The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-29 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Wednesday) evening contained— The closing prices of the Funds and Railway Shares. The continuation of tha Epsom Races. The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees of the House of Commons. The Parliamentary proceedgngs of the Evening, being a full Report of the Debates in the House of Commons up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. RAILWAY NEWS. s2esscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAPAVAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. Sun-office, 112, Strand. 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S BAL COSTUAIE. AN ARTICLE ON " THE COSTUME AND CHA RACTERS OF THE COURT OF GEORGE II.," from the pen of MISS STRICKLAND, will appear, with numerous other interesting papers, in " COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGA ZINE," to be published on the 31st of May, price 3s. 6d. Those who desire to obtain copies on the day of publication are requested to for ward their orders immediately to their respective booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY J. FENIMORE COOPER, ESQ. Just ready, in 3 rots post Svo, SAT A N S T 0 E ; Or, the Family of Little Page. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq., Author of" The Pilot," " The Red Rover," " The Deer-slayer," 8:".e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectiblly informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), THIS EVENING When will be performed Donizetti's Opera, DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grisi ; Dr. Malatesta, Sig. Fomasari ; Ernesto, Sig Mario ; Notary, Sig. Dai Flori ; and Don Pasquale, Sig. Lablache. The Danseuses will appear in some of their favourite Pas, and in a New Pas, entitled " La Polka" (being their Last Appearance but Three). To be followed by Selections from the First Act Act of LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. In which Madame Castellan, Mdlle. Brambilla, and Sig. Moriani will appear. In the course of the Evening, the Pas de Deux, " De la Favorite" (composed by M. Perrot), by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi and M. Toussaint, and the celebrated " Pas de Quatre" (composed by Mdlle. L. Grahn), by Mdlle. L. Grahn, Mesdames Moncelet, Cassan, and Demelisse. To conclude with an entirely New Grand Ballet, in Five Tableaux, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, entitled ROSIDA ; OU, LES MINES DE SYRACUSE. _ The Ballet and Mis en seen, by M. St. Leon. The New Scenery by Mr. Marshall. The Music by Signor Pugni. Rosida, Mdlle. Cerito ; Alman, M. St. Leon ; The Queen of the Mines, Mdlle. Moncelet ; Torbern, M. Di Mattia. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances : -- First Tableau.—" La Sicilienne" (New Pas de Caractere), by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, accompanied by the Corps de Ballet. Second and Third Tableaux.—Pas du Mineur, by Mille. Cerito and M. St. Leon, assisted by Mesdlles. Fenlinand, Demelisse, and Cassan. " Pas des Quatre Nations" (New Pas de Caractere), by the Corps de Ballet. To be followed by "La Wolinienne," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-cffice, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Seven; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be Aerformed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Xrline, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with DER FREISCHUTZ. Caspar, Mr. Stretton Linda, Miss Romer ; Rose, Miss Poole. Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3s ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, Is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Pox-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, H.IYMARRET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME IVORKii IVONDER,;. Goldthumb, Mr. IV. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Mies Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Forteseue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Humby. After which, USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Charles Mathews ; IVurzel, Mr. J. Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CET,ESTF THIS EVENING Will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs. Yates ; Phoebe, Miss Woolgar. Vier which, will be produced, a New and Original Farce, entitled THE IRISH DRAGOON. Mr. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby; Paddy Murphy O'Brallaghan, Mr. Hudson. To ^onclude with ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be perrormed THE HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. ; Rolando, Mr. Walter Lacy; Juliana, Miss Cushman; Volante, Mrs. Stirling. After which, a New Divertissement, entitled LE PRINTEMPS. Supported by Messrs. Gilbert and Marshall, Miss Bailin and Miss Marshall. To conclude with a New Drama, entitled THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. The Chevalier St. George, Mr. Wallack ; The Countess, Mrs. Stirling. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. ?rational Triumph—thapreeedented Suecess of the New Burlesque. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Comedy, entitled OUR NEW GOVERNESS. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Wigan, Turner, Stanton, and Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley. Previous to which a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and bliss Dawson. To concludo with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Nit's! Keeley, Miss Viliars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Ileward, &c SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated Monsieur Phillippe will continua his SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES at this Theatre, THIS EVENING, and every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, commencing at tuff_ past Eight. And in consequenco of the great succe=s on Monday 3 for:.ing last, M. Philippe will give a SECOND MORNING PERFOJ:iMANCE; or, 3.IATINEE MYSTERIEUSE on MONDAY next, Jame 9, com mencing at One o'clock. Boxes, 45.; Stalls, is. ; Pit, 28.; Private Boxes, Two and Three Guineas each. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may t - ie secured at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, B.nd at the Box Office of the Theatre. NEW STRAND THE A TRE. THIS EVENF,,a;, Will he produced an original Drama,. in two acts, by Leman Rede, Jelled 4ALOON and CELLAR; s'apported by Messrs. H. Hall, Romer ,Cockrill, H. Leo, Montgoinery ; Mrs. H. Lee, and Misses Bromley, Fitzjames, and Hamilt , .., n . Alter which, a grand Sce - A Atom DER FREICHUTZ. Rodelph, Mr. C. Hodges ; Zamiel, Mr, Ridgway. To be followed by a Military Ballet, called She SOLDIER'S DREAM. Added to which LONDON BY NIGHT. To conclude wit ROB LNSON CRUSOE ; or, the ADVENTURES of a FRIDAY. Robinson Crusoe, Mrs. C. Horn, Jun. ; Martyn Crusoe, Mr. Thompson; Friday, Mr. H. Hall; Whitmaida, Miss Boxes, 38. ; half-price, Is. Ql. Pit, Is. 6tl. ; half-price, Is. Gallery, 6(I ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHPATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. To-day and during the week, the GODOLPHIN ARABIAN ;or Abe Race Horse of the Desert. In compliance with the wish of several influential and fashionable parties, and in order to accommodate those who, residing at a dis tance, are prevented from visiting the nightly representations at the Amphitheatre, as well as with a view to the gratification of the 'uvenile members of families, Mr. BATTY has concluded an arrange ment with Mons. Tournaire for THREE DAY PERFORMANCES, introducing the entire troop of French Equestrians. These per formances will take place THIS DAY, the 29th May, June 5, and 12. I/AVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TREATRE. The Greatest Novelty in London —Two New Pieces, and " The Old Fleete Prison," at Half-price. THIS EVENING Will be produced an entiroiy New Drarna, entitled THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH. With New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, and powerful cast. After which, a New Comic Drama, called THE HONEYMOON SCRUPLES To conclude with a New Local Drama, entitled TIIE OLD FLEET;; PRISON ; or, The Widow and her Suitors. Splendidly appointed and supported by the Entire Company. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON!—GRAND FETES. Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by li. R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, IL R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. - ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. AL RI aoificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch, as it formerly existed, the Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Reside." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say It met with his most decide and perfect approval, and from the more than usual care which has been observed in its execution, he points it out as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Ettablishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation.l neluding some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. The er.ire of the Gigantic Model will he Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the Ares on the :Calton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately. pour trayed. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Re7al and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake ! The l'ortraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in zetlaced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Danson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless and superb design which combined with the Feux D'Arti nee, the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur rounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyretedmic Display e'er witnessed. Fire of the Carnivora, at half-p as t F our ; P e li cans, &;., at Ine ; Concer' at Six; and Pyrotechnic Display at Nine- Adnitssfon. One Sinning TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are much obliged to " One who likes to see The Sun," at Huddersfield, for his kind suggestion. HIGH WATE Mernin R AT LONDO N -BRIDGE THIS DAY. K 56 minutes after 7 I Evening 28 minutes after 8. THE WEATHER.—Stur OFFICE, MA Y 29. TELERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Hi ghest, 61; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, 29.80.---Wmu, N.E. Num.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. ~t, t -'--- 9, ,, ) .7• _, _.% oz - CI , • MA, . ~, 14, 7, ,-'' -1 ; . •: \ I-2 :Nf • ;'', I . ' . ,17. ' ,>.Z:•;:: r',-''' le ~ ' '"' 4 ildf:s 4, Zt , ~tt a , ' 4 D -,,,,, r : ~. . 0 b •r;,r 0 ,- '4o* 1„ i -- . . ~s%L ~R~S y +~~ '~k SECOND EDITION. L P. *Vitt* 2;11:11, LONDON, THURSDAY. MAY 29, 1845. SP, IPE Thp House of Lords did not meet. he Commons sat at four o'clock. e Roman Catholic Relief Bill and the County era' Bill were respectively read a second time. _ ~ !