The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-06 00:00:00

Guildford Junction Railway,—Select Committee on pro ject, Moiii_day, May 19, at twelve. Dublin and Drogheda Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon day, May 19, at half after twelve. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway,— Select Committee on project, adjourned till Wednesday, May 7, at twelve. Just ready, VOL. VIII. of MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. DEDICATED (BY PERMISSION) TO HER MAJESTY. Comprising the Lives of Henrietta Maria, Consort of Charles 1., and Catherine of Braganza, Consort of Charles 11. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. SOIREES MYSTBRIEUSES. In consequence of the immense success which has attended the representations of the celebrated MONSIEUR PHILLIPPE, of the Theatre Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, and the general astonishment excited by' his incredible experiments and wonderfhl delusions, a limited number of SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES will be given at the ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY. PROGRAMME.—Part I. L'Oranger du Paradis, Le Cosaque, Les Six Couronnes dediees aux Dames, Le Chapeller de 1945, Le Conflseur Moderne, line Surprise aux Dames, L'Arlequln Celebre, Nouvelle Methode pour faire le Cafe, Le Drapean National. Part 11. L'Orange hlervellleuse, Le Pain de Sucre, Le Bazaar, ou La Grande Distribution, La: Cuisine Infernale. The Entertainment will terminate by the surprising and inexpli cable Feat of Les Bassin de Poissons d'or, et La Grande Menagerie, universally considered the most extraordinary Tour de Physique ever accomplished, and which, on every occasion of its being repro ac has excited the most enthusiastic admiration. Doors will be opened at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mence at Ida -past Eight. An interval of twenty minutes between the First Mgr - Second Parts. Boxes, 43. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Pit, 25.; Private Boxes, Two and Three guineas each. Boxeg, Stalls, and Tickets may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Librav, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Monday) Evening contained: — The Conclusion of the Day's Proceedings before the different Railway Committees of the House of Commons. The Bating at Tattersall's up to Six o'clock. The Parliamentary Proceedings of the Evening, being a full Report of the Proceedings before both Houses of Parliament up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. 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 THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. Son-office, 112, Strand. PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED, mANcriE§Thif, -- llifftOSic --- 41ATTOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Provisional Directors deem it expedient to give notice, with a view to prevent unnecessary disappointment, that no further appli cations for Shares in this undertaking can be received. May 6, 1843. F. WRAGGE, Secretary. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE; THIS EVENING Will be performed Verdi's Opera, ERNANI. Elvira, Madame Rita Borio ; Ernani, Signor Moriani; Silva, Signor Pornasari. Between the acts of the Opera a New Divertissement, entitled LA BACCHANTE. Characters by Mdlle. Lucile Gratin; Mdlle. Moncelet, Mdlle. cesium, M. Perrot. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Josephine Weiss) will appear in their most admired Pas. To conclude with the Ballet of ONDINE. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectiblly nfonued, that there will be an Extra Night (not included In the Subscription), ON THURSDAY, MAY 8, When will be performed Mozart's Opera, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grill ; Donna Elvira, Madame Rita Borio ; Zerlina, Madame Analde Castellan ; Don Giovanni, Sig. Fornasari ; Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario ; 11 Commandatore, Sig. Botelli; Masetto, Sig. F. Lablache ; Leporello, Sig. Lablache. Between the Acts of the Opera a Fantasia by Sig. Cavallini (First Clarinette at the Theatre Imperial La Scala). The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. In the course of the Evening, the celebrated Spanish Dancers rill appear in various national Pas of Spain. To conclude with the principal Tableaux of ONDINE. Ipplieations for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bei orrice, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF M. DUPREE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the First and Second Act of Donizetti's Opera, entitled THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, by Monsieur Duprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdini ; Arthur, Mr. F. Gardner ; Raymond, Mr. Weise ; Norman, Mr. H. Horncastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia. After which, the Second Act of LA GISELLE. The Duke of Silesia, Monsieur Gasperini ; Glselle, Mdlle. Polin. Tro conclude with the Second and Third Act of the renowned Opera, entitled GUILLAUME TELL. Arnold, by M. Duprez ; Gesler, Mr. Weiss ; Rodolph, Mr. H. Horncaste ;. William Tell, Mr. 9tretton ; Walter Furst, Mr. Borrani ; Lutern, Miss Poole ; Matilda, Miss Romer. Dress Circle, 73 ; Boxes, 55 ; Pit, 33 ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Fox-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, M.R. B. WEBSTER. TI EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold. entitled TIME WORIIPS WONDERS. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescne ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Hamby. After whiCh, USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. Positively the Last Week of the Green Bushes. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'KennedY, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. .After which will be repeated, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STIL BERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster, in which he will give his celebrated perscnation of the Emperor Napoleon ; Margot (her original charac ter) Madame Celeste. TU conclude with a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called CT. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby ; Miss Woulgoir, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. riturcEss's THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be repeated Auber's Comic Opera, entitled LE DUC D'OLON7 , .i'E. Gaspard, Mr. Leffler ; The Chevalier, Mr. Allen ; Blanca de Molina, Mdlie. Helen Condell; 3lariquita, Miss Grant. After which, LA FETE DES PECHEU RS. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING . _ Will be repeated a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Dawson. To be followed by a New and Original Comedy, entitled OURINEW GOVERNESS. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Wigan, Turner, Stanton, and Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, and Mts. Keeley. To conclude with WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1845. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITHFATRE. PROntIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Positively the Last Week of the present splendid Routine of Attractiu Novelties. Air. RATTY, ever anxious to retain the patronage that has been so bountifully bestowed on this Establishment, feels a degree of plea sure in announcing the greatest combination of Foreign Equestrian Talent that ever appeared in the Metropolis, he having engaged the whole of M. Tournaire's Company of French, German, and Italian Artistes, and the enire,Stud of highly-tutored Horses. The Com pany embrace the follolting distinguished Professors :—M. Benoit Tournaire, M. Ferdinand, M. Francois, M. Ernest ; Signors Angussi an d rth,aido ; M. F. Klatt; Mesdames Louise Klatt, Hubor, and Popowitz ; M. Popowitz, the French Clown ; Herr Hubor, the Dutch Grotesque. This talented Corps will make their First Appearance on Whit Monday. A new Dramatic Spectacle, written expressly for this Establishment, by Mr. Moncrieff, the plot ofwhich ly taken from the works of Eugene Sue, will also be produced on the same occasion. The Amphitheatre will be closed On SATURDAY NEXT. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Grandest Week of the Season—Last Nights of the American Samson, the Wonder of the World, and the real Water Spectacle. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE GYPSEY FARMER ; or Jack and Jack's Brother. Supported by Messrs. Hicks, Honner, Cowell, Mrs. H. Vining, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Martin, Acc. Afar which, THE SMOKED MISER. Daring, Mr. Fredericks; Old Screw, Mr. Ileslop ; Goliali Spiderlimb, Mr. Vale ; Sally Ceres, Miss Martin. To be lollowed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with a ligatrustic Spectacle, entitled THE CEDAR CHEST ; or, The Lord Mayor's Daughter. Supported by the whole Company. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, 11" om Eleven to Pour. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASONS-GRAND OPENING FETES. ' First Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by IL R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, H. R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. NOTICE.—The extreme unfavourable state of the weather ren dering it impossible to complete the unprecedented Pyrotechnic dis play, the OPENING IS UNAVOIDABLY POSTPONED TILL WHIT-MONDAY, the 12th inst. A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Tome," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch, as it formerly existed, the Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Reckie." