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went going to declare that what had happened with wool would happen with corn—(Hear, hear) —but he said some thing else—not corn.—(Hear , hear.) And when he (Mr. Villiers) brought forward—as he should do—his motion for the repeal of the corn-laws, the Right Hon. Gentleman would Bud some peculiar circumstances that distinguished wool from corn.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped the public .ould read that part cf the Right Hon. Gentleman's speech, which was as good a free-trade argument as h e h a d ever heard, and satisfy themselves whether there was an y justice in continumg this additional tax, and whether or not they ought not to resolve, with his Hon. Friend, that as the tax was to be perpetual— and perpetual it must b e if the corn-laws existed —they ought not to make it as just and as little odious as pos . ible , Mr. AIUNTZ said the Hon. Member for Stockport had referred to him to co nfirm a statement contained in a letter from Birmingham. He could not confirm it further than this, that he knew there was such a person living in Birming ham. But he could confirm the assertion that, from the mode of proceeding, the income-tax was not very popular in that town. The income-tax, if not to he eternal, would evidently be of long duration, for they had heard that if it was not im posed, they must raise three millions another way. When it was imposed, the Right Hon. Gentleman hoped that the elasticity of the country would enable him to dispense with it. He was always frightened when he heard a Minister talk about the elasticity of the resources of the country. But it had not come into operation ; and without the income-tax there would not- only be a deficiency, but the revenue would -be in a state of great depression. The diffi culty was the taking from one elan to give to another. If the Right Hon. Baronet could do that, he would do a great deal, but he doubted, even with the property-tax, whether the Right Hon. Baronet, with all his ingenuity, would be Ale to effect it. Another reason for his rising was to notice what seemed a wilful misrepresentation in one of the evening prints —the House would stop him if he were irregular. It was there stated that he said the Right Hon. Baronet had improved the condition of one class of society by taking from another —taking from the rich to give it to the poor. He distinctly stated that the Right Him. Baronet had taken from the agricultural inte rest to give to the manufacturing. By the agricultural interest he did not mean the landlords, but the working class, amongst whom the greatest distress prevailed. He was still cf the same opinion. He would not keep the House long, but it was necessary for him to say some thing.—(Great laughter.) He meant necessary for him to set himself right before the public—not to enlighten the British House of Commons.—( Hear, hear.) A disea-e per vaded the benches upon which he (Mr. Murez) sat to a great extent. There was a free trade mania, which raged so tre mendously that the very , mention of the word free" was eagerly caught b 7 Dorf. Gentlemen near him, and he verily believed that. if the Right Hon. Gentleman had declared they were free to hang themselves, these gentlemen would say it was a step in the right direction.—( Roars of laughter.) They caught up those declarations with great avidity, and did not give themselves time to consider the real tendency of the mea sures proposed by Government. Regarding the tax itself, he was now of the same opinion as he had expressed the other might—he would vote for a property - tax,_ but was entirely ad verse to an income-tax. He thought a property-tax a salu tary measure under existing circumstances. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it ... Majority against the amendment THE'POWER OF APPEAL UNDER THE INCOME. TAX. On the gallery being re-opened, Mr. MILES was moving his amendment, " That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for all persons assessed under schedule B, should they feel themselves aggrieved by such assessment, to appeal to the Commissioners for General Purposes, ten days' notice thereof in writing being given to the assessor or surveyor of the district ; and the said Commissioners are hereby empowered to hear and determine such appeal, under the rules and regulations for appeals under schedule D, in the aforesaid recited Act ; provided that no person so appealing shall be charged by the aforesaid Commis sioners more than the sum of threepence-halfpenny in England, and twopence-halfpenny in Scotland, for every twenty shillings of the property he occupies." The Right Hon. Baronet had taken from the agricultural tenantry of England the profits they had till that time enjoyed, and Set he added to their burdens by the present income-tax. If the tax were proved to be bad, why should they not amend it ? What mattered it whether it were to be continued for a longer or shorter period ? He could give them an instance of the operation of this tax on tenant-farmers. He knew a friend who possessed six or seven hundred acres of land, and upon every hundred acres he had expended a capital of 7001. While he was in possession of this farm he married a lady possessed of considerable property in the funds. He paid the income-tax in the first year without disturbing this property, but in the last year he was obliged to draw 6001., and this year he would have to draw other 6001. from money which he intended should remain to accumulate for the benefit of his children. It was right and just that they should have the allowance he required made to them, and he therefore asked that a power should be inserted in the Bill to enable them, when they were surcharged, to submit their accounts to the revision of the authorised Commissioners. The clause was then brought up and read a first time. On the question being put of the second reading, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said, he thought he should best consult the feelings of the House at that late period of the night if he simply confined himself to the statement of his Hon. Friend, and the reasons which would induce him not to accede to his proposition. His Hon. Friend proposed that the tenants of land should be per mitted in case of their profits being mis-stated to appeal to the Commissioners and obtain an abatement of their proportion of the tax. Now it appeared to him that the ar rangement would be essentially unjust. The House would bear in mind the circumstances under which the assessment upon tenant-farmers was made. A specific rate was always imposed upon them according to the amount of their rental. It was stated, when the measure was first introduced, that persons engaged in farming land, found it extremely difficult to keep the same books of account as traders and professional men. It was therefore judged advisable to take a limited pro. portion of the rent, and in the Ent instance, the amount was at three-fourths the annual rental paid to the landlord. This was agreed to in 1816, but in 1842 the amount was reduced to one half the rent, and the same provision was made in the Bill now before the House. His Hon. Friend asked the House to allow the tenant-farmer the right of appeal in cases where he sus tained loss, but his lion. Friend did not say that say addition should be given to the public for increased profits. He did not pretend to have a very extensive knowledge of farming, but he was perfectly well aware that a farmer often increased his expenditure in one sear in anticipation of augmenting his income in the succeeding year ; and hence, if the Hon. Member's amendment were agreed to, it would be attended with serious loss to the Exchequer. His lion. Friend would bear in mind that no tenant was assessed whose, rental was less than 3001., and this was an advantage given to no other trade or profession. Under these circum stances,.he must resist the second reading of the clause. The House then divided, when there appeared. For the amendment ..... • 92 Against it Majority fur Ministers —lo4 On the re-admission of strangers, we found Mr. SPOONER bringing forward the amendment of which he had given notice , relating to certain deductions to be made from the income-tax assessment for poor and local rates, and other expenditure. Mr. HUTT begged leave to suggest to the Hon. Member for Birmingham that it would be expedient to propose the amendment at another stage of the Bill, so as :not to interfere with the progress of those measures remaining to be disposed of in the Committee of Ways and Means, by the delay of which much inconvenience was occasioned to trade. Sir R. PEEL felt that the delay of the final determination of the House upon the export duty of coal, for instance, was a great inconvenience. The Hon. Member for Birmingham might allow the Committee of Ways and Means to proceed to night, and move his amendment en the third reading of the Bill on Wednesday. Mr. SPOONER, did not wish to stand in the way of public business,,and would act upon the suggestion of the Right Hon. Baronet. After some conversation, very imperfectly heard in the gallery, Mr. WA KLEY also postponed to Wednesday (on the third reading of the Bill), the amendment of which he had given not ice. Mr. FORSTBA and Sir R. H. Noels likewise postponed their amendment.. Mr. GREENE then brought up the report, which was read and received, and ordered to be engrossed. The House then went through a Committee of Ways and Means. Colonel SIBTHORP moved that returns moved for on the 7th of February, respecting the Poor Law Commissioners ; Feb. 19, Comptroller of the Exchequer ; Feb. 21, Fire In surance, be forthwith laid on the table.