\\ii,_` ~,\ ~=~ JJ ~ `I 7 1 7 7 r `1 ~J~~/`/ I 1 ----- Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN moved the second reading of the Malt Drawback Bill. After a short discussion, the HOB. Gentleman, on the recommendation of Mr. MILES, withdrew the measure. The adjourned debate on Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S reso lutions was then resumed by Mr. P. HOWARD, who opposed both the resolutions and the amendment. The House was subsequently addressed by Mr. ESCOTT, Sir JOHN WALSH, Lord HOWICK• Sir J. HANMER, and Sir R. PEEL, after which Lord JOHN RUSSELL briefly replied. The House then divided upon Mr. S. CRAWFORD'S amendment, which beiug negatived by a large majority, the original motion was put, which was also lost by a majority of 78. The opposition made by the Catholic prelates of Ire land to the Academies Bill is an unfortunate occurrence at the present time, as it will be mixed up with the Maynooth affair, and throw difficulties in the way of the Government, which may tend very much to mar their plans for restoring peace to that country. It ap pears to us that the Irish bishops attach too much importance to the question of religious education in col leges. In England the practice of teaching divinity to all the students at the two Universities has become obsolete, and it never existed, as far as we are aware, at any of the five collegiate institutions in Scotland. Our northern neighboars, as all the world know, have not suffered on that account. They have neither become in fidels, nor Roman Catholics, nor Episcopalians, but adhere as religiously to the Kirk and the religious tenets of listox, and the other fathers of the Calvinistic Church, as they could have done, had they never heard of any other system of belief. Why, therefore, should the Ca tholics be afraid ? If their religion cannot stand upon its merits, there must be something in it radically bad or defective, and it is rather disparaging to Irish men to insinuate that, it' they are not watched by their priests and constantly steered in the right way, they will become Protestants or infidels. There is not tha slightest ground for such fears, and it would be well, therefore, for the heads of the Church to weigh all the circumstances well before they make demands on the Government which must be inconvenient, and may be ruinous to the best in terests of their country. The mixed education in the National schools, they know, works well ; Catholic and Potestant children learn the rudiments, and some of the higher branches of instruction together in the same classes, and we have not heard that any proselytes have been the result on either side. What fear can there be that attempts of the kind will be made, or be successful, upon young men whose religious feelings are already formed, who still may have daily opportunities of attending their own churches, and receiving religious instruction from their pastors ? Besides, they ought to remember that in this world of difficulties, mankind cannot obtain all that they may de sire, or that they believe really good. Parties who differ in opinion must yield a little, allowance must be made for prejudices, national as well as religious, and mutual forbearance be cultivated, else civilised society would become more intolerable than even the wildest bar barism. We have strong hopes, therefore, that the Irish prelates will endeavour to meet the views of the Government as far as they can with a conviction of safety, and have no doubt that on the other side every disposition to conciliate will be willingly shown. It is a fortunate circumstance that the present Lord- Lieutenant is one qualified for such a juncture, and pos sesses a knowledge of the world, and an amenity of temper, joined to sterling abilities, which have already surmounted great difficulties in important negotiations. The reply which Lord HEYTESBURY made to the pre lates, on receiving the deputation, augurs well for the cause. According to the Dublin Evening Po. , t, his Excellency expressed his conviction that " the Government would pay the utmost attention to opinions and suggestions coming from such a source, and with the best disposition to adopt those suggestions, so far as they could do so consistently with their duty. The de cision upon those points would rest with the Govern ment, who, he felt assured, were most anxious to provide for the moral guardianship of the pupils, and to prevent any possible interference with the reli gion of any class. Looking to the various suggestions in the memorial, his Excellency stated it as his ovi, opinion, that no serious obstacle was likely to arise or . Wily point but one, namely, the vesting the appointr,ent, in a board of trustees, as the Government, he Thought, would have a decided o bj ec ti on t o suc h an arrangemeat, which could not. be expected to work sa'..,si„torily.,, The dreadful catastrophe at liarGETT's Hotel on Mon day night, or rather the morr:ing of Tucsday last, was one of the most distressing we have had t o recor d s i nce Lae commencement of present y ear , p ro lifi c as t h at has already proved in, domestic horrors. So distressing a sacrifice of hurJan life, under circumstances so fear fully contraster.l, in some of their associations, with the deplorable event that they resulted in, may well seem to carry with it to all hearts its own impressive lesson on the frailty of human existence, and the evanescence of chose gifts of nature and fortune which all ranks of civi lized society so extravagantly prize. But we do not affect to discharge the duty of moralists in adverting to it. Our object is to claim once more the attention, not of the municipal, not of the police authorities of this great city, but of the Legislature itself, to that scandalous deficiency of precautionary and protective arrangements, in sudden and alarming exigencies, that ought to be always available, at certain known stations, in sufficiently numerousl districts, for the purposes of succour and refuge. We have so often, in common with other journalists, pressed upon the police magistracy and the parochial authorities of the metropolis the responsible duty that devolves upon them of providing such means, and duly organising their supply and application, that we should despair —were we to renew our appeal to them—of doing so with any greater degree of success than has attended our former efforts. It is really high time that the Secretary of State for the Home Department should introduce some measure on this subject, with clauses of sufficient strin gency to ensure for its enactments a faithful and vigilant execution. Fire-escapes ought to be, undoubtedly, deposited in some permanent locality in each of a given number of districts, into which the city and liberties of Westminster and their suburbs, for example, might be divided for such a purpose, without delay. Every possible means should be adopted for giving the most extensive publicity to all these details. The deposit, and the prompt supply of these escapes, should be made with, and required of, responsible parties, paid for the discharge of these duties, and amenable in heavy penalties for, any neglect of them. To each of these district stations at least one messenger should be attached, in order to ensure at all hours instant communication with the nearest establish ment of the fire brigade. In this way there would be no time lost on the outbreak of a fire—first, through the absence of any party specially charged with the duty of looking out for such accidents; secondly, by rea son of the distance of the point to be applied to ; thirdly, by that uncertainty which often produces irreparable delay with regard to the precise direc tion in which fire-engines and fire-escapes are to be carried, even after the fact of a fire having broken out is ascertained by the brave and active men who know nut in what direction to hasten. It may be ob jected by some that an organised system of this kind, simple as the plan would be, would entail on parties an oljectionable expense. Such an objection would really not be tenable, however ; for the expense would form almost an imperceptible item in the general amount of the parochial expenditure. But if it did—would pa rishioners hesitate to pay an insignificant increase of rates to sleep in comparative security against the possi bility of casualties, fraught with such terrible extermi nation, as the calamitous fires occurring among them? In the destruction of RecieETT's Hotel the lady of a Member of Parliament has perished ; her daughter escaped, but only by an almost miraculous fortune, merited, w e may add, by the exhibition of a most meritorious self-possession. An Earl and his Countess narrowly escaped destruction ; the noble father only just succeeds in snatching his infant heir from the devouring flames, which had already began to gather round his cot—and, horrible to relate, afterwards consumed his faithful attendant. In a gallant effort to rescue one of the inmates of that blazing house—(the ill fated lady of the Member for Maldon, who had arrived in town only the day before, to be present at the QUEEN'S Drawing-room on the following Tuesday),—the owner and landlord of the devoted house perishes with her ; and nothing has been found to attest cr to identify their mortal remains, but blackened, burnt, and mutilated .masses of undistinguishable humanity. The unfortu nate landlord's daughter perished by a fate almost equally deplorable—falling to the ground before the fire-escape could be properly applied to her chamber window. The lady in whose bed-chamber the fire com menced is rescued with extreme difficulty, and five other ladies, aroused from their beds, are saved from the balconies of the drawing-room windows. If a calamity so an ful in its destruction of human life could be aggravated by the destruction of valuable pro perty, that incident of aggravation has not been wanting in this case. The unfortunate Mrs. ROUND 15 supposed to have had with her the jewels on which she fondly, perhaps, and naturally looked forward to making her obeisance to her SOVEREIGN, at the Court of Tuesday ; and they are valued, it is said, at a considerably higher amount than even those of the Countess of liurafx- G- B .aears from the Paris papers that Marshal Bu- GE''.6r, had commenced operations against ADD -EL- Y ...A.DER and his adherents, and that several skirmishes 'had taken place, ending in favour of the French. The Moniteur publishes two dispatches from the - Marshal to the Minister at War, dated the-6th and 9th of May. In the first he announces' his arrival is the Ouaren senis, and his preparatory movements. In the second he gives an account