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with his most decide and perfect approval, and from the more than usual care which has been observed in its execution, he points It out as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CON CERTS, so decidedly popular at this . Rsiablishment, will thi s season be en an unusually effective scale. Mr GOOFRHY has been occupi e d s i nce the close of last summer, in.com posing and arranging . a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, Including some Ori tnal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet Performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary kxhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model mill be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, th tires on the Calton Hill , Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding 11 , e tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings *oicl u n:; which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour trayed. A n d, as a Finale, a grand A quat i c R oyal and Patriotic Tableau, - Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited i n th e centre of the l a k e ! The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted ty Fame, acrd surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in troduced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Danson. Mr. Soutliby has been occupied for months In giving effect to this matchless and superb design, which combined with the Feux D'Arti tee, the Sainte and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur ounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display -ever witnessed. Feeding Ae Carnivora, at half - past Four ; Pelicans, &c., at FITO : Concert, at Six ; Admission and Pyrotechnic Display at Nine. . One Sniffin_ Tug FRIGHTFUL MURDER AT GREENWlCH.—Yes terday a jury WAS impannelled before Mr. C. .7. Carttar, at the White swan, Blaekhcath-road, to investigate the circumstances attending the death of Robert Barry Flinch (the infant son of John Drake Ffinch, Esq of the firm of Smith and FLinch, tcrs, Groom's-hill, Greenwie), whose body was found dead, with f.is head nearly separated theilefrozn. on Sunday morning (the par ticulars of which appeared in The Surt Of yesterday). After a lengthened examination of several witnesses, the jwy consulted together about five minutes, and returned a verdict of `! Wilful Murder against Martha Brixley." THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, M ; Highest, 58; Noon, 47. BAROMETER, 29.89.—W1ND, N.W. Nora.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 44 minutes after 1 Evening •• 3 minutes after 2. or the links, the total length of the bridge, the dis tance between the extreme points of suspension, or the aggregate weight of metal employed. But it would seem, that at the moment preceding its breaking through or down—that is when the greatest number of spectators was upon it—there were not above four hundred persons assembled, and of these a large proportion were probably youths and children. Sup pose there had been five hundred adults of the average weight of twelve stone each ; their united pressure on the bridge would have been but thirty-seven tons. It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the material, the design, or the construction of this bridge, must have been faulty to a moss extraordinary extent. We should be extremely sorry to prejudge the cause of a misfortune which must so soon become the subject of legal inquiry. The matter is still open, no doubt, to the proof, for aught we know to the contrary, that it was the result of una voidable causes not within the control, nor, necessarily, within the cognisance or calculations of the architect, the engineer, or the contractor, or of the surveyor, or Committee who may have approved and reported upon both the design and execution of the bridge. But let U 3 take the fact to be so; and even on that most favourable assumption how powerful a case is made out for the esta blishment of some responsible jurisdiction—some Na tional Commission of scientific and practical men, who shall be invested with the important trust of minutely examining and severely testing every work of this kind before the proprietary or di rection shall be at liberty to open it to the public. It is really remarkable that but a few weeks have elapsed since the fatal falling in of part of a railway bridge at Ashton ; and, if we remember rightly, within a very brief period indeed, this same town of Yarmouth has been signalised by two other fatal accidents. In the first, the centering of an archway being struck too soon, the super incumbent masonry gave way, the master-builder nar rowly escaping with his life, his foreman being killed on the spot ; in the second, under circumstances not vely dissimilar, the same master-builder being himself killed on the spot, together with one of his labourers. Surely, had the works in question been previously inspected by duly qualified persons, having no further interest in the matter but to make such report as should be consistent with their own reputation, veracity, and standing, professional or official, there is every human probability that these sad con sequences would not have ensued. If for a moment we picture a case nearer home, we are absolutely ap palled at the bare imagination of what might have hap pened on Thursday last, when Hungerford Suspension bridge was first thrown open. In the course of the day its total length of fourteen hundred feet was crossed by at least twenty-five thousand people. But on its ex treme centre breadth of six hundred feet from tower to tower, there were collected, at one period, not less than one thousand people. What would have been the effect of bad construction, defective material, or untested de sign, in that instance ? Averse as we are, on general principles, to the inter vention of the Government on suspension-bridges or railroads, the first duty of that Government, it must be allowed, is to provide for the personal safety of the QUEEN'S subjects ; and if the Commission we speak of were to be composed, one-half of private, the other of Government engineers—the latter to be remunerated by the Minister, the former by the county or the district—the main objection to its constitu tion would be removed. And, indeed, up to this extent, we should as much advocate the interference of Government as we should deprecate such interference beyond it. But the Government itself, as in its whole legislation on money and on railroads, is always prone to commit the error of exceeding the mark, which they would do so beneficially for the public to pause at. And, with all respect for the Premier, we cannot help saying that if, instead of indulging his morgid horror of private " speculation," which is the soul of all mercan tile enterprise and greatness, he would limit his legisla tion to avoid positive, tangible evil to the public, he would make the just distinction he has so mischievously missed in the two cases we refer to, of leaving private capital to pursue its own evolutions, so long as these do not infringe on the public convenience or welfare. Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have been received, but we find no news in them of the slightest interest. On that day the Three per Cents. closed at 35 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 26 1-16 ; and the Debt without interest at 84 for cash, and 91 at 60 days. The French Chamber of Deputies on Saturday brought the discussion on the Jesuit question to a con clusion, by adopting the following resolution proposed by M. TRIERS :—" The Chamber, relying on the Go vernment for the execution of the laws of the State, passes to the order of the day." The result appeared the great majoriiiof the Chamber, for in a House con sisting of four hundred, not more than forty Members opposed it—these consisting chiefly of Legitimatists and Members of the extreme Left. After M. BERRYER had finished his speech in the early part of the day, the Attorney-General, M. HEBERT, followed, and took nearly the same view of the case as M. TRIERS, but de nounced the Jesuits in still stronger terms. The exist ence of the Society in France, as an unlicensed con gregation, he said, was an evil, and contrary to the law. The Jesuits he regarded as the most dangerous and most constant enemies of the two revolutions, the source of al, the liberties of France. " The laws against them," concluded the speaker, " exist and are efficacious ; wisdom, perhaps, counsels that they be allowed to sleep for z time, for peace is better than war, and persuasion better than force ; but if peace be no longer possible, and persuasion fruitless, the laws, I repeat, exist, and ought to be executed." M. DB LAMARTINE spoke next but amidst constant interrup tions. His eloquence was all thrown away, for no one would listen to arguments for the separation of Church and State, and in favour of the Jesuits. The Marquis DE LA ROCHEJAQUELIN had ne better success, and the feeling in the Chamber left no doubt whatever that unless the Government put down these intriguing reli giouspoliticians, the representatives of the people will do it for them. M. TRIERS, on finding that his motion met with the approbation of the Government, again brifly addressed the Chamber in these words : " After the declaration of M. Martin (du Nord), I think , we have come pretty nearly to an understanding. I shall state my opinion. There are laws of the State incontestible, uncontested— uncontested, at least, by the Government, by me, or by a great portion of the Members of this Chamber. In consequence of cir. cumstancea these laws remained unexecuted. The circunasttances have changed, and it has become urgent that the laws should be a l plied. Nevertheless, the Government charged with their execu tion ought to have the latitude which is necessary for that purpose. It has had recourse to the spiritual authority. I approve of that proceeding, but upon one condition. It is this, that whatever may be the result of the negotiations with that authority (an authority which I respeet, but to which I would not submit the laws of my country), the laws shall be put in execution. On this condition the Minister of Public Worship and myself agree in opinion. This is an admission that the laws exist, and that the application of them is necessary, and it is well understood that should the negotiations with the spiritual authority be unsuccessful, that application of the laws will take place." On Monday the Chamber was to take into considers tion the Bill for arming the fortifications of Paris. Three amendments had been announced, and it wi s generally believed that one of them, which is to the following effect, would be adopted :—" Paris shall not be placed in a state of defence but in virtue of a law, and the arming of the fortifications shall not take place until after war shall have been de clared." The papers announce that on the cele bration of the KING'S file at Lyons a deplorable accident happened on one of the bridges. The crowd, eager to see the fireworks, had rushed forward is a mass to obtain good places, when eight persons were trampled to death. No business was done,at Paris in the public funds on Sunday. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Mr. James Harrison Cholmeley, brother of Sir James Mon tagu Cholmeley, Bart., of Easton Hall, Lincolnshire, with Miss Charlotte Octavia Johnstone, of Alva, took place this morn ing, in Langham- place Church. After the ceremony a nu merous party of the friends and relatives of both families as sembled at Farrence's Hotel, Belgrave-square, where an elegant dejeune was served to a party of fifty. NOVEL RACE OF MAN V. HORSE.—Yesterday a considerable number of the sporting fraternity met at the Three Cats public-house, at Acton-bottom, to witness the singular and novel match performed, which was for Mountjoy (the well-known London pedestrian) to contend against Mr. Counsellor's horse. The terms of the contest were that Mountjoy should hop on one leg 75 yards, and the horse to gallop 150 yards, the first in to be the winner. The stakes were 101. aside. In the betting department there was a good deal of speculation. The necessary preliminaries being arranged, the cunpetitors came to the starting scratch, and Mountjoy, taking his position in advance of the horse, leaving 75 yards to the winning post, the signal was given, and away they went, Mountjoy hopping with great dexterity, and the horse was quickly in a gallop. The biped having stole a march upon his quadruped opponent, all efforts of the jockey were unsuccessful, and Mountjoy came in the winner._ _ FATAL ACCIDENT BY MACIIINERY.—MANCRES TER, SATURDAY.—Yesterday a most melancholy and fatal accident occurred at Messrs. Yates' mill, commonly called the Bee Hive Mill, Jersey street, in this town. It appears that on the morning of yesterday, a female, about 23 years of age, named Elisabeth Elliot, went into the mill in search of employment, which she bad been promised. On entering the room in which she was to have been employed, her clothes were caught by an upright shaft going at the time at the rate of 100 revolutions a minute. She was instantly " lapped" round the shaft, and several minutes elapsed before the engine could be stopped to extricate her. The shaft is situate within a few inches of the wall, so that with each revolution she was dashed against the wall. She was dreadfully mutilated and quite dead when taken down. In the evening an inquest was held before Mr. Chapman and a respectable jury, when a verdict of ' Accidental death" was returned. ROYAL SURREY ZOOJT,QMPAI. GARDENS.—In con -B,9u!nfl. ef the tuithvourable state of the weather, the opening of an , garden* has been postponed until Whit-Monday s. t r • THIS DAY'S NEWS. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 10,000 bales, including 4,000 bales of American on speculation. The market was steady and prices were firm. 500 bales Surat went at 2%d. to 3%d. ; 400 Egyptian at 5%d. to Bd. ; 300 Pernams at 5 1 / 4 d. to 5 3 / 4 d. ; and nearly 9,000 bales American at 31d. to 6d. per lb. There was a dull market for Irish Shares generally, and but little demand for English Scrip. Armagh and Portrush, 2 3 / 4 • Barnsley Junction, 71s. 3 d. %; Birkenhead, Manchester, arid Chester Junction, 9 • Birming ham and Gloucester, 135; Ditto, New Quarters, 4 1 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 8% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 10 3 4 ; Caledonian, 114 ; Ditto Extension, 34 ; Cam bridge Chester and Holyhead, 17% ; Churnet Valley, 7% % ; and Lincoln, 84 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 47 ; Clitheroe Junction, 745. ; Cork and Waterford, 565. 6d. ; Dereham and Norwich, 21s. ; Dublin and Belfast Junc tion, 11 10% ; Dublin and Galway, 3% ; Dundee and Perth, 735. 6d. ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlcne, 3% ; Eastern Counties, 20; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 64% ; Edin burgh, Leith, and Granten, 15 1 / ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 295. ; Grand Junction, 230 232 ; Ditto, Hilf Shares, 114% 116 ; Ditto, New Quarters, 45 1 / 4 46 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 19% ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 6 1 4 ; Great Munster, 3/. 31. Is. 3d. ; Great Southern and Western Ex tension, 13% 1 ; Goole and Doncaster, ; Inverness and Elgin, 28s. ; Jamaica Junction, 6 1 A ; Lancaster and Preston, 52 1 / 2 ; Limerick and Waterford, ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% 3 / 4 ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 44% ; London and Croydon, 1814 ; Ditto, New Shares, 1% ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 4% ; London and York, 5 ; Direct Northern, 3 1 4 3s. 9d. ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% 11 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 61 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6% ; Manchester and Buxton, 6; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 6%; Manchester and Leeds, 1441/2 Ditto, Half Shares, 65%; Midland Railway, 157% ; Ditto, 401. hares, 19 tA ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 3 3 / 4 ; Ditto Consoli - dated Birmingham and Derby, 117% ; Newark and Shef field, 5 with new ; Newry and Enniskillen, 5 1 ,4 ; North British, Half Shares, 933. 9d. ; North Union (A), 145 ; North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 6; North Western, 98s. 9d. 51. ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 4%; Sheffield and Manchester, 122 120%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15% ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 41s. 365. 6d. ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 5% ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5 ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares No. 1, 14% ; Ditto, No. 3, 6 3 / % ; Scottish Central, 7 ; Trent Valley, 18% ; 1 / 4 ; Welsh Midland, 2% % ; West I and Carlisle, 3% pm. ; Austrian Ditto Continuation, t 7 inn izt uat 7 i ys on, ; 2_ 1 %. 0rk and Sardinian, ss. ; Louvain and Jemeppe, 4% ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 514 ; Paris and Lyons, English (Laffitte's), 58s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2% 51s. ; Royal North of Spain, 2%; Sambre and Meuse, 9%; Verona and Ancona, 465. 48s. 6d. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 5.-The sales are :-Barnsley Junction, 3 3 / 4 4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire:Junction, 9%; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8 3 / ; Churnet Valley, 7 1 4 ; Clitheroe Junetion,l3% prem. ; Erewash Valley, 18% ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% ; Grand Junction, 229 ex div. ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 7% 8 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 6%;lLeeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 10% 11; Leeds and West Riding Junc tion, 6% 14 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% 3 / 4 ; London and Brighton Consolidated, Eighths. 35 ; London and York, 4% ; Manchester and Buxton, 5% ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 65%; Midland Railway, 401. Shares, 19 ; North Wales, 3 ; North Western, 5 1 4 % ; Nottingham and Mansfield, 3 ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2% ; Scottish Central, 71 ,4 ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 2 1% ; Sheffield and Manchester, 119 ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhamp ton, Dudley, &c., 4 3 4 ; South Eastern, No. 1, 16 ; Ditto, No. 3, 7 ; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junc tion, 2 1 / 4 % prem ; Welsh Midland, 3 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 8 % • WhitehaTen and Furness, 3. The advises by the West India Mail are of a satisfactory character, and there is a generally promising statement as to the weather and the crops in Jamaica and the other leading islands. The labouring classes were conducting themselves with propriety, and affording indubitable evi dence of the superiority of the inducement to freedom over the coercion of slavery, by working steadily and continuously. It is true there are instances of occasional ebullition of feeling among them; but are such confined to coloured populations only ? The supplies of sugar from several of the islands will be large, and the shipments were much forwarder than usual. In fact, the large quantity already received in the port of London will attest this. Matters in Hayti are evidently in a satisfactory position, and there appears to have been some apprehension of a re newed outbreak. The letters by the Overland mail not being yet delivered, we are only enabled to state that the published accounts are considered to be satisfactory. The public securities have been rather flat to• day, and there has been an indisposition to enter into fresh operations Consols for Money have been 98 3 / 4 %, being again lower ; and for time nominally the same. the premium on Exche quer-bills is 565. to 545. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 100% %, and the Three per Cents. 97% to %. Bank Stock has been firm at 277%. The Foreign Securities are generally fluctuating also. Spa nish Actives have been steady at 30 1 4, and the Three per Cents. at 41 1 %. Portuguese Converted have realised 67 ; Mexican have been down to 36%, and up again to 37 1 4. Co lombian have been 15% %; Dutch Four per Cents. are 97 1 /. Railway Shares are unsteady, and, with a few exceptions, sales have predominated. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents. 100%% 100% Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 5-16 11 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 11 1-16 11 1-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock 277% 277% India Bonds, 1,0004. ...... - Ditto under 1,0004 ...... 68 71 71 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account.... .......... - 98% Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 56 54 pm. 54 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. 43 1 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... .• 98 98 l Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 15%% 15 5 / 1 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... 3 6 34 3714 37 1 / 4 Ditto, Account 37 ( p 37 1 / 2 Ditto, Deferred ................ . Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent . Ditto, Converted.... ''''''''• Ditto, Account 67 ......... Russian Bonds .. .... 117 1 4 1174 • Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. ....... 30- 1 /, 30 1 4 Ditto, Passive ..................... 7% ' 71 , Ditto. Deferred .......18 18 Ditto 3 per Cent. ............ 41 1 A 41 1 4 ' Ditto, Account' , .................... _ 41% I !Belgian Bonds, 4 1 / 2 per Cent ....... 98% Dutch, 2% per Cent . ............ _ Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific...• 97% 973/ PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK . CLO I S c I E N s G RAILWAY . SHARES Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Birming. and Gloucesterloo ..... 137 ...... ...... m Ditto % Shares 11 ;1 % 11 8 1 / 2 2 ...... 4 1 4 B i f r o m r d i n 70 Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ..... 591 h 59% Caledonian j g u h n a e rn tiol a i nd Ox -11% 8 17 Cliuniet Valley /, Cork and Waterford ..... C a rn es b te r Direct Northern r id a g n e d a H nd oly L h in e c a o d ln ... l l: s .. .. .. . . .. 17%% 2% O.- y4 Dublin and Galway 2 10„..„ 51 L . 4 3, 74 4A Dublin and Mullingar... 2/ 2 ...... 31,43/% Eastern Counties 25 20 20 1 / 4 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....5/. 13s. 4d ....... 1 1 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ___ Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%..... 15% Ditto, 15% ...... ...... 18 2 3 / 61% Shef field ..................... 4 ...... 6 1 / 2 Great Gri N tn e s w b Great South. and West 18 Ditto Extension (Ireland) North c . f. — E . . n . ..... ali ... ..... ...... ...... 12 1 ,4 Great yQaunadrstehrsef... 2%. 195 Ditto New ......... 5 ...... _ 44 Harwich .. l% Hull and Selby s o_ ...... 109 lle Ditto Quarter Shares 121/2 „.... _ 24 Do. Half Shares London and Birminghm (Stock)._ Do. New Thirds Do. 1 % Shares ......... 2 ...... 3 3 London and Blackwall. 161 . 135 . 4 d. 9y 4 9l London and Brighton... 50 ...... 63 62 3 / .... Do. Consolidated Bths 16 London and Croydon, 13 /. 15 s. 9 d. 18 % 1 / 2 18 London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 794 7 8% Do. New London and York • 2%•,.... 4 1 / e 4 l /2 Londonderry & Coleraine 2 1 /.. 3 % 3 /4 4 Lynn and Dereham l% Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 139 Do. 1 4 Shares Midland... 100 Do. New New. and Ber w i c k ? I ,‘ ....... 1 1 5 8 % 3414 lBlj 15% Newark and St.effield Newry and Enniskillen. 2', ..... North British ..... 10 ...... 17 1 Do. New North Kent 2 3 / 4.. ~5 /4% 5 4% Norwich and Brandon... 10 ...... Do. New ... ..... ... 1 ...... 4 Northern .. and Eastern... 45 ...... ....... •••• ••• Do. Scrip ............... 30 ..... Perth and Inverness ... 2% . .... Richmond and West End Junction ............... 1 ...... 3 % Rugby, Worstr, & T r i ng 1 ...... 4% 4% and rn B & irin Doer 33/ 2 2 1 / 2 s 4 d . :.... Scottish Central ......... 2% .... 7% 1 4 7 1% Scottish Midland ........ 1% .... • • 3 % 3% so D ut u h dl E e it y s , te Shrews., Wolverhamp, 4% South Devon... ............ 15 : ..... 27N 28 4 4 0.: 39 3 /t . Do., No. 1 ............... 8 ...... 14141/2 Do., No. 2, Do~ No. 3 6 , 7% 7 South Wales ... ... 2 1 / .... 5 6 8 1614 Trent Valley 2 iBl 18 ...... .. 18 1 / 2 2 ...... Trent Valley and Holy- Is/ head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ..••• • 3 p.•••"""... •••••• 0 West York s hi re Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth 5% is West Cornwall Yarmouth and Norwich 2O ...... Ditto, New ll ...... York and North Midland 50 ...... 103 Do. Selby .............. 20 ...... ~ Do. Extension ........ 111 ...... 17 '4 I 7 IA FRENCH RAILWA S. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 ..... 101/ 1 0 1,4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 ...... 21 / __ 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette. ........ ... ..... 2 ...••• 2% Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 —, i f ---- 2% Great North. of France.. 4 ........... 174 5% Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 . 2 Jamaica Junction ....,,••• 1% .... 3% Louvain and Jemeppe,„ 2 ::. „ 476 1 / 2 3 / 4 4% Lyons and Avignon....,, 2 ...... 2S 2% Namur and Liege ...... 2%,,,. . 5Y3, 3 / 4 5% Orleans and Bordeau x ... 2..... 10A% .. 10% Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 ...... 2A% 3 Paris and Lyons, Gan. neron'a, ... .. ............ 2 Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Sarni, re and Meuse ~... 4 ...... 9% 3 / 4 1 / 2 lO Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's Erratum in yesterday's List—Read Jamaica Junction 4% 5 4 1 / 2 , inst' a 1 of Gr:at Paris and Lyons. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 6.—Wind westerly, fresh breeze and cloudy. TORBAY, MAY s.—Sid. Apollo, New York Charles, Quebec.. OFF WEYMOUTH, MAY s.—Maria and Louisa, Van Sterne, Gambia. NEWPORT, MAY 4.—Sid. Audacia, Brazil ; Helena, St. Thomas. ABERDEEN, MAY 3.—Sid. Brothers, Sydney, C. B. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) 7221.7 riIds.EX:ETR. SurrimELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ 15; ; use ful do., 4/ 16s to 5/8s ; fine Upland do., 5/10s to 5/ 15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ Os ; Oat Straw, 21 to 2l 2s ; Wheat Straw, 2/ 2s to 214 s per load. The supply of grain fodder being on the increase, the demand for both Hay and Straw has become inactive, at barely late rates. CUMBRLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hav, 3/ 15s to 4/ 16s ; useful ditto, 41 17s to 5l 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to Si 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s ; Wheat Straw, 2/ 3s to 2/4s per load. Supply ratbe'r limited, and trade rather brisk. WIIITECIIAPIZL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 4/ 163' useful ditto, 4l 17s to 51 Ss; fine Upland ditto, 51 lOs t( 51 15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 21 t o 2/ 2 s ; Wheat Straw, 2/ 3s to 214 s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold steadily at full prices. ( 0 1 , ' Attain c __ - )lilt _.. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1845. The House of Lords met at Fire o'Clock. The Privy Council Appellant Act Amendment Juris diction Bill was read a second time, after a short dis cussion. On the motion that the Auction Duties Bill be read a second time, The Duke of RICHMOND moved that it be read a second time that day six months. The agricultural inte;t ought to be relieved by the remission of the malt-tax. They paid the expenses of the prosecution of prisoners, and for the maintenance of prisoners in prison ; they were also burdened with the payment of the clergyman in every parish, and therefore he thought that the Go vernment ought to pay half the county-rate, and from 20 to 30 per cent. of the poor-rates. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that the tax was both demoralising and unproductive, and that therefore it ought to be removed. The Earl of MALMESBURY considered that the agri cultural interest had been injured by the measures of the Government The Earl of WINCHILSEA, Lord BEAUMONT, and Lord STANLEY supported the measure. The Marquis of NORMANBY objected to the abolition of the auction duty, because he considered that it would make the income-tax perpetual. On a division the numbers were—Content, 33 ; Non- Contents, 15 ; Majority, 18. The Bill then went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time. The Customs Duty Bill passed through Committee, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to morrow. The Commons met at Four o'clock. Mr. F. FRENCH moved that the Irish Great Western (Dublin and Galway) Railway Bill be permitted to proceed. Mr. EsTcorr opposed the motion. The motion was opposed by several Members of the Standing Orders Committee, but was eventually carried by a majority of 16, the numbers being—For the Motion, 97 ; Against, 81 ; Majority, 16. A long discussion ensued as to the attendance of Members on Railway Committees, and it was suggested by Mr. HuME and several other Hon. Members that a call of the House ought to take place, in order to compel the attendance of Irish Members. On the order of the day for the bringing up of the report on the Maynooth Bill being read, Mr. SHAEMAN CRAWFORD moved an amendment, that any provision for the separate or exclu sive education of any particular religious denomina tion, or for the support or endowment of any religious sect or sects by State grants, or funds raised by com pulsory assessment, whether under the name of tithes, rents, ceases, taxes, regium donum, or under any other name or form whatever, is a violation of the rights of conscience, detrimental to religious truth, and danger ous to civil and religious freedom, and that all such establishments, grants, or endowments now in existence in the United Kingdom ought to be discontinued with as little delay as may be consistent with a due regard to the rights of those who have life interests in the same. This motion gave rise to a lengthened discussion, which was terminated by a division in which Mr. CRAWFORD'S motion was rejected by 139, and the Re port on the Maynooth Grant was received. Lord PALMERSTON then rose to ask Sir R. PEEL a question respecting the slave-trade, that led to an ani- . mated debate, terminating, however, in no immediate re sult ; and, after the other orders of the day were dis posed of, the House adjourned. Mr. HUME has given notice that on Friday next he will move a tail of the House. The attendance of Mem bers in Committees, independent of other Parliamentary number of railways and private Bills, that a more equal division of labour is found absolutely necessary, and a very general feeling was expressed last night of the hardship that certain representatives should be com pelled to do all the drudgery of Parliament, while not fewer than one hundred Members were absent without leave, and enjoying rustic felicity during the most busy period of the session. Lord CASTLEREAOII, concurring with others in such sentiments, asked whether the House was prepared to order the Sergeant-at-Arms to be sent over to Ireland, to bring in custody those Honourable Members who had not attended Parliament this session ; and the reply was, on the part of Lord G. SOMERSET, that he should be prepared, in the case of every Member, whether connected with England, Ireland, or Scotland, who did not attend when summoned, to move that he be committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms. This question will, therefore, be brought to an issue, and it will be curious to see what influence the order will have on the Irish absentees. Probably some of them will set the resolution at defiance. In Ireland it is no uncommon occurrence for an officer with a judge's warrant, or other warrants equally peremp tory, to be kept at bay for weeks, and finally compelled to retire with defeat. Will the Speaker's warrant in this instance be treated with more respect ? Mr. O'CONNELL and a great portion of his tail have wilfully absented themselves from the House of Commons; they regard the Legislature as totally useless for Irish purposes, and it is