—Ordered. Mr. HUME moved for a copy of the orders of the Govern ment of India for the establishment of the Council of Educa tion in Bengal, and at the other presidencies ; also a return of tl eestablishments maintained in 1843 for the promotion of "location amongst the natives of British India, and the sala ries and expense of the same ; also, a statement of the funds supplied by the Indian Government, and from other sources, for the support of education in British India, and the expendi• lure of the same, under sep3rate heads, at each of the several Presidencies; also, a return of the names of distributors and sub-distributors of stamps, in England and Scotland, the dates of their appointments, the amount of security given by each, the rate per cent., and the amount of per centage paid to them severally in the year 1844 (to correspond with Parliamentary Paper, No. 364, of Se4sion 1834)_: ---Ordered. GAME- LAWS. Mr. BRIGHT moved for the appointment of the following Members, as a Select Committee on the game-laws :—Mr. Bright, Mr. I3urroughes, Lord George Bernina, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. CripFs, Viscount Clive, Mr. Wil liam Mackenzie, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Etwall, Mr. Grantlev Berkeley, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. George Caven dish, and Mr. Trelawney. Mr. C. BERKELEY rose to move as an amendment— That the names of Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Gregory be inserted in place of Mr. George Cavendish and Mr. Beuverie. The Hon. Member said he thought he had reason to complain of the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department with regard to the constitution of the Committee. It would be,in the recollection of the House that, daring the discussion which took place on the motion of the lion. Member ft- Durham, he told the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Graham) that he would accede to the appointment, provided the appointments were constituted in a fair and im partial manner. Now he must say that a more unfair or partial Committee he could not conceive. It was perfectly true that the names of three gentlemen had been taken from the list, and three others substituted. He thought it requisite that three of those Members should be omitted and three others substituted. Of two of those three he knew nothing, but of the other he happened to know some thing, he meant the Hon. Member for Lynn (Lord G. Ben tinck ), of that H on . M em b er he must say that he d •emed him a very improper partial person. He r never attended quarter sessions. —(Hear, hear.) He kn a z i t t ttle and cared less about the circumstances of the country (Laughter on all sides of Li Hotioswe. were conducted. they y He (Mr. Craven Berkeley) thought this Committee ( Hear, ought to be put on an im partial and equitable footing—(lleac, hear)—and r) e a t nu turf hareiddriadeni racing think that that Noble Lord's partiality f went at all to tit utralze his hostility to that littl e animal for whose mining operations the Hon Member for Durham (Mr. Bright) the other night expre sse d such a regard. He He did not wish to see the Committee composed o f Anti law l e aguers and game preservers, but lie thought th at other ' s ought to be added who were known for their impartiality, at tention, and ability. For this reason be should move that the name of the Hon. Member for Kiltnarnock should be erased, and that of the Member fir Dublin substituted. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that he did not think that there was any reason to complain of his conduct in the nomina tion of this Committee. It had been his earnest desire, bath in public and private, and in everything he had said, that this Committee shou!d he impartial. And he must say that in this matter the Hon. Member for Durham (Mr. Bright) had met him in a spirit of similar good will and right feeling. lie said, in ju-tice to that Hon. Gentleman, that he had never been concerned in the formation of a committee which had been proceeded with in so unexceptionable a manner as it had teen conducted by the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gentle man moved the Committee. It was usual that the mover of a ( ounnittee shouldidemand that a majority of Members of his:own w_y of thinking should be placed on that Committee. He (Sir James Graham) wished that a Herber of the Government should bean the Committee. His position precluded him from being on the Committee, and he expressed a wish to the Hon. Member for Durham that the Under-Secretary of State should be on the Committee. To this the Hon. Gentleman at once agreed. He then requested that six Gentlemen sitting on that (the Ministerial) side of the House should be on the Commit tee, and to that the Hon. Member acceded, and he (Sir James Graham) named Lord Marsham, Mr. Hope Johnstone, and Mr. Bramstcn. He al2o nominated Mr. Grantley Berkeley to serve on the Committee. It turned out that Lord Marsham, Mr. Bramstone, and Mr. Hope Johnstone could not attend on the Committee, and he then nominated Lord G. Bentinck, Mr. Cripps, and Mr. Mackenzie. The Hon. Member bad fallen into these arrangements, and had done all in his power to assist the Government, and if the Hon. Gentleman should oppose the motion for the rejection of Mr. Cowper, he ( Sir J. Graham) should support him. Mr. BRIGHT could not accede to the proposition of the Hon. Member for Cheltenham. The Hon. Member had said that six members of the Anti-Corn-law League were on the Committee. This was not the fact, as only three were on the Committee who were connected with that association. lie (Mr. Bright) could not understand why the Hon. Member objected to the name of Lord George Bentinck, seeing that he himself had put a notice on the paper on the 3d of March to nominate that Noble Lord on the Committee. Mr. G. BERKELEY believed the Committee was formed in a manner likely to give satis'action. After a few words from Mr. VILLIERS, Mr. C. BERKELEY said he had resisted the appointment of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, because ho believed he entertained the same views as the Hun. Member for Dur ham. He should divide the House. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority for the original Committee —B7 Mr. C. BERKELEY then moved that the name of Lord Palmerston be nominated as a Member of the Committee, in stead of Mr. Thomas Cavendish. Mr. BRIGHT, knowing that Mr. Cavendish would attend the Committee, declared he should not accede to the proposition. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority against the Amendment The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past One o'clock. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Monday) Evening contained — The Report of the Standing Orders Committee on Railways. The Betting at Tattersall's up to Six o'clock. The Conclusion of the Day's Proceedings of the In quest at Black wall. A Full Report of the Evening's Proceedings of both Houses of Parliament up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., M AIDS OF HONOUR; A TALE OF THE COURT OF GEORGF. I. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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Tins EVENING Will be repeated (second tine in this country), Verdi's new Opera, ERNANI. . In Four Prtrts—lst., Thel3ltndtt;2l.' The Guest; 3d., The Pardon; 4th., The Mask. With new scenery by Mr. Marshall. . _ Elvira, Borio dioYanna, Mdlle. Benin' ; Ruy Gomez, Signor Fornasari ; Don Carlos, Signor Botelli ; Ernani, Signor Moriant. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; ou, LA. DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. Principal Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Court Edgard), Nlddle Lucile Gratin ; Rubezahl (le Gnome), M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint ; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Goseelfn. In the course of the Ballet the tollowing Dances will be introduced : Waltxe Selesiknne, by the Coryphecs of the Corps de Ballet. Psi de la Fiancee—Mdlle. Lucile Grabs; and 3f. Toussaint, Pas do Clug (composed lir M. Gosselin)—Mdlies. Louise IVelss, I•'er. dlnand, Demelisse, Cassan, and Moncelet. 241azonrka VExtase—Mdlle. 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Mr. Distill and his Fear Sons will play some of their most popular Noce& After which, GRANDFATHER 'WHITEHEAD. To conclude with TILE BOARDING SCHOOL. TIIEAT►tE ROYAL, ADELPHL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will Do repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE tREI::N Bl' SIZES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennudy, Mr. Selby ; George, Arr. Hudson : 3turtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Orinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Madame Celeste. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. To conclude with NORMA. Polito, Miss Woolgar ; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright ; Groves°, Miss Reynolds. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama (Nom the French), entitled THE CARBONARI ; or, The Bride of Parma. In which Mr. Compton, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Emma Stanley will perform. After which, MONSEIGNEUR; or, PARIS IN 1720. Mon seigneur, Mr. Wallack ; Germaine, Mr. Oxberry; Rosanne, Miss E. Stanley; Annette, Miss Marshall. To he followed by THE IRISH WEDDING. Principal Characters by Mdlles. Caroline Roussel and Teresine, Miss Marshall, and Messrs, J. Rousset, Marshall, anti Gilbert. Atter which, THE REAR-ADMIRAL. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. (tinder the Direction of Miss Davenport.) THIS EVENING Will be pertbrmed LA DAME DE ST. TROPEZ ; or, The Poisoner. George Maurice, Mr. Waldron ; Charles D'Art , el, Mr. Binge ; Hortense, Miss Davenport. After which, a Favourite Ballet, called THE JOVIAL MILLERS. Supported by Mr. Flexmore, Miss Wright, &c. To eoiwludo with .PERFECTION. Kate O'Brien, Miss L. Melville. LOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE A Crand Concentration or Excellence and Variety at thQ above Theatre FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. RAYNER, And Last Night of the Season. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, Will be performed TILE SCHOOL OF REFORM. Robert Tyke (first time these twelve years), Mr. Rayner; Mrs, Ferment, Miss L. Melville. Miss Davenport will, for the first time, sustain the cha racter of Chart. A GRAND CONCERT by talented Artistes. To conclude with A NAUTICAL DRAMA. Tickets and Places of Mr. Rayner, 12, Southampton-buildings, Holborn. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE HONEYMOON. Snpported by the wholo Company. After which, ALICE GREY ; The Suspected One, or the Moral Brand. To conclude with THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS ; or, The Dog and the Standard. THE WEATHER.-Smi OFFICE, MARCH U. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 31 ; Highest, 40 ; Noon, 36 BAROMETER, 30.3.—W1ND, N. N. 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 :he other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-MUDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 47 minutes after 3 Evening .. 4 minutes after 4. 4-19 i f aVi t ow fti N. ; L VI4II et , • 111 r 4 „11",1 11, 17/ El 7 1 , ,fant...A14,,,,eN: SECOND EDITION. fr touting .1413 A-. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCII 11, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. The Earl of MINTO postponed his motion on the sub ect of Otaheite until Friday. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the Jewish Relief Bill. He proposed to relieve tlieJews from the disabilities under which they at present laboured with regard to holding municipal offices, by omitting in their case the words, " in the true faith of a Christian," from the oath required by law to be taken by persons before they could be admitted to such offices, thus put ting Jews on the samo footing with Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists. The Bishop of LONDON, in consenting to the motion, distinctly reserved to himself the right of opposing the Bill in a future stage, if he should see fit. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE and Lord BROUGHAM supported the Bill, as did Lord CAMPBELL, who ex pressed a hope that, in the next session of Parliament, the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack would come down to the House with a Bill which would en able a person of the Jewish persuasion not only to sit in the Court of Aldermen of the City of London, but to a Feat in the Legislature of the country. Lord COLCBVSTER could not think it proper that persons of the Jewish religion sh ou ld b e allowed to sit in Parliament. He would not, however, oppose the present measure. After a few words from Lord RLDESDALE, the Bill was read a second time. Lord MONTEAGLE brought in a Bill to amend the la% s relating to pauper lunatics in Ireland, which was read a first time. The Constables (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed, and their Lordships ad journed. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. After the transaction of private business and the pre sentation of petitions, On the motion that the . report on the income• tax be received, Mr. C. But LER moved the following resolution by way of amendment :—" That the circumstances under which the renewal of the income-tax is at present pro posed, are such as to render it exceedingly improbable that Parliament will have the power of dispensing with its continuance at the end of three years and that it is therefore the duty of this House to take care that the tax be imposed in a form in which its opera tion shall be less unequal and inquisitorial than it now is." The llon. and Learned Gentleman supported his motion in an argumeEtative, sarcastic, and witty speech, in the course of which he frequently convulsed the House With laughter by his unsparing dissection of what he said had been cal:el " the poor man's budget." His close imitation of the language and style of Sir ROBERT PEEL, as he stated the pains he had taken to make inquiries into the quantity of cotton used in the manufacture of fustian, and the calculations by which he had arrived at the result that the saving effected on a suit of fustian, by the reduction of the duty, would amount to one penny and nine-sixteenths of a penny was most ft licitona, and set the House in a roar. His thrusts were home ones. "'I he Right Hon. Baronet,'' said Mr. BELLER, " will not give the poor man corn— he will not give him butter, but he gives him alum to adulterate his bread, and lard to adulterate his butter." This was loudly ch:ered. It was the most telling speech that has been delivered this session. Mr. EWART seconded the amendment, which was opposed by The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who, in a lengthened speech, defended the financial scheme of the Government. Lord IlowicK supported the amendment, and urged upon the Government the necessity of removing those duties which were imposed, not fur purposes of revenue, but for protection. By so doing they would give relief to the consumer without diminishing the finances of the country. The income-tax was imposed solely to enable the Government to continue the system of protection ; and he hoped that, before the next general election, the electors of England would well consider whether the income-tax should be taken on their shoulders for the purpose of bolstering up, for a few years longer, that system of protection which even the members of the Government were fain to admit, was contrary to the principles of reason and of common sense. Sir H. H. INGLL expressed his belief that there was not a man in the House who did not believe that the property-tax was a tax for ever. They ought not to be contented with the statement of any Minister that the tax was only for three years, and they ought to make it as little oppressive as possible. He thought that some portion of the surplus ought to have been appropriated towards providing for the spiritual wants of the country, and urged the relieving of all charitable a•;d religious societies from payment of the legacy duty. He should support the amendment. Mr. WARBURTON could not supiot t the proposition of the Hon. Member fur Liskeard. Mr. M. MILNES thought the discussion was perfectly useLss. Mr. lIAwEs considered the imposition of the income tax unnecessary, as all the reductions might be effected out of the surplus rev( nue without its continuance. It was for the sake of continuing the protection to sugar that the income-tax was imposed. Mr. SPOONER opposed the amendment. Mr. Hum:, although disapproving of the conduct of Government as regarded the sugar duties, would yet support thorn on the present occasion, because he con sidered direct prefera!ile to indirect taxation. Sir R. PEEL combated the statements of the Hon. Member for Lambeth, and went through a series of calcu lations for the purpose of proving their fallacy. He also argued at great length against all the propositions which had been made for modifying the income-tax. He stated the grounds on which the Government had proceeded in propo,ing the various reductions of duty on different articles. With regard to the article of cot ton, he explained to those who had .hared in the wag gery of the Hon. Member for Liskeard on that subject, that one great object of that reduction had been to enable the manufacturers pf this country to Meet their competitors in the foreign market on better terms. The House was afterwards addressed by Mr. SHEIL, Mr. COBDEN, Lord JOIIN RUSSELL, Mr. VILLIERS, and Mr. MUNTZ after which the amendment was put and negatived, the numbers being, for the amendment, 112, against it 240—majority, 128. An amendment was also proposed, granting an appeal to tenant-farmers, which was lost ; and the other business being disposed of, the .House adjourned at a Quarter past One o'clock. Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord LYNDHURST are deter mined to outbid the Whig leaders in promises and oilers to the advocates of free trade and the enemies of bigotry. But a few years have elapsed since these two pillars of Church and State stood resolutely in every avenue that could lead Catholics and Jews to offices of honour, and emolument, and usefulness, be ' cause their only objects were to pull down the Church, and destroy our glorious Consti tution. To admit a Catholic into Parliament, or a Jew into a municipal corporation, was regarded as great crimes, which would bring down Divine vengeance and tin-Christianis.: the land. These, horrors, however, have vanished. Place and pensions and patronage have done wonders in conjunction with the Reform Bill. Maynooth now has no terrors —nay, it is regarded as a righteous and useful institution; its power is to be increased, Catholics are as good Christians as Protestants, and the crowds that meet annually at Exeter-hall, in May, for the conversion of the Jews, and heaping reproaches upon their fallow-creatures, are treated with as much contempt as the defunct Jumpers and the followers of JOHANNA. S:JUTIICOTE. Every friend of humanity, and every friend, too, of the Christian religion, will rejoice at the result, for persecution only in creases bigotry and cruelty, and is utterly alien to the humane doctrines inculcated by its great Founder. The Catholics have been emancipated—they are admitted into the sacred edifice of the Constitution, and they are found as good subjects, as good senators, and, perhaps, too, as good Christians as their bitter and selfish opponents. The Jews, we confidently hope, are now about to receive the same relief. Even in the House of Lords, where they have hitherto been so fiercely de nounced, no opposition was made to Lord LYNDHURST'S Bill last evening. The Bishop of LONDON, it is true, said something to save appearances; but even that pious and peaceable prelate was utterly harmless—he was ready to yield ; and, though no party to the measure, be would not oppose it, " because it would only raise discussion, and excite angry feelings." All the other bishops were silent, so powerful was the charm practised by the Learned CHANCELLOR. The Bill is very simple, and the security to the Church is as ample as words can make it. A Jew, on claiming to be admitted to office, is required to make a simple de claration to this effect :—" 1 will not exercise any power or authority, or influence, which I may possess by virtue of the office of testant Church as it is established by law in England, nor to disturb the said Church, or the bishops and clergy of the said Church, in the possession of any right or privilege to which such Church, or the said bishops and clergy may be by law entitl e d." The Bill applies only to municipal offices, but the relief to this class cannot stop here ; it must be carried into full effect, for England, so celebrated for her liberal institutions, and in these days so conspicuous for adopting great measures of reform, cannot be outdone by the despotic States of the Continent. The Jews have ever shown themselves peaceable citizens, useful members of society, not given to change, and no class, therefore, could be admitted with more safety to all the rigLts and privileges of Englishmen. We would wish to draw the particular attention of our readers to an advertisement which appears in another co!umn, on the subject of the subscription which has been set on foot to provide for the widows and children of the crew of the boat PlA:mix, of Yarmouth, who, on the 26th of January, perished in the gallant attempt which they made to rescue the cr. w of a shipwrecked brig from a watery grave. The terrific storm, which raged during the whole of that day, will be long remembered. On that occasion five vessels were wrecked near Yarmouth, four on the Scroby Sand, and one on the Barber. " In no one of those cases was there, at the time of their condition being discovered, the slightest probability of saving anything like property. Nothing, thurefore, but the warm promptings of humanity could offer any inducement to the beachmeu to man their boats—yet they hesitated not a single moment, but at once launched their gallant barques and set forward to the rescue. Happily their efforts, in fair instances, were successful in saving all the crews." +~~ -, t .v-✓iNs . . THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11 1845. to pieces; when the Beachmen (with the exception of one man (named Abraham Wetherell), who sank with the yawl —got on board the brig, which was now drifting, and every sea breaking with tremendous violence over her ull. " The accident b , ing witnessed from the shore, several men belonging to the diflerent companies manned the life boat and flew to their assistance. The danger of all was ex treme, and those on shore trembled alike fur the poor fellows on the brig and those in the life-boat, Happily she reached the brig, though too late for many, some of whom were car ried overboard by the falling of the brig's masts, and some drowned on the wreck. Six only of the Phoenix's crew were saved ; and of the brig's crew, who were in a state of ex haustion when the Phoenix first reached her, the whole perished. " Thus in the noble attempt to save the lives of their fel low-men, seven gallant beachmen found a watery-grave, leaving behind them four widows and fourteen children (ten of whom are under twelve years of age) totally unprovided for, as well as the aged mothers of the three single men." • - Immcdiately after the accident a subscription was set on foot, " To provide a fund to relieve the necessities of the be reaved—to reward the noble fellows who so gallantly risked their lives for others—to assist in replacing the serious loss sustained by the boatmen—and to form a nucleus for a per manent fund for the relief of sufferers under similar calamities in future." This is not merely a local affair—it is truly a national obj; ct. Our very existence as a nation de pends upon the maiLtenance of our naval supremacy. That lost, all is lost; and that can only be maintained by fostering, by