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AMERICAN LIFE. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., JONATHAN SHARP; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A KENTUCKIAN. Written by Himself. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A NEW AND GREATLY IMPROVED EDITION OF MISS ACTON'S MODERN COOKERY, price 7a. 6d., is now ready. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectililly announeed that the celebrated SYMPHONIE ODE of the DESERT, by FELICIEN DAVID, will be repeated THIS EVENING APRIL 21, Preceded by a Orand Miscellaneous, Vocal, Orchestral, and Choral Selection from the most classical Composers, including Mozart, Weber, Mendlessolin, Gluck, Beethoven, &c., and supported by *early all the Distinguished Artistes of this Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. PART I —Sintonia in C Minor—Beethoven. —Aria "Chi faro," Mdlle. Bramhilla—Gluck. Aria, " Les Hirondelles," Signor Moriani—David. Aria, " Non pin andrai," Si- ' . Lablache, and Chortle (" Nozzo di Figaro")—Mozart. Aria, "Non mi dir," Ma dams Anaide Castellen—Mozart. Duo, "La Dove prende amor nestle (Flanto Magico) Millie. Rosetti and Sig. F. Lablache—Mozart. Chorus, " La Catita"—Rossini. PART ll..—Tbs Desert. The solo parts by big. lloriabi. PROGRAMME OF TIIE DESER 'Part I.—Entrance to the Desert. Glorification of Allah; grand chorus and orchestra—Arrival of the Caravan—Departure of the Caravan—Tempest in the Desert— Return of the Calm—The Caravan resumes its march. Part ll.—Night. The Evening Star—Halt of the Caravan—Hymn to the Night : air sung by Signor Miiriani —Arabian Fantasia---The Dance of the Aimee—The Liberty of the Desert : grand chorus with orchestra— gvening reverie : melody sung by Signor Moriani, with chorus and orchestral accompaniments —Sleep ! Part lll.—Sun-rise. . . Call of the Muezzin; original Arabian melody, with the Arabic words—The Caravan starts once more on its journey—The Cara van gradually disappears in the distance; grand chorus and orches tra—Silence in the Desert—The Song of Thanksgiving—Allah. Grand chorus final. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; to commence at Eight. Boxes, Two, Three, and Four - Guineas each, may be had on appli cation at the Box-office, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Bellini's celebrated Opera, entitled LA SON - NAM BOLA. Amino, Madame A. Castellon. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. After which, the highly successfld Divertissement, entitled KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. The Music composed and arranged by Signor Pugni, and comprising Themes from the Norwegian Melo dies. The Principal Dances composed and arranged by M. Perrot; those of the •Danseuses Viennoises by Madame Josephine Weiss. Kayo, Mademoiselle Lucille Grahn ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Pragher ; Herman, M. Gosselin ; Knud, M. Perrot. To conclude with Selections from the Ballet of EOLINE. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and rit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility; Stibtcribers, and the Public are respectfully i formed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the übse• ription), ON THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL 24, When will be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisi ; Bertha, Mdlle. Bellini ; 11 Coute d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, sig. Lablache ; Sig. 1. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Danseuses Viennoiscs will appear in some of their Favourite Pas. With Other Entertainments, in which the most distinguished Artistes of the Establishment will appear. In the course of the Evening the celebrated Spanish Dancer, Dona Manuelea Perea, known as La Nena, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer, Don Felix Garcia, will appear in various of the Na tional Pas of Spain. With the New Ballet Divertissement of KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. Koya, Mdlle. Lucille Gratin ; limed, M. Perrot. And other Entertainments, in which will appear all the Artistes of the Ballet. applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bea sffice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ;to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THII. EVENING Will be performed THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, by M. Duprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdinl ; Arthur, Mr. Barker; Raymond, Mr. Weiss; Norman, .Ir. H. Horncastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia. After which will KObe repeat ANedD , a New Comic Ballet, entitled BER r BERTRAND. Dan7esiri& course of the Ballet : - Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Lituana Pas Seul, by Mdlie. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Le Sevillianne, Spanish Dance, Mdile. Polin and M. Gasparini. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six tin the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, /laces, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Mr. JOHN PARSONS (Box -book-keeper) most respectfully an nounces that HIS BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY, MAY Ist, when will be performed a POPULAR OPERA, A GRAND DIVERTISSEMENT, and a Variety of ENTERTAINMENTS, full particulars of which will be speedily published. Dress Circle, 71; Boxes, Is ; Pit, 3; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, Is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Box-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Wii Ja !ivetted a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF ()F THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farrell ,Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled TAE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by 3leesrs. 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. Humby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. Last Three Nights of THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY—This Evening, Wednesday, and Thursday. OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS To-morrow and Friday-. On Wednesday (Shakspeare's Birthday), after THE GOLDEN FLEECE, a Grand Tableau Vivant, representing Shakspeare in Ms Study surrounded by the principal Characters from his Plays. RAILROADS FOR EVER on Thursday, J. T. ARCHER, Box Book-keeper THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTT. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN B SHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; neraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Telly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed i-heridan Knowles' Play of THE HUNCH BACK. Master Walter, Mr. Wallack ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Lord Tinsel, Mr. W. Lacy ; Modus, Mr. Compton ; Julia, Miss Cushman; Helen, Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a New Farce, called WHO'S THE PAPA ? Mr. Peter Bottle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Grubworm, Mrs. Fosbroko. To conclude with GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Swellington, Mr. Walter Lacey. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. trnparlieTed success of the New Grand Burlesque—lrresistible Fun in " On Duty." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Grove. To be followed by a New Drama, entitled THE DRUNKARD'S GLASS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Emery, Meadows, Tamer, Miss Dawson, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollidge. To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Ponrtraying Olden Idea 3 and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT ! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. The Box-elce is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ST. JAMES'S IS THEATERVE -FRENCH PLAYS. THNG Will be performed LA SUITE D'UN BAL MASQUE. Madame de Belmont, Mdlle. Plessy. After which, LA TANTE MAL GARDEE. Anatole, Monsieur Ravel. To be followed by the favourite Comedy of LE BOUQUE r DE BAL. Clara, Mdlle. Plessy. To conclude with RUE DE LA LUNE. Chesillard, Mons. Ravel. Boxes, 6s. • Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatr e, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performanees commence at Half-past. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal library, 33 ,Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-oftlce of the Theatre, which is ( pen Daily, from Eleven till Five. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. SOIREES MYSTERTEUSES. It is respectfully announced, that the celebrated MONSIEUR PHILLIPPE, of the Theatre Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, whose extra ordinary Experiments have created universal astonishment, is en gaged to present a short series of his SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES at the ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, which will be commenced on TUESDAY, the 29th of APRIL, and be continued, for a short period only, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Full particulars will he duly announced. Boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Unparalleled Success of Mr. White's Trained Animals ; last week of their Performance in London. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA; or, The Spanish *Mamma. Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle. Ati'arrangement has been made with Mr. White (the celebrated Lion Tamer), who will appear THIS EVENING, and exhibit h's Wonderful Feats with his unrivalled collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Panthers, 8, To conclude with an Admired Farce. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Canfield. the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed RICHARD THE. THIRD. In which Messrs. Hughes, Mrs. Daly, &c., will perform. After w hi c h, THE GAME CO CK OF THE WILDERNESS. Samson Hardhead, Mr. Marble. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box , eke, from Eleven to Pour. