, 15 ; South-Eastern, No. 3, 8 1 %; Barnsley Junction, 7%; Ditto, Half Shares, 4% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 12 3 / 4 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8%15-16; Blackburn, Darwcn, and Bolton, 5%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13% 14 ; Caledonian, 13 1 4 ; Cam - bridge and Lincoln, 9% 10% ' • Clithero Junction, 4 33 4 prem. • Churnet Valley, 9 1 / 2 .-3 / 4 ; Direct Northern, 5% 5 ; Ely and Bedford, 3 5-16 1 4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. es. 3d. 1/. 7s. 6d. ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester 2 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 6% 3 / 4 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4 3 4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 8% 8 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 5% 4% ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7% ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% ; London, orcester, Oxford, and Rugby, 4% ; London and York, 3% • Manchester and Buxton, 4% 4; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 9 3 / 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 65% ; North Western, 5% ; Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 2 ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 3 % prem. ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 265. 6d 28s. 9d. ; Trent Valley, 19%; Whitehaven and Furness, 4 ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 3 ; Paris and Lyons (English), 3 1-16; Ditto (Ganneron's), ; Union Bank of Manchester, 101/2. The Government contract for 100,000 gallons of rum for the navy, was yesterday taken by Messrs. Lemon, and Soul 59, Feachurch-street. A• ril 5 4 Arbroath and Forfar -• • •• • • • Birmingham and Gloucester • • • • • • • • • Brandling Junction . ..... • . • • . • • • • • Bristol and Gloucester • • Chester and Birkenhead Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown ... • • • • Dundee and Arbroath Durham and Sunderland ....• • • • • • - • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •. • • • • • • . Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Glasgow and Greenock.. • ...... • • • • Grand Junction ... ....• Great North of Eughuid ........... Great Western . • . • .... ..... ....... Liverpool and Manchester •• •• •••• London and Birmingham .•••• •• •. London and Blackwall•••••••• •• • London and Brighton.. ... London and Croydon .•••••• •• London and Greenwich .• • •• •• •• . London and South Western Manchester, Bolton, and Bury .. • ... Manchester and Birmingham........ Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc•• Midland Counties Newcastle and Darlington .... • • .... Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. Newcastle and North Shields•....... North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans. • Paris and Rouen • . Preston and Wyre• • ... Sheffield and .ganchester•• •••• •••.. South Eastern.... •....... .. 189 3,601 Taff Vale . . 572 616 934 291 673 2,791 4,510 1,836 997 Ulster Yarmouth and Norwich • • • • • • • • • . York and North Midland • . • • • ... 1,804 16,419 5,544 17,976 1,046 4,046 1,069 1,032 5,59 ) 3,7 9 7,016 10,737 1,193 1,503 397 1,402 5,141 372 676 4,23 4 837 279 2,434 L a dd , The Qneen and Prince Albert, attended by the 0 r) and Gentlemen in Waiting, left town at twelve o 'c for this day, escorted by a rarty of Light Cavelf_,, l P Claremont. The royal party are expected to rettiv town on Monday next. ERRATUM.—In the leading article of yesterd i l't7 the Universities cf Cambridge, for "the main argee le a r ik Mr. Christie, though he had not the ability to see ite „01 0, was directly in its favour "—read " the main argun i " Mr. Goulburn, &c." rtO r THE FREE CHURCH.—We refer to the sa ve d 0 6 ment of the Free Church (Exeter.) The engravin,g, " d id° intended edifice of Christ Church shows that it will, the ornaments of the city. The building is rapidly pr.. 0' ing, and we hope that the friends of this good ea 7. hand their donations to the Treasurer, Mr. Crofts. who give promptly, give twice, as the proverb g western Times. n 51 34 From the Kent Herald it appears that the w i .," or Sessions have quashed 21 of the convictions of the 1,, end Magistrates against Rowe, the touter for the Star. 1)1 Packet Company, thus settling the point that solicite7,oo word of mouth within the door-way of the ComPa n ii •t -s° 44l is not contrary to law. In two cases in which the W e d, ' took place in the street the convictions were confirtn e SPAFIELDS' IiURIAL-GROUND.