every means in our power, nurseries such as these for the rearing of a hardy race of seamen. The Naval Estimates are about to be brought forward in Parliament, and we cannot imagine anything more fitting than that the Ministry should propose annually a grant to be included in those estimates towards a national fund for the settling of pen sions on the widows and orphans of those who thus lose their lives, not in the cause of their country alone, but of our common humanity. Her MAJESTY has been pleased to send a donation of 20/., and we trust that her example will be followed by all classes of her subjects. We need not urge on mer chants and shipowners, or all who travel by water, the necessity of contributing largely to this fund. Their own interests will prompt them to do so, for they know not how soon they may be indebted to the exhibi tion of similar heroism,—but we do urge upon every man, be his station high or low, who has the good of his cr untry at heart, who has the common feelings of humanity in his bosom, the necessity of contributing, according to his means, to this truly national fund. Let but a tithe of the sums which are annually subscribed for less de serving purposes, out of a spirit of mere ostentation, be contributed towards this fund, and a truly national ob ject will have been obtained, by a very slight national effort. Madrid journals of the 3d inst. have been received, but they are without interest. The Gazette contains the Act for the suppression of the slave -trade, and the Minister of the In terior had announced that he would forthwith propose in the Chamber of Deputies a new electoral law. The Three per Cents. closed at 34} for cash, and 35 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 25i at 60 days ; and the Debt without Interest at 8h at 60 days. In the French Chamber of Deputies ; on Saturday, the dis cussion on the Civil Pensions' Bill was brought to a close, but owing to a trick of one party, or perhaps of each, no di • visiod - tank place. It appears the Ministerialists did not expect a division till Monday'; many of them went away; and the Opposition, on seeing the number of their opponents so small, hurried on the remaining clauses, and demanded the ballot. The scheme, however, was defeated. Th e greater part of the Conservatives left ; a sufficient number was not present, and the vote was declared void. The Opposition mustered strong, 157 having voted in support of the Bill, while the other party numbered only 32, making 169, while 230 must be present to render a vote effective. The papers contain no domestic news. The intelligence from Zurich is to the evening of the 6th, when the debate on the Jesuits closed by a division in favour of the appointment of a Committee, as proposed by M . Nnuttaus, the Deputy for Berne. The following, according to the Constitutionnel, is the state of the vote :--For the Committee—Berne, Soleure, Shaffhausen, St. Gall, Argau, Vaud, Thurgau, Grisons, Appcnzel (R.E.), Bale, Glaris, and Zurich (12k votes). Against it—Uri, Unterwalden, Zug, Valais, Genera, Neufchatel, Appenzel (R. 1.), Fri bourg, Schwytz, and Lucerne (9i votes). The Diet was to meet on the following day, to nominate the members of the Committee. In the fifth instance a terrible catastrophe occurred. " The Beachmen of the Phenix- having safely landed the crew of ,the Ann, and being themselves much exhausted, a fresh crew of the same company re -manned the yawl, and immediately proceeded to another vessel lying in distress on the Scroby ; the wind was then blowing a hurricane. On nearing the vessel, they found the sea running over her, and made an unsuccessful attempt to reach her; failing to do so, they let go their anchor and veered down ; unfortunately the force of the sea drove the yawl upon the brig and dashed her THIS DAY'S NEWS HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House at to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. • . HAMILTON V. WATSON. Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with this Scotch Appeal, on which the only question raised was as to the operation of a guarantee .. .\ T ICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) SLOMAN V. TILE BANK OF ENGLAND. His HoNoun was occupied the whole morning with the fluther arguments' in this part-heard cause, the object of which was to com pel the Bank of Enghuul to reimburse a sum of 6,0001. stock, a trust fund settled upon the plaintiff and his wife upon their marriage, and which, in February, 1841, was sold out by Christopher Piceard, ono of the trustees of the settlement, under a forged power of attorney. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT Baum) ELLICE V. sooDsoN. The further argument is this part-heard cause occupied his Honour the whole morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor NVIGUAM.) MATHEW r. EDMONDS. The arguments in thi s part-heard cause were resumed this morn ing, and occupied his Honour the whole day. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) THE HAMPSTEAD MURDER. The Interest in this atrocious, and, with••eferenee to the attendant circumstances, somewhat mysterious murder, seems to increase with every re-examination, and the avenues leading to the Marylebone Police-court were this morning, as early as eight o'clock, most densely crowded. It VMS fully expected that the prisoner would make his defence, and every interest was exerted to secure "good places" on the bench, or in the body of tho Court. No one was ad 'pitted, however, until a quarter b e f ore eleven, when, as soon as the c d a ollr o s n m:ere opened, every corner in th e Court was crammed to suffo- The prisoner had, at a very early hour, b een brought from Clerken well in the prison van, and was lodged i n one of the cells at the rear. Haynesacco w accompanied by M rs . Ed war d s, b ot h He looked hale and confident, and bowed in ed tosome at tached to the establishment. attendance fthe a ° s ffi e ee a r r l s y ns nine dressed in mourning, were taken into th e clerk's office until their Inspectors o.cloek. Sh s e s ll r a hi n i d ps, presence would be required in Court. Precisely at a quarter-past eleven o'clock the prisoner, Thontm Henry Hcckei', was: brought lu and placed in the dock. He did not seem altered in the smallest degree front his appearance on the former examinations. Bahlsck, 304 5, having been sworn, Mr. Itsaviaxsos said—You have been already examined, but I understand that 3 - ou did not tell me all that took place in the field on the night of the murder. Baldock said ho had something further to communicate. He then made to following statement :—At the time I was standing alone with the body, I heard some one singing and whistling and going across the field. The person came towards me, and on cond •s; close up to Inc. he said, " Holloa, policeman !" I Said, " I have got a very serious ease here in the corner." I Was abont a yard front the body. The man said, " What is it ?" I said, "Itis a dead man—l think ho has cut his throat." Ile replied, " Are you sure he is quite dead ?" I said, " Yes, he Is quite dead." I had felt kis pulse and found that he was. Ile took hold of the dead man's hand and felt his pulse. Ile then turned to me and said, " You have got a nasty job alone policeman.' I said, " They have gone for the stretcher, and I dare say they will soon he back." He said, "I will wait with you until the stretcher comes, a s you are left alone," and added that he felt very much shocked at the sight of the dead man. He also said that he had been in the habit of travelling in that way at night for some years. That he never met with any danger in that locality. That he transacted business in London, aid generally came that way home at night, and had generally very large sums of money in his pockets, together with a geld watch and ring, and that he had been cautioned by hie parents not to come that way at night. Mr. RAWLINSON—What sort of a person did he appear ? Baldock —A young man, about 18 or 20. II said he should want a little brandy after this, as he felt very queer; and asked me if- I should like to Mive any, and I said I would not. He then took a shilling °tit of his pocket, and told me to get something with it. I said I must not take it, that I was no: allowed to take money. Ile pressed me to take it, as no harm could result from my doing so; and having pressed me for some minutes, I at length took it. Mr. Itawssixsois—l suppose that was the reason you did not tell me this at the last examination : you were sworn to speak the truth. Italdock said it was not, and that he did not think it of muoh con sequence at the time. Ile waited until the stretcher came. The body was put on the stretcher, and we took it up the field. lie walked by the side of the stretcher. There were 15 or 20 people there at that time. I also walked by the side of the stretcher. He was a little behind me. He left me at Belsize-lane. Mr. RewLnesott—Should you 'snow the young man again? Bal. dock—l do not think I should. He wore a cloak, which was muffled about his neck, and obscured a part of his face. (The hat which was found by the side of the deceased was pro duced. It was greatly crushed, and the inside lining was saturated with blood. The cane found upon the spot was also produced, and it was covered with blood.) Mr. RAWLINSON—What height was the person with whom you held this conversation? Witness—lle was near five feet eight inches, and shout nineteen or twenty. James Euston, 163 D—l was here this day week, and was with the prisoner in the cell for two hours and n half after his examination. I never was with him before the examination came on. I did not ask him ally question. He had some toast brought in, and it re mained an hour before he ate it. He did commence eating it, and jumped up. He kicked at the door, and said he " would throw some light upon it." He asked to see the waiter of the Swiss Cot t/we. I told him that he could see the gaoler, to send a note by him when he catne. The gaoler came shortly afterwards, but what passed between them I cannot say. Ile said, after the gaoler was gone, that he had gone to the Swiss Cottage and called for a glass of rum and water. Ile said he had gone there a quarter of an hour after the murder, and paid for his rum and water a shilling, and told him to give him back a 4d. piece and 2d. He did so and he gave the 2d. to to the waiter. The waiter said, You are a gentleman; "and," said the prisoner, "he didn't know me." Met that Baldock, the police man. I stood in a field five minutes with him, close to the de ceased. I had my cloak on, for it was cold, and I asked him to have some brandy, which he refused. I pressed him to have it very much, and at last he received a shilling from me. I remained there till the stretcher was brought. The prisoner had some papers in his hand. Ile said ho had got it down, ins and outs. I think he had four sides of paper. He wrote three while I was there. I said, I suppose you have got it down there, pointing to the papers. He said he had, and that he meant to explain it when he went inside. Mr. Ita,wisassost asked the prisoner if he wished to ask the wit ness any qUestion? prisoner —The man Baldock— Mr. ItawtissoN—l will hear your statement afterwards. What I want to bear now is, whether you have any