of two affrays on the 14th, between the rear-guard of a convoy and about 500 Kabyles, who attacked it. The enemy were beaten off with the loss of several killed and 20 prisoners. The French, who had only eight killed and 15 wounded, captured 300 head of cattle, and made other booty. Another affair of slight importance took place on the following day. shal BuGEAUD states that, in the evening of tte 14th, some tribes made th e i r su b m i ss i on. T he entire insurrec tion in the Ouarensenis was caused, t e says, by the sane Scheriff, who raised the Dahra, and who presented himself as a kind of prophet sent by GOD to delive Al geria from the Christians. T.lvo other impostors, how ever, are stated to have r„ppeared, one in the Mountain and the other in the Dahra. Marshal BrronAtrro attri butes these revolts co ADD-EL-KADER, who was expected in that quarter. Some additional particulars had been received respecting the treaty with Morocco. The Journal des Debats, in an article on the subject, which probably speaks the opinions of the Govern ment, says-" Fresh intelligence leads us to believe that this affair is far from having the ywhich has been attributed to it, and that it is not ref a nature to compromise the solution of the secondary difficulties which still remain to be arranged with our neighbour in Africa." It then gives the following ktt , ,,7 from Tan giers, dated May 10 :- " The circumstances which I:a , e.saddenly arrested theratifica tion of the convention lately cor,!loCed for fixing toe limits of the frontiers, are clearing up mozo more, and this unexpected obstacle appears to possess less g y than could be at first sup posed. The convention was intended to seek out and fix the ancient limits of Algeria, such a 4 they existed when this possession was under the domination of the Porte. But it would seem that in the convention negotiated between the plenipoten tiaries of France and Morocco, tlie primitive object had been exceeded, and that a large portion of territory belonging to Morocco had been assigned to France. When the text of the convention was sent to the Emperor, the chiefs of the Kabyles, neighbouring to the frontiers, were in his presence, and he com municated to them what had been done. They all cried out against it unanimously, declaring that the frontier marked in the convention was very different from that recognised before the French conquest, and that the new arrangement took from them a portion of territory which had belonged to them from generation to generation. In reply to their pressing corn plaints, the Emperor had to assure them that it was never in• tended to encroach on their rights, but simply to fix the ancient limits of the Turks. A fact which, besides, would seem to prove that the designation of the frontier was still a subject of doubt, is that the convention was only signed, it is positively asserted, by one of the two Plenipotentiaries of the Emperor, the Caid of Ouchda. The second Sid- Ahmed-Elkadir, refused to affix his signature, for the rea sons which afterwards determined the Emperor himself." That journal adds :-" At no period, and in no part of the world, have questions of frontiers been easy to decide. We may point to the frontiers of Belgium and Holland as an example, they having been only recently fixed definitively. We may also mention the frontiers of the English possession in North America, which were in dispute for uwards of fifty years, and which were de cided only two years back. That did not, however, pre. vent England and the United States from living in peace for thirty years, as they do at present, although their limits are again con tested on another side. We do not see, therefore, why difficulties which between two civilised nations are habitually resolved by means of negotiations ought to be arranged otherwise when one of the parties is what is called a barbarous nation." Several of the journals advert to a letter said to have been addn ssed by Queen POMARE to LOUIS PHILIPPE, and published in some of the London papers, but it is so evidently the work of missionaries that it requires no particular notice. The Presse very correctly thus gives its origin :- " The hatred of the missionaries to the Catholic religion, and to the French name, betrays itself in every line of this long address. What is most striking and most characteristic is, that the Queen has sent a copy of her letter to Kame hameha, third King of the Sandwich Islands, with a request that he would insert it in the Polynesian, an English journal, published in Honolulu. How probable that this recourse to the press should be the act of a poor ignorant woman ! Moreover, her letter is countersigned by a certain George Platt, and its contents breathe from one end to the other the perfume of the doctrines preached at Exeter -ball." The Basle Gcnette states that Dr. STEIGER has re ceived his pardon ; but we find by a letter from Lucerne of the 23d that the statement is unfounded. It appears, however, that the Executive Council has been called I upon to report, in the event of the life of Dr. STEIGER being spared, what means can be adopted of preventing his disturbing in future the tranquillity of the country. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Tues day, at 85f. 85c. ; the New Loan, at 861 20c. ; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 80c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,230 E ; Rouen, 1, 1151. ; Vierzon, 8301. ; Havre, &IO d 50c. • Avig non, 1,055 f. ; Basle, 2701. ; S pan i sh Actives, ;19 5 / 2 ; ' Spanish Three per Cents., 41 3 A ; Spanish Passives, The following are the quotations for I,ew lines:- Orleans and Bordeaux, 2101. premium ; Lvalogne, 100 f. ditto ; Troyes and Mont , :z.u, 47f. 50e. ; Paris stud Lyons affitte), 181. 75c. ; ditto (Caton), If. ; ditto (Gan - neron), 10f. ; Northern line (Laffitte), 32f. 50c.; ditto (Rosamel), 81. 50c.; Tours c.m: _Nantes (Sla:•: - ,enzie), 10f.; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto ,k_; till), 15f. ; o.tto (Jacques Lefevre), par ; Lyons and (Leecilite), 181. 75e.; ditto (Talabot), 35f. ; ditto (',...'n.pagnio Ateridionale), 10f. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (..LL-zenzie), 4f. 50c. ; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 15f. ; Creil St. Quentin, If. .50c. Paris and Strasb urg (Ganneron), 121. 50c. ; STATE OP TRADE. —There was a steady market yesterday, both for yarn and goods, and prices of both were very firm, with a tendency to advance in several descriptions of yarn, as well as in the best T 7 .inch printing cloth, and the inferior qualities of 40-inch shirtings, which had been previously some what depressed as Compared with other fabrics. The Rochdale Flannel Market —Monday, May 26 . —There has been about an average demand for flannels to-day, with little or no change in prices. The wool market is much —)fanthefter GU l s tc /f an, much the same as that of l ast week. THE SUN, LONDON, THU'ItSDA Y EVENING MAY 20, 1845. DON'S, worth 3,0001, and also sacrificed in the flames. Mr. KING, the father of the lady in whose apartment the fire originated, had with him. a very valuable chest of plate, which has becn, doubtless, melted in the ruin. Now the fire was seen and the house alarmed, by one or two active and intrepid men servants, and an omnibus time-keeper, very shortly after midnight; yet, strange to say, we find no account of any combined or active exertions of the police. It was an opera night, and the French company had been giving a performance at the St. James's Theatre. There must have been plenty of the constabulary within reach ; but, somehow or other, as we have too often occasion to remark, they are seldom to be found when they are most wanted. And when two or three do present themselves in such scenes of unofficial exigency and alarm, we never hear of bold and disinterested exertions to save human life in fearful jeopardy. That they should not have assem• bled on the spot long before Mr. Inspector BERESFORD marshalled them—which was precisely when all the mis chief was done, all the loss of life and property per fected—i s surely highly discreditable to the vigilance, and reflects little credit on the courage of this highly-, paid and much-eulogised, but, too often, very inefficient force. We have nothing to complain of in their subse quEnt deportment, or their services in protecting the ruins from intrusion ; but why were: they not at hand to snatch the inmates of the house from the flames ? They should be kept in much stricter training, and be much more easily got at, to justify the enormous charge of their establishment. According to the evidence of a witness at the inquest, the man who had charge of the escape ladders was totally unfit for duty, or all the vic tims might have been saved. This shows what might have been done by the prompt and strict superintendence of the police. We have received Madrid journals of the 21st inst. On that day the Cortes met for the last time previous to the prorogation. No business was done ; but in the Chamber of Deputies some questions were put, respect ing the news from Rome, evidently intended for the Ministers, but no Minister was present. One of the speakers said, a petition, signed by several Deputies, had been presented to the President, demanding an extraordinary meeting of the Chamber, for the purpose of hearing explanations from the Government on the relations between Spain and the Court of Rome ; but the President informed him the petition was not signed by the requisite number, and, of course, was invalid. Another speaker complained of the absence of Ministers, and the President, finding there was no business before the Chamber, pronounced the adjournment, and at that moment three Ministers, MARTINEZ DE LA Rosa, Mox, and PEDAL entered. They were surprised, or pretended to be surprised, that the Chamber was adjourned, and thus escaped some questions which they might not find it convenient to answer. In reference to the objections of the POPE to the propositions of the Spanish Ambassador at Rome, the Ileraldo says :—" It cannot be doubted that the Court of Rcme will acquiesce in the fundamental terms of the treaty, which are the r.oliticA acknowledgment of the Queen of SPAIN, and the religious sanction of the sales of national property. The Holy Father's assent is only accompanied with some restrictions, upon which is difficult to pro nounce , as t h ey are not Sufficifintv known. But it may b e safely affirmed that ther e exaggeration in the rumo urs i n c i rcu l at i on. " great foundation, Ilumours prevailed, and they seem not to be without 6.t. Cour:, and that NARVAEZ has fallen into disgrace 't:retween him and that a serious misunderstanding exists Queen CHRISTINA. Don CARLOS, ar x , ording to accounts OA credit, has at last from different quarters entitled to in favour of resigned his claims to the throe .e of Spain, ..e .as. The consequence of his son, the Prince of Asti this, it is anticip a t e d, w ill b a the marri age o f t h e QUEEN with that Prince, in orda. to put an end to the dispute about the succession. L OUIS PHILIPPE, with his usual skill, is said to have, arranged this affair. On the 21st tl-4e, Three per Cents. closed at 324 for cash, and 333-,OT account ; and the Fi ves a t 24 i f or ac count ; without interest, at 60 days, 88. It QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) Tim QUEEN V. GREGORY. At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. Sergeant TALFOURN onlbehalf of the Duke of Brunswick, prayed the judgment of the Court. on Barnard Gregory, whom, it will be recollected, was brought up oa the day previous to his dis. charge from Newgate to receive sentence on that occasion. Mr. Platt (now Mr. Baron Platt) opposed the motion, on the ground that the conviction was bad. The point came subsequently to be argued, and the Court took time to consider. The Learned Ser. geant now applied for judgment. Lord DENmAN said that the Court had made arrangements which would prevent it complying with the request ; it could not by any means come on to-day, nor could the Court at present fix any period. The Duke of Brunswick was in Court. MARKET NE %V S.