—YeSterdaY 1131 00 4 1 plication was made by counsel on the part of the Pr ° P he tt r f , of Spafields' burial-ground to Baron Rolfe, at Cha r° l , - remove the case by certiorari into the Queen's Befl, c 7ded,s Wakeling, vestry-clerk of Clerkenwell parish, etl i e l oppose the application, on the ground of the W . : 1.1 1 which the public would be exposed by such delay , e' d oe, application was refused, leaving the parties to there tion as to taking the case into a higher court. The,if er itte' excitement stilCprevails in the neighbourhood of L'.„41101 well on the subject, and the prosecution will be aupPte ?..'",411,, Government. Messrs. Clarkson and Bodkin are ret7,, the prosecution, and the most eminent counsel for fendants. io ° „ mer e a WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY. --)%,,o large arrival of Wheat this week ; the quantity Ne`..r o ftr A market buyer. drerphreerseseids: however,and pice prices e d a e g si a r i e n rather hper press i s n f s a a T e T f d e v f ls. per quarter decline a large business would be done. P th oi very dull, and ls. per qu ar t er l ower. Oats and Sheniet steady. Beans do not vary i n va l ue . N o alteration in e' articles. r od On Wednesday, the magistrates of Yor--,de brought forward the case of John Barney Bales, thesel:rst: at-mace, who appeared as a witness in the Yarraeut r , O der. He is charged with having assisted the sol_i . f 1 ;0 0 1; the prisoners in getting up a case against the Pr°'7.diti r t, and having given his evidence with a leaning toef cc e otis prisoners. An inquiry was to take place into his ;4211)' before a full bench of Magistrates, yesterday ; Norfolk N. ifl gtt SUPPOSED MURDER.—On Thursday last an ire e was held at Salisbury on the body of a woman , jo 4 found in a ditch running into the river Bourne• visii course of the inquiry it appeared, that the woraail„asb i ll; or mistress of a man named Woolford, who trav e r a fe lf , the country with a learned pig, and had left Sali r th - 6 two daughters a fortnight prior to the discovery of the, The evidence of the landlord of the White Lion, O re of his servant, went to prove that the whole party w e ,",eole solute habits, and that the woman had been missie t b s os4 week before the others left the house. The inques t Pee journed till Monday next, in order that a surge" - examine the body. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAI'LIO, TRAINS.—A trial was made on Tuesday, with a th w- 0 ,. ce:o train, from London to Birmingham, and the dis i ;m accomplished, with thirteen minutes to spare. will run daily on and after the Ist of next month! to ; Record. ...05 po i TROTTING RACEOF Two MILES.—On Tnul- t o ": 4 , match between Watts' cob and Merry-grey her s , e , o -I , s o under saddle two miles, was decided near Ther ni- ob Streatham. The stakes were 1001. a side, and the 009 the favourite in betting. The preliminaries being h be ljd the race commenced, the cob taking the lead, whi c 0 06: 0 0 for a half a m ile, when the mare came up and they c „, 13 0,,,ii the first together, occupying 3 min. 16 sec. They, ' h ie nil at a rattling pace and were neck and neck till v ot e d b 1,4 hundred yards of the goal, when the cob was pres s " ter rider and duly answered, and went in the w inner se c..,b; yards. The two miles were trotted over in 6 min . d° 01_ 11 4 THE SHAPWICK MURDER.—Sarah FreenA rl t executed on Wednesday week; the hour is not tesogloo The prisoner is daily visited by the Rev. Mr . otse„ t te curate of Magdalene Church, through whose pi eus ..,,ar and advice it is hoped she will, by Providence, be 1:4" to a right state of mind.