question to put to this witness? Prisoner—l have no statement to make. What he has stated is perfectly true, but he has made one grand omission. Mr. RawiaNSON—Then you may put any question to lead to the supplying of that omission. Prisoner to the witness—Did I not mention a knife? Witness—Yes, I beg pardon, you looked at your nails and asked if I had a knife, and I said no. Prisoner—Oh, no. I mentioned the knife I had while waiting with the constable Baldock. Witness—No, I beg pardon, you did not. Mr. lisariaNsost—Well, do not argue the matter. Answer hula questions, that's all. Prisoner—Did I not allude to the knife I had when with the constable ? Mr. Rawttsisos—ls that so ? Witness—No, your Worship. If s never mentioned such a thing. lie looked at his nails, and I thought he wanted a knife to Pair them. The prisoner said lie had no other question to ask, and the witness retired. Maria Edwards, a respectably-dressed middle-aged female, was then sworn. She said—l am a married woman, and lived at No. 61, Great Titchfleldsstreet. I have been housemaid at a house in land-place. I should like the name left out. I know the became acquainted with him soon after Christmas at my brother's house, 6, Bath-place. house I lived at, and the prisoner es - sometimes came to the doos his coming in on the little atter— e Looner. I I first saw him -oiss Philps slept at tile tOcon3ke and aee luu - there. Ile .., out at &bier Owes came in. I recollect aight of rriday, 21st ult., about nine or a Kai Aitmetrpkor time. Miss Fillips was there. I let fte front door. I had a candle in my hand. ratt 'to the houselieeper'a roem. Lie }gas ytry cheerful. Fie Said he had come from Grafton-street. I do not know what he meant by saying that. Ile merely sat down in the chair as usual. I noticed nothing extraordinary or peculiar in his appearance. I cannot speak positively as to what took place. He spoke to Miss Philps, and I did not notice all he said. He went away a little alter eleven. I saw• a watch ; he took it out of his pocket ; the chain looked like gold. He said he had bought it. Ile also had a ring, which he showed to Miss Philps. She said it was too large ; he said it was ; he put it on to show her. It was, to the best of my belief, a brilliant ring, and when he had shown it to her he put it in his pocket, and the conversation with respect to It dropped. Ile had a crust of bread and cheese. lie did not wash his hands. The water is in the room, and he might have used it while I was out. I was backwards and forwards several times. I can't undertake to say he used the water. Mr. ItAwLixsoN—Did you see any mark of blood upon his shirt? Witness—No, I did not then. I heard something about it afterwards. Mr. RawmNsos—Did you see the mackintosh? Witness—Yes, I saw it on his arm when he came into the house. Mr. ItAwmNsoN—l shall not ask you any further question. It must be a distressing subject to you. Witness—Ycs, it is. I have lost my place, and lost my charac ter also. Henry Evans Taylor, a boy, reslllint with his father, at 8, Allsop mews, examined—l live,,as errand boy, with .Xlr. Rudd, of Clarence gate. .f.bout throe 'weeks ago I found a stick on the Macclesfield bridge. 31r. RAWLINSON—Produce the stick In Court. (The stick, a very large and light-coloured bludgeon, with a terrific knob upon it, was shown to the magistrate. Inspector Shackell exhibited the marks of blood upon It. The prisoner's face, at this moment, exhibited the most intense interest. The features were contracted in a singular manner, and it was some minutes ere. he recovered the coolness that so much characterises him.) Witness continued—The stick has not been washed since I received it. I saw it every day after I found it. It was in the iron work of the bridge, almost in the water. Henry Taylor, the father of the last witness, was next examined— I recollect my boy bringing home a stick on the 8111 or 9th day after the murder. The boy was re-called and said he had not said that he found the sit ck on the day following the mustier. Nathaniel O'Neill—l live at No. 19, Great Barlow-street. lam a plasterer. Ido not know the boy. This witness was called to prove that the boy had made some statement with respect to the bludgeon, but he failed to do so, there appearing to be some misunderstanding respecting his knowledge. Inspector James (Iraq• said—l am an Inspector of the Hampstead police. From information I received I went to John Taylor's house, who produced the stick now shown, and gave it to me. Oa my look ing at the stick I saw some marks of bl sod, which were very distinct. The marks are now hardly legible, which I should think was from its being washed. 31r. Taylor said it had not been washed by any one belonging to him, and explainesj the reason he had not given it up before he did. Thomas Hecker; the father of the prisoner, was next examined. He was requested to look at the stick. After looking at the stick he said, I believe that stick to be my son's--Thom is Ilocker's. To the best of my belief it was fetched from my home and taken to his lodg ings about three weeks or a mouth ago. I had been told that he had lost it. James Hocker, the brother, sworn—l know the stick. It was my brother's, and was gelid to be lost at a friends'. I have not seen it since that time till now. • This closed the evidence adduced, and Mr. Fell proceeded to read over the evidence taken on all the previous occasions. During the reading of the evidence by Mr. Fell, the chief clerk, the primer evinced the utmost composure, but paid the most marked At tention. Ile asked for a chair, and on its being handed into the bar, he sat down, and folded his arms on his breast. lie slightly contracted his brows now and then. Mrs. Edwards, on being called on to listen to the evidence given by her at the last examination, trembled vio lently and sobbed aloud. Miss Philps was also much agitated, and in consideration of her feelings site was not asked to come forward. The prisoner held in his hand a roll of papers, but during the proceedings he tied them up and placed them in his hat, thus evincing his deter mination to reserve his defence for another tribunal. Inl:pactor Haynes said—A person named Nash has just:arrived, who can give some important intOrmation respecting this transaction. On being sworn, he said his mime was Joseph Nash, that he re sided at 17, Old Church-street, Paddington, and that he was a saddle maker. He said—On thci night of the murder 1 was on business at St. John's Weod. On coming round to the Swiss Cottage I came Into the Avenue-road. It was between six and seven o'clock in the evening, judging from the time I left home. While In the Avenue-road I heard the cry of " Murder." I stopped and listened. The sound came from a distance across the fields. I did not pay much attention to it. I only heard the cry once. I stood for shout ten minutes. I then saw a man coming close by the hedge Into the Avenue-road towards me. lie was running, and ran against me. Ile stopped suddenly. I said, "Did you hear the cry of Murder ?" lie took no notice, but ran on at a rapid pace. lam (said the witness, looking at the prisoner) confident that the prisoner is the same man, for I had seen him before. It was not very dark. Ile had nothing with him, and was flurried, as if Ile had ran some distance. Ile might have had a stick without my knowing it. I can't say that the clothes he has on now were those he had en then. Ile had dark clothes on. I know the spot where the murder was committed. The distance from the spot where I met the prisoner was a good half mile. When the pri soner ran against me he was running from the direction of the Swiss Cottage. Mr. RAWLINSON said—Now, prisoner, all the evidence has been gone through it is my duty to commit you to Newgate on my own warrant, and on the warrant of the Coroner. If you have anything to say now is the time. You may either say something or nothing, but I must tell you that it will be taken down, and may be used against you. The prisoner --I decline saying anything to-day. lie then sat down, and the vast crowd having partially dispersed, lie was led out of the Court, and locked up in one of the cells attached to the Court. Among the gentlemen on the bench we observed Lord Montfort, Mr. Broughton (the magistrate of Worship-3 reet), Mr. Pepys, and other county magistrates. Mr. Long sat with Mr. R3wlinson. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES (THIS DAN.) Committee of Standing Orders :—Sir J. Yarde Buller (chairman), lion. E. Yorke, Mr. Phillips, Mr. G. Mackenzie, the O'Conor Don, Mr. Bell, and Mr., liemble. The first Bill adjudientjd was that for the NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE AND NORTH 'SHIELDS- -RAILWAY. The object of the Bill is to obtain an extension of the line for one mile, with a branch of half-a-mile in length to connect it with the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, so as to enable the Company to convey goods from the river Tyne to the railway. The estimated cost of the extension is 35,350!., and of the branch railway 13,7411. En gineer, Mr. Robert Nichol-on. The descriptions were proved to be correct, and it was decided that the standing orders had been com plied with. THE NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE COAL TURN BILL. _ . This was a Bill on the petition of several persons residing in New castle-on-Tyne, to alter and amend the Acts of 15th and 57th of Geo. 111., and sth Geo. IV., passed for the purpose of levying certain tolls, and for the maintenance of the port. The standing orders had been complied with. MANCHESTER, BURY, AND ROSSENDALE RAILWAY. _ . In the Bill for altering, amending, and enlarging the powers of the Act for making this railway, the standing orders have been complied with. As also was the case with the St. Helen's Canal and Railway, and the Bill for forming reservoirs to supply the town of Kendal with water. The standing orders had been complied with, also, in the Bills for Improving the Sewerage and Cleansing the Ways in the dis trict of Battersea ; and also a Bill for extending Farringdon-street front :he confines of the City to Clerkenwell-green. It was decided in the case of the Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Associated Railways, that the standing orders had not been complied w►th, the specifications in the Gazette and those in,the ad`•ertisoments in the newspapers not being exactly similar. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAUIR took the Chair at Twelve o'clock, and the House immediately afterwards went into Committee on THE LAND CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL. The Bill went through the Committee pi o forma. The House then resumed, and the Chairman reported ac co rdingl y. The Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. SUGAR DUTIES BILL Mr. CARDWELL brought up this Bill, which was read a Brill time, and ordered to be read a second time to.morrow. RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL. On the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET, the House went into Committee on this Bill Lord G. SOMERSET informed the Committee that he proposed to strike out the 44th clause, and substitute another for It. The new clause provided that all railway companies should erect stiles and gates, wherever a public foot or highway crossed on a level with their line. The clause was agreed to. Lord G. SOMERSET said it was of importance that the Corn. mittee should proceed in discussing the various remaining clauses with as little delay as possible, or it would be quite impossible for Parliament to dispose of the railway business which was likely to come before it in the course of the present session. Mr. HODGSON suggested that provision should be made in the Bill requiring railway companies to give sureties for the due erec tion of gates and stiles in those places where a public road crossed their line. Lord G. SOMERSET apprehended that power was given to the sitting just.ces of the district to compel railway companies to comply with the provision of the Mr. PAKINGTON asked the Noble Lord whether it was his intention to introduce a clause urging railway companies to pro ♦ide an efficient police on their line for the protection of the public P Lord 0. SOMERSET replied that the subject had not escaped his attention, but it was so surrounded with difficulties that he had not yet been able to come to a just and proper conclusion. Mr. GILL admitted the force of the suggestion !made by the Hon. Member for Droitwich, and hoped it would behereafter acted upon by the Government, Mr. DARBY thought a clause might be framed so as to meet the necessities of the case. Mr. FOX MAULE reminded the Committee that the Rural Police Act compelled railway companies to provide a fence, where it was necessary, for the protection of the public. Lord 0. SOMERSET promised to look into the Act mentioned by the Hon. Member, but if his recollection d:d not deceive him he was inclined to think that the Rural Police Act made ample pro vision to meet the exigencies of the case. At all events he would examine into the matter and communicate the result of his in. quiry when the report was brought up. After some further discussion the clause was agreed to. Clause 54 was, after some unimportant observations, agreed to, and clauses 55,56, and 57 were agreed to without remarks. On clause 58, which prohibits railway companies from appro priating minerals to their own use, a sharp discussion ensued. Some Hon. Members contended that the claim to those minerals which were discovered in the course of borings and cuttings on railways, attached to the compato y, , while others as stoutly insisted that the right was vested in the persons from whom the company originally purchased the land. The clause was, however, agreed to. Clause 59,irovjding that no minerals should be dug within sixty yards of the railway, was then put. Mr. AGLIONBY said that it was necessary to make some al teration to protect the interest of the owners of the mines. Lord QRANVILLE SOMERSET said he would take a not. of the suggestion, and avail himself of it in a future clause. The clause was then agreed to. Clause 62, that companies shall give compensation for injury done to mines, la.,' was next agreed to,after a brief conversation. Clauses 63, 64,'and 65 were agreed to without discussion. Clause 66, empowering railway companies to make and use car riages, engines, dm., for the conveyance of passengers and goods, having been read, Mr. STANSFJELD said that the clause was merely permissive. He thought it ought to be compulsory, for the companies availed themselves of the latitude of their present powers greatly to the dis. advantage of the public. They should be compelled to use loco. motives. He would also recommend that the words "or lessees" be added. Lord G. SOMERSET said the only object of the clause was to enable the companies to use locomotives, as in some - instances those were used only by the lessees. He disapproved of the alters tion proposed, as it would raise a new question. Mr. F. MAULE said, that it sometimes had happened that a railway was made without any intention of its being used, but only to.shut out the competition of another line; and (as we understood) be, therefore, thought there. could be no objection to make the clause compulsory. Mr. PARKER:' eppted.the amendment. • • Colonel SIBTHORP hewed he would see a great many of those lines shut up. —(A laugh) He was opposed to the whole systems. There was no attention whatever to the wants and convenience of the passengers, especially of the poorer classes. People were hurried awls,' 4 hundred miles or more without rest or those opportunities which were naturally required in the course of a long journey. There ought to be some kind of accommodation provided for the passengers on long lines. He had heard of an instance where a woman being in the f,Acnily way, was taken ill, and was hurried on to the end of the line, Then she was put out with her child, to make what shift she could. Besides people, travelling by railway as well as by other modes of conveyance, might be subject to il lness, and aCCOrniiiodation could . q ndought to be provided. this He thou g ht la a very important cot sideration, and that the . . Rouse, if it - ny powers, oug ht a t the s ame ,• . gave those companies b 0 ma. ..me to protect the public. He thou, lllt they ought to be compell :el to have proper carriages on the line, , a nd besides, to have , to enable pas omnibuses or other vehicles at the end of the t. ine . sengers to go to their destination at a reasonable co. Lord G. SOMERSET said that it would be absu: d to compel a company to work a line at a total loss, Mr. ALPAM said that the case of 14 reeds and . g elbY Rail way was in point. There were two t linealihete Ipt it w. as found more profitable to work only one line . aid shut ' lly, l 42 o ("'"4". The accommodation of the public was'not.considered. Mr. STANSFIELD said he would take the sense of the House upon the araendmet4t. Mr. AGLIONBY would support the amendment Companits did not construct railways for mere pleasure, or for the mere ac commodation of the public—(Hear)—and he thought they should be compelled to attend to the latter.—(Hear.) Was there no such thing as getting up a railway scheme, and making a railway that never could be worked with a profit, throwing, in the meantime, the ordinary roads and modes of conveyance out of use?—(Bear, hear.) In his opinion the eo:ploymcnt of locomotives ought to be not discretionary, but compulsory, if the object of the House was to consider the interests of the public, not those of railway specu lators and jobbers.—(Cheers from Colonel Sibthorp.) Mr. PA KINGTON thought that, at the present stage of rail way legislation, the interests of the public could not be too care ful y watched. He did not go quite the length of the amendment, bnt he thought that an enactment to meet the views of the Hon. Member for Huddersfield might be introduced in a future clause. Mr. DARBY opposed the amendment on the ground that if it were carried he conceived that they would compel railway corn panics to work a railway whether they realised a profit or not ; and that in that ease the railway, if worked at all, would be worked without proper repair, and thecornaqLsoce would be that it would be worked with great danger to the public. Mr. GILL conceived that if this clause were inserted it would greatly tend to destroy railway property, for if a line were to be worked at a loss by compulsion, the proprietors would soon throw up their shares, and the railway itself would cease to be worked at all. Mr. HORSMAN saw a great ditTiculty in carrying out the pro. visions of this clause, for he thought it might lead one main rail. way to shut up one or more of its branches; but he thought that a clause might be framed which would effect the object of the amendment. Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE opposed the amendment, for he thought that it would greatly tend to produce the effect which had just been stated. Though this might be obviated by Parliament watching very closely all attempts to amalgamate ,railways, the instance of the Leeds and Selby Railway was not a sufficient case to justify any departure from the general law. That instance had not arisen out of any defect of the general law.—(Hear, hear.) His Hon. and Gallant Friend/might depend upon it that, if this attempt were persevered in, it would have the effect of rendering the railways either very rich or very poor. Now he did not think that it was wise to have poor railway companies, for if that were to take place, the public would not realise the same advantages which they now did. He (Mr. Gladstone) conceived that it would be in the highest degree unjust to compel a company to work a line after it had become unprofitable, and on this ground alone he should oppose the amendment. Mr. F. MAULE said that, if the Noble Lord would give a guarantee that he would provide some means for carryigg out the provisions of the 100th clause, which provided fur the !eating of a railway, without the looseness which now seemed to hang over it, he would advise his Hon. Friend to withdraw his amendment. Mr. DARBY said that he really would recommend the Hon. Member to withdraw his amendment, for be believed with his Hon. Friend for Newark (Mr. Gladstone), that if it were adopted it would be impossible to carry it out, and that it would be such an impediment to the working of railways as to become practically a great injustice, indeed he would say an impossibility. Mr. AGLIONBY said ke had risen some time ago to make a suggestion which he thought would obviate the diffi culty. He conceived that if a star ding order were in stitwed to compel a company before they came into Parliament to provide fur the maintenance . of its branches after they should have got into working, the public would be se cured, and yet the railway company would not be injured. The Hon. Member might then with safety withdraw his amend. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that there was already a standing order which compelled Companies to make a provision for working their line. Mr. AGLIONBY said that that order did not go far enongh. Mr. STANSFIELD said that he should press his amendment. The gallery was cleared, and the Committee divided. The numbers were— For the amendment Against Majcrity against the amendment Lord MARSHAM moved that the word "reasonable" be omitted from the clause in reference to the charges, and that there be added the words, " provided that they sh•,ll at all times make an equal rate of charge for the use of locomotive engines, and other moving power on every part of the railway." After a abort conversation the amendment was withdrawn, Lord G. SOMERSET promising to reconsider the clause. Mr. ENTWISLE suggested that the word " toll " should be struck out altogether, and the charges made subject" to the special Act of the Company."—The clause was then agreed to. Clauses 67, 6S, and 69, were passed without discussion. On the reading of clause 70, giving companies the power to levy tolls, Lord G. SOMERSET said that this was a very important clause. It was likely to give rise to much discussion. He thbught it better to postpone the eonsideration of it till Thursday, when he hoped to get through the Bill. The House then resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday. The House then adjourned till Five o'clock. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARen 11.