The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-15 00:00:00

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DRURY. LANE. Dupree appeared here last night in the character of Ed , g'ardo in Donizetti's opera of Lucia di Lammermoor. Beni setti composed the music of Edgardo expressly for Duprez, and he created the character on the first production of the opera some ten years since at the theatre of San Carlos at Naples. The admirable talent which Donizetti possesses of exactly suiting his music to the peculiar talents of the artistes who are engaged in the production of his Operas is well known, and he has certainly been more than usually felicitous in the present instance. To speak theatri cally it is the best fit he ever made, and we think that all who have heard Duprez will agree with us in opinion, that it is also his greatest character. He perfectly embodies the ideas of the maestro, and does him more than justice. It is seldom that be has occasion to have recourse to his falsetto, his voice is never strained, and his full rich tenor tones tell beautifully. His acting too was magnificent, and as a aPeeisnen of what the highest order of lyrical tragedy ought to be, the Edgardo of Duprez is perfect. Nothing could be more beautiful than the duet at the close of the first act, " Vevianna a to sull aura," as given by Il isprez and Madame Garcia, whose Lucia is already well known to the play-going public, and who made her debfit at this theatre last evening. There was something sublime in the energy which Duprez threw into the concluding scene of the second act, in which he bursts in upon the bridal festival. A we - inspiring was his manner of asking Lucia if the signa ture, to the marriage contract was hers—low, tremu lous, subdued, yet energetic, and intensely impassioned— of his tone thrilled to the soul; and then his burst f rtrY, as he accuses her of perfidy, and I , 3 Purns her f rom hi m, was absolutely terrific. The _ a gt Scene was a perfect triumph. The strong man is °,r9hen down —the impassioned man has become weak as a He woos death as he would a coy mistress—his great want is to die, and to be at rest. Never has the utter 1 2, ro 4tration of d espair been more beautifully delineated— ise nothing on the lyrical stage more intensely pathetic than Duprez's " Tombe degli avi miei." He was loudly ap plauded throughout, and was of course honoured, in union with Madame Garcia, with the usual call at the fall of the e d tutain ' He Was excellently supported—the Lucia of Ma :al" Eugenie Garcia is by far the best on the English 4 e-, and the Enrico of Bu - rdini was a more than creditable ertortnance. Th e h ouse was crowded in every part long e fo re the rising of the curtain. FR ho Tr P LAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. that not h eard rYs any attention to French theatricals has European, (3 ,`, Ravel, the Prince of Farceurs? His fame is but 1;i s l - e ' r . n " .18 name has long been "familiar in our ears," ile'.F.'intaii(l 17-n w as unknown to us until last evening, when actor, in ut at ov th in i g s:heatre in the new vaudeville of amusing, n_ aw u. Verily he is worthy of his fame; a more ghterethhhileirrite°riumorous a lively, bustling, humorous, aye, as d v not is ed y n r appeared hu in n o u n r this itsh the stage. distinguishing lre us b roll; teristic of the acting Of M. Ravel. Wit is more com mon among our neighbours across the channel than . it among as islanders, but they are deficient in humour, in that diene eh unctuous humour, we mean, which keeps an au- No _ e in a roar from the rising to the falling of the curtain. evening . Ravel possesses this power, and for two hours last thieng did he by his acting keep the aristocratic audience St. James's in a roar. At first the laughter was llesrtrained--they laughed as 'twere despite themselves, but the lapse of a few minutes nature overcame etiquette, c h ; Peal followed peal of hearty laughter, because, as old i t. r les Mathews would have said, " hey could not help whn,-L'Eoueneau is an admirable farce,—and who and eertgit`inis L'Etourneau? Why, L'Etourneau is M. Ravel—a ore es r ,eliz, a scapegrace of a junior partner in a broker's y o ~;',,.wou must needs fall in love with Madame Dunois, the in o t r - s °2 7 ite of one of his old clients, and who can find no that of mode of telling her the story of his love, than w riting it in a letter, and presenting it to her in a c ,il l et• The bouquet with the letter is presented. The sesl law Th e simpers—the ladylaughs still more. Felix the llects seine eontre temps, looks at the letter he has given a d d 'IV, and finding it is a letter of business which he had ivhp ressed to the husband that he has inserted in the bouquet, t the billet-doux for the wife has been regularly posted taltier husband, and his best of clients, M. Dunois, he ens t o 11:, the post-office to endeavour to get the letter 1 -. ; .4 e cannot succeed—he is driven nearly mad. Aate ,ns about from pillar to post in search of this unfortu letter—he gets into all sorts of scrapes—and at length ill'enrids the letter in the side-pocket of his coat, where he the bow deposited it when he placed the business letter in de e •i i Nutt- l'hese are slight materials for a three act vau we 'a; neverthelees, in the bands of Monsieur Ravel, they th r e,, all. sufficient. He is all life, and bustles and keeps up r - e .illn gloriously the whole time he is on the stage. We are iilleleed to have made the acquaintance of M. Ravel, and s u p e he will remain among us a long time, and when he does snit us, we shall say to him from the bottom of our heart, 4„ semis. The house was well and fashionably attended. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. th e An bees opera, the Due d Olonne, was produced at this „„ at re last evening, with great and deserved success. It is - "ecessary to detail the plot, as the piece has already been ThrePresented under various names in a dramatic form at so er theatres, that the story m u st b e f am ili ar t o every p l ay - The music is light, pleasing, and th oroug hl y A u b er i s h. l A llen. as the Chevalier de Vilhardoin, sung and acted de-- i ghtfullv, and was much applauded; and Leffler, as the uoc d'Olonne, was in excellent voice, and went through his Part admirably. The piece was well put upon the stage. SURREY THEAPRE. Mr. Marble, the American actor, made his debdt at this c tpatr e last evening in his favourite chat acter,of the Game side (f the Wilderness. He bids fair to become as great a si,yourite on the other side of the river as he already is on this Ir g• After the play, the American Sampson exhibited his h o " ° !lafeats of strength, which were truly wonderful. The use was crowded. A S TLE Y' S. i a 44 ._ ri val to Van Amburgh and Carter has entered the field, Perso n of Mr. White, who last evening exhibited 1e 0 41 , 9 ...., 41 feats at this theatre with his trained lions, tigers, c oi c,""is, and panthers, who appear to be completely under sp rn „...an, d. Their exhibition was preceded by the grand cu, at 7e of the Maid of Saragossa, the attraction of which Imes undiminished. -°4- RLIA.IVIENTARY BUSINESS. 4 , 14 0 fII • MONDAY, we re d time, and corn rAeaPdßlL 1 a second Ab e :" , and Bills referred to the Committee of Selection . Y ki . n 7n Railway. .lio rth uuh . and Norwich Railway. -Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway. 1 , and Giart and Eus and Dockton Junction Railway. , 4gor al . w e Railway Junction Railway. N(y r ,„ a Itee on petition, St GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE... Do,„0,17:1 Richmond Railway.—Cemmi R r i st ‘,g from. Wednesday 16th till Friday, April 18. Gloucester Ritilwal), and Gloucester, and Birmingham tl y 16,Y1;—:committee on petition , postponed a f n ro d m Wednes ..ond tal Wednesday, April 23 ' . kiti ee °4 and Brighton Railway (Dorking Branch),—Com trici °II petitin, Friday, April 25. AdiourrAllter Navigation and Railway,—Committee on Bill, "" . V i r eduesday, April 16, at one. IRELAND. thyl q ,. THE IRISH LAND COMMISSION. h n for ictu . • 1) evo 4N, APRIL 13 —lt Is said that the Bill.announced by en L e or . d e t th e 0 , ring compensation to tenants for impro r v t em he in t I ' i ft or thn'Y Ineasure in contemplation, as the result o qui kep,ratLe Landlord and Tenant Commission, and that a . Bill Is in for tiatl°o. to be s ubmitted to Parliament (this session, if possib le) 44 th at g ! n g leases of lives renewable for ever into fee-farm r en ts ,to Pur chase lt will contain a clause to enable the present tenants titZ, i '! the owners in fee. i, '}Quo's4ll OF THE MARQUIS OF DOWNSHIRE. k l- 13 . were received at Dublin Castle this morning, anneunc . - %otehad sr 1„-44.,tleo death of th Hil lsborough of Downshe. His Lordship i,,tt,-T;ileezuoi ianttteoznin from Castle o n Friday, with the S the spring cattle show of the Roya l l o D r a ub r l e i w n at 3l ' l ett t} e we k I and xvailing himself of the inter . va as )11e4 i Gresh am Hotel yesterday morning to visit h is est ate . ' t tha, nitt, county of Wicklow , fifteen miles from th i s . c it y. l b . pi ke , , x.' lii, , "e was met by his agent, who had a horse in wa it . and th,„ "-tn%lship 'mounted the horse , but had not proceeded - ,'''d fel l , s - ' few paces, when he was sei;ed with a flt of apoplexy, the liobimPon the roads de Assistance was at once obtained, but Th e de Ifarqbi, ~,,,, found t o be quite dead. 1,1',.° li e d of the Marquis ' of Downshire causes a vacancy in (:ti: ;" a nteY of the county of Down, and in the representation .t. ki t Otie of the Members for that county, the Earl 414 , and r° qh, eldest son of the late Marquis, succeeds to the goes to the House of Lords. bet,,, se in and %etl s ' 4 ° , at his Grand and Royal Hotel at Slou_g o h, is asti ce a g ..., the h the little world, in spite of frost and cold,. to g ate - ,."3 7 to try his Chef de Cuisine wit t 4 4 'l' Minors under him. i'e4t, .essesode as perfect as his announcement,. ieriterion is, and ou t n i c le e that his house has been quite _ m_ n4;4,t,week's cold, and he contemplates erecting ln i of the titai:4l-eiv twenty 'summer rooms (on the P ns aPp • t he d", ntr Gartsr, Richmond -hill), to enable him a to avoid and 4 e ointment of his friends % sr l`s ts ' vtiV4s 41LEORD MURDER 111 IVIIITSCHAEEL. —Yes .leontsgtpened. inquiry tookplacebefor i e zo N s f e r m . Baker, at ~.. n eek , mama,- Blue Anchor-yard, ent a l l ei, en slew of the body of Jane Th d russ h e a l d l, 'lsets4 beatwhose death, it was al_eg! , a b m e a e n n ; 11 in es s ,"Y a l inflicted u on her with a chair, by Is t 't C; '413°11 Rill, by tradepa glass-blower, who was taken d " efla ere' s s t , ° t l Y on a charge of murder, and has been examined tes,ater. Ballantine the Thames police . lifin la der to await the result 01 the present inquiry. .Several tula t,io4 with were examined whose testimony was a recap? magsstra,a ' nd The -.144t adduced befo;e Mr. Ballantine on Saturday le a sh l'sri-srlseses, however, after a severe cross-examinati - 'eld '' ie express't their belief that the blow was entirely il s, v sd e l t . 