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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE S UN of last I Al' (Thursday) Evening contained The conclusion of the Day's Proceedings in the Great Distillery Case in the Court of Exchequer. The Conclusion of the Day's Proceedings before the Railway Committees of the House of Commons. betting at Tattersall's up to six o'clock. Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a-full Report of the Proceedings before both Houses of Parliament up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosins, Madame Grisi ; Bertha, Mdile. Bellini ; B Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, Big. Lablache ; Basilio, gig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. Between the Acts of the Opera the Divertissement PECHELTR NAPOLITAIN, in which will be introduced the original Tarantella of Naples, and the Mazurka by the D. menses Viennoises, After the Opera the celebrated Spanish Danseuse, Dona Manuelea Perea, known as La Nena, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer, Don Felix Garcia, will appear in the Spanish National Dance " Bolero Caleta." Te conclude with the highly successful Divertissement, entitled KAYA ; on, L'Amour Voyageur. The Music composed and arranged by Signor Pngni, 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. Kaye, Mademoiselle Lucille Gratin ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Pragher ; Herman, M. Gosselin ; Knud, M. Perrot. applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bes et/Ice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ;to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectftilly informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), ON THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 1, When will be performed Bellini's Opera I PURITAN!. Elvira, Madame Grisi ; Henrietta, Madame Benin! ; Arturo, Sig. Mario ; Riccardo, Sig. Fornasari ; Walton, Sig. A Giubilei ; Giorgio, Sig. Lablache. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will appear in their most admired Pas. (With other Entertainments, in which Madame Axtaide Castellan and Siz. Moriani, will appear. In the course of the Evening the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various national Pas of Spain. With various Novelties in the Ballet Department, and uniting the talents of Mdlle. Grahn, M. Perrot, M. St. Leon, and Mdlle. Cerito ; together with the Danseuses Viennoises. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at tl e Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ;to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE DESERT, BY FELICIEN DAVID. It is respectfully announeed that the LAST REPRESENTA TION of this celebrated Work will take place on MONDAY, May 5. Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous Selection of Choral and Vocal Musie from the most classical Authors, and executed by the d:s itriguished Artistes of this Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. Particulars will lac duly announced. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS. EVENING Will be peribrmed THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, by M. Duprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdini ; Arthur, Mr. Barker ; Raymond, Mr. Weiss ; Norman, Mr. H. Horncastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia. Alter which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled BOBER f AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : - Pas de Deux, by Mdlies. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polio and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Lituana Pas Seul, by Mdlle. Polin. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Le Sevillianne, Spanish Dance, Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six m the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, 1 laces, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr. Stricklat d ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Tem Coke, Mr Webster ; Bob, Mr. Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; the Countess of Pompion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn, Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Ben. ett. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaginza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss I'. Horton. To conclude with TOM NODD V'S SECRET. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN Bt. SHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Orinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Pant Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; 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. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. MADAME CELESTE, (Directress of this Establishment,) re spectfully informs the Nobility and the Public, that HER BENEFIT is appointed for WEDNESDAY NEXT, April 30, and being the last week but one of her performing In London this season, in consequence of her provincial engagements, Mr. Webster will make his appearance in his celebrated Drama of THE PRETTY dIRLS OF STILBERG. • When will be performed, 75th Time, Mr. Buckstone's successful New Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, supported by Messrs. Hodson, 0. Smith, Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Pitzwilliam, and Madame Celeste. After which will be produced, Ist Time at this Theatre, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster, in which he will give his celebrated personation of ithe Emperor Napoleon ; Margot (her original character) Madame Celeste. To conclude with, ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. St. George, Miss Woolgar. Tickets and Private Boxes to be had of Madame Celeste, 18, Suffolk-street, Pall-mail East, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be repeated Auber's Comic Opera, entitled LE DUC D'OLONNE. Gaspard, Mr. Leffler ; The Chevalier, Mr. Allen ; Bianca de Molina, 3ldlle. Helen C,,ndell; Mariquita, Miss Grant. To conclude with DON C.ESAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar de Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Keeley, Miss 'Mars, and Mrs. Keeley. After which will be produced a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Dawson. To be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumos according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrance 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 Fairbrotker, and Miss Grove. To conclude with WATCH AND WARD. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—FRENCII PLAYS. rnited Attraction of Mdlle. Plessy and Monsieur Ravel, whcse En gagement will terminate after Five Representations. THIS EVENING Will be performed Marivaux's Popular Comedy of LE LEGS. La Comtesse, Mdlle Plessy. After which, LA TANTE MAL-GAEDEE. Anatole, M. Ravel. To be followed by LE MANTEAU ; on, Le Reve du Marl. Emilie, Mdlle. Plessy. To conclude with L'OMELETTE FANTASTIQUE. Cotillard. Commis, Monsieur Ravel. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 33. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence At Half-past. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33 ,Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-of ice of the Theatre, which is open Daily, from Eleven till Five. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES, It is respectfully announced, that tho 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 be 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 AMPHITHKATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. rnparalleled 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 Prama, entitled TIIE MAID OF SARAGOSS , A ; or, The Spanish Amazons. Entire Change of tho Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with an Admired Farce. • DAVIDGE'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 JULIUS CiESAR. Supported by Messrs. Yotinge, Marston, Bennet, Lyons, Fredericks, Heslop, Lewis, Mrs. H. Vial g, Mrs. W. Daley, &c. After which, BOOTS AT THE SWAN. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American nampson. To conclude with THE RAKE'S PROGRESS. In which the entire Company will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Y'our. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TIRE EVENING Will be repeated MAR ABET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and Pechttana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which. LOCHINVAR ; or, The Bride of Netherby. Lochin ear. Mr. H. Howard; James the Sixth, Mr. J. T. Johnson; Lord IC.therby, Mr. Dale ; Mysle, Miss E. Terry. Te cenclude with NAPOLEON ; or, The Deserter and his Dog. win h Messrs. Coney and Blanchard and their celebrated Dog Hector will perform DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON !—GRAND OPENING FETES. First Exhibition of the C _ o ossal Pictorial Representation suggested byniosAt'Gr R. 11. ,A , ... 1 J -N E U Y ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her H. It. 11. PRINCE ALBER l: T r ilc lajesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. MONDAY, May 5 ; TUESDAY, , ar t r , ; WEDNESDAY, May 7 , and THuitsDA., A magnificent modelled Rep re sentation 8, of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotch men, and the immortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Town," introducing the Old and NewsTow.n:‘,totthileimNenort: Loch, as it formerly existed, the Carlto n Hi ll, N Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the C as tl e, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting, features of " Auld Reekie." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his Royal llighness Prince Albert, and he is deli g h te d to gay a it met with his rn^st decided and perfect approval, a n d f rom the more than usual care which has been observed in its execution, he points it out as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings made by Mr. Ranson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye viewwere the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth,Bt € C f . Tho PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective Scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will he produced in rotation, including some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. Tha entire of the Gigantic Model win be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the fires en the Carlton 11111, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour trayd. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Tableau, Filly Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake I The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in troduced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Danson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to thlo Matchless and superb design, which combined with the Felix D'Arti lice, the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur rounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display ever witnessed. Feeding of. Carnivore, at half-past Four ; Pelic ans, at Five ;1 o cut Six; and Pyrotechnic Dliplay Nine, Admission, One Shilling THE AGE-" THE VERY AGE "-RE VIVED ! ! ! IN ALL ITS ORIGINAL POWER, BRILLIANCY, D HUMOUR. By C. M. WESTMACOTT, AND A SPLENDID STAFF OF CONTRIBUTORS. On SATURDAY NEXT, April 26, THE AGE, under its former Editor, will resume its admired cha racteristics—" Loyal, but Free "—Priority of Information and Prio rity of Talent—Conservative —for Church and Crown—and Indepen dent of all Parties, Motto—" I know ye all, and for a time I have upheld the un yoked humour of your idleness." Age Office, Corner of York-street and Catherine-street. RAILWAY NEWS. Subscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of TUE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. Sun-office, 112, Strand. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 67; Noon, 64 -- BAROMETER, 29.9.—W1ND, S. Nom—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the l'hermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 40 minutes after 3 I Evening •• 2 minutes after 4, 44 1 * tip qv, • QUI• • 1i) -4110111Alik • crelP.:: Am.( c;,.= m.„ aiming :itz LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1845. The royal assent was given by Commission to several Bills. Several petitions were presented on the subject of the Slaynooth grant; and Lord BROUGHAM took the opportunity of contradicting a statement which had been made, that an attack on the measure, which had appeared in one of the French papers, had been written by a member of the French Government. There was a short conversation between the Marquis of NORMANBY and Lord STANLEY, on the subject of the Irish Constabulary, which led to no result. The Earl of POIVIS brought in a Bill for repealing the Act uniting the bishoprics of St. Asaph and Bangor, and for empowering her Majesty to appoint a Bishop of Manchester. The second reading of this Bill was fixed for the 2d of May, and Lord MONTEAGLE gave notice that he should move for the appropriation of the reve nues of the suppressed Welsh Bishoprics to the parochial clerk y, instead of to the Ecclesiastical Fund. Lord WHARNCLIFFE brought in the London Orphan Asylum Bill, which was read a first time, and their Lordships adjourned. The House of Commons met at four o'clock. At the time of private business, Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET moved a resolution to the effect, that it be an instruction to every Committee on a Railway Bill, to fix the tolls and maximum rate of charges for the conveyance of passengers and goods, and that if they omit to do so, they should set forth the grounds of such omission in a special report. After a short discussion the motion was agreed to. Mr. HUTT gave notice, for Thursday week, of a motion for the admission of Australian Flour on the same terms as Canadian. Sir B. PEEL said the Whitsun holidays would not ex tend longer than from Friday to Wednesday or Thurs day. Mr. LIDDELL brought in the Dog Stealing Bill, which was read a first time. Among the numerous petitions presented on the sub ject of the Maynooth grant, was one by Mr. M. MILNEs, from the Bachelors and Undergraduates of the Uni versity of Cambridge, in favour of the grant. The pe tition was laid upon the table amidst loud cheering. The adjourned debate on the subject of the motion of Mr. WARD was then resumed. Mr. COLQUIIOUN, who was equally opposed to the motion of the Hon. Member for Sheffield and to the Government measure—said, the Government mea- sure was merely a prelude to the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, and within five years after such an establishment should have taken place, the Protestant Church in that country would cease to exist. Mr. BATESON defended the Irish Church. Mr. F. BARING supported the Government proposi tion with which he thought the Irish Catholics would be satisfied. Mr. BERNAL supported Mr. WARD'S motion. Captain GLADSTONE opposed the amendment of the [on. Member for Sheffield. Lord HOWICK not only supported Mr. WARD'S pro position, but was disposed to go much further. He hoped the day was not far distant when the two churches would be placed upon as equal footing. _ _ _ _ _ Mr. G. A. lIANILToN considered that the funds of the Irish Church had been overstated, and the conduct of her clergy misrepresented. He was opposed both to the motion and to the amendment. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE supported the motion of Mr. WARD. Mr. ROCIIE also supported the motion, although he re gretted that it had been brought forward at the present time. Lord PALMERSTON would prefer payieg the endow meat d May north out of the surplus revenues of the Established Church, to defraying it out of the Consoli dated Fund. lie would vote in favour of Mr. WARD'S motion. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT denied that tho Government had proposed the additional grant to Maynouth through fear. Sir 11. W. BARRON opposed the motion, on the ground of its interfering with the measure of the Government, and, as a Roman Catholic, he considered he should be ungrateful if he adopted any course calculated to em barrass them. After a few words from Mr. lIINDLEy, the house divided, when there appeared—For Mr. WARD'S motion, 14S ; against it, 322 ; majority against Mr. WARD'S motion, 174. A short discussion then arose as to the time when the Bill should be committed. It was ultimately decided that it should be taken in Committee to-morrow (this day.) The House then adjourned at One o'clock. The division on Mr. WARD'S motion has placed some Members in a singular position. Sir ROBERT INGLIS lost a considerable portion of his supporters, or in words which the Tories delight to use when speaking of Mr. O'CONNELL'S influence over his colleagues, part of his tail. Mr. HINDLET, the most conspicuous fur religious principle in discussing this question, deserted his Tory leader and voted with Mr. WARD. Others, more consistent, did not vote at all. Among these were, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, Mr. WAKLEY, Mr. ELLICE, jun., Mr. Fox MAULE, &O. Their conduct was prudent ; but what is to be said of Mr. lIINDLEv? He votes for a measure, the object of which is to take a certain sum from funds ap plicable to ecclesiastical purposes in Ireland, and appropriate it for the maintenance of Popery. Had Mr. WARD'S party been strong enough, the grant to Maynooth would have remained the same, and the only difference would have been, that 26,0001. would have been taken from the Irish Protestant Church in place of the Consolidated Fund. The religious scruple, therefore, is thrown overboard, and to this point must all the objectors of the same class come at last. To resist the measure on religious grounds is a prin ciple which is utterly untenable, and must lead to inex tricable confusion ; it would raise a rebellion in Canada, it might shake the foundations of our empire in In 'is, and would render our colonies even more hostile to the Protestant Church than the Roman Catholics of Ireland Religion, some men say, will admit of no worldly rea • sons, and if the party that votes against any favour to Maynooth resolve to take the consequences, which might be a rebellion in the sister island, they must op pose every grant to Popery, and Hindooism, and every religion except the true one, though the desperate re solution, if effectual, would destroy the British em pire. It is evident the affairs of the world cannot be carried on with such principles ; and all rational men therefore, adapt themselves t o circumstances, and sub , mit even to plans at variance wi t h t h e i r religious views, for the sake of peace and security. no argument that no money should be voted to an Established Church of any description is, we fear, in aristocratic England, equally untenable. But that principle, too, has been often entirely forgotten when the Catholic religion, and more especially the Catholic religion in Ireland, was THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1845 mitted to the Board ; as soon as its decision was made known it satisfied me that it carried with it the impress of good sense, and was calculated to advance the best interest of the country. Wishing to ascertain the feeling of the parties along the line and of the country generally, and requiring some calculations which could only be made after personal inspection, I employed my friend, Professor Oliver Byrne (of whose capability and talent not mixed up with the question. A grant of 10,000/. a year is paid out of the Consolidated Fund to make up small livings in Scotland to 1501. a y ear, though there are ample teinds for that purpose belonging to the E:tablished Church. The landlords robbed the Church of a part of the tithes, and some of the descendants of these very landlords, on religious principles, voted with Sir ROBERT INGLIs against a paltry grant to a Church which had been robbed of its entire inheritance. The union of robbery and religion exhibits strange phenomena. The Church of England, too, the wealthiest Church in the world, has received large subsidies from the State—enough to provide for the religious instruction of the whole Irish people—yet that fact is lost sight of, and the wrath of the voluntaries is reserved for the unfortunate Irish. Their day of relief, however, is at hand. Neither Sir ROBERT PEEL nor Sir JAMES GRAHAM could urge any reason for refusing them an act of justice, and they are still sup ported by that consistent party which suffered so much for Ireland, and finally carried Catholic Emancipto ion. Lord Howrcx last night spoke out as he has alway , done, like a statesmen and a man of honour. " I have," said he, " always regarded the Church of Ireland in the same light as my Right Hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh. I have