—( Ty: i s DAY.) HAT axAmor . - 4 , T8. SmintriELD.—Coarse MeadT,,, 3/ 12s to 4/ 12s ; use ful do., 4/ 155 to 5/ 3s ; fine: (Viand do., 5/5s to 5/10s ; CiOV er Hay, 4/ lOs to 613 s ; mat Straw,lllBs to 2/ ; What Straw, but moderate,and t ra d e rat h er 21 is to 2/ 3s per lo; 4 d . S upply dull. CumßEPlkkru. Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ 18s; useful - .ditto, 5/ to Si 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 515 s to Si lOs ; Cl , Yrer Hay, 4/ 8s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1118 s to 2/ Is ; Wheat Straw, 2l 2s to 2/ 4s per load. Trade throughout dull, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 10s; useful ditto, 4l 12s to 5/ 23; fine Upland ditto, Si 3s to 515 s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/1s ; Wheat Straw, 212 s to 2l 3s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish inquiry. MEAT MAEJLETS. SOUTHALL, MAY 28.—We had a fair average supply of each kind of stock on offer to-day, yet the general demand was steady, at fully last week's quotations --Beef from 3s to 4e 4d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 55 ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per Sibs. Nearly the whole of the supply f ound b uyers: ROMFORD, MAY 28.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs, commanded a ready sale, at full prices, but otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state :—Beet; from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 35 8d to ss; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 4s to C4s 10d and Pork, 2 8 10d to 3 s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Milch Cows, with thalves, 18s to 28s ; Quarter-old eir small Calf, rl6l Pil to gs, 9/6each. 1s to 20s ;and HmustrAm, MAY 28.—W e h ad a very fine trade this morn ing, and the quotations had an upward tendency :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 45 to 55 ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s 10d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, MAY 27 . —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 43 to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Supply but moderate, and trade rat her brisk. CHICHESTER, MAY 28.—A full average amount of business was passing here to .day, at extreme rates :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Milch Cows, with their Small Calves, 161 to 191 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Ray 24, 1845, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. - PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine,Portrush 1% 2 a/ s l / 2 . ..to Birmingham and Gloucester 100 134 Caledonian 5 ... . 9 1 / 2 to 84 Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 1 1 k 6 % 3 / 4... to 7 Churnet Valley Cork and Waterford 1%...... 2 1 4 to l'irect Northern . ... 2% 3 l /4 to Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% Dublin and Galway .. 2 l/2 3%...... to Eastern, Counties - 25 .... ... to Do. New 41. 16s 1 , t astern Union Ditto Extension .... .al - Ely and Bed 6- ' 1% 2141/... to 1 1 4 2 l /3 to . Greatr, N N„_ u tn of England 100 252 248... to 253 J....Act° New ~...... .•.......... 5 Ditto New Great Western Guildford, Fareham, Portms, 2% 5% to Hull and Selby .. ... 50 ...106% 104 1 / 2 to 105 Ditto Half Shares . Lancaster and C ar li s l e 2O ..... 40% 3 4 to London and Birmingham lOO 244 243... to 247 Ditto Thirds Ditto 1.4 Shares London and Brighton.— ...... 50 ...... 64 1 / s to London and Croydon... 13/. 15s. 9d.... 18 1 / 2 1 ,4 to Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 6 London and South Western.. 41%...... 80 Ditto New 22 London and Y0rk...,.......... 2 1 / 2 4% to 3% London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2 1 / 2 2 3 /q % ... to -- Manchester and Leeds 73 .....153 ...... to 152 Manchester iiiid Binningham 40 Ditto Quarters Midland 100 lB7 185 1 / 2 to 190 Ditto New 2 28 26 29 to 28 Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 152 Newcastle & Darlington ;i • unc. 25 ...... 51 3 4-- to Ditto New Brandli ng Newcastle and Berwick North British Ditto New 4.... 1 .. ... 5 1 4% ... to North Kent /4 5 1 4. A... to Perth and Inverness Rugby, Worcester.:and Tring 1 Scottish Midland Shrews.,Wolver., Dud.,Birm. 15 .2 1 A 4% to 5 South:Devon South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 ,4 ...... 41% to 4214 Ditto New, No. 1 8 Ditto New, N 0.2 7.. . • 13% to Ditto New, No. 3 2%... . t. 7 1 4 to South Wales Waterford and Kilk enny York and North Midland DittoScarboro'Branch Ditto Selby Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and T ou l ouse Bordeaux,Toulouse, an dC ette 2 Dijon and M u lh ouse 2 ... 2% to Great Northern of F rance (Laffitte's) Do. Do. (R osame l' s ) . ..... ... 2 2-!4 ..... to —. Great Paris a n d L y0n5......... 2 Louvain and J emeppe ...... ... 2 4% to Lyons and Avignon Namur and Liege 2% 5l/%... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Over .Yssel 4l3s 4d...... Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's) 'q,%.. to Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) ... 2 2 ''.. .. 3 ...... to 2 3 / 4 to Paris and Lyons (C a l on ' s ) .... 1% t o Paris and Rouen ..... • ''' Paris and Strasb,- — 2 O 42%...... to to ..rg Do. (Hair 2 _oeriot s) Sambre - ,ad Meuse LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY . LONDON, MAY 29.—Wind Northerly, light breeze, wi rain. DEAL, MAY 28.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd. Daphne, Africa. Sld. Elizabeth, Men ; Victis, Arabia ; T. Blyth, Mauritius ; R eg i na , T r i n id a d ; Egbert, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, MAY 28.—Wind E., fresh.—Arrd. Brutus, Harvey, Nassau. Off Denvart, M'Pherson, Van Dieman's Laid (Feb. 6) ; Village Girl, Woof, Jamaica ; Vargees, Lopez, Laguayra, for Hamburgh ; Bnesboscb, Batavia. OFF SALCOMBE, MAY 25.—Clara Henrietta, Ba tavia; Tory and Lotus, Barbadoes ; Bato, Keyzer, Batavia. FALMOUTH, MAY 28.—Wind E , fresh gale.—Off, Emma and Theresa, Lorentz, Bahia, for Gottemburg ; Catharina, New York, for Stettin. OFF SALCOMBE , MAY 25. Esmeralda, Si nga p ore , f or Hamburgh. 26. Elephanta, Ross, China; Joseph Baines, Trinidad. OFF PORTLAND, MAT 26.—Amelie, Calenge, Rio Janeiro. JERSEY, MAY 26.—The Harriet, Le Riche, from St. Mato, to this port, struck on the Mingueer's Rock, 21st inst., and as the tide receded broke and sunk ; crew saved. SWANSEA, MAY 27.—A rr d. Ellen Simpson, Leask, and Ap pleton, Oliver, Cuba. HULL, MAY 27.—Arrd. Falcon, Ichaboe; Venerable, St. Andrews. BELFAST, MAY 25.—Arrd. Emulous, Markey, Darbadoes ; Charlotte, St. John's, New Brunswick. RAMSEY, MAY 23.—Sid. Arethusa. Monte Video. SHIELDS, MAY 28.—Sld. Spring, United States. LIVERPOOL, MAY 28.—Wind E., moderate.—Sld. Harriet, Hamble, Calcutta ; Rebecca Jane, Valparaiso ; Brocket, Miramichi; Agnes Gilmore, China; Fingalton and Greenock, Quebec. CLYDE, MAY 27.—Sid. Lucretia, Algoa Bay; Superb, Demerara. CORK, MAY 26.—Arrd. Gauga, Bowman, Singapore; Ida. Johnson, Ichaboe ;' Union, Pearson, Newfoundland. Off, Georgians, Brossett, Barbadoes ; James Lyon, Ichaboe. CAMFBELTOWN, MAY 26.—The sloop William, of and from Glasgow. for Tarbert, was totally lost on the rocks in the Sound of Sunda, 23d instant ; part of the materials saved. The City of Aberdeen steamer in the river, from Aber. deen, was in contact with the Perth steamer, at Hore's Wharf, on Monday night, and carried away th e latter's cut water. &c. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) Group B. RIPON AND HARROGATE LINE. The Committee resumed at the usual hour, Mr. Patrick Max well Stewart, in the chair. Mr. DENISON, as counsel for the promoters of the Ripon and Harrogate line, announced that he would now withdraw it alto gether from the Committee. Mr. BAINES, counsel for the Leeds and Thirsk line, wished it to be understood that there had been no collusion, nor bargain of any kind whatever, between the promoters of the Leeds and Thirsk and the Ripon:and Harrogate lines, in order to induce the latter to withdraw. The line he represented was proceeeed with en. tirely upon its own merits. Mr. HILDYAID, on behalf of the Church Fenton and Harro. gate line, said he would offer no opposition to the Leeds and Think line. The CHAIRMAN asked if the proposition made by the promoters of the Leeds and Thirsk line, of removing the line fifty yards further from Kirkstall Abbey, had been acceded to by Lord Cardigan ? Sir Walter Riddell replied in the negative. He would leave the matter entirely in the hands of the Committee. Mr. BAINES said the promoters of the Leeds and Thirsk line had done everything in their power, both by altering the line and offering money, to satisfy Lord Cardigan, but unsuccessfully. The room was then cleared, that the Committee might decide upon the preamble. Upon re-entering the room The CHAIRMAN declared that the Committee had negatived the preamble of the Ripon and Harrogate line, and found the preamble of the Leeds and Thirsk line proved. They had likewise ound the preamble of the Church Fenton and Harrogate line proved. Group A. NORTH KENT RAILWAY. The Committee met to day at twelve o'clock. __ _ Mr. Buck was the first witnes;e;arnined-- Is mayor of Ro chester. Believes that he states the feelings of most of the inha. bitants of that city when he says they were in Savour of the North Kent line. There had been many discussions on the subject in the corporation, and one of the objections against the South-Eastern line was that it would cross the Medway lower down than Ro chester. The height of the bridges was another objection to that line. Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—CouId not say what was the difference of the height of the bridges on the two lines. Be. lieved it was , more than three feet. No petition had been pre sented by the - corporatjen in favour of the North Kent line. It was supposed that the South. Eastern Company were not serious in their undertaking. But if they were, that would not remove the objections of the corporation. Mr. Humphrey Wickham, of Stroud, solicitor, was next ex amined— Was agent to the trustees of Watts' charity. The trustees were In favour of the North Kent. Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—Was now an agent to the North Kent Company ; but would not have accepted the agency but that he apppoved of the line. By Mr. MELLOR (for the Croydon Company)—To build a bridge across the Medway would be very expensive. . . . Mr. G. Essell, solicitor to the trustees of Sir John Hawkins' Charity, also gave evidencein favour of the North Kent line. Cross-examined by Sir W. RIDDLE, on the part of the trustees of Rochester-bridge. The bridge proposed by the North Kent would place the High-streets of Rochester and Stroud in a straight line, as they were formerly, when the old Roman road existed. The present bridge was somewhat higher up the river; for the old bridge was left standing whilst the existing one was being built. That was necessary to avoid interrupting the traffic on the Great Kent-road. He had the authority of Capt. Beau. fort, hydrographer to the Admiralty, for stating that the opinion of that distinguished officer was decidedly in favour of the North Kent Company's bridge, Mr. MEREWETHEIt dated that he would prove to the Committee that Captain Beaufort equally approved of the South. Eastern Corn. pany•s bridge. Mr. Smith, of Sittingbourne, gave evidence as to the wishes of the people of that town in favour of the North Kent line. A witness from Feversham gave similar evidence as to the state of feeling in that place. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. Mr. TsLitar opened the case of this railway, which was unopposed. The line had the approbation of the landowners on the line, the principal of whom was the Marquis of Abercorn, through whose property the line ran for fifteen miles. Mr. John Leatham gave evidence as to the traffic hetween the termini of the proposed railway. The lint Wa3 veil , mild] required. Group FF. EDINBURGH DISTRICT. The Select Committee • hour O.' un thig pap re-assembled at the usual . . I morning, and proceeded with the evidence in support of toe Bill far constructing the EDINBURGH AND NORTiIEitN RAIL WAY. Mr. Catntr'on, a carrier of Edinburgh, who bad been examined in chief on Tuesday, was cross.exi.mined at some length this morning by Mr. Ayton, with a view of showing that the goods traffic over the route of the projected railway was not sufficiently extensive to justify its construction. The witness denied that the Glasgow and Greenock hallway vas the worst paying lint In the kingdom, but he admitted that a good deal of traffic was diverted from that line by the steamers. The journey from Dundee to Leith by water was only 21 miles, but going by way of Burnt Island, which was the route of the pre sent line, the distance was 57 miles. A line from Glasgow to Perth he did not think would be objectionable, because it would shorten the journey by 18 miles, anti avoid a furry. Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS informed the Committee that the Duke of Buccleuch and Mr. Gladstone, who are the present proprietors of Burnt Island Ferry, were quite ready and willing to bind them• selves by agreement or otherwise to carry otssengos atrbss the ferry at such a rate as to accommodatt the traffic of the railway. Mr. Thomas Anderson, a banker, of Newburg, and whu had been brought up as a merchant, was well acquainted with the trade and commerce of that town. Of his own knowledge he could state that 1,800 tons of flax were annually imported into Newburgh. The cartage of this article cost from Bs. to 9s. per ton, and after it was spun the same expense would be incurred again, because it had to be sent back by the same conveyance that it came. The route those conveyances generally took was precisely the same as that of the proposed railway, and he had therefore no doubt whatever that this traffic would come on the line. Potatoes, starch, and lime, and other commodities were largely exported from Newburg, and it was his firm belief that they would all go by railway if there was one. Group B. DUBLIN AND ARMAGH RAILWAY. The Committee met to-day at the usual hour, Mr. Gibson Craig in the chair, when the examination of witnes.es was re. aumed. Mr. Lindsay, cross-examined by Mr. ALRIANDER—Iic had been engaged since 1824 in public works, especially roads and bridges. He had never been employed hi any other public works, nor been engaged on a railway. He had never constructed a viaduct nor a tunnel, yet he thought he knew about the con. struction of these as well as Sir John M'Neill. The highest embankment he had ever been engaged in was fifty feet, and the deepest cutting about forty feet. He had made an estimate of that excavation, which was sixpence the yard. The witness was here questioned very closely with respect to his knowledge of the mathematical prin ciples on which the construction of railways depend, the answers to which were very evasive and unsatisfactory, and excited considerable merriment in the room. There were, continued the witness, to the best of his knowledge, five miles of granite on the coast line near to Johnsborough, and the elevations were otherwise much greater than on the inland line. He was employed to survey the inland line by Mr. Pierce Mahony; that was in October last. Mr. Mahony is not at present connected with it. He had been applied to by Mr. Cumming, the solicitor, to come over, but beyond that he had hail no orders, except it were the Speaker's warrant, at whose in. stance he had come. He had been over last month at the Stand ing Order Committee, and he then had been over at the instance of the people of Armagh. He had not been expressly appointed by them. Mr. Cumming was the party who he understood acted for them. lie had not yet received any pay for coming over, but he expected to be paid by the Ulster Canal Company. He under stood that a certain party was to receive a sum of money from that quarter, and he (the witness) supposed would get some of it. Mr. ALEXANDER requested witness to give the name of this party, when Mr. Chambers interfered, and thought this course of cross-ex. amination was very improper, as it would operate ♦ery prejudicially if made a rule in Committee, and prevent parties taking an active part as the originators and promoters of railway speculations. After a short consultation, the CHAIRMAN asked if the gentle man referred to was connected with the Ulster Canal Company ? Mr. Lindsay—l believe he is. The CHAIRMAN said, then the Committee were clearly of opinion that they ought to be put in possession of his name, in order to see whether this opposition was a fair one, and whether the project before them was a bona fide affair Mr. ALEXANDER again put the question respecting the name of the gentleman who was to find the money, when he answered that the name was Dargan. Witness himself hadadvanced no money be yond his expences, which had amounted to four or five hundred pounds. He knew of no sources from whence he was to get back this money but the Ulster Canal Company. He had never em. ployed any solicitor in getting up this opposition. He never in structed Mr. Cumming, for Mr. Cumming generally instructed him. He had not stated at a meeting at Cavan, that General Bur.. goyne had said that every opposition should be given to the coast line. Group X. LONDON AND YORK LINE. This Committee, which stood adjourned from Tuesday, assem. bled this day at one o'clock, in Committee -room No. 8. Mr. Charles Lindley—Resides at Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire, and is proprietor of a stone quarry situate westward of Newark. The blocks on the table are specimens of the stone of the quarry. Here the witness described the different specimens, and said that one of them was that of which the present Houses of Par liament were being built. There were several other quarries in the vicinity of the proposed line, the stone from which was extensively used in building. Has no doubt that if the London and York line should be made much of this stone would be conveyed by that line. The present cost of the transit of stone from the Mansfield quarry was 245. per ton to Peterborough. The cost by the line would be 7s. Bd. per ton, exclusive of the value of the article, which was 25.3 d. per ton at Peterborough. By the London and York line it would be Is. lid., or about half. The cost of transit per ton to London was at present 20s. 6d. By the proposed line it would be 13s. 4d. The present mode of transit was by water. Had visited many of the other towns along the line, and found that the cost of transit at present for stone amounted to a prohibition. The witness then deposed that the saving to be ef fected in the transit of the stone to those different towns by the new line would be proportionably great. The same evidence applied to the cost of the trar.sit of lime, both for agricultural and building purposes. (LEFT Group W. (LEST SITTING.) Group V. THE M ANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. This Committee, consisting of the O'Conor Don ‘Chairman'), Sir D. Norreys, :•_ir John R. Reid, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Hoye Johnstone, met this morning, in No. 9 room, when Mr. WEBSr Ea proceeded to call witnesses in favour of the line. Samuel Barlow, the collector of poor.rates in Sheffield, - was called to prove that certain mines in the neighbourhood of that town bad not continued working. • - Mr. JONNSTONE, for the opponents, admitted that the partict tar mines alluded to had not been worked for three years. William Marryat, malster, Attercliff, near Sheffield, spol Le to the benefits which the intended line would confer on the two towns at the termini, and on the intermediate places. He a dded that no inconvenionce would be felt by the markets in the town. of Sheffield, the property of the Duke of Norfolk. Mr. Bagshaw, magistrate of the West Riding of Yorkshi• re, as also of Derby, and Chairman of the West Riding sessions was called to prove that the lice would greatly benefit the I , ersons living on the line, and that it met with their approbation gene rally. He had presided at a public meeting in its favour, . and although his own pecuniary interests would require him to op pose the line, yet on public grounds he supported