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE THIS EVENING will be repeated MARARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, LOCHIN VAR ; or, The Bride or Netherby. Lochin yar, Mr. H. Howard; James the Sixth, Mr. J. T. Johnson; Lord Netherby, Mr. Dale ; Mysie, Miss-E. Terry. To conclude with NAPOLEON ; or, The Deserter and his Dog. to „ rm .. ) . mews. Coney and Blanchard and their cel e b ra t e d D og Hector will pal form. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY. At e special meeting of the Committee of the above Society, held at tbe °ince, New Bridge-street, on Friday the 18th instant, Mr. L. Jones in the chair, the following sums were awarded :--To Jesse Connor, I. 69, and Samna Hockaday, L 178, one guinea as a reward, and an extra guinea as a gratuity, for the vigilance and ac tivire-lbei displayed in detecting and apprehending John Murphy - Nig Irdik4rd Su l livan, for burglariously entering the house of Mr. t gts,cliorge s Tavern. Lambeth-road, at three o'clock in e l e 4 : l4P" the memitnig 4 )and stealing therefrom a musical snuttbox, and other ' ' pcopemy, for ldhieh they were sen t enc ed to two y ears ' imprison , <'7 ••t • went . - To Inn. Kealy one guinea, for apprehending Robert Holmes, foe , calOing Mr. Bathe, Spanish Patriot, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, of Oewter pot, and a spirit funnel. To Thomas Ludd, ki" 7, 12, indiriber man one guinea, for detecting and apprehend log Richird Perkins, for robbing Mr. Smith, Angel, Webber-street, sew.eut, of a pewter pot. And to William Whales, servant to - bickson, Worcester Arms, George.street, Portman-square, 3A -balta-gulnea, for detecting William Thompson, in robbing his employer of a glass. At the same meeting it was unanimously agreed that the annual excursion should take place on Tuelday• the lbtls day of July snit! THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 20. . THERMOMETER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 56; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 30.20.—W IND, E.S.E. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words " Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. being placed in the same predicament, and ♦ictory has at last declared for those who vote against their poli and Furpese,3 l ,i ; Great Paris and Lyons, 415.; Lyons and AvigtOfignglishs, 2% 3; Northern of France (English), Rosamet's (English), '2l. lls. 6d ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (English), 12 1 /." 2 ; Paris and Lyons, (Laffitte's), 3; Ditto, (Ganneron'6) 2 g ;• Ditto (Calon's), 2/. 2s. ; Paris and Strasburgh, 2%; Verona and Ancona tical interests, who prefer duty to any selfish considera tion, and who assist even an enemy in restoring peace to a distracted country. The Government, whatever some foolish writers may say, owe their safety entirely to that party whom the firebrands of Toryism—nay, even moderate Conservatives—denounced as haters of the Church, as Destructives, as Radicals, and infidels, and as men ready to sell themselves to any party at any price for the sake of power and place. They have nobly given the lie to these wicked calumnies, and saved their enemies from absolute destruction. This is a sacrifice which, as regards politics, is above all price, but they have made still greater sacri fices—they have offended several of their staunch supporters, they have weakened their interest in many large constituencies, and produced a coldness among not a few of their ardent admirers, by refusing to join in the cry against the Catholic religion. It would be dif fitUlt, nay, as far as our recollection serves, impossible to point out in the history of th's country so noble a display of political virtue in any one great party3in the State, and it reflects an imperishable lustre on the Wi.igs, and seals their character fur consistency and d:sin terestedness ; but how the act contrasts with that of their opponents, who east to the winds, fur the sake of place, every consideration that should guide humus conduct, reprobated the conduct of Lord NORMA:NBY and Lord EBRINGTON, for their attachment to the Irish people, threw every obstacle in the way of reconciliation, goaded the people to madness by regis tration Bills, by opposing corporation reform, and con stantly upl.raiding the Melbourne Government because they did not by sabres awl bullets put don n the just complaints of an entire nation ! That was not all. The very clergy of the people, so revered by their flocks, were insulted by the most opprobrious epithets; no calumny was considered too low, n imputation too mean—renegade Catholic priests and savage Orangemen, in the garb of ministers of peace, were encouraged to travel through England as missionaries, and to assemble multitudes at Exeter Hall, to excite the most fiendish pas sions against their fellow-subjects and felLw-Christians ; but we will not pursue the painful subject further. A new light has atiscu—the da) of peace has dawned on Ireland, and Whigs, and -Tories at last cordially agree in the justice, the mercy, and the absolute necessity, of treating the Irish as subjects of the same Sovereign. And we cannot mention the name without paying a tribute to our beloved QUEEN for the deep intereet which she has always taken in the welfare of Ireland. It is needlesss to recount all that we have heard respecting the fixed, the unalterable sympathy which she has dis played—it is enough to say that the reconciliation of the Irish nation to England is the wish dearest to her heart. Her Ministers have cordially joined in such noble sentiments. Concession and justice to Ireland were the themes of Sir J. GICAIIAM'S speech, and these were re echoed on Friday night by Sir R. PEEL. "I know not," said he, " what the consequences may be with regard to the kindly relations between England and Ireland ; but this I know, that the proposition has been the means of calling forth the most kindly feelings iu the minds of a grateful people." And he will not stop here. GOD forbid that he should. He has yet other measures in store, and wisely rejected the earnest and deceitful solicitations of the chief opponent of the measure to say where he would stop. The peroration of his speech is worthy of ale cause. It shadows forth that real union with Ireland is now his first object, and that he will join even the ranks of his op ponents in asserting such an inestimable blessing to the United Empire. "In the course of this debate," said the Right Hon. Baronet, "it has been supposed that an occasion might arise when all the energies of the country should be called forth in our defence. May GOD forbid that so great an evil may fall upon us. But whatever may be the result of this debate—to whatever hands the destinies of this coun try may be committed, I shall take my place by the side of my successors, and give them every sup port in my power to this just end honourable cause. If the calamity of war should befal us, it is my earnest hope that when it occurs it will find the people of this empire united inillsalty to the throne, in mutual confi dence, and in a 16Tql,f those institutions from which they derive the highe . st benefits. Isis my earnest prayer that the result of our measures vv ill be so to unite the people of this realm, as to ensure the triumph of a just cause." W. Is. We find that in reference to the necessity for an alteration in the duties on butter and cheese some remarks by Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, whom we quoted under this head, as good practical authorities, are not considered by our Contempo rary, the Post, as being sufficiently clear. When we point out, however, that the leaning of Messrs. Keel ing is in favour of an important article of consumption coming in at a reduced duty, and that this by extreme protectionists is sure to be considered an encroachment on agricultural rights, we need feel no surprise that the matter appears less plain to that paper than to the brokers. The meaning of the latter, however, as we take it, is the meaning of all who desire to see trade re ' lieved from some of its shackles, and especially as regards the importation of food, and may be thus very easily explained. . A merchant imports 1,000 firkins of foreign butter; part, being of prime quality, may realise 955. per cwt. ; a second portion, being somewhat inferior, may sell at 635. ; a third 50s. The two former prices will enable him to pay the duty of 21s. per cwt.; but the third, if the duty was to be paid, would leave him but 295. per cwt. nett. And then comes his alternative of having this portion destroyed by tar, and cleating it for grease purposes, for which he would obtain 40s. per cwt., without any duty being paid. Therefore, he would gladly let the public have his butter at the least difference in his own favour compared to what he would get by destroying it. The same system of protection, if ex tended to any other article of every day consumption, would so puzzle the mind of a merchant, as to the ultimate re sult of his investment, that the best judgment in the world would be defeated by the uncertainty it engenders. With regard to the union workhouses consuming foreign cheese, it must be recollected that not one-third of the farmers make this article ; therefore the former have no other alternative than resorting to foreign—and conse quently they have to pay the price of the protection or must put themselves in a position to compete with the foreign market, to produce the material at the same price as the foreign article. The question then lies between the union workhouses having foreign cheese or none at all. They have no choice, and such is about the case with most protected articles. According to the Bank of England returns, the issue of notes has decreased in the week to April 12, by 135,195/. ; stock of bullion is less by 181,275/. ; the public deposits have been diminished by 2,568,9401., and the other deposits in creased by 1,307,072/. Although the majority on the Mavneoth question is so decided, prices have declined in the F.,eglish Stock Market. Consols have been 99 to % for Money, and 99% to 99 for Time. Exchequer-bills continue at 60s to 58s. premium. Bank Stock is firm at 210 3 4. 