The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-30 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-FRENCH PLAYS. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MONSIEUR RAVEL, THIS EVENING Will be performed LA TANTE MAL-GARDEE. Anatole, M. Ravel. After which, LA FAUSSE AG'SES ; Oe, Le Poete Campagnard. Angell/me, Mdlld Plessy. To be followed b 7 an entirely New Vaudeville, entitled RAVEL EN VOYAGE. Ravel, Coinedlen, M. Ravel ; Ravinel, M. Ravel. To conclude with LA RUE DE LA LUNE. Chevillard, M. Ravel. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence at Half-past. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING A VARIETY OF ATTRACTIVE NOVELTIES. Mr. BATTY, 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 entire Stud of highly-tutored Horses. The Com pany embrace the following distinguished Professors :—M. Benoit Tournaire, M. Ferdinand. M. Francois, M. Ernest ; Signors Angussi and Rinaldo; 3fi. F. Klatt; Mesdames Louise Klatt, Hubor, and Popowitz; M. Popowitz, the French Clown ; Herr Hubor, the Dutch Grotesque. This titlented Corps will make their First Appearance on Whit Monday. A new Dramatic Spectacle, written expressly for this Establishment, by Mr. Moncrieff, the plot of which is taken from the works of Eugene Sue, will also be produced on the same occasion. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Canfield, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE GYPSEY FARMER'; or Jack and Jack's Brother. Supported by Messrs. Hicks, Honner, Cowell, Mrs. 11. 'Vining, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Martin, &c. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN ; or, The End of Crime. In Five Parts :—The Infant—The Schoolboy—The Lover —The Justice—The Last Age " Sans eyes, sans teeth, sans every thing.. " Supported by the whole Company. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box °nice, from FAeven to Pour. Now ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo., 21s. bound, A DVENTURES IN GEORGIA, CIRCASSIA, AND RtiSSTA. By Lieut.-Colonel G. POI:LETT CAMERON, C. 8., K.T.S., &c., Employed on a Special Service, in Pergla. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great M arlborotigh-street. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TY'S EVENTNG Will by Produced an Original Drama, entitled GEOFFREY KURDISTON or, the Blacksmith's Daughter and the Mock Mar riage. Supported by the whole Company. After which, THE BLOODHOUND ; or, the Orphan's Grave. in which Messrs. Cony and Blanchard, and their celebrated Dog Rector, will perform. To conclude with THE DUMB MAN OF MANCHESTER. DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH sEAs3O„..!—GRAND OPENI N G FETES. First Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation the Patronage of h er e p r esentation suggested tr by 11. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ur er most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty e H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. QUEEN DOW AGER, ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GA Exs; MONDAY, May 5 ; TUESDAY, May 6 ; WIIII:NRIE3S-D—Air, May , and THURSDAY, May 8, 18E45. A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Seotchmen, and the immortal Sco, ttr'hse"Ntirri, R o mantic Town," Introducing the Old and New Loch, as it formerly existed, the Carlton Hill, NelsTonow'snMonument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, liolyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Rcekie." The Proprietor had the hohour of submitting the Miodrumelatowliirilsr Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it:to:ea out usual his most decided and perfect approval, and fron l i re th p e oi l care which has been observed in its execution, as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were matte by Mr. Danson on the spo t, a n d present a bird's - eye view of the principal objects of the Ol d a n d N e w Tow n , the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, including some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet skrforined in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary txhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. Tha entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the fires on the Carlton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour trayed. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Reyal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake ! The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by eniblems and other devices will be in troduced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Danson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for niontlis ill giving effect to this matchless and superb design, which combined with the Felix D'Arti lice, the Salute anti Discharge of Rockets from the Castle anti sur routuling heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display ever witnessed. Fetpcling of the Carnivore, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, at Fiver Concert, at Six; and Pyrotechnic Display; at Nine. Admission, One Shilling. THE MAY NUMBER OIP COLBURN'S NEW MONTHL Y MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST Contains : Passages In the Lives of Celebrated Statesmen of Europe. No. 4. Metternich. A March to Palmyra. By Corry Connellan, Esq. The Pleasures of Grumbling. By Angus B. Reach. The Festival of Santa Maria, an Adventure in Castile. Lights and Shades In the Life of a Gentleman on Half-Pay. By W. H. Maxwell, Esq. No. XI. Country Life in Italy. La Scartocciata. By L. Marlotti. The Cock and the Fox (iEsop Illustrated.) By the Author of "Peter Priggins." The Robertses on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollope. (Continued). The Bokhara Victims. An Excursion up the Oronooko, and Ramble through Venezuela. (Continued). Henry Collura, Publisher, 11, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Tuesday) Evening contained : The Conclusion of the Day's Proceedings in the Court of Exchequer, in the Great Distillery Case. The Conclusion of the Day's Proceedings before the various Railway Committees of the House of Commons, and in the Standing Orders' Committees The Course of Exchange. The latest Market Intelligence. The Newmarket Races (by express). Parliamentary Intelligence, being a full Report of the proceedings before the House of Lords up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. The list of Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. The whole extending to nearly Five Columns of the , smallest type. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are revectftilly informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), TO-MORROW EVENING When will be performed Bellini's Opera I PIIRITANI. Elvira, Madame Grist ; Henrietta, Madame Bellini ; Arturo, Sig. Mario ; Riccardo, Sig. Fornasari ; Walton, Sig. A Glubilei ; Giorgio, Sig. Lablache. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will appear in their most admired Pas. A New Divertissement, entitled LA BACCHANTE. Characters by Mdlle. Lucille Grahn ; Mdlle. Moncelet, Mdlle. Cassan, M. Perrot. To be followed by the 4th Act of Verdi's Opera, ERNANI. Elvira, Madame Rita Borio ; Ernani, Signor Morianl ; Silva, Signor Fornasari. In the course of the Evening a Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE. La Vivandiere, Mdlle. Cerito ; Le Postilion, M. St. Leon. In the course of the Evening, the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various national Pas of Spain. To conclude with the New Ballet Divertissement of KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. Kayo, Mdlle. Lucille Grahn ; Knud, M. Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE DESERT, RY FELICIEN DAVID. It is respectflilly announeed that the LAST REPRESENTA TION of this celebrated Work will take place on MONDAY, May 5. Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous Selection of Choral and Vocal Musie from the most classical Authors, and executed by the dis itnguished Artistes of this Establishment. The. Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. PROGIIAMME. PART I —Pastoral Symphony—Beethoven. The Hunting Chorus. " Euryanthe"—Weber. " Les Hirondelles," Sig. Moriani—David. " Lascia Amor Segue Marte, Sig. Lablache—Handel. Chorus, " I Cieli irnruensi narrano—Martini. Duo, " Crudel perche Finora" —Mozart. " Let the Bright Seraphim," Madame A. Castellan ; Trumpet Obligato, Mr. Harper—Handel. " La Carita"—Rossini. Overture, " Anacreon"—Cherubini. PART 11.—The Desert. The solo parts by gig. Moriaai. PROGRAMME OF THE DESERT. Part I.—Entrance to the Desert. Glorification of Allah ; grand chorus and orchestra—Arrival of the Caravan—Departure of the Caravan—Tempest in the Desert — Return of the Calm—The Caravan resumes its march. Part If.—Night. The Evening Star—Halt of the Caravan—Hymn to the Night': air sung by Signor Moriani—Arabian Fantasia—The Dance of tthe Almes—The Liberty of the Desert : grand chorus with orchestra — Evening reverie : melody sung by Signor Moriani, with chorus and orchestral accompaniments — Sleep ! Part lll.