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D oe ,00. , of Oa rul e .0 01 ' 1 1 l e I Cdr• (THIS DAY.): 0 4 ' cofe r :P r ': ,dic. u; r. oil; tr' :al of s our. , tooP )6 4 'l it ' • „dont i w ,ll, ;.LCIU•I r e Of' r ifit .o for L. ., Pere ri, OP t O e ed , 11 4 Jeri°. t he ret o: : r 10 'e' ,y ford: 4 .110" Y e lls the no te, to th• RAILWAY COMMITTEES. up F. This Committee he'd its first Gro sitting to-day. Members present, the Right Hon. F. Shaw (Recorder of Dublin), Chairman ; Mr. 1 rarnston, Mr. Ord, Mr. Villiers Stuart, and Mr. Lockhart. There a e thirteen projected railways to be considered in this group, all in tl e Midland Counties, and diverging in various directions round Birmingham. Of this number four have received the favourable decision of the Board of Trade, six have been reported against, two were withdrawn from the consideration of the Board, and one has n ot complied with the standing orders. None of the Bills are unop. l' O std• The following is the list of lines :- 1 . Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway. 2. Oxford and Rugby Railway. 3 . Oxford and Didcott Railway. , 4 . Londo n an d Worcester, and Rugby and Oxford Railway (Dudley to Wolverhampton). 5 . Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester branch and devi ation). 6 ' Birmingham. and Gloucester Railway (Wolverhampton Ex. tension), 7. Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham and Gloucester .ttai I way. w Lon don and Worcester, and Rugby and Oxford Railway g dley sedgoey). .14ndon, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway. 10 Gr and Junction (Dudley Blanch) Railway. L! Grand Junction (Shrewsbury and Stafford) Railway. iiaii;tayG.rand Junct.on (Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton Branch) 3. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway. h .he list of r a il ways, w i th the names o f t h e oppos i ng p e titi oners , u t l og been read by the clerk. intjtr. TA LBOT said a question should first be settled before going th e busines s o f the Committee. I t was c l ear th a t h e s t oo d beforeohis Learned F r i en d M r . Au s ti n , as appearing for the i t v amr d and R ug b y line, and it was a l so equa ll y c l ear th a t and Austin had precedence as counsel for the London lin Worcester line. As his (Mr. Talbot's) however was a branch 50 4 as the line of his Learned Friend involved the leading -.. "'" ° tt to be settl e d b y t h e C omm i ttee, name l y, t h e com p ara ti ve Merit t , of the b roa d or narrow guage, his Learned Friend ought open his case first. But then, there came a third party, the LtinShant and Gloucester Railway Company, who having no Bill a en e the House yet claimed to follow after him with their eel- L av e ! altainst his scheme. So that not only would Mr. Austin alai",2he tight of reply, but he (Mr. Talhot) would also have • "`"• him the evidence to which he referred. This he con. "tied unfai u alv ter, who appeared for the Birmingham and Gloucester, r eplied, when o ver e CH&IRNIAN said there was no use in spending much time for that which was merely a matter of form. The great question tin die r — ornrnittee to settle was that between the London and Bi r. b air g o t :to and the Great Western lines, involving the broad and ter ti n g a uges. The third scheme, the Birmingham and Gloucas. might be brought forward as an independent scheme. sh ame arr angement being agreed to by the opposing parties, ,_the CHAIR MAN intimated th a t it must be now distinctly under. t v "k 1 11. hat there s h ould be no further time spent in preliminary die. but that t o —morrow, at twelve o'clock, they should at once a ,..77 . 5.(1 to the c ons i deration of the case on behalf of the London low in reply.ngham Railway, and then the Great Western would fol. The Consraittee then adjourned. ED " Group DD. -",eIiRGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY (BRANCHES TO STIRLING AND ALLOA). Oa re usual hour re-a ssembling of the Committee this morning at the ut lit Wit.'DMAN resumed his examination of witnesses on behalf Al , 4 _ td Dunmore, in the o pp os i t i on t o th e p ro p ose d b ranc h to Za, of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. az. T..._lll%.ickham, land agent at Stirling, was the first witress 181 5 He tie said he had known the estate of Lord Dunmore since through .great deal ot moss grew on the surface of the lan tood u th which the contemplated branch to Alloa would pass. The . esta-e,, usually adopted for clearing the land from moss on this anu.. , was by collecting water in dams on the surface, and then making 441 74 it to be precipitated with clay into the River . Tay. rll of the Alloa and Stirling branches wculd interfere mate }aher O the reclaiming of these waste lands, as it would tb e — the proper erection of dams, and interrupt the free flow of moss wa ter thiough the channels for carrying off the me ss. The m oss is It tnds before th ey are cleared are never leased, but when the . khuw uoated the ground will let from 50/. to 701. per acre. He igaiDunmore-house perfectly well. It is a beautiful place, ed on an eminence and commanding an extensive view of the h; and an un interrupted view of the Grampian-hill in the distance.. and _ProPosed line approaches within 1,300 yards of the mansion, ~,,...."1 , a screen of wood would prevent the railway from being , He ha of Dun s examin the dosited plans and book of reference, nel , Kn ows the portion of Lordmore's estate which will be re :ired for the All oa branch ; 2,130 yards within the line of devia rut. and 1,300 yards on the line itself, will be wanted. Lord Dun. Thro e and the Carnac family own the greater part of the property ..,., u ,g l l which the Alloa branch will be carried. p`iinits witness was cross-examined at some length by Sir • T n. . a tteree P : but the main features of his evidence remained u itlr, t ' m,, with b teristeat then said he had no more witnesses to call, but fe w e Permission ofe Commitee, woul proeed o adress In t °ob"" ations to them on the t evidence d c they had been d listen.a and oi T he Learned G entleman contended that the Edinburgh te n *Ksgow Company had not kept good faith with the inhaahnid wei.ssf_ Stirling. In 1832 a meeting of the land proprietors reso larkuss°ll,.ekmannan and Stirling had been convened, and Mak e u ha d been passed to request the Edinburgh Company i t i_ o eked,bratch from Alloa to Stirling. In reply to kir thei t r he ap p p ro. t he Company stated that they declined should Pree en , ra nch, but in case they alter 'g their hue re solution, they woald, before constructing the rot don:el:Muth with the proprietors of the land. This re whose in. ter T heY had not consulted with Lord Dun h m e o They also contem laaes„ts he ve d destroying his was now endeavouring to protect. property, by erecting a line which would pre. Tit th e Carr tre s The Learned Counsel then meritedcom at c onsid g er e abl l the m th es on the evidence tendered by the last :Itness, and concludede by expressing a desire that the Committee "thir not it allow the preamble of the Bill to pass. z 4,7 • users then rose to address the Committee on behalf of the ir, had and Glasgow branches. He commenced by saying that ti e nad so little faith in the effect of the address delivered in opposi. t t, by Mr. Wildman, that he would at once waive his right to r eply. and leave his interests entirely in the hands of the Committee. An important point for the Committee to consider would be the immense advantage which had been derived to the public from the construction of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway The consi. deration which this Company had always entertained for the ac commodation of the public would be evidenced by thefact, that up wards of 1,500,0004 capital had been expended in constructing the Works, and the only remuneration that had resulted to the proraoters of the line was th e tr ifl ing tiv idend of three per cen t on the whole. Ire contended that, on ttle se grounds alo ne, th e Edinburgh and ent itled to have th e e l ect i on of making the p Glasgow Company were ropo branches to °f Alloa an d Stirling. He would instance the decision sed of the House C ommons itself as an exponent of this opinion. The Committee I' . 1 / 4 1 bow maturely considered the nature of the Bill, and, ato. enable them to come to an unbiassed decision, the con „o.ll:raion of . the Caledonian line had been postponed. 141 L believed it to be his duty to impress distinctly on the minds of 7.._". ..Com m ittee that the p roposed branches for which he appeared, ,7 0 th e line contended for by the Scottish Central Company, could ryegarded in no other light than as two competing lines with refe. ,see to local traffic. The c oni - Group B. weeded nuttee re.assembled at the usual h our thi s morn i ng, an d '''', With the case for the promoters of the ~, lir. e h WEST YORKSHIRE LINES. isradf ord 41 e 3 Wood, M.P., was examined, to prove that the l ine - V alle,' line were pledged 'to make the Wett Yorkshire l i r ild that the people of Halifaxwere in favour of that line. ~,,,_. %art Wortley gave corroborative testimony. lal'o Carter „ Proved that the pledge was given with the perfect .. 1 .11., 11 s the Bradford Valley Line Provisional Committee. .. - ' ll evia;?, kr qd, of Halifax gave evidence in favour of . the line, - '` to be the best for , the district through which it passed. Group 0. 71 0 Cn alt4lll ) JUNCTION POTTERIES LINE. ~1r.,.-4,ltnittee met at the usual hour. Mr. Hawes, Chairman. Th e ;: 'llll. a ddressed the Committee against the proposed line. th e G 'Te Or argument adopted by the Learned Gentleman was, that e tivri a r n d d . t i etion Railway, in first proposing the " T line" and n ra ttled '-ue Crescent " line," looked to their own interests l et ies 0 ,,,' "king the convenience of the inhabitants of the Pot. kat:i tem - 1 a teCOMlltry consideration. It was evident that the y %bil e t : of the P o tt eries were not in favour of the proposed ine, the could be no doubt whatever they were in favour of a Ptoti eeo h ne. and the Grand Junction Company per i lsurve . he line ' *NI came before the Committee at their own er Group I. ,__The c.„ ELY AND HUNTINGDON. Wyse, rialittee, consisting of Lord Palmerston, Chairman ; Mr. fi led thi j j, r. I t Palmer, Mr. F. Berkeley, and Mr. Leslie, re.assem. kr. e it 7 r ning at twelve o'clock, in room No l5. theeNim es il l vDelt said that he appeared on be . li . a f of t 1 e Eastern petiti,.allwaY, which had presented a petition against the Bill. tin , " ri Was presented three days before the second reading L in f c ohre, rnii . a nal he believed that such a mode of proceeding was Th e c 'Y with the standing orders of the House. li° ng sh " ""laN said, that under the new regulations the assembling the ~,chld have been presented three days before the ~h ke y - c rarnit tee, and as that regulation was not complied v.it , Thw Comte riot entertain the peon, or hear counsel upon rt. Qesu t i rultnittee then passed the preamble of the Bill and pro. ° Pass several clauses. Group E. This EWC ASTLE AND BERWICK LINE. prot,ed crattaitt ee re..assembled at twelve, o'clock this mo .ed rn:n th g em to Ilear:,,,' 4l th the c onsideration of this case, which occupi t.me whole of last week. h e I, 44 — Nicols on Was re.examined by Mr. TENIPLE. He stated that e t o th e " , e an estimate of the advantages which would a r ccru oath s .4.l'l.