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Campbell) would not now go into a discussion of the Bill, in which he expressed a general concurrence. Lord BROUGHAM said he agreed with his Noble and Learned Friend as to the importance of the Re gistry Bill, and, in fact, he had it prepared, and held it now in his hand, and the only reason why he did not propose to move now that it be printed with the eight other Bills was, that be did not think much progress could be made with it this session. The Noble and Learned Lord then moved severally the first reading of the following Bills : An Act for securing the real Independence of Parlia ment ; An Act for amending and declaring the law of mar riage; An Act to facilitate the conveyance of property; An Act to render the return of satisfactory terms un necessary; An Act to give a remedy by way of declaratory suits; An Act to facilitate the admission in evidence of cer tain official and other documents; An Act to enable parties to be examined on trial of - Civil actions; and An Act to facilitate the administration of criminal justice. The Bills were read a first time, and ordered to be printed. The House then adjourned. NEW WORK BY THE HON. RICHARD RUSH, (The American Plenipotentiary). Immediately in Bvo., A RESIDENCE AT THE COURT OF LON DON. SECOND SERIES. Comprising Incidents, Official and Personal, from 1819 to 1825. Amongst the former, NEGOCIATIONS on the OREGON QUES TION, and other unsettled questions, between the United States and Great Britain. By RICHARD RUSH, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary from the United States during the above years. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. COURRIER DE L'EUROPE. CAUTION. Advantage having been taken by certain persons of M. Victor Bollain's temporary absence from London on important business to suppress the COURRIER PE L'EUROPE of Saturday last, and to e.adeavour to substitute another paper in its place, Joseph Thomas begs to inform its Subscribers and the public that LE COURRIER DE I.:EUROPE, edited by Victor Bohain, will be published as usual on Saturday next, at his office, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhil. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING (BY SPECIAL DESIRE) Will be presented Mozart's chef d'ccuvre, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grist ; Donna Elvira, Madame Rita Borio ; Zerlina, Madame Anaide Castellan. Don Giovanni, Sig. Fornasari ; Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario ; II Commandatore, Sig. Botelll ; Masetto, Sig. F. Lablache ; and Leporello, Sig. Lablache. In the course of the evening the Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Josephine Weiss) will appear in tke follow ing Pas :—" Les Amonrs," aid " L'Hongroise ;" and, during the Divertissement, " Pas Rococo." To conclude with the favourite Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS LOUIS XIV., in which 3ldlle. Lucile Grahn will appear as a Cavalier of the Court of Louis XIV., and will dance with Mdlle. Cerito, in Costume of the same Court, the celebrated " Minuet de la Cour" and " Gavotte." " Pas de Six" from the Ballet of RATA, by 3ldlle. L. Grahn and M. Perrot, supported by Mdlles. Ferdinand, Cassan, Demelisse, and Moneelet. " Le Coutilllon," by Eight Coryphees of the Corps de Ballet. " La Cracovienne" (Pas de Caractere), by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and the celebrated Pas de Quatre, from " La Lac des Fee," by 3ldlles. Celito, Ferdinand, Demelisse, and M. St. Leon. Wile. Carlotta Grisi has arrived in town, and will appear forthwith. A new grand Ballet, by Mddle. Cerito is in active preparation, the music by Sig. Pugni, the scenery by Mr. Marshall, in which Mddle. Cerito will sustain the principal part. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-effice, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ;to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), ON THURSDAY, MAY 22, When will be performed Mozart's Opera, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna }Taira, Madame Rita Borio ; Zerlina, Madame Anaide Castellan ; Don Giovanni, Sig. Fornasari ; 1)on Ottavio, Sig. Mario ; II Commandatore, Sig. Botelli ; Masetto, Sig. F. Lablache ; Leporello, Sig. Lablache. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. To be followed by a variety of Attractive Entertainments, in which will appear Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Gratin, Mdlles. Ferdinand, Cassan, Demelisse, and Moncelet. To conclude with LA. ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mddlle. Carlotta Grisi. Ipplications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bex olilee, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ;to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Thaddeus, Mr: W. Harrison ; Arline, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with the First Act of the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. The Duke of Silesia, Monsieur Silvain (his Second Appearance this Season ; Gisellc, Mdlle. Weiss (her Second Appear ance this Season). Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, 5 s ; P it, 3s ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, Is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Box-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDER 3. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Ressy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. clover ; Patty, Mrs. Humby. After which, MY WIFE'S MOTHER. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Private Boxes, Twa Guineas and One Guinea and a-Hall each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs. Yates ; Phoebe, Miss Woolgar. Alter which the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. To concluda with TIIE 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. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will bo prodoced a New Drama, entitled THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. The Chevalier St. George, Mr. Wallack ; The Countess, Mrs. Stirling. After which, a New Divertissement, entitled LE PRINTEMPS. Supported by Messrs. Gilbert and Marshall, Miss Baffin and Miss Marshall. To conclude with THE CASTLE OF AYMON ; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beaumanoir, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Allen ; Allard, Mr. C. llorn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Mine ; Renaud, Mr. Mattacks ; Iron, Mr. Leffler ; llermine, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Clara, Miss Brentnall ; Yolande, Miss E. Homier ; Eglantine, Miss O'Connor ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Br adwell. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEET.EY. First Week of another New Burlesque. Brilliant Success of " Our New Governess" every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Comedy, entitled OUR NEW GOVERNESS. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Wigan, Turner, Stanton, and Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley. Previous to which a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Dawson. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs Keeley, Miss Villar s Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollldge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan rots Ten till Four. SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The extraordi ary Escamoteur, MONS. PHILLIPPE, whose per formances have excited universal astonishment, will resume his SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES at this Theatre, THIS EVENING, Tuesday, May 20, and every TUESDAY, THURS DAY, and SATURDAY, for a short period only. It is also respectfully announced that, in compliance with several applications, M. Phillippe will give a MATINEE MYSTERIEUSE on MONDAY next, May 26, commencing at One o'clock. The surprising feat of LES BASSINS DE POISSONS D'OR, et LA GRANDE SIENAGERIE, universally considered the most ex traordinary Tour de Physique ever accomplished, will be presented every performance. Boxes, 45. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Private Boxes, Two and Three Guineas each. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box Office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPMETOR, MR. W. BATTY. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. To-day and during the week, the GODOLPIIIN ARABIAN ;or the Raee Horse of the Desert. In compliance with the wish of several influential and fashionable parties, and in order to accommodate those who, residing at a dis tanee, are prevented from visiting the nightly representations at the Amphitheatre, as well as with a view to tile gratification of the 'uvenile members of families, Mr. BATTY has concluded an arrange ment with Mons. Tournaire for FOUR DAY PERFORMANCES, introducing the entire troop of French Equestrians. These per tbrmances will take place on every THURSDAY, commencing on the 22t1 and 29th May, June 5 and 12. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Entirely New Entertainments, and re-engagement of the World's Wonder, who, having recovered from his late accident, will perform some New and Astonishing Feats. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Local Drama, entitled THE OLD FLEETS PRISON; or, The Widow and her Suitors. Splendidly appointed and supported by the Entire Company. To be followed by a New Melodrama, entitled THE SECRET FOE ; To conclude with THE GYPSEY FARMER ; or Jack and Jack's Brother. Supported by Messrs. Hicks, Homer, Cowell, Mrs. H. Vining, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Martin, &c. Or, The Mason of Abbeville. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Boa office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Nautical Drama, entitled THE YELLOW ADMIRAL ; or, The Peril' of the Bat tle and the 13reeze. Supported by the whole Company. After which a musical romance entitled the DAUGHTUR of the REGIMENT ; or the Child of Glory. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Drama, entitled THE OLI) TOLL HOUSE ; or, The Carrier and his Dog. In which Messrs. Cony, Blanchard, and the Dog Hector will perform. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACII SEASON!-GRAND OPENING ETES. Ex . hlbltion of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by li. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, h er M a j esty the QUEEN DOWAGER, H. R. H. PRINGIiI ALBERT, &c. & ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A magnificent modelled IteP resentation of EDINBURGH, the °e b Bride of Scotland a n d o f Sc t hm and the immortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loth, as it formerly existed,Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Scat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Instit u ti on, Ho ; r inter esting features of " Auld Iteekle.Z Palace, and all the most 7 he 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 app rova l, and from the more than usual care which has been observed in its execution, he T points it out as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. present a he b. drawings were made by Mr. Danson on the spot, an d the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Fir u t d h 's o -e f y F e ort vi h e , w asc oi . The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this E s tablishment, will this season be on an unusually effective GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, s in e. Mr. posing and arranging a varied and pleasing successio n of superior m. Novelties, which will be produced in rotation,i ncluding some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the fires on the ;,Calton 11111, Arthur's Scat, 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 trayad. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited hi the centre of the Lake! The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted Ly Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be ia ocCuced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Denson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless and superb design, which combined with the Faux D'Arti- Ace, the salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur tounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display e\ et witnessed. Feeding of the Carnivore, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, &1., at F v Concert Six; and Pyrotechnic Display at Nine. Admission. One Shilling. Ott Wednesday next, May 21, the Royal South Loudon floricul tural Soetotir Will hold thotr Drat Gland Flower Show of the Season in *NS Gardens TAR SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1845 of the fallacy, they will find any agricultural labourer who will be. lieve it. Such an assertion will now become too monstrous to be credited, even by the " agricultural mind." The Post.office, as usual, was the source of much amusement. Dispatches from Brazil have brought the answer to Sir Robert Peel's tariff. What that answer is, as no Grahamizing is allowed by the League, of course it is impossible to know; but if any of our readers are particularly anxious on the subject, we have no doubt but that if they apply at the League Post.office, they will find a special communication addressed to themselves, which will furnish them with every information on the matter. As we quitted the Bazaar we missed our friend the Shetland pony, and on making inquiries we were informed that he was sold on Saturday. in a thicket where he finds them perhaps already blown down, in order to kindle a quasi fire under the shelter of some hedge side, wherewith to reanimate his shiver ing frame ; or the famishing pauper who purloins a couple of turnips or potatoes to satisfy the intolerable cravings of his hunger. How often, in the course of last year only, were we called upon to animadvert on the barbarous and inhuman rigour with which country petty sessions inflicted costs to the tune of 400 or 500 per cent. and upwards more than the amount of the fines they inflicted—these fines being in themselves, though but a few shillings or even pence, utterly beyond the no-means of the wretched delinquents to pay. In higher courts of criminal juris diction the evil is in principle the same. So much the fine, so much more the costs ; or, imprisonment for such and such a term. The party can pay the fine, but not the costs ; the " vulgar arithmetic" of graduated terms of imprisonment squares the difference. If the case, and the criminal proceedings instituted after it, result in a conviction, why not let the sentence, whether it be one of imprisonment or fine—in short, of whatever kind, be complete and adequate to the offence? To " throw in" a burden of costs and fees is (as in this coun try happens in many instances) to push the vengeance of the law beyond the point which the law itself has pro posed to reach. Captain PECHELL'S intended clause is one of those which announce propositions that carry their own con firmation on the face of the terms in which they are expressed. That " magistrates' clerks should be disquali fied from acting as agents for the election of Members of Parliament," is a doctrine which no man conversant with the theory of our representative system, as an integer of the constitution, can venture to dispute. The character and business*f an electioneering agent are those of a partisan professedly and professionally in terested. The office and function of a magistrate's clerk suppose, fur their faithful and impartial discharge, an utter insensibility to all partisanship ; an unwavering inaccessibility to all the interested objects and rewards of " agency." If the union of such incompatible occupa tions be permitted in one and the same person we may well suppose, indeed it is impossible not to believe, that the magistrates' clerk will be very open to impulses of un due favour to parties coming before that magistrate who are known supporters of the same political opinions and parties as himself ; and of undue prejudice against, or resentment at, other parties coming before the same magistrate whose votes or good wishes will be addressed in the support of antagonistic candi dates and opinions to those supported by such magistrate. The other proposal, to do away with the holding of petty sessions in inns or public• houses, is made with the best intentions, but we believe it would be difficult to carry it into effect. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull, but there was no further change in prices. Sales about 4,000 bales, all to the trade, and nearly all Ame rican.-There was a good market for the heavy shares, and the scrip of the new was also more buoyant.- Armagh and Portrush, 2 1 ,4; Barnsley Junction, Half Sliares, 41s. 40s. ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 10 1 ,4 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8 1 / 2 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% lls. 6d. ; Blackburn and Preston, 18% 194 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 8 3 / % ; Belfast and Coleraine, 3 ; Bolton, Wigan, arid Liverpool, 12% 1 / 2 ; Caledonian, 11 1 4 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 54 1 ,1 ; Chester and Holyhead, 16 1 4 ; Churnet Valley, 5 18s. 9d. ; Clitheroe Junction, 545. 2% ' • Clydesdale Junction, 9; Cork and Kil larney, 495. ; Cork and Waterford, 2% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 10% ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 4% % ; Eastern Counties, 19:si ; Glasgo* and Dumfries, 22s ; Grand Junction, 233 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 116 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 21 1 4 ; Great North of England, New Stock, 48% ; Ditto, 301. Shares, 24% ; Great North of Scotland, 58s. 6d. ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 48s. 6d. 2 3 / ; London and Windsor, 6 ; Londonderry and Coleraine, 3 3 / 4 ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 4 1 / 2 ; London and York, 4% 3 / 1 ; Direct Northern, 3 1 4 ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 1 A 7 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 9% % ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Shares, 7%; Manchester and Buxton, 5% •, Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 71 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 22 ; Midland Railway, 166 169 Ditto, 401. Shares, 20% 20 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6 ; North Wales, 3%; North Western, 4 1 4 86s. ; Oxford and Birming ham Junction, 765. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton, 2/. 41s. 6d. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 119% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 14 3 4 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 6% ti ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 965. Ed. ; South- Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 3,6% ; Scottish Cen tral, 6% 3 J; Trent Valley Continuation, 18s. 6d. ; Welsh Midland, 395. 1 3 4 ; West Yorkshire, 465. ; Wexford and Carlow, 4%; Worcester and Tring, 4% ; York and Carlisle, 2 1 / 2 %; Constituted Central of France, 15; Dijon and Mul house, 2%; Northern of France (Ilosamel's), 2 1 / 2 %; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (English), 12%; Paris and Lyons, (English), Laffitte's,3% 615,; Paris and Lyons (Ganneren's), 2% 595. ; Paris and Strasburgh, 2% ; Paris and St. Quentin, 38s. ; Sambre and Meuse, 10 1 4. The hasty gance which we had yesterday of a few of the mercantile letters received from the Brazils precluded a refer. ence to a topic of some importance, namely, the probable course that would be adopted with respect to the right of search, the treaty for which purpose, we believe, has already ceased. It is understood that the Brazilian Govern ment intend to take the whole right of search upon its own hands, and if private information is to be be lieved, with a sincere desire on its part to put down, by every possible means, the inhuman traffic. The mercantile classes of the Brazils were extremely sore at the policy of this Go vernment with respect to the sugar question, and, as might have naturally been expected, British manufactures were looked upon with considerable hesitation. We may notice the calling in of Exchequer-bills to a very large amount, issued for public works, such bills to be received on the 17th of next month, when interest will cease. There is to be no alteration in the rate of interest payable upon new bills, which may be taken in lieu of those cancelled. In the present state of the market for the unfunded debt, it is not likely that many holders of securities so called in will take money, especially as the rate of interest continues on first class securities not higher than 2i per cent. Dates to the 26th of March have been received from the Cape of Good Hope, but they convey nothing later respect ing the affairs of the frontier or Natal. Accounts from Algoa Bay state that the Homer was load ing fast at the Bird Islands, having upwards of 100 tons of guano on board in the short time she has been there, besides discharging her ballast. It speaks well of the anchorage for safety and facility for loading. Captain Duthie, of the Harriet, has been down to the islands, and speaks most highly of them; he says he would sooner load there twice or thrice than once at Ichaboe, he having loadad at the latter place. The Funds have been very firmly maintained again to-day, and this too with a comparatively dull market. Consols have been 99 1 4% for present Transfer, and the same for Time. Exchequer-bills have improved again, being 565. to 58s. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 101 1 4 to %. Spanish Bonds, which receded yesterday afternoon, rallied this morning, but are rather fluctuating. The Three per Cents. are 42 to %, and the Five per Cents. 30% to 29%. Portuguese Converted have been 67 1 /. Mexican have rea lised 36% to 37 ' • and Chilian 99. Dutch Two - and-a-Half per Cents. are 6.3 3 4. There is much less activity in the Share market, but the quotations, especially of the old lines, are fully supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 98!4 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 99 % 1% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuties 10 1 14% Long Annuities ,Expire sth Jan. 1860 l l l4 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 3859 ll 1-16 1 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 4 d. 1 1 / d. 1,000/, 500/. ........ - Ditto Small Ditto Advertised ..... - PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 99 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... 88 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36% Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account 6 7 1 /2 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent llB% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 30% 29% Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen .................... 21 Brighton, Lewes, Hastings ... 20 - Caledonian ........................ 5 ...... 11 Ditto Extension - Cambridge and Lincoln ...... - Chester and Holyhead lO - Chichester and Brighton Churnet Valley .................. 2 - to - DlSiurbelcitnNaonrd Galway ... . .. ... .. ........... 21/2 2% 34 - s 4 Dublin and Mullingar - Eastern Counties .............. 25 - to - Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 5/.13s 4d 1%...... to - Eastern Union .................. 15 ... to - (THIS DAY.) Group S. We have accounts from Madrid to the 11th inst. The Government papers announce that friendly relations have been fully established between the Court of Madrid and his HOLINESS, and that a dispatch had been received from the Spanish Ambassador at Rome, conveying the grati fying intelligence that the concordat had been signed on the 27th of April, by which the POPE acknowledges Queen ISABELLA, and sanctions the sales of Church property. The same journals state that the treaty of commerce between Spain and Morocco had been ratified by the EMPEROR. The Chamber of Deputies had passed the budget of receipts and the Bill for raising a loan to improt e public roads. The Bourse was closed on Whit- Monday. Group X. LONDON AND YORK LINE. The Paris papers bring no news of importance. A letter from Switzerland, however, conveys intelligence from Lucerne of a satisfactory nature. None of the prisoners condemned for their share in the late unfortu nate transactions will suffer capital punishment, and a decision to that effect has been intimated by the Council to the Vorort. The Government of that canton states that it is disposed to deal mercifully with the prisoners and spare the life of Dr. STEIGER, on condition that he be transported to America. The Vorort had announced the fact to the French Govern ment, and at the same time proposed that France should convey STEIGER and some others to such a destination. The answer of the French Cabinet was, that France could not undertake such an office, but there would be no objection to give a free passage to America on board a French ship of war to Dr. STEIGER and his com panions. Some of the Paris journals state that a deputa tion of workmen had waited upon M. DE LAMARTINE, to congratulate him upon the speech which he had made against the fortifications of Paris, to which the eloquent Deputy made a suitable reply. The following extract from it displays both good sense and public spirit : " Was the city of liberty walled up when the country,threatened by the coalition of kings at Pilnita, appealed, not to stones and ce ment as is now the case, but to the hearts and arms of the Parisians, and when your fathers, quitting their workshops, went and de. fended their capital, not at Montmartre or sat Mont Valerien. but on all the fields of battleand in all the capitals of the coalition ? Your flag was not then stuck immoveable, and, as it were, rooted in the ramparts of your city ; it floated free in the winds of glory over the whole continent and on all seas Ido not say this to kindle in you a brutal impatience for war. No, men of labour and intelligence, we must be, in this age, men of peace, and if I have sometimes de fended and honoured this Government, whose errors and evil ten. dencies I alone combat, it is because amidst many faults. it will at least have in history the merit of having been a reign of peace. If ever the fortifications should inspire those who shall hereafter possess them with any evil intentions, there exists an artillery which cats struggle with these cannon. It is public spirit, it is public opinion. There exists no physical power that can stand the explosion of the soul of a great nation. Let us avoid, you by your prudence, we by our honest warnings, these explosions and revolutions which are lawful only when there remains no more good sense in the councils of Governments, no more legality in their pro. ceedings, and no more patience in the hearts of the people." No transactions in the Funds of any importance took place at TORTONI'S en Sunday. The following are the prices of new shares quoted on the Bourse of Lyons, May 15 : Avignon and Marseilles, 1,040 f., end of May; Paris and Orleans, 1,220 f. cash ; Paris and Rouen, 1,097 f. ; ditto Or leans and Vierzon, 818 f. end of May ; Boulogne, 650£ ; ditto, Montereau, 567 f. cash. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY.) The House sat again to-day at ten o'clock, to hear the further arguments in the part-heard appeal of VISCOUNT DUNGANNON V. SMITH. The same Peers and Judges were is attendance as were present yesterday. The case occupied their Lordships the whole morning. (LIFT S ITTING.) Ditto Extension ............ 11 / 2 2% to Great North of England 100 207 Ditto New ... .............. ... 5 Ditto New ..................... 2 Great Western .................. 80 lB 7 Ditto Fifths ............... . 20 Lancaster and Carlisle... 2O ...... 41 London and Birmingham ...100 _, .. Ditto Thirds .................. 2 London and Blackwall ......... 16 % 9%%... London and 8right0n.......... 5064 London and South W estern.. 41...... 79% to 79 % Ditto New ..................... 2 1 / 2 l3%j / 4... to London and York... ..... ...... 2% 4 5 4 1 / 2... to Midland .... ... ............. lOO l6B 169. to 167 Ditto New ..................... 2 Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 129 to Newcastle & Darlington ..i unc. 25 ...... 50 Ditto New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick - to 14 1 ( Newry and Enniskillen •••••• 2% 5% to North British ............... ... 10 / 17%%... to —. North Kent ..................... 23 4 5 Rugby, Worcester, and Tring 1 Scottish Central ............... 2 1 ,1 6% to Ssottish Midland ........... ... 1 1 ,1 3 l / 4— - to South Eastern and Dover ... 33 % 40.1 .... to 41 1 Ditto New, No. 3 ............. 2 1 A South Wales .................. 2 1 / 2 - 5 3 / 4 1A... to Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction... ........... . ...... ... 1% 2% to York and North Midland ... 50_ ...... __ _ - Group DD. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr Under. Sheriff BURCIIELL.) SMART V. DANDY. The plaintiff in this action is an harness maker at Hammersmith, and the defendant an omnibus proprietor. The action was brought to recover the sum of 181. 71. 9d. for goods sold by the plaintiff to the defendant. Mr. Thomas appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Prentis for the defendant, who pleaded that as to 141. he had paid the same, and that as to the remainder he was protected by having passed through the Insolvent Court. Mr. Thomas stated the case, and called witnesses to prove the delivery and value of the articles supplied. Mr. PSENTIS said he should call witnesses to prove the pay ment of 101. to plaintiff, and also that receipts had been given for 10/. and 4 1., and that they had been seen by the defendant's ac countant when he made out the schedule for his passing the In. solvent Debtors' Court, but that they had been accidentally lost. He further urged that even should he not be able to adduce strictly legal proof of the payments, yet, if he showed there was no fraud on the rart of the defendant in inserting a lower amount than that actually due, yet that defendant was cleared of that debt by the operation of the Insolvent Act. This point had been decided before Mr. Baron Parke at the last Oxford Assizes in a case where the real debt was 32/., and the sum inserted in the schedule was 101. In that case it wes held, that although the amount was so very different, if it was clearly the same debt, and there had been no fraud, the defen. dant was entitled to a verdict. The UNDER.SHERIFF said, in that case, a notice was given—in this case there had not been any ; and, therefore, the plaintiff had not had the opportunity of challenging the debt or opposing the insolvent. Three witnesses were then called, and swore positively that they saw part of the goods taken home by the plaintiff himself, and that 101. was paid down, for which he gave a receipt. They were, however, contradicted by two of the plaintiff's journeymen, who swore that they took the goods home. Mr. Ashton, the defendant's accountant, deposed that he mada out the schedule for him to pass the Insolvent Court, and that amongst the vouchers he saw two receipts signed in the name of Sharpe—one for 101, and tho other for 41.—he could not, how. ever, say that they were in plaintiff's handwriting. Those receipts were given with other vouchers to a person named Childs (since dead) to take to the Court to be filed, but that he got drunk and lost the whole of them on the way. Mr. THOMAS replied, and contended that the tale was altogether too improbable to be believed. The UNDER.SHERIFF summed up very minutely, and said it was more a question of fact than law ; no doubt, if there had not been any fraud or negligence on the part of the defendant, even the great difference would not have operated against him. The main point was, had the payment of 141. been made out. The evi dence was very conflicting, and it was for the jury to say whether they believed the case for the defendant. To make out the whole case they must not only believe the payment of the 101., but that receipts signed by the plaintiff had existed for sums now claimed for—if they believed that 101. had been paid, but were not satisfied as to the other 41., they would reduce their verdict by that sum. The jury gave a verdict for defendant. Ditto, Extension ............ 