always regarded the maintenance of the Irish Church on its present footing as contrary to every principle of justice and policy. I believe, in my conscience, the maintenance of that Church has been the great obstacle to the spread of the Protestant religion. I am so persuaded of the truth of the great principles of that religion, that I firmly be lieve, if they were given fair play, if they were not weighed down by the injustice of the system to which they are united, they must in three centu ries have taken root and flourished in the soil of Ireland as they have (lone in other countries." Lord PALMERSTON, though belonging to another school of polities, was no less explicit. "It is impossible," said his Lordship, " that the present state of things in Ire land, as regards the religious establishments of the two sections into which the country is divided, can be per manent. Yeti have there a population of about eight mil lions, very nearly seven millions of whom are of a religion different from the eigh th;million—you have a large Church Establishment, which is appropriated to the instruct tion of only one half of the Protestant minority—by an annual grant you have contributed to the reli gious instruction of the remaining portion of the Pro testant minority. Can you then, for a moment, con template as permanent a system under which six and a half or seven _millions of the poorest of the people of Ireland receive religious instructions frown a priesthood dependent upon eleemosynary contribu tions ; who go from house to house, from farm to farm, and from cabin to cabin, collecting the wretched pittance for their' precarious subsistence ?—(Cheers.) What ever may be the feelings of a large portion of the House, and whatever the feelings of a large portion, I admit, of the people of this country, I maintain that a provision for the Roman Catholio priesthood is a measure which Government and the house, at no distant period, will be compelled, from a sense of justice, to entertain." acres; it formerly was 700, but twelve or fourteen years ago 150 additional acres had been added to it. The line approached within 400 yards of the residence, and close to a flower garden. Lord Harborough had, within the last few years, laid out somewhere about 80,0001. in ornamental improvements. Several ornamental cottages on the grounds would either be cut off from the main body of the park, or else destreyed. - . . I entertain the highest opinion) to inspect the country between Dublin and Galway, examine the proposed lines, and give his opinion thereon—which, in the shape of a report, together with my book, entitled " Statistical Evidence in favour of State Rail ways in Ireland," published in 1841, I laid before the Board of Trade. Sub-Committee (No. 3.) The Committee met to .day at twelve o'clock, in room No. 13. The Committee consisted of Mr. Agliontly, Chairman, Mr. T. Egerton, Mr. Broadly, Mr. Stansfield, Mr. Thornely, Captain Jones, and Mr. Aldam. ERE WASH VALLEY RAILWAY. The attention of the Board was drawn to portions of that work, which were most important—namely, to resolutions of the Grand Jury of the county, and the county of the town of Galway, Spring Assizes, 1836, in favour of the line surveyed by Messrs. Bald and Henry, civil engineers, and to their valuable report on that line, and on the port of Galway, for which survey and report I paid 5501. sterling, of which sum 250!. has only been repaid, and that by the Irish Eastern and Western Railway Company. In this case, in which Mr. Hall appeared for the promoters of the Bill, the Committee decided that the standiil orders were proved. The great advantage of a breakwater at Mutton Island was also strongly recommended in that most valuable report, and all ven tured to hope that Parliament would grant the small sum of 10,0001., the estimated cost of that work, which was required to complete the harbour of Galway. _ . . _ - The evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House of Lords in 1836, with a view of improving the intercourse between the United Kingdom and the North American Colonies, contained so much valuable informaticn on the western harbours, that 1 a'to called their attention to some of the Most material portions of It—namely, the evidence of Sir John Burgoyne, Viscount Beres ford, and of his Grace the Duke of Wellington ; also the very valuable testimony of Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Walter Otway, Captain Henry Haynes, R.N., Captein Sir John Franklin, and Captain F. Beaufort, Hydrographer to the Admiralty; from all *which evidence, especially that of Admiral Otway and Captain Haynes, the Board must have perceived the absolute necessity of attending to the western harbours of Ireland, and esptcially to Gal way—so necessary at all times, but doubly so, before the country shall be engaged in war—to avoid the great danger in which vessels trading to the United Kingdom are exposed from the enemies' cruisers. I have marked, on both maps in single red, the line approve,: of by the Board of Trade, and in double red, Messrs. Bald and Henry's line, both from Dublin to Galway, On map No. 1, I have shown all the lines that are proposed to be " ' made—those that have met with the approval of the Board of Trade, that have been rejected—recommended for postponement— and those not decided upon. On map No. 2 are those approved of by the Board—to which are added a few lines that I think will meet with the approval of the Beard—one in particular from Rath. downy, on the Cashel line, to Portumna, passing through a rich and populous country, situated on the River Shannon, at Lough Derg, navigable for steamers. The branch line from Drogheda to Kells was a favourite project of mine, and I war among the first to propose its being made some years since, in connexion with the Preston and Wyre Railway, and paid out of my packet 3001. towards the survey and preliminary expenses. _ _ _ It is worthy of the deepest attention of all classes in Ire. land, and indeed I may s.ry, of the empire at large, what Professor Oliver Byrne states in his report, as to the advantage of the steam tugs in towing vessels out of the port of Galway, for so soon as this railway shall be completed—that moment vessels will be prepared fitted up on the principle of the screw propeller, to navigate between Galway and New York, and I have the assuranze of par. ties competent to form a just opinion on the subject, that twelve days on the average will be sufficient to bring the correspondence &c., from the greatest city in the United States of America, to the capital of the British empire; a sum of one million sterling, will be ample to purchase vessels, and form the establishment necessary for such an undertaking, and I venture to state, that a company formed for this purpose will make an enormous profit from the correspondence alone, without mentioning passengers, &c. &c., whilst the charge for freight and carriage, will, I am in formed, be less than one half of what it is at present. I remain, Gentlemen your devoted friend, THOMAS BIRMINGHAM. 16, Tichtield.terrace, Regent's Park, ttpril 25th, 1845. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) The accounts from Madrid are to the 17th inst. On that day the Chamber of Deputies adopted the war budget. Senor Moumw had proposed an amendment for the purpose of placing the provincial regiments, or national militia, in their former position, and thereby making a saving of 20,000,000 reels, but he withdrew it at the request of the Minister of War, who said every possible reduction consistent with public safety had been made in the army. The follow ing piece of gossip appears in one of the Opposition papers : Group No. 2. LEEDS AND MANCHESTER LINE. FRIDAY, FIFTY( DAY. The Committee sat at the usual hour this day, and made arrangements for the more convenient conduct of the proceedings, the crowd for the last few days having made the heat of the room intolerable. Mr. TALBOT had an application to make to the Committee. Though they had closed their case, still there was one witness, an engineer named Asterisk, whom he wished to examine as to the tunnel ; he could not have examined him yesterday as he was under examination in another Committee. "TOLEDO, APRIL 15.—Yesterday evening the son of the cele brated English Minister, Sir Robert Peel, who is an attache to the British Embassy at Madrid, arrived hither. At the moment that the said foreigner's carriage passed the post of the Alcantara gate, the carabineers on duty approached in order to examine it. Without any other ceremony, Sir Robert Peel's son presented to the carabineers a pair of doublc.barrelled pistols. In return for this delicate attention the carabineers rushed to their arms, being anxious to repay the young foreigner in the same coin, and to make him understand that, in such matters, Spai.iards are net a sluggish people. This amicable interview might have been attended with very unpleasant consequences, had it not been put a stop to by the interposition of the civil employis. The poli tical chief, being informed of what was passing, sent for the Englishman, when the latter said, with the candour which charac. terises the English, that he did not understand the Spanish lan guage, and that be had presented his pistols to the carabineers for the sole purpose of ascertaining whether a duty must be paid on them. The political chief being convinced by this satisfactory reply, suffered the ycung foreigner te depart. Ohl if he had been a Spaniard," . . The CHAIRMAN said that, having examined two engineers upon that point yesterday for two hours, the Committee conceived they had had engineering evidence enough. Mr. Barff, dealer in wool at Wakefield , deposed that 14,410,000 lbs. weight of the wool imported into Hmddersfield came from the erst, and that should come from Hull by the Manchester and Leeds line, either by land or water ; it usually came by land in winter and by water in summer, the latter being cheaper then. It would, in his opinion, be verydesirable that the proposed line should be in the hands of cne company, the Manchester and Leeds. To Mr. BAINES-IS a shareholder in the Manchester and Leeds Company. Mr. Anderton, worsted spinner—By the table of imports he perceived that the import in the wool trade into Huddersfield from the east was seven times more than that from the west. ...