'The Foreign Securities are rat her lively. Mexican have been well supported at 38 to te ; Portuguese Converted have :ieen 661 ; Spanish have receded a little, being 303 is for the Active ; Brazilian are steady at 89 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have realised 63 1 , , ,: 2 The Share Market has been brisk, and there is fair sup port given to the quotations. Direct Northern have ad vanced materially, owing to the compliance with standing orders. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 38 minutes after 0 I Evening •. 18 minutes after 1 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PR ICE S , Bank Stock ... 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 7-16 % 11% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860 _ll% ... .......... ..... 278 India Stock South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities • Consols for Account.... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 6O 58 Ditto SCO/. . Ditto Small ONE PR ICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds . Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 44 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela l5 /3 .16% 16% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 18.37 38% 38% 38% Ditto, Account Ditto. Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3114 31 1 ' ,f e Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 6 6 1% 661 / 2 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 30%3 4, 30% Ditto, Passive ,' ) /s 7% Ditto, Deferred lB A .A, 18% French, 5 per Cent llB l. —c. 118 f. —c. Exchange 2sf. 80c. 25f. 80c. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto. Account ••• ..... ..... 63• 1 / 4 63% Ditto, 4 per Cent , Certatic.... 97 98 98 PRICES OF CLOSING B lILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE,. A b erdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ... IN 3 137 Birmin and Gloucester. 100 136 Ditto % Shares Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 10 Bristol and Exeter - Do. New ... ........ 2 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 62 ..... •• Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% Chester and Holyhead... 5 Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ ...... Iv . 5% Coventry and Leicester 1 1 ,i 3 14 %% 6 CornwallDDl , i lu s s r be , G B N e ao c n c r i eh Belfast m Yarmouth j .n. 3 2 1 2 44 . • • 3 5 5%% 1 1 4 .. % 1 A5%... 11L/2%,4 ..... Dublin, Belfast, and . Coleraine Dublin and Galway 2%...... 51 3 / 4 % Dublin and Mullingar... 2% 3 34 4 Eastern Counties 25 .... 214 21 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1—.5/. 13s. 4d •• Ditto ditto, No. 2...... 13 s. 4d. • • 0 % Eastern Union ............ 15 .....22 Ditto Extension ...... 1%•••••. 33/4 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 — Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% ...... 6 1 ,,...... Great South. and West. (Ireland) ............... 5 Ditto Extension ...... 2%••••'' 15 3 / 4 14 15 14 Great Northof England..loo •••••• 201 Ditto New .... ' 5 ...... Ditto Ditt o 47 Ditto New...... .. ....... 2 ...... 24% Great Western ......... ... 80 ...18 9 % 191 189 190 190 5 2 g ............ 10 42 6% 106 42 Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2%.•. •• 61 A l Af S th h s ar . e . s . .................. 6% Harwich .................. 1 . ..... 2 1 / 2 % Hull and Selby ............ 50 ...... 10: 105% 106 106 Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... 24 23% ..... Do. Half Shares ...... 2 ••..•• London and Birminghm — Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 ...... 45 1 N 44% Do. 1% Shares ......... (50ck)........ — 3 . 3'' London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s 4d. 8 A IA London arid Brighton—. 50 ...... 64 Do. Consolidated Bths 16 ..... 27 London and Croydon , 131. 153.. 9d. 18 London and S. Western 41/6s 10d 81 Do. New .............. 2% ...... 15 14 3 / 4 15%... 2 10 New ...... 2 1 4 ......... - ,cl York. r f 1 1)o. 74 381 •• . At••• 981 99 1 4 pm. 58 pm. 60 pm. 60 CLOSI YG PRICES. 8 3 / 4 62 Madrid journals of the 11th have been received, but they contain nothing worthy of interest. The Money Market was very dull, and prices lower. The Three per Cents. clost d at 35i for cash ; for Account 354 ; and the Three per Cents. fur Account at 25i ; Debt without Interest, Si cash, and 9 for Account. The Paris papers, which contain no domestic news of importance, are much occupied with the discussion in the House of COILMODS, and the excitement caused by the Maynooth Bill. The Goyernment paper, the Joel nal des Debatts, approves of the policy of Sir ROBERT FEEL, with regard to Ireland, but still thinks it would be better to govern with his party than without it and against it. The Pa esse takes a different view of the question, and after adverting to the insults heaped on the Premier by a London journal, which called him the Al.tagro of the Conservatires, says :—" Thus we find that party spirit is every where and at all times the same. Only prove yourielf to be more enlightened, more moderate, a better judge of the wants and interests of society than others are, and you are immediately denounced as a traitor and a felon. Happily these accusations by narrow and prejudiced minds are treated with contempt by most of those to whom they are addressed." The National contrasts the religious feeling in the two countries. The Catholic religion," it says, "is treated as bar barous and idolatrous in England. In France that which is barbarous and fatal is the right of examination, the liberty of opinion, the independence of mind which seeks' studies, and compares, and, freeing itself from the ac cepted dogmas, soars aloft to regions where thought alone is sovereign. Let those sectarian violences appear at the same time to all eyes ; we know nothing more likely to get them appreciated than to show them side by side. In England, as in France, the public good sense will cover with its impartial disdain all these passions of a time that is past." The Sea tinelle of Toulon says :—" Rear-Admiral TURPIN, commander of the Levant squadron, is recalled. He is to be replaced by a Capitaine pt; VAISSEAII. This measure has been concerted with the Cabinet of London, which also withdraws the Admiral in command of the British squadron in the Levant." The intelligence from Switzerland is to the 13th. The Presse says : London am. ore ...... •.. , _ Londonderry & Colerai ne 2 th. ..... 3. ,A Londonderry and Ennis killen .................. ..• 24? ...... 31 0 . .., Lynn and Ely ..... „ ..... `2 1 ,/ ...... Y I A Lynn and Dereham ...... 1% ...... 34% Manchester and Leeds... 73 ...... Do. 1 / 2 Shares ......... 32 .... 64 Midland... .................. 100 ..... 158 157% Do. New ............... 2 .•• 19 ••• Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo ...... 119- 1 / 2 118 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ......... ... 25 .••••• Do. New Brandling... 10 ...... 32 Newry and Enniskillen. 2 ••• -61 L Newark and SLeffield ... 1 1 / 4 ...... V2 • • Northern and Eastern... 45 ...... North Wales .. ......... :1 l A, ...... North British ........... 10 ...... 18 1 Do. New North Kent ............... 2 3 / 4 .. - : 31 4 Norwich and Branaion• • • 10 ...... Do., New ... ..... •.... 1 ...... 4% Preston and Wyre ...... 50 ...... Kichmondand %Vest End Junction Rugby, Worst r, & Tring 1 ...... 5 4% 3 / 4 Scottish Central Scottish Midland i h... 4 1 4 Shrews., WolverhamP, Dudley, and Birm 2%. .. 4%%... South Devon l5 . ..... 27 11 A 27 .... South Eastern & Dover 33 12 s 4d,.. 42 , 1 Do., No. 1 Do., No. 3 Staines and Richmond... 1 21,f3 11A South Wales ... 2% 6 14 7.......... Trent Valley 2 ..... . 204 ............ Waterford and Kilkenny 1 •••••• 4 ••• ...... •••• York and North Midland 50 - .......•••••• " The canton of Lucerne has anticipated the wishes of the Diet. The Grand Council has authorised the Executive Council to enter into negotiations with the governments of the other cantons for setting its prisoners at liberty. Even the Lucerne refugees, who have been captured, are to be brought before the tribunals, and tried according to the law on the Free Corps. But there is reason to believe that this process will be a mere matter of form, the Grand Council having shown a disposition to listen to all appeals for grace that may be made to it." On the Paris Bourse there was much speculation in railway shares, which closed with a decided fall. It was settling day, but no defaulters had been named. The following are the prices of shares in the principal companies: —Paris and Orleans, 1,207 f. 50c.; Paris and Rouen, 1,100 E; Rouen and Havre, 935 f.; Avignon, 1,042 f. 50c. • The Money Market closed as follows :—Five per Cents., for cash, 117 f. 30c.; for account, 117 f. 55c. Three per Cents., for cash, 851. Soc.; fur account, 85f. 85c. Bank of France . Shares, 3,23Q1. _Neapolitan, 104 f. Spanish Threes, 42. Spanish Fives, 40i. New Loan, 86f. 45c. Do. l A ;Shares Do. Selby Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS• .. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 _ 11 1 ,0 g••• ......... Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's , Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's' ... .. Pans and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse' -.... 2 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's T IIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1845. , - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 18.