extremely probable that they will carry out perhaps a preconcerted plan, and avoid the warrant. But, besides, it will re quire a small army of officers to capture the recreant Members—some will escape to the fastnesses of the west or south, others will hide themselves in Dublin ; and supposing that each Member is endued with the obstinate spirit and resolution of CARUS WILSON, ten officers far each fugitive would be barely sufficient. Some twenty or thirty representatives have deserted their post, so that a force of at least two hundred men would be required to carry on this game of Member hunting, even supposing the peasantry to remain neutral. Still-hunting was nothing to this. But to look at the subject in a serious light, t h e public cannot fail to view Mr. O'CoNNELL's conduct in a very unfavourable light. Certain parties, it is true, have exhibited an uncharitable spirit in reference. to the Maynooth grant, but that is no fault of the House of Commons or the Government. Never did Members perform their duty so nobly towards Ireland as the ma jority on that question, including Whigs, Tories, and Radical Reformers, all of whom have sacrificed great interests for the sake of principle and rendering justice to Ireland. The least that Mr. O'CONNELL Call do is to assist them in this noble purpose. Does he wish to strengthen a conviction entertained by some of his political enemies, and refuse to lend his powerful aid in forwarding me a . sures which may render agitation unnecessary ? The first and most natural emotion excited by an overwhelming calamity like that which has just occurred at Yarmouth, through the fall of an iron suspension • bridge, is naturally one of profound regret for so vast a number of our fellow-creatures and countrymen, sud denly, and in a moment, as it were, of unheeding fes tivity, swept off the stage of human existence! The next impression produced by so awful a catastrophe as this sacrifice of more than 100 lives, in little more than as many seconds, is one of profound sympathy for the be reaved survivors of these ill-fated victims, who, in the relations of wives, sons, daughters, husbands, have lost their natural friends or protectors, their guar dians or parents. The considerations, however, which connect themselves with so frightful and extensive a dis aster, are too solemn for a more enlarged discussion in this place. We turn, therefore, from the irretrievable destruction of life to the precautions which the demands of future security so imperatively require to be adopted in testing the stability of all public works, structures, and edifices, upon or about which masses of the people are likely at any time to be congregated. It would be strange, indeed, were this horrible causualty to be allowed to as public remembrance without furnishingps a ou s t of the salutary yas well . as memorable lesson, in the first place, to those who undertake such constructions ; in the second to the au thority and principals, municipal or other, by w ho m they are employed. Is it possible to gi ve more e and point however to such a lesson than are communicated by some of the incidents connected with this deplorable accident ? We do not happen to be aware of the dimensions of this suspension -bridg e , or the pin 9p weight of the chains, the suspending-rods, • , , o u • Ar A ,.' t 4999 _ 411 01 k_kk ' „c .. V .41 ••• • T:Ap • (2TI Ay% - M." 2:4). I Ilm' COLONIAZ. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is very heavy, scarcely 100 hhds having found buyers, at rather lower prices, establishing a decline since Friday week of i s on the low and middling descriptions. The stock of British Plantation in London on the Ist inst. was 12,232 hhds 1,264 trcs, against 4,142 bhds 619 trcs at this time last year. The consumption this year has been 22,968 hhds 2,088 trcs, being a slight falling off. The stock of Mauritius is much larger, and also of Bengal, of both of which there is a greatly increased con sumption this year. COFFEE.-200 bags Java and 292 bags Costa Rica offered by auction sold, at 38s to 40s 6d for fine ord coloury Java. A few lots of fine ord ditto at 545, and good ord Costa Rica at 45s to 47s 6d, being, for the latter descriptions, compara tively low prices. The stock of British Plantation is 2,792 hhds, 2,918 brls and bags, against 2,249 hhds, 1,888 bales and bags, at this time last year. The consumption is much the same. Rum.—The quantity landed last week was 218 puns 19 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 159 puns 17 hhds, and exported 305 puns 101 hhds. The stock is 10,966 puns 3,904 hhds against 10,660 puns 2,958 hhds at this time last year. SALTPETRE.-2,905 bags Bengal at auction chiefly found buyers at 23s 6d to 25s 6d for 194 to 4i per cent refraction, being a shade cheaper. RICE.-1,608 bags Bengal sold readily at rather higher prices, viz., at lOs 6d to Ils 6d for low small and broken to mid white. SPICES. —3,669 bags Pepper, and 144 chests Cassia Lignea, were offered by auction; nearly all the former was disposed of at 2Ad to 2d for ord to good black Sumatra, but chiefly 2id and 3hcl to 3id for good half heavy to good heavy Malabar, which are at former prices. The latter sold at 53s 6d to 60s 6d for ord to mid quality, being rather dearer. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 38s to 38s 3d per cwt on the spot, and Town 41s per cwt. TEA.—The deliveries are moderate, and the market is quiet. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) Group U.—Room No. 16. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD, AND HULL AND GAINSBOROUGII PROJECTIONS. The. Committee assembled this day, shortly after Twelve o'clock, having adjourned over from Friday last, at the request of Counsel on both sides, who, as we announced inlour first edition of that day, stated that they made the request in the hope that, as there was no difference between the promoters of the lines and the petitioners against them as to the principle, they would be able to make mutual arrangements as to details. Upon the CHAIRMAN taking his seat, Mr. D'EYNCOURT said he was happy to inform the Committee that all further opposition from the projectors of the Hull and Gains borough had been withdrawn. The CHAIRMAN wished to know if there was not some opposition by landowners? He had heard that Lord Scarborough was one of those. Mr, D'EYNCOURT said he was not sure whether Lord Scarborough would appear at all. The Cuantatart asked if Mr. Duckle had withdrawn his oppo sition Mr. Duckle's agent said he would be able to give an answer in a few minutes; an agreement had been drawn up, and it only re mained to be signed. The Clerk said the next petitioners were the proprietors of the Gainsborough bridge. The agent for the Company said he had no opposition to the preamble; he only wished to propose a clause. The CHAIRMAN wished to know if any person appeared on behalf of Lord Scarborough. The agent stated he believed that Lord Scarborough would not appear by counsel. His Lordship did not oppose the preamble. His was a claim for compensation. The Clerk said the next petitioners were the trustees of the Barton Waterside Road. Mr. HILL said he appeared merely on a clause. The Rev. Mr. Williams said he would not appear by counsel but would leave his case in the hands of the Committee. The Clerk said the next petition was from the proprietors of the River Trent, but there had been no appearance to it. The CHAIRMAN then asked if any person appeared for the Hull and Gainsborough Company ? Mr. Wasszaa said he did, and begged to announce that they would offer no further opposition. The CHAIRMAN then said the Committee were of opinion. that the preamble of the Bill had been proved. He then stated, that an application had been made to increase the capital from 600,0001. to 800,0001. eatu uiey zuttely waneu to alter that portion of the 4th duke, so as to increase the capital by 200,000/. in order to have funds at their command to make a double line of rail all through. The CHAIRMAN doubted if they had the power to make the alteration.---Some discussion having followed upon this point, it was agreed upon to frame a separaee clause to meet the difficulty and the Chairman left the room for the purpose of consulting the Speaker as to the consistency of such a course with the standing orders. He returned in about half an hour, and stated that having consulted the highest authority to which he could refer, the result was, that the Bill must either be proceeded with as it stood ; or if they intended to increase their stated capital, they would have to go before the Standing Orders Committee again, and in fact go through all the steps again in reference to the estimates, &c. Mr. PICKERING said that under these circumstances they would proceed with their Bill as it stood. The Clerk then proceeded to read the clauses. Clauses 10 and 17 were postponed for the appearance of Mr. Dunkle's agent. Ou clause 18 being read, Mr. HILL, on behalf of certain turnpike trusts, in opposition to the proposed crossing by the proposed line of the levels of the turnpike roads passing between Hull and Lincoln through Brigg. It was the main line to Brigg, a very populous town, and the cross ing, would bring the trains so near as to cause risk to the people living in that locality, who were constantly in the habit of walking there, and pas.ing and repassing with cattle, children, &c. Mr. R. Ouston, one of the turnpike trustees, deposed that the line proposed to be crossed was a great thoroughfare for carriers, cattle, children, arc. ; this would be the third crossing proposed to be made within a mile. There was no difficulty to making bridges at the crossings except the expense to the Company. To the CHAIRMAN—Has had no personal experience of danger attending level crossings; his alarm is from a general supposition as to inconvenience and danger. There would be four trains pass ing each way every day, Mr. Fowler, engineer, on behalf of the promoters of the line, deposed that if the Company were compelled to make bridges at those crossings, the expense would amount to neatly 12,0001. To the CHAIRMAN—The precautions to be taken by the pro moters would be sufficient to guard against danger. The Company were willing to leave the matter to the Board of Trade. The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee were of opinion that no case of danger had been made out; and some of the Members had travelled in other countries m here all the crossings were crossings on a level, and no danger was apprehended. Indeed, he, (the Chairman)] himself knew instances where bridges had been built at crossings, and applications were made to have them taken down again. —(Laughter.) Group 0. TRENT VALLEY. The clauses of this Bill were proceeded with at the sitting of the Committee. Clauses 1 to 15 were agreed to without opposition. An amendment to clause 16, which states that any shareholder holding shares to the amount of 60,000/., may be at liberty to call an extraordinary meeting of the Company, was proposed by Mr. Forsyth, on the part of the Grand Junction, to the effect that any shareholder holding 500 shares, to the amount of 25,000 i. or up-. wards, might require an extraordinary meeting to be convened. Mr. TALBOT, for the Tient Valley Company, contended that the proposed qualification was not too large, and that Shareholders holding shares to a less amount than 60,0001., ought not to be at liberty to put the Company to so much inconvenience. The Committee was of opinion that the otiginal clause should stand.