- - Mr. Hawkshaw, engineer, deposed that he had measured the proposed line, and his estimate was, that the continuation of the branch from the Leeds Junction to Huddersfield would cost 100,0001. Mr. TALBOT intimated that he had closed his case. The Three per Cents. were done at 35i at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 25 9-16 at 60 days; the Coupons at 28h at 60 days; and the Debt without interest at 8i at 60 days. _ . Captain Lawes wished to explain part of his evidence of yester day. Since he wai examined he had learned that there was an agreement in writing between the Canal Company and the Leeds and Manchester Company, and he would get a copy of it for the Committee, but he had never seen it. Mr. Bassias then rose, and said he would trouble the Committee very shortly with a few observations in reply. Mr. TALBOT hoped his Learned Friend would recollect that he appeared for the Leeds and Dewsbury line, and that should not be lost sight of. it being a district branch. Mr. Bstrcza said if the Huddersfield and Manchester line should be carried, the Dewsbury line would not be looked for. With re spect to the Bill now before the Committee, he would call upon the Committee to affirm the proposition contained in the preamble of this Bill—namely, that it was the one which would prove to be of greatest public utility ; and in addition to that they had the fact , that this Company had the power to form the whole line from Staleybridge and Cooper.bridge. Then the report of the Board of Trade stated that if the Committee should be satisfied as to the utility of the line, its claims were paramount. He would next call attention to the evidence of Mr. Lo c ke, w ho wa s th e eng ineer whose reputation was at stake, as he had declared that the line could be made within the 'estimate. As to the ob. s at a before andilel wanted tunnel, with such a propo n jection to a single li ne of rails in the tunnel, all danger could be very easily avoided b y a little care; but then the Bill had a clause empower in g the Bo ard of Trade to compel this Company to ma ke another tunnel, if that should be d eeme d necessary; and the Bill contained another clause giving power to rai s e mone y fo r that purpose. It was given in evidence that the re was at p rese nt one line terminating within one mile of Hudder sfield, with sever al manufactories on both sides of it, and a great nu mber of peo p le con yp s en t t a in n t t t l h y the p ya a t ssi t n tha g elk t e o Lde a ed n e d af from atnh those de danger t rs to have their lino c singlen the Committ ee. Th en the Committee Manchester nhn mills ls ; Company t wieale: at in a a that edand . t o t e s een that f t i had the evidence that the people of Huddersfield were decidedly against the Manchester and L eeds proposition, and in favour of the one he was now advocating. The Learned Counsel then went on to comment on the evidence of the different witnesses a t great length, and contended that every word the Co T m h m e i teeeemhad eheardnweerndte to re dconfirme e t t h e e e r u c t d i i t n o d f t t h h e e i c n e W t t e nt h: t E e S e re p r esenting. having remained in consultation some time, strangers were re-ad , milted, when The French Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday adopted, with a slight alteration, the first clause of the Bill for re ducing the Five• per• Cent Stock, which is as follows :—the Minister of Finance is authorised to effect the reimbursement of the Five per Cents. at the rate of 100 f. for each sf. of rente, or the conversion into Four-and••a-Half per Cent. de clared not convertible for seven years. Silence on the part of the stockholders was to be interpreted as acceptance of the offer thus made. Stockholders were to be allowed twenty days, for France, to make their demand for reimbursement, a month for Europe or Algeria, and a year for other countries, dating from the day on which the ordinance should be issued fixing the conditions of the present Bill. The alteration was a guarantee of ten in place of seven years against the reduction of that stock when converted into the Four .and-a-Half per Cents. The second clause was under discussion at the hour of post. The report of the Committee on supplementary and extraordinary credits for the year 1844.45 has been completed, and was to be laid before the Chamber on Wednesday. The revenue, it states, was expected to yield in that year a surplus of 24,947,8361, but had yielded nearly twice as much-42,000,000f. ; yet, owing to extraordinary credits upon the treasury, there had been a deficit of 24,123,500 f. The Committee are strongly opposed to such a ruinous system, and state that " such a result is calculated to make the Chamber most seri ously reflect. If, in a year in which general prosperity has yielded a surplus revenue of 42,000,000 f. more than the budget had reckoned, we close the same year with a deficit of more than 24,000,000 f., what would the situation of our finances be if unfortunate circumstances were to diminish or stop up several sources of our revenue at the same time that they aggravated the charges that weigh on our coun try ? If, from the interior of France, we turn our eyes to the great powers of Europe, we find that they are restoring an equilibrium between their receipts and their expenses; that they are reducing their debts, and effecting savings, as if, in anticipation of events that may compel them to bring into play their whole strength, they were re serving resources for the future, and providing for all con tingencies. Thus it is that at the moment we are about to close the financial year of 1843 with a defalcation of 39,826,728 francs, England is closing that year with a sur plus of receipts of 36,118,706 francs." Among other items in this financial document are 44,0001. as compensation to the owners of two British ships which had been expelled unjustly by the French authorities from the Bay of Portendick, and prevented frem taking a cargo el gum which was ready for loading. Notes had been ex changed on the subject between the Cabinets of London and n t w s e u l p y p e o o r ' t e I o o c f k ,LoSridr Exeter's George Grey pt. Group T. SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY. T the construction of the New Crosa.station, y, gave he lion iih which h e v engineer of the London and Croydon Railwa y, in filwree.acsh Gregory, raeir : Committee nwh, detn t evidence to-day a t plane. Nearly all the passengers' and goods trains stopped at that station, yet no particular inconveni ence had been experienced from the inclination. It was not equal to a level, yet still no great di ff iculty had been found in working the line on this account. : ,(3 17 ti ce an re i s n p e c i c i t n i e n t g i Mr. Giles, civil engineer, examined—Had seen the sections of Mr. Stephenson's line. There was a large tunnel proposed to be made, and the line was planned to cross the Welland twelve times; n several of the cases by wooden bridges. These would require to be often renewed, perhaps about once every twenty years. He was acquainted with the town of Stamford, and knew St. Mary's. hill, which was inclined I in 13, and came close down on the s t a tio n . That was a preat objection. He knew of no railway in England where such a crossing as that proposed at the end of the bridge in Stamford had been made. Its being so near to the bridge would cause a great in. convenience to the inhabitants in passing over the bridge front one part of the town to the other. He had proposed a station himself, outside of the town, on an inclined pine, but where the station was placed he should make a level where the carriages stopped of 1,000 feet. The station, in such a position, he thought would be much more convenient to the whole town, and afford with the removal of a house, easy access to the fairs and markets. The inclines at Liverpool and New.cross were greater than the one he proposed, and both were connected with stations. He considered an assistant engine would be necessary at this incline for heavy trains, but the extra expense would be very trifling. lie considered his line gene. rally superior to that of Mr. Stephenson's. It was 21 miles sh o r t er than the latter. It only crossed the river Wel l a nd once, and hid no tunnel. The cuttings were general:y good. Alto g ether he consid e red that in lands and works a saving of 30,0001. or 40,0001. in the construction would be effected. From the nature of the cuttings he proposed a quantity of fine oolitc stone would be opened up, and there would be no necessity to construct wooden bridges. That stone, he believed, would become the object of considerable traffic, and command a ready market in London. He considered the line which lie proposed between Stamford and Hockham as superior to the parallel line the Company proposed to form as part of their integral line. In cross-examination, Mr. Giles said that he originally surveyed the line at the desire of the Earl of Exeter, and reported to him, as he (Lord Exeter) had objections to the line. There was an inclination in witness's line at Hockham, which was one in 132, and three miles long. The largest inclination was that in which he proposed to place the Stamford station, three and a half miles long, and one in 106. The station with the proposed 1,000 feet platform was near the centre, being at the distance of one and a half from the top of the incline. The station proposed to be con structed at etamford.bridge would be an annoyance to the people crossing the bridge, though lie did not apprehend much danger from it under good reetrlatious. lie considered Mr. Stephen. son's station as the most convenient for a passengers' station ; but not so for goods. The other in that respect was much more pre frrahle. Another objection he had to Mr. Stephenson'e station was, that it would destroy all the existing wharfs on the river at Stamford. This closed the case for Lord Exeter, Sir John M'Neill, civil engineer, who was to have been examined in addition, not having been able to give hi s atten d anc e. The petition of L or d H ar borough was now gone into, Mr. Whateley appeari ng f or t h e N o ble Lord. Mr. Giles w as th e fi rst w i tnes s examined. He did not con sider the line s h ou l d be take ' s through his L ordshi p 's p ark. There was no ne cess i ty for it. It mig ht be taken to the westward of the park, by ma k ing a deep cu tting and