—Sun-rise. Call of the Muezzin; original Arabian melody, with the Arabic words—The Caravan starts once more on its journey—The Cara van gradually disappears in the distance ; grand chorus and orches tra—Silence in the Desert—The Song of Thanksgiving—Allah. Grand chorus final. Doors open at Ilalf-past Seven ; to commence at Eight. Boxes, Two; Three, and Four Guineas each, may be kad on appli cation at the Box-office, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will he performed GLILLAITME TELL. Arnoll, M. Duprez ; .Geller, Mr. Weiss; Roclolph, Mr. 11. Ilorncast!e ; William Tell, Mr. Stretton ; Walter Furst, Mr. Borrani ; Ruodi, Mr. Barker ; Littera, Miss Poole; Matilda, Miss Romer ; Martha, 'Miss Betts. r,l'o conclule with the Ballet of LA GISELLE. The Duke of Snout, Monsieur Gasperini; Giselle, Mdlle. Polin. Tire Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six Ti the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF 3111. PARSONS (BOX-BOOKKEEPER). TO-31ORROW EVENING IYill be performed LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rodolpho, Mr. Stretton ; Elvin.), Mr. W. Harriion ; Amina, Miss Homer ; Lisa, Niss Betts. „After which, A GRAND CONCERT. Supported by Herr Standigl, 31,:etame E. Garcia, Mr. Borrani, Mr. Burdini, Miss Betts, Miss &c. - To hi. , followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which _Mile. Polin and M. OMperini will dance their celebrated Polka. To conclude with the Second and Third Act of DE 2 FREISCHUTZ. Dress ;is Koss Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3s Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, 3i,..711,5, and Tickets, may he obtained or Mr. John Par sons, at the roX•ollice of the Theatre. ---- THEAT.RE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSP MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Sew and Oliginal Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDER!;. Goldthinnb, Mr. W. Farrell; Felix GOldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; -Nrss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tugker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Humby. After which, a New Gaud Classical Extrayazanza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. TIVENTRP, ROYAL, ADELPIII MADA.ME CELESTE, (Directress of this Establishment,) re specttidly informs the - Nobility and the Public, that HER BENEFIT is appointed for THIS EVENING, April 30, and being the last week but one of her performing in London this season, in consequence of her provincial engagements. Mr. Webster will make his appearance in his celebrated Drama of THE PRETTY RLS OF STILBERG. When will be performed, 75th Time, Mr. Buckstons's successful New Drama of THE GREEN BCSIIF.S, supported by Messrs. Hudson, 0. Smith, Sclby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Madame Celeste. After which will be pretiuced, Ist Time at this Theatre, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster, in which he will give his celebrated personation of,the Emperor Napoleon ; Margot (her original character) Madame Celeste. To conclude with, ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. St. George, Miss Woolgar. Tickets anti Private Boxes to be had of Madame Celeste, 18, Surtulk-street, Pall-mall East, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. TUE AGE! WESTMACO ORIGINAL JOURNNL REVIVED ! The unprecedented ,uccess of " The New Age" has convinced the old Editor that his former labours in the good cause of Conservatism are not forgotten. " The New Age" may be ordered of every Book seller and Newsman in the United Kingdom. °dice, corner of York-street, Catherine-street, Strand. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, YR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will he repeated Tuber's Comic Opera, entitled LE DEC D'OLONNE. Gaspard, Mr. Leffler; The Chevalier, Mr. Allen ; Bianca de Molina, Mdlle. He/en C , ,ndell Mariquita, Miss Grant. To be followed by the Petite Comedy, entitled AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Wilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr. Dapper, Mr. Oaberry ; Lady Clifton. Mrs. Stifling. After which, the Music .1 Entertainment of NO SONG NO SUPPER, with all the Original Music. Crop, Mr. Leffler ; Frede rick, Mr. Horn, Jun. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Dawson. After which, POLKAMANIA. Mr. Dorrington, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Jemmy, Mr. Keeley ; Adolphus Merton, Mr. A. Wigan ; Laura Dorrington, Miss Fairbrother ; Susan, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. To conclude with the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, and Meadows, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Fairbrother will perform. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. 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. Sun-unice, 112, Strand. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., 21s. bound, P E NIN SUL AR SKETCHES; BY ACTORS ON THE SCENE. Edited by W. H. MAXWELL, Esq. Author of " Stories of Waterloo," &c. The arduous struggle in the Peninsula, from the opening action at Rolica to the crowning victory at Toulouse, may be found, in most of its important occurrences, faithfblly described in these volumes, which consist of narratives descriptive of the glorious and protracted contest, for the most part from the pens of the gallant actors who took a prominent part in the war, and who have pourtrayed the stirring events that successively took place under their own 'flume diate observation. Such records of British valour and daring must prove cordially welcome to every Englishman. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, Great Marlborough-street. SECOND EDITION OF THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS, By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq.. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. S EL F. By the Author of CECIL. Also, just published, MAIDS OF HONOUR. A TALE OF THE COURT OF GEORGE I. 3 vols. 111. DE ROHAN ; or, The Court Conspirator, an Historical Romance. By M. EUGENE SUE. Author of " The Mysteries of Paris, &c., 3 vols. . . Henry Corburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. BENTLEY'S ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Now ready, price 2s. 6d. (containing nearly 200 pages of letter-press or 600 pages of the original edition), embellished with two exqui site Engravings of the Trial of Banton, Camille, Chabot, &c., and the Condemnation of Marie Antoinette, and a Portrait of Charlotte Corday, Part VI. of M. TILLERS' lIISTOhY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, With Illustrative Notes from all the most authentic sources. By FREDERICK SHOBERL, Esq. To which will be appended a copious Index of Persons and Events. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had also of all Booksellers. THE WEATIIER.-SUN OFFICE, APRIL 30. - - --- THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 63; Noon, 59. BAROMETER, 30.13.—W1ND, W. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the thermometer during the preceding . twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TINS DAY. Morning .. 18 minutes alter 8 j Lvcning .. o 9 minutes atter t ,catiro k , ~!Altle ,:, -- ;4 - - • ':". ' -:. r--.<,,,i., 1 4 . - At.'"?&V l f ' ' t 4 - , •:r; L , ' - "t, t.„4,_, , -,. , - , 7. 7" , ...,..';, ',.• r - r' , c , • ItK, . ~ , - E),- - >* • v 'f- ' -,-'---'--, .-. , 44, ~--,,a,,. ..:., ittto , , iz -r , , ~ ---- 'ic v r, ...1 _... .4'..,1ita.k.:,-.N. -':.-,.... • ettenin4 41111". LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1845. The House of Loris met at Five o'Clock. The Church Buildings Act Amendment Bill vas read a second time, as was the Customs Duties Imports Bill. Lord BROUGHAM again drew their Lordships' atten tion to the encroachments of Railway Companies. After a short conversation on the :.übject of the Welsh bishoprics, Lord DENMAN moved the second reading of the Oaths Dispensation Bill. Lord CAMPBELL and Lord Baouctram censured the principle of the Bill, wh . ch was objected to by the Earl of WICKLOW. The Earl of DEVON objected to leaving it to the dis cretion of the Bankruptcy Court to decide whether the objection to taking an oath « as conscientious or not ; and the Duke of WELLI.,;oToN suggested that a general declaration should be substituted for at, oath. This suggestion was acceded to, and the order of the day was diseharged, in order to afford an opportu nity of introducing a clause to carry the suggestion into effect. The Bail in Error Bill was read a second time. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the second reading of the Auction Duties' Bill. After a few observations from Lord BROUGHAM and Lord STANLEY, the Bill was read a second time, and the House adjourned. In the Commons, as there were but twenty-nine Members present at Four o'Clock, there was no House. Taking advantage of " the present state of political tranquillity, and the revival of trade," Lord JoHN Rus- SELL is about to propose certain measures which " may tend permanently to improve the condition of the labouring classes." Such an all-important subject could hardly be introduced at a more fitting season; the pre sent session has already done much to retrieve the errors of the last—Conservatives have thrown aside their Con servatism, and dared to exchange prejudice for prin ciple; while the Opposition has nobly refused to oppose, preferring integrity to interest. Party spirit being thus cast to the winds, all may now cordially unite to pro mote the interests of their common country. Having, to a certain extent, vindicated justice to Ireland, the next act of the House must be one both of justice and humanity they must legislate— for the people at large. Aware of the necessity for improve ment, and feeling the deep importance of the subject, Lord J. RUSSELL has not brought forward any single measure, but has proposed for the consideration of the House a series of resolutions, all having for their object the improvement of the great body of the people. In one of the first he declares " that the laws which impose prohibitory duties impair the efficiency of labour, re strict the interchange of commodities, and impose ruin ous taxation." They are few who can conscientiously contradict this assertion—they are yet fewer who dare act in accordance with their convictions. Year after year, session after session, the great question of the corn-laws has been brought forward, argued, de bated, and dismissed, but never finally defeated. It may continue so for years to come ; but of its ultimate decision no one can doubt. This law can never be permanent, for it is opposed to the great prin ciples of the country. It is one of the last remnants of the feudal times—one of those laws tending to conserve in the bands of the few the wealth and power acquired by the labour of the many. As such it, can never be tolerated in England. Does she owe her power and great ness to her proud aristocracy ? What has made the little island of the " painted Britons," the leader of na tions, and the mistress of the teas—not only the first of all civilized countries, but greater even than the mighty empires of antiquity ? " Not one of all the conquerors that are, or ever were, In wealth, or fame, or grandeur, with England can compare." And