°'th Shields Company from the extension to f)net 4he i ` the N ewcastle and Berwick line should be carried T c r u el k outh i Tber persons passing ans.ually from Sheds to a . s. k 'ound to be 290,231 • the revenue would be 27,0,.0/. 4d. i'mearriage of fish, coal ' s, Sec., would amount to 174/. 15s. °to o; h t ° Working expenses would be 9941., leaving a net re- f l bakio 411. 1 other small matters into account. The expenses o f 11,,, 10n g the extension would be 35,350/. There were a number o it they%7 4 h° Pow RO by steam who would make use of the ranway e_ tne opportunity. labbe—'°"-exaroination, the witness added that conditional or lloq;:ents had already been made with the landholders fur three- Dasi " the land requisit fo te works. They wold hav "rough North Shields by r h a tunnel of 761 yards in u e to length. Group G. The i t ., )3 , ERRS AND HANTS RAILWAY. reorni„. aestigation of the clauses of this Bill was resumed this th en . ..F, befo l e the Committee; the Hen. T. H. Liddell, chairman, throu_toe clauses postponed at the previous sittings and of 3 d p ie r rb m al i a te m ; endments were proposed a e c r cel g, ted. 4 allow -3d clans than e it was enacted that no first-class passenger shall afte r .. a d fiore than 1001bs. of luggage, or be charged more shall b 601 s. ofluggage and be th c a h t er at trl th g second - class nm ore p t a b s a s n en 2 g d er s p 10Ihr." third-class passengers shall not be allowed more titan e ' r h rr a rile i e , ,• t ho u ° , l : lugage, or be charged more than I I/ 4 d. a mile. 411:vIett:hbneei a t ' ): t d e Pat er . for cattle and merchandise shall be after the followin g , 4141 0---tbnes, sd , per mile per head; Cattle, k ii _ . er s e e' ‘2d. ditto ; Sao*, animals, 3id. ditto; Manure, lid. per ton per riiii,")). Coals and culm, 2d. ditto; Sugar, 3d, ditto; Cotton, 4 . d. 11,t, with power of e.,... ) Wh eat, 7cl. ditto, with entering into a special -- gent Th e , for Peculiar caves. sehgers'afintittee proposed an increase on these charges—pas. hot ”,..a,3teepted-.-to the extent of 10 per cent on all goods c . at .. : 1 0 I,"'Llier than thr ee-quarters of the whole length of the rariway , and : o r cnt. for those carried not further than half the len .l gt t h be ; wh ole dpier cent. for these carried not more than one.-quartteor whoset.• 4e fire t 'tali " ;but the Chairman and the Committee, fit, ° do justice to all parties, and while they were evidently to thee, th e • kti kio interests of the Company, while they were 11140111":1:zlP.reserve the rights of the public, this appeared . a en tro4 l l... et w ,,, t. trtsion and somewhat unneee.sary ; and, after a I gL ert74eaonveesation, as the line was a short one, it was . ultimately prin vlDle w d th at further information should be given before the 1 4,.. 48 admitted. kit, Saunders, the Secretary of the Company, was then exa h Lk l on th• t it.. Is Point, and in reply to the inquiries of Mr. Entwisle, tlirt4nletsi, that in consequence of the expenses incurred by short 444 pel f Partly by locomotive power, partly by the use cf trucks, bY s:he use of stations, that rate of charge which would remunerate on the whole distance would not only not re munerate but would be an absolute loss to the Company. As, for in. stance, the same truck work and station expense would be required for goods carried to a station 10 miles on the way as those carried the whole length ; for that which was can ied 11l miles the receipt would be is., while for that carried the whole length the receipt would be 4'. The expense of fuel, of engineers' wages, and all the other incidental charges, were proportionally increased. if two stations were to be stopped at, two trucks, instead of one, would be required. This principle had been heretofore adopted in the charges on the Great Western Railway. To an inquiry from Mr. R. H. Yorke, Mr. Law stated that the principle was rut applicable to passengers, because they occupied less room, and there being a necessity for the stoppage of pas. sengers at the different stations, a carriage was alone appropriated to them, and could be thrown off at any station. To an inquiry from Mr. ENTWISLE, Mr. Saunders stated, that he based his principle for a differential charge on the necessity to divide the line into certain portions ; and the use of the locomotive engines and of the trucks, was required by the stations, and not by the absolute number of miles over which the engines and the trucks travelled. Group X. The Committee to whom the Bills comprised In this group were referred, reassembled this morning—present, Lord Cour Eel:ay, Chairman; Mr. Darby, Mr. B. Wall, and Mr. P. &rope. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The Committee proceeded with the evidence in this case. Mr. PAGET, on behalf of the promoters of tha Bill, handed in a scale of charges which the Company, if they should be allowed to make the railway, would be prepared to make. These charges would not exceed the tolls spoken to by the witnesses who had been examined. Mr. Samuel Love] was then called and examined by Mr. PAGET —He stated that he had been for 23 years a coal.merchant and tanner in Bedford. He obtained his coal from Lynn. The price to the consumer in the towns was from 28s. to 30s. per ton ; the charge for carriage to Bcdl;rd being Ss. 6d. per ton. If this rail way were made he expected that the town would be supplied with coal at 14s. 6d. per ton. He believed th .t the corn trade would be very much improved by this railway. He had originally established his tan-yard for the purpose of supplying the London market; but the high price of carriage had prevented him doing so. In consequence of this high price by carriage he had only ma. nufactured for home consumption. Cross.examined by Mr. V. LEE—Knew the proposed line from Fenny Stratford to Bedford. Knew the coal districts of Derby shire. The coal of that district was suited to the manufactures of Bedford. The malt he sent to London would go to his factor. It would be convenient to have the malt delivered near to the breweries. He would purchase his hides in London at Leadenhall-market. It would be convenient, therefore, to have the terminus of the railway at Finsbury. (LEFT SITTING.) Group V. The Committee appointed to consider of the following railway plans, viz., the Midland Railways Extension (Nottingham and Lin. coln), Newark and Sheffield Railway, Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway, met in room No. 18, at twelve o'clock. The Members were the O'Conor Don (Roscommon county), Chairman ; the Right Hon. I'. B. Macaulay (Edinburgh), Mr. Pusey (Berkshire), Mr. Thomas Esmonde (Wexford county), Sir John Rae Reid (Dover). The preliminary arrangements having been completed, the several petitions against the projects were read, and the Committee then decided to take the first of the proposed lines into consideration. Mr. HILDYARD then opened the case on behalf of the promoters of the Bill. He contended that the proposed line would be of in. calculable advantage to Lincoln and Nottingham, as connecting these towns with a rich and fertile country, and by a proposed line at present under the consideration of the House with Hull, the principal town on the East Coast for the Baltic trade. There were no objections of any importance urged against the projected line, although these were several petitions, one from Lord Chesterfield, complaining of damage that would be done to a shooting-box of his near Nottingham. He (Mr. Hildyard) was in. structed that the line would not come within half a mile of that box, and considering the advantages to be de rived from the line, tie thought the petition of minor consideration. There were a few more petitions, but they were even of a less potent character. He should at once theta pro ceed to call witnesses in support of the line. Mr. Bell, the Secretary to the Midland Railway Company, was called to prove the capital required. They proposed to raise a capital of 408,0001., 136,0001. of which would require to be borrowed. • • VV William Henry Johnson, general ironmonger at Lincoln, was of opinion that the trade of that city would be greatly increased by the proposed line, as it was shorter than the turnpike road, and greatly shorter than the Trent Navigation Canal. The saving in time would be material, and the necessity for a large capital on the part of small traders would be obviated. John We!bourne, coal and corn merchant at Lincoln, was called to prove the unsatisfactory water communication, and the increase in price which, in consequence of canal stoppages, took place in every article imported. John Hartley gave similar evidence. Joseph Adams, mahter, Newark, made from 60,000 to 70,000 quarters of malt, which were sent to the westward. Great quan. tities of coal were imported from Nottingham by the Trent Navi gation Canal, and they were raised sometimes in consequence of the stoppage on the canal, from 10s. a . ton to nearly 20s. He a thought the proposed railway would be blessing to the country there. Richard Bell gave similar evidence. Charles Simpkins, a butcher at Nottingham, said that 4,000 beasts were driven annually from Lincolnshire to the first.named place. The cattle were greatly injured by the driving, and this evil would be obviated by this railway. Riehard Strelly was of a similar opinion. THE MAGAZINES-CONTINUED. COLBURN'S UNITED SERTTICE, The present Number opens with a brief history of "Kotapoor and Sawunt Warree," the disturbed dis tricts in Southern Mahratta, which are at present the scene of a " little war" in India. The article con veys information which cannot but be useful at the present time, and is drawn up in a plain and under standable style. The "Spirit of Military Institutions," by Marshal Marmont, is continued, as are Captain Hippesly's " Reminiscences of the War of Succes sion in Portugal." Felix Grummel concludes his " Reminiscences of a French Prison." The history of his escape is well told, and is full of interest. Capt. Smyth O'Conner gives us the first chapter of " Twelve Months' Service in Western Africa." This chapter is devoted to an account of the colony of Sierra Leone, and of its capital, Freetown. The following account of the causes of its insalubriousness is well deserving the attention of the Colonial-office : " From the position of Freetown it is and ever will be suited only for African constitutions. Placed at the base of a circle of hills, after heavy rains the surplus st.il is washed down, forming a compost of red mud and ve getab!e rubbish, intersected by pools of stagnant water, which latter, were it not for the admirable drains run ning in every direction to the sea, would inundate the houses in the lower part of the town. The action of vertical sun on a mass of decomposed matter superin duces dense heavy and deleterious exhalations, and pro duces those fearful fevers that occasionally devastate the capital and almost depopulate the colony of its European inhabitants. In traversing the town, the effluvia from stinking fish, rancid palm oil, rotten vegetables, garbage of the most filthy description, and fcetid smell of naked negroes, concocts a villainous odour requiring a brazen nose to encounter. " The supply of fish caught in the lagoons and bays near Freetown being considerably greater than is re quired for daily consumption a vast surplus remains un sold ; this is stewed, baked, or boiled with palm oil, and hawked about for sale in baskets or trays, or piled up in heaps in every direction, poisoning the atmosphere, and renderirg