4l , , arid proved that the man Hill had uniformly be -I,,,''tli 1 , 11 `13' to deceased, and would often share his fo . od . 1 7 4 ed i ts - w as uen in distress A woman named Box, also de d ;i'sl h:,,,,„'lttimediately subsequent to the occurence, decease ,Ilit 1 ) ,;`,,‘ nil' had not hurt her. Mr. Leddle, surgeon, stated , s '`,le de, - "Sd Made a post n: nt examination of the body of 11l 'ased• Death had been caused by an extravasation h ' 4o (i ii ti 4 l'4 b,,, Pon the brain, produced by a blow such as might ,tas,a;tt inflicted in the manner deposed to by the several i r3 %aft B ; T he Coroner summed up at great leogth, an , cl the ‘'''ent ort deliberation, returned a verdict of . Ac ,thal death"'ll)ls great success of foreign railways in finding I t ' i 414 1 0 4 : ra for snares iEngland seems to increase the desire o 'll ' th lice ( )then to public notice ; and hence it is high s-alltenesltttthe unwayy should be put upon their guard against k , N I ; Os freely into such investments, or paying deposits . '11,4/still's nettle which may happen to appear with high 't Asp L utes and long lists of foreign noblemen and bankers. 4^ iti its that have occurred in one or two of these coin ,s'ossfi, ted the questionable manner in which . they are "I. 'l°ll"r Witho u t the least security of getting a pro %holllllvs,3ti,_. , . I tho 4 ti,e641,L2,11 into the d i sposal or. disbursement of funds P. 4 .1 03,,,, oaertakings fail, make it . imperative . on those l a glish et themselve,s with them, either in the capacity of tin, directors or English shareholders, to acquire at s l _'abiii, 'each information as they possibly can of their prac ' slim'''Y before lend their or give their support "t til• We li listreiateal in tention ' s of hands namesrgrave doubts expressed many ve of the projectors of these `1,11s113.:3! and without at present adverting to any indivi ;l'l:tile ro " .. e May glee a general caution, so as to prepare the a: s a j a P et !, thae exercise of their own discretion. There are a: s, ~ alums, German, and Sardinian railways in the Osest se e whi c h veral foreign projects of less note and preten ask consioerable subscriptions, r ith most mugs I;_lteti s a il s r° ,_rn s ia s es of suc.cess, and largely estimated dividends.ae 11._-e sabs,."_' , ,e n s are paid, no return can be enforced ,anti ted ailri.os:sat's'i resithieanvte teir onritien of idsroads and aresecurity afforded r o o n n c ie o t in the ecurit 'l 4,4 4 l s 4 so ls r iZ i e h a t i rY iy hy hereo:lege of locality or of the indiri bring a line forward can be secured to the %st, a , era. a b kale of theru are, doubtless, respectable enough, 14klaN',._ e a_ rc _h re already said, cauti on and discrimination - dE Tii; ea, . • • ,":) . ."- * ,' , 1 4 • 1 1 4 0 4, -sR SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES From the Official List, 1 CBLISLIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 15. RAILWAYS. It iS Dividend Amount Ito, Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. tell Annum. Stare. s a - £ s. d. £ a. d. g ; „ 11 , t Aberdeen •••••• • • • • • - - 210 0 5% '5 Birmingham & Gloster 3/. ss. per sh. 100 0 0 100 0 0 138 the Ditto, New, iss. 7i dis. , 15s. 25 0 0 17 10 0 33% by firigliton,Lews,& 'Last. - 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% yell Bristol and Exeter .. .. 21.165. per sh.'loo 0 0 70 0 0 84 at Ditto and Gloucester - 50 0 0 30 0 0 64 :in Caledonian - 50 0 0 5 0 0 14 , 2ambridge and Lincoln • - 25 0 0 110 0 9% ' 3 ' Chatham & Prtsmouth I-200 0 1 0 0 ,al. Chester and Holyhead - 50 0 0 5 0 0 13 la- Chichester & Brighton - - 10 0 0 11% in- Churnet Valley -•• • • - 20 0 0 2 0 0 10% t_. Cornwall .... ••• • • • - - 30 0 5% rst Direct Northern ••• • • • - 50 0 0 210 0 3% Duect 21 orwich .. •. • • - 20 0 0 1 0 0 14 n . d Dias, Beceles, & Yrmth - 25 0 0 110 0 3% ne Dublin & Belfast June. - 50 0 0 210 0 10 i 8 Ditto and Galway - - 210 0 5% a Eastern Counties g i g Do.,Perpetual, No.l 51. per ct. 613 4 313 4 Ip. er Ditto, ditto, N 0.2 - - 0 13 4 % pm. I . • .astern Union ...• - 50 0 0 10 0 0 22 Edinburgh & Glasgow 21.55. p. sh. 50 0 0 50 0 0 621%; tic Ditto, Quarter Shares I Is. 3d. p. sh. 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 % p- Ely amt Bedford .. •• • -- 25 0 0 1 5 0 2% in Grand Connection .. .. - 50 0 0 210 0 he Grand Junction ••• • .. 101. per ct. 100 0 0 100 0 0 224 a- Ditto, Half Shares.. 10/. per ct. 50 0 0 50 0 0 112 Ditto, Quarter Shares 10/. per et. 25 0 0 25 0 0 th Gt. Southern 8-. Western - 50 0 0 5 0 0 18 le G , •eatNorth of England 31. Is. 100 0 0 100 0 0 196 I Ditto, New.• •••• • • • - 40 0 0 50 0 45 Great Western Ditto, Half Shares 7l. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 105 Ditto, Fifths.. ..... • Guilford Junction. •. • - 50 0 0 35 0 0 I s Harwich ••••••. • • • • • • - 20 0 0 1 0 0 2% IS Hull and Selby .••••. • • • • • • 1. .7:1. ts. pr ct. 90 0 0 50 0 0 99 ” Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10" 0 21S n Kendal & Windermere - 25 0 0 110 0 23 ,t , Lancaster and Carlisle - 50 0 0 15 0 0 39 Leeds and Bradford k - 50 0 0 5 0 0 21?' e Liverpool & Manchestr 101. per ct. 100 0 0 100 0 0 4 Ditto, Ilalf Shares.. 101. per et. 50 0 0 50 0 0 e Ditto, Quarter Shares 101. per ct. 25 0 0 25 0 0 • London & Birmingham 101. per et. - Stock. .236 Ditto, New Thirds• . 101. per ct. 32 0 0 2 0 0 46 , Ditto,New % Shares 101• per et. 95 0 0 20 0 333 , London and Blackwell - 16 13 4 - t B4 London and Brighton.. it. Os. per sh. 50 0 0 50 0 0 64 ti ' Ditto, Lean Notes .• 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 . 0 13% • Londor. and Greenwich - 12 15 4 - 10% Ditto, Pref. or Priv.. 51. per cent. 18 i 7 2 - " 24% , London and S. Western 31. ss. per sh. 41 6 10 -813 c Do., New Cons. Bths - 40 0 0 6 0 0 25 Ditto, New .••• • • • • - 50 0 0 210 0 16% ".ondon and Croydon • 10s. per eh. 13 15 9 - 17% Ditto, Guarntd.s p. c. 9 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 London and York... •• - 50 U 0 210 0 414 Lynn and Ely - 25 0 0 210 0 7ii anchester and Leeds 41.75, 6d. p. s. 100 0 0 70 0 0 147 Ditto, Half Shares • . 11.175.6d.p.5. 50 0 0 32 0 0 68 Ditto, Quarter Shares 4s. 25 0 0 2 0 0 20 Ditto, Sixteenths .• • - 6 5 0 - 1 5 0 714 Manchestr & Binning. 21. per share 40 0 0 40 0 58 i Ditto, Quarter Shares - 10 0 0 4 0 0 10 Midland - Stock. 158, Ditto, Fifths .••• • • • - - 20 0 3% I Ditto, Biro:. A:Derby 21.135. per sh, - Stock. 115 Newcastle & Berwick - 25 0 0 110 0 16% , Newcstle & Darl. June. 6s. 25 0 0, 94 0 0 50% t North British •••• • • • • - 25 0 0I 10 0. 0 19 1 Northern and Eastern . 2/. ss. 10 00'45 0 0 66 Ditto, Scrip, iss. 5/. d. 15s. 50 00i30 0 0 49 t Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0112 10 0 188 i North Kent ••••• • • • • • -- 50 00 ( 215 0 3 c Norwich and Brandon . - 20 0 0 lO 0 0 17 11 Ditto, New.........- 10 0 0 1 0 0 4% Portsmouth Direct .• • • - 50 0 0 210 0 2 Preston and Wyre •• • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 36 a Riclunnd &W. E June. - 20 0 0 1 0 0 4% p - 20 0 0 1 0 0 5% C Ditto, 2d Pref., 1841 - 25 0 0 25 0 0 L Sheffield and Lincoln.. - 25 0 0 1 5 0 1% n sheffield & Manchestr 51. per cent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 ft Ditto, Qu arter Shares - 25 0 0 8 0 0 13 Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,Bir - 50 0 0 21 0 0 4% 01 south Devon - 90 0 0 10 0 0 21% tl South-Eastern & Dovr 1/. Is. 33 2 4 - 41% y Ditto, New las. 32/.dib - 50 0 0 8 0 0 17 ti South Wales - - 2 10 0 7% , Stevenson's Prtsmouth --- 2 10 0 23 ' Thames and Medway.. - 19 5 8 - 17% of Trent Valley ••••• • • .. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 19% at Yarmouth & Norwich - 20 0 0 20 0 0 27 re Ditto, New . - 20 0 0 8 0. 0 19 y ( York & North :Midland 101. per et. 50 11 0 50 0 0 102 m Ditto, Half Shares • . 10/. per et. 25 0 0 25 0 0 . 50% sc Do., Se.arbro' Branch - 25 0 0 20 0 0 43 Ditto, Selby Scrip • . - 50 0020 0 0 ( 68% be Ditto, Extension.... - 25 0 0 1 5 0 17% th Boulogne and Amiens.. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 1 11% an el t . Northern of France - 120 0 0 40 0 5 % tei Orleans and Vierzon.. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 17 be Orleans & Bourdeaux - 20 0 0 2 0 0 11% 10l Paris & Lyons(Laffitte) - 20 0 0 2 0 0 3 Paris and Strasbourg.. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 2 % l'aris and Orleans..... - 20 0 0 20 0 0 49 ful Paris and Rouen .... .. 2/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 43% thi teen and Havre .... - 20 0 0 14 0 0 29% Voi Ditto, Extension Boulogne and Amiens. fit. Northern of France Orleans and Vierzon.. Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris & Lyons(Laffitte) Paris and Strasbourg.. Paris and Orleans..... Paris and Rouen It...nen and Havre JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ s. d. Australasia •••••• • • • 8/. per cent. 48 0 0 40 0 0 45%. BritshNorth American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45% Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23 Colonial. ....... Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 14% Londn and Westminstr Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27 London Joint-Stock 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Metropolitan ......... 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 108 0 0 25 0 0 46 Ditto, New... • . 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 16% Nat.. Provncial of Eng. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 374 Ditto, New Si. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 26 Union of L0ud0n..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1214 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid. nice. Annum. Share. .£ s. d. £ 2. d. Albion Alliance Brit. and For. G per cent. 100 0 0 n 0 0 19% Ditto Marine. Atlas .. ••••••• • • . • • • • 13s. Gd. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16% British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl,Mcd.&Gen.Life 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% County . r 95. and 1 61. ss. bs. j 40 0 0 5 0 0 10 Eagle • Gs. i sp 3 e o r s 1000 0 0 250 0 0 .c bs t. ~] 50 0 0 50 0 5% Economic Life . • • ..... Eng. & Scot. Law Life.. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 27,', European Life ••••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0.0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' ... •••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe ••• • • • - 142 Guardian •••••• • • • . • • 5/. pei cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50% Imperial Fire ...... Imperial Life. •••• • • • • 12e. 100 0 0 10 '0 0 16 Indemnity Marine •• • • IL sh. & be. 100 0 0 613 1 30 Law Life • M. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45% Legal and General Life - 50 00s2 0 11 6% London Fire ••••• • • • . 10e. 215 0 0 12 10 0 15% London Ship ••.•• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% Marine . 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid& Gen. Life - 50 0 0 20 0 3 National Loan Fund • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life. B/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 9% Palladium Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2 Phcenis •• .. ...... •• • • 3/. p. et. & be. - - 195 Protector Life .• • • Provident Life ••• • . • Rock Life •••••• • • • • • • 4s. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchane - 189 Sun Fire CI. 10s. - - Ditto Life - - Universal Life DOCKS. Dividend Amount i Name of Company. i ptr of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X s. d. :X s. d, Commercial .. ..... .. 3/. per cent. , Stock. e.,ast and West India... 55 /. pr cent. Stock. 2.:ast Country '.. 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 London . • - St. Katharine i 5 per cent. Stock. Southampton • • 116 116 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of. Company.. 1 per I of Parn. Price. Annum. Share. I :at London..•• • . • • •• rand Junction ...... X s, 81. 100 0 3/. 46 13 21. 10s. 100 0 51. per cent. 100 .0 o Vauxhall • • • • • • • • • • • West Middlesex ••• • • • 41. ks. pr et. l 63 12 LIST or SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PnICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Pala. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. E s. d. Bank of Scotland • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 172 'loyal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 168% British Linen Company Sk per cent. 100 0 0 226% Commercial Bank •• • • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 167% National Bank 6/. per cent., 10 0 0 15% Union Bank of Scotland 7% /. pr cent. 50 0 0 05 Western Bank ••• ••• • • 6/. per cent. • 50, 0 0 76% North of Scotland Bank 61. per .cent. 50 0 7 Clydesdale Bank ••• • .• 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 14 Eastern Bank .•• • • 3/. per cent. 15 0 0 11 Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 50 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 815 0 13% Scottish Union Ins. Co. W. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 1% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 14 Incur. Co. of Scotlnd 5/. per cent. 110 0 0 All Tiald. 10 North British Incur. • • 9/. per cent. 1200 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent.'loo 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1834 Edin. &Glasg. Railway 4% /. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 65% Ditto, % Shares 4% /. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 16% Min., Leith, & Crantn 2 0 0 0 20 0 0 15 Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 4 1 4/. per cent, 50 0 0 All paid. 6 5 % Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All p aid. 8 15 Glsgw & Ofurnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 2 5 0 0 All p 2 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 5/. per cent. 26 0 0 All paid. 32% CANALS. ..* 1 ; ii Dividend Names of ~...., Dividend' P , Names of per Price Companies. A I per "" Companies. - Anima , a 2 Annum.': 1 : - - ---- X 1 X Ashtn & OlAhl l 9Y 51.55. p 0 72 Monmouthah 100 91. 160 Ashby-d-la-2'113, 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100; 51. 98 Barnsley.... 160: 121. 180 Macclesfleld . 1001 - 15 Basingstoke.. 1001 - 5 Neath ......100 201 . 365 Brknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Nottingham . 150 121. 260 Cromford .... 100 181. 160 Peak Forest. 78 al. •40 Duey IOOI 4/. E 0 Regent's •.• . 33 1/. 24 dl Derby ... •• • 100 : 81. 103 Rochdale .. -85 , 41. . M Ellsnire&Clis 133, 4/. 58 Shropshire • . 125 81 . I N Erewash Forth & Clyd 100 i 4/. 105 Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. C. 11 GrandJunctn 100' 71. 124 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 480 Grand Union 100: 11. 10s. 25 Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. 230 Glamorgnsh .'172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge - 145 201. 360 Glstr & Brkly: 00: - 8 &radon Av 79 1/. 106. 30 ilrantham :150: 121. 100 Severn andl Huddersfield ' 57. - _ 20 Wye Rail. 3 26 11.8 x. 29 Kennt & Avn: 39 7s. 6d. 7 Trnt & 1111 50 30/. 450 Lancaster Leeds&Livrp 100 34/. : 570 Thams&Med 19 - 10 Leicester ;140; 10/. 110 Worcstr & 78 41, 5 0 Leicstr &Nth! 83; 4L 70 Blau ing. I , Loughboroghll4V 701. r 1050 Wilts & Biks 67 IL 4s. 11 TILE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 15 1845. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) CHUB NET VALLEY RAILWAY. The Committee postponed their decision on this allegation, and then proceeded to hear the allegations in reference to Lord Vernon, which were to the effect that the line ran through his Lordship's estates, and that he had not been served with notice. The promoters of the Bill admitted that his Lordship had not been served, for he could not, being abroad, but his trustees had. The petitioners denied that the property was in trust at all. Mr. White, Lord Vernon's solicitor, denied that the parties named as trustees were such. He then described the nature of his Lordship's title, which was, that he was a tenant for life, and that Sir Edward Stacy was trustee for certain purposes only. The room was then cleared, and in about half an hour the Committee announced that they were of opinion that the Standing Orders had not been complied with. The Committee then adjourned. THE ATTORNEY -GENERAL'S STATE OF HEALTH. It is with real regret' that we re-state, on authority which merits confidence, that there is no substantial improvement in the health of Sir William Follett. We would fain hope that a life rendered valuable to his con nexions by the personal virtues which adorn his character, and to his country by the talents he is known to possess, by the frequent proofs he has supplied in his political and professional course, will yet be spared. This, however, will depend on his total abstinence from business, and his removal from a sphere in which the fevered state of the constitution, drying up the springs of lif e , is stimulated by a natural wish to be present at, and to take part in the strife of parties, and to assume the active duties of his post as first law officer of the Crown. Within these few days the reports of the changes which would be rendered necessary in the retirement of Sir William Follett as Attorney-General have been revived ; it is even stated that the arrangements are fixed, subject, of course, to that event. The Solicitor- General would become Attorney-General. The claims of Mr. Fitzroy Kelly to the thus vacated Solicitor- Generalship, on the grounds of party services and of high professional reputation, are very strong. Still many well- informed persons doubt whet her Mr. Kelly would be the new Solicitor-General. Sir Robert Peel, it is believed, has no special wish to introduce Mr. Kelly to office; though he would have no objection to shelve him as a puisne judge, and thus relieve himself from the ad mitted claims which Mr. Kelly has upon him, as Prime Minister. Mr. Turner, of the Chancery Bar, is men tioned as a very likely man for the Solicitor- General ship. If the state of Sir William Follett's health would have permitted him to take the seals, there is reason to believe Lord Lyndhurst would have re linquished them, to enable him to do so, and would have been introduced to a less laborious post in the Cabinet. The circumstances to which we have alluded, preclude, however, the possibility of such an arrangement ; and things will, probably, remain in the Chancery Court as they now are, until the course of public events, which are manifestly tend ing to an early break-up of the Peel Government, produces a complete change in all the offices of State.--Erening paper. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE AND THE MAYNOOTII GRANT. Clumber, Sunday Evening, April 13, 1845. My dear fellow. countrymen,—ln the sincerity of my heart, and under an anxiety which overwhelms me, may I address to you a few hurried lines which are intended to exhort you to adopt the most decisive measures, ere the fit time for action be passed. It is now late in the afternoon, and I have only just looked cursorily over the contents of this day's post : my observations must therefore be very brief indeed. I would have addressed you at an earlier period, had I not wished to see what course Mr. Gladstone would take. I still hoped that he might be found true to the great cause of Protes tantism, and that in him might be supplied another among the too few and able champions of the neglected and almost persecuted Established Church ofEogland. Alas ! you have only to choose between submitting to be trampled upon, or making a loud demand by your public voice. You must rouse yourselves as one man. Those who are attached to the Protestant faith—those who wish to preserve the predominance of the English Established Church as the protection and safeguard of these realms— those who will not submit to the imposition of the Income-tax, by which means a surplus is extracted from your pockets, that is, to pay a sinful endowment of a rebellious Popish seminary, Maynooth in Ireland, and this, too, when the smallest portion of a pound is denied to your own pure and truly Christian Church—look well into this perfidious proceeding: see with your own eyes—judgewith your own good understandings —act from the stoutness of your own noble British hearts. But be quick! Lose not an in stant ! Call county meetings—require your representatives to represent you in reality, and call upon Ulm to support your petitions. You are betrayed; you are sacrificed in more instances than one—you are the victims of some deep scheme which is not yet suffic►ently developed ; but be beforehand with the schemers, although they may think themselves safe in their Parliamentary potency. Ifyou hate and disapprove of this awful beginning of future awful in tentions, speak out and act determinedly—insist on attention being paid to your national feelings, to your love of God, and love of country. Petition! Petition! Petition I Do this with zeal, peace fulness, and order, but with perseverance and determination that nothing shall overcome. Do this, if it accords with your religious feelings and national sentiments; if you do it you may save our cherished land frcm the wrath of God and perfidy of man ; pause even, and the same rule which will revolutionise your Church will doom your fields to lie uncul tivated, your whole agricultural system to a ruthless destruc tion and starving desolation. I pray you, my dear fellow-countrymen, to receive this brief and crude address, written on the instant, as a proof of my deep interest in our national welfare. I make this call on your attention that you may be forewarned of what may happen, not by a factious demagogue, but by an unfiiehing Conservative of all our most loved and valued institutions of Church and. State. Allow me to sign myself, Your ever faithful Friend, NEWCASTLE COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam CF. 12 81 Ditto, at sight l2 6i Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Antwerp 26 15 Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Alton — Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles 26 10 Bourdeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Maine 123 A.NGE--(THIS DAY) Leghorn . 