—The sales are :—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 10 1-16 ; D:tto, New Quarters, 5% prem. ; Preston And Wyre, 32%; Barnsley Junction, Carrick fergus, 51( 2 ; Birkenhead, Mancester, and Cheshire Junc tion, 10% 94 • Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5 13-16; CAleclonian, 13 ' 34 ; Cambridge and Line°ln, WA" Clitheroe Junction, 4 11-16 prem. 8 % ; Belfast., Ballymena, and Northern, 3 3 / 4 3i ) ; Ely and Bedford, 3 1 ,4 ; `Goole, oncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester, Iv, ; Huddersfield and Manchester ; Chum et Valley, 9 1 ,4 Railway and :Canal, 5; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 8 1 A ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 11-16 ; London and York, 4 1 %; Lynn and Dereham, ; Manchester and Buiton, '5 3 / 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6% ; North Western, Direct 51. ; Preston-and Wy re E x t ens i on ', 32% pre:. ; S°uth poit andi Euxton, 2 3 / 4 ; Trent Valley;lo - W; Can; tinuation, 4 1 / 2 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 6 1-16 ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2 3 4 ; Paris and Lyons (English), 3- 16 ; Ditto (Ganneron's), 2 13-16 3 A ; Peak F orest Canal, 44. DRIIRY•LANE TMEATRE.—Fiveerformances , a fter case this evening, and M. Duprey will to delight the habitues of this theatre, fur we have ascertained, beyond any question, that his enga gem e n t ca nnot be extended,owing to the immediate app e a rance o f Anna Thillon. Those who wish to hear the first of living singers have not a moment to lose, t• • 4 „,, If• t A / r • K os 1 7 .5;," 1 .. : , f, . 1 A ' mortnnta LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1545. The remarks which we hazarded at the commence ment of the Easter recess, on the es ils arising from the accumulation of Parliamentary business, derive, we think, additional force from the protracted debate of lag week ; and from the incidental animadversions elicited in the earlier period of the discussion, in the House of Commons, on Friday night, of the careless and unsatisfactory transaction of business by the Rail way Department of the Board of Trade. Under the present aspect of public affairs, and especially of our foreign relations, we feel increased anxiety to see the business of the Legislature return into the long-neg lected channels of orderly arrangement, digestion, and dispatch. The ordinary course of ordinary sessions is mischievous enough. We cannot too often repeat the fact, certified by the experience of all men connected with Parliamentary business, that of the mot important questions, and the most useful Bills in troduced in any given session, a large proportion are indefinitely postponed, cushioned for the session, or passed into laws without a tithe of the investiga. tion and mature discussion which they demand. The facilities afforded by the modern practice of Par liament for " dropping" orders, and the unboundcd licence which modern Administrations exercise, of ad dressing requests to private or indivilual Members, to postpone the rotation of their respective notices, in favour of some Government or official busine.is, are among the chief causes of that mischievous ac cumulation of Bills which results in their wholesale precipitation in the six weeks preceding a proroga tion. The "requests" we speak of have grown into an organised grievance, by reason of the little chance they run of being refused. It is suicidal policy to turn a deaf ' ear to the bland solicitations of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, or a Secretary of the Treasury, a Secretary for the Home Depart. merit, or a Secretary to the Admiralty. In the first place, these Gentlemen have always the plausible pre- text of the exigency of the business in their depart ments. In the second, if they are disposed to retort the tenacity of Mr. H. to-day, in refusing to allow the vote they desire to move to take precedence of his motion on the notice-paper,—Mr. H. runs a pretty certain ri.k of discovering to-morrow the art and mystery of Ministei ial tactics, in the shape of a "no House," by withholding men from coming in before 4 o'clock, or the effect of less than 40 members being present, by a " counting out" of the House, or of " a whip" by the sudden filling of the House with a formidable detachment of members, who, not having heard one word of his speech, or of the discussion to which it has led, come down, on a preconcerted notice dispatched to them in all the quarters of the Metropolis—vote, tbrongh some extraordinary power of intuition, in favour of any hostile question that may be raised, off-hand, upon his original motion. This latter is thrown out, or thrown over, before he can imagine that two-thirds of the House have yet heard one word of the matter. It has happened this session, according to the usual course, that a great proportion of the time of the Legislature has been al ready occupied in the labour of mooting amendmetts on the legislation of last session ; simply because Bills were then pa3sed into law, in a condition too crude and defective not to cause them to break down on the first attempt at practically administering them. In the usual course, also, there has been a vast ex penditure of time which might have been much more profitably appropriated, on the discussion of abstract principles and general questions, such as, to the thinking of all practical men, after being once distinctly enunciated and fairly discussed, might have been very much more speedily disposed of by vote, with results at last equally satisfactory with any that have been arrived at, after so many nights of bootless argument, subtracted from the term, too limited, that is Set available for the imperative demands upon it of the public service. From the observations of Lord HOWICK, Mr. DUNCOMBE, and Mr. AGLIONBY, on Friday night, we are compelled to infer that the defects of the Railway Departme the Board of ir Trade, to which we were amon the first to direct public attention, are becoming, every day, more palpable and more serious. But let us note, in passing, how extensively prejudicial ad ministrative defects in that Board—superadded to the customary alternations of ruinous delay and still more fatal hurry produced by the technical forms of " pri vate business," as it is called, and the interruptions we have alluded to of even their halting action — must prove to the extensive community and vast ca pital embarked in railway constructions; and these evils, thus aggravated, inevitably re-act on the proper discharge of the public business. If the legislation on railway Bills has been hitherto so slovenly and im perfect, owing to the mass of preliminary details in each case to be brought under the cognizance and opinion of Parliament, and the impossibility of doing justice either to them or to the measures of the executive and financial departments of the State, in consideration of whose exigencies they are so often slurred over or delayed—what may we not anticipate of the amount of embarrassment and prejudice likely to be experienced from the vast increase of railway Bills now pending in Parliament, and coming before it, not in that more organised and perfect form of in ception, which it was the object of this Board's creation to communicate to them, in order to econo mise the time of both Houses, but in a condition the very reverse of this. Lord HOWICK (himself a perfect master of official business) remarked that a certain omission, in laying a promised report before the House of Commons, " was only another example of the system of carelessness which, from first to last, had characterised the fiscal business of that depart ment." We d'o not remember, in the case of a young " Board," to have heard so severe a censure passed in either House of Parliament; and we greatly fur that it is too well merited. In addition to the objections we have before urged to the constitution of this Railway Board, which we deny that it was c smpetent to the Lords of Privy Council of the Board of Trade, by virtue of their own " minute,"—exnzero motu, as it were, originally to create so empowered—to its assumption of original functions hitherto permitted only to the Queen's Courts at Westminster, and to its exercise of a spe cies of equitable jurisdiction, which it is marvellous to find wholly unexcepted to by the vigilant legal acumen of the House of Lords,—we have now to urge those which have- been so strongly enforced' in the House. The House will do well, dismissing all party feeling in the matter (and to say truth, it is not easy to understand how such feeling can he . in fused into it), to discuss Mr. Dtoscostee's motion on the subject of this anomalous Commission or Board with all care and deliberation. Its object involves considerations of the most extensive and profound im portance to the public, and in an especial degree to parties interested in railway undertakings. The Board seems equally overwhelmed by the magnitude of its powers an d extent of the busness they are to be applied to, by the incapacity or " carelessness" of some of its members, as much as by the extravagant grasp of its delegated jurisdiction. The result of the division on the Maynoeth grant, which took place on Saturday morning, is only what might haT:e been expected. After declarations in favour .of the measure from so- -many: • f,epresentatiiies Who oppose the Governments- - and taking into account the influence of the Cabinet on the Conservative party, it was calculated that the majority would not be less than 150, and the actual number falls short of that only by three. Though we rejoice at the result chiefly for the peace of Ireland, and the integrity of the empire, the satisfaction is modified by the reflection that it resembles the victory of one of the contending parties in a civil war. A great contest has been carried on now for nearly three weeks, in which the Liberals have been fighting with each other, their opponents MONEY and COMMLRCIAL NEWS, (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was much the same. Sales, 5,000 bales.