a tunn el of 900 y ards . The expense w ou ld b e more b u t the line wo uld be e q uall y g ood, and the gradients about the same. This diversion of the line would be half a mile shorter, It could also be taken by the east side of the grounds, providing it were taken along the level of the canal, in which case it would be a most excellent line. It would then still go through his Lordship's park, but not so near as in the Company's present plan. The tunnel and extra work to the westward would be about 45,0001., but he thought that the compensati on d ue t o L or d Harborough , f or g oin g t hrough his park, wouldreduce the diff erence one.half, as that nobleman in his opinion ought at least to receive 20,0001. for the damage. Mr. Clayton, land-sur v ey or , deposed that the cu t t in g throu g h th e grounds would sever nearly 100 acres from the park. Mr. W. Babling, land steward to Lord Harborough, gave evi. denoe respecting the character of the park. It contained about 850 Paris, and Commissioners appointed, without coining to any decision, when the question was referred to the arbitration of the King of PRUSSIA, who awarded this sum, including interest. The demands of the British Government were stated at 1,903,608 f. There is also a sum of 55,000 f. as compensation to British agents who were compelled to quit Morocco when the French fleet bombarded the coast. These grants are expected to excite some angry speeches from the Opposition. The following are additional extracts from the papers : " In the sitting of the Swiss Diet of the 19th, it was decided, after some discussion, that the Jesuit question should be adjourned to the next ordinary scss:on in the month of July. The deputy of Lucerne then demanded that the Diet should at once cashier the officers of the federal army who had formed part, of the. free corps. To this it was replied, that he was going somewhat too fast for the slow machinery of the federative system. A smart exchange of recriminatory language took place between the deputy of Lucerne and M. Briatte, the deputy of Vaud. The latter terminated the sitting by a strong declaration against the appre ciation of the late political commotions is the canton of Vaud made by M. Guizot in his second dispatch of March Z. This de- claration was inserted in the minutes,' and produced a marked sen. cation in the assembly and the diplomatic corps." " The Semaphore of Marseilles contains a letter from Damietta, which gives an account of the termination of the affair in which an unfortunate Copt was killed by the populace after most shameful ill.treatment, and the French Consul's house was injured by the mob. On the formal complaint of this gentleman the Governor of Damietta, My Bey, has been condemned to degradation, to an imprisonmens of six years in the fort of Aboukir, and to pay an indemnity to the Copt's family. The ulemas of Damietta have been also punished in the person of their chief, Haly H a f acy, who is exiled to Tantah. Kahl Bey has been made Governor in Aly Bey's place." The Three per Cents. .closed on the Paris Bourse on the 23d instant at 851. 85c. ; the Five per Cents. at 118 f. 60c. ; Orleans Shares, 1,2201. ; Rouen, 1,1051. ; Vierzon, 859 f. ; Havre, 9221. 50c.; Avignon, 1,030 E ; Basle, 295 E ; Spanish Actives, 40% ; Ditto, Three per Cents., 42 ; Ditto, Passives, THE IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your papor being a great authority on railway matters, you will perhaps find a corner for this exposition of railway schemes in Ireland:— To the People of Ireland, particularly to the inhabitants of the provinces of Leinster and Connaught, and to those of the county and the county of the town of Galway. My Friends,—You will doubtless rejoice on the late truly wise decision of the railway department of the Board of Trade, in favour of the Irish Great Western Railroad from Dublin to Galway—the line which we from the first advocated as the best—and which had your strenuous co-operation all through. Look at the map, every one must admit the justice and soundness of this decision, from the enormous advantages to be gained by constructing a great line of railway along a level that brings the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel within a few hours of the Atlantic Ocean. I wish to lay before you the course which my duty, as a friend to Ireland, impelled me to pursue during the last six months— findingosdir,,, t n gi n thatthe view,m tah variousthough g:e plansi. not goinge h re Proposed a s fa r a appearedhaving possible, which the essential,sa me rn to uc m h e determined on collecting all b t e t y ll o f n e d aring to recommend any lest my zeal in the cause might go the information together with facts that have been obtained, I've devoted to the subject, I sub- GLASGOW HARBOUR UNION RAILWAY. In this case, Mr. Connel appeared on behalf of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and alleged that due notice had not been given in the Edinburgh Gazette of the course the line intended to take. It would seem that since the promoters had published their notices they had determined to abandon some portions of their line, and it was contended that under these circumstances, fresh notices ought to have been given. It was urged, that in the case of the Lon don and York, who, following the recommendation of the Board or Trade, abandoned that portion of their line lying between London and Lincoln, and in the case of the Gravesend Railway, who had also, in some instances, abandoned, and others varied the course• of their line, the Standing Orders' Committee determined that the standing o,ders had not been complied with, in so far as the pub lished notice did not accurately describe the progress of the two lines. On the same ground the petitioners contended that the Committee, by these uniform decisions in dealing with the case of the Glasgow Harbour Union Railway, Group D. BLACKBURN, BURNLEY, ACCRINGTON, AND COLNE RAILWAY. The further consideration of this project was resumed this morn ing. The adjourned Committee met at twelve o'clock, and soon after proceeded to business ; Mr. licrnal in the chair. Two causes wlich had been prepared by Mr. Coates, the Parlia mentary agent, limiting the line of deviation through Mr. Parker's property and glebe, were agreed to by Mr. Gregory, on behalf of Mr. Parker, akd the Chairman directed that they should be added to the Bill. Clause 17, for limiting the time for compulsory payment to five years, was also agreed to, and made part of the Big. The CHAIRMAN observed that it would be necessary to add clauses describing the rate of tolls which wluld be demanded by the Company, and also various other clauses recently set forth in tlae orders for the day were required to be added. This would ren. der it compulsory for the Bill to be re.eornmitted, which would be a great hardship on the promoters, but, under the circumstances, could nut be avoided. The con. ideration of the other clauses was postponed, and the BLACKBURN, DARWEN AND'BOLTON RAILWAY was proceeded with. Mr. CALVERT raid he appeared on beha:f of the Blaackburn, Dar wen, and Bolton Railway Company, and proceeded to lay down the grounds on which it was proposed to carry out the line. He stated that the population at Blackburn, Darwen, and the neighbourhood amounted to nearly 110,000 inhabi ants, who were principally en. gaged in cotton manufactories, paper-mills, stone-quarries, and coal-pits, bat theprincipal source of traffic was the large bleaching_ grounds near Bolton As much as two hundred and seventy- two tons of cotton in a week had passed between Black burn and Bottom The present traffic was carried by carts, but owing to the great steepness of some parts of the country, which in one instance reached the height of 640 feet, over which the road passed, many accidents happened, and great inconvenience was occasioned. The engineer employed by the Darwen Railway Company had, by the exertion of great skill, succeeded in reducing the level of the proposed line to 230 feet, which, it was obvious, must be preferable to the old road. From the nature of the gridients the line might easily be made a thoroughway for a general communication with Preston, Man chester, and other 14rge towns. The returns would realise a profit of seven per cent. on the capital. Added to this, there was scarcely a dissenting landholder opposed to the line, and from the nature of the trade and the occupation of the inhabitants in the neighbourhood, and also from the fact of the Board of Trade having given their sanction to the proposed line, he trusted the Committee would allow the Bill to pass. Mr. Robinson, solicitor to the Company, was the first witness examined —He said that 300,000/. was the proposed capital for making the Use, of which amount a deposit of 24,0001. had been made in compliance with the standing orders. There were 361 shareholders who had a kcal interest in the line, and 21 with a col lateral interest. Mr. Morris was then called to prove the traffic, and, after a long cross-examination, by Mr. Webster, nothing but what was of local interest was elicited. Several other witnesses were examined, when The CHAIRMAN said that, for the proof of the preamble, a prima facie case had been made out for the promoters of the line, and the Committee would not trouble the witnesses any further. (LEFT SITTING.) Sub• Committee (No. 1.) This Committee assembled this morning in Committee-room No. 7. Present, Mr. Strutt, Chairman, Mr. Pakingten, Mr. V. Stuart, Mr. Bcckett, Mr. Compton, and Mr. Brotherton. LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON RAILWAY. The object of this railway is to give a line of communication between the above pima, twelve miles shorter than that which exists. The length, including branches, is thirty-six miles, and the estimated cost 700,0001. Engineers, Sir J. bl`Niel and Mr. Thompson. ""•"' _ Mr. Donnington appeared for the promoters; the petition was opposed by Sir John Scarisbrook. The allegatim.s were very numerous, and of the most trivial de scription. They all related to trifling omissions in the plan. A number of these were gone into, and the Committee at last be. gun W be impatient. The CHAIRMAN said— Really these objections are very trifling. If something more material cannot be gone into it is only wasting the time of the Committee to continue these. Here is one in which, by a defect on the lithographic stone, the tail of a nine has been omitted. New, who could possibly be deceived or misled by such an omission. Sub-Committee (No. 2). The Sub Committee, of which Sir. J. Y. Buller is chairman, re assembled this morning, and proceeded with the allegation in the care of the Birmingham and Gloucester Cowpony, who seek for power to make a branch from some point in their main line to the ancient city of Worcester, as well as to extend the branch running into Cheltenham. Mr. H. Vcnables, the Parliamentary Agent, appeared for a peti tioner named Lawrence, through whose property one of the exten sions would pass; but up to the hour of going to press he had failed to substantiate any of his allegations. He had, however, when the Committee rose yesterday, proved about nice, but none of them presented any feature •f interest, and in point of import. ance, the whole of them were of a minor character. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) TRIAL AT BAR.—THE GREAT DISTILLERY CASE. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GEORGE SMITH. Their Lordships resumed this morning at ten o'clock, and the names of the jury having been called over, the first witness called was Joseph Drinkwater, who was examined by Mr. Sergeant Wilde. The plan before the Court describes the pipes that ge from the distillery into the rectifying-house. A flunge is used for connecting two pipes either in a direct or oblique direction. There is a branch pipe between the distillery and the rectifying. house which runs out of the first pipe. It is a blind pipe, and has no outlet. It runs parallel with the two walls. It runs across the road to the granary, and at thirteen feet from the junction there is a stop-cock. There was a box upon it bearing the initial of the East London NVater..works. There was another stop-cock at four feet from the junction. There was a branch from the dis tillery, running down to the officer's.room. The latest period in 1843 that I examined the spirit-receiver was on the 18th August, At that time there were no holes in the cover. Between the 4th of JanuLry, 1644, and the second examination a hole had been bored in the cover. There was only one hole discovered then. The hole was -only an enlargement of that through which the suction-pipe passed. An officer was present when the receiver was emptied. The trade always threw a quantity of water into the receiver, to clear the pumps, and remove the spirits. A bar, locked by the Ex. else, was then run through the pistons to prevent their working. The suction-ppe run through the enlarged hole. On removing the board which supported the suction-pipe, I found a semi-circular hole which was sufficiently large to admit a man's arm. There was an increase of spirit on the 13th of December of 28.7 gallons, and that was seized by the Excise. My attention was called to the hole by two other officers after that stock was taken; on the 15th of June following we examined the hol. , again, and I mentioned the circumstances connected with it to the defendant and his foreman, Mr. Gill. The foreman endeavoured to explain it by stating the nails were rusted, and had given way. Oise of the nails was, however, new. They were merely placed there to prevent the board beers kicked off. Mr. Gill said the receiver must have floated, and so the board be wrenched off'. The position of the receiver was unaltered, and the officer's of Excise must have perceived it If it had floated. The defendant produced a letter, which he said was anonymous, stating that some individuals about his premises ran off spirits about three o'clock in the morning, and sold them afterwards. That die. covery (the discovery of the hole) he said explained the letter, and, he added, that it was a most extraordirary piece of intelli gence. In June I found a hole, about an inch in diameter, near the suction-pipe. The old board had been surrounded with white lead, but the new hole was perfectly clear. The holelat first sight was not at all apparent. It was distant about eight inches from the dipping.rod. A plug was in the hole to prevent its being seen. lam confident the hole was not In the board on Saturday. The hole was too small for the passage of the dipping.rod. The dipping-rod was a square one, and the hole was circular. The ma. nager explained that there was a knot of wood at that place Such was not the case, however. The hole had been made with a cutting instrument. I took the drip for the first time on the 3d of September, 1842. A juror—What is meant by the phrase, the receiver floating ? The LORD Curer BARON explained. The witness continued—The receiver was so close to the floor that a knife could not be passed between the bottom and the ground. It was rather inclined for the convenience of removing Its contents to the well or cistern. Before the end or September, 1842, the quantity necessary to make the surface of the receiver level was 660 gallons. On the next examination they found that 260 gal lons made a level surface, and wetted 4.6 inches of the dipping board. The next time the rod was taken it dipped 4.7 inches, the difference of 1-10th in depth, making a difference in bulk spirits of 9 gallons, or reduced to proof of 14 gallons. This would create in every distillation a loss of 330 gallons, the duty on which would be 1291. ss. In August the drip was 4 5 inches, thus gaining another I.loth of an inch. A stop had since been put upon the pipe by the Excise, but of that I know nothing, as I left before it was done. The trader pays duty every fourteen days. The defendant had 26 periods of distillatian in the course of the year. (The witness then explained the different processes of distil. lation.) Great care was afterwards taken to watch the premises narrowly. They first commenced to watch on the seventh period of distillatior. I had an account of the wash taken on the six previous periods. The quantity of wash distilled in the first period, from the 10th of October, 1843, to the 23d of the same month, was 275,387 gallons, which reduced made 259,9211, giving a result of 27,414 of proof spirits. In the second period the quantity of wash produced was 276,748 gallons, which reduced made 262,8301 gallons, or in proof spirits 27,380 gallons. In the fourth period 282,143, reduced 258,792, or in proof spirits 26,753 gallons, and so on with the other periods. The quantity of spirits produced on the watched periods, which were the 7th, 9th, and 10th, exceeded in some small degree the unwatched periods. Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY.—The charges were divided into eleven or twelve periods; and at every examination the quantity of 'spirits in the wash differed in the proportions. It all depended upon the impurity of the feints. It was always expected to have ten per cent. of spirits upon the charge. A hundred gallons of worts ought to give ore gallon of spirits at fifty degrees attenu. ation. If the quantity produced were less than what the Excise had calculated, the trader was charged with the surplus. In this way Mr. Smith has paid more than five or six hundred pounds in a year. Although the Excise calcUlated upon ten per cent. of spirits from the worts at fifty, yet it often happened that the pro duct was less. In October, 1843, commenced his first watchings. He commenced at the beginning of the Excise year. That was his seventh watch. But lie did not take into account the previous six watches, as he began the year with the seventh, and carried on the purpose of his watch with the eighth, ninth, and tenth. The rest of the cross-examination related to matters only purely technical and arithmetical, little understood by the witness and counsel, and impossible to render intelligible in a newspaper report. During the whola time that witness was engaged in watching the premises Mr. Smith knew that the officers were in the distillery. To the Couwr—Mr. Gill, who managed Mr. Smith's business, knew that the officers were in watch, in consequence of dircove. ries they had made. —. MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) THE HAMPSTEAD MURDER. Allen Kelmar, a young man, was this morning placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor, charged with having been concerned with Hocker in murdering Mr. Delarue. It appeared from the evidence that several letters had been recently addressed to Hocker, purporting to come from a person who had assisted him in the murder. Means were taken to discover the writer, and the prisoner was arrested last night at the Kings and Keys, Fleet-street, while in the act of penning another epistle to Mocker. The prisoner it appears has been a teacher in a school. He stated to the Lord Mayor that he was the writer of those letters, that there was no foundation whatever for the statements made in them—that lie was not acquainted with either Hocker or Delarue, and that he had never been to Hamp. stead until after the murder. The prisoner's brother, who was in attendance, said he con. sidered this was merely a foolish attempt on the part of the pri soner to obtain notoriety. The letters, some of which were signed " J. Allen," were then put . in and read. It was evident that the writer wished it td be imagined that he himself was the murderer. The prisoner said there was no truth in them, and that weakness of mind alone had induced him to write them. It appeared that he had been subject to fits. The Loan MAYOR considered the whole as merely a foolish freak, but directed the prisoner to be taken to Marylebone, the Court from which Hocker had been committed, where any proofs of the prisoner's mental imbecility could be produced. The prisoner was then removed. MONEY and CO'VEVIERCIAL NEWS. CI I'Y, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were again large, being 15,000 bales, one-half of which was on specu. Lition. Middling and common qualities of American were 1 4d. per lb. higher than at the close of last week.