to what is all this owing? Is it to geographical posi tion or natural advantages? Has she the glorious cli mate of the south or the boundless riches of the east? Have her sons more vigorous frames, or higher forms of thought? The secret of her power is this—the little island has learned that " union is strength." She has found that men are all dependent on each other—not like slaves and tyrants, but by the cordial co-operation of a free people : by this she has acquired the blessings of liberty—by this she has learned the power of commerce. What have our Kings and Prinei , s done to compare with the deeds of the people themselves? The con quests of our llENnts and our EDWARDS are forgotten; but the acts of the people are revealed in the nation's glory. The name of ELIZABETH is celebrated, but that of GRESHAM will be as immortal. It is needless to pursue the subject—all must admit the source of our greatness. Then shou:d the people be neglected in the prosperity they have created ? Should commerce "lie in fetters on the soil which gave her birth ?" Should industry be bound down and restricted by those whose power she herself has made? Surely the afeibte, better acted upon. Now , day is at hand when time,atrtutthhiAAall b l e t be n u o s t h o o n p l e y , &Ong is diffused through the hind. The poor feel their rights—let the rich perform their duties. The proud noble could no more exist without the humble la bourer than the lofty summit of an edifice could be sus tained without the foundation ; but the higher the building is raised the deeper must that foundation be depressed, and so it seems with the people. But injus tice cannot last—only truth is eternal. Let us trust the motion of the Noble Member for London is but the commencement of a system of legislation not supported by factions, or suited to classes, but based on the broad principle of justice and humanity. Lord J. RUSSELL, by introducing this measure, will find himself in a far nobler situation than any he occupied in the days of power, and the Government, by agreeing with their opponents, will enjoy the greatest satisfaction place and power can offer—the approbation of their country, and the approval of their conscience. It is impossible to regard without profound interest the present tendency of legislation in this country to re pair the wrongs, the omissions, the injustice of past pe riods of civil oppression, of political animosities, of re ligious bigotry. If, under some aspects, " the present age" is really to be regarded as " that of a cold, selfish utilitarianism" (a proposition which, however confidently advanced, we take leave flatly to dispute), it must be allowed by its worst defamers that it presents others of an ennobling and most generous character. It is in these that the healing spirit of conciliation is mani fested—now so happily extinguishing long-rooted and exhausting prejudices, and infusing new life and energy and harmonious action into the various members of our great national family. Between Protestants of the Es tablishment and Protestant Dissenters the influence of conflicting dogmas—nurtured by unworthy jealousylon the one hand, and estranging disabilities on the other, into destructive prejudices of caste and party—is fast subsiding. Day by day they are returning into relations with each other of Christian fellowship. The repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts is fast doing its good work of paralyzing that principle of repulsion which has for centuries driven a Christian of one denomination from the presence of a Christian of another. The re peal of the Roman Catholic disabilities, in like manner, has operated, in spite of the accidents of party strife and the re-action of politico-religious agitation, to pro mote a gentler and more genial feeling in members of the Romish for those of the Protestant Church, than the Christian world has witnessed, perhaps, since the Re formation. To smooth the " rough ways" which the ob stacles interposed by religious intolerance have, too long, offered to their uniied march in the career of uni versal charity and improvement, of active benevolence and speculative morality, has surely been among one of the holiest, as it has been—so far as it has yet proceeded —one of the most successful efforts of British legislation during the last eighteen years. But whilst the two great divisions of the Christian Church of this empire have thus been brought nearer together by the counsels of an enlightened toleration, which leaves the general responsibility for religious doc trines to be settled between the creature and his CREATOR ; and whilst the results of these counsels have displayed themselves in the increased impetus communi cated to the movement of the national progress through all its branches of material industry and moral energy, there is one great community among us still hampered by the badges of civil disqualification—of political re pudiation—imposed upon them by the barbarous preju dices of benighted ages. Christian lawgivers in every country in Europe—in many more harshly, but in none mere obstinately than our own—have combined, under the delusion of rendering a signal homage to truth, to visit with pains aad penalties that devoted race whose existence is identified with two thousand years of suffer ing and persecution for that they have conscientiously believed to be THE truth. By the Churches of Romanism and Protestantism the Christianity of both has been derived through the Jews. Both of them, despite their conflicting polemics, concur in recognising. their Jewish origin, in the succession of patriarchs and prophets, which preceded the nativity of the DIVINE FOUNDER of their common faith. The perverseness of the Jews, in obstinately refusing to acknowledge the identity of that DIVINE BEING with the promised MESSIAH of their sacred Scripture and their native traditions, is a fatuity which one might have imagined it were better to leave to be dealt with by the OMNISCIENT SUPREME, than to attempt to coerce or to restrain by human ordinances and vindictive penalties. To these, however, that mar vellous and venerable people, which boast to this day its irrefragable evidences of having produced by far the most illustrious of human law givers, have been subjected for twenty centu ries. The theatres and the progress of their civil amelioration have hitherto been but few and tardy ! If in Holland, and Prussia, and some parts of the Austrian dominions, they have acquired large political and municipal privileges, they are sore persecuted in Russia, and from Poland they have been driven forth with a rod more stern and terrible than that wherewith the Assyrian smote their captive fathers. If in England and in France they have been raised to the highest rank of that social intercourse which many among them have refined by their talents and embel lished by their magnificence, they are permitted "Pariahs," only, in the Papal States; they are outraged in Italy; they are but upon sufferance in Spain and Portugal ; and in the most refined countries of the East their tenure of property and life is almost as precarious as that of their occasional honours, or the favour of the Sovereigns by whose caprice or connivance they hold them. But in England—the land where personal rights and the claims of legal citizenship are best appreciated— their position of civil disability is more anomalous than it could be in any other country. It now becomes a question of deep interest to the moralist, as well as the political observer, " What will be the ultimate fate of the Jewish Civil Disabilities Bill, now pending in the House of Commons ?" Upon what principle are these disabilities to be con tinued ? In which of the elements that constitute good citizenship are our modern English Jews wanting ? Is it in loyalty to the SOVEREIGN ? Obedience to the laws ? In habits of industry, in commercial ability or enterprise ? In thriftiness ? In the accumulation, employment, and diffusion of capital ? Why, it were as idle to challenge their pretensions in any one of these particulars as to dispute their expansive charity (for that is by no means sectarian or exclusive), or their general kindliness of deportment. In treating such questions as these, we are not to be hampered by a few miserable exceptions which, however,, if they came be fore us more prominently or offensively in persons of the very lowest and most abject of this people, are common among the more inferior classes of all nations. Looking to the general position the Jews occupy—to the ability and integrity with which they must be allowed to have dis charged whatever duties and trusts of a public nature you have yet confided to them—we cannot repress our astonishment that there should be any, from which, on no better warranty than that of mere worthless, legen dary prejudice, you still exclude them by law under a sweeping sentence of civil disability. If he make an unexceptionable sheriff, what is that peculiarity in the idiosyncracy of a Jew which incapacitates him from be coming an excellent Alderman, or an unimpeachable Lord Mayor, or an eminently useful Member of Parlia ment ? And yet, by as adamantine gate, more impas sable, hitherto, than that which shuts out a Soodra from all possibility of entering the Brahminical caste, you shut nut the Israelite sheriff on that side from all that lies on this I But we are of good heart. The tide of common sense, as well as common justice, has set in : and we have a strong faith that the day is not distant when our Jewish sisters shall snatch from " the willowss," that have so long wailed over their humiliation and sorrow, " the harps," whose strains shall be exchanged for those that erst were wafted " over the waters of Babylon," for the music of that exultation and joy which shall bespeak a people restored to the long lost dignity of freedom and equality among the equal and the free of a happier land. We have accounts from Madrid to the 22d inst. The Gazette of that date publishes a decree, by which the Government is authorised to contract a loan of 15,000,000 reels (150,000 L) for roads and canals. No country is so badly off for roads as Spain, and if the Government