3l Genoa 26 10 Milan ..... . Venice .... Naples ........ ....... 39i Palermo, oz llB Lisbon s2i Oporto 63 Rio Janeiro .... Bahia ..........„ Buenos Ayres NewYol k .:.'7dys sight Philathlrl~i~ - prtnues C.'? BD LuoN, rnn-oz Foreign I bar5..5.3 17 9 Porte a: Odd Coin 3 17 5 New roubloons..... 0 0 0 New DC4IIIIB 0 4 9 Silver iu bars 0 4 10i Petersburgh, .3 Us Berlin — Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M lO 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona ___ ........ Seville - - ... •-••• CITE LONDON GAZETTE' (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 15, 1845. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir James Turing, Bart., British Vice-Consul at Rotterdam, to be her Mkjesty's Consul at Rotterdam. The - Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Francis Waring, Esq., British Vice-Consul at Alicante, to be her Mojesty's Consul at Norfolk, in the United States. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, The Earl of Effiingham to be Deputy Lieutenant ; E. Bea mont, Esq , to be ditto, Feb. 17, 1845. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. Royal Wilts Yeoinanry Cavalry—D. Bennet, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Goddard, promoted, April 5. BANKRUPTS. K. F. A. Hampson, gas litter, Walnut Tree walk, Lam • beth, to surrender, April 25, at half-past eleven, and May 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Smith, Wilmington-square. W. Jones, commission agent, Stamford-street, April 25, at eleven, and May 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Crouch, Southainton-buildings, Chancery-lane. William Hodgkinson, slater, Weston-street, Pentonville, April 24, at half•past eleven, and May 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Nash, Goawell-road. Joseph Jarvis and_ James Jarvis, wine -merchants, Bush lane, C . annon-street, London, April 24, and June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Gale, Basinghall-street. Job Bradshaw, tailor, St. Alban's, April 25. at one, and May 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch -lane, Lombard-street ; Walker, Furni val's Inn. John Morgan Leader, coaclimaker, Oxford-street, Apri 25, and May 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Bailey and Shaw Berners-street, Oxford street. John Woollarns, builder, Charles-street, Manchester-square, April 25, at twelve, and May 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry:-cham bers; Kernot, Welbeck• street. Preston Barker, publican Shelton, Staffordshire, April 26, at one, and May 27, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Pinchbeck,oiolglpee asieltß assignee,it r e mn Lincolnshire, Birminghaminagt n t a h m e . ; Challinor, Birmingham Birmingham April 26 ,at D tCl:l i anj s eu t lori ;i ee c .nY i ; andMa Jones,°l Court. PttYl e rya li° butcher, Christie, 7l and : r ia s l t t i Ka e h , ns Bonner and Son, Spalding; Motteram and Knowles, Bir mingham. William Birchall Pattinson, currier, Liverpool, April 25 and May 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool Distri c t C our t . Liverpool. Th om as Stewerd Dodd, innkeeper, Liverpool, Ap r il 28 an d May 26, at eleven , at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official as signee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Blake, L on d on - wa ll , London ;o fficial assignee, Liverpool ; Vin cen t an d C o., Temple,Jones, London ; Dodge , L iver p ool. Willi am Whitaker Spence, woollen-draper, Newcastle upon-Tyne, April 23 and Ma y 28, at tw o , at the Newcastle , • A Beckett, Son, and Simpson, Golden upon-Tyne District square, London. Court. Wakley, official assi gnee , N ew- Joseph Jobling Ayton, linen draper, South Shield, April 29, at twelve, and June 3, at two, at the Newcastle-upon , April 25 and may 2 Tvne District Court. Bak er, offieal essi gnee , Newcastle upon-Tyne; Wilson, South Shields; Hodgson, Broad- s t ree t- buildings, London. William o 7i a ls t be tw re el ß ve en , n a , t m t e h r e ch L an is t ,e , rp L o i o vlervisrict Liverpool Court. l Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory, Faulkner, and Company, Bedford - row , L ondon ; Frodsham, Li verpool. Balmah Overend , card maker, Po pp lewell i n Sh I c o es, Yorkshire, April 28, and May 19 , at eleven, at the Le e d s District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; wi s i cs . worth and Co., Gray's-Inn, London ; Cronhelm, Leeds. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of April 15.) g the merchants SUGAR' —T0-day the market p resented a hea lthy appear ance for West Indi a Su g ar. 800 hhds and tierces were disposed of by private tr eat y; the rates were full y sustained for brown, grey , and yellow, a nd the market cl ose d fi rm l y. iTshneotqusoanitairtgyeolsbirot w w a s n ; an t c h l e in io l r o a r te y s V a o u w sin a nd grey on sale to keep their Sugar from the market. A public sale of 150 hhds of Barbadoes, this afternoon, went ofr quietly at rather lower rates, and a part only sold; tine yellow went at 54s to 565, good 51s to 535 Gd, good mid 50s, middling 47a to 49s Gd, low 44s 6d to 46s 6d, and one lot of very low 40s per cwt. REFLNED.—To-day the home trade purchased Refined Sugar with avidity, and at the close of the market there was scarcely any undisposed of; .Brown lumps'fetched 65s to 665; and standard lamps 66s 6d to 67s per cwt. Bonded C:ushed Bengal Rice, the quantity submitted to compe t i t i on amount ing to 12,275 bags ; at one sale of 6,4.39 bags, the whole was taken in 6d per cwt above the value, that is to say—good white at 12s 6d, good mid 12s, mid lls to 1 is 6d, low lOs 6d, but a few lots of damaged sold at lOs to I Is. !INDIGO.—The quarterly sales of East India commenced to day; during the progress of the sale 155 chests were with &awn, and 941 chests have passed. Ordinary to good con. sinning qualities, par., middling and defective shipping sorts par to 3d discount, good ditto par to 3d advance; Kur pahs and Madras in good demand, the former averaging the last sales valuations, the latter, occasionally a shade lower. Pgoprietors have bought in 126 chests. SALTPETRE.—TO-day the market wa s b e tt er supp li e d with Rough, and 3,700 bags of Calcutta at public sale were offered at a reduction on former rates of 6d per cwt. were dis posed of. Orr S.—There has been a brisk demand for Cod Oil, sales hiving been made at 30/ 5s to 30/ lOs per tun. Southern met with increased attention, several parcell have been sold privately, and at auction 70 tuns brought 29/ lOs to 30/ for line, 271t0 28/53 for middling to good, and 26/ 15s per tun for low quality. In Seal little veriation has taken place. Pale at 301 103 to 31/, yellow and straw 27/ 103 to 29/10s, and Brown 26/ lOs to 271; 7 tuns Labrador Seal Foots at auction fetched 12/ to 134 and two ton Dog Seal 25/5s per tun. Sperm is much in request, but the market is sparingly supglied ;!prices are firm, 85/ to 861 per tun. Linseed Oil 264 3d to 26s 6d per cwt on the spot. Rape Oil 38s to 38s Gd for,pale, and 37a to 37s Gd per cwt for brown. Olive Oil ad • vanced from 42/ to 43/ for Gallipoli, 40/ lOs to 411 lOs for Sicily, and Spanish 39! lOs to 401 per tun for Barbary, at which large transactions have taken place. f ITALLow.—In Russian on the spot prices are still drooping, although 37s 9d to 388 3d have been accepted for P.Y.C. of first quality. The business transacted for forward delivery has been extremely limited, although there are sellers at a further decline in prices; 38s per cwt is the rate taken for the last three months of the year. Town Tallow has been selling at 38s to 38s 6d per cwt nett cash. Other kinds are rather cheaper, and the supply is large. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. - The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock, but immediately retired, and tl►e Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill went through Committee. MAYNOOTH Lord CAMPBELL said that it was his painful duty to present a petition against the grant to Maynooth, from the provost, magistrates, and inhabitants of Cupar, in the cou n t y of Fife. As this was his native place he had hoped that they would have Leen more enlightened there. Petitions were also presented against the grant, and in favour of laws for enforcing temperance, by the Earl of Enniskillen and the Bishops o f Down and Winchester BANK-NOTES-IN SCOTLAND. The Earl of JERSEY moved for a return of the num ber of bank-notes in circulation in Scotland during the ten years, from 1834- to 1844. RA l b l Eg i g V e A d Y to S. Lord BE 0 LTG HAhf call the attention of their Lordship s t o t h e motion f or an addition to the standing orders i n railwaq, of which he had g iven notice yesterday. lie thought that it was requisite to bring this subject before their Lordships, in order to show the extent of mischi e f w hich had been occa sioned by the immense mass of private legis lation on the subject of railways. It was necessary, because such had been the extent of that legis lation, that it interfered not only with the enjoy ment, but even with the possession of property, and at last the speculation had come to what he must call a gambling frenzy, not unprecedented certainly in the experience of this country some twenty years ago, nor unknown in the economical history of a neighbouring nation. Perhaps it would be better to introduce this sub ject by presenting the petition of avertain Noble Lady, Lady Cieily Fane, the daughter of the late Earl of Westmoreland, who had come into the possession of a ' family estate by inheritance. The petition was writ ten by herself, and not by a man of business, and therefore he trusted their Lordships would excuse whatever informality it might contain. The petitioner went on to say that the agent of the company called upon her on the 26th of January, and showed her the plans and specifications, from which, lie said, no deviation could he made. She expressed a great dislike to the vicinity of the railroad, and ex pressed a hope that the line would be removed to a greater distance from her estate, but no promise was given to her; and all the consolation she could get was, that the company would remunerate her for the loss when they got their Bill. [LEFT SPEAKING.] l ea took th e eviN moved th at l w () ln N i!u • tes before the markets in