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.E., fresh breeze, and fine clear weather ; much milder. Bum:, Ittancit lo.—The Sir IL IL Vivian, Smith, hence to New port, in Lianas, came ashore near Hartland Point yesterday morning, and is expected to become it wreck ; master previously washed over board. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 10.---Vr Ind - N.E., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Chilena, London ; lost anchor, &c., but has been supplied, and sailed for Batavia. t!owEs, MAacu 10.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. schooner Susan, Jones, with damage, having been run aboard of while at anchor in Stokes Bay by the Mary Ann, of Plymouth. HARTLEPOOL, Mancit B.—The wreck of a small two-masted vessel, wheat laden, was discovered this morning on the North (lair Sand. A flag, marked S.F. 31.5., No. 888, has just been picked up ; also a maindeck beam, marked 53 2 400-3 500 tons, and a quarter board with "Mary Wilson" in red letters on a black ground ; crew supposed to be drowned. LINN, MARCH 10.—The Favourite, which sailed from Aberdovey for Hamburgh in July last, has put in here, after repairing at the island of Terschclling, where she had been frozen up. Pottll'ai.nor, MARCH 10.—The Margaret Hardy, Johnson, hence to Calcutta, which sunk at the end of the breakwater Jan. 27, was raised yesterday and removed to the Junction, to be surveyed. WHITBY, MARCH 9.—The Juliana, of Bristol, ashore in Robin Hood Bay, has been got off and towed in here. BOSTON, MARCH 11.—The schooner Dunmuir, of London, is on her broadside in the river Wellend, full of water, and has received con siderable damage. GALWAY, 31incit B.—The Margaret, of Limerick, bound to Ka rush, has been totally lost nt Ilagshead, to the south-west of this port —crew saved. - DUNDALK, MARC!! 7.—Sld. Ann, St. John's, New Brunswick. TsEs, 3teactt 7.—Arrd. Alpha, of ISltithy, leaky, having struck on the bar. CONBTANTINOPLE, FEB. 18.—The Somerville, Gardner, from New castle, ashore in the Dardanelles, has been got off, after throwing part of her cargo overboard. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NAY WILLIZELETS. Siarruritup.—Coarse Meadow Hay 31 8 s to 41 10s; useful ditto, 4/12s to 4/ 18s ; fine Upland ditto, 4119 s to 513 s ; Clover May, 415 s to Si 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 168 to 1/ 18s ; Wheat St raw , 11 18 s to 21 per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 105 to 4/ 108 ; Useful ditto, 4112 s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 513 s to 51 5s ; Clover Hay, 41 88 to 51 128; Oat Straw, 11 16s to 11 18s ; Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 21 per load. Silpply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WHlTEcuarra..—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 to 41 103 ; usefid ditto, 41 12s to 51; :fine Upland ditto, 51 to Si 4s ; Clover Hay, 41:8s to 51 16s; Oat Straw, 1/16s to 11 18s ; Wheat Straw, II 188 to 21 per load. Trade throughout dull, at the above quotations. COLONZAZ. Svos.a.—The market for British Plantation is very inactive, only about 130 hhds having been sold at previous prices. The only public sale worth reporting consists of 14,050 bags Mauritius Sugar, which went off much better than was anticipated, the whole finding buyers at fill y previous prices, v.z., good to fine brown at 52s to 545, and low to greyish yellow at 54s 6d to 64s ; 255 eases 8 barrels Bahia were taken in at 24s for good mid white, at 21s 6d for low, and at 20s to 20s 6d for strong yellow. The stock of British Plantation is 11,370 hhds 1,285 tres, against 5,882 lihds 673 trcs, at this time last year. The stock of Havannali, Mauritius, and Bengal considerably exceeds the quantity in the port of London on the Ist March, 1844. The consumption of British Plantation Is less this year. The quantity of British Plantation taken last week for home consumption was 149 hhds 20 trcs 77 brls. COFFEE.-500 bags Singapore Java at auction' sold at 38s to 39s per cwt. Privately good ord C e yl on so ld a t 46s .64 to 47s per cwt. The stock of British Plantation Coffee In the port of London on the Ist inst., was 3,005 hhds 3,406 brls and bags, against 2,406 hhds, 1,775 brls and bags, at the same date in 1844. The stocks of Foreign and East India arc larger than at this time last year. The con sumption of British Plantation has fallen off, while that of Foreign and East India has increased. Rum—The quintity landed last week into the port of London was 251 puns 184 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 194 puns 40 hhds, and exported 167 puns 5 hhds. The stock was 11,949 puns 2,958 hints on the 15th inst., against 13,237 puns 2,795 hhds at the same time in 1844. SALTPETRE.-1,200 bags Madras and 569 bags Calcutta, the former sold at 24s 6d for 12% per cent. refraction, and the latter at 27s 6d for 3% per cent. refraction. TALLow.—P Y C is 39s to 39e 3d per cwt on the spot, and Town at 423 per cwt. TEA.—The consumption is steady. A fair business is doing in the new descriptions at full rates generally, prices ruling high in China. Mr. George Robins has at length taken the field' and we suspect in right earnest, but he is too good a genera l not to wait until the Messrs. Frost and Snow, with their companion, the easterly winds, have taken their departure, ere he lets them into "the Secrets of the Prison- house ' " by disclosing what he has in petto for th e m. He has not, how • ever, forgotten to remind the great capitalists of the memorable declaration made last session, by Sir Robert Peel, to this effect,—" I neither have, nor do I contemplate, any change what ever in the corn-laws." This is, indeed, a real comfort for the agricultural world to repose on. It will be seen in his introductory announcement, Mr. Robins has paid a neat and well-turned compliment to Sir Robert,for having abandoned the odious duty on auctions, and it appears to , be a prevailing opinion that the benefit will be an immediate re-action in favour of land. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENTS. Mr. Wilson gave his new entertainment of "Wandering Willie's Wallet," for the third time, last night, at the Music Hall. The hall was filled in every part, and, from the enthusiastic manner in which the different songs of the programme were received, it is evident that this entertainment will become as popular as those with. which the public were delighted for the last three seasons. The " Scottish Minstrel" was in excellent voice, and not only sung, but acted, with the richest gusto. The exquisite songs of " The Bonnie House o' Airlie" and " Bothwell Bank" were given in excellent taste ; but we cannot omit to particularise one front among the rest, which is very little known, viz.—" The Covenanter's Lament," which was given with a pathos and feeling we seldom heard exceeded. We venture to predict for this entertainment, to use a theatrical phrase, " a long run." The evening's. amusements were wound up with the appropriate song of " Gude Night, and Joy be wi' ye a'." The Duke of Devonshire, after having disposed of his extensive and very valuable estates near Ripon and Borough bridge, is now offering his vast and magnificent property at Londes borough, near Marnet-Weighton, for sale. The:value, of the Londes borough estates Is rated at upwards of 500,0001., and, it is said, they have been offered to George Hudson, Esq. of York, the great capital ist and railway proprietor, who is already an extensive purchaser of the Noble Duke's property in Yorkshiro.—Netccastle Journal. MR. BEULER'S ANNUAL EVENING ENTERTAIN MENT.—Mr. Battler last night gave his annual evening entertainment at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, which was exceedingly well attended. The concert went off with much eclat—the audience appearing delighted with every piece said, sung, and played. GENERAL SIR T. SAUMAREZ.—This officer died, at his residence, at the Petit Marche, in the island of Guernsey, on the 4th instant, in the 85th year of his age. Sir Thomas served in the first American war, and was present at the several landings on Staten, Long, and York Islands ; the battle on the 27th August, 1776, on Long Island, capture of Forts Lee and Washington, battles of Brandy wino and Germanstown, at which last he received two balls in his head. Ile proceeded to the West Indies in 1778, and was present at the capture of St. Lucia, and the battle of the Vigie. Ile served on board the Cornwall, in the action off Grenada, between Admiral Byron and Count d'Estalgnes, 6th July, 1779 ; also on board the Con queror, In the action between Admiral Parker and La Motto Picquet in Fort Royal Bay, Martinique, 19th Dec., 1779 ;. and in the succes sive actions between Rear-Admiral Rowley with the Comte de Gul chen, off Martinique, on the 17th April following. DEATH FROM STARVATION.—HORRIBLE DESTI TUTION.—Last evening an inquest was held before Mr. Cell, at St. James's Workhouse, Poland-street, on the body of Mary Ann Thomp son, aged 75. Mr. Frederick Tothill, surgeon, of Charles-street, St. James's-square, said that, on Saturday afternoon last, he was'called to see the deceased, at her lodging, in Hopkins-street. He found her lying upon an old mattress, covered with a few filthy rugs, and in a room almost destitute of furniture. She was quite dead, and appa rently had been so for eight or ten hours. His decided opinion was that she died from want of the necessaries of life, viz., proper and sufficient raiment and food. The room was in a most miserable state; it was in a most filthy condition, and there was not the slightest appearance of ordinary comfort. From some inquiries wit ness made, he learned that the deceased had been in the habit of getting her living by begging at the door of a chapel in Warwick street, until she and other poor persons were driven away. The jury returned a verdict of "Died from the want of the necessaries of fife." The last culprit executed at Newg►ate was Crouch, for the murder of his wife in Little 3larylcbonc-street, St. 31arylebone, who suffered on last Easter Monday, the day appointed this year for the 4 ixecution of Jamea Tapping. MONEY and COMMERCIAL N CITY, QUARTER TO TH 14 ,4 0 1 °. 'There was rather a quiet market for Cotton at Liiirri ri d yesterday, at previous rates. Sales 1,000 bales Stira" ~:t, 500 American on speculation, and 6,000 bales altogetheriii 800 Egyptian, 51,',d. to 8 1 0 d. ; 300 Pernam, s c d* 200 liable, 5%d. to 6d. •, 250 Maranham, 4% • to a :3 b 1,200 Surat, 2. 3 / 4 d. to 314 d.; and the rest American, sod to 534d.—ltailway Shares were firm. Birmingbants%; Derby, 96% 97 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, Ne alt ,' e ste Bristol and Gloucester, 59% 60; Caledonian, PA 'no lll and Birkenhead, 40 1 4 ; Chester and Holyhead. 8 and Drogheda, 80%; Eastern Counties, 18; Charnel, lg. 7 1 4 ; Grand Junction,Halves,lll l 4 ; Great Northeliwr land, New, 42%; Hull and Selby, 100; Liverpool and 7i f f chester, Quarters, 51 1 ,4 ; London and York, 6 714.„.1 i an fieste and South-Western, 78% • South Wales, 5%; 130 and Birmingham, 66% ; ' Manchester, Bolton, an," ,„tie, 150 3 A ; Manchester and Leeds, 148 ; Midland 0 1 - 411 j 128%; Ditto, New, 9% % ; Newcastle and Bervilekt n ;id North British, 14:4 %; North Wales, 13%; Fr est tgsr Wyre, 29% ; Scottish Central, 44 ; Sheffield an„ pd. chester, 104%; South-Eastern, 42 ; 'York and 1 0 r t "piti 5 land, New, 15) 7 i ; Lyons and Avignon, 565. 