—The Share Market was dull and drooping. The business was limited and prices were lower, except in particular • instances : Aberdeen Railway, 5 1 4 ; Barnsley Junction, 9 1 % 9 ; Bi r k en . head, Manchester, and Cheshire, 9% ; Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 53 ; Blackburn and Preston, 16%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14 1 4 133 ; Caledonian, 13% 13 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9% 9 • Chester. and -. Birkenhead, 61 1 4 52 ; 'Ditto, Half Shares, 26 25% •; Chester 'and . llolyhead, 1371 3 % ; Chester and Preston BrOok, - 3% Churnet 9%; Cork and Bandon, 64 14 ;:Cork and Waterford, 3% 1 ,,f 6 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 101,i 10 ; Dublin and Galway, 5% 14 ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 4 ; Dundalk ard Enniskillen, 41/ 2 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 64 63% Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15% ; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 6% ; Edinburgh and Northern, 41s. ; Glasgow and Dum fries, 11. ss. 11. 4s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 18% ; Grand Junction, 227 ; Ditto; Quarters Shares, 44%; Ditt,, Eighth Shares, 19 ; Great Southern and Western, 19 19 1 4 ; Ditto Extension, 16 15% ; Great Western, 189%; Goode and Doncaster, 28s. 61. ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8%; Hull and Selby, 107 106 ; Inverness and Elgin, ; Limerick and Waterford, 7% 7 % ; Liverpool, Ormakirk, and Preston, 3 1 4 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 32 3 / 4 ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3% 16s. 6d ; London and South-Western, 82 ; London and York, 41/ ; Direct `Northern, 3%. 3% ; Leeds And'ThirSk, 4%; ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7% Al . r• Iffnn . and Dereham, ; 'Manchester and Brixtbin ;*-Malietester; - Slieffield, and British, Half Shares, Railway, 158% ; Midland 10 1 4 10 ; Manchester and Leeds, 149 ; Midland Mineral, 18% ; X Ditto, 40/. Shares, 19 19 ; Ditto, Oxford and Bi i o n rt l l : Newry and Enniskillen, 5 Is. 6 . , Con solidated Birmingham and Derby, 119% 119 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6% • Ne • • es, 5 3 4 ; North Union, 143; North d : North ; Runcorn Ga Sheffield and Matfelest Western, 5 1 4 ; North Wales, ; Wales, g 33 arn Junction, 5 1 4 5 ; Preston and . Wy re, 33 16 ; Shrewsbury and ; Ditto, Preference Shares, 36 ; r t3, 1 1. 25 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16% Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4 and Junction, 5 ; Shrewsbury, 42 3 / 4 ; Ditto, New Shareatgi3; South7Eastern and Dover, 7% • Trent Valt, 20iA, a, • %; ; Scottish Central, yoririihire, 614 5 ; 4 ; Ditto, Extension, 5; West yy t!r and Trigg , 5; hitelarEl il , o kas ,r) AND Vutltr 04.Itnion. " Who runs may read." rortxmw.r. On Tuesday the King of the French received at Eu, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the civil and military authorities and the clergy. At two, during an interval between the showers of rails, his Majesty went out on foot, attended by Generals Friant and de Rumigny, and his architects, Messrs. Fontaine and Legrand, and inspected the works going on in (rent of the Chateau. A con siderable number of persons assembled, and greeted the King with every mark of respect. The Countess de Survilliere, widow of Joseph Bonaparte, at one time King of Spain, died suddenly at Florence on the 7th inst. The Grand Duchess Mary of Russia, Consort of the Duke de Leuchtenberg, was delivered on the Ist inst. of a daughter, who has been christened by the name Eugenia, in memory of her grand- father, Prince Eugene BeauhArnais. The French Minister of rublic Works on Wednesday attended the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the Northern Rail. road Bill. It is not expected that the report of the Committee will be presented before next month. The Moniteur 44ericn, of the 10th, states that Marshal I3u geaud, after visiting Djemaa, Ghazaout, and Oran, had returned to Algiers on the 6th. Some of the journals mention a report that Rear. Admiral Du petit Thouars will be promoted to the grade of Vice. Admiral on the occasion of the Riug'sfete. An old bachelor of Forinieres, near Nantes, who was supposed from his mode of living to be very poor, died a few days ago, leay. ing a fortune of 700,000 f., of which 250,000 f. was In specie, piled up in a cupboard. An oyster bed in the bay of Cancale, on the coast of Brittany, which has, by order of the authorities, been prohibited ground to the fishery, was opened a few days ago. Nearly five hundred boat, arrived from the different ports of the coast to commence the . fishery, and so abundant was the catch that the number of oysters taken during the day was estimated at two hundred millions. The fishing was suspended for a few days, in order that the supply might be disposed of, and resumed on the 14th, when almost as many oysters were taken as on the first day. The Swabian Mercury contains a correspondence (dated Bth inst.), from Leipsic, in which it is asserted that numerous parties have expressed the wish that the spring fair there should be opened on a later day for the future, in order to have a better chance of fairer and more setiled weather. This year very little business has been done, in consequeace of the delay in the arrival of goods, occasioned by the prolonged severity of the weather, and the inundations which followed the thaw. Very few English goods arrived in tivne for the opening. Letters from Leipsic of the 10th state that business had become brisker. COURT-rz-sitioNABLE. The Russian Minister gave a superb banquet on Friday al Ashburnharn House, _which. was honoured with the presesee, . - the Duke and Ductless of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchees of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and a distinguished circle of the nobility. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and family have ar rived at Dudley House, Park-lane, from Baron's Court, his Lord. ship's seat in the county of Tyrone. The Earl of Mernington, on Thursday night, took the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords as Lord Maryborough, being the first time he has sat in Parliament since the death of his father. The Earl and Countess of Eglinton intend leaving town in the course of the ensuing month for Ardrossan. _ _ The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have arrived in town for the season, from their seat at Wimbledon, where their Graces have been entertaining a succession of distinguished guests. The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, Lord and Lady Cotteriham, and S:r Brownlow Bertie, Bait., were among their most recent visitors. The Earl of Burlington has arrived at his residence in Belgrave. square from Holker Hall. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and Lady Emma Campbell are still at Inverary Castle. The Duchess has been recently suffering from a severe attack of influenza. Their Graces are expecting a visit froin the Marquis and Marchioness de Jesmasuns, a French family of distinction, with whom they will probably remain at the Castle until about the middle of the ensuing month. 11 1 1ISCELLANZU US. On Thursday morning last, a man named Bracey, footman to Captain Connor, 46, Devonshire-street, Portland.place, absconded at an early hour with a quantity of plate and some banknotes, value in the whole npwards of 2001., the property of his master. Another man, named Fisher, is supposed to have assisted Bracey in the work of plunder, and it has been ascertained that in Great Marylebone-street they got into a cab, the driver of which was ordered to proceed to Chelsea. The house of Mr. Littleton, North umberland.street, New.road, was also entered on the morning of Thursday, and numerous articles of plate, wearing apparel, &c., were carried off. Information of the robberies was promptly com municated to Superintendent Hughes, at the station-house, Mary lebone ; and Inspector Tedman, and others of the D division, are using their best exertions to discover the thieves.. The report that Thorwaldsen's statue of 13)ron was about to be erected in Kensal.green Cemetery is incorrect. It has lately been removed from the London Docks to Sir R. Westmacott's, from whence it will shortly be conveyed to the library of Trinity Col. lege, Cambridge, its last resting place. Alderman Hurephery hassent to the Mansion.house receipts for the interest upon 1001. which be had in his mayoralty funded for the poor in the . .rtaine of himself, the Town Clerk, and the City Chamberlain. • The Secretary of State has sent an order to the Governor of Gloucester County Gaol, and to all the prisons in the kingdom, that in future the provisions of the old Act of Parliament are to be complied with, which enacts that all money or property found on convicted prisoners to be sent to the Home-office instead of being returned to the prisoners at the expiration of their sentence, as was done in the case of Tawell, whose silver spoons were given to his family, and which for some time has been the get.eral 0 % 22 33 / 4 63/4 6. Kendal and Windermere Railway. Your Committee had to consider the list of plans for ra 8 1 4 63% 27 17% 82 15% 10% 31• 31 i~ 3 5 , 7t, 3% 6% 67 4% 34 410 4 7 4 4% 5214 6914 custom. The Committee for conducting the Asylum for the Houseless Poor have determined to close those at Playhouse-yard and Ogle.. street, and that at the eastern part on Monday next. They would bave closed these most useful places of reception for the starving and helpless thousands who crowd into the city on the 10th, if the weather had not continued so severe. The Committee have :ound great satisfaction in declaring that the opportunities which these arrangements have afforded to the nightly visitors of using baths, have been productive of much benefit. In the Eastern Asylum, Glasshotise-staeet, East Smithfield, the inmates eagerly contended for early baths, and fur the opportunity of using the washing and drying ,pparatus lately