the Mr. BARRY BALD WIN the the order made USE OF Ch C ai O r a lVl f ll v Waterworks Bill be read ; that the said order be dis- FfoorTurhthee'SciPs'lcHEecAkeOl:nd reading of Totnes Markets and ina BofiliTfootrueims,pirnovtihneg county of D that the order made for read- Mr. dis charged ; that the and for better supplying of the which, for the Bei.. Bill be w ii i i t e hd b r o a r w o n ua;hanw d itt h :tisi,caatveor.b: g borough iy e Agreedn to t bring o. and town . Improvement Bill be irnea'Mdara.sneldi-cEodnMidscßthiLainEregeintdhoe;vedntletarrat rtihndesolletTlllerbwe iwseitihmdprarowvnin;gttlhiaet report . upon the 10th m th o e ndso .. was made in the Select Com mittee on Petitions for tls be read ; that leave be given to bring in a Bill , for more effectually parish of St. Mary Magdalene , Bermondsey, i n t h e Improvement Bill y • and that Mr. Kemble and Mr. An county of Stare , trobus do prepare it and bring Mr. TINNELL moved that the order made for the paving, cleansing, lighting , second reading of the Westm inster Im provement Bill be read ; that the said order he di scharg e d ; that the Bill be withdrawn ; a nd that leave be given to bring in a Bill for improving parts of th,., city of Westminster. HEMEL HEMPSTEA D LL bALL TENEMENTS I lI On the motion that the Hemel Hempstead Small Te nements Bill be read a second time. Mr. W. COWPER moved as an amendment, that the Bill be read that day six months. Lord GRIMSTONE supported the amendment. After a few words from Mr. HA WEs , Mr. 138/ GHT said that nineteen out of twenty per sons, in the parish of Hemel Hempstead, were opposed to this Bill. No co nsultation of th e parishion ers had taken plece relative to it ; and one objection, that seemed to him (Mr. Bright) most conclusive, was this —that the non resident proprietors were obliged to pay the rates, while the occupiers were exempted. A great evil resulting from this was, that the occupiers being exempted from the paying of the rates, felt, no interest in the affairs of the parish. If this Bill were to pass it would si rionsly injure a .majority of the proprietors there. lle should therefore vote against the second reading. wou is greatly wanted ; but there is little to be had for:present or future delivery,'and 35s 6d to 36s are the rates asked for first quality. Mannerros.-This afternoon Mauritius Sugar suet with attention, and 7,467 bags 39 casks at public sale were mostly sold, but in most cases rather under former rates, fine yellow 50s to 55s 6d., goo d mid and good 45s to 495, m i d 41s to .44s 6d, low 39s to 40s 6d, go o d an d fi ne b row n 3's Gd to 395, mid 35s to 358 6d, grey 39s to 425, and better quality 43s to 498 per cwt. FOREIGN. -To-day 210 hhds 1 tierce of Porto Rico, 265 hhds 1 barrel of Cuba Muscovadoe, and 679 boxes of yellow Havannah were offered at public sale, but the whole was taken in at stiff rates : viz. Porto Rico good yellow at 235, good middling 21s to 225, middling 20$ to 9 0s Gd, low 19s to 19s 6d, low dingy grey 19$ to 19s Gd. Cuba Muscovado, good yellow 23s to 23s Gel, good middling 9 23 to 22s 6d, middling 21s to 21s 6d, low 20s 6d, fine brown 20s; yellow Havannab, fine 255, middling 22s to 235, and low 20s 6d to 21s Gd per cwt, There were buyers of the various sorts at fair market rates. By private treaty 400 chests of yellow Havannali were sold at 245, and 1,000 bags of Manilla at 21s per cwt. EAST INDIA. -This afternoon there was a good demand for all kinds of Bengal Sugar, and 5,609 bags 44 boxes at public sale were principally disposed of, but at a decline of 6d per cwt for white sorts. Yellow kinds sustained their former value ; low white 45s to 46s 6d, middling 47s Gd to 48s 6(1, good middling 495, good 51s to 525, tine 52s 6d, damp and washed 44s Gd to 51s Gd, good and fine yellow, Mauritius kind, 46s to 495, dam 42s Gd to 46s Gd. ilally lasi, strong damp yellow 50s to 58s, inferior 40s to 44s Gd, low 35s Gd to 39s 6d, brown 31s to 355, very low 28s per cwt. 42 tons Potato Flour from Cherbourg sold at 15s per cwt. Mor.ssses.-This afternoon 71 barrels of Bengal Treacle, duty paid, were offered at public sale; the quality was equal to the patent Treacle made here. The whole was taken in at ;17s per cwt. being rather above the value. COFFEE.-ThiS afternoon there was a limited demand for Plantation Ceylon, and of 820 bags at public sale a small part only found purchasers at barely the former value. Cocos. -West India held with firmness, the business transacted privately has been on a more extended sca'e at 40s to 46s for Trinidad, and superior quality at 47s to 49s per cwt. Bahia brought 38s per cwt. TEA.--In the common descriptions of Congou there was a good business t ransacted by the home trade, but merchants have been compelled to take low prices; low common has been selling at 8d to BD, fair common esid to 9d, and good downwards.common 9li ;1 to u l c o h d o ng per h l a b s bee cash, but in the better kinds little done, and prices littl e better than a nominal, with a tendency 8d is the value of low t o good quality.purc ha.e d s l s n p T a r w i nagnlkya, severalyanil 4d tto purchases have been made, at Is 2d flu fair useful, and Is to Is Id for low quality. Hyson sold at rather lower rates, common and mid selling at 2s 5(1 to 2s Bd, and superior 2s 9d to 4s. Imperial and Gunpowder dull of sale, and could only be disposed of upon lower terms. Srices.- -This afternoon a good desire was manifested to buy Cassia 'Agnes, and 365 chests at public sale were sold at an advance of Is to 2s per cwt; good thin quill fetched 63s 6d to 643, good middling 635, middling 60s to 62s 6d, low middling coarse 58s to 58s 6d, good ordinary 55s 6d to 575, low ordinary 545, broken ends 52s to 553 Gd, Mouldy 54s to 575, broken 51s to 525, loose and broken 50s; of Malabar Pepper 60 bags were taken in at 3id for fair brownish, and 80 bags of Barbadoes at 44s for middling qua lity. For Cinnamon former rates are asked, but not much business transacted. RUM, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.-Jamaica Rum has been Purchased with caution, arid the rates are rather lower; 240 puns have been sold principally at 33 to 3s Gd for ordinary and fair quality 28 to 36 per cent. overproof, and the re mainder at 3s 6d to 3s 8d for middling and good middling, 3s 9d to 4s for good, and at 4s 2d to 5s per gallon for fine. The inferior sorts of Demerara are heavy of sale, but strong kinds have met with attention, and the purchases amount to 100 puns at 2s 9d to 2s 10(1 paid for 35 to 37 per cent over proof. Leewards Island Ruin Is 10d proof. Calcutta at IS 8d proof. The operations in Brandy have been trifling, and prices as follows :-Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 45 Bd, puns 48 6(1; ditto 18.39, !Olds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d; ditto 1840, hhds 49 4d, puns 4s 2d ; ditto 1841, hints 4s 4(1, puns 4s 24 ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s Id, puns 3s Ild ; ditto 1843, lids 3s 11(1, puns 3s 9d ; ditto 1844, hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 7d ; iniddliug and good middling of the various vintages 2s 8d to 3s 7d, low 2i 6d to 2s Bd, and Bordeaux 2s 64 to 2s 7d per gallon. GL)neva not much wanted, and is 9d to Is 10(1 is the value o: common export sort; fine for home use is 2s 4d to 2s 10d per gallon. English Corn Spirits in demand at late rates. 'RICE.-To-day the market was abundantly supplied w 7 MAYNOOTH. Petitions against the Maynooth grant were preiented by Mr. Broadley, Mr. B. Baldwin, Mr. Staunton, Colonel Powell, and by Mr. Muntz from Wesleyan congregations near Birmingham. Colonel ACTON presented a petition from the county of Wicklow' against the grant. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a similar petition from Stockport. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Busfeild (from Bradford), Mr. Acland, Mr. F. French, Mr. Thornely (from Wolverhampton and other places), Mr. Bailey (from Inverness and other places), Mr. buncombe, Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Humphery. Mr. IL BERKELEY presented twenty petitions against the Maynooth grant. Lord LIS I'OWEL presented petitions against the grant to Maynooth from Shropshire. Mr. COLQUHOUN said that he had various petitions against the Bill, but he had a remarkable petition to which he wished to call the particular attention of the House ' a petition whi c h emanate d f rom a meeting which was held last night in Covent-garden Theatre, and which he understood was attended by 5,000 persons. The pe tition was signed, on their behalf, by the Chair man, Mr. Bevan, and the substance of it was, that , this proposal of her Majesty's Government to endow the College of Maynooth at the expense of the universal kingdom, was a measure which the petitioners felt constrained to oppose by all the means which .the laws and the constitution of the realm permitted. Lord ASIILEY presented a number of petitions against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented 59 petitions to the same effect. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Dr. BOWRING postponed his resolution for improv ing the public accounts to this day fortnight. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that to-morrow he would put the following question to the Right Hon. Gentleman the:Secretary for Ireland:—Whether at the late election of a temporal Peer one or more Peers did not decline to vote, en account of their conviction that the Bequests Act was a contravention of the oath of supremacy and a violation ofthe constitution of the country, and whether their reasons for so declining to vote had not been laid before the Crown lawyers for their advice upon the subject ? He would also ask whether there would be any objection to bring that opinion before the House. Mr. 11. BERKELEY postponed his motion fur a Select Committee to inquire into the effects produced upon debtors and creditors by the operation of the In solvency Act of last session. Mr. WARD also postponed his motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the burthens peculiarly affect ing the agricultural interest. Lord J. MANNERS gave notice that he should, on that day fortnight, introduce a measure to alter and amend the law of mortmain. The Earl of LINCOLN postponed his Bill relating to the inclosure of common and waste lands in England and Wales and to their better drainage. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that to-morrow he should move that all the petitions for and against the grant to the College of Maynooth be printed. Mr. BROTHERTON moved for a return of the number of insolvencies, bankruptcies, and sequestra tions in Scotland, in each year since 1815 to the present time. Also, the number of banks of issue in Scotland from the year 1815 to the present time ; stating the name or firm of each bank ; when commenced ; the amount of capital actually subscribed ; the annual average market fprice of the shares of each ; and the annual dividends paid by each bank to the shareholders. —Agreed to. Mr. F. FRENCH intended to ask ene or two questions of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland ; first, whether a malignant fever had broken out in the Cavan workhouse, and whether that was to be imputed to improper drainage ; secondly, he wished to know if it were true that the poor -rates in Ballinasloe had been obliged to be levied with the aid of a military force ; hinny, if the poor-law guardians in the unions of Lis. vol had applied for an armed force, stating that Id be impossible for them to collect the rates witlit. and fourthly, if it were true that the poor-ra'e collector for the county of Roscommon had been lately murdered? Ho believed he might also ask whether the Right Hon. Baronet would hold out any hope that the Irish Pcor law would be in any degree amended during ibis session? Sir T. FREMANTLE said that he believed it was correctly stated that some persons in the Cavan workhouse had died of fever, but that he believed was not to be in any degree ascribed to any defect of sewer age in the workhouse. With regard to the employ ment of military force in the collection of' pcor rates, it was quite true that a military force had been employed to protect those persons who were employed in the levying distresses for those rates. The remaining question he was unable to answer, and he could hold out no expectation that the Irish Poor-law would be in any degree altered. It had worked well hitherto; and they were determined to give it a fair trial. CLERK OF THE PEACE BILL Mr. DICKENSON.begged to give noti ce th a t upon the second rearing of this Bill he would take the sense of the Committee on the clauses regulating the amount of the salaries of the clerk of the peace's clerks. . Mr. WAKLEY begged to call the attention of the House to the petitions from members . of the Roy a l Col lege of S urgeons o f E ng l an d , complaming of the unjust distinctions which have been created by the charter of 1843 ; and, to move for the appointment of a. Select Committee, to inquire into the operation of that charter, and into theaystem ofgovernment pursued by the Council. He did hope that the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, would not object to tile appointment of this Committee, as the subject was one to which n c t o nly th e profession it affected, but the public in general looked forward too with great anxiety. Sir J. GRAHAM hoped the Hon. Member would nut persevere with his motion, for he could not see of n hat utility the appointment of such a Committee would be, Colonel T. WOOD hoped the Right Hon. Baronet the Home Secretary would nut object to the appointment of the Committee, for if he did he could not see how the Bill would become law.—(Hear, and a laugh.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL hoped that, under all the circumstances, the Hon. Baronet would state, on the second reading of the Bill, the alterations he pi ()posed to make. Sir J. GRAHAM said he would have no objection to state the nature of the alterations he had to make at that time ; but he thought the most convenient course would be to allow the second reading of the Bill to go forward without interruption, and state the proposed alterations in Committee. Mr. WAKLEY said ho was surprised how the Right Hon. Baronet could object to this motion. Petitions had been pouring in from every direction complaining of the effects of the charter, and praying for inquiry. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he would fix the second reading of the Bill for Monday next. Mr. WAKLEY would then give notice of his motion for Tuesday. IMPEACHMENT IR R. PEEL. Mr. FERRAND moved G hats he petition which he had presented the other evening, from the Operative Protestant Association of Dublin, be printed with the votes. He did not know any reason why ottjec tioiis should b e ra i se d to this petition being printed, as it was most respectfully worded. It contained certain allegations against the First Lord of the Treasury, which allegations it was his (Mr. Ferranti's) intention to bring ender the notice of the House on the third reading of he College of Maynooth Bill, if it should ever arrive at )at stage. He therefore hoped that no Hon. Member ' think it necessary to oppose the printing of this Mr. 'LINDLEY seconded the motion. Colonel RAWDON said he had been in hopes that the lion. Member for Knaresborough would not have made this ttotion—that he would not have singled out that petition to be circulated amongst the Mem bers of that llouse. What would be the consequence of making that motion ? Why, that on the following morning every Member of that House would have on his breakfast table this petition.—(Great laughter.) He begged the House to recollect that in 1829 Roman Catholic Members were admitted into that House, and that Roman Catholic Members would read that petition. What did that petition contain ? It con tained these words, "That the petitioners have learned that laws areabout to be introduced into the House by the head of the Government having for their object the inculcation in public seminaries of Popish principles— such principles being notoriously, demonstrably, and, according to law, anti-Christian." Anti-Christian ! Where was that feeling wnich ought to predominate amongst Christians ? He was not objecting to the introduction of this petition, but he begged shortly to call the attention of the Ilouse to same circumstances with reference to it. It might be in the recollection of the House, that the greatest authority in that House, after the Speaker, in matters of form, the Member fur Montgo meryshire, expressed doubts as to the proper ad mission of this petition, and as to its right to be laid on the table of the House. That Honourable Gentleman did nct act upon these doubts in con sequence of the interposition of the Right Hon. Gentle man, against whom the shaft had been levelled. It was not a matter of necessity that the petition pre sented by the Hon. Member Knaresborough be printed— if he wished to bring the Prime Minister to condign punishment as the petitioner's prayed—if he wished to imitate Mr. Burke in a measure of impeachment, he (Colonel Rawdon) expected the printing of this petition was not a necessary preliminary. The petition could be referred to a Committee up stairs, a ccor di ng to the custom of the House, and if the Committee d tt o e r cc e o r n .; adored there was matter of import they might to be printed. He relied on th e good tense andl generous feeling of the House—he thought this was not a party question, and he felt convinced that no man of lit4tis or out of charitable feeling in that it, eould sanction the words and anti-Christian," as applied t false, idolatrous, of more than half of their fell( the religion subjects._ (Hear, hear.) Had Honourable Mem . he ow se l e i n the litter relating to the petition, sined by the Horsn ember for Knaresborough, he would not insult the House of Com mons by mentioning its language, but he felt convinced The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 69 Against it Majority in favour of it — 30 The Bill %VP S then read a second time,• and ordered to be committed. Mr. Alderman HLIMPIIERY presented a petition from the London and Brighton Railway Company, praying for leave to bring in a Bill. The Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. SECOND READINGS. The Waterman's Company Poor Endowment Fund Bill, the Liverpool Docks Bill, the Clifton Bridge Bill, and the Bristol Parochial Rates Bill were read a second time. that there was hardly another Member of that House would write such a letter as that which the Honourable Member for Knaresborough had, written. He disclaimed all personal offence, but would fearlessly and Indy express his opinion on this matter. The terms of the letter showed clearly the animas which existed in its writer. In a word, he considered it would degrade the dignity of the House of Commons in the eyes of the nation if, by or dering this petition to be printed, they in some measure stamped it with their sanction. If the petitioners really intended to impeach Sir Robert Peel. and choose the Hon. Member for Knarcsborough for a leader, they were at perfect liberty to do so ; and the lion. Member would be perfectly justified in carrying out their wishes. But as the representative of what was termed in Ireland, " Protestant A rmag h," h e must object to the wording of this petition. He would therefore more a direct ne gative to the motion. Lord NORTHLAND considered that the petition contained expressions which ought to prevent the House from agreeing to the motion, that it be printed with the votes. Mr. REDINGTON said that when he considered that one of the passages in the coronation oath contained ex pressions not dissimilar to those which had been re ferred by his Hon. Friend the Member for Armagh, in reference to the Roman Catholics, he thought that House would be acting with great inconsistency if they exhibited any squeamishness in receiving the peti tion of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") For himself he never bad and never wonld stoop to answer those foul calumnies-- (Loud cheers)—though he considered it was disgracing the crown of these realms to make it swear to them. Sir R. INGLIS said he supposed the next measure of her Majesty's Government would he a measure to do away with the passage referred to by the lion. Gentle man who spoke last, expecially as his remaiks had been so loudly cheered by the other side.—(ll, ar t hear, ail laugh.) But he rose for the purpose of caking tie at tention of the House to the practice of the Lords, that when a petition was ordered to lie on the table it was almost a matter of course that it should be printed with the votes when an Hon. Member declared his intention of making a motion upon it. That was the usual course, without any reference to the language of the petition, and upon that ground alone, without at all saying that he concurred in the language in the expressions of the petition, he should vote for the motion of the lion. Member for Knaresborough, if pressed to a division. Sir J. GRAHAM said that he certainly regretted the passage in the petition which the Hon. and Gallant Officer the Member for Armagh had brought under the notice of the House. He regretted that any petitioners should have used language so painful and so oitinisive towards a large portion of her Majesty's subjects. It was not on the present occasion that he should feel under the necessity of entering into a discussion upon that point, much less was it any part of his duty to eater upon the present occasion into a discussion upon the terms in which the Coronation oath was couched. As to the point of order, he agreed with his Honourable Friend the Member for Oxford. He thought it was a general rule of the House, subject to exceptions in some peculiar cases, that when one lion. Member pledged himself on presenting a petition to bring it under the special notice of the House in the shape of a motion, it was, as a matter of course, to be printed with the votes. The q ues ti on t h en arose whether there was anything so spe c i a l i n t h e c i rcumstances (alibis petition as t.) prevent the operatien of the usual rule ? lie had said that the language of the petition was of an unusual kind, but he did not think that the language was such as to take it out of the general rule. Then came the queaion as to the allegation, that the First Minister of the Crown had been guilty of high crimes and misdemeanours, was that allegation a reason that the House should refuse to print the petition ? Now, the Hon. Member for Knaresborough had said that he should make that allegation the subject of a motion.