a drive or walk through the capital of Sierra Leone by no means a recreation, or an appetizer for a seven o'clock dinner. " Freetown and its vicinity is insalubrious, not only from local circumstances, but also from effects produced by the neighbouring country and coast, effects which are beyond our control, over which we have no power, and for which there is no probable remedy. I refer to the vast forests, uncultivated plains, deep jungles, and ex tensive swamps, covering the Bulom shores on the oppo site side, and running parallel to the promontory of Sierra Leone, V hen the wind blows from this direction dis ease and mortality are snre to follow, and the scourges which have periodically visited the colony may be easily and trnly traced to this source. Nor do I see in what way, or by what means the evil can be removed ; e hold no claim, authority or command over the Mandingo country ; the natural indolence of its inhabitants foroids the idea that they would clear away these primreval woods, to benefit or please the European ; their interests jar with our desire to enter their land, and consequently they are Instile to our making settlements in it. No minally they deal not in slaves, and the trade is by treaty abolished, but actually the hateful commerce flourishes rife as ever, and forms a vast source of revenue. Cunning, selfish, and bigoted, the Mandingos tolerate the English, only as long as they can give presents, or afford by cajolery or cheating, the means of acquiring money." The author considers that Sierra Leone never can become an emporium where steady capitalists will risk their lives and constitutions even with the pros pect of acquiring rapid fortunes. It is, has been, and will be, the " white man's grave." Lieut.-Colonel Wilkie, in an article on the " Defensive Force of the British Islands," suggests that more attention should be paid to the enrolling and disciplining the militia, so as to make it an efficient means of internal defence against an invaier, and, as it was during the time of the last war, a nursery for the army. The publication of this paper is exceedingly well- timed, and the sug gestions of Colonel Wilkie merit the attentive consideration of the Government. This is an excel lent Number, and most of the articles are of permanent national interest. HOOD'S MAGAZINE. This magazine improves as it advances. The pre sent Number is one of the most interesting we have seen, yet amidst the numerous amusing contributions we miss the animated productions of the Editor. We cannot regard this work without a feeling of sorrow, when we reflect that he, to whom we owe so many I , appy hours and pleasing thoughts, should now lie powerless on the bed of sickness, unable to exert those brilliant talents with which he was wont, not only to charm the fancy, but to touch the heart. The magazine for April announced the mournful tidings that the life of Thomas Hood was in the utmost danger ; the present Number adds nothing to confirm our fears, and from its silence we venture to hope that our sad anticipations will not be realized, and that at some future day, however distant, we shall again • he cheered by the inspirations of his genius. The other contributors have done their utmost to make us forget his absence. The first subject is a continuation of " the Tales of the Colonies," by Charles Rowcroft ; it commences with a very interesting account of the daring escape of some convicts from Van Diemen's Land. "On the Picturesque" contains an instruc tive description of Etrusean Vases, and the Fine Arts among the ancients. The " Sword of Zunige is a legend - of Hungary, founded on that romantic theme, the wars of the Moors and Christians. uni l-a-ticics of the Fleet is the introduction to a series of tales to the unhappy inmates of that rel t . in once crowded prison. ta • woaks from experience th a t " " ollowing remarks prove 'me ma „„ wonders : "' How vast and extraordinary have been the political events even in our own time I Two great revolutions in France ; the capital of Austria twice occupied by the victorious troops of a soldier of fortune, and saved from dismemberment only by the propitiatory sacrifice of the daughter of a line of kings ; Prussia twice conquered ; Russia invaded, and her capital burnt to save it from the occupation of the enemy ; Paris, the city of war riors, twice taken ; Portugal, Belgium, Greece, and the whole of South America, revolutionised ; Spain re volutionised half a dozen times. To come nearer home : our own country,' he continued, may be said to have undergone two revolutions within the last sixteen years : The admission of the Roman Catholics to parliamentary and other rights,—a concession undisguisedly declared by its Conservative proposers to be unavoidable to sae the nation from civil war and dismemberment ; and the Reform of Parliament in 1832, than which no more re markable revolution has taken place in history—the triumph of the national will over the hereditary pos sessors of parliamentary power. We are too near to the events,' he said, to understand fully their extent or their results.' "' Do not forget,' said I, ' the social changes and im provements of the last few years—steam navigation and railaays; and take into account also the wonderful dif fusion of information which has taken place during the last half century, in the multiplication of books, and newspapers, and all sorts of cheap publications.' " It is impossible,' said my friend, with much earnestness, in considering all these political and social advancements and developments, to come to any other conclusion than this—that society is on the eve of some greater change than has ever occurred on earili. The spreading of information among the labouring classes, an the wonderful facilities which exist for the diffusion of knowledge, cannot fail, in a short time, to have a prodigious effect on the masses. With the moral power of intelligence adied to the physical power of numbers, it would be idiotic fatuity to suppose that they would consent to exist in the state of wretchedness in which they now are;—then the change will come, but whether by some means of social re-organisation which we cannot yet clearly see, or by some terrible social and political revolution, wilder and more devastating than the world has ever witnessed, is beyond the reach of human wisdom to divine.' " "The Fat Ox" is an amusing fable, illustrating the state of the currency ; the ox, while it was fed on paper rags, increased daily in strength and beauty, but when, through a fatal mistake, its food w,is altered to gold and silver turnips, of which the whole world did nut contain enough for its support, the change in Sits condition was sudden and awful, the once-fat ox suffering from want of food, had hardly sufficient strength to support its undiminished burdens. " The Press" is on the subject of the Duke of Wel lington's supposed illness, and his angry letter to the Morning Post. Speaking on the subject of the re spect due to the Press, the writer observes : "In these times it would be absurd to attempt to deny the prodigious influence of the press on all classes of so ciety, from the highest to the lowest; that it has be come the daily mental sustenance of hundreds of thou sands; that it has power to set up or to pull down the strongest Ministry. These are truths not to be denied ; and those few who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears. "It becomes a matter of the highest importance, there fore, that the controllers of this mighty engine of good or ill should bcr of a class and of a character commensu rate with the high duties which they have to perform; and it is clearly the daty and the interest of society to assign to them that social position which is due to the talents which are necessary for their vocation, and to the influence which they exercise upon the minds of the people. Anything that tends to degrade the cenductors of the press pollutes the source from which only truth and virtuous thoughts should follow; and the mistaken neglect of society re-acts on society itself with meat per • nicious effect." " The Philosephy of Plagiarism " is an interesting discussion in extenuation of this species of theft. After alluding to the various authors from Virgil down wards, who have thought it no degradation to borrow from the works of others, the writer comes to the con clusion that they only are to blame who blindly copy others, without thinking for themselves. He admits that it is lawful to seek materials from foreign sources, but then it must only be for the purpose of fashioning them anew. " For it must never be forgotten that no man can be original in the vulgar sense of originality ; no man can draw solely from his own resources. ' Sir,' said Dr. Johnson, man can coin guineas only as he has gold.' This is the point. Give the poet materials, he will fashion them : give him rough gold, and he will return you guineas. The greatest genius,' said Goethe, will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources.' What is genius but the faculty of seizing and turning to account every thing that strikes ui ; of co-ordinating and breathing life into all the materials that present them selves ; of taking here marble, there brass, and building a lasting monument with them." TUE SUN, LONDON, - MONDAY EVENING, MAY 5 1845. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND litttatt Optatou, " Who runs may read." rO2EIGN. A grand dinner to a hundred guests was given by the King at the Tuileries, on Thursday, on the occasion of his Majesty's fete. All the Ministers gave dinners on the occasion, and Mar shal Sebastiani did the honours of that allotted to the corps diplomatique at the Foreign-office. M. Guizot is much better, and his friends say, will be able to resume office in a fortnight. On Thursday eveniug tne loway Indians were accommodated, by order of the King, with an apartment in the portion of the Tuileries usually occupied by the Duke d'Aumale, in order that they might hear the concert, and see the fire-works. Although not accustomed to express astonishment at any sight, they were so excited when the bouquet burst to their view, that they set up a perfect yell of delight. In another room of the palace General Tom Thumb was also, by the kindness of the King, a spectator of the fireworks. A letter from Lucerne, of the 28th ult., states, ";The envoys of France, Austria, Prussia, Russia, England, Sardinia, and Bavaria, on the 22d and 23d, paid visits to the Avoyer, to congratulate him on the victory gained over the free corps. The Powers have all agreed amongst themselves not to tolerate any revolutionary explo sions which may put the federal compact in danger." Accounts from Switzerland state that the Grand Councils of Soleure, Argau, and Berne have ratified the convention concluded between their delegates and the Commissioners of Lucerne for the liberation of the prisoners captured by the latter canton. The ransom to be paid for such prisoners as do not belong to Lucerne will amount to 20,0001. According to a letter from Toulon, the Emperor of Morocco was earnestly endeavouring to seize Abd.el.Kader. Sidi-Said, the Emir's !mother, who had heen sent to Fez in order to appease the Emperor, had been killed there, some said, by Abd-er-Rha man's commands, while others stated him to have been put to death by the populace. The Dusseldorf Gazette announces that the King and Queen of Prussia intend visiting Silesia and East Prussia in person, in order to distribute relief to those who have suffered from the floods. A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 13th ult, states that the Emperor is shortly to make a tour of inspection in the interior. This journey will extend to the provinces of New Russia, but not to the Caucasus, as has been asserted. He is to be back about the end of June. C URT-3' ASMIOTTAI37.E. The Prince and Princess of Leinin gen are expected to arrive at Clarence House early in the present week from Germany, on a visit to the Duchess of Kent. The Earl and Countess of Haddington entertained at dinner, on Saturday, at the Admiralty, the Marchioness of Breadalbane, the Earl and Countess of Beverley and Lady Louisa Percy, the Earl of Mort'm, the Earl of Clare, Lord Redesdale, Sir William Gage, Mr. Talbot, &c. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers have returned to town from Newmarket, where they had been staying since Monday last. The Duke of Devonshire, on leaving Paris, intends to proceed on a tour in Germany and Italy. His Grace, according to his present intention, will remain abroad some months. The Duke of Rutland arrived at Sir F. Trench's residence, in Pall-mall, on Saturday last, from Newmarket. The Noble Duke has been suffering from indisposition, but is now approaching con. valescence. . The Marquis of Normanby has taken the spacious mansion in Dover street, lately belonging to Mr. Newton, adjoining Lord Stanley of Alderley's, for the season. The Duke de Broglie, on Sunday, attended the French Protestant church in St. Martin's-le.Grand. 5C=7..X.41.15f380U5. On Saturday, as some workmen were engaged in excavating the ground adjoining the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, Gresham street, City, for the formation of a sewer which is to be con tinued to Guildhall, they found the original Roman wall, which was constructed previous to the ancierit Roman wall, which passed along London - wa ll, and proceeded to the Tower of London. The wall was at a depth of about twelve feet from the surface, and was composed of Kentish rags, chalk, and Roman tiles, firmly cemented together. The tiles were about fourteen inches square. The earth above was ei.tirely black, and is supposed to have been deposited there after the fire of London. _ _ . Leopold de Meyer, the celebrated pianist, arrived in town from Paris yesterday morning. Arrangements have been made at Winchester for holding the annual meeting of the British Archeological Association at the town-hall, in that city, in the early part of August next. The Mayor has recently given his sanction for such an arrangement. Lord Albert Conyngham, the president of the association, has con sented to take the chair during the sittings. A concert was given at Hanover square Rooms on Saturday morning, by Signor Marras, a tenor singer, who came out last year, and who then showed certain meritorious capabilities. The rooms were deluged with people. Madame Eugenie Garcia, Mdlle. Schloss, a Signor Minoja, and Signor Marras himself, were the singers; and their efforts gave great satisfaction. M. Stainton played a pair of solos un the violin ; and the concert was further marked by the pianoforte performances of Mr. W. V. Wallace, who seems to be an artist of very superior talent as a composer, and of extraordinary dexterity as a player. THE NEIGIIBOURHOOD OF NEW ST. PANCRAS Ceiracn.—ln a case of no interest, which occurred this morning at Cltrkenwell Police.court, Mr. Greenwood, for the third time, took occasion to remark upon the neighbourhood of St. .Pancras New Church. The magistrate said that this place was infested by prostitutes and the very lowest characters. To such an extent had the nuisance react.ed, that genteel females were afraid to walk there, and the neighbourhood bad now become so notorious as a place cf resort for these persons, that the value of houses in that otherwise most respectable locality had been much depreciated, and if the nuisance were not suppressed no respectable family would live in it. Such a thing was really a disgrace to London. pE Eni,Es.sfitßE ELECTION.—An active Canvstss I G ,o e p o er,g there : A l e c: i i e s 3n i . s l a d sono,ruhb doubt in hr l z.,e a tna w ..a t itohn there the Earl woi commenced on Wednesday last, in favour of Sir George Suttie, in opposition to Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, the newly-created Lord of Weroyss ; and should he be backed by his Lordship's interest, of w th h e ich r t r i e , a e s r u e r l y s . fine tun."—Glasgow .National. will k t e he a MIDDLE TEMPLE, calls to the bar during Easter term by this Hon. Society were pub. ' lished in the dining-hall this evening, and they are as follows : som Si e r : Mr. Roger HOITII3II Fisher, Mr. Edward Bristow Phillipps Wynne, Mr. John Dakin Gaskell, Mr. John Robert Watts Williams, Mr. John Barnett _Kington, Mr. Edward Bury, Mr. Ferdinand Fratcis Ivers, Mr. James Peard Ley, Mr. George Borman Skipworth, and 1 Mr, John Tenth Vance; IRELAND. REPEAL DEMON.!..TRATION IN DUNDALK. DUBLIN, May 2.. —Mr. &Connell arrived in Drogheda on Wednesday evening, and stopped that night at Keappock's Hotel. On Sunday the lion. and Learned Gentleman received deputations from the CorporatiO n o f Drogheda, and from t h e t r ades of the ancient municipality. About half-past ten o'clock, Mr. O'Connell , together with Mr. Smith O'Brien, M. P., who had arrived by the mail train from Dublin, entered his carriage. The other gentle. men inside were Mr. ."olin O'Connell, M.P., and Mr. T. M. Ray, Secretary to the National Repeal Association. A procession of the trades with banners, an d many h un d re d s o f the towns-people, all preceded by the temp erance b an d o f D rog h e d a , playing favourite national airs, proceeded th roug h the town i n f ron t of Mr. O'Con nell's carriage, the whole p resent i ng an appearan ce of much splen. dour. Along the line of route there was scarcely a single house that was not decorated with evergreens, anti several with garlands. From Dunlcer crowds of foot passengers and horsemen and vehi cles, in great numbers, joined the procession. On entering Dun dalk the scene was such as the imagination alone can realise. The doors were decorated with evergreens, the house-tops with streamers; the windows were filled with ladies fashionably dressed. Mr. O'CoNNELL addressed the peop'e at the market.square, and said—My object in coming forward at once is to return you thanks in my own name, and in the names of those who were persecuted along with me, for the glorious manifestation of your sentiments and gratitude that I witnessed to-day.—(Cheers.) It was a magnificent demonstration of your love of peace, of order, of liherty, of sobriety —aye, and for the freedom of your native land. — (Cheers.) I doubt not you will finish the day as you began it, and that you will return to your homes with the same order and tranquillity that you came to meet us today, and to do us honour. And note, my friends, is it not legitimate to inquire what t he common object is that w e a ll h ave h a d i n mee ti n g here this day? —([tear, hear.) Exclusively of the manifestation of your kind. nets, what is the great link that binds us together? what is the ultimate object that we see k ?—(C r i es o f " R e peal nothing else will satisfy as.") W e cou ld not require more, an d somebody tells me that we will not t a k e l ess.—.(Cheers ) Y ou who interrupted me awhile ago said we ll t h at we shoul d h ave n o compromise. No ; we will not take any i nsta l ment as a sa tisfaction for the debt. I will take all I can get for the Irish people, and I will ask for the rest the moment afterwards.—(Cheers.) Give me, I will say, sixpence in the pound of my debt, I will look out afterwards for the other nineteen and sixpence.—(Laughter.) After some further rem ar k s i n a s i m i lar stra i n h e thus concluded. Why should not your b osoms b eat hig h w i t h h o p e ? Are you aware that Peel tit.s acknowledged we canno t b e put down by force?— (Hear, hear.) Yes, he h as di stinctly a d m i tte d th a t repeal agitation cannot be put down by force, and he is right. We will bide our time in tranquillity of soul:and Lke our opportunity when itcomes. Things can't remain as they are. Before three months elapse, England may be in a war. Good luck to her in that war if she does justice to Ireland first. I will not pray at all on the other side of the question—(Laughter) —for it .s past praying for. There is no knowing licw soon some vicissitudes in the fortunes of Eng land may achieve everything for us, and take my word for it, that if there be a war within the next thr:e months er so you will be walking up to Dublin before Christmas next, with small sticks in your hands, just for the purpose of seeing what an Irish Parliament looks like.—(Cheers and laughter.) Tire BANQUET-ROOM.—Along the walls were shields, each inscribed with appropriate mottoes referring to ancient and modern events in our history, of which Ireland may be well proud. On an entablure over the chair was the motto, " Men of Lowth, re. member 1826." Undereeath was hung a shield bearing this in scription : " If again the sword we draw, True men that none may sever, For Ireland's right and Ireland's law We'll cross the Boyne together— Each for the altar of his love, But all for Ireland's glory." To the right ant left of the chair were shields bearing respec __vely the mottoes :—" I said concession had reached its limits ; I retract the expression."—Sir James Graham. And—" You cannot put Repeal down by force."—Sir Robert Peel. Other inscriptions commemorated the imprisonment of "the Repeal Martyrs," on the 20th of May, 1844 ; the Declaration of Irish Legislative Independence, the 16th of April, 1782 ; the battles of Clontarf, Dungannon, Benburb, and Beal-a.nath-buidhe. On other shields were inscribed Tara, Clontibret, Mullaghmast, and Mallow ; and the names of Grattan, Flood, Charlemont, and other Irish patriots. In other places were seen the names of O'Neill and Sarsfield, and " Grey Porter and the Irish Militia," were not forgotten. About seven o'clock, Mr. O'Connell and the other guests having arrived, the chair was taken by Capt. Seaver, Heath-hall. The usual loyal toasts having bet n drunk, The Cneramax, after a suitable eulogiutn, gave—" Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator of Ireland, and the Repeal of the Union." —(Drunk with the utmost enthusiasm.) Air, "See the Conquering Hero comes." Mr. O'CONNELL said—Overwhelmed, as I naturally ought to be by the excess of the praise, almost beyond belief, and certainly, in finitely beyond any merits of mine, which you bestow on me, it is fortunate for me, under those circumstances, that I have my speech before me. Repeal—no compromise—repeal—(Loud cheers.) I do ask the British Minister if he understands the situation of Ire land—l ask every nation in Europe if they comprehend the po. sition Ireland has taken. I look back to the struggle that we have already made with pride and pleasure—with pride that is en. banced—with pleasure that is augmenfed—for the materials of our past history so abundantly crowd upon us now, that the future story of Ireland is easily told if we have but the virtue to per severe, and the manliness to avoid being cheated into cessation, combined with the determination that nothing shall bribe us, as nothing shall intimidate us.