—Somerset County Gazette' Cif i ld DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE B t A o.l* FROM BLACKFRIARS -BRIDGE. —Yesterday afterar,,K four o'clock, much alarm was created at Blackfrinsl4 by a determined attempt at suicide by a child but nerie old. It appears the mate of a billy-boy on the tlP i c $ of the bridge heard a desperate splash in the sys t .,, e n ie rently close to the bridge, and then observed o'o9, floating in the water, which ' he at last perceived Nc a s it 00 body. With some difficulty he succeeded in gettil3o and found it was a child in an: insensible stat e ' s ter mediately conveyed it to the Glazier's Arms, " Os/ where Mr. Hutchinson, the surgeon, promptly atte%o, by great exertion was enabled to restore anivit ti t sbej then stated that her name was Caroline O'Brien, t",' ief'd/ fourteen years of age, and lived with her parer" o bt,s o ., hope-street, Clare-market, until lately, when she w ere, situation at Mr. Deady's, Gloucester- street, Qu_ e a tlisp She was to return home every night, but in the her r t of the week one of the servants persuaded b i. e' be r ( A u It which she did. Her mother was very angry with w ine", bee next day, and she (the girl) not liking it, deter_ wi see f ie make away with herseir. Mr. Hutchinson Ilea being taken to the Union workhouse until c0in!.....„,/ 0 covered.: tb BIRTHS. hbo reug bf • lady of Thomas Cradock, Esq., of a son. 1 59 ' , On the 6th inst., at Woodhouse, near L ou g On the 7th inst., the wife of George Reece, Esq., ° p it gardens, Hyde-park, of a son. Joh ° , On the Bth inst., at St. Leonard's - on - Se a, ford, of a son. is On the Bth inst., at the Vicarage, Godmershaw otr wife of the Rev. Alfred Lyall, of a daughter. off On the 9th inst., Mrs. John Wickham Fiore • hill, Croydon, of a daughter. 10 5 westo ter' On the 9th inst„ in Queen-square-place, lady of the Rev. Ifenry Burney, of a son. • On the Bth inst., at Clarence-terrace, Isling M`Kenzie, of a son. Escr I.forr On the 9th inst., the lady of Alfred Keyser, crescent, Hyde-park, of a son. MARRIED. be ft e t V On the 10th inst., at St. Matthew's, Brixton, t - ro d j# G. Watkins, jun., M.A., Incumbent of St. Jollll's'4 C bar, Middlesex, to Sarah Lea, eldest daughter " Pritchett Bousfield, Esq., of Camberwell. , eo lo On the Bth of January, at St. Mary Abbotte4 t'`' 0 ...e l George Edwin Taunton, Esq-, of Liverpo ol, to Stl i sli A l jci r st" . second daughter of the late J. R. Oliver , E SC P bury, and Upper Clapton. ;A u riti ffb On the 20th of January, the Rev. J ohn Dav-,,,r of t nial Chaplain, to Louisa Ann, seco nd dan.g" Sar'" Wells, Esq., of the Stock-Exchange , an d PacktiOn' Drien. v . q , 0 4 On the sth ult., at Quebec, Willi a m Kerable.), '-',.„ e rst , On the sth inst., Mary, widow of t he late R. leek- of Sittingbourne, Kent. lobe ° t On the 6th inst., at Ealing , Ann , widow of E•., i , ° rce ot On the Bth inst., at the White L adies, near " . 40 P" Ingram, Esq. id i ni , f t, On the Bth inst., at Huntington Lodge, P ee— 3 j‘ . Thomas Lund, Esq., aged 66. , usb ire, , On the Bth inst., at Cliff Lodge, Leybura, I °r r Wray, Esq. 135 rt ' ll el* On the Bth inst., in Nottingham-place, Tkolv as ga rcl„ 0 1 On the Bth inst., Andrew Jopp, Esq., of eeg h e p - we" .1 On the Bth inst., Charles Mac Rae, Esq., of t ' .. .sgr,t, HaekaeL change. Dil l ' tr er On the Bth inst., at the Triangl e, , c p . ' o f S Hoby, widow of the late Mr. G. Hoby, t. Jz"- Piccadilly. of ipy• „,, yO l ,, 1 4 London: Printed and Published by 111IIRI"' e , I' 4 'l' No. 112, Strand, Printer. at The Sun Oto coio Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in - Middlesex, Saturday, April 12, 1845. NMVGATE AND LEADEIVIIALL. Each kind of Prime Meat was in improved request, at full prices ; otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 6s ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 2d per Blbs, by the carcass. We had about an average time-of year supply of both Game and Poultry, while the demand ruled heavy, at barely previous rates. Turkeys, from 3s to 8s ; and Geese, 4s to 6s ; tame Rabbits, Is to 2s; and wild ditto, 4d to 10deach ; Fowls, 6s to 12s; Chickens, 4s to 65; and Ducks, 4s to 6s 6d per couple. UtINGERPCRD. There was a trifling improvement in the demand for each kind of Meat, at fully last week's quotations. In all other articles only