— (Cries of " No, no," end "Yes, ycs. 4 ) Was he (Sir J. Graham) right ?—(hear, bee%) Mr. FERRAND said that be had list night given notice of the motion which he intended to make. Sir J. GRAHAM said if the lion. Member meant to found upon the petition a motion respecting the allega tions against the First Minister of the Crown, neither his Right Hon. Friend, nor any member of her Ma jesty's Government, would offer the slightest opposition to the printing of the petition.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FERRAND sail that he had last night given notice of the motion which he should bring forward on the third reading of the Bill. The motion was to the effect that " As: the Catholic Bequests Act was a viola tion of the Act of Settlement and a contravention of the oath of supremacy." What other course he migh afterwards feel it his duty to take he would state a the time.—(" Hear, hear," and " Oh, oh.'') Lord J. RUSSELL row, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] STEAM COMMUNiCATION WITH -- -- FRANCE. [We quote the following interesting account of the pro gress of Steam Navigation from the Morning Herald. We wish that a vessel similar to the Ondine, with a screw pro peller, had been among the daring competitors.—En. Sun.] Great competition at present exists between the ports of Dover and Folkestone as:to rapidity of communication with the French coast. The South-Eastern Railway Company having made Folke stone a principal station, aril improved its harbour, severa l tine iron steamer s were built and regularly connected with it; namely, the Princess Alice, the Princess Mary, the Princess Maude, and the Queen of th e B e l g i ans, w hi ch l ast vessel was launched only a few months ago. Each of these, in the order stated, was an improvement upon the former one, and was considered the fastest steamer in the world, until at length the Dover people, determined not to be out done, induced the General Steam Navigation Company to send down the Magician, also an iron steamer, to ply between that port and Boulogne. The Magician has since proved her self equal in speed to the best of the Folkestone boats. Another iron steamer has lately been launched, named the, Ondine, to run on alternate days betwixt Dover and Bou logne, with the Magician ; and a very lively interest has been created along both coasts as to %vhether the palm of speed belonged to the Dover or the Folkestone boats. • On the 2d instant, the Online, in going from Dover to Boulogne for the Indian mail, on account of the .11lioning Herald, accomplished the run, thirty miles, in one hour and fifty-one minutes, the quickest passage, we believe, ever made. The inhabitants of Dover, Folkestone, and Boulogne were on the qui sire, as it was known that a trial would take place betwixt the Ondine and the Queen of the Belgians, which was waiting at Boulogne for the Indian mail on ac count of the Times. On that occasion the Queen of the Belgians performed the distance in one hour and fitly-three minutes, beating th• Ondine by sixteen minutes; but the cause of this apparent superiority was an accident to the Ondine's machinery, one of the slides having given way. But as on the previous day the Ondine had made the voyage in two minutes less time— namely, in one hour and fifty-one minutes, it was resolved by the owners that as soon as her machinery was repaired, another trial of speed should take place on the first oppor tunity. Everything having been set to rights on board the Ondine, by the 13th instant, she proceeded on that day from Dover to Boulogne, to try her qualities with the Princess Maude, which vessel has hitherto had the reputation of being the fastest boat on the station. The following account of the interesting trial has been transmitted to us by eye-witnesses. (rno3t A CORRESPONDENT.) " The Ondine was put into the Roads this morning, and went over to Boulogne to meet the Princess Mande, and met her accordingly about half an hour after she had left Bou• logne. The weather was thick at the time, the wind blow ing fresh ; she was, however, made out, the Ondine being to the windward of her. The Ondine bore down and hoisted her red flag of defiance. the took her station about a cable . length behind the Maude. Some few minutes elspsed before it could be told which of the vessels would prove the victor. The Maude had her staysail and foresail set. The Ondine soon set two sails also. In ien minutes the competitors were pad dle-box and paddle-box, and in twenty minutes the Ondine was so far ahead that she actually put the Maude into her wake. The Ondine proceeded on to Folkestone, and when within about a cable's length of that harbour she hove to in sight of all the Folkestone people, who had apparently as sembled to witness the issue. In eight or ten minutes the Maude passed close to the Ondine's stern, and went into the harbour. Knowing that she had to land her passengers and return to Boulogne, the Outline waited, standing off and on, till she back e d out ; an d w h en she had got her head right fot' Boulogne, and considerably ahead of the Ondine, the latter once more started after her, when a most interesting struggle took place. The Ondine, however, was soon again paddle-box and paddle box with her op ponent ; the sea was very rough, and, apparently, the Maude at times shipped a great deal of water ; the On dine threw it off both sides of her paddle-boxes. When sufficiently ahead of the Maude, so as to run no risk, the Ondine crossd her bows and went round her ! thus demon strating, a second time, the great superiority in speed of the Ondine over the Princess Maude. Both the City of London and Magician, in crossing to and from Bou logne and Dover, saw the trial, and bore to each place the news of the Ondine having gone twice rotund the Maude in so short a distance. It is the general opinion that the Prin cess Maude is superior to the Queen of the Belgians ; anal nautical men, who witnessed the sight, declare that it was worth a Queen's ransom to witness these two fleet coursers of the deep flying through the waves—sometimes over, some times under—at the rate of 17 and MI miles per hour ! . ' (FROM ANOTHER CORMiSPONDEN : F.) " I have only a few minutes to spare, but I employ them in giving you an account of an interesting trial of the qualities been put in good or d er, s o h r e th le e fl O tt d is in i e ,l . acc H ( e D r o e v n e g r i r th i i i s a l . n ii o 'g rning, with the intention of having a fair trial with the Princess Maude (the Queen of the Belgians being laid up at Folkestone), and, proceeding towards the French coast, the Outline met the Maude coming fiom Boulogne, and not far distant from that port, On nearing her the Ondine put about and waited until the Mande was in a line with her, starting with scrupulous fairness. It was soon seen th a t the Outline was g • g ahead ; and in a run of 1 hou r an d 21 minutes bat-ohne-r seven minutes ; this was with a brisk gale, and the wind on the larboard quarter, two sails being set on board of each vessel. It was known on board the Ondinetliat the Princess Maude would return to Boulogne ; so t ‘ l ‘ e ith Outline waited off and again started I r v a ii i l r d ly on the starboard bar ; gale and heavy sea ; same Folkestone, brisk her against the but the Ondine being to windward of the Maude, tile latter had the advantage of shelter, to a .certain extent, by being the fernier's lee; end for a time, t u tor seqce, the she e d i i i n a e a did gai notnett enoughsecn to have much supety ; but when pletelyheadway ttttees to ()f ltehaevewtihned it a l n a t t l id se e a co t m h - exposed to the Ondine's advantage beeame nearly as apparent as of her and in three-quarters of an hour from starting astern of her opponent the (Wine crossed the 11Iatide's bow an d returned to Dover ; th us settling the question both of speed and sea• going qualities When running head to wind I never saw anything so animating, nor, t mind, so strikingly full of interest the Princess Maude my hs . times ciom pletely covered with broken wate'rlo9ings appearance, converted into clouds of s P t r el o n r ss s u m ig o'k a e l a's t i ( t ) dashed against the funneL The Ondine had her share ref spray, and some of the persons on board got completely wet through; yet, what wonder when the speed and the weather are taken into account." - This splendid little vessel, the Outline, was built and fitted with machinery by Messrs. Miller, Ravenliill, and Co., of Blackwall; and her superiority has been fairly proved, as our correspondent remarks, both as to speed and sea-going qualities. And it must not be forgotten that the experiment has been made with a vessel from the experienced hands of Messrs. Ditehbura and Mare, of Blackwell, who, no question, PAST TRAVELLING.—A?, an instance of the extrnor. dinary facility of communication betwcen this town and the metropolis, we have authority for stating that yesterday (Friday) a ge n tl eman l eft London by the Great Western at half-past nine, I . .Ni stopped ten minutes at Exeter, and reached Devonport, by the Tally-Ito, at five minutes past seven, .t.At.; thus performing the entire distance in little more than nine hours f—Deronport Independent. --....,,... 