—(Cheers.) We were a province—a pitiful, petty province—the union having struck us down. I will not delay you to state bow that union was achieved; it would take a volume to recite one half of the crimes that were perpe trated to accomplish it. That union struck us down into provin cial pettiness and lOwness ; but is not Ireland rising again to the dignity of a nation ?—(Cheers.) Is not the assembly I address here to-night listened to by kings, and emperors, and republics? —(Cheers.) Is not what falls from us here to-night to be con sidered as a portion of the w'sdom of cabinets, and of the determination of statesmen ?—(Hear, hear.) Is it not influencing the decisions for peace or war of mighty nations 7—(Cheers)-- and civilization is at a pause to see what step the people of Ire land will next take.—(Renewed cheers) We have become a nation in operation before we are one in point of law.—(Cheers.) We have the power of a nation before we have the army or the navy of a nation—(Cheers)—and the humble in_ dlvidual who addresses you, representing the wants, the wishes, the peaceable qualities of the Irish people, becomes dis engaged from his own nothiugn ss, and expands into the powers of one of the monarchies of Europe by this magic.—(Hear, and cheers.) The conduct of the Ministry, to be sure, is most conso latory; but, at the same time, there is something in it like incon siste, cy. The Secretary of State for the Home Department de clared 'that concession to Ireland had neared its limits, but the waves from Conciliation-hall have blotted out this declaration, and, like the inscription of the schoolboy, every vestige of it is obliterated.— (Cheers.) lam exceedingly thankful for what we have got, but we have not asked for it. I have not heard of any Irish petitions in favour of it, with the exception of a few, for which I am thorougly grateful, and one of which was from Bel fast. But the Catholic people are looking on with the dignity of men who had been foully robbed and ought to be conciliated. They are calmly looking on, allowing those who robbed them to make them restitution.—(Cheers.) There is no exaggeration in stating it, that the opinions of the British Ministry—of the British Government — must abide the messages of peace they send to Ireland.--(Cheers.) If they conciliate Ireland, they can bully the rest of the world ; but they cannot bully Ireland.—(Cheers.) They tried in vain before; they sent me to gaol for one hundred days, and I rejoice to say that we are a hundred times stronger now than e a when we went into gaol.—(Cheers.) We have only one c ourse to adopt, and that is perseverance, keeping at the same ti me within same a way,r hear).tl, t we We have have hitherto much d the bounds of the law.—(Hear, sa me steps are taken—if w e ac t w ith the same determination , and will not put it with an if —we will certainly not be d eluded b y any at e we do not do it in the sa s cheme of Ministerial brib e .—(Ch eers .) They have not mone y enough to buy us, or measure s en ough to take us away f rom the to c t e do l a i f n d h if pursuit of repeal.—(Loud cheers ) Let Irishmen but combine as brothers, and Peel may rant as he pleases, and Graham may rave with mock solemnity till he imagines himself the most magnificent of mortals. They are, both one and the other of them, only tracing characters on the sand, which to morrow's tide will wash away— the voice of congregated millions will become resistless as the force of the multitudinous waters, and Ireland will be a nation once again and for ever.—(Loud cheers.) After several other toa s t s, i nc luding Mr. O'Connell's fellow. martyrs, shortly before twelve o'clock the large assembly separated. —Freeman's Journal. ----- • SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 3,—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam.ship, the Duke. of Cornwall, Captain Hieginson, left the docks this day at three p.n., for Constantinople; calling at Malta, there to tranship the India and China mails and passengers to the Iberia steam-packet for Alexandria. The Duke of Cornwall takes out to the Levant a large cargo of bale goods. The Royal West India mail packet, the Severn, Captain Vincent, with '2l passengers, 280 bottles of quicksilver, 12 boxes of specie. and other cargo, left the river yesterday, taking out the West In dia and South American mails. The Oriental Company's steam ship Pacha, Captain Burney, arrived in the docks early this morn ing, and landed the Peninsular and other malls, which were for warded to London by the nine a . N. trails. She left Gibraltar April 25, Cadiz, 26, Lisbon 28, Oporto a nd Vigo 29, and Corunna 30th. The Pacha has 44 passengers, chiefly from Maderia; also a full cargo of fruit and hides. Princess Donna Anna Dejus, aunt to Dom Pedro, came passenger in th e Pacha; her arrival was tele. graphed to the Portuguese embassy in London previous to her pro ceeding to London by the eleven o'clock train. A new steam-ship, the Wonder, has lately been put upon this station, running be t oeen here and Havre. Her average trips have beers from seven to nine hours. HOUSES OF PARMA MENT.-I.7rorn the estimates of the amounts to be proposed for miscellan eous services for the year 1845-6 (which were or , Saturday issued by order of the House of Commons) it appears that 13,3051, is the sum that will probably be required to defray the expense of providing temporary accommo dation for the Houses of Parliament committee.rooms, offices, &c., for the year ending March 31, 1846. The amount required last year was 5,4201. ; and in 1843, 9,5901. For the new Houses of Parliament, a further sum of 85,0001. will be required for the ex pense of the works for the year ending 31st Mitch next, beyond what has already been provided for by Acts of Parliament. This amount is described as being on further account of the cost of the superstructure of the Houses of Lords and Commons, the cen tral hall and connecting corridors; the Victoria gallery, the Vic toria tower, the central tower, and the clock tower; a portion o the north and south fronts; the front towards New Palace-yard f St. Stephen's hall and porch ; the restoration of St. Stephen's crypt; and of the internal fittings, particularly th ose o f t h e House of Peers, and the rooms , &c., connected therewith." The amount granted for the same works in 1844, was 60,0001., and in 1843, 140,0001. SHIPWRECK OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX STEAMER. she thus remained at the mercy of a str o n g w —On Friday mor nin g , about 9 P.M., this vessel was wrec k ed about 150 yards fro m the port of Boulogne. It a pp e ars that, whets about 14 miles fro m her destination, she became leaky. On nearing the harbour , her engine-room was full of water, and her board, who were on l y saved from a There south -west eesrt winde extinguished; and ppassengers e : rirolling on era, which soon dro v e h er on t h ere. w atery grave by the p:ompt assistance of the pilots. left yesterday , the brig was on her port side THE WRECK. Of 11. M. BRIG SKYLARK. The officers and crew were conveyed to Portsmouth yesterday, and have been transferred to the flag-ship to await the event of the Court of theli e co c a l s a t: i ti c ar g d rod .f Inquiry which must be instituted into the cause of her loss. The the to crew and afnr greatest praLe is due to Lieutenant Smith for his intrepid and bi:fintgier upper deck , gone ; the foremast, mainmast, praiseworthy assistance, by twhichl the lives of many were saved, wrecka , rt and bowsprit, all standing—the rest of the spars Pr°ocfeedNei?stead. b. ( .! l i ag i i ne t. dt i t o, e pa in,da spt boats.— Hants Adverli er of Saturday. JUVIi:NILE ENJOYMENT AT NEWSTEAD ABBEY.-- On the lit inst. the inhabitants of Worksop and Mansfield having been got ashore by turned out of their houses to witness a cavalcade of six coAclies d omt the far-famed Abbey They were the pupils of the full of happy faces Pestalozzian Academy at WlNks°P, and the occasion is annually celebrated as the birth -day of Dr. Heldenrnaiera lady. Some of the parents of the pupils followed in their private carriages, among whom we observed Lady Carnegie, who had arrived from Scotland to attend this celebration. Many birthday odes composed by the boys were delivered to their " mental mother,. besides one of great merit from a former pupil Bow at the University of Cam bridge, and a magnificent piece of plate, stibs2cribed for and do signed by the present pupils, among Whom are two near relations of the celebrated Miss FAgeworthi who by sending them to Worksop, has given the best practical proof of her opinien of the superiority of the Pestalozzian over the ordinary system of educa tion. A large swarm of bees settled upon the boys as they were about to start, which was considered a most happy omen, as in tho language oe Mantua, "Pld r, , le'l it 4 apes;:r 1 - I ,* day i n , 6,a, t de , lightful and the pic..nic complete, r' ' I PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MAY 2. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE BILL.—( IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause (And be it Enacted, that ail and every the expense of pur chasing or providing the houses, buildings, lands, tenements, or hereditaments necessary for the said College under the provisions of this Act, and of erecting the necessary buildings for the same, and of putting the said College into repair, and of fitting tip and furnishing the saute mid the buildings so to be erected; not exceeding in the whole the sum of thirty thousand pounds, shall be discharged and paid by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) read a first time :—Question put, " That the Clause be read a second time." The Committee divided MAJORITY-AYES, 210. Acland, Sir T. D. Esmonde, Sir T. "Neville, Ralph Acland, Sir T. D. Etwall; Ralph Newport, Viscount A'Court, Captain Ferguson, Colonel John Adderley, C. B. Ferguson, Sir R. Norreys, Sir 1). J. Aglionby, H. A. Fitzmatnice, W. Northland, Viscount Ainsworth, Peter Fitzroy, Henry O'Brien, J. Ablaut, William Fitzwilliam, G. W. O'Connell; 31. J. Archbold, Robert Flower, Sir J. ' O'Conor,:Don Arundel, Earl of Forster;- Matthew O'Ferrall, R. M. HaiMe, Colonel Fox, C. It. Bailie, Walter Fremantle, Sir T. Barkly, Henry French, F. Baring, F. T. Gardner, J. D. Baring, W. B. Gaskell, J. M. Ord, William Owen, Sir John Paget, Colonel Pakington, J. S. Palmerston, Viscount Barnard, E. G. Gladstone, W. E. Parker, John Barrington, Viscount Gladstone, Captain Patten, J. W. Barron, Sir H. Glynne, Sit S. Peel, Sir Robert Bell, Matthew Godson; Richard Peel, Jonathan Bell, John Gordon, Captain Pennant, Colonel Blackburne, J. I. Gore, Montague Philips, G. It. Blake, M. J. Gore, Robert Pigot, David Bodkin, W. H. Goulbuni, Henry Ponsonby, C. F. A. Boldero, H. G. Graham, Sir J. Praed, W. T. Botileld, Beriah Granby, Marquis Pusey, Philip Bowes, John Granger, T. C. Rawdon, Colonel Bowles, Admiral Grey, Sir George Redingtou, T. N. Bowring, Dr. Hale, R. B. Repton, G. W. J. Bramston, T. W. Haltbrd, Sir 11. Roche, E. B. Browne, W. Hamilton, W. J. Round, John Bruce, Lord E. Hami:ton, Lord C. Rous, Captain Buller, Charles Harcourt, G. G. Russell, J. D. W. Byng, G. S. Hatton, Captain Rutherfurd, A. Cardwell, Edward Hawes, Benjamin Saudon, Viscount Carew, R. S. Heneage, G. 11. W. Seymour, Lord Carew, W. H. P. Heneage, Edward Shell, U. L. Castlereagh, Viscount Herbert, Sidney Smith, Benjamin Cavendish, C. C. Hervey, Lord A. Smith, J. A. Chapman, B. Wilde, J. H. Smith, Vernon; Charteris, Francis Holland, Robert Smith, T. B. C. Childers, J. W. Holmes, W. A'Court Somerville, Sir W. Cholmondeley, H. Hope, Charles Stansfleld, W. It. C. Clayton, It. R. Hope, G. W. Stanton, W. H. Cleric, Sir George Horsman, Edward Staunton, Sir G. Clifton, J. T. Howard, E. G. Stewart, John Clive, R. H. Howard, Philip H. . Stuart, Lord J. Cockburn, Sir G. Howick, Viscount Stuart, W. V. Colebrooke, Sir T. Hutt, William Stock, Sergeant Collett, John Hume, Joseph Strutt, Edward Collins, William Ingestrie, Viscount Sturt, It. C. Corbally, M. E. James, Win. Sutton, H. H. Corry, Henry James, Sir Walter Tancred, 11. W. Courtenay, Lord Jermyn, Earl Tennent, J. E. Cripps, William Jocelyn, Viscount Thesiger, Sir F. Dalrymple, Captain Labouchere, Henry Tharnely, Thomas Darner, Colonel Lambton, 11. Trelawny, J. S. Davies, D. A. S. Lascelles, W. S. Trench, Sir F. W. Dawson, T. V. Layard, Captain Vernon, G. H. Denison, W. J. Lemon, Sir C. Villiers, Viscount Dickinson, F. H. Lincoln, Earl Walker, Richard Douglas, Sir C. Listowel, Earl Warburton, Henry Drummond, H. 11. Macnamara,:Maior Watson, W. H. Duncan, Viscount M`Geachy, F. A. White, Samuel Duncannon,Visconnt M`Neill, Duncan Wood, Colonel T. Dundas, David Mahon, Viscount Worsley3Lord East, James B. Manners, Lord J. Wortley, James S. Easthope, Sir J. Martin, John Wynn, C. W. W. Eastnor, Viscount Mildmay, i ll. St. John Wyse, Thomas Ebrington, Viscount Milnes, It. M. Yorke, H. It. Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. Mitcalfe, Henry TELLERS. Emlyn, Viscount Murphy, F. S. Young, John Escott, Bickham Napier, Sir C. Lennox, Lord A. MINORITY-NOES, 88. Acton, Colonel Du Pre, C. G. Marton, George Arehdall, Captain Egerton, Sir P. Masterman, John Ashley, Lord Ewart, William Mottle, Fox Astell, William Farnham, E. B. Maunsell, T. P. Austen, Colonel Ferrand, W. F. Morris, David Bankes, George Fitzroy, Lord C. Neeld, Joseph Bateson, Thomas Forbes, William Neeld, JOhn 13eresford, Major Forman, T. S. Newdegate, C. N Broadley, H. Fox, S. L. Pechell, Captain Brotherton, J. Fuller, A..E. I'lumptre, J. I'. Bruce, C. L. C. Greenall, Peter - Rendlesham, Lord Buckley, Edmund Gregory, W. 11. Richards, Richard Buller, Sir J. Y. Grinualiteh, T. Ryder, G. D. Chetwode, Sir J. Hallyburton, Lord Shaw, Frederick Christopher, R. A. Hamilton, J. H. Sibthorp, Colonel Cole, H. A. Hamilton, George A. Smith, Abel Colquhoun, J. C. Hanmer, Sir J. Spooner, Richard Colvile, C. It. Henley, J. W. Thompson, Alderman Connolly, Colonel Hill, Lord M. Tollemache, John Crawford, W. S. Hindley, Charles Tower, Christopher Curteis, H. B. Hornby, John Turner, Edmund Darby, George Hughes, W. B. Tumor, Christopher Deedes, William Hussey, Thomas Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Denison, John E. Jolliffe, Sir W. Verner, Colonel Dick, Quintin Leti•oy, Anthony Waddington, 11. S. Dodd, George Leslie, C. P. _ 7:: Wakley, Thomas Douglas, Sir 11. Lowther, Colonel Douglas, J. D. S. Mackenzie, T. TELLERS. Duncan, George Maclean, Donald Inglis, Sir H It. Duncombe, T. M`Taggart, Sir J. Law, C. E.; Duncombe, 0. Marsland, H. FREE-TRADE BAZAAR. Within the last five weeks Covent-garden Theatre has undergone a complete metamorphosis, for the purpose of preparing it for the proposed Free-trade Bazaar, to be held there on the 12th instant. On Saturday evening we were admitted to a private view of the theatre, which was lighted up for the occasion, and presented a very splendid appearance. The entire audience part of the house, the stage, and the scene room beyond, have been converted into a vast Gothic hall, two hundred feet in length. Standing at the entrance in the centre of the dress boxes, the eye is struck by the magnificent effect of the old wooden roof, very similar to that of Westminster Hall, or King John's Palace, at Eltham. The grand hall is terminated by a screen, and a lofty archway, in the Tudor stylP, through which is seen a richly stained glass window, that lights a smaller hall beyond. The general form of the hall is not unlike that of a cathedral. Gothic arches, supported by clustering pillars, run round the hall, and give it a very light and picturesque effect. The stage portion of the theatre forms what may be termed the transepts of the edifice, in which are several alcoves, corresponding in style with the other parts of the building, and each lighted by a stained glass window. Two tables extend the entire length of the hall, for the display of the various articles to be exhibited in the bazaar. A. number of transparent lamps give a cheerful appearance to the same. But the most ingenious and novel feature in this fairy palace is the mode in which the light is equally diffused through the roof, which is formed of transparent painted cloth. All the shields and scrolls in the decorations bear the device and cognizance of the League—a wheatsheaf, with the mottos " Free Corn," and " Free Trade." The whole arrangements do infinite credit to the taste and ingenuity of Mr. Grieve, from whose designs, a n d under whose superintendence, it has been executed. BRITISH AND 'FOREIGN INSTI TUTE, HANOVER-SQUARE. Within the last few days the Duke of Cambridge has become a member of this Institute; and on Saturday a dinner was given by the President and Council to his Royal Highness, and to several distinguished visitors. The party was of comfortable dimensions, hardly exceeding 50 ; and the enjoyment that prevailed during the whole of the evening, although the individuals present were as various as could well be imagined in political sentiment, testified very strongly that the comprehensive spirit of the Institute was working well, and that it is possible for gentlemen to meet in friendly brotherhood and interchange social kindnesses, however much publicly they may be in uncivil opposition. In addition to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, there were present, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chiches. ter, Lord Ashburton, Lord Lifford, Lord James Stuart, Lord Claude Hamilton, Lord Sandon, Lord Courtenay, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Wentworth Lambton, Admiral Sykes, Brigadier. General Sir Henry Pynn, Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Mohun Lal, from Caubul ; Dr. Wolff, from Bokhara, and others. Mr. Buckingham took occasion to state that accident alone occasioned the absence of the Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Westminster, Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Carbery, the Earl of Derby, Lord Dacre, the Bishop of St. David's, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, Lord Brougham, Sir George Staunton, Sir George Larpent, Sir Edward Codrington, and Mr. Wynn Ellis, all of whom, as members of the Council, intended to have been present to receive his Royal Highness. The dinner and wines would have entitled Mr. Neale, the maitre &hotel, to a crown of laurel, had he lived in the times of Apicius. Nothing could have been in better taste, either as regarded the eye or the palate. After the customary toasts had been proposed by the President, opportunity was given for speeches by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Devon, the Bishop of Chichester, Mr. Buckingham, Lord James Stuart, Dr. Wolff, and Mr. Mackinnon. The speakers, one and all, took occasion to ad. vert in the most flattering terms to the success which had attended the establishment of the Institute, how it had given introductions to many distinguished foreigners, how it had- promoted a refined and'lntelicetool aochdity, and how 4* had been 'a common ground upon which gentlemen of all shades of opinion and of rank had had personal intercourse and enjoyed the advantages incident to polite communion. The Bishop of CHICHESTER, In graceful terms, spoke of the pleasure he experienced in seeing the original scheme so satisfac. torily carried out, and emphatically eulogised Mr. Buckingham, to whose energy, suavity of deportment, and discreet management the Institute owes so much of its prosperity. • Mr. BUCKINGHAM, in reply, expatiated eloquently, upon the obligations which British travellers were under to foreigners f,r ready and assiduous attentions; and spoke of the Institute as a most desirable instrument for returning such kindnesses—the more necessary as the convential rules and reset ved temperament of the English generally (so unlike the practice and disposition abroad) made it extremely difficult for strangers to get access to good circles, unless peculiarly accredited. He further mentioned that the communications which had been addressed to men of literary and scientific distinction on the Continent, apprising them of their being made honorary members of the Institute, had in all cases been responded to in the most gratifying terms; and he alluded particularly to letters received from Humboldt, Guizot, Thiers, Arago, COUSINS, Villemain, Chateau. briand, Lamartine, Berzelius, and Liebig, in proof of the utility of the club, and the influence it is likely to exercise in the intellec. tual world. As a practical illustration of its present working he pointed to the two distinguished visitors, Mohun Lal and Dr. Wolff, who were sitting within a few yards of him, paying at the same time appropriate tributes to their intelligence and force '.'f character. To the address Dr. WOLFF made a few pertinent observations. The speeches of the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Devon, and of Lord James Stuart, tended to show that the objects of the Insti tute were warmly appreciated by all who were acquainted with their spirit, and that nothing could be more satisfactory than the results which had hitherto ensued. At ten o'clock the company adjourned to the drawing-rooms, where some instrumental pieces were admirably performed by Messrs. Rousselot, Sainton, Vicutemps, Salaman, and Hill. A 3 oung gentleman of the name of Coenen, a pupil we believe of Molique's, played a solo on the violin with great dexterity and precision. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge did riot retire until the riunion broke up, HUNG E RFOR D•nRI DG E.—Yesterday, at an early hcur, people were seen flocking from all quarters towards the new b r idge, and the turnstiles on each side were in perpetual ;notion. Bet weer the hours of six o'clock in the morning 4 n d s i x i n the cyp i ng, Upwards of 56,i00 persons are said to have passed over ; but far such a crowd we never saw so little preparation for preserving order. In fact, at each end, but especially on the Middlesex side, the utmost confusion pre vailed, and no respectable person could visit this elegant structure without the risk of being hustled or robbed. Two policernri would have prevented such a diagraeful seine, but 'net one was present. Tire Dire4OrB ky4i tiiirs is not the Way to inerease their funds. DREADFUL CATASTROPHE AT YARMOUTH. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. (From the Second Edition of the Norfolk News.) One of the most calamitcus events which ever betel this town, or any other in this district of the kingdom, has just transpired, and has spread lamentation and grief throughout the entire population. The scene of this dreadful event was the Suspension-bridge, on the North Quay, crossing the River Bure, and w hich has been the entrance to the town from the railway terminus, and the new road from Acle. Cooke's Equestrian Company has for some time been staying in the town, and on the morning of this fatal day it was announced by public handbills that Nelson, one of the clowns, would sail up the River Bore, starting from Yarmouth-bridge, to Vauxhall-gardens, at five o'clock, in a common washing tub, drawn by four " real geese," elegantly harnessed and caparisoned. At the time appointed, this absurd exhibition took place. The clown and his geese started from the Old Bridge in the presence of an immense concourse of persons, who had assembled en the banks of the river to witness the feat. On his arrival at the mouth of the Bure, a current took him towards Braydon, whence he was obliged to be towed back to the union of the two streamaj The multitude of persons along the North Quay was I greatly increased by the rush from the Old Bridge, and every spot where a view of Nelson and his geese could be obtained, was filled with spectators. By far the most ' advantageous view was had from the Suspension-bridge, acid this was eagerly sought for by the unsuspecting populace. About four hundred persons occupied this position, and were pressing on the south-side to obtain the first glance of the coming wonder. The bridge is an elegant structure, suspended from two piers, and capable of standing a much larser number of persons than that we have named, but we understand every point of vision towards the spot where the geese were to be looked for, was densely crammed with men, women, and children, and even the chains and suspenders had many occupants. This is the bridge which has been the cause of so much litigation between the Yarmouth Railway Company and Mr. Cory, its proprietor, and which has, since the arrangement with the parties, become the prin cipal, if not the only medium of transit to and from the railway terminus. In order' to accommodate this increased traffic, the proprietors have been induced to extend the bridge on each side the chains, to the extent of four feet, for foot passengers, and the platform on the south side was the chief receptacle for the multitude who were on the bridge on this, occasion ; the north side was comparatively empty, consequently there was an extreme pressure on the south—so much so, that a gentleman who passed over, noticed that the crown of the bridge, instead of maintaining its convex form, was completely flattened. lie remarked the circum stance to a companion, but at this moment all eyes were stretched to the utmost, and every ear listening with eagerness for the first announcement of the clown's appearance. This anxiety was br,•ught to its highest pitch by the cry of " Here come the geese." The shout resounded from side to side ; but amidst was a shriek from the shores ; the bridge was observed to give way ; it lowered on one side ; the chains snapped asunder, one after another in momentary succession, and almost before the gaze of the thronging multitude could be drawn from its object of worthless interest it was ii • vetted to the half sunken bridge—suspended on one side by its unbroken chains—cleared of all its occupants— every one of whom were plunged into the stream, and over them the waters were flowing as if unconscious of the fearful tragedy which had momentarily occurred. Those who witnessed it assert that not a scream was heard, nor a sound emitted from the unfortunate victims. A fearful splash and a few gurgling struggles only recognised the spot which had swal lowed such a mass of human life. Some few men banging by the broken chains were earnestly entreated to maintain their hold, but it was soon observed that in consequence of the obstruction of the stream by the fallen bridge, and the human bodies below, that the advancing tide would soon bury even them from sight. Every boat was immediately in requisition, and as many as 25 were soon on the spot, and rendered active and gallant service. The scene at this moment beggars description —husbands and wives, parents and children, were excited with the deepest anxiety. The efforts to save the victims were noble and praiseworthy. One man who was precipitated from the bridge caught a hold and maintained it—a female made a desperate clutch at his ancles, and succeeded in reaching them. The brave fellow looked down, and though in fearful peril himself encouraged her to hold ta,;ht, and she was rescued. The man refused to get into the boat, telling the occupants to pick up those who were float ing about the river—subsequently, however, he was obliged to release his hold, and he fell into the stream. We are happy to say that a rope was thrown to him immediately, and he was brought safely ashore. The bodies were picked up in quick succession, most of them dead. Among the number was a woman—doubtless a mother, who had in her arms an infant, and in one hand a little girl three or four years old—she had firmly grasped both, and her firm hold had not been broken by the struggles of death, for it was with difficulty they were separated. They were all corpses and very stiff. Their names we have not been able to learn. The va rious incidents of the tragic scene are some or them very :ouching. The children were many of them found with their heads fast in the railing, (which on the bursting of 1 the chains lapped over into the water), doubtless fixed in that position in their anxiety to feast their eyes on the expectant sight. It was with difficulty they were extricated, and there were some discovered with their heads smashed to pieces by the falling of the iron-work. Mr. F. N. Palmer, surgeon, was amongst the parties rescued, but at first there was seine doubt as to whether he was dead or not; by proper attention, however, being paid to him, he was s 3 far restored at ten o'clock as to be considered out of danger. Many e thers were also restored by similar means. Barrels of hot watt r were sent from the brew. orrice of the Messrs. Lacon, to Mr. Laws', of the Norwich Arms Inn, where the scene was most dreadful. The kitchen, the tap-room, and other rooms, with the stables, were filled with victims. As many as ten or a dozen were ultimately restored, but no less than 53 corpses were brought iuto that house, and which defied all the means of restoration ; others were taken t' other public-houses in the neighbourhood, but not in very considerable numbers. We lament, how ever, to say, that of the number who had been taken out of the river at eleven o'clock at night, the eyes of 73 were for ever closed in death. Tire great majority Of them are women and children. About 30 umbrellas were taken on shore. Persons whose relatives and whose children were down to see the sight, on hearing of the catastrophe, flocked from all parts of the town to make inquiries, and to examine the dead bodies, fathers and mothers were moaning for their children, and children for their parents, husbands for their wives, and the awfully distressing scene was such that no description can do justice to. The bodies were removed by the relations as they were recognised, and at twelve o'clock only ono body remained in the Norwich Arms stables, that had not been recognised. With the exception of this, who is supposed to be a waterman, named Ecclestone, all the rest have been removed. Several bodies are said to have passed under the bridge, and it seems to be impossible to remove them without - Teat violence, or, as our informant says, " pulling them sub from limb." Nets have been laid down across eae river, by Richard Hammond, Esq., and Mr. Davy, ead were to be taken up on the flow of the tide, at two •'cloak, when it is expected that many other bodies mill be brought up—for it is thought that there are many other persons drowned whose bodies are not yet recovered, and inquiries are perpetually being made by parents and relations who have missed members of their family, the fate of whom is unqu e stion e d. Th e excite ment in the town is very considerable, but yet not so great, at the hour we are writing, as might have been expected. The haven and pier commissioners assembled at the office of Mr. Cory, late last evening, but their pro ceedings were brief and private, and the meeting ad journed to this morning. It is said that the coachman of H. N. Burrcughs,Esq., M.P., of Burlingham, is missing, and it is feared he has experienced the common fate, but no such body, that we can learn, has been picked up. The clothes of the poor unfortunates arc mostly all lying in a room in the Norwich Arms. Numbers of bonnets, dresses, shoes, and a large heap of garments, which will be given up to the relatives in the morning. The pro fessional gentlemen of the town were in immediate at tendance and rendered all the aid which human ingenuity could suggest,. (From the Norwich Mercury of May 3.) The distressing intelligence was instantly transmitted to Norwich by the electric telegraph, and a special train was as immediately sent off, containing the manager at the station and other persons. The tidings soon spread, and the station was not only soon filled, but a large number of persons awaited outside the result of the communications which Mr. lloratio Bolingbroke, one of the Directors, and Mr. Birkett, the brother-in-law of Mr. Peto, were making with the Yarmouth station, re garding the extent of the calamity. Persons also who had relations or friends in Yarmouth were constantly arriving until ten o'clock and after, sending messag es by telegraph to inquire for the safety of their friene's, and it is but due to the two gentlemen to say that they were most anxious to afford every facility and accommo dation. The first intelligence was telegraphed at fifty minutes after five, and instantly express messages were sent into the city, and to the journals, communicating the intelligence. When we left the station at ten o'clock, numbers were still there, making inquiries and receiving replies. To the gentlemen we have named, and to all the establishment, we are much obliged for the civility and attention paid to our inquiries and the facilities afforded us. The escape of some was miraculous, One woman, of the name of Gillings, the wife of a carpenter, was on the bridge with her child ; when she was hurled into the water, with extraordinary presence of m ind she seiz , d her child's clothes with her teeth, ar.d paddled herself to a place of safety. itnefassthederasorthferinenndx,iortels moll lhaenry, and a touching; t he hardly sce n w less e excitedas one safely em erg i ng from the sandsthronged the North Quay—messen ccroogwnids. cognised Thousands missing gers were dispatched in all directions to procure medical aid, and the comm un i cat i on with the west side of the water being cut o ff, hundreds wereleft in painful stlee p sh en or s e e . re sPNocethtiiknlgg those who were could exceed thesparroemopnti tide, the l o a p et p i o l s it l y te , and attention of the surgeons i town, all of wh om were in al e,g cl medical men of the all they co u ld to afford reliertoei at seuattendance, the slightest chance o f resuscitation appeared.c rs t tr e r A .her doing e h e Ir. Lacon and a number of the persons employed in his brew er y were exceedingly Leave in supplying hot water for baths from their brewery, which is not far distant. All the blankets from the union house that could possibly be spared, were in re quielrlon. .The search Per hacked was continued till about half-past nsne Arlock, wben the boats were compelled to desist, but before the turn of the tide note were placed on each side of the bridge to prevent, if Tensible, any of the bodies not yet recovered being cart it d out to sea by the OM a the current ) which is very strong. __a_ .._ _• ,-‘=:;.) 