a limited business was doing, yet prices were mostly supported. NEWPORT. Prime Beef and Mutton were in steady request, at fu prices ; but all other kinds of Meat were a dull sale. BIZ LINGSGILTE. The supplies of Fish were again extensive, yet the de• mand was steady at full prices. Salmon, is 10d to 2s ; and Eels, 8d to is 4d per lb ; Turbots, 6s to 17s; Whit ings, 2d to 8d ; and Cod Fish, 3s to 8s each ; Soles, 4d to 2s 3d per pair ; Mackerel, 20s to 30s per 120. WMITECHAPEZ- There was a trifling improvement in the demand here to day for each kind of Meat. - BREAD. The prices of Wheat en Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to 7id ; of Household ditto, 5d to 60 per 41bs leaf. BIDE MARX= Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers and Heifers, 53 6d to 5s 10d; Middling Hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; Inferior ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin : Market Calf, 6s 6d to 8s; Long-woolled Sheep, 3s 6d to 4s 9d; Short ditto, 33 to 4s ; Lamb Skins, is to is 4d; and Shearlings, 6cl to 8d each. 'BAT DIAILICMTS. Smrrnr - LELD.—Coszse Meadow Hay, 3/ 125 to 4/ 15s ; use ful ditto, 4/ lOs to 5/4s ; fine Upland do., 5/ 5s to 5/10s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady inquiry. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 4/ 15s ; useful ditto, 41 16s to 5l 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 516 s to 5/ 12s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5/ 16s; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 21 Is ; Wheat Straw, 2/ 2s to 21 3s per load. Trade throughout brisk, at full prices. WHITEtHAPRL.—Coarse . Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 4/ 15s ; useful ditto, 4/ 16s to Si 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 58 to 5/10s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 9 / 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off firmly, at our quotations. Mr. Villiers, M.P., paired off Ns ith Lord Ingestrie n favour of Mr. Christie's motion, on the subject of the Uni versities, Qll Thursday eyeniog. ' " HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . Fcl icien David's Desert was repeated last evening, en d i t hearing it again we are only confirmed in the opinion ul& we fortnc , rly expressed that it is one of lie most original, vi N an d picturesque compositions that has ever been produced , that David is a poet in the highest sense of the - w ord creator. " The Hymn of Night" was deliciously giveL n i Moriani, and as a matter of course was encored. the syrnP ad was preceded by a selection of vocal and instrutneO tel , l l o — cl. including Weber's overture to the Ruler of the Sp.i",.t s '„hes Mendelssohn's overture to the Midsummer Dream. The principal vocal performances were Por zart's trio, " Tremate Empi Tremate," admire'.; given by Madame Rita Borio, Corelli, and FOTIVISAri 1. David's Hirondelle, sung with great taste and delicacr: by Moriani ; and the " Queen of Night," from Zaubedlete, the difficulties of which were overcarnen with the greatest facility by Mademoiselle Rosetti, who, by be .r performance of last evening, has proved herself a most 0% . eomplishcd musician. Her - Majesty and Prince Albert, Al tended by their suite, honoured the theatre with their PL" Bence. They entered the royal box just before the conue n 7 o went of the overture to the Ruler of the Spirits, and at t conclusion of the miscellaneous act, Mendelssohn's o vert ,r to the .Ifidsuliziner Night's Dream was repeated, at the press desire of her Majesty. The royal party remained 110" the conclusion of the Desert, and during the course of tia, evening frequently testified their satisfaction by audibleeS pressions of applause. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY IDArric.—The following are the Total Receipts Of 1 70 ways for tlic past week—that is to say, up to the date to whicl . . n o respective returns are made, together with the receipts a the week iu the previous year:— I 0 a 1 F „td r i P fe '6 g" C.) •••• .... .........-• 1r 1:203 Wcek ending Last eek. NAME OF RAILWAY. `.... tl t. tt g o It gL ij l'rc:, T o 4111 1 I tt t i kkeityl. *4 44 01 4 YI -0