fitted up in that building. The demands tipon the Committee have been enormous during the late inclement winter. SIXTH REPORT FROM THE CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE ON RAIL WAY BILLS. The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of Railway Bills according to the resolutions adopted by the House, and who are empowered to report from time to time—report as follows : Your Committee having further considered the several matters referred to them, recommend that the following Bill or project be referred to the same Committee to which the recommendations under letters 11. in their former report ap plied, viz.:— TT ways deposited at the Private Bill-office, and such plans only ; and, having found in the said list two distinct plans entered and noticed, and no Bill referring to either having been laid on the table of the House, your Committee felt at liberty to consider the said two plans as separate and distinct projects, and accordingly referred them to separate and distinct Com mittees; but having now had before them the Bill which in corporates the two, find it unnecessary to subdivide them, and therefore recommend that they be both referred to ot.e and the same Committee, under group 8., to which one, namely, B. 4, Manchester and Leeds (Burnley Branch), has already been referred, excluding, accordingly, from group QQ. the Railway Bill marked QQ. 1, and entitled in the Private Bill-office List, " Manchester and Leeds (Oldham Branch)." Your Committee having further had before them au appli cation from the agents of two plans, viz. : Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton Branch); Manchester and Birmingham (Macclesfield Branch Ex tension); which appeared separately in the list of the Private Bill office, and which were distributed by your Committee into two distinct groups, viz. QQ. 2 and - 0. 5, but which are now incorporated in one and the same Bill before the House, find it, under the actual circumstances, unnecessary to subdivide the said plans, and accordingly recommend that they be re ferred to one and the same Committee under group QQ., to which one, namely, Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton Branch) had already been referred, excluding, accordingly, from group 0. the 'Railway Bill marked Manchester and Birmingham (Macclesfield Branch Extension) 0. 5, and en titled in the Private Bill-office List, " Manchester and Bir mingham (Manchester Branch Extension)." FIRE AT THE PRINCESS S THEATRE.--On Friday morning, about one o'clock, some little alarm was created in the neighbourhood of Oxford.street, by a report being circulated that the Princess's Theatre was on fire. One of the brigade engines was quickly dispatched to the theatre, when it was ascertained that the heat from the adjoining iron.foundry had set fire to a piece of timber in the cloak-room, on the first floor, over the pit entrance. The firemen and workmen at once pulled down the skirting and tore up the flooring in the above apartment, and the ire was very speedily extinguished, the damage being, compara tively speaking, inconsiderable. The theatre is insured in the Licensed Victuallers', Atlas, Scottish Union, West of England, and the Liverpool Fire-office. SUDDEN DEATH.—About tc o o'clock on Thursday morning, Mr. William Lambert White, aged 78, a gentleman of property from Yeovil, in Somersetsbire, died suddenly, at the New Hummums Hotel, Covent-garden, having come up to town on Monday evening, in search of medical advice. An inquest was held on the body last evening,• and the jury returned a verdict of Natural Death. _ _ WILL OF COLONEL GRANT.—Probate of the of the late Turner Grant, Esq., of Portman-square, in the county of Middlesex, Colonel in the army, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, who died on the 28th of March last, was granted on the 14th instant to his brother, Henry John Grant Esq. the sole executor. His personal property is sworn under 50,0004 -The will is very short, dated sth September, 1844. Bequeaths to hie sister, Henriette Wingfield, Stratford, wife of John Wingfield Stratford, Esq., the interest or dividends of 5,0001. for her life; leaves to his servant, John Preston, a legacy of 2001. ; aml appoints his brother, Henry John Grant, his residuary legatee. MR. WILSON —We are very happy to he nth to announce that the renewed subscription to enable Mr. Wilson to effectually trounce the Jersey authori:ies, progresses favourably We shall have Sir John De Veulle and Messrs. Le Breton and Le Couteur, in the witness-box, subject to Mr. Kelly's three or four hours' cross.examination, and no mistake. But more of this anon. —Jersey Gazette. BEER AND SPIRIT LICENSES IN SCOTLAND.—From a return just laid before Parlia=ent, " of the number of beer and spirit licenses granted to keepers of turnpikes and toll-bars in Scot. land, and stating the names of the places and counties in which they are situated," it appears tl at there are, altogether in the various excise collections of that country no fewer than 345 places in which there are turnpike and toll.bar.leepers who have beer licenses, and 340 who have spirit licenses granted to them. The return is prepared (down to the beginning of the present month; by Mr. G. A. Cottrell, accountant.general at the Excise.office, London. WILL OF SERGEANT TADDY.— Probate of the will and codicil of the late Mr. William Taddy, of Old Palace-yard, Westminster, her Majesty's most ancient Sergeant-at-Law, and Attorney. General to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, was granted on the 15th Instant to the Rev. John Taddy, clerk, the brother, the sole ekecutor. The 'p6i'tciitif 'etfi:Uts are sworn under 3),0801. He died on the 14th of March last. Ile directs that 2,0001. thull be paid to his wife immediately alter his decease, and leaves to her all the plate, jewellery, and furniture. He bequeaths to his brother Charles an annuity of 4001., and appoints his brother John his residuary legatee. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. FRIDAY. Our arrivals this week are moderate of all descriptions of Grain. Wheat is held firmly, and the full rates of this day se'nnight obtained, but business done is limited. Barley continues a languid sale at about the same prices. Oats rather dearer, and Shelling fully 6d. per load higher. Beans, fresh and dry, fetch rather more money, and for all descriptions there is m orn inquiry. No variation in Malt or other articles. 11% 5' 2 1 4 2 1 / 3 2 3 /zi 43 2 % 3 DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, APRIL 17.—The Second Chamber of the States-General. The central section made its report on the project of law, containing some legal ordinance respecting Limberg. The debate on the two proj , ets of law was fixed for Saturday next. ROTTERDAM, APRIL 16. —We learn with great pleasure that the Government has measures in contem plation for imtnediately forwarding the East India let ters, which arrive at Helvcetsluys too late for the post, so that the delay to which this correspondence has been subject will be avoided. _ UTRECHT, APRIL 15.—1 t is generally believed here to be quite certain that the railway from the Rhine to Arnheim will be opened about the middle of next month. BERGEN•op-Zooltl, 17.—An address from 40 inhabitants of this town has lately been sent to the Se cond Chamber of the States General, in which address, for the reasons therein stated, they approve of the pro posal made by some members for revising the funda mental law, and solicit the Chamber to adopt the propo sal as it stand 3, or with such modifications as shall sin to be advisable. Among the persons who have signed the address, there e seven members of the Municipal Council, which consists of fifteen members in all, and one member of the Provincial Assembly ; all the others are among the principal and wealthiest inhabitants. BERLIN, APRIL 13.—The most recent letters trom his Royal Highness Prince Waldemar are dated the 12th of February, from Ka . manda, the capital of the kingdom of N.paul, a few leagues from tile frontiers of Th They arrived here on the 10th inst., in the surprisingly short time of 57 days. The Prince and his Wtendant are in excellent health, and greatly delighted wi.h all they had seer) in ttptir tour. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, APRIL 18. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2 1 %. per Cent • • • . • • • 64% 64% 3 per Cent • ..... •••••• - • • • • • 78 % 79 Ditto, 4 per Cent. • ..... ............ 100 100% Arnort Syndic, 414 per Cent ••• • • • .... 99% 1004 Ditto, 316 per Cent................ 114 .9436 Commercial Company, 416 per Cent 15216 152% East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • .• 100 10016 Exchange on London, at siht Two m0nth5......... 12 22 On Hambnrgh, at sight .• .. 35 75 Two mouths. ....... •••• • • • 35 43 —Dutch Papers. April 18. AUSTItIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Arau. 11. 5 per Cent. Metalliques•- ••••• • • • •• •• •• 113 1 ,6 4 per Cent. ditto. 1024 3 per Cent. ditto • Bank Shares Esterhazy's Loan •••. • • • • 584 —Ailgemeine Zeitung, April 14. THE MAYNOOTH BILL. ANALYSIS 01f 1 T111 4 3 DIVISION ON THE SECOND READING: - • Majority, including Ttliers— Conservatives Liberals 160 IGS Inority, including Tellers — Conservatives Liberals Absent— Conservatives Liberals Speaker Seats vacant— Grt ent•ck West Kent Downsturo Sudbury (2) - 325 147 --- 178 66 83 GREENt)CK ELECTION. GLASGOW, THURSDAY.-111r. Walter Baine was this day elected Member for Greenock, in opposition to Mr. Alexander Dunlop, by a majority of six. The numbers were— For Mr. Baine For Mr. Dunlop 344 Majority —6 Both candidates are Liberals and advocates of free trade. Mr. Dunlop appeared as an opponent of the Maynooth grant, and the election turned entirely on this point, Mr. Baine having declared himself in favour of the measure. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, APRIL 18. The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Standing Order:: — Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway). Waterford and Limerick Railway. Gloucester and Deau Forest Railway. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway (Ex tension from Dudley to Wolverhampton). East Dereham and Norwich Railway. London and Croydon Railway (Orpington Branch). London andCroydon Railway (Maidstone, Ashford, and Ton bridge Branch). London and Croydon Railway Enlargement. London and Croydon Railway (Chatham to Chilham Branc). South• Eastern Railway ( London and Greenwich Railway Widening and Extension). South-Eastern Railway (Tonbridge to Tunbridge Wells) Charnet Valley Railway. Cambridge and Lincoln Railway,—Petition for addi tional provision; referred to the Select Committee on Peti • tions for Private Bills. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.. South Eastern Railway (Hungerford-bridge to Chilham, with Branches). South Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Tunbridge and Pad dock Wood). Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway. Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway. Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension Railway. Dies and Colchester Junction Railway. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester &c., Exten sions) Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Deviation) Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Wolverhampton Line). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Branch and Cheltenham Extension). 'Midland Railways Company (Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol and Gloucester Railways Purchase). Aberdare Railway. Guildford Junction Railway. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway. Londonderry and Enniskilien Railway. North Wales Mineral Railway. Liverpool and Manchester Railway. • Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. Liverpool, Urmskirk, and Preston Railway (Skelmersdale Branch). Staines and Richmond Railway. TUESDAY. APRIL 22. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Acts Amendment. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23. Goole and Doncaster RitilwaT. Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester Rail ways. THURSDAY, APRIL 24. Glasgow Harbour Union Railway. Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. 2). FRIDAY, APRIL 25. London and Brighton Railway (Dorking Branch). Harwich and Eastern Counties Railway (No. 2). NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRI VATE BILL OFFICE, - FRIDAY, F APRIL 18. Caledonian Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, April 28. at twelve. Clydesdale Junction Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon day, April 28, at twelve. Scottish Central Railways,—C.-immittee on Bill, Monday, April 28, at twelve. Cambridge and Lincoln Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, April 28, at twelve. Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. I),—Committee on petition, adjourned till Monday. April 28. Great Western (Ire:and) Railway (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone),—Committee on petition, adjourned till Wed nesday, April 23. Sheffield and Bother= Railway,—Committee on Bill, April 28, at twelve. Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Railway, —Committee on Bill, Tuesday, April 29, at twelve. Newcastle and Berwick iiailway,—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, April 29, at twelve. Grand Junction Railway,—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, April 29, at twelve. Preston and Wyre Railway Branches,—Second reading. Tuesday, April 22. Exeter and Crediton Railway,—Second reading, Tuesday, April 22. Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. 2)—Committee on petition postponed from Tuesday, April 22, till Thursday, April 24. Eastern Union and Ilarwich Railway and Pier (No. 2), — Committee on petition, postponed from Monday, April 21, till Friday, April 25. Bridgwater Navigation and Railway,—Report, Monday, April 21. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway (No. 2), —Committee on petition, postponed from Monday, April 21, till Friday, April 25. Monmouth and Hereford Railway,—Second reading, Tues day, April 22. Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Rail wan—Sectind reading, Ttlefi lay, April 22. Scottish Midland Junction Raiiway,—.Second reading, Tuesday, April 22. MR. WILSON AND THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND.—Frid Ir evening, at the Duchess of Kent's grand soirée, Mr. Wilson had the honour of giving a selection of his most admired songs. The Queen and Prince Albert were present, the Grand Dachess Stephanie, all the Foreign Ambassadors, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and a large assemblage of the Nobility. Her Majesty was pleased to express to Mr. Wilson the gratification she had received by his unique performance of the songs of his countr y THE LONDON OR PH AN ASYLUM.—TaIe thirtieth anniversary festival of the London Orphan Asylum was held on Thursday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. About 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner, amongst whom we noticed Colonel Thomas Wood, M.P., Joseph Smiles, Esq„ M.P., Hon. Col. Howard, Robert Hanbitry, Esq., and several of the principal bankers arid' merchants in the City. The Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., presided. The Noble Chairman, after the usual, formalities, gave " Psos ' perity and success to the London Orphan Asylum," and di lated at length upon the benefits conferred .by this excellent institution. The number of children is now 392 (120 girls and 272 boys), making the number who have received the support of the charity from its commencement 1,485. The Noble Chairman then passed in review the vicissitudes at tending the affairs of the charity during the past year ; the most marked of which was the resignation of their old and valued secretary, the Rev. Dr. Reid, who, for a period of 31 Years displayed unbounded devotion to its interests, together With the retirement of a large body of nonconformists from their disapprobation of exclusive religious formularies. The legacies during the year amounted to about 2,000/. The honorary secretary, the Rev. J. C. Abdv, another old and valued friend of the institution, died that morning. The Noble Chairman eulogised the domestic management, and pointed to the children in the room, indicating by their h a ppy countenances that their physical comforts were not neglected. The toast was drunk with all the honours. The health of th members 'for the county (seknowied g edby C o l . T. Wood) NIl s then drunk, and the Rev. 31r. Jackson and i the clergy w 0 had preached for the charity, aid the secre taries (acknowledged by the Rev. Mr. Charnpnevs), with other toasts were then drunk with due honour. The dinner and wines as usual did credit to the establishment. The total subscriptions announced during the evening amounted to nearly 2,0001. LLYNVI IRON CO.MPANY, PORTHCAWL.— We are informed that this company have commenced building a new furnace, forge, and revolving mills, at their works. The number of men lately engaged at these works is large, whose wages were on the Ist of last month advanced 5 per cent., and a further advance of 711 per cent. takeiplace from the sth of April.-.-Swansea Journal. NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. The eleventh annual exhibition of this Society opened on Saturday fur private view, and it will be open to the public this day. The exhibition this year is superior to that of last year in the merit of toe pictures, indeed we might almost be justified in saying that it is the best exhibition with which the Society has yet presented us. The pictures are 314 in number, and by far the greater number of them are of great merit—really good pictures. At the late hour at which we write it is impossible to do more than merely indicate some few of those which struck us the most forcibly. The gem of the exhibition is certainly the Prisoner of Gisors, by E. H. Wehnert (61). "In the tower of the ancient ca4le of Gisors in Brittany are still remaining some fragments of rude sculpture in bas-relief. with which a state prisoner ornamented such parts of bis dungeon walls as were sufficiently lighted to enable him to watch the progress of his work. Tradition informs us that these bas-reliefs were executed with a nail." The fixed and unutterable . look of melancholy imprinted on the features of the prisoner, as he sits con templating his work with a nail raised in his left hand ready to give the last touches to a bas-relief of the Crucifixion, his right resting on his bench, and grasping the rough stone which served him as a mallet, is beautiful in the , extreme. It riminds one of Sterne's description of the captive. No. 81. Ferdinand visiting Rubens at his studio in Ant werp, by Louis Heghe, Is a line subject, which has been treated in a most a; f ist-like manner. No. 112. Pope Gregory freeing the Saxon youths from Britain who were exposed to sale in the market-place. at Rome, is a beautiful illustration of an interesting passage in the Ecclesiastical History of England. It was the pur chase of these youths which led to the mission of St. An gus.iiie and the conversion of England to Christianity. No. 151. The south-west Tower of Rouen Cathedral by R. K. Petison, is one of those fine architectural drawings of the buildings of the middle ages, with which S. Front was wont in days gone by to delight us. Dinant on the Meuse, No. 152, by the same artist, is a land scape of exceeding brilliancy. It might almost be taken for an early drawing of Turner's. The grouping of No. 191, Pilgrims to the Holy Well, by F. W. Topham, is exquisite. No. 239, the Village Water-course, by J. M. Youngman, might take place as a landscape beside some of the happiest efforts of Gamsborough. The subject of No. 257, John Knox exhorting Mary Queen of Scots to attend the Protestant Communion, has been admirably treated by W. H. Kearney, who has pro duced an excellent historical picture. There are various other pictures of a very high degree of merit. a notice of which want of space compels us to omit for the present, but we cannot conclude without expressing our opiaion that this exhibition reflects the ighest credit on the art and the artists of England. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. The absence of several members at Newmarket has caused bush;ess to be very fiat here. The three first favourites for the, Chester Cup have been touched upon to a trifle, and Ould Irvisn , l to a large sum. THE DERBY.—Idas, Alarm, Weatherbit, and Winchilsea, were ale in force. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS.-7 to 2 laid agst Weatherbit to 501.—offers to take 5 to 4 about Idas-5 to 2 about Win chilsea, and 4 to 1 about Kent's lot. CASTLE HOWARD STEEPLE-CHASE.—THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, 3 ft., with 25 added; four years, lOst 91b; five y ears, list Clb; six years and aged, l 2 st ; thoroughbred, 51b extra; winner of 501., 71b extra. Four miles. (17 Subs.) Mr. F.A. Milbank's The Hawk, aged...(Mr. C. Raynard) 1 Mr. Simpson's Aggravator, aged Mr. Green's Ragman, aged Nine others ran. Won easy, by three lengths. DURHAM R ACES. -FRIDAY- The Two Years-old Stakes of 10 guineas each, with 20 sovs. added • from the fund; colts, Bst 31b, andlillies; three quarters of a mile. (3 Subs.) Mr. llesseltine's Fiddlestring . (Bumby) 1 Mr. Fawcett's Miss Georgie 2 The Cup Stakes of 10 guineas each; two miles. (6 Subs.) Mr. Surtees nd Beaufront, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Joy) 1 Mr. Shaftoe's Bashaw, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 2 Mr. Salwin's Pedometer, 4 yis, Bst 31b 3 The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each ; four yrs, lOst 121 b ; five yrs, list 81b; six yrs, and aged, 12st ; half-bred allowed Albs; two miles. (4 Subs.) Captain Allan's Wasp, 6 yrs (Mr. Headlam) 1 Mr. Blaydon's Palamon, aged 2 3 Mr. Pack's Rival, aged GREAT LEINSTER and MUNSTER RAILWAY. A meeting of a few of the Shareholders of this Company was held on Saturday at theLondonTavern, Bishopsgate-street - Mr. LATOUCH was called to the chair shortly after one o'clock, when there were but very few Shareholders present: Mr. Smut apologised for the negligence of one of his clerks, in not sending circulars to all the Shareholders ; an d read a report of the last meeting and a minute of the pro ceedings adopted at the meeting of the Wexford, Carlow , and Dublin Junction Railway Committee, which was to the e effect that a report had been received from the Committee the Great Leinster and Munster Railway, which reconl mended the issue of 6,000 shares for the undertaking. d Mr. SHAW said that he understood that the Dublin a° Cashel Junction Line was to cross the Barrow at Carlow; Mr. SauTH said, in answer to a Shareholder, that the IN e%_ ford and Carlow shares were now at a premium of 2/. per sha e. The Directors of the Carlow and hilkenny line would have no powers but those they derive under the old Bill; but all the papers would be referred to the solicitors, in order that every necessary precaution should be taken. He believed the title of the new scrip would be the Carlow and Kilkenny Line; and that, on the payment of V. 10s.,each Shareholder would get anotherscrip; and it was intended, in the next ses sion, to apply for a Bill to consolidate the Carlow and Kil kenny Line with that of Wexford. Mr. WiLsos—The question for this Company was, would such a proposition be advisable ? He did not see why it would not. Mr. SMITP. believed there could be no doubt but that the Wexford would be a profitable line. When the consolida tion should. take place, then the Directors of the Kilkenny line would become Directors of the Wexford and Carlow line. Mr. ROBERTSON suggested that this meeting should be ad journed until some negotiation had taken place between the two parties. Mr. WILSON concurred in the suggestion, as he did not think anything decisive should emanate from so thin a meeting. The Shareholders agreelto the proposition, and adjourned to Saturday next. A cortespondent assures us that her Ma;esty has entirely set her face against the polka, and has given instruc tions that it should not be again danced in her presence. -- B 7 ighto.l Gazette. DE VIII OF MR FARRELL, THE CLERK OF TI-1 6 COUitSE :a E. - 2som.—Thursday information was sent to Arr. Carter, the Coroner for Sur, ey, that Mr. Joseph Farrell, who - has so long held the situation of clerk of the course, die" suddeidv. It appeared inn the statement sent to the Coro' tier that Mr. Farrell was at work in his garden when he sud denly fell down and died. His death is much regretted. he g is a r, tutu of the tratEe anthe Gravesend and Rochester Railway, for the week ending April 11 ' 1845 :—Passsengers, 4,164 ; Amount, 11Si. Ps. Id. PUBLIC DINNER TO SIR HENRY POTTINGER AT GLAsoow.—On Wednesday the corporation, the Trades-hones the Chamber of Commerce, and the East India Association Of Glasgow, gave a grand dinner to Sir Henry Pottinger. The CO't. pany was very numerous, and the speeches highly complimenta r y to the Right Hon. Baronet. The Hon. the Lord Provost acted as chairman, and Lord Dean, of Guild Leadbetter, Deacon Con vener Browtilie, William Sterling, Esq., of Kenmure, Chairman Of the Chamber of Commerce, and Henry Dunlop, Esq., Chairman of the East India Association, officiated as croupiers. Sir George Larpent was also present as a guest. SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING BOOTHS AT ASCOT RACES.—The entire suppression of the gambling booths at the races at Ascot, having caused a considerable diminution in the race fund, in consequence of the loss sustained by the ground they occupied (and which realised a large sum paid for its hire) being no longer required, it has been determined by the Committee to let out the best situation on the course, in the immediate vicinity of the grand stand, for the erection of an extensive bazaar, to be ap propriated exclusively to the sale of fancy goods during the races. DETERMINED SUICIDE AT lIAMMERSMITH.—On Wednesdly night Mrs. Emma Peasgood, the wife of the landlord of the Britannia public-house at the corner of the Fulham-road, near Hammersmith church, was found in her bed-room quite dead, suspended from the bedstead by a stay lace. Various reports are in circulation relative to the or" curn6tances and the causes whici led the unfortunate wornall , who was not thirty years of age, to destroy herself. I . IIE RIGHT OF SEARCH.—The Duke de Broglie has raised a very strong objection on the above question dui big his late conference with Dr. Lushingtnn. That noble man says he thinks Sir H. Peel ought to be satisfied with one privilege, of search instead of two ; and that, as the Premier has established a new sight of search by diving into the people's pocks is for the income-tax at home, afford to wave the old privilege respecting foreigners.—The Great Gun. he can well MILITARY FOOT-RACES AT WINDSOR.—On Thurs day afternoon an immense number of persons, including several of the nobility and gentry, and the officers of the two regiments in gar: icon at Windsor, were assembled in the Long-,. - ulk, to witness bevel al foot-races between the privates of the Coldstream Guards, got up by the officers of the reg . i" meet, by whom the prizes were subscribed tor, and distri buted. Twenty-three started for the first race, the distance being two hundred yards, which was accomplished by th e winner (Pearson) in lees than twenty seconds. A match was then run by Lord F. Paulet's horse, rode by its owner, against Lieutenant Somerset, on foot; the distance being one hundred yards, fifty out and in, which was won by Lieu:,; ant Somerset. Colonel 11. Bentmck then rode his li , r:;e over the same ground, against the same officer, the horse winning easily.. Lieutenant Somerset then mounted Lord F. Paulet's horse, and ran against his Lordship, who was on foot and beat him by ten yards. Several other snatches were afterwards run by the privates; the winners receiving prizes varying from a sovereign to five shillings- A grand trial of skill will shortly take place between a cer tain number of the crack ietiestrians in each of the regi ments stetio:.ed at Windsor. AFFAIR OF 110Ntrtia.— A boitile meeting took place yesterday morning, between the Hon. Dominic Daly, Provin cial Secretary, and the Hon. T. C. Aylwyn ; the former attende d by S. Derbisbire, Esq., and the latter by Dr. Tache, M. PP. Di r. Dminic Da'y was resolved that the session should not termina te without his doing something to rescue himself from the contempt into which he has fallen. He, on Tuesday night, used language to Mr. Aylwyn publicly in the House, which no duellist could avoid noticing in the mannrr that was desired. We quote the Courier's report, and would merely add that some of Mr. Daly's supporter:, cried oat very audibly across the floor, " Tr,ke that ; take al': . —Mr. Aylevyn—" I hr.ve read Mr. Bull's pamphlet, given me by the Mem! ar for Megant , c." Mr. Daly—" I have no recollecti on of it." Mr. Aylwyn—" Yrs. you did." Mr. Daly—" Ido not believe it." Mr. Ay iwyn )—" I say you did." Mr Daly-- " Sir, it is false." Mr. Aylwyn—" What do you say Mr. D atl —" I ray that it is false." Mr. Aylwyn sat down. immediate steps were taken to arrange a meeting, which fortunately terminated without bloodshed, after an exchange of shots. I t is singular enough that while in England her Majesty is giving proof almos .. daily of her deep anxiety to suppress the barbarous custom of duel lirg, whets by the very last mail we have accounts of a surgeon being dismissed, and in ensign put at the foes of the list for being implicated in an Whir of this kind, a member of the Canadian Go' vernmeut should set such an example to the people.—Pflot, go" treat paper. I co, s. I UU; 1 Alf 'ilk 1 Qll I !kc 18 8