it. Thomas Vickers, farmer, at Drontield, approved of the vial uct, which would cross the markets of Sheffield, as the arches wi Add protect not only the person, but the stock of the market frqtll the inclemency of the weather. Group S. This Committee met this morning in room No. 20. Prevo t Mr. S. Wortley (Chairman), Mr. Ewart, ➢fr. Ainsworth, rai d Mr. 11. Hughes. BELFAST AND BALYMENA RAILW This Bill was recommitted, in order that certv• 'A Y ' Tela ive to the charges to be imposed on the line migh' Clau§i: ?hero dwelt were paused, and the Nil] order' ,ngerted. _ io be repot t ed. PRICE • • DUTY... I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 458 9d 30s ld 21s lid 31s sass 5d 37s 4d 204 Od 8s Ott 6s Od ION MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CHY, QUARTER TO TH. The supply of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was p R EE lentiful, but the trade bought 7,000 bales at Friday's rates ; 500 were teD~,tu:o3- un'.:- New Surat, and realised 2 1 / 2 d. to 3 1 4 d., 500 Pernam 5 1 / 2 d. to 5% d. , i 100 E 3 1 / 2 to 5(1, per lb. A good business was done in Shares gr i itian 6d. to 8 1 / 2 d., and the rest American at firm prices, and the market was steady. an' a:r:en Junction, 5 ; Ditto, Half Shares 2%; Birkenhead tlolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12% ; Caledonian, 10 9 1 4 ; Cheshire Junction, 9 1 / s ; Belfast and dounty Down, 1 1 / 2 ; Ditto Extension, 2% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6% : I A, Cambridge and Oxford, 65.; Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares, 48 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 26 1 4 ; Clitheroe J . un-____; 21. 38s. 9d. ; Clydesdale Junction, 9 8% ; Dublin ar ,, _ l i t ir st ,e ends,erth, 3 1 / 2; Junction, pund lO al l / 2k a ; n D d u E b n li n n is a k n i t l l l G en llw 43/4 ay, ; 3 E 3 4 a ; s 335. 495. ; Glas- Shares, 9 6s. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow . 6 66 ; DEid 7 it ' nohuNreglhv Quarters, 6% 1 / 2 ; Edinburgh and . N . . 1 . 04 ,, 1%; and Perth, Is. 6d. ; Glasgow 91 4 D mfries, Half Shares, 116 ; Ditto, gow and Ayr, 61 ; Grand J - , ilict i on, Eighth Shares, 20%; c .ireat North of England, 30/. Shares, 30 1 / 2 34 ; Great Wr....,,ern, 187 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 42; Goole and Doncaster, I :,A 7 s ti f ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 6 3 4 A ; Lelee`Aer and Birmingham, 9s. 6s. ; Limerick and Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 51s. 6d. ; Waterfor.; l , 8 ; Long? "d' and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 46 • Ditto, Quarter Shares, 34 34 1 4 ; Londonde rr y an d E nn i skil l en, 4 1 / 2 ; London and York, 4 1 4 6s. 3d. ; Direct Northern, 3 1 4 ; Leeds and Thirsk, syg % ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% 6s. 3d. ; Lynn and Dereham, 435. 6d. ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 70 1 / 2 ; Matlock and Midland, 78s. 6d. 3 3 4 ; Midland Railway, 180 ; Ditt o , 40/ . Sh ares, 21 % % ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 3 3 4 ; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 140% ; Newcastle and Berwick, 17 16% ; Newry and Enniskillen, 4 ; North British, Half Shares, 5 51; North Kent, 965.; North Western, 4% e l ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 3%; Oxford, Worcester, and Wol ver h ampton, 2% 41s. ; Preston and Wyre, 30 1 A ; Runcorn Gap, Preference Shares, 36 1 / 2 ; Sheffield and M anc h ester, 1 20 ; Ditto Quarter Shares, 15 AI ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 7 % 38s. 6d. ; Shrewsbury, Wr.;ifer hampton, and Birmingham, 5; Shrewsbury, 03 "estry, and Cheshire, 3 1 4 ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 1, 15 1 / 2 ,• Ditto, No. 2. ' ° .:.1 . 43 1 4 ; Ditto, j3 l / 2 ; Ditto, No. 3, 7 1 4 ; Scottish Midland, 2 1 4 ; q _ t ,ontu Wales, 5 1 4 ; Trent Valley Continuation, 18s. 11. t ‘ Kilkenny, 3 3 4 ; York shire, 2 1 / 2 2% ; " r- "ulster, 1 / 2 ; aterford and Welsh l ‘• f ..idland, 20s. 211. 6d. ; West York ar.;:i North Midland, New Half Shares, 18 1 4 ; W° ".tster and Tring, 4%; York and Car lisle, 1 ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 5% Rosamel's), English t ~ .iss . 3d.; Orleans, Tours, and Bo rdeau x , 11 ; Paris and I.yons (Laffitte's), 2/. 95.; Paris an d L yons (Gan n'4ren'i), 2% ;;Paris and Lyons (talon's), 395. ; Paris and St. Quentin, IL 16s. 6d. ; Sam.bre and Meuse, 10%. MANCHESTER STOCii, EXCHANGE, MAY 28.-The sales are -Barnsley Junction, 5% 1-16 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 2% ; Birkenhead, :tlanchester, and Cheshire, 9 1 ,4 ; Blackburn, Darweni and Bolton, 5 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 3 4 ; Caledonian, 10 9; Di tto Extension, 2% ; Churnet Valley, 51 / % ; Clitheroe Junction, 2 % prem. ; Direct Northern, 3 4 ; Eastern Counties, Ditto .New, 44 prem. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% 2% ; G oo l e , Doncaster, Sheffield, and M anchester, 1%; Guildf or d, Chi c h ester, and Portsmouth, %; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6 3 / ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6 7-16 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 71 ,4 % ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 8 1 / 2 ) 1 1 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction 7 1 / 2 7 ; Leicester and Bir mingham, 4s. 75. 6d. prem. ; ' Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% 11 16 ; London and Windsor, ss. 6d. 6s. prem. ; London and York, 41 4 4/. s s . 6d . ; M anchester, Bury, and liossendale, 15 1 / 2 3 4 ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction, 4%; Manchester and Birmingham Con tinuation and Welsh Junction, 2 1% ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 21%; Midland Railway Consols, 401. Shares, 21% 22; Dittu, Birmingham, and Derby, 137 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 17 1 4 17 ; North British, New Shares, 5 1 / 8 ; North Western, 4% 9-16; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2% 2; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1 13-16 % ex new; Sheffield and Manchester, 120 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 13 ;..., South-Eastern, No. 3. - - . J. ~ ; Southport and Euxton, ; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junction, 2 1 / 2 ; Welsh Midland, 1 1-16 prem. ; West York shire, 2% 14 York and North Midland Extension, 18 17% ; Great Northern of France, English, 5 3 4 ; Huddersfield Canal, 21 1 / 2 ; Manchester Fire and Life Assurance, 11 1 / 2 . The intimation given by Lord Joh% Russell last evening that he intended this day to put questions to the Premier with respect to negotiations with the Government of Brazil, hav ing for their object the formation of a new treaty of com merce, &c., has attracted attention in City circles. It is more than probable, from what we hear, that the answer will be that there are no negotiations at present for the purpose alluded to. But from information, through private sources, we believe them cannot be a doubt that something like an approximation with the views of our Go vernment, and of that of the Brazils, is in progress. It cannot be too strongly urged upon the attention of our Ministers that deep and lasting injury must be pro duced upon a very large proportion of our manu facturing interests, and upon our export trade, by a strict adherence t o th e li ne o f p o li cy which has recently been car ried out respecting the amount of duties levied upon the staple exports of the Brazils. And an opening is afforded by the fact, that (as we are told) the mission of the Count d'Abrantes to the German Union has not been quite so satisfactory as reported in the Continental journals. If this prove true, no time should be lost by our Government in resuming, if it has not already done so, a friendly inter communication with the Minister at present located here as representative of the Brazilian empire. We are without any arrivals of interest to-day from the colonies. Railway schemes were so prolific that we confidently ex pect to see scores of them of but limited existence—in fact, never carried beyond the preliminary stage of the advertising and collection of deposits. Some lines, however, especially where requiring no large amount of capital, will be certain to ensure support from the public, as well as the Legislature, and many of the Irish lines stand in this favourable position, how ever doubtful it may be whether one or two, which we could name, will pay. A small under taking of a most promising character, full details of which, we believe, have appeared in the advertising columns of The Sun, has been brought under our notice, and cer tainly appears to offer an unusually excellent prospect of ad vantage to the district for which provided, as well as for the parties who may be so lucky as to be concerned as share holders. The Newry and Warrenpoint Railway is the line to which we allude, and which, for so short a line, will ac complish more than many similar and expensive under takings. It will connect Newry, an important commercial town, with its shipping, port, and harbour, and be an im portant adjunct to the Newry and Enniskillen and Dublin and Belfast Railways. The Public Securities have been very firm to-day, and there has been a good business doing. Console have realised 99% to for Money, and 99% to 3 / 4 for Account. Ex chequer-bills have been 61s. to 635. premium. Bank Stock is rather firmer, at 210 to 209%. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have realised 101% to N. The Three per Cents. are 91% to %. The Government broker continues to purchase New Three - and-a-Quarter and Three per Cents. The Foreign Bonds are dull, as the Acceunt will be ar ranged to-morrow. Spanish Actives have been 29 3 4, and Portuguese Converted 66 3 / 4 ; Mexican have been quoted 36% to 37%. Brazilian are firm at 90. Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents. were 63 3 / 4 . The Railway Shares have been rather brisk again, although the settlement of the Account is in progress. The old lines are best supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIL (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2lO 209% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9B4A % 3 per Cent. Console Anne 9 9430414 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es, 1 7 26 9 8% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuties 1014N% Long Annuiti es ,E xp i re sth J an. 1860 ll 5-16 D 0.30 Tears, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 11 3-16% Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 1 1 / 2 d. 1,000/. 50 L................ •— Ditto Small ............... Ditto Advertised ..... 59 58 60 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON? O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9O Columbian Bonds. 15% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 36% 37% Ditto for the Account. Ditto Deferred Stock.... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 29 Belgian 4 1 1 2 , per Cent 99% 99 Dutch 2% pe r C en t s .. 63 3 / 4 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificatee WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. The Committee on this line re-assembled today at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Pakington in the Chair. Evidence was then brought forward, on the part of the pro. rooters, to rebut the case which had Leen made against the pro. posed railway on Tuesday last by Mr. Smith, one of the dissentient landiowners on the line. The first witness called was Mr. Huwkshaw, civil engineer, whose examination was re sumed from Tuesday last. He stated that he had a strong ob• jection to the line suggested by Mr. Gooch, on the ground of its throwing them back on two Companies. Considered the gradients of the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole line perfectly unobjection able, and any desirable rate of speed could be obtained on them. He did not consider that even if the other suggested lines could be made with more favourable gradients (which he was not prepared to admit), that the advan tages which the proposed line held out were to be abandoned be cause of its less favourable gradients. The Manchester and Leeds Railway engines would be large enough for the locomotive of any traffic on the proposed line, and would be able to work with as much facility and celerity as they did upon their own line. He did not think that the traffic on the Wake. field, Pontefract, and Goole line, would exceed that upon the Man. chester and Leeds. Cross-examined by Mr. HARDY—There were gradients on the Manchester and Leeds line of lin 150. The average rate of speed of the fastest carriages on that line was `2.3 miles an hour; but that was not necessarily the speed. They might be made to go at the rate of fifty miles an hour. By Mr. WiLKINS—Had heard that all the projected lines had been suggested in consequence of the obstruction of view which the proposed line would give from Mr. Smith's house. Could not say which of the two houses, Mr. Smith's or Sir Edward Dodsworth's, was the best. Thought that the suggested line of Mr. Bitkenshaw would run as close to Sir Edward Dods worth's property as the proposed line would to Mr. Smith's, and be as in jurious to that gentleman's property. Vignolles, civil engineer —Was well acquainted with the dis trict. Saw on the map the three suggested lines that had been laid out by Messrs. Gooch, Birkenshaw, and Leather. Believed that those lines, as compared with the proposed Wakefie Id, Pontefract, and Goole line, were very much inferior. He had come to this con clusion from his knowledge of the country, the inconveniences at the Normanton station, and the circumstance of the proposed line forming a more direct communication with the south. Cross.examined by l‘lr. HeaßY•—The gradients on Mr. Birken. thaw's fine, he believed, would to more favourable, and the works much lighter. (LEFT ErrING.) Group F. The Committee met again this day at tweve o'clock, :present the Right Hon. F. Shaw, chairman, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Drum mond, Mr. V. Stuart, and Mr. Lockhart. The Committee se. sumed the adjourned case of the LONDON, \ - VORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. Mr. Brunel's cross-examination resumed by Mr. HOPE —All the iren-masters of South Staffordshire were im pressed with the necessity of a direct line to Oxford, and it was in accordance with that desire he altered the course of the line from the course it was at first intended to take, via Banbury. The distance from Worcester to Tring is 871 miles, and the distance by the Great Western from Staffordshire to Oxford is 58 miles. This makes a difference of something more than 17 miles in favour of his line. If a line of railway were made from Cheltenham to Worcester, the distance to Oxford would be between 67 and 68 miles, which would be a distance of about 10 miles more than his lino. Considers that the two lines, the one now before the Com mittee, and the Cheltenham line just alluded to, would be re quired for the accommodation of the county, and if they should be constructed a change of gauge would be necessary. There will be a double gauge on that part of the line from Wolverhampton to Abbots.weod, and there would be the narrow gauge for tho purpose of m , ,eting the Birmingham and Gloucester and tbe grand com:au nica",ion, and also to meet the London and Birmingham. There we old be a shift between the colliery and the main line, whatever tf i e gauge might be. To bring mineral traffic down to Oxford a 'shift would be necessary. The Gloucester and Birmingham Dura tion line would be about four miles from his line. They propose a branch from Droitwich to tlia Birmingham and Glouces ter line, and the gradients on that branch are 1 in 85, and lin 104, and at a pit at the end 1 in 90. In that portion of the Tring line there is no gradient worse than lin 152. Several parts of the works will be common to both lines. The Great Western Company have cemmenccd about 10 miles of the Gloucester and Bristol line. Minerals from the Merthyr and Cardiff line by train lints will be brought up to this line. Intended to join the narrow and broad gauge through out the Wolverhampton works to Abbottswood, being a diet :nee of about 40 miles. This junction of gauge would be caused by having at those parts of the line where the course went, the narrow rail outside the broad gauge line, and where that was not convenient, an additional rail would be introduced, the outside rail would be most convenient, but that would depend upon the circumstances of the traffic of the county. Between Dudley and Oxford the gra dients on this line were far snore favourable than on Mr. Stephen son's line. At that part the London and Birmingham line would have great difficulties. From Rugby to Oxford they would have 3,500,000 cubic yards of excavation. 1 - lad not compared the cut tings on his line with those on the other side, but they were much less. All the traffic is that part of the county would be more con venient to his line, and the broad gauge carriages would favour the traffic most materially, from the larger loads they would carry. (LEFT SITTING.) Group N. CORNWALL RAILWAY. On the assembling of the Committee, Captain Moorsom was called, and examined by Sergeant KING LAKE, on the part of the promoters of the Bill. He said he was the engineer of the projected railway, and had turned his attention fur some years to the construction of a railway through Cornwall. His attention was first called to the subject in 1840, when he was engaged in surveying the country for the purpose of constructing a railway called the South DETon, which was passed last year. Alter carefully inspecting the country, he had laid down plans fee the proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth. Look in g to the WO had no the population through which it was proposed to carry it, b e of hesitation in saying that it was the best °ljf, The railway would commence by a junction with the South Det e ; at New Pas Damarel, in the county of Devon, b y 0111 is . continuous connexioti th a t line would be 1 7, The gaugeteesiid t h e sa me p n both that and at Falmouth, new line. The line wrilild commenc e tt Close to the Green Bank Hotel. 'Ad terminulf there ! P , for passengers, and was conveniently situated for ; purpose, as also of those engaged in the floating docks. rcen.l Creek, where it was proposed to have a stati on, would be by timber arches, which would present no obstacle .lidadutre, navigation. At Carnal Stream they wou ld have ' for the purpose of carrying the line a cross It. At Tot, the creek was crossed by similar means. They W; to construct a branch from the main line at Lostwitblo to Bodmin. The line from the north coast to Bedmi n form a junction with this branch. The Hamoase wunoldtery crossed on the ferry boats at present in use, but va r „,.. i°" ,,,itsiss tions an described he course ofe line to lymouth. With re t o to the gradient, t looking to the P nature of t h e country, an d toeoerro nature of the traffic expected, they were good . If they ntry had undo' s any respect it was in snaking them too easy. The cou 0 the ii lat . e i d. The following wa s the estimate for th e construction t f Way, which would be a double locomotive line !-- V , For fencing ~,, ' .............. ...................... .... , A 6e3 -.• Earth works ............... . . ................. ••• ............ Masonry of all kinds, including bridges, walls, viaducts, _3 1,051 culverts, and level crossings, ......... 0,0 Tunnelling .................. Permanent way (for the formation of the railway', 000 rail fastenings, rail bearings, and rail beddings) ..... 4 9,70 9 89) Stations ••.................... ....... Land required for the pu r p os es . of the railway •••2 . ding 16 IP . " . For the constru ct i on o f th e B o dmin branch , in 41 , ........ ........ engineering and land - . 2,3 19 New passage to Eldad, to join the South Deice minus ................................... ........... 7,52,9 Land required .................. ............ ••• .............. For contingencies which are expected to arise in the ,37,6 0 course of the works, and for expenses attendant thereon 00 Locomotive expenses, including engines, tenders, ON' s ' j2B ....... ••• ,0- pia tools attached ther e t o ... ............. .... 5995: 00v The total length of the line was 69 M iles, nnth they' Was the wb ai ; ors toirs , '" ruling gradient was I in 60 ; one in 40 There was 1 in 9.9 in the Bodmtn branch. the cost of laying down I l l_ . e uF li i rt , e s f irro r l a s tin G. o ) sp_ .... h eTchtraadction. jo yfy „ SOUTH MIDLAND or Noi g r siT T Ay. co ib TON AND LEICESTER BA -- °sea d ii‘niti ' ed f ri h ea e sntd f i o n l oa l o r t w No i n oor g utrh s ar t m a e t ap e d m teorn e s n a: t n w d i L tl T r ei ° r c e t e a s s i The line will commence either at the Lonliswortb, a a r at ham Railway, at a point between Roade and 13 ,,,,beroug b ' ne n ar the Northampton station of the branch to P e r Ra ilicilic ag al proceed by Market Harborough to the Mcße e ' Leiceat e ' des the town of Leicester, with a short branch to we t se ven le' dg , Swannington Railway, effecting a saving of nea r Y L ee between London and Nottingham,Derby , g"e6 a art' and the North of England. In connexion with the Sheffield and Chestedeld, line t° tica ble ee e wash Valley lines, it will prove the shortest prac s. _ pee bette, e , Sheffield, and will ' very considerably lessen the di T es mere Landon and York, enabling the existing Cee'P a t n otherwise be cessfully to compete for that traffic, which tee s t he diverted to the eastern lines. TO ° ' ° b Itßirminghamwillalsoßavaoiliv,datyh,eanKdiltshbeystaand Vileedon wbl e f tbe hereafter be considerably lengthened by the P oe s tstie e ' o o. Trent Valley, and Rugby and Oxford lines, at f r the foil' lowing of better arrangements being Vd e ,,,h o ieb sc e l e 'r Oa f modation of the Oxford and southern Warne , " Leice i— a tieg pass Rugby. o v e rthat e p e d art t of f e t c h o e mm Midlands ittee b believe a i line, e g v e e L a b t t ob e n t a ll tv dt will be found advantageous to both the ham, and Midland Companies, for the follooing r' 4 f be," t bst let, As a means of preserving a large portioyerideat,oen field, Leeds, and York traffic, making Lt bare' whatever profit may be taken from the Leicester and Rugby, and Rugby and lili swe- • t. O re turned tenfold by that from the northern dist:l e vee nriles. rea ter 2d, It will, by effecting a saving of nearlYlot sod l ' i ,Vringr between Leicester and London than the Be - for 8° project, deprive that Company of any gr eu t n j'aett,„lda out th e ment on the vested interests of the prese e " it P v.