1 1 .4 18%.... to FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and Toulouse • 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette 2 Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) Do. De. (Rosamers) ..... .... 2 2 l / 2%... to Louvain and Jemeppe......... 2 Namur and Liege 2% 6% ...... to 5 3 / 4 Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 l l l /4 Paris and Lyons(L a ffitt e ) ... 2 to Paris and Lyons (G anneron 's) 2 ... 3 to Sambre and Blues° JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster 20 - Provincial of Ireland ...... 25 ...••• 51% to - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 20.—Wind northerly, moderate breeze, and fine. DEAL, MAY 19.—Wind N. to N.N.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Gloriana, Webb, Calcutta ; Neried, Longford, Ichaboe ; Spartan, Richardson, Rio Grande., Sid. Lady Raffles and Mary Bulmer, Quebec. FALMOUTH, MAY 19.—Wind N.N.E ., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Orion, Matthison, Havannah (13th ult.). Off, Protore, Adrianet, Danube. GLOUCESTER, MAY 18.—S1d. Pegasus, Quebec. NEWPORT (MONMOUTHSHIRE), MAY 19 —The extent of damage to the Diamond is not yet ascertained. The water is letting out of the dock to raise her, and a survey is to be held on her to-morrow. FOLKSTONE, MAY 18.—The Swansea Trader, Shelly, from Hull to Folkstone, foundered twenty miles north of Cromer on the 15th inst. ; crew saved, and landed here. OFF ALDBOROUGH, MAY 17. —Mary, of Newport, Ichaboe, for Dundee. BELFAST, MAY 17.—SId. Josepba, Quebec. TORBAY, MAY 18.—S1d. Release, Bermuda. CORK, MAY 16.—Std. Helen, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, MAY 18.—S1d. Leander, Quebec ; Arieta, Grenada; Fame, Bermuda. LIVERPOOL, MAY 19.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Buenos Ayres ; Asia, Hannah, Mobile ; Maia, Shanghae ; Bellairs, Calcutta; England's Queen, Bombay; Anglesea, Jamaica; Genessee, New York ; Mary, and James and Mary, Sinnott, Quebec; Montague, Newfoundland. OFF TUSKAR, MAY 15.—Eagle, Ichaboe. CORK, MAY 17.—Arrd. Formosa, Clyde, for Quebec, put back from lon. 17, leaky. Off, Emily, Foster, Cape of Good Hope ; Minerva, Dunn, Ichaboe ; Emulous, Mackie, Barba does, for Belfast. OFF PLYMOUTH, MAY 16.—Immanuel, Pernambuco for Copenhagen. OFF BEACHY HEAD.—Red Rover, Charleston, forigull. GRIMSBY, MAY 17.—A boat marked "Swansea Trader," much damaged, • has been picked up and brought in here.— (See Folkstone). NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE BAZAAR.-(THIS DAY.) This is the second day that the admittance to the Bazaar has been reduced to a shilling, and the consequence is, that it is more crowded than ever. It was really with some difficulty that we made our way round the Bazaar, and then only by patiently waiting and going on with the stream. The entrance staircase was at one time completely blocked by persons standing to admire the splendid Glasgow prize carpet, which attracted the attention of all passers by. There is a new standing opened in the dress-box lobby. It is the standing of bed-ticking contri buted to form a fund for the relief of the distressed Dorsetshire agricultaral labourers. A milpuff bed, two pillows, a sheet and counterpane, can be purchased for the sum of five shillings ; and for this sum the League undertake to deliver them to one of the families of the distressed agricultural labourers in Dorset shire. We trust, for the sake of the poor labourers, that these beds will find a ready sale. With what flee the landowning mo ongthe monopolists may be found some possessed of an impu dence even Professor Truffles might envy, we do not doubt, mo nopolist can tell the starving labourer, who owes his very bed to the bounty of free-traders, that the corn.laws are kept up for the benefit of the agricultural labourer, and that free trade would render his situation worse off th an it i s a t p resen t, we c an not ima g ine. That but we 'my much doubt whether, after such a practical refutation which _ _ The Calypso, 20, fitting for commission at Chatham, will be ready in a few weeks. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) " IVIANUMETEI. SatrrHrlELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 10a; use ful slo., 4/ 12s to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland,do., 516 s to 5/ 12s; Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to 6l 3s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ la ; Wheat Straw, 212 s to 213 s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 4/ 12s ; useful ditto, 41 14s to 513 s fine Upland ditto, Si 4s to 5/ 8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61 ; Oat, Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 2s ; Wheat Straw, 21 2s to 2/ 4s per load. Trade tolerably steady, at our quotations. WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 4/ 12s; useful ditto, 4/ 14s to 51 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 6s to 5/ lOs ; Clover Hav, 4/ lOs to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 21 to 213 s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. COLONIILID. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is without alteration. About 600 hhds have been sold at previous prices. The public sales have been rather numerous, con sisting chiefly of 5,692 bags Bengal, and 27,335 bags Ma nilla (with certificate). The Bengal chiefly found buyers at about previous rates, excepting for the low brown and inferior sorts, which must be quoted rather lower. The Manilla was all sold, and was nearly all purchased by one broker (supposed to be for exportation), at 22s to 235, but mostly at 22s 6d for low to good mid grey ish yellow (clayed), and a few lots at 23s 6d to 245, being comparatively about the value for export of this description. The only transactions which have transpired worth reporting consists of about 500 hhds. Havannah Muscovado (imported viu Halifax), which have been sold at 225, being above the prices previously obtainable. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 302 hhds 18 tierces 121 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,171 hhds 93 tierces 243 barrels. The stock in the same place is 8,998 hhds 1,693 tierces 2,001 barrels. COFFEE —220 casks 63 barrels (chiefly Berbice), and 667 East India at auction were nearly all disposed of, the Berbice at an advance of fully 2s to 3s, good and Padang at 23e, and good ord mixed Batavia at 28s to 28s 6d, which are firmer prices. Rue.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 415 puns 318 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 233 puns 37 hhds, and exported 71 puns 107 hhds. The stock in the same places is 6,597 puns 2,077 hhds. RreE.-7,056 bags 845 pockets Bengal sold briskly at rather higher rates—viz., at lOs Gd to 12s for ord small and broken to good and white. SALTPETRE-552 bags Bengal was all taken in at 26s for 4i to 3i per cent. refraction. SPICES.-1,117 bags Pimento at auction found buyers at 2id to 3d for mid to good mid quality, being a shade dearer. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 38s 6d to 39s per cwt. on the spot, and town 41s per cwt. TEA.—The market has been quiet, but the deliveries are good. RAILWAY COMMITTEES This Committee, which stood adjourned since May 4th, re.aa. sembled this day at twelve o'clock, in room "o. 15. Mr. Stuarl Wortley in the chair. _ . After a lengthened private consultation, the Committee de cided upon further adjourning till Thursday, May 29. The cause of this adjournment is, that some of the Bills corn. prised in the group are not in a proper stage to come before the Committee, and those that are ready, being competing schemes, cannot be argued till the whole group of Bills is before the Com mittee. This Committee met in Committee-room No. 8 to-day, at the usual hour; Lord Courteriay in the chair. Previous to any evidence being entered upon, Mr. BURKE, solicitor, on behalf of the Sheffield andLincoln:Line, said he had an application to make to the Committee before they proceeded further. He would beg to be allowed to call attention to what had occurred yesterday previous to the adjournment of the Committee. He at that time stated that there were certain parties here who had been attending this Com mittee from day to day since the commencement of its sitting on this group, but who had reason to fear that, from the great length of time which the project now before the Committee would occupy, their case would not be heard for a long time to come. The project now under consideration of the Committee was a direct north and south line, and therefore was totally distinct from that in which his clients were interested, which was an east and west line, and therefore the merits of it could have nothing whatever to do with the north and south line. On those grounds, then, he would beg leave respectfully to suggest that the east and west, or Sheffield and Lincoln line, should be taken out of this group, and referred to another tribunal, with a view to having it disposed of in something like reasonable time. The CHAIRMAN would wish to know in precise terms what the nature of •Mr. Burke's application was. Mr. BURKE said it was this—that the parties interested in the Sheffield and Lincoln line intended to apply to the House to request that the Classification Committee might either send the Sheffield and Lincoln project to another tribunal, or appoint a Committee for itself, in order that it might be disposed of in something like reason able time; but the parties did not think it would be respectful to this Committee to make the application to the House, without first intimating that such was their Intention, and to solicit the sanction of the Committee for their so doing. The Committee, after a short consultation, announced through t heir Chairman that this was a subject in which they would not feel themselves justified in interfering in any way, or expressing any opinion whatever. The Sheffield and Lincoln line was one of a group that had been referred to them, and therefore they should go on with it in its proper course. Mr. T. England was then called, and his examination resumed as to the cost of conveying wheat, &c., from Boston to Wakefield by water; the cost per ton for conveying wheat in this way was 12s. 6d., or at a loss by deterioration, delay, &c., of 2s. per ton ; this was exclusive of other charges, amounting to 10s. per ton more. The saving to be effected by conveying such produce by railway would be, in his estimation, Bs. lid. per ton. The London and York line would afford great facilities for such traffic to the whole of Yorkshire. The witness was cross-examined by counsel on behalf of the competing lines, with a view to ascertain whether these lines would not afford facilities equivalent at least to those offered by the London and York ; but the witness said he conceived the latter would be more generally useful. Mr. Charles Chaplin representei about 30,000 acres in the county of Lincoln. Has considered the different railway projects now proposed to be made throughout that county, and conceives the London and York scheme to be the one which would be the most generally advantageous to the public, though there were other lines which would run closer to his residence. Mr. Turner, M.P.