— Shares were rather firmer than on Wednesday, but were not quite supported to the close : Armagh and Port Rush, 58s 6d. 31.; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 10 3 / 4 1114 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 1 % ; Bristol and Gloucester, 59%; Belfast and Bal lymena, 7 1 4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 11% ; Caledonian, 11 , 4 %; Ditto, Extension, 3 1 / 2 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 8 3 / 4 8; Chester and Birkenhead, 48 46 1 / 4 • Chester and Holyhead, 15 3 / 4 ; Chester and Preston Brook, 3; Chur net Valley, 7 6%; Clitheroe Junction, 3 3 / 4 ; Cork and Ban don, 7 1 % ; Cork and Killarney, 3%; Cor and Waterford, 21 % ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 104 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 1 4 ; Dublin and Galway, 5 1 / 4 ; Dublin, Mullin gar, and Athlone, 3 1 4 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 5 13s. 3d ; Eastern Counties, 19%; Ditto, Perpetual, 1 1 4 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarter Shares, 61 ,4 3 / 4 ; Ednburgh and Northern, 2%; Glasgow and Ayr, 62 ; Grand Junction, 227 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 1131. 2 ; Great Southern and Western, 18; Ditto, Extension, 13 ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 61, 1 ,4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8% 9 ; Inverness and Elgin, 1 3 / 4 % Inverness and Perth, 3 / 4 ; Limerick and Waterford, 83/4 % ; Liverpool and Manches ter, New Shares, 37 1 / 2 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% 21. 3s. 6d. ; London and Birmingham, 234%; Loudon and Brighton, 63 ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 4 1 / 4 ; London and York, 3 4 ; Direct Northern, 4; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6% ; Lynn and Dereham, 3 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 9% ; Ditto, New Shares, 5 1 4%; Manchester and Buxton, 5 1 A ; Man ciiester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 8% ; Ditto Quarter Shares, 19% 11 ; Midland Railway, 154; Ditto, 401. Shares, 18; Newark and Sheffield, 61/ s ; Newcastle and Darlington, 51 ; North British, Half Shares, 4 3 / 4 %; North Union, (A), 145%; North \Vales Mineral, 17% ; Ditto, New Shares, 5% ; North Western, ; North Wales, 3 ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 4 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 375. ; Preston and Wyre, 35 ; Runcorn Gap, 32 1 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 124 1 / 2 124 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 265. ; Shrews bury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4 3 / 4 5 ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 3, 7 3 / 4 ; Trent Valley, 18 1 ,4 ; Trent Valley Continuation, 2% 2% ; Ulster, 50; Waterford and Kilkenny, 4 1 4%; West Yorkshire, 6 1 /i ; Wexford and Car low, 4 1 /s ; Worcester and 'Ting, ; Dijon and Mulhouse, 2%; Paris and Lyons English, (Laffitte s), 2/. 16s. 6d. %; Paris and Lyons (t:jraiiiieron's), 2%; Paris and Rouen, 42. 1 4 ; Paris and St. Quentin, 395. We have no arrivals to-day. There has not been much business done in Stocks to-day, and they continue a little flat. Consols for present transfer have been marked 99 to 98 3 / 4 , and for time 99 to %. Ex chequer-bills have been 58s. to 60s. prem. New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 100 3 / 4 to 101, and the Three per Cents. 97% to 97 1 / 2 . Bank Stock has been 209 1 j2 to 210 1 ,4. Thero have been a few sales pressed both in Reduced Three per Cents. and Consols. The same apathy exists in the Foreign Market, though the quotations in a few instances are somewhat firmer. Spanish Bonds have not been officially marked all the morn ing. Mexican have been supported at 37% 1 / 4. Colombian have been 15 3 / 4 . Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. have been marked 63 1 4 to 1 / 2 , which is a slight improvement. With one or two exceptions, Railway Shares continue de pressed. Churnet Valley have rallied a little, having been up to 7 1 A. Caledonian have been 10% to 11 1 4. Direct orthern are rather weak. Aberdeen, after being down to 3%, have rallied to 4 1 A. Bristol and Gloucester have re ceded to_.' 57 1 / 2 and 55. Westend and Southern Counties Junction have improved to % 1 / 2 premium, owing to the non-compliance of the South Eastern with the standing orders. The French lines are still weak, but occarionaliy the "scrips," or promises, as the Parisians term them, are picked up at small premiums by parties' inclined to await the adjudi cation ; and before this takes place, there will probably be a re vival of speculation in them, so uncertain is it which Company will prove successful. Of course the profit on the fortunate line, judging by the prices of those already constituted by Act of the French Legislature will be of sonic amount. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New WA per Cents 1007 8 101 100 3 / 4 100 3 A Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 %AI 11% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,000/. South Sea Stock _ . Ditto Old Annuities 97% ConsDls for Account.. Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, 1!d.... 58 60 pm. 60 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small pm. 60 CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 86% Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 1 5 3 /4 151 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent BB f4 88 3 / 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 37%% 37 Ditto Account Ditto, Deferred 17% 18 1 % ISt/ 4 Peruvian Bouds, 6 per Cents 30% 30% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. 4 0 7 % 1 /4 Ditto, Account — 40% Dutch, 2 1 / per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Cerutic 974 ' 4% 97 1 / 2 PRICES OF CLOSINti It W.W . II' SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 2 3 4% Birmin and Gloucester. 100 13 2 3/ ....... ONE O'CLOCK. Ditto 1 / 2 Shares . Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter Do. New .... . Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 57% 55 Cale.ionian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ...... OA 7 1 / 2 % % Chester and Holyhead... 5 (.hornet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ ...... 11 % — Cornwall Direct Northern 4 1 / 2 % .. Direct Norwich I tublin and Belfast Junc 2 1 / ll% Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway 2%...... 3% 4% Dundalk & Enniskillen 21, 2 5% Eastern Counties 25 ... . 19A% Eastern Union l5 .. .. Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ely and Bedford . ..... ... 114 2%7 /8 Great South. and West. ( Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 2% Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2%..... 5% Harwich Hull and Selby 5O lOO Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 London and Birminghin (5t0ck)...233 .. Do. New Thirds Do. 4 Shares London and Blackwall. 16/. 138.4 d 9 London end Brighton... 50 t Do. Consolidated Bths 16 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. ad 17%1, % Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Londonderry & Coleraine 2 1 / i..••• Londonderry and Ennis killen 21% L ndon and S. Western 4116 s 10d 80 79 3 / Do. New London and York 2%••.... 4V / 4% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil L2%... 2 1 ,4 5 4 Lynn and Ely - 2 1 / 2 7 . Manchester and Birmin.:4o ...... 58 Midlan d 100 Do. New Midland, Birm.,Derby 10 0 Newark and Sl.effield ... 1 1 / 2 ...,. .• Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 25 ...... 50 49 Newcastle and Berwick 1% 13% 12% Newcastle and Carlisle...loo l2O , Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 / 2 4V 3 North British ...... 10 Do. New North Kent Norwich and Brandon... 10 Da., New ... ..... ..... 1 Richmondand West End Junction Scottish Central :•.-cottish Midland 1V2••• — 3%% Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 212. ... 4X1,4.„„ .South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4c1... 40% 41% Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 S ou th Wales .... ... 2% 5% 6 1 ,x ........ Staines and Richmond... 1 - •••• Trent Valley 2 •••... 18% 1 ,4 ....... Waterford and Kilkenny 1 —... 3% 414......., York and North Midland 50 lO3 1024 ... .... Do. Selby 2O Do. Extension 1 g l5 161% 3 - 2% L3ll/6 2% 4 1 4 5 1 / 2 19 3 / 4 651% 6 21 1 A 4 1 4 2:33 43% 311,i 63 26 17 20 17% 4:34 4% 4 , 1% 6/ 8 13' 41, .024 68 16% FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 41/ I h. -i to Namur and Liege 6 'is A Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux Paris & L7ons, Lailitte's 2 '.. 2 2,74 2X 3 2% 5.)6 214 Paris ard Lyons, Gan neron's, . 2 'iris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. R,.yal North of Spain ... 2 3 1,4 ........ Tours and Nantes, Mac- kenzie's .JOINT STOCK BANKS. ,ondon Westminster. 20 National Provincial of Englna Provincial of Ireland ... 27S 37, 443; Union or Ansi ralia rhg , 1 - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 2-1.- - '= - ,-. F4l 4n if are :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 ;. u r t T a iti Junction, New Quarters, 44; Manchester and Leeds,m,ln Shares, 65 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 57 1 A ri v T; chester, Bury, and Ilossendale, 177 ; Midland- A1 1 ,:6, Consols, 154 ; Ditto, Preferential, 3% % ; North Br" - ro , New Shares, 5 1 A ; Preston and Wyre, South-Esisteil No. 3, 7 3 / 4 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 3%; n arn m s g - n- Junction, 8 ; Ditto, Half Shares, ” .4 ( %; Birkenhead, i chester, and Cheshire Junction, 10 3 / 4 ;' Blackburn , 1311 .1 1 1; and Accrington, 914 3 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool,l74 ( . aledonian, 11 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 8 7,' , ft ; 1.4 prem. ; Churnet Valley', 6 3 / 4 ; 1) ,,„ 01 . Northern, 4 1 ,4 ; Ely and Bedford, 3 1-16 ; Ghtsgow and ‘ ':, 4 r fries, 245. ; Goole, Doncaster; Sheffield, and IVionc ll ; s e ct Junction, 20s. ; Huddersfield and Manchester Raih ca Y_ 0 316; Canal, 6 1 4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, Leeds and Tuirsk, 4 1 % ; Leeds and West Riding s u pc .. t o ; 6 1 / s 3( 3 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 3 4 L on don London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 4%; w and York, 3 15-16 4 ; Manchester and Buxton, 51 ; and Slictlie!d. .5? , 4 ; North Western, 4%; Preston 41 11 7,4ter Extension, 2 1 A prem. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, i udley► Junction, 4 15 -16 ; Shrewsbury, NVolverhamptor h' ,, , icoa• &c., 4 1 A ; Southport and Euxton, 2 3 / 4 ; Trent Viui e ." west tinuation and Holyhead Junction, 3 1 4 13-16 prem' ; Tow Yorkshire, 6 ; Whitehaven and Furness, 3 : .Bond eall louse, and Cette, 23; Rochdale Canal, 54 3 / 4 . Clitbiereer t LLO YIY)t , ;sit G.