have only credit to raise the money, much benefit may be produced. " It was only under the reign of FERDINAND V 1.," according to the preamble of this decree, " that the Government bestowed its atten tion on the opening of roads. Under CHARLES 111. and CHARLES IV. various works of that kind were under taken, hat unfortunate events did not admit of their being finished. At the present day, such as are finished, and such as are projected, are far from respond ing to the wants of commerce and industry ; and, as public order and tranquillity are more and more con solidated, it becomes necessary to adopt means, more direct and more efficient, to supply those wants. It be hoves us to establish a complete system of general roads l wprvreaietpanhsrseeewdssehanf representatives x w vece i e be connected the provincial and vicinal roads, thus cover i ng th e w h o l e p en i ns ul a with a vast net of communi ca ti ons ." Th e Ch am b er o f Deputies had esodfestimates,tthhee people revenuebu t ar eT very election er unfortunately, yli era l Committee with though theirthe e o app examin e money to y t r o eit m v.r a anlid k o e f them en r g b o c o o d ß . e f x or - Sal anala niaidostates eear,had declaredh t . tlt S t nu enor . The iCASTEILO Y AYENZA, the Spanish Envoy at. Rome, had presentedcharacter his creden tials, and been treated in hi s official by toe PopE with all due honours. That journal adds that the official relations between Spain and the Court of Rome are now re-established, and that about the commencement of May the POPE will hold a public Consistory, in which his Holiness will announce the conclusion of a concordat, and the recognition of ISABELLA IL by the Holy See. The Three per Cents. were done at 35i at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 25 9-16 at 60 days ; and the Debt without interest at 81. at 60 days. The only political intelligence in the Paris papers is the official announcement in the Monikur of M. GIIIZOT'S temporary retirement from office, from indisposition. The following is the royal ordonnance to that effect : "Considering that M. Guizot, our Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs requires, for his health, some repose, we have ordered, and do order the following :—" Count Du chatel, Minister Secretary of State for the Interior, is en trusted, ad interim, with the department of Foreign Affairs. " Given at the Palace of the Tuileries on the 27th of April, 1845. " LOUIS PHILIPPE." In reference to this circumstance the Siecle says : " If the restoration of M. GUIZoT to health experiences any delay, an attempt will be made to save the Cabinet by intrusting the department of Foreign Affairs, to M. DUCHATEL, who will be succeeded in the Ministry of the In terior by M. MONTALITET. The return of the Duke DE BROGLIE to an office which he has twice occupied, and which he would retain as a sort of trust, has been like wise talked of. We cannot believe, however, that M. DE BROGLIE will carry devotion to his friend so far as to consent to act a temporary and subaltern part. There would consequently be no other alternative left except the appointment to that department of M. DUCHATEL, which would be a new progress made in the degrada tion of our policy, or the dissolution of the Cabinet of the 29th of October, which has already too long en dured for the interest and honour of the country." The Journal des Debats, on good authority, gives a different version of the affair:— " We attach no importance to contradicting beforehand the commentaries to which the leave of absence granted by the King to the Minister of Foreign Affairs will no doubt give birth. We merely warn the public that we shall allow the Opposition journals to say what they like. M. Guizot's health has never inspired any serious inquietude. lie wants repose, and this repose will be short. The statesman and orator has solicited and obtained from the King a leave of absence, but for the purpose of re-appearing in the tribune with all his strength, and of continuing the struggle which he has sustained so brilliantly for the last five years. In the interim the administration of Foreign Affairs is confided to M. Duchatel. It is the only reply that it was suitable to make to the calumnies of certain journals, which, not having succeeded in overturning the Cabinet, endeavour awkwardly to divide it. M. Duchs.tel is the political and personal friend of M. Guizot. The King, in selecting that gentleman to temporarily supply M. Guizot's place, has given an equal mark of confidence to both. We have not a word more to add." M. GUIZOT, it was understood, would leave Paris in a day or two for a villa near Passy, and afterwards pro ceed to the Vichy Waters in the Bourbonnais. On Monday the Chamber of Deputies assembled in large numbers, in expectation of some personal explanation between the Marquis DE L'ANGLE and M. LEDRU RoLLIN. The Marquis had on Saturday made an angry speech on duelling, evidently directed against M. Roumr, in the belief that this writer had alluded to him in an article in the I?efortne journal. Explanations of a pacific nature took place, through the influence of M. DUPIN and M. ODILLON BARROT, and the matter ended to the satisfaction of both parties. The accounts from Switzerland are still unsatisfactory. Tho Presse says that the situation of affairs in the Canton of Berne was becoming more menacing. A popular assembly hostile to the Government was to have taken place on the 27th, and great apprehensions of a revolution following similar to one lately accom plished in the C.snton of Vaud. The inhabitants were about to form themselves into a national guard for the protection of persons and property. A letter from Sch%yta, of April 23, says:—" Every one here is in the greatest anxiety, as it is generally believed that another expedition of the free corp; will take place. Public prayers are put up every night in all the churches. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1845. THE BounsE--kONDAY, APRIL 28. First Hi,,h9st Lowest Last Price. Price. Price Price. French Five per Cents.; 119 5 .• 119 35 •• 119 5 .. 119 30 Four-anl-a-}lalf 114 50 .. 114 50 •• 114 50 .• 114 50 Three per Cents— 85 60 .. 95 70 .• 85 60 .. 85 65 Bank of France . 3260 —3260 —3260 ••3260 Gouin Bank I,ooof Shares 1107 40 ..1107 50 .•1107 53 ..1107 59 Belgian Bank . Belgian Fives, 1840.. -- lO3 .. 103 103 .. 103 1842.. 105!,4 .. 105% •• 105 .. 105 Four and-a-11 111 f . 101% .. 101 3 A •• 101% .. 101% Spanish Active. • 340 .. 340 ••1087 50 -1087 50 .. 900 -1220 .. 900 -1225 .. 287 50 .. 287 50 "1010 . 1012 50 .. 210 .. 215 .. 810 -• 816 ,k 1 to received information that it had been inflicted by the pri• ruled heavy, on the following terms :—Beef, soner, witness proceeded to her lodgings, and found her. A 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 4s Bd fro to m 6s 2 : the sharp-pointed white-handled table-knife was lying on a3s4dto4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Bibs by table in the room, and a portion of the blade was smeared carcase. Yea ], with blood. Witness asked her if she was the person who had stabbed the man ? and she unhesitatingly replied that she was. He then took her into custody, and conveyed her to the station-house. The wounded man was removed to Charing Cross-hospital, where he at present remains. Mr. MALTny asked the prisoner if she wished to say any thing ?—She replied that she had been living with Murray, and passing as his wife for several years past. For the last two days they had been on the drink together. Last night after supper they went into the public-house, where they quarrelled, and Murray struck her a severe blow on the eye, on which, in her passion, she snatched up a knife that was on the table before her, and made a stab at him. She was now very sorry that she had injured him. Mr. MALTBY said he should remand her until Tuesday next. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA LONDON, APRIL 30.—Wind Southerly breeze, and clouay. DEAL, APRIL29.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Royal Albert, Balderston, China ; Charlotte, Bombay. FALMOUTH, APRIL 29.—Wind W.S.W. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Caroline, Lisbon, in five days. Off, Wolga, Brown, Ichaboet and sailed for Hull; Naiad, Davies, Paraiba, and sailed for Antwerp, experienced a whirlwind, and lost several sails, acq 11th ult., lat. 6 S., lon. 34 W. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 29.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd• Alice, Abbots, Reading, Atkinson, and Othello, Thom!on, Calcutta; Nautilus, Ward, and Lola, Valparaiso; Partridge, Africa ; Diana, and Swordfish, Green, Pernambuco' Resolution, Evans, Maranham. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bales, one-half of which were on speculation. Prices were without alteration.-Shares were better, es pecially as regardel some of the Irish lines. Barnsley Junction, 3 1 ,4 4; Ditto, Half Shares, 1% 2 ; Bir kenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 81% 9 1 ,44 i Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 6% % ; Belfast and Ballymena, 8% 9% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 11% 3 A ; Caledonian, 12% 12 ; Ditto, Extension, 3% 16s. 3d. ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6% 7 Chester and Birkenhead, 48% ; Chester and Holy head, 16% ; Churnet 7 1 4 % ; Clitheroe Junction, 2 3 / 4 ; Cork and Waterford, 2% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 12% ; Dublin and Galway, 4% ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 5%; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 1, 6 3 / 4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries 28s. 295. ; Grand Junction, New Quarter Shares, 44%; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 1914 ; Great Southern and Western, Extension, 13 1 %; Goole and Doncaster, 17s. 6d. 225. ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 8 1 % 3 / 4 ; Hudders field and Sheffield, ; Inverness and Perth, 15s. ; Limerick and Waterford, 9 3 / % ; Liverpool and Manchester, 203 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 3 / 4 58s. 6d. ; London and Brighton, 63%; Londonderry and Enniskilen, 4% ; London and York, 4% 16s 6d. ; Direct Northern, ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 9% 10 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 5 1 4 6 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6 1 % ; Lynn and Dere ham, ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 9% 10; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 5 1 / 2 ; Manchester and Buxton, 6% %; Midland Railway, 401. Shares, 19% %; Newcastle and Berwick, 14 ; Newry and Enniskillen, 5 ; North British, Half Shares, 5 ; North Western, 414 ; North Wales, 2% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 4 1 4 % ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 13% ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 3 % 345. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5% ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 3,8% 8; Trent Valley Continuation, 2% %; Welsh Midland, 1 3 / 4 ; West Yorkshire, 7% 3 / 4 ; Worcester and Tring, 4%; Louvain and Jemeppe, 4 1 %; Northern of France (English), VA 65.; Pitt°, nosamel's (English), 2% 6s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons, Uffitte's (English), 2% 58s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's), 515.; Ditto (Calon's), 375. 6d.; Verona and Ancona, 425. 445. The change of wind favours ship arrivals from various quarters, but the accounts they bring are net generally of later date. A large increase, however, to the quantity of produce on hand will be made by these arrivals, and especially to the choice of Australian wools to be offered at the next public sales. We observe that flour is also Coming' in from Van Dieman's Land, There has been a good deal of West India sugar arriving. The English Stocks continue rather flat, and sales pre ponderate. Consols have been 98% to 98% for Money, and 98% to 99 for Account. Exchequer-bills have realised 575. to 595. premium, and India Bonds 70s. premium. Bank Stock is dull at 209 1 / 2 , and India Stock has declined to 278 and 276%. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 100. T % he Foreign Investments have been very inactive, though nominally they are supported. Spanish Five per Cents. have been nominally about 30%. Mexican are 38 to m. Dutch' Two-and-a-Half per Cents. bring 63 1 4 to N. In the Share Market this is the day for the settlement of the differences on the Scrip lines, and there is very little else doing. Direct Northern, owing to the non-compliance with standing orders, have receded to 3 4 and % premium, while London and York are up to 3 premium. Cambridge and Lincoln have been 5 3 / 4 to 8 premium, a rise having just taken place. The Irish lines are firm, South Eastern have improved a little, and the French lines are better supported. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES . Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3% per Cents 1003 A VA% 100 Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11% 5-16 11 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860 ll 11-16 9-16 11 9-16 India Stock . 278 276 1 % 276% India Bonds, 1,000/ Ditto under 1,0001... 7O 70 South Sea Stock , Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account... ....... 98% 98% Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d. ... 57 59 pm. 59 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ... 57 59 pm. 59 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. (THIS DAY.) Group B. The Committee re-assembled this morning at the weal hour, and proceeded with the affirmative evidence in the Case of the LEEDS AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION LINE. , Mr. Samuel Holland, of the firm of Samuel and Josef"' Holland, of Brighouse, said there was a considerable CO' munication carried on between Brighouse and Bradford, am' Brighouse and Leeds and Manchester. H e thought the the West Riding Junction afforded mere accommodation to district than the West Yorkshire line. ENGINEERING EVIDENCE. Mr. Hawkshaw, a civil engineer, and the engineer of the Manchester and Leeds and the Manchester and 8 0 l ton Railway, was employed last year to lay out the West WI system of railway. The country through wh ich passed was greatly undulating, and was thick ly in passed habited over the whole district The country WI der extremely difficult one to carry a railway across, and ° l ull & any circumstances, or whatever route was taken , In. ._ be • tunnels. He thought he had marked out the 117 which would most benefit the public. He had fa i r it out in branches. The first was the main from Leeds to Copley Mills ; the second from Loumore to Bradford ; the third from Loumore to De bury; and the fourth from Pickle-bridge to Brighouse. s hed first branch would be 17 miles and 6 furlongs in leng th; b the greatest gradient would be lin 100. Upon that bran. they had five tunnels altogether, the total number of Y l aT i ; in which was 4,207 ; and the length of arching O n whole branch was 117 yards. Group 0. GRAND JUNCTION POTTERIES The Committee met at twelve o'clock. Mr. PP" — Chairman. toed Mr. M‘Veagh, engineer, called and examined-- $ e s that there were no eninrin difficulties. Joseph Locke, engine g e xa m in ed—He exam g ined—He stated that the li n f from Bassford to Stoke was the best line that could be aleti; He did not think that a better line could be made. t knew tha country well. He believed they had got the loyfe°, and best summit on their line, and the shortest tulles' He did not think any other line could be made che l o Ptd The gradients on the line were not at all dangerous ; not think it would be possible to make a line more n — ra nd nient for the inhabitants of the Potteries. If t h e -irons Junction Company were not allowed to make a lin e "i Bassford to Stoke the inhabitants of the Potteries would 0 ., d the great advantage of a line to the north-west. The Gra.' e , Junction Company could convey the products of the Potteri,.. cheaper than any other line. The inhabitants of the F 4 :* teries were in favour of the line. led Cross-examined by Mr. MAcAuL Ay —D oe s not ree ° , : l o t o that the inhabitants of the Potteries wished for a Bassford. They wished for a line to Crewe. Witness coal, dered Chet a line to Bassford was the same thing as 1;11 der Crewe. The line by Bassford to Crewe was, in fact , es' l49 .i c ie line than a line to Crewe direct, which would have to el bt Crewe Park. A shorter line than the line to Bassford be made, provided that expense was not an element taiik.nel; into consideration. The line to Bassford was the hest - with reference to convenience and expense. ,- in sof Re-examined—Thinks that the Grand Junction t O n-r,,,f would be able to afford cheaper conveyance than ani,: ar . t he au , to company. The potteries would be likely to lose able he tages which the Grand Junction Conapany would be T he afford them, if any other than their line were made' the gradients on the proposed line arose out of the na ture o were ground. It would be better if the gradient of l in 1 0 ° ie . 1 in 200, but it would not present any serious obsta,;,he Thinks that the line ought to be continued to Stafford. con . Trent Valley, he believed, covenanted to make this c° tinuation. • Captain Huish, Secretary to the Grand Junction Li ne , _ us amined—He stated that in consequence of communicatt(Le i with several influential inhabitants of the Potteries, . T or Company sent engineers to survey the Potteries distric e t, cted the purpose of constructing a line. The engineers s el f t he the line known as the T line, but the inhabitants gr. Potteries, especially Mr. Ridgeway, objected W it . „ the Ridgeway's name was attached to the deed het wee- en- Trent Valley and the Grand Junction respecting the c struction of the line. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 — 86 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 15%% 15x/4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3 8 14 38 38 Ditto Account Ditto, Small lkf • Ditto, Deferred 18%% 18% Ditto, Debentures -•— 11 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3O 30 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted. — Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred ... 17% Ditto 3 per Cent. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto,. Account Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9 7 3 / 4 1 /2 Ditto Bonds PRICES OF PAID. RIILWAY SHARES Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ... 1% 2% Birmin and Gloucester. 100 136 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ...... 7A 9% 2% 8 3 4... Churnet Valley Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast Jun e . 21 ... ...... ... 411 1 4 Dublin and Galway Dublin and Diußinger 2l/ - 4% % Eastern Counties 25 ... . 204 Eastern Union l5 .. ... . Ditto . Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 — Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% 6 Great South. a n d W est . ...... .. ..... (Ireland) Great Noith of England..loo Ditto New.... Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2 1 / 2 ... Hull and S e lb y 5O lO3 Do. Half Shares London and Blackwell. 161. 13s. 4d. 9% London and Brighton... 50 .ondon and Croyd on , 13/. ss. 9d. "'' Do. Guaranteed 5 per ! Cent. .holidon and Greenwich 12l 15s 4d lOl If don and S. Western 4 1 / 6 410d 79 - po. N ew Lon don 'anatork ...... ... 2IA 5 Lynn and Ely 2 l /2 Manchester and Leeds 73 .....138 Do. 1 / Shares Midland 100 _ Do. Fifths Do. New Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 5l .... Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick I% 134.... Newark and SLeffield ... 1% 5 North British Do. New North Kent Norwich and Brandon Do., New Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 1%••• 31 4% Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%. ... 41, 2 ...... South Devon l 5 South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 41 3 / 4 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales 2 l, 64 ..... ......... Staines and Richmond... 1 Trent Valley 2 ..... 19 18% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction York and North Midland 50 Do. Extension lm 171% FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 4 3 4 %% Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... 