—Has large estates near Grantham. This witness was asked but one question, namely, whether he was in favour of the London and York line ? and having answered in the affirmative, he was not cross-examined. Mr. Sheppard, corn-merchant at Roston, deposed as to the extent of the internal grain traffic. The CHAIRMAN hoped that some evidence would be elicited from this witness differing from that the Committee had already heard in reference to the traffic of the country. The Counsel who cross-examined him said he believed he would, and then proceeded to elicit answers, to the effect that great losses had often been sustained by him and others in the corn trade, by the deterioration which corn coming from foreign countries to Boston sustained, from the fact of there being no facilities for the quick transit to the interior by railroad of the corn, and thus it often remained too long a time on board ship, which was the cause of the loss. The proposed London and York line would supply this deficieney, and also afford means for the back carriage of coals. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. The Committee re.usembled this morning at half past eleven, and soon after proceeded with the business before them. Mr. Andrews was proceeding to address the Committee on be half of the promoters of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Rail way, when he was interrupted by Mr. Worrowgow Greig, who stated he appeared to oppose the railway on behalf of the Carlisle Canal Company. Mr. Andrews then resumed—He said hi felt that in addressing the Committee he was placed in rather a difficult position, owing to the length of time during which they had been attentively engaged in the consideration of the opposing scheme. He would, however, request that the Committee would discard for the present from their minds the evidence which they had heard in favour of the other line, and give his stattments as full and open a hear. ing as they had already vouchsafed. The present scheme offered a case of the highest importance in every respect. The expense that had been hitherto ir.curred by the two competing lines was a matter of great moment, and if either party were to lose their case, what an enormous sum of money would have been uselessly squandered. The case was further of importance, as it involved altogether a capital of no less than 3,000,0001. But it was, per haps, of still greater importance, when it was considered that the general interests of the country through which the lines were in tended to pass were necessarily connected with them. These considerations were of so high and engrossing a nature, that he felt satisfied the Committee, seeing their great importance, would give him their anxious and patient attention. After having troubled the Committee with these short introductory remarks, he wculd at once proceed to lay the entire case before them. The principal question for the Committee to decide was, which of the two competing lines was to have the preference. The object of the Bill, in support of which he appeared, was to make a railway from Carlisle through Annan and Dumfries, up to the Kilmarnock Railway, which it would join at Kilmarnock, and thence proceed to Glasgow. This line as laid down would open a communication both with the north and the south, and also with the important port of Annan, which was the most extensive haven on the Solway Forth. A combination would also be effected with Dumfries, a town containing upwards of 14,000 inhabitants. Dumfries would thus obtain a direct con. nexion with l.ondon and the west of England, and with all the important districts of the north of Ireland, which latter communication would be obtained by the route of the railway through Port Patrick, and thence by steam-boats to Ireland. The line would also give every facility for communication to the large districts included in Ayrshire, Kilmarnock, and the whole of the west coast. Kircudbrightshire, with its population of 283,000 people, would reap large benefits from the line. The large manufacturing and mineral interests in Renfrewshire, Paisley, Greenock, and Port Glasgow would also greatly participate in the beneficial results arising from the formation of the railway. The Learned Counsel then read an extract from Mr. Locke's report, which was as follows:—"'Of the advantage to all towns in Scotland, through or near to which this line win pass, no adequate idea can be formed—they exist in the most favourable part of Scotland, requiring only a cheap means of transport to develupe the many resources they possess. Several of these towns have already grown into some importance; and it should be an object with the proprietors of the soil, and with the manufacturers of the district, to encourage the formation of a road like the one proposed, so es to ex tend to them the benefits which it is capable of afford ing." He had now stated the general route of the line with some of its advantages. The terminus at Glasgow was proposed to be erected in Bridge.strcet, closely approximating to the harbour, and was very conveniently situated for the accom modation of passengers and goods. It was also intended to form a junction with the termini of the Ayr line to the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway, the effect of which union would be to give an immediate communication with the post-office. He would say nothing about the terminus at Carlisle, that being the most unexceptionable on the entire line. The most severe gradient throughout the whole course of the railway was only lin 100. There were no tunnels required, and the levels along the line were generally favourable. He would trouble the Committee with another short extract from Mr. Locke's report on this head as follows :—" Of the levels of this route I tray say, that from Carlisle to Dumfries, about thirty miles, the only inclinations will be those which it may be de irable to encounter for the purpose of saving money, those two towns being nearly on the same level, with the exception of the bridges across the rivers Eden, .Esk, Sark, and Annan, which will neither be high nor very long : no very con siderable outlay will be required; the ground in some parts is un dulating, but not so as to render the formation of the road either difficult or expensive. Fronk Dumfries to Thornhill the ground is very favourable; above Thornhill, passing Lly Drumlanrig Castle towards Sanquhar, the valley for several miles , becomes narrow, but again expands towards Sanquhar, and conti.aues very favour able to the summit." To this statement the opposing partY feted no objection, nee had th e y a sked a single queb tiPnhad of. regarding it Although every opportnuity had been aforded there for N5..,d.(41113. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Monday) Evening contained : The Betting at Tattersall's up to Six o'clock. The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees of the House of Commons. Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a full report of the proceedings in the Houses of Lords and Commons, up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. RAILWAY NEWS. Susscriberir and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAII,WAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of T LIE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. Sun-office, 112, Strand. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, MAY 20. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 54; Noon, 51. BAROMETER, 29.95.—W1ND, N.E• 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 •• 17 minutes after 0 I Evening 41 minutes after 0. 4 , - AV •„yam 17fMI 111 • . 2 14 . ` , l 114. SECOND EDITION. ittnins minis LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'Clock. The Public Museums Bill went through Committee On the motion of Earl FITZWILLIAM, a Select Com mittee was ordered to be appointed, to inquire into the representations aad complaints of landowners, whose lands were intersected by railways. Lord BROUGHAM then laid on the table his two Bills for a reform in the civil and criminal law, and in so doing took occasion to go into a lengthened history of the law reforms which had been effected during the course of the last twenty-five years. His Lordship paid a just tribute of admiration to those eminent men, who by their labours had so materially contributed to reform our system of jurisprudence ; admitting that much had been done, and contended that there were still some things which remained to be done. His Lordship then proceeded at great length to point out several abuses still subsisting in our system of civil and criminal jurisprudence, for each of which he suggested an ap propriate remedy, and concluded a lengthened, but elo quent and argumentative speech, by bringing in eight Bills, which were read a first time, and ordered to be printed. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. Lord LOFTUS took the oaths and his seat for Wood stock, and Sir R. W. W. WYNNE took the oaths and his seat for Derbyshire. A new writ was issued for Downshire in the room of the Earl of HILSBOROUGH, now Marquis of DOWNS SHIRE. Mr. FERRAND withdrew the amendment which he had given notice that he should propose on the motion for the third reading of the Maynooth Bill. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then moved for the ap pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the pro ceedings in the case of Howard v. Gossett, in an action against the Sergeant-at-Arms, in which the Court of Queen's Bench had recently given judgment against the Sergeant. After a few words from Lord HowlcK and Sir R. INGLIS the motion was agreed to. On the order of the day for the third reading of the Maynooth Bill being read, Mr. EWART moved, as an amendment, that, while it is expedient to open all the public educational establish ments of Ireland to the Catholics, to reduce to its due dimeasions the Irish Church, and to establish entire civil and religious equality between Great Britain and Ire land, it is not advisable to extend the principle of making any religious denomination endowed by and dependent on the State. Mr. MARSLAND seconded the amendment, which was, however, negatived without a division. Mr. BANKES then moved that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. He considered that the Bill led directly to the endowment of the Catholic clergy, and might lead to the seating of a Catholic monarch on the throne. Ile defied the Government to dissolve the Parliament. They dared not go to the country on this question. Mr. M`GEACHY had considered the question most anxiously, and had resolved to support the third read ing of the Bill. It was not a question of theology, but a question of justice, and justice demanded that they should pass this measure. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which the House was addressed by Captain MANGLES, Mr. B. ESCOTT, Mr. SPOONER, Mr. C. BULLER, Sir VALEN TINE BLAKE, and other Hon. Members. The debate was then adjourned. The other orders of the day were then disposed of. The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clo;:k. Among the orders of the day for the present week we perceive, with pleasure, some that bespeak, on the part of those who have moved them, a just appreciation of, and sympathy for, the interests and the comforts of the poorer classes of society. Of the latter, we may instance, for an example, the Committee on Mr. W. COWPER'S " Field Gardens Bill," appointed for the 23d instant, and upon the merits of which we have already expressed a strong opinion. To be sure—against the satisfaction which this entry in the House of Commons' paper affords us, we must set the orders for the second readings, respectively, of the " Commons' Inclosure" and the " Drainage of Lands" Bills. But we are so re luctant to believe that, at this time of day, the House can be brought to sanction measures of legislation so directly and arbitrarily interfering with the prescriptive rights and enjoyments of the poor, that we shall rather assume that these Bills are not destined to attain the maturity of law. Among orders of the day of the former character, namely, those which have regard to the inte rests of the poorer classes, we must notice with our hearty approbation— Ist, the intention of Mr. HUME to move in Committee on the Justices' Clerks and Clerks of the Peace Bill, " that all fees payable in criminal proceed ings shall, after the passing of such Bill, be abolished ;" and 2d, the contemplated proposal of Captain PECRELL' in the same Committee, to insert a clause in such Bill to disqualify magistrates' clerks from acting as agents for the election of Members of Parliament, and to provide that petty sessions shall not be held in inns or public houses. — With regard to the payment of fees in criminal pro ceedings, we are not quite aware of the general scope and details of Mr. HUME'S clause. But beyond all doubt it is the most cruel of all the anomalies that are incor porated into the system of our criminal judicature, to exact fees either from the promoters or the objects of criminal proceedings, where the result is to establish the necessity for their institution. If that necessity be made out, the promoter is net merely justified, but he has performed a public duty in instituting such pro ceedings. Why should ho be mulcted in the costly charges he is liable to through preferring an indictment, when upon every principle of legal and municipal polity, he has done service to the commonweal by prosecuting the case ? We do not enter here into any considerations touching the liabilities, civil and even penal, a party unjustly or vexatiously instituting criminal proceedings ought to remain under. That is another and a wider question, and perhaps we are already going further than Mr. IhmtE will feel called upon to push his proposition. Nevertheless, the abstract principle undoubtedly is to be maintained to this extent. But to compel the party, against whom the criminal proceedings are set in motion, to pay fees in addition to the pecuniary fine, or other penalty, which he may be adjudged to suffer is a cruel absurdity, t,., be equalled only by that refinement of judi cial cruelty in the institutions of China, which requires the delinquent who has just been sentenced to be strangled or decapitated to return his acknowledgments to the Court for the justice it has been pleased to exer cise in his case ; and exacts of the sufferer under the recent discipline of the bamboo the additional suf fering of tendering his courteous thanks to the public executioner for the trouble which he has occa sioned to that august officer. In justice to the laws of the Chinese, however, we must own, in common fair ness, that the mockery and cruelty of insisting upon these compulsory civilities are equalled, at least, by the more studied hardship and insult of exacting fees fur justices' clerks, or clerks of the peace, and other func tionaries, under the ostensible designation of " costs' , in criminal informations under the game-laws, or on charges of trespass and damage under local and in closure Acts, or miserable cases of petty larceny, pilfer ings, such as prompts the bouseless wayfarer perishing from sold and exposure to collect half-a-dozen dry twigs A few trifling observations had been made, but so unimportant that they were not worthy of notice. The statement he had read was the unbiassed and unprejudiced opinion of Mr. Locke before even the opposing line was in contemplation. The cost of the rail way, including every contingency, was estimated at 1,200,0001., and the revenue which would be derived for through pri vileges and traffic was calculated at about 130,0001. annually ; this amount would yield a dividend on the subscribed capital of seven per cent. An important point which he would suggest to the Committee was that which was at present before Parliament, for continuing the Kilmarnock line to Cumnock; and it was contemplated by the promoters of the Glasgow and Carlisle Railway to make an arrangement between the two companies for the forming of a continuous line. (LEFT SITTING.) Group V. NEWARK AND SHEFFIELD. Members—The O'Conor Don, Chairman ; Sir Denham Nor. reys, Sir John Rae Reid, Mr. J. A. S. Davis, and Mr. Hope Johnstone. . . The promoters of the line proceeded to call further engineering evidence. Mr. Hawkhurst and Mr. Arthur Dean, both civil engineers, spoke to the probability of constructing the railway within the es timate, and of the total freedom from danger in the working of the line. Mr. Rastrick, C.E., corroborated the evidence of the previous witnesses. Mr. R. W. BENN, solicitor to the Provisional Committee, had made an application to the Duke of Devonshire for an inspection of the plans of his Grace's intended line. Such inspection was, how ever, refused on the ground that it wou.d furnish the promoters with the nature and character of his Grace's 'opposition to this railway. The capital of the line was 500,0001., and of this sum 136,4301. was subscribed by seventy.two parties having a local in terest on the line, and the balance of 363,5701. by 173 subscribers in other parts of the country. This was the case for the promoters of the line. Mr. WM &TELLY, Q.C., for the opposition, craved a postpone• ment as Mr. Walker, one of Ws principal witnesses, was engaged for the Government at Yarmouth, and could not possibly be in at. tendance till Thursday morning. " ' The Committee acceded to his request, and adjourned till hat day. Group R. ULSTER EXTENSION RAILWAY. This Committee met today at twelve o'clock, Mr. Gibson Craig n the chair, Mr. Beckett Denison having been released from at tendance on the Committee. The consideration et the clauses of the 'Ulster Extension Rail way Bill was resumed, and clauses from 11 to 34 inclusive agreed to. On clause 35 being read,: Mr. ALEXANDER intimated, that it had been arranged to with. draw the clause passed yesterday, and to allow the one in the ori ginal Bill to stand in its place.— Agreed to. Clauses 36 to 49 were next agreed to. _ _ Clauses 50, 51, 52, and 53 were struck out of the Bill, as being provided for in clauses of the Land* Clauses Consolidation Act, Clauses 54 and 55 were agreed to. Clause 56, which provides that roads shall not be crossed upon a level, was struck out. The remaining clauses of the Bill, with some unimportant amendments, were agreed to, with the exception of clause 58, relating to tolls, which, with the consent of the promoters of the Bill was expunged, and one founded on the rates contained in the Belfast and Ballymena, reported this session, was also agreed t.. The Chairman was then instructed to report the Bill to the House. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. This is an unopposed line, and is a branch proposed to be con structed from the main trunk of the Dublin and Drogheda Rail way to the port of Howth, near Dublin. Mr. AUSTIN appeared for the promoters of the Bill, and briefly stated the case. (The Solicitor of the Company was under examination when our report left.) Group F. LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAYS. The Committee on these lines met at the usual hour this morn ing, when the cross-examination of Mr. Stephenson, C.E., was resumed by Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., who represented the Great Western Company. That witness deposed that the district through which the lines would pass were of great mineral wealth, com prising vast coal fields and kale quantities of iron -stone; twelve furnaces were in.she immediate vicinity of the line, at present yielding considerable amount of metal for local and distant con sumption. South of the country, called the Blue District, the coal and iron mines were of even greater importance, affording reciprocal benefits to each other, but he could not say in what pro portion they would be mutually assisted. To get to Stour-bridge, the London and Birmingham line would make a detour of twelve miles, and a branch of 41 miles in length would be also necessary to complete the communication to that place. The coal fields in the district chiefly belonged to Lord Ward; but in surveying and laying out the line he had not been influenced by any con idera- tions connected with that nobleman. He had held frequent con ferences with Lord Ward and Mr. Smith, his agent, on the sub ject of the projected railway, but denied being actuated by either one or the other, his motive had been to select the most easy and advantageous route, and that course he had pursued independent of all private considerations. There were three collieries at or near the points of the Dudley Junction, besides the Buffery and other large iron-works. The tunnel at that point, as at present projected, would be 2,600 yards in length, and thence the line running along the Dudley Canal would connect these numerous iron.works with the extensive coal fields located on its course. Their line would join the Avon at the crossing of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway; and in its course between Worcester and Oxford, the London and Birmingham was certainly inferior to the Great Western. The distance on the former would be 63, and on the latter only 59 miles. Between Evesham and Oxfo'd, passing Morton-in.the-Marsh as the centre, and describing a circle with a radius of ten miles, a population of 45,625 would be embraced. (LEFT Ernso.) Group N. WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. The examination of Captain Moorsom, the engineer to the rail. way, was resumed by Mr. Rowe, who appeared on behalf of Mr. Thomas, a petitioner against the Bill. He was about to be exa mined with respect to that portion of the Hayle Railway between Redruth and Trevascus, seven miles in length, which is proposed to be made an integral part of the line. He stated—when Mr. AUsTtX renewed the offer he made on the day when the Committee adjourned for the holidays—to construct the line off the petitioner's property, and to leave his name nut of the schedule. Had the Committee no power to stop the opposition of Mr. Thomas after such a proposition ? By the mode he was adopting the pro moters of the Bill were put to great expense. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Macaulay) thought that !f Mr. Thomas in tended to persevere, they had no power to prevent him. After some conversation, in which Mr. Rowe stated that it was the intention of the petitioner to persevere in his opposition to the Bill, and that he proposed to show that they could not lay down the broad gauge on the public roads across which the railway ran. without an Act of Parliament, Captain Moorsom was again called, and was under examination when our report left. Group F F. The lines comprehended in this group are the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, the Edinburgh and .Hawick, and the North British (Edinburgh and Dalkeith) Railway). The Committee consisted of Lord Ashley, chairman, Mr. Collins, Mr. Blackstone, Captain Osborne, and Mr. Curteis, and met at half past twelve o'clock. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN LINE. Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the promoters of this Bill, said that there were petitions from Laline and other towns against the pre sent project. Not one of those towns was within twenty miles of the proposed line, and it was altogether out of the usual course for towns at such a distance to petition against a line which could not have the least direct interference with them. If they wished for a line fur themselves they should proceed in the proper way, and come before Parliament to obtain a Bill for it. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, who appeared for the petitioning towns, replied that those towns had a very great interest in the proposed project not passing. The Committee decided that they could not entertain the peti tion of the inhabitants of Laline. NORTH BRITISH (EDINBURGH AND DALKEITH LINE). Mr. TALBOT said the object of the present Bill was to authorise the North British Railway Company, which was Incorporated last year, to construct a line of railway on the line between Edinburgh and Dalkeith, which they had purchased ; and also to authorise de. viations from the present line, and the widening of the gauge of the line which was not at present available for railway purposes; also to authorise a branch from the mein line of the North British to Dalkeith, in order to give Dalkeith a proper communication with Edinburgh; also to authorise the formation of a branch from Dalkeith to Musselburgh. There was no objec tion to the preamble, but there was an objection in re spect to the 49th clause on the part of Sir Robert Dick, for whom Mr. Wheatley appeared. It appeared that the Edinburgh and Dalkeith line passed through the property of Sir Robert Dick, and was paid according to the amount of tonnage. In lieu of this, the clause proposed a different mode of payment. Sut.Committee, No. 2. The Committee, consisting of Sir John Y. Buller, Chairman, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Childers, Mr. Aldham, and Mr. Kemble, re-as. sewbled this morning in Committee-room, No. 9. The Committee had before them the petitions of the following Bills, namely :—The Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway:(No. 2), the Newport and Ponty.Pool Railway (for additional provision). The Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway (for additional provislon)—the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension)—London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch)—North British Railway (for additional provision)—Preston and Wyre Railway (for addi. tional provision)—and the Southampton and Dorchester Railway (for additional provision). The Committee took the unopposed petitions first. In the case of the Newport and Pontypool Railway, the Com mittee decided that the standing orders had not been complied with. BIRKENHEAD, MANCHESTER, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. Pritt appeared as the agent for this liill. Mr. LANG took an objection to the notices which had been given to the effect that part of the original intention for which the notices had been given had been abandoned, and therefore the whole notices were vitiated, Group L. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. The inquiry into the merits of this railway was resumed this morning before the Committee; Mr. B. Denison, Chairman. Mr. Chitty, a miller of Guildford, was called to show the ad vantage to the country around that town which would arise from the construction of the railway. He ground about 300 qrs. a week, chiefly of the Sussex white wheat, though he did use a little foreign wheat. The only public means of conveyance at present was by a canal from Godalming to Guildford, which was both slow and inconvenient. The price of carrying was now Is. 10d. a quarter or Bs. Id. per ton. This would probably be reduced on the formation of the railway, but if it were not the great saving of time would be very advantageous. Mr. Lintot, a cattle salesman at Wonersh, stated that a great number of sheep, lambs, and other live, stock were sent to Go dalming and on to London. The cost was about Is. 6d. a head for lambs, and 2s. for sheep; but, in addition to this, the sheep lost about 31bs. in weight, and the lambs 41bs. Mr. Shotter, of Woolbidding, confirmed the whole of the evi derce of the previous witness. Mr. Elliott, a maltster of Petworth, stated that that town and neighbourhood suffered great inconvenience froirfthe want of some means of conveyance from the south. The cost of carriage now from Chichester to Guildford was as much as 13s. a ton, and the mode of transit was not only expensive, but very slow and incon venient. One great advantage derived from the railway would be the speedy and cheap carriage of lime from a place called Cocking-bill and from about Labbent. That lime was ready for use, while at present the only line they got was from Denton Hill. The cost cf that lime was from 803 to 90s. a kiln, a kiln being about fourteen tons; while that from Labbent would cost little more than 608. a kiln. All the inhabitants around Pet worth were, he might say, in favour of this line of railway. Mr. Brown, a farmer in the parish of Petworth—He had been in the habit of attending the markets to the west of Petworth, it being the custom of the (farmers, not only in Petworth, but all the neighbouring parishes, to buy the ewes in lamb. A great nuraber of sheep and lambs were sent to Smith field—upwards of 4,000 lambs in a year. The cost was as stated by the previous witnesses. He was assured that the journey now occupied thirty-four hours, and was injurious to the Stock. The framers in hie neighbourhood were in the lieb4. of sending fatted sheep to Chichester, and all the toWne within a similar distance. The whole number of sheep sent away from that neighbourhood was about 14,000, and the formation of a railway would be a great advantage in keeping the stock in condition and opening larger markets: The cost of driving sheep to Chichester was five shillings a score, the cost of sending a bullock to eld Smithfi was 45., and the time required for the beast to travel was four days. All these things tended to threw Petworth and the places about it behind those places which had railways near them. CRICKET. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND o. THE PETWORTH CLUB AND GROUND. This was the opening match at "Lord's," and was commenced yesterday in the presence of a far larger number of spectators den the coldness of the weather had led to an expectation of. Among the company present we noticed the Earl Ducie, F. pon- Winterton, Lord Braybrooke, Lord C. Russell, the Hon. sonby, the Hon. Captain Liddell, Sir J. Bayley, Bart., T. Chant berlayne, Esq. (the President of the M.C.C.), It. Kyeaston, Es+ (Honorary Secretary), Latibrooke, Esq., C. Heroic, FA' , . 5 ' Hartopp, Esq., E. M. Dewing, Esq., A. K. George, Esq. , ^' Haygarth, Esq., Colonel Wyndham and family, Captain Graham, • Commerell, Esq., &c. Notwithstanding the early period at which this match has bee n played, and taking, too, into consideration the fact of the weather Earl of having been so winterly in its temperature as a:most to preclude the possibility of previous practice, there was some as tine P ii i % exhibited, both in bowling and batting, as will be dining the progress of the season. Of the lat ter class Boa, Picknell, Dean, Dorrinton, and Sewell demand especial notice, w hils t. of the former Hillyer, Lillywhite, and Dean stood rear:nine° Indeed, we feel some doubt whether Hillyer ever brawled better' but the ground, though otherwise in beautiful order, too heavy for Lillywhite, and therefore the greatest number ° runs was made of him. He nevertheless took the most wick& but ber sP• in the innings. Barker also bowled a few " overs," peered still to be suffering from the effects of his accident. C. The Petworth Club, who had to lament the absence of 14 , 1. ; Taylor, went in first, and scored 68; of which Dean, it w . , l ”, nti r seen, fetched 12 ; Box, 25, in four fours, a three, a two, sou by e. outs; and nand], 32. In this hands there was but one ? I ; nor more than one wide. Box was missed soon after `fearedwer"bi by Sewell, at long point, and Challen was equally well A i pple Mr. George, at the middle short slip. Bushby, SoPB , - mond went down quickly for three runs between theta. but was ratberf M.C. C., for want. of practice, were unfortunate, and had 10 _1 9 0 - 0 62 when " time" was called. Dorrinton, h o wever, pro m do thus early in May he has a complete mastery of the bat, for b, o r" much remember to have seen him hit with more freedom , " much safety. Mr. Kynaston surrendered his wicket t o a" shoo te r, from Sopp. thus 7-.. When the play was stopped for the day, the score O PETWO RT 11. h Lillr Dean, b Hillyer Earl of Winterton , b Ditto 2l white ... ................. ::: 0 Challen, c Haygarth, b Barker 6 Newman, b Ditto ............ Box, c Hillyer, b I.illywhite 2s'— • Bearer, Esq.. s D°-- 9 Bushby, b Ditto Hammond, b Hillyer ... 0 Byes, I; wide, 1 ........ .... "". Sopp, b Ditto G. Picknell, not out MARL LEBONS. .... A. Haygarth, Esq., run out 0 Hillyer, b Dean ........ o ' o ,o - Barker, c Box, b Dean Dorrinton, not out 60 Sewell, c Plcknell, b Dean It. Kynaston, Esq., b Sopp The match was resumed this morning at II o'c loal hope that it will be concluded in the evening. 0 ,,.;A11 1 ' TIIE LATE MR. STRICKLAND.-- YOOT Ow - As ire we understand, was only 43 years of age, and not, 48 .' Dice stated yesterday. He leaves a widow nn u t ,; pis ce to lament his loss. His funeral will 0 "; ritiln; on Saturday, on which occasion the gr eld tud, eti. ter of his brother professionals will no doubt g i t;y i orgl; of respect to the memory of an excellent actor an that r!l l. ' hearted and honourable man. We understand ,''' - dbil ll ' Webster, with the liberality which is so characteristic , i i has undertaken to defray the funeral expenses. L .001 ,9 ,.A THE HAYMARKET Tit EATRE.- DOUGLAS u - o il.'" COMEDY. — Time Works Wonders continues to draw . ec p ort' houses every evening. As the actors get used to tr be tter it goes, to make use of a technical expression , Inu e to bette r t he , The salient points are brought into stronger wit is made to tell more effectively than was possib artyT r elief; le 00 first night. Webster sustains poor Strickland ' coin Professor Truffles, and sustains it admirably. T he .1 will run 100 nights. he s lll3 bi4 ABORIGINES PROTECTION SOCIETT.""'"T wal - e ., general meeting of the Aborigines Protection Societiorisc yesterday morning, in Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street• ce o f J. e, Bell, the treasurer of the society, presided, in the abs en .,o94 l „, Gurney, Esq. There were not above thirty perseCO T eo fre'" eluding , three Indians—two from North America e n .,.. foil: South America. The report was read by the Be'. s• " co o, 0f ,. .' t It was of some length, and entered into very minute d 0 , s VI progress made by the society in some quarters, while oc o ist7 i many very d istant parts, where they possessed ag e l,o the 1 a lt erica, no reports had been received. It also *Mule. wo o sn l icb inefficient state of the society's funds, th e receiPt sbe u for *D A & as to render it utterly impossible to carry out the obJe7, e we, it was instituted. The society had deprived itsel f ° larger fund to O . of the services of a salaried secretary, to posse s ' e nted general purposes. No financial account was P e-- e ired• A of meeting, because the subscriptions had not bee n all re°J. pirtm4d, report was adopted upon the motion of th e Bev ' paten e ; f r. Camberwell, seconded by Peter Jones, Esq., wh o 11 _ 8 , 11 ,. in th e i s' 0 1 , from Canada, and who rejoices in his own cce"'" e i o tion s .., of breaking name of Kalikewaquonaby. Other ee , ' the c lai l 11/ subsequently passed, urging upon the public ner• ee o t 107_0 ardal:° . l° ,: l l l - 51. ,. e11 ; j. ettmeigarbaonrtisgianneds, speculatingwith to the public for support and sympathy. supported by the speeches of the Rev. Mr. Burn s — f L te of tu J. Freacan, Esq., and other gentlemen; l m opara ted. ry having been awarded to the chairman, the atee , N -1 - IS Ar 4s ., ROO ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT " o n Williarn _at, TlENT.—Pursuant to adjournment, the inq uest 0 e Earl Club!-I' re-assembled yesterd3y, at one o'clock, at th que IMO ° l e ad Munster street Regent's Park. After hearing s' .„a . the,6o dente of a character similar to that alrea d y repf,r7e, 0;1 unanimously agreed to the following verdict t- -- /rota p al Holding died from exhaustion, produced by discharged distlo wounds from his hips and lower part of his back, ' 11 ; 0 0 1 7. ili those wounds were caused there was not sufficient enostiuppe;gi‘ the jurors to prove ; and that although there was irl a A ; his skin, in the situation where the wounds afterv/arr ao " $ 10 114 '.. that such wounds did not exist when the said W ill : ree s .d t P" e : was admitted into Armstrong's lunatic asylum a '" lo af not whereas the fact is established that they existed in a I.o_,°' of vated form when he was removed from the asy lums s tm t ,, the jury are decidedly of opinion that the medica l . 0 01 1e- Fer the deceased was cruelly neglected whilst he was l a f r o m Vp o f THE CANADA CORN BILL.—A letter„frrbe 010 Canada, dated about the end of March, tugs" - h h hu sh 0 0 , tIO price in flour makes us very anxious here, and b. 1 00, h sO send over some thousand barrels, nothing but a___. ke tre" - 00 10g market will make it other than a tight match to e ur dep oi to meet." The present English price of fl our is T . thiS the Canadian exporters hard. ffi ved fa l/ ° eI6 Four Brahmins of high caste have aver, ver ,olo, country for the purpose of studying medic ine at tin j og ai" s tir They are intended to take degrees, with a view c ' f I : t be 0 0 10: tho same footing with the faculty of India, an d a _ t he it 0 el enabling them, as natives, to spread in the inter o ttre' t ;oil they have acquired in our institutions. Ttve of tn .. die St it obi,. l , sent over by Sir Henry Hardinge, at the expense al th e c'or Government, one by public subscription airiongS.', se I,ll o ' t ~aCle Calcutta, and the fourth by Dwarkanau th Tee l ' tfr - of° lanthropist.-Medical Times. T ., • the o f t , ., ° el SINGULAR OCCURRENCB.--.1)111 3 .„ -o , o cca v- i ks storm on Saturday last a remarkable circurostance to e itP ter ed 5 0 sisters, daughters of a professional gentleman ° f b on% el b l et 0 ir them was at a house 111 B r i s tol when the II it ruclt no llf , j oi drawing-room in which she was sitting, a n ", to uts o6- t orei.,4o. head, causing a lump to rise upon it almost in7,. o ble ...i r,/ priving her of the sight of the left eye for a con eke d 1,1 li e ste e 4 drawing the mouth aside, as if she had been at!! 0 of $ . i f e cts i o We are happy to learn, that with the excelt°o 0 I fe ..,, numbness on the left side, she has recovered a° l out P oie sro the injury. Her sister was at a friend's bent w hieb ii , oPos from this city, and at nearly the same period ae tor n fr es . o p occurrence took place, the lightning entered ' D o , M en !I g o she and the family were at dinner, the PaP r ., and ° c e ,os l walls, part of the skirting-boards also torn awar r oall a was in the room (happily charged with PO T s e wed fat but most providentially none of the Part , ' ' u 0 0 66 0 0 injury.-Bristol Journal.COO p arr' 00 0 ' fo u r ß ri ti ti c on P o A f PARKS.—We the formation ro unds . o f P ro te i 7fpf Endham Hall estate, at Harpurhey, the resid .. e : c o tbei co ftl o i Andrews, for a sum of 7,250/. A few We!' w illiS o pli it o , the Lark-hill estate, in Salford, from 14 '. 0 w ill l 'f, sa oe 7,000/. ; and we believe these two pro P ert) r a re' AO eb r i d. 0 parks, and ready for occupation in the cour se 0 I\llesleaanrdn that t he toe joptdi pf,Manchester Courier. P hilip _ , 14„ The remains of Admiral S ir ge ote f r e 7aerlAril Calderwood Durham, which arrived in th e I , tbe et per ,1 04 ' Southampton on Thursday, were rerno'red,2r in ter t o il i sailed for Leith on Friday, to be conveyed '..„" to sall i Le t e" in Fifeshire. The men-of-war in the ba r ''' . feltt P , e s she pe ofr when it was landed at the Clarence Yard . , s o f ..- ,0 0 , COLDSTREAM.—AIfIOng the fre a 7 u otog i :pce i lllfe tribe during the time of incubation, the '.°,, foe i 1 : t th e 0 0 ,1 0 the least curious. A pair of robins seek"' ed_:". st o o oo4 fixed on the sleeve of a coat hanging i n s o egVos I 0 f i t garden. The hen bird is now sitting ° he otn e ro t It 000 mayed seems to welcome the curiosity of t , e rend!, tilt d goce ,e rend !, der osf,' her singular domicile. The orcum rout e ' air strange by the shed having been newly ~,41:1 5 o f 0$ her sitting.-Berwick Warder. rr he .o. rop itep iti_e LIE MAYNOOTII GRANT. ' , 'der tbe clef el° 0 41 ; 0 Council met on Wednesday last to col , ' lic ,,as „ d eg .c gr . ..o Bills for endowing Mayneoth and establish th at t o ; in , t b - ei 2 scriptural education. Dr. Cowan P, t , 0 1 1 ° w ie 4 4 0 porting cr opposing the Irish Ministerial I ,''orCe s. v e c airj tr ., seal should be affixed to the petitions ae c l ufor d see n 00 4 v 3 , they should be presented. Alderman F t ' ... isaseAr OTIPA, r. - • gtgb O r tat ority of 11 against 7. tion, and after a long discussion, the ,r W S 33 ; i f ti VISITORS TO TIIE BElTl_Sm:tesday, 810. Monday, May 12, 1845, 35,23 3 ; r i t . r iday, I ° , _____________ „, 7 day, 21,660 ; Thursday, 2,369 ; ' 4 id e 77,681. th e 4 . _ _ -- --- .......... _ r , ---B IX nth 11144 Vil e the 2- In South Andley• street, on 'gr° 14 Dinorben, of a daughter. , 1, in.conooll, tit the On the 16th inst., at CiaP”a 0 1113° rill ° 'cll -c° A of a son. e, pally' t * 00 On the 17th inst., at his hous hter• Win, 1 0 olio" ' f a daug , 0 o. of L. Baugh Allen, L.srt., 0 .i , n ear ii On the 16th inst., at Richman.. 1 ,01/ Moore, of a son. ocu se, a t Rushar n Ba ( c ) ( n n, tl o i f e a l s i o t i l i t . inst., . _ the titer .0.41/11a.E.V. , Qu ebe c ! On the 13th of March, at the Cathedral, .000,01,.. Ails( Charles Alorice, to Augusta Mary Aill!.?Castrie' ojor pt l, of the late Richard 'Zonal, Esq., of 1)oh Liverrta On the Bth inst., at St. Philip's Cl."re (100 ,hei4 p i tt ,- , et Chu reb ; secoo( Taylor, Lsq., On the 12t h inst., at Itagent- square l z "r ee ‘ l4 AuiNg,ebrlpirot(hil,. to Sarah 'lately, King, Esq., of Port Glasgow, to -Ell Captain Unifrevilie, E.S•, Grecnbithe. sin O ce n re t l l ) i , e ac e+ . . ter fr li regretted 18thi nst"bya- r o i Acton, in the 33d year of his age, of 72, 7' : Lile„st I,ls ~ On the 13th inst. Emily Georgiatia, )?raj'ilton• 1.001 e• C. Noel Weimar, Es'cl., of 'Norton Manor, ' lerlef of toes dopes, fool On the 15th inst., Mrs. 11annah f i $ t h i l i t ilf:r:ei isifiiyd e . t o ic i l e d 4i t. iloeSe:1:13:111ti-;:eci' _ire o street, aged 74. $, the " Of On the 16th hitt., at Weymouth, Pa r ijort°ii' M'Connel llussey, Esq. of gr. 13. A Iti tac' On the 16th inst., Marv, the wif e ,asgiOn the 16th inst., Alice, Trinity-square, 'lower-hill. of g r ' P murdo, of Bermond3ey. daughter n vgv, 1 o OUP rf London: Prted and Published bY Otticecc'; No. 112, Stand, Printer, at The ,ttos Straqd, in the Precinct of tha Savoy, Dlid al ebex , Tueaday, !Jay ,p, 103'