—An amendment was also proposed to clause 17, respecting the number of shares necessary to give votes, which was not enter. tained by the Committee. Group F. The Committee appointed to investigate the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled this morning —present Mr. Shaw, Chair. man, Mr. V. Stuart, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Home Drummond. LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORD. SHIRE RAILWAY. Mr. AUSTIN proceeded to open the case for the promoters of this line The line commenced at the Tring station of the London and Birmingham Railway, crossed the coun try to Worcester, and so on to Dudley. There was an extension to Wolverhampton, which was Bill number two, and there was a branch from Dudley to Sedgley, which was Bill num ber three. These lines would be through valley courses, would have easy gradients, and would accommodate a most important and thickly populated district. The line for which he appeared was opposed by ene proposed by the Great Western Company—the one line boing on the broad guage, and the other, the London and Bir mingham line, on the narrow guage. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded ta point out the local advantages of the line he advocated. He next addressed himself to the question of the guage. He read an extract from the report of the Board of Trade, showing that with respect to to the gradients and engineering peculiarities there was little to choose between the contending lines, but that the great point at issue was the broad and narrow guages. The broad guage was 7 feet between rail and rail ; whereas the narrow guage was but 4 feet Si inches. The Learned Gentleman said he would address himself to this question of guage, as it was the great matter which the Committee had to settle. Group V. The Committee, the O'Connor Don, Chairman, on the Bills classed under this group assembled this morning at 12 o'c►ock, in the room 19, and the engineering evidence on the Nottingham and Lincoln line was proceeded with. The first witness called was Frederick Swanick, who was joint engineer on the line with Mr. R. Stevenson : he stated the cost of the proposed line at 408,0601., of which 73,4401. was appropriated to the purchase of land and to compensation for injury done to property. This would give 12,0001. for cost per mile, and 47,4981. for roads and bridges. The line was intended to be above 33 miles in length, and would cross three turnpike roads and 34 highways. The witness was cross.examined by Mr. Sergeant CLARKE and Mr. HILL, Q.C., but nothing materially different from the exami. nation in chief was elicited. Group 00. The Committee reassembled this day at 12 o'clock, in Room No. 17. Present the Right Hon. 11. LABOUCHERE, Chairman, Mr. Divett, Mr. A. Hussey, Lord Ingestrie, anel Mr. G. W. Heneage. The procceedings were opened by the Hon. Chairman, who said, he thought it better to take the postponed clauses in the unop posed case of THE WHITBY AND PICKERING RAILWAY. Mr, Hudson was called—The tolls proposed to be charged were the same as those charged on the Syston and Peterborough Rail way. The CHAIRMAN—You propose by those amended clauses to limit the luggage of first-class passengers to 1001bs. weight. Now, you also limit the second and third.class passengers in the same ratio to a smaller amount. In the Syston and Peterborough, the first class are allowed to take 1501b5., and the second and third class pas sengers 100 lbs. without charge. Mr. HunsoN had no objection to amend the clause In reference to luggage. In fact, he would agree to allow the same as the Syston and Peterborough. The clauses regulating the tolls and charges were then agreed to as amended. They are strictly copies of the tolls and charges in the Syston and Peterborough Railway Bill. The CHAIRMAN said he would report to the House that the Bill had been gone through. Group X. The Committee in this group re-assembled at twelve o'clock, LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The Committee proceeded with the evidence in this case. Mr Thomas Bowyer, miler, of Huntingdon, gave evidence to the effect that he formerly carried on an extensive trade in flour with London, but that he had been recently shut out of this market on account of the imperfect modes of transit, and the high rates imposed. He considered that if the transit was reduced he could regain his former trade and command the London market He made at present 300 sacks of flour a week. He was a:so a dealer in er als. He used Lord Londonderry's Scaham coal. He used 1,50(1 tons a year, taking an average of the last four years. The freight was 45. per ton, and Is. Id. per ton for tolls, making ss. Id. in all. He dealt in seeds, which he sent to several markets, amongst others, to London, Hull, and Scotland. The railway, he considered, would effect a considerable reduction in the carriage of these. He dealt likewise in oil, rape-cake, and guano. He sold of these 700 tons. The sale was principally to the westward. Wool was another article in which he traded. The amount he sent was 70 tons per year. He forwarded it principal)! to Leeds, Brad. ford, and Halifax. It cost him 31. to take a ton to Halifax, Bradford, or Leeds. By the railway, he considered it would go by Wakefield to the places named, and would cost 2d. per mile per ton. That would make altogether for 109 miles, the distance to Wakefield, 18s. 2d. That would effect a saving of about 2/. The further distance to Leeds or Bradford was but trifling, so that_ the carriage would be but little increased. This witn -examined at some length without shak ing his evil tcrial point. Group DD. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY BRANCHES TO CAMPSIE, &c. The Committee re-a:embled at the usual this morning, and immediately proceeded with the Bills before them. The first business transacted was the passing of the clauses of the Campsie branches, all of which were approved of, with the exception of clauses 13 and 14, which related to the communica tion to be made to the corporation of Linlithgow in respect of customs, and, also how compensation was to be estimated for injury done to their revenue. Mr. WHATSLY appeared for the Provost and borough of Lin. lithgow, to oppose these clauses. He said the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company had deprived the Corporation of their rights. Power had been given to the town council to settle by arbitration with the Railway Company the arrangement of the dues accruing to the council from the construction of the iine over the Avon ; but the Committee of the Railway Company would not listen to any advances that had been made. The right to these dues had been vested in the town council of Linlithgow from time immemorial. The attempted introduction of clauses 13 and 14 was a most extraordinary endeavour to vio late the provisions of an Act of Parliament ; for in defiance of the Act the company had never paid any dues to the Town Council. An action had been brought in September, 1844, against the com pany by the borough of Linlithgow for the recovery of their dues, with arrears, and the Lord Ordinary had pronounced an In. terlocutory order in favour of the Town Council. To this decision the railway company demurred, and an appeal action was now pending. The Learned Counsel contended that the clauses lie had referred to would have the effect of entirely destroying the rights which had accrued on the railway being made. He there fore trusted that the Committee would not allow them to stand part of the Bill, or that they at ould be so amended as to suit the views of the town-councii of Linlithgow. Group Q, Tho Committee appointed to take into consideration the merits of the different lines of railway comprised in this group met again to-day at twelve o'clock. The Committee was composed of Mr. Sotherton, Chairman, Lord Duncan, Sir T. Colebrooke, Mr. B. Escott, and Mr. P. Pusey. The projects comprised in this group are the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Railway, the Cheshire and Shropshire Railway, the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Mold Branch), Bangor aid North Wales Railway, Bangor and Carnarvon Railway, and the North Wales Mineral Railway. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY (MOLD BRANCH). The first point taken into consideration to day was an applica. tion made yesterday by Mr. Robinson, oo behalf of the promoters, for an order from the Committee to compel the production of c,rtsin books belonging to the Birkenhead and Chester Cou.pany, to which application an objection had been made on behalf of that Company by Mr. Calvert, on the ground that the Committee had no power to entertain a motion of that kind, it being solely within the pro.. vince of a court of equity to make such an order. The room was cleared for the consideration of this point, and on our readmission The CHAIR MAY said that the Committee had no objection to hear evidence in the ordinary way, but they were not at present prepared to apply to the House to compel the production of such books and evidence as had been referred to. (The Committee was left Sitting.) Group B, The Committee re-assembled at 12 o'clock this morning, and proceeded with the evidence in the ease of the WEST YORKSHIRE LINES. Mr. James Hibber, a carrier on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal gave evidence in favour of the line. Mr. Thomas Halford, of Moreton, in the Valley of Ayre, and several other witness, gave concurrent testimony. Mt. William Craven, a solicitor of Halifax, proved that the pe. tions in favour of the West Yorkshire lines, were signed by the majority of the electors and influential persons resident in the district through which the lines would pass. Mr. James Heigh, a stone-mason, of Bradford, proved the con. struction of the West Yorkshire lines would increase the trs,ae in Mr. John Carr spoke to the amount of traffic likely to pass over the West Yorkshire lines. ENGINEERING EVIDENCE. Mr. Wm. Carter, a surveyor, proved that the stations on the West Yorkshire lines were superior to those of the West Riding Company. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster to-day. His Lordship was occupied the whole morning with the part-heard bankrupt petition " Ex parte Van Sandau v. Martin." ROLLs' COUR F.—( THIs DAY.) His Lcrdship the Muter of the Rolls was occupied the whole day with petitions of no general interest. VICE-CHAINCE.RY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) BOHN V. BORN—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before the Court a short time since upon petition. The question in the case related to the property of the late Mr. Bohn, the eminent bookseller in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. The testator, upon whose will the suit was founded, gave 5,000/ to trustees for the benefit of one of his daughters ; he also gave the like sum of 5 . ,0001. for the benefit of another; and then he gave the residue of his personal estate equally between all his seven ail dren, and he appointed Mr. Henry George Bohn and another per— son his executors. Some disputes arose, in consequence of which a bill was filed, and a decree made, by which, among other things (there being a valuable stock of books belonging to the testator in the house in Henrietta-street), it was directed that the testator's house and shop in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, with the good-will of his trade of a bookseller, and also his books, should be sold with the approbation of the Master. Certain proceedings took place in the Master's Office, and the Master ultimately di reeled that four auctioneers should be employed to sell the books. Mr. Sotheby was to sell the theological works to an amount not exceeding 6,000/. in value; Mr. Evans was to sell the rare books not exceeding 2,000/. in value ; Mr. Hodgson, the quire stock and miscellaneous works of Mr. M'Cul. loch's library, not exceeding 1,000/. in value ; and Mr. Fletcher was to sell the residue. It was shown that in the month of August in the last year, notice was given to Mr. Hodgson, by which it air. peered that the recognisances which he had to enter into were ad mitted to be executed by himself and his sirret:es, but on the 4th of November a notice was sent to him that though the recognisances had been executed, still the Master had not made his report, and therefore he was not finally appointed the auctioneer to sell a por tion of the testator's books. On the same clay Mr. Henry George Bohn, who seems to have had the general dominion over the place in which the books were deposited, concurred with Mr. Hodgson in removing part of the stock, which it was intended Mr. Hodgson should sell, and on the 19th of November there was a further removal; and that led to the filieg of a supplemental bill, and upon an application to the Court for the purpose an in junction was granted, restraining the I emoval of the books, and it was referred to the Master to appoint a proper person to receive and take charge of the books until the sale or Maher order of the Court. The Master appointed, on the Bth of February, in the present year, a Mr. Alexander Perry to be the receiver, and on the 17th, a letter ' was written by Messrs. Alaberley and Sons, the solicitors for the plaintiff, to Mr. Hodgson, giving him nctice that Mr. Perry was appointed to the office of keeper of the books, and stating at the same time that Mr. Perry had that morning called upon them and stated that he had seen Mr. Hodgson; that he had informed him of his appointment, and requested him to de liver back the books to Henrietta-strect ; but as Mr. Hodgson requested that all applications might be made in writing, the Messrs. Maberley, as the solicitors of the plaintiff; and also on behalf of Mr. Perry, authorised Mr. Hodgson to give up the books into the custody of Mr. Perry. Several communications took place between the parties, Messrs. Ma. berly and Son insisting that Mr. Henry George Bohn was the person who ought to remove the books to Henrietta-street, Mr. Henry George Bohn contending that, as Mr. Perry was appointed the receiver, he was the party who ought to remove and take charge of the books. After some further correspondence and proceedings, the present petition was presented, praying that Mr. Henry George Bohn should be directed forthwith, at his own expense, to deliver over to Mr. Perry the books in question. Now it appeared to his Honour, whatever might be come of the final question about the expense of removal, that as the matter now stood, Mr. Henry George Bohn had no authority whatever to touch a book. He was not the person to remove them from the custody of Mr. Hodgson ; but if Mr. Hodgson, upon a proper application being made to him for that purpose refused to deliver them up, then an application to the Court might become necessary. The sole dry question before the Court was, whether Henry George Bohn could be called upon to interfere in the deli very of the books. The Jew must have his bond; and as Messrs. Mabcrly and Sons had gone strictly upon the utmost extremity of the dry legal right, it was but fair that that which they had sought to get should be meted out to them. His Honour thought that Messrs. Maberly and Sons had been all along led by a false scent. They thought that they could mix up with the question of the removal of the books at whose expense that shou dbe done. The Court's opinion upon the whole there fore was, that the petition was totally unnecessary, and miat be dismissed with costs. THE WATERMEN'S COMPANY V. THE LORD MAYOR, AND ()THEW, CAVELLE V. GIBBS. Mr. Patois applied in the course of the morning, ex parte, on behalf of the plaintiff, the representative of theWatei men's Com pany for an injunction to restrain the Lord Mayor, and the autho rities of the City of London, from removing certain barges placed in the river at Greenwich by the Watermen's Companl, for the purpose of forming a landing-place for their passengers, instead of their going to the old pier. The Learned Counsel read several affidavits in support of his application, from which it appeared that it was intended to remove the barges this day. The VIOE-CHANCELLOR said the question with him was, whether he should grant the injunction without notice. If he recol lected rightly, the present Lord Mayor, upon being installed into office, in November last, had stated his intention to order these barges to be removed. The parties therefore ought to have come to the Court earlier, and what had been said in the affidavits about licensing certainly implied that the Lord Mayor had jurisdiction. On the whole, his Honour thought he should not be justified in grantingtha njunction ex parte. Mr. Pawn trusted the?, ,urt would allow his client to give short notice.: The Vice-CONCULLOR—Oh, certainly ; but then you must apply to another branch of the Court to hear you—that branch 11 which you would have app , icd ft.r th,.. i0,j,,,ii,,.-: .....; it ver , ac -Pr sible. His Honour, we believe, alluded to the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, who did not sit till one o'clock. (Before the Vice-Chancellor Bitucc.) His Hommt sat at one o'clock, and heard bankrupt petitlona of no general interest. (Before Vice-Chancellor \Viacom.) LUND V. His HONOUR gave judgment to-day in BLANCHARD. this case, w hich wall, 0 bill sled by the plaintiff and two others, on b ehalf of tbrose. u° 1 u 7 and all others the shareholders in the Yorkshi re and Agileullt Bank, except certain of the shareholders who are named as fendants, and the defendants were those shareholders and the Loa don and Wes'minster Bank, and prayed for an injunction tor j e , - ; strain proceedings at law by them. The bill ha" Put in ' heir / been filed, and defendants not having the practice :. answer within the time allowed by the Court, an injunction was granted restraining the ',tondo,' a: Westminster Bank proceeding at law, under which recendY.e:, tb a h l r i e. nc cation has been taken out. The plaintiff insists that the ini'- ,a tion iq . otectg those shareholders who are named as pl4intlfm' and amicablealtotefrthtoembientji u'nnct:ibut ---6 Der tS e i.oaonsn,enow whichn ia n d i e s t ill : theor.ncoo\muvromoridet.fu s ed Plaintiff, d1 , 61 0d His HoNouß, aging disposed of all d.. cases on bislo. ' before two o'clock. EXCHEQUER CH/01130' (THIS DA .) and Mr. Baron Platt sat in the Exchequer chamber this took term motions. WOOLLEY V. CONQUER. •11°°d Mr. PoLtocx applied to have a writ of summons day'-of-herll4.a- service upon the defenda n t, who was one of the oflicers 0 or. l- jssty's steamer, Alecto. Th e vesse l i s at present la id uP „ l c t being nary at Woolwich. The re s id enc e of the defendant net in tb known e e to the plaintiff's attorney, a copy of the writ wa s le , pfe adao t whic h the .- eco rt Ann of the Alecto, and in the Ship Tavern was supposed to frequent. Another copy was stuck oPin l th t bi i of Exchequer. Und er t h ese circumstances, be truste d ' Lordship would deem the ser v i ce good, bog ° Mr. Baron PLATT— Uponwhomas the writ served ‘ the steamer ? (Ai d./ Mr. Pott.oc 5 , Lord, there was nobody on b oard-, She (the steamer) had been paid off. en PO: Mr. Baron PLAT T -Why no t s ti c k the summon , t ° where it must have a tt rac t e d t h e d e f en d a nt's notice Wh aboard.—(Laughter.) Take your rule. D AV HERIFFS' COuRT.—( llll- - (Before Mr. Under. Sheriff Bunctlial.) 4dr AILIDLOW V. TWENTYMAN. This was an action brought to reco'v the sum , ° • 76 n for work and labour and materials supplied er to defendao" The defendant is a builder in an t 'ye way of b° 4l- i yi ta" inhe houses, years ce lleBd43and Regent's 4 Villas,employed e x Regent'senths i e p 1 a r i o : r i r l t . ° . fl tb b tor e ti 1: 5 1 °: amount was 3,1471. In December 1844 _ fla r - o t ° a bill for 401. as the balance Of tbe's.-iantiff - A that day. That bill was paid, but the L - c lea claimed 10/. 