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 14, LAND CLAUSES CONSOLIDATI( Ili BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved that the House should go into Committee on the Lund Clauses Consolidation Bill, and in doing so he begged to correct a misapprehension which had gone abroad respecting this Bill, that it was a new measure, when, in truth, this Bill was nothing more than the consolidation of the several clauses which had be n previously passed in the several private Bills - which - ha 1 obtained the sanction of their Lordships. It was thought extremely desirable that in legislating with railway and other Companies that they should con. sulidate in one Bill all the provisions that were appli cable to the whole, arid having done so, it wns found advisable to proceed further, inasmuch as in some Bills it would be necessary to introduce portions only of the, consolidated clauses. It was, therefore, determined us bring forward a Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill, to meet the necessities un cases of canals and gas compa nies, &e In conclusion, he moved the committal of that Bill. Lord BEAUMONT said tie Bill was of great public im partance, and it was the duty of their Lordships to see that no error crept into it. '1 he Bill established several tribunals, and made it compulsory on the part, of a railway company to apply to one of these in cases where they might happen to have disputes with the owners of land. Now, in connexion, with this part of the Bill, there was a provision ehich inflicted great injustice on t I.e landholders. It related to costs arising out of a dispute as to the value of land. Ira cases where the sum awarded by the jury, or arbitrator, or ma gistrates, amounted to l ess th an t h at previously offered ' by the company, one-half of the costs fell upon the landholder, and if the amount so awarded was less than the costs, the company had power to distrain for the balance. Now, this was manifestly unjust. Where a man borrowed money, the wh o l e o f the expense f e ll upon t h e borro wer —(Hear, hear)—and was not a railway company that required land placed in the same position as a borrower? Well then, if that were so, they ought to pay all th e expenses. But it was di ffi cult now for a private individual to grapple with a railway company, for a railway company, when they got the sanction of the Board of Trade, treated any little landholder as they thought proper. Me should move that this Bill be referred to a Select Coin, mittec up stairs. The Ear 1- of DALHOUSIE said that it was thought ex tremely desirable by the House of Commons and the parties concerned that the different clauses should be divided into groups, and that was the reason why this Bill was di-. vided from the Companies Clauses Consolidatioo Bill. With respect to the reference to the Committee up stains, he had to say that those Bills embodied the experience of fifteels years ; indeed, during the whole of the period since the con, struction of railways, and therefore he thought that that ex perience up stairs was quite out of the question. They had been told that they had an arrear of business in railway Bills b w e •h fo ie r l e r w p a a s rl sj ia u m it e e nt rr a p a r i e l ee t d h e o n a t g e h d. th T is h w er a e s wn-oer: thnoewm2idaddlaßialls April, there was not a single Committee sitting in either Ham of Parliament upon them, and he trusted that no opposition would be offered to the House goinr , into Committee, especially when they recollected that if the Committee did not now sit, a great expense would be incurred by the parties concerned, ana3 a great impediment would be offered to the business of the country. The amendment of Lord Beaumont was then negatived, and the House went into Committee. On the reading of the 23d and 24th clauses an amendraem tors was o adopted, op . ntertil the the, o potibojn of object of which w:istier t , og i t v o e tori,i arbitration i ( p n r , oi o n r i ea jury, for the value of their lands before the lands were entered upon. On the moving of the 26th clause, which empowered parties to take lands for a railway, The Earl of ELLENgOROUGH expressed his suspietoet of the justice of the arbitrations, and he thought that the Board, of Trade, should have an ultimate power of de t ai n t h e umpires. Ihe Earl of DALHOUSIE thought the Board of Trade, appoint tthought the Boar.' ought not to be made parties in all these instances. Lord BEAUMONT thought that the proposal of the Ear of The E l le n E b a o r r l o o u g f h ought DALHOUSIEto said, adopted .coetsabialipnt which the a r b in i t r e a v t e o r t : e d u a e n r d a t r a e n fu d s a ed s i t t to ail) point aad huemphior instanc Trade e ; oughtbut o nnlyotintothionste,erifnesrteant t al ha t t ha it t w tte a e h l a a d us n e eg ha le d et b e u es glt az incumbent on the Legislature, and especially upon their Lord ships' House, to see fair play, and he conceived that it b just that th e railway companies should bear h was a t e_ costs of the award, if th e sum awarded was more thant h the sum was the same, the costs should be awarded equa lly bebut il tween the two parties. The Earl of DEVON tutored an amendment to the 6413 clause, authorising the owners of entailed property • to rose and lay out money in the drainag e and imp rovement of the land they occupy, with th e sanctio n of the Lord Chancellor. The amendment was opposed by the Loan Clialeceetoaa and the Earl of DALHOUSIFand afterwards withdrawn. The The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the HOILS2 resumed. The CDAIRMAN then reported progress, and their Lordskii a adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 14. MAYNOOTII—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. HAW ES proceeded to say thht he objected to the provision fur Maynooth in its present condition. For .forty-five years it had been subject to annual discussion, and lm thought the public mind had been rather benefited than injured by these dis cussions. Suppose, for a moment, that tb€t proposition of the lion. Member for Sheffield shoull be negatived, and that he should fail in making it an annual vote, he would consider himself at liberty t,s take any course he might think proper. if he gave his vote on this measure as it stood, he feareal he should be sanctioning the future policy which the present Government might think lit to adopt witkre ! . gard to the Boman Catholic religion in Ireland. 11, would, in fact, be considered neither more nor Mae than a rote of co nfidence in her Majesty's Govern-. wont, "1 re ••th resp ect to their future government ei •. darkly and Ireland ; and that policy was so and suspicio shadowed forth that hr.:confessed he was not dispo se ) to confide in them. H e did not oppose the policy of the Government, because it was calculated to encourage the Roman Catholic religion, because he, with a lama number of Protestant Dissenters, whom he knew, wi re disposed to concur in the resolution which had. b - in "Pl e4 come to by the Scot c h P rotestant Dissenters -.....—m • burgh on this point, lie would vote for the = seeoni avished upon her their utmost skill. But it remains to bet told • that the engines of the Ondi ne are two fifties only, while those of the Princess Mary are, at least, twenty horAe power more. The Princess Alary, the Princess Alice, and the Queen of the Bel g i ans , were a ll constructe d by Messrs. Ditt.hburn and Mare. We Here gone into the details of this contest, because the public at large, as well as the inhabitants of Dover, Folke- Mne, and Benlogne, possess a deep interest in the wonderful progress of steam navigation. PARKS AT MANCHESTER. INTERVIEW WITH SIR ROBERT PEEL (From the Manche4ce Guardiay.) The deputation, appointed by the public parks, tie., committee to proceed to Loudon, in order to have an interview with the Premier, consisted of Alexander Kay, Esq., mayor of Manchester, (the chairman of die committee), Mr. Alderman Watkins, and Messrs. Mal colm Ross and Edward W. ‘Vatkin, the honorary se cretaries of the public parks, &c., committee. At the appointed hour on Wednesday the deputation had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, and were accompanied by the followin,„e• Members of Parliament :—William Entwisle, Esq., Thomas Milner Gibson, , Josephßrotherton, E sq ., an d Thomas Wyse, EN. It is hto be reg re tt e d t h at Lord Francis Egtrton End muc Mr. Mark Philips, M.P., were both prevented attending (as they had expressed a desire and intention to be present) by severe indisposition. The deputation having been introduced to Sir Robert feel by William Enta isle, Esq., M.P. : The M.tvon concisely recapitulai«l the peculiar claims of Manchester for the specified object, a, detail( d in a mmuerial and statement forwarded to Sir llobtrt of Peelw hich on the previous day, by t h e honorary secretaries, the in g are the 10-ads : The resul t o f the subscription has been, that the fund now amounts to-30,74G/. 17s. 3d. contributed by 3,313 Fersons of all classes, in sums, varying from Gd. to 1,000/.; a larger amount pet haps than was ever before rais,d 1 y voluntary donations tut local of jects, in any town or city in the kingdom. (if this sum, 26,000 L already paid into bankers hands. ii cessaTo mak to e the undertaking e undertaking efficient, it is a b so l ute l y ne. ry ha A park, promenade, and play -ground, on each of th e sides of the town. To erect (where eligible buildings do not exist) rooms for refreshment and shelter. To provide seats and benches in abundance. To construct fountains with a plentiful supply of pure water. Anti to lay out the grounds in the most attractive way possible. From the plots offered to the Committee, there have been selected, as most desirable, land, &c. sufficient to make fi ve public places. The northern one (pink) con tains about 170,000 souls ; the southerly (blue) about 130,000. The population of the former consists very greatly of factory operatives and others who especially need fiscilities for open recreation ; that of the latter comprises large numbers of the labouring With other classes, but it is not so dense. The conversational nature of the interview prevents a detailed statement of what took place; but the result was that Sir Robert Peel urged the smallness of the somas the disposal of Government fur such purposes —namely, 8,0004, the residue of a grant of 10,000/ made in 1840, and that he could nut, " at present," ask Parliament for a further grant, as reasons (with several other minor ones) for recommending a grant of 3,0001. from the present fund, on condition that a Government surveyor be sent down to inspect its disposal, and that 30,0001. of the sum subscribed be actually paid up. The smallness of the proposed grant took the depu tation by surprise, and was strongly argued against ; and the Mayor finally stated that the suns was so inade quate to the requirements of the district, and would, he feared, be so unsatisfactory to the population of which he was chief magistrate, that he did not feet warranted without consultin g those by whom the de putation was sent, in exposing Manchester to the degradation of appearing to require so small a sum, 51)11 legged that he might be allowed to write to Sir Robert Peel in reference to his proposal. Sir RonunT PEE L expressed himself satisfied with the course proposed to be taken ; and the deputation broke up after an interesting. diseussiJn, which lasted forty minutes. [We understand that Mr. Entwiale, and all the other members of the deputation, highly approved of the de claration of the Mayor ; and we have no doubt that a similar opinion will pervade the whole community.]