—(THI c t LONDON, APRIL 25.—Wind this day at , noon, S P °llher7, pleasant breeze, and fine. Rivi;lP DEAL, ApitiL 24.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W fa re- Icliaboc., for Aberdeen; Favourite, ditto; Oscar , quina fur Leith. I'LYMOUTII, APRIL Devonport, Quebec. ~„, SWANSEA, APRIL 21.—S1d. Mary Brack, and Jane, Ps''' Cuba. OFF NEW ROMNEY, APRIL 21.—Agatha Catherine, St. Crox for Copenhagen. rPOW Wismacit, &rim, 23.—The Queen Adelaide, 0. mouth, wheat laden, got aground going down the river, - sunk. it 1111; LIVERPO3L, APRIL 24.—Wind S SE • • 13irkby, Centaur, Hudson, Mail, Ocean, and S t. N' po' Ichaboc ; Laidumns, Walker, Demerara ; Diana, , i . orf, miugo. Slcl. St. George, Bombay; Falcon, Africa; Dc , nierara ; James Moran, New York ; Henry 11 , - etal. Quebec; Lily end Integrity, Newfoundland. Off, ty' - Wiltshire, lchaboe. MmtvroßT, ArRIL 23.—Sid. Nelson, Quebec. Ichatia; CORK, APRIL 22.—Arrd. Alexander, Murray, Mary, Bingham, ditto. DEA, APRL 24. —Sid. Beacon, Rio. Rams L GATE, I APRIL 24.—The Charlotte, from nul l t° ?so i l" stantinople, which was brought in here the 22d ins leaky, has commenced discharging her cargo. OFF TI L E WIGIIT, APRIL 21.—Johanna, Meyers, Bale for Ilaniburgh. COWES, APRIL 23.—Sid. Pearl, Ceylon. .AllO O CLAY, APRIL 23.—The Gipsy, from Eti to Wisbeach'"oo, near Blackness, has been got off and in here. The N 1A ,, 11 Wilson, ashore near Wells, has been got off and in het - cor t NEATII, APRIL 22.—The Richard, of Exeter, iy 1 ,', 1 ,, - 0, tact last night, near Mumbles, with a barque of 4ou t `;,. Aberdeen and from Swansea; lust bowsprit, received other damage. OFF CORK, APRIL 22.—Norma, Jackson, Ichab oo - :Ids for CnooKilavEs, APRIL 21.—Arrd. Patertine, Sbe:straol Miramichi, leaky; bore up from lon. 19, having been - with a heavy sea. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DA .V) o. CORN EXCHANGE—FRIDo•y for oar Since Monday the receipts of English Wheat 17 ,,0r market has been only moderate, though of full w hilb quality. The show of samples was by nu moans larc nr ieet the demand for most descriptions was steady , at foVers The few transactions reported in fine foreign Wheat drag' full quotations ; but Corn under lock was a rn el l i cittirt Barley and Malt were in moderate supply and heavY at the late depression. Oats, Beans, and No, the t of which have been very moderate this week, old $ ous figures. English ...... Irish ........ Foreign .. • . • • ARRIVALS. Barley. 740 qrs. 11l oats. I 591 ../ 310 3,420 1 10,38 0 ' Wheat. 3,730 qrs. - 4,150 Malt, 6,290 qrs. snarnzrzEx.D. The supply of Beasts on sale being somewhat 010011_,I. the attendance of buyers rather limited, and t he de prek s 'i, comparatively warm, the Beef trade was in a verY. t ; 2kr state, at a decline on Monday's quo t a ti o ns of qul — o d °"" no Sibs. We had on sale 104 Beasts from Hollanti;0000; Scots from Scotland, mostly in good condition. 011; bers of Sheep were on the increase—hence the delli trad a . l ed inactive, at barely stationary figures. The Larn-„pps...v,; somewhat brisk, and previous rates were steadil v aai Calves and Pigs ruled dull at our quotations. °.‘m moved off sloly, at 161 to 191 each. - o• 4 ' Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. O' ° I 10 quality ditto 1 4 IF Inferior Beasts .... 2 6 210 Second ~,,,t o 4 , 4 . Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woollee l ,,,"';0 4 gi 's 4 -' Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Southdown Ni re :; o l 3 I X 3 : Prime Scots ......3 10 4 0 Ditto out of the ".. 3 .'" 4 " Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 2 Large Hogs •• • . 3 ' ig Prime small ditto •• 4 4 4 6 Small Porker , ' ' . 1.16 0 6 0 Suckling Calves, .18 0 30 0 Quarter old gigs . 4 8 Inferior Sheep •••• 2 10 3 4 Lambs •••• • • '' SUPPLY AT MARKET. I' l o' Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. 1 3 15 I 850 7,860 177 XTEWCIF.A.T.Z AND LEADEN BAIA, .01 11/41 The supplies of dead meat being large the genera l ruled heavy, as follows : tf• At per stone, by the Carcase. to 6 : 0 S. d. s. d. to s. d. r : 4 Beef, inferior• ••• .. 2 6 210 2 , Mutton, inferior •• 2 8 • 2 . middling •••• 2 10 3 0 middling - 2 1 6 g 6 prime large .. 3 0 3 2 ,I prime prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large... . ......; 2: 10 6 4 ° Veal.. 3 4 4 4; small •• •• •• - Lamb, 4s 8d to 6s. by e 330ROUGEL HOP DIELIZB.aIr• gaps On the whole the demand for nearly a ll kinds 01 001/ 1 somewhat improved, and the quotations are s teadj- i lle , ported. The accounts from the p l an t a ti o ns are (av ow ler oblf COLONEAZ. SUGAR.—The market for West India has bee n t° JP' good this week, and about 2,000 hhds were sold 3 0 00! night ; low to good yellow descriptions have been or O'" to 49s ; fine 503 to 58s; and brown 39s t o 4ls PlOO,O At auction 150 hhds Barbadoes went, h owe ver, rat b , . 3 2d 42 ,691 fine yellow 53s Gd to 575; 123 hlids T r i n idad res ls %t. 1; 1 ' 43s 6d fur mid vellow, and 164 hhds, 6 trcs 800 brls cia 47s to 48s for good yellow 685 to 705 a REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been firm O t .-- 1 4 EAST INDIA.-15,388 bags Bengal nearly a ll s old for lofttoto 56s 6d for good and white, at 35s 6d to 5 6 s 6d ff r oboe f fine ellow, and at 33s to 368 for brown ; 16, vlO ' - casks , Mauritius realised 41s to 46s Gd for low to 111 Z. fgol l t 47 , s to 53s for good, and 30s to 40s 6d for low to on e d r as" • The quotations were not so well supported the early part of the week. 8,712 bags Manilla With if tificate were taken in at 22s 6d to 23s tor mid yellos''‘,osfSJ. FOREIGN.—Some Java sold at 45s to 47s 6d, ad d g s. „, there has been a fair inquiry. i t COFFEE.—British Plantation has been dull agai° o - n .01D has been taken in at 40s to 80s, and some has na v e 1 4 353 to 83s Gd per cwt. Ceylon good ord pale i , ll ,`";deteL t l has realised 44s to ,455, aid there has been a res''t; Manilla has been taken in at 35s to 375. Mysorell'"'or 36s Gd. Java has been sold at 30s 6d to 40s 64 1 ) and Brazil at 26s to 31s per cwt. (1 47° P " a Jr— 1 here has not been much doing. b. so Sr Intent° has been sold at 3d to3id perl to bags Malabar Pepper went at 3d to 3id. t 1 15 mid white Bengal has been sold a' lls Gd per cwt. being rather lower. SALTPETRE.—There has been a slight declino in t- S )leg, As ' COTTON.—The demand is good and fair sales are n ' o Cocoa.—Trinidad has been in good request at yester 0.70 per cwt. t; TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is scarcely 38s per cwt. on the erbP; TEA.—At the auctions this week 21,000 psoll t abol, been offered, and about 6,000 sold, 2,000 being!,, — ,l par Young Hyson, Imp er i a l, an d G u npowder declined - and Poncho:lg Id to 2d. • EPSOM RAC; (THISEXPRES S) BY EXPRESS n The Epsom Trial Stakes of 5 sov s . each, with ti t - 1 16 by Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart., for three yr° "- and four, 9st. One mile. ter) Mr. S. Scott's Flight colt, 3 yrs Sir G. Heathcote's Gwalior, 3 yrs ................. •"'' Mr. Mack's Chance colt ................................ Three others ran.—Sweetmeat did not sh °W. Won by a length. , 5 8 0 6 * Twenty-five 'pounds a dded to a Sweepstakes Ol t, fit& each; fur three y r s old, 6st 31b; four, 84 il laieg S 9st 21b; six and aged, 9st 81b ; mares and clot* allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 250 so,YE' one mile. 1 0 Glaucus .......... 0 0 Mr. Wesley's Jessie Hammond 2 1 0 o Mr. Lintott's Young England n 9 0 Mr. Wilson's Freystrop 0 5 RESIGNATION OF THE MAIt 0. OF BLANDFORD. t o p a The following letter has been addressed by the ga il l u n ief el constituents. The Duke of Marlborough. it is said, hee him to resign, for voting in favour of the Maynooth go °. " ELECTORS OP WOODSTOCK* " At this important period of the session, a cr isis has W I OO 0 expected at the time when you returned me to Parlialnen t ' e d 0;1 " Circumstances over which I have no control ha ve (s O " 4 such a position that I am obliged to announce my intentei c , yo - do so with the most unfeigned regret) of vacating MY 'eat tee borough. le e le i "In accepting the honour which you conferred oficti, very recently, I did so with feelings flattered by th e rocir that the responsible charge you committed into rel *"." p o ts given with the fullest trust that your conlidelleisi s rlft o i not be misplaced. The quest,on which has I:d e co llate, in the House of Commons respecting a grant to the , e ptiee'„ti Maynooth is one upon which I cordially and collre'po agree with the Government that has introduced it, en d ' °toll se ed circumstances, I should have given this measure WY , WO' port throughout all its stages, perfectly contented to he y % for ifi d .to you, when required, the fullest account of the rear°ll;:tber votes, and to have stood the chance, when called uP° ° ' it y 0 1°S vindicating my proceedings, or of reconciling anY d ivers to opinions. ratio d e t e i " But I feel myself called upon from private eosside me, resign in•o your hands the trust which you confi ded t° nu r rer ih r this termination of my political connexion with you I - of . ., i ' - sentative, I take leave of you with a lively recolleeticl tad honour you conferred upon me, and with an assurance te „ r ol y, tinuance in all respects of the interest I have hith ert° eeur to 6 '. for you. As a private individual I shall alway s endee l d e tit y tO de tivate your esteem, which it will be my pride and mi serve.-1 have the honour to be your faithful servant, voiti).l BLAN D flat A letter from Bourges, of the 21st, staff wi*cir POD saglos oclatinus hi a Ye" *Min Just ready, In 3 vols., post Avo., THE FORTUNES OF ROGER DE FL OR; Or, The Almugavars. A Tale of the Lower Empire. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. C OVENTRY and LEICESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY. COLESHILL AND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION. The Scrip for the Extension Branch will be ready for delivery on and after SATURDAY ?max, the 26th inst., between Twelve and Four each day, at the offices of the Compainy, 3, Church-court, Old Jewry. The original Coventry and Leicester Scrip must be produced, the de posit of 11. ss. per share paid, and the usual deeds signed by the holders of the Coventry and Leicester Scrip at the time of the de livery. By order, HENRY CASSIN, Secretary. April 24, 1845. ' s!‘ , 1 to Pos, Pro <lll,l