7s. 4d. for extra work. It was CO toa t ' d to plaintiff that the two houses spokon of were built and that it was agreed that the e xt r a work s hould w attb t ab " 0 1 distinct. The contract was not put In on either tide, wen n ot had s i e ,l t ai i h t ti u ff p s a h s e a el s d et- f o ot ff iei a t llep o l . the re I f 1 lra6P(4 in it th if the 0 $0 . 0 4 completed by a certain day, which it was not. The UNDER-SHERIFF said, the balance of tbeacCoool tole, Pima the t i faciett q euvesi question ewaags,ai whether etthheerpltahian: plaintiff, but t I:Y drathiteted .. ri E l o n g l there was extra work, had b een mane out ; the 1001. had not been proved. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. S VS' RE-OPEIALN 4 L.i - Of the Cvl.4s° st (TILTS DAY.) 0 1 ° 111° We were this day admitt e d t o a pr i va te view °f fe e t ic ar h ef e delightful of exhibitions. It has been, as our CO tha t t l tr source of much regr e t t o th e sight•secing Pabl'cnabs. Colosseum has been shut up for the last twelve lac eiee clo.: however, now re-opens with more than its Pris t , ine d .. ( i and. is by far the most tasteful, elegant, and sPl e t l e , tion in London. It has never before been in sc e " ;fl isct e r e state as it is at the present time. The interior has 7 te ed O i l completely renovated under the judicious sulf ho ° 0 c alt e of that prince of machinists, Mr. W. Brethren, ca o mind the fairies' coach maker," as Planche once fa iries' He is net only the fairies' coachmaker, but the 0 1 lace builder, for if ever there was a fairy P als trots e , T ; chantment, it is the Colosseum. The i r n e th e e re t : e et,: i . st ts .: trances to this magnificent scene--onc Park (the old entrance), and another in Albanr e yM last is a new entrance, and is most coi.venjeat;_tesei t through a noble arched corridor, adorned with Bowl' ..rosiee, visitor duds himself in the refreshment -re oinn,te`.,,ll,il which he enters the Glyntotheca, a museum of sculP t o of Aro , erected on the site of what used to be the effected ce/330:0 and the taste and genius of Bradwell have eff ec d ° alc a cor plete transformation. The room is lighted hY 6 t of richly-cut glass, springing from an e ntablLl TTe l 1..4 1 ;0 1 nice, supportA by numerous columns• enriched by the whole of the Panathenain re`-ne,:aigni the ElgM marbles, modelled by ?H en ning , , al 61 ' 1 ,1 allegoralnc othe r '‘' s - Above are a series of fresco paintings ct . on panel. Beyond the circle of caltunnstelled recess many pilasters, dividing and supporting a b etw e en the do as hetiv ni c e ' the stl 1 to each of which, as well lurnns, are placed works of Art fro optors. 111 t o of the most eminent British and foreign s t c o th e pan an 10 centre. surrounding the staircase leadit:gdidieled hY Li ef are seats covered with et Rod in the for a I c e of Cupid and Psyche, ringsbe candelabra' ificen t, fiat h e palm-trees. The general effect is vet: 131 h agn ilea° 4 4 0 10 ' co, 0 e ceito ge tainly there never has been in London Sae d'reurre of sculpture as in the Glyptotheca at ill vA i z st We now enter the ascending room, fitted up in ch . e „ -- „ e , d ich style, and lighted by means of a stained glass Cel" , 7: - ff 7 ,1 1 oneself in the midst of the grand panorama of 14° ° `* -13' e; I s o f has been entirely renovated by Mr. E. T. Parris' cif ' to another gallery, and view the old ball a nd c it . + 1 St. Paul's, and then, ascending another flight of St : arrive at the top of the building, on the exterior, and fe a panorama of London from the top of the (11 % I L I 0, Here, too, is a camera obscura on a very large °IL to ''„ - e f reproduces the panorama of the north-west qua t he I ' o ' Descending from the top of the building, l ye Sculpture and the refreshment-room, and, POC ee ,_, l u p in 00 corridor, enter the conservatories, beautifully fit t° , - 3. )V 1 to f arabesque style, and containing the choicest 01 1 ro e an d centre is the Gothic aviary, containing a g rell fil birds of the most beautiful plumage. The conee:sing oos ull aviary are adorned with beautiful fountains. F e ' t he arrive at the extreme promenade, &ra cing cis° ' Al f columns and moulding frescoes of l e f i lo,' ,a 0 cit). We then enter the chalet, 11/3 ' CO . a nd selves at once among the mountains de we eressdio; vsp of Switzerland. Before is Mont Blanc, th em _,, er frota 110 and the source of the Arve, reproduce" w ho .08 ture by the magic pencil of Do se ' t 0 1) t he given us not only a beautiful painting, but a ki p t iO portrait of the sublimest scene in EuroPe• entering t he Valley of Chamouni well, and, on first cl( w ith .Jet part of the exhibition, we were stir te the c extraordinary fidelity of the representation. Fr ° 0 01 1 0 , 0 0 we proceed to the stalactite caverns of Ad e lsberP ;t athe fef Mr. W. Bradwell and Mr. Telbin, and thi s is coil the tt e jci curious portion of the exhibition, and cornPleteso say s tl i/11 the Colosseum. " Whoever has not seen SeciL l ' e 'rosy' het Spanish proverb, " has seen nothing." ,„lossellin' greater truth, say, whoever has not see n the I' tO not seen London reg ret ' p )0 DEATH or MR.TR — H o op W re - clo t 1 11 ' omAs r .h If , oi announce the death of Mr. Hood, which nielao- --° ithw-t'l 4 1 place on Saturday evenin g , after a long and se eere m , eit 0 7 4 ,0 ~ demisef Mr. Hood has been long expected bot h ',"'tair b h k ', o ol '', 4 family; indeed, from the nature of his disease , he ,;,,,vre l o l ; 1 / hope of recovery could be entertained. Mr many ,c o tiliC ei i i 'l l as a popular writer, whose works have in ~-, pobh C ; l ,oo '0 w of " th n earlier are t p ; r o a d: c t t h i e e n s s psi spirit genuine merit than they receive credit for with t " - erS, 1 , the destiuction of a genius which otherwise Might II Dt 1 : P f1l ' rl ; world some st rvice. As it is, Mr. Hood's work s 'vi r ibau -' i to 4 membered, and amongst their class may well be de g irc ie or f i r , e s l e valled. His death will be much regretted by a larg e c .. Ore „I e si a d g e e r , a t b h lo e rdaegacriptive PT! erstre, tb. arid is an irreparable loss to those with whoca b e W- it I , . f apt • i diately t (inflected. e for 1/810 ta ' t ,, e joile le '. __The p ro of W E 51,1.1" AN MISSIONARY SOCIETY' . he ld l e- a fl 0, 1 meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society wa-,bree $n it Iti l 01 enoon in Exeter Hall. There were betwe eit h , Dela e le 4 , thousand persons present, by far the greater In, e fe afte r a ro of" . The Marquis of Breadalbane took the chair a b t ''' , Str e : 4e , o'clock. On the platform we notice the Right Il en , b , It k l . ot e , Rose, G.C.H. : the Right Hon. Fox i,laule, 1111 %, ; Ilis ll ,, / I Of Bunting, Rev. John Beecham, Rev. Dr. Alder, g e- pq, f ' e , 0 1 ' Charles llitull , l, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Farn' er ' ~, I7r• 13 0 6/ 0 1' ; John Scott, Rev. Thomas Guthrie, of Edinburg h ' it i ., 940. ,ss of Aberdeen ; Rev. William Curling, St. Sas' ir tdri I', P t ' c' Rev. Dr. Barth, Berlin ; Rev. Dr. Steinkoptr , 1 -' °- ;10 4 ~.s: le r is Newton, Manchester; Rev. Dr. Dixon, Load ° L o re - I 4 1 , Waugh, from Ireland ; Rev. James Hamilton, 7 ,-, f,egis 0 1 0 , Regent.sqnare ; Henry Pownall, Esq.; Janes e a or gh t' ft 11 ', 4; Wood, near Manchester ; James Wilkinson, Esq - .; ~,, s ::gr e • ~..P. cp port . ; Rev. John Maclean, Edinburgh ; Rev' ''' ' ,. - „ e oi b . " 'P, or. Surrey, Chapel; Rev. William Boyce. Mission:ollr" itaye , , ~_ 4. , John Burton, Esq., Roundhay, Leeds; Bobi° s°° „, ; p 14 , e P f . Bury ; Rev. Richard Reece ; Michael Ashton, riis,.. o ll, fil ~ Atherton, Liverpool ; Rev. W. M. Bunting ' p e ter 14 " , „ v asi , Ka I ,', Bolton ; Rev. Dr. Cobbold; Rev. H. W. brew' with i ° f ...i S s fa It , E. L. Magoon, United States. The annual report, , ro t,-- r e was read' Wholly Of $ 0 t able, and contains some interesting details, ~ ro e I ~„ is the business, which, as well as the speeches , w ",„, 0. `wet gious or missionary character, occupied several a" ' t r oll '"" • sure of Parliamentary and other matter preclude; taj ti a a Gip t , 3r a detailed report. , T r h ,,, Miali ll3 vie* . ' 4 '0 iIIIDLAND RAILWAY ENGINES.---1"-, ~ iota - 11 ' 1 pany have been running an excellent new enao - is 0 11t1 ' / to Rugby during the last fortnight. The distallocooll void miles, and with a load of 19 carriages it has bee n jo s is °. cal° The 0 14 „ . Di' 21 minutes ! This certainly is good work. manufacture, and by makers com p a ra_tiv ii el a Y il o w h a ' k g a° . F iro ce po 44 r t o b; ; pany have two others of the same sort. AMERICAN ICE.--A novel article 0 er icso i „ s iof it to . 0 0. 0 .0 recently taken place in the shape of ice fro m a r ticle I , veof 4 neighbourhood of the Wenham Lake, &C. The ci s ove rso odi rl 4 in large blocks, varying from 2 cwt. to 4 cwt., e n w erat ia b e , i g f have arrived laden almost entirely with it, bav irl d with C . .. ~ 0: f have tons on board. It is deposited in the ship's h ol ar rives tn ; t /1 4 covered and surrounded with wood dust, so d ii °, 4 lo.o lll .„por /' ,,t perfect state, with very little loss in weight, l', be t° ..- teed • ,_ at hit ~ 0 4 period a the year. The greater portion of to Whe re - ke le , a has beets landed at the St. Katharine Do69,tion of,t, i " ep ooi " warehouse has been appropriated in a cool P °r , , ed and " ._, e' quay, and to which it is removed on being is ~T101 ' ; pa until removed to the owners' private stores. iris vilfu oo tit ~ ROBBERY AT THE POLYTECHNIC nt Ca e - re F: Yesterday information was received at the diffet e wh ich W . ,,,b, in gold ; a small ivory bust, on t o pillar, of h cr se t in g_ ° , l . e 17,01 °1 that a small phrenological ivory head, the teeth _ ° f ma j c sth ci " , ere therinumeter, and a set of Ashe's neral teeth , of 11 ' s p la n stolen, on the Ist inst., from the west balcony `'- ireot°ll. her l' °1'1 ; Polytechnic Institution, the property o the e- chil d in "AesCr l e " - is attached to a man and a woman, who carrid a rrio w oo e moo ffs and who left the establishment in a cab. T he , high, cc ast 0 0 about thirty.five years of age, nearly siN• fe t e iist u froci‘ Are t being a little distorted, and dressed in a shah shabbilyblack dr 01 , trousers; and the female rather stout, and els ~o it , IA" ( 5/. PRE:Vitra 'lO EMIGRANTS.— J obn ." .. re toluo fiords Ribaten Hall, near Knaresborough, has offer ed al e nd W I ; lA. to any of the poor families residing in Ilui.s go r e , „ ant ic. , ~„4 who may feel inclined to make a trlp across CrestthF:',' o pISCe f 1 :,, offer has also been masse by the parish many families have already ail av---ed theynselves f - Halifam Ouardian. officers 01_ oppatu r.# ~, r ~'