15 , Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ...... 9% 104 9 3 A Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, 2 Paris and Rouen 2O — Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Sambre and Meuse Stock Exchange shut to-morrow. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 2 9.—The sales are :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Q uar t ers, 6 9-16 ; London and Brighton, 63%; Manchester a n d L eeds, 63 60%; Manchester and Birmingham, New Qua r t ers, 51u prem. South-Eastern, No. 3, 8 7% ; Barnsley Ju nct i on, 4 ; Birken head, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8% % ; Blackburn, Darwen, and ; Bolton, 5% 6 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Li verpool, 12% 11% ; Caledonian, 1% ; Ditto Extension, 4% Cambridge and Lincoln, 7% 1 4 ; Clitheros Junction, 3 4 prem. ; Churnet Valley, 7 ; Direct Northern, 3% % ; Huddersfield and Man chester Railway and Canal, 8% 1 / 2 ; Huddersfield and Shef field Junction, 8 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 514 ; Leeds and W est Riding Junction, 64 ; Liverpool, Ormski r k, an d Preston, 31/ 3; London, Worcester, Oxford, and Rugby, 4%; L on d on and York, 4 3 / 4 ; Manchester and Buxton, 6% 9-16 ; Newark and Sheffield, 5 ; North Western, 4% ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 1 13.16 % prem. ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1 3 / 4 % ; 'l}ent Valley, 18 1 4 ; Trent Vall ey Con tinuation and Holyhead Junction, 2 3 4 % prem. ; W es t Yorkshire, 7 4 9-16. Group V. WEDNESDAY, SECOND DAY. r 10. GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION s hortly The Committee proceeded to business this day after twelve o'clock. Mr. Henry Grantham was the first witness c k a o ll o l that deposed that he resided near Brigg. Does net, more is t ; Barton is an important town for fairs. Lincohy,;,,oot. portant and so is Castor. Barton is a fortni/3 11 ',7„. 0 fairs 11 the P r 2„tor, never sent a head of cattle there. There are t he pr o ject Castor certainly in the year. Would prefer line to the Hull and Selby line for sending cattle to b i n ping because there is great inconvenience attending . the 5 .. r at tle of cattle at the ferry and unshippi ng th em . Has sen ou ld to Wakefield. Is of opinion that the Gainsborough line " a id. be a more convenient one than the S e lby li ne to Walt Feeds about twenty beasts, and sells abeut 400 sheeP annum. Fro Mr. James Torry—ls manager of the ferry a t H u ll. be -50,000 to 70,000 passengers cross the ferry every year,' e p, sides about 350 horses, 450 carriage conve y anc e s , 4,000 and 600 tons of merchandise. Th e p resen t mo de of coef'ln_ ance through the county of Lincoln from one town t ° wa s other, such as Market-Risin, Newholland, Castor, *el live either by mail or private conveyance. The prelost would greatly facilitate intercourse between those tow"' A ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSINGPRICEf3. Group E. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY.. 00 The case of this line, which was opened yesterd* proceeded with to-day. ersbl ° Mr. Wood, of Killingworth, was examined at conso une length as to the position of the Newcastle and Berwick with respect to certain coal pits at present at work ante ected, and the probability of the coa ls coining over tb.....0f in preference to the Northumberland line, in the co. which he entered into se vera l s t a ti s ti ca l details quits teresting to the public. Group X. this t The Committee, to whom th e Bill s co ntained in Lo been referred, assembl e d i n room N o . B;Pr Mr Courtenay, Chairman ; Mr. B. Wall, Mr. Br G eac* Darby, and Mr. P. Scrope. , As soon as the Committee assembled, f tu e Mr. Sergeant WRAN GHAM di recte d th e attention old Committee to the inconvenience which the veer. agents were subjected t o by th e arrangem ents, whic h The in force respecting the admission of parties to the rnsL n ' ai he - counsel were greatly incomm o d e d by the pressure r foro l hind, and were, in consequence, unable properly to P e fen ce their duties. In Mr. Stewart's C omm itt ee this inconv el ' had been felt, and a remedy had been applied. The CHAIRMAN said the attenti9n o f the Coin been already drawn to this subject, and arrangem ea c oar been made by Captain Gossett to reme dy the ev il plained of. _ busol 80 g WI% LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY- v idre o Mr. Sergeant W RANGHAM th en procee d e d w ith Wo ge in opening the case for the promoters of this railwaY'n t he took a review of the report of the Board of Trade uP e de d to London and York scheme, and more particularly n ilti tnat part of it which stated that the construction ot_qi. proposed line would in its cost far exceed the o e ' se ct mates of the engineer. He contended that the P re :i ea - line would be constructed at as small houla the opposing scheme, the Direct Northern. , g ive thin opposing line be constructed, it would 0 1,'" ic h be the public that accommodation which the line for viu,.. o or appeared would give. The estimate for the construe,' ha lf, the London and York line was about six millions an d t . fi vad e and that sum wo u ld no t b e excee d e d . The B oar d _ ag o • in their report had contrasted the estimate for the C°"" if iat tion of the first 112 miles of the London and York lin e the actual cost of the London and Birmingham line iq THE TOTTENHAM AND FAR RIN GDON- w w rP* EXT This Bill was said ENSION in our Third RAILWAY Edition . last nig h t to be thrown out by the Standing Orders Committee. The however, is not the case, the Bill is allowed to go 00 es error originated through a false ruMour raised in the P L * O 7 , -- 0 10" to the Committee-room, by s o m e o f the gentlemen w u s olar' terests are compromised by the success o f the prom oters Sub-Committee No. 1. The Committee re-assembled this day at tweloy e iniers in room No. 7 ; present Mr. Strutt, Chairman ; Pif_ ir r• Stuart, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Cavendish, and Mr. B,,e`, The respective agents of the Bills set down for tei' re od to mittee having conferred with the Chairman, it was ag adjourn the following petitions for Bills: mitll ol The Goole and Doncaster till to-morrow-4 1 " s t ir Railways Company (Birmingham)--Gloucester end ate tol, and Gloucester Railway purchase, to Tuesday u e . , ts , to Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Acts, Amendm e "Dob - Tuesday next—the Great Western Railwt i y (Ireland) lin to Comm till to-morrow. ioto ThCommittee proceeded with tke adj o u rn ed the allegations in the petition ag , ;:inst the STAINES AND RICHMOND RAILWA Y ' were Several allegations of misd escr i pt i on o f property' allowed. ID- 1, et " Mr. Samuel Hughes, the c i v il engineer, of D7 o stre o rk- Westminster, was called by M r . V ena bles, to prove the cool' ings on the plans a n d sect i ons. S tanding or d e rs o °' , plied ith inumbern those instances. re were A large of allegations of a clerical nat u re sustained. WO interest f The next allegation possessing anything like ri rs ° that the promoters had not served notices on the ew e ; liv er a field at Staines, through which flows a portion of th Thames. 8 11 1 Mr. ELLICOMBE, for the promoters, objected to the e tion, on the g roun d th at it was not su ffi ciently slaec wc , r mers considered the allegation should state who were the ‘ .4 t oo zu of the River Th ames . I t was i mpossible to prove f e o tir• notices had be en serve d w i t h out nam i ng w h o were ties that should be served. bad °ll i' Mr. VENABLES submitted that the River Thames • ht servators, and it was plain that they were in the lib owners. f enab le The CHAIRMAN orde r ed th e room t o b e c leared, -° the Committee to consider the allegation. an d After a short deliberation the parties were tb informed by the CHAIRMAN th a t the standing or ders case had not been complied w ith. called isin, MARKET NE WS._(TII IS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY We had only a moderate supply of Wheat of •home pro duce on offer, yet the demand for that article was in a very sluggish state, at barely Monday's quotations. Foreign Wheat, free as well as in bond, was heavy, and the rates were unaltered. Barley and Malt were a mere drug, at almost no minal quotations. Oats, Beans, and Peas were quite as dear ARRIVALS. Barley. 130 qrs. Wheat. 1,760 qrs. English .. Irish •••• • • • • Foreign .• • • • • Coats. 870 9,100 1,170 Flour. 2,950 540 I 3,280 Mita, 2,040 qv!. WILITECHAPEL. We had a full average supply of Meat, while the demand SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY• Group DD. On the re-assembling of the Committee this Inern i / g o tion Sic T. Pmr.upe then went on with his cross-exarn uln of Mr. Mitchell, and endeavoured to show that 11 , is c d 3 id ic not tions of the traffic were greatly exaggerated, and City ° f furnish the Committee with a fair average of the (1 11 ‘7,„, 0 1 ° sea Thew esof t n p e li s s s se w n goods which quest be expected along he lengthP— on l the ine. articl a g s e passengers, a cattle, ._ goods generally; but the main features of his pre dente were not altered. wife lime, pig iro t . us evl Mr. HOPE then called Mr. Daniel Kennedy, an eit,eADAl co io al n s e , d at considerable and cattle dealer. Ile stated that hopurchased the Pr ill— ` ernes''' . part of his cattle in Ross-shire, Per p thshhe, and Inv ern the shire, and usually disposed of them at Falkirk an lis t Southern markets. The average number of cattle t RAILWAY SHARES Versailles, LB.• • • .• ....... 345 ROU6I/ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• —lO9O Rouen to Havre.... • ........ 915 Orleans • . • ... ..... ...- ....1220 . 345 . 1090 915 ..1230 Strasburg to 8a1e.....-..... 287 50 .. 290 Avignon to Marseilles...- ••1020 ..1020 Bordeaux to Testa •••••-• • • 210 .. 215 Orleans to Vierzort • . 820 .. 825 RAILWAYS' FOR THE ACCOUNT, MAT 3 St. Germain • ••••• . —.1065 Versailles, R. ••••••• 540 L. 8.. 345 Rouen •• • • .. •• .• • . • . ••1695 Rouen to Havre ......—• •• 915 Orleans ...................1220 t 065 :.1060 -1060 .. 540 .. 535 .. 536 26 •. 345 338 75 .. 338 75 ..1095 ..1080 ..1083 75 ~ 915 .. 895 .. 