- ter O a As a source of profit to the shareboldeT the Leices, , a rtt following advantages :—By its junction w it a i a nd te ineri iiist o Swannington Railway, it will open the el) ae- „ r i c ultlita l 0 000' of Leicestershire and Derbyshire to the o f Nortb a. around Market Harborough, and to tbe t °vgl s iderah l Y (it tor' sas i reducing the price of these articles wes t e ltbe of e st. roboration of which it may be remarked, the Price°f,reo" have, since this line was projected, reduce w i t h the Of CO: riage to Harborough), while, in colleen ° , es pero e ," sell' Valley line, it will effect so great a saving y o os f Co l tf oi l e n. riage, as to enable a much larger quanti to from this, and the coal district around Claycrosaa „T 0 ,:; _ ~.„ .. -- - fi vEu G sif il thy A e.se ' THE MAYNOOT UniversityT he subjoined o fC Cambridge , j e d i s:s l e o l , f ) i re , siadveoGE UnutrlSTl:tmoohlrfae,ttinhhfmboebreyperastrstho:ouaeotr esou:nade7gvproerares p o i t eitor t te,:050 0 nooth College, which has been called week, expressing a repugnance to presented to cedepresentative:. among thein by _ ;,. caress is signed by nts only, a remainderthan of p ro r f h e e s s i o s r s namesan d appended colleges and of the tl o l tile fellows and officers of the different c olumns of which jot The Cambridge .4dvertiser, in the c ri to weight in this university are hardly known.. _ ~ _ eighteent it o t a o c n ip s a is l ti t n u g to a r s nn o o f o c t ol e l ot . ?;i i ti, address ci,.cu it i and on i. signaturesc affCambridge ridg e for o r appear,oLhnoie3l fyur r lßee e fNsco m itud. a ierr r ne k tsds.atyh, masters : sT a , t oha nel .d ' iii oil Theus a. a it in : : :::: :: ofe:::::•,:v::::, Abp many of the residents, including a considerable Il ai ow read y le; 000 : b . :en university e v :r. o sH u j tE r iy a t h b ßo l int e Gh the :t t Th o orietiooa rN termination iHni object katGoioof ni o t, of the address , actually a ffi xed leaves, however, no doubt as to tb e f gel I n el 01"g of the augmented grant. n os. . , N.P., A ct EWAN LAW , AI P. a t e a ° t e e° The undersigned, resident members of the Sen" ep " r eseT ei " el ° versify of Cambridge, desire to intimate to Y"' i n tS o o r th C°l ,..ec i f, in Parliament, that the proposed grant to M ay ,, — „ n sioll % r ef . viewed by them with no feelings either of apPte" i i n gioe nance, and that they deprecate most strongly the 4 g ' progress against it." 011 I r o l. u l s A t vE ub s li O si F iet T l llE —Miss Strickland's new volume of this p_oPa the 011 i-4 Parliament interesting one of the series. It contains the ~n d s o ot 0 QUEENS OF ENGLA ND, Liis f 04 will probably be p rong of the two Queens Consort of our first !, ho tse . ' o , Charles—the adventurous Henrietta Marie,;,,airi:ro, active a partisan for her husband in his sira r ilrag, 00 of . who figured so p rom inently at the gaY `-' A go c oe ther , and the amiable Catheriner,otirt of e and Merry Monarch." With her accustotac"o toe ea' skill, Miss Strickland has woven her ina l , e ) r e l coil e a' in a narrative which cannot fail of charini!orotiop w ill of readers. A vast mass of original irq l vo :fill te t he nected with th e p ers onal history Of Britil e i tt en o , h roW be found in these biographies, tending' t° an d to o ' t , of causes and effects of the great R e bellicT.; rio i ei`c, brjo ily , new light on some of the mysterious poil,„ 0 0 i aec ret the times. From the record of the Bri i s the I„reti P a the Imperial Library at St. Petershuil:',a; t ine,:‘,.i ft a Archives of France, and other hith,erie'd to To o ts, sources, Miss Strickland has been enliistorieg'pglidi amount of accurate knowledge as to •other which has never fallen to the lot of all at lis of de e historian. Torreer we D r . MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS,-11,Te soldllteiEttle during the week, ending May 2 4 , iS 1 o f the r t ric P r ,e, li , eve, on record since the establisnle° n General's office, being only 810 —less titan that (.' s Ll' ' o r sp ring of ,bo eti vious week b -"' and I • - 1 the a verag e '''' 0) 00 0, ‹c ee 4 ",, and showing 3 a ' gm ' diminution, less tilgn ' to o ) 000 Mo at e iecre tV 3 500. The number about ' the begilifibialthere 13me3,51e* a s 1,300. It is gratifying to find, to0,11.„-os. them — , c eed te ", under every head, if we except ' 9"3 „ SOO " t „ e s — ill die et ° of the organs of respiration is even in these instances the increas-The deer the !pia' the former, and four in the latter. arlb l :j.2, I ' o o l q rein being 227, while the' for fire years if ffrrl c r age 4 , average have been ji ve „i c y.- chitis, pneumonia, and consumption i ~.r e 54, _, s o/ fi,l than usual. The deaths from old age,, pre ti . s''' 't tp c . ,,5; m°,--,t, l l' h les ; 61, and the violent deaths only four, twoe ( t i o " , , cor re , a,, 1 ! f or co o The deaths front small-pox aro three 110' for lowing ages :—Seven under one yea r ; „ a rs , :ell' six 5-10; three 10-15; and two 20-30 3 Aor o ot the age is not specified. WV' g s WO g e 0 11 ' P erU' ell ien A RAILWAY TRAIN ON B — _to _ C os _,, i er4 ing last, the seven P.M. train from BirMingha.:l4,, Po_,, c e ar,P r t he on fire when about five miles from the latte . r c l )l ' opo o rod t e rv rsc of a number of .sparks flying from the en e gif,. n ip ir l , tic Y ff.,,,ii" One of the latter, containing about a scor du`trtie w ere p. ;soi l Derby market, was speedily in flames, ~,eight,3ll 'c ord in froo le most of which exceeded eighteen stone in rbe ft ~,i06, , „ el" imminent danger of being roasted a live. of wa ter ' t ) 06 , 00 ordered the train to be stopped, and a supple fire s va . l, o o . r'oed t ° by a brook which was fortunately near, thrrociV; he t thet a t° tinguished, but not until all the pigs were rest fr r jefe j i of them were killed on the spot, and the . 0 , 1 , 0 0 4 o e, su .. ,_ /j v their owner, Mr. Brewitt, of Nottingliaturirody P . 1, Pvi oy eti be ii:stantly killed, the poor animals Wirt 3 0 t ) ' , ,,, CW 9 IS!. DECORATION OF TIIE NEW 1-I° :; e ral 11; e tur e fo C i . the MENT.—Mr. I'ugin, the architect, has had ",. t he ar c _oleo s _ r ye in Lynn, making casts of different part 6 0. 1, 0 elCa oie fi r. Margaret's Church, and St. Nicholas ChaPaerlioesssuilde.ol decorative parts of the New Houses of I 0 OW' Ott fr l dra t 1)00,301' o f t i) mcnt of which 'it seems, has been intrusted t . 0 , Lady Emily Straton died at ug hter ton . . w e ' l3 1 So l OO P last in her 72d year. Her Ladyship ‘ g ener al c i ,if- of- Earl of Roden, and married, 1708, the late i Dy lib 1 Pe r o ne DEATIJ. OF TRE DOWAGER -re'A„,,wager ',.i., tit' easy —We have to announce the death of th .Igooo, sh or.4,, det.: ol , ford, who expired suddenly yesterday A s t o -c...,, r rae e ; (0 , 0 00,...,4 o'clock, at her residence on Carlton -I 7 - „ e hsa The acc . . - 0 , of her Ladyship was somewhat sutideu, e s__' iringo , 4 0, A nd who past been out as usual, to take cart i og 4 r , o f r',.." ister of __ u ' so r, zabeth, only daughter of Sir Richard 3_l Li"___, fl csl 1 .. ",,, ; brr`",, lady was second daughter of Josh. tli r_ d_ e r_ ie, sn j p ., f or .. 0 , , , roil 1789, Edward Lord De Clifford, w ho die icor 0 first Earl of Clanwilliam. Her LadystliP:;, in le a' felt j " oill e. issue arising from the marriage, otirr.t,__',,, sste rs. ,_,.. 0 , s so _ A_ abeyance between the heirs of his L s e . 7 a 'r__, ho e r r . ' .st i c r ' s The speculators in rail way nco t _ l : . e t ' ax oire sejlilliog $ Lo e i e what startled by a clause in the i r buyii , g ant „ h oe r t ' . aj ., which enumerates the profits made byre. ___. so on: is'n, ~ , a te''.,„, i , in railways" among the items of inc aria wig find,tipll.'be thev trl; , convenient clause, their thousands during the railway in . 3 , but there ',... t pe si t 1 _,,.. great dca t ,1‘,17 culty, for there is sure to boa y es ter.-. , „ on o] 11 0 4 if it i s put in force 1 0 , evas ion u.• jornintisi; ALARMING OCCURRENCE was ecc_aot: t 6, rung 0 about eleven o'clock, considerable alarm as stAn di „ai. ca stle, la w for j i d , from Camden-town to the Elephante e , ri , is r"' - ' i ' iga llelr , _ A " o , e it the door of the York and Albany, idtagshin'd °gat fu' -entitle'. t ie censers, when the horses suddeirlyt th. box, they e r _ ..coe d C ,,, 5 ., _,, following occurrence' --1h Waterlcioandinibus, 1"' driver not being at the time on in the eMPI°Yony beetii rw ole street, Oxford -market, when a mn 5 1 :,,,,, t he r eins ; 0 _ 0 , f e et. 00 9 livery-stablekeeper, Foie Y-Placetell close to the h : ott whet. tangled round his body, a nd hc by some bystander , iie so f the animals were ultimately "Ted A.rilods siteation•e „rogre ys o c _ ..,, furious caree r t h r ough the several astreets, until theY c c ; D ir. 1 , 1 :,.. was happily extricated from his 1 horses through the several streets, lo'cgr'sr.,.._„.o. . i. I% p . ,t road, and a you '''',":;• P o . h i n t. vi, bruised, although not dangereest;T;iire.e:j."__,..lfeteihalelwi‘:;:s:-”i:rif:,Fof down while crossing the 01. being , “Iticiosig on the in her arms, had a narrow esca description rc fie' n umber of vehicles of every fOr Land the ? 50t-tirc way to Epsom. there was no eollijon with description c:r_r..cianigio'vilig along We understa ..._ ser ,,cc Ili . o , RocK flAnmoNicoN. ils has secured It , ' ..a to 1 L . , ' logical Garde . , u lar a" soilda, for of the Surrey Zoo 0 this s ini, ci , t o n Messrs. Harrison, the perforrnerseo _ or 0,000 strument, and that they commenc th next. Of the understood in the City that the lon.g d ,elgt,i ls ns signed on Monday the decree for the 1,01,11" an ineiTe Railway, with the extension to Diest. \