4 _ X- On this side the bridge the greater n to the Norwich Arms Inn, where there ww...40,7 e fifty-three corpses. Others were .take' it " ral Collingwood and to the Swati, an o own houses. Not a few of those ,y4rfineittl the water went away unnoticed," '"their number is un known. Up to a late hour last night, it was ascertained that seventy-five dead bodies had been taken out of the water ; and up to midnight, from the inquiries made, it was ascertained that forty-five others were missing. Among the latter I have been able to obtain the fol lowing name] :—Caroline, daughter of William Church, aged 16; James Church, aged 34; John Seaman, 11, son of Daniel Seaman; Matthew Barney, Daniel Powley, Richard Powley, Elizabeth Powley, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Ditcham, a daughter of Mr. Robert Crow; a child of Mr. Robert Adams, a son of William Duffield, broker ; an old man named Gilbert, and two children of Mr. Gotts, excise officer. By far the greater number of those lost were females and children. James Marshall, 16, escaped with a wound in the scalp. Two boys named Honorley, aged 12 and 17, were taken home ; the young:r died last evening, the elder is likely to recover. Among the dead I have not been able to ascertain sa tisfactorily many of the parties. Mr. D. Little has lost one child, Mr. Livingston one if not two, Mr. Borking, dyer, a daughter ten years old, Mr. R. L. Utting, a daughter, 16. It is in vain, till the coroner's inquest, to hope to furnish you with an nuthtntic list of names, and any other would be mischievous. All the bodies, except one alich has not been identi fied, have been removed to their respective homes. Th 7 const , . million which pervat:es the a hole mass of our population—the intense 'e;rief into which alince4 every one we meet is plunged-7eemed to defy our at tempts to procure au . Lentie information. 'lbis diffi culty is materially enhanced from the inability which has prevailed to ide n tify many o f t h e bodies. I have carcely met any person who has not either directly or relatively been bereaved or thrown into a state of painful suspense. _ When the multitudes who lined the banks of the river first heard the shrieks from the bridge, they mistook them for cheers to hail the approach of the aquatic tra veller, and turned to look away from the scene of despair to the obj ct that had brought them tog( ther only to be turned suddenly back on the scene of desolation. At the time of the occurrence, two gentlemen in a gig came through the toll gate, and so near were they in being involved in the melancholy catastrophe, that we are credibly informed the horse had actually stepped on the end of the bridge, but being suddenly pulled back on the first announcement of alarm, they were most pro videntially saved. The haven and Pier Commissioners, as many as could be got together, met at the office of their clerk, Mr. Tolver, about ten o'clock, and adjourned to an early hour this morning, to take some steps about the bridge•. It will be gratifying to the parents and friends of the children in the Proprietary Grammar School to learn that they are all safe. We have also inquired at Mr. I'lummer's school, and find that in consequence of t' e rain the little boys were not allowed to go out ; four Of the biggest boys who went to witness the exhibition re turned quite safe. YARMOUTH, FOUR o'CLocK.—The scene at the broken bridge at this moment is one of the most heart-harrowing it has ever been our lot to witness. Before the faintest approach of, morning, a number of boatmen and others have been most actively engaged endeavouring to find the bodies of the missing persons, and their efforts have been in some degree successful, as three more bodies have been discovered. The banks of either side of the sir. am, even at this hour, are crowded with an expectant and anxious throng who await in breathless anxiety the enrts of the boatmen, anticipating in every fresh endea vour to recognise the features of some beloved object. On one side may be seen a group of pale and weeping women with tearful eyes watching the progress of the search, and on the other a. group of hardy seamen, their strong frames convulsed with emotion as they clasp in their arms the dripping corpse of some favourite child, and carry it just as it has been lifted from the water to their homes. Indeed a more distressing scene than the present, or a catastrophe more horrible in its COMO.. quences, it has never been our lot to witness. Every side wherever the beholder turns, the same frightful prospect of human suffering is apparent. It is generally supposed that many persons n he, were standinc , on the edge of the bridge, or cn that, portion allotted to foot passengers, when the accide:it occurred, clasped the hand-rails, and were precipitc.ted head fore most into the stream, and became entangled among the broken balustrales. The body of a little girl, the daughter of a man named George Parker, a coal-heaver, has just been brought out. The bodies are so swelled arid distorted that in many cases identification has been extremely difficult. One of the nets has just been drawn, but this contained no bodies. Two or three corpst s have been found lying entangled with some of the iron-work about the centre of the stream. When our express left, they were extricating the bodies, and drawing the other nets. Among those that have been recovered are Mr. F. N. Palmer, surgeon, Mrs. 1). Little, Mrs. Livingston, Fre derick Dye, 16, taken to the hospital with injury to the knee and leg, Dye, North end, with a fractured kg, a young man named Simmons, whose leg was also frac tured in extricating it from the bonded iron of the bridge with a crow bar. Mr. '..iloman's son Fmk has been rcovered, but his servant, Moss, is still missing. One or two circumstances demand 4, tassing glance— one, th::: state of the bridge. That stlucturc was erected by the late Robert Cory, Esq., in. lieu of the ancient ferry across the Bure, of which he was possessed, and was opened on the 23:1 of April, 1829, and suspended from a chain on either side, attached to four pedestals or piers, also of iron, and fastened to abutmt nt st-nes. In April, 1544, in contemplation of increased traffic to the railway, in order to afford sufficient width for car riages to pass, a platform for foot passengers was erected outside the bats on tither side, it being the intention of the proprietors, on completing an arrangement with the railway company, and obtaining an Act of Parliament which has been applied for this session, to erect a new arched stone bridge. The immense weight of the thickly congregated mass being thrown on one side of the bridge caused the calamity. A gentleman who was present on both occasions assures us that the crowd assembled on the bridge to witness the return of Royall, Mapes, and Hall, from Norwich assizes, was much greater than at this time, but that then the weight was distributed more equally over the surface. Many questions have been asked as to how far it was the duty of the police to have prevented such numbers assembling on the bridge. To this we cannot venture a reply. It is not attempted to be denied that a large body of the police were in attendance on both sides of the river, where danger seemed most to be anticipated, to prevent, if possible, any accident ; their error, if suc h it should be called, se ems to have ben one of judgment, not of neglect of duty, and had the accident not hap. pened, probably no observation would have been made. By this event the traffic to the railway terminus has been considerably impeded, there being now no other means of communication than a ferry boat across from Limekiln wharf. LATRST PARTICULARS. (From the Fifth Edition of the Norfolk News.) The following is the best list which has been produced of the names of the unfortunate sufferers. It was pre pared by Serjeant Willament, and presented to the Magistrates at their meeting this morning:— Sasan Mayers, aged 9 ; Maria Stolworthy, 14; Maria Juniper, 9 ; a daughter of D. Little, 15 ; Maria Ed wards, 12 ; Hannah Field, 8 ; Mary Ann King, 8 ; Sarah Utting ; Fulcher, 18 ; Eliza Hatch, 12 ; Durrant ; Burton ; Trory ; High ; Miss Johnson ; Caroline Anger, 16 ; Eliza Duffield, 10 ; Harriett Bussey, 24 ; Matilda Livingstone, 6 ; Ann Maria Seotter, 20 ; William Lynes, 6 ; Thomas John son, 8 ; William Tennant, 10 ; Harriett Tann, 13 ; Clara May, 20 ; Sarah llunn, 14 ; Charles Dye, 2 ; William Hindle, 10 ; Eppy Thorpe, 11 ; Caroline Church, 16 ; Rachel Vincent, 20 ; Caroline Parker, 8 ; Sarah Gilbert, 12 ; Benjamin Dye, 9 • Walter Watts ; Philip Livingstone, 9 ; Barking ; Eliza Hunnerable; Robert Moss, 26 ; Daniel Ebbage ; Miss Johnson ; William Grimmer, 8 ; Horace Fox, 20 ; Richard Row ley, 4 ; Elizabeth Crowe, 11 ; Burton ; Betsey Mor gan, 62 ; Mary Ann Jenkerson, 10 ; John Tennant, 12; Mary Ann Lake, 2 ; Christopher Barber, 11 ; Eliza Powlry, 21 ; Eliza Conyers, 13 ; Sarah Ann Butti fant, 18. _ A lady, dressed iu mourning, with a gnld watch sus pended by a ql' chain. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Tbr, number of dead bodies actually ascertained at this hour was 90. Before our reporter left the Yarmouth station the number was stated to be 104. At Once o'clock it was impossible to tell exactly the number of persons dead. Several had recovered that had been reported as dead, and some few had died whom it was thought were not dead ; but as near gui could be ascertained the number of the dead was 93. JURY LIST. The following gentlemen were impannelled : Samuel T. Palmer, Esq., Forem an . Mr. John Ncrman, Mr. ames Pratt, Mr. Garwood B. Palmer, Mr. William Spillings, Mr. Charles Wolver ton, Mr. James Emms, Mr. Math Blowers, fir. John Stagg, Mr. Thomas Davy, Mr. John Orfeur, Mr. John Fenn, Mr. William Smith, Mr. Charles Barber, Mr. Joseph Davy, Mr. William Hallett, Mr. J. Eastmore Lawes, and Mr. Edward Garrod. After the jury had been sworn, at the suggestion of the Coroner the investigation was adjourned till Mon day (this day). LATEST PARTICI:LAE S. SUNDAY.—Ore hundred and thirteen bodies have been already taken out of the river; the number will probably be 130 to 140, as many are uder the bridge, as well as those who have been carried up the river. The bridge has fallen down on the side nearest Brey don, and forms a complete barrier to tje stream and navigation. The excitement and sympathy riccasioned by this painful disaster continues unabated ; the trains ate over flowing. MEMOIRS OF PRINCE CHARLES STUART.—We are requested to stWe, that M:r. Celburn, of Great Marl borough -street, has this. - day published " 'Memoirs of Prince Charles Stuart, commonly ealh d the Young Pre tender, with Notices of the Rebellion in 1745," by Charles Louis Mose, in 2 vols. ' Bvo., with portrait, 245. bound, which can now be had ofall booksellers. Mr. Colhurn has also just published-2. Adventures in Georgia, C:r cassia, and Russia, by Lieut.-Col. G. Poulett Cameron. &c., 2 vols., 21s. bound. 3. Peninsular Sketches, edited by W. 11. Maxwell, Esq , author of " Stories of Waterloo," &c., 2 vols.. 21s. bound. 4. A second edition of The Crescent and the Cross, by Eliot War e bu ) rt u on e , Esq., 2 vols., with illustrations, 21s bound. s i:l r s. ' bOund. of Wellington's hlaxims and Opinionsvo:_,s., es _ t _ nt. G. Revavions of Spain in 1845, by t 1? 0 vols., 0 19. bound; and 7. Three I ca.rs in Constantinople;. or, Domestic Manners of the Turli-s, by Charles Whit:, Rsq., 3 vols., with 34 illus'sations, 31s. 6d, trund. s U (N-gr