1195 ..1232 50 ..1215 ..1225 Strasburg to Bale•• ••••• • • 290 .. 290 .. 286 25 .. 286 75 Avignon to Marseilles • ...1015 .. 1018 75 ..1010 ..1010 THIS DAY'S NEWS. THE ST:. GILES'S MURDER. ADJOURNEU O INQUEST-(TIIIS DAY.) VERDICT. Mr. Wa)(nay resumed the inquest on the body of Mary Brothers this morniag, at the Angel Inn, High-street, St. Giles's. Before the reporte rs or the public were admitted, Connor's father was called into the room, and stated, in answer to questions put to him. by Mr. Wakley, that his sonliad three witnesses who could prove an alibi. He named three persons, and Harvey, the summoning officer, was directed to go for them. In about te n minntes he returned With them, but they were not examinod. _ Our readers will recollect that the inquiry was adjourned for three weeks, in oriit u* to give Mr. Wakley an opportunity of obtaining the opiniol aof counsel as to his power of a having persons charged with I eurder before him , and bringing the subject before the Quee n's Bench. Mr. WAKLEY said ft iey would recollect that the inquest was adjourned at that:yoint where Bridget Ronan stated that she knew the person .of the individual who had threatened Mary Brothers perfectly well, but that she did not know his name. She said she slt ould know him in that room among a thousand, and that he could identify him twenty 3 ears hence. The inquiry -was adjourned until this day that an application might be an ads to the proper quarter for a writ of habeas corpus to bring the suspected individual before them, with a view to his idu sntification. In the same week a true bill was found aga inst Connor, the suspected indi vidual, on which 13 e was arraigned, and to which he pleaded " Not guilty." His trial therefore for the crime of wilful murder was ;secured by a step taken after the last adjournment of the in quest. The opinion of Mr. Fit zro y Kelly, Q.C., Mr. Ro e l ouck , Q.C. , and Mr. Petersdorff, was ; case, y ase of opinion that, under the new , were cetaixrkpceulnaminsaetndadnteaoeftstehroemfeviehtrehy;t, hing that had taken place was clearly an application to the Queen's Bench for a writ of hatimas corpus ought not to be made, be cause they were strong ly of opinion that that Court would refuse the application, and that because a refusal of it by the Court must lead to an. inference, on the part of the public, that the Coroner had iao right to have before him persons ac cused of murder or otanslaughter. He had submitted to their opinion—that th R: finding of the bill by the grand jury would prevent him f rom having the accused party before him. But Mr. Kelly, the first man at the bar, and, perhaps, the first lawyer in the country, entertained so strong an opi nion as to his right of b awing persons so accused before him, that, he said, if another case of a similar nature should arise, he would go before the;iudge at chambers, and move for the f production n t o i f d e a a p t e i o r n s o t ia co b s b efore provedthat b C e o fo u r r e t , t f it Hwea was n a s e c a e l s s s o a r o y f opinion that the courso they bad pursued was strictly cor rect, and that they.hcbd been improperly obstructed in the performance of their d'uties. He (Mr. Wakley) entertained the same opinion that ,he did—that the course of justice had been wantonly and will tinily interfered with by persons whom he would not name. lire would leave it to them to say whe • ther they would go on twith the inquiry, or return a verdict at once against some pia son or persons unknown. The foreman (Mr. Thigers) said they had advanced no further than at the la , st meeting. They adjourned because they were anxious to h eve the matter settled, and complained that Mr. Wakley had n,ot applied to Lord Denman, instead of referring the matter 1:o counsel. If he had applied to the Court of Queen's Bend i, Lord Denman would have taken an opportunity of stating what the law was, and what took that case itcbbgho eenieleni: nnemrv o aeie u i nntodtetmeecot committed, ne t taaly h osi nn, e via, t p oeto a ri ohewt they aas c htul u l hlaeatt . :l ar daittethha c i se o efi v aclero r add s nw course. publicl that sal sufficient soocftnwui upon niic3t r l all, l evidencel have murder vh n uee o decision had submittedrda to eu rb j r theo e ae m djt. i bst n theHie i afyn n e tnd thath e y t s h h e o 3 u , l a d h g o i a v e d w s h t a a t t e th iv e h y y c t o h n e s y i d d e i r d ed n a o tfai pursuethful v t e h r e d i c a a t , b j a . further. Mr. WAKLEY said tl tat it was rather curious that the ap plication which was m. ale to the Central Criminal Court to put off the trial of Cornier until the next session was on the ground that a witness, NI ho could prove that he was not at the spot at the time of e murder, could not be found. Since he had held the office of Coroner he had never known a man charged with the crime 4)f murder examined and committed to Newgate in one day. By the adoption of such a course no time was given to the man to obtain any evidence he might have in his favour. Now, these persons could not be bound over by the magistrate, and might purposely absent themselves from the 01d Bailey. Hervey, in answer to. 9. question from Mr. WAKLEY, said he had no; evidence to prove who the person was that mur dered Mary Brothers. The room was then c l eared. Daring our sojourn in an ante-room, Mr. MILLS, the Deputy-Coroner, suppli ed the reporters with a written state ment' to the effect, that. Mr. WAKLEY wished to make a few remarks with regard to an imputation attempted to be thrown upon him by the foreman, that he had broken a pledge which he had given to the jury, that he would bring the matter beforet the Court of Queen's Bench. He explained the cireuin stances which had occurred in his consultations with counsel and the position in which he stood now that a true bill had been found at the Old Bailey, and the prisoner was sure to , be tried. These matters having occurred at• chambers were altogether of a private nature and not to be Qxplained in public. The result was that the jury, with the excepth m of the foreman, declared their unanimous opinion th tt the Coroner had done everything that justice and sound I eason required towards accomplish ing the object the jury h ad in view in adjourning. Mr. Rogers said he should adhere to the opinion he had expressed. On the admission of the public, after a consultation of half an hour, during which Mr. Wakley was absent, The foreman said the jury had come to the following ver dict :—" We find that the deceased Mary Brothers was wil fully murdered by some person to us unknown, and that we have been prevented by pie conduct of the police autho ritica from pursuing the investigation in a more satisfactory manner." Mr. WAKLEY said it would not be long before the matter would be set at rest. Considering that they had been wan tingly interfered with in the performance of their duties, the verdict was a very moderate one. A juryman said Mr. Wakley deserved the thanks of the jury for what he had done at his own expense.—(Hear.) Mr. WAKLEY thanked the jury, and said he should con tinue in the course he had taken until the matter was set at rest. No such system as that to which he was opposed was adopted in any other country in England. The inquiry then terminated. EX - CHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) TRIAL AT BAR.—THE GREAT DISTILLERY CASE. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GEORGE SMITH. The proceedings in this case were resumed at ten o'clock, when Mr. James Scott Smith was placed in the witness- box, and examined by Mr. MARTIN—The rebuilding of the rectifying-house was commenced in 1836, and finished in 1838. At that time it became necessary to uncover what is called the blind pipe. By the CHIEF BARON—The wall was finished in 1838. By Mr. MANno—The pipe was exposed to view fur several days. The foundation of the wall was a great deal lower than the level of the pipe. Up to 1838 the water flowed through the blind pipe and a connecting leaden pipe into the rectifying-house. The leaden pipe was cut off at the build ing of the wall, as it was in the way of the builder. By the CHIEF BARON—There was an opening about six inches from the end of the blind pipe pointing towards the rectifying-house wall, and to that opening the leaden pipe was affixed. By Mr. MARTIN—After the wall was built, the opening which exposed the blind pipe was filled up. No water came in that direction after Is3B. The connecting pipe was re moved in that year. The leaden pipe was continued because it was supplied from the new pipes laid down in 1836. The wall was built solid where the orifice had formerly been. The water, after the year 1838, was supplied by the pipes laid down in 1836, and by the trough. On my solemn oath I can say that not one drop of spirits was conveyed from the one house to the other by that means, until the experi ment was made by the officers. It never entered our heads that it could be done. I have, since 1813, personally super intended the business of the rectifying-house, and spirits could not have been so introduced without my knowledge. Spirits were since 1817 conveyed by waggon from the distil lery through its gates, along the public streets, and then into the rectifying-house. The law requires that the rectifier should give notice to the officer of Excise that he has received so much spirit ; the permit is required to be shown them, and one bung cannot be opened without the officer's permission. There is a complete check on the spirits brought into the rectifying-house. The stock of spirits can be taken at any time within six weeks. The examinations of the officers are conducted with great severity, the mea surements in the casks being sometimes taken by a four gallons cask. I pointed out to the officers before the ground was broken up the road by which the pipe used to commu nicate with the rectifying-house. The pipe is unfit to convey spirits, because it would corrode, and thereby give such a taste to the spirits that they would be unfit for sale. If I wanted to convey spirits by any pipes I should have them of tin, copper, or pewter, the latter is the best. Iron would be quite unfit for the conveyance of spirits. The iron pipe