6d. 274,, ; fl ora and Lyons, 795. 4%; Paris and Rouen, 45; Strasulilorbr. Bide f 3; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 9% 101 - and INleuse, 6 ; Great Northern of France, Og 1/1.% rr There are no arrivals to-day. The W es t India In Bo mains due. ards Our export trade just now is tolerably fair as 1. btlo tent, though not in all instances so remunerative as in expected, for the supplies sent, both to the Unite' and the East Indies, are generally in excess of the denlAll The Funds have been quieter to-day, but are toitt;or steady. Consols have been 9976 to 100 for present ebeeS fer, and 100% to 1% for Account. Exchequer-bill s A ll ' 0 marked 645. to 665., and India Bonds, under 1 , 2 1811 P premium. Bank Stock for Account has risen again to 219, and India Stock is steady at 283. alteni ti -d °ll. The Foreign Securities are without any materia l -,„„e r Spanish Five per Cents. have been 29%, and th e r Cents. 41. Portuguese Converted have risen agsl ro cY 69% to 69') 7 . ; the Old Bonds are 86%. 3 1 ex-i ci / li tr jrP ir worth 36 1 ,4, Columbian 14%, and Brazilian 9 1 . • per Cents, have been 99 to 3 4. t1 1 ; r 'l here is much less doing in Shares, and the tone 15V/diret flatter, though particular lines are better. The 0001,!, Northern, from some unexplained cause, have risen, L incoP l extent, being par to 1 premium. Cambridge an 0 11 ' 011 61 ; are also better; while London and York ha ve "bers Opinion, therefore, seems to go with the Direct Next _ea Cambridge and Lincoln. South Eastern Shares amine Churnet Valley have been lower ; Eastern Cou nties risen; and the French Railways continue buoyant' OP Cl , 0 1,4. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 0 99% 3 per Cent. Consols ... 100 99% India Bonds, 1,( 00/ . 7 0 Ditto under 1,0001.. .. Bank Stock for Account... Consols for Account..... India Stock Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 / 2 d. 64 66 1""" •-• _nequer Bills, 1,, .., 1 1 / 2 d - - I' ) °' Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small - Im , m. O a Ditto Advertised r 6_44. ONE -09-. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 BB ..., Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela l 4 l /8 ,••• Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 89% 90 51. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 —19 P1 9P . Ditto. Account •••• Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 6 0 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted Ditto,_ Account 69% 9 0 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 29% - Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred . . 17 3 / 1 ,( 44 lb Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. ...... Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Ditto, Deferred .., Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9 9 IVS 99 60 Ditto Bonds 98% CO c 1 , 16, C .• PRICES OF PAID. AT ONE O'CLOC-' 'jp RAILWAY SHARES Birming. and Gloucesterloo Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 1 8 53321(1 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' .. 1:17 ; Caledonian 7%54 ....... i Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 .....„ .I,' /. ........ Si, Chester and Holyhoad... 5 - ......... ... 5 Churnet Valley Direct Northern Dublin and Galway..... 2 1 /_ — ............... 1 8, Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... 18% 1 / 8 19 ....... Eastern Union lO .. ... 18 1 h, .......... ei Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 t.... Ditto New 1 ,,1 Shares... 2% — ........... :.' 5 Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo lBB •••• .. Ditto New ... bp ........ :, Ditto New ..... Great Western BO ...... •••"•..... 4 1 ! Ditto Fifths Ditto sil Guildford, Farn'in,Ports. 2% T,„ , NS ''' .. • 9 9 Hull and Gainsborough 1% 2 s ......... %IA Hull and Selby Dit . to Quarter Shares 12% 431 Do. Half Shares Kendal and Windermere 11A • .............. Lancaster and Carlisle Lincoln, York, and Leeds 1% I%X ........... a London and Binninghm (Stock) 230 ............ ,1417 ... Do. New Thirds # . Do. Quarters London and Blackwall. 161. 135.4 d — ...• ........ '.. • London and Brighton... 50 . i Do. Consolidated Bths 16 .. , London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d l B 3 /4 ...... ••• ... London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d l O 3/ ............... 5 London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 79 1 8 0 ,, .... v.' .. , . .; London and Y0rk...... •.. 9% 6A% °7 B /' .'. . .. ' Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 Do Sixteenths 2 14 7 3 /4 ............ . . Manchester and Birmin. 40 -65 ........... ....• I Do. Quarters Midland 100 12 Do. New ......1 8 0 9 13 53 1 ... ....... .......... Midland,Birm.,Derby 100 Newcastle and Darling- ..• ton Junction .. 24 ...... 46%••• ......... Do. New Brandling... 10 .., .. ....,.._. North British Do. New .. Northern and Eastern... 45 3/ .... North Kent _ _ .. 9 , , , ,, 1 .. .. 3r0..... 0 ~~/~~~ ii .hoc p puour r ettt w utwili,di i ss c rplhe. h ,:: : la n ind d dia ß ßn ra idrn nt i lon,. : Jo' • 2% 431.x.0. ............. .... Rugby, W ‘ o v rs o t i r v , e & rh T ain ri:g 1 - ..... - ..... 1 1 / ... 1 3 / . .......... 2 •• • /4 ..... 10 ...... 17 ............ •• s y te n ru & Dover 3312 s 4d... 41% 42 .... '. ..... ... 8 York Trent. Dp:.. a : NN°o : 31 S ‘r u at t e h rf l o V r a d le a ti nd Kilkenn - y 22 2 111 ........ 4 2 ? 3 i 4. 4: 4 1•1 :"7 ii :... .......: :: . :d al :0 3' 111; Midland 50 . - — 7114 ... '-'I•L .. Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Extension D:B Bordeaux,eupl p o Boulogne naedaToulouseAmiens j uann cd 2 2 . 10 %2 . 1 t Ai 7. 1 1 % 1 6 9::: : 4..;.. FRENCH RAILWAYS .. Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Gr C ea e t tt N e orth..:r; • Frarce. .. 2 4 6 l A , .............. '. : Lyons and Avignon Orleans s s a a n r d id ß V o i r e d r e z j 0 u n x ...... 2 2 2 ... ... .. 1 2 0 8 ii .. I : . b .. . " . :: ......• . ....: : 14 ; 1 7 1, 4" 1, aa a r r r i i i sa s aa a nn n ddd OrleansLons Strasbourg 4 373 ....... , 46 20 52T4 h ..... .. Paris and Rouen 20 ...... 45 A ...... ••••• 3 ....... .. ~.. " Strasbourg and Bale Tours and Nantes 1 ...... 2%•714.- ..... IA London & Westminster JOINT Commercial of London 2O ...... ......... •'' 'l4 ma P r r iem o n: s g_ • A i h t N iii n a a, l nrclsc o hT f uE l n rel s a T n oc d ..•• ~, 2 S O T 0C .. K ...._ BAN'S' ... ........ ~,10. 1 National of Ireland 17% ...... 16 ••••• .....•..• 0. ".. Th e 6 r 1( EXCHANGE, cia . N . C . F: 4 , 4 1 4! A D .5. i .. tt 1 0 .1 / . . i ft s . er::: s ci s o r t- i fl ' ilf, :—Blanchester s a h n a d re L a, e i e i t, elx4Bdv. Biannbeser 0 1 , 1,, 5 3 A prem. ; Midland Railway Consols, 4° d si r , 0,. North British, New Shares_,_4% ,• Preston an ti :so t 0, 6, ' South-Eastern, 42; Ditto, N_o. 3,7%; Yn rk 1/;10/. son,her land, New Shares, 15% ; York and Selby, ter, sli, Barnsley Junction, 7% ; Birkenhead, Mancheacriet 00' ter Junction. 8 1 A ; Blackburn, Burnley, and il 'iga 3 5 DI: Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 3% • , Cal,b r , l o f an 5 1 ,:, coln, 43% ; Chumet Valley, 7% 5-16 Gibinctio3'sie, fries, 18s. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield i i vot 5 1A Kendal and Windermere, 43% ; Leeds allarrefl 11bj Junction, 6% ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, an, Buxton e ta A /1 ,01 London and - York, 6% ; Manchester Ann, / She' et, '' - ea North Wales, 3; Scottish Central, 4 3-16 4004cfrilyrolio Lincolnshire Yorkshire 1 2% ; Wakefie ld kr o rtb eril 1 15 Goole, 8 ; West 3% ; Great of ,••:stiroce, 0 (English), 6%; Blanchester Fire and Lifei' - ' bt V D , ------------"--"-n."--------------"--7-''--,, a , ClSPigerll t lOi DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT.—trII V, e-- es 00 ., cat i vo: o d officers of the 37th Regiment, quartered at Cl O -7, 1 ,1,0 l a ' p ro 4 , o t: Royalty Theatre, Portsmouth, and amused thelPr 11 mi :11 0 1C; at the actors and actresses rubbish with which was the '," 0 11 1 (1 1 , 1 themselves, and by using improper language toW w e d) . ' l OO l ° e t'', ton of the corps dramatique. This conduct was cl,_.., ii itta _, $ A . 4 01, by the members of the establishment until the to p e r (S r ' .. A P ' t tli' l jr evening's entertainments, when the manag m r e c•-• it, , ,11 0 proceeded to the box occupied by the above n, , fr ung e otc , - , ,A ‘l, called them out, took one of them by the no a1,,„*.t0 _ o to-~,lt e lilted his seat of honour with three kicks, which_,:wTho P o tt_elt. tisement was not resented by the " Men of IN:l l l,,,tre. i t e ri e 3 amid the jeers of the audience, then leaving beetvenrope P; tlemen, however, had made up their minds to ht theYo ,rOO7, P, manager and his corps, for on the following nigef their , h e 11°.f0 °f with sticks and backed by upwards of a dozen . _ bby o f _l; e . lo t, arms" similarly provided, and waited in " 1 ' e u rferi n nhe ifi or P ;i• the devoted manager until the close of the P r , u lute floe a il . credit of the manager be it spoken, he c ame T e r , , e O,/tll':t , 7. the "line of battle," and presented himself to t 1 , _ . tl it .of t h e_ .000 .. mreesunitt:weonitiouopfttohemorffi. Reeves, the a Lieute,Zioplitiqthcr,j s t o o l d il l i e s r fa a c b e s , t s a a t i n d e , a • , fr l should tf : kgeratthuoefitFatattneiora,gyi :o r t o i ral: itid(105:16,1:0:1,:iteollpeo;:e?) panions, and none had the courage to is . ,_.„ out _0 ~18 -•_, pulled the nose of their comrade, and kicked 1 1 " . : 0 ,0 0 ~0 4,:", t hri i th , e , ll t o , 10,401' 40, . 00 .,i , They, however, fell foul of the proprietor of deavouring to persuade them to keep the Pc l4 ` r p la)e r e ',oo l o . lW", and struck him in the face, and also of a r .- OlieD IVere lo t i ljetettO grossly assaulted. The result was that the /I_,. „ . 0011. 40 , ' t o , fi t. three of the;most prominent in the fraY 1ve 1 7,,, is Che' uto nnts l :4 house, where they gave their names an Auglil:ticrs, Vit!' /flee , di mate of the royal yacht ; Herbert Russell Ma . 01 , 2 37th; and Ensign James Henry Wyatt, They were admitted to bail by the Cull iesr l l 2. t : ti Pe chieltlt ii r e tli : e l t : l f4 : : A warrants were issued to compel their attcn ..•_,,,,ver, 0 , 0 11 . .0 , 41 magistrates on Saturday. In the meantime, r t . ,. we s ,u , islo at, and Hobart succeeded in settling their reolw c o st Btu le ili n ot e i al • , co l, At; . 4 0 plainants, but the manager (whose w ife wils o o - er O . 0, 1 ,, P r etP 00 1 ' Wednesday night) indignantly spurned the ~ _.., 0( 1 ~.,0 , ,, _ t. , carried his case into Court. It occupied an 1 T eir deciP o p0t7 10 4 . magistrates, having retired to deliberate ullo ll _, 4 ` do e ~.° , i oli o PP Intl Court, and said, " they had heard the ,!",„ 1 resoll,`,oll' ~,, and having maturely considered the w hole, ttf, the ow. the case." We strongly r•Nommend the ea!'' m iort• thus dismissed to the Horse Guards for invessts ....... A so' 'lle Asf On Saturday, the Sth of liElaDrcb, at N b ° ,.]:t () ; 11:iy:.1.4 ,1; 01 ,. aged 74, Robert Smith, Esq., brother of t 0 1°1 . 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