in the distillery-yard is not laid with a regular descent, it is what is technically termed " swags," or not laid at a proper current, so that if spirits had been sent through it, and water had afterwards been run, the water would not thoroughly remove the taste of the spirits. I tasted the water some four - days after the experiment made by the officers, and found the taste of spirits very strong. The water through this very pipe supplies the dwelling house, and while washing my hands I felt the smell of the spirits very strong.. I was not present when the water was offered to the horses. Ido not know how many gallons of water were mixed with the spirits in the vat 17. The spirit could only be separated by its being re-distilled. It would take about two tons of coal to do so. The additional expense p'r gallon would depend upon the produce of the spirits. There is water supplied through this pipe to the room of the officers of Excise, in the distillery. The CHIEF BARON—Oh, it is quite evident, from the plan furnished by the Crown, that such is the case. By Mr. MARTIN—The water to the rectifying-house was, from 1838 to 1844, supplied by this pipe. The men from the rectifying-house used to go through the distillery for the purpose of turning on the water. The same Excise officers used to remain for a considerable time about the premises, so that they would have ample opportunities of knowing the men in both works. There are two engines on the premises, one communicating with the rectifying-house by a shaft through the wall. The pipe leading into the offices branches off at about twenty-five feet distance on the main pipe, from which it descends, and consequently if spirits were passed it must have flown into that room. Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR•GENERAL—MV brother and myself are single men, and live together. "The men employed in the manufacture are different in the one work from the other, but the men employed to keep the machinery in order are common to both. The horses and carts are common to both of us. I believe there is no law against it. In 1817 there were alterations made upon the premises. In 1814 the pipes were defective, and the iron pipe was laid down instead. The leaden pipes in the rectifying-house were connected with the iron pipe at the time it was laid down. The still head prior to 1836 was supplied from a branch from the main or leaden pipe which ran in front of the still. The still head was supplied directly from branches as they were erected. The connexion between the blind pipe and leaden pipe was cut off in 1838. The trough has been in existence for many years, and there is a pump required for the purpose of forcing water to the still head, in the event of the usual flow being discontinued. That pump has been in existence since 1838; there used to be a handpump before. There is a smailcistern there, and there is a bell to give notice when the water is low, so that the supply may be put in at once. The trader is bound to make a declaration of the strength of the total spirits, and the Excise officer says that he has a means of testing the truth of that declara tion. I think it impracticable to convey spirits by this pipe, because, before it could be done, it would be necessary to stop the works, in order to do so. There would be a greater loss than gain by this procedure. Wash would be affected by the corroded pipes in the same way that spirits would. I have used lime in rectifying, but not for some years. There wasno lime discovered in vat 17. What was found there was a sediment from the spirits. The duty on a gallon of spirits is 7e. 10d. ; and. therefore, on 700 gallons the amount would be 260/., or more. The present price of malt spirits is about 10s. 2d. a gallon,. including duty. I decline saying what the profit upon that may be, as it varies so much. I recol lect the officers on the premises about the 14th of October, and having some conversation with them relating to the water communication between the distillery and the rectify ing-house. I have no doubt that if they put impertinent questions I might have told my brother of it. Ido not re member Cameron's saying, " Does not the water running into :the troughs for the supply of the worm-tubs come from Mr. George Smith's distillery." He asked me, pointing to the wall between the rectifying-house and the distillery, "Is there any other communication between the distillery and the rectifying-house except this shoot." I answered," None." I do not recollect saying that this mode of supplying the rectifying-house with water was objectionable. Ido not re collect using the words "criminate myself." I recollect say ing something like this—that my father and myself called upon the late Mr. Carr, solicitor to the Excise, and he per mitted us to use the pipe for gas and-water supplied from the distillery as before. I dcf not recollect Cameron saying to Frankish that he had asked me whether there was any other communication with the distillery except the open trough. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL complained that his Learned Friends who were engaged for the defence, and more parti cularly Mr. Watson, continually interrupted him in his cross examinations by their audible observations. Mr. WATSON—If I had done my duty, I shonid have in terrupted you much oftener.—(Laughter.) Cross-examination continued—When I said thsrg was no other communication, I think either Fankisk 'or Cameron said we think there is another communication. Re-examined by Mr. MARTIN—I was introduced to the officers by Mr. Drinkwater, and they, pointing to the direc tion of the trough, asked if there were any other communi cation than by that shoot. I said, " No," and then Cameron or Frankish said, "I think there is." I said, "Point it out then," and we went up to the top of the still-head, and Cameron asked, " Where does this water flow from ?" I said, " From the main." He asked again, " Does that not come from the distillery . ?" I said, " Yes," and pointed out the direction in which the pipe ran. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to this mode of re examination. The CHIEF BARON thought it would be better if the whole conversation were given, and then the Learned Solicitor- General be permitted to ask any question having reference to any part of that conversation. Mr. F. KELLY was perfectly willing to accede to this pro position. Some discussion then took place between the . Counsel on both sides and the Bench, as to whether, in re-examination, it was competent to Mr. Martin to question the witness as to parts of a conversation not referred to in the cross-exa mination. The COURT decided that the re-examination might pro ceed as Mr. Martin was conducting it, for if there was any direct matter of denial in the evidence, the Solicitor-General could call witnesses to contradict. Re-examination resumed—Witness did not hesitate to point out the course of the pipe when the officers requested it. Neither did he hesitate to allow the ground to be broken up to expose that course. He could not recollect all the precise words of the conversation. There were three officers, and they were disputing the same questions in different ways, and repeating his answers in altered terms, so much, that he was obliged to say repeatedly to them : " I will not allow you to put words in my mouth—you misrepresent me to myself." He observed to them that there was nothing illegal in sup plying the rectifying house with water from the distillery. He told them that Mr. Carr, the Excise solicitor, had consented to the pipe being t laid down, and that the Act of Parliament forbad only pipes for the transmission of worts, wash, or spirits. Here another long discussion arose as to whether aquestion could be put relating to the date and circumstances of the conversation with Mr. Carr referred to by witness in his answer to the officers. The witness stated that it took place in 1817, before the Act now in force had passed. But the Court would not allow the answer to be received, deciding that the question was irregular. Mr. KELLY again claimed his right to put a question to the witness, as to the conversation with Mr. Carr. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL again objected, and after a pro longed discussion, The LORD CHIEF BA/tort said that it had already this day been argued, discussed, and decided, that no question to the witness as to the time, the place, the words, or even the truth of the alleged conversation with the late Mr. Carr, was admissible in this re-examination. Mr. KELLY still pressed his argument with great perti nacity and ingenuity. Their Lordships consulted for some time, and we certainly understood the Lord Chief Baron to express the opinion of the Court in favour of the admissibility of the question in the form last urged by Mr. Kelly, but the Learned Gentleman then merely requested their Lordships to take a note of his question. The jury then retired for refreshMent. Re-examination resumed—He pointed out to Frankish and the other officers the direction of the pipe, and consented to open the ground, but he could not tell on which occasion he did so. Took a sample from the vat No. 17 before the ex periment was made, and found in it nothing but the sediment always deposited in vessels which had held spirits and water for a long time. To convey spirits through a pipe on the principle of the syphon, it must be air-tight. The pipe in question was certainly not so, nor intended to be. The trial was proceeding when our report left.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) THE KNIFE AGAIN.—SERIOUS CHARGE OF STABBING.— Elizabeth Meads, a tall, powerful female, about thirty-five years of age, was charged with stabbing Robert Murray, a well-known pugilist, with whom she was cohabiting. William Howard, police-constable, No. 94, of the F divi sion stated, that between ten and eleven o'clock last night, he was called into the Fishmongers'. Arms, public-house, in West-street, Seven Dials, and found the man Murray there, bleeding profusely from a wound about an inch below the collar-bone on the left side towards the shoulder. 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